After Zheng Guobao went through the incident of the Sun Moon God Sect in Heimu Cliff, he knew how terrible it was to let these people connect into a line. But once these civil officials are dismantled, it will not be difficult to clean them up. After all, the biggest characteristic of these civil officials is that they are scheming but indecisive, and they are still empty talk but few real talents. If you sit and talk about the Tao, everyone is reasonable, find reasons, all of them are good hands, and everyone can cite their own ideas and find countless theoretical supports. However, once they are allowed to do practical things, the problem that these people have low eyes and low skills, and they cannot apply what they have learned will be fully reflected. In particular, they still have the habit of treating others with themselves, and this order to report atonement for their sins, most of these people push others with themselves, believing that their colleagues will definitely report themselves, so they can only start first and report their opponents, otherwise they will suffer in vain. People who have this kind of thinking will naturally not be able to form a sworn party, advance and retreat together, and then imagine harming the court as in the past, and there will be no soil.

Wanli nodded and said: "According to my intentions, I really want to push out this group of things without conscience and cut them all." The wife and daughter did not enter the teaching department, and let others know what happened if they committed a crime against the king. But what my brother-in-law said also makes sense, so I will give them a chance to see if they can do it, as you say. In addition, the use of force in Banzhou should also be put on the agenda, and whoever dares to oppose it this time will want them to look good. ”

Sure enough, after the will of the palace came out, the three assistants of the cabinet looked at each other and smiled, and Xu Guo arched his hand and said: "Shen Weng recruited a good son-in-law, really good means, good intentions." When this hand is used, those people are afraid that they are busy thinking about the shortcomings of their colleagues, looking for everyone's faults, and wanting to connect with each other. It will not be easy to advance and retreat together. ”

"It's nothing, you can't get on the big stage. It's just that as a handsome brocade shirt, he is indeed qualified. But fortunately, he is the son-in-law of the old man, otherwise you and I will not have any good fruit to eat. He said politely, and secretly laughed in his heart: You two are worried about the position of the old man's first assistant, don't you know it? This time also let you know that it is powerful, who wants to sit on this son again, it is best to weigh it first. Can you provoke my son-in-law?

The only thing that surprised Zheng Guobao and Wanli was. The Ming Dynasty will never lack death squads, especially in blaming the Son of Heaven, such outlaws will never be short of soldiers. Even after such a big change. Someone still jumped out. A clear opposition to the Battle of Banshu. He Benli is a native of Sichuan. In the twists and turns, from the perspective of Sichuan geography, he fully explained how difficult Shu Road is. How inconvenient is the transportation of the imperial court's baggage, and how much difficulty will this battle add to the people of Sichuan. From a historical point of view, it is demonstrated how the five divisions and seven surnames pacified Banzhou and established the foundation, and how they were kind to the local natives and managed Banzhou prosperously since the 29th generation, and how the liuguan was unpopular compared with these local officials. In the end, he hoped that the emperor would think twice and solve the Banzhou problem by means of Xuanfu, instead of recklessly mobilizing troops. It is better to continue to rule, and to appease rather than to subjugate is the true character of a benevolent monarch.

However, several imperial historians of the Imperial Procuratorate did not care about military affairs, nor did they care about victory or defeat, they only cared about why there were so many nobles among the people who participated in the suppression. In the eyes of these people, a hereditary nobleman like Xungui should not be stored in the world, let alone let them make meritorious contributions and obtain martial honors. Zheng Guobao is a gentleman, and he is a brocade-clothed military minister, and the leader of the troops is even more inconsistent, hoping that the emperor will retract his order and reassign capable ministers to supervise and suppress thieves. As for the military quarters, it is best to pay for it from the internal treasury, and you should not worry about the money in the treasury, it has nothing to do with the great majesty.

These civil officials have a powerful mouth, and they write well, and they are incomprehensible and difficult to refute. Rao is Wanli is Zhang Juzheng's high rank, and he doesn't know how to start with and refute, and in the end he can only learn from the good example of his teacher, and the Han general carries the court staff and the civil officials up and down. Those civil officials who went to the book were killed several times outside the noon gate in one breath, and afterwards they were all pointed out by Jinyiwei as Banzhou Neiying, saying that the song was exchanged for the gold of Banzhou, not only did not get a reputation, but fell into a notoriety, and those ministers finally knew that this time the court was really on fire, and it would be unwise to go to the moth to throw fire. Everyone goes to this chapter, showing their foot strength, is trying to fight for fame, if they fall into a notoriety, who will go to death.

This limelight continued, and in the court, according to Zhang Whale's confession, according to the severity of the crime, they were divided into three, six, nine and so on, and those ministers began to be treated differently. Li Shida and the other three Shangshu were all sentenced to raid their homes, assassinated Leizhou, and rushed all the way to the south. With them, there were more than a dozen officials of the six departments, and those who lost their heads were a few minor officials below, which could not attract everyone's attention. In line with Zheng Guobao's policy of not creating martyrs, the public charges are either embezzlement, theft and sale of military rations, embezzlement of the state treasury, and so on. In short, these people are all discredited and discredited, and they can't get the reputation they have always wanted. As for some bureaucrats who are waving their flags and shouting and are not deeply involved, they will be quietly dealt with in accordance with the methods of demotion, transfer, and degradation. At the same time, it was the pro-Zheng officials who came up, and Zheng Niangniang's influence in the court was further expanded.

In the streets and alleys, Jin Yiwei also deliberately spread rumors, completely ruining the reputation of these ministers, and all kinds of rumors spread far and wide, forming a new round of public opinion in Beijing. At the same time, the confiscation of the family property of Zhang Jing and other officials was actively carried out under the auspices of Zheng Guobao and the nobles. Rao is handler has benefited a lot from this, and a dizzying transfer of some of his property has been made, and the amount handed over to the treasury still makes Wanli angry, and the dirty silver confiscated is even enough to support the Banzhou Campaign. "The old eunuch thief actually dared to carry me behind his back and desecrate so many silver taels, which is really punishable. Brother in-law, you go and pick a few best executioners for me this time, I will make the old slave suffer so much that he screams for a few days before he dies. Also, the clan of the Zhang family, don't think about it. ”

"The heavenly family is angry, Zhang Whale has made meritorious contributions to the imperial court after all, especially in fundraising. We still have to offset the merits and demerits, so as not to chill the hearts of others. Zheng Guobao persuaded on the side: "The people below always want benefits when they do things." Especially for eunuchs like Zhang Whale, his only pleasure is money. If he is not allowed to get benefits, what spirit does he have to work? Now that the big Zhang father-in-law is gone, and the little Zhang father-in-law Zhang Cheng is in power, if you are too harsh on Zhang Jing, I am afraid that Zhang Cheng will also worry about his own situation. If you shrink your hands and feet when you do things, you will miss the big things of the heavenly family. ”

Wanli had no choice but to nod and say: "Since my brother-in-law pleads like this, then even if the old dog is lucky, I will let him go." The women of his clan were put into the workshop, and a few of the men were sent to the distant miasma to fill the army, and the rest were beheaded. Zhang Whale, his Ling Chi can't be changed. Don't let him die a miserable death, I don't know who will continue to speak for Banshu in the future. Although Zhang Cheng is loyal, the position of the governor of the East Factory cannot be handed over to him to sit, or the brother-in-law, you can pick up the factory guards together. ”

The promotion of eunuchs in the East Factory is a convention, but it is not an unshakable custom. When the Zhengde Dynasty was in place, Jiang Bin once promoted the East Factory and the head of the brocade clothes, and grabbed the factory guards in his hands. Wanli's proposition is also to let Zheng Guobao serve as the nominal Dongchang promotion, and Luo Sigong is the nominal person in charge of Jinyiwei. In fact, the power of the factory and the guard can fall into the hands of Zheng Guobao, and it will not be left behind. Since the Zhang Whale Incident, Wanli is not very worried about the eunuchs, and Dongchang, which should be the emperor's eyes and ears, and the minions, if it cannot be used by the Son of Heaven, it will lose its value. Compared with the eunuch, it is more in his own interests for his brother-in-law to act, and he is more at ease. In the past, there was a concern about whether such appointments would have an impact on the heirs of the empire, but now there is no need for such appointments.

"Yiqiē is all up to the arrangement of the Heavenly Family, but when Weichen destroys Banzhou first, it's not too late to talk about it."

"Brother-in-law, just for the sake of you being in charge, Ruonan has complained about me a lot. Remember my words, the Ming Dynasty vs. Banzhou, after all, is a corner of the overall situation, we have lost ten times, and we can fight eleven times. Banshu couldn't afford to lose even once. So you cherish yourself, the most important thing, nothing else matters. If you make a mistake, I won't have a good life. Zhang Whale will be executed in two days, you can ask him instead of me to see how miserable he is. (To be continued......)