After receiving Emperor Wanli's permission, Liu Haojia returned home, completed the plan and presented it to Emperor Wanli for review, and received the word "accurate" from the emperor's personal letter. Only then did he completely let go of his hands and feet.
After receiving the permission, Liu Haojia immediately sent a message at home to the nobles and a few businessmen who were close to him. The content was very simple. The Royal Navy was about to conquer Japan, but it lacked enough food and salary, so he asked everyone to donate.
A batch of silver, with a total amount of 200,000 taels of silver, of which the royal treasury contributed 40,000 taels. I hope everyone can help!
Liu Haojia did not mention the issue of raising shares in the letter at all, and he also specifically asked Zhang Jia not to tell it. He just wanted to see who could truly follow him wholeheartedly! And when the war was over and the spoils were divided, as a special
The surprise will create a greater sensation!
The result was just as Liu Haojia had imagined, the news really caused a sensation when it came out! There were some who were saddened, some who were opposed, some who were in favor, some who were yelling, and some who were ready to take action, and a large number of officials even submitted memorials
He objected to this matter, but was blocked by Liu Haojia on the grounds that "the Royal Navy is under the direct jurisdiction of the Royal Family!"
As expected by Liu Haojia, the news of the conquest of Japan was leaked by the imperial court as usual. When the news spread to the people, it was like a pot exploding! Especially among low-level civil servants and scholars who like to discuss state affairs, it caused an uproar.
!Especially the Difan Tower, where low-ranking civil servants and scholars gathered, once again became a bustling crowd!
Since Tan Cuiying left, the business of Difanlou has been down for a while, but then a new person appeared on the third floor. The new piano player is also a female piano player, and her skills are on par with Tan Cuiying! But her reputation is not as good as Tan Cuiying's! Now Tan Cuiying has left
, but it highlighted her.
So since her appearance, the business of Difanlou has gradually improved again! Especially after Mr. Shen Ge, who loves to listen to the piano and drink tea, appeared in Difanlou once, Difanlou resumed its status as the number one teahouse in the capital.
of good reputation!
At this time, the Difan Tower was still full of low-level civil servants and scholars, and they were debating the Royal Navy's expedition to Japan. Moreover, the people among them were obviously divided into two groups, one group did not agree, and the other group strongly supported it.
!
Just by listening to their accents, you can tell that those who support the conquest of Japan all have southern accents, while those who oppose the conquest of Japan all have northern accents. This should be understandable. The south is often troubled by Japanese pirates, and those scholars naturally
He hated the Japanese pirates so deeply that he wished that the imperial court would send troops to crush the Japanese country. However, the northern scholars did not feel the pain personally, so they naturally opposed it!
Seeing a scholar just sitting down, Lu Tianhua slowly stood up and said: "What this brother said makes some sense, but it cannot be said to be the right way! You must know that soldiers must be used by saints as a last resort! This means that you need to be careful when using soldiers.
Do not start a war unless it is absolutely necessary! And now the Japanese pirates have almost subsided, so what is needed at this time is not a large army to conquer, but envoys should be sent to order the Japanese king to punish those who go to sea! They should be allowed to learn from our Ming Dynasty
"No pieces of wood are allowed into the sea" is the kingly rule!"
His words were immediately echoed by a large number of people. Just as a scholar opposite him stood up and raised his hands to speak, a man suddenly ran in from outside the door and said loudly: "Stop arguing here! There has just been news.
It has been reported that His Majesty has given Wu Ninghou permission to conquer the Japanese country, but he will have to raise his own food and salary!"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the teahouse, whether they were supporters or opponents, were shocked and started talking! Then Lu Tianhua stood up and said loudly: "This must not be done! How can the imperial army escape from the imperial control! This is a disaster.
The way of the world will inevitably lead to a recurrence of the disaster of the vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty, and we must write a letter to oppose this!"
As soon as Lu Tianhua's words came out, everyone immediately echoed. Some people even shouted to imprison Que! Because these people also knew one thing clearly, that is, it took Ming's civil servants so many years to finally suppress the nobles and military attachés.
After falling down, how can we give them a chance to stand up again now?
Those vulgar warriors can just kneel down on weekdays, and when they need to fight, they can just rush to the battlefield. If they are allowed to have independent thoughts, how can they still be masters in the future?
So just like the officials and scholars in the Difan Building, everyone who heard the news wrote memorials to oppose this matter. The dense memorials almost filled the rooms of the elders!
At this time, the atmosphere in the room was frighteningly cold! Because all the elders looked serious, especially Zhang Ju, whose face was as heavy as water!
He thought that this matter had been resolved last time, but he did not expect that Liu Haojia would push this matter forward! As the chief minister of a country, of course he understood the political significance of this. This was simply a tribute to his honor.
The nobles said: "Come on, we have another chance to regain control of the temple!" And this is something he will never allow!
At this time, Zhang Siwei frowned and said, "Why don't those who went to the palace come back?"
Zhang Juzheng twirled his beard and said: "Fengpan, don't be anxious. Your Majesty will definitely meet me and wait for you! Just wait for now!"
Wang Xijue also persuaded: "Yes, I will wait for all the ministers to come together. There is absolutely no reason why His Majesty should not see you! I think he just wants to delay the meeting."
It turned out that before this, several people had jointly written a memorial and sent it to the palace, asking to see Emperor Wanli. However, it had been a long time since the memorial had been sent to the palace, but they had not received a reply, which made them a little anxious!
At this moment, a timid eunuch raised the curtain and walked into the duty room, bowed and said: "Several pavilion elders, Long live the Lord are waiting in the imperial study. Please move over!"
Zhang Juzheng stood up and shook his sleeves and said: "Lead the way!"
The eunuch quickly bowed his head and led the way. Several elders followed Zhang Juzheng to the imperial study. When they entered the imperial study, they saw Emperor Wanli sitting upright behind the desk, with Zhang Jia standing behind him holding a whisk in his arms.
Zhang Juzheng was the first to salute Emperor Wanli, but Emperor Wanli didn't wait for him to bow down and said directly: "No courtesy, no courtesy! Mr. Zhang and several elders have worked hard for state affairs, why do you need so many etiquettes! Zhang Jia, hurry up and give it."
seat!"
Zhang Jia hurriedly ordered the eunuchs to bring some brocade piers. After everyone sat down, Emperor Wanli first said, "Mr. Zhang, why are you and the elders here?"
Zhang Juzheng showed the majesty of a teacher and said: "Your Majesty, aren't you asking questions knowingly? Naturally, you are here to conquer the Japanese country!"