Liu Jin was shocked when her true identity was revealed. In her heart, she knew that someone around her had leaked the secret. It must be Zhang Yong.
If it were Liu Jin in the past, he would naturally be extremely panicked at this moment. But now Liu Jin's self-confidence and courage have greatly expanded with the power in his hands. Naturally, he will not panic.
All the civil servants in the outer court were beaten to the ground by him, including those important ministers who once looked up to him. In Liu Jin's view, he could take their lives at any time for those arrogant people. Just like Wang Yue, Fan Heng and others, they still
Wasn't it that he sent someone to solve it? Afterwards, wasn't there any disturbance?
"Master Hou, this matter was indeed done by our family. Isn't that because you, Master Zhang, want to stay out of the matter? If our family doesn't pull you, how can you be willing to contribute? Besides, even if our family doesn't pull you, outside.
After the imperial court impeached several members of our family, won't we have to deal with you next? Do you think you can escape?" Liu Jin said coldly.
Zhang Yanling spat: "You are so convincing. Do I still have to thank you, Eunuch Liu, for dragging me into this?"
Liu Jin smacked his lips and said: "Master Marquis has made an agreement with our family before. If we advance together, we will advance together, and if we retreat, we will retreat together. What's there to complain about? Besides, if you have a conscience, don't our family give you a chance? Follow the emperor on patrol.
Although there were some accidents, without this errand, how could the emperor think so highly of you, my uncle? How could you, Zhang Yanling, be so favored by the emperor? Don’t try to get an advantage and act like a good boy."
Zhang Yanling sneered repeatedly, but did not refute.
What Liu Jin said was indeed the truth. If Liu Jin had not encouraged Zhu Houzhao to patrol the border, he would not have had the opportunity to accompany him for protection. In fact, when he participated in this matter, he actually hoped to take this opportunity to consolidate his relationship with Zhu Houzhao. Otherwise,
I would not have been so well-prepared as to take all the Bird Gun guards with me. In fact, I was looking forward to something happening in my heart, so that I would have the opportunity to perform meritorious service. But I didn't expect that the commotion would be so big later, and I almost
Lost his life.
"Master Zhang, our family needs to ask you carefully. Even if you are dissatisfied with our family, you can't help Li Dongyang and others against our family, right? Don't forget what they did to you before. You help them,
If you ruin our family's affairs, it will be bad for you.
What's the benefit? Do you think that since you are a good person now, Li Dongyang and others will be grateful to you? If the outer court gains power, you, Lord Zhang, will be trampled under their feet. Could it be that the marquis wants to subdue them and control the outer court? "Liu Jin?
said coldly.
Zhang Yanling smiled. "Eunuch Liu, you want to dominate the government, but you don't have to think of others like you. I, Zhang Yanling, have no interest in controlling any external court. I do everything based on my preference. Some people are secretly playing dirty tricks on me.
If he does something bad, I will make him unhappy."
Liu Jin sneered: "Master Zhang, don't you think that our family doesn't know what you are doing. Don't you just want benefits? Li Dongyang and the others have given you benefits, do you think our family doesn't know? The military purchases 50,000 cans of first aid every year.
Powder, isn't it the medicine produced by Jishitang that you prescribed? The big business of 500,000 taels a year is indeed enough for you to help them."
Zhang Yanling was not surprised. It was impossible to hide the purchase of medicinal materials for the army from Liu Jin.
"First Aid Powder is a panacea for healing wounds and infections manufactured by Jishitang. It is only natural that the imperial court purchases it for use in the military. This is a fair trade. If you want to slander and frame me, I'm afraid you are just wishful thinking." Zhang Yanling chuckled.
smiled.
Liu Jin said in a deep voice: "Master Zhang, our family has never wanted to ruin your good deeds. We know about your activities, but have we ever told them about it? That's because our family is still extremely kind to you, Master Zhang. Even if you beat you in public
In our family, even if you help Li Dongyang and others against our family, our family does not regard you, Mr. Zhang, as an enemy. You, Mr. Zhang, are unkind, and I, Liu Jin, cannot be unjust."
Zhang Yanling almost laughed out loud. Liu Jin actually talked about benevolence and righteousness with him. Wasn't it an insult to these two words? This guy was just pouring ecstasy soup on himself. He knew that he couldn't do anything to him at the moment. Not only the emperor
There, I still have some
status, and now that he has led the regiment and has officially become the backbone of the Xungui Group, with a group of princes and princes behind him, Liu Jin has not yet the ability to go against the whole world. His purpose is nothing more than to deceive himself, hoping that he will not do it again
Just go against him.
"Eunuch Liu, I don't want to go against you. Who dares to go against you, Eunuch Liu? Isn't that asking for death? But I want to remind you, it doesn't matter how you torment me. If you attack me, Zhang Yanling, behind my back, I, Zhang Yanling, will definitely retaliate.
People like you will never rest. That’s all, what happened before is in the past. From now on, you and I will just stay on the same page.”
Liu Jin said: "Okay, that's it. This is what our family wants to hear today. Our family and the Marquis are not in conflict with each other, and the Marquis should not go against our family everywhere. The Marquis should not mess with Li Dongyang and the others.
Taken together, our family can give you ten times what they give you."
Zhang Yanling chuckled and said: "Eunuch Liu, you have such a strong tone, give me ten times the amount? If you have the ability, you can ask the court to buy me 500,000 cans of first-aid powder every year."
Liu Jin sneered and said: "Master Hou's appetite is really big. Five hundred thousand cans, do you want to buy it for food? The imperial court's annual tax revenue is only more than 30 million taels, and it cannot make ends meet. Your fifty thousand cans of first aid powder are already a tiger's mouth."
Taking away food."
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "It seems that the imperial court's low tax revenue is my fault, Zhang Yanling."
Liu Jin said coldly: "I hope that the Marquis will cause fewer problems for our family in the future. For example, what happened today, the fifteen thousand stones of food and supplies, and hundreds of sets of armor and weapons were just given away. Your Marquis does not feel sorry for our family.
We all feel distressed. Now the imperial court is in deficit everywhere. Our family could have persuaded the emperor to save this expense, but you came to interfere."
Zhang Yanling looked at Liu Jin sideways and said, "Eunuch Liu actually started to worry about the country and the people. It's really remarkable. As expected, now that the power is in the hands of both the government and the public, the state of affairs is completely different."
Liu Jin said coldly: "Master Hou, this is not our family's business, this is our Ming Dynasty's business. If the government's finances and taxes are insufficient, our Ming Dynasty will not be able to survive. How can millions of soldiers defend the border and resist the enemy? The salary of the court officials
Where does the salary come from? Where do the expenses for building bridges and dams come from? Let's make trouble, the Ming Dynasty is the rice pot for all of us. If this pot is smashed, no one will have food in their bowl. This principle,
Don’t you understand, Mr. Hou?”
Zhang Yanling was a little surprised. Liu Jin actually said these words seriously, which made Zhang Yanling look at him with admiration. Maybe what this guy said was just for the occasion, but it was already very good to be able to say such things. In today's world
, many people have never even thought about these things. For example, the princes I know, I am afraid they have never thought about such issues.
Zhang Yanling suddenly remembered what Liu Jin once said. Liu Jin once said that the people he admired were Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi and others. At that time, Zhang Yanling only listened to it as a joke. Wang Zhi and Wang Zhen were both famous eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. Liu Jin was also an eunuch.
It seems very reasonable for eunuchs to worship eunuchs. There seems to be nothing wrong with Liu Jin worshiping Wang Zhi, Wang Zhen and others.
However, Zhang Yanling suddenly seemed to understand something at this moment. Wang Zhi, Wang Zhen and others were not only famous eunuchs, but at that time, they were powerful people who were deeply trusted by the emperor at that time. They all held great power.
, a person who has done a great job.
Liu Jin once said that everyone scolded Wang Zhen for encouraging Emperor Yingzong to lead a personal expedition, which led to the defeat of Tumubao. From then on, everyone scolded Wang Zhen for causing harm to the country and the people. But what if Wang Zhen succeeded in resisting the enemy? Wouldn't he be a human being?
great hero
?Moreover, the defeat of Tumubao was not Wang Zhen’s fault alone. The emperor led the army, and the princes, ministers, princes and nobles all followed him on the expedition. In the end, the failure was pinned on an eunuch. This obviously made Wang Zhen the scapegoat.
That’s all.
At this moment, thinking of what Liu Jin had said at that time, Zhang Yanling suddenly understood what Liu Jin was thinking. This guy really wanted to make contributions, not just talk.
As the saying goes, if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace. People's needs gradually increase. When there is no food, it is enough to eat a full meal to satisfy hunger, but after eating, you want to eat meat and eat big fish.
Big meat wants to marry a wife, and after marrying a wife, he wants to be promoted and make a fortune. When he becomes an official, he wants to be famous, wants to be famous in history, and wants to be admired by the world.
From material to spiritual, it is improved step by step.
Someone has concluded that human behavior is driven by five needs, in order: survival needs, safety needs, belonging needs, respect needs, and self-actualization needs. These five needs are actually a ladder of gradual improvement, from low to high.
From material to spiritual.
Maybe some people are only satisfied with big fish, big meat, darling wives and beautiful concubines, but for people like Liu Jin, if he has no physical desires, he will pursue power and spiritual needs.
Maybe that's what Liu Jin thinks at this moment, he really wants to do something big.
Seeing that Zhang Yanling was silent, Liu Jin thought that Zhang Yanling was laughing at him in her heart. So she sneered: "Master Zhang, do you think our words are lies? Are you laughing at our family for thinking about national affairs? Do you think that our family is thinking about national affairs?"
Don’t you deserve to think about these things?”
Zhang Yanling was stunned, then laughed and said: "Eunuch Liu, you misunderstood, I didn't laugh at you. I was just a little surprised. But I definitely didn't mean to laugh."
Liu Jin said in a deep voice: "Our family just can't stand the sight of some people who only care about themselves and ignore the imperial court, like moths, eating away at the foundation of the imperial court. One day, when moths like them bite off the beams and pillars, the building will fall down. Everyone is finished.
.Although our family has not read many books, we know the truth no less than those who have. The emperor trusts our family so much, and our family suffers from not being able to share the emperor's worries."
Zhang Yanling's heart moved and she said in a deep voice: "Eunuch Liu really wants to relieve the emperor of his worries, so he has to do something big."
Liu Jin glanced at Zhang Yanling and said, "What big thing are you doing?"
Zhang Yanling said: "There are many things that can be done. For example, since Mr. Liu is worried about the court's financial shortage, why doesn't he forge ahead and come up with countermeasures? If we can solve the court's finances, increase the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue, and reverse the court's deficit, I will
When the Ming Dynasty has abundant finances, doesn’t it mean that the ZTE is prosperous? Isn’t this a great achievement?”
Liu Jin was startled, and the light in his eyes disappeared.
"Increase fiscal revenue? Reversal of deficit? How can our family have that ability?" Liu Jin said in a deep voice.