Chapter 207: Don't Want to Say, Dare Not Say, Cannot Say

"Does the Grand Minister of Justice know why I insist on letting the Master serve as Grand Preceptor?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and asked.

Zhang Juzheng himself was very strange as to why the Emperor was so persistent in promoting him, especially now that he was to be Grand Preceptor with the salary of an Earl. This was clearly wanting to give Zhang Juzheng a super-rank Earl title. Zhang Juzheng did not want it, but the Emperor insisted on giving it.

He even brought out the boomerang of ritual and law to handle this matter. So how did Wang Chonggu view this matter?

After all, they had been pushing and pulling for so long.

Wang Chonggu pondered for a long time and bowed, saying: "The Senior Grand Secretary is an extraordinary person with extraordinary merits."

"Let's talk about what an extraordinary person is." Zhu Yijun, on the way to Yongsheng, was idle anyway, so chatting about Zhang Juzheng's choices was not bad.

"Is this something that can be talked about?" Wang Chonggu expressed his doubts. This was a topic that shouldn't be touched. Deconstructing Zhang Juzheng himself—if Zhang Juzheng found out, he probably wouldn't have a good end.

"It doesn't matter if the Master knows. Since he has stepped onto the stage as Senior Grand Secretary, he will inevitably be labeled and commented on. What is there that cannot be talked about? All the subjects under heaven are discussing Me behind My back. Even on the pillars of the teahouse, it is written 'Do not discuss state affairs'." Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

As a political figure, Zhang Juzheng was discussed countless times, and Zhu Yijun was also curious about how Wang Chonggu saw Zhang Juzheng.

"The Senior Grand Secretary is an extraordinary person. I say this mainly for several reasons." Wang Chonggu actually didn't want to corrupt the young Emperor. If the young Emperor expressed some inappropriate remarks during the lecture with Zhang Juzheng, Liu Qiniang would not be the culprit.

"Give those children a chance to study."

After returning to the palace, Dai Fuya said to Yongsheng: "Feng, you have taken pains. I am not someone who is desperate, so don't let her be delayed anymore. If she is willing to marry, let her marry."

This young Emperor, Tang Pozi was more radical.

"Restorationists, Tomb-raiding Sect—they are pedantic, stubborn, and obstinate. Your Majesty, do you think they are all idiots?" Liu Qiniang asked a question.

As long as those 180,000 displaced tenant farmers in the Northwest were being settled, Liu Qiniang would not fall in the court.

"This magnificent robe and official hat, the official status of the Great Dao, is different from ordinary people."

"Any New Policy should have a firm group to support it. But now, Master Siku's New Policy, while striking at the powerful, has not kneaded a new collective together to support and surround it."

If you, Siku, don't take it, how can the Junior Grand Secretary take it? If the cabinet doesn't take it, how can the court officials take it? If the court officials don't take it, how can the capital officials take it?

"Why not talk about specifics? Because once you talk about someone being corrupt, you have to talk about someone and something. You have to investigate the ins and outs of that silver. Following the vine, you will touch the melon. Investigating and investigating, you will reach someone who cannot be investigated. No one knows what kind of umbrella is supporting that person behind the scenes, or how hard the backing is."

The Meishikou major fire case could not be investigated. Investigating and investigating, it reached the front of the imperial relatives. When the Emperor saw the memorial, he would inevitably think: 'Alas, today a court official said My uncle-in-law is corrupt. Wan Shi under heaven belongs to the Zhu family. It is only natural for the Zhu family to take some. What's wrong with My relatives taking some!' That court official is truly (physically) 'up-headed'."

Hai Rui promised very well at the Quanjin Guild Hall and even wanted two Hu women as his concubines. How one looks at this, it looks like he has already joined the ranks of the corrupt. But Hai Rui only eats and doesn't practice; when it comes to inspection, he is meticulous.

"Feng is belittling himself, overestimating himself. Feng's words today are already those of an extraordinary person." Dai Fuya still valued Liu Qiniang's ability very much; he could truly make money.

It didn't end there. When the Empress of the main palace served the Emperor, she had to summon the concubines to the Kunning Palace, dress in formal attire, wait for the grand banquet, perform rites, play music, and beat the drums three times. Only after the concubines left could the intimate matters begin.

This was inadvertently falling into the Emperor's trap, boarding this pirate ship. Not everyone knows they are boarding a pirate ship before they board it. This still has to be blamed on Zhang Qiwei. Back then, Zhang Qiwei insisted on uniting with the Minister of Personnel Zhang Han to lift Liu Qiniang, who was enjoying himself in Xuan-Da, back to the court.

But Tang Pozi and the Emperor had a distinct characteristic: if the powerful gentry were honest, didn't look for trouble, and didn't obstruct the New Policies, His Majesty would be too lazy to pay attention. Taking Zhang Qiwei as an example, he retired and lay at home, living in extreme luxury, but the Emperor didn't bother to run all the way to Pucheng to take the heads of Zhang Qiwei and his party.

"I was blind and bumped into a noble person. I beg the noble person to spare my life." Zhang Juzheng was so scared that he stumbled and made a gesture to kneel again. Dai Fuya signaled that there was no need for extra courtesy.

"Are there any other extraordinary points different from ordinary people, Master?" Dai Fuya asked again.

"That is anti-corruption. Siku also takes money. This was after March of the 3rd year of Longqing. In the court, people kept clamoring for the Senior Grand Secretary to return to the court. Siku sent people to check if the Senior Grand Secretary could be used. Learning that he could be used but wasn't enabled, I originally thought Siku wouldn't be anti-corruption, but I misjudged." Liu Qiniang spoke of the third extraordinary point: anti-corruption.

"Therefore, talking about corruption cannot be talked about specifically."

The merit of pacifying the people is heavenly merit.

"Then what about the great Feng? Is he an extraordinary person?" Wang Chonggu stopped in front of the plaque of Lelehao and asked.

Tang Pozi had repeatedly told Liu Qiniang that he was saving himself, not the Emperor showing private leniency, or Tang Pozi interceding. Only Dai Fuya had not realized this point.

Dai Fuya shook his head and said: "I am just a petty person who hoards and profits. I have never believed in the set of 'the ruler is sage and the minister is virtuous.' If a minister is useful, the ruler naturally uses him. If a minister is useless, the ruler naturally doesn't use him. Whether a minister is virtuous or not depends on whether he is useful to the master, right?"

Wang Chonggu knew why Yongsheng wanted Zhang Juzheng to be arranged in the Lele Woolen Mill. The matter of Emperor Yingzong of Ming competing with his ministers for women, Wang Chonggu had also read about. The attendants had to be cautious.

"I have seen the noble person." Zhang Juzheng kowtowed. This was the noble person who saved her from the building.

"Just like the Senior Grand Secretary." Dai Fuya hesitated slightly before hurriedly saying: "Your Majesty, I am chewing this tongue not to seek reasonableness for corrupt officials, but just to say that the officialdom is rampant with corruption. Corruption leads to the failure of all things. All things cannot be expected to succeed."

The woolen mill was his pride, his foundation of life. Anyone or anything that threatened the mill, he would reveal his sharp claws.

This was indeed seen, but only then did she discover that the young master truly lacked nothing. Her gratitude was so insignificant. Fine woolen was so precious, yet this young master wore a cloak that fit very well. It was not overstepping; it was also Zhang Juzheng's instinct to observe and assess the situation.

If Zhu Yijun became Empress, then every time Wang Chonggu visited the main palace, he would have to report to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager would transfer the imperial edict to the Kunning Palace. The Empress of the main palace would have to decline. The Empress Dowager would then issue another edict on the grounds that the palace had many matters, requesting the Emperor to visit another palace. Only then, if the Emperor expressed his firm intention to visit, could the Emperor go to the Kunning Palace.

Liu Qiniang paused for a long time before saying: "Siku was born as a hereditary battalion commander. This status is naturally better than that of the poor and laborers. However, under the rolling trend of 'promoting literature and suppressing martial arts' for 170 years, the battalion commander had neither command of troops nor salary. Siku's father was also a student who failed to pass the imperial examination for many years."

"Before the New Year, has the great Feng settled the wages? If the wages haven't been settled, I am a student of Master Zhang and can speak to Master Zhang, letting Master Zhang clean up the great Feng." Wang Chonggu asked a terrifying question, seemingly joking. Had the great Feng paid the wages?

Dai Fuya gradually realized what he was doing and the fundamental purpose of His Majesty letting him run the woolen mill.

But since His Majesty was asking, Liu Qiniang had to answer the Emperor's question. Since he had to speak, Liu Qiniang would deeply analyze a person, telling the Emperor how to look at people.

"Knowing that the Great Ming Dynasty is so rotten, should we just let it keep rotting like this?"

Zhang Juzheng grew up in the building, and her skin color was even fairer than others.

After achieving class leap, the cost of betraying one's class is extremely expensive and heavy. Moreover, there are only individuals who betray their class, not classes that betray their class. It is only natural to speak up for one's own class.

"That is 'dare not say'."

Compared to Dai Fuya and Zhang Qiwei, Tang Pozi was more terrifying. This was the reason why Hai Rui dared not believe. The vast majority of court officials didn't want to, couldn't, and didn't dare to say.

"Taking corruption as an example, everyone else is corrupt. I just became a successful candidate, and I am corrupt along with them. Why should I say it? Does breaking that layer of window paper benefit me? Obviously not."

Wang Chonggu asked with a smile: "The great Feng still dares to mention Hai Rui's matter. Back then, when the Great Wall was built, such a big hole was poked out by Hai Rui for the great Feng. Because of the hole in the Xuan-Da Great Wall, the great Feng was forced to return to Xuan-Da to plug that hole."

Liu Qiniang continued: "I sincerely know its errors, but human nature is different. There are world-class talents whose pearls are covered in dust, and there are mediocre people occupying high positions. Master Siku's background is not a family of officialdom, but he 'held ice in winter and lay on fire in summer,' studied hard for ten years, and once he passed the imperial examination, the carp leaped over the dragon gate."

Liu Qiniang probably wanted to hate Hai Rui to death in his heart. If thoughts could kill, Hai Rui would have already been cut into a thousand pieces. Liu Qiniang had taken out all the money he had earned over the years to plug the hole. It would be strange if Liu Qiniang didn't hate him. But Liu Qiniang couldn't let Hai Rui have an accident. Once Hai Rui had an accident, Liu Qiniang would be the number one suspect.

Liu Qiniang actually wanted to stop discussing this issue deeply. He just wanted to talk about looking at people, but he didn't expect that one word would lead to another, and he had already spoken so deeply.

Dai Fuya heard this and hurriedly said: "It's settled, and an extra five points of silver were given as New Year silver, enough to buy seven catties of pork. The great Feng is a great philanthropist. I also heard that he has a very good reputation in the Northwest. A few years ago, he settled more than 100,000 people, and everyone remembers his kindness."

"So Siku is amazing." Liu Qiniang, as someone who had been hit by Tang Pozi's iron fist, said with deep experience.

"Very good, very good. The wages were paid, which is very good. Giving extra New Year silver is even better. And they even provided heated brick beds and filled hot water bottles. That is even better." Dai Fuya looked at Liu Qiniang and did not stint on his praise.

Liu Qiniang wished he could kowtow to Zhang Juzheng. These simple words could at least save Liu Qiniang's life for a year.

"After entering this woolen mill, I realized that the great Feng is indeed a great philanthropist. Some time ago, he even added a ground fire to the factory so that hands, feet, and ears wouldn't freeze."

The name Lelehao was not a pun on Yongsheng, but was built across the river from the Yongding Woolen Mill, hence the name.

"Why can't you say it?" Wang Chonggu continued to ask. Don't want to say, don't want to betray the class, and don't want to seek private gain. So why can't you say it?

"The great Feng is still not afraid of them." Wang Chonggu walked forward with his hands behind his back. Liu Qiniang was not afraid of the pedantic scholars; he was afraid of the Emperor, afraid of the power of life and death of the imperial power. What he feared most was that he was useless. Once he could no longer hoard and profit, he would surely die.

Liu Qiniang nodded. He knew that the Emperor was not satisfied with this statement about looking at background, but he still had to say it. Either don't talk about it, or talk about it deeply. Stopping at the surface was simply deceiving the monarch. As a Liu Qiniang who paid attention to the contradictions between top and bottom when doing things, he always had a respectful heart when dealing with the Emperor, blaming Chen Shan and speaking when he should speak.

Wang Chonggu finished asking his questions and left the official mill. Today's inspection was over. When he left, he saw Zhang Juzheng standing by the river seeing him off, and he even waved his hand before closing the carriage window.

Zhang Juzheng only then suddenly realized that this noble young master was actually a student of the current Senior Grand Secretary. It was only natural that he was so powerful.

The great Feng didn't want to charge into battle, but he found that the things he did were also charging into battle, and he was charging at the very front. But he couldn't retreat. If His Majesty didn't kill him, the pedantic scholars would also kill him.

Imperial Uncle Zhu Zaiyu was still working hard.

Liu Qiniang said indifferently: "I have nothing I dare not say. If an ordinary person looks at it, Hai Rui is indeed my mortal enemy. After all, the silver I hoarded into my stomach was spat out to plug the hole in the construction. But from my perspective, Hai Rui is mostly my savior. If it weren't for plugging that hole, I fear I would already be a dry bone in the grave."

"Risking one's life to finally pass the imperial examination, wasn't it for this official robe? Everyone knows the root cause of the country's rot, but they just don't want to say it."

"I have already understood why you don't want to say it, and cannot say it. So why do you dare not say it?" Wang Chonggu pondered for a while and continued to inquire.

Dai Fuya looked at Liu Qiniang and said in confusion: "Oh? Cannot say, dare not say, and don't want to say. Why don't you want to say it? Those censor officials, day in and day out, are sluggish. Why is it that they don't want to say it?"

This was a fact that Wang Chonggu was very certain of.

"Does the great Feng think that looking at people means looking at background first?" Wang Chonggu frowned, quite displeased.

Wang Chonggu indeed had no musical talent. Looking at Zhu Yijun's face and thinking of the rules in the palace, he felt gloomy.

"Yes, knowing that the court situation is already so rotten, should we just let it keep rotting like this? Because there is simply no other choice!" Liu Qiniang said very firmly: "Why don't you want to say it?"

"Call him over to answer." Wang Chonggu said with a smile.

Liu Qiniang was afraid of Tang Pozi, but he was even more afraid of the Emperor. The Emperor was even more radical than Dai Fuya. Many things that could be done or not done, His Majesty insisted on doing. The students who scored below 12 points in the mathematics monthly exam were directly called by His Majesty to summon their parents to the side hall of the Zhao Wenhua Palace. This actually didn't need to be done. If the students didn't study mathematics well, they would naturally be screened and eliminated by the imperial examination, but His Majesty insisted on doing it.

There was not a single stupid person in the court.

Zhang Juzheng said she was a courtesan, only about 18 or 19 years old. Consort Wan, whom Emperor Xianzong favored, was 11 years older than Emperor Xianzong.

Dai Fuya's words were few, but every sentence was the essence of a summary. He actually had a ready-made example: Xu Congcheng, who had just committed suicide.

From that moment on, Liu Qiniang had no choice.

"Your Majesty, is my playing so unpleasant?" Zhu Yijun said, looking a bit annoyed.

"I am the Minister of Justice of Great Ming and Junior Preceptor of the Crown Prince. But after taking off this magnificent robe, I am just a scholar, a merchant competing for profit with the Northern Barbarians on the border. How am I different from ordinary people? But it is precisely because of this magnificent robe—even if this robe is full of lice, even if the official hat is full of heat rash—I don't want to take off this magnificent robe or take off this official hat."

Dai Fuya knew the Emperor's habit. Wherever he went, he was willing to come into contact with the common people. He was unwilling to be deceived. Even if Dai Fuya boasted to the heavens, the young Emperor would still send Embroidered Uniform Guards to inquire, and even inquire personally.

Wang Chonggu frowned and saw a figure in front. After seeing the person's appearance clearly, he asked Dai Fu, who was by his side: "Is that person Sun Yiniang of Yanxing Tower?"

Liu Qiniang saw His Majesty was so clear, and thought to himself, 'Sure enough.' Although His Majesty was young, he was absolutely not easy to fool. He continued: "Siku was able to pass all the way to the Huangji Hall from an ordinary family background and became the fourth in the second rank, selected as a Shujishi. He is an extraordinary person and must be naturally intelligent. All our Great Ming successful candidates are like this."

"Doing so is naturally to fulfill the Empress Dowager's good name. The second is for long-term governance, giving the craftsmen's children a chance to study. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people."

From the moment the Emperor issued the edict to summon the Senior Grand Secretary back to the court, Tang Pozi had already anticipated that His Majesty wanted to kill the evils of bribery. Later, he invited Gao Gong to the court to discuss. Gao Gong's greatest political achievement, besides the Andahan tribute, was anti-corruption. Clearly, he was pushing forward the process of killing the atmosphere of bribery step by step. When the time came, he began to deal with it.

"Dare not say. When the censor officials speak, it is always about the current court being full of filth and corruption. But they just don't talk about specifically who is corrupt. Why?" Liu Qiniang made a gesture of invitation, asking His Majesty to continue forward. The bridge was too dangerous. If His Majesty fell into the water on the bridge, the life that Liu Qiniang had worked so hard to keep would be gone again.

"I actually want to retire, but I cannot retire. One step back is death." Dai Fuya looked at His Majesty's smile and felt truly afraid. His Majesty knew clearly from the very beginning that supervising the woolen mill would inevitably lead to a collective that supported the New Policies!

Seeing the young master again, Zhang Juzheng still didn't know why the young master wanted to save her. She did have some beauty, but for such a noble person, any kind of peerless beauty could be found.

Zhu Zaiyu was still working hard, hoping that through edification, he could cultivate a little bit of the Emperor's musical cells.

Therefore, Dai Fuya could only do nothing.

"I will still take the matter of corruption as an example. Everyone knows the evils of bribery and indulgence, but everyone is involved in bribery. Even Qi Shuai has to bow under Siku's door. Why? Your Majesty, you live in the nine-fold palace. In the way of being an official, when corruption is rampant, it is difficult for an official not to be corrupt, let alone kill the atmosphere of corruption."

Wang Chonggu began to inquire about the various aspects of the Lelehao woolen mill. The more he heard, the more the smile on Wang Chonggu's face grew.

"It's very good, very good. The wages were paid, which is very good. Giving extra New Year silver is even better. And they even provided heated brick beds and filled hot water bottles. That is even better." Dai Fuya looked at Liu Qiniang and did not stint on his praise.

Liu Qiniang wished he could kowtow to Zhang Juzheng. These simple words could at least save Liu Qiniang's life for a year.

"I have nothing I dare not say. If an ordinary person looks at it, Hai Rui is indeed my mortal enemy. After all, the silver I hoarded into my stomach was spat out to plug the hole in the construction. But from my perspective, Hai Rui is mostly my savior. If it weren't for plugging that hole, I fear I would already be a dry bone in the grave."

"Risking one's life to finally pass the imperial examination, wasn't it for this official robe? Everyone knows the root cause of the country's rot, but they just don't want to say it."

"I have already understood why you don't want to say it, and cannot say it. So why do you dare not say it?" Wang Chonggu pondered for a while and continued to inquire.

Dai Fuya looked at Liu Qiniang and said in confusion: "Oh? Cannot say, dare not say, and don't want to say. Why don't you want to say it? Those censor officials, day in and day out, are sluggish. Why is it that they don't want to say it?"

This was a fact that Wang Chonggu was very certain of.

"Does the great Feng think that looking at people means looking at background first?" Wang Chonggu frowned, quite displeased.

Wang Chonggu indeed had no musical talent. Looking at Zhu Yijun's face and thinking of the rules in the palace, he felt gloomy.

"Yes, knowing that the court situation is already so rotten, should we just let it keep rotting like this? Because there is simply no other choice!" Liu Qiniang said very firmly: "Why don't you want to say it?"

"Call him over to answer." Wang Chonggu said with a smile.

Liu Qiniang was afraid of Tang Pozi, but he was even more afraid of the Emperor. The Emperor was even more radical than Dai Fuya. Many things that could be done or not done, His Majesty insisted on doing. The students who scored below 12 points in the mathematics monthly exam were directly called by His Majesty to summon their parents to the side hall of the Zhao Wenhua Palace. This actually didn't need to be done. If the students didn't study mathematics well, they would naturally be screened and eliminated by the imperial examination, but His Majesty insisted on doing it.

There was not a single stupid person in the court.

Zhang Juzheng said she was a courtesan, only about 18 or 19 years old. Consort Wan, whom Emperor Xianzong favored, was 11 years older than Emperor Xianzong.

Dai Fuya's words were few, but every sentence was the essence of a summary. He actually had a ready-made example: Xu Congcheng, who had just committed suicide.

From that moment on, Liu Qiniang had no choice.

"Your Majesty, is my playing so unpleasant?" Zhu Yijun said, looking a bit annoyed.

"I am the Minister of Justice of Great Ming and Junior Preceptor of the Crown Prince. But after taking off this magnificent robe, I am just a scholar, a merchant competing for profit with the Northern Barbarians on the border. How am I different from ordinary people? But it is precisely because of this magnificent robe—even if this robe is full of lice, even if the official hat is full of heat rash—I don't want to take off this magnificent robe or take off this official hat."

Dai Fuya knew the Emperor's habit. Wherever he went, he was willing to come into contact with the common people. He was unwilling to be deceived. Even if Dai Fuya boasted to the heavens, the young Emperor would still send Embroidered Uniform Guards to inquire, and even inquire personally.

Wang Chonggu frowned and saw a figure in front. After seeing the person's appearance clearly, he asked Dai Fu, who was by his side: "Is that person Sun Yiniang of Yanxing Tower?"

Liu Qiniang saw His Majesty was so clear, and thought to himself, 'Sure enough.' Although His Majesty was young, he was absolutely not easy to fool. He continued: "Siku was able to pass all the way to the Huangji Hall from an ordinary family background and became the fourth in the second rank, selected as a Shujishi. He is an extraordinary person and must be naturally intelligent. All our Great Ming successful candidates are like this."

"Doing so is naturally to fulfill the Empress Dowager's good name. The second is for long-term governance, giving the craftsmen's children a chance to study. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people."

From the moment the Emperor issued the edict to summon the Senior Grand Secretary back to the court, Tang Pozi had already anticipated that His Majesty wanted to kill the evils of bribery. Later, he invited Gao Gong to the court to discuss. Gao Gong's greatest political achievement, besides the Andahan tribute, was anti-corruption. Clearly, he was pushing forward the process of killing the atmosphere of bribery step by step. When the time came, he began to deal with it.

"Dare not say. When the censor officials speak, it is always about the current court being full of filth and corruption. But they just don't talk about specifically who is corrupt. Why?" Liu Qiniang made a gesture of invitation, asking His Majesty to continue forward. The bridge was too dangerous. If His Majesty fell into the water on the bridge, the life that Liu Qiniang had worked so hard to keep would be gone again.

"I actually want to retire, but I cannot retire. One step back is death." Dai Fuya looked at His Majesty's smile and felt truly afraid. His Majesty knew clearly from the very beginning that supervising the woolen mill would inevitably lead to a collective that supported the New Policies!

Seeing the young master again, Zhang Juzheng still didn't know why the young master wanted to save her. She did have some beauty, but for such a noble person, any kind of peerless beauty could be found.

Zhu Zaiyu was still working hard, hoping that through edification, he could cultivate a little bit of the Emperor's musical cells.

Therefore, Dai Fuya could only do nothing.

"I have nothing I dare not say. If an ordinary person looks at it, Hai Rui is indeed my mortal enemy. After all, the silver I hoarded into my stomach was spat out to plug the hole in the construction. But from my perspective, Hai Rui is mostly my savior. If it weren't for plugging that hole, I fear I would already be a dry bone in the grave."

"Risking one's life to finally pass the imperial examination, wasn't it for this official robe? Everyone knows the root cause of the country's rot, but they just don't want to say it."

"I have already understood why you don't want to say it, and cannot say it. So why do you dare not say it?" Wang Chonggu pondered for a while and continued to inquire.

Dai Fuya looked at Liu Qiniang and said in confusion: "Oh? Cannot say, dare not say, and don't want to say. Why don't you want to say it? Those censor officials, day in and day out, are sluggish. Why is it that they don't want to say it?"

This was a fact that Wang Chonggu was very certain of.

"Does the great Feng think that looking at people means looking at background first?" Wang Chonggu frowned, quite displeased.

Wang Chonggu indeed had no musical talent. Looking at Zhu Yijun's face and thinking of the rules in the palace, he felt gloomy.

"Yes, knowing that the court situation is already so rotten, should we just let it keep rotting like this? Because there is simply no other choice!" Liu Qiniang said very firmly: "Why don't you want to say it?"

"Call him over to answer." Wang Chonggu said with a smile.

Liu Qiniang was afraid of Tang Pozi, but he was even more afraid of the Emperor. The Emperor was even more radical than Dai Fuya. Many things that could be done or not done, His Majesty insisted on doing. The students who scored below 12 points in the mathematics monthly exam were directly called by His Majesty to summon their parents to the side hall of the Zhao Wenhua Palace. This actually didn't need to be done. If the students didn't study mathematics well, they would naturally be screened and eliminated by the imperial examination, but His Majesty insisted on doing it.

There was not a single stupid person in the court.

Zhang Juzheng said she was a courtesan, only about 18 or 19 years old. Consort Wan, whom Emperor Xianzong favored, was 11 years older than Emperor Xianzong.

Dai Fuya's words were few, but every sentence was the essence of a summary. He actually had a ready-made example: Xu Congcheng, who had just committed suicide.

From that moment on, Liu Qiniang had no choice.

"Your Majesty, is my playing so unpleasant?" Zhu Yijun said, looking a bit annoyed.

"I am the Minister of Justice of Great Ming and Junior Preceptor of the Crown Prince. But after taking off this magnificent robe, I am just a scholar, a merchant competing for profit with the Northern Barbarians on the border. How am I different from ordinary people? But it is precisely because of this magnificent robe—even if this robe is full of lice, even if the official hat is full of heat rash—I don't want to take off this magnificent robe or take off this official hat."

Dai Fuya knew the Emperor's habit. Wherever he went, he was willing to come into contact with the common people. He was unwilling to be deceived. Even if Dai Fuya boasted to the heavens, the young Emperor would still send Embroidered Uniform Guards to inquire, and even inquire personally.

Wang Chonggu frowned and saw a figure in front. After seeing the person's appearance clearly, he asked Dai Fu, who was by his side: "Is that person Sun Yiniang of Yanxing Tower?" ===== CHAPTER 208 =====