As he spoke, he quietly handed the two small notes in his hand to Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli unfolded the note in surprise and looked at it. Then he put the note on the candle and burned it, and then said, "Let Miss Zicuckoo come in!"
As soon as Zicuckoo entered the door, he sniffed slightly because he could clearly smell the smell of burning paper! However, she was very smart and didn't say anything. She just saluted and said, "Long live the Lord, your Majesty is here to invite me!"
Emperor Wanli said: "I wonder if my mother has anything to do with me?"
Zicuckoo smiled and said, "This slave doesn't know about this! You will know as soon as Long live the Lord leaves!"
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli stood up and let Zhang Jia arrange his clothes. At the same time, he seemed to be talking to himself: "My mother will not call me if nothing happens. Could it be that something happened?"
After hearing this, Zicuckoo hesitated and said with a smile: "It was the old lady and the uncle who came into the palace. Maybe they brought some news from outside the palace, especially what happened just today, so the queen asked the servant to come. Find Long Live Lord!"
Emperor Wanli nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I'll note it down!"
Of course Zijuan knew that Emperor Wanli's answer was incorrect. He should have said "I understand" instead of "I have written it down"! But Zijuan knew that when Emperor Wanli said "note it down", he meant that he had recorded her credit for informing the news!
Although Zicuckoo is loyal to Queen Mother Li, this does not prevent her from contributing a little to Long Live Lord! After all, the Queen Mother will also grow old, and Lord Long Live is the only master of the Ming Dynasty!
Then several people quickly came to Queen Mother Li's palace. As soon as Emperor Wanli entered the door, he saw an old woman and a middle-aged man talking to Queen Mother Li with smiles on their faces, and Queen Mother Li also had a rare relaxed look on her face! This old woman is Empress Dowager Li’s biological mother, Wang Shi, and this middle-aged man is Empress Dowager Li’s brother Li Wenquan!
When the two of them saw Emperor Wanli appearing in front of them, they hurriedly stood up and saluted. But how could Emperor Wanli let them salute? He quickly stepped forward to support the old lady and said, "Grandma, uncle, why did it take you so long to come into the palace!"
The old lady patted Emperor Wanli's hand and said, "I just have free time today. I thought I haven't seen your mother for a long time, so I came in to talk to her!"
Emperor Wanli helped her sit down and said, "Grandma and uncle should come to the palace more often! I am busy with state affairs and have less time to spend with my mother, so grandma and uncle should spend more time with her!"
Queen Mother Li was naturally extremely happy when she saw that Emperor Wanli was very enthusiastic about her mother and brother! Although she is a queen mother, she, like ordinary people, also hopes that her children will have a close relationship with their families.
After a few people sat down, they naturally started to chat with each other, and Emperor Wanli also talked with them. But what he can be sure of is that there must be something going on when the two of them enter the palace this time! Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to the palace so late again. You know the palace door will be locked soon! When the time comes, it will be very troublesome to send people out and then open the lock.
A few people chatted and slowly started talking about the latest news. We soon started chatting about today’s visit. Li Wenquan said: "I just received the news when I was paying for the money to enter the palace. Wu Ninghou has caused a big trouble again!"
Upon hearing this, Queen Mother Li frowned and said, "This little hozen never stops, always causing trouble! What did he do again?"
Li Wenquan frowned and said worriedly: "Because Wu Ninghou sold low-price salt without authorization in Shanxi and Bian Town, it caused great confusion and panic in the market! This attracted the attention of many scholars, and even Many people want to go to Wu Ninghou to reason, so a group of students..."
As soon as he said this, Emperor Wanli interrupted him and said: "Uncle, Wu Ninghou lowered the price of salt, which is a good thing for the people. Why are these students still making trouble? We need to talk to Wu Ninghou It makes sense, does it make sense that the price of salt is high?”
But then Queen Mother Li said: "Long live my Lord, please stop talking and let your uncle finish the matter."
Seeing that Emperor Wanli could not stop himself, he had no choice but to pick up his tea cup and drink tea. Li Wenquan immediately told the whole story of the incident. He especially focused on describing the scene where Liu Haojia sent out his servants to arrest people! He described this section so vividly, as if he was standing nearby at the time! The result is this
Hearing these words, Queen Mother Li's heart rose with anger, and she furrowed her brows tightly!
Finally, Li Wenquan sighed and said: "These scholars did go too far, but Wu Ninghou did it even more! He should never, never should have taken these scholars into the house and beaten them. ! This may cause another disturbance in the court!"
Emperor Wanli nodded seriously, but he didn't think so in his heart! Because although he didn't know the specific situation, he had actually received news from the outside. One of the two notes I had given him just now said that the old lady and the uncle had entered the palace, and kept saying that Wu Ninghou was going to be in bad luck. That's why he said something directly to Zicuckoo.
The second note was sent to the palace by Liu Haojia. It simply explained the reason why the scholars were making trouble, and notified Emperor Wanli that there might be problems at the court meeting tomorrow. He also wrote a specific sentence that would be followed by a detailed report.
So he knows very well what is happening outside! He tolerated Li Wenquan's words because he wanted to hear what he was going to do. When Li Wenquan saw the serious look on Emperor Wanli's face, he thought he had really listened to his words, so naturally he was a little proud!
So he just said how dangerous the actual situation was! There are a lot of things like which official is behind which scholar, which scholar is whose relative! The meaning is to tell Emperor Wanli that these officials may cause trouble tomorrow!
After saying these things, he also said: "I heard that Wu Ninghou was making a lot of noise in Shanxi and Bianzhen. Not only did he cut the price of salt in half, but it also had a downward trend! He also intervened in the grain business and made Bianzhen The price of grain has dropped by 20% to 30%! This is a good thing, but he acted too recklessly and angered the people behind the salt merchants and grain merchants. If he is not punished, I am afraid it will cause turmoil in the court!"
When Emperor Wanli heard this, he was really worried about Liu Haojia! Because Liu Haojia reported the plan to Emperor Wanli before taking action, in which the issue of retaliation was highlighted.
Liu Haojia told him clearly that as long as he took action, he would face desperate revenge from the other party! Because the people behind them include almost half of the imperial court! Food is a little better, because food is grown throughout the Ming Dynasty, so the power of grain merchants is divided by area and is relatively scattered.
