"You can't let my loyalty and courage make me sad, Wang Tong, you did nothing wrong."

After a quiet moment in the side hall, Emperor Wanli said slowly, after the army returned from a great victory, rumors spread in the capital, and rumors spread, until Wang Tong arrested people and warned him that the whole incident was Wang Tong.

At the beginning, it was speculation that Wang Tong was ill-behaved, and later it was Wang Tong who started to punish these rumor-producing bastards. However, the explanation just now made Emperor Wanli understand that what the civil officials were unwilling to see was not only Wang Tong made contributions, but also the martial artists achieved achievements.

These actions taken under the pretext of sages, righteousness, loyalty, etc., are really directed at yourself. The more the emperor makes the right decisions and the more successful the emperor will be, the more confident he will be in his words and the more he can have his own opinions.

If this continues, the civil officials of all yamen in the court will become weaker in their mastery of government affairs. The emperor does not need to listen to their suggestions or to establish great achievements without their help. Then the value of these civil officials will become more nihilistic, which is something that civil officials in the world do not want to see.

Therefore, they had to desperately deny and discredit Wang Tong's victory in northern Xinjiang, which also negated the significance of Emperor Wanli's decision.

Let the emperor know that the decision he made was wrong and was not good for the country and the country. There was no good result to obey the opinions of internal officials and military generals. However, this victory was so brilliant that they could not deny it from the formal procedures and could only go to the wrong path.

Previously, Emperor Wanli was experiencing his pros and cons in front of Shen Shixing. The reason why he could persuade the emperor was because Emperor Wanli realized that his position would be shaken and that the country and country might be unstable.

No matter how close friends, relatives, or even brothers, mothers and sons, they cannot give up any part when it comes to the throne and the world.

But now Wang Tong made Emperor Wanli realize that the civil ministers were also doing things that threatened the imperial power. They did not want the emperor to have too much authority, nor did they want the emperor to have too many achievements, and they were not even willing to let the emperor have too many close and capable confidants.

What the civil officials thought that if the emperor wanted to govern the world, he could only rely on the civil officials, listen to the suggestions of the civil officials, and rely on the civil officials to govern the country at all levels.

This form seems to be the form of the civil servants who are above the top level who manage the Ming Empire from the center to the local level according to their ranks. Emperor Wanli is just a void position. The real master of the Ming Dynasty is not him, but these civil servants and scholars.

"At that time, the Emperor's Ancestor, first Xia Yan, then Yan Song, and later Xu Jie, never let one person take charge of the government. At that time, Xu Jie x Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were not in charge of the government. Instead, after I ascended the throne, Zhang Juzheng was given authority for ten years."

Emperor Wanli murmured, Zhang Cheng was just looking at Wang Tong. He understood something about Wang Tong, but he felt a little confused. Wang Tong was staring at Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli was inspired by what Wang Tong said just now.

"I later reflected on myself and did not know how to check and balance, which led to Zhang Juzheng's autocracy, Zhang Siwei had such an autocracy, fortunately he returned to his hometown. After Shen Shi's behavior was assisted, the rest of the six ministries of the cabinet were all Zhang Siwei's party, letting them control each other and I took control of it."

Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli paused, looked back at Zhang Cheng, shook his head and said with a smile:

"If you let civil officials be the civil officials, you will be the civil officials in the final analysis. This time, Wang Tong, you will return from a great victory. Yan Qing arranged for someone to submit a memorial and arrange for someone to spread rumors. Shen Shixing came to see me. In the final analysis, it will be one!"

Emperor Wanli stood up from his seat and said with some emotion:

"What a man, since I was a child, I was a grandson, a crown prince, and then ascended the throne to the emperor. I was smooth sailing step by step. I was as talented as the emperor's ancestor. When I ascended the throne, I had to fight with Yang Ting and others. But the emperor's ancestor was so magnificent, and still had to use civil officials to control civil officials. Today, I am different. I want to do an unprecedented major event. I want to change the rules for so many years, be loyal to me, and be sincere in this country, and I want to keep him, and I want to give him glory and wealth. For his own power and status, no matter what the world is, I want to fool people with the principles of sages all day long, I want to let him go, and not waste money and rice."

The voice gradually became louder. Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli looked at Wang Tong and said:

"Why was the emperor's ancestor able to let civil officials control the general back then? But it was because of Lu Bing. Why did I dare to change this rule today? It was because of you, Wang Tong!"

Wang Tong quickly stood up. Before he could speak, Emperor Wanli stepped forward and patted Wang Tong on the shoulder, and said:

"Slandering meritorious ministers, this trend must not be long. Wang Tong, please let go and investigate. If there is anything, I will make the decision for you!!"

"Thank you for your kindness, I will definitely..."

"Long live, long live, I'm going to...

Before Wang Tong could finish his words, Zhang Cheng hurriedly interrupted. Emperor Wanli frowned and turned around. Zhang Cheng quickly bowed his head to apologize, but he still said hurriedly:

"Long lively, this matter is too easy to cause implication. At that time, there will be a lot of noise inside and outside the court and the country, and it may be difficult to end!"

"They will make noise like this. If my soldiers are clamored by this rumor, it will be really hard to end. What will they do then!"

Emperor Wanli turned around and said sternly, Zhang Cheng knelt down quickly. Emperor Wanli also felt that his tone was a little heavy and said:

"Parent Zhang, you are not wrong with you. The riot outside is so terrifying, so you have to beat it."

The atmosphere in the hall was a little awkward at this time. Since he had said this, Wang Tong had achieved his goal and Emperor Wanli's thinking was also opened.

Next, I talked about the army entering the city, the distribution of spoils, etc. When it comes to this, the a little nervous and awkward atmosphere in the hall just now disappeared a lot.

The incorporation of millions of taels of silver and the large amount of income generated by the naturalized city every year in the future will make the palace more expensive. Wang Tong also talked about the fact that the merchants have light and heavy firearms and protect themselves on the grasslands. After they have such powerful weapons, they will also have potential dangers to the border towns.

In order to make the Nine-sided land react quickly enough to suppress such dangers and timely suppress it, there should be a cavalry of about 3,000 to 5,000 people. In addition to what the cavalry should have, the equipment of this cavalry must also be equipped with enough firearms.

Such cavalry requires nearly 10,000 horses. In addition, saddles, bridles, weapons, and maintenance on weekdays all cost a lot of manpower and money. Last year, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue would curse for this proposal, but after winning the victory of Guihua City this year, the finances are greatly affluent, and horses are no problem.

But with this fast-reacting cavalry unit, whether it is necessary to set up the two border towns of Datong and Yulin is worthy of business, because placing the army at the point of Guihua City, the area of ​​Hetao on the grassland changed from being passive to actively attack, and the Ming Dynasty achieved a place of victory.

But these are all casual conversation. After a few words, Wang Tong was about to say goodbye. Before Wang Tong could speak, Emperor Wanli, who was interested in the cavalry unit, smiled and patted his forehead and said:

"After talking so much, I forgot to call you up for the serious business. Yesterday, Luo Sigong submitted a memorial to resign from his post. I have already approved it. He is a transitional figure. Wang Tong, I promised you to be the commander of the Jinyiwei, but was blocked by Zhang Siwei. Today, it is my duty to do what I said. I will send someone to the Jinyiwei to announce the imperial edict tomorrow. You are now the commander of the Jinyiwei!"

Wang Tong had to get up and kneel down to thank him. Emperor Wanli smiled and waved his hand, and said:

"Get up, this position is not because of your military achievements. This is what I promised you. For military achievements, you have the title of Duke. But it's still a long time. The title I have given you this time is a title of marquis. The title has been decided, and the title of marquis has been decided. This is also related to your achievements."

Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli smiled and said:

"You can do this by yourself. Report the number to me at that time, and I will be sure."

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Some secret talks will not allow Zhao Jinliang to participate. In such occasions, Zhao Jinliang usually waits for me outside the hall gate. When Wang Tong said goodbye from the hall, he happened to meet him.

The sun sets in the west and has been covered by the surrounding city walls. Just as Zhao Jinliang was about to greet him, Wang Tong said with a smile:

"Xiaoliang, please send someone a message to Zou Yi and ask him to come to me soon. I have something to say!"

When circulating messages in various yamen in the palace, Wang Tong could only ask Zhao Jinliang to help. Zhao Jinliang was stunned. Wang Tong had already walked out under the guidance of the eunuch.

There was still a distance from the palace gate, but Zou Yi rushed up in a sedan chair. This was also one of the privileges of eunuchs in the palace. Zou Yi got out of the sedan chair and the eunuch who led Wang Tong to stay away consciously. Wang Tong simply said the conversation in the palace. Before Zou Yi could react, Wang Tong spoke:

"Don't ask me for it first, I'll ask you first. What I said to Your Majesty, Eunuch Zhang should think that I am a treacherous minister like Jiang Bin, Qian Ning!"

After hearing what Wang Tong said, Zou Yi pondered for a while and said with a wry smile:

"If you really told Brother Wang, you may be inferior to these two people in the heart of the adoptive father..."

Wang Tong shook his head and walked a few steps, and spoke in a solemn voice:

"Go and tell Eunuch Zhang that since Emperor Wuzong, because of Liu Jin and Bahu, the three emperors have strictly restricted the inner court. They only know the outer court, but do not know that the situation in the inner court has been almost a hundred years. Now, by accident, if there is such a great opportunity, does Eunuch Zhang want to seize it?"
Chapter completed!