Chapter 35 3. A rough man who cares about his head and ignores his back

But Li Shimian was said to be a weird elf, he was a Jinshi in the Yongle period, he was obviously a literati, but he had a hot temper.Not many court officials had a temper with him, but the notorious Jin Yiwei admired him.It is very likely that Li Shimian's style of doing things without thinking about his head and his back is quite rough, which is why he has won unanimous praise from the guards in Jinyi. Because Li Shimian wrote against Zhu Gaochi's intercourse during the funeral, Li Shimian annoyed Zhu Gaochi, the benevolent king, and was almost beaten to death by the golden melon warrior.Although he was not dead, he was no longer a living person, so he was dragged into the prison.Zhu Gaochi's idea was to let this Li Shimian die in the most painful way in the prison.

But I never thought that the fat guy Zhu Gaochi would die first, while Li Shimian was lying in the cold cell, moaning in pain. Jin Yiwei, who admired Li Shimian the most, couldn't bear to see him die, so they rushed to rescue him. But Li Shimian's injury was too serious, so the guards in Jinyi worked tirelessly, broke through their iron shoes, and searched for famous doctors' folk prescriptions everywhere. As the saying goes, hard work pays off.Finally, they found a folk remedy and used it on Li Shimian, and it really had an immediate effect, and Li Shimian recovered quickly. Just as Li Shimian was being treated, the prince Zhu Zhanji had already arrived in Beijing, so the officials strongly urged him to ascend the throne.Zhu Zhanji resolutely refused in accordance with the requirements of Confucian etiquette, and the officials continued to write requests in accordance with the requirements of etiquette. Zhu Zhanji continued to express his refusal. The battle lasted ten rounds.Within ten days, the officials wrote ten times to ask Zhu Zhanji to ascend the throne, but Zhu Zhanji refused ten times.By the eleventh day, the number of requests and rejections had far exceeded the requirements of Confucian etiquette. Besides, everyone was tired of playing, so Zhu Zhanji boarded the dragon chair under the support of the officials. It is Emperor Xuande, known as Xuanzong in history.There is a subtle time difference here. During the long years when Zhu Zhanji refused ten times, Li Shimian was in the sky prison, and Jin Yiwei was struggling to heal his injuries.When Zhu Zhanji finally ascended the throne, Li Shimian's injuries were all healed.So those Jin Yiwei took him out of the prison and came to Zhu Zhanji to reason.

When Li Shimian set out from the prison to the palace, it was Zhu Zhanji who gave the Shangfang sword to the Jin Yiwei named Wang, and asked him to bring Li Shimian's head to meet.So the two groups walked towards each other on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing. Logically speaking, they should have bumped into each other, but they didn't. why? Because they take different paths. Jin Yiwei, surnamed Wang, claimed that he didn't know Lu—in fact, he should be in the same group as those Jin Yiweis.But Li Shimian took a shortcut.So when Li Shimian entered the palace, he bumped into Zhu Zhanji face to face.Li Shimian came forward to greet him: "Hello, Your Majesty, I am Li Shimian, have you eaten, Your Majesty?"

When Zhu Zhanji heard that he was Li Shimian, his enemy, he rushed over furiously: "Li Shimian, why do you want to piss off my father?" Li Shimian: "...Your Majesty, let go first, it's too late, Your Majesty, you're too late..." Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "How can I be wrong?" Li Shimian said: "It seems that you are really angry, Your Majesty, so let me tell you the truth. The reason why your father is angry with me is because I object to exile you to Nanjing and oppose his attack on princelings... Such an approach is not conducive to stability and unity."

Zhu Zhanji was taken aback: "There is such a thing? Is what you said true or false?" Li Shimian: "It's not human to lie to you." Zhu Zhanji: "Is there any evidence? I mean where is your memorial? Bring it here and let me have a look." Li Shimian said: "The memorial has already been burned. This is the law of our Ming Dynasty. Whenever there is something to report, the memorial will be burned immediately after the matter is clarified. The purpose is to prevent ministers from taking credit for it." Zhu Zhanji: "You don't even have evidence, how can I trust you?"

Li Shimian said with a smile: "Your Majesty said that apart from this matter, what else can make your father hate me to such an extent?" Zhu Zhanji nodded again and again: "It makes sense, what you said makes sense, you are not a villain, but a rare loyal minister. Come here, take Li Aiqing's official uniform and put it on for Li Aiqing superior……" So in the blink of an eye, Li Shimian was restored to his post.So when Jin Yiwei, surnamed Wang, came back in a hurry, he saw Li Shimian standing beside Zhu Zhanji in a well-dressed manner at first sight, and he had become Zhu Zhanji's most important courtier.

After solving the matter of Li Shimian, Zhu Zhanji sat on the dragon chair and opened the memorials played by officials and vassal kings from various places.The first memorial was sent by his uncle, Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu.In this memorial, Zhu Gaoxu severely condemned Zhu Zhanji's ineffective governance of the country for several mistakes.What's terrible is that it's reasonable to say it clearly and logically. Showing the memorial to his subordinates, Zhu Zhanji ordered: "Declaration, there is an error in the government affairs of the court, and it will be corrected according to the suggestion of the King of Han in the future."