"Master Ma is old, please come here so late, please bear with me!"

"Where does Zhang Ge Lao say, although the old man is old, his spirit is not inferior to that of his prime, and besides, the old man is invited, so what's the matter if he doesn't sleep!"

Cabinet scholar, Hubu Shangshu Ma Ziqiang said impassionedly, and his words were not convinced by the old man, and he flattered Zhang Juzheng, the two sides laughed and sat down with each other.

Zhang Juzheng waved his hand to both sides, the servants and maids all bowed their heads and retreated, Zhang Juzheng asked straight to the point:

"Brother Tiqian, how are these inspections?"

Ma Ziqiang is sixty-three years old this year, and his spirit is indeed a little lacking, but when he heard Zhang Juzheng's inquiry, he immediately straightened up from the back of the chair and said solemnly:

"The household department has been checked up and down, and if the items Your Majesty said are not used, there is indeed no way to make money in the world."

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and groaned for a while, before raising his head and saying:

"Your Majesty and what the palace thinks about is nothing more than those things, what you read inside and outside the palace are all sage books, and what you listen to are sage things, and you won't jump out of this circle, but what I'm worried about is Wang Tong, although this person is from a vulgar background, but he often doesn't think about it, or the predecessors make a way, but he has a new thing to come out, this time the gold and silver increased by one million, and there is a ** ghost he did."

Ma Ziqiang said with a smile:

"Pavilion Lao is too worried, maybe His Majesty himself is just arrogant, if Wang Tong really thinks so, it may not be a bad thing, Pavilion Lao has led us to think hard for so many years, and only a few million taels have been accumulated in the treasury, and as soon as his upper and lower lips touch, a million taels will come out, if he can't do it, he will use this as a reason to punish the crime!"

Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is also one of the busiest times in the palace, the banquet and drinking arrangements, the ceremonial sacrifices, are complicated and abnormal, and the eunuchs of the twelve eunuchs are busy with their feet not touching the ground.

Feng Bao, who is the first person in the inner court, has slept for no more than three hours every day in the past few days, and he is busy in the palace every day, seeing that there are still ten days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he has not done much to do, so he is inevitably anxious.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, Feng Baozheng approved a few documents and reprimanded two eunuchs who were not effective in purchasing, and was just about to go to check the various supplies during the moon worship in the harem, when suddenly a little eunuch came to report, saying that the Lord of Long Live had something to summon.

After hearing the summons, Feng Bao was a little anxious, the affairs in the palace were all his prime ministers, and even the Empress Dowager Cisheng Li did not interfere much, let alone Emperor Wanli.

He also remembered that there was no government affairs today, and the court meeting was dispersed lightly, what was the matter at this time, the eunuch Feng Bao did not notice the change in his attitude, he put himself in a position of sincerity and benevolence, thinking that Emperor Wanli was a child.

Finding someone at this time makes him irritable, just like an adult who has an uninteresting child who comes to disturb him when he is busy, and the adult will get angry.

Feng Bao suppressed his irritability, sat on the sedan chair and walked quickly, to the side of the imperial study, and walked to the door of the imperial study, as soon as he lifted the sedan chair, the eunuch guarding the door immediately stepped forward to salute.

Seeing the imperial study, Feng Bao was even more irritable, I don't know when the imperial study became a complete personal space for Emperor Wanli, and the people who were arranged inside and outside were all personally promoted by Emperor Wanli, or recommended by Zhang Cheng.

Although the children always have their own privacy and space when they grow up, the adults are always uncomfortable, but after walking in and seeing Zhao Jinliang who was listening to the errand at the door, Feng Bao had a little smile, this child is smart and smart, and works hard, and the teaching of the inner study hall has been praised many times, and Feng Bao has always liked such a little eunuch.

When he walked into the imperial study, the little emperor of Wanli was half-lying in the dragon chair, in the most comfortable posture of his own house, holding a few pieces of paper to look there, and Zhang Cheng was waiting beside him.

"Slave Feng Bao, knock to see Long Live Lord!"

Feng Bao shouted in front of him, and bowed down directly, his action, Emperor Wanli's body subconsciously sat up straight, making a serious appearance, he was taught by Feng when he was a child in Yuwangfu, and there are many things that have become subconscious habits.

"Feng Daban, please get up, these Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and it is also a hard companion."

Although he didn't know what to summon, Emperor Wanli was kind, and Feng Bao put his mind at ease, got up with a smile and thanked him:

"It's all the old slave's business, long live the praise."

Emperor Wanli neatly arranged the scrolls on the table and asked with a smile:

"Does Otomo know what's going on with Tianjin Wei?"

"Long live the old slave, why do you want to ask the old slave, and it is even clearer for Tianjin Wei to ask Wang Qianhu to ask Grandpa Zhang."

This is a bit ridiculous, Xiang Yan in Tianjin is Xue Zhanye's person, Xue Zhanye is Zhang Cheng's disciple on his side, Feng Bao is not very moving, and it is difficult to say how long the news is reported, Wang Tong's side is even more self-contained, and it is directly reported to Emperor Wanli's side.

Emperor Wanli laughed twice and said:

"Big companion, there is really a lively incident, Tianjin Wei found out the big case of Tongwei in early August, saying that someone transported weapons to the Japanese through Tianjin seaport and made huge profits, but this matter was the credit of Wang Qianhu, and he inadvertently visited it." Feng Bao's face became a little cautious, he knew that Wang Tong was not the kind of villain who faked incidents and earned fame for himself, he said that he was a good person, and this matter was credible.

"Long live the Lord, the Tianjin Acropolis is the gateway of the Beijing Division, and the passage here is a first-class case, and the slave maid will send the East Factory to it, and please also ask the Lord of Long Live to issue an order to strictly investigate the yamen."

Wanli waved his hand and said:

"If Wang Tong's side wants to investigate strictly, he will not send the case file to my side, and directly report to the Jinyi Guards to command the envoy Yamen, my companion, but this matter has some trouble with you!"

"Long live the lord, how can the old slave be a widow!?"

Hearing this, Feng Bao was shocked, the crime of the common widow can be decided, how can he have anything to do with this, he asked in a lost voice, and directly knelt on the ground and kowtowed:

"The slave is loyal, the heavens can be expressed, long live the Lord to investigate ...... in detail"

"There's an obstacle, and it's not like you're going to get up, and look at the documents I received!!"

Zhang Cheng helped Feng Bao up while holding the scroll, and after handing over the scroll, Feng Bao quickly browsed it, and Emperor Wanli said with a serious expression:

"The human and physical evidence is already on the way, it is estimated that it will be there in the next few days, this Lu is under the jurisdiction of the royal prison, this slave and maid should really be cut with a thousand knives, obviously he has done a bastard thing that has lost his conscience, but he died happily, and poured some dirty water on his companion."

"Bastard,, what a!!"

Looking at the case file, Feng Bao's face turned pale, although it was a big crime, it was just a crime of negligence on his side, strictly speaking, it didn't involve him too much, it could be big or small, but if it was used as a handle by political enemies to grab and attack, it would be troublesome.

And Feng Bao knew that this matter was actually later than Emperor Wanli's side, this is the real trouble, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Gonggong, who were standing quietly there, must also know, who knows what will be done.

After thinking about it, there was nothing to be done, Feng Bao handed back the scroll, knelt on the ground again, and said:

"Long live the lord, this matter is appalling, the slave maid is still the first time to hear about it, but it is an unforgivable crime, the slave and maid ask for punishment, and please also ask the lord to investigate to the end."

A smile appeared at the corner of Emperor Wanli's mouth, but it quickly disappeared, he hurriedly got up and stepped forward, personally helped him up, and said:

"What are you doing, Na Lu has committed suicide in fear of sin, he just stayed a few years ago, what does it have to do with your side, the reason why I called you here is just that he is on an errand in the imperial prison, you are his own manager, inform him, I just know it."

"The slave and maid have thanked the Lord for his grace."

Feng Bao naturally wouldn't be naïve to think that this was the case, but after he got up, he didn't make any next move, just stood there and waited.

Sure enough, Emperor Wanli smiled again and said:

"This matter is disappointing, but Wang Tong's punches and kicks are really tossed out of the situation, he said in his song, Tianjin Wei Linhai, but Haikou is unmanaged, ships are chaotic and abnormal at will, he is afraid that there will be any illegal things that will endanger the Beijing Division, so he is determined to rectify it."

Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli asked Zhang Cheng beside him with a smile:

"Zhang Banban, how much is the total amount of fines?"

"If you go back to the Long Live Lord, you will receive a total of 37,000 taels."

"It's only been three days of rectification, and so much silver has been collected, if you continue to rectify it like this, how much can you take it, not to mention that this time there are more than 200,000 taels of Nalu's property, almost 250,000 taels of silver will be handed over, big companion, I said that the amount of gold and silver will be increased by 1 million taels a year, you see, this is not 250,000 taels, it's only three days! If it goes down in a year, I don't know how many? ”

Listening to Emperor Wanli's excited summary, Feng Bao had no expression on his face, but said:

"Slave and maid, congratulations to the lord, Wang Tong is so diligent and loyal, and it is also his own blessing."

"What Daban said makes sense, I think here, I will collect so much in three days, so it is better to make this temporary inspection a regular practice, and set up a yamen for inspection in Tianjin, and this errand will be given to Wang Tong, specifically to raise gold and silver for me, what does Daban think?"

"Long live the ...... of the Holy Ming"

"If Wang Tong didn't have the intention to cover up this matter, he sent someone to report to me first, I'm afraid that the courtiers who don't have long eyes will make trouble again, Wang Tong also helped Daban once, this Tianjin remediates Haikou, and sets up an inspection yamen, I'm afraid that the courtiers will be a little confused, and it is inevitable that it will be a little tossed, why don't you go and talk to Mr. Zhang, the cabinet will respond to this matter, and a ticket will be submitted, what does Daban think?"

Feng Bao took a light breath, he didn't expect the emperor's purpose this time, but the meaning was clear, the crime of negligence of the subordinates of the imperial prison could be pressed, but Wang Tong's new position in Tianjin asked Feng Bao to help persuade the cabinet officials to confirm.

(To be continued)