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Chapter 872: Wang Tong is still loyal

When I went out of Beijing, it was not a good scenery, I did this Qin errand, and I encountered such and such things on the road, seeing Wang Tong's weak body and describing the withered appearance, everyone was depressed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past, when Wang Tong returned to Beijing, the palace would send envoys to greet him, but this time it was so silent, and the eyes of the people in Beijing were bright, and they were naturally aware of it.

After the establishment of the Jinyi Wei Division, the system became more and more complete and worked well, and the same was true for the other Wang Tong in charge of the Jingshi, and there were not many things that needed to be reported.

The Dingbei Hou Mansion in Beicheng is still under construction, and it is approaching winter, so it is already good to be able to live in it in early summer next year, and it is still good to live in the original place.

After Han Xia, Zhang Hongying and Song Chanchan's three wives and concubines saw Wang Tong, they all cried, and they went out alive, but they came back in such an embarrassed way, how could it not be sad.

Wang Tong comforted him for a few words and didn't say much, he was worried that his wife and concubine might be hostile to Zhai Xiu'er and Lu Ruomei, and he would have to bother with words, but he didn't expect that there would be no conflict between the two sides after the ceremony.

Perhaps the women of this era understand that a person of Wang Tong's status cannot have only one woman by his side, jealousy and anger are useless, it is better to accept it.

After coming back, it was still Zhai Xiu'er who was serving closely, but there were people in this house who had ideas, and even Ma Sanbiao's mother-in-law, Ma Pozi, had to come over and say a few words after hearing about it, and later knew that this Zhai Xiu'er was just serving three meals a day and not resting at home, so she gave up.

On the second day of arriving in Beijing, after Yang Sichen received the wind on the first day, he came directly to talk about official affairs on this day, and he knew that Wang Tong was not in good health and needed to recuperate, so don't bother with government affairs and the like, but this kind of thing is too big to take care of.

"Your Excellency should know the news halfway through, Zhu Changxun, the prince born to Concubine Zheng, is now the entanglement of all parties in Beijing, His Majesty has not yet established a prince, and the mother of the eldest son of the emperor is a concubine, but the mother of the new prince is a concubine, and who is the prince has not yet been decided."

Yang Sichen said halfway, looked at Wang Tong's expression, although weak, he could still listen attentively, and continued:

"The eldest son inherits, this is the rule of the ancestors, but looking at the meaning of His Majesty, it is clear that he wants to crown this new prince as the prince, and this kind of thing will inevitably cause an uproar between the government and the opposition*, the adults congratulate this is the right way, but next, what the adults want to do, how to choose, I hope to make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to be caught off guard when the time comes."

"How Your Majesty chooses, we as courtiers will follow suit."

Hearing Wang Tong's faint answer, Yang Sichen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"How does Your Majesty do it, we naturally have to support it as courtiers, but who will agree to the officials, originally the students thought that there would be one or two campers, but these days the reports sent from everywhere, the officialdom and Shilin are all words, and even the honorable side is also a meaning, if Your Majesty does not set up the eldest son as the prince, then it will definitely be argued on the basis of reason, even if the adults do not choose a position, even if they consider it for Your Majesty, they must make some preparations."

"Your Majesty's family affairs, we as courtiers don't ask too much, Your Majesty has made a will, and we will do it"

Wang Tong replied simply, Yang Sichen was stunned again, pondered there for a while, and didn't seem to think about any conclusions, just sighed and hugged his fists to leave.

One day after returning to Beijing, there was a doctor from the Tai Hospital to the door, and it was a diagnosis and treatment, the palace gave a number of precious medicinal materials, in the past, the palace gave something, the eunuchs had a lot of hands on it, and often gave out some goods, but Wang Tong was different.

Gong Zhangcheng, Zou Yi, Zhao Jinliang and other powerful eunuchs are all staring, and no one dares to slack off, and the goods sent to the house are first-class high-quality goods.

According to Wang Tong's own judgment, the poison in his body should be pulled out, and his weakness now is due to the fact that he eats very little every day, but this is exactly the effect he needs.

On the sixth day of the first month of November, that is, the third day of Wang Tong's return to Beijing, the palace decreed that Wang Tong was selected to meet him, and he had to prepare a carriage and horse to send Wang Tong to the palace.

The court meeting has dispersed, on the side of the side hall of Fengtianmen, the Wanli Emperor is over there, Zhao Jinliang, who was waiting in front of the door, saw Wang Tong so weak, and his face immediately had a panicked look, Wang Tong just smiled and touched the top of his head, and said:

"Don't worry, I'm fine"

The actions are all vain and weak, and this kind of posture is even more eventful, Zhao Jinliang didn't dare to say more, and said in a low voice:

"Brother Wang, Long Live Lord is waiting."

Entering the palace gate, Emperor Wanli was watching the fold there, Zhang Cheng whispered something from time to time, as soon as he saw Wang Tong come in with Zhao Jinliang's support, he took a few careful looks, Emperor Wanli stood up from the chair, shook his head and said:

"How did they become like this, how did they become like this, Nanjing is a bastard, and the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are also bastards, Qin is traveling, along the way, it seems to be walking in a war zone enemy country, how they are herdsmen on weekdays, how to appease the place, they have to send people to strictly investigate and deal with it, I sent you out to let you scatter, why did you become like this, I am"

Emperor Wanli wanted to speak and stopped, obviously Wang Tong's weakness was beyond his expectations, since that incident to the present, what Emperor Wanli did to Wang Tong and the results have been revealed.

Looking at Emperor Wanli's expression and attitude, the rumors in the palace that Emperor Wanli regretted these things may be true, but Wang Tong does not have any channels to confirm it, and now, it is no longer meaningful to confirm it.

"Thank you for Your Majesty's concern, your Majesty is fine, and your Majesty congratulates you on the addition of a new dragon."

Wang Tong pushed away Zhao Jinliang's support, knelt down to thank him, and said in a formal manner, Emperor Wanli walked up to him and said in a loud voice:

"Sit down, you can't afford to toss this body."

While speaking, he helped Wang Tong up with his own hands, Wang Tong thanked respectfully over there, and Zhang Cheng was over there to sort out the rolls on the table, but looking at the situation here, he sighed lightly and shook his head there.

The two sides sat down, and Emperor Wanli ordered the imperial dining room to send a nourishing decoction, and then he spoke:

"You can see it, Manchu Chaowu, counting those nobles who are related to their relatives, only your music is the most in line with my heart, you are right, I can do whatever I want about my family affairs, and others have more mouths."

Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli had a smile on his face and said:

"Wang Tong, you come back this time and stay in Beijing on an errand, you should also settle down well, I have a lot of sons and daughters here, and you don't have one."

After a few words of gossip, Emperor Wanli asked about the situation in Jiangnan, and Wang Tong said it very directly:

"Your Majesty, the south is directly under the Jiangbei Prefecture, Fengyang is the capital, the control is good, the other places, Jiangbei is in the hands of salt merchants, Jiangnan is in the hands of wealthy families, the local government is just their servants, driven by them, the yamen is their eyeliner, such people are still famous, do not have to pay taxes, do not have to bear the burden of forced labor, such people are getting bigger and bigger, there is only one in a county, only two or three in a state, and even like Songjiang, a government is only one, they do not pay taxes, do not bear the burden of forced labor, On the contrary, they continued to annex the fields of the common people, so that the imperial court received less and less taxes. ”

After all, his body was weak, and after saying a few words, he was a little out of breath, and after taking a sip of water, Wang Tongcai continued:

"They continue to suck blood on the court, but never do anything that is beneficial to the court, they are all so-called scholars, and most of the children of the family are officials everywhere, and the private property continues to expand through the power of the official position, and the private property is expanded, and the children can be bigger officials and get greater power.

Emperor Wanli listened carefully, and said in a deep voice:

"If you say that, aren't all the gentry in the world like this, and if the court rectifies them, there will definitely be chaos."

"Your Majesty, it's good elsewhere, but Jiangnan is already indispensable, the minister heard halfway that the Xu family was wiped out because of a dispute with the Japanese Kou, if it is true, it is naturally the Xu family to blame, but it also shows that these wealthy families in Jiangnan colluded with bandits in the rivers and lakes, and secretly did evil, if there is really that ill-intentioned careerist, what do you want to do, and there are bandits and other outlaws as assistance, wouldn't it cause a catastrophe."

Wang Tong said it very directly, but the Wanli Emperor fell into contemplation, and Wang Tong said there again:

"Your Majesty, the Xu family is now broken, his family has hundreds of thousands of acres of good land in Songjiang, and I also ask Your Majesty to enter the palace as soon as possible, and it can be used as public land for the Huangzhuang, otherwise it will be annexed by private individuals, and the Xu family will go, I don't know who will rise again."

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli nodded slowly, and said with emotion:

"Now the people who are so wholeheartedly doing errands for me, except for the officials in the palace and the inner court, that is, Wang Tongyou."

Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli turned around and glanced at Zhang Cheng, shook his head and said:

"Even in the palace, someone's mind may not be wholehearted."

Wang Tong was stunned, but saw that Emperor Wanli and Zhang Cheng were both there and shook their heads.

After summoning the right thing, Wang Tong returned to the house, feeling that his body was a little unable to keep up, after all, when he met the Son of Heaven, he talked a lot and used his brains a lot, which was a loss to his weak state.

Song Chanchan is familiar with the Beijing Division, she arranged for someone to invite the famous doctor Kong Youhua, who is known as the doctor who is not in the hospital, Kong Youhua gave a diagnosis that is different from others, saying that Wang Tong's body is still toxic, but this poison is hot, there is not much left, if Wang Tong goes to the bitter cold place to recuperate for a few months, then it will be cured.