Chapter 316: His Majesty is quite lacking… in brilliance!

After Zhang Zhang Juzheng returned to the court, the court officials finally felt at ease. Having someone to hold back His Majesty from transforming into a tyrant was truly too important. By this time, everyone understood the role Zhang Zhang Juzheng played in the court. As for the corrupt Confucian scholars who were clamoring for Zhang Zhang Juzheng to continue his mourning period, the Confucian scholars in the court would make those corrupt ones shut their mouths.

The court deliberations were proceeding in an orderly manner, but unlike before, when Zhang Zhang Juzheng acted as both the referee and the player, the current Zhang Zhang Juzheng no longer excessively interfered with the Emperor's decision-making.

"Today, in the west of the capital, there is a demonic monk named Rudeng who gathered followers to lecture, claiming to build a pagoda and solicit alms, indulging in debauchery, and fabricating slanderous rumors; he has been captured by the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Depot." Zhang Zhang Juzheng held a memorial and said, "I believe that this demonic monk is deeply evil and confuses the masses. According to the law, he should be given one hundred strokes of the cane, sent back to his native place, and have his ordination certificate revoked. Furthermore, the Ministry of Rites should issue a notice strictly prohibiting wandering monks. The Wucheng Military Commission and the Wucheng Censorate Southern Yamen should exert effort to expel them. Henceforth, anyone who enters the capital in violation of the regulations and those who harbor them shall be ordered to be investigated and severely punished by the various cities and the investigative Southern Yamen."

A demonic monk who could make Zhang Zhang Juzheng bring the matter up to the Zhao Wenhua Hall, and one who had a name, surname, and religious title, was clearly no ordinary demonic monk.

Gathering followers to lecture violated the court's ban. A single gathering alone exceeded three thousand people. And this demonic monk, Rudeng, was gathering crowds to peddle silk currency—not silk currency made of fine wool, but cotton silk currency that had been "consecrated." This was mainly because consecration was scarce, not because the production of fine wool was scarce; it was largely similar to an indulgence certified by the Buddha.

As for soliciting alms to build a Buddhist pagoda, that was simply seeking wealth. Saying he wanted to build a pagoda—every blade of grass, every tree, every mountain, and every stream had an owner. Even if it were ownerless, the mountains and rivers belonged to the imperial court and His Majesty. This fellow didn't even have a plot of land, yet he wanted to build a pagoda; it was clearly a scam to cheat people out of money, and there were not a few who fell for it.

Just these two items alone had raised nearly ten thousand taels of charitable funds in a mere seven days. One didn't know whether to say that Master Rudeng's scamming skills were excellent, or that some people had done too many bad deeds and wanted to seek peace of mind. "The Buddha has forgiven me, so I can forgive myself."

"Indulging in debauchery" referred to "sending sons." It was indeed sending sons, but the method was not praying for the Buddha's protection, but rather secret intercourse in a private room. He brought his disciples along, using a type of aphrodisiac from the Southern Ocean called the "Treasure of Fortune and Prosperity." After taking it, people's spirits would become muddled, and they would not know what had happened. What was quite strange was that there was not a single report, and it was only figured out after the fact.

"Fabricating slanderous rumors" referred to clamoring that the black-hearted Grand Secretary slept on the dragon bed at night, saying that this Zhang Zhang Juzheng had an affair with Empress Dowager Li when he was at the Prince Yu's mansion. As for the child, the Emperor of Great Ming, who knew who the father was? Otherwise, why would Zhang Zhang Juzheng respect the sovereign's power so much without overstepping? With such power, yet not overstepping—this was the only reason for it.

It was just that these slanderous words had no written evidence and were only passed by word of mouth, so it was impossible to convict him definitively.

For the Emperor, this was a case that became darker the more one tried to wipe it clean. The more one explained, the more it seemed like there was something to it. It could only be handled with cold treatment. This was the reason why these base Confucian scholars spent their days focusing on the lower half of the body.

These two charges were both related to the lower half of the body.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng said to give him one hundred strokes according to the law, then send him back to his native place and revoke his ordination certificate. Wandering monks were strictly prohibited, and if any demonic monks confused the masses and caused trouble again, they would be severely punished without leniency.

The reason Zhang Zhang Juzheng was so gentle was actually related to Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li believed in Buddhism, so handling demonic monks had to be done with caution. Previously, because of Buddhist matters like ordination certificates and temple lands, Zhang Zhang Juzheng had already had two conflicts with Empress Dowager Li.

Monks and Daoists with ordination certificates, besides the monastic rules and precepts, still had the judicial privilege of the ordination certificate.

"This scoundrel truly deserves to die. If not for the ordination certificate, he should be beheaded for the crime of adultery." Minister of Justice Wang Wang Chonggu expressed his opinion on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, suggesting amputation below the neck.

Hai Rui pondered for a long time and said, "The state has state laws, and the family has family rules. The Buddhist temple has monastic rules. Since he does not follow the monastic rules and precepts, he should be expelled from the Buddhist sect. Do not let him bring shame to the Buddhist sect because of him, and then judge him for adultery and behead him. I wonder what the Grand Censor thinks?"

"What Grand Censor Hai said is very true!" Wang Wang Chonggu's eyes lit up. He never imagined that he, a treacherous official, could one day cooperate with Hai Rui.

This tactic of first expelling him from the Buddhist sect and then discussing beheading became smooth, reasonable, and logical. It was also easy to explain to Empress Dowager Li.

Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Hai Rui, then looked at Wang Wang Chonggu, nodded, and said, "Then let it be so. Follow the procedure of beheading and displaying the head."

"Teacher, I have a doubt." Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Zhang Juzheng and said.

"Ah?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng shivered violently and looked at His Majesty in a daze. How could this difficult and miscellaneous case force out the three words "I have a doubt"? Zhang Zhang Juzheng was actually a bit traumatized by these three words; he would shiver as soon as he heard them.

The court officials looked at Zhang Zhang Juzheng, all with question marks on their faces. Zhang Zhang Juzheng feared neither heaven nor earth, yet he actually feared these three words?

Since Zhang Zhang Juzheng's lectures began in the first year of Emperor Wanli, Zhang Zhang Juzheng had been responsible for teaching. It was difficult for the court officials to understand the power of these three words over Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

"I heard that this Altan Khan has abandoned Eternal Heaven and converted to Buddhism. Believing in Buddhism is good. Since these wandering monks are confusing people's hearts everywhere, why not capture them and send them all to Altan Khan's side to preach? Doesn't he believe in Buddhism?" Zhu Zhu Yijun's doubt today was not to stamp Zhang Zhang Juzheng's ideological brand; Zhang Zhang Juzheng's ideological brand had little left, and one should not chase a desperate enemy.

Zhu Zhu Yijun brought out a plan to solve the heresy. These wandering monks were difficult to deal with, and they were cheating people out of money and confusing people's hearts everywhere. It would be better to send them to the grasslands to preach. Presumably, the Buddha would be satisfied.

The court officials' eyes all lit up. This idea of His Majesty was quite lacking… no, it was quite brilliant!

Great Ming didn't want them, and Altan Khan was looking for them everywhere. There was no need for Altan to look anymore; Great Ming would pack these monks up and send them over. The dilemma would be solved by itself.

Believing in Buddhism is good. After the Liao Kingdom believed in Buddhism, they started pecking at each other like chickens with the Northern Song. You couldn't do anything to me, and I couldn't do anything to you. A great grassland power, and the Northern Song had lost the barrier of the Yanshan Mountains, yet the two countries were actually able to muddle along for so long. It was truly surprising.

After believing in Buddhism, aggressiveness would rapidly weaken.

"Do you all have any objections? Speak boldly." Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at the court officials. He had just suddenly come up with this idea and wasn't sure if doing so was good or bad.

The reason Altan Khan believed in Buddhism instead of Eternal Heaven was that he had betrayed the grasslands and become the King of Great Ming. Believing in Eternal Heaven could not bring him cohesion and centripetal force, so Altan Khan chose to believe in Buddhism. This was a realistic political need.

Zhu Zhu Yijun was not sure if this move was good or bad. After all, sending monks over would certainly increase Altan Khan's cohesion, which would be counterproductive and instead be bad.

Tan Lun pondered for a moment, looked at Qi Qi Jiguang, and said, "General Qi, I think these wandering monks are harmless. What does General Qi think?"

"Your Majesty, I also think so. Wandering monks are not resident monks." Qi Qi Jiguang answered this question and gave His Majesty a reference opinion.

Most wandering monks were those who had been driven out for not following the monastic rules and precepts. Wandering monks all had places to rely on; famous mountains and large temples would inevitably treat them with courtesy. These wandering monks scattered onto the grasslands—Altan Khan would find he had his hands full.

Tan Lun and Qi Qi Jiguang had been pacifying the Japanese pirates in the southeast for a long time. Compared to the north, there were more believers in the south. Tan Lun and Qi Qi Jiguang had come into contact with these wandering monks; they were all treacherous people. They could not provide any benefit to the rule, only harm.

Wandering monks? Just wandering bandits.

Altan Khan had already raised the banner of believing in Buddhism and could not go back on his word. Great Ming just needed to send these wandering monks outside the borders and let them fend for themselves.

What was quite interesting was that this demonic monk was discovered by the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard together. It was when the agents of the Eastern Depot went to the Xishan temple to offer incense that they heard the high monks in the temple report and denounce him, and then the Embroidered Uniform Guard visited, investigated, and captured him. It was not reported by those local gentry and gentry with green grasslands on their heads.

Since the local gentry and gentry went to pray for sons, they were probably aware of their own problems and were unwilling to let everyone know.

The high monks' initial motivation for reporting was very interesting: before a great disaster was brewed, they quickly disposed of this demonic monk. If the demonic monk really caused a civil riot in the capital region, and the Great Ming Emperor's severe punishment came down, they, the resident monks in the temple, would also be implicated.

Truly "let the fellow Daoist die, not the poor Daoist."

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Zhang Juzheng wrote the floating ticket and presented it to the imperial presence. In this matter, Zhang Zhang Juzheng stood out as a "non-stick pan."

The matter was not poked to the Zhao Wenhua Hall by him; it was the internal agents and the Embroidered Uniform Guard investigating the case. In terms of decision-making, he didn't want to kill, but Hai Rui and Wang Wang Chonggu cooperated to want to kill. As for the disposal of the wandering monks, the decree came from the Emperor; the idea was the Emperor's, and the one who nailed the coffin was Tan Lun and Qi Qi Jiguang.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng had no responsibility for the entire further rectification work targeting Buddhism. Even if Empress Dowager Li complained, she couldn't complain to Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

"In the Tianjin Right Guard, military soldiers Zhang Rong and more than ten others gathered to set up furnaces and privately cast copper coins. The surveillance discovered it, and the Ministry of Justice ordered the guard's seal-holding patrol officer to draft a crime and dispose of it." Minister of Justice Wang Wang Chonggu took out a memorial.

Prohibiting private casting had been a national policy set since Great Ming began casting money, but it had never been executed.

In the first month of the sixth year of Emperor Wanli (Chapter 283), Zhang Zhang Xueyan entered the court as Minister of Revenue and had once proposed beheading those who privately cast. Zhu Zhu Yijun had then instructed the wealthy households not to privately cast. With the scale of Great Ming's official casting increasing, the Emperor would really kill.

There was already a decree prohibiting private casting of copper coins by the people, but it was not executed. This was because it couldn't be executed. Currently, Great Ming's official casting was truly unable to satisfy Great Ming's demand, so it could only be handled by turning a blind eye.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng held the memorial, looked at it for a long time, and said, "What they cast are only iron coins, no more than two hundred strings a year."

There is not a bit of copper in the copper coins; they are all iron. The Guard Army cannot get copper, and even the Great Ming imperial court must rely on Yunnan copper from the southwest and copper mines in Luzon to obtain it, so the Guard Army naturally cannot get any.

"These treacherous people who privately cast gather crowds to trade. Every locality has patrol and inspection officials, yet they all ignore it. Why blame only the guard soldiers? In the Xicheng White Mill, there are more than ten private casting furnaces, black smoke day and night, everyone knows they are privately casting copper coins. Is the Grand Censor being a bit biased?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng put down the memorial and looked at Wang Wang Chonggu with unkind tone. What was the meaning of taking a knife to the guard soldiers?

There were more than ten private casting money shops in the capital of Great Ming. Wang Wang Chonggu didn't investigate these money shops but ran to Tianjin Guard to investigate the guard soldiers. This was typical of bullying the soft and fearing the hard.

Wang Wang Chonggu was also unambiguous and immediately said, "The private furnaces in the Xicheng White Mill are all furnaces of Marquis Wuqing, Li Wei."

Marquis Wuqing, Li Wei, Empress Dowager Li's biological father.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng was stunned, and then the corners of his mouth twitched. This matter was quite difficult to handle. This Li Wei really had him everywhere. Last time he had already been reprimanded by the Empress Dowager. The court already had a decree prohibiting private casting by the people, but this Li Wei was greedy for small profits, which was truly giving people a headache.

No wonder Wang Wang Chonggu didn't catch a typical case in the capital; the other furnace owners were all people who were not easy to provoke.

This private casting business in Great Ming was mostly done by these imperial relatives and nobles, so it was not easy to handle.

"Commander." Zhu Zhu Yijun saw that Zhang Zhang Juzheng couldn't handle it, so he gave a direct order to Zhao Zhao Mengyou. What couldn't be investigated?

Zhao Zhao Mengyou immediately replied, "I am here."

Zhu Zhu Yijun said with a serious face, "Go and seal the furnaces in the Xicheng. If there is any resistance, detain the Marquis Wuqing's mansion in the Heavenly Prison for a few days to calm down. If they still can't calm down, then revoke his title."

"Nonsense!"

Zhao Zhao Mengyou immediately bowed and said, "I obey the decree."

The Commander didn't have any hesitation, nor did he wait for the court officials' opinions. Matters of the super-grade were all managed directly by the Emperor. The Northern Division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was just such a Southern Yamen; it only listened to the Emperor's orders. If the Emperor said one, there was absolutely no two.

"Grand Censor, bring the Tianjin Guard soldiers to the capital for questioning, and then send them to guard the Danning Guard." Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Wang Chonggu. It was the same private casting. Marquis Wuqing Li Wei's scale sounded much larger than the guard soldiers' case. If the guard soldiers were to be disposed of, the Marquis Wuqing's mansion would have to be disposed of. Since the Marquis Wuqing's mansion was not to be disposed of, then only the guard soldiers could be disposed of.

Wang Wang Chonggu wanted to toss these guard soldiers about. It was obvious that the drunkard's heart was not in the wine, but in the powerful and wealthy. This Grand Censor had come to the Emperor to borrow strength.

"I obey the decree." Wang Wang Chonggu had no hesitation. Great Ming's prohibition of private casting had remained on paper until now, a decree that was not executed. So before officially pushing the decree, time was needed. Wang Wang Chonggu had supervised many projects. The matter of production capacity climbing was a practical problem, not something that could be solved by just opening one's mouth. Building an industrial chain required a very, very long time.

"Song Yingchang victory report: Regional Commander Wang Wang Rulong of Huining Guard beheaded 475 of the subordinates of Su Ba Hai under the Altan Khan department who were harassing Song Yingchang. The enemy army fled in disorder, repelling the enemy army that was offending Song Yingchang, expanding the territory by 42 li, and establishing camps and fortifications to defend." Zhang Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial and said with great emotion. In a few days, another victory report would be transmitted to the capital.

"Your Majesty, Su Ba Hai is actually quite formidable." Qi Qi Jiguang immediately added, "Under Altan Khan's tent, Dong Dong Huli is even more formidable than Su Ba Hai."

Being able to get such a high evaluation from Qi Qi Jiguang was already a very high evaluation.

Dong Dong Huli had killed Great Ming's Miyun Regional Commander Tang Tang Kekuan, and this Su Ba Hai was even more formidable than this Dong Dong Huli. Formidable was formidable, but he still hadn't taken any advantage in Wang Wang Rulong's hands.

"Wang Wang Rulong, Wang Wang Rulong, the person is like his name." Zhu Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Wang Wang Rulong's battle results. The Great Ming Capital Battalion had returned to its old nest, and the Altan Khan departments were naturally eager to move, immediately launching an attack on Song Yingchang.

The mountain road of the Great Xianbei Mountains was blocked by Great Ming. Even if they wanted to go to Huining Guard and Danning Guard to plunder, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Wang Wang Rulong and Su Ba Hai were also old rivals. When Wang Wang Rulong was stationed at Danning Guard, they had fought many times and were very familiar with each other. Wang Wang Rulong had received intelligence in advance and set up a pocket formation. This Su Ba Hai fell into the trap, threw away his helmet and armor, not only leaving behind five hundred corpses but also losing 42 li of land. Great Ming had again "arched an inch a day" and gained some grassland and land.

"Reward them all together. Reward them with the third-class merit. Bestow upon Wang Wang Rulong a crimson silk python robe, and let one son inherit the position of Guard Commander Assistant of this guard; Mobile Corps Commander Tao Chengcou is promoted to Acting Regional Military Commissioner, with four sets of silk, and still let one son inherit the position of Company Commander of this guard." Zhu Zhu Yijun's rewards were exceptionally generous, especially for the military soldiers stationed in Song Yingchang. They were rewarded with third-class merit, with rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, etc., converted into silver, about twenty taels of reward money per person.

Just a single reward, and the Great Ming Emperor had to withdraw 200,000 silver from the inner treasury.

Reporting to the Son of Heaven and saving the common people was the ideal and the soul of the army. Zhu Zhu Yijun, this Emperor, never let the military soldiers work in vain. As long as they were willing to do it, Zhu Zhu Yijun would give generous returns. According to Qi Qi Jiguang, as long as they could be given half rations, they could fight and defend; giving full rations was enough for the military soldiers to fight bravely and kill the enemy. Now the Great Ming army not only had full rations but also generous rewards, so morale was naturally high.

After the court deliberation, Zhu Zhu Yijun received the report. Zhao Zhao Mengyou had confiscated all the private casting shops, and Marquis Wuqing Li Wei had also entered the palace to plead guilty. Empress Dowager Li didn't pay any attention to Marquis Wuqing at all, not even seeing him. This Li Wei even thought of going to the West Garden to kowtow, but Zhu Zhu Yijun didn't see his maternal grandfather either, but instead issued an edict: if there were such rotten things next time and Marquis Wuqing was still involved, then don't blame the Emperor for being heartless.

The court officials had all seen what the Emperor looked like when he was heartless.

Li Wei was so scared that he couldn't even walk steadily.

Li Wei really didn't understand: why couldn't he earn this money? How much did he take? As for being confiscated by the Emperor himself, they were all one family; as for making such a scene?

Zhu Zhu Yijun actually didn't care how much Li Wei took. With those few furnaces of his, how much money could he turn over in a year? At most, calculate it at fifty thousand silver. The rewards Zhu Zhu Yijun gave to the Marquis Wuqing's mansion every year were about this amount.

But Li Wei, as the Empress Dowager's father, once he took it, those imperial sons-in-law and other relatives would start taking it. Once these relatives took it, then all the powerful and wealthy in the world could take it openly. Li Wei was the one who took the lead in breaking the rules. As long as Li Wei was fine, everyone below knew that they were fine.

Now that Li Wei had something wrong, the trend of private casting could be slowly prohibited, and the decrees of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice prohibiting private casting could be pushed forward.

Illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like pulling silk.

Great Ming's official casting was still under construction. Great Ming's people needed copper coins, and Zhu Zhu Yijun couldn't directly order a "one-size-fits-all" approach. The powerful and wealthy could use silver coins and silk currency, but what would the Great Ming people use? Whenever it involved the poor and suffering, Zhu Zhu Yijun appeared exceptionally cautious.

It was only in the afternoon that Wang Qian heard that someone wanted to impeach his father for having property outside the borders. He was covered in cold sweat. He didn't know about this matter at all, so how could he tip him off? In order to prevent news leaks, the impeachments of the Censorate had rules of avoidance, so no one told Wang Qian that Hai Rui was going to make trouble today.

As for the content of the court deliberation, Wang Qian didn't know anything at all. This matter seemed to stop at the court deliberation. There were all kinds of sayings, but the court officials didn't speak, so the content and specific details of this court deliberation could only be revealed when history was written in the future.

Now the Great Ming Imperial Palace had long since ceased to be a sieve. The court deliberation hadn't finished, and the streets were already full of jokes. Now the Great Ming Imperial Palace was impenetrable, and the people didn't believe the news coming out of the palace anymore. The reason was also relatively simple: because last time news came out of the palace saying that His Majesty had "ascended to heaven," but the next day His Majesty still appeared at the North Camp.

Feng Bao deliberately released a large amount of junk information to cover up those seemingly true messages, making people unable to distinguish between true and false.

The content of the court deliberation was even more highly confidential. As long as the court officials didn't speak, it was difficult for others to know easily.

Wang Qian returned home with a restless heart.

"Kneel down!"

Before Wang Qian entered the door, he heard a stern shout. His old man had long been waiting at the door, holding a ring-pommel saber in his arms, his eyes very cold and stern, obviously intending to "clean up the family" today.

"Dad!" Wang Qian entered the door, knelt down, and immediately said loudly, "I didn't know that Grand Censor Hai would impeach Father today. I didn't even know that Wu Wu Baipeng had found out that Father had property outside the borders."

"You didn't know?" Wang Wang Chonggu frowned and asked, "Do you really not know?"

"I don't know. The Censorate is avoiding suspicion now." Wang Qian said very definitely. This rule was activated by Hai Rui after he took office as the Grand Censor of the Censorate, starting the dormant "Regulations on Constitutional Affairs." Inside, there were punishments of three degrees for "hiding for relatives," "shielding," and "leaking." This rule hadn't been executed for nearly one hundred and seventy years.

Great Ming's officialdom was rotten, and this kind of mutual shielding had also been going on for more than one hundred and seventy years. Wang Wang Chonggu had really wronged Wang Qian this time.

"Otherwise, such a great merit…" Wang Qian knew he was in trouble as soon as he opened his mouth, and he immediately closed his mouth halfway through.

He let it slip!

"Rebellious son!"

Hearing this, Wang Wang Chonggu's originally eased mood immediately became irritable. He raised the ring-pommel saber in disbelief, intending to kill the rebellious son. This life really couldn't be lived anymore. He chased Wang Qian all over the courtyard, but after all, he was old, and after running a few laps, he still couldn't catch up.

Everyone else tipped off, but Wang Qian didn't. Wang Wang Chonggu was even angrier. They were all villains; what kind of upright official was he pretending to be?

Since he couldn't tip off, Wang Wang Chonggu was instead not so angry. He even suspected that Wang Qian wanted to deliberately anger him to death so he could inherit the family property!

"Dad, what happened in the Zhao Wenhua Hall today? Did you pass the test smoothly?" Wang Qian poured a cup of tea for his old man and asked curiously.

Wang Wang Chonggu said unhappily, "Don't ask about what you shouldn't ask."

Wang Qian immediately said, "This is our family's business, I have to know. Dad doesn't have any illegitimate sons to inherit the family business, right?"

"Hmm." Wang Wang Chonggu thought about it and felt it made sense. Huo Guang didn't tell his sons about his second wife harming the Empress of Emperor Xuan of Han, which led to the extermination of his clan. Some things were better for Wang Qian to know.

Wang Wang Chonggu explained the matter in the hall clearly. Wang Qian couldn't help but say, "Dad is still amazing. Such a big crisis was resolved just like that."

Wang Wang Chonggu's fingers kept tapping on the table without answering.

"What's wrong, Dad?" Wang Qian asked suspiciously.

"This was walking through the gates of hell, not an easy pass." Wang Wang Chonggu put down the teacup and said with great emotion, "His Majesty had some murderous intent. Secretly colluding with the Tatars—His Majesty must have considered it carefully."

"His Majesty keeps more than a dozen sables. Those were given to His Majesty by Marquis Marquis Ningyuan Li Li Chengliang. To tame these sables is much harder than dogs. As for dogs, when they are young, a few slaps and they won't guard their food. But masters who are bitten by dogs are all spoiled."

"To tame this sable, one must be both kind and strict, rewarding and punishing."

"His Majesty has never been bitten by a sable once."

"His Majesty is so amazing?" Wang Qian's family was wealthy, and he had also raised eagles, dogs, and sables. This sable was more powerful than a dog. This sable could drill into holes and drive out prey, but slightly larger dogs couldn't drill into holes. But few people raised sables; this thing wasn't easy to raise. His Majesty actually hadn't been bitten once.

Zhu Zhu Yijun raised sables to let them drill into holes and drive out rabbits. For the rabbits driven out by the sables, unlike others who would release the eagle as soon as they saw a rabbit, Zhu Zhu Yijun would draw his bow and shoot. He wouldn't dare say he never missed, but he could say he hit the target every time, and he hunted a lot.

Wang Wang Chonggu glanced at Wang Qian and shook his head, saying, "Because His Majesty wears gloves."

"Ah? Oh." Wang Qian thought His Majesty had some small tricks, but it turned out His Majesty wore gloves.

In an instant, Wang Qian also understood Wang Wang Chonggu's meaning. His Majesty's personality seemed careless, but he was actually very cautious. Once the Emperor determined that Wang Wang Chonggu's stance was problematic, he would be merciless.

And having property outside the borders was a typical stance problem. Was Wang Wang Chonggu really following the imperial order to appease the Northern Tatars, or was he "raising bandits to respect himself," relaxing defenses to favor the enemy, and stealing public property for private gain? Or perhaps both.

Obviously, Wang Wang Chonggu had indeed walked through the gates of hell, and in the end, His Majesty had still shown some leniency.

"His Majesty is truly a man of his word, analyzing specific matters specifically." Wang Wang Chonggu picked up the teacup again. It had to be said that the disciple taught by Zhang Zhang Juzheng was truly a man who valued faith and kept his word. After filling the loopholes of the Tax Inspection Institute, His Majesty had never once broken his promise to anyone. If he said he would kill your whole family, he would even shake the egg yolks until they scattered.

"Dad, such an important matter, why didn't you dispose of those grasslands outside the borders earlier?" Wang Qian frowned and asked. According to his old man's shrewdness, it was truly unreasonable that these grasslands hadn't been disposed of cleanly until now.

"I couldn't dispose of them. Do you think those Northern Tatars outside the borders only have killing and fighting in their brains? They gave me these grasslands just to hold my handle. Only when both sides have handles in their hands can things be done. These grasslands couldn't be disposed of, so I could only find a suitable opportunity to let His Majesty know, and then dump the grasslands on His Majesty all at once." Wang Wang Chonggu explained in detail why he couldn't dispose of them, because these grasslands were the ironclad evidence of Wang Wang Chonggu's secret collusion with the Tatars, and also one of the backhands the Northern Tatars used to hold Wang Wang Chonggu.

Wang Qian nodded repeatedly and said very approvingly, "So that's how it is."

"Zou Zou Yuanbiao muttered a few words to me. Looking at that meaning, he wants to overthrow Zhang. What does Father think?" Wang Qian asked, a bit unsure.

"Don't associate with Zou Zou Yuanbiao in the future. If you stay with a fool for a long time, you will also become a fool." Wang Wang Chonggu curled his lips as soon as he heard it. What kind of fool was this? He couldn't even catch up to hot shit.

What time was it, and he was still stir-frying cold rice.

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