Cining Palace, evening.

The palace maids and eunuchs who were in and out held their breath and did not even dare to say anything. Just now, Eunuch Li, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, hurried to report that something happened in front of Shuntian Prefecture. The empress dowager was furious and furious. A palace maid who was serving next to him was serving tea. Because of accident, he poured a little tea on the empress dowager's upper and lower sides, and the angry empress dowager pulled it out to beat the board. The palace maid was usually a soft man. After just 17 times, he was immediately furious, but he scared the palace maids and eunuchs on the Cining Palace so that they stood up and they only dared to put their toes on their toes when walking.

Suddenly, Empress Wang Xijie'er and Concubine Gong Wang both came to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager Cisheng Li was furious, but he scolded the usually well-off queen.

"The good son of the Ai family, your good husband." Li's face turned pale, and his hands were trembling slightly because of anger. "Now that he has grown up, he is a good skill. He has found a good wife for the Ai family..." She naturally couldn't say so naked, saying that she suffered a great loss in the hands of the uncle's woman, so she had to expose her anger on Concubine De. As the saying goes, the monk can't run away and the temple can't run away.

Sister Wang Xi'er's face is like a silver plate. In terms of appearance, she may not be beautiful. Although she is not necessarily beautiful, she has plump figures, her cheeks are like babies, and her eyes are not big, but she looks like a crescent moon when she squinted. It is the kind of blessed beauty that the scholars and officials like the most at that time. In addition, the red silk skirt with golden patterns on her body, her back is light, a rainbow dress, a phoenix crown with golden steps on her head is really elegant and luxurious. As for Concubine Wang, she is famous for her fair skin. Of course, Wanli dislikes her very much and even said in private that she [a floating corpse white, and she is upset when she looks]. What is floating corpse white? It means that she is soaked in water after drowning in water.

Speaking of which, Nohara and Kazuma committed suicide by cutting their stomachs at the gate of Shuntian Prefecture, which was shocked on the spot. Impossible, Ion Kosamura Jingzhai asked twenty-two Fusan samurai to cut their stomachs at the gate of Shuntian Prefecture at the cost of 600 stones of knowledge. The twenty-two Fusan samurai, plus Nohara and Kazuma, were exactly twenty-four people, the number of those who were said to have been injured.

The head of Shuntian Prefecture, Jin Wucai, and Dugu's old man hiding behind, both had no faces in battle. You know, the Ming Dynasty was in a peaceful and prosperous era, and even the most stubborn enemy, Mongolia, had not attacked the border for a long time. Although the capital was Wei Zi, how many people in the capital had seen the dead? This was not the Qing Dynasty. While boasting about the Kangxi and Qianlong era, countless people would starve to death and freeze to death in winter. The Ming Dynasty had a special shelter, and there were few beggars, let alone death in the street, let alone such a tragic way of death.

Fusang was the Warring States Period. The melee of the past hundred years made the people of Fusang accustomed to it. If they die, they will die. Now they can die for the Chacha Temple and add a good story to the family, and get 600 stones of knowledge and action. What is death?

What puzzled the people on Shuntian Mansion and the onlookers was that even though they knew it was death, the Fusang barbarians seemed not afraid of it, and they were still rushing to the forefront. Even the twenty-two people from the blade were picked out from a bunch of people. Judging from the meaning of the Fusang people, it seemed that they had to be innocence for three generations to be qualified. It was really scary.

After twenty-four people died, there were no one who stopped him. So many people were punished, so spectacular. The Ming people believed in the sayings of gods and ghosts. Even the executioners had to parade in red and colorful streets after the execution was executed, and then set off firecrackers. The death row prisoners were so angry, let alone the twenty-four suicidal samurai warriors of Fusang Kingdom?

Cha Cha directly took out the yamen of Congshuntian Prefecture, who was scared by Achu, Xiaodu and Xiaodu, to the yamen of Congshuntian Prefecture. Yineng Xiaosanlang Jingzhai looked at the pale and unlucky Shuntian Prefecture Chief Jin Wucai and said: I will hurt you and I will pay your life, that's enough!

As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes. This is applicable at any time. The people in the Ming Dynasty's capital have a good life, which is definitely better than those in the samurai in Fusang (the people in the Ming Dynasty wear shoes, and it is extremely normal for the samurai to have barefoot, a smile). As for those idiots, they can also make a living and eat enough, compared to Fusang. For example, the Ukido family even takes the lead in taking a hunger strike every ten days to save food. Why do these idiots fight for their lives? It's not worth it!

When Wang Qinian took the Admiral, Mavina, the Four-Evil House, hurried to the Shuntian Prefecture Office. It was already a corpse. Mavina looked at the streets at the entrance of the yamen and blood, and her legs immediately became weak. So many people died, so it must be impossible to hide it. At that time, the superiors asked for someone to ask for the crime, and they were afraid that they would use him to ask the crime. For a moment, they would regret it so much that their intestines were blue. If they had known this, they would have regretted it! What was the matter of fishing for troubled waters?

It was still Mavina's younger brother Ruan Dafeng who was smart and good at doing things. He had a pale face and endured his disgust, and then stumbled to the Shuntian Prefecture Office. "Dugu Xingzai, you are a dead eunuch, you said that you were the imperial eunuch of Empress Dowager Cisheng, and we are not allowed to take care of this matter. Now that so many people have died, how do you tell our Taichang Temple to the cabinet? How do you explain to the people of the world? Dugu Xingzai, you are a gangless person. All of our Taichang Temple officials are from the same Jinshi. After being disturbed by you, the dead eunuch, and they fell to the level of a county scholar who was not as good as a county scholar... It's true, you are not afraid of your opponents as gods, but friends as a pig or a dog."

When he cursed like this, everyone around him suddenly realized that it was the kind of [oh! So that's it...] expression, a little smart, and even thought deeply, and then he thought about a rumor that was widely circulated in the capital in the eighth year of Wanli.

At that time, Emperor Wanli was eighteen years old. Once, he was drunk and lost his composure and drew his sword to chase and killed the eunuch in the harem. When Empress Dowager Cisheng learned about it, she was furious and threatened to depose Wanli and let his younger brother, King Lu, Zhu Yiliu, ascend the throne.

In theory, this is the royal family, but this incident was rumored in the capital back then. In the end, Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet at that time, was furious and asked Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, to investigate the matter thoroughly. This rumor gradually disappeared. However, most of the old Beijingers knew about it.

In the tenth year of Wanli, King Lu's wedding was extremely expensive. At that time, Bi Qiang, the Minister of Revenue, could not bear it. He dissuaded it on the grounds that the "Ming Ming Hui Dian" said [the prince's engagement gift is only fifty taels of gold and ten taels of pearls]. However, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, who prepared the wedding for his youngest son, could not listen at all. He spent millions of taels of silver to buy various rare treasures for his youngest son. The notes of the people at the time recorded this matter, saying that "although the capital is collected in department stores, such rare treasures are different from daily grain and silk, and it is difficult to buy them at all times. Old Beijing is also amazed at this matter, saying that King Lu's wedding was the leader of all kings, and even more luxurious than the wedding of Emperor Longsheng.

Even this year, the good official gave his brother-in-law Zhu Yijun no idea how much money he had given his brother-in-law Zhu Yijun, but Wanli had to take out 500,000 taels of silver, which was used exclusively for the construction cost of the Lu Wang Wang Mansion.

Can he not give it? King Lu is his younger brother, his mother's favorite youngest son. According to the Ming Dynasty, the prince would leave the capital to take the vassal after his wedding. But King Lu stayed in Beijing for two years. This was because the cabinet Shen Shixing repeatedly brought officials from the court to write letters to the court, saying that the court's ancestral system was like this, and forced Empress Dowager Cisheng to personally promise that King Lu would take the vassal. This is why Wanli was grateful to Shen Shixing everywhere. If it weren't for Shen Shixing, could King Lu be able to take the vassal? This is still a matter of saying that!

But when the money was transferred, the officials below were already complaining. The Henan Governor wrote a letter saying that the royal palace was very expensive. I planned to calculate it. At least 800,000 taels of silver. If the lack of 300,000 taels of silver is required, please make up for it as soon as possible. Otherwise, the people of Henan will suffer!

The governor of Henan, Zang Weiyi, is a talented man. He is from the Ministry of Revenue and is a good at filing accounts. He also worked as a minister of Dali Temple in Dali Temple. He is famous all over the world for his uprightness and has also served as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture. He is obedient in his work and is respected by all forces. This person said that there is a gap of 300,000 taels of silver in Lu Wangfu, and Wanli really believes that there is a gap of 300,000 taels.

Just a few days ago, Wanli took advantage of the victory in the north and gritted his teeth and allocated 300,000 taels of silver. Now the emperor is becoming more and more interesting. He is calm and clear, and he should quickly control his brother to Henan! Minglu, the vassal kings were not summoned and could not enter the capital. Only in this way can he be at ease and avoid his mother being obsessed with ghosts and doing some irreversible things one day.

Now that Ruan Dayan is cursing so hard, there are naturally those who are interested in thinking about those things. It turns out that we ordinary people have made the knife in the hand of Empress Dowager Li... Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a little disgusted.

No matter how humble a person is, if he is used by others and does not know about it, he will be disgusted. Especially the Ming people have already had the germination of ideas such as freedom and equality. If the ideological enlightenment of "the way of the saint is used by the people every day", it can only be born under the environment of the Ming Dynasty.

As for Mavina, who heard his brother-in-law cursing, he was immediately happy and immediately looked at his brother-in-law with admiration. The empress dowager broke her face! This proves how wronged the officials of our Taichang Temple are... He is also a decisive person, and immediately stumbled to the gate of Shuntian Prefecture. As the young minister of Taichang Temple of the Admiral Siyiguan, he was already a fourth-rank red-robed official. In the eyes of the people, he was an out of reach. His words were naturally more credible than the sixth-rank official commonly known as [Mung Bean Official].

"Dugu Xingzai, as the eunuch in charge of the Cining Palace, you have taken the imperial eunuch to prevent our Taichang Temple from taking charge of Princess Fusang. Our Taichang Temple is responsible for royal sacrifices and rituals and music. Originally, I heard from the Empress Dowager, yes, but you shouldn't have forced so many lives to death. When Fusang treacherously, you will crucify me to the shame of history..." Mavina performed with all his heart. He was singing and singing and doing good things. He was really an actor among officials and the emperor among actors. He burst into tears and explained the closing of the festival clearly through crying.

Everyone around was stunned. They were instigated just now, but they didn't expect this. After thinking about it carefully, it was not true. Speaking of which, Fusang said that it was also one of the countries that did not conquer and one of the four barbarians and ten museums ordered by Emperor Chengzu. Now Shuntian Prefecture has offended the princess to such an extent and so many people have died. Will Fusang be angry...

Generally, old Beijing can talk about these words [Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu], and they have certain political analysis skills. To put it bluntly, among the 100 scholars in the world, ninety-nine who passed the Jinshi were looking for a Changsui from an old Beijing, just to be familiar with the capital and the officialdom. In the Ming Dynasty, when it comes to aides, when it comes to aides, Shaoxing in Jiangnan was the best, just like Mr. Qingteng Xu Wenchang was the assistant to Hu Zongxian, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. When it comes to a long sue, he must be a person in the capital. Anyone who is an official, if you don’t have one or two Changsui from a capital, you will be embarrassed to talk to others.

Of course, this is also a major drawback of the Ming Dynasty politics. These elders rely on their fellow villagers to form a huge interest gang. As the saying goes, if you are as clear as water, you can't escape the officials' slippery as oil. This is what you mean.

Therefore, old Beijing is very good at analyzing. After hearing Mavina's crying, he immediately thought, the Empress Dowager Cisheng seems to be thirty-nine this year! It's really unreliable for me to do things. Isn't this forced a rebellion against my subordinates? There is no such reason for doing things in the world? These people have forgotten that they are just the ones who just shouted to fight and killed. So, human nature is like this, it is easy to examine other people's shortcomings, but it is extremely difficult to examine their own shortcomings. Those who can do it can be called saints.

As for Dugu’s old man, he was already pale and was worried about how he would explain to the Empress Dowager, but he never expected that the Fusang man was so tough that he committed suicide twenty-four at once and died so tragically. He was scolded by Mavina inside. He was so worried and angry that he lost his usual calmness. He rushed out of the Shuntian Prefecture Office. When he arrived at the government office, he kicked Mavina and immediately kicked Mavina on the ground, "Bao Maze... Mavina, when will our family give you the Empress Dowager's decree?"

It would be better if he didn't come out. As soon as he came out, everyone saw that the inner officials were clearly the one around Empress Dowager Cisheng, and they immediately defined this matter. After Dugu's old man came out, he kicked Mavina a few times and scolded Mavina in Hangzhou dialect, he was blown by the wind and calmed down immediately. He immediately sweated heavily behind him, and a large area was wet.

As for Yi Neng Xiaosanlang Jingzhai, Wang Qinian and others, they naturally sneered, while the Taichang Temple Chief Ruan Dayan looked at him and wiped his cold sweat.

This matter has almost become clear at this point. Jin Wucai, the head of Shuntian Prefecture, fell to the ground with a thud, his face covered with beads of sweat. At this point, his best outcome is probably to be demoted to the people. If the truth is worse, he may have to go to the imperial prison to eat.

When the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Li Jin hurriedly told the whole story to Empress Dowager Cisheng, Li was naturally so angry that he trembled all over. He took the opportunity to kill a palace maid and then gave up.

Concubine Wang Gong, who gave birth to the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty, was originally a palace maid in Empress Dowager Li's harem. She was a little older than Emperor Wanli and was cautious. She used to be someone who could use her around Empress Dowager Li. After being lucky for a private fortune by Wanli, she became pregnant. It was also the first Empress Dowager Li who was first to find out. She forced Wanli to make Wang a concubine.

There is a reason here. Li was also pregnant by Prince Yu, who later became the personal luck of Emperor Longqing, and finally got to the position of the current Empress Dowager step by step. Seeing Concubine Wang Gong means seeing himself back then. After giving birth to the eldest son, Empress Dowager Li has been working hard to protect Concubine Wang Gong.

"Empress Dowager." Concubine Wang Gong was still as respectful as she was when she was a palace maid in the past. She gently rubbed Li's shoulders, "Don't be so angry that she is so angry now. This matter is also like this. How about calling Xu Ge Lao Xu from the State? "

Li was panting and glared at his younger brother Li Jin, "Why don't you go quickly?" Li Jin went with aggrieved words, and Li sighed, "Oh! This family is getting harder and harder to be."

Sister Wang Xi'er next to him cooked tea, held the tea cup with her delicate hands, and poured a cup of tea for Queen Mother Li.

As for the cabinet, everyone knew about it at this time. How could they not know about such a big thing? Several cabinet masters sighed and said in their hearts: What are the ideas for this old lady! They wanted to slap them in the face, but they ended up slapped them hard.

These old men are all human beings, and they know the little thoughts of Empress Dowager Cisheng! But they don’t like Empress Dowager Li. Why is Empress Dowager Li really not very good? As the saying goes, nephews are like uncles. Looking at the virtues of the Marquis of Wuqing, Li Gang, you will feel that Emperor Wanli is really good. If King Lu is the emperor, with King Lu’s naughty temper, the Ming Dynasty can make trouble for him.

The dragon gives birth to a dragon, the phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and the son of a rat gives birth to a hole. At that time, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the children of the family of honorary ministers were not allowed to be married. Although because of this, the Ming Dynasty had no powerful relatives, to be honest, there are advantages and disadvantages, and even the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Like Wanli, it was really unlucky to meet uncles like Wuqing Hou. Even when the prince of Wuqing Hou told people that [my father is Wuqing Hou Li Gang], others would probably laugh at Wanli. Look at the IQ of your relatives, it is really bad.

Shen Shixing coughed first, and then said, "Everyone, let's set a tone for today's business..." When he was talking, he was soaking his feet barefoot. A servant carefully cut the blisters on the soles of his feet, applied essential oil, and rubbed them carefully until they turned red and hot. The rest of the court masters were like this. Who told them to work hard with the emperor? As for Emperor Wanli, he probably had returned to the Qianqing Palace at this time and was listening to the eunuchs below telling about this matter!

Wang Xijue and Shen Shixing were on the same list in the same year. They were friends, and the two almost formed relatives. They both represented the interests of the merchant group radiated with Suzhou Prefecture as the center. As for Xu Guo and Xu Ge Lao, the family was a Hui merchant, it goes without saying that they naturally had to seek benefits for Hui merchants.

In addition, Wang Jiaping Wang Ge is from Shanxi, Yu Shenxing, Yu Ge is from Shandong, Yu Shenxing is also a teacher of Wanli. Although he is not as respected as Shen Shixing, he is also very valued.

Now, the cabinet is the final say of these five cabinet masters.

"What can I do?" Wang Xijue touched the half-foot-foot-sized beard on his jaw and frowned slightly. "The humiliation of the Fusang princess in public, and more than twenty people died of this anger. If you tell me later, my minister of the Ming Dynasty was forced to death by the empress dowager... It's embarrassing!"

"Yuan Yu." Shen Shixing frowned slightly and said slowly: "Don't say this, the problem must be solved!"

To be honest, these five people are all old foxes, and none of them are clean. The five people know that the key to this matter is still the governor of the country, but no one, including Shen Shixing, is willing to get into trouble.

After a while, Yu Shenxing hesitated for a moment and said, "Why, our cabinet came forward to appease him, it would be a shame to the vassal state! Besides, Empress Dowager Li's birthday is coming soon. If the four barbarians come to the court, the matter will become more and more troublesome, where will our court's face be put!"

Yu Shenxing is still a good man, and he is indeed worthy of his name Shenxing.

Xu Ge Lao Xu couldn't help but frown and said, "It's easy to comfort me, but then, wouldn't it be a shame to strip Queen Li of her face? This...is not bad!"

As soon as he said this, the other cabinet masters frowned. This is the key point. To be honest, everyone knows where the ultimate root of this contradiction lies. When the emperor was young, Empress Dowager Li often scared the emperor. If you are disobedient, Mr. Zhang will come. He took advantage of the emperor's age and moved in the Ganqing Palace. He waited for the emperor's wedding to move out. You can imagine the control of this old lady. If you summarize, Empress Dowager Li is a typical example of ambitious but incompetent.

Now that the emperor is old, he has his own ideas and his beloved woman. As Empress Dowager Li, who has controlled the emperor since childhood, can she be content with her heart? Naturally, she exhaled her anger on Concubine De, and then included everyone around Concubine De.

To put it bluntly, this is a battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Wanli is just a man sandwiched in the middle. That's all, the parents present have wives and children. Who doesn't know the truth about it? For example, Yu Shenxing knows the pain. He only has one wife, gave birth to a daughter, and has no son. His son is adopted, and his wife is the famous Hedong Lion.

After a long time, Shen Shixing sighed while fanning, "The grape trellis at home is in a dilemma!"

After he said this, several cabinet masters chuckled. Shen Shixing and his maid were caught by his wife. It was a story made up by scholars all over the world to tell them. It is conceivable that this is so widely circulated. Wang Xijue immediately joked, "Did the old cat slap the face?" He was the second assistant, and he was a friend of Shen Shixing's same year and a fellow villager, so he could joke like this.

Shen Shixing stammered his neck and said, "Yuan Yu, don't laugh, this room, Brother Wugui can laugh..." He meant that Yu Shenxing only had one woman, and he was famous for fear of his wife, so he had no chance of being arrested. In fact, Shen Shixing was famous for fear of his wife, and he was just using Yu Shenxing for face.

Although everyone is a minister, they should be joking. It is not as ordinary people imagine. As a teacher, they seem to be sitting upright and not living in the world. How is that possible? They should think of women as much as they should be torn by their wives and be torn by their wives. As long as they are men, they will be the same as they are.

Everyone laughed for a while, and Wang Xijue said, "Why not, let the Admiral, Mavina, the young minister of Taichang Temple in Siyiguan, take charge of the affairs of Taichang Temple, and let him negotiate with Princess Fusang?"

As soon as they said this, everyone immediately laughed, and they all said it was wonderful. Mavina obviously turned against him and turned to the other side. Since that is the case, I would give him some benefits and let him do things for the cabinet. What is the so-called agency of the affairs of the Taichang Temple Minister? It is equivalent to the so-called deputy department-level cadres who enjoy the treatment of the main department in later generations. It sounds nice and obviously it is worthless. The cabinet ministers are indeed old foxes.

When it was a warm time, someone suddenly bumped into the outside. When everyone saw it, Shen Shixing immediately frowned, "Song Jiu, what are you doing here? What kind of decent things!"

"The Biography of the Five Seventy-nine" says: "Recently, those who wrote "Five Seventy-nine Biography" refer to Jiangling, Wuxian, Taicang, and the three-evil servants..." It refers to Zhang Juzheng's slave You Qi, Wang Xijue's slave Wang Wu, and Shen Shixing's slave Song Jiu. At that time, people called it Wu79. It was possible to allow famous scholars at that time to write unofficial history and make biography. It is conceivable how powerful these three people were at that time.

Song Jiu was sweating profusely and panting, "Master, Master... Lord Zhang Siwei has traveled to the crane..."

The pavilion masters stepped on the basin and the water spilled all over the floor. Shen Shixing looked in disbelief, was Zhang Siwei dead?

Just now, the cabinet's small water room was in a state of joy, but it disappeared immediately. Several cabinet masters looked at each other and became afraid of each other.

Zhang Siwei is the chief minister. He just goes home to be a filial piety, and Shen Shixing is just acting as the chief minister. The position of the chief minister of the cabinet is actually empty. Now that Zhang Siwei is dead, wouldn’t it be said that he wants to recommend the court? After Da Jiuqing and the official of the Kedao, he recommended the position of the chief minister. In this way, it is hard to say who will be the chief minister!

The Ming Dynasty's ceremony was very strict. First, the candidates were selected by the Jiuqing and Kedao, and then the candidates delivered speeches, which was equivalent to giving a speech. How would I rule after I came to power, and then, I held a registered vote. Generally speaking, the elected officials were all respected officials, which could be called fair. Jiuqing and Kedao often had fierce debates about the officials who were promoted by the court... In short, the Ming Dynasty's court recommendation was more reasonable and harmonious with the people, which also led to the scholars and officials paying attention to the court recommendation, believing that the court recommendation was reasonable and legal. As for the special ones, there were probably cheating. As for the promotion of the order, everyone looked down on them. Some officials even felt ashamed of being an official through formal channels and refused to give in. This was common in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

For a moment, the elders all forgot the harmony they had just now, and focused all their attention on the upcoming court promotion. Even the elders didn't care about the matter of humiliation of Princess Fusang, which may lead to unpredictable consequences.

"Master Xu Ge." Another person broke in outside, "Eunuch Li, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse, asked you to say that you have something to say..."

Seven eyes were all focused on Xu Guo and Xu Ge Lao. Xu Guo quickly wiped his feet with all his hands and jumped out in his shoes. He looked like he was calm. Shen Shixing narrowed his eyes, Wang Xijue touched his chin and thoughtfully. Yu Shenxing looked up and looked at the ceiling. Wang Jiaping looked down at the water marks on the ground... Everyone had all their thoughts.
Chapter completed!