I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 955: Legal Action
Yang Jinshui's words were like a string of scorching thunder, rolling over everyone's heads and making them all pale.

Especially Miao Chuanzong, his iron-grey face looked as if he had just been fished out of a coffin.

His eyes widened as if the pupils were about to pop out, splashing onto Wu Baojin's face next to him.

His lips were trembling, his whole body was shaking, he was filled with hatred, anger and fear.

I treat you as my brother and my backbone, but you treat me as a shield and a scapegoat.

hate it!

I thought I was extraordinary and the best among the crowd, but I never expected that I was just a sucker.

Miao Chuanzong shouted in grief: "You poisonous snake!"

The flesh on Wu Baojin's face kept twitching, so he simply made up his mind and stood up.

"We are all outstanding people. If we hadn't traveled between mountains and seas and tried our best, would the Ming Dynasty be what it is today?

Just relying on you eunuchs and their relatives?

joke!

"What virtue and ability do you have other than being able to curry favor with the rich and powerful?"

Yang Jinshui chuckled, "Wu Baojin, you passed the examination at the age of fourteen, and you were very proud of yourself. However, you took the examination for fifteen years and failed five times. You blamed the heavens and the earth, complaining that the heavens were unfair and buried your talent.

You started a business out of anger, showed some talent, and made a lot of money, but you didn't understand the ways of the world, and you were cheated and lost everything. You blame the heavens and the earth, the injustice of the world, and the evil people in power.

Later, you joined my Coordination Office, and with the Emperor's support, your business was flourishing, so I thought that you were extremely talented and all you needed was an opportunity."

Yang Jinshui laughed even more wantonly, "You have lived for most of your life, why don't you understand life? In this world, opportunities are far more important than talent.

Without opportunities, even if you have the talent of Guan Zhong or the ability of Tao Zhu, you will still be just like everyone else.

The emperor gave you the opportunity to display your talents, but you think you deserve it all.

And your darling son, after reading a few new books on "Political Economy" and the like, thinks he has mastered the past and present, and that it is you and your son who have created this new era and that it is you and your son who should lead this era in the future.

Ridiculous! "

Yang Jinshui pointed at Wu Baojin and said bluntly: "You spread fallacies and heresies in private, supported Miao Chuanzong and others in stirring up trouble, and wantonly interfered in current politics and criticized new learning.

In fact, we all know what you are planning, and the General Security Bureau has also investigated it clearly.

In recent years, you have complained that you have paid a lot but received little in return, so you colluded with internal and external parties, fabricated contracts, embezzled public funds, and sold inferior products as good ones, enriching yourself at the expense of the public interest.

In addition, you relied on your status as a backbone of the Shaofujian faction to bully men and women and seize property by force.

We remember clearly that when you entered the Coordination Office, you angrily cursed those powerful and wealthy people for exploiting the people, and vowed to follow the emperor to build a bright and peaceful world.

Now it seems that you were so angry at that time not because you hated those powerful people, but because you hated that you were not one of them and could not bully the people."

Wu Baojin's face changed into countless colors, and he said with all his might: "There is no evidence, and Eunuch Yang is just trying to find a pretext to accuse me!"

"Haha, you think you did it perfectly?

Let me tell you, there is nothing in the Ming Dynasty that the Emperor doesn't know. You evil spirits, do you really think that the tricks you use in private can escape the Emperor's full knowledge?
We came to Huzhou first to help the emperor weed.

The people from the Jinyiwei Security Bureau and the Pacification Bureau have already been arresting you, the ruthless people, in various places."

As soon as Yang Jinshui finished speaking, Fang Zhiyuan appeared at the door of Tingyue Pavilion with a team of officers and soldiers from the General Security Bureau. There were people standing even at the windows.

"Wu Baojin, in fact, among all of you who are so bold and reckless, you are the worst and most selfish person. The rest of you are fighting for justice for the so-called pursuit of ideals, for self-proclaimed fairness and justice, or for self-delusion.

Only you, hiding behind the scenes, fanning the flames, instigating and instigating, are afraid that your crimes will be exposed and severely punished, so you try to muddy the waters so that you can fish in troubled waters, get away with it, and then seek greater wealth and glory!"

Miao Chuanzong was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at Wu Baojin and shouted, "Wu Baojin, is this true?"

How could he not understand when he saw Wu Baojin with a gloomy face, head hung and not saying a word?

Miao Chuanzong and the others all beat their chests and stamped their feet, saying angrily: "Wu Baojin, you bastard, we regard you as a man of great justice and loyalty, a man who understands the injustice of the world and is willing to speak out for justice, but you are such a ruthless person!"

Song Yingqing, Chen Zenian and others remained silent and watched these people's performance coldly.

Song Jingang lowered his head and whispered to Song Puti: "Seeing how distressed they are, they seem to have regrets."

"Second brother, you are wrong. They only regret that the matter was exposed today."

at the same time,

Taicang County Palace.

Wang Shizhen, Wang Shimao and more than ten of their descendants recited poems and composed lyrics in Fensheng Pavilion at the foot of Dongyan Peak in Yanshan Garden. It was so elegant!
The descendants were scattered everywhere, thinking hard, spreading out paper and writing.

Wang Shimao glanced at the prosperous surroundings, anxiety flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his head and approached Wang Shizhen.

"Brother, the Emperor has arrived in Suzhou on his southern tour and will be leaving for Huzhou soon.

My brother is the leader of the Southeast literary world. Logically, the local government should have informed you long ago and prepared to receive you. Why haven't you received any news so far?"

At this point, he paused.

"Brother, the emperor is coming to the southeast, and he must have made some major moves. Now that we haven't heard of an audience for a long time, I'm afraid something is wrong." "Linzhou, do you think Zhang Fengpan is obstructing it? Now he is one of the five grand secretaries, with a high position and power, and he has a lot of influence in front of the emperor. If he wants to obstruct it, we are powerless!"

Wang Shimao quickly replied: "Brother, Zhang Fengpan was temporarily stationed in Suzhou before, and we had a close relationship. At that time, our relationship with him was very close and we were like-minded.

We brothers tried our best to help him and rectify the literary style in the southeast, which led to his current success.

If you don't ask for anything in return, Zhang Fengpan shouldn't repay kindness with hatred."

Wang Shizhen glanced at his brother and said, "Zhang Fengpan is a very cunning man. He has no sense of justice and morality, only his own glory and wealth.

We had helped him a lot before, and he always called us Brother Fengzhou and Brother Linzhou. But after he returned to Beijing, his tone of voice gradually changed and he became more and more distant from us.

Now he and his uncle, Lord Jianchuan, are both listed as Grand Secretaries, which is unprecedented in history and their power is prominent.

People’s minds are hard to predict, and things in the world are hard to predict! "

At this point, Wang Shizhen sighed: "Wanli's new policy is extremely treacherous and dangerous to us. My two brothers walked on thin ice and were trembling with fear, and we have been safe until today.

We brothers have no idea what's going on in the court right now, so we can only leave it to fate!"

Wang Shimao said sadly: "My brother has taken Tan Yangzi (Wang Taozhen), the daughter of Jing Shigong (Wang Xijue), as his teacher, claiming that he wants to learn Taoism and seek immortality, but in fact he wants to escape from the world.

But when people want to escape from the world, the world chases them.

Brother, why don't you write a letter to Jing Shigong? He is now a court official and the governor of Jiangxi, so he knows a little about the inner workings of the court."

Wang Shizhen shook his head and said, "Some time ago, Feng Yunbo, the governor of Shanxi, secretly passed on the secrets of the court to his family members, and then the news spread among the people in the market, and was discovered by the Jinyiwei, who reported it to the Censorate.

Under impeachment, he could only resign in disgrace.

Now, under the new policy of Wanli, officials must keep secrets, which should be the first priority. I also know a lot of people.

Qi Yuanjing (Qi Jiguang), Wang Boyu (Wang Daokun), Hu Bo'an (Hu Xi) and others are all my old friends. If I could ask, I would have sent them a letter long ago. Why would I need to ask Wang Yuanyu (Wang Xijue) again? "

Wang Shimao looked at Wang Shizhen, whose face was filled with sorrow, and sighed inwardly.

Brother, you are conceited about your talent and have a high opinion of yourself. You were banished to your hometown by the emperor a few years ago, but you still refuse to abide by the law. Can you calm your restless heart for a few days and stop writing articles and secretly criticizing current affairs?

Especially in the past few years, they would seize on the problems that occurred when the Wanli New Deal was being tried in local areas and criticize the Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng in a sarcastic manner.

Why do you say that a tiger cannot be put down when it is on its back, and you cannot look back when the fish is rotten?

Huo Guang and Yuwen Hu were finally
We are all educated people. Do you really think that others won't understand when you hint at it like this?
Wang Shimao knew why his brother was so angry and targeted Zhang Juzheng.

We also know that he not only targeted Zhang Juzheng, but also Li Chunfang, saying that Prime Minister Li used licorice to govern the country and used hypocrisy to protect himself.

When he was in the government, he was fair in his opinions and did not act rashly. He also secretly compared Li Chunfang with Li Shi, the Prince's Grand Tutor, the Minister of Personnel, and the Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace in the early years of the Jiajing period, saying that Li Chunfang was not as talented as Li Chunfang, but more honest.

To put it bluntly, they lack the ability and can only pretend to be honest.
In fact, my brother was holding a grudge.

In the 26th year of Jiajing's reign, he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi along with Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang.

Li Chunfang was the top scholar in the imperial examination and became the emperor's imperial tutor. Naturally, he entered the cabinet and became the chief minister.

Zhang Juzheng also became the emperor's teacher. Not only did he enter the cabinet, he also became the first prime minister of the new cabinet and vigorously promoted the Wanli New Deal.

Brother, jealousy has made you lose your nature!

But do you really think that Li Chunfang, Zhang Juzheng and the emperor don’t know about your behavior?
Zhang Siwei must have felt the pulse of Xiyuan and the Cabinet after returning to Beijing, which is why he became estranged from you, brother!
This glass bead is not only extremely cunning, but also extremely sensitive to the direction of the court.

Now that the Emperor is on his southern tour, many elders, respected figures, and cultural celebrities from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huzhou have received notices and are heading to Nanjing, Suzhou, and Shanghai nearby, waiting for the Emperor to approach, in order to show his willingness to be close to the people.

But brother, you, the leader of the Southeast literary world, have remained silent. Isn't this obvious enough?
Wang Shizhen knew everything that Wang Shimao was thinking about.

It's just that he is proud of his literary character and refuses to face reality.

I just write some articles and say some weird things, so what?
I am a writer. Writing and speaking are my nature. Who can suppress my nature? !

The two brothers each had their own thoughts, but their descendants had finished writing their own articles and poems. They put down their pens, blew dry the ink, and brought them to the table in front of the two brothers, unfolding them one by one and asking them to comment on them one by one.

Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao forced themselves to stay alert, stood with their hands behind their backs, and read through the poems and essays of their descendants one by one.

"Well, that's good. You have inherited all the old man's teachings."

After looking at several copies, Wang Shizhen nodded with satisfaction.

The more Wang Shimao looked at it, the more worried he became.

Nowadays, writing classical Chinese poetry is becoming less and less popular. Now people are talking about learning mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and they are not afraid to travel around the world.

The descendants of the Wang family are still obsessed with outdated ancient Chinese literature and poetry, taking other people's hobbies as their main career. Sooner or later, they will ruin the family!
But it was not convenient to criticize my brother in front of the younger generations, so I had to endure it.

A steward walked outside the pavilion and reported, "Master, Second Master, there is a guest visiting us."

"It's getting late, who would come to visit? Who did you address on the visiting card?"

"In reply to the master, the visiting card is addressed to Zhang Fengpan from Puzhou, Hedong."

Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao took a deep breath.

Zhang Siwei!
Could it be that the weasel came to pay New Year's greetings to the chicken? ?
(End of this chapter)