So Zhang Jing, the factory official, returned to the palace from the East Factory Office, preparing to meet the emperor to slander him.
It was late spring, the weather was fine, Emperor Wanli and his imperial concubine Zheng were visiting Xiyuan.
When he was in a good mood, the emperor drank some wine with his concubine and summoned the worshipers to perform dances and songs.
Seeing Zhang Jing come to see the driver empty-handed, Emperor Wanli didn't even bother to put down his wine cup and asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Zhang Jingzou said: "Last night someone shot and fired indiscriminately in Xicheng. All the officials were shocked and confused, and there were many discussions. Some officials were injured.
Witnesses said that the leader was tall and tall, and he was suspected to be Lin Tailai, the number one scholar."
Emperor Wanli asked directly: "Have you ever caught anyone?"
Zhang Jingzhuo said to him: "This man has fled out of the city, so I ask you to send Tiqi to the Xuanfu, or call Lin Tailai back for questioning."
The emperor sighed. If you haven't caught anyone, why don't you tell me what to say? As expected, in terms of spy business capabilities, you can't expect too much from Zhang Jing.
Next to her, Concubine Zheng suddenly interjected: "That Lin Tailai is extremely hateful. He repeatedly bullied my father and brother outside the palace."
Emperor Wanli's face gradually became colder, and he said to Zhang Jing: "You are going to do some errands in the East Factory, so don't meddle in other people's business."
Mr. Zhang: "???"
Then Lin Tailai was shooting Ming Dy indiscriminately in the official residential area of ​​​​the capital, and he still called it a nosy?
Then Emperor Wanli ignored Concubine Zheng's words and ordered the worshiper Chang Youdao: "Keep playing music, keep dancing!"
You know, Emperor Wanli was not only guarding against the next Zhang Juzheng, he was also guarding against the next Feng Bao, and he was also guarding against the next Empress Dowager Li.
The shadow of childhood can affect a person's life.
In history, during the thirty years when Emperor Wanli was in ruins, even though there were no truly powerful ministers, there was no strong eunuch either.
From a certain perspective, if this were not the case, how could there be space and opportunities for the Donglin Party to develop and grow?
Although Concubine Zheng dominated the harem and was the nominal favorite of the ministers, she had no ability to interfere in the government affairs of the court at all. She could not even interfere in the appointment of senior eunuchs in the palace.
At this moment, Zhang Jing was only stunned, but he did not dare to say another word.
Has he failed in his slander? Is this because of the unpredictable power of the king?
No, this is not slander at all, I just stated a fact!
Then Lin Tailai returned to Beijing privately, beating people to death and shooting Ming Dy indiscriminately! Your Majesty, why do you follow the example of those ministers outside and pretend not to know?
What the factory boss Zhang Jing didn't know was that the Xuanfu town prison eunuch had already secretly reported to Emperor Wanli about what kind of person Lin Tailai was.
This secret memorial says: Lin, the imperial envoy, was afraid that the rebels would plunder the camp, and while trying his best to appease the rebels, he temporarily transported out Governor Xu's personal pockets of silver, totaling about 20,000 yuan, and secretly stored them in the well-defended eunuch's mansion.
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There are no secrets in official circles. Wang Situ from the Ministry of Revenue can finally confirm that this time he has to thank his great benefactor, brother-in-law Lin.
The unknown tall knight who shot Ming Dy indiscriminately in the West City last night should be Brother-in-law Lin himself.
Brother-in-law Lin will never sneak back to the capital for no reason, and the two ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War will not change their attitudes for no reason.
I just don’t know how brother-in-law Lin did the trick, but he arranged it clearly overnight.
The specific details are probably only known to the person who received the message.
In the afternoon, Wang Situ couldn't hold back his excitement. He got home from get off work early and planned to have a few drinks behind closed doors to celebrate with his family.
It is indeed a great joy for his son to be promoted to governor, and it is not just a simple promotion of position.
Governors and local-level officials are completely different in nature. Becoming a governor means directly moving from a local level to a high-level official in the imperial court, and can be called a frontier official.
What's more important is that the inheritance of the next generation of Lao Wang's family has truly continued.
Near his home, Wang Situ met Xu Shenxi, the General Affairs Secretary Zuo Tongzheng who lived in the mansion next door. It was Xu Shenxi whose name was the most popular and connected the two elders of the cabinet, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.
"Congratulations, Mr. Situ! Your new city has a large number of outstanding people from the Wang family, and there will be another major county governor!" Xu Tongzheng sincerely congratulated Wang Situ.
Wang Situ felt proud and was about to show some humility and say something like, "Young people have good luck."
But he suddenly felt that something was wrong. What the hell was the governor of the county?
The good old boy Wang Xiangqian is going to be promoted to governor, which is called a border official! Doesn't it mean that he is demoted to be a prefect?
Could it be that Xu Tongzheng has always harbored ill intentions toward Lao Wang's family, and today he finally couldn't help but expose it?
Thinking of this, Wang Situ was not angry and asked calmly: "Can Xu Tongzheng please explain how to be promoted from a third-rank political participant to a fourth-rank prefect?"
Xu Tongzheng looked confused and said doubtfully: "What do you mean to join politics from the third level? I'm talking about the capital of Jiujiang Customs Envoy King.
Today, the General Affairs Department received a report that the rebel Liu Ruguo gathered thousands of people to rebel at the junction of Huguang, Nanzhili, and Jiangxi last month. He was put down this month.
The Jiujiang customs envoy and patrolling Jiang Qianshiwang captured more than 30 fleeing rebels in the capital, which can be regarded as a military achievement and will definitely be promoted and rewarded!"
Wang Situ: ""
What kind of day is today? Couldn’t the smoke from the ancestral graves have turned into a fire?
This little guy from the capital of the king is guarding the tax customs on the river, can he still get a handful of military exploits?
More than thirty rebels fled along the river, and then were intercepted by the capital of the king? What is the difference between this military achievement and pie in the sky?
Suddenly, Wang Situ remembered that Wang Zhidu's trip to Jiujiang Pass was actually strongly requested by Lin's brother-in-law, and it seemed that it was for the sake of the rice business between Huguang and Suzhou.
Moreover, I heard at that time that it was located at the junction of various provinces and there were many bandits. There was also a rebel bandit named Mei Tang.
In order to appease the king's capital, another river patrol was sent, and now he has achieved military merit.
Thinking of this, Wang Situ couldn't help but become suspicious. Could it be that brother-in-law Lin had foreseen that there would be military exploits in the future, so he arranged for the capital of the king to wait for the pie to fall?
I heard that Liu Ruguo, who rebelled this time, was the former member of the bandit leader Mei Tang the year before last.
But no matter what, I have to thank brother-in-law Lin for arranging the King's Capital. He is really a great benefactor to the old Wang family!
Now I have to start worrying about my little brother’s next step in King’s Capital.
According to the rules of the officialdom, it should be the Grand Prefect or the Deputy Inspector, but which path is better is really a happy worry.
Wang Situ returned home and sat down. When his good nephew Wang Xiangmeng came back from get off work at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he invited him to have a drink with him.
There are so many happy events today, it wouldn't be fun if I didn't drink.
However, Wang Xiangmeng had some worries and said to Wang Situ: "Now that my term of supervisory censor has expired, I have to consider promotion. I don't know where to go."
Wang Xiangmeng was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli. In the eleventh year of Wanli, he was appointed as the supervisory censor. According to a three-year term, in the seventeenth year of Wanli this year, he will have served two terms of six years.
The Censor's reputation in the officialdom is very high. Once you become the Censor, you will definitely be promoted. It's just a matter of how much or how little.
Although this is also a good thing, it makes Wang Situ's head hurt a little. Why did everything come together?
My younger brother Wang Zhi will be promoted, and my great nephew Wang Xiangmeng will also be promoted.
It's okay to only operate one, but if you operate two at the same time, it will attract attention.
In addition, the eldest son Wang Xiangqian was promoted to governor, and the three members of the Wang family were promoted together, so it would be easy for them to be envied and criticized.
After thinking about it for a while, Wang Situ tentatively said to Wang Xiangmeng: "How about you become a censor again? Wait for nine years?"
Wang Xiangmeng shouted with the strength of the wine: "Three years and three years, how many three years can there be in life?"
Now that I am already the ninth-level Dzogchen Yushi, I don’t need to wait for another three years! It’s time to break through!”
Wang Situ was puzzled. What kind of nonsense is this?
Wang Xiangmeng burped and took the initiative to explain: "I learned all the words from Lin Tailai."
Generally speaking, officials serve a term of three years, with a minimum term of six years and a maximum term of nine years.
For the censor, six years is the senior censorship, and nine years is the real Dzogchen, and you can jump directly to the next level.
Although Wang Xiangmeng has only been a censor for six years, he received a beating from the royal cane three years ago with the help of Lin Tailai. This has been a huge bonus to the officials.
Therefore, Wang Xiang Mengming's appearance was only at the end of six years, but with the imperial staff, it was actually equivalent to nine years of great perfection.
If the Nine-Year-Old Dzogchen Censor is transferred from outside, it will be difficult for him to find a position in the capital, and he can only be transferred to the fourth rank. This is a perfect collision with his younger brother, King of the Capital.
Wang Situ's head hurt again, and he subconsciously said: "After all, you are still young."
Wang Xiangmeng retorted: "I'm going to be forty soon!"
Wang Situ was surprised and thought, is Wang Xiangmeng really so mature? You can't usually tell.
Thinking about it, Wang Xiang has been a Jinshi for nine years. Wang Situ couldn't help but sigh and said: "You also have to thank Lin Jiuyuan for allowing you to work hard for several years!"
To be continued...