Emperor Wanli laughed and said: "Okay, these envoys have made great achievements. When they return, they will be rewarded by each ministry as appropriate! Is there anything else? If there is no memorial, please leave the court!"
At this time, many courtiers wanted to grab He Xianli and several people to question him, so no one spoke to them. Upon seeing this, Emperor Wanli immediately announced his withdrawal from the court.
When they heard the eunuch shouting "Retreat from the court", He Xianli and others rushed out of the hall as if they had been granted amnesty, without giving the courtiers a chance to stop them. However, they knew in their hearts that they could escape the first day of the new year.
, I can’t escape fifteen, and there will be a disaster waiting for me when I arrive at the Yamen!
As for Zhang Juzheng and others, they naturally came to the end, and Zhang Juzheng was really surprised at this moment! Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to conquer Liu Haojia, but he did not expect that he could easily resolve this disaster!
At this moment, Zhang Siwei walked quickly to him and said, "I wonder what the chief assistant thinks about the investigation of Tianjin?"
Zhang Juzheng said: "What else can we say? All the people sent to check the accounts and inspect the troops reported that there were no problems, which means that there are really no problems and the matter is over!"
Zhang Siwei frowned and said: "How could they come back like this? These people are all veterans of accounting, how come they can't find any faults?"
Zhang Juzheng stopped and said: "It's not difficult to find out the problem, but the question is, is there something wrong with the person who checked the problem?"
Zhang Siwei also stopped and said: "What does the chief assistant mean that they have been bribed? But this is unlikely. The greater possibility is that they were blackmailed!"
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Now it doesn't matter whether they were blackmailed or bribed, because since they reported to the court that nothing happened, it can only be nothing!"
Zhang Siwei said one day: "What a pity! It seems we have to figure it out slowly!"
Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything but just walked forward. To be honest, he didn't have a good impression of Zhang Siwei. On the one hand, he knew that Zhang Siwei had coveted the throne of his chief minister, on the other hand, he also knew about the family and master behind Zhang Siwei.
The people who met are too close, this is already a semi-open secret!
In fact, Zhang Juzheng didn't have a good impression of the people in the Master Association. If the people in the Master Association hadn't been very cooperative with him during this period, he would have dealt with them long ago! But what Zhang Juzheng didn't know was that the reason why the people in the Master Association were so cooperative with him was that
It's because they found a better way to exploit people!
One of the core of Zhang Juzheng's whipping methods is to use silver and copper coins to collect taxes uniformly, instead of collecting in kind as before. Collecting in kind is troublesome for the government, prone to loss and corruption, and is not conducive to financial turnover.
. But collecting silver is different. It reduces the administrative links of the government, and the collected silver can be directly invested in financial operations.
But the people who dominate the association have discovered the secret behind it, that is, as long as farmers sell grain to raise silver and copper coins, they join forces with grain merchants to lower the price of grain, and the difference in price will be enough to make them fat! Otherwise,
In terms of their nature, how could they cooperate with Zhang Juzheng's actions?
And Zhang Juzheng also knows what Zhang Siwei means by Xu Tuzhi? That is a common method used by civil servants. To put it bluntly, it is to continuously throw dirty water on the target to be removed, and to treat small problems as big problems.
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Then publish some unfavorable public opinions about this person from the public, triggering heated discussions among the people. As time goes by, no emperor will believe that this person is innocent! At that time, they can use the emperor's hand to imprison people they don't like.
Get rid of it! This is the flexible use of three people to become a tiger! Civil servants have used this method to kill many nobles and military attachés!
After Zhang Jizheng returned to the duty room, he absentmindedly dealt with the government affairs, but his mind kept thinking about what happened in the morning.
After combing through it over and over again, he has roughly sorted out the root causes, but he is not clear about the specific reasons that play a central role. But this does not prevent him from sorting out the ins and outs.彡彡訁凊
To be honest, at first he thought Liu Haojia would be in bad luck. He was already ready to give Liu Haojia a hand when he was sinking to the bottom, so as to subdue this young man who could fight and make money! But the fact surprised him.
He actually made a comeback! This actually made him more interested in Liu Haojia!
Not long after, Zhang Juzheng heard a note from his servant. Zhang Juzheng took it and saw that it was indeed a message from You Qi. He knew that You Qi would do what he had to do without his instructions.
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He opened the note and read it slowly. It read in simple language: "... everything was normal, but then because He Xianli and others targeted the navy, Wu Ninghou was furious!"
"Then Marquis Wu Ning asked his servants to take them into the room one by one. Everyone immediately changed their tune when they came out. What must have happened in the room? It is most likely that Liu Haojia has some of their privacy!"
"The evidence is that He Xianli voluntarily changed his story and did not enter Wu Ninghou's room, but his servant gave him a document. After reading it, his face changed drastically, and..."
After reading the note, Zhang Juzheng already understood everything. He handed the note to his servant to deal with, and he recovered his mood and started to deal with official duties. At the same time, he still lamented in his heart that he had underestimated Liu Haojia!
This kind of behavior is indeed unrighteous and true to the nature of a warrior! But he also knows that Liu Haojia does not have such good prerequisites as him. Facing a superior civil servant, it is already shocking for him to use such methods!
And this method does have consequences, and it can easily arouse the hatred of civil servants! Because who doesn’t have a few pigtails? What will you do if someone grabs your pigtails? But anyway, as Zhang Juzheng said, this case
It's over!
But the aftermath of this incident is not over yet! He Xianli and Jiang Yuzhong wrote a letter requesting to be released on the same day, and their request was approved in the blink of an eye! However, after they left Beijing, they did not get promoted or leveled like their previous colleagues.
It was adjusted, but it dropped one level! But even this is enough for two people to be happy!
But Wu Yunshan was reluctant to part with wealth and wanted to persevere in the capital while gritting his teeth. He thought his master would help him! In the end, his master avoided him! He was even avoided by his colleagues like a god of plague! When he came to his senses, he thought
It was already too late to seek employment, and in the end I had to resign sadly!