After he sat on the dragon chair, people from Honglu Temple began to sing, and the civil and military ministers entered the hall in two columns. When the ministers stood still and Emperor Wanli looked down, the courage in his heart began to fade quickly! Because under the dragon chair, two teams of civil and military ministers were standing full!
In the past, many officials did not actually go to court during the morning dynasty. They only showed up during the main dynasty meeting. Those who actually participated in the morning dynasty were really high-ranking officials.
But today not only high-level officials arrived, but also faces that had not appeared in the morning court for a long time! However, what pleased the Wanli Emperor was that the civil and military groups stared at each other like cockfighting cocks. It seems that they are not connected together, but the depressive atmosphere brought by them is always circling in the hall, making the already cold hall become even colder!
Seeing that everyone was gathered, the eunuch on duty shouted loudly: "If you have the right to play, you will retreat if you don't!"
After a moment of silence, an official came out of work and knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the magistrate of Lan County, Shanxi Province has written that the county has suffered a drought and most of the seedlings have died, and the court needs help!"
After saying that, he took out a piece of information and read it passionately. However, Emperor Wanli's mind was not focused on this. His eyes just kept scanning the civil and military groups.
After he finished reading the book, Zhang Juzheng stepped forward and said, "We can ask the provincial government to open warehouses to release grain first to help the victims spend this time! At the same time, the Ministry of Industry will go to check to see if the water conservancy facilities in Lan County have been repaired in recent years. Passed? And..."
Zhang Juzheng said a few things eloquently, and every time he said something, the corresponding official came out to indicate that he had taken note of it. This matter will be handled soon. Then a group of officials went out to report on many things. However, under the coordination of Zhang Juzheng, officials from various departments quickly broke down and implemented the matter, which was even faster than usual!
After the officials finished handling everything, the hall became quiet anyway. The eunuch on duty once again shouted loudly: "If you have the right to play, you will retreat if you don't!"
According to the usual procedure, after the eunuch finished shouting, if the minister had nothing to do, he should kneel down, worship Emperor Wanli and then go out, and the morning court would be over. But after the eunuch on duty finished shouting today, not only did no one come out to report, the ministers even had no intention of leaving the hall!
Even after the eunuch on duty shouted a second time, everyone remained unmoved. At this time, the eunuch on duty also discovered that something was abnormal, but he did not dare to shout a third time, so he had to stand there in embarrassment.
Seeing this situation, Emperor Wanli felt that he could take advantage of it, so he suddenly stood up and said, "Since the ministers have nothing to do, then just retreat from the court!"
Emperor Wanli had a very good idea. He could use his voice to withdraw from the court while everyone was silent, so that he could get rid of today's morning court! But when things happen, there is no way to escape!
Just when Emperor Wanli was raising his legs to leave, he heard someone shouting: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, I have my own instructions to start!"
And this voice did not come from one person. Emperor Wanli heard at least four people speaking! He turned back to look in the direction of the sound and determined that it was coming from among the noble military attachés. But when the sound came, no one in the crowd stood up!
Emperor Wanli was furious. He hated these people for being extremely greedy and also hated them for being irresponsible. No wonder they were suppressed by the civil servants! Now it's time for Tu Qiong to show his face, but he still refuses to stand up on his own and expects others to take advantage of the fire for him!
So Emperor Wanli said with a cold face: "Who is the one who has the right to start playing, and why doesn't he go out? If no one comes out, he should withdraw from the court today!"
Having said this, Emperor Wanli flicked his sleeves and wanted to leave. When his eyes glanced at Zhang Juzheng under the dragon chair, he saw a look of surprise flash across Zhang Juzheng's eyes! But he had just taken two steps when he heard someone say: "Your Majesty, I have my own instructions!"
Emperor Wanli looked at the judge and saw that the man approaching was slightly fat and fair-skinned. He also had a long beard with three strands of hair like a scholar, and did not look like a military general at all.
Just when this man was leaving to pay homage, Zhang Jia quickly said in Emperor Wanli's ear: "This man is Ning Xibo Zhou Zhiwu! He has no specific position in the court, and he usually travels with people from the northwest. It’s relatively close!”
Emperor Wanli immediately understood that this person was just a small role, and was pushed out by his comrades to test him. He estimated that the other shouters were almost of the same identity.
You must know that the nobles are not monolithic. They are also divided into several groups based on family background, position and other factors. That's why three or four people rushed out of class together. In the end, several other people did not come out, but pushed him out, which shows that his status among the nobles is quite low.
Emperor Wanli turned around and sat down, only to hear Ning Xibo Zhou Zhiwu say: "Your Majesty, the border troops in the northwest have recently written to the court many times, informing the court that there are too many vacancies for horses in the northwest. Many soldiers can only ride two people on one horse during training. This has already happened. It has seriously affected the army's combat effectiveness in the northwest! So I kindly ask the court to allocate five hundred thousand taels of silver to purchase war horses!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the lion opened his mouth and caused a commotion among the two groups of ministers! Emperor Wanli looked at the shocked courtiers who were all low-grade ministers. It seemed that they did not know what the leaders above them were thinking and were already frightened by this number!
But Emperor Wanli was even more angry! He knew that there were rumors outside that Jubaozhai's annual income was almost one million taels of silver, so Ning Xibo's intention to get half a million taels of silver was clearly revealed! But Emperor Wanli knew that Jubaozhai didn't earn that much money at all, and it was entirely Liu Haojia's trick to lure Ning Yushi into the trap, so he became even more angry at the greedy courtiers!
But Emperor Wanli didn't want to speak at this time, because as usual, Zhang Juzheng made the decision on government affairs, so he looked at Zhang Juzheng. But what surprised Wanli was that Zhang Juzheng actually lowered his eyes, as if he didn't hear anyone making trouble!
Seeing Zhang Juzheng's appearance, Emperor Wanli was shocked and confused, because he didn't know if Zhang Juzheng was not ready to intervene or was waiting for the final move? But when things came to pass, he could only believe that Liu Haojia had a way to reverse the current unfavorable situation.
Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli calmed down and said: "Ning Xibo, I don't remember that you have errands in the court, and I don't see you when you go to court on weekdays. It's just that today's matter in the northwest, why did I ask you to report it?"
