Feng Bao was very satisfied with Feng Ning's frank attitude and said: "Since it's from You Qi to reward you, just take it yourself! And it's a hard trip, so go and have a rest. You don't have to be on duty today."
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Feng Ning left with a lot of gratitude. Feng Bao was alone in the room, but he sighed and said to himself: "Long live my Lord, why are you so careless!"
Two days later, it was time for the little emperor to teach again. There were six teachers in total, but today Zhang Juzheng happened to be the one giving the lecture. So Emperor Wanli planned to talk to Zhang Juzheng about his martial arts practice today.
In order to leave a good impression on Zhang Juzheng, Emperor Wanli was very energetic during class today, and he was praised several times by Zhang Juzheng.
When the course was over, Feng Bao "happened" to appear in the study! On the surface, he said he wanted to see what Emperor Wanli needed so that he could serve him, but in fact he also wanted to know the outcome of the negotiation between the young emperor and Zhang Juzheng
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After class, Zhang Juzheng started to pack up his books. At this time, the little emperor plucked up the courage and said: "Master Zhang, I have something to discuss with you!"
Zhang Juzheng slowly put down his book and said, "I wonder if your majesty has any instructions?"
Emperor Wanli said: "It's not about giving orders, I just want to discuss something with Master Zhang!"
Zhang Juzheng turned his gaze to Emperor Wanli and said, "What does your Majesty want to say?"
Emperor Wanli couldn't help but feel a little discouraged when he saw the red phoenix eyes that Zhang Juzheng was looking at, but he still mustered up the courage and said: "Master Zhang, I want to practice martial arts. I wonder what Master Zhang thinks?"
Zhang Juzheng laughed and said: "Your Majesty, this is a good thing. I naturally agree! It should be noted that the state affairs are heavy. If you don't have good health, it will be even more difficult to govern the country in the future! But I don't know what your Majesty wants.
Arrange for martial arts training?"
Emperor Wanli was overjoyed when he heard Zhang Juzheng's approval. He said with great confidence: "Master Zhang, I've asked before. Practicing martial arts requires talent and time, so I don't want to develop good martial arts, but just keep fit."
That's it! And I feel that practicing by myself is not interesting, so I will recruit more people to practice martial arts with me! These people should be of the same age as me, so that if we practice together, we can also strengthen each other! As for the number of people, it has not been determined yet.
But at least I want to have about forty or fifty people!"
Emperor Wanli was a little nervous at first, but seeing that Zhang Juzheng had no objection, he gradually calmed down and made a few requests confidently.
After he finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng said: "The truth of Your Majesty's request is understood! But if I follow His Majesty's request, I'm afraid I won't be able to practice martial arts in the palace! After all, it would be easy to ask one or two people to teach Your Majesty martial arts, because there are already people in the palace
A place for martial arts! But with so many people wielding swords and guns in the palace, I'm afraid it will damage the peaceful atmosphere in the palace!"
Emperor Wanli patted his head after hearing this and said, "Then can't we just find a place outside the palace?"
Zhang Juzheng said: "This problem can be solved if we find a place outside the palace, but where will the money come from? According to His Majesty, we must first buy land and clean up people's houses. This will require some compensation to the people, and then build the site."
If you need money, arranging various equipment, especially war horses, will cost even more money! All in all, it only costs 120,000 to 30,000 taels of silver. Where can I find this money?"
Emperor Wanli said: "Can't it be appropriated from the treasury?"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this kind of thing has never happened before!"
Emperor Wanli thought for a moment and said, "Master Zhang, is it okay if I withdraw the money from Nei Nei's treasury?"
Zhang Juzheng laughed and said: "Your Majesty, Feng Daban is here. You might as well ask him if he dares to withdraw money from the inner treasury?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Bao immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the money in the inner treasury is already beyond our means, and it is even more difficult to set aside money for various rewards! In addition, there is no precedent, really
There is no way to allocate this amount of money! Unless the Queen Mother orders it, this slave will not dare! But..."
Emperor Wanli said impatiently: "But what? Why are you so hesitant?"
Feng Bao lowered his head and said: "I'm afraid even the empress would not dare to issue an order to allocate this money!"
The little emperor thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Is it okay if I ask my uncle to pay for this money?"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, how can you, as a master, borrow money from your ministers? Doesn't this hurt the dignity of your Majesty and the court! And once this case is started, I am afraid that the people below will feel that the court is buying and selling officials.
That would be very bad for the imperial court!"
Wan Li was completely dumbfounded when he heard this, and couldn't help but said: "This won't work, that won't work either, what should I do?"
Zhang Juzheng lowered his eyes and said: "If your Majesty just wants to exercise your body, you can definitely select a few people from the guards to accompany you to practice. This can be arranged in the palace."
After saying this, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao exchanged secret glances. They both thought that they should be able to stump Emperor Wanli this time! As long as they let this matter go, they can still do well.
Isolating the nobles from Emperor Wanli will definitely not give the nobles a chance to get close to the emperor again!
But Emperor Wanli didn't want to do this, because he wanted to have many people playing with him. At the same time, he vaguely felt that the words Empress Dowager Li told him about having more people should be a very important thing, so he still wanted to stick to it.
.So he said: "In that case, Mr. Zhang, Feng Daban, do you have any other ideas?"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head gently and said there was nothing he could do, while Feng Bao bowed and said, "Please forgive me for being helpless!"
Seeing the expressions of the two people, Emperor Wanli was furious! He said angrily: "In that case, I will find a solution for this money! Don't worry, I won't touch the national treasury, the inner treasury, nor will I borrow money.
I’ll earn it myself!”
After saying this, Emperor Wanli curtsied to Zhang Juzheng and left angrily. Zhang Jia also saluted the two of them and followed them out. The imperial study suddenly became quiet. At this time, Zhang Juzheng said slowly: "Feng Daban, guess what?
Is it possible for His Majesty to find a solution?"
Feng Bao said with a smile: "From our perspective, His Majesty's words are just the angry words of a child. It will probably be fine if we can't come up with a solution in a few days!"
Zhang Juzheng said: "Having said that, Feng Daban still has to carefully watch over His Majesty, lest His Majesty do something to disgrace the royal family!"
Feng Bao shook the fly whisk in his hand and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Prime Minister, our family knows what's going on! Since Mr. Long Live has returned to the palace, our family will go to work and won't see the Prime Minister off!"