"You're worried about his self-respect?" Zhang Juzheng's expression was very solemn.

Zhang You nodded slightly: "One point, in fact, I also want to protect him, after all, he has been in Liaodong for too long, his merits are heavy, and he is already suspected of being a master of high merit, plus he connived at his subordinates, corrupted the law, and had the previous false report of military exploits, it is estimated that there are more people who are dissatisfied with him than those who hate me, in case no one protects him one day......"

"In fact, it's not that someone wants to protect him, it's really that this person has already figured out the routines of officialdom clearly."

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng glanced at Qi Jiguang next to him, showed a hint of regret, and said: "Actually, Yuan Jing and he both have the talent of a general, but it's a pity that Yuan Jing and him have no different styles, Yuan Jing can't rub sand in his eyes, no matter what he does, he strives to be perfect, such as the southeast Pingwan, in order to deal with the Japanese invaders, they created a mandarin duck array, killed, they threw away their armor, and they didn't dare to attack again."

Then the town guarded Jiliao, built the Great Wall, formed a chariot army, and the Tatar enemy, the three arms of the chariot and cavalry fought together, the enemy army was frightened, and there had been no war for many years.

Li Chengliang is different, the situation in Liaodong is complicated, there are many tribes, he has always fought one by one, but he does not allow any tribe to become really strong, so he always has a battle to fight, and victory is easy.

A few years ago, His Majesty did not have a pro-government, and the Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen were both women's families, so they naturally felt that Li Chengliang was more powerful, and what Yuan Jing did was a matter of money, so he ......"

Speaking of this, he stopped, looked at Qi Jiguang with some embarrassment, and looked a little guilty.

"Brother Taiyue doesn't have to be like this, the last general only wishes that the world will always enjoy peace, and those who are not knighted are actually not very important." Qi Jiguang said.

After a pause, he said: "Actually, not only the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, what she will do in the end is a thankless thing, and there are fewer ways to impeach me for working hard and hurting money?" ”

He had a smile on his face, and he was very calm.

Zhang You was in awe and said with emotion: "Taiping was originally set by the general, and the general was not allowed to see the peace...... The younger generation admires. ”

He originally wanted to transfer Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang upside down, but at this time, he couldn't help but strengthen his confidence, looked back at Zhang Juzheng and said: "Since Lord Taifu is also unhappy with Marshal Qi, just let him replace Li Chengliang to be the chief soldier of Liaodong, and it also happens to give him a chance to make contributions, I think that with Qi Shuai's talent, within five years, he will definitely be able to return peace to the people of Liaodong." ”

There was a sentence he didn't say directly, but he thought in his heart that with Qi Jiguang's style of acting, if he could really guard Liaodong, those Jurchen braids would be difficult if they wanted to rise, right?

"The old man should do his best, you also have to contribute to this matter, your influence on His Majesty's side now, I'm afraid it is not under the old man."

Zhang You nodded, Qi Jiguang just wanted to say something, Zhang Juzheng's guard foreman Lei Xiao hurriedly walked in: "Oh no, master, something happened in Zhangjiakou......" As he spoke, he handed Zhang Juzheng a note.

"Zhangjiakou?" As he spoke, Zhang Juzheng looked at the urgent recital, looked at the half-cut angry horizontal eyebrows, threw the recital on the coffee table next to him with a "snap", got up and paced two steps and said: "It's too unusual, I already knew that something would happen, and sure enough, something happened." ”

Qi Jiguang couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, my lord, what's wrong?" ”

"Merchants rioted, more than 300 people occupied the largest restaurant in the local area, and also detained the county magistrate who had negotiated in the past as a hostage, threatening the magistrate that if he did not cancel the 'repair tariff', he would starve to death in the restaurant with the county magistrate and those dignitaries who ate."

Qi Jiguang was startled, hurriedly picked up the fold and read it quickly, and put it back on the coffee table respectfully, but didn't say a word. He has always been cautious, even if he has a relationship with Zhang Juzheng, but this matter is not within his jurisdiction, and if he can't ask the head, he naturally refuses to talk about it.

"What do you think, Yuan Jing?"

Zhang You was next to him, Qi Jiguang didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to be the first to ask himself, thought for a while and said: "What is there to say about this, the military department is writing, sending troops to suppress it, and taking the leader to kill him, Longqing has been making peace for so many years, and it is so arrogant that it must not be forgiven." ”

Zhang You really knew the roots, and hurriedly said: "Absolutely not." ”

"Why?" Zhang Juzheng asked coldly.

"First, there is a reason for it. Second, although sending troops to suppress it is trouble-free, it cannot take care of the dignity of the imperial court, since those merchants dare to do this, they naturally have the heart of death, and they confront each other, in case those people are forced to hurt people in a hurry, spread it out, let the people think? ”

"You have a point, but do you have any thoughtful solutions?"

"It's very simple, agreeing to their request is that the adults are not also very dissatisfied with the so-called 'tariff repair'!"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head coldly: "No, although the old man does not approve of 'repairing tariffs', but after all, this is a county decree, if a precedent is set and a group rises up to follow suit, then it will not be messed up?" As you just said, the court still needs a system. ”

Zhang You was a little unimpressed, he knew too well the situation of the government forcing the people to rebel, and those guests were also forced to be in a hurry, so they would make this decision, otherwise, if ordinary people have some way to live, who would want to go against the government?

However, looking at Zhang Juzheng's appearance, he didn't seem to be persuaded, so he pressed back his words and spread his hands and said, "Then I can't do anything." ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "Although you are smart, you have no experience in political affairs, and it is normal that you can't think of a good way, this matter is not a trivial matter, the old man will go to the cabinet to discuss with Ru Mo and them." ”

As he spoke, he walked out, walked to the door, and saw that Qi Jiguang didn't move, so he stopped and greeted: "Yuan Jing, you understand military affairs, so let's accompany the old man for a while." Qi Jiguang agreed to follow.

The two of them took a sedan chair to drive directly to the cabinet, Zhang Siwei Shen was in the rest of the line, and he gave them a look, Zhang Juzheng said: "Yuan Jing understands military affairs, and he happened to be with this official, so he called him over, everyone discussed it, how to deal with this matter?" ”

Zhang Siwei said coldly: "What else can I do, of course, I want to send troops to kill them, the dignity of the court is important, and you must not compromise with them." ”

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said Zhang You's words, saying that this was not a good method, but he didn't mention Zhang You.

Seeing this, Yu Youding said: "Since Lord Taifu does not support the killing, he thinks that it is also a good way to surround but not fight, and after a long time, there may not be no defection." ”

"I don't want to kill them, it's not that I feel sorry for them, and what Master Zhang said is reasonable, you can't boost their arrogance." Zhang Juzheng said.

Shen Shixing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The Xuanfu is the place where the White Lotus Sect of the cult is roaming, and it is said that a new Yellow Heaven Sect has emerged, so the lower officials feel that it is better to lose a county than to let this group of bandits succeed, this is the central idea. In addition, a document was sent to Li Rusong, asking him to send troops to impose martial law on Zhangjiakou, and at the same time strictly seal the news, not to spread it without authorization, and wait for the imperial court to send personnel to deal with it. We are too far away, too detailed, and we can't discuss anything, find a capable official as the minister, and deal with it in the past. ”