"Yes, these people are more able to calm down than this king imagined."

To be honest, Zhu Han was really surprised. He had expected that the merchants would soon start making moves.

As a result, it took so many days to start.

I don't know if these guys are really calm, or if they are just under the power of action.

He had already sharpened his knives and was ready for everything before these guys made a move.

There's an old saying? You can't even catch up with the hot.

"Okay, since they are looking for their own death, this king is willing to bury it, and he ordered to go down and let our people all be ready."

"Those guys must not be given any chance to react."

"Want to threaten the king with this kind of thing? This king will let you know what it means to steal chickens and rice. ”

The Yamen of the Ministry of Finance in Yanjing, in an inconspicuous remote house.

It looks like a dilapidated house on the outside, but on the inside, it's different.

Although it is not as good as the Tianzi room of Jufeng Building, it is also very elegant and elegant.

Moreover, compared with Jufeng Building, which looks a little vulgar, it is much more elegant here.

The decoration in the room is also a variety of poems and ancient paintings, full of literary atmosphere.

Moreover, any pair of calligraphy and paintings here can be exchanged for at least half of Jufeng Building when it is on the market.

At this moment, several people in the room all sighed and frowned.

Yanjing Shangshu sat down with his hand, and his face was blue: "Duan Ranxing, are you really determined to fight against the King of England to the end?"

"If this incident really breaks out, none of us will have good fruit to eat."

Duan Ranxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Yanjing, said disdainfully: "What my lord said makes no sense."

"Now I want to go against the King? Obviously, it is His Royal Highness the King of England, and he refuses to let us people go. ”

"When he didn't come before, what was the situation in Yanjing? Now, what's the situation? ”

Tobe Shangshu smiled reluctantly: "You can't say that, His Royal Highness has his own considerations after all." Besides, the king of England didn't kill them all, did he? Our people are also involved in those projects, although it is not as convenient as before, but it is not for nothing. ”

The disdain on Duan Ranxing's face became more and more intense, and he looked at the people in the room: "I said, do you think that the King of England is only targeting our Ministry of Finance this time?"

"Can you be sober, the current Yanjing is built as the future capital of the country."

"Once the construction of the national capital is completed, after the imperial court moves the capital, will there still be a foothold for us?"

"We have been working hard for so many years for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. Now, it's just incense to yourself and earn a little silver for retirement. ”

"The imperial court doesn't even want to agree to this request?"

Li Huairen, the secretary of the criminal department who was holding a bandage with one hand and a pale face that looked like he might hang up at any time, coughed up two mouthfuls of blood violently.

"Ahem! How many adults really can't understand it? The British king came to Yanjing this time, obviously to build the national capital. In fact, it is to prepare for the relocation of the capital. ”

"Ying Tian's six Shangshu, those are all cronies who follow His Majesty to fight the world, how can they be compared to us? Instead of worrying about how to deal with us at that time, it is better to solve us directly. ”

"If we can't let the court see our determination...... When the time comes, we will be fish on the chopping board. As he spoke, Li Huairen also made a gesture of cutting meat.

The officials of the six departments of Yanjing present were all silent.

To be able to climb to the position of the six Shangshu, even if it is the six Shangshu of Yanjing, it is a great character.

How could they not understand such a simple matter?

It's just that there are some things that can be understood and whether you dare to do them, which are completely different things.

The Ming Dynasty has just been established now, and it is the time when the royal power of all dynasties is at its most prosperous.

Not to mention, the Ming Dynasty was invincible and conquered a huge territory far beyond what they could have imagined before.

openly opposing such a court, it is clear that you have lived enough and want to die.

Wang Dong, the secretary of Dali Temple, suddenly laughed: "Everyone, I think you are thinking too much."

Brush it up.

Everyone's eyes were all focused on Wang Dong, the secretary of Dali Temple.

The official Shangshu couldn't help but ask, "Does Lord Wang have any advice?"

In normal times, a Dali temple secretary, let alone facing the Ministry of Rites, even if it is a servant of the Ministry of Rites, it must be polite.

Don't look at the high authority of Dali Temple.

But in the imperial court, no matter how prominent the person is, he is only an official, and if he is an official, he is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials.

Usual evaluations, as well as various promotions and demotions, or to transfer to other departments.

Except for the emperor himself, who doesn't need to go through the ministry.

If you really anger the officials of the ministry, who people want to clean up, it's not too simple.

The means are to be more straightforward, and directly drop the dangerous and hard yamen, or a more remote place.

Or, do it more covertly, showing a bright rise and dark fall.

Promote a person from a position of real power to a position of empty rank but no real power.

It doesn't take much, it only takes seven or eight years to directly raise a person.

This approach, and vice versa, is naturally the same.

That's why there is a heavenly official in the Ministry of Officials.

However, at a time like this, everyone is a little bit difficult to protect.

Naturally, no one cares about these things.

Dali Siqing sneered disdainfully: "Didn't you find out? His Royal Highness is actually a very well-behaved person. ”

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Everyone in the room had a row of question marks on their heads.

"His Royal Highness obeys the rules? Lord Wang, you're not kidding, are you? ”

"His Royal Highness is from a ...... Ahem? Wen Yue, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, almost said the wrong thing in excitement, and hurriedly covered up the past with a series of coughs.

"He even dares to move the descendants of Sage Kong, what else is there, is he here to do it?"

The others nodded their heads as well.

"If His Royal Highness had followed the rules, Yanjing would definitely not have become what it is today."

In response to these people's questions, Dali Siqing only shook his head slightly: "Before, I also thought the same as you."

"Especially this time, for the sake of a murderous commoner, the King of England disregarded the laws of the Ming Dynasty. All his actions make us feel that he is an unscrupulous person. ”

Li Huairen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, raised his broken arm angrily and asked Wang Dong: "Lord Wang, that King of England can do it, and openly beat the court officials in the public court. Such a person, you actually say that he abides by the rules, it is simply ridiculous and generous. ”

Some people nodded again and again, agreeing with Li Huairen's words. There were a few people with a thoughtful look in their eyes.

Wang Dong, the secretary of Dali Temple, explained unhurriedly: "The reason why you don't understand is because His Royal Highness follows his own set of rules, not the one we are familiar with."

When Li Huairen heard this, he immediately ridiculed: "Who does he think he is, can't he turn around him all over the world?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Huairen immediately noticed that the atmosphere in the room seemed to be a little wrong.

After being stunned for a moment, Li Huairen's old face couldn't help but turn red.

His ridicule, replaced by the vast majority of people, is naturally no problem.

However, it is not appropriate to put it on Zhu Han's body.

Who is Zhu Han?

His Royal Highness the King of the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, Zhu Han has made achievements over the years.

But he assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in driving out the Tartars and restoring China, a feat.

It is enough to leave a name in history and shine for all generations.

Not to mention, Zhu Han built a railway and expanded the Ming Dynasty to an unprecedented extent.

If anything, the world really revolves around certain people.

Then His Royal Highness will definitely be among them.

Such people are no longer being changed by the rules, but they are changing the rules.

"I always say what these things are not doing, Lord Wang, you should hurry up and talk about how to deal with the British king." Li Huairen bluntly changed the subject.

Wang Dong, the Qing of Dali Temple, smiled slightly: "As I just said, His Royal Highness will never break the rules that he recognizes, even if he is a prince, he must abide by it."

"For example, the villager named Miao Lifu, the king can directly make a note and let Jing Zhaoyi release him, Jing Zhaoyi definitely has no courage to refuse."

"However, the king of England did not do this, but deliberately went to Jing Zhaoyi to reason with them."

The three words of reasoning aggravated the tone intentionally or unintentionally, and Li Huairen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, gritted his teeth angrily, but it was irrefutable.

The official department Shangshu urged a little impatiently: "Lord Wang, let's get straight to the point, don't waste all of our time."

Wang Dong shrugged indifferently: "I heard that businessmen seem to have made some small moves recently, right?"

Many people in the room were stunned, and then someone laughed.

"How can we know about the businessmen?"

"It's not a big deal for the King of England to be so dissatisfied with them before, right?"

"I think this should be done, although His Royal Highness is a high and powerful person, he can't help but care about the lives of the merchants."

Wang Dong smiled faintly, and did not break the careful thinking of these people: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official is a Dali Siqing, and he is not from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he is not interested in caring about your private affairs."

In the corner of the room, a middle-aged official with a thin face said in a dumb voice: "We are all in the procuratorate, and we don't have time to take care of these things now."

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Wang Dong is giving eye medicine to the official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After all, there are many overlaps in the powers between the two sides, and it is not a matter of a day or two to dislike each other.

Shangshu Wenyue of the Ministry of Rites smiled bitterly: "I said Lord Wang, you should hurry up and get down to business, right?"

Among the people present, only Wang Dong of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had insight into Zhu Han's thoughts, so it was strange that they were not in a hurry.

But if they can figure it out, they won't bother with this Wang Dong.

Wang Dong raised his eyebrows, and stopped in moderation.

"Actually, it's very simple, it's just that you don't think about it in any way."

"I'll give you the simplest example, now there are businessmen who are planning to provoke those workers to make trouble in the yamen, am I right?"

Wang Dong's gaze swept over the faces of several Shangshu present.

Although those Shangshu lords were expressionless, Wang Dong could clearly understand their thoughts.

If you see through it or not, it doesn't matter if it's true or false anyway.

Wang Dong smiled and talked eloquently.

"If you believe the official's reasoning, then don't do it."

"This kind of thing touches the bottom line of His Royal Highness, as long as those who are instigated make a move, those businessmen behind will wait for His Royal Highness's thunder and wrath."

Li Huairen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, gritted his teeth and said: "If this doesn't work, then what are we going to do?"

Duan Ranxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, pouted: "This is strange, it's obviously those mud-legged people who are making trouble, what does it have to do with others?"

Wang Dong was very casual and glanced at Duan Ranxing: "It doesn't matter, what we say doesn't count, what His Royal Highness says counts."

"If Duan Shangshu thinks there is no problem, he can question him in front of the king."

Duan Ranxing suddenly stopped moving, and looking for death is not such a way to find death.

The official Shangshu knocked on the table unhappily: "Don't say a few words, if you have anything to say, Lord Wang will say it after she finishes speaking."

Scolded, the others who were about to speak, the official Shangshu motioned for Wang Dong to continue.

Wang Dong nodded slightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official doesn't dare to say it, he can completely understand the thoughts of the British king."

"However, you can also kick it a little bit. I don't know how to explain it to you. ”

"In short, if we allow those merchants to stir up the people to revolt, those people will have absolutely no good fruit to eat."

"But if we had a different way and just fired those workers, His Royal Highness wouldn't do anything to those merchants."

……

"What?"

Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief, and they suspected that they had misheard.

originally thought that Wang Dong could say something earth-shattering and crying ghosts and gods.

As a result, they waited for a long time......

That's it?

Duan Ranxing snorted and laughed: "I said Lord Wang, your method is too unbelievable." Expelling those people, they have no livelihood, and they don't want to make trouble, what is the difference between this and them going directly to make trouble? ”

Wang Dong shook his head slowly: "The difference is that we haven't done anything against the rules of the British king."

"As a businessman, if I don't think these people can do their jobs, there's nothing wrong with firing them. As long as we have paid sufficient compensation in accordance with the contract we signed before. ”

"As for what these people do who have no livelihood, it has nothing to do with the merchants."

"Even if the King of England wants to cut down those merchants, he will not kill those merchants because of this."

After finishing speaking, Wang Dong said categorically: "This is the rule of His Royal Highness."

"I've already told you the way, as for how to choose, it's up to you."

The six scholars of Yanjing discussed for half an hour before they came up with the results.

They also felt that Wang Dong's method seemed to be not bad.

The most important thing is that if you do this, it doesn't seem to be easy to get burned.

Everyone agreed with Wang Dong's words, at least he didn't have to tear his face with His Royal Highness the King of England.

(End of chapter)