Moreover, there is a quarrel between the nobles and the civil officials now. As the emperor, if you express your support for the nobles, it will send a very bad signal to the civil servants! That's why Emperor Wanli pretended to be ignorant and let the whole matter go!
But then he became frustrated and found that he had gained a lot of new benefits! Because he found that his voice in the court had significantly increased! The performance is that Zhang Juzheng does some things according to his wishes without causing any harm! In the past, this situation was simply impossible!
After all, Emperor Wanli was not really good at coordinating the court and governing the country. Especially when he is still young and inexperienced, his opinions are bound to have flaws of one kind or another!
Even so, Zhang Juzheng is still willing to obey his wishes, which shows that the civil service group is willing to compromise to some extent! This gave Emperor Wanli unlimited confidence, and instead prompted him to work harder to participate in government affairs!
Moreover, Emperor Wanli has another advantage, that is, he is willing to ask questions that he does not understand without shame! In order to strengthen their influence and presence, the civil servants headed by Zhang Juzheng will naturally actively teach him, hoping that his thinking will be consistent with that of the civil servant group!
At the same time, the nobles have just suffered a lot and have become more honest, and they are busy training their nephews to join the new army! Because Liu Haojia has already hinted to them, this new army will be of great use sooner or later! And it is very likely to be a real war!
The nobles did not expect that the new army would be used in the domestic counter-insurgency war. They just instinctively felt that Liu Haojia was unwilling to accept the current situation and was ready to expand the territory so as to achieve great achievements! So of course they cooperate!
So when the civil servants steadily gave in, the nobles acted honestly, and Emperor Wanli began to take the initiative to fight for rights, a relatively stable balance actually appeared in the court! The stability of the government means the stability of the entire officialdom, which also makes the people calm down!
So in the past year or so, the entire Ming Dynasty has been extremely peaceful! With this period of time, Liu Haojia devoted all his energy to the training of the new army! At the same time, he expanded the strength of the new army to 80,000 people! Not to mention the combat effectiveness, at least he is able to fight whenever he is called upon! It is an army independent of civilian officials!
For Liu Haojia, there are unexpected blessings during this period! In order to compete with the new army under his command, the civilian officials also began to take the initiative to transform the Beijing camp, began to eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and recruited young and strong people for rigorous training! And they began to pay attention to the development of firearms, especially artillery.
But to the despair of the civil officials, the casting of artillery was not smooth sailing! Especially when there are no samples, it is even more difficult to find a way out! So they had to purchase a batch of artillery guns as samples from Liu Haojia!
However, corruption was serious in various workshops under the Ministry of War. Even with samples, it was difficult to make firearms that met the standards. So we had to purchase a large number of firearms from Liu Haojia, which cost a lot of money!
Even so, the training progress in the Beijing camp under the control of civilian officials is not great! And according to Liu Haojia, the so-called new army they trained is far inferior to their own army, not at the same level at all! With this awareness, Liu Haojia naturally started to do his own things boldly and confidently!
Liu Haojia had a busy day. When he returned to his home to enjoy family life, something big happened!
When the incident happened, he was just about to fall asleep. Suddenly, a maid hurried over and reported, "Master, there is someone outside asking to see you! It's Mr. Zhang who comes here often. He said he has urgent matters!"
Zhang Wen is now the link between him and the palace! He hurriedly said that he had something urgent to ask for, and it was definitely not a small matter! So Liu Haojia jumped out of bed when he heard that Zhang Wen was coming, hurriedly put on his coat and went out to welcome him!
As soon as he arrived in the front hall and before he spoke, he saw Zhang Wen spinning around in the front hall like a little donkey pulling a grinder, and his face couldn't help but become a little colder!
Zhang Wen turned around when he heard the sound of the door curtain shaking. When he saw Liu Haojia walking out quickly, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, something big has happened!"
Liu Haojia stopped him and waved everyone to retreat before asking, "What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Zhang Wen was frightened at this time
His face was distorted! He whispered: "Something has happened to the Chief Assistant! The doctor in his palace sent news back to the palace, saying that the person who is the Chief Assistant is most likely poisoned and is in danger!"
When Liu Haojia heard this, his mind was buzzing! He tried hard to recall how Zhang Juzheng died! But in his memory, he should have died of old age and illness, not poisoning! And it was still a year or two before his death. How could something like this happen?
He quickly calmed down and said, "What did Long Live Lord give you?"
Zhang Wen said anxiously: "The ancestors asked the slaves to tell the Marquis that the Lord Long Live told the Marquis to rush to the Chief Assistant's house immediately to see what is going on, and to send the news back to the palace in time!"
Liu Haojia nodded and said, "Yes, I understand! But you should go back immediately and tell Zhang Banban to send all the doctors who are good at detoxification!"
Zhang Wen immediately said: "The ancestors have already given instructions for this matter! I guess they will be almost there by the time the Marquis arrives!"
Liu Haojia said: "In that case, you go back immediately to report the news and say that I know about it! Then you ask Zhang Banpan to send more people to Prime Minister Zhang's home!"
After the two hurriedly agreed, Zhang Wen ran out all the way! At this moment, the door curtain was raised, and Zhang Peijia and Tan Cuiying walked out quickly! It seems that they heard what happened just now!
Liu Haojia rested in Tan Cuiying's room today, but he was called away not long after entering the room! When Tan Cuiying saw something happened, she hurriedly notified Zhang Peijia. Then the two of them eavesdropped behind the door and had already heard a rough idea of what happened!
Liu Haojia saw the frightened expressions on the two people's faces and comforted them and said, "Don't worry! As long as your husband is here, the sky will not fall! Just ask people to guard the inside and outside! In addition, let your father know and ask him to send someone as soon as dawn." Go to the court to ask for leave, then stick to the door and see no one!"...
Zhang Peijia calmed down and said, "Master, I understand and I will make arrangements!"
At this time, Liu Haojia had no time to say anything more to her, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and took his servants to rush to Zhang Juzheng's mansion.
Although they met several groups of patrolling soldiers along the way, when they saw that it was the head of Jinyiwei who came in person, they naturally got out of the way! So he rushed to Zhang Juzheng's house as quickly as possible! According to past rules, the door to Zhang Ju's residence would not be opened, so he led his people to stop at the side door!
