Chapter 892: The Dragon Sleeping (Central)

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After making a plan, he suppressed the memorial and had to wait until he communicated with the officials before he could issue a report. This also left them room to deal with it so as not to be passive when facing the matter. But before the report was reported, the matter was already circulating in the capital. It turned out that Guangmao was worried that the memorial would be suppressed, so he had already passed the copy in advance in various yamen. All officials involved in this matter had grown grass in their hearts after hearing about this matter.

In the room, before Chen Si could do anything, Emperor Wanli summoned him urgently. After Chen Si saluted and sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Chen, have you read Guangmao's memorial?"

"Go back to the emperor, I have seen it." Chen Si sat down on the imperial stairs.

"What if this is the case?" Wanli asked.

"I only know that what he made was completely opposite to what the Liaodong side said." Silently said: "The cabinet once sent to the court to the Liaodong inspector, and the results obtained were different from his."

"Ah, so, sir has long been confused about the Liaodong victory?" Wanli said.

"There is no doubt." Chen Shu sighed: "I just heard too many words on one side, and I always know that I don't say the truth, so it's better to be cautious."

"Sir, it's good to be cautious..." Wanli heard the implication of silent words, saying, "Don't listen to the wind and rain." He couldn't help but blushed, and he was silent for a long time, and said, "But why didn't I persuade me at that time?" The implication of this, now you should reward what you deserve and what you should raise. Isn't it embarrassing me?

"What the emperor means, but the decision to reward at that time was too hasty?" asked silently.

"Yes!" Wanli sighed.

"This is not the emperor's fault, but the subordinates' mistake." He took the responsibility in a silent and generous manner and said: "At that time, he was thinking about the emperor's wedding and celebrated together, and he did not think about it at all. Therefore, when the emperor proposed to reward the soldiers and officials involved, although the subordinates were unsure, they did not persuade him, which led to the current situation."

The silence was so graceful that Emperor Wanli felt embarrassed... In fact, he himself did not realize that this prime minister, who had been standing in front of him like a mountain for many years, had cast a heavy shadow in his heart, so that when he arrived in front of him, it was like a lion who saw an elephant and did not dare to be unreasonable.

At least he didn't forget what his original intention was. He was silent for a long time before he asked, "Sir, what should I do if what Guangmao said is true?"

"Haha." Seeing his little face turned pale, he smiled silently and gently, "Is the emperor worried that he will not be able to explain to the ministers who are rewarded and the people of the world?"

"Yes." Wanli said with a look of distress: "After the victory, I solemnly surrendered to the Taimiao and rewarded the ministers. Now, a 'killing and surrendering' has appeared. How can I explain to my ancestors? How many officials should be happy to be fucked by bamboo baskets? Especially the senior officials of the ministry, who are going to be invalid at the first level, and their son who has already won the fame and fortune will return. What should they think?" He asked the silence to find a problem, but it depends on what he should do.

"Your Majesty, you are too worried." Silently smiled: "Guangmao's words alone are not enough to overturn the conclusion of Liaodong. The court still needs to send people to investigate the matter. If it is finally confirmed that there is a real deed of making a contribution, it will not be too late to punish it."

"What if it is true?" Wanli must ask Ding Mao.

"If it is true, there is nothing to say, just deal with it according to the law." Chen Si said lightly: "You don't have to worry about not being able to explain to your ancestors. There is no problem when the news of good fortune comes, and the sacrifice to the Taimiao and reward the ministers. As the emperor, who can he trust if he doesn't trust his ministers? Now someone has made different statements. The emperor immediately made a clear order to investigate it strictly. If the reward and punishment are inappropriate, correct it in time. This is also no problem. The emperor is doing his destiny on behalf of the heavens, and he must seek truth from facts and correct any mistakes. Thunder and rain will all respond to the heavens! If the truth is covered for the sake of face, it will make you happy. If the false report invites the rewards, it will damage the emperor's authority..."

"But once my golden mouth comes out, it will be Chengxian..." Wanli whispered: "Besides, you have to consider the mood of the minister who is rewarded?"

"The emperor was too worried," said silently, "Zhang Cong was very disgusted with Xu Jie back then, so he spoke bad words in Shimiao's ears all day long. Shimiao believed it to be true, so he wrote the eight words "Xu Jie's villain, never use it" on the screen in the imperial study. More than ten years later, the emperor learned that Xu Jie's virtue was not what Zhang Cong said, so he focused on cultivating him and using it as a prime minister, and eventually achieved a good story of the relationship between the king and the minister. The sage said that it is great to know the mistakes and be able to correct them. Because of this incident, people mocked Shimiao and praised him as a wise and tolerant king. Now the emperor rewarded and punished him with great punishment, which is enough to persuade and punish him. He has never been rewarded without merit, but can inspire people. It is the saint lord and wise ruler who did it!" He said suddenly: "As for the reaction of the ministers who are rewarded, the emperor does not need to worry too much. Those who can become ministers should be wise and know their integrity and shame. They do not have to wait until the matter is implemented, and they do not have to wait until the court deprives them, and they will voluntarily return the reward."

"I hope I can be as my husband said..." After a silent and upright speech, Wanli couldn't refute it. He said for a long time: "If something is found out, what about Li Chengliang and Li Rusong and his son, how should they be punished?"

Wanli now pointed to the silent waist. Fortunately, he had thought about this question: "This depends on the nature of the error. If you just don't check it for a while, you should be harshly admonished. If you deliberately kill and surrender and make achievements... you still have to focus on curing diseases and saving people. After all, you have to open your mind."

"Why is this?" Wanli looked silent and said, "I just said that if there is any mistake, I will correct it." Why are you the truth?

"It is right to correct any mistakes. But the emperor must also know that in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor guarded the country's gates with the emperor, and Qi Jiguang from Jizhen and Li Chengliang from Liaodong were the emperor's pair of gate gods. Both of them were worth millions of soldiers, and it was because of them guarding the capital and the border of 3,000 miles was safe and sound. Over the past six years, Li Chengliang's military achievements were not only the first in this dynasty, but even since Yongle, they were incomparable. The captains from all walks of life were frightened when they heard his name. The ancients said that a thousand troops were easy to obtain, but a general was hard to find. If we remove him because of this sin, the good situation in Liaodong might be gone, and the Tartars would invade the capital again. Which is more important? I believe that the emperor will have a saint."

Wanli could naturally hear the silence's partiality towards Li Chengliang and his son. This point. He was not surprised, because silence had always instilled in him that the king did not use morality to select scholars. He should not only use it boldly, but also protect it well. There is no perfect person if he has no gold and no one is perfect. If he abandons his food and blames him for his choking, it will inevitably lead to a terrible situation where the wise and ordinary officials are all in the court. What Guan Si said just now is the embodiment of this idea.

"Will those who are rewarded to follow suit? In this way, people's hearts will be very bad, who will dare to rely on my Ming Dynasty again?"

"If it is confirmed," Chen Si said lightly: "Let Li Chengliang be deprived of the rank of Count and demoted to the third-rank commander to listen to it. Li Rusong beat him to the end. The father and son were each downgraded to level 8, which is enough to warn him." As he said, he said in a more intense tone: "With Li Chengliang alone, he can keep the peace in Liaodong, and all the civil and military officials of the court. How many people can do this? Who can do it? The court will also have a side connection!"

"This is also reasonable..." Wanli completely stopped reciting it. It seemed that no matter what the final investigation result was, he would not hurt him. After a moment of despair, he nodded and said, "Since the sir is so thorough, then I will issue the ticket as you said just now."

"I obey the order." After saying silently, I stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I will ask for punishment."

"Please punish yourself?" Wanli shook his head and said, "There is no need for this." He was really not interested in such face-saving things.

"No matter what the result is, this matter is the momentary negligence of the minister, which caused such great trouble to the emperor. It is difficult to convince the public without asking for punishment." Chen Si insisted: "Please demote the emperor, demote the minister to two levels, and be fined for one year."

"That..." Wanli was in a bad mood at this moment, as if he was stepping on cotton, full of powerlessness. He thought he could use this to squeeze out the silence, but he did not expect that the other party would resolve it so easily, and he was upright and had the style of a prime minister.

The matter is already very clear. No matter what the final result is found in the investigation, as long as Li Chengliang and the ministers and ministers do not make trouble, the silence will pass again. Moreover, if you dare to deal with it like this, you will definitely be very sure...

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A strong sense of frustration piled up in his heart, which made Wanli breathless. After a long time, he came back to his spirit and said, "I have something else to say about this beforehand. I am very angry. Let's talk to the gentleman together today."

"Prince, please speak." Chen Jing smiled slightly. This smile was like a loving elder looking at the naughty child. No matter how he was making a fuss, he would not really make him angry.

But what Wanli couldn't stand the most was this. He felt that he was no longer the emperor, but the master of the nine provinces and Wanfang of the Ming Dynasty. What he needed was awe, surrender, and pleasing, rather than treating himself as a child!

"That's right," he said with fear that Chen Si would see his strangeness, "A few days ago, I wrote a *** to the Ministry of Revenue, and wanted to transfer a sum of money to the treasury, but Wang Guoguang rejected it. Do you know this?"

"I just heard of it." Chen Si nodded.

"If you have such a small matter, you have to refute my face. Mr. Chen, are your subordinates right?" Wanli finally got in the mood this time and said angrily.

"Master, why do you need to transfer money from Taicang?" Chen Si did not let him lead him away at all, and asked directly.

"The money in Baochaoku is not enough." Wanli curled his lips.

"It's only July, just half a year later, why did it be spent?" Chen said incrediblely: "Although the Baochao Tank is the emperor's treasury, foreign ministers should not be involved. But I also know that the tax revenue of the imperial villages and mines in various places, plus the tariff pumping of the Maritime Bureau, is as much as one million taels. During the late emperor, there was a surplus every year, so why can't it support it even for half a year now?"

"That's because the largest input of the Baochao Bank - 'Royal Authorization', was taken to the minister by the gentleman!" Wanli said with a dark face. This was the reason for his trouble. When he knew that his money was intercepted by the foreign court, Wanli's heart was bleeding...

"That is a temporary measure to win people's hearts for the emperor." Silent and calm said: "At that time, the emperor was still in the age of age, and it was inevitable that people's hearts would be fluctuating. Therefore, the empress dowager discussed with the empress dowager that prices have risen in recent years and the lives of Beijing officials are difficult and difficult to survive. It is better to take out this part of the money and reward officials in Beijing during the holidays. This is the grand ceremony of ancestors, which can best win people's hearts."

"Can't you use Taicang silver hair?"

"Using Taicang silver will become a way for the Wei minister to win people's hearts. Not only will it not reflect the holy grace of Your Majesty, but it should kill Wei minister's head." Silently said lightly.

"Okay, I'm going to take it back now." Somehow, whenever I mentioned the money, Wanli felt a little nervous, as if those things like A-do were his own sons: "I was young a few years ago and didn't know how to spend money. It doesn't matter if the treasury is more or less. But now I'm married, and there will be many concubines, all kinds of money for the eunuchs in the future, and I'm spending every day on buying things, and it seems that the cost is not enough." After saying that, he said guiltily: "I want this money, right?"

"Of course, we must obtain the money from the treasury, the foreign court shall not interfere with it, and the emperor shall not embezzle the deposits of Taicang. These are all rules passed down by the older generation." Shen nodded and said: "From next month, this money will be returned to the treasure bank. How to use it will be arranged by the emperor."

"There are also the six years before. Should I give it to me?" Wanli's eyes seemed to have turned into two copper coins. But after seeing the faint contempt in silent eyes, he lowered his head and said, "I'm joking, haha..."

"It's just that," Chen Si sighed softly, "What should I do if the rewards I gave to the minister? Will it be out of Taicang or is it exempt?"

"It's better to be exempted!" In terms of money, Wanli showed surprising strength and said: "The salaries of officials were appointed by Emperor Taizu. The capitals of previous emperors of all dynasties followed the implementation. When I arrived at me, it would be difficult to violate the ancestral system..."

"We still have to consider the actual situation." Chen Si shook his head slightly and said, "More than 20 years ago, when I first arrived in the capital, I could buy ten chickens for one tael of silver, but now I can only buy four, and the prices have increased more than doubled. The salaries of the officials were still set two hundred years ago, so how do they live?"

"How you used to live like this before, you will live like this now." Wanli pursed and said, "Don't gentlemen want to be content with poverty and be happy with it? Only by sticking to poverty can they sharpen their morality... Well, I'm also joking, Master Chen will find a way to solve it."

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