Emperor Wanli became calm after hearing Zhang Jia's words. The reason why he did not believe Liu Haojia's words immediately was because he felt that he was the emperor, so how could anyone dare to snatch things from his hands? So he had a nonchalant attitude! But he
What I don’t know is that civil servants are best at using the moral high ground to take advantage of others!
On the other hand, it must be attributed to Zhang Juzheng’s successful education! What his gentlemen instilled in him every day was that civil servants studied the classics diligently and established themselves based on morality. They were the mainstay of the imperial court. How could they possibly do this?
Do you do anything to pursue fame and fortune? These things are all done by those nobles!
Therefore, Emperor Wanli never came around, but with Zhang Jia's reminder, he gradually came to his senses. He thought for a while and said: "I still know the virtues of your nobles. Gentlemen, I have always asked you.
I complained about the plundering by the nobles, so I believe they are capable of robbing the mirror business! But as long as I am here, they can’t take it away! As for the civil servants, there is no need to worry if Mr. Zhang is here!"
Zhang Jia lowered his voice and said: "Long live my lord, don't forget that it was Prime Minister Zhang who first opposed your building a martial arts gym and recruiting people!"
Emperor Wanli was stunned when he heard this, and Zhang Jiaze took the opportunity to say: "Long live Lord, now you might as well keep everything Liu Ergong told you in your heart and see if you can experience them one by one? If nothing happens, it is best. If it is true,
It has come true, and you can cope with it easily! Don’t forget that Mr. Liu Er said that the money obtained from selling the mirrors involves a huge plan later, and must not be lost!"
Emperor Wanli nodded slowly and said, "I understand!"
Zhang Jia had no choice but to retreat when he saw this. At this time, he knew that Emperor Wanli still had some illusions about civil servants, but he knew that the most ruthless ones were these civil servants! Almost all the channels for bringing in money from top to bottom of the court were blocked.
They took over!
Not to mention anything else, the word "floating" has been used to the extreme by civil servants! "Drifting" originally refers to the loss that occurs when transporting materials in the water. But now it is also used to transport materials on land.
There is no word for floating!
Regardless of any material, even if it is military pay and rations, Tan Mo dares to take advantage of it! So that by the time the materials arrive at the place where they are supposed to be delivered, there is not much left, so the imperial court has to prepare a lot more when sending materials! This
All the extra money fell into the pockets of civil servants! So Zhang Jia has no confidence in civil servants at all!
At this time, Emperor Wanli suddenly said: "Zhang Jia, go write a decree and send it to Liu Shouyou, saying that I will appoint Liu Haojia as the Jinyi Guard Hundred Households and place him in Fusi, Beizhen! As for the reason, I will make up for it after my merits!"
Zhang Jia was happy after hearing this. He had great expectations for Liu Haojia's abilities! He also hoped that Liu Haojia would be able to assist Emperor Wanli with him after he was promoted. If the emperor did not have his own manpower outside the palace, he would be restrained by the officials.
He couldn't move in the deep palace, and he couldn't even convey the decree out of the palace. So Zhang Jia simply drafted the decree, and then Emperor Wanli stamped it with his private seal and sent someone out.
In the Ming Dynasty, if the emperor's decree was not stamped by the cabinet, it was considered a central decree, and external officials did not have to obey the decree! But there was no such problem for the Jinyiwei, because the Jinyiwei belonged to the emperor's personal armed forces and belonged directly to the emperor.
Belongs to.
This situation is similar to the U.S. Marine Corps. If the U.S. president wants to mobilize other sea, land and air forces, he cannot go around the Pentagon, but he can command the Marine Corps to do anything at any time, so Emperor Wanli directly asked Liu Shouyou
The decree has been issued.
But what Emperor Wanli didn't know was that not long after his decree was spread outside the palace, Liu Shouyou went to see Zhang Juzheng!
In fact, Zhang Juzheng doesn't like Liu Shouyou very much, because this man is too greedy and spineless! But his position is very crucial! As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Liu Shouyou can spy on the world's news! And he can get any useful information
The news about Liu Shouyou was not reported to Emperor Wanli immediately, but was sent to Zhang Juzheng first! It can be seen that Liu Shouyou has been completely tamed by Zhang Juzheng!
Zhang Juzheng immediately agreed to Liu Shouyou's invitation and let him into the check-in room. When Liu Shouyou came in, he saw Zhang Juzheng scribbling instructions on the paperwork.
Zhang Juzheng did not express Liu Shou's intention, because it was meaningless and only hurt the feelings. So when he saw Liu Shou come in, he said while writing: "Siyun, you are here! Sit down first.
Wait until I finish writing these words!"
Liu Shouyou was flattered and said: "No rush, no rush! The Prime Minister's matter is important!"
At this time, a clerk brought tea. When he bowed and left, Zhang Juzheng had also finished writing the last word. Seeing Zhang Juzheng put down his pen, Liu Shouyou immediately stepped forward, picked up the teacup and handed it to Zhang Juzheng with both hands, and then said: "Mr.
You have worked really hard for national affairs!"
Zhang Juzheng took the tea cup naturally and said: "Lao Siyun is there! There is nothing we can do about it, the country is in a difficult situation!"
Liu Shouyou said seriously: "It is precisely because of the difficult situation in the country that the prime minister should pay more attention to his health! It should be noted that as long as the prime minister is healthy, the Ming Dynasty will have the Dinghai Shenzhen!"
Zhang Juzheng was very happy to be complimented and said with a smile: "It's not as outrageous as you said!"
Liu Shouyou shook his head and said: "It's not outrageous! There are many things in the imperial court, and they all depend on the Prime Minister! By the way, Prime Minister, my men sent two old ginsengs from Changbai Mountain from the north. They are of extremely high vintage. It's simply...
Her eyebrows are so graceful! I will send someone to the prime minister's house when I turn around!"
Zhang Juzheng was not polite, because he knew that if Liu Shou could bring out two old ginseng sticks, he would have at least two more in his hand! So he nodded and said: "Siyun is thoughtful, thank you, thank you! That's right.
, you are so anxious to find out the truth, but what’s the big deal?”
Liu Shouyou smiled and said, "I don't know if this is a big deal or not? But I think it's best to ask the prime minister what he means first."
Zhang Juzheng was very satisfied when he heard this. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Then tell me, what is it?"
Liu Shouyou took out Emperor Wanli's decree from his arms and said, "This is the decree that the official has just received. You will know it at a glance!"
As soon as Zhang Juzheng heard that Liu Shouyou had received the edict from Emperor Wanli, but he had not seen the edict, he knew that it was the edict privately issued by Emperor Wanli, so he was a little unhappy. However, he still accepted the edict steadily.
He started to watch, but after reading it, he frowned!