They all witnessed the scene in Wuninghou Mansion just now, and they were all extremely frightened! They all shouted in their hearts, "The power of God is so unpredictable!" Some even wondered whether Liu Haojia had done something wrong and offended the emperor! In short, there are all kinds of speculations!
Now they are sending people out just to get an analysis of the matter from relatives and friends, so that they can use it as a reference for making their own decisions. Unfortunately, most of them guessed wrong!
In the mansion of Duke Dingguo, Duke Dingguo Xu Wenbi was drinking tea slowly and listening to the butler's detailed description. The housekeeper also hurried back from Wuninghou Mansion, and the first thing he did was to tell Duke Dingguo what he saw and heard.
When he finished speaking, he bowed and stopped talking. Duke Dingguo drank the whole cup of tea with great taste, then put down the tea cup and said to the Crown Prince Xu Xigao sitting aside: "What do you think about this?".
Xu Xigao frowned and said, "Dad, do you think Wu Ninghou has too much power and is feared by the royal family?"
Duke Dingguo raised his eyebrows and said, "Why do you think so?"
Xu Xigao spread his hands and said: "Isn't this obvious! With Wu Ninghou's status as a meritorious service, it is more than enough for his wife to be given a second-grade imperial title! But now Long live the Lord has not given the title as usual. This is not a tribute to Wu Ninghou. A warning!"
Duke Dingguo raised his eyes and glanced at him, then turned to the steward and said, "What do you think?"
The butler raised his head and glanced at Xu Xigao, then lowered his head and said, "I don't know!"
Duke Dingguo didn't ask further questions. He just sat there and squinted his eyes. He didn't know whether he was thinking or dozing off. After a long while, he said: "I think Yunzhen's age is a little younger than that of Wu Ninghou, but he's about the same. Let him go and play with Wu Ninghou when he has nothing to do."
After hearing this, Xu Xigao said in confusion: "Father, why are you letting Yunzhen and Wu Ninghou get close to each other at this time? Isn't this causing the royal family's jealousy?"
Duke Dingguo stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back. When he reached the door, he turned around and said, "Do you think it is more important to be a marquis, or to be a second-grade man?"
After saying this, Duke Ding walked out the door, leaving Xu Xigao with a confused look on his face. The old housekeeper raised his legs and wanted to follow him, but looking at Xu Xigao's look, he couldn't bear it, so he whispered: "Your Majesty, Gu Ningbo's Mansion is now called Gu Ninghou Mansion!"
After finishing speaking, the old housekeeper followed the old master and left the study in a hurry. But the old housekeeper's words made Xu Xigao even more confused!
As the heir of the Duke of Taiping, Xu Xigao is quite qualified! In other words, he is proficient in playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, playing, playing and singing! What he is better at is walking around the stage and entering and exiting brothels and Chu palaces! But this kind of thing is a bit too complicated for him!
Fortunately, he was an obedient and good son. After thinking about it for a long time, he said to himself: "Father actually said that Yun Zhen should get closer to Wu Ninghou, so let's go!"
Having made up his mind, Xu Xigao immediately felt comfortable all over his body. He asked someone to turn off the lights in the study and went back to the yard to rest.
But some people are not as sober as Ding Guogong, an old woman who is so cunning, so a large number of nobles spent a night racking their brains! And early the next morning, a new rumor spread in the capital, that is, Wu Ninghou had fallen out of favor!
The rumors on the street couldn't be stopped as soon as they appeared, and many details that were not there were added inexplicably! If Liu Haojia heard these rumors with his own ears, he would probably open his mouth in surprise!
After these rumors spread, they quickly spread among the capital, giving ordinary people more to talk about! Especially the subject of discussion is Wu Ninghou, who has been in the limelight recently, which makes the people even more eager!
Since the civil officials received the news relatively late, what they are doing now is trying to find the truth among the rumors. After getting the truth, most civil servants were overjoyed! Because in their view, Wu Ninghou is an unstable factor, and only when he is punished can he be relieved of his hatred!
And what’s even more disgusting is that almost all the misfortunes that have happened to civil servants in recent years are related to Wu Ninghou! It can be said that Wu Ninghou, the newly promoted prince, came to power by stepping on the backs of civil servants! Therefore, it is normal for civil servants not to have a favorable impression of him.
So the story of the rumors
These people who are familiar with history books and are proficient in literary and ink processing make it even more bizarre! It has even been linked to many historical allusions! They tried to use this to prove that Wu Ninghou had no good days left!
When the news reached the cabinet, the reaction of the cabinet elders was extremely dull! Zhang Juzheng just said lightly: "Got it!" But Zhang Siwei didn't say anything, just nodded to show that he heard clearly, and then went about his own business! As for the reactions of people like Shen Shixing and others, they are similar!
Just when the rumors reached their climax, Liu Haojia and his son entered the palace to express their gratitude and were warmly entertained by the emperor! Both men left the palace with large rewards. And the emperor's performance overturned all the illusions of the civil servants!
They couldn't understand what Emperor Wanli's move meant at all. Does he dislike Liu Haojia, or does he continue to support him as always? So when they couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts, those who were eager to try and cause some trouble had to stop!
Especially when they discovered that none of the big guys in the cabinet had expressed their stance on this matter, they didn't dare to act rashly! This quickly cooled down the rumors on the street.
Just when everyone thought Liu Haojia would calm down for a while after this incident, something unexpected happened in the court! That was Liu Runlin, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, writing to Emperor Wanli, requesting that the Japanese pirates be eradicated! And directly pointed out that the root of Japanese pirates lies in the Japanese country. This time the navy wants to attack the Japanese country!
This memorial caused an uproar in the court as soon as it came out! All the civil servants opposed it with one voice! All kinds of opposition memorials floated to the General Affairs Department like snowflakes. There are various reasons in the memorial, and the biggest reason is that Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once designated the Japanese country as a country without conquest, so he could not go to war with the Japanese country!
During the check-in, Zhang Siwei irritably walked to Zhang Juzheng's desk with Liu Runlin's memorial. He placed the memorial on the table, tapped the memorial with his fingers and said, "Chief Assistant, look at this Wu Ninghou again. What's the fuss about? Can't he just be quiet for a few days? In the blink of an eye, he's attacking Japan again, really!"
Zhang Juzheng put down his pen, twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Fengpan, this memorial was not written by Wu Ninghou!"
