Fortunately, Emperor Wanli had also matured a lot. At this time, he had suppressed his anger and raised his head and laughed twice before saying: "Grandma, nothing has happened to this minister yet, so let's discuss how to seize his family property. it's not good?"
But the old lady plausibly said: "How can this be an attempt to seize the subject's property? We are just watching over it for the time being, otherwise the property will be divided by others, and it will not be in vain to benefit outsiders! Besides, we also It’s not that we won’t pay him back! Once the officials of the imperial court stop pursuing him, his property will naturally still be his!”
At this time, Emperor Wanli almost cursed in his heart! But he also understands that his mother may not be on his side! Because he knew that in the eyes of Queen Mother Li, the most important thing in the world was that his son could sit on the Dragon Throne of the Ming Dynasty! As for the ministers sacrificing it, it doesn't matter!
So when he looked at Queen Mother Li, he found that although Queen Mother Li didn't speak, her eyes flickered, obviously hesitating! So he felt that he could not give Queen Mother Li a chance to speak! Once Queen Mother Li speaks, she will never have a chance to refute!
So he immediately stood up and said, "Grandma, uncle, things haven't reached this point yet. It's too early to make arrangements now! Let's wait until then!"
After saying that, he turned back to Queen Mother Li and said, "Mother, I still have some things to do, so I'll go back and deal with them first! I'm leaving first!"
After saying that, he quickly saluted several people and turned around to leave. Standing nearby and not daring to speak, he knew what Emperor Wanli was thinking and immediately went over to help him walk out quickly, holding his arm hard.
After Emperor Wanli left, the old lady sat down and complained to Queen Mother Li: "You too, why don't you help me? As long as you speak, there is no possibility for Emperor Wanzai to refuse!"
Queen Mother Li thought for a while and said, "Don't rush this matter. Let's wait and see what happens tomorrow! Maybe things haven't reached this point yet." ap.
Li Wenquan sneered at this time and said: "Sister, you don't know what's going on outside in the deep palace! The person I sent to inquire about the news reported that the person who sent the news outside was running back and forth on the street with almost no concealment, and even more so. Few people are gathering to discuss countermeasures, I’m afraid tomorrow’s small court meeting will turn into a large court meeting!”
Queen Mother Li was silent after hearing this! She is really worried that there will be problems at tomorrow's court meeting! In fact, both Emperor Wanli and Liu Haojia received feedback from Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the situation outside was indeed as Li Wenquan said.
The civil servants are busy liaising, especially those behind the salt merchants, who are inciting officials related to them to launch an attack tomorrow morning! But the most interesting thing is that the core of the whole storm, that is, the current situation of the dozens of scholars is completely ignored, and no one goes to Gu Ninghou Mansion to beg or protect those scholars, just let them Fend for yourself! In the eyes of those in high positions, they are just an introduction to the dynasty's strife. Life or death is not important!
Zhang Juzheng also received the news. He returned home, changed into casual clothes, and was listening to You Qi reporting the news outside.
After You Qi finished his report, he finally said: "Master, now it seems that the salt field in Tianjin is very important! If the master can hold it in his hands, he may be able to lower the price of salt in the entire Ming Dynasty. What an achievement. Huh? To say that it will go down in history is an understatement!"
Zhang Juzheng smiled and said: "I will naturally leave my name in history, so why do I need a small salt farm! But what I didn't expect is that he, a noble man, can accomplish this. It is indeed unexpected!"
You Qi said: "But according to the old slave, he can only do this. It is not good whether he can keep the title of Wu Ninghou tomorrow! As far as the old slave knows, there are already a large number of civil servants working Party, I’m afraid there will be a collective attack tomorrow!”
You Qi said in a low voice: "Not only that, the old slave received news that it was said that Wu Ninghou beat two soldiers to death, and then they were buried in a mass grave outside the city! Just based on this fact , his title as Marquis of Wu Ning will not be stable!"
Zhang Juzheng almost pulled out a few strands of his beard when he heard this! He thought carefully, put down his hand and said, "What's going on? Tell me in detail!"
You Qi immediately said: "Just now
The person I met told me that a car came out of the back door of Gu Ninghou Mansion and headed straight out of the city. Many people who were staring at the Hou Mansion followed them outside the city! It is said that after Wu Ninghou's people left, they dug up the corpses of two scholars from the mass graves. They were both beaten to a state of disgrace! But we didn't send anyone to keep an eye on Gu Ninghou's mansion, so the news came from others! But it shouldn’t be wrong! It seems that some of the dozens of scholars were accidentally beaten to death by Wu Ninghou! "
At this time, Zhang Juzheng had already figured it out. He stroked his beard vigorously and laughed and said: "I feel that there is something wrong with this matter! Then Wu Ninghou has always done things so well, how could he suddenly appear and imprison dozens of scholars? Something!"
Hearing this, You Qi was surprised and said, "Is there anything else in this that I can't explain?"
Zhang Juzheng said proudly: "If he didn't bury people in mass graves, I really wouldn't be sure whether it was true or not! Now that he has done this, it shows that those scholars are safe and sound at all! I just didn't know that he was going to trick him again. Who? Let’s do this, send a message to our people, tell them not to mess around tomorrow, and let others take the lead first!”
At this point, Zhang Juzheng said seriously: "I know that many of us are very jealous of Tianjin's business! That is a business as valuable as gold and silver! But the more this happens, the more we can't move! You have to tell them what happened this time Don't get involved! If you do, don't blame me for being unkind!"
You Qi has always been convinced of Zhang Juzheng, and he also knows that his master has always tried his best, so he immediately decided that there was something wrong with this matter. He hesitated and said, "Sir, Mr. Zhang Ge's people are very active this time. I'm afraid they will confront Wu Ninghou! I just don't know if he will notice it!"
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a long time before saying: "Father Liu doesn't know this either! But Feng Pan has always been a bit stubborn. It's really hard to say if he is confused by the Liu family's property again!"
You Qi naturally knew Zhang Juzheng's little thoughts, and wished that Zhang Siwei would fall into trouble, so he immediately said with a smile: "I hope Wu Ninghou's family has a stronger family background! This will attract people!"
Zhang Juzheng smiled when he heard this and said: "You old man is here to talk nonsense! Go and do things quickly!"
