Emperor Wanli waited until he had finished looking at all the treasures, picked up the tea cup to moisten his dry throat, and then said: "Zhang Jia, what happened just now? You look unhappy!"
Zhang Jia pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "Long live my lord, the people below just received the news that Feng Daban took away one million taels of the two million taels of silver sent to the palace! He said he wanted to use it. There are more places for money! And the life of Long Live Master should not be too extravagant. It is better to spend less money on some money!"
When Emperor Wanli heard this, he immediately threw his cup and started yelling at the door! Although he didn't use many curse words, it was enough to express his anger!
Liu Haojia watched all this with cold eyes. He obviously knew that Zhang Jia filled in the last sentence in private! But he also knew that Zhang Jia dared to bring in private goods so blatantly, which meant that similar things must have happened before! In other words, Feng Bao still lacks enough respect and respect for Emperor Wanli as before!
When Emperor Wanli finally finished scolding everyone and sat down angrily, Liu Haojia whispered: "Zhang Banban, I see this posture, why does it seem like something similar has happened before?"
After hearing these words, Emperor Wanli became angry again! He slammed the table and said loudly: "Zhang Jia, tell him! There is no need to hide anything!"
Zhang Jia smiled bitterly and explained! It turns out that Liu Haojia’s guess was right, similar things have happened more than once! And according to Zhang Jia, the most decisive person in the palace now is Empress Dowager Li, and the second one is Feng Bao!
Feng Bao controls the Si Li Jian, the Royal Horse Jian and the Jing Army! It can be said that he holds great power, and he has countless accomplices in the palace! I’m afraid I can’t even count my godsons and grandchildren!
Although Zhang Jia used Emperor Wanli's power to actively fight back, the results were not great! Even Dongchang got it with the help of Liu Haojia! There has finally been some improvement in operation so far, but it still pales in comparison to Feng Bao!
Feng Bao has been in great power these years, and his mentality has become somewhat unbalanced! Especially since he felt that he had made great contributions to the royal family, he acted wantonly in the palace! Whatever he wants to do must be done! So I have deeply offended Emperor Wanli for a long time!
But to Emperor Wanli, money and things were nothing. As an emperor, these things can always be solved! What really made him unbearable was that through Feng Bao's central presiding, Empress Dowager Li, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng formed a strong iron triangle relationship, completely controlling the power inside and outside the palace! It might be a bit excessive to say that Emperor Wanli was a puppet, but he definitely had no say!
For an emperor, the most intolerable thing is the loss of power! Especially when Emperor Wanli was young and energetic, his delay in taking power was a torture for him! So he was extremely disgusted with Feng Bao!
Especially when Zhang Jia found out that Feng Bao was moving around, intending to get himself a title, Emperor Wanli completely lost his last trace of patience with Feng Bao! It can even be said that he wants to get rid of it quickly!
In Emperor Wanli's heart, all eunuchs and maids were slaves and tools for his own use! Now your friend wants to seek a knighthood. What do you want to do? Do you want to depose the emperor in the next step like those bastards in the late Tang Dynasty? So because of Feng Bao's incident, even Emperor Wanli and Empress Dowager Li were estranged a lot! .
After hearing Zhang Jia's words, Emperor Wanli said loudly: "Liu Aiqing, tell me, is Feng Bao looking for death?"
Liu Haojia thought for a while and said: "Although Feng Daban said that he was not in line with Long Live Lord's wishes, if he said that he had a way to die, it would indeed be too much! However, Long Live Lord might as well wait for a while. You must know that if God wants him to die, he must die. How crazy!"
Emperor Wanli was unhappy when he heard the first half of the words, but he was happy when he heard the second half and said, "That's interesting! Do you mean that Feng Bao is about to be unlucky?"
Liu Haojia can no longer remember how Feng Bao died, but he has lived in the Ming Dynasty for a long time and already knows that Feng Bao's approach will never last long!
It is already taboo for eunuchs to interfere in politics, and he also wants to seek a title. This is something that all civil and military officials cannot tolerate! Once this news is released, I'm afraid it will be opposed by everyone! So Liu Haojia said: "About Feng Daban
Regarding the matter of seeking a knighthood, now he only has this idea but has not put it into action, so we can do some writing on this point! "
Emperor Wanli said: "If you have any idea, tell me immediately. I've long seen him impatient! I've always wanted to kill him, but I just haven't had the chance!"
Emperor Wanli was filled with murderous intent when he said this. It seemed that he had no patience with Feng Bao at all! And even I looked very interested! Because he is the emperor's absolute confidant, normally, his position as Chief Eunuch Bingbi should be his, but he has always been firmly controlled by Feng Bao. He has long wanted to seize this powerful position!
Liu Haojia said slowly: "I heard that what Zhang Banban just said was that Feng Bao had the idea of seeking a knighthood. Is this true? Who has he told this idea to?"
Zhang Jia nodded repeatedly and said, "This is definitely correct! It's just that he is just discussing with his godson and grandsons and has not taken any action. This is not a crime!"
Liu Haojia said: "Zhang Banban, this is not a crime! First of all, the nobles will object if he seeks to be granted a title! The titles of the nobles are either due to their ancestors who accompanied Taizu or Taizong in bloody battles. What you get is either a position gained through fighting bravely and gradually accumulating meritorious deeds! If a eunuch is knighted, doesn't it mean that their ancestors are on the same level as the eunuch! So they must be opposed to it!"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "Yes, they will definitely object! But nobles do not have much say in the court, so their objections will not have much effect!"
Liu Haojia continued: "Then it depends on the second group of people, that is, the civil servants! In fact, you civil servants also want to be knighted, but Taizu has already ordered that no knighthood can be granted without military merit! This blocks the civil servants from granting titles. The road to a knighthood! But a title that can pass down the family is what they have been striving for! In the same way, once the news that Feng Bao wants to be knighted comes out, they will definitely oppose it as a group! From the perspective of civil servants, they seek to be knighted. Yes, at least they all have meritorious service to the country! But if a eunuch like you, who is physically disabled, is ranked above them, they will definitely not do it!"
