"Uncle, the price is different when you go to Donghua's 'gate', can you add some more." As soon as the driver heard that he was going to change the route, he began to bargain.

"Okay, let's do it, you said that your car, I will pay you how much a day, I will charter your carriage today."

As soon as the coachman heard that he was going to charter his car, he suddenly came to the 'spirit' spirit: "Uncle, usually they want to charter my car, at least one or two and a half cents of silver, I think you are also a bold person, so let's give you a discount, count one or two." ”

I don't know the market of this carriage, it used to be done by Lao Liu and Chen Laoda, but there is no need to argue for just one or two silver, I said to the coachman: "Okay, one or two will be one or two, but someone may find you something in a while, you can answer truthfully." ”

When the coachman saw that I had agreed to the price, he should have been very happy in his heart, and replied cheerfully: "Okay, uncle, you are seated." ”

The coachman was in a good mood, and the carriage was fast and steady, and soon arrived at the Donghua 'gate'.

"You two are waiting for me here, I'll come when I go." I said to the coachman and Liu Lianjiang.

"Uncle, you can go, I will have this carriage yours today, and you can go anywhere." The coachman was quick to talk and grabbed the conversation first.

When I arrived at the palace 'gate', today is even stricter than a few days ago, I can only go in under the banner of going to Zhang Juzheng now, I have to discuss this matter with Zhang Juzheng first, I am inexperienced, I don't know how big a crisis there is.

The eunuch who went in to report after a while came back and said that Zhang Juzheng let me in, and followed the eunuch to the cabinet, which was very lively and full of people, but Gao Gong and Li 'Chun' Fang were in their own rooms, so they were not afraid of meeting them.

When I came to Zhang Juzheng's 'door', the 'door' was not closed, only a cloth curtain was blocked, I lifted the curtain and came to the house, and brought the 'door' with me.

"Yun Jie, is there something wrong with coming here at this time?" Zhang Juzheng asked me as he sat on a chair behind the bookcase.

"Teachers and students have important things to report, and they invite teachers to come and get ideas."

"Oh, what's the matter, let you run to the cabinet to find me."

"That's right, teacher, I went out today to have something to do, I rented a carriage, and I heard from the driver that in order to resist the commercial tax issued by the imperial court, some merchants in the capital went on strike. The student felt that this matter was very important, and he was not sure whether it was true or not, so he ran to the teacher to ask you for advice, and you should tell the emperor about this matter. ”

After Zhang Juzheng heard what I said, he was silent for a while before he said, "The person who drove the car is still not there, I want to ask him about this matter in person." ”

"Teacher, I chartered his carriage, and now he is waiting for me outside the Donghua 'gate', and if the teacher wants to see him, I will call him in now."

"Don't call him in, there are a lot of people here, so as not to startle the snake, so be it. You go out and wait for me first, and after a while, I will change into civilian clothes and look for you without Donghua's 'door', don't tell the coachman my identity, it's best if you can let him follow you for the next few days, and when I ask clearly, the emperor will definitely ask, so I can't let him go. Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and said.

"Okay, the students will go out and wait for the teacher now."

After leaving the cabinet and coming to Donghua's 'gate', the coachman saw me come out and accosted me again: "This uncle, you are not an ordinary person, you can enter this palace, if I can enter the palace in this life, it will be worth it." He shook his head.

"Does this eldest brother really want to go into the palace to have a look, in fact, the palace is similar to the outside, that is, the house is bigger, and there are more 'flowers' and grass."

"Yes, in this life, I can only look inside from the outside, and I don't know what it's like inside, if only I really went in and saw it, this is also my dream, we ordinary people, then we have the opportunity to go in."

"This is not necessarily, my teacher will come to you in a while to ask you something, maybe my teacher can take you in to have a look, you can just tell my teacher what you just said to me, from beginning to end. Maybe there's still a fortune waiting for you, it's up to you. ”

"Really, uncle, what does your teacher do, can he be so powerful?" The coachman asked with suspicion.

"That's, my teacher is amazing, I'll come out in a while, you deal with it well, if my teacher takes a good look at you, then you can go into the palace to take a look."

"Don't worry about this, I will definitely deal with it well, as long as I can enter the palace to see, what is your teacher doing." The driver still looked at me with suspicion.

"Don't ask about this, you'll know in a moment."

As soon as we finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng came out of the palace in a Confucian shirt, and I said to the coachman: "See, that's my teacher, enter and leave the palace 'gate' casually, and those soldiers will salute." ”

When Zhang Juzheng came over, I went over to salute first: "Teacher, this is the eldest brother, I just listened to him." I pointed to the coachman.

The coachman is also an old 'mixed' society, seeing that Zhang Juzheng does have a good temperament, although he doesn't know what the origin is, but when he came out of the palace and saw the respectful strength of those 'guards' and eunuchs, he knew that this person had a great background, and quickly came to Zhang Juzheng, knelt down, and said while kowtowing: "The big master is above, and the little people Xia Yumin meet the big man." ”

"Get up, how do you know I'm a big man." Zhang Juzheng looked at me, and he thought that I had told the driver of his identity.

"Sir, you look like a rich and noble person, and you are blessed, so I conclude that you are rich." The coachman was a well-behaved person, and then he slapped the sycophant, but he didn't know that it was the first assistant of the dynasty standing in front of him, and if he knew that it was the first assistant of the dynasty, he would have been speechless with fright.

"Okay, get up, get in the car, I have something to ask you."

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he came to the carriage, opened the car 'door' and got into the car, and the coachman followed in, as for what the two of them said inside, I didn't want to listen to it, anyway, I knew that I was asking the coachman what he told me.

After a while, Zhang Juzheng got out of the carriage and said to me: "Yun Jie, you come with me into the palace, let this young man and the coachman wait here, and the emperor may summon him in a while." ”

Then the coachman came out of the cart with a happy face and a piece of silver in his hand, and I said to the coachman, "You and my fellow are waiting for me here, and we are calling you when something happens." ”

"Uncle, go get busy, I'll wait for you." As he spoke, he still held the piece of silver in his hand, and he was reluctant to put it in his pocket.

Zhang Juzheng and I entered the Donghua 'gate' one after the other, walked to the Qianqing Palace, and when we arrived at the 'gate' of the Qianqing Palace, there were still 'attendants' and eunuchs to report first, and soon the eunuchs came out to pass on our audience.

Arrived in the main hall, the emperor did not sit on the dragon case but sat on the side of the embroidered squat to drink tea, Zhang Juzheng and I first saluted according to the old routine to say goodbye, today the emperor is 'color' good, let the eunuch give us two to sit, and give tea.

"Master Zhang, Master Lan, why did you master and apprentice come together, Lord Zhang wouldn't be disobedient to Lan Yunjie and come to dismiss this student." The unprecedented emperor also made a joke.

"Your Majesty, I'm a student and I'm a baby, how can I be willing to dismiss it, let's meet together today, I have something important to tell the emperor."

"What big things can Master Zhang have, you can tell me, I have a happy event today."

"If the emperor has any happy events, he will also say it and share it with Weichen." Zhang Juzheng saw that the emperor was very interested, so he let the emperor speak first.

"The Lan family's rebellion case can be solved today, and those escaped bandits will be wiped out, do you think I'm happy."

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, this is indeed a great thing." Zhang Juzheng and I complimented the emperor together.

"Okay, let's talk about your big things, and I'll see if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

"Your Majesty, this is not a good thing, but it is not a bad thing either." Zhang Juzheng said unhurriedly, but I don't understand why he said that it is not a bad thing, is it that there is such a big thing in the capital, it is not a big thing, or a good thing.

"Master Zhang, don't go around in circles, I'm curious, hurry up and I'll listen."

"Your Majesty, this matter was discovered by Lan Yunjie, he couldn't do it himself, so he went to the cabinet to find it, and after I learned about it, I felt that this thing was unusual, so I came to tell the emperor. This time, the imperial court promulgated the commercial tax, which touched the interests of many people, and now some people are instigating the merchants in the capital to strike behind their backs, and this matter is done by Lord Gao, and I don't know if Lord Gao knows or not, so I want to ask the emperor to decide. ”

"Lord Zhang, what is the benefit of this businessman's strike, and is there any harm to the imperial court?" The emperor is in the palace all the year round, and he doesn't understand these livelihood issues at all, so he asked Zhang Juzheng with a suspicious and 'confused' face.

"Your Majesty, the merchants' strike is for the issue of commercial taxes, which happens to be taken advantage of by some people who are dissatisfied with the imperial court. Now the population of the capital is about 1.4 million, and there should be no less than a number of disappointed merchants, if they boycott the market, the residents of the capital will not be able to buy things, which will inevitably affect the foundation of the imperial court, and maybe there will be 'riots' and 'chaos', I guess this matter is related to the Lan family's rebellion. As soon as he heard that it was related to the Lan family's rebellion, the emperor's eyes widened.

"Master Zhang, what you told me in detail, I don't know much about these livelihood issues."

"Your Majesty, the daily consumption of the residents of the capital is all supported by merchants, if they all go out of the market, then most of them will be hungry, these merchants are not saying that they are going to strike for these few taxes, since ancient times, businessmen have been seeking profits, they want to make a profit by boycotting the market. Residents can't buy things will make prices soar, when the time comes out to sell goods, is it possible to make a lot of money, those who organized, is to seize their psychology, to organize this strike, this is something that I have not had since the founding of Taizu, so we still have to deal with it carefully, so as not to let this storm 'wave',' If the tax law that has been promulgated is cancelled, then the face of the imperial court will not exist, and what prestige will there be to promulgate the decree, so Weichen felt that the situation was serious and came to report to the emperor. ”