Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 801
The person sent by the Marquis of Wuqing Mansion to deliver the memorial thought that he would get the news the next day at the earliest, but he didn't expect to hear back within an hour after handing over the memorial.

Other family's papers had to go to the Secretary of General Administration to go through the Supervisor of Rituals before reaching the hands of Emperor Wanli. The Marquis of Wuqing's family was naturally different. After receiving this reply, the person who delivered the papers hurried back faster than when he came.

Less than a moment after passing this news to Marquis Wuqing, the eunuch delivering the decree from the palace came. It was seen that the eunuch delivering the decree was actually Zhao Jinliang, the companion of Emperor Wanli, and the oral decree he passed on definitely represented the emperor. if.

Li Wenquan, Marquis of Wuqing, was pale and knelt on the ground trembling. Zhao Jinliang said coldly:
"Long live Lord's oral order, uncle, are you a fool when you are widowed?"

Zhao Jinliang's voice was about to change, and his voice was hoarse. In order to ensure that he could speak clearly, his momentum was a little weaker, but the dictation still sounded like a thunderbolt to Li Wenquan's ears.

Even though the previous news had been sent back, he had made some preparations in his heart. When the whole family was panicking, he heard someone outside shouting loudly:

"Master, the Empress Dowager has an order!"

The people kneeling below were all shocked, and Li Wenquan's pale face was a little bloody, but he didn't dare to show it, he just raised his head to accept the order to thank him.

According to everyone's thinking, the empress dowager naturally favored the Marquis of Wuqing's family. The emperor's stern words had just arrived, and the empress dowager's words might be to appease or even refute.

Waiting for the eunuch who delivered the decree from the Palace of Compassion and Ning to be welcomed into the room, he saw Zhao Jinliang standing there, delivering decrees in the palace. Normally, such a situation would not happen. If it happened, the party who came first would be polite avoid.

But after Zhao Jinliang said hello, his eyes rolled, but he said with a smile:

"Let's listen to it too, lest the Long Live Lord can't answer the question."

After saying this, other people can't say it even if they don't want him to hear it. The eunuch sent by the Compassionate Ning Palace just nodded with a smile and cleared his throat. The rest of the people, including Zhao Jinliang, knelt down. .

"The empress dowager ordered, Marquis Wuqing, you are the emperor's uncle, you must distinguish between the inside and the outside when doing things, and don't be confused."

Hearing these words, Li Wenquan's arms went limp, and he almost fell to the ground, with no trace of blood on his face. The eunuch who was waiting for the decree coughed dryly twice, and then he reacted, and said in a trembling voice:

"Thank you for the kindness of the Empress Dowager, I know, I will definitely do it."

The eunuch nodded and said with a smile:

"The Empress Dowager also said, Marquis Wu Qing shouldn't think too much, if you make a mistake, you will correct it, and don't do it again next time. Long Live Lord is also lenient."

After finishing speaking, the eunuch declined the invitation to drink tea and leave a meal, and returned directly to the palace. The same was true for Zhao Jinliang. Li Wenquan, Marquis of Wuqing, had never sent eunuchs who delivered decrees in the past. Today's situation is different, but Li Wenquan didn't get up to send him off, because his legs were still weak and he couldn't stand up.

The eunuch passing the decree left for an hour, and Li Wenquan, Marquis of Wuqing, sat shivering in the main hall, as if he had just been fished out of the ice cellar.

Just now, if the eunuch who delivered the Queen Mother's oral order didn't say the following words "knowing mistakes can be corrected" and "lenient", after the eunuchs who delivered the decree left, Li Wenquan could only do two things, either hang the beam, or drink Poisoned wine.

After staying there for a while, the housekeeper and the head of the guards from Wuqinghou's mansion came here. Li Wenquan opened his mouth several times but didn't say anything. It was the old housekeeper who poured him a cup of tea. Before he could speak, Li Wenquan, Marquis of Wuqing, said in a trembling voice:

"Those who were sent out to speak were sent to the Jinyiwei yamen, saying that they stole things from the mansion."

The two below quickly agreed, but the old housekeeper hesitated for a while, and asked in a low voice:
"Live people go over, I'm afraid they will talk nonsense!"

"Send them all to death, Dacao, follow suit, Wang Tongtong made it clear, if you kill them, send them over, he will kill them no matter what."

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When Wang Tong came back from the Marquis of Wuqing Mansion, he was summoned by Emperor Wanli to the palace for questioning. Naturally, the eunuch went to the gate of the imperial city to lead him to the side hall of Fengtian Gate.

When I arrived at the gate of the side hall, I saw an eunuch trotting over from the west and asked in front of the gate:
"Sir Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, still wants to see His Majesty, what does His Majesty mean?"

"Your Majesty is busy with business, so I won't see you!"

The eunuch nodded, and ran back again. Wang Tong didn't know why, he just followed others into the side hall of Fengtianmen. Even if he met the emperor in private, there was a procedure of etiquette, and the end of the sentence was done after giving him a seat to thank him. When Wang Tong came in, Emperor Wanli looked quite unhappy, but he quickly returned to normal. When he saw Wang Tong, he straight to the point smiled and said:

"Did you see the people from the cabinet at the door?"

"I saw a father-in-law come to ask, saying that Yan Shangshu wants to see His Majesty, but I don't know if it's from the cabinet."

"That's the one, Wang Tong, you arrested people in the capital today, the officials from the Sixth Department, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the officials from the Sixth Division, all of them were arrested by you. These people are all from the Sixth Department of the Cabinet. Disciple and grandson of a high official, you have stabbed a hornet's nest by doing this, Zhang Banban, don't you think so?"

Standing behind Zhang Cheng bowed and said:
"Long live Lord Mingjian, several lords from the cabinet and the six lords came to ask for an audience just now, and there was news from outside the palace that the General Secretary's side is now full of people, and all the lords presented are memorials for the impeachment of Lord Wang. .”

"Look, look, this is really a hornet's nest!"

Emperor Wanli said with a smile, his mood was quite relaxed, but he also wanted to ask, Wang Tong paused, and said:
"Your Majesty, I know that the arrest of officials and Qingliu will cause a great commotion. I just went to the Marquis of Wuqing Mansion. Although I have informed His Majesty about the errands, it is disrespectful after all. Everything has to be done!"

Hearing what Wang Tong said was decisive, Emperor Wanli smiled and asked again:

"Why do you have to do it, you tell me?"

"The army of the Northern Expedition was blessed by His Majesty, and achieved such a great victory, but there were such unbearable rumors and rumors in the capital, and there were even some people who attacked the ministers with ulterior motives and evil intentions. Although they said such things, they were grandiose. It is said that for the sake of the country, the sages and righteousness, I have to say that the common people, officials and scholars all praised them as Qingliu, saying that they speak out of righteousness, Your Majesty, this kind of Qingliu is clearly a treacherous person!!"

Emperor Wanli shook his head with a smile, and said:
"Wang Tong, it's been 200 years since the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid it's the first one to say something like you. It's always been praised. It's all praised in history books and notes, but no one says they are treacherous. If your words spread outside the palace, I'm afraid there will be countless right and wrong."

"Your Majesty, I have a question. When Emperor Taizu founded the country, heroes such as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were all famous generals, but are there more people who praise Xu Da and others, or more people who praise Emperor Taizu?"

"...Naturally, there are many people who praise the Emperor Taizu. If there is no Emperor Taizu's rule, they may not have such achievements!"

"Your Majesty, ten years from now, a hundred years from now, or hundreds of years from now, will there be more people praising Your Majesty, or more people praising your ministers and others?"

When Wang Tong asked here, Emperor Wanli was stunned for a while, but he still gave a quick answer:
"Of course it's me."

Wang Tong straightened his body and said solemnly:
"Your Majesty, I, a martial artist, knows all these things. How can those who have read sage books and spent all day in the officialdom not know that their slander and rumors are just to discredit the glory of the great achievements of the Northern Expedition. Look at it carefully. It's because I don't want my minister to have such a great achievement, from the big picture, I just don't want my majesty to have such a great achievement!"

Having said that, the smile on Emperor Wanli's face gradually disappeared, and he reached out to stroke his sparse beard. Wang Tong said again:
"The soldiers are not afraid of life and death. They fought to the death with the Tartars who were superior to them in foreign lands. They wanted to return to their homeland and be rewarded with military merits, but some people said that their military discipline was corrupt and that they had evil intentions. Your Majesty, if military discipline is corrupt and evil intentions are involved, these Who would go to the northern frontier of the loyal and brave soldiers? Before they captured Guihua City and won such a great victory, who would not know that going out of the fortress is almost like sending them to death, but they still went, for what reason, or because of their loyalty to His Majesty, because they wanted to To make the northern border of Great Ming peaceful, but to go there without fear of life and death, and to be slandered like this after returning, if the soldiers are chilled by this, and the world sees it, what will happen in the future?"

Emperor Wanli nodded his head ponderously, Wang Tong's tone gradually became passionate, and he said:
"Your Majesty, who will expand the territory for His Majesty, who will protect His Majesty's home and country, and who will protect His Majesty from evil and evil? Your Majesty, you are a warrior! Where is it, is it possible to kill the enemy with a pen and ink!?"

"...We can't let them wantonly spread rumors and slander at will. After so many years, it is indeed too indulgent for them."

Emperor Wanli said slowly, Zhang Cheng's body shook behind him, and he looked at the front in astonishment. Emperor Wanli's words were tantamount to subverting the national policy of the Ming Dynasty from the Yingzong Dynasty to the present. He subconsciously raised his head and looked around. If it spreads, I really don't know how much trouble it will cause.

"Your Majesty, Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liao Town, has been a veteran general for many years. This time the army is dispatched, and he must be sure of a big victory. Naturally, this time he dispatched, he meant to be different from the Northern Expedition Army, but Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it? Isn't this Li Zongbing worried about the words of civil servants?"

Just saying that his own convincing power is not strong, but if he points out other examples, it will have a shocking effect. Emperor Wanli stopped his movements and contemplated.

The hall fell silent.

(End of this chapter)