Chapter 8: Touching Rewards and Punishments-

The Ming Dynasty is too wide, in this era when the means of communication and transportation have basically not changed, the south and the north are like two incompatible worlds, and the craze set off by the Ming Yi interview record will not be transmitted to Beijing for a while...... No matter how lively the south is, it is only in the realm of fighting a war of words, but the city of Beijing has already done it with real knives and guns.

After the court roded the four people of Shangshu, not only did it not reach the sound of the hundred birds expected by the emperor, but it was the rebellious psychology of the officials, Shangshu attacked and seized affection, and even accused the emperor of increasing unabated - on the day when Wu Zhongxing and the other four people received the cane, Zou Yuanbiao, the secretary of the general administration, came to the celebrant with a box full of chapters...... Although he is already a figure in the literary world, in the officialdom, he is still a newcomer who has just started, so the errand of delivering the chapter to the master of ceremonies fell on him bravely.

Because he was humorous, and the eunuch Hou who was on duty with the celebrant was already too familiar with him, he put down the box containing the music and asked the other party to open the receipt.

If it is usual, Eunuch Hou must have promised happily, but now is a very long time, Shangfeng has just been admonished, and every piece of music must be strictly checked, but anyone who talks about it and grabs affection can be taken out directly, and it can be handed over to the brocade guard to arrest people, and it is not allowed to be submitted.

So he reached out to open the seal of the chapter, but was held down by Zou Yuanbiao and said, "This is not in accordance with the rules." "In order to prevent the celebrant from peeking at the concert and dismantling the stage from it, from the first year of Wanli, the music chapter sent by the General Administration Department was sealed in a casual box. According to the regulations, the celebrant must be sent to the front of the emperor and opened in front of the emperor. Eunuch Hou's behavior belongs to the Si Demolition Chapter, and once it is verified, it can be asked for a capital crime.

"That's the old yellow calendar," Eunuch Hou said nonchalantly: "It's already above, but if the secretary of the political department hands over the chapter, the master of ceremonies will read it first and then submit it." ”

"Which one is this?" Zou Yuanbiao was furious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face at all.

"The emperor's will!" Eunuch Hou raised his thumb and raised his eyebrows: "You still think we are deaf ears - arrangement?" Brother, the first thing the emperor will do in the future is to restore the status of our celebrant supervisor! ”

"Really?" Zou Yuanbiao smiled and said, "That's really powerful." ”

"That brother will be opened...... Eunuch Hou said.

"Let's go." Zou Yuanbiao shrugged and said: "They are all congratulatory watches to congratulate the emperor's wedding, and they are sent at this time to make the emperor happy." ”

"As it should be." Eunuch Hou praised him when he heard this: "Isn't it that we, the foreign ministers, if we are all so sensible, as for the trouble that is now?" He opened the box, picked up a few copies of it, opened it and saw that it was indeed a congratulatory watch, then put it back and said: "How good is this, take advantage of the emperor's wedding to ease up, and everyone will live a harmonious life in the future." ”

"Yes." Zou Yuanbiao saw that he was no longer checking, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll go first and send the piece up as soon as possible." ”

"Deliver it right away." Eunuch Hou got up and said goodbye.

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In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, the Wanli Emperor was sitting at his desk reading the chapters, although he was not yet sixteen years old, he already had his own views on the internal and external military and political affairs...... He was originally gifted and intelligent, and he was taught by the best teacher in the world, so he could be an early achiever. But for a sixteen-year-old, this is not necessarily a good thing, because it would add to his pretentiousness and make it difficult for him to endure the restrictions imposed by the Cabinet.

For example, he can only read the minister's recital, but he cannot give an opinion. Or if an opinion is issued, it will also be ignored by the cabinet. As the emperor, his responsibility was to stamp the cabinet votes, and he was not even allowed to stay in the middle of the country, which was simply regarded as a human-shaped stamp.

Of course, when he was young, the cabinet's method could effectively prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics, which is understandable. But now that he is an adult, he is still treated like this, how can the emperor stand it?

Thinking of this, Wanli slammed the book on the table, and said with a dark face: "If you don't read it, it's in vain if you read it, send it to the cabinet and let them watch it themselves!" ”

At this juncture, the box brought by Eunuch Hou was sent to the palace.

"What are you doing at this time, take it out!" Li Quansheng, the eunuch of the palm print, said: "Send it directly to Wenyuan Pavilion." ”

"This is a congratulatory watch from the foreign minister." Eunuch Hou was actually not afraid of Li Quan, because he knew that this chief was actually not favored: "Do you want to send it to the cabinet?" ”

"This won't go away." Li Quan didn't have the same knowledge as him, so he took it and waved his hand: "Go back." Then he turned around and sent it in.

As soon as Li Quan turned around, Eunuch Hou looked inside, but there was a door separated by a door, and he couldn't see anything, he pursed his lips and muttered softly: "I'm afraid that others will get close to the emperor and grab the seat!" "Then he cursed fiercely in his heart: 'What are you doing there if you don't invite the emperor to see you like this, the prestige of the celebrant has been lost.'

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Don't mention that the eunuch Hou secretly slandered himself. Shan Li Quan held the box and entered the Dongnuan Pavilion.

"Why are you back?!" Wanli just told his personal eunuch Sun Hai to put on the chessboard, ready to kill two games to relieve his anger, and when he saw Li Quan go and return, he immediately blackened his face.

Li Quan knew that the emperor was annoying himself, so he was doubly flattering, and he really hoped that one day he could warm the emperor's heart: "Your Majesty, this is a congratulatory watch sent by the outer court." ”

"What greeting watch?" Wanli said with a dark face: "What is there to congratulate?" ”

"The emperor is really a noble man who forgets things, and next month will be your big day." Li Quan smiled into a chrysanthemum.

"Oh......" Wanli nodded, too lazy to return to the bookcase, so he asked Sun Hai to move the chessboard, vacate the place and said, "Leave it here." ”

Li Quan put the box in front of Wanli, and the emperor picked up one with great interest, opened it and looked at it, and was really in a good mood...... In the same paragraph, when praising others, you may feel that it is too fake and insensitive, but when you use it to praise, you will feel that I am so good! Why didn't I find out before!

And the emperor, who was born arrogant, reacted after reading it ...... I'm so good! So although they are all clichés, Wanli can watch them with relish.

Seeing that the emperor's mood really improved, Li Quan was very happy, and he took out the rest of the more than 30 books from the box and put them neatly in front of the emperor.

Wanli finished reading the congratulatory watch in his hand, threw it into Li Quan's hand, and shot his eyes to the two stacks of congratulatory watches in front of him and said, "All here?"

Li Quan replied respectfully: "Back to the master, it's all here." ”

"No more?" The emperor's face turned bright: "There are more than 2,000 Beijing officials, just such a few people on the congratulatory table?" And all in the name of the yamen, there is no individual! "According to the ceremony, a month before the wedding, the hundred officials will be on the first congratulatory table. Now less than twenty days before the wedding, the emperor has seen this thing for the first time, and after recalling it, his mood can be imagined.

Li Quanxin, isn't this all a matter of taking love? The court was blowing a strong wind, and the officials refused to congratulate the table during this time, lest someone flatter and be brazen. However, the truth is not true, he thought about it quickly, and said to the hundred officials: "It may be that I am worried that every official will have a congratulatory table and be too tired of the saint, so I only ask all the yamen and departments to have a congratulatory table, which will not make the emperor too tired, but also represent the loyalty and love of all my subjects to the emperor in the Ming Dynasty." ”

Hearing his words, Wanli sneered: "Let the officials go to the Dao Bullet Seal and be afraid of being tired, and let them go to the congratulatory table for fear of being tired!" I really like to be considerate. Gritting Bai Sensen's teeth, he said gloomily that did not belong to the young man: "It's just because of the love thing, I scolded me in my heart, and I didn't want to congratulate the table." Li Quan, also eat inside and out, and go to the door with them?! At the end of the sentence, he slammed the table and swept the two stacks to the floor.

Li Quan immediately knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "The emperor is angry, the slave and maid are just expecting, so go back and ask for clarification and then report back!" ”

"It's like a human saying!" Wanli didn't look at him and said, "Go and ask this matter immediately, and let Shen Ge take the lead in writing a congratulatory note!" ”

All kowtowed, got up, and was about to exit. But I heard Sun Hai, who was squatting on the ground and cleaning up the recital, snorted softly.

Although this voice was not loud, it was enough to make Wanli turn around and say, "Huh? ”

"Slave, slave is just strange, this, this doesn't seem to be a congratulatory watch." Sun Hai pointed to the hand book that was scattered on the ground.

"Huh?" Wanli frowned and said, "Read!" ”

Sun Hai knelt on the ground, unfolded the recital, and just after reading the inscription that admonished Zhang Juzheng to win the affection, his face changed drastically.

"What's wrong?" The Emperor asked.

"It's another anti-sparse against the seizure of affection." Sun Haixin replied.

"......" Wanli's face was completely gloomy, he molicked the soft mustache that had just grown on the side, gritted his teeth and said, "Read!" ”

"For the university scholar Zhang Juzheng to seize the affair, the minister's political secretary Guan Zheng Zou Yuanbiao once again resisted the sparse admonition." As soon as Sun Hai read a sentence, he stopped, looked at the emperor's face, and saw that Wanli did not have any hints, so he continued to read:

'Your Majesty is in favor of the community? Although it is possible to be upright, academics are biased. Although the ambition is yu, it is too much for self-use. If the facilities are severe, such as the state and county taxes, and the acres of land are cleared, the number must be increased and must not be reduced. and those who have the hope of the priest shall increase the number. It is also used to become a royal person, and the lifting and lowering have their own. If there is anyone who dares to speak today, he will be migrated with a rod tomorrow...... 'The four people before only talked about the matter, and did not say anything else. However, Zou Yuanbiao raised the artillery fire to another level, completely denied Zhang Juzheng's character and governing style, and demanded that Zhang Juzheng be removed immediately!

The emperor did not shout to stop, and Sun Hai had no choice but to continue to read: "The edict of the minister: 'My knowledge has not been completed, my ambition has not yet been decided, and once the master is gone, I will give up all my achievements.'" His Majesty's words are indeed a boundless blessing for the sect. However, those who have become holy scholars and auxiliary wings of sainthood in the DPRK and the central government are not in the right position. There are many people who are in the right place for their academic character. Guan Juzheng said: 'There are very good people in the world, and then they do very good things. 'If mourning is a common thing, and those who disdain it, will not the five permanent ways of people be mourned? In this life, but not raised, and died without running, he still calls himself in the world, saying, 'I am a very talent', doesn't it make the world's corporal teeth cold? It can be inferred from this that he must have the heart of a beast, and Fang Wei is very human...... not only scolded Zhang Juzheng as a beast, but also mocked the emperor mercilessly, exposing the ridiculousness of the emperor's excuses.

"Don't read it!" Wanli finally couldn't help but erupt, he pushed all the chess pieces on the chessboard to hand, and roared like an injured beast: "A Guan Zheng, actually committed a crime against the wind, it's really against the sky!" Angry, he ordered: "Quickly call Zhu Xixiao and arrest this person for me!" Don't let him run! The eunuch hurried out to deliver the message.

"Take a look at every single one!" Wanli was so angry that his mouth turned blue and his handsome face turned pale. He grabbed the armrest of the chair, gritted his teeth and said, "Find out every one with the si!" I want to see how many people are not afraid of death! Find out and kill them all! One does not spare! ”

Li Quan was originally going to quit, but who knew that there would be such a play. At this time, if he is so unpopular, he should honestly shut up. However, Li Quanshi was worried that the emperor would be moved for a while and really ordered to kill, which would inevitably cause chaos in the court, and even the throne might be unstable. hurriedly stubbornly played: "Your Majesty, you will never kill anyone!" ”

"Why?" Wanli squinted at him, his gaze was extremely terrifying.

Li Quan was worried that he couldn't explain the reason for a while, but it would cause the emperor to be even more angry, so after thinking about it, he unraveled the cable from the emperor's point of view: "This Zou Yuanbiao saw that Zhao Yongxian and the four of them were beaten to the point that they only had one breath left, and they dared to take the risk of folding, and they were obviously ready to die!" ”

"Hmm......" Wanli nodded, feeling that there was something wrong with this.

"These literati have problems with their brains, and they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of not becoming famous. Who knew who Zou Yuanbiao was before? But as soon as you kill him, you will immediately become a hero praised by the world. That's exactly what he wanted......"

"Ho, change your name with death, and make a good deal at a loss! I really want to open the brains of these civil officials to see what is inside. "Wanli is full of history books, and naturally knows that this kind of person exists, but he has always felt that fame and everything are floating clouds, and the actual tools are important.

At this time, after Sun Hai finished counting, he classified the innocent congratulatory tables into one stack, and stacked the music of the discussion into another stack, the former stack was a little thicker than the next stack.

"Since these guys want to die so much. I won't let them die! After passing the decree, according to Aimu and Shen Sixiao as examples, Zou Yuanbiao and others who wrote the book were exiled from 80 to 3,000 miles away. Execute it now! Wanli patted the case.

"Slave and maid, go and give the decree." Li Quan bowed and said.

"......" Wanli nodded his head, and when he walked to the door on behalf of Li Quan, he shouted to him again: "Just let Sun Hai go, stay!" I still have to settle accounts! ”

After listening to the emperor's words, Li Quan's legs were weak for a while, and his back was full of sweat.

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