Emperor Wanli became calm after hearing Zhang Jia's words. The reason why he didn't immediately believe Liu Haojia's words was because he felt that he was the emperor. How could anyone dare to snatch things from his hands? So you have a nonchalant attitude! But what he doesn't know is that civil servants are best at using the moral high ground to take advantage of others!
On the other hand, it must be attributed to Zhang Juzheng's successful education! What his gentlemen instilled in him every day was that civil servants studied the classics assiduously and were based on morality. They were the mainstay of the court. How could they do anything to pursue fame and fortune? These things were all done by those honorable men!
Therefore, Emperor Wanli never came around, but with Zhang Jia's reminder, he gradually came to his senses. He thought for a while and said: "I still know what kind of virtues the nobles have. The gentlemen often complain to me about the nobles' robbery, so I believe they are capable of robbing the mirror business! But there are As long as I'm here, they can't take it away! As for the civil servants, there's no need to worry if Mr. Zhang is there!"
Zhang Jia lowered his voice and said, "Long live my lord, don't forget that it was Prime Minister Zhang who first opposed your building a martial arts gym and recruiting people!"
Emperor Wanli was stunned when he heard this, and Zhang Jiaze took the opportunity to say: "Long live my lord, now you might as well keep everything Liu Ergong told you in your heart and see if you can experience them one by one? It would be best if nothing happens. If it is true, It has come true, and you can cope with it easily! Don’t forget that Mr. Liu Er said that the money obtained from selling the mirrors involves a huge plan later, and must not be lost!"
Emperor Wanli nodded slowly and said, "I understand!"
Seeing this, Zhang Jia had no choice but to retreat. At this time, he knew that Emperor Wanli still had some illusions about civil servants, but he knew that these civil servants were the most ruthless! Almost all the channels for incoming money from top to bottom of the court have been occupied by them!
Not to mention anything else, the word "piao" has been used to the extreme by civil servants! Drift originally refers to the loss that occurs when transporting materials in the water. But now the word "floating" is used to transport supplies from land!
Regardless of any material, even if it is military pay and food, Greedy Mo dares to take advantage of it again and again! So much so that when the supplies arrived at the place where they were supposed to be delivered, there was very little left, so the court had to prepare a lot more when sending supplies! All the extra money fell into the pockets of civil servants! So Zhang Jia has no confidence in civil servants at all!
At this time, Emperor Wanli suddenly said: "Zhang Jia, go write a decree and send it to Liu Shouyou, saying that I will appoint Liu Haojia as the Jinyi Guard Hundred Households and place him in Fusi, Beizhen! As for the reason, I will make up for it after my merits!"
Zhang Jia was happy after hearing this. He had great expectations for Liu Haojia's abilities! He also hoped that Liu Haojia would be able to assist Emperor Wanli with him after he was promoted. If the emperor does not have his own manpower outside the palace, he will be restrained by the officials in the palace and unable to move, and even the decree cannot be conveyed out of the palace. So Zhang Jia simply drafted the decree, and then Emperor Wanli stamped it with a private seal and sent it out.
In the Ming Dynasty, if the emperor's decree was not stamped by the cabinet, it was considered a central decree, and external officials did not have to obey the decree at all! But there is no such problem for the Jinyiwei, because the Jinyiwei belongs to the emperor's personal armed forces and is directly under the emperor's control.
This situation is similar to that of the U.S. Marine Corps. If the President of the United States wants to mobilize the other three armed forces, he cannot go around the Pentagon, but he can command the Marine Corps to do anything at any time, so Emperor Wanli directly gave the order to Liu Shouyou.
But what Emperor Wanli didn't know was that not long after his decree was spread outside the palace, Liu Shouyou went to see Zhang Juzheng!
In fact, Zhang Juzheng didn't like Liu Shouyou very much because he was too greedy and spineless! But his position is very critical! As the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Liu Shouyou can spy on the world's news! Moreover, any useful news he got would not be reported to Emperor Wanli immediately, but sent to Zhang Juzheng first! It can be seen that Liu Shouyou has been completely tamed by Zhang Juzheng!
Zhang Juzheng immediately agreed to Liu Shouyou's invitation and let him into the check-in room. When Liu Shouyou came in, he saw Zhang Ju making instructions on the paperwork.
Zhang Juzheng did not show Liu Shou's intention, because it was meaningless and would only hurt the feelings. So when he saw Liu Shouyou come in, he said while writing: "Siyun, you are here! Sit down first and wait for me to finish writing these words!"
Liu Shouyou was flattered and said: "No rush, no rush! The Prime Minister's matter is important!"
At this time, a clerk brought tea. When he bowed and left, Zhang Juzheng also finished writing the last word. Seeing Zhang Juzheng put down his pen, Liu Shouyou immediately stepped forward, picked up the teacup and handed it to Zhang Juzheng with both hands, and then said: "Master Xiang has worked really hard for state affairs!"
Zhang Juzheng took the tea cup naturally and said: "Lao Siyun is here! There is nothing we can do about it, the national situation is difficult!"
Liu Shouyou said seriously: "It is precisely because of the difficult situation in the country that the prime minister should pay more attention to his health! It should be noted that as long as the prime minister is healthy, the Ming Dynasty will have the Dinghai Shenzhen!"
Zhang Juzheng was very happy to be complimented and said with a smile: "It's not as outrageous as you said!"
Liu Shouyou shook his head and said: "It's not outrageous! There are many things in the imperial court, and they all depend on the Prime Minister! By the way, Prime Minister, my men sent two old ginsengs from Changbai Mountain from the north. They are of extremely high age. They are simply... Her eyebrows are so graceful! I will send someone to the prime minister's house when I turn around!"
Zhang Juzheng was not polite, because he knew that if Liu Shou could bring out two old ginseng sticks, then he would have at least two more in his hand! So he nodded and said: "Siyun is thoughtful, thank you, thank you! By the way, you are so anxious to find the truth, but what's the big deal?"
Liu Shouyou smiled and said, "I don't know if this is a big deal? But I think it's best to ask the Prime Minister first."
Zhang Juzheng was very satisfied when he heard this. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me, what is it?"
Liu Shouyou took out Emperor Wanli's decree from his arms and said, "This is the decree that the official has just received. You will know it at a glance!"
As soon as Zhang Juzheng heard that Liu Shouyou had received the edict from Emperor Wanli, but he had never seen the edict, he knew that it was the edict privately issued by Emperor Wanli, so he was a little unhappy. But he still took the imperial edict steadily and started to read it, but after reading it, he frowned!
