The carriage did not drive directly to the palace, but turned west to Xiyuan.

When Emperor Jiajing changed through Renyin Palace, he did not live in the palace, but lived in the West Garden, avoiding the dynasty for more than 20 years.

Jiajing also opened the precedent of the Ming Dynasty emperor not seeing his ministers at home. Although this point has been criticized, although Emperor Jiajing is not in the court, he can still grasp the affairs of the court.

He didn't see the ministers on weekdays, but he only let the cabinet scholars be on duty in Xiyuan, and summoned them when there was something to do, or to communicate with them with secrets, so the power of the ministers became more and more powerful.

However, the current West Garden has returned to the original role of the Royal Garden.

After Lin Yanchao entered the garden gate, he walked north along the Taiye Pond and came to a pavilion by the pool.

The pavilion is built in the lake, and it is reached from the land through the winding corridor. But I saw that the pavilion was standing left and right, and there were eunuchs and palace maids holding dust, gargles, and towels.

Although it is winter, I don't know what means the palace people who take care of the West Garden use, the Taiye Pond has not frozen, and the fish in the pond are still alive.

The Son of Heaven stood in the pavilion and threw fish food to feed the fish in the Taiye Pond, and Shen Shixing stood aside respectfully.

Lin Yanchao and Zhang Whale stood outside the pavilion, and at this distance, they could just listen to the conversation between the Son of Heaven and Shen Shixing.

The Son of Heaven asked: "Mr. Shen has read the recital of Yuan Chengwang, a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" ”

Shen Shixing said: "The minister has just looked at it in the cabinet. ”

"Mr. Na Shen commented on me, Yuan Chengwang said that I was punished too lightly by Marquis Wu Qing, and he was only fined silver, not to take the title for the people, but to protect his family, and to the subjects of the world is unfair. Then you say, how do you want me to punish me? Marquis Wu Qing is my grandfather, if I punish Marquis Wu Qing, the Queen Mother will be sad, is this filial piety? ”

"That's it, Yuan Chengwang actually said that I was biased towards King Lu. For Prince Yan's wedding, the court has long had a system, with fifty taels of gold and ten taels of pearls. Your Majesty reduced the use of King Lu's wedding from 5.9 million taels to 2 million taels, how is it different from 50 steps and 100 steps? When it is handled by the ancestral system, the prince can be as many taels as he wants. He said that I had to forgive even these two million taels in order to win the hearts of the people of the world. ”

Lin Yanchao could understand it outside the pavilion, judging from Yuan Chengwang's advice, what kind of minister was he? A true loyal servant.

This truth is also a good sentence, with the great evil caused by the Marquis of Wuqing, the punishment of seizing the knighthood is not enough to make the people angry. But now even Yin Xu Minxing, the Shuntian Mansion of Zheng Sanpin, has been dismissed, and Wu Qinghou only let him fine silver, which is a bit of a foreign relative who is not guilty of the same crime as the official.

Not to mention that King Lu's wedding used 5.9 million taels before, it is 2 million taels, which is also extremely unreasonable.

Criticized by historians, how much silver was used for the three major expeditions of Wanli that wiped out the treasury?

In history, Ningxia used soldiers and spent more than 200,000 yuan. its winter. North Korea used troops for eight years, and spent more than 7 million dollars. In the twenty-seventh year, Banzhou used soldiers, and spent two or three million dollars.

It turned out that the cost of King Lu's wedding was enough for the imperial court to fight another eight-year war to aid Korea, and now that it has been reduced, it can also fight the battle of Ningxia and Banzhou.

Although this Yuan Chengwang was right, his words slapped many people's faces.

Lin Yanchao risked death to admonish, Zhang Siwei, and Shen Shixing led hundreds of officials to knock on the que, and the Son of Heaven did not hesitate to turn his face with the Queen Mother, and in the end he only reduced 5.9 million taels to 2 million taels.

But in Yuan Chengwang's mouth, it became fifty steps and a hundred steps, and others worked hard for a long time, but the result was stupid, just you? Reducing 5.9 million in one breath to zero is certainly righteous, but it depends on whether you can do it.

No wonder the Son of Heaven was angry when he heard this.

Shen Shixing respectfully said: "This is because the minister is ignorant and ignorant of things, so he speaks straightforwardly and does not know the severity. ”

"But the minister looked up to the emperor and the sun and the moon. A mere minister is not enough to blaspheme the power of thunder. Your Majesty doesn't have to move the holy wrath lightly, just give an order to reprimand and warn him. ”

The Son of Heaven said: "It is too light to reprimand and take the money, I decided to punish this Yuan Chengwang, punish him with a court staff, and then demote him to Yunnan as a post man, and never see him again." ”

Shen Shixing pondered and said: "Your Majesty, Yuan Chengwang is a minister who has been in affairs for many years, and the court staff is not a minister. Please read that His Majesty is faithful and degraded to any county in Huguang, so as to show His Majesty's sage. ”

Listening to Shen Shixing's words, the Son of Heaven changed his mind and said: "Then let's use this as a purpose, it's really too light to spare him." ”

Lin Yanchao listened for a while outside the pavilion, although he did not approve of Yuan Chengwang's approach.

But it is inevitable that some rabbits and foxes are sad, and Yuan Chengwang's original intention is the same as Lin Yanchao's, which is to ask for the people's lives.

But in the end, Yuan Chengwang, as a member of the Ministry of Officials and a Wupin Beijing official, was demoted to Huguang as a Qipin Zhixian because of his integrity. was demoted from the official of Zhengwupinjing to the county of Zhengqipin, which was definitely a landslide for his career in officialdom. Yuan Chengwang was demoted to the magistrate of the county as Cao of the Fifth Rank Department, so Lin Yanchao, the sixth-grade Hanlin, wanted to be appointed as a pro-people official, not to be demoted to the Eighth Rank County?

But words can't be said.

Shen Shixing, as a pavilion elder, sponsored Yuan Cheng in front of the Son of Heaven and looked at it.

However, Yuan Chengwang's admonition not only swept the face of the Son of Heaven, but also swept the face of Shen Shixing. Although Shen Shixing protected him, his strength was obviously not enough.

Lin Yanchao is Shen Shixing's protégé, and he will not sit idly by.

After the Son of Heaven and Shen Shixing finished discussing, the eunuch said, "Xuanlin Yanchao has come to see you." ”

Lin Yanchao listened to the moment and emptied everything in his mind, came to the pavilion, and saluted the Son of Heaven: "Lin Yanchao, a grass man, knocks on Your Majesty, and bows to your majesty. ”

The Son of Heaven ignored it, but continued to throw fish food into the pool, and then said to Shen Shixing: "Mr. Shen, you see that although this fish has swam far away, as long as I throw fish food, no, it will swim back again." ”

The Son of Heaven is a bit of a reference to Sang scolding Huai.

Shen Shixing said on the side: "The Son of Heaven shepherds the people of the world and gives all things to grow, even if this fish does not eat fish food, but when he sees His Majesty, he will also face the sky with ten thousand carp, and he will bathe in the grace of the saint!" ”

Lin Yanchao said in his heart, the prelude to the king is right, and he still has to learn from Shen Shixing.

The Son of Heaven was very satisfied when he heard this: "Mr. Shen's words are really the demeanor of a cardinal. ”

The Son of Heaven returned to the pavilion from the edge of the pool, then looked at Lin Yanchao who was lying in the pavilion, and said condescendingly: "Lin Yanchao, do you know why I sent you back to the palace again?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Back to Your Majesty, the grass people received the order after the Beizhen Fusi, and ordered the grass people to leave the capital and return to their hometowns within three days. The grass people received the holy decree and were leaving Beijing today, but on the way, they suddenly heard a summons from His Majesty. ”

"The grass people will enter the palace immediately, but I really don't know what happened to His Majesty's summons."

The Son of Heaven sneered and walked in front of Lin Yanchao and said, "I really don't know? Then I ask you, where is your family? ”

Lin Yanchao played: "Back to Your Majesty, the family of the grass people is waiting outside the Dongzhi Gate, and after the grass people see Your Majesty, they will meet together and return to their hometown in Fujian." ”

The Son of Heaven obviously didn't believe it when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Whale. Zhang Jing nodded to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven was slightly surprised, and asked Lin Yanchao again: "Then Mr. Shen is secret, what does it mean to ask for a pro-people official for you?" ”