"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Your Majesty has made up your mind, it is impossible to block the construction of Yuxi Palace."

The crowd was in an uproar immediately, and some people shouted that they wanted to go to the palace to demonstrate, but they were stopped by Gao Gong, and then said in a deep voice:

"Have you forgotten the great etiquette?"

The officials in the room were quiet, and Gao Gong sighed and said, "Your Majesty's temperament, you don't know it. The more you do to him, the tougher your majesty becomes. Therefore, what we need to do now is not to veto the construction of the Yuxi Palace, but how to minimize the damage. Not only can it build the Yuxi Palace, but it can also make the Ming Dynasty operate normally. ”

When Gao Gong's words fell, everyone fell silent. The young officials had only heard about the crying incident of the Great Ceremony, but those old people had seen it with their own eyes, and when they thought about it, their hearts trembled. I couldn't help but look at the high arch one by one. Gao Gong sighed and said:

"Everyone dispersed, and when we go back, we all think about how to build Yuxi Palace and ensure the normal operation of the Ming Dynasty. Then we'll talk about it. ”

The crowd dispersed, and Gao Gong sat there in a daze, until he was the only one left in the room, and then let out a long sigh. Half of the pride that was the head of the hundred officials was removed. He knew in his heart that if this matter was not handled well, not only would he fall out of favor with Emperor Jiajing, but it would also be criticized by hundreds of officials and make both sides unpleasant.

sighed, stood up, and walked out of the duty room, only to see Wang Xijue standing outside the door. Seeing Gao Gong coming out, Wang Xijue hurriedly saluted and said:

"Meet your lordship."

Gao Gong glanced at Xu Jie's room, turned his head to Wang Xijue and said, "Let's go with the old man." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Xijue was half a position behind, followed Gao Gong out of the palace, and walked slowly. Gao Gong asked lightly:

"Yuan Yu, what do you think about this matter?"

Wang Xijue smiled bitterly when he heard this: "This matter ......"

"Say it boldly!"

"Yes!" Wang Xijue took a deep breath and said: "This matter is fundamentally deliberate by His Majesty, Your Majesty feels that he has lost his majesty during this period of time, and he uses this matter to re-establish his majesty, so Yuxi Palace must be repaired, and it can only be repaired." Whoever dares to stop him will be treated as a chicken. ”

"Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys!" Gao Gong said lightly.

"Yes!" Wang Xijue nodded slightly.

"What does Yuan Yu think it should be?"

"It can only be built."

"But...... It may cause turmoil in the Ming Dynasty again, after all, there is no silver in the treasury. ”

"Xia Guan can't think of a way for the time being, do you have a way, Lord Gao?"

"There is no good way for the time being." Gao Gong shook his head.

Wang Xijue's eyes lit up and said, "So, my lord has a way?" ”

"Hehe......" Gao Gong smiled bitterly twice and said: "It's not a way, it can only be regarded as a stupid way, first promise Your Majesty, and then drag it." ”

"Dragging?" Wang Xijue asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's dragging." Gao Gong smiled: "To rebuild the Yuxi Palace, you have to prepare silver, right?" It always takes time, right? ”

"This ...... It won't take long, right? ”

"A drag is a stretch." Gao Gong smiled bitterly and said, "In the time it drags on, we continue to think of a way." In fact, it is not dragging it, but really preparing silver taels to see if the silver can be found. Maybe ......"

"Maybe what?"

"Maybe after a while, Luo Xin will be able to calm the border pass, and then he will take care of the affairs of the city."

Wang Xijue's eyes lit up, Luo Xin is the god of wealth of the Ming Dynasty, if Luo Xin pacifies the border pass, maybe he will be able to solve the affairs of the City Ship Division, once the City Ship Division is reopened, it will quickly earn silver, and the reconstruction of the Yuxi Palace is nothing. However, then Wang Xijue's expression darkened again.

"Where will it be so easy to pacify the border gates? Even if Luo Xin is the god of war, it will take half a year, right? ”

"yes!" Gao Gong nodded and said: "So, we still need to prepare some silver taels, it's really not good, let's rebuild the Yuxi Palace first, but we have to do it slowly and drag it out." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Gong sighed again, looked in the direction of the northern border pass, and muttered to himself:

"I hope Luo Xin can pacify the north sooner."

Gao Gong returned to the cabinet, sat down, and began to approve the recital. There was a knock at the door. High arch deep voice:

"Come in."

Li Dezhi of Honglu Temple walked in, holding a document in his hand, and came to the front of Gao Gong and said:

"My lord, there is a Mongolian envoy."

"Oh?"

Gao Gong's heart was shocked, could it be that the Mongols were preparing to send troops?

Wrong!

If you send troops to the Ming Dynasty, why bother to write a letter to the country? Just go straight to the raid. Historically, Mongolia has sent troops to the Central Plains, all of which were raids, how could it be possible to inform them first?

It must be blackmail, taking advantage of Daming's weakness now, to come to blackmail!

It's hateful!

Gao Gong opened the book in his heart heavily, and when he looked at it, his eyes suddenly widened. The heart "thumped". Suddenly looked up and said:

"Go and bring the Mongol envoys."

"Yes!"

Li Dezhi left in a hurry, and after about half an hour, Li Dezhi took the Mongolian envoy to the high arch duty room. A smile appeared on Gao Gong's face, and he invited the Mongolian envoy to sit down and serve tea. After some detailed discussions, he finally understood.

It turned out that Luo Xin sent an envoy to Mongolia, which contributed to the exchange of markets between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia. Moreover, Mongolia promised that once the mutual market was successful, Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty would be brothers and friends and would never invade each other.

This is undoubtedly a carbon send-off for Daming. What is Daming afraid of now?

I am afraid that Mongolia will take advantage of the fire to rob. Today's Ming Dynasty is too weak, the famine and civil strife have just been quelled, and the northern border passes are fighting with Goryeo. At this time, if the Mongols attacked the Ming Dynasty, even Gao Gong didn't know how to deal with it.

Not to mention that Mongolia asked for a mutual market at this time, even Mongolia came to take advantage of the fire to rob and put forward outrageous conditions, and Daming had to grit his teeth and agree.

But......

Unexpectedly, Mongolia just asked for a mutual market.

Mutual market is good!

It's like sleepiness and a pillow is delivered.

What is the problem of Daming today?

It's nothing more than two!

One is the war, this one has Luo Xin, not only Gao Gong, but the entire Ming Dynasty absolutely thinks that there is no problem. As long as Luo Xin makes a move, the war will not be far from over.

This is the prestige that Luo Xin played!

The second is finance, the original city department stopped, and Daming's finances were paralyzed. Although Luo Xin got some land by killing corrupt officials, it was a drop in the bucket.

However, the mutual market is different. This is the city of the north. This is to build another source of revenue for the imperial court. Although it is not as profitable as the Southern City Bosi, for today's Daming, it is like encountering a sweet spring in the desert. And he has a reason to drag out the reconstruction of Yuxi Palace.

Of course, this is not a drag, but a real preparation for Emperor Jiajing to rebuild the Yuxi Palace. It's just that it can't be rebuilt immediately, but it can give Emperor Jiajing a quasi-letter.

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