On October 19, the Wanli Emperor's admonition to the ministers was directly issued to the yamen: "Since the succession of the Great Unification, the atmosphere has been declining, the scholars have been dripping, the official training is lacking, and the sovereignty is not respected.

Officials drill into the gaps, skillfully as a medium for hunting, encourage friends, the art of crowding out official affairs, slander the loyal and honest people as useless, praise the slanderous and sycophant as talented, resulting in the handle of the court's prestige, in vain for the reward of the ministers, the four dimensions are almost sluggish, why is the nine virtues salty? I have been quietly contemplating for eight years, the source of the deep candle, and I am eager to eliminate the major events, so as to clear the atmosphere of turbidity, but at the beginning of the Yuzi, the solution of Ze Fangcao, the shovel hoe or Yu Zhilan, the dense net is afraid of the Luan Feng, it is used too much, thin to show the punishment, and the rest are all Qu to give the original, and it is more beginning. "Isn't the book cloudy? , unbiased and non-party, the royal road dangdang, no party and unbiased, the royal road is mediocre. , I admonished the ministers, and it was also advisable to suffer the dirt and join the king's way. From now on, everyone must be pure in body and mind, scrupulously perform their duties, and must not be reckless, maintain friendships, not be attached to the Agars and follow the stream, and must not be alarmist and chaotic. Those who serve as assistants should be respectful and sincere, and should not be compared to yin friends, so as to plug the road of justice. Those who are in charge of the balance should be humble and discerning, and should not be willing to be interested in likes and dislikes, so as to open the door to evil. Officials who have official duties, both inside and outside, must be loyal to their duties, abide by the law, and must not be corrupt and derelict in their duties and disrupt the government of the world. There are responsible science and roads, and everyone must be public and wrong, and dare to speak out. In short, those who are ministers must have the demeanor of establishing a dynasty with a straight color, and those who are ministers should have the integrity of not being obscenity. If you indulge in the old ways, stick to the old ways, and ignore the laws and regulations of the imperial court, then my ancestors' constitution is very strict, and I dare not pardon it" A murderous edict, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, coupled with the background of the upcoming Beijing inspection, is enough to put everyone in danger, and because it contains the true meaning of the complete denial of silence, it arouses the anger of the masses.

Seeing this edict, the cabinet officials blew up when they boarded the pot. At the morning meeting, Lu Shusheng asked loudly: "Why is such a major edict not heard by the cabinet in advance!" ”

"Without Fengtai Luan Pavilion, it was directly issued a clear order, where is the cabinet, the six sections, and the general administration department?" Wei Xuezeng was naturally indispensable when the cannon was fired, and he suddenly got up and said: "No, we have to write a book immediately, and ask the emperor to take back his fate!" "The court has clear rules." Tang Ruji also said: "All edicts must be drafted by the cabinet, and after the imperial pen personally approves it, the edict will be refuted by the six sections, and finally sent to the political secretary for a clear release, which is an effective decree." After a pause, he said: "Otherwise, it will be a chaotic life, and your subordinates will not pursue it!" So several ministers geared up and prepared to write a recital to refute the matter.

"You don't have to be so nervous," Zhang Siwei said at this time: "The cabinet knows about this matter. ”

"Does the Cabinet know?" All eyes were on him.

Siwei nodded, and said expressionlessly: "This recital was drafted in disregard. ”

"Weigh?" The ministers' eyes widened, and they said for a while: "Why did Yuanfu do this? ”

"The holy order cannot be violated," Zhang Siwei said slowly: "I will just repeat the edict." ”

"What did Motosuke think of himself?" Wei Xuezeng's face was gloomy and said: "The first assistant is used to regulate yin and yang and enlighten the holy virtues, not the minister of Hanmo who copied and copied it!" ”

"Wei Ge Lao's words are inappropriate, right?" This stabbed Zhang Siwei's sore spot, and he also said with a dark face: "I am a cabinet minister, and I only have the position of an adviser, and I am not the prime minister." Among them, one or two people with slightly heavier power are all stealing the authority of the king, and infringing on the office of the six Caos, and finally taking trouble. Do you want me to repeat the same mistakes? ”

"What are these words?" Lu Shusheng said angrily: "Although my scholar has no name, he has the right to do so!" Therefore, people in the world say that "entering the cabinet is the prime minister", and even the temple and the first emperor are called prime ministers, how did they become worthless in the mouth of Yuan Fu? He was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "Could it be that the power that several generations of ministers have worked so hard to win is going to be handed over by Yuanfu?" ”

Zhang Siwei originally wanted to prevaricate with high-sounding words, but Lu Shusheng broke everyone's mind with one word, but no one dared to say it, which made him embarrassed, so he could only defend in a muffled voice: "The power of the cabinet is naturally to be maintained, but it cannot be opposed purely for the sake of opposition.

The ministers can still speak out about right and wrong, doesn't the emperor even have the right to express his wishes? ”

"Can the emperor be the same as the minister?" Wei Xuecheng shook his head and said: "His words and deeds represent the imperial court and the will of the country. Do you know how much confusion this irresponsible argument will bring to the government and the opposition?! ”

"Elder Wei Ge, pay attention to your words." Zhang Siwei said with a straight face: "The emperor just ordered the ministers to fulfill their duties, not the party or the group, this is a very normal holy precept, how can it bring chaos?" ”

"But when Shen Ge's old corpse is not cold, it is very abnormal to publish this kind of holy precept on the eve of Jingcha!" Wei Xuezeng raised his voice and said: "What do you mean" Since the reunification, the atmosphere has been declining, the scholars have been drenched, the official punishment is lacking, and the sovereignty is not respected? What is it called, the handle of the court's prestige, the reward of the ministers, the four dimensions are almost sluggish, why is the nine virtues salty? , Could it be that the eight-year Wanli New Deal is so unbearable in the eyes of the emperor? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty, which is peaceful in the four seas and ruled by the world, is so dark in the eyes of the emperor? ! ”

"Don't take it out of context, if the emperor says, "The world is clear, and all the officials are very competent, then how can you admonish it?" It is a common truth that a father cannot praise his son, and an emperor cannot praise a minister. For what the emperor said, if there is one, he will change it, and if he does not, he will be encouraged. This is the way to be a minister. Zhang Siwei pursued "the anger of the saint is not on the face", although he cooked the cow's head in a smouldering fire, but he learned the lesson of the high arch back then, but he couldn't bear it and didn't want to tear his face and everyone was ugly. Thinking that it would be better to be a "mourning soldier" today, I will perfunctory this pass first, and then say: "I know that you are angry, most likely because I didn't communicate with you in advance, but the platform summoned Shoufu alone, this is the court's deliberative system." The emperor asked me not to make a noise first, am I disobeying the yang and the yin, is this the way of the minister? ”

It is worthy of more than ten years of "accompanying the book in the book", not to mention other skills, he is a master of shirking responsibility, and in a few words, he completely took himself out.

However, his colleagues were not given in vain, and after a short silence, Zhu Dashou, who had been silent, spoke: "What has happened, there is no point in arguing, and letting the emperor take back his order is even more detrimental to the authority of the saint." ”

"The pavilions always understand people." Zhang Siwei was only half relieved in one breath, but he listened to Zhu Dashou's words and said: "But the cabinet must show its attitude, calm people's hearts, and must not harm the hard-won Wanli New Deal." ”

Zhang Siwei didn't dare to risk offending hundreds of officials, denying silence and denying Wanli's new deal, and he couldn't shirk it for a while, so he had to say in a muffled voice: "Then let's jointly fold it......"

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Most of these people were the first to follow Shen Mo more than 20 years ago, when he was still a small character of sesame mung beans, and they were even more worthless big soldiers. Protecting him from birth to death in the southeast, he was arrested and entered Beijing, and he accompanied him for thousands of miles, never abandoned, accompanied him through hardships and dangers, and watched him step by step towards glory. Compared with the guards who joined later, their loyalty was engraved in their bones, which was a kind of unreserved trust and obedience that tied life and death, honor and disgrace to him.

Although there were chairs in the hall, they did not sit at random, but lined up in two rows, waiting for his review, as they had done twenty years ago when they were training in Shaoxing.

Looking silently at the familiar faces that he hadn't seen for a long time, and the warm currents soothed his scarred heart, he walked up to everyone, called out his name, and hugged him tightly.

"Iron Pillar!"

"Three feet!"

"Beard!"

"Horse monkey!"

"Big eyes!"

"Hemp stalk!"

"Old bandit!"

A middle-aged man who had long been as hard as iron was called by him by his former nickname, and he burst into tears, hugged him tightly and said silently: "My lord, do you know what our si's call you?" ”

"White Girl" said silently, "When I don't know? The crowd burst out laughing.

Surprised to look at the father who has always been "heavy, and he is not leaking", he actually cried and laughed with these rough generals, Zhiqing's eyes were also moist, he felt that this was the true face of his father, and it was the father who made him feel extremely warm when he was a child.

Zheng Ruozeng had already prepared a grand banquet, and he knew that today's protagonists were not only Shen Mo, but also these old guards, and he and Shen Jing were just accompaniments, so the seven plates and eight bowls were all big fish and meat, and the wine was also spirits. He originally prepared another light and delicate Huaiyang dish, but was silently refused: "If you are happy today, you will drink wine with your brothers and eat meat!" ”

After drinking three bowls of reunion wine from the ends of the earth with everyone, his silent tongue was a little wooden, but his spirit was still vigorous, and he patted the arm of the iron pillar beside him and said: "In order to digest your background over the years, I don't allow you to contact me, but I am always thinking about you in my heart, why don't you tell me about all these years, how did you come over?" ”

"Cheng, then the subordinates will talk about it first." Tie Zhu is nearly fifty years old, but because his face is dark, his figure is not out of shape and does not show his age, he has a hard beard, and said with a smile: "In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, my lord put his subordinates back to his hometown and became the general of a hundred households in the Zhejiang army. In the first year of Longqing, he was transferred to the north and listened to it under Qi Shuai's account. When Baoding was training, he was promoted to the general manager of thousands of households. In the battle of the reset, his subordinates have been following Qi Shuai and fighting Dongsheng City. After the war, he was promoted to the garrison of the Liaohe River, commanded the affairs, and followed Li Dashuai into the Liao War, because he was born under Qi Shuai's account, and he has been left to fend for himself for four and a half years. In the battle of Liaozuo in the second year of Wanli, I was used as a target to attract the main force of the barbarians, and fought fiercely for ten days and nights, and most of the 5,000 brothers were killed in battle, so that I won the great victory. When it comes to the predicament he encountered at that time, Tie Zhu said that the clouds are light and the wind is light, but everyone can imagine how he survived.

"After that battle, Li Dashuai was impressed with me, but my brothers and I were deeply heartbroken by the Liaodong Army who could not be saved." Tie Zhu continued: "Li Dashuai didn't intend to keep us, so he asked the military department to withdraw us from the front line in Liaodong. After a few months of cultivation, I was promoted to the commander of the capital, the errand was the guerrilla in Nanning, Guangxi, the fourth year of Wanli, the Annan rebellion, was transferred out of Zhennan Pass, under the command of Lord Jinglue, put down the Ruan rebellion, promoted to the commander of the capital, and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Annan, who was just promoted to the commander of the capital last year, and is now the commander-in-chief of Annan. ”

"In sixteen years, I can become one of the three general soldiers of the Central and Southern Economic Strategy!" Shen Mo personally put the lamp and said: "Congratulations! Everyone also coaxed, forcing Tiezhu to pour three bowls in a row before he was willing to let him go.

By the way, Tie Zhu's big name is Tie Zhan, or he was silently given at the beginning, he originally planned to give birth to a girl named Tie Xinlan, but unfortunately this guy even gave birth to six sons, and none of them made tiles.

Next is Chang Sanchi.

The number of roads designed by Shen Mo for this group of old subordinates is about the same, but this guy is much more sleek than the iron pillar, and he has always been taken care of by the bosses on the road, so naturally it will not be so difficult.

Among the remaining fourteen old guards, Hu Yong became the chief soldier of Luzon, Ma Han became the deputy chief soldier of Guangxi, and the rest of them have not yet mixed with the general level, but they are also a real power general, and they command more than 10,000 troops. In addition to the sixteen people present, there are eleven in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Minhan,

Eight in Liaodong, because of the long distance, there is no chance to sit here.

Before preparing for the golden cicada to come out of its shell, Shen Mo was afraid that they would learn of their death and do something impulsive, so he sent someone to inform them as soon as possible.

Zheng Ruozeng drank with him, and watched coldly that these people could reach this level today, of course, it would take personal blood and sweat, but it was almost impossible to leave Shen Mo, who had been in charge of the military for more than ten years, and ran the military department into an old benefactor in his own backyard.

And think about it, from more than ten years ago, when I didn't know him, Shen Mo began to take advantage of the collapse of the world military system and the golden age when the recruitment system was first established to cultivate cronies in the army.

This is where he dares to play "Zheng Boke Duan, where is the confidence, Zheng Ruozeng shuddered... @ws