"What is wrong with taking it from the people and using it for the people!"

Emperor Wanli's tone was not heavy, but after he finished speaking, there was silence in Wenyuan Pavilion, and then everyone began to talk in a whisper, and Zhang Juzheng was also shaken.

At this time, no one said anything about the loss of etiquette in front of the king, Feng Bao turned his head and lowered his voice and asked:

"What did you teach Banzai Ye to do?"

The person he asked was Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Cheng said with a wry smile on his face:

"Father-in-law Feng, our family knows the severity, how can we teach the Lord to say this, besides, our family can't figure out these words!"

After Emperor Wanli said these words, he sat up straight, he was still a little apprehensive when he said this, but after he finished speaking, he found that the aggressive momentum of the civil officials was gone.

The faces of these ordinary bigwigs who are full of big truths are a little embarrassed, regardless of the fact that in Wenyuan Pavilion, before the Son of Heaven, they exchanged glances with each other and signaled to each other.

Seeing all this, the little emperor's mind gradually settled down and leaned back in his chair.

It is true that there is nothing wrong with this sentence taken from the people and used by the people, and how to refute the words that are not wrong is still said in the mouth of the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, a gentleman is righteous, a villain is greedy for money, and blindly pursues small profits, which is not the right way!"

"Your Majesty, Grandpa Tai once said that it is a light punishment, this is the ancestral system, and it cannot be changed without permission, Your Majesty, several ancestors before Emperor Shizong Su have sent internal supervisors out many times, making the heavens angry and resentful, and the people are in turmoil, Your Majesty is saying that this government is going to be re-enacted, that is the source of trouble, Your Majesty is cautious!"

"Your Majesty, you should not compete with the people for profit, Zhang Ge Lao Qing Zhang's acres of land, reform the land tax system, the treasury is full, why bother to compete with the people for this small profit, in vain to provoke the resentment of the people."

After a brief silence, every minister in the room expressed his opinion, regardless of his status or status, and whether he spoke or not, everyone expressed his opposition.

Only Zhang Juzheng was silent there, and Emperor Wanli sat there, but his expression did not have the anger and depression of Fang Cai, and a smile even appeared on his face.

This smile is not a pretense of calmness, nor is it a sarcasm, but a confident smile, and the reasons put forward by the ministers are either the laws of the ancestors or the teachings of the sages, but they cannot stand a refutation and are untenable.

What Wang said in the correspondence was really useful, after these truths were laid out one by one, the ministers seemed to be in a mess, and the Wanli Emperor had an obsession with gold, silver and money since he was a child, and since he could remember, he listened to his father and ministers racking their brains for the treasury.

There are too many places to spend money everywhere, and the source of the treasury is too small, and there is a deficit every year, even when he became the emperor and went to the Empress Dowager Cisheng and the Empress Dowager Rensheng, he often heard the two empress dowagers talk about the depletion of the treasury, and Zhang Juzheng, the head of the cabinet who has been his teacher, also tried his best to enrich the treasury every day, and imperceptibly cultivated the Wanli Emperor into a surname that attaches great importance to money.

What Wang Tong did and talked about was how to make money and how to receive money from the people by legitimate means, which was also the reason why Emperor Wanli had more and more faith in Wang Tong.

Since the two began to communicate, after falling into pen and ink, there is a lot less chatter, people are unconsciously serious, Wang Tong told what he did in Tianjin, Emperor Wanli looked interesting, often have to ask, why Wang Tong did this, what is the meaning of doing this.

The role of this Ping An brand is that Wang Tong in the recent letter with a systematic theory to explain, in the past, under the education of Zhang Juzheng, the Wanli Emperor's thinking is almost focused on the farmland, that the imperial court's financial income should only be moved on the field and salt tax, Wang Tong this Ping An brand brought the concept, but to the little emperor opened another direction, it turned out that there is such a cornucopia in the world, placed in front of him for a long time, but no one touched.

The theory of "taking it from the people and using it for the people", the city wall covering, and the army guarding it were all mentioned by Wang Tong in his letters, and when I read it at the time, I felt that this was an irrefutable truth, and it was really effective when I took it out at the court meeting.

The courtiers said in a loud voice, but nothing could convince Wanli, and there was no way to convince them even to convince themselves, and the smile on Wanli's face became thicker and thicker.

"Your Majesty is reasonable, but after all, the matter of the Ping An brand is a new policy, which is only implemented in Beijing, and the land of Jingshi is only a sketch, and there is no regulation.

Zhang Juzheng, who had not spoken, said in a deep voice, Emperor Wanli's expression was relaxed, and all the ministers on the side were stunned, thinking to themselves how could Zhang Ge Lao agree to such a thing.

But then a few people who reacted quickly understood, and Zhang Siwei, the secretary of the military department, and Ma Ziqiang, the secretary of the household department, echoed and said:

"Your Majesty, what the cabinet boss said is right, everything has a law, and the implementation of the peace brand in Tianjin is also a major event, after the cabinet and the household department have discussed, everything will be implemented without delay."

From the opposition of everyone to the current Zhang Juzheng and several important ministers, the situation has been greatly reversed, and Emperor Wanli suddenly felt very tired, as if he was relaxed after intense exercise.

Seeing that the top few people had made a decision, everyone watched and stepped forward to echo, Emperor Wanli nodded, and said loudly:

"This matter is so decided, the cabinet and the household department will discuss a result, and vote for the red as soon as possible!"

Zhang Juzheng took the lead, and all the ministers bowed down together, and said in unison:

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Today in the court meeting of Wenyuan Pavilion, Emperor Wanli not only blocked the impeachment of Wang Tong, but also promoted the implementation of the Ping An brand at this time, which seems to be the first time, the cabinet and the ministers of the six ministries acted according to the will of Emperor Wanli, not Zhang Juzheng.

Emperor Wanli tried his best to control his excitement at this time, and pretended to be flat and said:

"I said a lot today, let's disperse the court, you Aiqing go back and hurry up and do what you said today!"

Zhang Juzheng and the ministers didn't say much, they just bowed down and praised the saint and retired, and everyone saw the expression of Emperor Wanli.

Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng beside him glanced at each other, and shook their heads at the same time, Feng Bao had no expression on his face, but Zhang Cheng had a helpless wry smile on his face.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, everyone has their own hearts, riding horses and sitting in sedan chairs to disperse, the left and right of the Imperial Court are all imperial history, and there are many things in the ordinary intrigue to fight for power and profit, but now it is said that the emperor is strong in the court, and each other is aided, but there is some meaning of the same hatred and hatred.

Shen Bingfeng, the right capital of the imperial history, may have kowtowed too hard, his brain was a little confused, and after he came out, he walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Lu Guangming, who was just about to get into the sedan chair, and said in a low voice:

"Brother Guangming, why did you all agree again, don't you know what will happen if this matter gets out, Haigang Peak didn't move the fields of Xu Ge's hometown back then, and it was taken down."

Lu Guangming stared at Shen Bingfeng with a smile and said:

"Lord Shen, is it really confused or fake, the cabinet and the household department discussed, and it was not explained how long it took to discuss."

After finishing speaking, he got on the sedan chair directly, Shen Bingfeng stood stunned for a moment, and then he also understood, laughed a few times, and turned to leave. There is a trick in officialdom, that is, this procrastination, so clear, Shen Bingfeng immediately understood.

"Long live Lord, let's drink saliva and rest first, and then I will go to the Zhongji Hall to eat, if you are not dressed properly, Mr. Zhang will say it again." ”

In the courtyard in front of the imperial study, Emperor Wanli held a long wooden pole in his hand, and he kept stabbing and shaking, which was the set of things that he learned in the Huwei military attaché, his face was red, and his forehead was full of sweat.

Zhang Cheng watched from the side, Zhao Jinliang struggled to bring a basin and towels, hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Emperor Wanli put down the rod and said excitedly:

"Zhang Banban, today I have blocked the wind and rain for Wang Tong, and I have won the peace brand for him, and he will definitely be happy when he sends a fast horse to deliver a letter to him."

No matter what you think in your heart, at this time you have to laugh and have fun, Emperor Wanli stopped contacting, wiped his sweat, and changed into civilian clothes walking in the palace under Zhang Cheng's service, and then went to the Zhongji Palace.

For such a banquet, Feng Bao came forward to accompany the emperor, and Zhang Cheng did not have to go, and Feng Bao was already waiting at the door when he left the courtyard of the imperial study.

After Zhang Cheng sent Wanli away, he called a lifting pole, and a few little eunuchs carried it to the south side gate.

In the past, this location in the Imperial City was also a second-class place, but after the appearance of the delicious restaurant, the most convenient place to enter and exit the south side gate became a popular place.

There are high-grade eunuch leaders in the palace, and they are willing to go to the delicious restaurant to shop and drink when they have nothing to do, and they all have their own accommodation here.

Zhang Cheng got off the pole, sent the little eunuch who followed, and walked to a remote house, and without saying hello, he pushed the door and walked in.

The courtyard outside looked dilapidated, and thought that the old eunuch was waiting for the place to die, but after entering, he found that it was quite clean and tidy, and there was a little eunuch in the courtyard who was stunned, and when he saw Zhang Cheng push the door in, he was startled, and was about to come forward to say hello, Zhang Cheng waved his hand impatiently, and strode in.

The walls of the room are surrounded by bookshelves and bookcases, five bookcases are placed on the side, more than a dozen eunuchs are reading the annotations there, and seeing that Zhang Cheng is about to get up and say hello, Zhang Cheng pressed it with his hand to signal that it is not necessary, and said in a deep voice:

"Zou Yi, come here."

Zou Yi, who was also sitting on the edge of the bookcase, answered and followed out silently, and as soon as he arrived outside, Zhang Cheng said loudly:

"Here, the Department of Public Security, you immediately inform Lu Wancai and Li Wenyuan that the collection and distribution of the silver of the Ping An brand will start to settle the accounts now, and there can be no miscalculation of a sum of silver, let the two of them order to go down, and every store with a sign must go over and hand over a word."

Zhang Cheng paused and said in a deep voice:

"Let's just say, it's still a long time, don't forget the future because of the present."

(To be continued)