So during the morning court meeting, he not only got furious and broke the tacit agreement not to pursue the Master Association, but he also showed a posture that he would never give up until he was imprisoned! Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were ordered to start a comprehensive arrest of the members of the Master Guild!
Zhang Juzheng and others wanted to stop him, but there was no reason to stop him! Because the people who were attacked were court officials, they couldn’t be stopped without investigation. So where would the court’s face go? If there are more crazy people who follow my example, there will be wars everywhere! Therefore, they can only agree first and then slowly make plans.
Although they tried their best to calm Emperor Wanli down, they promised to solve the case as soon as possible. But when the news reached the harem, Queen Mother Li stopped working!
She directly sent someone to spread the word and said: "Although Liu Haojia is a little careless in his work, he is also dedicated to the public good! The court and the royal family have benefited from what he has done, and now they have put his Why can't I tolerate him?"
The emperor cannot say this, but Queen Mother Li can. And that’s a pretty hard knock! It seems that Queen Mother Li also believed that the cabinet was involved in this matter, which made Zhang Juzheng and others very embarrassed! So they are also very angry at the master who broke the rules!
Just when they thought things would calm down, the nobles started to make a fuss! Not only did they write a letter asking the cabinet to solve the case within a time limit, but some nobles actually said that all the troops in the world were under the management of the cabinet, but they were not responsible for sending troops to attack the nobles! This shows that either the cabinet is incompetent, or the cabinet wants to slaughter nobles! Therefore, the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies should be re-established and the army should be handed over to the noble leadership!
But how could the cabinet agree to such a thing! The civil servants finally took away the military power from the nobles, how could they give it back! But if you want to suppress the noisy spirit of the honorable nobles, even the civil servants must give some benefits! As a result, after a fight, the civil servants did transfer a lot of benefits in various places, which made the nobles suddenly become famous!
While the court was in chaos, Liu Haojia did another big thing! That is the money that should be distributed to various departments after monthly collection, but it was suddenly stopped!
This made the officials who were still watching the excitement suddenly become excited! The salary in the Ming Dynasty was meager, and life in the capital was even more difficult! Although many officials in Beijing have many ways to make money, no one is willing to throw away the free money easily!
So many officials rushed to find Wu Shilang and others, asking them to release the money as soon as possible. However, Wu Shilang and others repeatedly stated that this was not their original intention! Because the people who collect and distribute money are all Liu Haojia's people, and they are only responsible for the management. Now that the people below are disobedient and unable to move under orders, there is nothing they can do!
At the same time, they also clearly told the officials who came to look for them that Wu Ningbo had sent word that he was looking for ways for officials to make money, but the officials wanted to kill him! So there is no need to distribute the money any more. It is better to buy more knives for his soldiers to avoid being assassinated!
Those officials were not fools and naturally knew what was going on. Now that Liu Haojia had pointed it out, they naturally couldn't pretend not to see it, so they expressed their dissatisfaction to the superior officials one after another!
Their superiors can also understand their thoughts. On the one hand, it is difficult to give up good money. The most critical point is that someone has set a precedent of attacking an official. If the criminal is allowed to go free, can other officials follow suit in the future? Then wouldn’t this official be frightened? Therefore, under this situation, Zhang Juzheng and others had to order to start investigating the matter seriously.
At this time, Liu Haojia's motorcade finally arrived in Tianjin County. As Jin Yiwei, they are naturally at odds with civil servants. So naturally the county magistrate would not come to greet him. The local military personnel are also civilian officials, and the garrisoned generals are subordinate to civilian officials, so naturally they will not come. Therefore, the only people who greeted Liu Hao's family at the city gate were a guard eunuch named Zhou Yuan and Wang Hongrui, a local Jinyiwei Baihu.
The guard eunuch Zhou Yuan lives up to his name, he is chubby and looks like a Maitreya Buddha standing at the gate of the city! So Liu Haojia recognized him as soon as he saw his figure and the color of his clothes.
But before Liu Haojia could get off his horse to greet him, Zhou Yuan had already handed him over and said, "But in front of Uncle Wu Ning?"
Liu Haojia, who had just regained his footing, hurriedly threw the reins to his servant and said in return, "It's me! I wonder if this is in front of Eunuch Zhou?"
Zhou Yuan said with a smile: "Our family is Zhou Yuan! Our family has been waiting here for uncle all morning, and you have finally arrived!"
Liu Haojia immediately said: "Thank you, Eunuch Zhou!"
Zhou Yuan waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No work, no work! Anyway, our family has nothing to do every day!"
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and then Liu Haojia realized why Zhou Yuan was so attentive. It turned out that Zhang Jia wrote him a letter. The letter told him that he must unconditionally satisfy and cooperate with all Liu Haojia's actions!
Originally, Zhou Yuan was not a member of Zhang Jia's family, and he originally wanted to work hard to curry favor with him, but even though the distance between Tianjin and the capital was not far, it was like a chasm to him! So now Zhang Jia wrote to him to express his acceptance. Naturally, he was happy to accept this olive branch!
Liu Haojia naturally understood what he was thinking, so he said with a smile: "In this case, you and I are our own people. If there are benefits in the future, we will naturally never forget Eunuch Zhou!"
Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this! Previously, he guessed from Zhang Jia's letters that Liu Haojia was not demoted, but was leading a certain task! And Liu Haojia's almost explicit hint made him even more certain of this! At that moment, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Wu Ning. If you need our family's cooperation, we will fully cooperate with you!"
Liu Haojia immediately raised his hands and said, "In that case, I wish Eunuch Zhou will return to Beijing soon!"
For eunuchs, it is natural to return to the palace in the capital and work as an errand. Because then there is a chance to catch the emperor's eye. So Zhou Yuan held up his hands in joy and said: "Then our family wishes that your uncle will be granted the title of marquis, general, and wife as soon as possible!"
At this time, he saw that Zhou Yuan and Liu Haojia had finished their greetings, and Wang Hongrui, who was waiting on the side, stepped forward, knelt down and saluted, and said: "My subordinate Wang Hongrui of the Hundred Households in Tianjin is here to see you, sir!"
Treating Wang Hongrui differently from Zhou Yuan, Liu Haojia said with a straight face: "Get up!"
After Wang Hongrui thanked him and stood up, Liu Haojia said: "Wang Baihu, I will stay in Tianjin Guard for a long time in the future, so I have plenty of time to get close! In the past few days, the Japanese official will inspect Baihu Station, so make some preparations in advance!"
