In the second year of Jiajing, the first court meeting of the Spring Festival ended, Wang Yue came quite early, by the way, because of the merit of Qingzhang and taxation, Zhu Houxi raised Wang Yue's grade again, added a prince and young guard, and became the second grade.

Although his serious position is still a county order, he already has the qualifications to sit on an equal footing with the six Shangshu. The promotion of Wang Yue was obviously a provocation to the rules of officialdom, but Zhu Houxi did it, and the reaction of the court was not great.

It seems that people have tacitly acquiesced that the Son of Heaven has special authority, or that the Son of Heaven is greater than the rules!

And Wang Yue is the tool man who tested Zhu Houxi's authority.

Thinking about the improvement of grades, Wang Yue didn't bother to care about these people, he was happy to dangle in front of a group of old men, and enjoyed their schizophrenic appearance of gritting their teeth behind their backs and smiling hippie smiles in front of them, just to be angry with you, it's better to make you all angry with schizophrenia!

There is such a big scandal in the southeast, one by one, don't pretend to be innocent, I don't believe you didn't collude!

Wang Yue thought about the possible black hand, but a tall middle-aged man came behind him.

"Lord Wang, the lower official Yan Song, give your old age a greeting."

Wang Yue turned back with a smile, and glanced at Yan Song, who was tall and had comfortable eyebrows, just from the appearance, this guy is likable, don't believe it, his waist is always curved, humble and obedient, harmless to people and animals.

"Lord Yan, why didn't you go to my house during the Chinese New Year, let's have a good chat."

Yan Song hurriedly said: "The lower official visited, but he didn't dare to disturb the adult, and I ask the adult to forgive me." ”

Wang Yue bowed his head, "It's my family who kept you out, right?" I'm really a bit busy these days, and I'll tell them when I go back, if Master Yan comes to the door, let them let them go directly. ”

Yan Song's eyes lit up, but don't think that the door of the Wang family is easy to enter.

There is no Wang Yue to explain...... Ordinary people can't get in at all, and if people can accept the gift and don't throw it out, it's already considered to give you face. Many people came to give gifts, not to let Wang Yue remember them at all, but for fear that Wang Yue would target them...... What is the favorite of the Son of Heaven!

That's where a tactical back-up is needed!

Yan Song didn't know why Wang Yue looked at him differently, but he didn't have any peculiar smell, which was a good phenomenon.

"Lord Wang, last night, Lord Xia Yanxia went to find Zhou Chen."

Wang Yue was dumbfounded, "Are you looking for it?" How did I hear that I was going to arrest someone? ”

Yan Song nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "It turns out that Lord Wang has long known that the lower officials are ashamed!" ”

Wang Yue said with a smile: "I know about this, but I don't know which way this Zhou Chen is an immortal, Lord Yan, you have been an official in Nanjing, you must know very well, right?" ”

Yan Song nodded hurriedly, "Xia Guan is about to tell your lord about this!" ”

Yan Song leaned into Wang Yue's ear, and in a few words, he told Wang Yue the bottom of this Zhou Chen...... This man is a painter, and he is a very famous painter.

He made friends with celebrities, enjoyed a high reputation among Shilin, and he also had two apprentices, one named Qiu Ying, and the other turned out to be Tang Yin!

"Lord Wang, this old man was originally indisputable with the world, but after Tang Yin won the championship, he went north from Suzhou to the capital. The disciple is the champion, but he did not come to the door, but with many southern literati in Beijing, reciting poems, visiting the famous capital, writing articles, holding literary meetings, splashing ink, and showing his skills. It seems that this old man doesn't seem to care much about the government, but after the tribute incident, this old man suddenly shouted loudly, saying that the barbarians entered the Ming Dynasty with the help of the city's ship, wantonly came to poison the coastal people, and the sins were heavy, and heaven and earth did not tolerate it! ”

"Xia Yan also listened to his words, so he advocated the closure of the city."

Wang Yue smiled on his face, "Lord Yan, I heard that you and Xia Yan are both from Jiangxi?" ”

Yan Song was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the lower officials have no intention of protecting their fellow villagers, and please let your lord know it!" ”

Wang Yue smiled, "This is human nature, and there is nothing bad about it...... I remember that you Jiangxi is rich in porcelain? ”

Yan Song didn't know why Wang Yue suddenly mentioned it, but he still nodded: "What the Lord said is true." ”

"I also heard that porcelain sales in the West can make ten times more profits, Lord Yan, if the city is closed, this official trade is broken, I am afraid that it will impact many workshops in Jiangxi!"

Yan Song's face changed slightly, he was a person who was very particular about local feelings, but when he heard Wang Yue's words, he also made waves. Hating the court's interference in Shangjia is almost the consensus of the entire Shilin.

But no one has ever carefully analyzed it, in fact, Shilin's demands are different, just like businessmen, some wealthy businessmen, with overseas channels, and even private fleets, can enjoy the benefits of overseas trade exclusively.

However, some small and medium-sized businessmen can only rely on wealthy businessmen and live on the bones of others' alms.

If it can be like the capital, strict rectification, eliminate harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, maybe it is still a good thing for Jiangxi businessmen, after all, Jiangxi has no access to the sea!

Thinking of this, Yan Song couldn't help but cast an amazed look at Wang Yue's back, what a powerful Wang Yue, he is trying to divide the southeastern scholars!

Yan Song paused slightly, then hurriedly followed, and the early dynasty began.

Syllable!

Zhu Houxi slammed it hard, and the battle report fell on the table with a bang!

"Just now, the political envoy of Zhejiang Province has sent news that more than 1,000 people have been killed, more than 200 houses have been burned, and thousands more have been looted...... Heavy losses! Heavy losses! Just when we celebrate the New Year, firecrackers are set off outside, gongs and drums are noisy, and there are songs and dances. Don't you feel ashamed that the people along the coast of Zhejiang have been poisoned by the Japanese and more than 100 Japanese have entered a no-man's land, killing and looting at will? ”

As soon as the Son of Heaven came up, he cursed, starting from the cabinet princes, and all the ministers bowed down.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

"What's the use of anger? I want you to deal with it, and I want you to tell me how to deal with it! ”

Seeing the Son of Heaven questioning like this, many people couldn't help but stare at Xia Yan, didn't this one shout that he wanted to close the city? Just ask him to start performing!

After a moment of silence, Xia Yan really spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Japanese are rampant, slaughtering the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the crime cannot be punished! The lower officials thought that they should be severely punished! Ask the guilty Wa country! ”

This advice is exciting!

How to repay virtue with virtue?

If the Tartars kill our people, we will come to the door to ask for the guilt, and we will pay back ten times the killing, this is the behavior of the masters!

Xia Yan's words are obviously different from before, it was only one night, and he made a 180-degree turn, and at such a fast speed, it would flash to the old waist!

However, considering Xia Yan's prestige, no one in the Six Departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate dared to come out to refute it.

Zhao Jian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, could only speak: "Xia Yan, the Wa Kingdom is a country that Taizu has decided not to levy, and if you say this, it is inevitably suspected of violating the ancestral system!" ”

Xia Yan raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Although Taizu said that the Wa Kingdom was designated as a country not to be conquered, Taizu did not say that even if the Wa State hit the Ming Dynasty, it can't fight back, right?" ”

Zhao Jian said with a dark face: "How could Taizu say such a thing? What's more, this time it is not considered a Japanese attack on the Ming Dynasty...... This matter is still the envoys of the two sides of the Japanese state vying for the qualification of tribute, but the city department did not arrange it, in the final analysis, it is the fault of the city department! Lord Xia, didn't you also say before that you want to abolish the City Division? Why, you changed your mind so quickly? ”

Xia Yan's old face was slightly red, it was true that he had changed a little quickly.

"Lord Zhao, even if the city is at fault, but the Wa Kingdom wantonly slaughtered the people of the Ming Dynasty, looted and killed, countless people, will the imperial court be a turtle with a shrunken head?"

At this moment, Luo Qinshun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also spoke, "Xia Yan, how do you understand the major affairs of the imperial court?" Why did the Wa kingdom compete for tribute? That's because of the generosity of the imperial court, and each time the reward is several times the tribute. To put it bluntly, it's our Ming who suffers! Now Your Majesty has rectified the finances, enriched the treasury, and opened up sources and reduced expenditures, which is reasonable! If they take advantage of this opportunity to abolish the city and not allow the Japanese to come to pay tribute, they will lose. I thought it was enough to punish the Wa Kingdom, but at the moment I have a lot of ideas, and it is really not appropriate to waste my thoughts on the Wa State. ”

Luo Qinshun's words actually attracted a collective worship.

"Luo Shangshu's words are really honest and well-intentioned."

"The ministers seconded it!"

"Seconded!"

……

Above the court, there was a sound of praise.

It is as if this act of knocking out the teeth and swallowing them in the stomach and folding the arms in the sleeves is the supreme prescription for governing the country.

Zhu Houxi glanced at these officials of his own, Wang Yue told him that anyone who advocated the abolition of the city department was ill-intentioned, and now that he looks, there are really a lot of bastard things!

"Enough!"

Zhu Houxi suddenly stood up and roared angrily.

"You don't have a face, I still have a face! Thousands of my Ming people have been killed and wounded, and thousands of people have been robbed, if I am indifferent and dare not take revenge on the Japanese invaders, what kind of monarch am I? What kind of parents are you? "Is it worthy of the people's tax support?"

Zhu Houxi's angry voice echoed in the Fengtian Palace, and all the courtiers were so frightened that they fell to their knees, and the two Shangshu were even more frightened.

Zhu Houxi took a deep breath, and his eyes fell on Wang Qiong, the secretary of the military department.

"Lord Wang, how many sailor ships are there in the imperial court that can go to the Wa Kingdom to ask for crimes?"

Wang Qiong's old face turned pale, and he said helplessly: "Your Majesty, there is not a single boat in the imperial court!" ”

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