As the eunuch of Feng Bao's celebrity, there is no need to be the emperor's personal companion, but Feng Bao still has to greet and see him off before and after the last dynasty if time permits.

Of course, Feng Bao himself was self-conscious and serious, and he had a lot of advice on Emperor Wanli's behavior, and Emperor Wanli felt very restrained when he saw him, and he didn't want him to come, which was another matter.

Came to Wanli's dormitory early, and when Feng Bao walked in, he saw several palace maids waiting for the emperor to change his clothes, and Zhang Cheng stood aside respectfully.

Even without the keen observation of Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng, everyone could see that Emperor Wanli was in high spirits now, and Feng Bao stood in front of Zhang Cheng after greeting An.

He lowered his head and glanced at Emperor Wanli's dress, but found that something was wrong, and immediately frowned and asked:

"Long live the dragon jade pendant that Lord Banzai often hangs, how can you use such a crude jade ring."

As soon as Feng Bao asked, the two palace maids who were waiting for Emperor Wanli to change their clothes shook their bodies, and they both turned their heads to look at Wanli, and the little emperor smiled and relieved them:

"I want to hang it myself, Feng Daban, you see, this is a gift brought to me by Wang Tong to exterminate the thief, and it is said that it was seized on the thief's head."

While speaking, he also took off the jade ring and showed it to Feng Bao, Feng Bao glanced back at Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng shook his head with a wry smile, Feng Bao said in a warm voice:

"Your Majesty, there are certain regulations on the ceremonial clothes of the Son of Heaven, not to mention the rudeness of the jade ring from the thief, maybe it is also contaminated with some unclean things, Your Majesty should change it!"

"I am the Son of Heaven, and what unclean thing dares to approach me...... Companion, I won't bring it tomorrow, okay. ”

As soon as the little emperor of Wanli said the first sentence in a high-spirited manner, he saw Feng Bao's face become serious, and quickly changed his tone, Feng Bao heard him say this, and shook his head helplessly and bowed down again.

Zhang Cheng, who was standing next to him, glanced at it, then lowered his head again and didn't say a word.

In the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant, was the center of course, but a month ago, at least Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wan Shihe, and Tan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and other old ministers of several dynasties were still quite readable, but Wang Guoguang Zhishi and Tan Lun died of illness, and the secretary of the Ministry of War became Zhang Han, and the secretary of the military department became Zhang Siwei, and the bosses of the entire court were almost all Zhang Juzheng's protégés.

Just a Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wanshi and no storm can be set off, in order to protect himself, he can only shrink in a corner, don't say anything, and nourish his mind freely.

Today, the atmosphere of the cabinet is quite warm, and several cabinet scholars, the six scholars, and the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all beaming with joy on their faces.

Everyone is saying one thing, there will definitely be no deficit this year, the treasury can have at least two million surpluses, Jiajing in the middle and late periods of the year deficit, until the end of Longqing slowly reversed, to this day there is such a big surplus, this is why, all the first assistant Zhang Daren hard work, promote the Qing Dynasty in the world, find out a lot of hidden fields, to increase the tax base for the imperial court, if you wait until the tax reform, the treasury is more full.

For the praise and flattery of his colleagues, Zhang Juzheng just smiled and nodded, and now everything in the world is going according to Zhang Juzheng's expectations, and the world is called virtuous, which is difficult to surprise.

However, under Zhang Juzheng's smile, he was also a little worried, and yesterday he received an urgent letter from Huguang, and the old lady of the Zhang family was seriously ill again.

"The emperor has arrived!! ～～～”

With the announcement of the elongated tone of the little eunuch outside, the cabinet, which was still very lively, suddenly became quiet, and everyone tidied up their clothes, got up and stood up in order to prepare to greet them.

Emperor Wanli walked in happily, after finishing the usual set of etiquette procedures, the rest of the eunuchs in the hall also walked in, there are a few tables on the right side of the emperor, several eunuchs are standing there, the table displays the four treasures of the study, the cabinet of votes, if you can handle it on the spot, you can approve it now.

Zhang Juzheng said two words simply, and the next thing is Chen Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Zhang Han, now the world is clearing the acres of fields, I don't know how many officials are involved.

An acre of land is hidden, the state is less taxed on this acre, and this tax falls into the pockets of individuals, and an acre of land may not have much money, but tens of thousands of that is a huge benefit, and this field can be passed down from generation to generation, and there are benefits every year.

How many officials colluded with local wealthy families to swallow up the fields that originally belonged to the state, and many people found out the fields in Qingzhang this time.

This is a big crime to conceal the acres of land, and there are responsibilities such as negligence, and I don't know how many people will be dismissed from office and raided from home, and many people who preside over the Qingzhang fields and acres have also made meritorious deeds and must be promoted and rewarded.

Personnel appointments are the lifeblood of the bigwigs in the DPRK, these days at the court meeting, every day is talking about the appointment and dismissal of officials, the cabinet and officials below the fourth grade decide, the cabinet and the officials above the fourth grade will push, and then hand over to the emperor to decide, but the number of people involved is inevitably too much, and a new list is reported every day, so every day is to say this.

Who should be promoted, who should be degraded, the list has been prepared, the Queen Mother, Feng Bao, and Zhang Juzheng have all nodded their heads, and reporting to Emperor Wanli is just going through the motions.

In the past few days, Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, was halfway through, and the little emperor of Wanli yawned very indecently...... Today is different, and all the bigwigs who listened attentively to Zhang Han's statement noticed that Emperor Wanli was very interested today, and he listened very carefully.

Things are abnormal, and it is the performance of the Son of Heaven, and the bigwigs can't help but be a little worried, everyone still remembers the matter of Emperor Wanli forcing Wang Guoguang Zhishi clearly, is there anything wrong today?

"What Zhang Aiqing said, since the cabinet thinks there is no problem, the celebrant will approve it!"

After Zhang Han finished speaking, Emperor Wanli nodded and said, Zhang Han hurriedly thanked him, handed the fold in his hand to the little eunuch on the side, and the little eunuch gave it to Zhang Cheng behind the bookcase.

Zhang Cheng looked at Feng Bao here, saw Feng Bao nodding, picked up the red pen and approved the two words "according to the accuracy" on the notebook, Emperor Wanli asked Zhang Han to sit down, and said:

"Yesterday, the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the East Factory reported the battle report of the thieves outside the city, and these thieves in the temple were wiped out, and the generals and soldiers of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the East Factory are worthy of praise!"

Listening to Emperor Wanli's evaluation, the bigwigs below were a little disapproving, the inner court yamen led by the imperial horse eunuch and the eunuch, and the east factory was also the errand of the ceremonial eunuch, they did a good job, they were praised, and their power was inflated, what good is it for everyone, it is nothing more than a little more vicious dog staring at the door.

So everyone echoed very reluctantly, Zhang Juzheng said with a smile:

"Your Majesty's holy virtue is majestic, the soldiers below are naturally loyal and dedicated, and it is also a duty to have such military exploits, so please ask the celebrant to praise him according to the rules!"

This sentence was said in a decent manner, and everyone echoed it, and Emperor Wanli continued to say:

"Look at the newspaper, saying that Wang Tong, the general banner of Jinyi Wei, who assisted in the errand this time, was keen and resolute, first found that the thief head fled along the secret passage, and then pursued bravely, killing the thief leader, the imperial horse supervisor and the east factory all thought that Wang Tong should be the first in this battle, what do you think?"

It turns out that this is the main topic, Zhang Juzheng glanced at Feng Bao who was standing on the side, and the other bigwigs exchanged glances with each other, the people who can have a place in the cabinet of this room, of course, know who Wang Tong is.

Zhang Juzheng and everyone knew in their hearts that Wang Tong was a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he was so favored, there would definitely be no accidents in the future, but Wang Tong had a problem, he was not a scholar, and he was born in Jinyiwei, such a martial artist was almost born as the opposite of the ministers.

Now that this Wang Tong has been able to push the emperor to force away the official book, if he grows up in the future and returns to what point, it is really unimaginable.

Jinyiwei is an institution of the foreign dynasty, and the cabinet has a great say in all aspects of him, and the emperor mentioned that it is Zhang Juzheng who can answer this question, Zhang Juzheng said indifferently:

"Wang Tong is fourteen years old this year, he is still young, excessive praise will inevitably make him not know why, and it is just a merit of killing thieves and killing thieves, too high, how to praise and reward the merits of the soldiers who killed the Tartars in the border towns and the soldiers who suppressed the Japanese in the southeast, the minister thought that it would be enough for Liu Shouyou to verbally praise a few words and reward some money under the command of the Jinyi Guard."

Emperor Wanli was excitedly waiting to answer, but he didn't expect to be pushed back by Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Du Yu Shi Lu Guangming on the side stepped forward, knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice:

"Your Majesty, the minister has this Chen Song!"

The scene was embarrassing, and Emperor Wanli was trying to find a step down, when he heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said:

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"A few days ago, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate heard a strange incident, saying that a suspect was captured in a village outside the city, and when he was about to send the official, he was broken in by masked villains, robbed the suspect and left, during which he robbed property, beat up the villagers, and caused great damage, and some people saw this group of masked villains change their clothes into the city soon after, but it was the dress of the brocade guards, and some people recognized that these brocade guards were headed by Wang Tong......"

Before the words fell, everyone in the room was a little restless, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said:

"Your Majesty, Wang Tong relied on the pampering of the Son of Heaven, and his behavior was a little out of proportion, but since he has made meritorious contributions, the merits and demerits have been revealed."

"Lord Zhang, this is an old saying......"

"Young people are rich, there are always some unstable places, Liu Shou has the constraints over there, and it is good to ......"

The cabinet scholars and scholars all echoed a few words, and Emperor Wanli sat in his seat, looking left and right, and didn't know what to say for a while, and saw the ministers below who looked respectful but didn't give a step, and said in a low voice:

"If you have merit, you can't deny it because of a fictitious performance, you still have to reward and promote!"

"The Holy Heaven is no better than Your Majesty, Wang Tong is now a general banner, and the ministers think it is very appropriate to promote it to 100 households."

Zhang Juzheng replied in a deep voice.

(To be continued)