Seeing Zhang Juzheng's serious face, Emperor Wanli was a little scared! But he kept encouraging himself in his heart, telling himself that he was already married and an adult, and he could no longer be afraid of his teacher! So he hesitated and said
: "Mr. Zhang, I have already said that this matter is the navy's own business, and even the food and salary are raised by the navy itself. How can we not do it?"
At this time, Wang Xijue spoke in front of Zhang Juzheng. Because Zhang Juzheng was their chief assistant, it was impossible for him to rush to the front. So he held up his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you must know that the war is fierce and dangerous. How can we make such a hasty decision to conquer?
It’s a matter for one country! What’s more, it’s a country that Taizu decided not to conquer!”
Emperor Wanli still had some psychological advantages over Wang Xijue. He straightened his body and said: "Old Wangge, there is no need to mention the so-called country without conquest! When the Japanese pirates ravaged the Ming Dynasty, this country without conquest was over!
And just yesterday Gu Ninghou gave me a memorial, which detailed the plan on how to fight. I thought what he wrote was very reasonable, so I agreed to his request!"
Zhang Siwei said loudly: "Your Majesty, a warrior like him who has never fought in a war knows what strategy is? Can he send troops just by writing a memorial?"
Emperor Wanli glanced at him and said: "The memorial is really well written! And it is clearly written in the memorial that this dispatch of troops is not aimed at the entire Japanese country, but only against a local name under the Japanese country! So this is not
It’s not about destroying the country, it’s about punishing and deterring!”
In this way, several pavilion elders took turns to attack, but Emperor Wanli mustered up the courage to block it! His main reason was that the Royal Navy was directly under the royal jurisdiction, and it was naturally decided by the royal family whether to dispatch the navy!
Zhang Juzheng saw that several people could not convince Emperor Wanli no matter what, so he directly handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty, in this case, we will ask to see the Queen Mother and ask the Queen Mother to uphold justice!"
In Zhang Juzheng's impression, Empress Dowager Li was the trump card against Emperor Wanli! As long as Empress Dowager Li used this move, Emperor Wanli would follow her in every move! But unexpectedly, Emperor Wanli, who was still a little panicked, became calm after hearing this.
He said directly and calmly: "Mr. Zhang, do you know why I just announced your visit? It's because the queen mother is sick, and I was attending to her illness just now!"
Zhang Juzheng and others knew as soon as they heard that Empress Dowager Li was on Emperor Wanli's side in this matter! But they didn't know how he persuaded Empress Dowager Li! And since Empress Dowager Li claimed that she was sick, they couldn't force it.
Seeking an audience, after all, this is against the way of being a minister!
Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng closed his eyes helplessly, but then he opened his eyes and said, "I wonder how the Queen Mother's condition is?"
Emperor Wanli said: "Mr. Zhang, I'd like to ask you about it! The imperial doctor said that I just feel cold occasionally, so I just need to rest!"
Zhang Juzheng said: "In this case, I will retire. But if the Queen Mother's health recovers, I would like to express my gratitude to you, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Wanli was so surprised when he heard Zhang Juzheng said he was leaving. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay! If my mother's condition improves, I will definitely inform Mr. Zhang!"
After everyone left the imperial study, Zhang Juzheng called a eunuch and said, "Go and tell Zhang Daban that I want to see you!"
Unexpectedly, the eunuch immediately bowed and said: "Haojiao, Chief Assistant, learned that after the Queen Mother was ill, our ancestors were very anxious and became ill too!"
Zhang Juzheng said calmly after hearing this: "I see! If you see Zhang Daban, tell me that I am very worried about him and hope that he will recover as soon as possible!"
The eunuch continued to bow and said: "I will definitely bring the message to you!"
After everyone left the eunuch and walked for a while, Zhang Siwei said: "Chief Assistant, can this matter just be left to the emperor to continue messing around with? This Feng Bao is not reliable, and there will be no one at the critical moment!"
Zhang Juzheng snorted and said: "Of course not! When you get back to the duty room, everyone will tell you that when the navy is preparing supplies, no convenience will be provided anywhere! The army will need countless things. It depends on how he collects them.
come out!"
Upon hearing this, all the cabinet elders beamed with joy, and immediately rushed back to the check-in room to give orders to all the department personnel under their respective control. They were determined not to let Liu Haojia collect military supplies. And as their orders were issued, the entire civil service system began to operate slowly.
, cutting off the possibility of Liu Haojia’s head being supplied with various supplies.
All the civil servants were waiting to see Liu Haojia’s joke! But what they didn’t know was that Liu Haojia had started to prepare a direct logistics system a long time ago and signed purchase agreements with many merchants. Especially the nobles began to do
After doing business, many purchase contracts have been transferred to shops under their names, so their blockade is doomed to fail!
When the news that the navy was about to be dispatched reached the honorable people, it also caused quite a stir among the honorable people! Since Liu Haojia sent them a notice saying that this time it was a fundraiser, there was no mention of stock raising at all. This made
The nobles were very unhappy! They felt that Emperor Wanli and Liu Haojia were working together to squeeze their advantage!
Although the letter says voluntary donation, according to the rules of the officialdom, the word "voluntary" has a lot of meaning! Maybe if you really don't donate voluntarily, the emperor will be angry when he sees you. God knows what will happen.
Do something!
But what relieved them was that there were four more words after this "voluntary", namely "no limit to the number", which gave the honorable nobles room to operate!
So many people wrote an enthusiastic letter, praising Emperor Wanli and Liu Haojia for their support in punishing the Japanese. But then the conversation changed and they began to cry for poverty! They all said that even if they followed Liu Haojia, they made a lot of money this year.
Money, but the cost is too high and I haven’t made any money this year, so I can only donate less! Some people even suggested that Liu Haojia waive their rent for the next year, so that they would have money to donate!
So donations of hundreds or even thousands of taels were sent to Liu Haojia in bits and pieces, and the amounts were quite consistent. It seemed that they had been negotiated in private! All counts received one thousand taels, and all marquises received two thousand taels.
I managed to collect a lot of money in a short time!
Just when everyone was sending the money, in the garden of Duke Dingguo's mansion, Duke Ding was walking in front with his hands behind his back, followed by the scholar Xu Xigao. Moreover, Xu Xigao's face was obviously not very good, because he had just been scolded by Duke Ding.
A meal! The reason is that he has not practiced martial arts with his generals for four days in a row!
In fact, a long-established noble family like Ding Guogong has done a good job in educating their nephews, and they are not as unbearable as the outside world said. It's just that the civil servants are powerful and they completely treat them like pigs, which has led to the current situation.
.After all, no matter how good you practice, you will never make real progress until you go to the battlefield. Over time, you will really turn into a pig!