Zhu Yijun, the son of Wanli, still has a straight face, putting on an indistinguishable imperial trick, but the slightly upturned corners of his mouth and the greed flashing in his eyes can't be concealed, and it is easy for people with a heart to guess how happy his mood is.

It's not that Zhu Yijun is particularly greedy for money, compared with the emperors of the previous Mengyuan and later Manchu Qing, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are really "incorruptible" excessively, nominally one million gold and silver per year, but most of them are used as rewards for border soldiers and martial arts, and the share left for the emperor's free spending is actually very meager.

After Zhu Yijun's wedding in the sixth year of Wanli, the expenses gradually increased, and he tried his best to use all means, and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant emperor at that time, finally agreed to increase 200,000 gold and silver, which was personally controlled by Zhu Yijun for various expenses of the royal family.

In Zhang Juzheng's era, Wanli was strictly constrained by this Shoufu Emperor, and he did not exceed the rules and did not exceed the rules, and he had more 200,000 gold and silver at his disposal, and he already felt that he had a lot of money at hand.

When Zhang Juzheng's soul returned to the west, the Jiangling Party was all reprimanded, Empress Dowager Li was a green lantern ancient Buddha, and Feng Bao was gloomy and chased south, and no one could control today, so the repression that Zhu Yijun received before the age of twenty all broke out, not only the desire for power was unprecedentedly fierce, but the expenses were getting bigger and bigger, and the poor internal money was becoming more and more insufficient.

The power is in hand, the whole world is not the king's land, and it is not easy to get some silver? Wanli started working with great interest.

First of all, he thought of sending gold and silver, but this plan was strongly opposed by the household department, and many imperial historians looked at the emperor with ill intentions, hoping to cheat the court staff and get the same treatment as Hai Rui, Yu Maoxue, Zhao Yongxian, Wu Zhongxing and other predecessors.

Wanli had no choice but to stop fighting, and then stretched out his hand to the mining silver accumulated in Yunnan over the years, this time the household department did not make trouble, and changed the Yunnan Provincial Supervision Imperial History, Yunnan Governor and Political Envoy, they put on a posture of asking for the people's lives, saying that they would not hesitate to kill their heads and lose their heads...... Well, after Wanli compromised, he occasionally wondered if the silver on the account had already gone into the pockets of those who asked for his life for the people.

At last. The desperate Wanli resorted to the last resort, he sent eunuchs to act as mine tax collectors, stationed in various places to collect taxes for him, this proved to be still a stupid trick, the eunuchs happily moved the silver back to their own homes, and left a little to deal with the emperor, and the civil officials and Qingliu were full of firepower, denouncing His Majesty's move to compete with the people for profit - in fact, the people in the mouth of the scholars were themselves. Because the interests of mining and commerce have always belonged to them.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, now Wanli has suffered and gradually understands how difficult it is to deal with the bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, which has been established for 200 years.

Understand that life has to go on, the eldest son of the emperor and the second son of the emperor were born successively, King Lu was sealed, and there are only more places to spend money inside and out. The expenses are increasing day by day, and the 200,000 gold and silver that have increased in the sixth year of Wanli are not enough to spend at all, and Zhu Yijun, who is rich all over the world. But I often feel that I am so poor that I am tinkling.

Of course, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are a very large number, and if Wanli can reduce his expenses slightly, the internal funds will still be more than enough. But no matter how poor he is, he can't be poor emperor, Wanli himself has no restrictions on power, and his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, can he wronged himself?

So when he learned that Qin Lin's silver was sent to the inner carrier, Wanli's mood was simply like wanting to doze off and meet the pillow!

Under the pretext of comforting the ministers of the public and loyal to the country, he strode to the inner carrier outside the northeast corner of the Forbidden City. Looking at the white flowers and silver all over the ground, although his face was silent, he was actually already full of joy.

After Qin Lin waited for the ambassador to collect it, the overseer of the East Factory actually rolled up his sleeves and personally helped carry it, and he was tired and sweating profusely. When Wanli finally withdrew his gaze from the silver and saw Qin Lin, he was carrying the silver taels in the distance, with his back to the emperor, shouting the trumpet.

Lu Yuanzhi, Niu Dali, Huo Chonglou and Qin Lin used two wooden poles to carry the silver box. The fat man reminded him: "Your Majesty is here, Brother Qin, let's go and pick up the car, shall we?" ”

"Don't be distracted, keep lifting," Qin Lin didn't look back, he smiled in his mouth, since he had already asked Wanli to run here in person, it would be okay to let him run a few more steps.

At this time, there was a difference between the upper and lower levels of respect and inferiority, Qin Lin suddenly became pro-minded, and the overseer of Dongchang also followed to carry the silver, and the eunuchs and treasurers who watched next to him, nine out of ten knew that he was pretending.

"It's disgusting!" Zhang Whale spat angrily.

But Wanli didn't see it that way, or pretended not to know, walked over with a smile, waved his hand to stop Zhang Cheng who was about to call Qin Lin, and walked not far behind Qin Lin before he whispered: "Qin Aiqing is honest and diligent, I already know it!" ”

1.2 million gold and silver, in addition to rewarding martial nobles and border soldiers, Wanli can really spend more than 300,000 at will, Qin Lin sent in this year's 500,000 taels at one time, so that the silver in his purse has more than doubled, this credit is in Zhu Yijun's heart, it is really very heavy.

Qin Lin was stunned for a moment, then slowly put down the silver box, turned around in disbelief, and exclaimed in surprise: "Your Majesty—"

"Aiqing's true humerus!" Wanli grabbed Qin Lin, who was about to kneel and salute.

Qin Lin did not give up, his face was full of fear and he tried to kneel down, Wanli pulled hard, the two of them struggled to push, the real King Wen Weishui met Ziya, Gaozu Wancheng met Zhang Liang, and the holy monarch and virtuous ministers got each other.

In front of 500,000 silver, as far as Yan Qing is concerned, Wanli's mean and ungrateful nature is exposed: Yan Laoshangshu is of course very good, but there is no need to get along with 500,000 silver for him, right? Compared to the old man who can't recover from his illness, Qin Lin is still more useful than the fortune boy!

Behind Wanli, Zhang Cheng smiled lovely, Qin Lin monopolized power in the East Factory, and it was also quite helpful for him to fight for power and profit in the inner court, and he was no longer suppressed by Zhang Whale.

Zhang Whale Zhang Sili's face stinks, and his hard work has come to naught, he said so much in His Majesty's ear just now, I'm afraid that it will become the wind in my ears, right?

He looked at Qin Lin hatefully, his squinted triangular eyes flickering with cold light.

Qin Lin saw the hatred on Zhang Whale's face clearly, and just when Wanli asked about Dongchang, he replied with a long answer: "Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to supervise Dongchang, and thanks to Zhang Sili leaving two cadres for the minister, the minister can let go." ”

"Oh, is it Xing Shangzhi?" Wanli said with a smile.

Qin Lin shook his head: "It's Cao Shaoqin and Yuhuatian, who are really tigers." ”

I'm mad at our family! Zhang Jing was impulsive, and almost told Qin Lin about reusing Xu Jue and Chen Yingfeng.

Say, there is a kind of you say, Qin Lin smiled evilly, it seems that there is an idiom called referring to a deer as a horse, and it is also about the power gelding talking nonsense in front of the emperor, Zhang Sili, do you want to try?

Zhang Whale finally pursed his lips a few times, but he still kept silent, there was no evidence, and what he said was in vain, but it caused His Majesty to be suspicious, so it was not beautiful.

Wanli didn't hear the flavor of Qin Lin's words, turned his head sideways and smiled: "Da Zhang, I don't know that you have released your suspicions with Qin Aiqing, and you have sent your subordinates to help." ”

"Yes, yes," Zhang Whale agreed, almost gritting his big teeth, knowing what was going on, but he didn't have real evidence, and he didn't dare to say it in front of His Majesty, it was really inflammatory!

It was not only Zhang Whale who blew up his lungs, but also Yan Qing.

Yan Laoshangshu, who was lying on the hospital bed, was full of waiting for His Majesty to administer justice for him, of course, he would not say that he was sick by Qin Lin, in that case, his reputation would simply be thrown into the dung pit, but he asked his son to privately entrust Zhang Whale, and also greeted the imperial historian on the side of the Imperial Procuratorate, believing that with his holy family, His Majesty would never spare Qin Lin.

As a result, the news he waited for was that Qin Lin personally escorted 500,000 domestic silver into the inner transportation warehouse, and His Majesty personally encouraged him to be loyal to the country, honest and diligent.

Yan Qing spurted out a mouthful of old blood three feet high, and the next day he bowed to Danque and returned to his hometown with the whole family, and according to Li Jianfang's judgment, Lao Yan's liver yang was overstretched and even devastated, and it was already a liver fire, and it was very questionable whether he could return to his hometown in Yunnan alive. In short, there is no such person in the Beijing Dynasty from now on.

Although Yan Qing was ill, the eyes of the old party Qingliu of the Beijing division immediately focused on the Metropolitan Procuratorate, where they have the most powerful firepower, in the face of Qin Lin's power in charge of the East Factory, Jiang Dongzhi, Yang Keli, Li Zhi led by many scolding generals have been eager to try, their eyes are fixed on Zhao Jin, the imperial history of the left capital, waiting for this old gentleman's move.

Zhao Jin belongs to Shilin Qingliu, and is naturally an ally of Zhao Yongxian, Wu Zhongxing, Jiang Dongzhi and others, even if he tends to be neutral in his attitude towards the Jiangling Party, he once advised Wanli to raid the Jiangling Taishi Mansion, but Gu Xiancheng used ingenious tactics, and Zhao Jin had already stood opposite Qin Lin under the ban.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple are called the Three Law Division, the West belongs to the Jin, the Lord Su Kill, the Three Law Division is located in the west of the city Fu Caifang, Zhao Jin's mansion is in the Xiaojia Hutong not far from the south of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhao's Mansion has four courtyards, of which the third into the middle of the hall, lacquered Nanmu furniture, hanging banners on all sides, the decoration is particularly solemn, the pillars on both sides are impressive, the left side is inscribed with unreasonable outside the heart, and the right side is inscribed with nothing outside the heart.

The plaque is hung high in the middle of the hall, the four-character pen of "the unity of knowledge and action" is dignified and dignified, there is a tablet under it, the green smoke curls in the incense burner, an old gentleman with gray hair is dressed in a green shirt and a square scarf, dressed like a Confucian student, and is burning incense to the tablet, and his voice is full of pathos: "Mr. Sir, the criminals are incompetent, and they can't learn from Mr., and explain the way of Mr., so that the pearl is covered with dust and the right way is not open, what face will I see in the future under the nine springs......"

"Master," the butler whispered in a worried voice outside the door, "Mr. Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang are here to worship." ”

The old man turned around, this old man in a green shirt and Confucian clothes like a poor showman, he was Zhao Jin, the imperial history of the second grade, and the tablet he bowed to was clearly written: Mr. Yangming, the first teacher, is the position of Wang Shouren! (To be continued)