Free-spirited Illegitimate Son

After studying for a long time, suddenly at this moment, the ground of the Nuo Pavilion seemed to tremble.

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback, Ye Chunqiu hurriedly grabbed Zhu Houzhao and hid under the table.

At this moment, the entire Nuan Pavilion seemed to be shaking, Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "This...is the ground collapsing?"

Ye Chunqiu was also a little nervous at first, and only when the trembling stopped suddenly did he regain his composure.

Zhu Houzhao was about to get up from under the table, but Ye Chunqiu grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty, wait a little longer. If the land collapses, maybe it's just a sign."

Meaning, there may be more in the future.

Zhu Houzhao's mind was in a daze, and he collapsed on the spot.

But Ye Chunqiu said: "It doesn't look like the collapse of the capital, but the source of the earthquake should not be far from the capital, maybe it could be Tianjin Wei, at most it's Shandong Chief Envoy or Xuanfu..."

After a while, a group of eunuchs swarmed in and said one by one: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Zhu Houzhao and Ye Chunqiu just got out from under the table. Zhu Houzhao's face was miserable. Seeing the panicked looks of these eunuchs, he hurriedly said, "The queen mother and the prince are all right."

"It's nothing. It's just that a eunuch was so scared that he fell into the Jinshui River and died." The leader was Liu Jin. After the earth collapsed, the palace was in chaos. With Ye Chunqiu accompanying him here, he couldn't help feeling sour.

Zhu Houzhao let out a long breath of relief, still not recovering from the fright just now.

Looking sideways at Ye Chunqiu, he saw that Ye Chunqiu was still calm and composed.

To Ye Chunqiu, this landslide is nothing more than a movement of the earth's crust, which is a normal phenomenon like wind, rain, thunder and lightning. But to people of this era, it is tantamount to the wrath of God, which is completely linked to mythology.

The theory of ghosts and gods is based on the unknown, especially this kind of landslide that many people may have never experienced in their entire lives. Seeing the earth shake, the kind of panic and helplessness, no matter how calm people are, they will not be able to feel it at this moment. will become bewildered.

Zhu Houzhao was a person who was not afraid of anything, but now he was so frightened that his face turned blue, but seeing Ye Chunqiu's calm and calm expression, he was amazed, this Ye Aiqing, could it be that she can't be scared of anything?

Not long after, another eunuch came and said, "Your Majesty, all the scholars in the cabinet are asking to see you."

When such a major event happened, the first reaction of the cabinet was to come to see it. This is obviously an emergency measure of the imperial court. It is uncertain where the collapse is for the time being. The monarch and his ministers must first get together to discuss it.

Zhu Houzhao said seriously: "Please come."

Ye Chunqiu wanted to evade, but Zhu Houzhao stopped him and said, "Ye Aiqing stay here, it's good to listen."

Liu Jian and the others had already arrived with solemn expressions. After the emperor and ministers met each other, Zhu Hou ordered them to sit down. Before everyone sat down, Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, the seismograph of the Qin Tianjian has been aligned. The location of Beng is in the northwest, roughly...it should be in the Xuanfu. The ministers and others have ordered people to go to the Xuanfu to investigate quickly. All of them are ready for any eventuality."

Xuanfu...

Xuan Mansion is an important town defending Gyeonggi, and what we can understand now is only the direction of Dibeng, but Liu Jian's reaction is very fast. Officials should respond at any time. Of course, the most important thing is to strengthen the defense of the capital. Once such a change occurs, rumors and rumors are the most likely to occur. If someone with a heart instigates it, it is very likely to cause a catastrophe.

With lingering fear in his heart, Zhu Houzhao said deeply, "Okay, okay, what else is there?"

Liu Jian and the princes looked at each other, and said just now: "Your Majesty, once the disaster situation is confirmed, the imperial court must appoint an imperial envoy to allocate money and food, and go to the disaster relief, not only to count the damaged houses, but also to compensate the dead and injured and resettle them Victims. Unlike other droughts and locust plagues, disasters like landslides are the most prone to chaos, so the court's contingency measures must be extremely fast, and the slightest negligence may lead to disaster."

Liu Jian's face looked very solemn. Compared with other disasters, landslides have a deeper meaning. There is often a mainstream view that landslides are caused by the imbalance of yin and yang, which has nothing to do with the rise and fall of dynasties and the actions of emperors. It has a lot to do with it, and it is a warning from heaven to people.

Especially in many annals, there are records of landslides when dynasties perished. For example, during the reign of King You of Zhou, Qishan landslides occurred. , without losing the order, if the order is followed, the people will be in chaos. '

Since then, this kind of theory has been prevailing, and it is believed that Dibeng is related to courtiers taking power, father and son's infidelity, and wives and concubines competing for favor. Therefore, almost every time Dibeng, many careerists who had been dormant would often make trouble under the banner of the world's doom, so Hearts are shaken and order is lost.

It would be fine if the disaster of Dibeng can be resolved as soon as possible, but if it is delayed, then man-made disasters will happen. At that time, someone will cheer up, and the Xuanfu is not far from the capital, so the consequences can be imagined.

Although Zhu Houzhao is usually confused, now he knows that this matter is not easy, he nodded and said: "Yes, what Master Liu said is right, when the disaster situation is confirmed, imperial envoys should be appointed immediately, and the disaster situation must be calmed down as soon as possible.

Xie Qian kept silent all the time. He was in a particularly bad mood at this time. After pondering for a while, he finally said: "Your Majesty, whenever the sky changes, there will be disasters for people, let alone the collapse of the earth. Now the collapse of the earth, monks and common people are talking about it. The Son of Heaven should sin against himself and comfort the people."

This is almost an old routine of Dibeng. Dibeng is a warning to the emperor. That is to say, the first reaction of those affected by the disaster is that the emperor Lao Tzu has done something wrong, and thinking that Zhu Houzhao is not cautious enough at ordinary times, hurry up now. To issue an imperial edict to sin against oneself is also to mend a dead sheep.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being speechless. After thinking about it, he couldn't make up his mind.

Liu Jian also said: "Your Majesty, what Xie Xueshi said is very true. It is only natural to issue an imperial edict to sin against oneself. It is not a bad thing for the emperor to review his own mistakes in all dynasties."

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to sigh: "Since that's the case, you can make up your own mind."

Since he couldn't make up his mind, he simply acted as a hands-off shopkeeper and let Liu Jian and others arrange it. Anyway, he didn't write the sin edict, but the Hanlin wrote it themselves.

After the general situation was agreed upon, the elders left naturally, and Ye Chunqiu also planned to leave, but Zhu Houzhao stopped him: "Ye Aiqing, don't rush to leave, if it is really a disaster in Xuanfu, I'm afraid to hurry up and leave." I'll be there soon." He couldn't help but said, "Zhu Zaiyao was just born, and he collapsed on the spot...it's really strange..."