When Emperor Wanli was talking about Wenyuan Pavilion, the court officials stood up and couldn't help but look at each other.

The little emperor had obvious fatigue on his face. The rumors in the Xiyuan area were rumored all over the capital. The famous chefs in the capital were all kinds of circus troupes, artists who talked about books and songs, and singers and dancers in various courtyards. As long as they are famous in craftsmanship, they are often brought to a "mysterious person." They are often given a large amount of gold and silver rewards when they serve them all.

Even those who were blindfolded and were taken into somewhere by a cart, they knew where they were going, let alone well-informed court officials.

Emperor Wanli's actions during this period were becoming more and more similar to Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Jiajing. Zhengde built a leopard house outside the palace, raising beautiful women from beasts, and playing with foreign monks and generals all day long. The West Garden was simply built by Emperor Jiajing, and I really don't know how the emperor would do it.

But after all, Wanli has not yet reached the point of abandoning government affairs. The emperor still reads the daily memorials and presents them again, and the emperor is still attending the daily court meetings. The courses are still attending.

The emperor is married, and how he lives in the inner palace, the court officials really have no qualifications to speak, and they can't blame anything now.

Although there were Hanlin Academy, Imperial College and Ministry of Rites, some arduous scholars from the Ministry of Rites began to advise him that the young man should not be indulged in the pleasure of beauty and pleasure, and should be more in charge of national affairs, diligent in governing the country, etc., but it was just some noise.

The cabinet and the assistant Zhang Juzheng were ignorant of this, which surprised everyone. With Master Zhang's rigorousness, the emperor wrote a wrong word during class and was scolded. Now it is not very good, so why not worry about it?

There are many news, and it is very easy to analyze. There is a vague news from the Imperial Hospital. It is said that Empress Dowager Rensheng Empress Chen was infected with cold in the middle of last year. Because she was weak, she has not recovered until now. She has been very troublesome several times and cannot meet guests. She can only stay in the palace to rest.

Because the backing is almost gone, Sun Hai is so begging to try to please the emperor. It is precisely because of Empress Chen that everyone is not good at doing anything to him.

"Little" Altan's tribe asked the court to increase the number of cloth rewards. Qi Jiguang from Ji Town submitted a memorial saying that it was snowing heavily in the north last year and most of the livestock were frozen to death. Altan's tribe asked the court for rewards in order to trade cloth with other departments to try to breathe. General Qi said in his memorial that this was a good quilt."

There, Zhang Siwei spoke loudly about the Ministry of War's practice. The so-called "reward" is actually border trade. After the peace agreement was reached, the grassland ministries exchanged cattle and horses for the Ming Dynasty's cloth and silk, but there were fixed quotas, and the name was nice. The ones sent out were called "rewards" and the ones brought back were called "tributes".

It was precisely because the Ming Dynasty and Altan's troops had a peace talk that Qi Jiguang was preparing for war in Ji Town, but he could not attack rashly. He could only focus on managing defense, so the general of Liao Town Li Chengliang was much more relaxed.

As a military general, he clearly has the chance to defeat, but he can only hold on. He is really frustrated, so he repeatedly submitted memorials to fight.

The cabinet assistant Zhang Ju was pondering there for a while. It was his appointment that Qi Jiguang could go to Ji Town to be the general officer. Before this memorial came, Qi Jiguang had already sent a private message, but this was a major national policy after all, and it was necessary to go around in the court. Zhang Juzheng turned around and turned to face Emperor Wanli and said:

"Your Majesty, the border has been peaceful for ten years. The people live in peace. This scene is quite difficult, not to mention that the collegial proposal was decided by Emperor Shizong Su. How can it be changed at will? The border provocation should not be initiated without any intention. I think Qi Jiguang's memorial is inappropriate. As for increasing the rewards, the Ministry of War will summarize the number of horses in each town, and then work with the Ministry of Revenue to calculate the number. What does Your Majesty think?"

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, there was no response from above. He couldn't help but look up, but Emperor Wanli's eyes were dissipated and he was wandering outside the sky.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Juzheng frowned, paused, his voice increased a little, and he spoke:

"What do you think of your Majesty!?.

Emperor Wanli's body shook, shook his head and then realized. Seeing Zhang Juzheng's stern gaze, he cleared his throat there. He said as usual:

"Lian thinks what Mr. Zhang said is very appropriate, so let's do it according to this!"

No matter what Zhang Ju said at the court meeting, he would do what he said, and Emperor Wanli had long formed a habit.

Hearing Emperor Wanli say this, Zhang Juzheng couldn't continue, so he said "I received the order" and retreated.

The Minister of Revenue Ma Ziqiang hesitated for a while in the column, but he still left the list to make a speech:

"Your Majesty, many people outside the capital have recently filed complaints against Yu Shuntian Prefecture, saying that Sun Hai, the governor of the Imperial Horse, occupied the land of the people and cut off the waterway. In the middle of the horse trading, they bought it for a low price."

"I have known this for a long time. The so-called civil fields are just the troublemakers outside the city who invaded the imperial farmland. Over time, I thought it would succeed. The Imperial Horse Supervision had the responsibility to supervise the imperial shop. Sun Hai checked it carefully this time. As for the horse trading, it was just that the Imperial Horse Supervision slaughtered and removed soldiers and replaced the armored horses. Sun Hai made a little clearer note, why did he buy it for a low price? Needless to say, Ma Aiqing!" A little...

When talking about this, Emperor Wanli talked freely, no matter what the real situation was, everyone could understand the maintenance idea.

Everyone found it strange that Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Revenue, will retire from his post tomorrow and the next year. He has always been cautious and modest and gentle, so why is he so straightforward today?

Seeing that Ma Ziqiang didn't insist on anything, he glanced at Zhang Juzheng with a calm expression and naturally stepped down, and everyone understood what was going on.

"My dear friends, what else should I report?"

Originally, Feng Bao or Zhang Cheng shouted, but the little emperor couldn't stand it after yawning. The Pudao wine added to Hehuan last night made people feel hot all over. Now he is a little tired.

"Bi Ping. I have a few words to say!"

However, the Minister of War Zhang Siwei stood up again. Emperor Wanli covered his mouth and held back his yawn, nodding impatiently, "There are a few words to say" is generally not a major policy rule. You may ask or persuade, or even tell a small story and deal with it in a few words.

"Your Majesty, Wang Tong, a cadre of Jinyiwei stationed in Tianjin, went to Qing County, Hejian Prefecture to wipe out the Yan Xiao, and won a great victory. He won a total of more than 30,000 taels of silver. He has been escorted to Beijing, which is considered as a bonus of gold, flowers and silver."

When he heard about Wang Tong and Emperor Wanli finally became more attentive, Zhang Siwei said again:

"The amount of gold, flowers and silver increased by one million. Your Majesty's oral order was raised by himself. I roughly estimate that there were already 700,000 at this time. Your Majesty's oral order has only been more than five months. Wang Tong's actions are ineffective. However, among these 700,000, the amount of the scattered income is nearly 500,000. Wang Tong is deeply trusted by His Majesty. Although he is only a thousand households. He is in Tianjin, no one can control it. The matters of the Tianjin Acropolis that the government and the government see are based on the secret report of the memorials. The number of millions is the amount of money. How much does it take for the scattered officials and bandits this year? How to raise the amount of money to be increased by one million next year? Maybe it will be fabricated and trapped, and the officials who have been sent to the court may be so as to do this now."

"If Zhang Aiqing has any questions, even if the investigation is made, the Tianjin police account is clear, all crimes are jointly handled by the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Jinyiwei and the East Factory also have records. Everything is clear, why bother to make such speculation and make arbitrary comments? Emperor Wanli pinched his thigh with his hands to wake up. What's wrong with real silver entering the palace? At least this year, the palace was much happier. Without this gold and silver, Emperor Wanli naturally didn't like how to get the wonderful and comfortable enjoyment of the West Garden.

Zhang Siwei didn't argue, but just bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, be prepared for any trouble. I just mentioned this possibility. How can I be so angry? I would like to ask Your Majesty to judge."

After saying that, he retreated to the ranks, Wanli didn't say anything. He stood up and snorted coldly, and walked out of the door. Zhang Juzheng looked at his back and shook his head, without saying anything.

Zhang Cheng, who was following Emperor Wanli, was a little surprised. He looked at him for a few times and did not speak. He still left Wenyuan Pavilion with him.

If anyone said this in the court meeting in the past, there would inevitably be fierce debate between the monarch and his subjects, but Emperor Wanli's reaction was much weaker today. Sun Hai's various designs really attracted the emperor.

After the court was dispersed today, the emperor did not need Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng to accompany him because Empress Dowager Cisheng Li wanted him to go to the family banquet with the queen.

The two eunuchs watched the emperor get into the sedan chair and leave. They turned around and went to the Silijian. After walking a few steps, Zhang Cheng whispered:

"Long live the young man's character and loves voyeurism. But Sun Hai acts so recklessly and does not take the rest of the inner court seriously at all. It is not a solution for a long time."

Feng Bao walked a few steps in silence and said with a sneer:

"A vulgar man, when he was in the residence, Sun Hai was not like this. If it weren't for his godfather and serving Empress Chen diligently, there would be today, and the trouble would be less conscientious.

After saying a few words, he stopped, turned around and waved his hand and said:

"No need to pay attention to these people, just jumping clowns. It is important to do our errands well."

“Eunuch Feng said.”

Zhang Cheng agreed respectfully, but thought in his heart that Feng Bao has always been calm and composed on weekdays. It seems that he is really angry to be able to say such words.

The corruption case of officials in the salt farm is really ordinary, and the official documents of the Ministry of Justice are not urgent. It is the first month of the year when they go out, and the tolerance is normal.

Late at night, in Cangzhou City, Changlu Salt Transportation Department went through Qian Chunping's home. In the inner courtyard where Qian Chunping and his wife lived, two people quietly came out of the house and took the door carefully, climbed over the wall and walked away.
Chapter completed!