Then he turned his head to Bao Guogong and the two of them and said, "You two too, what kind of business is not easy to do, but you do this kind of business, where do you put the face of the Long Live Lord?" Alright, don't kneel, get up and talk first. ”

But the two of them had just been reprimanded by Emperor Wanli, where did they dare to get up immediately, they could only buckle their heads again and again! At this time, Emperor Wanli put down the teacup and said, "Okay, get up and talk." ”

When they heard this, they got up again as if they had been pardoned, but they did not dare to sit down, but just stood there with their heads bowed. Then Emperor Wanli poured bitter water and counted the days he lived, and the person who contrasted it was naturally the life of the Guogong Mansion.

In comparison, it really seems that Emperor Wanli's life is very bad! And that's exactly what happened. Because Emperor Wanli's expenses mainly came from the inner treasury, and the main source of goods in the inner treasury was the proportional distribution of the treasury revenue. Another part is the filial piety everywhere and the income of the Imperial Village.

However, with the corruption of the rule of officials, the gentry in various places concealed the population, land, and taxes, and the officials intervened in salt and iron, intercepting taxes one after another, making the income of the Ming Dynasty smaller and smaller day by day, so the treasury could not make ends meet.

Since the treasury is already like this, the inner treasury has naturally begun to eat the old book! And at this time, Emperor Wanli just set up an emperor like Zhang Juzheng, he resolutely followed the requirements of the book, wanted to turn Emperor Wanli into an eternal emperor, and asked him not to do this, not to do that, there is no room for enjoyment! So if you really want to talk about it, Emperor Wanli's life is really not as comfortable as that of several princes.

After pouring out some words, Emperor Wanli said: "Now the inner library has already reached the point where it is unsustainable, and even the rewards of this year's military festivals, as well as the rituals of each family, have not been gathered, so I acquiesced to the people below to accept this money!" ”

When Bao Guogong and the two of them heard this, their eyes bulged out! They really didn't expect that the mastermind behind this matter was actually Emperor Wanli! Now they don't even know what it's like to feel in their hearts!

Then Emperor Wanli continued: "Now I don't have any taste for this emperor to do, and I can't take out the rewards below, and it's a shame to say it!" So I have to think of something else! Don't think that I am robbing you of your money, but think about it, you have been doing business for so many years, how can you ever pay a penny in taxes? Now it's just a matter of putting your taxes up! I haven't pursued your tax evasion before, and I'm already extraordinarily gracious, what's the matter, are you still unwilling? ”

The two of them hurriedly bowed down and said, "The ministers are willing to go to the soup for the sake of it!" ”

Emperor Wanli sighed when he heard the words and said, "Okay, don't stand still, you two sit down!" ”

After the two of them sat down in confession, he continued: "In recent years, someone has told me that the royal family has alienated the nobles over the years! In fact, this is not the case at all, but most of the nobles are busy eating, drinking and having fun on the merits of their ancestors, and they have no enterprising mind at all! On the contrary, those civil officials studied hard one by one in order to get ahead, so they made them bigger and bigger! Comparing the two, who do you think I can only rely on? ”

Liang Guogong squeezed out a few tears and said: "It turns out that Your Majesty is still thinking about us nobles, but we didn't do well, which made Your Majesty worried!" ”

Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "How can I not miss you? You nobles are all with the country, and you can be said to be one with the royal family! As long as there is Daming, there will be your title! Therefore, you also have to teach the younger generations to practice literature and martial arts, and help me govern this country well! If this court is good, the nobles will naturally be good! If the court collapses, which family will you be? ”

Just now he was robbed by Liang Guogong, this time Baoguo Gong took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen will seriously urge the sons and daughters of the family to practice literature and martial arts when he goes back, if there are one or two who are promising, they will be sent to His Majesty to serve!" ”

Emperor Wanli said: "Yes, this is what you and I should be like between the monarch and the minister!" In this way, after you go back, you two families will choose one person from each family to come out and send them to the martial arts hall to accompany me to practice martial arts. You should know where the martial arts hall is. ”

Bao Guogong and the two were really excited when they heard this! Everyone knows that their children and grandchildren will have a great future if they grow up next to Emperor Wanli, but they were not allowed to enter before! Now Long Live Lord personally ordered them to send their children into the martial arts hall, which is to give them a way to the sky! So the two of them immediately knelt down and thanked them!

Emperor Wanli waved his hand and said, "Get up, don't kneel around, I'm annoyed!" It's better to do things seriously than anything else! In the future, the business should be done, but the money that should be paid must be paid! In addition, you know what to say when you leave the palace gate, right? ”

The two nodded again and again and said, "I know, I know!" Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "Since that's the case, you guys should retreat first!" I still have to talk to the queen mother! ”

The two of them saw that what they had received today far exceeded their expectations, and they immediately got up very excitedly to say goodbye. For them, losing a little money is a matter of not caring at all, if there are children and nephews who can be sent to Emperor Wanli, it is a big deal! If his own son and nephew are really promising, and become a celebrity around Emperor Wanli, I am afraid that the family will be able to continue to be rich for several more generations!

After the two princes left, Empress Dowager Li smiled very satisfied and said, "Who did you learn from that of Long Live Lord?" It's very skilled! ”

Emperor Wanli said proudly: "This is me, Liu Haojia, and Zhang Jia discussed for a long time before they came up with a solution!" Duan these nobles also need to be stimulated to be a little self-motivated, otherwise they will only know how to eat, drink and have fun in a day! ”

Empress Dowager Li nodded and said, "This method is good!" It seems that these two people still put their hearts into it! ”

Emperor Wanli said: "That's true, and Liu Haojia also told me that now the children in the martial arts hall can be sent back to their families, just enough to recruit another batch of people." I've agreed. ”

Empress Dowager Li said: "These people have only been practicing in the martial arts hall for a few years, can it be of any great use to put them back like this?" ”

Emperor Wanli said: "Liu Haojia said that these people have already taught what they should teach, and the rest depends on their own efforts, so it is useless to stay in the martial arts hall for a long time." Moreover, since these people have been in the martial arts hall, they have already been branded by me, and it will be difficult to change the court in the future, so taking advantage of the opportunity that I am still young and can still practice martial arts, I have to train a few more groups of people to come out, and stuff as many people as possible in the Jinyi Guard and the military camp, so that it will be convenient to grasp it in the future. ”