The platform call in the first year of Wanli lasted for four full hours. In the meantime, because Empress Dowager Li was afraid that the emperor would freeze, Chuan Yi ordered the summons to be moved to Wenyuan Pavilion to continue.
In the meantime, the emperor also ordered a banquet in Wenyuan Pavilion, and he and Yuan Fu should be eating and talking. It was not until the palace door was about to be closed that any courtier saw Zhang Juzheng respectfully escorting the emperor back to the inner palace.
When Yuan Fu glanced at Zhang Juzheng, he saw that Zhang Juzheng's face seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He was neither overjoyed to receive such a special favor nor seemed to be having a dispute with the emperor, so he couldn't help but be curious.
There were a few elites in the Hanlin Academy who went to the house of the living official at night to ask. Unexpectedly, the official's expression also seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and said: "Yuan Fu has said that this grand ceremony should be announced to the world. Why should you bother?" Are you anxious? If I had said it first, I would have been charged." When everyone saw what he said, they dispersed in dismay.
When the official saw that all his colleagues were gone, his legs went limp and he sat down on the ground in his house, secretly saying: "The lives of the three clans have been saved."
In the following days, Zhang Juzheng went to express his gratitude first, and his words were sincere, including "The Lord has given you the unexpected kindness, and treated me with great courtesy, and I am deeply grateful for it", and "The words of the king and father are sincere, and the minister is full of kindness." I am so grateful" and other words.
Although there was no mention of the content of the summons, he was only grateful for the summons, but at the same time he also asked for permission to make the content of the summons known to the world.
The emperor's edict was powerful. Zhang Juzheng was specially promoted to be the Grand Tutor of the Zuozhu Kingdom. He was given a salary as a count, and was given a hundred taels of silver and two bullfighting python robes. There are also phrases such as "For an extraordinary person to do extraordinary things, there is no need for the minister to refuse". Zhang Juzheng once again expressed his gratitude.
After hearing this, a hot-eyed official said: "This is the first time I heard that two bullfighting uniforms are given. Can you change them and wear them?" Everyone laughed after hearing this.
It was a pretentious act, and both the government and the public knew that Zhang Juzheng was already in charge of the country, and Pei Ran could not take the lead!
In the spring, the ice on the Yongding River melts and the business travelers at the Tongzhou Canal Wharf are crowded again. The imperial court issued two documents, one "Platform Zhao Duilu", the main content of which is that the emperor and Zhang Juzheng discussed "Chen Liu Shi Shu", which included "provincial discussions, revitalizing disciplines, emphasizing edicts, verifying names and facts, consolidating the foundation of the country, The six articles of "Instructing the Arms and Preparing the Arms" were turned into a question-and-answer dialogue, which was well compiled.
In the last paragraph of "Platform Zhao Duilu", it is written that the emperor stated his aspirations and Zhang Juzheng was happy and encouraged. In fact, not a single sentence of the subsequent dialogue between the two was recorded and all were deleted. Not a single sentence such as the question and answer about family and country, and the debate between Huayi and other countries were left.
The other one is Zhang Juzheng's "Please inspect the chapter and report according to the examination to revise the practical affairs" written by Zhang Juzheng on the platform, with the content of the emperor's red pen comment: "What you said is that if the examination is not successful, how can you have any basis?" Achievements, all these memorials will be carried out according to the agreement."
Later, at the back of the memorial, there was a long sentence written by the emperor's red pen: "Each ministry, academy, and government will follow the examination method. If it is not completed by the end of the year, any person who has money, food, education, relief, river work, theft investigation, etc., from other places will Go to Beijing and give an account in front of me, and those in Beijing will be removed from their posts pending investigation."
The willow cages in Beijing are covered with goose yellow, and when the swallows return north, these two edicts are printed by the General Affairs Department, and along with the express delivery network under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Military Department and the Qing Officials Department, they radiate to the remote areas of the empire with Beijing as the center. And go.
When the news arrived in Nanjing, Nanjing garrison eunuch Li Xiuqing was in the inner hall, wearing only a midriff, waving a big fan, and discussed with a garrison eunuch named Wang Quanzan: "Jinren, what do you think of this edict?"
Wang Jinren held the ink-scented Di newspaper printed by the Secretary of General Affairs in his hand. He thought about it again and again, and then said: "The emperor clearly wants to cheer up. This first step is probably to govern the officials."
Li Xiuqing nodded in agreement, waved her hand to call for her personal attendant, and said: "Please arrange for someone to copy this residence report immediately, send it to Xiaoling Shrine, and give it to Mr. Feng." The personal attendant agreed and took Wang Shaojian's hand. The newspaper I handed over has been arranged.
When Wang Jinren first saw Li Xiuqing arranging such a thing, he couldn't help but ask: "What does Mr. Xiushan mean by this? This Feng Bao is already waiting for death, why are you still so respectful to him?"
Li Xiuqing laughed when he heard this and said: "According to common sense, it really shouldn't be like this. I also knew that Feng Bao was going to die. But did you know that when he left the capital, he was wearing a royal cloak, accompanied by Dongchang fans and Jinyi guards? Who dares to be disrespectful to the army? They came to Nanjing in a carriage without even wearing shackles!"
After saying that, he smiled sinisterly and said, "I thought our family could make a profit. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. The family wealth of the chief ceremonial officer is more than the 400,000 taels mentioned in the residence newspaper?" He sighed and said, "Now, our family can touch it." It’s not up to the emperor, but it’s better to respect Feng Bao!”
The young man was listening, and it felt like there was a needle under his butt, and he couldn't twist it. Not daring to resign suddenly, he inquired: "Is it possible that the emperor still has the intention of resurrecting him?"
Eunuch Li said: "My family doesn't know about this. However, in just a few days, Chen Ju, the admiral of Dongchang, has sent three letters, but they were all handed over to our family. Although I don't know what he wrote, but Feng Bao even didn't have the royal cloak. , With only the covers of these letters, anyone in Nanjing who wants to fish easily has to think carefully!"
Wang Jinren saw sweat on his forehead, and he apologized in a low voice: "I remember that I have an urgent matter to deal with. If you have nothing else to do, Mr. Xiushan, please allow me to take my leave first."
Seeing Li Shoubei nodding, Wang Shaojian took three steps and two steps at a time, and ran out of the guard house. Eunuch Li looked at his back, threw away his fan, and sneered: "You blind thing, you think you won't look up when you get to Nanjing? You deserve some blood!"
Not to mention the curses behind Eunuch Li's back, Wang Quanzan quickly ran back to his private house and called his wife urgently: "Yesterday, our family arranged for the second uncle to go to Xiaoling to find Feng Bao. Has he gone?"
The lady's surname was Xiang, who turned out to be a famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River. She was also the so-called thin horse in Yangzhou. Because she became a false couple with the eunuch Wang, the family and relatives who sold her to her in the past came to find her and got married to the eunuch Wang.
Wang Shaojian came to Nanjing for the first time from Luoyang Garrison Mansion, and he didn't have anyone close to him, so he accepted him. Unexpectedly, the first thing they did was to hit the wall. The three corpses jumped up in panic and pulled their hair with their hands. Seeing that the lady was only obedient and couldn't explain why, she quickly called her servants and went to Xiang Ji's house to look for someone.
After a while, Xiang Ji came. Seeing that Eunuch Wang's face changed, he was surprised and said, "Why are you like this?" When he turned to look at his sister, Mrs. Xiang was also confused. When Young Eunuch Wang saw him coming, he exhaled as if he had seen a phoenix. Asked: "Did you go to Xiaoling today?"
Xiang Ji rubbed his head and said coyly: "I got caught up in something today and didn't go. I'll forgive you."
The young supervisor Wang let out a breath. But I heard my second uncle say: "But I arranged for He Laojiu to go. He Laojiu is cruel and evil. I guess he should have uncovered Feng Baopi by now."
Wang Shaojian's face turned pale, he cried out "Ku Ye" and fell to the ground with a thud.
