Master, do you really plan to contract Ma Zheng to Guo Dan? ”

As soon as Guo Dan left with his front foot, Xu Mao on the side immediately asked.

Although he didn't speak, he was in a cold sweat, and his entire back was already soaked.

Ma Zheng contracted to businessmen?

It sounds both funny and terrifying.

This is to go further and further down the road of death!

Xu Mengxi clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "The old man doesn't want to, they forced the old man to take this step." ”

Xu Mao hurriedly persuaded him: "Master, don't be rash, even if you are willing, this matter is impossible, even if it is a canonization ceremony, Your Majesty will only contract the insignificant part to Guo Dan, I am afraid that it will add fuel to the fire!" ”

"The old man is very calm now." Xu Mengxuan said thoughtfully: "This matter is really not necessarily, because in this way, His Majesty and the celebrant will support the old man." ”

Xu Mao was puzzled: "The villain is stupid, I don't know what the master means by this?" ”

"Guo Dan is His Majesty's person, otherwise, His Majesty would not arrange for him to go to Beizhen Fusi to serve, and His Majesty has always coveted the silver of the Taifu Temple, if Ma Zheng is contracted to Guo Dan, then His Majesty can get the money from the Taifu Temple to bypass the supervision of the household department and the officials, so the old man guesses that His Majesty will definitely support it, so the master of ceremonies will naturally support it."

Xu Mao nodded slightly, and said: "Although what the lord said is not unreasonable, this matter still sounds incredible, even if Your Majesty supports you, the civil and military officials will not agree, if they all oppose it, Your Majesty will not be able to risk the world's condemnation." ”

Xu Mengxuan looked at Xu Mao: "Do you have a better way?" ”

......

......

Palace.

The sky was still bright, and Wanli sat in front of the bronze mirror, with a loveless expression.

Usually Wanli doesn't work so hard, only when he wants to hold a court meeting, he has to get up at this time, which causes him to hate the court meeting more and more, because every court meeting is basically watching the group of ministers pull their skins, and he is no longer active in holding court meetings, but now that the court is like this, he can't do anything, and he has to come out to arbitrate.

Suddenly, he saw two eunuchs carefully holding a crown with twelve strings of pearls slowly approaching through the bronze mirror.

"Wait a minute."

Wanli suddenly raised his hand.

Li Gui on the side hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you command?" ”

Wanli raised his hand and pointed to the crown in the bronze mirror, and said: "This crown is extremely uncomfortable to wear on the head, every time the court meeting ends, I feel that my neck hurts, can't I make it simpler?" ”

Li Gui was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, this is a ritual regulation, the weight, the number of pearls, but there are clear regulations, one or two lighter, one less pearl is not good, it cannot be changed." ”

Wanli couldn't help but sigh, looked at himself in the mirror and said: "It is said that in this world, the emperor is the biggest, but ordinary people can still choose their own comfortable service and clothing, but I can't." ”

With that, he waved his hand sadly.

Li Gui hurriedly took two steps back, and then told the two eunuchs, "You have to be careful. ”

"Yes."

The two eunuchs nodded, then stepped forward and crowned Wanli.

Wanli seemed to see an invisible hand in the mirror, putting a shackle on him.

But as far as the matter is concerned, the civil and military officials are now neatly dressed and standing in front of the palace gate to wait.

I saw that they all closed their eyes and recuperated, and there was no communication between each other at all, usually with this kind of weird atmosphere, there would definitely be a tearing war later.

Obviously, he has already communicated in private, what he wants to talk about later, there is no need to communicate again, if he really has to discuss government affairs, how can they discuss it in private, standing here can also discuss, above board, in other words, this matter is not so above board.

When the fifth watch arrived, the bells and drums rang, the palace gate opened, and the ministers entered the palace gate in turn.

"The emperor has arrived."

The hundred officials immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Wanli came to the front of the door and sat down, swept his eyes, and said loudly: "I have received many discussions about Ma Zheng recently, and I know that there are so many problems in this Ma Zheng. ”

He doesn't want to beat around the bush, and he doesn't want to talk about other things, you guys are here for this, so it's better for me to break it, tear it up quickly, and get off work early after tearing it up.

Since the emperor is so reasonable, the ministers will naturally not be polite.

Yushi Li Zhi took the lead in standing up and said, "Your Majesty, many problems about Ma Zheng, in the final analysis, are still ...... caused by improper management. ”

He made a long speech, discussing the shortcomings of Ma Zheng, saying that every word was very correct, and he couldn't find any mistakes or omissions at all, and he couldn't even pick out a single word, because these problems are known to everyone, and they are not secrets, and this can be said wrong, so he can't be a spokesman.

He first said all the problems, but did not blame anyone, and after he finished speaking, Huang Daxiao stood up in the matter and impeached Xu Menghui as a servant of the temple, turning a blind eye to the issue of Ma Zheng, doing nothing, and demanding that Xu Menghui be dismissed from his post and held accountable.

Many ministers have come out in support of them.

The routine is still the same.

Wanli was drowsy when he heard it, and after they finished the routine, he looked at Xu Mengxi unhurriedly and said, "Xing'anbo." ”

"The old minister is here."

Xu Mengxi hurriedly stood up.

Wanli looked unhappy and said, "What do you have to say?" ”

Xu Mengxi said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Yushi is very right, those problems do exist, and the old minister does not dare to hide them, but Huang gave the matter, and the old minister did not dare to agree with ......." ”

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Huang Daxiao immediately said: "This mismanagement, as a servant of the temple, you can't escape the blame, what's wrong with the lower officials?" ”

Xu Mengxi asked rhetorically: "Did these problems only appear after I took office?" ”

Huang Daxiao said: "You are clearly shirking responsibility, even if you are not causing it, but since you know the existence of these problems, why don't you solve these problems, what is this not a dereliction of duty?" ”

"That's because these problems can't be solved at all."

Xu Mengxi pointed at them and said: "You officials know that it is not the accusation of others, you just point out the problem, but you never say the solution, you really don't have a backache when you stand and talk." ”

He was really a teenager this time, and he said to Wanli: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks he has done a good job, at least it didn't make those problems more serious, if there is anyone in the court, can come up with a solution, the old minister is willing to bow down and confess, if no one can solve these problems, naturally you can't blame the old minister for mismanagement, this can't be solved." ”

These words are really arrogant, and they are undoubtedly a slap in the face of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Huang Daxiao said excitedly: "You are clearly a strong ...... of reasoning." ”

"Hey."

Wanli raised his hand to stop Huang Daxiao from continuing, and said: "I think what Xing Anbo said is not unreasonable, if these problems cannot be solved at all, naturally it is no wonder that Xing Anbo, you Aiqing talk about Ma Zheng, nothing more than hope that Ma Zheng can be improved, this is the most important thing." I wonder now if you have a way to fix these issues, and whether you should be held accountable or not, we'll talk about that later. ”

Huang Daxiao was suddenly a little embarrassed, he was a speech official, and a speech official was a mouth cannon brother, their duties were to supervise civil and military officials, and they were good at reasoning, but they really wanted to solve problems, which was not what they were good at.

Wanli swept his eyes and said, "Is it really as the Taifu Siqing said, these problems cannot be solved?" ”

"Your Majesty."

Wang Jiaping couldn't bear to stand up, "These problems are not unsolvable, in the Hongzhi period, Yang Yiqing, who was then the left deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Taichang Temple, had improved the horse administration of Shaanxi and repelled the Mongolian army, it can be seen that these problems are caused by people, not natural disasters, since they are caused by people, it can naturally be solved." ”

Li Zhi and Huang Daxiao spoke out in support.

It's caused by people.

Shen Shixing closed his eyes and sighed secretly.

Wang Jiaping was also a little depressed, he just talked about things and improved Ma Zheng, the key is that Xu Mengxi slapped his face when he said it, if the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces can't solve this problem, and if it spreads, it will make the world laugh off their big teeth.

Xu Mengxuan said: "Scholar Wang, that means you have a way to solve these problems?" ”

Wang Jiaping glanced at Xu Mengxi and said, "I think that although this matter is not to blame Xing'anbo, it is not impossible to solve. ”

Xu Mengxuan said: "The number of war horses is decreasing year by year, not all due to mismanagement, one of the very important reasons is that the pasture is decreasing year by year, if Scholar Wang has the ability to solve this problem, then I will immediately bow down and confess." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were all shocked, including Zhu Yingzhen, the prince of Chengguo.

Is this old man going to break the net?

It is impossible for this land to shrink, so the pastures are decreasing year by year, and they must be encroached upon, and those who can encroach on the national pastures are naturally not small people!

Wang Jiaping is also a violent temper, since you have said this, why not just poke it out, anyway, he has long been very unhappy about it.

Shen Shixing saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Xing'anbo, don't be impatient, this way of governing the country can't be rash." ”

If you want to investigate, you may find out to the emperor, because many relatives of the emperor have encroached on the pasture.

Wang Jiaping glanced at Shen Shixing, his face was depressed, and he stopped talking.

Huang Daxiao immediately said: "Xing'anbo, don't confuse the public here, you are a servant of the temple, this is mismanaged, you should be held accountable, if the commander of the border over there loses the war due to a command error, then can they also say that no one can win this battle, but the question is can it be fought again?" ”

As he spoke, he said to Wanli again: "Your Majesty, you must not set this precedent, otherwise, everyone can use this to escape their dereliction of duty." ”

Wanli nodded slightly.

Xu Mengxi immediately said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the old minister is definitely not trying to escape the problem, the old minister just feels wronged, because this freezing three feet, not a day's cold, even if it is to be improved, it is not an overnight thing, the old man dares to say, this Manchu Dynasty civil and military, no one can immediately solve these problems." But the old minister has a plan to solve these problems immediately. ”

This old fox is also very shrewd, he first pretended to kill the fish, scared them, and proved that this matter is a stubborn disease, you can't solve it, I have a way to solve it.

Wanli waited for this sentence, and hurriedly asked: "What is Xing'anbo's plan, tell me quickly." ”

Xu Mengxi said: "Contracting the matter of raising horses to businessmen. ”