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Chapter 1056 Shackles
Emperor Wanli, who was sitting on the white jade steps with a big tangerine in his arms, rubbed his face, took off one of his boots angrily and threw it into the distance.

The emperor loved reading, and there were scriptures, Buddhist scriptures, novels, medical books, picture books and many other books scattered around him that the eunuchs bought outside the palace with money, but at this moment there was no book in the world that could help him feel at ease.

Although whether he went to court or sent Qi Jiguang, Fang Fengshi, and Wu Dui out of the palace, he always showed that he was sure of victory, but in his heart... he was afraid.

This was actually the first time in his life that the young emperor felt afraid of something.

It's not that he has never been afraid, in the past he was very afraid of Zhang Juzheng.

But it was because of someone who was afraid, and it had nothing to do with what this person did... Mr. Shoufu just hiccupped, and the fear it brought to the emperor was the same as when he cursed someone.

But this time Wanli was really scared because he was too hopeful of victory.

This victory is different from any previous victory.

Because of the human physiological structure, the eyes are problematic, they can only see the front, even if they want to look around, they have to use their necks, and they can never see behind.

Whoever poses a threat can only see who.

And because of the size of the wealth, Siyang's development is far from as shocking as Europe's.

Two million taels of silver a year is more wealth than any royal family in Europe before landing in the New World, but it is not the same in China.

Even if people are equally crazy about it, the degree of madness is different.

But the threat from the north is real. From Ma Fang to Emperor Wanli, this generation feels the same for the invasion of the northern captives. Because of this, in the eyes of Emperor Wanli, who knows the importance of people's hearts, winning this battle will be It is an unparalleled achievement for Wulianghai to regain the territory of the empire.

"Hey, governing the world is too difficult."

The emperor scratched his head and threw the other boot out of boredom.

The white jade steps he was sitting on had been swept by the eunuch Wang An with a dust whisk, so even if the white socks were used to touch the ground, it would not be too dirty. At this moment, the eunuchs and guards knew that the emperor was depressed, and they did not dare to step forward. Only Wang Anmo did not do anything. Walked down the steps in a loud voice, and put the two boots by Wanli's hand, in case he threw them out again.

Wanli didn't raise his head, and asked softly a question that had nothing to do with what he was thinking, and said, "Does the Ministry of Households know how much property the people in the world have?"

What is the wealth of the common people in the world?

"I don't know what kind of family property your Majesty is asking about, property, land, houses, and six animals?" Wang An thought for a while and said, "The imperial court has not made statistics, but if your Majesty wants to know, the servants can order that within three months Figure it out."

They are all paying taxes, and they are recorded by the Wanli accountant. All these things can be calculated in time.

For Wang An, he didn't know why the emperor felt that governing the world was too difficult, because...the emperor didn't really govern the world. Even though there were more and more 'nosy' in the court, it was just nosy.

Building a few roads, setting up some government-run primary schools, talking about it, and allocating some money can't be called governance, let alone the money spent is not difficult for the emperor.

The emperor's participation in politics is not even as good as his role in the military. At least training the Four Guards is a real achievement.

But he didn't know that the "too difficult" that Emperor Wanli lamented was precisely because he had not governed the world, or could not govern the world.

Over the past few years, especially when Zhang Juzheng reformed the number of court visits at a young age, the number of court visits per month was reduced to nine. It is a set of strict procedures in which the chief inspector of ceremonies wears red to make decisions, the six departments are closed to check whether it is inappropriate, and finally delivered to the six departments for execution.

In this set of procedures, the emperor is dispensable... As the emperor who should have the decision-making power grows older, he gradually realizes the fact that whatever Zhang Juzheng thinks is right, he will wear red.

Even if the rebellious psychology of young people comes, there is no chance not to criticize him, because he will always be persuaded by Zhang Juzheng.

This made him unable to tell the difference between a living person like himself and that official seal, and that imperial pen specially made for Zhu Zhu.
It's just that the seal and the imperial pen have to be picked up by hand, but it's easier for him, as he only needs to say a few words and it's all automatic.

Yes, he knew what Zhang Juzheng said was right, but this feeling had gradually bored him.

Even his unique method of appropriating funds and decrees outside the formal procedures is slowly being brought back on track. The decree for the construction of primary schools in the two capitals and thirteen provinces was not issued in the end, but was jointly proposed by the cabinet and the masters of education and politics. , After going through formal procedures, the Ministry of Households implemented it. The emperor just allocated some money from the internal treasury symbolically after the Ministry of Households allocated funds.

What's more, this way of doing things is not easy to use when it comes to the decision-making of real governance of the country. The sixth division can refute his will with a smile, and he can't say anything to those people... The seventh-rank officials are fierce!
Without Zhang Juzheng's consent, even the emperor would not be able to exile the officials of science and Taoism for thousands of miles to support the construction of Asia.

He is the emperor, but he has no ability to influence the government.

Not even the power not to listen or see.

After he expressed to Zhang Juzheng for the third time that the cabinet could directly hand over the bill to Zhu Zhu, the supervisor of rituals, in exchange for Zhang Juzheng's scolding.

It was a rare rage for the chief assistant of the empire.

It seems that in Zhang Juzheng's consciousness, the emperor had to look at the draft, because it would make the imperial power fall aside, let the chief of ceremonies take over the power, and eventually lead to the emptiness of the imperial power.

There is a big difference between doing nothing and doing nothing.

But for the emperor...hasn't he been ostracized all the time, so why worry about "will" be ostracized?
Their cognition difference is that Emperor Wanli saw the present, while Zhang Juzheng focused on the time after he left the court.

The emperor thought it was now, but he didn't dare to say it and couldn't say it; and the chief minister of the cabinet thought that after his absence, it was the beginning of the students' rule of the world. After that, there would be no one in the world with unparalleled power like him.

If the court decision-making procedure is a set of rules.

Then the contradiction is that Zhang Juzheng wants the emperor to use the rules to strengthen the imperial power, but puts himself outside the rules.

In fact, this man-made contradiction was the reason why Emperor Wanli nodded his head immediately when he heard that the cabinet believed that the time had come to use troops to the north—he wanted prestige, and he urgently needed to exchange war for prestige to do his best. Break free little by little the shackles that bind you.

From Chen Muna, Wanli learned how to guide public opinion.

Now, the young emperor plans to use public opinion to break through the shackles. This battle to regain Wulianghai is the first step to gain public opinion.

"Rough calculation?"

Wanli shook his head and said: "I want to do actuarial calculations, let the whole country conduct a census, and I will use them in the future; go to the telegraph room and ask Liang Menglong where Marshal Qi's soldiers have gone."

　Good morning, this morning I will make up a chapter that was previously owed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)