Everyone in the world says that the emperor is good, but who knows that the emperor is also troubled, Zhu Youzhang, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is also the emperor of the civil and military officials with great expectations, and the burden on his body is extremely heavy.

He knew that Zhang Yaoyao said something to Zhang Ru out of concern for himself, but Zhang Ru was exhausted enough to deal with external things, and he was unwilling to let Zhang Ru do too many things.

They are brothers, they can help each other, but they can't take advantage of each other.

Zhang Yaoyao lost his voice and said: "But Your Majesty, your body"

Zhu Youzhu said with relief: "Sorry, don't worry, I know my own body." Now the Ming Dynasty is full of wind and rain, and I don't have time to rest! ”

For her husband, who regards the country as more important than life, Zhang Yaoyao can only be speechless. She is not an ignorant woman, and it is precisely because she is sensible that she understands it.

After Zhang Ru returned home, he rested for a few days, and it was not until the Great Dynasty seven days later that he officially appeared in front of the civil and military officials.

As soon as he entered the hall, except for a few nobles who were familiar with him and greeted him with a smile, everyone else ignored him, and even a few people chose to stay away after seeing him coming.

Zhang Ru didn't care about this, he didn't bother to figure it out, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the careful thinking of these civil officials.

People are alive, who has no one behind their backs, and who doesn't say people behind their backs?

Zhu Youzhu walked over and sat on the dragon chair, on the left was Wang Zhi, who crossed the knife, and on the right was the old Qin Ji.

After sitting down, Zhu Youzhu said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have a performance?" ”

In the past, there was usually no need for him to ask this sentence, and there would be a courtier to report immediately, but today, perhaps because Zhang Ru was there, no one spoke for a long time after he finished asking.

Zhu Youjiao's face was very calm and glanced at the courtiers below, his eyes were just on the same level as the bold Zhang Ru, after the two sides looked at each other and smiled, the emperor said slowly: "Since you don't have a good performance, then I will talk about a happy event." A few months ago, I ordered Zhang Ru, the marquis of the border, to go to the southeast to investigate the maritime merchants, and now I have an eyebrow.

I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that in the southeast of Daming, there would be such a group of bold thieves.

A month ago, someone told me that Zhang Ru killed innocents indiscriminately, and on the day when the Marquis of Dingbian returned to the capital, many courtiers knelt down and begged me to arrest Zhang Ru. Fortunately, I was not so stupid as to distinguish between right and wrong at that time, otherwise when the evidence was laid naked in front of me, I really didn't know how to face the true loyalists of the Ming Dynasty.

Today is not to pursue responsibility, in the past, any of you who received the benefits of those people, I do not intend to investigate strictly. Today, we only talk about the reward for meritorious deeds, but only ask about anyone's guilt.

Alright, now that I've said what I'm going to say, tell me how I'm going to reward the frontier marquis. ”

Without waiting for the civil officials who were about to launch an offensive against Zhang Ru, the emperor easily suppressed their arrogance. As soon as you open your mouth, you will be dismounted, and whoever is not happy at this time will have to pay the price.

The cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty weakened the monarchy's power, giving the courtiers a great say in the court, but this did not mean that they could disrespect the emperor's decision.

After the group of people looked at each other, they whispered and talked about meritorious deeds? How should we talk about the reward for meritorious deeds? We all can't wait to pull the skin-cramping surnamed Zhang out for three days, Emperor, you are joking with us.

Regardless of whether they have received benefits from maritime merchants or confiscated them, they all remain surprisingly consistent - shut up!

After waiting for a long time and no one stood up to echo him, Zhu Youzhu felt a burst of heat on his face, and after a special glance at Zhang Ru, who looked indifferent, he cleared his throat and spoke again: "Why, aren't you usually quite able to talk, when it comes to Dingbianhou's affairs, why do you seem to have taken dumb medicine?" ”

If the others don't speak, several bigwigs in the cabinet can't help but speak, and if they don't say that Qiu Jun, Liu Ji, Xie Qian and others have their own people, let's just say that their relationship with Zhang Ru is not bad, and they can't keep silent.

Xie Qian and Liu Ji looked at Qiu Jun, and Qiu Jun looked at Liu Ji in turn.

In terms of the right to speak, Qiu Jun is the one with the most right to speak in the cabinet, and in terms of qualifications, the oldest person in the cabinet is Liu Ji.

The two looked at each other like fighting cocks, and neither of them would speak first to be the first bird. Helping Zhang Ru offended a group of civil officials, even if those civil officials under him did not speak out, others would have a grudge against the people who spoke. Helping civil officials properly offend Zhang Ru, this Dingbian Marquis who will be repaid has a lot of means, and sometimes I know if he will have a grudge against him?

Seeing that it was not a way to go on like this, Xie Qian had to jump out first to be the first to be the first bird: "Your Majesty, the Dingbian Marquis has made meritorious efforts to suppress corruption, and he should indeed be rewarded." It's just that Dingbian Hou is not a weak crown, although his merits are high, he is too young, and he is afraid that it will damage His Majesty's prestige if it is spread out. According to the old minister's view, it is better to remember this merit for the time being, reward some gold and silver wealth, and wait for the time to set the border marquis in the coming day and make new contributions, and then it is not too late to reward the meritorious deeds. ”

Xie Qian's words were very tactful and reasonable. You must know that Zhang Ru is only in his twenties, do you want to knight him because of such a thing as corruption?

Promotion? Zhang Ru is now the governor of the Nine Sides, holding the military power of millions of soldiers on the Nine Sides, and he is the predecessor of Jinyiwei, although Jinyiwei has changed hands to Mu Bin, there are many people in Jinyiwei who still obey Zhang Ru's orders. What's more, he is a super-grade Hou Ye. It can be said that at his age, he has done his official to the extreme.

The days to come are still long, if Zhu Youzhu doesn't want Zhang Ru to reach the point where he can't be sealed in the future, he will listen to Xie Qian's opinion.

It's just that Zhu Youzhu can listen to advice on many things, but he never listens to advice in Zhang Ru's affairs.

As soon as Xie Qian's words fell, Zhu Youjiao's somewhat displeased retort came from his ears: "How can this be done, merit is merit, and passing is passing." Have I become so deaf that I can't even tell the difference between the merits and demerits of my courtiers? Besides, this time Dingbian Hou purged Fuzhou maritime merchants, laying the foundation for the opening of the sea ban, which is not as simple as cracking down on corruption. ”

Qiu Jun and Liu Ji's faces changed greatly, and both sides saw a breakthrough in each other's eyes. Old Master Qiu turned around and immediately said, "Your Majesty, open the sea forbidden?" Hasn't this matter already been decided by the court? ”

Zhu Youjiao's face was full of displeasure: "What have I decided?" I remember when I said that day that I was talking about putting it on hold, when Mr. Qiu heard that I meant that a decision had been made. ”

Liu Ji was much more straightforward than Qiu Jun, and knelt directly on the ground with weak legs, and he didn't know that this old man said that he was not born in acting, as soon as he lowered his head and raised his head, his face was already covered with old tears: "Your Majesty, the sea ban must not be opened!" ”

Zhu Youzhu said coldly: "Liu Aiqing, what are you doing here." ”

Liu Ji shrugged his nose: "Your Majesty, the ancestral system has a saying, the board is not allowed to go to the sea, if the sea is banned, I will definitely make enemies on all sides." Now that Daming has just passed the storm, he really can't stand the toss, please think twice! ”

In terms of his attitude towards Zhang Ru, Old Man Liu is very ambiguous, he is afraid of the so-called evidence in Zhang Ru's hands, and he is also afraid of Zhang Ru's endless methods. However, on the matter of the maritime ban, his attitude was extremely resolute, and maritime merchants were the foundation on which many civil officials in Beijing depended for their survival. No matter how many people Zhang Ru killed in Fuzhou, he couldn't stop the profit-seeking maritime merchants.

But once the imperial court becomes the biggest backstage of maritime merchants, where can these officials still get a little filial piety?

The silver that has now come to hand is all sent by the maritime merchants in a low voice to ask for help; In the future, if they don't take the initiative to send money, can they still blatantly ask for bribes!

Zhang Ru's half-squinted eyes suddenly opened: "Lord Liu, don't talk about the ancestral system every time you have something." It is true that the ancestral system has a piece of board and cannot go to the sea, but why doesn't Lord Liu want to think about what the situation was when there was this ancestral system, and what is the situation now!

The change of the civil fort, the change of seizing the door, I have not experienced the bloody storm in the Ming Dynasty. But why do those Tatars still dare to commit border crimes year after year, and why do I have to hoard millions of soldiers on the nine sides?

It's nothing more than a point, the country is not rich and strong.

If Lord Liu must become the one who obstructs the opening of the sea ban, then don't blame Zhang Wenxuan for not saying it in advance, and then don't blame Zhang for being unscrupulous. ”

"You!" Liu Ji was so angry that he couldn't say a word.

Of course, he had five points of anger in his heart, and even more five points of fear, but all he showed was anger.

Qiu Jun couldn't look at it a little, and stood up and said: "Dingbian Hou speaks, how can he be like a scoundrel in the market!" Hou Ye is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he has won the trust of His Majesty. ”

For Qiu Jun, Zhang Ru still retained the respect he deserved, and he arched his hand towards Qiu Jun: "Lord Qiu, can you listen to Ben Hou's words?" ”

Qiu Jun said lightly: "Dingbian Hou, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhang Ru cleared his throat and said: "Fang Cai Benhou said that the country is not rich, dare to ask you, does anyone know why the country cannot become rich?" ”

A six-rank petty official in the crowd muttered in a low voice: "It's strange that you can get rich and strong after years of fighting." ”

Zhang Ru didn't care, and cocked his thumb to express his appreciation: "Yes, this is to the point." Fighting year after year, how to get rich and strong! Everyone knows that there is money to fight a war, and without silver, armor, weapons, arrows, uniforms, food and grass, everything is empty talk.

But if this silver is scavenged from the common people who face the loess and turn their backs to the sky, how long do you think this war can be fought?

In the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people's livelihood has withered, and then there are a little natural and man-made disasters. You are people who read the books of the sages, and your bones are exposed in the wilderness, and you can be indifferent when you see it!

The people are the foundation of an empire, Tang Wei Zheng said that the king is the boat, the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat, could it be that your sage books are all read in the asshole? ”

In the last sentence, Zhang Ru deliberately said vulgarly, just to let people stand up and refute it.

This is not a war for him alone, this is a war between the emperor and a group of civilian officials. Without an opponent, this war cannot be fought.

Sure enough, after hearing his last words, a civil official went out of work directly and smashed the wat board at Zhang Ru: "Shaft, dare to make a big noise!" ”