"Your Majesty, this matter is not appropriate!"

"What's wrong?"

"This ......"

There are often no major issues in the court meetings during the New Year's holidays, which is also everyone's tacit understanding and easy to celebrate the festival, but the issues raised on August 11 caught everyone off guard.

Emperor Wanli put forward something very simple, saying that Tianjin Wei Linhai, and where the gateway of the Beijing Division is located, recently it has been said that some people have repeatedly mentioned that Tianjin Wei's sea frontier is not quiet, so he is ready to let Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu Wang Tong be responsible for cleaning up.

Anything related to Wang Tong, the courtiers had to oppose it, because everyone had not been ventilated in advance, so they thought that Zhang Ge Lao did not know in advance, but Zhang Ge Lao would definitely oppose it.

But no one can come up with any really powerful reasons to refute it, the sea is not quiet, and the Son of Heaven sent his personal guards to supervise and rectify it, which is not wrong.

What's more, Jinyiwei already has the duty of inspector to arrest, and Haijiang is not a foreign thief, which happens to be the duty of Jinyiwei.

After a few words of advice, Emperor Wanli gently and skillfully refuted it, according to the rules, it should be the cabinet scholars who came out to persuade him, Shen Shixing and Zhang Siwei's eyes were looking at Zhang Juzheng, no one thought that Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, said indifferently there:

"Your Majesty, the affairs of the sea and the frontier should not be neglected, Tianjin in addition to the gateway of the Beijing Division, there is also the function of the hub of Caoyun, if it is unstable, the people in the north will be turbulent, it is time to arrange a person to picket and govern, Wang Qianhu This person is very appropriate."

When these words came out, the people in the cabinet couldn't suppress the surprise and questions on their faces, and looked at Zhang Juzheng in unison, Zhang Gelao's attitude would not change for no reason, how could he speak for that Wang Tong.

But Zhang Juzheng's statement made all the controversy stop immediately, and everyone never mentioned the matter again, and the next thing was that the cabinet vote was to be submitted to the celebrant for approval.

A smile appeared on Emperor Wanli's face, and then he became serious again, and said in a cold voice:

"Li Qiufa!"

Everyone was stunned again, thinking why His Majesty wanted to call the Ministry of Industry Shangshu, Ping said that in the Wenyuan Pavilion, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu has always had no qualifications to speak.

"Wechen is here!"

A round middle-aged rank, the Ministry of Industry is the lowest in the six parts of the cabinet, but the construction of palaces and cities, the construction of water conservancy, the supervision of utensils, the flow of money and goods, to talk about making money is the first class of fat shortage.

"Tianjin Firearms Workshop sells weapons to pirates and pirates, do you know about it?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Qiufa was stunned at first, then knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said:

"Your Majesty, I don't know about this matter, this matter has nothing to do with Wechen!"

"The head of the two ministries of the Tianjin firearms workshop, colluded in cahoots, embarrassed, and actually sold weapons to pirates and pirates, and Lu, who presided over the workshop, also blamed himself for this, and has been selling weapons privately for nearly ten years, making hundreds of thousands of dollars, you don't know, how did you do this Ministry of Works!?"

No one thought that Emperor Wanli would suddenly mention this, and he would suddenly become stern, and no one in the Wenyuan Pavilion knew anything about it.

Their news is either through the official newspaper, or through the news that Jinyiwei and Dongchang have come out, if all aspects are blocked, they will have their own intelligence network if they want to know the news, and not everyone has such the ability to operate.

Li Qiufa, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, just kowtowed there and asked for guilt, and he didn't dare to say anything, the firearms workshops everywhere are nominally under the joint management of the royal superintendent and the Ministry of Industry, but the status of the imperial superintendent in the palace is not much higher than that of the Ministry of Industry, and the people in the firearms workshop all listen to the imperial superintendent, who cares about the Ministry of Industry, and besides, there are too many places for the Ministry of Industry to make money, and it is not bad to compete with the palace for these few dollars, and they do not manage it, but they did not expect to cause this disaster today.

Complication is a big crime of extermination, even if it is implicated, he will be imprisoned, Li Qiufa is already scared to the extreme, just begging there, thinking in his heart, his filial piety to Zhang Ge Lao has never been delayed, I only hope that Zhang Ge Lao can help say a few words.

However, the other people in the Wenyuan Pavilion had already seen Zhang Juzheng's expression, and they also looked at Feng Bao and Feng Gonggong's expressions thoughtfully.

Both of them looked noncommittal and noncommittal, and everyone sighed in their hearts, knowing that Li Qiufa would not have anyone to help this time, and the people above would not speak, and the people below would not make a sound.

Emperor Wanli was even more angry, got up from the dragon chair and pointed at Li Qiufa and scolded:

"Kowtow and kowtow, the Tongwei have come to my doorstep, what face do you have to ask for help here, someone ...... come"

"Your Majesty, Tianjin Wei is not a Jingshi after all, the young people are lucky and do illegal things, Lord Li will definitely not be implicated, and I hope to see clearly!"

Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, finally spoke, and Li Qiufa just breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he heard Zhang Juzheng continue:

"But Lord Li's negligence is inevitable, please read that His Majesty has been loyal to the country for so many years, and let him return to his hometown to retire!"

Li Qiufa's whole body was cold, and he happily came to the court, who would have thought that he would suddenly say such a thing, what was even more unbearable was that he didn't know anything in advance, and now his official position is gone.

But the official matter is small, if it is investigated, it is also a big crime to be involved with the Tongwei, Li Qiufa is also full of money in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, if Zhishi returns to his hometown, it will be the best ending.

Emperor Wanli sat back in his seat angrily, and after a while he spoke:

"Since it is the elder of the pavilion who has spoken, then read Li Qiufa's hard work, and today I will go back and ask for your resignation!"

"Thank you for Your Majesty's reward......"

"Get out, get out, I'm upset when I see people like you, get out quickly!!"

The little emperor lost his temper and shouted angrily, Li Qiufa stood up in a cold sweat, and retreated quickly, the quiet in the Wenyuan Pavilion was abnormal, no one thought that Emperor Wanli would have such a big temper today, he was young and young, but after all, he was the Son of Heaven, and it was really unpredictable.

There is also a quick reaction to think of one thing, Li Qiufa, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is very good at being a person, and he is enough in all aspects, but he is not Zhang Juzheng's man, but he is just a harmless person left over from other factions.

The room was quiet for a while, and Emperor Wanli sighed and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, work hard and act loyally, Emperor Shizongsu, the emperor, has been exterminating the Japanese for half his life, and only when his father is the emperor will remove the harm of the Japanese invaders, but our Ming Dynasty's own yamen actually came to a common man, isn't this a joke, can't I sleep in the imperial city?"

It is also considered to be serious, and the ministers in the Wenyuan Pavilion had to kneel down in unison under the leadership of Zhang Juzheng, and said in unison:

"Your Majesty must be faithful, please be relieved."

The atmosphere was already a lot more harmonious, and Emperor Wanli was silent for a while, and then said:

"There is a vacancy in the Ministry of Works, Mr. Zhang and a few Aiqing will push it, hand over the candidate, and the celebrant will approve it!!"

Officials above the fourth grade need to be jointly nominated by the cabinet scholars and the six scholars, and find out a few candidates to report to the Wanli Emperor for selection, at this time, in fact, Zhang Juzheng reported what candidates, there will be no refutation above.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng kneeling down to receive the order, everyone exchanged a knowing look with each other, Zhang Ge's old hands and eyes were all over the sky, and he actually got a position of Shangshu so easily, I don't know who this position will be given to.

"This incident reminds me that Tianjin is the hub of waterways, sea and land, and the firearms workshop has the important task of supplying Jizhen and Liaozhen, and it is not easy to relocate elsewhere, and it is reliable to land on the sea, it is inevitable that there will be some mess, and the unfortunate bandit nuisance covets, and if you are not careful, you will be taken advantage of, just like this incident, pirates and pirates harass the frontier and kill the people, using our own official weapons, what kind of bastard thing is this, I think, such a heavy land, it is best to find a reliable person to look at, Did you say Aiqing? ”

Speaking of which, can it still be said that it is not, and the ministers praised His Majesty Shengming in unison, and a smile finally appeared on Emperor Wanli's face, nodded and said:

"Rest assured people, I have it at hand, Qianhu Wang Tong found out the case of Tianjin Firearms Workshop, confessions, human evidence, and physical evidence are all supervised by him, when he was in Beijing, whether it was the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Hall or the Delicious Restaurant, Zhenxing Building, he was in charge properly, and he was also a capable person, so it was better to let him take care of it!!"

The ministers' faces were not good-looking, Zhang Ju's front sank like water, and he groaned and said slowly:

"Your Majesty, Wang Tong is a military position, and the firearms workshop has always been in charge of both the imperial superintendent and the Ministry of Industry, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this?"

Today, everyone feels that things are wrong, according to what Zhang Ge Lao should resolutely oppose, but he said that he was not resolute, but Emperor Wanli said with a smile:

"It's okay, it's okay, the royal prison is my slave and maid, and the Jinyi pro-army is my pro-soldier, they are all my people, and I can trust whoever I let go, so let Wang Tong take care of it, Feng Daban, how do you think this title will be arranged?"

Feng Bao on the side said respectfully and gently:

"If you go back to the Long Live Lord, after all, the imperial supervisor is the position of an internal official, since Wang Qianhu wants to take care of it, it is better to take a temporary post in the Ministry of Industry and use the title of Tianjin Firearms Supervision Ambassador."

"Okay, okay, what Feng Daban said is, Mr. Zhang, the cabinet vote is drafted, and the celebrant will send it out as soon as possible after it is approved!!"

The corners of Zhang Juzheng's eyebrows twitched a few times, he was really unwilling to give Wang Tong such benefits, but thinking about Feng Bao's request, thinking about the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, he had to take a step forward and said:

"Obey the order!"

At this moment, some people in Wenyuan Pavilion couldn't help but be surprised, but everyone pretended not to hear, and everyone looked at their hearts and minds, but their minds were all turning sharply, thinking about what was wrong.

"By the way, you Aiqing, take Nalu's family property and govern the sea frontier, and in less than three days, he received 250,000 taels of silver, and it has only been a few days, and the increase in gold and silver has been completed by a quarter, and there is still nearly a year to go, is one million taels still worried?"

Emperor Wanli said with a smile, the courtiers' eyes widened, and they were extremely surprised, and then their faces turned dark, and they were very ugly.

(To be continued)