"The current situation in the palace is in front of us, and there have been precedents in the past, and when it comes to such things, Your Majesty has always investigated them to the end. At this time, it is extremely difficult for His Majesty to give up halfway. ”

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are finally back.

It turned out that their group of people also seemed to have found the backbone.

Like Lin Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Fuhua, the imperial history of Zuodu, Wu Jiao, the new secretary of Dali Temple, and Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, couldn't wait to come to him.

Naturally, what is said is also the eucalyptus of the salt class.

But Li Dongyang's opening was a 'very difficult', which made it difficult for others to speak.

"Liu Jin, the celebrant supervisor, took advantage of His Majesty's serious illness to recuperate, and raised a butcher's knife in the palace. Although yesterday's torrential rain washed away, I can't see anything today. But people have memories. Zeng Jian raised his sleeve and said the last words heavily, then lowered his head and sighed, "The palace is dealing with it like this now...... It's out of shape. If the people outside continue to chase after them, how can they ensure that they are not out of shape? Cool officials and the like can't understand the emperor's exact meaning at all, just one sentence of the saint's order, no one can stop him! ”

These ministers could not get accurate figures.

However, the movement in the palace is not small, and those who knock on the side also know a little, Liu Jin's last killing depends on personal preference, and the people who follow him are kept, and those who are not his are not close to him on weekdays.

This method caused some dissatisfaction among Wenchen. Although it is only the ministers who are killed,

But how can such a high position as the eunuch in charge of the celebrant seal be allowed to occupy such a position?

His Majesty was sick this time, so he was very powerful.

When the next time Your Majesty is unfortunate enough to fall ill again, will it be them who are unlucky?

A cruel and tyrannical eunuch sat in that position, and everyone was worried.

Of course, it's not easy to say this, after all, the emperor is good, you have to say that you will be sick next time, isn't it a long life.

"Not only that," Zhang Shihua said worriedly: "The eucalyptus of the salt class has never been a matter of ministers and nobles, what do Zou Cheng and the others say?" It's hard to say who this eucalyptus will actually run into next. ”

This is the main reason why they are gathering today.

Because the eucalyptus is expanding,

And the emperor's determination was already unshakable.

It's hard to say whether this will involve them as well.

Isn't it true that all the civil servants have nothing to do with the affairs here?

"Look at the old man. Don't mention the situation of selling illicit salt with Your Majesty. The palace has been killed to this extent, and Yongkang Hou and Nanningbo are still in prison. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to ask His Majesty to spare the smugglers. ”

Xie Qian didn't stick to Huhu anymore, and directly explained his words, "But the matter of the outer court, whether it involves the sale of illicit salt, we can explain it clearly, and we can't convict at will, just like everyone in the Ming Dynasty sold smuggled salt." Both His Majesty and Da Situ agree on this. ”

Everyone nodded, and Xie Ge Lao's speech was also true.

I can't control how to kill it in the palace.

But they still have to try to minimize wrongdoing.

The most important thing is that the emperor will not only not oppose this, but will support it.

"Second, there are people who are not involved in the sale of illicit salt. We can play together and beg Your Majesty not to be too heavy. On the one hand, it can make the bottom line of selling illicit salt clearer, and on the other hand, it can also show the benevolence of the saints. ”

This means that the imperial court is not looking for fault, but only resolutely dealing with smugglers. If you don't get involved, it's easy to say, if you do, don't say anything, and blame yourself if you want to blame.

It's crisp, crisp, and the eucalyptus can be made easier.

Li Dongyang nodded, Xie Yuqiao's wisdom is still higher than that of ordinary people.

Everyone else has no opinion, as long as this 'intensity' can be controlled, there will be no biting everywhere.

Otherwise, Zhang San, Li Si, Wang and Erma will all be pulled into the water,

How can these people be sure that nothing will happen to them?

What if someone comes out to identify you.

Now Xie Ge Lao's method, to put it bluntly, is eight words, be cautious to convict, and if you are convicted, you will die.

The key to this is prudence.

Fortunately, none of them took the initiative to sell illicit salt, because they were in high positions and were not short of silver.

Ge Lao is Ge Lao.

On the other side,

Han Wen, Min Jue, and Wang Bing also have a lot of troubles. Especially Hangul.

Yan Zheng was already under the management of the household department, and Gu Zuo could say that he was not in charge, but he couldn't be a scholar.

The two Huai salt made Zou Cheng still crazy, and the Shandong Qing Officials Division of the Household Department also arrested a few people, but these are also petty officials, and money like smuggling salt can't be earned by them, so it seems that it has saved their lives.

But on the other hand, the salt envoys in Liangzhejiang, Changlu, Shandong and other places saw that the imperial court was in this situation, and they wrote to him to intercede.

Some of them were indeed the ones he arranged!

“…… Da Situ recommended them, but he didn't recommend them to sell smuggled salt, and the court law could not be obeyed, so what was the use of interceding at this time? Your Majesty has rectified the palace, and even the lords have been arrested, and they have been spared, how can they be spared? ”

Min Jue's words make sense.

But Hangul's life is very twisted. It is equivalent to cutting off the way back, and all hope is on Gu Zuo.

"Are they all caught?"

Wang Bing didn't understand the difficulties of Hangul, "What does Da Situ mean by this?" At this juncture, anyone who sells smuggled salt is guilty of death. ”

In fact, Hangul is a little entangled, after all, he is a person, and it is not easy for people to make this kind of decision.

"Check it, check it out!"

The holy decree has already been there, and there is no need to enter the palace to report it at this time.

Starting from the two Huai salt farms, under Zou Cheng, the civil officials involved could not escape the law.

Deputy Commander of Jinyiwei Han Ziren and Mao Wenwen have left Beijing one after another, as for killing so many people, what kind of turmoil will there be......

Even if Zhu Houzhao is sick and lying in the Qianqing Palace,

The tigers were napping, and they didn't dare.

Another day later,

Suddenly, the chamberlain's chamber drew up a decree.

Not the kind of imperative, but the solicitation of opinions.

The content is simple, but novel.

It was the emperor who came up with the term 'special money', mainly to reward the meritorious and hard-working officials of the court, as long as the situation is true, you can receive this special money, the silver comes out of the inner money, and does not occupy the treasury revenue.

However, for what kind of sample-level officials, how much merit and reward there are, and how much special money they have, this needs to be carefully identified and stipulated.

You can't always send 10,000 taels, that kind of management is really rough.

There should be a distinction, at least at least one level, one thousand taels, three thousand taels, five thousand taels, ten thousand taels, twenty thousand taels, and so on.

Zhu Houzhao did not mention others, including the fact that the official salary was too low, and the greed of those who received the special salary was even more unforgivable. These are intentions and are not suitable for writing on paper.

This decree came out of the palace, but it surprised the outer court at once.

However, people could not see the emperor, so they could only talk to each other without knowing the emperor's true purpose.

This is not a big deal, and Dr. Tan does not agree to let the emperor resume handling the government again for the sake of this matter.

It also happened that the two elders returned to Beijing, and many of them were helping to give instructions.

Then it was handed to the celebrant for approval.

As a result, Liu Jin was quite displeased when he saw the words "cautious conviction" and "death if convicted", and several letters had this meaning, which was obviously deliberately done by someone.

And the reason why he doesn't like it is because there will still be more or less criticism of him in the song.

In fact, it is also very good to think that why Wenchen proposed these eight words is not a lesson learned from him Liu Jin.

Such words are written on the song for the emperor to see, how can Liu Jin be happy?

So he also got angry at the celebrant eunuch, and said with some resentment: Our family didn't offend these courtiers in the outer court, but they stabbed our family first!

In essence, the contradictions between them are irreconcilable.

Because Wenchen doesn't like people with such a personality to be the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal of the eunuch, but when Liu Jin is not the eunuch of the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal of the celebrant of the ceremony, his fate will definitely not be good.

What makes Liu Jin's face even more frosty is that these performances also come from high-ranking officials like Shang Shu.

“…… Like Lin Han and his ilk, His Majesty didn't like him in the first place, if he was looking for an opportunity, he would have to find a way to drive him down! ”

Liu Jin also has a group of people around him, that is, the original Eight Tigers, and now Ma Yongcheng, who is the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen.

Ma Yongcheng's words are justified, why don't you fight back if others offend you?

But Liu Jin has concerns,

The emperor of the Qianqing Palace didn't know if he would mind if he would do such a thing......

"Don't be impulsive. Fighting back and forth can't delay His Majesty's affairs, otherwise you and I won't be able to please you. In our opinion, it is always right to make a fuss about selling smuggled salt, and to follow His Majesty's wishes. How many civil servants don't love money? If you want to get away with it, where is it so easy! ”

The emperor is seeing you at this time,

The old eunuch was tearful and tearful, talking about what had happened in the palace two nights before.

"Don't cry, Liu Jin kills people, what are you crying about?"

"Your Majesty, the slave maid was afraid of seeing Gonggong Liu kill too much that day. At that time, the slave maid wanted to stop it, but His Majesty was recuperating, and the slave maid did not dare to disturb it anyway. In this way, I don't know how many people died in the palace in a day and night. Now that everyone is in danger, His Majesty's generosity and benevolence over the years have made Gonggong Liu lose all of a sudden! Slaves and maids are also worthless for Your Majesty! ”

Zhu Hou looked outside the hall, and there was no expression on his face.

"Get up, and don't cry anymore. Liu Jin is also afraid that he will not be able to do the errand I explained, his methods are more intense, but the effect is also good. As for you, you have always been willing to think for me, I know it all in my heart. So you don't have to say you're scared. Liu Jin, don't you dare to make trouble with you? ”

Hearing this, You Ji wiped his eyes and stood up, vaguely sobbing a little.

In fact, he was thinking in his heart that the emperor was not an ordinary weak king. Among the words he said, the most important were the four words that everyone was in danger.

How could a person like today's saint allow such a powerful eunuch to be around him.

So Liu Jin, who has a heavy desire for power, is digging his own grave at all.

And he came over to 'sue' at this time, which was actually cut off from Liu Jin, indicating that he was not a person under that force.

Therefore, dealing with Liu Jin in the future will not implicate him.

There are all kinds of people hidden in the huge Beijing Division, but what everyone does is four words, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

For Yu Ji, this is the way he chooses to survive in the palace.

If you don't have this kind of vision, it's actually hard to live.

Secretly glancing at the emperor who was eating, You Ji's mood slowly calmed down and became honest,

"What is the celebrant doing?"

You Ji bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty has been off for the past few days, and the celebrant has mainly approved the cabinet votes. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly, "Liu Jin probably has a headache......

How could someone outside like such a palm print eunuch?

However, for him, the emperor, it is not bad for the eunuch with the palm print of the celebrant to keep an eye on the evil officials who sell smuggled salt.

At the beginning, he deliberately created such a situation, otherwise, he would have to bother himself.