The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 321: Concern and Crisis
Wanli wanted to appease the pirate Kapitan and directly cut off the Zhejiang Party's financial support and seize its overseas business.

The Zhejiang Party is also making trouble in full swing.

However, their way of making trouble is really unique and unexpected.

Early in the morning at about noon that day, Wanli had just arrived at the imperial study when the chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Li, came over in person with a stack of memorials.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Zhonghua? What big thing happened?"

This is not a big deal, but I'm afraid you'll be angry.

Shen Li held the memorial in his hand and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, this is a memorial from Lü Kun, the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner of Shanxi."

Lu Kun!

This guy suddenly submitted a petition. What does that mean?
Wanli took the memorials and looked at them. He found that the first one had a heading.

"Memorial on Worry and Danger"!
The general meaning of this memorial is that too many soldiers have been recruited from the Beijing army, border troops and navy, and the amount of food and wages is terrifyingly high. Even if the Ming Dynasty uses all its strength, it may not be able to support it. If this continues, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger.

Lu Kun's intention was to persuade him not to continue his warlike activities. If he continued like this, the Ming Dynasty would be financially exhausted and unable to continue.

What can I say about this guy?

I know I can't hold on any longer.

Isn’t this just a way to grab overseas business?

Wanli thought for a moment and then asked, "Zhonghua, do you think Lü Kun is loyal or treacherous?"

Shen Li sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I think Lu Kun is a rare and virtuous minister. He does not form a clique or a group, and he does not seek power or profit. He is devoted to writing books and helping the poor people. I feel inferior to him."

It is indeed not easy to be an official of this rank.

It seems that someone is deliberately guiding Lu Kun. There are traitors around this guy.

Otherwise, Lu Kun would not have submitted such a memorial that would obviously anger him.

There is also a demon book, which has not yet been published, but it is also aimed at Lu Kun, otherwise people would not have chosen to write about Lu Kun's book.

These guys want to destroy Lu Kun, a rare and wise minister.

I just don’t do what you want!
You want to destroy this rare and virtuous minister, but I want to make use of him.

However, it cannot be reused yet.

Wanli thought for a moment, then asked, "Are you familiar with Lu Kun?"

Shen Li nodded without hesitation and said, "I dare not hide anything from Your Majesty. Lu Kun and I are both from Guide Prefecture and have a good personal relationship."

Oh, it turns out that he is an authentic fellow villager.

In history, the main target of the evil book was Shen Li, and the Zhejiang Party must know the relationship between Lu Kun and Shen Li!
The Zhejiang Party used Lu Kun to make trouble in order to implicate Shen Li!

These guys are so vicious.

Can I make your wish come true?

Wanli thought about it carefully, then picked up the pen, dipped it in red ink, and wrote: I understand.

Then he picked up the memorial and handed it to Shen Li.

When Shen Li took the memorial and took a look at it, he was stunned.

What does this mean?
Seeing this, Wanli smiled slightly and said, "You don't understand, right?"

Shen Li nodded repeatedly and said, "I am stupid and don't understand."

Wanli said with great pride, "That's right, you don't understand. Let Lu Kun figure it out."

What could Lu Kun come up with?
In fact, Wanli just wanted Lu Kun to think about it for a while and wait for the evil book to come out.

This time, he didn't wait long.

A few days later, early in the morning around noon, Shen Li came in again, holding a stack of memorials.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli couldn't help but ask curiously, "Zhonghua, what's going on this time?"

Shen Li held the memorial in his hand and bowed awkwardly, saying, "Your Majesty, someone has submitted a memorial impeaching Lü Kun."

You are really nice to this fellow villager, fearing that he will be bullied.

The Zhejiang Party knew that you would protect Lu Kun, so they made a fuss about Lu Kun.

Wanli took the memorial and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile coldly.

Dai Shiheng, a member of the Ministry of Personnel, submitted a memorial to impeach Lü Kun, saying that Lü Kun first wrote a book called "Illustrated Explanations of Guifan" and then submitted the "Memorial on Worry and Danger". He was cunning and sinister, harboring evil intentions, and intended to please Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan and gain access to the palace.

You are talented, cunning, and treacherous, harboring evil intentions!

What Lu Kun wrote was "Gui Fan", not "Gui Fan Tu Shuo". There is nothing wrong with the "Gui Fan" he wrote. You deliberately imitated "Gui Fan" and wrote "Gui Fan Tu Shuo", which shows that you have evil intentions.

There is also the "Memorial on Worry and Danger", which you deliberately lured Lu Kun to submit in order to use it as an excuse to make further progress.

The Zhejiang Party is truly cunning and sinister.

There is definitely something fishy about this Dai Shiheng! He was just about to order someone to call Luo Sigong over to investigate this Dai Shiheng.
Unexpectedly, Luo Sigong actually came over to ask for a meeting.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Luo Sigong took out a list and said carefully, "Your Majesty, someone scattered this all over the capital last night."

Wanli took the list and looked at it, and couldn't help but sneer.

The demon book is coming.

"Worrying about Danger and High Risk"!
This name is indeed strange.

It turns out that the demon book is not a book, but a list!
This is a postscript written for "Guifan Tushuo" by a person who calls himself Zhu Dongji of Yanshan. The postscript talks about the events of deposing and enthroning legitimate and illegitimate children in history, and alludes to the issue of the foundation of the country.

This person also deliberately quoted the content of "Guifan Tushuo", saying that Lu Kun wrote this book to please Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan, and also said that Lu Kun formed a party with nine people including his relative Qin Banghan, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhang Yangmeng, and Governor of Shanxi Wei Yunzhen, and attached themselves to Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan.

It is also said that the reason why Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan asked Lu Kun to write this book "Guifan Tushu" was to encourage the current emperor to quickly appoint the emperor's second son Zhu Changxu as the crown prince.

This is pure bullshit.

Didn't he know who Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan was? She had never thought of asking him to make the emperor's second son Zhu Changxu the crown prince.

Besides, if Lu Kun wanted to form a clique for personal gain, he could just go directly to the chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Li. If this guy asked Shen Li for help, he might be promoted to the vice minister of the six ministries or even the minister of the six ministries.

No, this is not the main purpose of the Zhejiang Party.

The main purpose of the Zhejiang Party was to stir up a dispute over the foundation of the country. The "Proposal on Worry and Danger" did not even mention the idea of ​​making the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo the crown prince.

This is just a foreshadowing, there will definitely be follow-up.

"Youwei Hongyi" is not a real evil book!
Wanli thought for a moment, then handed the list to Shen Li and asked, "You came quite early, didn't you? This list is scattered everywhere and you haven't even seen it."

Shen Li took the list and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, Your Majesty, I entered the palace at 3:30 am. The guard room is now lit by palace lanterns, making it as bright as day. I came earlier so I can have more time to carefully review yesterday's memorials and sort them out properly."

As he explained, he took the list and took a closer look, and everyone's face turned pale with fear.

Who is this?
Such nonsense!

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly explained, "Your Majesty, Illustrated Book of Guifan was not written by Lü Kun. They are just making up stories and fabricating stories!"

I naturally know this.

The Zhejiang Party is confusing the public.

They want to stir up a dispute over the foundation of the country, but they don't want me to know that they are the masterminds behind it.

Lu Kun is the scapegoat they deliberately pushed forward, and this scapegoat can even implicate you, the prime minister of the cabinet.

The Zhejiang Party has good tactics.

No wonder the demon book cases in history are shrouded in mystery and the mastermind behind them is impossible to find.

The Zhejiang Party really played this trick very well.

It seems that Dai Shiheng is most likely a young and inexperienced person.

This guy is probably just an idiot who was pushed into the pit for no reason. It's useless to investigate.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then asked, "What would happen if Lu Kun knew about this?"

Lu Kun certainly wouldn't dare wade into the muddy waters of the dispute over the national foundation.

Shen Li said worriedly, "Your Majesty, I suspect Lü Kun will submit a petition to resign to prove his innocence. Your Majesty, he truly has not formed a clique for personal gain. He only talks to me about people and events in his hometown or about his writings, never about people and events in the officialdom."

The Zhejiang Party is truly vicious. In order to confuse the public, they deliberately forced a virtuous person to step down and also implicated the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Humph, can I fulfill your wish?

Go ahead and dream!

Wanli snorted inwardly, then nodded slightly and said: "Zhonghua, it's okay, it's just a list, I won't believe it.

Don't worry, I know what kind of person you are and what kind of person Lu Kun is. I won't blame Lu Kun, and I won't blame you either. I still want to use Lu Kun, but now is not the time."

what?
You still need to reuse Lu Kun!
Shen Li repeatedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Thank you for your grace."

These are nothing, the key is the evil book.

It is really annoying that the Zhejiang Party is playing this game. If I could catch the person behind this, I would definitely throw him into the imperial prison and give him a good beating.

Wanli thought for a moment, then asked, "Sigong, where did these things come from? Can't you find out?"

Luo Sigong shook his head awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. These things of theirs should not have been printed in the capital, and they must have been mixed in with other things when they were shipped here. I really can't find the source."

These guys must have put a lot of thought into it, but it would be difficult to find out the source of the evil book.

Wanli thought about it carefully again, then said decisively: "Alright, there's no need to check the source. Send someone to watch in the dark at night and see if you can catch the person who distributed the notice. This matter is not over yet, they will definitely have a follow-up."

Is there any follow-up to this matter?

You guys think it's fun to play with us secret guards, right?
Upon hearing this, Luo Sigong nodded solemnly and said, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)