Wenhua Hall is located in the east of the gate of Huiji, north of the cabinet, is an extremely important building in the palace city, the banquet and the lectures of the ministers are often here, and since Yingzong, the Son of Heaven except for the early dynasty rarely sees the ministers alone, if there is a summons, it is often here. And when today's Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, he did not personally govern, but was personally taken by the Empress Dowager Li to live in the Qianqing Palace to study, even if he saw the ministers in private, often only during the lecture, so he learned that the Son of Heaven would listen to the Wenhua Palace, since Wang Fulin made that scene in Liaodong, the most energetic impeachment officials were all rejoicing.

As for the cabinet and the six bigwigs who also participated in the meeting, they were not as optimistic as those fledgling stunned youths. The clever ones all sniffed out a bit of something unusual, and even if they were dull and didn't know why, they made up their minds to watch from the wall and not say a word, and let those jumping clowns jump.

So, on this day, when Tan Lun, the secretary of the military department, was about to leave for the Wenhua Palace, he glanced at Wang Daokun, who was worried next to him, and immediately laughed.

"Okay, don't worry about it. If you look at your nephew's lack of letters to ask you for help or anything, you know that this kid has understood the mysteries. He dares to do such a big thing, and he will be afraid of this battle today? It's not the first day that I, the secretary of the military department, is not pleasing to others anyway. If it really gets too unseemly at that time, I'll have a big deal to get out. ”

"Brother Zili, don't!" Wang Daokun jumped up from his chair all of a sudden. Although he has been robed for many years, he has been a subordinate of his boss for many years, and he has a lot of friendship. But in the yamen, he has always been cautious about the distinction between the upper and the lower. has never called Tan Lun's cousin. At this time, I can't care about it. He directly stopped Tan Lun with both hands, calmed down his mind for a while, and then said in a low voice, "I'm concerned about it, some things can't be seen clearly, Brother Zili, you have been sick for many days before, and you didn't pay much attention to foreign affairs." I always felt that this time it was a strange thing, as if it wasn't exactly for the military department. Since he has a responsibility, he has a responsibility. I also asked Brother Zili to watch everything. ”

Tan Lun was full of pride and was rushed by Wang Daokun's words, and suddenly there was no trickle left, and he couldn't help but sigh. Thinking about the anti-Japanese war back then, thinking about the training of Jiliao back then, and then thinking about the open guns and hidden arrows he faced since he was transferred to the military department, he couldn't help but have a feeling of being happy. He nodded reluctantly in agreement, and then went out without saying a word.

When Tan Lun went to the Wenhua Palace, the rest of the Shangshu also went out. Zhang Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wan Shihe, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Chonggu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Guo Chaobin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Ge Shouli, the emperor of the left capital, plus Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet. The second assistant is Lu Tiaoyang, and the third assistant is Zhang Siwei. It is precisely that the top civil officials of the entire Ming Dynasty have all arrived. When these people stepped into the Wenhua Hall one after another and exchanged pleasantries and conversations, a very distinct small circle was formed.

Zhang Juzheng's side is Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, Tan Lun, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the household department. Zhang Siwei was next to his uncle, Wang Chonggu, the new secretary of the Criminal Department, and the latter two talked privately for a while, and they quickly integrated into Zhang Juzheng's circle. As for the others, most of them are in charge of their own affairs and do not form a circle, but when they look at the large number of people around Zhang Juzheng, such as Ge Shouli, they can't help frowning.

Wang Chonggu stood the farthest away from Zhang Juzheng, so he could see clearly the expressions of the ministers who had never been attached to him. It has been almost two years since he was recalled to the Beijing Division from the position of Governor of Xuanda, and he was originally in charge of the Beijing Battalion, but the military power of the Beijing Battalion seems to be very remarkable, but in fact, it is in the hands of layers of noble military attachés, not to mention that there is no war, and this position is completely appeased. However, he is famous for his achievements abroad, but he does not have much seniority in the center, so even if he entered Beijing, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites have been vacant, but because these are the top two departments, he has not got any chance.

As for the Ministry of Industry, don't say that he doesn't want to go at all, even if he wants to go, he can't be pushed by the court without the slightest construction experience. In the end, Zhang Juzheng's in-law Wang Zhihe, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was impeached for sending his mother back to his hometown for a long time, and then took the initiative to beg to go, so he barely had a place among the six Shangshu, but the Shangshu of the Criminal Department really didn't have much power. In contrast, Zhang Siwei often went in and out of Zhang Ju's main gate, flattering, and with enough qualifications in the Hanlin Academy, he actually took a crucial step earlier than him, and entered the cabinet in one fell swoop and became a third assistant.

But in any case, it is already an outlier for the two of them to reach the top at the same time as uncles and nephews.

The previous actions against Wang Daokun are indeed inseparable from Wang Chonggu. In Wang Chonggu's view, the Hui merchants almost squeezed out the Jin merchants in the Lianghuai salt industry, and that's all, but the power of Huizhou officials in the court is also rising, Yin Zhengmao temporarily succumbed to the Nanjing household department Shangshu, seeing that as long as there are people in Beijing who vacate the seats, they can squeeze in, Xu Guo has slowly entered the front edge of the phase storage sequence, not to mention Wang Daokun, that is Tan Lun's biggest helper. The grievances of these two major business gangs aside, but only the position of the secretary of the military department is the most suitable for himself with rich military and political experience, he is older than Tan Lun, how many years can he work? This is the greatest hatred in the way!

However, Tan Lun won Zhang Juzheng's trust, and his sick and weak body was to dominate this position, he and Zhang Siwei's uncle and nephew worked together, and it was easy to take advantage of Wang Daokun's celebrity complex, and he always liked to point fingers or point out the country, which made Zhang Juzheng bored with people, but who knew that when Wang Daokun was about to fall, Wang Fulin suddenly caused such a storm in Liaodong!

"I thought this would be the prelude to Wang Daokun's downfall, but I didn't expect it to be the prelude to the drastic changes in the DPRK and China."

This is what Wang Chonggu said to Zhang Siwei in private. Therefore, as a native of Puzhou and an agent of the Jin Shang circle in the court, the two set the tone for today's events early. That is, if you leave, you will move when you hear the wind - to put it bluntly, it is not to see the rabbit and not to scatter the eagle!

"The emperor is coming, please prepare for it."

As a celebrant arrived with the hall first, and said such a sentence, the head of the head fell silent for a moment, and the original small circle suddenly dispersed. It has become a solemn stand according to the rank of the official. As for Wang Fulin as a party. and those who are the Priests. At this time, he had not yet entered the Wenhua Palace, so that this huge place seemed quite clean and empty. I don't know how long it took, but everyone finally waited for a burst of ritual music, followed by the ascension of the Son of Heaven, and everyone kowtowed.

Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was exactly thirteen years old this year, and he ascended the throne at the age of ten, even if he was not in power, but because he went to court on three days. Usually reading every day, sitting on the throne in the middle, naturally has a bit of imperial bearing. It's just that it wasn't until he summoned Wang Fulin and a few Taoist officials to go to the hall together that he secretly glanced at Feng Bao on the side. This time it was the two close attendants beside him, and the emperor was far away when he saw the ministers on weekdays, just like seeing flowers in the fog, and it was better to have such a good opportunity to watch a real lively scene today than to read in the study. Moved by these words, he took great pains to ask for permission from Empress Dowager Cisheng Li.

As for the mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Chen. That's the person who really spoils him, where does he usually brush his face. Not to mention promising such trifles.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun today is completely in line with the thinking of the simple people who do not look at the excitement and do not look at it, with this kind of simple people's thinking, of course, whether it is the Empress Dowager Li, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, or Feng Bao who got the news late, or Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, or other important ministers such as the old scholar of the cabinet, no one knows that he, the little emperor, actually came to see the excitement.

Of course, Wang Fulin didn't know. But because he is more aware of the inherent pattern of the court now and in the next few years, he does not have too much fear of the Wanli Emperor who is in person, and at the same time he does not have much respect. Now there are already people advocating what Wanli Zhongxing is, but does this have anything to do with the little emperor, it is clearly the result of Zhang Juzheng and a large number of officials' hard work! He really doesn't have a good impression of Wanli, this little emperor liquidated Zhang Juzheng's party after he became in power, and then smashed the three major campaigns of Wanli, and because of the struggle for the country, he did not go to the court for decades, think about it, he has been blind for so many years of elite education!

Since he has such a rebellious thought, compared with a few officials who were so excited that their faces were flushed because of the opportunity to show the opportunity in front of the emperor at such a close distance, Wang Fulin was particularly eye-catching. In theory, he is the least qualified among all people, and he is also the youngest, but he has a calm face, especially when several scientific and Taoist officials began to take turns to denounce him, and almost said that his actions in Liaodong were a disaster to the country and the people, he was just not impatient, and stood there with a calm expression, as if he had a sense of self-spit.

can be an official to the level of the cabinet elder Shangshu, most of the officials have a limited good impression of the Taoist officials, unless it is the descendant they are looking for, and they spray others full-time instead of spraying themselves. And the few people who are here today, everyone knows that the few people who came today belong to the independent people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, that is to say, there is no party or faction, and they are notoriously unpopular. Therefore, seeing that Wang Fulin was so indifferent, they also raised their evaluation of this young jinshi to a higher level in their hearts. As for Zhu Yijun, he didn't see Yu Shi spraying people in front of him, after all, the excitement on this side was really disappointing.

Just when he secretly endured another yawn with some boredom, several imperial historians who took turns to fight seemed to be a little tired, and actually stopped for a moment, and at this time, he heard Wang Fulin, who had no sound since the previous salute, finally spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you've said so much, you're finally a little dry-mouthed, right? In that case, let's rest and recuperate, and then fight when I'm done. Seeing that someone suddenly changed color, and was about to fight back immediately, Wang Fulin was willing to give people this opportunity, and raised his voice suddenly, "I just want to ask, has anyone been to Liaodong among the few?" Who has ever seen the living conditions of the soldiers and civilians living near the border wall of eastern Liao? Who has seen any other Jurchens except Wang Gao, who had just been inched before? Since there is none, the ministers think that the ministers think that the most important military affairs in Liaodong, one of the nine sides of the world, are what you can subjectively speculate? ”

At that moment, Zhu Yijun, who had already regretted coming to listen today, sat up straight all of a sudden, and his eyes widened.

That's right, it's interesting to be evenly matched!

PS: I'm freezing to death, I turned on the air conditioner at eight o'clock in the morning, my memory foam computer chair cushion feels completely frozen hard, and the water vapor on the window glass is frozen. (To be continued.) )