My father is Jiajing

After Zhu Zaigui gave orders to Chen Hong and Li Fang, he walked into the palace. After walking a few steps, a faint smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his lips, and he sighed slightly and shook his head.

Zhu Zaigui remembered the secret between Chen Hong and Xu Jie. According to Emperor Jiajing's original intention, Chen Hong should be killed directly, but Zhu Zaigui felt that it was a pity to kill him in this way. Not only would it alert the enemy, but it would also make Xu Jie and others vigilant.

So now we'll save Chen Hong's life, and plan to find a suitable opportunity to make good use of him, so that he can complete the historical mission that he should complete!

Zhu Zaigui walked to the gate of the abode, stopped, and bowed: "Your son Zhu Zaigui greets father."

Inside the temple, in addition to the ice jar emitting a hint of cool air, the external steam air conditioner was also blowing cold air in.
Emperor Jiajing was leaning on a square chair, with Li Shizhen beside him helping him apply hot compresses to remove the toxins from the heavy metal sores on his body that had accumulated over the years.

When Emperor Jiajing heard Zhu Zaigui's voice outside, he couldn't help but look up and said, "Don't be so polite. Come in first."

Zhu Zaigui replied "yes" again, and then entered the temple.

Zhu Zaigui looked at Li Shizhen, who was dressed in a Taoist robe and was concentrating on helping Emperor Jiajing to apply hot compresses and remove poison. He also bowed and said, "Thank you, Doctor Li."

After Li Shizhen applied the hot compress to Emperor Jiajing, he stood up and returned the greeting, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

The Emperor Jiajing smoothed out the wrinkles on his face at this time, and asked Zhu Zaigui: "Why did you think of coming to my place on such a hot day?"

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether the weather is hot or cold when I come to visit my father. I come whenever I think of him."

Emperor Jiajing laughed and was very happy. He now liked this kind of unrestrained family happiness.

"There's a bowl of chilled lily and lotus seed porridge in the ice container over there. Go get it and drink it to cool off."

Zhu Zaigui listened to what Emperor Jiajing said and smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, father."

Then Zhu Zaigui walked to the ice jar nearby and took out the chilled lily and lotus seed porridge and some chilled fruits in a very familiar manner and placed them on the small table next to Emperor Jiajing.

Zhu Zaigui then picked up a small and exquisite silver knife, cut a piece of watermelon for Emperor Jiajing, and then used a golden stick to stick it in place. "Father, try this watermelon. This is a new variety cultivated by the immortals of the Divine Medicine Palace using new technology. It is sweeter than previous watermelons and has fewer seeds."

Emperor Jiajing laughed and said, "I know more about this than you do. I never thought that these Taoists would be transformed after being in your hands. They even started to do agricultural research."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "There are three thousand great ways, but they all lead to the same destination. Immortals have always been seeking knowledge, but what they sought was too high before, and it was difficult to achieve it at the moment. So I thought, since that's the case, it would be better to let them start with the basics of seeking knowledge, and study the most basic principles of everything. When they have accumulated enough knowledge, maybe they will be able to get what they wanted in the first place."

Emperor Jiajing also laughed, and then sighed, "If our ancestors could understand these principles, maybe they would have developed an effective longevity technique. It's a pity that life is too short, and not many people are willing to start from the basics. They always want to pursue the highest realm from the beginning."

Zhu Zaigui said: "Father, what you said is really insightful. Now these immortals have begun the most basic research under the guidance of father. This must be said to be an extraordinary saintly act."

Li Shizhen was listening to the conversation between Zhu Zaigui and Emperor Jiajing and felt it was extremely corny, but he did not dare to show any expression.

And judging from his own experience and the achievements he has made now, he is actually following this path.

Otherwise, he would not have his current medical skills and status.

Although Emperor Jiajing's condition is now difficult to recover, the treatment methods he has now can still alleviate his heavy metal poisoning problem to a certain extent.

So, from a practical perspective.

No matter how corny the conversations between Zhu Zaigui and Emperor Jiajing were, Li Shizhen still felt that they were meaningful.

At least in terms of the highest decision-making, Emperor Jiajing and Zhu Zaigui have begun to recognize the work of these doctors and basic researchers in other fields in a down-to-earth manner.

In the future, as long as they can produce a steady stream of results, why worry that the Hundred Schools of Thought cannot regain their prosperity as they did in the Spring and Autumn Period?

But then again, most of the Hundred Schools of Thought in the Spring and Autumn Period were thinkers with different schools of thought and ideas, which can be summarized in a general term, that is, liberal arts.

Only a very small number of pragmatic schools of thought focus on practical technology.

So sometimes when ordinary people imagine the academic achievements of hundreds of schools of thought, they can fantasize about the cultural spectacle of a hundred schools of thought coexisting, but as rulers, they must always remain vigilant.

After all, an idea may be a political demand, and the cornerstone of dynasty and national stability is the unification of political ideas.

If these seemingly beautiful but actually messy political demands are allowed to prevail, they will definitely disrupt the social structure, destroy the moral system, and give rise to all kinds of strange and bizarre liberal ideas.

Except for a few of these so-called liberal ideas that truly possess lofty human ideological value, the rest, without exception, are all selfish and self-serving under the banner of freedom.

Take the Jiangnan region today for example. The Jiangnan region is the richest region in the world and its cultural heritage is also extremely prosperous. Nearly half of the world's literati, talented men and beautiful women come from the Jiangnan region.

Their romantic and elegant affairs have all become symbols of the times and weather vanes of changes in social trends.

So, logically speaking, this should be a high ground that shoulders more social responsibilities and national justice.

But in fact, these prosperous places, where scholars and writers flourish, have bred countless people who are full of morality but selfish.

When these people talk about reason, each one is more righteous and more eloquent than the other.

But when they are required to fulfill their obligations and take action, no one is there.

From this we can see that although these people's thoughts and morals are beautiful and advanced, they are full of sophisticated selfishness. They only care about the rise and fall, honor and disgrace of their own family, and have no sense of responsibility towards the nation and the country.

It seems that this world is just their world in words, and the responsibilities they should bear are just their responsibilities in words.

If the court employed some officials who dared to take responsibility to investigate their actual problems, they would react in an instant and denounce the investigators as evil people who persecuted loyal people and disturbed the local area.

It seems that only those who follow their wishes are what they call loyal and good people, and only the emperor who follows their wishes is a wise monarch throughout the ages and a virtuous ruler of the present time.

So sometimes, if you want to be a reformer, you must have strong psychological endurance, otherwise the dirty words and dirty water thrown by these people will really make many people who are determined to reform the ills of the times give up halfway.

Some of them may be hacked for hundreds or even thousands of years even if they can hold on.

In short, if you want to affect the interests of these moral gentlemen and make them fulfill their due obligations, you must be prepared to be cursed for eternity. If you only want to keep a good reputation and be a good person, then you should go to bed as soon as possible.

Of course, from the perspective of historical development trends, those monarchs and emperors who retired early did not seem to leave any good reputation. They were always labeled with all kinds of messy labels to highlight their loyalty and justice.

So it is not easy to be a bad person, and it is even more difficult to be a good person.

No matter what you do, there will always be people who will find a problem and magnify it to criticize you.

For example, the Emperor Longqing in the original history had already become a hands-off boss according to the wishes of his ministers, allowing his ministers to govern and do things according to their own abilities. However, in the end, he was still slandered to no end, and he almost became the number one coward in history.

Although Zhu Zaigui will not repeat such a fate today, he has already personally felt the feeling of being targeted. Li Ran’s previous memorial was a very direct and clear test and challenge.

The subsequent fire at the Anlu Palace was an extremely strong warning.

While Zhu Zaigui was chatting with Emperor Jiajing, Li Shizhen suddenly interrupted and said, "Your Majesty, the time is right. I will help you take off the medicine towel."

After being reminded by Li Shizhen, Emperor Jiajing immediately felt that the medicine towel applied to his body had indeed lost its temperature and was no longer as warm as it was at the beginning.

Emperor Jiajing hummed, "Okay, you take it off."

Zhu Zaigui gave up his position to allow Li Shizhen to come closer.

Li Shizhen carefully helped Emperor Jiajing remove the medicine towel that had lost its heat and medicinal properties, and then bowed to Emperor Jiajing and Zhu Zaigui before leaving the temple.

After Li Shizhen left, Zhu Zaigui also stopped to chat with Emperor Jiajing.

Zhu Zaigui's expression immediately became serious, "Father, I came here this time to ask for your instructions on an important matter."

At this moment, Emperor Jiajing was also pulling up his clothes to cover the area where the medicine had just been applied.

"Oh? What's the big deal? And what are you undecided about now?"

In the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, he had now delegated almost all power to Zhu Zaigui.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the regent order issued by Zhu Zaigui now has almost the same effect as the imperial edict he issued.

Therefore, when Emperor Jiajing heard that Zhu Zaigui still needed to ask for instructions, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised and curious.

Zhu Zaigui said seriously: "For ordinary matters, I can certainly take my own initiative to deal with them. But given the difficulty of this matter, I dare not make a decision lightly."

Emperor Jiajing laughed and said, "Are you planning to replace Xu Jie? It doesn't matter. After all, a new emperor appoints new ministers. If you think he is a hindrance, just find a reason to send him home. This was the case when I first arrived in the capital. What does it matter if Yang Ting and the others are jumping around? As long as I don't want them to, they can't expect to be proud."

"Xu Jie is old and can't keep up with your ideas. Keeping him here will be a hindrance. If you really want to move him away, you don't need to communicate with me."

Emperor Jiajing thought that Zhu Zaigui just disliked Xu Jie. After all, there had been a lot of things involving Xu Jie during this period, and Emperor Jiajing certainly would no longer have any feelings for Xu Jie.

Therefore, his first reaction was that Zhu Zaigui should replace the prime minister of the cabinet and reorganize the court.

Zhu Zaigui said: "Thank you, father. In fact, whether Xu Jie is replaced or not does not mean much to me. Besides, the six ministries are almost all the assistants that father arranged for me. With them around, Xu Jie cannot influence my will to implement the new policy."

"But what I want to talk to you about today is far more serious than just moving Xu Jie away! So I dare not make a decision on my own, and I have come to ask you for your decision."

Emperor Jiajing became even more curious after hearing this. Is there anything more important than replacing the prime minister?
Emperor Jiajing sat in an armchair, put a piece of cut Hami melon on a golden stick and put it in his mouth, savoring its sweet taste happily.

These are the special fruits and vegetables that Alanda obtained after fighting all the way to the Western Regions. Now they are also the tribute that Alanda regularly presents to the capital.

Emperor Jiajing only ate it once, but he liked the taste and thought it was good, so he asked about the origin of the melon.

Upon learning that the melon was produced in Hami Wei, which was established during the Yongle period, Emperor Jiajing named the melon "Hami Melon" after the place name to indicate that the melon was a Chinese product and an old product from the Western Regions.

Emperor Jiajing ate Hami melon and looked at Zhu Zaigui and asked, "Tell me, what is the big deal?"

Obviously, Emperor Jiajing at this moment did not realize the magnitude of what Zhu Zaigui was going to say next.

Zhu Zaigui took a deep breath and said, "Father, you must be mentally prepared, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to speak easily."

Looking at the current condition of Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Zaigui did not dare to speak directly. What if he upset Emperor Jiajing to death? Although he could also ascend the throne and become emperor.

However, if this matter were to get out, there would definitely be people who would make up a story similar to "The Sound of the Axe and the Shadow of the Candle" to slander Zhu Zaigui, saying that his throne was obtained in an illegitimate way.

After all, Zhu Zaigui had not yet been officially named the crown prince. In the eyes of conspiracy theorists, if something happened to the Jiajing Emperor when he was alone with him at this moment, it would be an act of regicide by Zhu Zaigui who was so eager to ascend to the throne!

Therefore, whether for the life and health of Emperor Jiajing or for his own future succession to the throne, Zhu Zaigui had to give Emperor Jiajing a shot of prevention first to prevent Emperor Jiajing from being caught off guard and being stimulated all of a sudden.

Emperor Jiajing put down the golden sign in his hand and sat up slightly. His expression was no longer as relaxed as before. He looked into Zhu Zaiqi's eyes and asked seriously, "What's so serious?"

Zhu Zaigui looked at the serious look on Emperor Jiajing's face, took a deep breath and said, "Today, I was ordered by my son to interrogate Dong Fen. After Dong Fen learned about the Dong family fire tragedy, he spoke wildly."

Emperor Jiajing was immediately alert and asked anxiously, "What did he say?"

Zhu Zaigui said: "Dong Fen said that the fire in Weihui Palace in the 18th year of Jiajing, the sudden death of Emperor Zhuangjing in the 28th year of Jiajing, and the fire in Anlu Palace this year all have hidden stories."

As soon as Zhu Zaigui finished speaking, the sky and the earth suddenly changed color. A thunderbolt suddenly appeared in the clear sky. Clouds and fog surged, and it seemed that there was a downpour that was about to fall in a moment!

Emperor Jiajing's eyes widened, "What did you say?!"

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