Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 536
Lord Shoufu made a clear statement, and the crowd had nothing but approval. Shen Shixing and Zhang Siwei sat back in their seats, and Li Youzi, who had been silent all along, said with a smile:

"Since that's the case, then pick two more elders of high moral character and report them to His Majesty, please make a decision!"

Zhang Juzheng nodded. There was a vacancy for a high-ranking official. After the six ministries and nine ministers discussed together, they presented three candidates to the emperor, and the emperor chose one of them.

However, the rules of this game have been completed long ago. In most cases, when the three candidates are selected, the other two are not qualified. The person you recommend will definitely be selected by the emperor. Now that it is set, the emperor will not have any objections.

The Zhongshu, who is on duty in the cabinet, has written a book that will be pushed, and is going to play it. Although the salaries of these civil servants serving in the cabinet are meager, they are rich and powerful. Because of the high-ranking officials and wealthy families outside, I don’t know how many people come to buy their news. .

The news of Zhang Xueyan's promotion to the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs may have spread throughout the capital before the memorial reached Emperor Wanli.

With the implementation of the one whip method, the tax money sent to the capital from all over the country began to increase exponentially, and the reputation of Zhang Juzheng, the implementer of this whip method, was also in full swing.

Originally, the cabinet was discussing matters, and there was any policy to deal with. Although Zhang Juzheng’s opinion prevailed in the end, everyone still had a debate. Sometimes Zhang Juzheng also needed the support of Shen Shixing and Zhang Siwei. Afterwards, some people made different voices, but now Zhang Ge The old words are the will, even more effective than the imperial decree.

All the debates are before Mr. Zhang Ge expresses his opinion. As long as Mr. Zhang speaks, then everything becomes a conclusion, and everyone has nothing to say.

Although they are responders in the imperial court, everyone is also happy and relaxed, walking up the form, and going home to have a feast and have fun. Originally, everyone still had a thought, but now Zhang Ge is in the prime of his life, and the position of the second assistant falls to Zhang On Siwei, there is still Shen Shixing in the future, and there is no place to climb up with him.

After Zhang Siwei, a scholar of the cabinet and Minister of the Ministry of War, retired from the court, he declined two invitations to a banquet and went home alone in a sedan chair. Naturally, no one could see his gloomy face in the sedan chair.

After getting off the sedan chair at the gate of the mansion, Zhang Siwei's face did not show any abnormality. The porter at the gate greeted him with a smile. The housekeeper of the inner house had been waiting there for a long time and hurried forward.

After entering the gate of the mansion, the housekeeper of Zhang's mansion waved his hand back, dismissed a group of servants, and said in a low voice with some embarrassment:
"Master, Xu Shilang's chief attendant came to the door just now, that...the 2 taels that I want to return..."

While talking, while peeking at Zhang Siwei's expression, hesitating, Zhang Siwei's face suddenly darkened, walked forward a few steps slowly, and said:
"Just send them back, Xu Qingshan has such small eyes, let him do it!"

Hearing what Zhang Siwei said, the butler breathed a sigh of relief and trotted away. Zhang Siwei shook his head, clenched his hands and then loosened them, but finally looked as usual.

After walking a few steps, his long follower trotted over, bent down to report and said:
"Master, Gu Xiancheng, the head of the Fujian Division of the Household Department, has come to ask to see you again, do you want to see me, Master?"

Zhang Siwei raised his eyebrows, his face turned cold, and his long and frightened waist bent again, and he said quickly:

"Master said he didn't see you, but Gu Xiancheng is so anxious to beg, and he is an official in the imperial court, the concierge and the little one..."

"I'm afraid it's because the door bag was generously delivered, you've seen the money!"

Zhang Siwei sneered, the long follower was too frightened to speak, and hurriedly bowed to leave. After walking a few steps, Zhang Siwei pondered for a moment, and said:
"Please come in!"

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"Master Zhang, the student's family is in Wuxi, and the surrounding villages couldn't stand the harassment of subordinate officials, so they entrusted the fields to the student's family to take care of them. But this time, Zhang, the magistrate of Wuxi County, not only marked off the fields in these villages, but also bullied others. , Forced the students’ families to set aside a lot of their own fields, Mr. Zhang, the students are Jinshi who have become officials, and they are well-known, but they are treated like this by local officials. There are tens of millions of scholars in the world. I don’t know how hard it is. !"

Gu Xiancheng was wearing a green shirt, his hands were waving, and he was impassioned. There were only Gu Xiancheng and Zhang Siwei in the room, and Zhang Siwei was holding a teacup there, skimming off the foam, as if distracted.Gu Xiancheng glanced over here, slowed down his speech, and said again:

"Master Zhang is also a prominent family in Fenglingdu, Puzhou, and his family also has a lot of land. The students have heard that this whipping method will also affect the adult family..."

"One whip is a major political issue in the world. It is related to the country, the country, and the gains and losses of a family are nothing. Uncle, when you go in and out of official careers, you must distinguish between public and private affairs!"

Zhang Siwei said something lightly. Gu Xiancheng was stunned at first, but then he noticed that Zhang Siwei, who had always kept a respectful distance from him, called him by his own name. He was overjoyed, and then said solemnly:

"Master Zhang is in Taige, and his knowledge is naturally very high, but the students have objections to this statement. Why is the world ruled by the emperor? Dayi, Qingliu Shilin suffers unspeakably, if things go on like this, the foundation of the country will be damaged, and the country will be shaken!"

People with fame not only have the privilege not to pay taxes, but other people without fame also entrust their land under their names, asking for a tax-free benefit. There is no free feast in the world. For the benefit of others, the famous scholars either took the taxes that should have been paid to the country, or took this opportunity to annex the sheltered fields.

The method of checking the acres of land and a whip is precisely aimed at this, so that the people below cannot hide the property, which greatly damages the interests of the scholars.

With such fierce words, Zhang Siwei didn't make a sound. Gu Xiancheng slowed down his speech and said again:
"Nowadays, when evaluating the performance of officials, the first thing to look at is how the herdsmen and officials collect taxes. If it is less than [-]%, it is a blessing to be able to get one of them in the performance evaluation. How is this the principle of governing the country? Le collapsed, morality is ruined, this time the scholars of the capital are ready to join the school, please also invite Mr. Zhang..."

"Uncle, are you hot?"

Zhang Siwei interrupted Gu Xiancheng's words with a loud voice, but instead asked this incomprehensible question, Gu Xiancheng was taken aback, shook his head and said:

"My lord, it's not even May yet, what's the hot topic there?"

"The sun is hot in the sky, it is hot outside, and it is also hot inside the house. Even with the shelter of this house, it is still hot."

When he said this, Zhang Siwei pointed to the sky with his fingers. Gu Xiancheng frowned, and his thoughts turned sharply. He thought that the scorching sun could be Zhang Juzheng, and the house was Zhang Siwei comparing himself. Zhang Siwei continued to say over there:

"Uncle, you have just been in the household department for a few years, but your name is spread everywhere among the Qingliu scholars in the capital. You really have a bright future, but you are young after all, so you can't hold your breath!"

"What does Master Zhang mean?"

"What the old man can say is nothing more than to warn you young people not to be in a hurry and not to be rash, and to watch everything before doing it!!"

Gu Xiancheng was silent for a while. He came to visit. He came here to try his luck after hearing something, but he didn't expect that after a few words, Zhang Siwei's meaning was so ambiguous, and his attitude was the same thing. Shangshu, but not ready to participate.

"My lord, Zhao Shiqing, the head of the Nanjing War Department, will be in the General Administration Department tomorrow."

"He went to Shu, it's none of your business, the left and right cabinets can't stop him, he has to go to the supervisor of ceremonies, I know the attitude of the Tian family."

The memorial will be submitted to the palace by the Secretary of the General Administration, and will be disposed of by the Secretary of Rites and Supervisors. The cabinet will not have any involvement. When the time comes, you can see the attitude of the nobles in the palace.

Zhang Siwei didn't say much, he just picked up the tea and motioned, and said:
"I didn't say anything today, uncle, please go back!"

Gu Xiancheng bowed deeply, and said solemnly:

"Master Zhang is only pointing out students' articles today, and the students are leaving now."

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"go ahead!!"

Li Hu shouted loudly, the sound of trumpets and drums sounded, the flag shook, and the phalanx moved forward slowly. Ten paces away, six hundred musketeers lined up in a large horizontal line and walked forward slowly.

"Stop!" "Get ready to shoot!!"

The order sounded again, and the spearmen stopped immediately, but the firecrackers lined up in front of them lined up and started to shoot. After one action was completed, another action was repeated several times, and the officer of the firecrackers line shouted , The soldiers parted from the middle and ran back.

A team of 300 gunfire soldiers lined up on the two wings of the spear square.

There were more than a dozen horsemen in front of them turning their horses' heads, while Wang Tong was watching and nodding on the wooden platform beside him, and said to General Tan:

"With such a formation, you won't suffer from cavalry field battles. To be able to rush to the front under the fire of so many firecrackers, you must pay extremely heavy casualties."

"My lord is right. With artillery, I'm afraid the tartars won't be able to reach us at all."

Tan Jiang said that Tan Bing's regiment also practiced in the same way. The two regiments slowly merged together. This formation was more stable, and the shooting and movement of [-] firecrackers also contributed to the firepower output of this formation. Guarantees are provided.

"Master, Wu Er and the three nephews of the Wu family are here!"

Hearing Tan Jian shout from the audience, under the escort of twenty soldiers, Wu Er's uncle and nephew came here, Wang Tong turned his head and saw that Wu Er was still tall and strong, with a lot of beard on his face , with long hair loose, but he doesn't look haggard and thin. The other three boys also look strong, with an unconcealable ferocity.

Wang Tong shook his head with a smile, and said:
"What ability do you have for me to take you in?"

"Master, we are proficient in horse gait!!"
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thank you all
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