Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 260 The Intoxication of Emperor Wanli
Zhao Zhigao was deep in thought, and everyone present was also deep in thought,
Luo Wanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly put down the "Wuzhaibao Newspaper" in his hand, slapped the desk, and said: "This Huang Laifu is so courageous, first he opened mines to lure businessmen, and now he openly opened a public newspaper. His remarks are ridiculous. Does he still have court laws in his eyes?"

Yang Junmin, Minister of the Household Department, thought deeply for a while, and said: "This newspaper is a sharp weapon of the country, how can it be attributed to the general of a town? It should be under the control of the imperial court!"

Luo Wanhua was startled for a moment, but then he came to his senses and said, "Grandpa Yang, this is an old saying that seeks to seek the country!"

Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, sneered disdainfully and said, "Old Luo Ge, why should this be the case? Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen, who previously claimed merit and slandered meritorious generals and ministers, have been dismissed by the Holy One. The matter of Huang Junmen's mine tax business , Your Majesty has already come to a conclusion, why should Mr. Luo Ge bring up the old story again? As for the matter of Huang Junmen's establishment of civil newspapers, my court will not be convicted by words. It’s all right to open a newspaper!”

Luo Wanhua pointed at Shi Xing sharply and shouted: "Shi Xing, this Huang Laifu's eyes can't be saved, but you speak for him, what is your intention?"

Shi Xing was furious, and said: "The Huang Junmen is full of loyalty and patriotism. I can't bear to see him being slandered by villains, so as not to disappoint the meritorious soldiers of the border town! Luo Wanhua, you are targeting the Huang Junmen in everything, and how can you deal with it?" What is your intention?"

Luo Wanhua was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he shouted: "My husband, you are insulting me again, do you suspect that the old man is abusing the public for personal reasons?"

Shi Xing sneered, "Isn't it?"

Luo Wanhua yelled to step forward to tear Shi Xing apart, but Shi Xing was not to be outdone. Seeing the two of them like this, all the cabinet ministers hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him. Only Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, sat aside and got angry. There was nothing he could do, he had a good temper , and his prestige is not high, several veteran cabinet ministers treat him as if he does not exist, quarrel and scold him if they want to, and don't respect his opinion at all.

He had to continue to read the memorials sent by various ministries. Suddenly he let out a sigh and picked up a memorial in his hand. It was the memorial of the Shanxi patrol censor who impeached Huang Laifu, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town——"Please Decree to Strictly Investigate Shanxi Huang Laifu Shu, Chief Soldier of the Town".

"... Huang Laifu, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town, indulged his bravery and was only concerned with financial gain. He was greedy and competed with the people for profit. From Wuzhai to Ningwu, the heaven and the people complained. According to the local Wuzhai, the officer indulged his servants and beat up scholars. It's not a surprise to Tian, ​​who insults the gentlemen, and sues the merchants. Qin Guixiu, Jiang Jisi, Fang Guanzhong, Yang Jinyu and more than ten people from the academy in this place were beaten on the neck, head and face..."

"I found out that on the first day of the fifth lunar month, the officer set up a card in Wuzhai and Ningwu to force the merchants and collect heavy taxes. The merchants who passed by harassed and harassed them wantonly. When they failed to fulfill their requests, they ordered the soldiers to beat them again. , Inflicted injuries on many merchants and people. On May [-], a public newspaper was falsely set up to clamp down on public opinion and rule lawlessness. The minister blamed his ugly behavior, but the general of the department did not know how to be ashamed of it. , is it sincere?"

"There is an old saying: if the prefectures and counties do not have people, then the affairs of the prefecture and county will be ruined. If the generals of the battalion cannot be recruited, the soldiers will be defeated. If the general army of a department cannot be recruited, the affairs of the town will be ruined. If all soldiers aim to kill thieves Those who serve the country must disdain to disturb the people, and those whose ambition is to gain wealth must not serve the country. The ministers of the place who form a party with treacherous and villainous villains, who are powerful and disorderly, should be impeached! Any officials in the place who are corrupt and corrupt officials and journalists, should be impeached! Any academics in the place are not correct, and those who submit letters and statements to make a mess of constitutional hope, impeach! In order to eliminate the darkness of Jin Town, I beg the emperor for the grace of God, to track down the member who participated in the revolution, and to order the army to scare the officials..."

This memorial is no small matter, after Zhao Zhigao read it, he silently passed the memorial to the next few cabinet ministers, who were also surprised after reading it.If the impeachment of Huang Laifu by Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen was insignificant a while ago, because of their positions, it was mostly just rumors.

The impeachment of Huang Laifu by the censor is considered a major event. After all, the censor patrols on behalf of the sky, and the official is low and high.In the past, this kind of impeachment was only after the one-year period of the inspector censor expired, and when he returned to Beijing to secure the settlement, he listed his money and food in the local Charlie warehouse for a year in the style of a newspaper made on the full day. And other achievements, there are also some recommendations, courtesy, asking for reform, civil and military officials, etc. to play or praise.

At present, when the Shanxi patrol censor was still in office, he impeached Huang Laifu. Could it be that there is any real evidence to catch Huang Laifu?You know, Huang Laifu is the commander-in-chief of a town, and he was not impeached casually.The Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also stipulates that the patrol censor should not be rude to the general of a town.After impeaching the general of a town, he must also bear the corresponding consequences.Because after the censor's term expires, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also come back to investigate. If the censor has dereliction of duty, or if he is arbitrarily blessed outside, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also participate in the performance and depose him.

However, regardless of the identity of the author of the memorial, there is nothing new in the content of this memorial. It is all the old content when Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen impeached Huang Laifu, but I can remember everything more clearly and in detail.The only new thing is the addition of the impeachment of Huang Laifu for setting up Minbao without authorization.This kind of thing can be big or small, depending on the meaning of Emperor Wanli. With the precedent of Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen, everyone present is not optimistic about the memorial of Shanxi Township Xunyan Yushi.As long as Emperor Wanli stays in China and does not report, the Shanxi patrol will stare blankly.

Having worked with Emperor Wanli for so many years, the cabinet ministers present all understood Emperor Wanli's temper. If anyone was pleasing to the eye, they would favor this person until death.In the past it was Li Rusong, now it is Huang Laifu.Compared to Huang Laifu, Li Rusong in the past was more of a man of influence. He was impeached almost every month for various crimes, but up to now, Li Rusong is still alive and well.

It was Shi Xing who spoke first, and he sneered, "First Cheng Shao and Yang Yingwen, and now Shanxi inspector. I don't want to express my opinion on this matter, let's leave it to the emperor's order!"

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Inside the Dongnuan Pavilion, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun was walking around excitedly with a copy of "Wuzhaibao Newspaper" in his hand.Emperor Wanli was a book lover. After Wuzhaibao News was introduced to Beijing, he immediately caught the attention of Emperor Wanli. After reading a few issues, Emperor Wanli was deeply fascinated.Many times, he even summoned Concubine Zheng to watch it with him, and the two discussed it from time to time.

Every time he reads the newspaper, not only Emperor Wanli's eyes light up, but this newspaper is much more interesting than the mansion newspaper.And every time he reads it, Emperor Wanli feels very at ease, he is used to seeing officials scolding him, only this newspaper praises him like a flower, Emperor Wanli cannot help but be moved.

Especially the headline of this issue: "Huang Junmen bathes and changes clothes, thinking of the emperor's grace with tears in his eyes!" ", made Emperor Wanli feel emotional, excited, and intoxicated. He kept walking up and down the cabinet, thinking: "This Huang Laifu is a great loyal minister. It is really rare in Ming Dynasty to think of the emperor and love him so much!"

Of course, the "Wuzhaibao News" is not in line with the court's laws. Emperor Wanli knew it when he saw the newspaper at first sight, but after reading the newspaper, Emperor Wanli had an idea in his heart. Only the clever Concubine Zheng Gui understood his intention Meaning, because Emperor Wanli once wrote a calligraphy and painting next to the newspaper, "The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefits".Others don't understand what this means, but Concubine Zheng understands it.

After reading the newspaper, Emperor Wanli had the urge to go to Wuzhai Fort, but he knew that this was impossible. Since Emperor Zhengde, the emperor of Ming Dynasty wanted to go out of Beijing.

Sighing, Emperor Wanli went back to the imperial case and began to approve the memorials sent by the cabinet. Although Emperor Wanli did not like to go to the court, he never neglected the approval of the memorials. for the sake.

Suddenly, Emperor Wanli snorted, and what was placed in front of him was the memorial to impeach Huang Laifu, the censor of Shanxi Province. Emperor Wanli looked it over coldly, and said with a sneer: "Showing up the crowd!" He didn't criticize it, and put the memorial aside I went, the poor Shanxi tour press worked so hard, but it wasted in a second.

Since Zhang Juzheng at the beginning of Wanli, after Emperor Wanli was disappointed with the civil servants, and did not have the strength to deal with the huge civil servants, he began to respond negatively.Since the beginning of the Guoben case, Emperor Wanli has become deeply bored with these civil servants who are impeachable at every turn.A little bit of trivial matter, it seems to be going to the point where the country is about to perish, they can only talk, let them do some practical things, but they don't have the ability.

Of course, Emperor Wanli knew Huang Laifu very well. Yang Dawei, a thousand households of Jinyiwei he set up in Wuzhai Fort, reported to him the situation of Wuzhai Fort and Huang Laifu every month. Emperor Wanli believed that he knew Huang Laifu better than Shanxi. The press is much clearer, and I think my control over Huang Laifu is still very firm, so I don't take the impeachment of Shanxi Xunguan seriously.

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Emperor Wanli kept Shanxi Xunyan Yushi's impeachment memorial and did not report it. After more than ten days of cold, he issued an edict: "According to Jinyiwei's investigation, Shanxi Xunyan's impeachment of the town's chief soldier Huang Laifu is purely Ziwu. Members should choose pastoral decrees carefully, think carefully, and go far and wide, this member knows. Also, the Shanxi Town Chief Soldier Huang Laifu opened a civil newspaper. Send personnel to supervise, and use the outline to draw up the eyes, and admire this."

When Li Xun, who was waiting hard at Ningwu Pass, saw this edict from the mansion newspaper in advance, he couldn't help shaking with anger!
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Autumn is here, and the farms around Wuzhaibao are full of golden ears of wheat again, and the grains are full. It is conceivable that this year is another bumper harvest.And at this time, grain merchants from all over the world gathered in Wuzhaibao again, and there were endless business trips on the road.

On the side of the road, looking at this prosperous scene, Yang Dawei, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, was very moved. He was stationed in Wuzhai Fort in the 18th year of Wanli, and he almost watched Wuzhai Fort become more and more prosperous every year, but All this prosperity has nothing to do with Yang Dawei, except for what Huang Laifu gave him every month, he got nothing.Beside Yang Dawei, stood a few captains of Jin Yiwei who were wearing flying fish uniforms and Xiuchun swords on their waists.Looking at the situation in front of them, they were also envious, but they were not as arrogant and domineering as they were elsewhere.

Jinyiwei, who was feared by people in other places, had to behave well in Wuzhaibao. Even the common people saw them with a calm expression, not like the officials and businessmen from other places who looked like tigers.There is no way, the mouth is soft to eat people, the hands are short to grab people, coupled with Huang Laifu's arrogance, he only eats the soft and not the hard, they just want to be arrogant and domineering, and they don't have the capital.If he wanted to threaten Huang Laifu, he would not accept that.

Except for Yang Dawei who is a little better as a thousand households, in fact, the ordinary warriors and school captains in Jinyiwei, their income is not high, no more than two stones of japonica corn per month, or one stone of natural rice, and a few winter cloth flowers a year , nothing else.In the usual way, after they stay in one place for a long time, they can spread the wind to some rich households or officials, and make some money every year.But with Huang Laifu, this method won't work, only what Huang Laifu gave them, not what they asked Huang Laifu for.

It’s just that since the 19th year of Wanli, Huang Laifu has given Yang Dawei and his soldiers and lieutenants a lot of silver taels every year, up to several thousand taels of silver every year. This money has fed Yang Dawei and others. It also drained their courage and thoughts.He had to cooperate well with Huang Laifu.

A few years have passed, and Yang Dawei has also changed from a rough and honest middle-aged man to a slippery man who is greedy for money and enjoyment. He lives in Wuzhai Fort every year and enjoys Huang Laifu's support.Right now, Yang Dawei is the favorite of Emperor Wanli, and maybe in a few years, he will be able to enter Beijing to be a co-prefect of Jinyiwei.

However, while outsiders are envious, Yang Dawei also has his own worries. He has watched Wuzhaibao grow stronger year by year, not to mention the local army, such as Huang Laifu's Laifu Camp, Wuzhaibao's Wuzhai Battalion, as well as the Zhenlu Battalion in Laoyingbao, this nearly ten thousand troops, are all the choices of Ming's leading strong army.There are also nearly [-] villagers in the Wuzhaibao farm, even the pacesetters in many towns and cities. There is also sufficient food and salaries in Wuzhaibao, and self-sufficient minerals. These are Huang Laifu's rich capital.

Some people say that when a certain person or a certain country begins to worry about a certain person or a certain country, it is not because of his intentions at first, but because of his strength, whether he can threaten himself, because his mind is always changing. Strength is everything.

Yang Dawei knew that Huang Laifu now had this kind of threatening power. During the Ningxia Rebellion, the strength of Qi Bai was far inferior to Huang Laifu, but it caused so much trouble for Daming. One hundred thousand soldiers cost several million taels of silver to settle down.Although Yang Dawei was self-confident, even if Huang Laifu had unreasonable thoughts, his fate of extermination was still pacified in the end. This was the general sense of pride and confidence in his own national strength that prevailed among the generals and officials of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

But on that day, Huang Laifu will have a hard time, and he will inevitably lose his head because of the crime of negligence in investigation and dereliction of duty.Yang Dawei only hoped that Huang Laifu would be like the newspapers, and that it would be best to be a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty all the time.Wouldn't it be better for him to get promoted and make a fortune smoothly?
With such thoughts in mind, Yang Dawei came to his residence, and it has been another month. It is time to write a secret report to the emperor. This is Emperor Wanli's favor to Yang Dawei. No solo emperor's power yet.

"Chen Jinyiwei, a thousand households, Yang Dawei reported: The emperor is especially diligent at night, and the holy mirror is like the sky. My emperor has been concentrating on his fortune for 23 years, and the holy lord has been shining in all directions. Wuzhaibao is another year of autumn harvest..."

(End of this chapter)