When Zijuan saw Empress Dowager Li nodding slightly, she said before Emperor Wanli and the others found out: "The other most important thing is that he has a clear mind. He can see at a glance that the biggest drawback of the court is that the civil servants are dominated by one family! Can you see that? There are many people who have reached this point, but there are almost no people who can say it, or dare to say it! From this point alone, Wu Ninghou is loyal!"
Everyone's smiles faded when they heard this, and their expressions were a little awe-inspiring! Zicuckoo quickly glanced at everyone and said quickly: "In the past, I couldn't think clearly about many things. I just felt that the court seemed a little weird! Now after listening to what Eunuch Zhang relayed, I finally understood that only the civil and military personnel in the court When the two sides are balanced, the royal family can move in the middle with ease, instead of having to rely on one party! And among the nobles, there is finally only one person who can take the lead in fighting against the civil servants, and I think I should keep him!"
Zijuan's words almost praised Liu Haojia to the sky! As a palace maid next to Queen Mother Li, it is really surprising that she can say such a thing, but it is understandable. After all, she is already tied to the royal family, and she will definitely support anything that is beneficial to the royal family! But there is no need to tell the Queen Mother about her brother outside the palace, who got a shop in Tianjin without spending any money!
After Zijuan finished speaking, she knelt down with a plop and said, "This slave is lying, please punish me!"
Emperor Wanli kept a straight face and remained silent after hearing her words, while Empress Dowager Li sighed and raised her hands and said, "Get up, Ai Jia asked you to say it, what's the crime?"
After Zijuan stood up, Queen Mother Li slowly said: "Why don't the Ai family know the problem? Wu Ninghou can see it, and the Ai family can naturally see it too! It's just that the Ai family has no one in their hands! Ai family can't help it!" The father and brother of the family only ask for money, but Xungui is a person who is wise and wise in addition to wine bags and rice bags! A large number of generals have directly defected to the civil servants, so the Ai family can only try to maintain this situation! If it wasn't too much Due to Zu Jiwei’s prestige, I’m afraid the world no longer has the surname Zhu!”
At this time, Emperor Wanli snorted and said, "I'm afraid those people are just too lazy to steal this country! They put the royal family in front, and the power they control behind the scenes is not much more comfortable than being an emperor on the surface, and it is more difficult." It’s much more practical!” Kanshu La
Empress Dowager Li said nothing, and the hall fell into silence. Everyone knew very well that what Emperor Wanli said was not unreasonable! Take Zhang Juzheng as an example. He himself once said, "I am not a prime minister, but a photographer!" This shows that his power has already reached its peak! But when he reached this point, he was no different from being an emperor, and even more comfortable than an emperor! At least you don’t have to be locked up in the palace for the rest of your life!
And if Zhang Juzheng is really interested in the throne, he just needs to make a series of orders, and the throne may not be impossible! There may be some loyal people in the Ming Dynasty who oppose Zhang Juzheng's usurpation of the throne, but I'm afraid more people will take the opportunity to reach a higher level! This is where the human heart lies!
After a long time, Empress Dowager Li said: "Long live Lord, this Wu Ninghou seems to be a good helper indeed. If you use it well, he can help you balance the government! But you must always beat him, don't let him forget who is in this world." The world belongs to the family! Otherwise, it would be unsightly to raise tigers and cause trouble!"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I understand!"
Turning around, he said to several people present: "No one is allowed to spread what I said here today! Otherwise, everyone will be executed!"
These people naturally agreed. When they all stood up, Queen Mother Li said, "Do you have anything else to add?"
Several people hurriedly shook their heads to express no. Seeing this, Empress Dowager Li waved her hands and said, "Now that we're done, let's all disperse. The Ai family is also tired today! But Long Live Lord, I still have to remember what the Ai family said today!"
Today's affairs are over, but the outer court did not calm down so quickly. Because some people know the news that He Xianli and others have returned to Beijing, many people are still at home waiting for them to come and see them! But after waiting and waiting, no one came to the door, so they could only rest in depression.
However, they thought that tomorrow was the Great Court Meeting, and they thought that maybe these people were holding back their energy today and were preparing to make a splash at the Great Court Meeting tomorrow! After all, when they introduced these people, it was because of their utilitarianism, so it would not be surprising if they did this!
When it was still dark the next morning, a large number of courtiers had gathered outside the palace gate. There were many people looking around among the crowd, but they didn't see He Xianli and others appearing at all, so they couldn't help but feel strange!
Just as they were preparing to send people to investigate, the palace door opened and the court meeting was about to begin! So they had no choice but to line up and walk towards the palace. But just then they discovered that He Xianli and others had come out of nowhere and were at the end of the queue and followed everyone into the palace!
But this is not the time to talk, everyone can only look at it! But He Xianli and the others all bowed their heads and completely ignored everyone, making these people very angry!
When the civil and military personnel stood in two groups in the main hall, the people standing around He Xianli and others began to whisper about the results of the mission. But He Xianli and the others just shook their heads and said nothing!
At this moment, following the eunuch's loud announcement, Emperor Wanli strode up and sat down on the dragon chair. He looked actually a little excited.
Nothing in front of him escaped Zhang Juzheng's eyes, and he was thinking about when to come out to save Liu Haojia. This is not to say that he loves Liu Haojia, on the contrary, he is full of disgust for Liu Haojia! Because he felt that Liu Haojia was an unruly person, which made him feel that things were out of his control, which made him very unhappy!
But You Qi once reported to him, "This person has the talent of Yu Qi!" This forced him to pay attention! Because after years of suppression, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty withered terribly! Now Qi Jiguang's generation has aged, but no one in the new generation can take the lead. This is very dangerous for a country!
So he planned to lend a helping hand to Liu Haojia when he was unlucky and take him into his pocket so that he could take Qi Jiguang's place and guard the border for the Ming Dynasty in the future! Moreover, Zhang Juzheng also had a little thought, that is, Liu Haojia was collecting commercial taxes in Tianjin and forcefully opened a gap in the Iron Curtain, which gave him a huge reminder! That is to provide certain benefits to the gentry in exchange for collecting business taxes from the gentry!
