Zhang Ru just moved his body slightly, dodged the wat board thrown by the household servant named Bai Lang, and said coldly to Bai Lang, who had been pulled: "Are you sure you want to use force with Ben Hou?" ”

Bai Lang only threw the wat board out of a moment of anger, if he really wanted to use force with Zhang Ru, where did he have the courage. Mo said that the emperor would not punish Zhang Ru because of the sea ban, even if the emperor would punish the crime, he would only suffer a loss if he fought Zhang Ru.

A person who holds a million border troops on nine sides and kills tens of thousands of Tatar troops in the Great Tong War, how can he be a weak scholar who can match him head-on.

The other party stopped talking, and Zhang Ru was no longer aggressive, and after taking a deep look at Li Min, the head of the household, he squinted his eyes and said, "Ben Hou seems to be too used to you." Reasoning with you and laying out the facts, you want to use force with Ben Hou, and if you use force with you, you say that Ben Hou is unreasonable. ”

When he said this, Zhang Ru's tone seemed a little pathetic, and as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately turned his face to the emperor sitting on the dragon chair: "Your Majesty, the minister earnestly asks for you." ”

Qiu Jun, Xie Qian, Liu Ji, and Wang Shu sounded in their hearts at the same time: "Damn, why did this kid play this trick again." ”

Zhu Youzhu immediately realized: "Wenxuan, why is this so, several pavilion elders are also old-fashioned, and they don't deliberately make enemies of you." Bai Lang, your actions today are really insulting, I really think you are a scholar, I don't dare to do you! “

This successive beating made several pavilion elders, including Qiu Jun, lose their temper. This matter was originally something that could only be fought with words, but Bai Lang, the kid who wanted to get out of the position, didn't know how to do it. On the matter of the sea ban, others can't guess how much Zhu Youzhu put into it, but a few of them who are closest to the emperor can guess it.

The reason why he still recklessly opposes the opening of the sea ban is that the first is to make a gesture for those under him, and the second is to fight for some of the power he deserves after the sea ban is opened.

Every scholar is ambitious when he is studying, like Li Bai, for the sake of Kuang Fu Sheji. Since they have achieved such a position as the elder of the pavilion, it means that they have the opportunity to display their ambitions. Such an opportunity is something they have been operating for most of their lives, and if they are tossed by Zhang Ru and the power in their hands is transferred back to the emperor, then they are definitely a hundred unwilling in their hearts.

But if they want to force Zhang Ru to be completely successful because of a Bai Lang, they are not willing to do things so deadly. What did Zhang Ru think of the emperor after he left? Now that the emperor has something to do, he likes to discuss with them, what about after Zhang Ru is gone?

Qiu Jun glanced at Li Min, and Li Min immediately twisted Bai Lang's arm.

This one was not instructed by Li Min at all, it was completely Bai Lang's advocacy. He can't do anything now, he just hopes that Bai Lang can understand what he means and apologize to Zhang Ru.

As for what to do with Bai Lang afterwards, that's his own business.

Bai Lang glanced at Li Min in surprise, and then broke free of Li Min's hand with some disdain, and looked at Zhang Ru with his neck twisted: "Dingbianhou, you don't have to come with me like this." Today, since I Bai Lang dares to speak out, I don't plan to mix well in the officialdom. In the Ming Dynasty, there are always a few people who tell the truth.

If you can convince Bai Lang, Bai Lang will kneel down and kowtow nine times without saying a word. After that, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it.

If you can't say one, two, three, four, five, as long as Bai Lang doesn't die for a day, there will be someone behind your back who says that you are not a thing. ”

The most important thing for Ming officials is reputation, especially civil officials.

Zhang Ru is both civil and military, and Bai Lang thinks that he also cares about the word reputation. But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Ru was not a person of this era at all, and in this era, Zhang Ru's reputation was already stinky enough, and he didn't care about another layer of notoriety.

Even if he didn't care much about Bai Lang in his heart, Zhang Ru still felt the need to explain.

In this Manchu Dynasty, everyone's heart is separated by a layer of belly, and no one knows what is in anyone's heart. Among so many officials, how many are dissatisfied with the ban on opening the sea, and how many are dissatisfied with the ban on opening the sea by the imperial court because of money?

Giving an explanation and letting these people accept this explanation is Zhang Ru's ultimate goal.

So after Bai Lang spoke, Zhang Ru immediately began to explain: "In the twenty-third year of Chenghua, the imperial court increased commercial taxes, and at that time, everyone said that it was not okay to increase commercial taxes. However, it turned out that the increase in commercial taxes alleviated to a large extent the embarrassment of the imperial treasury of emptiness. In the first year of Hongzhi, the commercial tax accounted for 20% of the entire treasury tax revenue, and the results in the second year of Hongzhi were even more significant.

It is still the case now, the sea ban has not been opened, and everyone says that the sea ban is harmful to the country and violates the ancestral system. But the road is walked by people, and if we don't take it, that road will not appear under our feet by itself.

You have more than enough to keep and not enough to enter, I Zhang Wenxuan don't blame you for this, and I can't blame you. After all, everyone has a way of living with others, after all, not everyone understands what the key is.

But if anyone is an obstacle on Zhang Wenxuan's way forward, Zhang Wenxuan really doesn't mind using the embroidered spring knife in his hand to repair the thorns along the way.

You said that the opening of the sea is forbidden to hurt the country, and the silver copied from the maritime merchants in the southeast coastal area is enough for the Ming Dynasty to pay taxes for three years. If the imperial court received this silver into the treasury, could it be that the treasury would be empty? Once the treasury is no longer empty, and we have enough capital to arm the frontier soldiers, will the Tatars still dare to send cavalry to fight the grass valley with great fanfare?

You keep reciting the words "loyalty" and patriotism, and you think every year about getting rid of the scourge of the Tatars, but in which year did you do it?

I don't pay tribute, don't pay tribute, don't cede land, don't pay compensation, don't make peace, even if the emperor is captured, we can choose another emperor to come out.

You think you have a backbone? The backbone of the fart! Loyalty to the monarch and patriotism is not just talking, but considering problems for the court from the root.

Why are there so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials in my Ming Dynasty every year, and why are corrupt officials still emerging in an endless stream since the beginning of the corruption eradication in the hands of my grandfather? It's nothing more than that the income is too low, and a county magistrate only receives more than ten taels of silver every year, but he has to feed several or even a dozen families.

If the sea ban is achieved, and all the officials are raised, will there be people who will embezzle regardless of the head on their neck? If the lives of the officials themselves become better, and the lives of the people become better, are they still afraid that some people will disregard people's lives for their own selfishness?

Zhang's words are all here, if you must harm me for your own selfishness, just let the horse come. ”

After Zhang Ru finished speaking, his eyes stared at Bai Lang and he didn't say a word.

The words made all the civil officials and military generals in the entire Jinluan Hall speechless, and in all fairness, every word Zhang Ru said was on the point. The Ming officials, who have always loved face, really felt that their faces were hot, and no one dared to criticize them like this for many years, and they were suddenly exposed, which made the civil and military officials feel cold and fluttering.

Bai Lang's face turned blue and white for a while, changed a few breaths, and finally turned a miserable white.

He staggered towards Zhang Ru a little, and Li Min, who was afraid that he would overreact again, wanted to pull him, stretched out his hand in the air, and took it back stiffly.

He and Bai Lang are just colleagues, and in a deeper sense, he is just Bai Lang's boss. Bai Lang did his own thing, he didn't want to put himself in it.

In front of everyone, Bai Lang walked in front of Zhang Ru step by step, and the footsteps that fell every time hit the hearts of every official.

Many people prayed in their hearts: Bai Lang, Bai Lang, you must not do stupid things!

However, Bai Lang made a move that made everyone stunned. I saw that he stopped about five steps away from Zhang Ru, gritted his back molars, fell to the ground with a plop, and respectfully kowtowed to Zhang Ru.

"Bang!"

The head made a dull sound when it touched the floor, and every time it hit, it really reached the ears of every official present.

After the sturdy nine rings, Bai Lang said word by word: "Tomorrow Bai Lang will leave the capital, three years, I will give you and myself three years." If in three years you can't make the promise you make today. In ancient times, there was Jing Ke who thorned Qin, and after three years, there will be one more Bai Lang in this world. ”

After wiping a handful of bloody foreheads, Bai Lang left the Jinluan Hall without hesitation, without greeting the emperor or his boss, and walked out of the Jinluan Hall alone.

At this moment, Zhang Ru couldn't help but admire this thirty-year-old household servant, he was in a high position, but he was able to understand the righteousness and not be corrupted by those money.

At first, he thought that Bai Lang was a representative of the maritime interest group, but it was not until after the nine sturdy rings that he understood that there were still proud literati in this world.

In some ways, the difference between him and Bai Lang is just a difference in philosophy.

After such a fuss, the Jinluan Palace suddenly became a lot quieter, and the officials present were more or less touched. That touch came from Bai Lang's stubbornness, and also from Zhang Ru's words.

Zhu Youzhu sighed, and announced Bai Lang's whereabouts in one sentence: "Li Aiqing, the Yellow River in Kaifeng bursts the embankment, and Bai Lang will go in May, let him pack his bags tomorrow and continue to the Yellow River to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry to build the embankment." They shall not be promoted within three years, and shall not be included in the evaluation of the Beijing Inspection. ”

After Li Min received the order, Zhu Youzhu paused: "Dingbian Marquis Zhang Ru has worked hard and made great achievements, rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold, 50 splendid horses, and served as a county prince. That's it, let's disperse! ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Under the leadership of Qiu Jun, the ministers shouted.

Zhang Ru also shouted, then turned around and walked outside alone. On the way, Zhu Youqi called him, but he ignored it, because his mind was really a little messy now, and he didn't know how to organize his thoughts.

Halfway down the road, looking at the frightened expressions of the pedestrians on the road, he suddenly had an epiphany, turned around abruptly, and walked towards the palace again.