All roads lead to the capital!

When *** led Wang Erxi along the mountain official road in southern Fujian towards the capital, in the capital thousands of miles away, there was also an undercurrent. Especially after the second assistant Zhang Siwei submitted the excerpt of Zhishi, although the emperor returned it, everyone knew that Zhang Siwei would definitely be excerpted again, and Zhishi was only a matter of time.

Who will be the next secondary?

It must be Shen Shixing.

This is a well-known thing, but ultimately it is up to the royal family to decide. Will there be any variables during this period? Nobody knows.

Perhaps because of this, the capital seems to be a little silent, and it seems that a storm is brewing.

And at this time, the harsh excerpt about the banknote was still handed to the emperor in the middle of the matter, because it involved the clan, so Zhu Yijun was inconvenient to make his own opinion, and directly asked the queen mother what she meant.

"Jun'er, you are the emperor!"

As soon as she heard that they had opinions on the banknotes, Empress Dowager Li raised her eyebrows and said in an accentuated tone.

"They say that the banknotes are harsh, but in the past, when they were in charge of the banknotes, the tax collectors were corrupt and bribed, and they filled their pockets, but no one said that they could not see the silver money to the royal family, and the affairs of the princes and princes had to be managed by the emperor himself, and the foreign ministers should not intervene.

The reason why Empress Dowager Li is so angry, on the one hand, is because the ministers blame the clan at every turn, and on the other hand, because the use in the palace is really tight, especially Zhu Yijun did not consult with her, and directly transferred half of the gold and silver to Taicang. That is, this month, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, not because the corrupt officials confiscated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the excerpt of the banknote customs tax department, but only three months of banknotes and customs tax more than 100 taels of silver, banknotes more than 2,400 yuan, far more than the income of the imperial court in previous years.

People are always realistic, even the Empress Dowager Li is the same. Empress Dowager Li, who is nervous and headache in the palace, is naturally more inclined to the banknotes than to the people in the matter.

After all, the lack of silver in the palace has always been an iron-clad reality. As the queen mother, she has no way to turn a blind eye with so much silver.

"Cabinet, Cabinet,"

Zhu Yijun kept muttering and said with some anxiety.

"I'm afraid Mr. Zhang won't be easy to deal with."

Thinking of Zhang Siwei's request for Zhishi now, there is one less helper by his side. Naturally, it will not be as easy to handle things as it used to be.

"If everything is going well in the court, what do you want the head of the cabinet to do?"

Empress Dowager Li patted the armrest of the embroidery chair heavily and said categorically.

"If Mr. Zhang is really a talent for saving the malpractice, he will definitely be able to come up with a way to deal with the matter properly, besides, this banknote levy does not violate the ancestral system, it is a tax set by Emperor Gao, which is not harsh, and these have been privately swallowed by those corrupt officials in the past."

People have always been realistic, even if you are the queen mother, you will also compromise with reality, if there is not so much silver given by the banknote, perhaps, the Empress Dowager Li will be inclined to give the matter, inclined to the court, but now, she is more inclined to the palace. Besides, no matter how you look at this matter, it is not a bad thing for the palace or the court.

If there is money in the palace, there is naturally no need to borrow money from the court at every turn. The reason why some people are making irresponsible remarks here now must be because they want to take away the money, and snatch this piece of fat to enrich their pockets as if they were in the past.

"Oh, I know what the queen mother means......"

Zhu Yijun was about to continue, but Empress Dowager Li stretched out her hand to stop him, and said:

"This Siwei is going to be a minister, and the cabinet is a first assistant to Mr. Zhang, and I am really tired of him, I think I have to find another assistant for him."

Feng Bao, who had been standing aside, interjected at this time:

"Mr. Zhang himself seems to have this meaning."

"How do you know?"

Empress Dowager Li's stern gaze swept over, Feng Bao was frightened, and hurriedly lowered his head and replied:

"Mr. Zhang sent an excerpt in today, and asked Long Live Lord to add cabinet ministers."

"Ah, who did he propose?"

"I mentioned three people, and what made Erchen most curious was that he actually mentioned Lu Tiaoyang from Zhishi last year."

It was Zhu Yijun who was standing on the side who answered.

"Have you seen the excerpt?"

"I've seen it, and I've seen it in the East Pavilion for a morning."

"Good,"

Empress Dowager Li's cold face eased slightly.

"Jun'er, which of these three ministers do you think is suitable?"

Zhu Yijun regained his little adult demeanor and said with his fingers.

"The first thing on the fold is ......"

"The first one doesn't work."

Without even hearing the name, Empress Dowager Li simply vetoed it. She has some of her own views on employing people.

"Queen Mother, why is this?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

"Since he is the first, he must have a deep personal relationship with Mr. Zhang, and he is also a person he is willing to recommend. The reason why Shen Shixing was allowed to enter the cabinet in the first place was because he didn't deal with the ministers in Jiangnan, so he wanted to use him, and the purpose of using it was not just to find a helper for Mr. Zhang. This helper must also be able to contain Mr. Zhang. If the loyal ministers in this world were not contained, they would not necessarily be there. ”

Empress Dowager Li, who seems to have a lot of trust in Zhang Juzheng, actually has some opinions about selecting and employing people. As for the so-called loyal ministers, they also have some opinions of their own.

Although he is young, Zhu Yijun, who is already very smart, was so touched by the queen mother, he immediately understood the mystery, and while admiring the queen mother in his heart, he smiled again:

"Queen Mother, then I will use Lu Tiaoyang."

"Why is that?"

The Queen Mother looked at her son and asked with a smile.

"Lu Tiaoyang is in the third place on the fold."

Zhu Yijun directly said the reason for his employment.

"What else?"

"When the son was still the prince, Lu Tiaoyang was the Zhan Shi of the Zhan Shifu and the teacher of the son, and he gave the best lectures at the scripture banquet. And the last time Lu Tiaoyang entered the cabinet, because he was pedantic, he never formed a gang. It's a pure minister. ”

"What else?"

Empress Dowager Li asked reluctantly.

"And, and, still......"

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yijun said.

"What's more, I heard that the reason why Lu Tiaoyang gave a speech last time was not only because of his body, but also because of Mr. Zhang, so when he was transferred to the cabinet, he should not form a party with Mr. Zhang, and it is impossible for him to be used. Mr. Zhang is involved everywhere. ”

Zhu Yijun's explanation made Empress Dowager Li nod her head again and again, and even looked at him with some relief.

"So, the queen mother agrees to use him?"

Zhu Yijun looked very happy when he looked at his mother, after all, it was not easy to get the praise of the queen mother for such a big event.

"Agree is agree, since the emperor has already decided, what else can't you agree?"

After thinking for a while, Empress Dowager Li said carefully.

"The selection of Lu Tiaoyang into the cabinet, from the current point of view, may also be the best choice, he himself is the second assistant, and then entering the cabinet as the second assistant, it will not hinder the government and damage the government. Grandpa Feng! ”

"The old slave is here." 

Feng Bao hurriedly replied. When listening to the conversation between the Queen Mother and the Emperor, he listened to it so thrilling that he even felt that his chest and back were soaked. Ping Su shouted Mr. Zhang, but the meaning of these words could not be clearer, the Queen Mother and the Emperor thoroughly and steadily touched this government and government! Even the seemingly shrewd Shoufu is nothing more than a ...... in front of the Queen Mother Hey, how many of these people who can become the queen mother from ancient times to the present are simple characters?

Thinking like this, he was naturally a little distracted.

Maybe it was because Feng Bao was a little strange, Empress Dowager Li glanced at him again and asked:

"Feng Bao, why are you so pale, are you tired?"

"Alas, there is a little, ah no, the old slave has always had dizziness, and he had a while when he entered the house, and now he is fine."

Feng Bao tried his best to hide his inner thoughts, which naturally seemed even more unnatural, but fortunately, Empress Dowager Li did not delve into it, but instructed him. 

"Prepare pen and paper and draft a decree for the emperor."

In the East Pavilion, paper, pen, ink and inkstones are ready at any time, Feng Bao sat in front of the bookcase, and Empress Dowager Li said again.

"Draft two decrees, one for the cabinet and one for Lu Tiaoyang, according to the draft that we discussed with the emperor. Remember, these two decrees have to be sent to the General Administration Department tonight, and they will be sent out early tomorrow morning, and a few things from the inner treasury will be selected and given to Lu Tiaoyang, after all, the old minister has been edicted again, although it is an endless grace, but it can't be thinned. ”

Then Empress Dowager Li gave a few more orders. In the end, he deliberately glanced at Feng Bao again, and then said to him.

"The things in the palace are still the things in the palace after all. Are you right? Feng Bao. ”

"The Queen Mother is very right."

Feng Bao hurriedly said to the side, how could he not hear that the overtone in the Queen Mother's words was telling him that what he said before must be rotten in his stomach.

After leaving the East Pavilion. Feng Bao's heart flashed with all kinds of thoughts, and when she thought of the conversation between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor before, she felt a cold sweat break out on her back. While sighing in his heart about the shrewdness of the Queen Mother, he was thinking about the relationship with Zhang Juzheng in his mind, Zhang Juzheng has always been polite to him, and it can even be said that he is responsive.

Why did he do this, in addition to the need for mutual cooperation between the people. It's not just to give him a message when necessary.

"Should I tell him about this?"

I thought so in my heart. Feng Bao repeatedly weighed the pros and cons in his heart. In the end, he muttered to himself.

"It's not easy to do!"