Wanli Xinming

As soon as Yan Qing said this, the meeting room in the Hall of Martial Arts fell silent, and then all the officials looked at him with admiration.

After the Saihanba Conference, the Ming Dynasty has restored the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties and has expanded. Now the sphere of influence of the Western Regions Governor's Mansion has extended along the Ili River to the southeast of the Yibo Sea. After Tannu Wulianghai, when he led Durbut, Gekun, Huite, Kelet and other tribes to attack Warazaktu Khan, he rushed into the Heshuote grassland on the west side of Yibohai and smashed his old nest. .

After the Battle of Heshuote, Tawule Khan, the leader of the Kazakh Khanate who had been killed for many years with Zaktu Khan, offered gifts to the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions, expressing his willingness to pay tribute to Ming Dynasty.

Governor Fang Fengshi was overjoyed and urgently reported to the capital.After two years of back-and-forth negotiations, the emperor has accepted the Kazakh Khanate as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, canonized Tawule Khan as "Prince Yongjian of Anxi", or "Prince Anyong" for short, and allowed him to rule from the west and north of Yibohai to Xian land of the sea.

As for the southeast of Kazakhs to the east of the Aral Sea, the long strip of the Yarkand Khanate, that is, the Bessa Bali Kingdom (according to: the official name of Ming Dynasty) with Hami as its ruling center, was brutally killed by Prince Ma. , now there are only some nomads of various ethnic groups living together in the grassland - all the surrounding forces acquiesce that this is the land directly under the administration of the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Governor's Office of the Western Regions did not show the strength and prestige of Ming Dynasty by stationing officials and troops here, the big powers around Asia Minor and the Aral Sea, such as the Safavid Empire (according to: the Third Persian Empire), the Ottoman Empire, and small powers such as The Khanate of Bukhara, the Khanate of Khiva, etc., no matter what enmity or grievance they have, they have enough respect for Ming Dynasty.

After the destruction of the Bali Kingdom, the trade routes between the Central Plains and these areas were completely unblocked. Merchants who spoke various languages ​​purchased a large amount of goods from Luntai’s warehouses, and sold Chinese silk and porcelain in Baghdad and Istanbul, as well as luxury goods and tea from Ming Dynasty. Follow this trade route to the west, and anyone who is connected to this trade route will make a fortune.

Therefore, as soon as Yan Qing's words came out, Zhu Yijun immediately felt that it was feasible-it was unreasonable that the merchants could reach Istanbul smoothly, but the Ming's envoys could not.And as long as you reach the Ottoman Empire, you can reach Europe through the Mediterranean Sea, and the calculation time is indeed much faster than by sea.

Without further ado, Zhu Yijun immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites to urgently set up a mission, and ordered Yan Qing Shangshu to grasp the general design route, with the aim of arriving quickly and safely, and must be ready and set off within seven days.As for Luo Wanhua's "transfer from land to sea" policy, Yan Qing easily resolved it, and Zhu Yijun agreed with the first three of his suggestions.

The meeting in the Hall of Martial Arts ended, and all the officials dispersed.Zhu Yijun returned to the inner palace, and first checked the after-school homework of the princes and princesses.Seeing that the prince's handwriting is like a painting by Hun'er, he criticizes a few words with a straight face.

Afterwards, he chatted with the queen for a while, and because of something on his mind, his eyebrows were also slightly troubled.

Zhuang Jingjia smiled and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the prince is less than ten years old, so there is no need to worry."

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhu Yijun sighed and said: "It has nothing to do with the prince. In the past, the king of Zhongxing County said that Zhang Fengpan could only be the chief assistant for two years because of his selfishness. Now it seems that the selfishness is tolerable and stupid. , Do things in a hurry.”

Seeing her husband commenting on the prime minister, Zhuang Jingjia just smiled and said nothing.Zhu Yijun complained for a long time, seeing that she didn't respond, he smiled and grabbed her hand and said: "Although it is said that the harem does not interfere in politics, Jia'er and I have a different relationship, so there is no need to be so cautious."

Zhuang Jingjia broke away from Zhu Yijun's hand, stood up and bowed solemnly: "Although there is no one else here at this time, if the concubine accepts the emperor's words today, he will dare to speak first or even talk nonsense in the future; future generations will regard the concubine as the law, let alone Please be cautious, Your Majesty!"

The smile on Zhu Yijun's face and eyes were dull, he stared at Zhuang Jingjia and said, "You, my Wende, Nei Liangzuo!"

Seeing his speechless expression, Zhuang Jingjia hugged Zhu Yijun and said, "The kings of the three generations all had virtuous help in order to achieve the ultimate governance through cooperation. The ministers and concubines are unwilling to be reconciled to future generations."

After a pause, he said: "The concubine once heard from the emperor that even making a wrong decision is better than not making a decision - as for how to make a decision, please let Gan Gang be arbitrary."

Zhu Yijun rolled his eyes, nodded and said, "What the empress said is true. It's cloudy today, so I called the prince here, and I decided to beat him up."

Zhuang Jingjia was stunned, her almond eyes widened and she struggled: "Why?"

"Beating a child on a rainy day is nothing but idle time."

"Oh, if you're okay, let's do something else and stop beating the kids."

"good."

When Zhang Siwei returned home, the sky was overwhelmed by dark clouds, and heavy rain was about to fall.At this time, his son Jiazheng was working as a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, and lived with him.Seeing that the old father's face was a little pale, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him and asked, "Is father tired?"

Zhang Siwei held the eldest son's hand with his right hand, patted his hand with his left hand and said, "Go to the study and talk."

Zhang Jiazheng's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly bowed to help his father to the study.Immediately, Zhang Siwei retreated from the left and right servants, sat on the Arhat's bed and wept: "Oh, I did it for my father, the Prime Minister."

Zhang Jiazheng turned pale when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "Has the Holy Family declined so much?"

Just as Zhang Siwei was about to answer, a flash of lightning hit the dark courtyard like daylight.Immediately there was a clap of thunder, and heavy rain poured down.

Zhang Siwei's thin body trembled, stood up slowly, and came to the glass window, watching the beaded rainwater never stop on the window glass, leaving only faint wet marks.

As the air pressure in the room dropped, he said in a low voice: "I have been in the capital for 28 years since I was conferred on my father at 33 years old. If it is said that the meritorious deeds have not been established, they have also done "I answer the tribute". Since the first assistant, when facing major events and resolving major doubts, he has also done several times to help the crisis and settle the crisis, and to secure the country's major events. But, alas—"

Zhang Jiazheng burst into tears, choked up and said: "Father is worthy of the heavenly family. His Majesty wanted to connect the bank to the world, but his father scolded him against the township party and got the job done; his majesty wanted to carry out tax reform, but his father scolded him against the world. The commercial tax has been implemented; since the chief minister, the disaster in Shanxi alone has caused my father to be so exhausted that he almost died. This year, there have been many funerals at home, how can the emperor change his appearance at this time? This is too weird—”

Zhang Siwei turned around abruptly, staring at his eyes and shouting angrily: "Are you going to speak out words of resentment?!"

Zhang Jiazheng was so frightened that he suddenly stopped talking.Zhang Siwei glanced at him, then heaved a long sigh, and said in a trembling voice: "Do you know what the Queen Mother said after Feng Bao's bad deeds?"

Zhang Jiazheng shook his head to express his ignorance.Zhang Siwei smiled wryly and said: "There are rumors in the palace that there was a bad thing in the first year of Wanli. The queen mother is no longer restrained in spending money, and all the money for repairing the Bixia Yuanjun Temple comes from the internal treasury. The queen mother is flattering herself, and the queen mother said, 'Slave Deceitful, you can’t do everything by stealing and escaping first.”

Zhang Jiazheng was tongue-tied, first looked left and right nervously, then faced Zhang Siwei and asked: "'Nu' is talking about Feng Bao?"

Zhang Siwei nodded, slapped his thigh hard, and said in tears, "This is Tianjia!"

Zhang Jiazheng sighed with him for a while, and saw that his face was flushed abnormally, worried that he would not be able to hold on, so he persuaded him: "Why don't you resign, my lord? Even if the holy family has declined, the emperor must at least give us the dignity of an earl—— If the words are sincere, the Marquis is very likely."

Zhang Siwei was stunned.As if he didn't know his son, he stared at him under the light for a long time.Seeing the admiration on his face, he lowered his eyes.

Then he said in a hoarse voice: "With the wealth of my family, what's the use of those false names? They all saw that they were old and decrepit. I don't know who jumped up and took the first bite? I want to see, the emperor is pampering these hyenas." , or give face to the father?"

Colleagues did not keep Zhang Siwei waiting too long. On the third day after the Wuyingdian meeting, Cao Yikui, the censor of Shanxi Province, impeached Zhang Siwei for six crimes:
One is to make friends with foreign relatives and bribe officials.Because he and Wu Qingbo Li Wei belonged to the same township party, Zhang Siwei made friends with him as Austrian aid.Because of his rich family wealth, he bribed Gao Gong, so he became an official and became a noble;

The second is to use power for personal gain.Instead of his uncle Wang Chonggu taking advantage of the achievements of Alda's tribute, occupying power and doing business wantonly.His father, younger brother, and Wang Chonggu's younger brother were all big merchants, and they made a lot of money during the Han-Mongolian mutual market.

The third is to frame colleagues for promotion.Yin Shidan was a minister of the late emperor's hidden residence.In the fifth year of Longqing, Zhao Zhenji resigned, and Gao Gong wanted to cite Zhang Siwei to join the cabinet. After the court was pushed, the late emperor preferred Yin Shidan.Zhang Siwei held a grudge in his heart, and chose a mechanism to trap him.The two sides criticized endlessly and went away at the same time.Zhang Siwei bribed Gao Gong again and was able to recover.

The fourth is to hand over the eunuchs, and the plan is wrong.He made friends with Zhang Cheng, an internal official, and first bribed him with a lot of money to get a contract from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.It is shameful that Zhang Cheng failed in his affairs, and when he got worse, he devoured all his properties and shops.

The fifth is to have a vegetarian meal in the position of the corpse, and do not seek government affairs in its position.For two years in the country, there is nothing to do except disaster relief.What has been laid out is just the plan of the king of Zhongxing County in the past.At the same time, in order to invite people to buy people's hearts, many people who were deposed by the king of Zhongxing County in the past were revived, and they took the opportunity to form cliques for personal gain.

The sixth is to abuse his son's admission to the imperial examination.His eldest son, Zhang Jiazheng, took the Shanxi Provincial Examination, and Zhang Siwei, the cabinet minister at the time, instructed the examiner to admit him.Waiting for his court examination, Wei Mou, the speaker, impeached him and ordered Zhang Siwei to avoid him.Zhang Siwei was in a place of suspicion, but tried his best to argue, and finally succeeded.

At the end of the memorandum, it is said that Shizong, the first emperor and His Majesty have bestowed great kindness on Zhang Siwei. Since the first year of Wanli, Zhang Siwei has bestowed various official titles, pythons, and bullfighting robes on princes and grand masters more than ten times. Reward his father, grandparents, mother and wife, etc.; whoever has a servant class or grass edict, etc., will be given more than a hundred pieces of colorful satin, silver taels and various ornamental objects; There are hundreds of pieces, and there are countless rewards from the empress dowagers, queens and their families of the two palaces.

Such a kindness, but the minister does not want to repay it wholeheartedly. He is just trying to seek personal gain, and he is incompetent. How can he control the officials and the prime minister?I implore your majesty to see through his treachery and give up his appearance, and the world will be blessed, and the society will be blessed!