Chapter 150: The Palace Changes (Part 1)
Days pass by day, and it seems as peaceful as a prosperous era.
On this day, Guo Hao was reading a book in the study. The sky outside the window was so gloomy. Raindrops as big as soybeans hit the ground, splashing the dust on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of dust. Guo Hao put down the book in his hand.
The wind was strong outside, and the doors and windows were blew. The disciples in the branch were busy and quickly closed all doors and windows.
Guo Hao heard the sound of rain outside, as dense as a war drum, and the sound of howling wind was like a trumpet, touching Guo Hao's heart.
"The wind drives the heavy rain and sprinkles the high city, and the clouds press against the light thunder. It's raining, it's raining."
Guo Hao used to like reading poetry. Sometimes when he encountered special scenes, he always wanted to write a poem, but he didn't know how to write it, so he found ancient poems that suited the scene and wrote down a lot of them over and over again.
"What about the next sentence?"
Qiu Nan suddenly asked a question, but she saw her sitting at the desk and copying the two lines of Guo Hao’s just now on paper. Guo Hao stopped hearing this, thought about it carefully, and shook his head.
"No, I can't remember it anymore, I can't remember it anymore."
Qiu Nan curled his lips when he heard this. It was only half a poem, but now it is half a poem. Guo Jiamei has one, but she only has half a poem.
"Then you think quickly, why is it always like this? I..."
"Come on, what is that!"
At this moment, the two suddenly heard someone exclaiming. Guo Hao opened the door and the wind and rain came towards him. Qiu Nan wanted to get an umbrella, but it was too late.
Guo Hao came to the yard and saw a huge tornado above the palace. No one knew what it was, and some knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
This scene was very scary. Many roofs of houses were lifted up, and the big trees were uprooted. You could vaguely see a huge object. When you look closely, it turned out to be a wooden board.
"Look, isn't that the city gate? It looks like it's the Zheng Gate in the southwest. What a guy flying so high!"
Maybe it was because it was rolled up too much, which consumed the power of the tornado. The tornado slowly disappeared, the yard was in a mess, and the water on the ground was more than a foot deep!
Seeing this scene, Guo Hao frowned. The ancients were very awe of these natural phenomena, especially the emperor, who generally followed the response of heaven and man.
There were many strange things happening in Bianliang during this period, but in Guo Hao's opinion, those things have little impact and can be explained by science.
But this time he can explain, but it only caused such a big impact. If he said it was a normal phenomenon, someone would listen!
Tornado is a rare local, small-scale, sudden and strong convective weather. It is caused by air convective movement in strong and small-scale air vortexes in strong and unstable weather conditions.
The diameter ranges from a few meters to hundreds of meters, and is usually on the sea, but there are also on land, and it takes only a few minutes, and everything is robbed wherever you go.
According to later statistics, Henan Province is indeed a province with frequent tornadoes, and the palace is empty and prone to convection, so the palace is the starting point of the tornadoes.
After the tornado, Liu Chengyou was frightened and asked Zhao Yan, the Si Tianjian, and said, "My dear, do you have the art of praying for me?"
When he heard the emperor ask him how to avoid disaster, Zhao Ting really talked about the response of heaven and man, and said, "Your Majesty, my subordinates are good at astronomy and calendar calculations. Sacrifice and prayer are not familiar to me. However, if the people who rule the world want to eliminate disasters, the best way is to practice virtue."
Liu Chengyou hurriedly asked, "What is the practice of moral governance?"
Zhao Ting replied: "Please read "Zhenguan Zheng Yao" and follow it."
"Zhenguan Zhengyao" is a political and historical theory by Wu Jing, a historian of the Tang Dynasty. It records the remarks and measures of discussing state governance with ministers during the 23 years of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty's reign.
The book tells the benevolent political propositions and ideas such as sage kings, employing people based on merit, valuing people and loving people, and reserving punishment and prudence.
Zhao Sitianjian’s motion should be a warning to Emperor Yin.
But Emperor Yin didn't seem to understand "Zhenguan Zheng Yao". Later facts proved that he was too far away from Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty's career.
The third year of Ganyou was another year of disasters. First, there was a severe drought in the world, and then locust plagues occurred. With such a year, no wonder Wang Zhang did not agree to his sacrifice.
Now that something happened again, Liu Chengyou felt that the problem was him, and later he felt that the problem was not big. At this time, the Yellow River in Zhengzhou broke its mouth.
Liu Chengyou finally felt that the matter was serious, so he prepared to hold a "disaster prevention" activity and invite the nuns to enter the palace to make a temple.
During this period, something strange happened. At that time, nuns were invited to enter the palace forbidden to recite Buddhist books and do good deeds. A nun went to the toilet. After returning, she cried endlessly, and she didn't know the human affairs except crying.
After being in a coma for several days, when she woke up, she asked her why she was crying, but she couldn't answer anything. What did she see in the bathroom?
This incident quickly spread to the streets and alleys, and Guo Hao was also very curious about it. It was really inconvenient for Guo Wei to go to the palace to investigate.
At this time, Guo Wei was still in Yecheng. When he learned that Guo Hao was back, he and Zhao Kuangyin were very happy. Thinking that there was no war here, he did not rush to call him.
Strange things happen one after another, and it is destined to be an uneasy year, but these are not what Guo Hao is worried about. What he is most worried about is when Liu Chengyou will take action!
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The court was panicked for a while and seemed to have returned to peace. Guo Hao was still waiting, and at the same time he had an answer in his heart.
Queen Mother Li's younger brother Li Ye was the chief financial officer of the Dawen period during Liu Zhiyuan's reign and was trusted very much during the reign of Emperor Yin.
There was a position of Xuanhui envoy for a while. Liu Chengyou and the Empress Dowager both hinted that Shi Hongzhao hoped that this official function would be done by Li Ye.
However, Shi Hongzhao believed that the state had a system for relocation of officials, and that the relatives could not be allowed to cross this system, and in the end, Li Ye did not become the official.
Moreover, the empress dowager had an old friend, and his son asked for a military post. She thought there was nothing wrong, but she didn't expect Shi Hongzhao to behead him in anger.
The eunuch Guo Yunming and others were also very popular with Emperor Yin, but because of his opinion on ruling, he had not been promoted for a long time. This group of people were very resentful towards Shi Hongzhao and others.
Liu Chengyou liked to listen to music. Once, the performance organized by the Jiaofang was good. Emperor Yin was happy and everyone gave him a reward on the spot.
The envoy of the Jiaofang felt that Shi Hongzhao was so powerful that he had to inform him and expressed his gratitude to him for receiving the reward.
Unexpectedly, Shi Hongzhao was furious and said to the officials in charge of the performance: "My Han Dynasty conquered the country, there is no record of everyone's rewards!
What are the contributions you ordinary actors have? How dare you take this reward!"
After that, all rewards were confiscated and returned to the treasury.
Shi Hongzhao and others were unwilling to the monarch, which made Liu Chengyou even more unbearable. So they began to plan to kill Yang Bing and others with Li Ye, Guo Yunming and others.
Several people had decided to discuss and reported to Empress Dowager Li. The Empress Dowager said, "How can you act rashly in such a big matter? You should discuss and discuss with other prime ministers."
Li Ye said, "Sister, the late emperor once said that the great affairs of the court cannot be planned with scholars. Scholars are timid and will harm people!"
Empress Dowager Li still repeated what she said just now.
Liu Chengyou then said angrily: "National affairs are not something women in the boudoir can know!"
After saying that, he simply turned his sleeves out. He didn't even listen to my mother's words. Guo Wei's original worries became a fact.
Li Ye and others felt that their strength was not strong enough, so they told the plot to the guest provincial envoy Yan Jinqing. Yan Jinqing believed that Shi Hongzhao had strength and was afraid that the matter would not be successful and he would suffer himself. After much thought, he decided to go to Shi Hongzhao's mansion to report the matter.
When Yan Jinqing saw that there was no one around, he went up to knock on the door. The servant of the Shi Mansion opened the door.
"I'll report it to you and say that Yan Jinqing has something important to ask for a meeting!"
The servant knew that the master met all officials, so he went in to report. When Shi Hongzhao heard that he was coming, he recalled the banquet.
"Just say I'm not at home, let him come back another day!"
The servant took the order and told Yan Jinqing. Yan Jinqing stood there in a daze and sighed deeply.
When he returned home, Yan Jinqing hung the portrait of Liu Zhiyuan in the middle hall and cried loudly.
"Last Emperor, I'm sorry for you. Your Majesty wants to kill the ministers you left behind. I shouldn't have stopped him, but Shi Hongzhao and the others are in the court, and there is still a Guo Wei in Yedu!
Moreover, the rash killing of ministers will inevitably lead to chaos. This is a disaster, and I am afraid that the Han Dynasty will be unstable!"
Unfortunately, no one heard Yan Jinqing's cry. If Guo Hao was here, he would definitely admire his loyalty.
Chapter completed!