Chapter 311: Recent Developments in the DPRK and China

The car was on the way from Tongzhou to the capital, and in the carriage, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Fan were talking.

"Yuande, I really can't imagine that a small eunuch can do such a thing," Zhang Juzheng said with a sigh, "It's just a matter of forming a party for personal gain, after all, this kind of thing has never been less, but he is good, holding the handle of more than ninety percent of the officials in three provinces, forcing them to be greedy, how long has this Liu Shan been in charge of the position of Yangzhou town guard eunuch, and he has accumulated so much silver, which is really unimaginable,"

Looking at Zhang Juzheng's appearance, Zhang Fan smiled, but he was a little helpless, before, Zhang Fan almost just landed on the front foot, and the officials of the household department who came with Zhang Juzheng walked on a few boats to check the silver that Zhang Fan brought back, to say that these officials of the household department are really worthy of dealing with silver all year round. They counted the money very quickly.

Although Zhang Fan couldn't see how they counted them, Zhang Fan, who was outside, knew that not long after these people got on the boat, some people had already started to carry boxes full of silver from the ship down, and there were still Imperial Forest Army guarding them below, which showed how much Longqing had attached importance to these silvers.

Zhang Fan wrote a report to the imperial court and said that he investigated and dealt with a total of 40 or 50 million taels of dirty silver, at that time, the courtiers who heard the news were all exclaimed, but most of them were only exclaimed because of this huge number two, for so much silver, they really did not have a concept of how much there was in their hearts, and all the people, including Long Qing, who was sitting on the emperor's throne, did not know how much 40 or 50 million taels of silver were piled together. Only one of the Hubu Shangshu and the left and right attendants of the two Hubu could imagine it, but for them, they only multiplied the silver in the Hubu treasury several times to think about what they looked like, and if they really talked about it, they had never seen so much silver piled up together.

And now, Zhang Juzheng was fortunate to be one of the first courtiers to witness these silver, he was really stunned by the scene in front of him, looking at the boxes that were constantly appearing in front of him, knowing that they were all full of silver Zhang Juzheng, his state of mind that was very clear at all times was a little confused at this moment, and the sober did not change because of his change in mood, and there were still boxes on the ship that were constantly being carried down.

Zhang Juzheng, who was stunned, knew that all the boxes on the first ship had been moved, and then he came back to his senses, looking at the boxes in front of him that were covered with a large area, Zhang Juzheng really didn't know what to say, but these were just moved down from a ship, and there were several ships waiting for him.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng also suddenly realized, why there were so many royal forest troops with him when he was about to leave the palace, and what's more, the officials of the household department didn't know where to get hundreds of board cars to come with him, Zhang Juzheng at that time was really puzzled, and he didn't know what was going on, and now, he all understood, it turned out that the people in the household department had already planned, about this, anyone has to admire these officials who deal with silver all day long, Sure enough, it proved the saying "there is a specialization in the art industry".

"Hehe, the teacher doesn't have to be surprised," Zhang Fan said with a smile, "When the students first saw these silvers, they were really taken aback,"

"Alas......" Zhang Juzheng sighed and said, "This is really a bit unimaginable, and besides, that Liu Shan dared to pretend to be a saint and go to Fusang to cheat, not to mention, and put the whole Jiangnan in a crisis, it is really ......" Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng looked very angry, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Don't be angry, teacher, if you are angry with this kind of villain, it will be too worthless," Zhang Fan hurriedly comforted.

"I'm not angry, I'm feeling sad," Zhang Juzheng sighed, "A person for his own benefit, for his own momentary pleasure, actually did such a big rebellious thing, ignoring the people of the country, leading foreign enemies into the country, this is really chilling,"

"I understand the teacher's thoughts, people like Liu Shan really deserve to be killed," Zhang Fan said, "but in other words, there are really not many people like Liu Shan, it's not that other people don't have that kind of thought in their hearts, it's just that there are not many people like him who are crazy,"

"But Yuande, you must know that people like him, as long as there are one or two, they have already caused great trouble to the world, look at the current situation of Jiangnan's entry, you have witnessed everything there before and after, you should have more experience than me," Zhang Juzheng said.

"I also understand what the teacher said," Zhang Fan said, "But teacher, this kind of thing is difficult to guess, after all, there are too many people like Liu Shan in the world,"

"Alas, the country is unfortunate," Zhang Juzheng sighed.

Zhang Fan listened to the teacher's sigh, but he didn't know how to persuade him, after all, there were too many things involved in this kind of thing.

There was a sudden silence in the carriage.

"By the way, Yuande," Zhang Juzheng, who had been silent for a while, suddenly said, "Then what is the matter between Feng Bao and you recently, he is the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and he is the supervisor of the East Factory, it stands to reason that he should be very busy, but this time, he has to come with me to greet you, what is the matter between you?"

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng asked about this matter, Zhang Fan smiled and said, "Teacher, do you know something,"

Immediately, Zhang Fan told him the news he had received from Feng Bao and Liu Shan.

"So that's what happened," after listening to Zhang Fan's narration, Zhang Juzheng only understood, "Dare to love this Meng Chong is actually related to that Liu Shan, and the evidence that can prove him is on that Liu Shan's account book, and now those account books are in your hands, no wonder the previous Feng Bao was everywhere in the court to defend you and help you speak, it turned out to be like this, it seems that he is really greedy for the position of the palm seal eunuch,"

"What does the teacher think about this in his heart," Zhang Fan asked suddenly.

"Well, Feng Bao is knowledgeable, and his writing is also very good," Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said, "Although he still can't change some of his greed for money and love of power, he is not a person who can abuse power, at least he still has a unique opinion on many things in the court,"

"Do you think that if this Feng Bao waits for the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal, can he help the teacher?" Zhang Fan suddenly asked.

"This ......" Faced with Zhang Fan's question, Zhang Juzheng didn't know how to answer for a while.

Although Zhang Juzheng didn't answer, but in fact, Zhang Fan already knew it very clearly in his heart, Feng Bao didn't say that he ascended to that position, even now, he helped Zhang Juzheng a lot, plus now, Feng Bao hated Gao Gong to the core, and no matter whether he agreed with Zhang Juzheng's reform ideas in his heart or not, in order to deal with Gao Gong, he would also do his best to help Zhang Juzheng, not to mention Feng Bao's views on politics and his rather responsible mind, If he ascended to the position of the eunuch of the palm print, he would definitely help Zhang Juzheng more, but his money-loving and greedy character may make Zhang Juzheng pay the price of a few more chapters of the guqin, but compared to this, these are nothing.

The answer was already very obvious, and Zhang Juzheng only hesitated slightly, then nodded happily in front of Zhang Fan and admitted.

"By the way, the teacher said earlier that Gao Gong wanted to impeach me again, what the hell is going on," Zhang Fan suddenly asked.

"Oh, it's a long story," Zhang Juzheng said, "You weren't in the capital some time ago, but you didn't know what this high arch was doing.

"When you said that Jiangnan would be attacked by the Japanese invaders, Gao Gong had already begun to impeach you, and at that time his reason was that you were alarmist and disrespectful to the court and the emperor, but then Feng Bao was pushed back by the Japanese who he found from nowhere.

"After that, the Japanese invaded and occupied three cities, and he wanted to impeach you for your unfavorable behavior, but his reason was too far-fetched, after all, he didn't believe your words before, and the Japanese came so fast that even many courtiers couldn't stand it and stood up against it, so he gave up.

"In the end, after Qi Jiguang led the troops, he drove the Fusang enemy army into the city of Suzhou, but he did not launch an attack for a long time, Gao Gong planned to impeach you You watched the enemy occupy my Daming City and were indifferent, delaying the fighter, in the final analysis, he wants to impeach you alone, Qi Jiguang is just involved, but he is even more unlucky this time, these words have just come out of his mouth, and your good news will come back.

"Now, although I haven't talked to him, I can think of it, he is preparing, as long as it is confirmed that the jade seal you brought back is a fake, I am afraid that a new round of impeachment will come out,"

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's narration, Zhang Fan couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and thought silently: "Gao Gong, I want to see what kind of moves you can use this time,"