Chapter 2: The Trapped Dragon-

As expected, the growth of things was not surprising, and after sincere communication with the bigwigs of the cabinet and the six ministries, he obtained their understanding. The next day, he asked for the return of the reward he had received for that victory.

On the same day, Mitsumao's recital appeared in the newspaper, dispelling the doubts of the government and the opposition about whether the cabinet would 'cover the lid'. A little later, the cabinet convened a court meeting of the ministers of the ministry and decided to form a powerful task force headed by Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department and Zuo Deputy Metropolitan Yushi, and immediately set off to Liaodong to inquire about the case.

After the report was reported, the emperor added the stone eunuch who was the celebrant supervisor to supervise the case on behalf of the palace, and made a posture of strict investigation.

The task force went there for three months, during which time they searched for snakes and made detailed inquiries and visits from such feudal guards as Li Chengliang and Zhang Xueyan to partial school guards, and even outcasts from the indigenous people of the merchants, and the materials sorted out alone were more than 3,000 pages.

To put it simply, in the battle of Changdingbao, the surrendered infantry team was the tribe of Dong Fox's nephew A Maohei of the Duoyan Department, because he couldn't stand the oppression of Dong Fox's father and son, and was worried that the tribe would be annexed, so he killed Dong Fox's son, and brought all the old and young to Changdingbao to beg for surrender, in order to seek the care of the Ming army. But because the two sides have been at war for many years, there is no trust in each other. Therefore, Ah Mao waited twenty miles away, and he took the men to confess his intentions first, and then meet after confirming safety.

On the side of the Ming army, Li Rusong, who was guarding the fort, received a letter of surrender from the other party. Seeing that so many people were rushing to the pass with mules and horses, and there were no fufu children among them, they thought that the chieftain led the crowd to commit the crime, and used a trick to surrender. took advantage of the enemy's unstable cavalry and opened the door to cover the past. The crowd of beggars was caught off guard. Fleeing in all directions. But Li Rusong's army was too strong, and he slashed them all in the blink of an eye.

Because he was worried that there would be an ambush, Li Rusong did not pursue. Afterwards, the superintendent army Yushi rushed from Liaoyang to count the heads, and confirmed that they were all young and strong, so he went to the court to ask for credit for Li Rusong. What is certain is that until the time of asking for merit, the whole Ming army still thought that this was an enemy who had come to surrender by fraud, but did not realize that they had killed the wrong person.

And there is also a method that although there is no ambush, Amaohe is indeed a fraudulent surrender, in order to cooperate with Dong Fox inside and outside, just like Li Yuanhao of the Song Dynasty did in the past, to open up a passive situation. But because Li Rusong killed them cleanly without asking any questions, this method is no longer verifiable.

The final conclusion is that the killing of prisoners may be done, but it cannot be established. Moreover, the situation at the border is complex and ever-changing, and no one dares to deny every possibility before something happens. Li Rusong is only 20 years old and young and inexperienced, so he has adopted the safest method, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, Dong Fox used this example to frequently educate his clansmen that this was the end of surrender, which did increase the difficulty for the Zhao'anmen people.

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It was said that it was sent back to Beijing in an expedited manner of 600 li, and the emperor understood at a glance that almost everyone was clean...... Even Li Rusong, who really can't escape, only made the mistake of being 'reckless' because he was young.

"Protection, no matter how well it is covered, it is also protection!" In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Wanli slapped the table angrily and said, "Is this playing with me as a child, or do you think that everyone in the world is a fool?!" ”

The master was angry...... "The eunuch of the Qianqing Palace knelt on the ground. Of course, only when they were present, when there were no outsiders, Wanli dared to be so angry.

Wanli couldn't fully understand the sophistication of silence, so in a daze, it became a situation where civil officials were fighting against him, the emperor. In fact, this kind of thing should be cut through the mess quickly, and it should not be left to the ministers to communicate with the trade. Of course, the emperor didn't have such a fast sword......

As a result, after the initial confusion of the various accounts, the civilian, military and military generals realized that there was no better result than 'making a big deal a big thing happen, and turning it into a thing'. Moreover, after proving that death was really a Tartar and not a Han Chinese, the wave of condemnation from the government and the opposition fell a lot. The reason is very simple, in the past 100 years, people have frequently invaded the northern provinces, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil, and they have never been polite to the Han people. So don't do 2,000 unjustly, even 20,000, it can't arouse the anger of the people, but will kill them well, who will make them not look long...... Without the pressure of public opinion, those ministers were even more emboldened, and after all, they turned a shocking case into a mistake committed by young people. In this way, a cadre of civil and military forces in Liaodong escaped and was born, and the bigwigs in the capital were also unharmed, which can be described as a great joy.

"But where did you put me?" Emperor Wanli roared angrily: "After a long time, I became young and ignorant again, and they wiped my ass for me!" I want to humiliate me no more! The terrible tacit understanding expressed by the court, civil officials and military generals in this incident deeply annoyed the young emperor, and after smashing all the tools that could be smashed, Wanli could no longer suppress his long-term desire...... He had to have a force that was completely loyal to himself, to rival the ministers who were respectful in general and who did not really take themselves in the slightest!

Jin Yiwei is still too unrelenting, and through a series of events, Wanli has faintly realized that this army of the Son of Heaven has been infiltrated by people, and it is no problem to do some ordinary errands.

No one in this world can be fully trusted, except for the eunuch who has grown up with him!

Of course, this must have stabbed the wasp of civil officials again, so he could only plan in the dark first, but fortunately, with the funds of one million taels, he could not look at the face of the outer court. As for who to preside, Wanli looked around and set his eyes on Sun Hai, the most trusted eunuch.

"I asked you to find the backbone of the former East Factory, have you ever told anyone?" On this day, Emperor Wanli was in the pavilion by Taiye Lake, looking at the remnants of the lake and asking Sun Haidao who was standing behind him.

"No," Sun Hai replied with a huff in his back, "The slave maid is afraid that the subordinates will guess the thoughts of the Long Live Lord, and they don't even dare to say anything when the Queen Mother asks." ”

"That's right," Wanli's tense face turned a little hazy, and he asked again, "Why did I look for these people?" ”

"This ......" Sun Hai gasped and snorted, "This, the slave doesn't dare to guess." ”

"Anyway, if it's wrong, I'll forgive you." Wanli's tone was kinder.

With these words, Sun Hai became a little stronger, and said: "The slave maid expected that the Long Live Lord was probably heartbroken because he was bullied by the outer court again and again. Therefore, I want to find some powerful assistants, after the East Factory was disbanded in the past, many masters of this road either fled in their names, or were sent to exile, but most of them are still alive, and there are many people in the capital alone......"

When Sun Hai got here, he didn't dare to talk about it anymore. Because he saw Wanli's eyes filled with tears. After a while, seeing that Wanli was still there, he had to call softly: "Master, master......"

"Well......" Zhu Yijun sighed, wiped the tears from his lost eyes and said: "That's right, I was indeed bullied by those civil officials, and this Forbidden City has become my prison!" What does it mean for the emperor to be in this position? He exhaled heavily and said: "I can understand why that uncle always wants to escape from the Forbidden City, even if he wanders the world, it is better than being like now, being violated by the yang and the yin!" ”

Sun Hai knelt down suddenly, choked and persuaded: "Master, don't think like this, it's the Taiping Emperor of Weijia and the Four Seas!" If others don't listen to you, the 10,000 minions in this palace can go to the soup for you! As long as you give an order, whoever dares to bully you, we will raise a knife and chop him! ”

"Good!" Seeing that Chenggong aroused his loyalty and murderous spirit, Wanli finally expressed his intentions, he hurriedly paced in the pavilion, waving his hands and said: "I understand the ancestors, why do you want to set up a factory guard outside the civil official system!" Because those guys are so dishonest, they must always keep an eye on it, and punish them severely if they make the slightest change, so that we can maintain my authority! Now Jinyiwei can no longer be trusted, so I am ready to restore the East Factory and become the first factory governor of the Wanli Dynasty! After a pause, he said: "Although the brand of Dongchang is already stinky, I have come up with a new name, called the Internal Investigation Factory!" ”

"Inner factory?" Sun Hai's eyes lit up and said: "When I hear it, I serve the emperor, which is much more appropriate than Dongchang, and the emperor is really knowledgeable." ”

"Put away the habit of patting on the back." Wanli also couldn't hide his excitement and said: "When you are a factory man, you have to be a little majestic." ”

"That's for the people below, in front of the emperor, the slave and the maid will always be the slave." If Sun Hai didn't talk, how could he stand out from so many eunuchs?

"Remember my words, as long as this loyal bond remains unchanged today, I will never live up to it!" Wanli patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Yes......" Sun Haiji moved into tears.

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After receiving the emperor's order, Sun Hai took the backbone of the East Factory he found and began to build a team to build the factory. Because the emperor thought that none of the people outside the palace could be trusted, Sun Hai and the others had to select dozens of shrewd and powerful people from the more than 10,000 eunuchs in the palace, and hundreds of powerful people. As soon as the first month of the seventh year of Wanli, it was officially opened in a remote palace building.

Emperor Wanli had deep hopes for this grass platform team, and on the day of the opening, he personally drove to the speech, encouraging them to restore the prestige of the former East Factory as soon as possible! Become the sword in the hands of the emperor, everyone is afraid!

Those old guys from the Dongchang period couldn't help but look weird when they heard it, and their hearts were too much, right? Since Liu Jin, where has our East Factory been majestic?

Because of the lessons of the Zhengde Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing was full of wariness of eunuchs, and always only let them make tea and pour water, and do some things that slaves should do. And with Lu Bing's emperor's milk brother, Jinyiwei has always crushed Dongchang to death. In his later years, Emperor Jiajing's thinking changed and he wanted to improve their status, but because of Chen Hong's rebellion, he had to clean the East Factory. The status of eunuchs in the Longqing Dynasty has risen in a straight line, but the era of powerful ministers has come, and they have been crushed to death. After the short-lived Longqing Dynasty, Feng Bao's case was discovered, and the East Factory was directly uprooted......

So the emperor is 'majestic', the old guys don't think so, if it were that simple, we wouldn't have been suppressed for so many years.

As it turned out, they were right. The inner factory has just been listed, and the voice of veto is overwhelming. Both official newspapers and non-governmental newspapers have published articles rejecting spy politics one after another. Among them, there are many ministers and ministers, and people are busy reminiscing about the past and the past, and they are bitter about the harm of eunuchs interfering in politics and spy politics. And the responsibility for the sudden death of Yingzong Beijiao, Wuzong and the first emperor was all on the head of the eunuch. It's as if the emperor dares to let the eunuchs take power, he is not far from death.

In the past, whether it was a seizure incident or a merit incident, there were always discordant voices among civil officials. This time, there was no noise, only a veto! Veto! Veto again!

Wanli was very determined at first, or he would ignore any veto and stick to the inner factory. For this reason, he issued another decree to give the inner factory the right to secretly investigate and detain him, which was directly refuted by the six branches, and clearly told the emperor that the history of Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Feng Bao proves that spy politics has threatened the foundation of the country, and now it is difficult to eliminate it, how can it be allowed to resurge?

In short, I would never agree to it.

Wanli came to the trouble this time, he directly sent the edict to Shen Mo, ordered him to stop the uproar of public opinion, and supported the establishment of the inner factory. There is a meaning between the words that blame all this on the dictates of the silent darkness.

Shen Mo was blamed by the emperor, so he had to write a letter to resign, and the emperor really wanted to approve it. But he also knows very well that as long as he dares to approve, the hundred officials will immediately collectively write a letter to resign and let himself be the commander of the light pole. Although he really wanted these people to get out of here, so that the world could be quiet.

Things are back to the point of déjà vu, if it was Emperor Sejong, he would definitely not hesitate to let them all go. However, although Wanli is very much like Naizu, he is always so bad at critical moments, and he seems indecisive when he needs to make a decision the most.

His father, in the end, was the Emperor Longqing who compromised for the sake of the overall situation......

After much deliberation, Wanli rejected Shen Mo's resignation. However, the scholars did not appreciate it, and they went one after another, one after another, and it seemed like an endless bombardment of fatigue. Wanli finally had another chance to wield his favorite court staff. But he actually restrained himself, because Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian and others, who had been beaten by the court staff before, had become famous people in the world who scholars were vying to get acquainted. This kind of slapping in the face of Chiluoluo made Wanli feel uneasy.

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