Although Empress Dowager Li had a strong aura, because Emperor Wanli was prepared, he was not scared and still replied according to his original ideas: "Mom, the child is just trying to change."

"Do you want to change? Do you know the reason why one moves the whole body? Since you mentioned this, I'll talk to you about why Mr. Zhang abandoned officials like Hai Rui."

Empress Dowager Li is serious and her words are full of blame and dissatisfaction.

"In the 45th year of Jiajing, Hai Rui was sent to death for writing a memorial to ridicule Emperor Shizong, that is, your grandfather was obsessed with the luxurious life of the arts. At that time, Yan Song pondered your grandfather's thoughts and asked Dali Temple to conduct strict trials, but Hai Rui was sentenced to death!

"The memorial was in the hands of your grandfather. It was probably because your grandfather was concerned about the public opinion in the world, so he never approved it. Hai Rui was locked in the prison. Soon afterwards, your grandfather made a big move and Yan Song's bad deeds were exposed. At that time, Xu Jie was the chief assistant.

"When your father ascended the throne, he was pardoned by the world, Hai Rui was released and his official position was restored. Later, Xu Jie not only quelled Hai Rui, but also promoted him to two levels, from a sixth rank chief to the right assistant censor (the fourth rank), and released him to the Governor Yingtian.

"However, after Hai Qingtian took office, he was promoted to the yamen to settle the case, but he was completely involuntary. When the civil lawsuit came to him, he did not ask about the right and wrong at all. He always lost the case and suffered losses.

"The same is true for urging taxes. Poor and minority people cannot afford to pay, and their arrears will be exempted from the wealthy households. This has caused complaints from local gentry. In less than two years, wealthy merchants and wealthy households moved their families to avoid disaster.

"Yingtian is a fertile land. The jurisdiction includes Yingtian, Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Songjiang, Huizhou, Tianping, Ningguo, Anqing, Chizhou and Guangdezhou. Most of them are rich fish and rice towns in the south of the Yangtze River. In his hands, there was an economic downturn and taxes were suddenly reduced.

"Also, when officials travel, the court has a prescribed entourage guards. This is determined by rules and regulations. The decent official family is good. Hai Rui also thinks that the people and the people are exhausted and the money will be spared. He only rides a donkey and takes a courier when he goes out. What should his colleagues do?

"So everyone who was with him in Yingtian Prefecture had a grudge against him and wanted him to leave. Before his term of office, the memorials of impeachment were filled with complaints. He had to leave with anger.

"In terms of character, I admit that Hai Rui is honest and honest and ingenious; in terms of being an official, he does not understand the way of adapting, and he does not understand the simple principle of "the water is clear and there is no fish". Mr. Zhang often said that being a human is different from being an official.

"As a person, one must be honest and honest, and one must first talk about how to serve the court and benefit the people. If there are hungry people in the wild, even if you drink vegetables, soup and porridge for three meals a day, you will not be considered a good official; if every meal you have is delicacies and the people are rich in food, food, music and music, you will still be a good official supported by the people. Isn't it?

"This is why Mr. Zhang resolutely abandoned Hai Rui when he was alive. If you restore his official position, he still cannot benefit the people. So Mr. Zhang simply let him wander around the forest, thus preserving his integrity and letting Qianqiu follow him as a model of the honest officials in the future. Isn't it a good thing for him and the court?"

Although these words were very long, Empress Dowager Li was inspired and knew it as if she had known it in one go, without any pause in the middle.

Emperor Wanli was stunned when he heard this. The reasoning made him savor and chew for a long time. After a long time, he said silly: "But, doing this will definitely offend the honest officials in the world."

Empress Dowager Li asked back, "After following Mr. Zhang for ten years, does Jun'er still understand that using more officials and less Qingliu is Mr. Zhang's way of employing people?"

In recent years, whenever Empress Dowager Li mentioned "Mr. Zhang" enthusiastically, Emperor Wanli felt a thorn piercing him.

After being stabbed a lot, he had a subconscious mind of resistance and was causing trouble, so he occasionally dared to contradict Empress Dowager Li: "But Mr. Zhang's way of employing people may not be the truth!"

Empress Dowager Li's face darkened and she scolded: "Do you want to completely deny Mr. Zhang?"

Emperor Wanli shook his head: "Mom, there is no child."

"There is no better. If you really have such an idea, I advise you to give up your thoughts as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late for me to help you."

Seeing that Empress Dowager Li became more and more angry as she spoke, Empress Dowager Chen mediated: "Okay, okay, sister, don't be angry. Jun'er is already a father, so she should know how to behave. Eunuch Feng, go and have a look. Is the second half of the opera going to begin?"

At this time, there were only Queen Mother Chen, Queen Mother Li, Queen Wang and Feng Bao in the lounge.

Empress Dowager Li argued with Emperor Wanli, and Feng Bao definitely did not dare to speak. He did not want to speak.

Like Empress Chen, Empress Wang has never participated in political affairs, so she remains silent.

The only one who came out to persuade Empress Chen.

Feng Bao agreed and went out.

The game between mother and son continued during the rest period.

As soon as Feng Baogang came out, he was surrounded by Marquis Wuqing, Marquis Dingyuan, Marquis Dingxi, and Prince Consort, and asked non-stop.

They heard Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli had an argument. They thought they weren’t they watching the show for fun? Why did they still quarrel?

Feng Bao sighed and explained softly: "Long live the emperor to dismiss Pan Sheng and to appoint Hai Rui and Qiu Wei, which was the decision made by the Empress Dowager behind his back. When he learned about this, Empress Dowager was of course angry!"

A stone stirs up a thousand scoundrels—

"With the Empress Dowager carrying her back? I thought Your Majesty had informed the Empress Dowager in advance?"

"It seems that the Empress Dowager has not completely delegated power to His Majesty, right? Why not discuss it?"

"You don't think about it either. If we discuss it, will the Empress Dowager agree?"

"It's true. Mr. Zhang hated officials like Hai Rui and Qiu Wei so much during his lifetime."

"What kind of message does Your Majesty want to convey to the officials in the world when doing this?"

“…”

After Feng Bao explained, he was too lazy to get involved in the discussions of these people and ran to start the show.

"The Legend of the Phoenix" will be performed in the second half, but Empress Dowager Li is no longer in the mood as before.

Although she did not leave the seat in order to create a harmonious atmosphere, she was already absent-minded.

After playing games with her son, she even smelled danger and felt that her son had some actions next. But should she take back the power at this time?

Obviously it is impossible.

She doesn't have the energy either.

Therefore, she was very confused. She always felt that her eldest son was not the one who governed the country, or that the eldest son did not have such ability. However, her eldest son was so excited.

What made her even more trouble was that the eldest son's serious disadvantages of dismissing Pan Sheng and appointing Hai Rui were probably insufficient. To be precise, he did not know enough.

This made her very painful.

How could she still have the intention to watch the show? She kept thinking about what to do? So much so that after the opera was finished, she sat motionlessly.

Emperor Wanli was not concerned about opera from beginning to end, so he was a little happy at this time. Although Empress Dowager Li scolded him, nothing changed.

Besides, he didn't think he lost in this game. In his eyes, Empress Dowager Li won the momentum, but he won the ending.

As for "reason", is it reasonable or ignorant to dismiss Pan Sheng and initiate Hai Rui and Qiu Wei? He is unwilling to worry about it, nor does he want to worry about it at all.

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Chapter completed!