The famines lasted for years, and the crying horns continued, so the officials remonstrated and prevented the southern tour.
On the 27th of the first month of the eighteenth year of Jiajing, the worker of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Yue Lun, went to the office for remonstrance and was denounced as the people. On February 8th, Xu Zan, the official secretary of the bureau, and Wang Ting of the capital Yushi equally persuaded them, but refused to listen. Yu Shi Liu, Shi, Xian, and Zeng Feng were fined in February for remonstrance.
Until February 16, the first night of the southern tour, the soldier Sun Tang entered the Ouchi Throne at night, and Chen Chen set up palaces along the way, worked hard and was arrested and sent to prison.
In this way, after dawn, Emperor Jiajing just made the trip.
On February 16th, the eighteenth year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing set off from the capital, and traveled south, and his concubine followed suit. Jingshan Hou Cui Yuan, academician Xia Yan, official secretary Xu Zan, ritual minister Yan Song, Hubu Shangshu Li Tingxiang, War Department Shangshu Wang Tingxiang, Criminal Department Shangshu Yang Zhixue, and Ministry of Industry Shangshu Jiang Yao, etc. Xianning Hou Qiuluan and Dongning Bo Jiaodong served as the left and right deputy generals. Guo Xun of Yi Guo took the seal of the Chinese army to protect the generals. He was given the alchemist Tao Zhongwen "Shenxiao protects the country's missionary master", gave the seal, and also accompanied him, and ordered the crown prince to supervise the country.
The southern tour team is very large. At this time, the governor's co-zhi Chen Yin is in charge of Jin Yiwei. He and Lu Bing lead Jin Yiwei together.
During this trip, there were 8,000 people from Jinyiweihuxing Jingzhuang Banner School, 6,000 people in charge of guarding the courts where Emperor Jiajing was sitting, and 2,000 people in charge of setting up and performing pilots, and undertaking various inspection orders. There are also 6,000 officers and soldiers in the army, 1,000 people in the martial arts, 2,000 people before and after the driver, and 500 people on the left and right. They tightly surround the Jiajing Emperor. It’s true. Can be described as foolproof.
Just to supply this team with grain and grass and repair bridges and roads along the way, they spent 300,000 taicang silver in Taicang. Accompanying the Southern Tour are Guo Xun, Gong Guo Gong, Zhu Xizhong, Cui Yuan, Hou Cui Yuan of Jingshan, Scholar Xia Yan, Shang Shu Yan Song, Zuo Du Yu Shi Wang Ting, etc.; at the same time, there are also senior officials recommended by Shao Yuanjie Tao Zhongwen, the favored Taoist priest.
During this southern tour, there was a huge amount of local supply. Whether it was local officials or accompanying officials, omissions were inevitable. Therefore, many people were punished for various reasons. On the second day of the car's departure, Pan Lu in Shuntianfu Zhizhong failed to welcome him because he was driving through Liangxiang. Yu Shi Hu Shouzhong participated in his disrespect, and Jin Yiwei was arrested.
When the car passed by Zhaozhou, someone outside the hall shouted for grievances. The Emperor Jiajing ordered Jin Yiwei to arrest people, but the governor in charge of Jin Yiwei Chen Yin did not know where he was. The Emperor Jiajing was very angry and severely reprimanded him.
In addition, many officials were also arrested and convicted by Jin Yiwei because they were unable to meet at the court.
On February 26, fire broke out in the two palaces of Zhaozhou and Linming town where the Jiajing Emperor was stationed. Although it did not cause a big loss, it made the Jiajing Emperor very annoyed. He ordered to "patrol the Yushi to arrest a clerk and seize Fan Xin's salary for half a year."
On February 28th, we drove into Henan, with the important town Weihui in front of us. While walking, there is a whirlwind always blowing back and forth around the holy car.
With doubts in his mind, Emperor Jiajing asked Taoist Tao Zhongwen: "Where is this auspicious?"
Tao Zhongwen calculated silently—then replied: "The main fire."
When he heard that it was about to catch fire again, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but panic. He remembered the fire in the palace two or three days ago.
Emperor Jiajing said to Tao Zhongwen: You can cast spells to eliminate the fire. "
Tao Zhongwen told Emperor Jiajing: "The fire is inevitable, and you can protect the holy ears."
The conversation between Emperor Jiajing and Tao Zhongwen was heard by Lu Bing, who was next to the car, and he began to pay attention to himself, preparing to deal with possible dangers.
Lu Bing carefully urged everyone to be on guard, but it was hard for everyone to hesitate even if they were tired from walking a few days ago. Seeing this, Lu Bing had to make plans for himself.
In the afternoon, the car driver stopped Weihui. Due to the fatigue of the journey, the Emperor Jiajing hosted a banquet in honor of the Ruwang Zhu Youzhen who came to see the driver, and he rested early. The attendants who drove southward also settled down, and the days of rushing made them quickly fall asleep.
It turned out that Lu Bing always remembered Tao Zhongwen's words, so he stayed outside the Jiajing Emperor's palace and did not dare to rest.
Suddenly, a figure flashed by from a distance, and Lu Bing felt that something was wrong and immediately chased after him.
Lu Bing only felt that the figure was familiar, but when he chased it, he disappeared.
Lu Bing suddenly wakes up, the secret path is bad!
Four drums in the sky, sparks suddenly appeared from the hall, because these halls were covered with wood, reed mats, and felt tents, and it was the dry weather in spring, the whole hall was instantly Being caught in a sea of flames, the fierce tongue of fire makes people daunting.
The attendants who were awakened from their sleep ran and shouted, but no one could tell which palace the emperor slept in, and saw the struggling and rolling figures of those trapped in the sea of fire.
Emperor Jiajing himself was awakened by the fire, and the eunuchs and court ladies beside him ran away. Surrounded by the raging fire, Emperor Jiajing didn't know what to do.
At the juncture of this crisis, I saw Lu Bing put a wet quilt on his head, pushed down the door screen, and rushed into the palace from the sea of fire. He covered the wet quilt on Emperor Jiajing, and turned his back and rushed out. The sea of fire rescued Emperor Jiajing.
At this time, the guards hurried forward and placed Emperor Jiajing in Chengyu.
Emperor Jiajing thanked Lu Bing and said, "Wenfu, you still have the heart. Fortunately, I call you back, otherwise we will never see each other again."
Lu Bing smiled and arched his hands, and the Emperor Jiajing immediately announced: "Promote the Jinyi Guarding Department Commander Lu Bing as the capital's command and common knowledge, and still in charge of Jinyiwei."
Emperor Jiajing was rescued, but many concubines, court ladies, eunuchs and other people in the harem were buried in the sea of flames. Many of the artifacts and jewels they carried when they left Beijing were also burned and suffered heavy losses.
After daybreak, officials from various yamen who accompanied them came to show their comfort to the Emperor Jiajing. Facing the chaos after the fire, Emperor Jiajing was very annoyed. He issued two orders: one is to order the capital Yushi Wang Tingxiang to investigate the fire scene; the other is to arrest Weihui and Henan local officials for punishment.
The prefect Wangpin of Weihui and Houjun County of Jixian County were put on shackles and walked in front of the Jiajing emperor, accompanied by Jinyiwei, to show the public.
When he reached Chengtian, he was sentenced with a rod and distributed to the side for the people.
On March 12, the eighteenth year of Jiajing, I drove to Chengtian. Yulongfei Palace was received by the court, visited Xianling, changed to Yingxuangong, and expanded Xianling Zhouyuan. Enjoy God in the Dragon Fei Palace, and be awarded the title of Guoshe and Guoji by the Emperor. The emperor pardons the world, exempts the Tiantian Fu for three years, exempts two-fifths of the Tiantian Fu for Huguang next year, and one-third of the Tiantian Fu for the next year. Return to Luang on the 22nd of the same month.
When Lu Bing drove back to Beijing, Chen Yin invited him to pay his official duties. Emperor Jiajing was approved, and he immediately announced that Lu Bing was promoted to the governor's affair, the second grade, and he was still in charge of Jinyiwei.
Lu Bing always felt that the fire in Wei Hui's palace was strange. Although it was discovered afterwards that the cause was "candles left by the palace man", Lu Bing felt that it was not that simple, because he had already remembered who the familiar figure was.
Lu Bing remained silent and launched a secret investigation into the White Lotus Sect, but he hadn't waited for the results... In July of the eighteenth year of Jiajing, the Japanese King Yuan Yoshiharu sent a tribute to Ningbo and was rejected.
Lu Bing understood that this was because the Japanese pirates could no longer withstand such a blockade by Daming, hoping to open the gap from the government.