Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 358
"Corrupting the country and the country, Wang Tong is only in Tianjin Weiyi, how can he deserve such a big crime, Zhang Aiqing is going too far..."

Emperor Wanli frowned, and said impatiently, in his opinion, Wang Tong just made some money for the palace, and these dignified ministers never wanted to see him spend more money.

Zhang Siwei's fierce words made him feel even more disgusted, and he just wanted to get rid of the court quickly. At this moment, Zhang Juzheng, who had been thinking about it all the time, came out to show.

"Your Majesty, I have a few words that I want to clarify."

Others can just ignore it and prevaricate it with words, but Zhang Juzheng came out to show, but Wanli had to listen. Seeing Zhang Juzheng bowing to salute, Emperor Wanli sat upright and said:
"Mr. Zhang, please speak!"

"Your Majesty, when Li Sancai was reciting at Shangshuna today, the minister was also listening carefully. Your Majesty, Zhang Siwei said that the gentlemen and gentlemen are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. This statement is true. One township and one county can surpass five people." Those who can be said to be prosperous, the roots of the Ming Dynasty here are these few people, the law established by the Taizu, those who have meritorious service are exempted from corvee and tax, it is precisely to maintain the country, but also to maintain the stability of the country, and to maintain the lifeline of the Ming Dynasty. What Wang Tong did seems to be beneficial in a short period of time, but because of a small loss, it has ruined the foundation. As for the matter of setting up troops privately, although His Majesty has approved it, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion don't know about it, it's a bit too absurd."

Emperor Wanli's face was gloomy. Although he was annoyed in his heart, he was not in good spirits, and he didn't know what to say in a hurry.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng coming out, and seeing that the little emperor didn't respond, Li Youzi, a scholar of the cabinet and minister of officials, also came out to present Zou, and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, I'm in the Ministry of Officials. I heard the saying that 'one person is one county, one Jinshi is one mansion'. Although the jokes are reasonable, this morning, officials below the fifth rank of the capital gathered, and the crowd was passionate. How many Jinshi and how many candidates are there? Everyone is not angry with Wang Tong's actions, and how many prefectures and counties they have implicated. The land of Tianjin Wei is the hub of water transportation between the north and the south. Thousands of Wang Tong's reckless actions are spread there through the water transportation. Unrest, that is the unforgivable sin."

Ma Ziqiang, who had just returned to the column, was still in shock. Everyone saw that he would not be listed. Zhou Si'an, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, also went up and said:

"In the land of Gyeonggi, there are thousands of soldiers and horses without names or ranks. If Wang Tong has the intention of not being able to bear it, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"...Your Majesty, the people are poor, and the emperor is rich all over the world. The wealth of the people is your Majesty's wealth. Why bother about it? Doing this is against the benevolence of the Tian Family..."

The ministers in Wenyuan Pavilion scrambled to come out to play, all aimed at Wang Tong's deeds everywhere, Emperor Wanli was still tired, but the anger on his face gradually accumulated, and Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was just about to come out. Well, Emperor Wanli drank anxiously:

"That's enough, what is nameless without title? Tiger's Mighty Army is the name given by the widow. Since the Ministry of War has no organization, it is enough to make up the organization! The emperor is rich all over the world, and the wealth of the people is the wealth of your majesty. When the widow ascends the throne, the queen mother is Jian Jian wears commoner clothes and uses wooden hairpins for hair, who doesn't have silk and satin among the wealthy households in the capital..."

His voice gradually became louder. If it had been in the past, his anger would become more and more intense. However, Emperor Wanli had exhausted his energy in Xiyuan these days, and his physical strength and spirit could not keep up. When he lost his temper, he felt exhausted and boring. He waved his hand and said:

"Let's disperse, we will discuss this matter later."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left. All the ministers bowed and sent the palace out. When Wanli went out, everyone's eyes were on Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, said after a while:
"Why doesn't the Secretary investigate the incidents that do not comply with the rules and regulations?"

He just asked this question, then walked out of the room in silence, and went to the room where the cabinet was on duty next door, leaving everyone looking at each other in dismay, all thoughtful.

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After leaving the place where the court meeting was located, Emperor Wanli was used to walking, but recently he was a little weak, so there was a soft sedan waiting for him when he went out.

Wanli sat in the sedan chair, and the speed of the strong eunuchs carrying the sedan chair was controlled just right, allowing Feng Bao, Zhang Cheng and others to keep up. When Feng Bao was around, he must be the person closest to the emperor.

"Big Companion, Mr. Zhang's fields are unfavorable. Why didn't Mr. Zhang get angry today? If you want to put it in the past, I will order a strict investigation."

With a listless voice, Feng Bao frowned, and explained:
"Long Live Lord, don't you remember who lives in Songjiang Mansion?
Wanli in the soft sedan was silent and did not answer, Feng Bao shook his head, and added:
"Xu Jie and Xu Zisheng are in the Songjiang Mansion, Long Live Lord, when the first emperor, Hai Rui went to Songjiang..."

At this point, Wanli let out an "oh" and understood.

During the Longqing period, Hai Rui inspected Jiangnan to punish land mergers. At the end of Jiajing and the beginning of Longqing, Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the cabinet, had hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land in Songjiang. Among the hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land of the Xu family, there were many local patrons. , more is the merger of Xu Jie relying on power.

Hai Rui thoroughly investigated the case, which made Xu Jie quite embarrassed. But at that time, a certain official in the capital suddenly went to the Shushu to impeach Hai Rui for killing his wife, thinking that he had committed many illegal things and operated internally and externally. Hai Rui was dismissed and interrogated. Jokingly, it is said that "the dead prime minister overthrew the living governor".

The soft sedan was quiet for a while before Emperor Wanli said in a muffled voice:
"No wonder Ma Ziqiang hesitated. Mr. Zhang exposed it lightly. It turned out that it was this matter. Xu Ge's old family occupied hundreds of thousands of acres and refused to pay a cent of taxes. Fortunately, some people and widows said that they would not compete with the people for profit. The 'people' have taken the benefits away from me, how can these people look down on me!"

Feng Bao couldn't speak well, so he had to listen like this, and walked like this for a while, there was a low snoring sound from inside the soft sedan chair, and his breathing was long, and Emperor Wanli fell asleep in the sedan chair.

Feng Bao waved to the bearer, let the sedan go on, stopped and asked Zhang Cheng behind him:
"When did Lord Long Live come back from Xiyuan last night?"

"After midnight, it's almost time for Chou, Xiao Liang has been following."

Zhang Cheng quickly replied, Feng Bao's face became cold, and he said solemnly:

"It's too much to be so day and night. Sun Hai is too immodest. Does he think the empress dowager really doesn't care about inviting pets like this?"

"Eunuch Feng, Sun Hai has been tossing too much. If the Empress Dowager asks about it, we need to have an excuse."

"Who can listen to Sun Hai now? Even Zhang Jing is ignored. Eunuch Zhang, send someone to the Imperial Horse Supervisor and let Sun Hai come to our house."

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In a courtyard on the edge of the imperial city, Zhang Cheng was casually narrating, while Zou Yi, who was sitting beside him, was taking notes quickly, stopping his mouth on one side, but stopped his hand on the other side.

"Bring it to our family to see."

Zhang Cheng, who has always been indifferent to emotions and anger, was also a little irritable at this time. He took the letter paper recorded by Zou Yi, looked at it for a while, crumpled the letter paper and threw it aside, and said:
"It's useless to say such details, so I wrote to him and told him that these officials who study are very concerned about money. If they lose a penny, they will hate them for the rest of their lives. Now that they are less than a penny, it is more than a penny." , I don’t know how to hate you, so restrain yourself!!”

Zou Yi nodded and wrote a few strokes, but couldn't help but raised his head and said:
"So much money was sent to the palace, why didn't we build Xiyuan and go outside to invite the team to hire the whore..."

"Shen Yan, you used to be quite calm, why are you so reckless now, do you want to stay in this yard forever."

"My son knows his mistake, don't be angry, my foster father."

Zou Yi lowered his eyebrows and admitted his mistake. Zhang Cheng sat there silent for a while, but said calmly with neither sadness nor joy on his face:

"What should be said, our family has already told the Lord Long Live, what should be told to the Empress Dowager, our family has already told it, it's none of our business now, let Eunuch Feng talk about it!"

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"Sun Hai, you've been a bit of a jerk lately. Long Live Lord is just a young man. If you lead him to indulge in sex and indulgence like this, and damage the dragon's body, you can't bear it."

Feng Bao sat there, and said to the eunuch Sun Hai, the admiral of the horse inspector, with a stern voice.

His expression made Feng Bao even more angry. Feng Bao is already the most powerful person in the world, reserved and powerful, and everyone inside and outside the palace respects him extremely. Sun Hai's laughter like this is really rare. .

Moreover, Sun Hai also had a backstage in the palace, and his grade was extremely high. Feng Bao felt that his authority had been touched by doing so. He patted the table and stood up, angrily said:

"Do you think that no one will restrain you for such reckless behavior? Could it be that the etiquette room is just a decoration!!?"

"Eunuch Feng, when we were in Prince Yu's Mansion, our family remembers that you were not so angry. At that time, we called you Brother Feng. How come you are like this now?"

"...You!! You lead Long Live Lord like this..."

"Making Long Live Lord happy is what we slaves are born to do. Our family doesn't feel that we have done anything wrong. Mr. Feng, our family has one more word to persuade you. The feng shui in the palace is turning fast, and things are done right now." In this way, who dares to say what will happen in the future?"

This sarcastic remark made Feng Bao even more angry. He pointed at Sun Hai with trembling fingers but couldn't speak. Seeing Feng Bao like this, Sun Hai was also a little afraid and took a step back. At this moment, he heard Someone said:

"Eunuch Sun, Lord Long Live passed you on!"

Sun Hai, who was originally nervous, showed a smile on his face, cupped his hands, and turned to go out.

When Sun Hai walked out of the room, Feng Bao, who was trembling with anger, suddenly calmed down, and said coldly to a little eunuch who came in:

"Just now, you must tell Jinxiu that you heard it in private."

The little eunuch bowed and agreed.

Anyone who is familiar with the inner palace knows that Jinxiu is the most trusted female official of the Cisheng Empress Dowager Li.
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Along the Weihai River in Tianjin, the sea ice has long since melted, and most of the ice on the river has also disintegrated.

spring is coming……

(End of this chapter)