After a long while, Queen Mother Li opened her eyes and said: "Liu Haojia is right, Long Live Master should talk to Mr. Zhang first. In this case, he may not help you, but at least he will not stand on the opposite side! And Liu Haojia Long live this man, I’d better send him out of the capital as soon as possible!”
Emperor Wanli said in surprise: "Why? Liu Aiqing is my loyal minister, not to mention that he can't leave for a moment! Why do you still want to let him out as an official?"
Empress Dowager Li said earnestly: "First of all, as an emperor, you cannot overly favor a person, no matter how capable the person is! Because this will breed the person's pride and complacency. Over time, people's minds will change of!"
Emperor Wanli interjected: "Like Mr. Zhang?"
Queen Mother Li immediately opened her eyes and said: "Mr. Zhang is different from him! Mr. Zhang is already old, and his mind and temperament have been set for a long time, so the Ai family believes that he is dedicated to the country! But how old is Liu Haojia? He has been here until now It's just an engagement, not married yet. Who knows what his thoughts will be like in the future? This is the second point I want to tell you. People like this must be sent away from a distance, only when they are out. Only then can you tell what kind of character a person is? Only his performance can determine whether this person is usable and can be of great use!"
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli said thoughtfully: "What the Queen Mother said makes some sense."
Empress Dowager Li said proudly: "What Ai Jia said makes sense! Another point, don't you think you have given him too much trust now? Now he alone controls everything outside the palace. If he After being won over by others, all the people and property outside will have their surnames changed! Send him out for a while, and you can also look for other candidates to completely control the people, property and property in the outer dynasty! At least you have to make a living by collecting money every month Hold it in the palm of your hand, you can’t let it be taken away by civil servants again!”
Having said this, Emperor Wanli chuckled twice and said: "Mother, you don't have to worry about this! The three ministers Wu have already written letters of allegiance to me, and now the handwritten letters are in my palace! With this letter They won’t betray me! By the way, Liu Haojia came up with this idea!”
Empress Dowager Li nodded and said: "It's a good idea! This letter is the reason for the three of them to feel that they are civil servants. But the more this happens, the more times you have to beat him in the future! Liu Haojia's mind is too smart, what? He can see through and understand everything, but what if he doesn't get beaten up from time to time and he forgets his duty?"
Emperor Wanli pondered for a moment and said: "Empress Mother, let's not talk about Liu Haojia now, let's talk about the Lord's Association. In other words, do you mean to talk to Mr. Zhang?"
Queen Mother Li said: "That's what the Ai family means. But before talking to Mr. Zhang about the master meeting, the Ai family thinks you should meet Feng Bao and Liu Shouyou first!"
Emperor Wanli said disdainfully: "What's the use of the two of them? One only wants to be knighted and have a good name in history; the other only wants to follow the civil servants and wag their tails!"
Empress Dowager Li smiled and raised her hand to gently slap Emperor Wanli, and said, "How can the emperor say such market talk!"
Emperor Wanli smiled and said: "Queen Mother, you'd better tell me the reason. If you can't explain it, I won't go!"
Empress Dowager Li smiled slightly, leaned back and said, "You should discuss this with a few think tanks around you! Especially Liu Haojia, let's see if he understands the principles of the Ai family! If he understands, long live the Lord!" Let him go out to serve as an official as soon as possible!"
After saying this, Emperor Wanli was completely confused! But no matter how he pressed, Queen Mother Li stopped saying a word and instead talked about his future wedding.
After a long time, Emperor Wanli, who was filled with words by Empress Dowager Li about being unfilial and having no heirs, returned to the palace in a daze, and then fell asleep with a worried expression on Zhang Jia's face! I’ve really been overthinking a lot today!
The next morning, Emperor Wanli still had not made up his mind. All he could think about was the words of Empress Dowager Li and Liu Haojia! But fortunately, he didn't have to do anything in the morning, which made him spend the morning easily.
But it won’t be so easy when it’s time to go to class! But it happened that the person teaching him today was Zhang Juzheng! Seeing Emperor Wanli's absent-minded look, Zhang Juzheng was furious and scolded him for a long time! This made Emperor Wanli even more resentful of Zhang Juzheng!
But Queen Mother Li's advice finally worked. After lunch, he asked Zhang Jia to pass the order for Liu Haojia to enter the palace!
After Liu Haojia entered the palace, he didn't get any hints from Zhang Jia, because Zhang Jia didn't know Emperor Wanli's plan either. But when he looked at the listless Emperor Wanli, he knew that he should accept his opinion. It seems that Queen Mother Li is still awake and knows that this is not the right time to break with the civil service group.
After Liu Haojia sat down, Emperor Wanli rubbed his temples and said: "Yesterday, I discussed with the Queen Mother for a long time, and the Queen Mother still asked me to listen to Aiqing's opinion! But the Queen Mother said one thing. She asked me to go with Feng Bao and Liu Xian. Shou needs two people to talk! I asked my mother why, but my mother said that you should know what it means?"
Hearing this, Liu Haojia began to think quickly. After a moment, he sincerely raised his hands toward the harem and said, "The Queen Mother is indeed wise, and I cannot compare with you!"
Then he put down his arm and said to Emperor Wanli: "I want to come, Yichen. Wansui Emperor has already made a guess, right?"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "Yes, I think the Queen Mother means to take the opportunity to beat them both."
Liu Haojia lowered his eyes and thought seriously while saying slowly: "I do think your Majesty may not just mean this, maybe you have another deep meaning!"
Emperor Wanli opened his eyes wide when he heard this and said, "Really? Then tell me what the Queen Mother thinks?"
Liu Haojia said: "Both of them seem to have made the same mistake, but they need to adopt different methods to deal with it! Behind Liu Shouyou is Prime Minister Zhang, so you can't treat him too much. Your Majesty only needs to beat him." ! After all, it depends on the owner when beating a dog, so you must give Mr. Zhang some face!"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "Well, what you said makes sense! What about Feng Bao's place?"
Liu Haojia said: "Feng Bao and Prime Minister Zhang have the same status, but he is different from Prime Minister Zhang! Now Jiangshan Sheji still needs Prime Minister Zhang, so Long Live Lord must give him face! But Long Live Lord does not have to give Feng Bao face ! Because he is a eunuch himself and an out-and-out royal servant, so he must be treated harshly! Long Live Lord might as well take this opportunity to remove Feng Baodongchang’s authority and let Zhang Banban take charge of it himself. The reasons are all ready-made !”
