In the spring of the second year of Jiajing, whether it was Zhu Houxi or Wang Yue, they were all busy. First of all, the Son of Heaven sacrificed heaven and earth in the southern suburbs, and worked for many days.

There was another warning signal from the nine sides, and the Mongols tried to enter the Kou, but fortunately, the scale was not large, and the troops of the border army were dispatched to deal with it.

Then there was a famine in Liaodong, and Zhu Houxi ordered Wang Yue to be the envoy of disaster relief, carrying 200,000 taels to Liaodong to represent the Son of Heaven and provide relief to the victims.

Coincidentally, this year is another year of Dabi.

Last year, Tang Bohu won the grand occasion of Enke's champion, still vivid, and this year there are thousands of scholars, gearing up, wanting to win the Toad Palace, in one fell swoop, so as to be among the scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

In the midst of all the excitement, the only one who feels lost is probably the scholars in Zhejiang. As a province with a strong imperial examination, Zhejiang's students have always been popular candidates for the top prize.

Jinke is no exception.

Yao Lai, from Cixi, Zhejiang, had high hopes, and several Hanlin commented on his articles, even treating him as a colleague. You must know that there are no pavilions to choose this year. Being able to enter the Hanlin Academy means that this person has at least the strength of the top three.

In the face of the envy and admiration of countless people, this great talent was not happy at all, he rejected several humanities associations one after another, and locked himself in the inn, listless and unhappy.

"The fathers and elders of my hometown are still in dire straits, the flames of war are poisonous, the blades are killed, the day and night are restless, and the blood stains the sea sand...... My generation is drinking and singing in the capital, enjoying glory and wealth, how can this wine be eaten? Yao Lai sighed.

The young man opposite is Yao Lai's fellow villager, and he is also quite famous, this person is called Wu Peng.

He sighed helplessly, "You and I are just scholars, and we are powerless." You can't go into battle to kill the enemy and defend your home and country! Instead of sighing here, it is better to do a good job in the imperial examination, have a reputation, become an official, or go to the imperial court, rectify coastal defense, beat the Japanese invaders, and return the hometown to a peaceful father, don't you say? ”

Wu Peng was enthusiastic, but Yao Lai was not happy at all.

"I thought the same thing a few days ago, and I mentioned it to a few officials in Jiangnan, who knew that they actually said that the disease of scabies is not worth mentioning, saying that the Japanese are just poor people at sea, robbing their stomachs, and the court doesn't need to pay attention to it at all, as long as the city is closed, over time, the sea will naturally be peaceful."

"Let ......" Wu Peng wanted to scold, but swallowed back his words, "These officials don't understand anything at all, they should have been expelled from the court a long time ago and replaced by some new ones." ”

Yao Lai smiled, he didn't think much of his friend's opinion.

"If we become the officials of the imperial court, will we really have the courage to sweep away the Japanese and restore peace to the sea?"

Wu Peng took a deep breath and was extremely helpless, "For so many years, the Japanese have been in turmoil, coming to loot and kill from time to time, and it has become more and more serious over the years. The officials and troops of the imperial court are vulnerable, and some places are even stronger, colluding with the Japanese in everything, and doing the business of having children without ass! They're damned! ”

Wu Peng slapped the table angrily, and there was a bang.

But as soon as he turned his head, Wu Peng lamented again: "In the world, everyone knows it, and there are few things that everyone doesn't say?" There's really nothing we can do about it! ”

"No!" Yao Lai shook his head suddenly, "We can go to the book!" ”

"Books?" Wu Peng was surprised: "We are not officials, how can we go to the book?" ”

Yao Lai said: "I asked, the recent two science scholars, and the past is very different, such as Zhang Xuan Zhang Ge Lao, he to the world's big disadvantages for the scholars to break the problem, won the champion in one fell swoop, but also created the fastest record to enter the cabinet, last year's Enke champion White Tiger Gong, he united with the new branch of the Jinshi, together with the book, support the ceremony, in Zuo Shunmen, and those old ministers openly fight, how amazing! ”

"I'm going to go to the book too! Join the scholars and go to the book together...... Ask the imperial court to send troops to deal with the Japanese and relieve the people of Zhejiang! Yao Lai stared at Wu Peng, his clear eyes were full of determination.

"Brother Wu, as Zhejiang, we are expected by the people, if we can't speak for the people, even if we become officials, what is the use? It's just the scum of the corpse vegetarian meal! You tell me? ”

Wu Peng was thrilled by what Yao Lai said, but he was very worried.

"We don't have a Zhongjin Shi now, and rushing to the book will inevitably anger the princes of the court, in case we offend people, how can we do it?"

Yao Lai sighed softly, "You don't want your official position, you can't lose your conscience!" If Brother Wu doesn't want to, only I will be able to read by myself! ”

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and the two of them were stunned and looked outside at the same time.

I saw a delicate-looking little man walking in from outside.

The visitor bowed deeply at Yao Lai.

"In the Xu Jie, I wanted to visit, but I just heard the conversation between the two outside, so I took the liberty to disturb...... If you two are willing, the servant is willing to join your name! ”

Finally, the officialdom, which had been silent for a long time, made waves.

Led by Yao Lai, Wu Peng, Xu Jie and others, more than 40 scholars from Jiangnan collectively signed a joint letter, asking the imperial court to rescue the people of Zhejiang!

When this 10,000-word book was delivered, the Ministry of Rites became noisy.

It was easy to persuade the Son of Heaven to dispel the idea of asking about the sin of the country, and it was only a few days after the peace, and a group of little rabbit cubs who had not grown all their hair dared to point fingers at the court, and they didn't know how thick the sky was!

The Great Gift Discussion has ended, and you still want to rely on opportunism to ascend to a high position?

Dream on!

You don't have a chance.

These people must be disqualified from the examination and let them go back to their hometowns.

If you are not in your position and do not seek your own government, if everyone points fingers at the court, won't the world be chaotic!

Severely punished, must be severely punished!

Luo Qinshun did not hesitate and prepared to show his sword.

However, as the second-in-command, Wang Jun, the left waiter, was a little hesitant, "Ministry, these scholars are young and reckless, which is understandable. What's more, their fame is not small, if they are punished, it is inevitable that some people will say that the imperial court suppresses scholars and bullies Shilin, but it is not beautiful. The lower officials thought that they still couldn't ignore Zhejiang. ”

Luo Qinshun rolled his eyes, "What's the matter?" Do you want to send troops? ”

"Of course not!"

Wang Jun said: "I mean to take out some silver money and send it down, which can be regarded as an explanation to the people of Zhejiang." ”

Luo Qinshun thought about it, this trick is quite good.

He remembered that this year's budget of the household department was relatively generous, and it was not a problem to take two or three hundred thousand taels at will. Since spending money can solve it, it is not a problem.

He hurried to the household department, but Sun Jiao, the secretary of the household department, only gave him two words: no money!

"Lord Luo, the household department can't take out a penny now, and the empty ones can run mice, if it weren't for the Son of Heaven allocating 300,000 yuan from the inside, all the officials would be released!"

"No!" Luo Qinshun didn't believe it at all, "Last year, the commercial tax alone increased by 500,000 taels, plus the promotion of Qingzhang, the field tax also increased, and there was also a salt tax, and His Majesty abolished so many town guards and eunuchs, and the expenses in the palace were reduced." Even the emperor's wedding didn't use much money from the treasury, how could there be no money? ”

Sun Jiao glared at him, "No is nothing, no matter how you say it!" ”

Luo Qinshun was also angry, he left from the household department and immediately went to investigate.

The old man wants to see where the money has gone.

Luo Qinshun didn't care about this investigation, he found that an expenditure of 500,000 taels was used for the Yangtze River Water Division, and Tang Qing, the general soldier of the river defense, was also transferred to the capital, and it has been several months.

Where is Tang Qing?

Where did the money go?

It can't be that the money is running away, right?

When the news came out, the officials of the science and technology took action one after another. This time, both the household department and the military department couldn't hide it, and there was indeed an expense that was used as military salary. What are these salaries used for...... It is to requisition ships, hire sailors, send fleets, and go to the Japanese country to ask for guilt!

What the?

Without discussion in the imperial court, everyone was hidden, and the most important thing was to send a general army of Jiangfang over...... If this is defeated, won't it be a loss of face for Daming?

How could the emperor do that!

The officials were mobilized, and this time more information was revealed, more than 1,000 people of the forbidden army were transferred, and dozens of ships were requisitioned in the port of Tianjin.

Seeing this, the officials went crazy.

It's just such a pitiful force, and it's a completely patchwork motley army.

Do you want to travel far across the ocean and go to the Japanese country to show off your might?

Isn't this brain-dead?

It's just a child's play for military affairs!

Back then, Mengyuan had hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of warships, what was this enough to do?

Delivery?

His Majesty's actions are simply ...... Child!

I don't know how thick the sky is, it's really nonsense.

This must not be the idea of the Son of Heaven, our honest emperor will not do such a ridiculous thing, it is all to blame Wang Yue, it must have been done by this minister!

After reaching this conclusion, all the speakers boiled.

Impeach!

Impeachment by all means!

Others say that it is better to wait for the results and then go to the book. Those who are anxious don't want to wait at all, what are they dreaming about? It is estimated that this person will never come back.

Perhaps, they didn't even make it easy for them to be a wolf, so they fell into the sea and fed the fish.

Losing power and humiliating the country, raising troops at will, wasting state funds and people's wealth, violating the ancestral system, and destroying vassal relations...... The big hats came one after the other.

A thousand words and one sentence: Please Your Majesty kill the minister Wang Yue!

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