Liu Haojia then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That means I'm still fine!"
Zhang Jia shook his head dejectedly and said, "No, I just received the second news that someone has passed away. I'm afraid the news will be sent to the capital in the afternoon! By then everyone in the capital will probably know!"
Liu Haojia immediately praised and said, "Zhang Banban is really good at what he does! Dongchang has responded so quickly under your training!"
Zhang Jia looked pleased when he heard this, and he also knew that Liu Haojia was asking for credit for him again, so he nodded slightly to show that he had accepted the favor.
At this time, Emperor Wanli said: "The Dongchang matter should be rewarded, but the most important thing now is to discuss how to deal with the death of Mr. Zhang's father."
Liu Haojia said: "What plans does Long Live Master have?"
Emperor Wanli puffed up his chest and said loudly with a flushed face: "I want to accept the government directly, but I also know that the civil servants are too powerful to take power directly! So I want to announce to the outside world that I will leave the position of chief minister to wait for Mr. Zhang and Ding You Come back, and then gradually take power during this period! By the way, this time you have to transfer all the Wu'an troops to the capital! Without you, I can't command the capital camp, and I'm very worried!"
Liu Haojia thought about it and turned to Zhang Jia and said, "Zhang Banban, I wonder what you are thinking?"
As the absolute confidant of Emperor Wanli, Zhang Jia naturally hopes that Emperor Wanli will take power! That means his power has increased! But his expression was not very eager. Instead, he hesitated before saying: "Our family naturally hopes that Long Live Lord will take over the power! After all, whether it is the world or Long Live Lord's world, it is always Long Live Lord who has the final say!"
At this time, Emperor Wanli said: "Liu Aiqing, what do you think?"
Liu Haojia bowed and said, "Long live the Lord, please give me some time to think about it before speaking."
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli could only sit down and drink tea patiently, watching Liu Haojia spinning around on the ground like a grinder!
In fact, Liu Haojia already had the answer in his heart. He knew clearly about Zhang Juzheng's affair. This shows that in the original history, Emperor Wanli could not withstand the pressure and made this decision. Since he could make this choice at the beginning, now even if he is added, he cannot change the general situation! Just how to say this is a problem!
Liu Haojia wandered around for a long time and finally sat down and said: "Long live my Lord, I think this time the Chief Assistant Ding You will say that Long Live Lord must be sentimental and his attitude must be firm!"
Emperor Wanli immediately looked uncertain after hearing this, while Zhang Jia seemed to be slightly relieved! Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Liu Haojia knew that although Emperor Wanli wanted to take the opportunity to take power, he also knew that there were many difficulties ahead! Zhang Jia was relatively sober, but he couldn't defeat Emperor Wanli, so he could only follow and wave the flag and shout! If this is the case, Liu Haojia feels that he is more confident in persuading Emperor Wanli!
Sure enough, Emperor Wanli was silent for a moment and then said: "Why should I seize love? Isn't this against filial piety? As the chief assistant and the head of all officials, Mr. Zhang should set an example!"
Liu Haojia grabbed the teapot and filled Emperor Wanli's teacup with water, and then said: "Long live Lord, when it is a matter of national importance, filial piety is the least important thing!"
Emperor Wanli said angrily: "We, the Ming Dynasty, founded our country based on filial piety. How can filial piety not be important?"
Liu Haojia saw that Emperor Wanli still didn't understand, so he shook his head slightly in his heart, and then said: "Long live Lord, please Rong Chen speak slowly!"
Emperor Wanli also knew that this matter was of great importance, so he patiently waited for Liu Haojia to speak while holding a tea cup. And Liu Haojia thought through his thoughts carefully before saying: "Long live Lord, let me talk about the first thing first, that is, does Long live Lord think Mr. Zhang has Ding You's intentions?"
Emperor Wanli opened his eyes wide and said, "I am certain that Mr. Zhang must hope that I will regain my love!"
Liu Haojia nodded: "Yes, Prime Minister Zhang's power is far greater than that of the previous chief ministers, so he must be thinking about holding power for a long time! What's more, Prime Minister Zhang's promotion of a whipping method is about to end, so he must not be willing to give up right!"
Emperor Wanli said strangely: "This matter is known to everyone. Why are you talking about this?"
Liu Haojia said: "This is the precursor to everything.
Mention, I will decide this matter first before further inferences can be made. "
Wan Lili said: "Okay, go on!"
Liu Haojia continued: "Long live Lord, if you look at the history books, you should see that there are many factions in the court! The more serious ones are against each other, and the less powerful ones are fighting each other, so the emperor of the current dynasty can mediate and hold power! But I dare to ask Lord Long live, Is there anyone in the court today who is not a member of Prime Minister Zhang’s party?”
Emperor Wanli thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid there really isn't one! The whole court is filled with Mr. Zhang's followers!"
Liu Haojia continued: "Actually, it's not inevitable! There must be people among the courtiers who are dissatisfied with Prime Minister Zhang, but they don't dare to show it at this time, and Long live the Lord can't recognize it, so these people can't be used! Censor Zhang We can completely regard the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty as the people of Prime Minister Zhang, right?"
Emperor Wanli nodded helplessly after hearing this and said, "Yes!"
Liu Haojia went on to say: "When Prime Minister Zhang was in power, these people followed the chickens and dogs to heaven. What would happen to them if Prime Minister Zhang left? As the saying goes, the emperor and his ministers are the same, even if the chief minister is changed! So those Zhang The prime minister’s die-hard party members will definitely support Prime Minister Zhang in his bid for love. Under such a situation, how many people dare to stand up?”
Emperor Wanli clenched his fists and said, "I think there are loyal people in the court! There will definitely be people who will oppose Mr. Zhang's attempt to seize love!"
Liu Haojia nodded and said: "There will definitely be one, but it is also certain that there will be very few people and it will not be able to form a big trend! And Rong Chen will talk about this later!"
Emperor Wanli said: "Okay, then you go on!"
Liu Haojia continued: "I just talked about things outside the palace, now let's talk about things inside the palace. There are two people in the palace who cannot be avoided! One is the current Queen Mother, and the other is Feng Bao!"
Emperor Wanli said loudly: "My mother will definitely support me!"
Liu Haojia smiled and said: "Really? Long live my Lord, please think about it carefully!"
When Emperor Wanli heard this, he said angrily: "What do you mean? Will my mother not support me?"
Liu Haojia said sternly: "The Queen Mother has always admired Prime Minister Zhang, not to mention obeying his advice, which is a bit similar! Moreover, Prime Minister Zhang handles government affairs well and is deeply loved by the Queen Mother! So from the perspective of the Queen Mother, she may not be willing to let Prime Minister Zhang Ding You go. ! And for the next half of what I’m going to say, I have to ask for your forgiveness!”
