The emperor's golden mouth, Zhou Yanru and Qian Qianyi immediately stood up and bowed their heads:

"Your Majesty has made a clear decision, and the ministers have also made this thought."

--Finally passed the test, Zhou Qian and the two have always had some knots, but at this moment, they all agreed, and they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. At the same time, the two of them unconsciously glanced at the door - there are a total of four people in the Wuying Hall at this moment, and their identities are not low: an emperor, two pavilion elders, plus a Dongchang admiral and the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor. However, Cao Huachun has been standing at the door with a whisk of dust as a backdrop since he personally moved the brocade pier for the two old gentlemen just now, and he didn't even have an expression. It wasn't until this moment that he saw that he was done, and he took advantage of the emperor's inattention to send a smiling face to the two elders—he also belonged to the "own people" faction that advocated getting close to Shorthair.

-- Today's report itself was carefully arranged: Gao Qiqian, a few of the great eunuchs in the inner court who had a great influence on the emperor, had a very unpleasant quarrel with Shorthair in Dengzhou last time. Zhang Yixian has always been greedy, and when he hears something related to money, he must intervene, and if he has a grudge against Bi Ziyan, he may secretly do evil, so Qian Qianyi quietly contacted Cao Huachun and deliberately chose an opportunity to avoid them.

Among the remaining people, Cao Huachun's godson Cao Ruyi works as a "vegetable supervisor" in Weihai, and his small life has always been very nourishing - making money is a trivial matter, and the key is that he can know what insider information about the short hair side can know earlier, which is what Cao Huachun cares about the most. In addition, there is also the relationship between Qian Qianyi, so the celebrant will definitely not find fault in this regard. In addition, Wang Chengen, the chief manager of the inner court, has recently relied on Qiongshifang to get into the mix, and of course he will not come to the bad hair.

The plan is very thorough, but whether it can succeed at the end of the day depends on the will of heaven - the situation in the Ming court is changing, and there are too many things about capsizing in the gutter. Luckily, I was lucky today. All the way has been smooth, and now the emperor has finally expressed his position in person, and it is considered to be done.

"The specific terms and conditions have to bother the two old gentlemen to bother and have a good talk with each other. I see that those people seem to care very much about the black and white papers, and they have to take out the documents to speak about everything. I am a bright and brilliant ****. It can't be done in these places. ”

From the highest instruction of the Son of Heaven, Zhou Qian and the others bowed their heads to receive the order. When he raised his head again, Qian Qianyi suddenly smiled as if he remembered something......

-- Dealing with shorthair for so long, Qian Qianyi has also been influenced by them. Especially in terms of dealing with people, short-haired is neither humble nor arrogant, no matter who you deal with, you can maintain a calm and confident attitude, this ability makes Lao Qian very envious, and secretly imitates.

Now that he is speaking in front of the emperor, he can also use a more egalitarian posture. Include tone. Expressions, words...... And so on, neither because the other party is a high son of heaven and flattery, nor because the other party is young and knowledgeable and often makes mistakes, and still less think that they naturally have the right and duty to criticize and correct the other party's moral character, which is the tone of mutual consultation between two adults.

Compared with other courtiers in the court, this attitude made Zhu Youzhen feel relaxed, and felt that Qian Ge Lao was not a rigid person. I am more willing to deal with him.

For example, at this moment, Qian Qianyi was quite chic and did not wait for the emperor to ask. Then he took the initiative to speak:

"The minister has been talking with the people of Naqiong Town in the past few days, and a Mr. Kobayashi led by the other party is also a practical person, and he said that it is not difficult for the court to decide whether to agree or refuse in this negotiation. The real trouble is that after both parties agree, a lot of time and energy will be involved in those detailed and cumbersome 'substantive issues'. Now that I think about it, it's true. ”

When he said this, he saluted the emperor and said:

"Next, I'm afraid of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War. There are also officials from the salt administration of the southeast road who have to send people to participate, and it may not be appropriate to discuss this matter in the minister's house. Therefore, the ministers asked to open the central hall of the Ministry of Rites and allow them to go to the Ministry of Rites to talk, which was more spacious and the people were not conspicuous. ”

Seeing that the emperor was still groaning, Lao Qian smiled again:

"In the past few days, there is always a sedan chair of the old Shangshu's house, which stops at the door of the cold house every day, and stops all day, which has attracted a lot of discussions. In the future, if the four departments of the military industry of the government and the local high-ranking officials arrive, I am afraid that even the Jinyi guards will have to play secretly. ”

This self-deprecating joke really made the emperor and Zhou Yanru next to him laugh, and even Cao Huachun, who was standing at the door, laughed a few times to show his praise. And Qian Qianyi glanced at him, and then spoke:

"This matter has a wide range of implications, and the amount of money is also very large, and it is involved with both the outer and inner courts. In the past few days, the minister has heard from the people of Qiongzhen that whenever there is a large amount of money involved, they must send personnel from the center to supervise the whole process, called 'financial supervision', in order to prevent malpractice. The minister thought that His Majesty was the one who made the final decision on such a major matter, but he could only sit in the palace and rely on others to relay and understand the progress, which is probably not appropriate. Therefore, the minister asked His Majesty to send someone from the left to sit in the Ministry of Rites to listen to the consultation. ”

As soon as this sentence was uttered, Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen was immediately overjoyed - at the beginning of his reign, he also listened to the words of civil officials, and felt that the eunuchs were very bad, and because of the involvement of Wei Zhongxian's case, he ordered that all the eunuchs in various places should be abolished. However, the cold reality soon educated the naïve emperor: "The courtiers compete for the door, and the army is defeated and paid, so they can't praise a strategy" - it turns out that the civil official group is not a good bird!

So since the fourth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen began to send lieutenant officials and ministers to various places to supervise work. Of course, this move caused a strong backlash from the civil official group, first a dozen or so people who were specifically responsible for admonishing the matter were written to the middle of the matter, and then the official department Shangshu personally took the hundred officials to stand up and admonish together, citing scriptures and classics, and the article was extremely wonderful.

However, Emperor Chongzhen, who was young and vigorous and didn't know how to deal with people, told them the truth, but he also said in his heart: "Gou Qunchen is dedicated to the country, and I don't care about the ministers." "--I haven't given you a chance, but you've devoted all your energy to infighting. If you civil servants really want to serve the country wholeheartedly, why should I rely on domestic slaves!

The truth is the most hurtful, because Emperor Chongzhen's words point out the essence of those civil officials, and it is also the essence that they cannot change - even if this group of people is ******** again, and return to the state of "all the people are in the dynasty" in the early years of the Apocalypse, they will definitely still engage in party strife and fight against differences in the party, and finally force the emperor to have to re-establish a Wei Zhongxian to suppress them.

As a result, the emperor's will was finally implemented, and the figure of the eunuch reappeared in many places and departments. But the relationship between the civil clique and the Son of Heaven is certainly not any better - the boss has already made it clear that he does not trust the employees, and he wants to send domestic slaves to supervise them, so how can everyone be friends happily? In the Hanlin Academy, the Inspectorate Yuan, and the units with a large number of young people in the Six Departments, the impeachment and criticism of the Son of Heaven Credit Lieutenant has almost become a daily topic. The other departments may not complain so much, but they are all acting silently—from then on, whenever something is not done, they will all blame the eunuchs, saying that they are doing something bad. Some are true, others are not. However, the advantage of the literati in terms of public opinion makes them always able to lead the topic to this aspect.

Today, although Zhu Youzhen, who has been sitting on the emperor's throne for seven years, is much more mature than before, he is still only a young man of only twenty-five years old after all, and he is easily influenced by outside comments. Outside, everyone said that the emperor's wanton appointment of lieutenants was a sign of faintness, of course he was not comfortable in his heart, but at the same time he felt very aggrieved - how could he not know that there were many sluts among the eunuchs, and the castrated slaves were compared with the two Jinshi who had been studying since childhood? Don't you want to leave a good story in history about the relationship between kings and ministers? But there is no way -- the "peaceful world" that you civil officials yearn for is best ruled by the Holy Son of Heaven and put all the power to control the country in your hands. Brother Tianqi did this in the early stage, but the result was the defeat of Salhu, the rise of Jiannu, and the fall of Liaoyang and Shenyang. I also tried it when I first ascended the throne, but the result was that the Jianzhou soldiers fought under the city of Beijing! This world is my old Zhu family, who can watch the steward's servants wantonly spoil the family business but be indifferent?

This time, the emperor was extremely concerned about the negotiation with the Qiong Navy, and of course the sooner he knew about the situation, the better, and the more detailed he understood, the better. No matter how detailed and objective the report Zhou Yanru handed him, in the minds of the suspicious emperor, he always felt that these Wenchen must have hidden a lot. But the negotiation was carried out in the minister's private residence, and he couldn't say that he would openly send a eunuch to sit in someone's house, or let someone from Jinyiwei or Dongji Shichang spy on the minister's backyard - after all, this was not Wei Zhongxian's period, and he didn't have that kind of talent under him, so he could only endure it.

Therefore, when I heard Lao Qian say that he wanted to move the negotiation venue to the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, my heart moved, but I was a little hesitant when I thought about whether this arrangement would raise the status of the short hair too high. But then he actually heard Qian Qianyi take the initiative to let the chamberlain go to observe the negotiation, and then he didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately nodded:

"What Qing Zhi said is very safe, so let's do it."

Zhou Yanru's face next to him was not very good-looking, but the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the landlord himself asked for it, and the emperor agreed on the spot, and he had no room for opposition, so he could only follow the salute, and then withdraw from the Wuying Hall together.

When he walked to the door of the hall, Zhou Yanru went out first, and when Qian Qianyi crossed the threshold, Cao Huachun next to him stretched out his hand to pull the curtain for him, and said You are careful, Qian Ge Lao smiled and thanked him - so the two looked at each other quietly, and each nodded secretly, obviously understanding each other's thoughts. (To be continued.) )