The palace was shrouded in a mist in the early morning.

For the north, such sudden fog is very rare, but Feng Bao doesn't care about this small change in the sky. If it was even possible, he only hoped that his power could be used not only in this world, but also in reversing the winter and summer rains. In his memory, as long as it is the day of the last dynasty, no matter whether it rains or snows, even if it is a knife, the court will not be greatly affected, if the emperor is not sympathetic, there is still a rule of wearing a hat and wearing a poncho to the court on this rainy and snowy day. What's more, before Emperor Wanli was in power, there were enough court meetings, and today's mist does not affect the progress of the court meeting at all.

Because, today is the first time in six or seven years, the day to use the court staff again, and this is also the first court staff of the Wanli Dynasty!

He has been serving as the admiral of Dongchang for almost ten years, and of course he remembers that during the Longqing period, he used about two court rods, which was far less powerful than the great power of Emperor Jiajing, who used more than 130 ministers at a time for the sake of great ceremonies, and finally killed 17 people. He seldom recalls the emperor who made people tremble at the first sight, because it was the most trembling day of the internal officials, and he was as prone to blame as the foreign ministers, and even had to bankrupt his family for the sake of food and drink. However, that Son of Heaven is also the Son of Heaven who is the best at prestige and plays with ministers in the palm of his hand. Now, he and Zhang Juzheng teach the emperor inside and outside, and they all have some kind of consensus.

That is, don't make a master of eloquence like Emperor Jiajing who is too good at imperial mental skills!

But at the same time, you can't condone a group of courtiers who point fingers at the emperor at every turn!

"Ancestor, the stool has been prepared."

Feng Bao, who had the privilege of riding a stool in the imperial city, immediately stood up, and waited until he went out to sit on the special stool, he went down to the Donghua Gate, and after entering the Qianqing Palace, he smiled and chanted and saluted the Empress Dowager Li, seeing that the Wanli Emperor had already dressed up and was about to go to the court, he smiled slightly, and was about to say something, but he didn't want the Empress Dowager Li to suddenly speak: "Shuanglin, the emperor dreamed of the first emperor last night." The first emperor said that the ground was cold, and the emperor promised to do the Dharma for 7749 days in Dalongshan Huguo Temple, and you should arrange this matter. ”

Feng Bao was stunned for a moment, and naturally he would not have the slightest doubt. In recent years, the theory of gods and ghosts has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and almost no one does not believe it, and they who are "disabled and strong-willed" believe in karma even more. However, the words that the little emperor said after the Empress Dowager Li made his face freeze suddenly.

"Since it is to pray for the blessing of the first emperor and ask for yin virtue, today's court staff, the queen mother and I have said, that's it, the army should be filled with the army, but there is no need to be soft." Zhu Yijun paused slightly as he spoke, and then said in a casual tone, "Besides, I didn't beat them, but I made them famous all over the world, but I was poked in the back!" ”

The first half was indeed discussed between Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijun, but the second half was completely Zhu Yijun's on-the-spot performance. The little emperor digested Zhang Hong's advice, and spent the first half of the night carefully thinking about chewing, including why he did this, how to speak in front of his mother, and how to show his attitude when his companion came in the morning...... For the first time in his life, he was both excited and uneasy to get back to what had been decided, but when he said the last two words, he actually saw that Empress Dowager Li showed a little joy on her face, and Feng Bao's face was quite ugly.

If Zhang Hong was here, he would definitely understand why Feng Bao was so angry. The reason is very simple, the court staff is either from the emperor who is too controlling and too self-centered, or it is from the eunuch. There is Wang Zhen in the orthodox dynasty and Liu Jin in the Zhengde dynasty, don't these great eunuchs all determine their authority through the court staff?

However, Zhu Yijun still grew up watching Feng Bao since he was a child, and found that the eldest companion's face was really not very good, and he was a little weak-hearted, so he tried his best to pretend to be extremely concerned and said: "Besides, the eldest companion is in charge of the celebrity supervisor, and is in charge of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, in the eyes of those officials of the foreign court, there are some things that are not instructed by you, but also instructed by you, why let them find a reason to say that you are not good?" Mr. Zhang's love affair, and then there are long-winded people, so he will be dismissed directly and sent far away to the most remote places to fill the army, and I don't bother to meet them and listen to their noise! ”

Because Feng Bao was good at flattery at the beginning, and unlike Chen Hong and Meng Chong, in order to please Emperor Longqing, all the fragrant and smelly things were pulled to the emperor, plus he helped drive away the high arch of "good at Weifu", so Empress Dowager Li has always trusted people, and at this moment, seeing that Zhu Yijun knew how to maintain Feng Bao, she nodded with a smile, and immediately said: "Although I am orphaned and widowed with the emperor, but with Shuanglin you and Mr. Zhang watching inside and out, others will have no chance to take advantage of it." Now it's for the sake of the first emperor, spare them once. Okay, it's not too early, you accompany the emperor to the court. ”

Knowing that there was no room for contention in this matter, even if Feng Bao was annoyed in his heart, he could only accompany Emperor Wanli to drive.

After Wang Fulin returned to the court, he first took a vacation and sick leave for nearly two months, and then was promoted to the head of the Guangdong Provincial Imperial History, which has participated in the court meeting a lot of times, but most of the time, he is the same as other ministers, as a marionette worship and worship, and he wants to find a chance to speak, because only three things are said at the court, and other times it is pure etiquette.

If it is still early today, it is fine, but when he thinks about the winter court, he feels cold. The only thing to be thankful for is that as early as the Longqing period, the Chang Dynasty was not every day, but 369, which was regarded as reducing the burden on the emperor and hundreds of officials. Even so, he still longed for Emperor Wanli not to go to court every day in the future, lest he have to get up early in the morning and rush to the palace in the cold weather.

However, at this moment, he can't care about these little complaints, because today he is correcting the imperial history! This was a rather honorable errand for the other imperial historians of the Imperial Procuratorate, but since he received this assignment earlier, he secretly complained bitterly, stalking Chen Zan for several days, hoping to hand it over to others but to no avail, so he could only helplessly ask this old man for various etiquette points that served as a correction of the imperial history. For Wang Xiaoguan, who is familiar with common sense readings such as the Daming Law and the Daming Huidian, he often skips all kinds of etiquette and rituals, which is also what he hates the most and deliberately ignores.

What's more, the role of picking thorns is played by the imperial history of Jiaoyi, especially on today's days, picking thorns, in his opinion, it is simply a hot potato!

Because the Imperial History of Correction was going to arrive early, Wang Fulin naturally fell earlier than the others, and he noticed at the beginning that the five hundred factory guards under the Huangji Gate today were completely different from the previous ones, and the sense of oppression that was eyeing him came to his face, making him realize early that although he had made sufficient preparations with Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Hong, he was afraid that there would still be a certain situation today.

Huo Benzheng, another corrector who was on his class today, had always been a loner in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he couldn't help but let out a low sigh at this time, but he didn't say anything after all. And Wang Fulin glanced at the two Honglu Temple officials who were on duty today, but found that they were also sad, and obviously guessed what the scene would be.

From the establishment of Jinyiwei at the beginning of the country, to the later establishment of the East Factory, the scholars and doctors went one after another, and I don't know how many people want to abolish this totalitarian yamen, but in addition to the successful abolition of the West Factory and the Inner Factory, the remaining factory and a guard are like being constantly washed by the river, but still in the heart of the river, stinky and hard, just can't be poured off!

With the loud sound of whips, the civil and military officials walked quickly from Jinshui Bridge, and many people also keenly noticed that the five hundred factory guards lined up under the Huangji Gate today seemed to be a little different from the lineup of the pure Han generals in the past, especially those who had experienced the two court staff incidents during the Longqing period, and found a few very obvious faces from them. Because they did not disappear in the crowd at all, but stood at the front of the crowd in a dignified manner, staring at these well-dressed scholars with a certain sneering and arrogant expression.

Because of this, Wang Fulin was simply one person incarnated into two people during the entire court meeting. An official who counted the number of people who had not arrived, and the misbehaving of the court; The other quietly noticed the changes in the expressions of Feng Bao and Zhang Hong, who were standing next to the throne of the Son of Heaven. When he noticed that Feng Bao's face was like a dead man, but Zhang Hong seemed to be an old god, he couldn't help but have a thought.

Could it be that Zhang Hong really listened to his idea, had a small fight with Feng Bao, and won?

Although there are officials who have resigned today, and the three things reported are not as pure and false stories as in the past, whether it is the parties who have been ruined, or the civil and military officials who have predicted it, everyone feels that this court meeting is lengthy. Finally, when it was about to come to the last minute, the result that everyone was looking forward to finally came out.

"Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Shen Sixiao, Ai Mu, dismissed from the post and sent the extreme side to fill the army, and they will not be pardoned!"

Feng Bao, who was standing beside Emperor Wanli, saw that the hundred officials heard the ending of the four people who were all exiled to the army, many people were stunned at first, and then they were surprised, and some people even clearly showed the impulse to fight based on reason.

Look at it, you don't need a cane, there are still people who jump out one after another!

Not only Feng Bao, but also Zhang Siwei unexpectedly. He already knew about moving the court staff. Even if his power in the court is much reduced compared to the original heyday, this does not prevent the Zhang family in Puzhou from still having a lot of money, so compared to Lu Tiaoyang, it is easy for him to make friends with some internal servants - just selling news, where is not selling? Knowing that Zhang Juzheng's love was a foregone conclusion, he couldn't wait for this matter to break the sky, because in this way, liquidation in the future would be the best handle, but how could he have thought that such an ironclad thing could be turned over!

Lu Tiaoyang actually realized when he saw those factory guards that if he didn't do well in the morning today, he would cause deaths-as soon as the court staff moved, it was not unheard of to kill people! Although he said that he was determined to go, he had worked with Zhang Juzheng for so long, although he sometimes couldn't get used to his character and methods, but he always had a little bit of colleague feelings, so he hoped that Zhang Juzheng would leave more room for being a man and not invite trouble for the future. Although the punishment of exile and confiscation is very heavy, it is very light compared to a crackling court staff. It must be known that the court staff is not the most difficult, if the court staff is filled with troops after the court staff, you will have to be escorted to the place of exile on foot, which is the most cruel!

The attitude of the senior officials towards this time was generally the same, either relieved or shaking their heads and sighing. But for some people who even have a piece of music in their sleeves, it becomes a question of whether to continue to follow the book at this time. Being moved to the left and demoted because of the impeachment of the first assistant and the issue of seizing affection, this is a righteous character, but this righteous style can be compared to the fifty or one hundred court rods that have been beaten because of this? At least, Zou Yuanbiao, the head of the Criminal Department, had to stuff his own share into his sleeve when he saw four colleagues who had been stripped off their official uniforms and immediately pushed out of sight disappear from sight.

Do you want to go back and write the words a little more intensely?

Although Wang Fulin said that he had lobbied around and made full preparations, he had expected it after seeing Feng Bao and Zhang Hong's expressions before, but when he heard that these four people were just filling the army, he was already relieved in his heart.

Even if he felt that there was no need to insist on such a thing as whether or not to take affection, after all, as an official, he hated the court staff even more as a means of humiliating officials both physically and mentally!

However, just when he thought that today's court meeting was about to end, he suddenly only heard the Wanli Emperor on the throne speak: "If there is any more thing to write to seize the love in the future, it will be handled according to Shen Sixiao Aimu's previous example, if someone goes forward to succeed him, there has always been a shortage of people in the north from Liaodong to Shaanxi and Gansu!" ”

Over the years, the number of court meetings has been limited, and the little emperor is more often just a background board, even if Feng Bao, who has already suffered a stick today, everyone and others did not expect that after sending out the four officials who wrote the book, Zhu Yijun would add such a word! Even Shen Maoxue and Feng Mengzhen, who sent a letter to Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian in advance, couldn't help but be dumbfounded at this time. Shen Maoxue couldn't help but want to go to Wang Fulin, but although he saw Wang Fulin correcting the instrument, it could be seen that his face was also sinking like water, so he secretly gave up with a bitter smile.

"Retreat—Toward —"

With this long voice, and a long bow and kowtow and many other rituals, after everyone withdrew from the Jinshui Bridge and returned to their respective yamen according to the previous practice, they had to find relatives and friends to discuss this matter. Wang Fulin is famous in the Imperial Procuratorate, but his popularity is not enough, even those who look up to Zhang Juzheng are jealous of his blue eyes, and he has never had much contact with him, and he has no intention of getting too close to the five trial imperial histories that he lives under his hands, plus Cheng Naixuan is going to the Six Science Corridors in the palace, which is completely opposite to him, and he looks more and more lonely.

However, Wang Xiaoguan, who seemed to be lonely, was pinching his fingers there at this time, thinking about a topic that had nothing to do with today's accident - calculate the time, how could Xiaobei be born, why is there no news in Huizhou? His first child came too late, so there can't really be any problems, right?

His heavy expression really hooked someone with a heart. He was so preoccupied that he only heard an unfamiliar voice behind him.

"Wang Shiyu?" (To be continued.) )