Liu Haojia laughed and said, "Other than those few pavilion elders, who can compete with me?"
At this time, Liu Xing suddenly clapped his hands and said, "I understand! You are afraid that the elders will gang up on you!"
Liu Haojia nodded and said: "That's right! Now these pavilion elders are all working on their own, and those who stand out will be competed with each other, so they are not afraid of facing any of their officers alone! But if they work together to deal with me, then this officer The officer is in danger!"
Gu Changhong also said as if he was just waking up from his dream: "Isn't that what Prime Minister Zhang means..."
Liu Haojia said: "You are right! He just wants to use my hands to weaken other pavilion elders, and then attract them to deal with me! If he comes forward to call for it, all the pavilion elders will definitely work hard and hope that Others compete with me so that I can reap the benefits! But as long as they themselves suffer losses, they will have the motivation to deal with me! So how can I do what he wants! So I simply use my strength to fight against everyone. The elder Ge’s men have all been dealt with!”
Liu Xing said in confusion: "Wouldn't this offend all the elders? Will Mr. Zhang and Tan Miao work together to deal with the adults?"
Liu Haojia said proudly: "If everyone loses, it means there is no loss! Because everyone's strength has been reduced in the same proportion, but they are still the same! So it will return to the previous situation! Xiang is teasing me, but I How can anyone take advantage of it so easily, not even the chief minister of a great name!"
Gu Changhong and Liu Xing were sincerely convinced after hearing these domineering words. After saluting, they withdrew to do their work. They know that this big storm is brewing, and when it breaks out, it will probably shock the world!
Originally, Zhang Juzheng's master and servant were laughing very happily at this time, but it didn't take long for them to stop laughing! Because ever since the Henan Mansion filed the paperwork to report his merits, things have been completely out of his control!
First, Lu Hongwei of Henan Prefecture wrote directly to Emperor Wanli, explaining what he had done, the list of arrests, and the amount of stolen silver. Since the Jin Yiwei were the emperor's personal soldiers, they did not have to go through the court if they wanted to submit a memorial.
In the past, when Liu Shou was here, memorials would be sent to Zhang Juyi first, then to the cabinet, and finally to the palace. But now that Liu Haojia has taken power, this rule has been removed! All the news was reviewed by Liu Haojia and sent directly to the palace. It was screened by Emperor Wanli before being forwarded to the cabinet! So when Emperor Wanli took a copy of the memorial and cursed it at the imperial court in the early morning, all the officials were confused! ..
It was only after Zhang Jia finished reading the thick memorial that they knew what had happened! At this time, Emperor Wanli was even more angry! He banged the table and said loudly: "Eighty percent of the officials in this government are corrupt, and the rest are petty officials with little power. They have no chance to share the money, so they didn't take it! And the local gentry and scholars actually You dare to provoke the people to attack the Yamen and cause trouble! Is this world still the world of the Ming Dynasty? Zhang Jia, Dongchang sent people to investigate carefully for me! All the officials and gentry who committed the crime will be taken over by Dongchang! As for the gentry who made trouble, all of them will be stripped Because of his fame, he will not be allowed to enter the official position for life!"
When Emperor Wanli finally finished venting his anger, the pale-faced Shen Shixing knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am guilty! That Lu Jinhan is my student! He committed such a serious crime because of my unfavorable restraint. Your Majesty, please Condemned!"
Emperor Wanli waved his hands irritably and said, "Mr. Shen Ge, get up. This matter has nothing to do with you. It is Lu who is seeking death!"
Seeing Emperor Wanli's resolute attitude, Shen Shixing did not intercede for the students. After kowtow, he got up and returned to the class. However, Zhang Siwei came out and said, "Your Majesty, the corruption of all officials in Henan Prefecture does not need to be handled by Dongchang. Even the Jin Yiwei should be withdrawn and handed over directly to Dali Temple for interrogation!"
When Emperor Wanli heard this, his extinguished anger was rekindled. He slapped the table and said, "Dali Temple takes over? Do you want to play the trick of your officials protecting each other? In the end, big things will become trivial and trivial things will disappear."
Zhang Siwei was shocked when he heard this! His original intention was to come out to improve the official's favorability, but he didn't expect Emperor Wanli to be so disrespectful! So he hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, what I mean is..."
Emperor Wanli patted the imperial case again and said, "Really? What? Do you still want to talk about Dali Temple?"
The officials are all well-educated and moral people. They will not take bribes, bend the law, or engage in malpractice for personal gain, right? But aren’t the officials in Henan Prefecture now scholars? "
Now Emperor Wanli fired the map a little too hard, trapping all the civil servants in the hall! But these civil servants just blushed and passed away! In fact, just as Emperor Wanli said, once this case is taken over by other yamen, in the end, the big thing will be reduced to a small thing, and the small thing will be nothing! After all, we all belong to the same lineage as civil servants, so we should always show some kindness to each other!
But unexpectedly, Emperor Wanli then said loudly: "Normally, you all say that military officers are vulgar and unfit for use! Now it seems that you civil servants are worse than military officers! I only found out after reading the memorial that the imperial court allocated people to build river embankments. He actually spent 70% of the money! I really want to turn all the money into juice and pour it into their mouths!"
After hearing Emperor Wanli's words, the corners of Zhang Juzheng's mouth twitched twice. He glanced at Zhang Siwei covertly and saw that his expression was even worse than before! I couldn't help but smile in my heart! He knew that this was just the beginning, and he was afraid that more cases would be reported to the court, which would definitely be more interesting by then!
But when the matter got here, he couldn't let him intensify it anymore! So Zhang Juzheng stood up and said: "Your Majesty, please be careful what you say! Your Majesty is the emperor. There are certain things you should not say randomly!"
At this time, Emperor Wanli's anger was almost gone. When Zhang Juzheng came forward to teach him a lesson, he stepped down and said, "I understand, thank you sir!"
After he finished speaking, he said to Zhang Jia: "You should keep an eye on the affairs of Henan Mansion. If there is any progress, report to me immediately! Retreat from the imperial court!"
After Emperor Wanli retired from the court, the officials discussed leaving the hall. Zhang Juzheng and several pavilion elders were naturally walking together. At this time, Zhang Siwei said to Shen Shixing: "You student is too bold! You actually stole 70% of the money used to build the river embankment. No wonder your majesty is furious!" "
Shen Shixing knew that Zhang Siwei was secretly making fun of himself. But he was not annoyed, he just shook his head and sighed and said: "Lu Jinhan also came from a poor family. He should know the sufferings of the people! But he didn't expect to become like this after serving as an official for so many years. I feel very sad in my heart! But I can't recognize this student. !」
