Chapter 108 Chapter 17 Detailed Discussion of Scandals

On the third day after meeting with Wang Guoguang, at the behest of Zhang Juzheng, Bingke handed Shizhong Guangmao a booklet to the emperor, detailing the truth of the great victory in Liaodong, exposing Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, and Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Rongzheng, in collusion with Li Rusong to kill the surrender The shady scene of pretending to be credited.The student unrest in Wuchang City in the south had just subsided, and another such earth-shattering scandal broke out in the border town of Beidi outside Shanhaiguan.All the ministers and workers in the city of Beijing, who had the opportunity to know the news, immediately felt the feeling of "eventful autumn".All the officials who were involved in this matter had fifteen buckets to fetch water in their hearts, and they were up and down.

On the afternoon of the day when Guangmao's memorial was received, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun urgently summoned Zhang Juzheng on the platform.When Zhang Juzheng had just sat down after the ceremony of seeing His Majesty, Zhu Yijun couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Zhang, is what Guangmao said in the memorial true or false?" "It should be true." "How did Guangmao know the truth?" "It was the minister who sent him to Liaodong for a secret investigation." "Ah, so, first of all, you, Mr. Zhang, have doubts about the great victory in Liaodong?"

"yes." Zhang Juzheng answered frankly.Zhu Yijun was silent for a long time, and Fang frowned again and asked, "When did Mr. Zhang feel that there was a fraud here?" Zhu Yijun asked this question trickily.Zhang Juzheng thought in his heart: "If you say it is Gao Gong's reminder, the emperor will definitely not order corrections because of people, and will even do the opposite, and severely punish the investigator Guangmao. If the Gao Gong section is hidden, the emperor will blame him for serious dereliction of duty in his heart, because at the beginning of the great victory in Liaodong, the emperor's wedding was just around the corner, and the groom was happy and decided to reward the servants in charge. At that time, there was no objection. Now that those who should be rewarded are rewarded, those who should be promoted are promoted, but the saying of "killing and surrendering" comes out of the ground, wouldn't it embarrass the emperor?" After thinking about it, for both Taking care of the emperor's face and making the problem solved, Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to take responsibility. He cleared his cough and replied:

"Your Majesty, before leaving Beijing to return to his hometown to bury his father, I heard some rumors about Li Rusong's murder and surrender. At this moment, after thinking about it calmly, I realized that there are many suspicions here, so I decided to send Guangmao to investigate. " Zhu Yijun sighed, and said with some complaints: "Mr. Zhang, I don't mean to say that the investigation was wrong, but that at that time... well, let's not talk about it." Zhang Juzheng replied: "I guess the meaning of the emperor is that the award decision at that time was too hasty:"

"Yes!" Zhu Yijun sighed. "It's not the emperor's fault, it's the servant's fault." "Well?" "At the beginning, when Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Liaodong Rongzheng, sent the news of the victory of the Tuanshan Fort in six hundred miles, he was suspicious. First, every year in the first month, it is the coldest time in three or nine days, and Beijing is still snowy and cold. It’s compelling, not to mention Liaodong outside Shanhaiguan? It’s even more icy and snowy. During this season, all the Tatar tribes huddled in felt tents to cook tea for the winter. They are all covered with ice, and the horseshoes are slippery. It is difficult to travel, let alone fight. The so-called three winters without war has almost become an iron rule. Second, taking ten thousand steps back, the Tatars really want to make an exception Tuanshan Fort must have been carefully planned and well prepared. Li Rusong’s army only had a thousand men, so how could he take more than 800 heads in one battle? This is the most incredible thing. It should be noted that Tatar warriors are famous for their bravery and skill in combat. In the world. As the saying goes, if you kill three thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. However, none of Li Rusong’s troops died in battle. Do you think it’s strange? These two doubts are not difficult to see, but at that time, one of the ministers was because of his father’s death. But his mind was depressed and his thoughts were unclear. Second, he was preoccupied with thinking about the emperor's wedding. When he read the news, the first thought that flashed in his mind was a blessing from heaven to congratulate the emperor. He didn't think about it at all. Therefore, when the emperor proposed When you want to reward the soldiers who participated in the war and reward the ministers in charge, the subordinates not only did not stop them, but encouraged them blindly, this is a big mistake."

After Zhang Juzheng confessed, Zhu Yijun felt a little better when he heard it, but he didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing, so he asked: "Mr. Zhang, if what Guangmao said is true, what should I do?" "In my opinion, the emperor should take it back." "You mean?" "All the rewards awarded by the emperor to the officials involved will be withdrawn." "This..." Zhu Yijun said with a look of embarrassment on his face, "In this way, how many officials should be fetching water from bamboo baskets, and all the joys will be empty. Let alone Lu Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei in the cabinet Auxiliary ministers, if you enter the first rank, you will be annulled, and your son who has already tainted his reputation will be returned, what should they think?"

"They definitely can't figure it out for a while, but to maintain the court's rules and regulations, there is no reason to show any kindness." Zhang Juzheng said this, seeing that Zhu Yijun was still hesitating, he added, "The emperor is ninety-five supreme, and you should be cautious about rewards and punishments. If the reward is for meritorious service, one person will be rewarded and the world will know what to persuade, and if the punishment is for his crime, then one person will be punished and the world will know what to punish. If the reward and punishment are improper and not corrected in time, great feats will be given, and those who falsely report and invite rewards will be left behind. Take the opportunity."

Zhu Yijun nodded frequently. He listened to the truth, thought for a while, and asked again: "Where are Li Chengliang and Li Rusong father and son, how should they be punished?" Now Zhu Yijun asked the key point.Fortunately Zhang Juzheng had thought about this question a long time ago, and immediately replied: "My Majesty, the father and son must be punished, but not too severe. Finally, they must be lenient." "Why?" "Qi Jiguang from Jizhen and Li Chengliang from Liaodong are the two most capable military commanders today. It was these two men who led the troops to defend the capital during the six years since the emperor ascended the throne. As soon as they heard the names of these two people, they were frightened. The ancients said that a thousand soldiers are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. If you count Li Chengliang's achievements in guarding Liaodong for more than ten years, then this time the killing and surrender is just a small mistake. The minister guessed, Li Chengliang probably also wanted to have a great victory to celebrate the emperor's wedding, although he did something wrong, it was out of kindness."

From these words, Zhu Yijun clearly heard Zhang Juzheng's favoritism towards Li Chengliang and his son: this.Zhu Yijun was not surprised, because Zhang Juzheng instilled in him more than one time the way of employing people in the daily conversations between the monarch and his ministers: not only should he use boldly but also protect competent ministers and bureaucrats and talents with a wealth of strategy.Especially like military generals, they cannot be replaced easily.Once you make a contribution, you will be rewarded immediately, and if you make a small mistake, you will be well-intentioned.Gold has no feet, no one is perfect, and if you waste food and ask for perfection because of choking, it will inevitably lead to a terrible situation where sages are in the field and officials are full of power.What Zhang Juzheng said just now reflects this kind of thought.Zhu Yijun agreed with the teacher's point of view, so he asked:

"Then how should Li Chengliang and his son be punished?" "Like all officials, just withdraw the reward." "So, don't the rest of the officials have any objections?" "There will eventually be opinions, but with Li Chengliang alone, he can keep the Liaodong side safe and full of civil and military affairs. How many people can do this?" "That's true." Zhu Yijun felt that Zhang Juzheng was careful and had thought everything through, and his worries were unnecessary, so he said, "Mr. Zhang, just as you said just now, you drafted an order for the couplet."

"I obey." After Zhang Juzheng said, he hesitated a little, and said, "Your Majesty, I have another request." "speak!" "The minister said that he also made the mistake of not thinking carefully about the great victory in Liaodong, so he has to ask for punishment." "Ask for punishment?" Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "That's unnecessary." "It's hard to convince the public if you don't ask for punishment." Zhang Juzheng insisted, "I ask the emperor to issue a decree to punish the ministers for three months." "Mr. Zhang?" Zhu Yijun hesitated to speak, seeing Zhang Juzheng's sincere expression, he couldn't say anything more, so he nodded slightly.Just as he was saying that he wanted Zhang Juzheng to step down, he suddenly remembered something, so he took a piece of folded imperial rice paper from the table next to the throne, asked the servant to pass it to Zhang Juzheng, and said: "Guangmao's excerpts will be done according to what Mr. said. On this piece of paper, "Encouraging Learning" is copied. What do you think of the format?" Zhang Juzheng opened the four-foot proclamation, and saw that it was also in regular script, and he wrote a four-character poem in ink: There are cold springs, but they are deep. Yu He was sloppy, and sighed that he was dry. The emperor's father, Kong Sheng, showed me how to go around. If the strider asks for it, the sun will follow the moon. When you apply it, you can think about it, and you can get it every time. Its brilliance is the real food. What is not bad is not bad, it is like cutting like grinding. Cheng Men Lixue, don't know anything else. Every good friend is beneficial to you. Being his son is useless. I have purpose to save, why not use it? Like a piece of gold, like a Zhang, the light of a country. My gentleman, I am here today. The sun and the moon are moving forward, silently thinking about it. This "Encouraging Learning Advice" is intended to be engraved on stone steles as holy edicts and placed in government schools all over the country. However, after the student riots in Wuchang City were caused by the He Xinyin incident, Zhang Juzheng took advantage of the situation and ordered the emperor to ban private academies all over the world.But this is only an administrative measure.If we want to get rid of the accumulated disadvantages and correct the style of study, let tens of thousands of granary students across the country quit talking about it, and re-study the knowledge of economics and economics.It has to be promoted.At this time, Xiao Meidong, the Nanhai Instructor, suggested that the emperor write an article "Encouraging Learning" to inspire and guide scholars all over the world.Zhu Yijun thought it was a good idea, so he asked Zhang Juzheng to draft this four-character gatha for him.After repeated scrutiny and careful revision of the words and sentences, he copied them down neatly. After Zhang Juzheng read it carefully, he praised: "This "Encouraging Learning Advice" written by the emperor, just looking at the pen and ink, emphasizes both solemnity and harmony, and can be used as a book of the world. With this, many students read it, who can not help it Be vigilant and reflective!" "Sir, you praised me." Zhu Yijun has always been very proud of his calligraphy, so he became excited when he heard the praise. "The purpose of "Encouraging Learning" is to instruct the world's scholars, so I dare not be sloppy." "I first ask Guozijian to engrave "Encouraging Learning" on a stele immediately, and then distribute the rubbings to all schools in the country. Le stones in accordance with the sample." "It's so good." The conversation is over.Zhang Juzheng bid farewell and left the platform. Just as he was about to leave through the courtyard gate, Zhu Yijun came out again and called him to stop him, saying: "Mr. Zhang. It suddenly occurred to me that Guangmao is also the opinion of the family. Before making a decision, should we still send people to Liaodong to investigate and verify?" "What the emperor said is very true," Zhang Juzheng replied, "I immediately sent the two departments of officials and soldiers together with the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Liaodong." When Zhang Juzheng returned to the cabinet, the first thing he did was to send officials to inform the officials from the two ministries of officials and soldiers and the third yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to meet and discuss the selection of investigators to be sent to Liaodong.After finishing this matter, he was talking about calling several cabinet ministers to convey the emperor's will on investigating and dealing with the great victory in Liaodong, when he suddenly heard a commotion in the courtyard.I was about to ask, but the book office came to report quickly, saying that Eunuch Feng had arrived in a sedan chair, followed by several people, one of whom was tied up.Zhang Juzheng was shocked when he heard the words, he immediately took up his official robe and ran out to see what happened. As soon as he walked to the gate, he saw Feng Bao coming with his hands behind his back with a stern expression, followed by a middle-aged man in the uniform of a military officer of the fifth rank, and his body was tightly tied with a hemp rope.Zhang Juzheng glanced at the military officer, and saw that he had a big head and short neck, two bushy and messy eyebrows, pressing tightly on a pair of bulging eyeballs.At this moment, he could only see his thick lips pursed, his expression was frustrated and mixed with anger.Zhang Juzheng didn't know this person, just as he didn't know what happened, Feng Bao had already seen him.He walked a few steps quickly, cupped his fists at Zhang Juzheng standing at the door at the bottom of the steps, forced a smile and said: "Mr. Zhang, the old man brought this evil animal to plead guilty." "Who is this?" Zhang Juzheng asked while returning the gift. "This is our nephew Feng Bangning." Hearing the name, Zhang Juzheng immediately remembered that Feng Bao had such a nephew, who originally lived in his hometown in the countryside of Zhuozhou, and relied on his uncle's power to run amok in the local area.After Feng Bao became the eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, the emperor, in order to win him over, favored one of the descendants of his family. Feng Bao had no son, so he recommended Feng Bangning to Beijing, and served as a sixth-rank commander in Jinyiwei. Three years later Promoted to one level, became the deputy envoy of the Zhenfu Department of the fifth rank.I heard that although this person entered the Gongmen family, he did not change his old habits, relying on Feng Baohu's fake tiger prestige, he was domineering and domineering in the capital, few people dared to provoke him.Although Zhang Juzheng knew his "big name", he had never seen him.Seeing his appearance now, I don't know where he looks somewhat similar to Feng Gonggong, so he asked in surprise: "Ah, it turned out to be General Feng, what's the matter?" "You don't know?" Feng Bao was slightly surprised. "What the hell happened?" Seeing Zhang Juzheng looking puzzled like Zhang Er Monk, he said: "Go. Go to your guard room and listen to the old man explain the reason in detail." After speaking, he came to Zhang Juzheng's room on duty, Feng Bao didn't exchange greetings, and told the story as soon as he sat down: But at noon today, Feng Bangning was invited to a restaurant in Zhushikou for dinner, came out half drunk, and returned to the yamen in a sedan chair carried by eight people.At this time, a sedan chair with eight people happened to be carried over from the opposite road.As early as the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the system of avoiding sedan chairs was passed down.When low-ranking officials travel in sedan chairs and encounter high-ranking officials on the road, they must stop their sedan chairs to avoid the side of the road, and wait for high-ranking officials to pass by before they can go back on the road.For example, when the hall officials of the six departments met the sedan horses of the cabinet ministers on the road, except for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the other five officials avoided them.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the cabinet ministers can lift the curtain of the sedan chair to each other, stick their heads out and salute and pass by.If lower-level officials see the officials of the six departments, they not only have to avoid the sedan chair, but also have to get off the sedan chair and kneel on the side of the road to see them off.In short, there is a complete set of regulations on how officials of any level should avoid sedan chairs.After the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, although the system of avoiding sedan chairs was not as strict as before the Xuande period, officials still dare not disobey the general rules: a fifth-rank military officer like Feng Bangning met Wang Guoguang, a dignified first-rank official Shang Shu, he had to carry the sedan chair to the alley next to the street to avoid it, and he himself had to come to the side of the street to stand up and kneel in front of the big sedan chair of the heavenly official.But today at noon.One is because Feng Bangning drank a few more cups of piss, and his mind was dizzy; the other is because he believed that he had the big backer of his uncle Feng Bao, and he didn't pay attention to any officials.When the sedan chair servant saw the guard of honor coming from the opposite side, he recognized Wang Guoguang's sedan chair, and hurriedly ground the sedan chair bars to carry the sedan chair into the nearby alley.Seeing that the sedan chair had changed direction, Feng Bangning quickly stomped on the sedan chair and shouted: "What are you going to do?" Ban Fa replied: "Master, let's avoid the sedan chair." "Who are you avoiding?" "Master Wang Guoguang, the official of the Ministry of Officials." Feng Bangning opened the sedan chair curtain and looked around, and he saw a big sedan chair coming from the opposite side.Normally, when Feng Bangning met a sedan chair below the third-rank servant on the road, Feng Bangning would always roar past in the street, not paying attention to them at all, but if he met Da Jiuqing's sedan chair.Feng Bangning didn't dare to do it again, and would quietly frowned every time: But today is different, because he went to his uncle's house last night and heard Xu Jue whispering news to him, saying that Liaodong The great victory was originally an act of killing and surrendering, and all the rewards given by the emperor to the officials involved had to be withdrawn, and there was Wang Guoguang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.So, when he heard that Wang Guoguang's sedan chair was coming from the opposite side, he thought to himself that Enyin's son would have to go back to be a commoner, so he put his head out of the sedan chair window and shouted: "You scumbags, take your grandfather's sedan chair back to the street." The class servant only thought that Feng Bangning was insane from alcohol, and reminded him in a low voice: "Master, the one coming opposite is a first-rank official." "Wow, what about the heavenly official?" Feng Bangning stared like a rabbit egg, scolding, "I want to take a walk in the street today, and I'm in the sedan chair!" The squad servant didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly greeted and turned the big sedan chair back.At this time, the distance between Wang Guoguang's sedan chair and Feng Bangning's sedan chair was only about twenty feet away.Wang Guoguang's trip this time was entrusted by Zhang Juzheng to go to the capital censor's yamen to pay homage to Zuodu censor Chen Zan.Among the current Dajiuqing, Chen Zan is the oldest, and he was rewarded for the great victory in Liaodong. He is also a person with Fen'er.Zhang Juzheng was worried that once Fengyin was revoked, Chen Zan could not figure out that there would be troubles, so he entrusted Wang Guoguang to send a letter to him to appease him.Now he was walking halfway, but he saw a sedan chair carried by the opposite side collide with him.Except for Zhang Juzheng, in such a big capital, no one dared to compete with him for the top of the sedan chair. "Whose sedan chair is on the other side?" Wang Guoguang asked Xiaoxiao, the guard accompanying the sedan chair. The small school had seen the other party's guard of honor earlier, and replied: "My lord, this is Feng Bangning, the deputy envoy of the Jinyiwei North Town Fusi." When Wang Guoguang heard this, he immediately lowered his face.Wang Guoguang has long heard about Feng Bangning's rampant crimes.He just didn't expect that this guy was so unscrupulous that he even dared to bump into his sedan chair now.While thinking about it, the two large sedan chairs were already very close, and they all stopped in the street. Wang Guoguang told the little principal: "Tell him to go away!" The little principal ran to Feng Bangning's big sedan chair to negotiate, and he didn't know what to say, but Feng Bangning didn't get out of the sedan chair, just stuck his head out and shouted loudly: "My lord, let the well water not interfere with the river water, each go to one side." "presumptuous!" Wang Guoguang shouted angrily, at this time there were already many onlookers standing on the side of the street.When Feng Bangning drank, he would go crazy. After hearing Wang Guoguang's scolding, he was not to be outdone. He spat on the ground and replied domineeringly: "Master Wang, why do you scold people?" "Call? This officer wants to punish you, come here!" "arrive!" The school led twenty palanquin warriors to step forward, all of them holding open sheathed swords around their waists. Looking at this posture, more than a dozen of Feng Bangning's guards also drew their knives. It stands to reason that Feng Bangning is a fifth-rank official, and there are only six yamen servants assigned to his name.But the yamen of Zhenfusi where he was located was the location of the "imperial prison", and the guards of important officials in the yamen naturally could not be determined according to their ranks.Therefore, every time Feng Bangning travels, he shouts and embraces the majesty of Da Jiuqing. Seeing that the two sides are at war, Feng Bangning is happy to make things big, and shouts: "Don't think that you can bully others because you are a heavenly official. We already knew that the emperor will issue an order to punish you soon." "Punish me for what?" Wang Guoguang was slightly taken aback. "The Great Victory in Liaodong is an act of killing and surrendering. You are greedy for rewards, and the emperor wants to chase them all. Do you think we don't know?" Upon hearing this, all the people present—whether they were the guards of the two families or the common people on the street—were all shocked.The great victory in Liaodong in the first lunar month is a big event, and there are no ordinary people in the capital who don't know it.Such a nationally celebrated victory turned out to be an act of killing and surrendering, and even the famous heavenly official was involved. Anyone who hears this news will be like a woman who is listening to the thunder. It would be strange if she didn't shiver for a while .Wang Guoguang was also deeply surprised at this time. This matter is still a secret, how could this second-hand man know? Then he thought that he was Feng Bao's nephew, and immediately understood everything.He was determined to kill the arrogance of this "Tai Sui", so he ordered Xiao Xiao to be killed. "Guard the sedan chair and move forward, those who block it will be killed!" The small school got the order, and with a wave of his hand, eight strong bearers quickly got up the sedan chair with a yell, and the twenty guards came out of the forest like fierce tigers.Immediately, Feng Bangning's sedan chair team was beaten to pieces. Although his guards were usually villains who would not be accepted by five hell kings or six hell kings, they were fighting against the guards of the heavenly official at the moment, and they felt a little apprehensive. , so I dare not really risk my life.Of course, there were also a few idiots blocking the way and messing around. During the fight, both sides suffered minor injuries. Seeing Wang Guoguang's sedan chair team going away, Feng Bangning looked at the remnants of his subordinates, the big blue sedan was also poked a few holes, felt ashamed, and suddenly started cursing the street like a shrew.They scolded the heavenly official and scolded the team leader, scolded the team leader and scolded the bearer, and spouted obscenities.After tossing for a while, he also sobered up.After thinking about it, he felt it was wrong, so he hurried to the Forbidden City to ask his uncle for advice. Hearing this, Feng Bao felt that Feng Bangning had caused a catastrophe. A fifth-rank military officer was arguing with a first-rank heavenly official.If this lawsuit goes to the emperor, if it doesn't work out, this stupefied official skin will have to be stripped off.Who in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty didn't know what kind of person Wang Guoguang was? He was not only Zhang Juzheng's best confidant, but also a minister who was deeply dependent on the emperor and the queen mother.Feng Bao scolded Feng Bangning a lot, until he got tired of the scolding, he asked someone to find a rope, and two eunuchs helped to tie Feng Bangning up, and personally escorted him to the cabinet to find Zhang Juzheng. Hearing the whole story clearly, Zhang Juzheng was very angry: Feng Bangning was so lawless that he dared to bump into the guard of honor of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials; secondly, this bastard was unrestrained, yelling in the street, revealing the secrets of the court that have not yet been announced ——Eunuch Feng is also involved in this matter. If he hadn't revealed the truth, how could Feng Bangning know about the "killing and surrender"? Now, Eunuch Feng put on a posture of killing relatives righteously, and tied Feng Bangning's five flowers into prison. cabinet.His purpose of doing this is to block the mouths of the officials of the foreign court, so that they will not use this to attack him for arrogating his family members.But this made Zhang Juzheng difficult: if he enforced the law impartially and severely punished Feng Bangning, he would lose face to Eunuch Feng. Although he made a high profile, you can't take it seriously. Who doesn't know that this senior executive is a famous smiling tiger? ? If Feng Bangning is not dealt with and released, the officials of the yamen will scold him for "carrying a gun on a hard place and killing a soft place". After hesitating for a while, Zhang Juzheng came up with an idea to ask the book office to call Zhang Siwei and leave the problem to him.It's wrong to think about it again. Eunuch Feng is here for him. If Zhang Siwei is left to do it, Eunuch Feng must know that he is shunning it, and he will be unhappy in his heart.Since he couldn't avoid it, Zhang Juzheng glanced at Feng Bao and said: "Eunuch Feng, your nephew's actions today are indeed too aggressive." "That's right, as long as this animal drinks wine, it can scratch the Buddha's face, display lavishly in the brothel, and do all kinds of messy things." Feng Bao sighed again and again as he spoke. Zhang Juzheng heard the "news" from Feng Bao's words, and asked, "Why, General Feng drank?" "Yes!" It was Feng Bao who answered, not Feng Bangning.From the moment he walked into Zhang Juzheng's office, Feng Bangning stood outside in the hall and did not enter the back room. At this moment, Feng Bao stretched his head to the hall and shouted: "Beast, don't come in and kneel down to Mr. Shoufu, make it clear." Hearing this, Feng Bangning hurried in. Because his hands were tied and there was no support, he almost fell when he knelt down. The secretary hurried over to help him. "General Feng, where did you drink at noon?" "At Zhushikou." "Break into the sedan chair of the official official, Lord Wang, are you guilty?" "Convicted..." At this time, Feng Bangning had already put back his arrogance. He sneaked a glance and saw that the chief assistant's face was livid, and his body was shaking like chaff in fright. "You beast, a dead dog can't support a wall!" Feng Bao was still cursing endlessly, Zhang Juzheng persuaded: "Eunuch Feng, since the matter has already happened, cursing alone can't solve the problem." "Then what do you say?" Eunuch Feng asked. "I'm about to ask Mr. Feng, how should such things be punished according to court rules?" Zhang Juzheng's question seemed casual, but in fact he returned the difficult question.Feng Bao knew that Zhang Juzheng was fighting with him, but at this moment he had no choice but to answer shyly: "There is no set rule for the punishment of this kind of thing. During the reign of Emperor Yongle, a sixth-rank chief was also drunk and refused to give way to the Minister of Rites. Ten, was beaten to death alive, this is the most serious. There are also minor ones, who were fined for three months." "Not too light and not too heavy?" "There are also," Feng Bao squinted and said, "It happened once in the 40th year of Jiajing. for three days." "That's good," Zhang Juzheng said following Feng Bao's words. "Eunuch Feng, for what your nephew did today, I'm afraid it won't work if you don't punish him at all. If the punishment is too light, people will say that you, Eunuch Feng, are protecting you. If the punishment is too severe, they will chew their tongues and call me Zhang Juzheng for falling into the well. Shit me up." : Simply, let your nephew kneel in front of the Meridian Gate right now." "Go to kneel now?" Feng Bao was a little surprised. "Yes, now!" Zhang Juzheng's answer was unambiguous at all, "I have already invited officials from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to discuss matters, and they will arrive in a short while. Wang Guoguang must have held back his anger and asked Come to sue, if he sees Nephew Ling kneeling at the Meridian Gate, he will think much better." Despite Zhang Juzheng's "good intentions", Feng Bao still couldn't help feeling disappointed, but after thinking about it, he said: "Mr. Zhang, this is considered a kindness. Beast, why don't you thank me?" As soon as Feng Bangning heard that he was going to kneel at the Meridian Gate, his face turned pale like a pig's liver, and he muttered softly: "I hope Lord Shoufu will forgive me again and kneel at the Meridian Gate. How embarrassing it is!" Feng Bao saw that Feng Bangning was still at odds with each other at this time, so he kicked him in front of him angrily, and cursed: "Well, you don't know what's good and what's wrong. Does the imperial court allow you to bargain? Get lost and kneel at the Meridian Gate." While speaking, Zhang Juzheng winked at the book office early.The secretary office understood, went out and called in two soldiers on duty at the gate of the cabinet, picked Feng Bangning from the ground, and staggered towards the Meridian Gate. Feng Bao didn't follow, and when he heard the footsteps in the corridor disappearing slowly, he turned around and said to Zhang Juzheng angrily: "The more unsatisfactory it is, the more trouble this beast will cause us." Zhang Juzheng heard that Feng Bao's words were full of resentment, so he comforted him: "Eunuch Feng, you took the initiative to tie up your nephew and send him to the cabinet. When all the officials know about it, they will praise you for your understanding of righteousness and the law that does not allow private interests." "Do you think we are afraid of the officials and Hu Ga?" Feng Bao smiled sadly, shaking his head and said, "I am not afraid of them!" "then you……" "We are afraid of the emperor," Feng Bao said, and suddenly lowered his voice, "Mr. Zhang, since the emperor got married and the empress dowager moved out of the Qianqing Palace, the emperor has lost control and seems to be a different person." "what?" "In the past, when he was uncertain about something, he would always ask the old man. Now, he wants to make up his own mind about everything, alas!" Feng Bao sighed heavily.Zhang Juzheng suddenly thought of the fact that the emperor insisted on transferring 200,000 taels of silver ingots from Taicang to the inner court for use, so he couldn't help saying worriedly: "The emperor has grown up!"