Wanli Youming

Chapter 9
When Feng Bao was furious, someone outside suddenly came to report: "Zhang Hong, Mr. Zhang, please see me!"

"Let him in!"

Feng Bao touched his painful face, and then cut his teeth.

Not long after, Zhang Hong came to Feng Bao.

"Eunuch Zhang, you are not going to be on duty at the Rites Supervisor, why are you here at our house?"

Feng Baopi said with a smile on his face.

Zhang Hong bowed and replied, "Naturally, I'm here to greet you. In addition, because I'm afraid you may misunderstand, I would like to explain. Today, His Majesty suddenly mentioned Xu Fan, Xu Kun, and Hai Rui to Mr. Yuanfu Zhang." His Majesty asked Xu Fan and Xu Kun to fulfill their filial piety at home without reinstatement. It is not too late to say that filial piety is rare, and it is not too late to serve the country; let Hai Rui be reinstated as the deputy constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in order to use his bold words to show the new dynasty's desire to govern and seek talents Yuanfu Mr. Zhang, it is not easy to refute, so I have to agree."

Seeing that Zhang Hong took the initiative to report, Feng Bao's anger was reduced by more than half, so he said with a smile: "Please sit down!"

After all, Zhang Hong is supposed to be a eunuch with similar qualifications as Feng Bao, and he is also a person who is highly valued by Queen Mother Li.

But now, Zhang Hong personally came to his house to report today's incident to him, which has already shown him that he has no intention of replacing Feng Bao, and Feng Bao is naturally relieved, knowing that this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Hong. It didn't matter, so he treated Zhang Hongli a little bit.

"Serve tea!"

Then, Feng Bao shouted again.

Seeing this, Zhang Hong also breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Bao then continued to ask: "So, Your Majesty knows about Hai Rui, Xu Fan, and Xu Kun, and you didn't mention them?"

Zhang Hong stood up and agreed, "How dare this old servant grind his teeth like this."

"I know that you are a prudent and upright person, not those slanderous villains!"

Feng Bao said with a smile, and then asked: "Just, how did Your Majesty know these three people? Our family has never mentioned it in his ears, especially the relationship between Xu Fan, Xu Kun and Mr. Xu! "

"The old slave said a few words. With the emperor's intelligence, no one needs to mention it. Today I use Hai Rui. Mr. Yuanfu Zhang already said that he can use Hai Rui if he has no job, but the emperor himself mentioned the left of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." The matter of Deputy Capital Censor Liu Sijie and Ding You."

Zhang Hong replied.

Feng Bao was silent for a while after hearing this: "So, the emperor himself saw it in the complicated chapters?"

Zhang Hong nodded.

"How good is this!"

Feng Bao couldn't help blurting out, but then explained with a smile: "Our family said, how can we old slaves serve such a precocious emperor?"

Zhang Hong smiled slightly: "You are always worried."

"In any case, it is a good thing that the emperor is talented, intelligent, and diligent. In the future, when you and I get old, you don't have to worry about seeing the late emperor! It's just that the emperor is so diligent, intelligent, and decisive. We slaves , let’s not slack off, and serve with all our heart. How about this, our family will go back to the Supervisor of Rituals, and just accompany the emperor to lecture and watch foreign ministers.

Although Feng Bao's dissatisfaction with Zhang Hong has been reduced by most, after knowing that the emperor Zhu Yijun may not be as simple as he imagined, he is still worried about letting Zhang Hong be in charge of the ceremonial supervisor alone, and he can't wait to stay on duty with injuries.

"Should be."

Naturally, Zhang Hong didn't dare to refuse Feng Bao to go to the Rites Supervisor, and he didn't even dare to persuade him, he just agreed.

After Zhu Yijun returned to Qianqing Palace, he still carefully looked at the chapters that the cabinet had drafted.

By taking advantage of the loopholes in Zhang Juzheng's plan, he forced the big man Zhang Juzheng to fulfill his edict, and thus tasted the pleasure of manipulating power for the first time. He suddenly became very interested in reading chapters, so that he worked tirelessly.

However, what Zhu Yijun didn't expect was that Feng Bao came to him just as he was playing the imperial examination.

Seeing that Feng Bao was still covering his face, Zhu Yijun frowned and asked, "Big Companion, you can't rest and recuperate, why did you come here?"

"Although the old slave is still injured, but the old slave thought of the entrustment of the late emperor to let the old slave take care of his life to assist the emperor, so he did not dare to slack off, so even if he was injured, he still wanted to accompany the emperor and assist the emperor. Please forgive me , allowing the old slave to repay the kindness of the late emperor, and to repay the emperor's valuing affection."

Feng Bao replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded.

The imperial edict of Emperor Longqing indeed stated that Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng were both ministers of Gu Ming.

Although Zhu Yijun doubts that this so-called edict was tampered with by Feng Bao himself, he became the Son of Heaven because of this edict. Naturally, it is difficult to deny the legitimacy of this edict, so he can only hold his nose and admit that Feng Bao has the Prime Minister himself. life-saving responsibilities.

It's just that Zhu Yijun didn't expect that Feng Bao would come to actively perform his life-saving duties so soon, even though his face was still swollen, and he grinned whenever he spoke.

Of course, Zhu Yijun also knew that this must have been due to the fact that he got Hai Rui back into office in front of Zhang Juzheng in the morning, and Xu Fan and Xu Kun couldn't be backed up.

Obviously, Feng Bao must have known about this, and he couldn't wait to return to his post, so as to prevent himself, the emperor, from exercising power against his and Zhang Juzheng's wishes.

"Mr. Yuanfu Zhang refused to allow Zhao Zhenji to enter the cabinet. Naturally, there are reasons for him. Your lord, please forgive me for taking the liberty. You can learn from Mr. Yuanfu Zhang's way of governing, but you should not reject Mr. Zhang." The meaning of the ticket!"

But just when Zhu Yijun saw Zhao Zhenji recommended by the governor as a replacement cabinet minister but was rejected by Zhang Juzheng and wanted to write it down on the imperial note, Feng Bao intervened at this moment.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked: "Why? I have doubts about this, shouldn't I ask Mr. Yuanfu Zhang before making a decision?"

"Your Majesty! Mr. Yuanfu Zhang is a seasoned man who seeks the country, and he is naturally more knowledgeable about government affairs than anyone else. The queen mothers of the two palaces said so, and the late emperor also valued him. Otherwise, Mr. Yuanfu Zhang would not be allowed to assist the emperor. you!"

"So, with regard to common affairs, from the humble opinion of an old slave, the emperor should let Yuanfu Mr. Zhang do everything. Otherwise, it is easy to make people in the world mistakenly think that the emperor does not trust Mr. Zhang, especially the queen mothers of the two palaces. I am dissatisfied with this, and think that the emperor is frivolous in politics, and Yuanfu Mr. Zhang may also resign because the emperor cannot be trustworthy in employing people."

When Feng Bao said this, he said with a needle in his mouth: "Your Majesty, please think about it carefully. Wouldn't it cause internal and external disharmony? It will also make the world despise Your Majesty, thinking that Your Majesty is not upright and cautious enough, and can't do anything." Holy Master Mingjun?"

Zhu Yijun explained: "But I'm not in a hurry to make a decision based on Mr. Yuan Fu Zhang's vote, just out of caution?"

Feng Baoyan said: "Your Majesty is right to do this, but people in the world will not understand the emperor because of it. Since ancient times, benevolent rulers and sages have all advocated inaction; and good governance, the most important thing is to employ people without doubt. I don’t want Mr. Yuanfu Zhang to serve as Prime Minister, otherwise Mr. Yuanfu Zhang cannot be misunderstood by the people of the world!”

As Feng Bao said, he picked up the memorabilia that Zhu Yijun had just read, suggesting that Zhao Zhenji be reinstated and joined the cabinet, and asked Zhu Yijun, "So, my lord, should this memorandum be directly approved by the Supervisor of Rites?"

(End of this chapter)