Everything in the world has its own way, no matter how strong you are, you must follow the way of things themselves. If you go against this way, you will be counterattacked by the Tao, and you will lose both at least and lose at worst. The essence of qiē activity is balance and compromise. During this time, Zheng Niangniang, with the help of Zheng Guobao, killed all sides, and the red and purple inside and outside the palace naturally aroused countless criticisms.

The family of the queen Wang is related to the Wenxiang Sect, which has a relationship with the Mongols. In the end, Wang Ting's death in the prison was unknown, and several cell leaders were disposed of for this matter. Clear-eyed people understand that this is the Wang family losing the car to protect the handsome, sacrificing their son, and protecting the family.

Since the Wang family has made sacrifices, the Zheng family must also make sacrifices accordingly, otherwise, there will be no balance. Especially now that Queen Wang looks like she is compromised, if Zheng Niangniang is aggressive, she may be regarded as a flying and domineering person in Cining Palace, which is not advantageous in the far distance of the Zheng family. Liu Cheng and Liu Gonggong are the unlucky eggs sacrificed by Zheng Niangniang in this context. "Speaking of which, sending him to Wudang Mountain to be a town guard eunuch is also the creation of slaves and maids. The money for sesame oil in that place for a year, as well as the purchase money of the imperial court, is enough for slaves and maids to eat for a lifetime. Besides, the servants and maids of the mine tax supervisor also have to bear it, which is a creation. It's just a pity that I can't see my mother, I can't see my chitose master, and I don't ...... in my heart."

"Lao Liu, this matter is indeed that we can't stop you. But everyone is in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. Don't worry, I'll have to make up for it for you in the future. As far as the five ports are traded, they are inseparable from the eunuchs of the city. I will guarantee you this future, and the income in a year is much more than that of Wudang Mountain. Bear with it for a few years, and then you will be treated as if our brother and sister owe you. This time you came to Shaolin, what kind of charter did you have? ”

Fang Zheng didn't expect that the eunuch who came was actually the first-class cronie eunuch Liu Cheng and Liu Gonggong by Zheng Niangniang's side. If you don't press your head, it's good to admit to Liu Cheng. After all, people have far and near, and they are with Father-in-law Liu. But there's no comparison. He had already begun to think about it. How to deal with the aftermath in the end, so that you don't fall into the tragic position of Zuo Lengchan.

"This matter, in fact, the mother sent a slave to help the uncle. The leader of the martial arts alliance is this messenger. It's very fresh. A slave and a eunuch. I don't want to fight for this title either. Just to help Uncle Guo. Make sure that this messenger does not fall on someone else's head. I don't have any thoughts, and I don't dare to fight with the master. ”

"Father-in-law Liu. You're a poor monk. You are a person from the imperial court, and the poor monk is just a reckless person, this alliance leader is still appropriate for you, a person from the imperial court. ”

The two humbly conceded a few words, Zheng Guobao asked Fang Zheng to go down and entertain the attaché brought by Liu Cheng, as for who is the leader of the alliance, he can't get the result now, and he has to study and study it again. After sending Fang Zheng away, Zheng Guobao asked, "Liu Cheng, it's good that you're here." I have something to say, and I was about to ask you. What the hell is going on in Kyoshiri? I have collected so much evidence of Yang Yinglong's crimes, but the court still does not order the beating, what does this mean? ”

"Uncle Guo, you don't know. Now in the court, a black-hearted old man is in charge...... I'm not talking about you. Shen Lao is a good person, but it's a pity that he can't stand so many mouths himself, and he has a weak heart. Those dog officials, inside and out, mean the same thing, don't fight. If you want to fight, you must let the Heavenly Family fight by itself, and the court will not fight. ”

This sounds a little strange, it is impossible for the Son of Wanli to pounce on himself and fight with people, so the so-called emperor will fight, and the court will not fight, this seems to be a paradox. But in reality, it's not surprising. In the plane where Zheng Guobao was in his previous life, the entire Wanli Korean War Chronicle can be regarded as the emperor's war with Japan alone. Because from the beginning to the end, from the civilian clique to the Liaodong Jiangmen, there was little interest in aiding North Korea, and some people even put forward the idea of borrowing Thai soldiers to fight Japan.

The same is true of Yang Yinglong's problem. At present, the civil officials in the court are concentrating on two points, first, the debate between loyalty and treachery, and second, the dispute over the country's capital. This is also the political characteristics of the Ming Dynasty at this time, everyone has changed from the debate of whether a thing or a proposition is correct or not, to a person but not a person. As long as it is proved that you are a traitor, then any claim you say is wrong, and it is simply not discussed. As long as you are a loyal servant, your position must be right, and there is no need to discuss it further.

The dispute over the national capital was also regarded by the civil officials as the most advantageous weapon against the Zheng family. The emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changxun, was educated by several Confucian scholars among the civil officials, and as long as he ascended the throne as emperor in the future, the civil officials were still sure that they would pinch this emperor in their hands and let him do whatever he wanted.

In this context, Banshu, a frontier place of the empire, and a confined area, simply did not attract the attention that the minister deserved. What's more, once the war starts, the warriors will benefit from the war. Through the guò war, beheading, military generals will be promoted, and the new governor of Sichuan, Zeng Xingwu, will also be further reused because of this military exploit, which is unacceptable to the civil officials in the court. In their opinion, the wealth of the empire is too precious to be spent on something as frivolous as war. It should be piled up in the treasury and wait for it to slowly drift away.

Otherwise, building a few academies and a few sections of the X embankment in the local area is more meaningful than fighting a battle. Whether it is to repair the academy, the Confucian Temple, or the X public embankment, it can bring fame and fortune to the parties. After all, the project money is a bad account that can't be found out, and the X Gong Dike only needs ten miles, and the other hundreds of miles of the embankment can be fooled through. No matter how bad it is, it should also be used to reduce taxes in the poor areas of the empire, such as Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Susong, and other important places for imperial examinations. Benefiting Sangzi can be praised by the villagers, but what can you get by serving the empire?

In the Ming Dynasty, everyone's first allegiance was to the family, not to the great majesty, which is nothing new. As for the rewards for the Nine Sides, if anyone goes to the trouble to find out the whereabouts of that bounty, they will definitely die in vain. Even the Siping Silver Mine, as soon as it was proposed in the imperial court, when it was still in the discussion stage, Nurhachi took his bald army to collect the silver mine for his own use, and how this news leaked is unknown.

It was only that time Zheng Guobao violated the rules and let the Li family mine secretly, and then go through the procedures to report, Nurhachi's men and horses suffered a lot, and the imperial court kept the silver mine. Through this matter, Zheng Guobao no longer had the slightest hope for the civil service system of the empire, but he did not expect that on the issue of Banzhou, the civil official actually acted as Yang Yinglong's most powerful reinforcement again.

The civilian-bureaucratic group's means of dealing with the heavenly family are also very simple, that is, they have no money. Soldiers need to be rewarded for fighting, and soldiers must pay silver for their work, replenish their arrears, and reimburse the expenses for grain and grass after the battle. The last time the salt class was confiscated, the silver obtained was jointly organized by Zheng Guobao and Zheng Niangniang's brothers and sisters, and eighty percent of the silver was put into the inner treasury and two percent into the treasury through methods such as guò fineness and large and small scales. And the two million taels of silver in the treasury have become fat in the eyes of civil officials. The folds of the money demanded everywhere are piled up, and the two million plus the four million silver saved by Taicang are not enough at all, so how can there be money to support the Banzhou Campaign?

"Those big old men may not really be to support Yang Yinglong. But they are Chengxin and Uncle Guo, you can't get by, who let you move the state This fold is yours? Did you investigate this case? If you really do Banshu, doesn't it mean that you did the right thing? They're going to rush to this now, and they're going to spoil our business. Uncle Guo, you are also dissipated, the heavenly family also has words, Banzhou is decided. The household department does not pay money, so it uses the money from the internal funds, but the transfer of soldiers and horses, the allocation of grain and grass, is all a time, just let Yang Yinglong live for a few more days. The slave maid went to Huguang this time, which is also the meaning of the heavenly family, let me use the money of the mine tax supervisor to supply the military salary, and don't want Huguang to have problems. ”

Zheng Guobao nodded and said: "Huguang is also a place with a lot of toast, so you really have to be careful." However, the force of the toast is not defeated by the imperial army after all, as long as the salary of the battalion soldiers is guaranteed, our plate will not be lost. ”

At this time, Liu Cheng said again: "Speaking of which, there is another interesting thing. The slave came this time and met a group of straight women, the leader is named Shuerhaqi, do you say it's interesting, Shuerhaqi, he still wants to fight for the throne of the first in martial arts, do you think this is a joke? (To be continued......)