Jingshi, the Forbidden City, the bleak autumn wind has carried a deep chill, but fortunately, the earth dragon is ignited under the imperial study, and the air flows through the underground flue, baking the room very warm.

"Why is it so hot, do you want to die of heat?" Wanli had a layer of fine sweat on his forehead, and he threw away the imperial pen in annoyance, only to feel uncomfortable sitting there.

The few little eunuchs who served him were frightened, and they kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy: "Slaves and maids are dead, slaves and maids are dead, ask the emperor for forgiveness, and then go and extinguish the earth dragon." ”

"Emperor," Zhang Whale called in a low voice, and then waved his hand at the little eunuch again and again, telling them to get out, don't show up here, as the head of the inner court of the celebrant and the eunuch, he has to take some responsibility for the big and small things in the palace.

Zhang Cheng bent down and said flatteringly: "Do you want to drink some lotus seed soup to clear your heart?" The Hunan lotus that the governor of Huguang paid tribute to Zhou Tailai, and the slaves smelled a fragrance. ”

What the hell! Zhang Whale couldn't wait to scold, Zhang Cheng seized the opportunity to sell it in front of the emperor, needless to say, the governor of Huguang definitely stuffed Zhang Cheng with a lot of silver, so that he could talk to the emperor in front of him.

Zhang Cheng's careful thinking, Wanli knew it, and he didn't have the energy to beat him at this time, let out a long sigh, leaned back on the back of the chair, and rubbed his temples with both hands: "Everywhere are begging for relief, crying and begging for tax reduction, but the border army is asking for food and salary, and if they are short, they will rebel immediately!" Outrageous! The governor of Yunnan asked for exemption from mining and silver to pay tribute, and Gu Xiancheng and Liu Tinglan followed suit, hum, isn't the gold and silver of the labor army every year the internal money that comes out? ”

The Ming Dynasty paid taxes to the Beijing Division, respectively, into the outer treasury of the household or the royal treasury, the inner treasury was directly controlled by the emperor, called gold and silver, in addition to the royal expenses and reward clan, at the end of each year, the labor army and the reward of noble military ministers, are spent from here.

Zhang Siwei fell, but Shen Shixing was not a resolute, domineering and domineering figure - in today's situation, this kind of person cannot sit in the position of first assistant. As a result, Zhao Yingyuan, Yu Maoxue, Gu Xiancheng, Liu Tinglan and other conservative factions are still having a good time.

Gu Xiancheng changed his ways, no longer attached to the ministers of which faction, but put on the face of a loyal and upright person of the deputy Qingliu, where the local officials asked to stop the mine supervision and stop paying tribute, he was more active than anyone else, and he was busy asking for the people's lives, but he also had a reputation for being loyal and upright.

This is Wanli's turn to have a headache, you must know that in the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, Qingliu has always been difficult to deal with, people carry on their shoulders "honest and honest", "loyal and straightforward", "for the people's life", "not to compete with the people" of the golden signboard, at any time to put loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness on the lips, so no matter who he is, he has to let him three points, it is really God is afraid, ghosts and ghosts.

The Staff? That's tickling! Even if the Qingliu celebrities have a court staff, look at Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian, who have been beaten by the court staff, and now their reputation is higher than the sky, as if the beaten ass has become real gold...... If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you want money in the east and food in the west, and the gossip officials are still like mad dogs to catch and bite whom, Wanli first experienced the sweetness of power, but now it has been tortured and gradually receded, and in the face of the cumbersome government, he began to be a little discouraged.

"Emperor, if the royal body is not safe, you might as well ......" Zhang Whale's eyes flickered, he was the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, if the emperor was unwilling to pay attention to the government and transferred the chapter to the ghostwriter of the ceremonial supervisor, his power would become greater invisibly.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "Emperor Qi, Mr. Shen is treated in person, there are a few important pieces of music today, and His Majesty must make a decision." ”

Zhang Whale gritted his teeth, eager to bite Zhang Cheng to death.

After all, Wanli is still young, and his heart to grasp power is heavy, so he cheered up when he heard the words, and murmured and complained: "Mr. Shen is too irresponsible, ask him what, either Your Majesty Shengming or the old minister is confused, and then ask and kneel on the ground to meet, what do I want such a clay sculpture Shoufu to do...... Anyway, since he's explained, I'd better take a look. ”

Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng both laughed secretly, the saying that a companion is like a tiger is true, Zhang Juzheng is authoritarian, His Majesty is afraid of him and hates him, and he calculated the general ledger after his death, although Zhang Siwei has made great contributions to the defeat of the Jiangling Party, but he is forbearant and ruthless, and His Majesty also guards against him for three points, only Mr. Shen is submissive to everything, the real batter is stubborn, and the muddy Xianggong is afraid that in His Majesty's heart, he is still happy like this.

It's just that today's few points of the chapter, alas~~ The two Zhang have their own thoughts, Zhang Whale doesn't want to stop the chapter, Zhang Cheng doesn't want to write the reply directly, but it's too much to do, even if they don't dare to do anything from it, just see how His Majesty deals with it.

Wanli's face suddenly changed, and his hands began to tremble, and he suddenly slapped the royal case hard, and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable!" Zhang Yunling, Zhang Siwei, I have never treated your father and son badly, how dare you deceive me like this! ”

Even if the famous faint monarchs such as the King of Shang and Emperor Yang of Sui see that they are collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, this world is the world of one family and one surname, Zhang Yunling and several sons smuggled prohibited weapons, this is simply digging a grave for the Ming Dynasty, how can Wanli not be angry?

If it is the imperial history, if it is the history of the matter, Wanli can not believe it, if it is the impeachment of Zhang Gongyu, the governor of Shanxi, he may still not believe it, but here in addition to Zhang Gongyu's chapter, there is also Zhang Siwei's own plea seal, every word is bloody and tearful, what to say that he closed the door and asked His Majesty to surrender, it is categorical and there will be no falsehood.

The strength of Da Ming Shilin is extremely strong, and the Jin merchants of the Three Jin Dynasty in Guanzhong have a deep foundation, even if Dongchang and Jinyiwei are absolutely impossible to succumb to a Shoufu Lord who has resigned from Ding Wei, absolutely, right, no, can!

In his own Shoufu family, there was such a thing as smuggling weapons to collaborate with the enemy and betraying the country, Wanli's nose was crooked, and he said repeatedly: "The Zhang family in Puzhou has done such a thing without regard to me, and it is really laughing for the world to spread it!" I use these people as my first assistant, how will the people of the world look at me, like a green history, won't I be written as a faint king? ”

To be the emperor, the power is supreme, there are not many things that can restrain him, the history books should be counted as one, no matter which emperor Yanjing wants to leave a glorious and positive image in the history books, on the other hand, if he doesn't even care about how the history books record, this emperor is absolutely mediocre and cruel to the extreme.

Zhang Yunling and Zhang Siwei have pleaded guilty and submitted to the law, there is no danger in this matter in reality, Wanli began to worry about his posthumous name, he is only in his twenties, he doesn't want to end up like the emperor's grandfather - Jiajing appointed Yan Song, the world scolded Yan Song for being a minister, and Jiajing could still hide from the word faint king? Look at what Hai Rui scolded him for, as soon as Jiajing's son and Wanli's father Emperor Longqing succeeded to the throne, he had to quickly release Hai Bi Rack from prison.

Wanli's heart is in a hurry, no matter which emperor, the matter of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country in the Shoufu family is enough for a headache, is it possible that he is in his twenties, and he has just been in power for a short time, and he is going to fall into a reputation of unknown people and being ridiculed by the world? Wanli didn't want that.

Looking at the emperor's expression, Zhang Whale sighed, looked at Zhang Cheng jealously, and knew that there were some things that he couldn't stop this time.

Zhang Cheng was overjoyed, his face pretended to be very surprised, and he glared and said, "Emperor, didn't you transfer Qin Lin to Puzhou to investigate this case?" ”

"Is there one? Why don't I remember......" Wanli was confused, but he quickly reacted, and reopened the chapter of the governor of Shanxi, just now he was in a mood and didn't read it carefully, but this time he finally saw it clearly, and he was immediately overjoyed: Oh, it turned out that I transferred Qin Lin to Puzhou, and he investigated this case, that is, I had foresight, strategized and acted arbitrarily, and in one fell swoop eradicated Zhang Yunling, who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country!

Zhang Cheng added: "Your Majesty's transfer of Qin Lin from Qiongzhou to Puzhou was issued by clear decree, and the news of the palace at that time was already known to the whole world, even the master of ceremonies and the cabinet also have archives. ”

Qin Lin went to all his official positions, and sent Qiongzhou Jinyi Wei to serve, which was derogatory, and then Hai Rui played Baoju, and Zhang Siwei was still in the first auxiliary position, and Wanli sent a decree to ask Hai Rui, and at the same time transferred Qin Lin to Puzhou.

This second time, Qin Lin was a Jinyi captain in Qiongzhou, and he was still a Jinyi captain in Puzhou, even if he couldn't be degraded, he could only be called a transfer, but the Jinyi captain who had no quality and no job actually asked for a holy decree to transfer, which can be regarded as an outlier in officialdom.

But it is this holy decree that leaves a back door for today's Wanli, and it is really a bit inappropriate to issue a holy decree to transfer a Jinyi lieutenant, but what if it is Ming Xiu's plank road to secretly cross Chen Cang, and let him investigate the shocking case of the Shoufu University scholar's family collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?

Wanli is not stupid, he knows what to do, his face is suddenly solemn, and he said loudly: "I heard that Zhang Yunling collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and ran rampant in the township, so I sent Qin Lin to Puzhou, and secretly asked him to investigate and secretly visit, and sure enough, Zhang Yunling's crimes were found out!" ”

After saying this, Wanli's heart was a little weird, to be honest, since Qin Lin carried the coffin into the admonition, and after receiving the court cane outside the noon gate, Wanli had an extra pimple in his heart, and he was not very comfortable thinking of Qin Lin.

I didn't expect Qin Lin to be so able to toss, and turned Zhang Siwei's family upside down, although it was a harm to the country, but Wanli was passive, and even forced to be recognized afterwards, which is a bit of a taboo for the emperor, what to do with Qin Lin in the future, Wanli hasn't figured it out yet.

The next chapter is not sent by the governor of Shanxi, but the seal of the King of the Wusi Tibetan White Sect and the Yellow Sect Sonam Gyatso, the tone of the two expressions is extremely humble, and the attitude is only good in previous years, in essence, the secret defense of the imperial court is different, the two Buddhas claim that they will pay tribute every year, make pilgrimages every year, and will always be a vassal of the western part of the Ming Dynasty, and will never dare to have a heart of disobedience.

Similarly, both chapters mention the important role played by Qin Lin, saying that thanks to the great righteousness of General Qin, the two Buddhas listened to the empowerment of the two Buddhas, and then they attached themselves to the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains.

Wanli smiled and slapped the imperial book case, "Haha, General Qin really has the ability to soothe Yi!" The previous time I said that there were two places for the Xuanzhi envoy and the three ladies of the naturalization city, and this time I said that the two eminent monks of Wusizang were moved! ”

Zhang Whale had a stool on his face, and secretly said that Qin Lin had the ability to deal with these unreasonable people, and I heard that the Jin Xuanwei envoy and the three ladies both had a leg with him (Xu Wenchang was tearful again), so he listened to him, what about these two Tibetan monks? But it's a man!

Zhang Sili couldn't help but have some unhealthy associations in his heart, considering that he has a small ** and a more distorted mentality than ordinary people, it is not too much.

Zhang Cheng had to say a thing or two for Qin Linfen: "Emperor Qi, General Qin is familiar with Buddhism, and he was friendly with King Weiling when he was in Beijing. ”

Wanli nodded, and when he mentioned Wei Tuo's descent to earth, he remembered Qin Ling's rescue meeting, although he was mean and unkind, but he was not all unsurnamed, and he always remembered Qin Lin's idea.

Zhang Whale knew that it was going to be bad when he saw the look on Wanli's face, and he hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Qin Lin, this guy, he is not at ease anywhere, as a Jinyi official school to make friends with foreign vassals, two Wusi Tibetan monks, do you know what means he used?" ”

Wanli's smile immediately became a little unnatural, Jin Xuan's consolation envoy and the third lady of Zhongshun were sent by the imperial court to Qin Lin, and they were bright and bright, but the two Wusi Tibetan monks took the initiative to find Qin Lin, hmph, in your eyes, Qin is more important than me?

Zhang Cheng also secretly scolded Zhang Whale in his heart, but he was not in a hurry, because there were still bombshells behind him that had not come out, and he was not in a hurry.

Zhang Cheng spread out the pieces that Wanli had approved, dried the ink, and then turned over the pieces at the bottom for him to see.

This look is incredible, Wanli jumped up from the chair as if there was a cannonball under his buttocks, and he didn't care about the dignity of the emperor at all: "500,000, really 500,000 silver?" Is there such a huge benefit in reopening the Silk Road? ”

Zhang Cheng's attitude was still deferential, and he reminded him softly: "It's every year, the emperor, and it's straight into the inside." ”

Yes? Yes! Wanli's face turned red, his eyes were squinting, his chubby face was about to laugh, he stood up and walked around, rubbing his hands non-stop, all etiquette was thrown out of the clouds, and all imperial mental techniques were thrown to Java.

When Zhang Juzheng was in power, the treasury was surplus every year, and he also renovated the Yellow River and trained the new army.

Originally, the next Zhang Siwei also had some real talents, but Wanli always had some faith in him, and changed to Shen Shixing, who Wanli was relieved of, and the good man was a good man, and there was no shortage of knowledge in the stomach and the means to be an official, but he was unwilling to take a little responsibility, which was more slippery than a glass egg stained in vegetable oil, so that Wanli was helpless.

The treasury also has a system, and it is not that the emperor can use it however he wants, and the main thing that can be flexibly spent is the internal treasury.

In the first two years, the Jiangling Party and Feng Bao were brought down one after another, in order to appease the anger of the Empress Dowager Li, Wanli reached a deal with his mother with a tacit understanding, that is, the extraordinarily luxurious and huge wedding of his younger brother Zhu Yihua, Wanli's internal hemorrhage, and the wedding was extraordinarily beautiful, and the Empress Dowager Li loved her youngest son, so she didn't say anything more.

After fooling his mother and sending his younger brother, Wanli's internal money was a little stretched, so he thought of the silver in Yunnan, and wanted to release 200,000 taels of silver to the inner treasury of Beijing to solve the urgent need.

How do you know that the local money is not something that can be moved casually, the 200,000 silver accumulated in Yunnan over the years is probably only on the books, and the real white flowers have long been carried in the pocket.

The New Year is not far away, the honorable military ministers want silver rewards, the border soldiers want to work in the army, and these eunuchs and palace maids in the inner court also want to let the family celebrate the New Year, as for the most beloved imperial concubine Zheng Zhen, in order to compensate for her failure to sit in the position of queen and the loss of her son not being able to become the prince temporarily, Wanli is a lion opened his mouth and promised her a very generous sum.

But the internal money is about to be spent, seeing that the promise can not be fulfilled, Wanli is in a hurry, came to such a concert, saying that there are 500,000 silver presented every year, and it is very knowledgeable and interesting to mention that it is directly sent to the inner treasury, Wanli really has the feeling of a long drought and a rainy day.

"This pure minister also!" He grabbed the piece to see who was so loyal.

So he saw a familiar name for the third time today: Qin Lin.

This name is listed at the back of a long list, but Wanli almost instinctively knows that it must have been done by this guy!

Wanli didn't have anything to say anymore, looking at the name for a long time, he took a long time before he shouted: "Qin Aiqing, Qin Aiqing is far away from the rivers and lakes and worries about his monarch, the country is loyal and good!" ”

Finished! Zhang Whale drooped his head listlessly, Zhang Juzheng's best years in power, the annual surplus of the Ming treasury was more than two million, and 500,000 silver was already one-fifth, not only every year, but also straight into the interior, this extra-large pie was enough to stun any emperor, not to mention the young and vigorous Wanli who spent money everywhere and always felt that the money was not in hand.

No, at the beginning, Wanli called his name Qin Lin, then became General Qin, and now he has changed his mouth three times and has become Qin Aiqing!

Zhang Cheng smiled, he had been very suppressed by Zhang Whale recently, and when Qin Lin returned to Beijing, he was afraid that the situation would change.

Wanli looked at the chapter again, and his face darkened again: "They protect Pan Jitao, hmph, I said that I will never use it, and I will still protect it, isn't it a bully?" ”

Oops, General Qin, General Qin! Zhang Cheng is so depressed that he can't do it, you just need to be a reinstatement officer yourself, after all, you used to be a good saint, although you have been unlucky for a while, your majesty still remembers you, this Pan Jitao is a dead brain, relying on being a river worker to be a waiter in the Ministry of Works, there is no saint, but the table makes Your Majesty angry, why do you have to protect him?

Zhang Whale cheered up his spirit again, Qin Lin, this guy is too self-righteous, he is working against the emperor, what kind of coffin is he doing, and he throws away a lot of holy relatives, and this pulls out a guy that His Majesty hates deeply, isn't he asking for trouble? What's more, Pan Jitao is a person who only knows how to work hard, and it is useless to fight for it, even if he is raised, what is the use?

As everyone knows, in addition to Qin Lin's pursuit of fame and fortune, there is a little thing hidden in his heart that people like Zhang Whale can never understand...... "Let Pan Jitao temporarily lead the river workers with his original post and make meritorious contributions!" Wanli breathed a sigh of relief, compared to it, the silver of 500,000 white flowers is so cute, even Pan Ji tamed him, he can be put aside.

(To be continued)