Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 50

Liu Dagang, the governor of Beisi, left, and Huang Jin, the supervisor of Li and Bingbi and the admiral of Dongchang, came.

As soon as Huang Jin entered the hall, he asked He Liu: "Lao Liu, did you find the thing?"

He Liu then pretended to be confused: "Something? What is it?"

Huang Jin was in a hurry: "What else could it be? "Haiguan Xinglu"! Miscellaneous family's godfather, Lu Gonggong, said: The sixth child has merit in finding "Haiguan Xinglu", as long as this demon book is in his hands, He immediately sent a memorial to the emperor, requesting to add a commander to the East Factory. At that time, you will be the first commander of the East Factory! And the silver reward promised before will be given to you immediately!"

He Liu smiled at Huang Jin: "Eunuch Huang, but my subordinates haven't found the "Hundred Officials' Records."

Although Huang Jin's godfather, Lu Fang, was scheming, Huang Jin was straight and straightforward.

Huang Jin said bluntly: "Lao Liu, don't make up nonsense! Didn't find it? Dongchang is not without eyes and ears in Tianjin Wei. The miscellaneous family has already received a secret report: It says that you dug up a big wooden box on Zhangzi Island outside Tanggukou! There’s no gold or silver in the box, and it’s full of books! If those books weren’t for the "Hundred Officials' Records," they would have gone to hell!"

But He Liu waved his hand: "It's nothing. How can Mr. Huang's eyes and ears pick up so many fake news?"

Huang Jin glared at He Liu: "Lao Liu, I met Mr. Xiaoge at the door just now. Heh, tell the truth, is the price offered by Yan Shoufu higher than that of our Dongchang? "Official Records" to Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xiao Ge?"

He Liu said bluntly: "The price offered by Xiaoge's boss to his subordinates is indeed not low: a seat for Lianghuai salt transport envoy, plus 10 taels of snowflake silver. But the subordinates did not find the "Baiguan Xinglu". Even if you want to be the Lianghuai Salt Transporter, you have no chance to get the 10 taels of silver!"

Huang Jin sneered sharply: "Whether you found it or not, only ghosts know! Sixth, let's do it for ourselves!"

After speaking, Huang Jin turned and left.

Lao Hu came in from the back of the hall, and said to He Liu, "Lao Liu, you got another remark of 'good for yourself'."

He Liudao: "Well, now Eunuch Lu and Eunuch Huang are also eager to eat my meat and skin me. Why is the people on Yuwang's side still still? It can't be."

There is a saying that Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here.There was a loud voice from the yamen servant outside the hall: "Zhang Juzheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, begs to see you!"

Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, the minister of the Ministry of war, and Gao Gong, the minister of the household department, are the three major officials in Yuwang's party.

Zhang Juzheng's temper is different from Gao Gong's.Gao Gong is impatient and has a hot temper.Zhang Juzheng is the kind of person who doesn't change his face when Mount Tai collapses in front of him, and is gentle and refined all the time.

Zhang Juzheng sat on a chair in the middle of the hall.

He Liu and Lao Hu hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "My subordinates pay my respects to Zhang Butang."

Zhang Juzheng said: "Excuse me."

Unlike Liu Da, Yan Shifan, and Huang Jin, Zhang Juzheng didn't ask about "Hundred Officials' Records" when he came up.

Zhang Juzheng just sighed with emotion about the court situation: "He Liu, you are the Thirteen Taibao of Jinyiwei, what do you think of the court situation?"

He Liudao: "This subordinate is a rough man, he only knows how to handle the errands assigned by the superior, and he doesn't know anything about court affairs."

Zhang Juzheng said: "Ah! The current situation in the court is very difficult! Two capitals and thirteen provinces, locust plagues today, droughts tomorrow, and floods the next day. Although the Tatars negotiated peace with us ten years ago, there has been no such thing in the past ten years. Large-scale southward raids, harassment by a small group of cavalry is constant... Money is used everywhere, but the revenue of the treasury is getting less and less every year, and it has long been unable to make ends meet..."

Starting from Yao, Shun and Yu Tang, Zhang Juzheng counted all kinds of difficulties in the court.

After a long time, he changed the subject: "He Liu, do you know why the revenue of the treasury decreases every year?"

He Liu shook his head: "The subordinates are small people, and they don't understand such important matters."

Zhang Juzheng continued to talk eloquently: "Let me tell you! In the final analysis, it is all because of the corruption of officials in Ming Dynasty today! From the six ministries to the lower provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties, a large number of officials do not want to serve the court or the emperor, but rather It’s filling their pockets, racking their brains to exploit the people, embezzling officials, and accepting bribes. They are like locusts, parasitic on the skinny court! They are the greatest enemy of the court and the emperor’s greatest enemy!”

He Liu cupped his hands: "I have taught Zhang Butang."

Zhang Juzheng said again: "Heaven has eyes. A wise prince was sent down for me! Prince Yu has already seen all kinds of shortcomings in the government. Oh, I'm not saying that the emperor is not wise. The emperor's wisdom and wisdom are indeed ancient. Rarely. It’s just that some treacherous and slanderous officials have blinded his old man’s eyes. Well, let’s get down to business, judging by my Ming’s temperament, Lord Yu will take over sooner or later. Lord Yu has told me about his determination to clean up the government! To rectify the administration of officials, we must kill all those corrupt officials! If Prince Yu got the "Hundred Officials' Records", he could follow the map and trample all the locusts in the court to death. At that time, the court situation will be completely new ! If we are Ming, we will have a chance at ZTE!"

After a long speech by Zhang Juzheng, he finally got to the main topic - "Haiguan Xinglu".

He Liu was just obsessive: "Mmmmmm", "Yes yes yes", "Yes yes yes".

Zhang Juzheng stared at He Liu, and stretched out his hand: "He Liu, I've said so much, bring it here!"

He Liuyi pretended to be confused for the fourth time at noon: "What are you taking?"

Zhang Juzheng said unhurriedly: "Naturally it is "Hundred Officials Records"! Give this thing to Prince Yu, and you will be the greatest hero of the Ming Dynasty! I know that if you do this, you will offend Commander Lu, Eunuch Lu, Old Yan Ge. You can rest assured that Prince Yu will protect you. I will protect you too. I will transfer you to the Ministry of War and wrong you to be a military officer. When Prince Yu ascends the throne in the future, you will be in charge of the government. Great hero! Maybe Prince Yu will hand over the entire Jinyiwei to you! At that time, you will be the new commander of the Jinyiwei."

He Liu thought to himself: Well, the prices of these people are getting more and more outrageous!He even painted cakes to lure me.This piece of pie is also big enough - it turned out to be the position of the Commander of Jin Yiwei.

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he looked at He Liu calmly: "You can sit in the seat of the [-]th Taibao of Jinyiwei, and you have some brains. One is Prince Yu - the future emperor of Ming Dynasty, and the other is Lu Bing - just the emperor's home." Slave. One end is Mr. Yan Ge—he is just a courtier brought by the emperor to manage the house. The other end is Lu Gonggong—he is just a servant who serves others. A smart person like you should know which side to stand on!"

He Liu continued to pretend to be confused: "Zhang Butang, every sentence of your words today is reasonable and enlightening, which enlightened my subordinates. But my subordinates - I haven't found "Baiguan Xinglu" yet! Wow! Wang, serve the court?"

(End of this chapter)