Jin Yiwei, Nanzhen Fusi. At this time, Zhang Yun was lying leisurely in his position, thinking about his plans after work today.

Suddenly, Han Cheng hurriedly ran over and said breathlessly, "My lord, on the outskirts of the capital, there are suddenly a lot of disaster victims. ”

When Zhang Yun heard this, he immediately bounced up from the chair. Then, let Han Cheng take him to check outside the city in person, Zhang Yun searched for the major events that happened in the tenth year of Wanli in his mind, and found that except for Zhang Juzheng, who was supposed to die, there was nothing major to happen, could it be that the historical record was wrong?

Zhang Yun shook his head, discarded his distracting thoughts, and instructed Han Cheng to speed up.

As soon as Zhang Yun came to the outskirts of Beijing, everyone was directly dumbfounded, only to see that the entire wilderness was densely packed with unclothed victims, most of whom were so hungry that their eyes were full of Venus, their lips were white, and they didn't even have the strength to walk, so they had to use crutches to support them, and then slowly squirm forward.

Zhang Yun found an old man and asked anxiously, "Old man, what's wrong with you?" It's all like this. ”

The old man shook his head and said weakly: "We are originally from Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, because of the famine in our hometown, we had to come out to escape the famine, and there is really no way to survive if we stay in our hometown!" ”

Zhang Yun was struck by lightning when he heard this, and then asked, "Then the government doesn't care about you?" Besides, the imperial court didn't receive Shandong's request for help? ”

Before the old man could speak, a young man next to him sneered, and then said, "Official? Hmph, that group of people only cares about their own black yarn hats, where they care about the life and death of our people, and those profiteers, who also take advantage of the food shortage, hoard food, and want to get rich. Oh my God, open your eyes and kill these people! The young man said at the end, stamping his feet and shouting through gritted teeth.

After Zhang Yun heard this, he asked them not to go any further, and if they went further, the officers and soldiers guarding the city would not let the victims in, so it was better to rest here, and he would go to tell the emperor.

When the young man heard that these dog officials did not let him enter the city, he was immediately furious, and he was about to reason with people, but it was his wife and father who stopped him and the situation could be controlled.

Zhang Yun gave the old man two cents of the silver he was carrying, and left with Han Cheng.

Beijing City, Zhang Juzheng's mansion, at this time, Zhang Jingxiu looked at the letter sent by Zhang Chucheng, and his face was also shocked, after all, he didn't expect that since the governor of Shandong was so bold, this was a crime of bullying the king. Just when Zhang Jingxiu was so angry that he couldn't speak, Zhang Yun walked in.

As soon as Zhang Jingxiu saw Zhang Yun come in, he immediately angrily came to Zhang Yun with the letter, and then shook his hand and said: "Look at it, look at what the governor of Shandong has done, the dignified second-class official, he only thinks about his black yarn hat, and doesn't think about the life or death of the people." In the end, Zhang Jingxiu almost gritted his teeth.

After Zhang Yun read the letter, his face was also gloomy, and after saying a few words to Zhang Jingxiu, he took the letter and went straight to the Wanli Palace. On the way, Zhang Yun stared in the direction of the cabinet and said secretly: "Today, let's kill one of your Zhang Siwei's dogs first, no, this should be a wolf dog." ”

In the Forbidden City, in the Imperial Palace, Wanli is correcting and correcting with a relaxed face, since Zhang Juzheng left, he is also the first time to be in power.

Wanli looked at it, Zhang Yun walked in with a gloomy face, and said with a smile: "Yo, who provoked my pacification envoy?" ”

Zhang Yun knelt and kowtowed, and then presented Zhang Chucheng's letter to Wanli. Wanli waved his hand, and asked Feng Bao to go down and bring the letter with him, after Wanli finished reading, his face turned black, and the whole person trembled because of anger, for a long time, Wanli slapped the dragon chair and said angrily: "Lu Shude, this damn dog, dared to deceive me, and said that Shandong has a good weather this year, how dare he!" ”

The whole palace was silent, and the palace maids and eunuchs were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe.

Feng Bao on the side squinted his eyes thoughtfully. This Lu Shude had offended himself in his early years, Ming Muzong died, Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, and he squeezed out Sili Meng Chong and replaced him. Lu Shude said: "The first emperor has just died, and suddenly I heard that Feng Bao is in charge of the celebrant supervisor, if it is the will of the first emperor, why not announce it a few days ago, but after the first emperor died." If it is His Majesty's will, then he should still be in mourning, and he has no time to think about anything, and how can he have time to take into account the change of the official position of the lieutenant. Feng Bao mentioned him now, his teeth were still itching with anger, and now that he has a chance, how can he not pit him.

Feng Bao had an idea in his heart, and said with a smile at Wanli: "Your Majesty, I think the governor of Shandong should be punished for a crime of dereliction of duty, plus he should be punished for a crime of bullying the king." This man is so bold. Then, by the way, he glanced at Zhang Yun.

After Zhang Yun received it, he also immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this Shandong disaster can be said to be a natural disaster, but it is more of a man-made disaster. ”

Feng Bao, who was on the side, was also stunned after hearing this, and said in his heart: "I asked you to bring down that Lu Shude, but I didn't let you go to Shandong for disaster relief. ”

After hearing this, Wanli lowered his head and thought for a while, and said solemnly: "Okay, since you have this heart, then you can choose whoever you want, and I promise you." ”

Zhang Yun immediately thanked him, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister will only bring 50 brocade guards here, plus Xu Chengye's part of the brothers of the Shenji Battalion." ”

After hearing this, Wanli also nodded, and agreed to Zhang Yun without thinking about it.

Feng Bao on the side wanted to speak and stopped, and after Zhang Yun said goodbye, he immediately chatted with Feng Bao outside the palace.

Feng Bao said with a complaining face: "Just now, why didn't you bring down Lu Shude with our family, but went to Shandong for disaster relief, do you know how deep the water is?" Then, he looked at Zhang Yun with a look of hatred.

After hearing this, Zhang Yun also smiled, and said slowly: "If you want to completely bring it down, a second-grade master, I'm afraid that these things are still not enough, wait, I will definitely let him go around this time." After speaking, he smiled evilly, which made Feng Bao feel cold.

The next day, at the court meeting, Wanli threw Zhang Chucheng's letter heavily on the main hall and scolded: "Take a good look, this is my good governor, I handed over such an important place in Shandong to him, and he repaid me like this?" ”

The ministers also knew what Wanli was referring to, after all, the victims had already arrived at the edge of the capital, and it was difficult to know it.

The ministers were silent for a while, and Zhang Siwei, the head of the cabinet, lowered his head, frowned, and scolded in his heart: "This damn stupid thing, dare to be so bold, if it weren't for his high status, the old man would have kicked him to death a long time ago." ”

Scolding and scolding, Zhang Siwei still wants to keep this ally. After all, Lu Shude is not only the governor of Shandong, but also the imperial history of the right capital, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate still has to catch it in his own hands. As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Siwei hurriedly came out to defend and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Lu was also kind at first, thinking that he would not bother His Majesty with a little thing, besides, after he noticed that the disaster could not be controlled, he immediately sent someone to the capital to ask for help. ”

Wanli, after hearing this, laughed angrily: "So, I still have to reward him well?" Well? ”

Zhang Siwei heard Wanli's tone, but he didn't dare to continue to defend himself, so he had to resign himself to fate.

The entire space froze, and after a long time, Wanli slowly spoke: "Let Lu Shude temporarily take over the post of governor of Shandong, and wait for the disaster in Shandong to end, and then escort him into the capital, depending on his merits, and then make a decision." After hearing this, Zhang Siwei also sighed, fortunately, it gave him the opportunity to make up for his mistakes.

Wanli pointed to a person in a red official robe and said: "Shen Li, you go to Shandong to supervise the disaster relief matters for me, if someone dares to make trouble, officials below the fifth grade, you can directly cut it first." "Wanli said in the end, with a strong murderous aura on his face, I can't move a governor, it's still okay to kill a few prefects.

After Shen Li heard this, he immediately knelt down to accept the order. The reason why Wanli chose Shen Li was because this person was a pure minister.

Historically, Shen Li's life was square and just. The first assistant Zhang Juzheng was ill, and the Manchu officials rushed to set up an altar to pray for Zhang Juzheng in order to curry favor with him, but Shen Li did not go alone. Emperor Wanli loved treasures and once spent 20 million taels of silver to buy a pearl. The courtiers donated money to Wanli and were proud of themselves. Also, Shen Liben and his predecessor Shoufu Gao Gong are considered fellow villagers, and his friends persuaded him to go to Gao Gong, but he didn't go. He only pretended to be the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty all his life, and never formed a party.