(The previous chapter is the middle, and this chapter is the next)

"That's not the rule." Wanli shook his head and said, "This is an indiscriminate reward!" In the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, which dynasty and which generation have sat on the ground and divided the piles like this? Saying that, he glanced at Zhang Siwei with disdain and said: "How much Dai Lu should be given by a few officials, my ancestor has already decided, this is the rule."

You ministers, talk about the laws of your ancestors all day long, why can't you remember that your ancestors are here when you are added to the ranks? ”

"This" Zhang Siwei shook his head and said: "The price of the Hongwu Dynasty is not comparable to now, with the original Dai Lu, the officials have a difficult livelihood" ...... "This is to treat me as a child" Wanli shook his head and said: "When the dynasty was first established, the battle of the gate G Yuan was not drawn, and there was no rooster crying for thousands of miles, it was the time when the price was expensive, I consulted the classics at that time, even if it was twenty years after Hongwu, one or two silver could buy two stones of grain. And what is the price of grain in the capital now? Does Zhang Ge know? ”

"Back to the emperor" Zhang Siwei said helplessly: "It's also one tael of silver and two stone rice." After a pause, he explained: "This is because after the imperial court implemented a whip law, the people changed from paying grain to paying silver, and the grain had to be realized, which led to the cheap and expensive rice." ”

"I don't care about the reason, I only know that the current price of rice has not changed from two hundred years ago" Wanli said a little arrogantly: "Elder Zhang Ge, do you also want to learn from that person to bully the superior and the inferior?!" ”

"Weichen doesn't dare" Zhang Siwei heard it, for fear of arousing Wanli's disgust, and repeated the mistake of silence, so he had to make a promise and no longer defend.

For many years, every time Zhu Yijun discussed with Shen Mo, he was always honestly afraid. Now seeing Zhang Siwei's appearance that he didn't dare to stretch out, he felt very comfortable in his heart, and even felt that he had a steep increase in the aura of an emperor. So he picked up the shelf and coughed and said, "Elder Zhang Ge, I know your thoughts, because I don't want to offend those officials and win people's hearts. But I use you as my first assistant, so that you can assist me in refreshing politics and creating a magnificent Wanli era, if you want to learn from that Shen, someone will cover the sky with one hand, it will be too disappointing for me.

Zhang Siwei tried his best to be silent, is it really for Wanli? Of course not. The emperor's words made his scalp tingle for a while, and he hurriedly said: "The ministers must follow the emperor's teachings." ”

"Don't be too nervous" Wanli smiled slightly: "I have a sub-word for Zhang Ge Lao." The two eunuchs standing on the side unfolded a pair of imperial pen and ink treasures to Zhang Siwei.

I saw two big regular scripts written on it: "Awe,!"

"As long as you remember these words in the future, you will not repeat his mistakes." Seeing that Zhang Siwei's face could not hide his shock, Wanli said proudly: "Go back to Jubilee, hang it on the hall, and be a heirloom." ”

"Yes," Zhang Siwei remembered to thank him: "Thank you for the emperor." ”

"His banquet knows that the elder also wants to stabilize people's hearts, but everything is chaotic and then cured, and if he doesn't strike while the iron is hot to eradicate the disease, when those officials come to their senses, there will be more resistance if they want to do it." Wanli waved his hand, motioned for the eunuch to put down the pair of words, and continued: "In the recital, the hundred officials said that since the first year of Wanli, it is comparable to the prosperity of the rule of Renxuan, but in fact, they are just singing praises for someone and whitewashing the peace. As far as the rule of officials is concerned, the government is still appeased, there are many things, the ministers of all sizes, the tolerance and indulgence, and the bribery of the public make the law gradually free, and the discipline and Fuzhen: to refresh the politics, I am ready to start from three aspects, one is to abolish the redundant officials and redundant personnel newly established since the first year of Wanli. The second is to personally preside over the Jingcha and eliminate the mediocre and greedy people. The third is to cancel the court to push the court meeting, and the court should be a major event, and I will ...... and cabinet decisions. ”

Zhang Siwei listened, dizzy for a while, and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this will cause an up......roar."

"Didn't you keep saying that silence also used my authority to curry favor with the hundred officials? Is the trouble of the court because the lord is weak and the minister is strong? Wanli waved his hand, raised his voice because of his movements, and said: "Throughout the ancient sages, monarchs and holy lords, all of them are in power and dictatorship!" The plan lies in the public, and the judgment lies in the independence! I have decided to be a dictatorship, and whoever dares to say anything about it, I will take off his black veil! ”

Zhang Siwei couldn't hear that Wanli had been planning for a long time, his scalp exploded for a while, and sweat oozed from his back: "The emperor's sacred heart dictatorship is really the blessing of all the people, and Weichen wholeheartedly supports it." ”

"Endorsement cannot just be lip service, but also depends on action." Wanli said: "I said this today, after the elder goes back, write a chapter and send it to the newspaper, and see what the reaction is below." ”

"Yes......" Zhang Siwei replied with difficulty.

"Of course, you can't just let the elder of the pavilion be a villain" Feeling that Zhang Siwei was about to be flattened, Wanli changed to a gentle tone and said: "If someone goes down, someone must go up, you draw up a list of available people." Besides, I am not a mean and ungrateful king, and I will never spare my lords for loyal ministers. After a pause, he said: "No matter how you are rewarded, you Zhang Ge Lao is in the first place." ”

"Thank you for the Emperor's grace." Zhang Siwei hurriedly thanked him.

"Go ahead." After saying so many words, Emperor Wanli felt a little tired, waved his hand and said, "Elder Ge, how hard you work, I won't treat you badly." ”

Zhang Siwei should retire, and after walking out of the Qianqing Palace, standing under the sun, he was a little dizzy.

The person on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help, but he shook his head and signaled that he could do it.

didn't sit in a sedan chair, slowly walking under the high palace walls of Da Nei, Zhang Siwei was very depressed. The appearance of the emperor with his teeth and claws still reproduced in his mind, and this was not the result he wanted... Zhang Siwei exhausted his organs, planned for several years, and finally replaced Shen Mo, in order to be like him and Gao Gong, Xu Jie, and Yan Song, he was a real prime minister, and all civil and military officials should be the first to look forward!

He wants to prove to the world that Zhang Siwei is not a companion to the book, leaving silence, and another set of practices can also make the world rule! The same can become a generation of palms of the name!

However, the emperor behaved like a fierce horse with his bridle untied, and he no longer wanted to be restrained in any way. Zhang Siwei had been focusing on dealing with Shen Mo before, and subconsciously thought that as long as he took over Shen Mo's position, he would naturally be able to take over his power. It was only now that he suddenly realized that the emperor was already twenty years old, and the system had received royal orthodox education for more than ten years, and the most important point was that the shadow left by silence in his heart was too heavy, and now that he had finally escaped from the cage, Emperor Wanli naturally wanted to vent the emotions that had been suppressed in his chest for a long time, and realize his authority without any constraints.

Could it be that he can only learn Yan Song, but he can't learn Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Silence? Could it be that in the end, I still can't get rid of a follower? Zhang Siwei's mood was very low, and the city of Beijing was slaughtered, and Luzon, thousands of miles away, was also covered with clouds, like other excellent harbors, Manila Bay was saddle-shaped, and the boundless harbor line protected the ships in the harbor from the impact of surging waves.

Today, Manila is a super port full of sails and masts, with thousands of ships entering and leaving the port every day. Huge and oppressive three-masted ships, one by one, docked on the docks, tens of thousands of blacks and natives, up and down like workers, loading and unloading, bustling and 11 streams.

As the de facto protector of Luzon, Nanyang has a dedicated terminal at the Port of Manila, which used to be just as busy. Today, however, the security forces of the Nanyang Company have placed martial law here. More than a dozen ships cruised on the water, not only the inshore guard ships, but even the naval battle capital ships with dozens of guns, which was enough to turn any ship that dared to cross the mine pool by half a foot into powder.

On land, more than a thousand people wore freshly pulped dark blue military uniforms, high-waisted buffalo leather military boots that could reflect the figure of a person, purple sauce at the waist, a raw cowhide wide belt with cooked copper buckles, and tall soldiers with black iron helmets on their heads, holding a clear and watery Longqing style, with their backs to the dock, vigilantly watching every snooper.

On the shore of the wharf behind the miners, more than a dozen black carriages with the badge of Nanyang Company were parked, and the coachmen and guards stood with expressionless faces. A few feet in front of these people, stood Shen Jing, the governor of Luzon, Zheng Ruozeng, the president of the Nanyang Company, two young men with similar appearances but different temperaments, and more than a dozen middle-aged men with sharp eyes. These people's faces were solemn, but there was some uncontrollable movement.

A Nanyang company's seagoing ship was slowly approaching the shore, and after the pot was filled, several sections of cables were cast on the ship, and the guards on the shore who had been waiting for a long time tied it firmly to the dock. Only then did the boat set up the pedals, and after the two teams of expressionless shiwei drove off, a man dressed in black appeared in front of everyone.

"Meet your lord!" The dozen or so middle-aged men knelt down on one knee in unison, and Shen Jing and Zheng Ruozeng also hurriedly bowed deeply. The two young men fell to their knees and said, "Meet my father......"

There was no smile on his silent face, he nodded to everyone, patted the shoulders of those middle-aged men one by one, looked at the familiar faces that he hadn't seen for a long time, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you all here?" ”

"Because of our oath!" The burly black-faced man at the head said in a deep voice: "Fight for adults all your life!" ”

Shen Mo's eyes were a little moist, and his throat fluttered a few times, before he whispered: "Good brother...", under the guidance of Zheng Ruozeng and Shen Jing, he got into the middle carriage. His two sons, former members of the Guard, also left the dock in separate carriages.

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Shen Jing did not show his age except for being a little thinner. He saw that Shen Mo was already old, and sighed: "Humble words, what kind of life have you lived in the past few years?" ”

"It's hard to sleep and eat, and I sleep with one eye open." Shen Mo said lightly.

"Alas, you, the first assistant, the price is too heavy" Shen Jing said gloomily: "It's okay if it's not right, we can simply stand on our own feet in Luzon!" How about you being the king, Brother Kaiyang being the prime minister, and I being a general? ”

"What nonsense?" Zheng Ruozeng glared at him fiercely and said, "If you want to be the emperor, you won't leave Beijing City!" ”

"I'm just saying it casually," Shen Jing shrugged and said no more.

"What the hell is going on" Zheng Ruozeng then asked: "It seems that this is not the end of the matter for adults to come to Luzon, right?" ”

"Don't get me wrong." Shen Mo said softly: "I can silence and look for traces in the southeast, but I just want to leave the mainland for a while and come out to relax." ”

"It's time for you to get some rest." Zheng Ruozeng asked in a low voice: "Have you found out about the old lady's affairs?" ”

Shen Mo's expression darkened, and he nodded, not explicitly.

Zheng Ruozeng stopped asking interestingly, and diverted the topic: "It is said that you shouldn't ask now, but now the company's senior management is very confused and needs to be guided by the next step of the adult's arrangement." ”

"I'm not a person who has been abolished because of Si," Shen Mo gently rubbed the sun and said, "In the next period, I will carry out a reorganization of our internal affairs, from the top to the grassroots. I'll wait until I come up with a draft of this and I'll discuss it with you. If I would like to say anything now, I would like to establish an organization with ideological and ideological identity, basic ethics and a sense of statecraft, let's call it a political party. "The word party is not good." Zheng Ruozeng shook his head and said: "The Analects say: "I heard that gentlemen are not parties. , Kong Yingda noted: "Help each other to hide the party,." ”

"Let's call it for now, but what I want to establish is different from the Friends Party." Shen Mo smiled and said: "Although we all have to seize power and power, it is not for the sake of "helping each other to hide", but trying to represent and express the broad demands of an advanced class. But what kind of appeal it is, I still have to observe, and I'm not in a hurry now. He sighed lightly and said, "The top priority is to convey the news that I am not dead internally, and not to be self-defeating." ”

If you have answered the way.

The headquarters of the Nanyang Company in Luzon is a well-equipped castle, and the carriage stops in the courtyard of the headquarters after driving in.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to wash and change clothes in silence, the two sons had time to ask: "Dad, why didn't you see the third brother...............

Shen was silent, put a warm towel on his face, wiped it slowly, and after putting it down, he said with a calm expression: "Maybe, in a few days, you will be able to see him, maybe, you will never see ......"

"Why?" Zhiqing and Shiqing were shocked.

"It depends on the outcome of a case." Shen sighed silently and said, "In the past two days, there has been a result." ”！