Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth to speak, but Liu Haojia beat him to it and said, "Sir, I will ask you a few questions. I hope you will answer them truthfully!"
Zhang Juzheng had roughly guessed what Liu Haojia was going to ask, but he couldn't refuse at this time! Because even if he wanted to stop me, he probably couldn't, so he could only nodded and said, "Just ask!"
Liu Haojia threw the file in his hand back to Xiaoqi, and then said loudly: "Master Chief Assistant, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, I have the power to supervise all officials! So I would like to ask, is it wrong for the Jinyi Guard to arrest corrupt officials?"
Zhang Juzheng's face immediately turned red when he heard this! How should he answer this question? If he dared to answer that he was right, it would be equivalent to endorsing Liu Haojia's arrest of officials, and would be opposed by the entire Japanese class! But if he was wrong, all his wisdom would be in vain if he wrote it down in the history books!
Fortunately, Liu Haojia was not prepared to let him answer. He then asked: "Master Chief Assistant, in the past, the official did not mention the situation of Jinyiwei! But after Xiaguan took over Jinyiwei, every case he handled was solid and solid. We have the irrefutable evidence, but why are we being opposed and even slandered by hundreds of officials? Is this right?"
Liu Haojia paused and took a deep breath again and said loudly: "The officials from the Ministry of Revenue were able to float away 30% of the silver supplies before leaving the yard, but I was attacked by a group of people for using some silver! This kind of thief slanders others. Is it the right thing to do as a thief?”
"Civil officials enjoy a higher status than the warriors, but they insist on denouncing the warriors as vulgar warriors! But without these vulgar warriors guarding the border, the Japanese would have invaded long ago! But in this case, they have to be deducted Is this right?"
"A group of officials who claim to have read the books of saints and sages preach about benevolence, justice and morality, but behind their backs they engage in male thieves and female prostitutes. However, such people hold high positions and live in eight seats. Is this right? The result is now Even Jin Yiwei's pursuit of corrupt officials is like breaking a law of heaven and must be hindered from all sides, is that right?"...
Then Liu Haojia asked five or six questions in a row, asking whether Zhang Juzheng was right? Finally, he said: "Master Chief Assistant, please answer these things! If you are right to say these things, I will immediately burn all these files without saying a word, resign from the post of commander of the Jinyi Guards, and guard the country from now on. Stay at home and don’t go out again!”
The officials were kneeling on the ground, shouting loudly in their hearts that Zhang Juzheng should say "Yes!" But they also knew that it was impossible at this time, and in the end they could only sigh secretly in their hearts, but they hated Liu Haojia to the core. !
At this time, Zhang Juzheng was standing in the middle of the hall but felt extremely lonely! He knew that standing behind him should be several elders from the same group as him, but now he couldn't feel their breath at all! He was sure that these people must have lowered their heads and looked down, as if they were a big tree!
And none of the officials kneeling on the ground dared to raise their heads, lest Emperor Wanli see them! He was left standing alone in the hall, enduring Liu Haojia's accusations again and again!
At this moment, Zhang Juzheng suddenly thought that before he entered the officialdom, he had thought that one day he would be able to stand in court, assist the king, shepherd the people, and be a good official with a reputation for generations! But the reality told him that this road would not work at all! ..
If he wants to do something, he must first satisfy the desires of his officials at all levels, otherwise nothing will work! He wanted to cultivate some new forces, but as soon as these people entered the officialdom, they were stained with darkness! Although on the surface it seems that all officials are supporting him, in fact, once he does something that harms their interests, they will abandon him without hesitation!
And the gentry, who are the main body of this country, continue to steal property from the national treasury while concealing the tax population! If he hadn't turned the tide, I'm afraid the war would have started by now!
But Zhang Juzheng still came to his senses after thinking of this! He knew that he was the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and this country must be sustained by him! He must not let this old empire come to an end!
Thinking of this, he slowly said: "Marquis Wu Ning, this is not how to run a country! This will plunge the entire Ming Dynasty into chaos! Do you have to know how much chaos your arrest of officials will cause to the whole court?
You have to think about the overall situation! "
When the officials heard this, they still lowered their heads, but they were proud in their hearts! If you want to govern the world, you have to rely on civil servants like them! If you want to punish them, you must be prepared for the country to become chaotic! It seems that this time Prime Minister Zhang comes out to act as guarantee, and this test should be passed safely!
But when Emperor Wanli heard this, he suddenly grabbed the paperweight in his hand and was filled with anger! But then he loosened his fingers again, because he also knew that what Zhang Juzheng said was right!
He has now received reports from Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, saying that many local officials have been arrested and a lot of things have been backlogged. If it cannot be filled in time, problems will occur sooner or later! But this feeling of being unable to control the overall situation made his anger double!
Liu Haojia had long expected that he would not be able to answer his questions directly, but he did not expect that Zhang Juzheng would accuse him of not having a sense of the overall situation! So when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, so much that Zhang Juzheng was a little surprised! Even Zhang Siwei and others behind him looked confused! They winked at each other, thinking that Liu Haojia was crazy?
After Liu Haojia stopped laughing, he said loudly: "Master Chief Assistant, you said that I don't have a big picture view? Okay, I will let you see what a big picture view means! Bring out the general roster!"
When Xiao Qi behind him heard this, he immediately dropped everything in his hands on the ground, took out two rosters, one large and one small, and handed them over.
Liu Haojia grabbed the roster and stuffed it into Zhang Juzheng's hands, and then said loudly: "Master Chief Assistant, the two rosters in your hand are the most accurate records of Jinyiwei. You can verify it yourself later! Now I can tell you responsibly. , the thick list is the list of officials who were found to have committed crimes this time by Jinyiwei, and it does not include past crimes, but only the list of officials who have committed corruption after a large amount of money was allocated this year! As for the thin list, it is the list of officials arrested List of arrested officials! I can tell you seriously that the number of people I actually arrested is less than one-third of the officials who actually committed the crime! If I really want to arrest people, I will be able to catch all the officials in the Ming Dynasty. Yes! If this is called not having a view of the overall situation, then please tell me, Sir, Chief Assistant, what does it mean to not have a view of the overall situation?"
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