July 14th.
That was the day when Zhang Zhou told Wu Hao that a hailstorm would occur that day.
When I woke up early in the morning, the weather was a bit gloomy. All the officials went up and down as usual, but Zhang Zhou was not seen.
In the morning of the morning, the appointment of Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, was emphasized. Because Zhu Hu, the wife of the Zhu family, claimed to be ill, the emperor authorized Zhu Fu to return to the capital to take care of his mother. He said that he wanted to go back to Nanjing to live with his mother until his old age. He did not mention that he wanted to go back to Nanjing to serve as a garrison. However, he couldn't stay in the capital any longer, so he wanted to go back to Nanjing.
The past has changed.
The emperor doesn't care where you are, Zhu Fu, or whether you will be the garrison of Nanjing.
But things are different now.
Because there was a "mighty man" Zhu Feng in the Chengguo Palace, Zhu Youtang loved Zhu Fu as much as he loved him. Zhu Youtang was ready to send Zhu Fu back to Nanjing to serve as a garrison officer. Minister, but lack of opportunity.
Zhu Youtang just raised a topic that day. In fact, he was also waiting for an opportunity. Zhang Zhou had already told him that the capital had been hit by hailstorms and earthquakes in recent days and was busy arranging for this. Too late.
"Your Majesty did not pay attention to the hailstorm today."
On the way out of the palace, Tu Fu deliberately walked over, approached Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, and said something.
Xu Qiong looked back at Tu Yu, shook his head and said, "Everyone knows that Shuntian Mansion cannot be unprepared. I heard that there was a report in the capital, which also stated that a disaster was about to happen. "
Tu Jingdao "Di Bao"
Xu Qiong sighed, "I heard that it was written by the East Palace, and it is also rumored outside that the printing workshop that publishes Di Bao has a close relationship with the Huangdian. For more details, let’s ask Shuntian Mansion and the Wucheng Army and Horses Division.”
Xu Qiong didn’t take it seriously at the moment.
Who would think that there was a hailstorm?
Will the people take it seriously after knowing it?
Tu Jian came to tell him this because he wanted to test Xu from his mouth. Qiong didn't even bother to think about it. Anyway, she just said what she could, and she couldn't comment on what she couldn't.
Everyone in the government and the public were waiting for a hailstorm that day.
It was a disaster related to whether Zhang Zhou could be killed once, so that in the past two days, the doorsteps of Qin Tianjian and Wu Hao's homes were almost trampled to pieces. Wu Hao The chosen method is to wear a cat.
No matter how you question me, I won’t see anyone.
When I showed up again after the incident, he just politely asked for sick leave, and then he disappeared. No one saw him for two days.
This was also to prevent Xie Qian from being forced to question him by some ministers or elders. If the news of what happened is leaked, then he has failed his holy mandate and falls into the category of "bullying the emperor".
It was very quiet in Qintian Prison that day.
Two Wugan Sichen, who are from the ninth grade, are still young.When they were sixteen or seventeen years old, they held a pen and observed the sky for a day. They wanted to record today's weather in detail to make reasonable records.
This is one of their daily tasks, but the weather that day was really nothing to remember.
"Is it hailing?"
A tall and thin man named Sichen named An Bian ran out and took a look. There was no one in the courtyard of Qintian Prison. What was unusual was that there was only a huge armillary sphere there, and someone was covering it with a raincloth.
The other hand was holding a pen. His name was Zi Qing. He held his head and thought for a while, "It's your turn. I've been standing here for a long time. There's no hail, and I'm afraid it won't even rain."
Although the two of them already have official status, to be specific, they are a type of "official officials". They did not come from the official imperial examination. Let alone being scholars, they have never passed the examination. Any imperial examination.
The Qintian Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty wanted "skilled workers". The reason why the two of them had their current official status was because it was good to "reincarnate".
Zi Qing is the son of Junior Brother Wu Hao, and Zi Qing is his Taoist name; An Bian is the son of a wealthy family in the capital. Someone in his family once served as an official, but he had no potential to study but was given to Wu at an early age. Hao became a disciple and even became an official at the age of sixteen or seventeen.
Being an official in Qintian Prison, in addition to being a good teacher, there is also another important point, that is, you must have outstanding appearance and a clear voice. After all, sometimes you need to serve as the announcer and singer at court meetings.
An Bian took the paper and pen, looked up at the sky and said, "From what I have learned, this hailstone is most likely to fall at the turn of spring and summer, when the weather suddenly warms and turns cold. . If hail falls in midsummer, it usually rains when there are clouds and thunder and lightning. Today’s weather doesn’t look like thunder and lightning, and I’m afraid it won’t even rain.”
< p>Zi Qing said hurriedly, "Brother, don't talk nonsense. This is the uncle who said there will be hail, and that is your master.""Oh, yes."
An Bian then remembered that if he said there would be no hail, he would be undermining the reputation of his master Wu Hao. After all, this time was not predicted by Zhang Zhou, but calculated by Wu Hao. This was related to the honor of Qin Tianjian.
"Then just wait." An Bian sighed.
Zi Qing stood aside for a while and said helplessly, "Did this hailstorm come here?"
Now An Bian didn't know what to say.
The two of them were bored. Zi Qing said, "Brother, have you heard that there is a lecture on Condor Shooting in the Dongyue Teahouse. I went to listen to two sessions. After today's break, let's go together."
An Bian raised his head and looked at the sky, without squinting his eyes, and said calmly, "Don't think I don't know, you just want to give me a meal, you don't have to spend your own money, and you can also listen to the book for free."
Zi Qing said, "Senior brother, who asked you to be born in the capital, and you usually spend so much, just give me some benefits."
"Okay." An Bian said, " You can have dinner with me, but you can’t go to Condor Shooting. I want to watch Romance of the West Chamber.”
"You've already seen anything good about The West Chamber. If you treat me to a treat, senior brother, I'll take you to a nice place to watch a play, but what you're watching is The Legend of White Snake."
"What"
An Bian finally became somewhat interested and looked sideways at Zi Qing.
Zi Qing said with a look of longing, "I heard that the theater was opened by An Bianhou. Anbianhou has returned to the capital, and he often goes to the theater recently. If he is lucky, he can meet him. When he heard that he was handsome and handsome, he was the most free-spirited among the young talents of the Ming Dynasty."
An Bian shuddered and said, "Are you going to listen to a show or to meet people?"
"Wouldn't it be better if we could see Marquis Anbian together? I would be satisfied." Zi Qing looked obsessed.
"Cut"
An Bian looked at the hourglass on the side and said, "From what you said, it seems that it's almost time to go to work. Master and the old man shouldn't be here today." It’s coming. Why don’t we leave early and get a good seat?”
“Very good, very good.” Zi Qing naturally raised his hands in agreement, and suddenly he shouted, “Brother, it’s raining. It's raining."
"Really?"
An Bian picked up his pen and was about to record the moment when it rained. Suddenly he felt something was wrong. He walked out of the palace gate and stood in the yard. , turned around and glared at Zi Qing, "That's it, it's also called rain."
Zi Qing also ran out, pulled An Bian back and said, "Senior brother, don't get cold, drizzle is also rain. Maybe it will be rain in a while. It’s going to be a big rain.”
The two of them waited seriously.
Then
The rain stopped.
And the hourglass that records the time has just finished leaking.
"It's time to do casual work," Zi Qing said excitedly.
An Bian said, "How do you remember today's weather?"
Zi Qingtou was more flexible and said, "Brother, what do you think? There is still wind and rain today." At one point, let’s record that it’s windy and rainy today, so it’s not a false report.”
“Okay.”
An Bian picked up the pen and wrote on the paper. Write down the speech that Zi Qing drafted.
"Let's go, let's go."
The two of them hurriedly changed into their regular clothes and were about to leave.
There was also a young junior brother inside who was responsible for serving tea and water and was not even high-ranking. He shouted, "Two senior brothers, walk slowly. Master said today that we have to wait until night. If there is hail, the road will be dangerous."
"I know"
Zi Qing replied, but she pulled An Bian and left Qintian Prison without looking back.
The Six Ministries of the Central Government and other yamen did not take the hail disaster seriously.
If this is what Zhang Zhou predicted, it will still get some attention. Who makes Zhang Zhou’s crow’s mouth so bright every time?
But if this is Wu Hao Who is Wu Hao joking about?
When it was time to break off work, all the ministers came out of the yamen. The sedans and carriages outside were ready, and everyone was ready to go home. Everyone was in a good mood. easy.
At this time, the two leading people who came out of the Ministry of Personnel were, in addition to the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, Tu Fu, and the cabinet minister Xie Qian. It wasn't until dark that the legendary "hail disaster" came.
"On this day, there will be hail" Xie Qian asked.
Tu Jian sighed, "It's not raining on a cloudy day. How can I wait until it rains on a sunny day? I'll have something to say tomorrow."
"Let's go." Thanks After Qian finished speaking, he walked towards his sedan chair.
What he was thinking about was that if the hail had not fallen, he would have to impeach Zhang Zhou again early in the morning. Xin said that he didn’t know what the emperor had done after delaying the past few days. He would impeach Zhang Zhou tomorrow. Will things change?
Would the emperor use the excuse of Wu Hao, the imperial supervisor, and Zhang Mao, the British minister, to impeach Zhang Zhou, and by extension, say that the ministers of the DPRK and China made other rumors? Things are also happening in Much Ado About Nothing
The sedan chair on Xie Qian's side has just left.
Before Tu Yan could wait for his carriage, Fu Han, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, came back from outside in a hurry. After the carriage stopped, Fu Han trotted all the way to Tu Yan.
"Why?" Tu Yu asked.
Fu Han asked, "Where is Mr. Xie Ge?"
Tu Yu said, "The guy just left, he must have passed the intersection. If you have anything to say, please tell me."
Fu Han said He said with an anxious look on his face, "I finally found Wu Hao. At first, he avoided it and refused to say anything. Finally, under my questioning, he finally said angrily that this was what Zhang Bingkuan told him about the capital's attack today. Haizi, I wanted to ask a few more questions, but he denied it."
"What?" Tu Fu was also surprised.
What Zhang Zhou said
Wu Hao actually listened to Zhang Zhou and revealed the matter to Zhang Mao. Zhang Mao actually reported it to the court "honestly", so he should go first. Before the official impeachment of Zhang Zhou
Fu Han said with a sad face, "I also feel that the matter is not simple. I was also thinking on the way back that if Zhang Bingkuan really did it, he might be delaying time, but also Or he has other plans."
"Wow"
Just when Fu Han was still guessing Zhang Zhou's intentions, the sound of something urgently hitting the ground suddenly came from the ground outside.
"Yeah" Fu Han and Tu Yan couldn't help but look away.
The officials who were preparing to get into their cars outside were so frightened that they hurried to a place where there was a roof covering their heads, shouting excitedly "It's hailing" as they ran
It seems that there is no compassion for the sufferings of the people because of the natural disaster. They all seem to be gloating about the misfortune.
It seems that due to our hard work and hard work, after this day of suffering, the hail finally came as promised.
"Hail"
"Hail"
Many people are running around and shouting, even those who have already gone some way, such as officials around the Liubu Yamen The carriages also had to temporarily seek shelter from the hail.place.
Tu Yan and Fu Han, two of the vanguards to impeach Zhang Zhou, stood in the yard blocked by the lintel. They didn’t seem worried that the lintel would be smashed down by the hail, but they I didn't dare to take a step out.
"This"
Fu Han sorted out his words and said, "Tu Shangshu, do you know what this means?"
Tu Jianren was also a little confused.
Wu Hao said there were hailstones, and it was a strange thing to see hailstones.
If this is what Zhang Zhou said, it would be much more reasonable. Zhang Zhou accurately predicted what would happen in the future, and it was not the time when the emperor prayed for rain before, including Zhang Zhou’s people coming first after arriving at Xuan Mansion. Anyone can guess that Zhang Zhou has some extraordinary abilities by praying for rain to accumulate reputation.
It may be a bit too much to say that he can control the wind and rain, but knowing the changes in the weather should be an ability he can possess.
But to understand Zhang Zhou’s own prophecy of hail disaster and for others to use it to attack him, one can figure out the reason behind it
“Tu Butang, the hail is coming”< /p>
Just when Tu Fu was stunned by the group of fleeing people outside and the chaotic scene that was almost like a war, the subordinate officers of the Ministry of Personnel had already followed him out and told Tu Fu as if they were announcing good news.
Tu Yan said to Fu Han, "Don't leak this beforehand."
Fu Han said with a bitter face, "If I tell others, can they believe it?"
Tu Yan thought about it, yes.
Tell people that this hailstorm was actually predicted by Zhang Zhou himself, or was used to attack Zhang Zhou himself. It makes no sense.
"Wait," Tu Yu said, "when this hailstorm passes, come with me to visit Xie Yuqiao quickly. Everyone who can see it will see that this is not a big deal."
Xie Qian is in On the way home, I encountered this hailstorm.
He was sitting on the sedan chair, listening to the "crackling" sound coming from the top of the hailstones, and quickly asked the sedan bearer to find him a place to avoid the hailstorms, but he was just like the people in the market who took shelter from the hailstones. We can only find the corner of the street. The open stores along the street are all busy with people going in to take shelter.
Xie Qian got off the sedan chair and looked at the people running in the street, feeling uncomfortable.
As a Beijing official, being an official in the capital is not that grand. The key is that you can’t afford to hire one. Being an official in the capital only looks good, and outsiders are envious of it. But even the elders of the Ming Dynasty, Traveling is just a matter of bringing four bearers.
"Sir, I guess you are an official." A shopkeeper appeared behind Xie Qian.
Xie Qian said hurriedly, "Thank you, I want to take shelter here."
"You can do it." The shopkeeper was very polite.
At this time, Xie Qian noticed that this was a cloth shop, and it seemed that it also sold some ready-made clothes, but not all of them were new clothes, there were also many old clothes.
This kind of store is quite popular in the capital. Clothes are also "hard currency" in the market in this era. Generally, if people have any emergency needs, they can just take the clothes.It is very common to pawn or sell clothes. Even patched clothes can be sold at a good price as long as they are relatively new.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "I took precautions early today and asked someone to notify the dyeing department and collect all the fabrics. Otherwise, the losses would be huge."
Xie Qian originally didn't want to deal with these people in the market because it was pointless.
But this time he became interested and asked, "You have known this for a long time."
"Yes." The shopkeeper said, "It's been published in the newspaper. And by the way, Tianfu posted notices everywhere, explaining that there might be a hailstorm today, and that it would happen between noon and before nightfall."
"Hmm"
Xie Qian frowned.
To all the civil servants, this was nonsense. Even he didn’t believe that Wu Hao had such ability, but Shuntian Prefecture would pay so much attention to it and publish it in the Di newspaper. What was his intention?
Or is it that the emperor has paid so much attention to this hailstorm from the beginning that he has secretly arranged all disaster prevention measures
The shopkeeper said, "I and other ordinary people don't understand, but I expected this The emperor's kindness is so great, and we are all grateful for the emperor's kindness."
Xie Qian felt bad when he heard such flattery from a distance.
This kind of words seemed to be more common to him when coming from an official’s mouth.
"Do you believe it?" Xie Qian asked.
"Most people believe it." The shopkeeper said, "Look at the people traveling outside. Even if they go out, they are all forced by life. There is Duke Lai in the imperial court. As expected, Your Majesty will not forget the suffering of the people in the face of such a disaster."
"Humph." Xie Qian snorted, "What does this have to do with Zhang Bingkuan?"
"Ah. ”
The shopkeeper was surprised.
You are calling Zhang Zhou by his first name. He seems to be very familiar with the Duke of Lai.
"Zhang Bingkuan is the Duke of Lai in your mouth. I have known him for a long time." Xie Qian said.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Yes, when I look at you, you are a high official."
Xie Qian didn't know whether this was a compliment or sarcasm.
It seems that the reason why I can be praised by the shopkeeper is not because I am an official, but because I know Zhang Zhou, an irritating person.
"Lai Guogong was here before. After fighting outside, I finally returned to the capital. As soon as I came back, I solved a disaster."
The shopkeeper looked grateful.
Because in this era, the quality of house construction is generally not high, so hail damage prevention is very important.
Xie Qian shook his head and said, "This is not what Duke Lai Guo said. This is what Qin Tianjian Zheng Wu Hao said. Remember, it's Wu Hao. Don't say it wrong again." Please remember to collect, the latest website The fastest and free reading without anti-theft