The next day, the sun was shining, but it was not hot because of a heavy rain last night.

What's more, whether Zhu Yijun goes to the Wenhua Hall to give a lecture or goes to the Xuanzhi Gate to go to the court, he has to get up very early, so although the summer heat is not over, on the first day when he went to meet the courtiers of the foreign dynasty without Feng Bao accompanying him, there was only a sense of coolness and a picturesque morning scene of rolling clouds.

"Yesterday's cabinet vote on the inscription of the Ministry of Works to build a new Buddhist temple for the queen mother, I read it."

"Mr.'s vote is: the queen mother of the two palaces has already had a merciful decree, since the woke, the country's vitality has not yet recovered, the palace should be thrifty, and now the overhaul of the Buddhist temple is just the right to Feng Bao and the foreign courtiers to conspire to do it, so the matter is abolished."

"I would like to believe the opinion of the cabinet, and this major repair of the Buddhist temple is Feng Bao's intention. But even so, is it not in line with filial piety not to build a Buddhist temple for the queen mother? ”

And this day is the day to go to the Mandarin Hall to receive lectures.

Zhu Yijun asked directly about yesterday's events when he consulted with Zhang Juzheng during the interval between lectures.

He naturally supported Zhang Juzheng in doing so.

After all, 600,000 taels.

Moreover, Zhu Yijun has learned through reading the household book that the current financial deficit of the Ming Dynasty has reached a deficit of millions of taels per year.

Therefore, if such a Buddhist temple is really built, although it will fatten the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the powerful forces who contract this project, it will undoubtedly make the deficit of the imperial court even more serious!

Even so, on the surface, Zhu Yijun still wanted to show his filial piety, and when he saw Zhang Juzheng, he still took the initiative to ask about it.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Go back to Your Majesty, protect Houde, Fang is a great filial piety!" Sitting back and watching Diao slaves bully the master, bad parents' morality, is not filial! Although Your Majesty is pure filial piety, you should understand that filial piety should give priority to preserving the moral character of your parents. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "I have learned!" ”

Immediately, Zhu Yijun said kindly: "Then listen to Mr." ”

Zhang Juzheng immediately flattered: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly, secretly thinking that it would be good to have an auxiliary minister like Zhang Juzheng who took care of the common people of the society, and he didn't have to do anything to offend the queen mother.

Zhu Yijun said again: "Sir, I think and the ancient Ming Jun often order the historian to be the living note official, and remember the words of the king and the courtiers. Therefore, I intend to set up a living note official from the first year of Wanli, and from today onwards, the focus is to write down the words of today's filial piety to Mr., I don't know what Mr. thinks? ”

Zhu Yijun said that the living note is the outer living note, that is, the words and deeds of the emperor when he met the courtiers in the foreign court.

In history, at the beginning of the third year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng invited Wanli to set up an internal living note in addition to the outside living note.

But Zhu Yijun didn't plan to set up an internal living note, only an outdoor living note.

Because the former is suspected of monitoring him, he can't really have personal space as if he is being watched 24 hours a day; The latter makes it easier for him to present his image.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun will take the initiative to ask for an outside living officer.

But even so, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly took a step back after being surprised, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty wants to be the master, and the holy words will be known to the world, in order to prove the virtue of diligent government, how dare the minister be disobedient, and he should obey His Majesty's orders!" ”

"And please sir for me to immediately recommend a speaker to be my living officer. In the future, between lectures and readings, he was also included in the column to record the daily life. ”

Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng readily agreed, and after thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister recommends Shen Li as the living official." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded, and carefully thought about Shen Li's person in his mind, and then nodded happily: "Quasi-play, announce him immediately!" ”

After a while, Shen Li was brought in by Zhang Hong.

Soon, Shen Li also learned the news that he was going to serve as the emperor's living official, so he was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Zhu Yijun, and began to record the remarks of Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng just now, and then handed it to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun was quite satisfied after reading it, and said in his heart: "In the future, if anyone who doesn't know each other dares to accuse me of being unfilial, I will throw this living note in front of him, and let him take a closer look at what Zhang Ju said!" ”

……

"Zhang Hong, how is your emperor doing, have you done anything inappropriate?"

One day after Zhu Yijun officially decided to record his conversation with Zhang Juzheng in the form of a living note, Zhang Hong was called by the Empress Dowager Li, and the Empress Dowager Li asked him about the emperor.

Zhang Hong replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor can be described as studious, and he must ask Mr. Yuanfu Mr. Zhang in person for everything, and he is quite praised by Mr. Yuanfu!" ”

Empress Dowager Li was very happy when she heard this, smiled slightly, and looked at Empress Dowager Chen.

Empress Dowager Chen also smiled.

Then, seeing this, Zhang Hong continued to say good things for Zhu Yijun: "Moreover, the emperor also consciously imitated the ancient Ming Jun, and in the interval of the latest lecture, he personally issued an edict to set up a living note official, and Yuan Fu and the lecturers praised it greatly!" ”

Empress Dowager Li suddenly smiled and asked, "Is it?!" ”

Zhang Hong said: "How dare the old slave deceive the Queen Mother." ”

"No wonder you have been reporting to me about the emperor's recent situation in the future, it turns out that the emperor has always been reassuring."

Empress Dowager Li said.

Empress Dowager Chen also said: "Jun'er has always been reassuring, my father liked him very much back then, even more than the first emperor!" ”

"What my sister said, my sister naturally knows."

Empress Dowager Li replied with a smile, and said to Zhang Hong: "Take the emperor's living note to us to see why the emperor can be praised by the gentlemen." ”

Zhang Hong said yes.

So the next day, Zhang Hong went to the Hanlin Academy to present the "Wanli Living Note" written by Shen Li to the Queen Mother.

But when Empress Dowager Li opened the living note, she immediately frowned.

"What's wrong?"

Empress Dowager Chen, who was also here, asked.

Empress Dowager Li gave the living note to Empress Dowager Chen, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is not wrong, this is all hidden from me by Feng Bao, my sister knows, my sister has never dared to spend money." ”

Empress Dowager Chen also nodded after seeing it: "This Feng Bao is really hateful, he actually did so many things to defeat the two palaces without us knowing!" If Mr. Zhang hadn't been upright and understood, maybe he would have provoked foreign courtiers to think that the emperor was implicated by the queen mother. ”

"Isn't it?"

Empress Dowager Li replied and said, "This old slave, where did you think that he would deceive us all!" ”

……

"Did the queen mother really say that?"

After Zhang Hong came back to tell Zhu Yijun the original words of the two palaces, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile.

Zhang Hong nodded: "How dare the old slave hide from the emperor." ”

Zhu Yijun had to admit that sure enough, it was still the dead person who was to take the blame, so he asked: "Ask Zhang Whale, how did Dongchang copy Feng Bao's family property, and did the Xu family give Feng Bao ten percent of Haili intercept it?" ”

Zhang Hong said yes.

Then, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Hong again: "You said, was Xu Fan escorted to Beijing?" ”

Zhang Hong said: "It must be early, it will take more than a month to go to Huating." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this.

In fact, it was not until the beginning of September of the first year of Wanli that Wang Yongji arrived at Huating.

It was not that Wang Yongji deliberately delayed, but that there were too many officials and gentry who interceded for the Xu family along the way.