Although Zhang Juzheng looked calm when he heard this, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart! He looked at the eyes of Emperor Wanli and him looking at each other calmly, and suddenly felt that he was a little old! Emperor Wanli was just an ignorant child back then, but now he has become proficient in using political exchange tactics!
Now Emperor Wanli has made conditions. The promotion of Shenji Camp can be left to the cabinet, and the reputation will belong to you! But correspondingly, the cabinet must also bear the pressure from the officialdom! Everyone here knows very well how many officials those salt merchants have bought over the years, and how many disciples they have trained to enter the court! How deep their foundation is, how terrifying the backlash will be!
But is Zhang Juzheng afraid of this? He certainly won't! As the second person in the world, what he wants in his heart is to revive the Ming Dynasty and leave his name in history! How could he let go of such a great achievement? But he really wants to know what he has to pay to get this merit?
But after Zhang Juzheng glanced at the two confessions, he had roughly guessed what Emperor Wanli wanted. So he immediately said: "Your Majesty has this idea, it is really a blessing to all people! I will bear this matter fully!"
When Emperor Wanli heard what Zhang Juzheng said, he knew that Zhang Juzheng was waiting for him to make an offer, so he smiled and said, "In this case, it will be hard for you, sir! But having said that, this matter also requires the supervision of Jinyiwei. And Jinyiwei has been doing a lot of work these years. I'm feeling a little tired, and I want to arrange for someone else to take over the affairs of Jinyiwei! Please help me consider candidates, sir!"
Zhang Juzheng heard this and asked knowingly: "I wonder if your Majesty has anyone you like?"
Emperor Wanli's eyes flashed and he said, "Wu Ning Marquis Liu Haojia is quite capable. I thought he could take over the Imperial Guard!"
But Zhang Juzheng didn't want Liu Haojia to take over! Because Jinyiwei is an intelligence agency and has a very high ability to collect intelligence! This is of great significance to him as the first assistant! If a chief minister cannot be sharp and clear, he will be fooled to death by the officials below!
And Liu Haojia has always been inclined towards Emperor Wanli. If he were to take over the Jinyiwei, he would never share the information with him. Then he would be like a deaf and blind man in the future! So he brushed his beard and said: "I know that Jinyiwei promoted a commanding officer some time ago. He has been working for many years and is experienced and experienced. In my opinion, it is much better for him to take over Jinyiwei than Wu Ninghou!" After all, Wu Ninghou is still young and still needs some experience!"
Emperor Wanli smiled and said, "I know who you are talking about! It's just that this person has been in Jinyiwei for many years but has no achievements and is extremely mediocre! Although Wu Ninghou is young, he has done many great things since he became an official, which shows his ability. Outstanding! Moreover, Wu Ninghou should also know the principles of Xiao's rules and Cao Sui, there are some rules that he will not mess with."
Zhang Juzheng understood that this was the condition set by Emperor Wanli! In other words, Emperor Wanli can guarantee that Liu Haojia's rules of sending various intelligence to the Prime Minister's Mansion will not change after he takes over the Jinyi Guards! However, it’s hard to say whether there is any concealment and whether the sequence will change! So Zhang Juzheng was a little hesitant!
Because information is too important to him, except for extremely critical information, it does not matter to him whether it is delivered late or early. But if Liu Haojia really wanted to hide something from him, then the problem would be serious enough to cause him to make errors in judgment! But when he is in his position, he is walking on thin ice every day, and he cannot afford the losses caused by errors in judgment!
When Emperor Wanli saw that Zhang Juzheng was silent, he hurriedly said: "Sir, if you want to say that Wu Ninghou has some preferences, he must have some preferences! But sir, you should also be able to see something, that is, this man still has a public heart in doing things!"
Zhang Juzheng understood that this was Emperor Wanli telling him in a subtle way, not to worry that Liu Haojia would be disadvantageous to him if he mastered Jinyiwei, and would deliberately hide and modify some things! As long as it is for official matters, he can vouch for Liu Haojia, but he will not make any guarantee for matters other than official matters!
Thinking of this, Zhang Juzheng felt a little sad! The little man in front of me has grown up and has begun to demand his rights like the emperors in the past!
In fact, he only recalled now that when Liu Haojia arranged for a thousand military police to stay in the capital in the name of collecting taxes, it was the first step for the emperor to seize power! He wants to ensure his own safety first before taking full action! Sure enough, the next step was to seize the East
factory!
In the past two years, Zhang Jia washed and rinsed the palace again and again, killing and injuring countless palace maids and eunuchs! Now two major factions have formed in this palace, one is the Feng Bao faction, and the other is the Zhang Jia faction! The two sides are already incompatible with each other! However, Feng Bao still has the upper hand, simply because he has the great Buddha of Queen Mother Li behind him!
But Zhang Juzheng also knows one thing, that is, the final winner must be Zhang Jia! Because Emperor Wanli behind him is too young and has plenty of time to gradually strengthen himself! And once Empress Dowager Li gets older and starts to stop doing things, it will be the end of Feng Bao!
Thinking of this, he sighed in his heart, and then said with a smile: "If Wu Ninghou can promise to serve the public wholeheartedly, I have no objection to him being in Jinyiwei!"
The reason why Zhang Juzheng agreed so happily was because he knew that he could not stop Liu Haojia from ascending to the throne! Even if he forcibly arranges a person to be the commander, I am afraid that Liu Haojia will slowly oust him! Because he has the emperor behind him, he can completely cannibalize the Jin Yiwei bit by bit from within!
But he himself cannot blatantly help the new commander! You, a prime minister, interfere with the emperor's personal army. What do you want to do? Want to rebel? Therefore, he can accept the surrender of the commander of the Jinyiwei, but he cannot take the initiative to participate in the internal affairs of the Jinyiwei! ap.
So up to this point, the two people had an exchange of interests. Zhang Juzheng achieved the unprecedented feat of promoting low-price salt to the world, and he could take this opportunity to further sort out the officials and continue to control the court!
But the price paid is that from today on, the imperial guards will be controlled by the emperor's confidants! But fortunately, the information will not be missing! Although this has yet to be verified, Zhang Juzheng is not worried that Emperor Wanli will regret it! Because he knew that Emperor Wanli cherished the Ming Dynasty as much as he did, and would not allow Liu Haojia to come!
Moreover, Liu Haojia has never neglected public affairs for personal reasons from the beginning to the present, at least his character is trustworthy. But in the future, if Zhang Juzheng wants to handle some personal matters through Jinyiwei, it may not be so convenient! What's even more interesting is that during the entire process of the exchange of interests between the two people, Liu Shouyou, the victim, was not even mentioned by name!
