Before Emperor Wanli could declare the world, officials in the capital had already started to discuss the issue of Zhang Juzheng's stay or not.

The key issue is really too sensitive.

For officials with real power, they are definitely unwilling to leave.

After all, they are basically all close to Zhang Juzheng's faction, so they naturally do not want their spiritual pillar to leave the capital like this.

Officials who did not hold real power or were deliberately suppressed by Zhang Juzheng naturally agreed with the decisions of Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli.

In short, some officials were surprised, some officials felt sorry, some were sad, some officials were happy... and some were both satisfied.

Because of the sensitivity, the news spread quickly and quickly from the officials to the public.

Officials knew exactly what Empress Dowager Li decided to let Zhang Juzheng leave Beijing, but when the news reached the public, many people didn't believe it.

"Is this true? Is the Prime Minister really leaving the capital?"

"Of course it's true! I heard that the cabinet's proposed tickets have been submitted to the emperor, and the Prime Minister has been leaving Beijing for a few days."

"But Mr. Zhang has finished the operation? Is it still not improving?"

"Who knows? How many people have the opportunity to see the true face of the Prime Minister?"

"According to my opinion, the Prime Minister's condition must have worsened, otherwise his father would not have gone home when he passed away. If he hadn't been exhausted at this time, how could he be in a hurry to go home?"

“…”

Most people think that Zhang Juzheng's condition is deteriorating and he will definitely not be able to support him, so they are in a hurry to return to their hometown.

Zhang Juzheng himself also said in his eight memorials of begging for bones: he was tired and afraid of dying from a foreign land.

However, few people know what is going on in reality.

However, after some discussion, it was confirmed that Zhang Juzheng was about to leave Beijing.

Soon, on the third day after Empress Dowager Li decided, Emperor Wanli's imperial edict was published in the residence newspaper, and he decided to let Zhang Juzheng return to his hometown.

But it was not that he promised him to beg for his bones to retire, but that he was allowed to leave for half a year (tentatively) to return to his hometown for recuperation - there was a big difference between the two.

The position of the chief minister is still Zhang Juzheng. During Zhang Juzheng's return to home and recuperation, the temporary acting chief minister is still Shen Shixing.

The day of leaving Beijing is set on May 1st.

There are a few days left, and that is the gap left to visit Zhang Juzheng.

With the sage of Zhang Juzheng leaving Beijing, Emperor Wanli also ordered the cabinet ministers, the nine great ministers and the nine little ministers. With them as their representatives, Zhang Juzheng can be visited from now on.

There are four cabinet ministers at present: Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, Yu Youding, and Pan Sheng.

The so-called Nine Lords and Nine Lords refer to the officials of the 18th National Congress.

Since Emperor Yongle established his capital in Beijing, the imperial officials were divided into nine major yamen and nine small yamen according to their power.

The nine major yamen refer to the six ministries of officials, households, military, and criminal engineering, plus the Censorate, Tongzhengsi and Dali Temple; the nine minor yamen refer to the Zhanshi Mansion, Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, Hanlin Academy, Imperial College, Shangbao Temple and Yuanma Temple. The nine major yamen refer to the seal holders, namely the top leader or the hall official, and are commonly called the Great Jiuqing; the hall official of the nine minor yamen is commonly known as the Xiao Jiuqing.

That is to say, in addition to those who were originally qualified to visit Zhang Juzheng, more than twenty ministers could visit Zhang Juzheng once with the consent of Emperor Wanli.

This kind of opportunity is rare, so of course everyone wants to go and see Zhang Juzheng.

After all, I haven’t seen Zhang Juzheng in a few months.

Moreover, everyone was surprised: Didn’t Zhu Yiliu say that as long as the hemorrhoids were removed by surgery, would Zhang Juzheng’s illness be cured? But why did Zhang Juzheng present eight memorials in a row and worry that he would die in a foreign land? So did the surgery reverse the condition or exacerbate the condition?

However, Emperor Wanli followed Empress Dowager Li (actually Zhu Yiliu) and also made strict regulations on the time to visit Zhang Juzheng.

It is also particularly emphasized that it is best to discuss in advance and go in groups of three or five. Remember not to disturb others' cultivation one after another.

...

Just as Emperor Wanli passed down his oral order, several cabinet ministers from the cabinet went to visit him first, as his behavior was represented by Shen Shi.

Immediately afterwards, the next day was Jiu Daqing, and the third day was Jiu Xiaoqing.

At this critical moment, none of the twenty-two important officials were left behind.

With the emperor's will, it was not long for visiting Zhang Juzheng.

Zhu Yiliu didn't know what he had discussed, but he could guess a rough idea, just those points:

First, see how Zhang Juzheng's body is; second, ask if Zhang Juzheng really wants his bones to return home; third, after returning home, I hope Zhang Juzheng takes care of his health and continues to look after things as soon as possible...

No matter how deep the issue is, it is definitely not time to talk about it because of time and personnel.

...

During the three days of visiting Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yili refused to see guests.

Even Feng Bao was not seen.

She basically stayed with Empress Dowager Li every day. First, to avoid suspicion, and second, Empress Dowager Li was very disappointed: Zhang Juzheng was about to leave the capital for at least six months, and she was unpredictable about the future court.

With Zhu Yili by her side, she felt much more at ease.

During these three days, the mother and son talked about almost everything. It was rare to have such a good opportunity to talk about whatever they thought of.

But the one who talked the most was still Zhang Juzheng, who was in charge of the court.

The second is Zhu Yiliu’s personal problem. When Zhang Juzheng left the capital, he would put the election of a princess on the agenda. The princess must be married, and then he would discuss the vassals and the vassals...

Because only the procedure left to choose a princess, Empress Dowager Li specifically asked about the issue of the vassal state, and the first person to bear the brunt of the vassal state was to choose the vassal state.

Empress Dowager Li cares about where Zhu Yili wants to go.

Of course, Zhu Yiliu thought about this issue himself, and asked Feng Bao to help him think about it. He would definitely not follow the old path of Lu Wang in history.

Therefore, Zhu Yiliu has not yet considered where to go for the issue of the vassal states.

He wanted to wait until he got married before thinking about it.

The key point is that he also thought of finding a way to solve the very bloated system of vassal kings and princes through his own examples.

During the Wanli period, if the problems of the vassal kings in various places could not be effectively solved for a long time, the Ming Dynasty would become heavier and heavier as if it was carrying a rolling snowball, and would eventually be overwhelmed and exhausted to death.

...

The last day of three days.

When it was time for the sanya, Feng Bao appeared in a sympathetic manner.

In the first two days, he had never been to Cining Palace as if he had suddenly disappeared.

Feng Baolai, after giving a simple salute, the first sentence was: "Empress, Prince Lu, Mr. Zhang, have received twenty-two ministers."

"How is the reaction?" Empress Dowager Li asked impatiently.

"Empress, those ministers didn't seem to have any big reactions, and they did not show any dissatisfaction with the emperor's sage."

"Is that true?" Empress Dowager Li said in surprise.

"As far as I know, it seems, it is indeed that way."

"Did Mr. Zhang persist?" Zhu Yiliu continued.

He thought that Zhang Juzheng must have suffered during the three days of meeting with the court officials.

"No problem." Feng Bao said, "Mr. Zhang certainly supports it."

...
Chapter completed!