After saying that, he walked towards the harem without looking back, while Zhang Jia trotted after him. It was only then that the eunuch on duty in the main hall shouted "Retreat!", but by the time he shouted these two words, Emperor Wanli and the two had already disappeared!
Hearing the word "withdraw from the court", the ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from the ground one after another. However, they no longer had the previous momentum. Instead, they gathered together in twos and threes to discuss the news they had received today.
Zhang Juzheng and several pavilion elders were also helped up. After Zhang Juzheng stood up, he smiled bitterly and rubbed his knees. He had not knelt for so long in a long time and he was not used to it anymore!
At this time, Zhang Siwei had already asked someone to deliver the two imperial edicts on the ground. He was not in a hurry to read them because Zhang Juzheng was still there and he could not get past them. And he instinctively felt that these two imperial edicts were a big trouble! So he immediately handed the imperial edict to Zhang Juzheng, and then whispered: "Our Majesty's understanding of government affairs is getting deeper and deeper!"
Zhang Juzheng naturally understood what Zhang Siwei meant. Because even though Emperor Wanli roared at the Lord's Association for a long time, he did not say how to deal with the Lord's Association when he left the hall. Instead, he threw down two memorials. This is to lead without making a move, and to slow down the pursuit of the Lord Council in exchange for these two decrees passing the cabinet resolution, this is a political exchange!
Zhang Juzheng took the imperial edict and guessed the content! One must be a memorial for the establishment of the Navy and the Navy Governor's Office, and the other must be a reward for Liu Haojia, and there must be some irregularities in it! Otherwise, according to Emperor Wanli's temper, he would definitely not choose this form of exchange to promote the cabinet's decision!
However, Zhang Juzheng did not open the imperial edict immediately. Instead, he held them in his hands and said, "Let's go back to the check-in room first and then study this matter!"
Of course the other pavilion elders knew that this was not a good time to discuss the memorial, so naturally they all nodded in agreement. After several people arrived at the check-in room, Zhang Juzheng opened the two memorials.
Sure enough, the first memorial was to establish the navy and the naval governor's office. After reading it, Zhang Juzheng made a judgment in his heart that this decree should be passed.
Don't really think that the civil servants who support the nobles will oppose it. Because there is a tacit understanding between them. Like this time, everyone's discussion mainly stayed on the issue of rewarding Liu Haojia, while the discussion on establishing a navy was very dull.
The main reason for this is that the navy was established, and while the nobles took the leading position, a large number of civilian officials were also needed. These positions cannot be taken away by nobles. This is tantamount to expanding the sphere of influence of nobles and at the same time helping civilian officials expand their sphere of influence. This is a mutually beneficial thing. Therefore, even if the ministers oppose it, it will eventually pass. Objection is nothing more than a bargaining tactic!
As for the reward for Liu Haojia, I am really opposed to it! Because Liu Haojia is too young and is too good at causing trouble! It is not good news for civil servants to grow up with such noble people! Because once the scattered nobles have a core, they will quickly unite and compete with the civil officials for the right to speak in the court!
And Liu Haojia is young enough and smart enough from the coal industry. If he is given enough time, he is likely to become the core! That's why the civil service group tried their best to suppress him! This is what the civil servant group has always done!
And Zhang Juzheng soon discovered something in the imperial edict that many people could not accept, that is, Liu Haojia not only received the title of Count Wuning, he also received a fief!
Zhang Juzheng frowned immediately when he saw the word fiefdom! To be honest, he didn't care at all about Liu Haojia's knighthood! Every emperor always conferred some new nobles when he was alive, but most of them still disappeared quietly! Just like when the Ming Dynasty was just founded, Zhu Yuanzhang conferred six princes, twenty-eight marquises, and eleven earls. How many are left now?
But this imperial edict mentioned the matter of fiefdom, and it was a real fiefdom, and it was approved by Emperor Wanli. This was unusual! You must know that a fiefdom cannot be promised casually!
When it comes to fiefdom, we have to mention the feudal system. In fact, many people think that before the Qing Dynasty, it was a feudal system. In fact, this is wrong! The real feudal system was before the Qin Dynasty. Since the Qin Dynasty, it is no longer a feudal system. It should be called a centralized system or a monarchy!
The core of feudalism lies in the four words "feudal state and founding of a country"! In other words, feudal lords have absolute autonomy over their fiefdoms and are truly a state within a state! Not even the king can interfere! And this is what Europeans often say, the wind can enter my room, the rain can enter, and even dogs can enter, but the king cannot enter!
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no actual fiefdom has been given to honorable nobles! Although all the people who were granted a certain title had a certain fiefdom written in the decree, they were always in vain. But what was written in this edict was different. Not only did it include a detailed description of the location of the fiefdom, it even contained a simple map! This made Zhang Juzheng have to seriously think about what the two monarchs and ministers wanted to do?
So while thinking about the two people's ideas, he circulated the memorial to other elders in the pavilion. Sure enough, it didn't take long before I heard Zhang Siwei shout angrily: "Give me an actual fiefdom? How is this possible? This kind of thing must not be allowed to happen!"
His shout attracted the attention of several other pavilion elders, who all asked him in surprise what exactly he saw. Zhang Siwei directly threw aside the imperial edict about the navy and read the imperial edict about Liu Haojia's reward loudly!
After he finished reading, all the elders expressed their opposition and said that they must refute this decree! At this time, Zhang Siwei said to Zhang Juzheng: "Chief Assistant, what do you think of this matter?"
Zhang Juzheng said slowly: "Let the scribe first check where this fief is? Then we can make calculations."
Zhang Siwei immediately got up and went outside to call the scribe to arrange the matter. If this was impossible in normal times, it shows the urgency in his heart!
I don't know how long it took, but when the people in the check-in room became obviously a little anxious, the clerk finally opened the door curtain and walked in. But before he could salute, Zhang Siwei said: "Find that piece of land Do you know the full situation?”
Shi Li also had a discerning eye. Seeing Zhang Siwei's eagerness to ask, he hurriedly said: "I found it! The land is in Tianjin County, close to the sea. There is neither a village nor a dock there, just an open space on the seaside. To be honest, If there is anything special, it can only be that there is a bay in that land!"
