The next day, morning court.

All officials came to the Golden Palace on time to welcome the late-arrival Emperor Longqing. Longqing has been addicted to women recently. Not only does his face look obviously bad, but his body also looks thinner every day.

After more than a year of getting along, all officials also knew what kind of personality Jiajing was. Unlike Jiajing, who was greedy and lustful, Longqing was already a lazy emperor who was greedy and lustful. Fortunately, Longqing did not have the courage to be lazy in the court!

Long Qing couldn't help but yawn and sat down on the dragon throne listlessly. After staying on the throne for more than a year, he also changed from the cautious little white rabbit to a little lamb with a temper, but he put his back on the chair handle to sit more comfortably on his own!

Chen Hong faintly felt that the court today was not peaceful, and followed the previous voice: "The officials are quiet! If you have something to report, you will leave the court without anything to do!"

The officials looked up at the five cabinet masters in front. Originally, Lin Yu was the brightest one, but as Xu Jie and Longqing gradually approached, Xu Jie was already like an old tree in spring, and the court showed a situation of two tigers fighting each other.

Xu Jie, who was standing in the front row, looked at his nose and his heart, just like an old monk entering into meditation, and he was no longer planning to stand up and report.

Nowadays, Xu Jie, Lin Weiran and other cabinet ministers will not take the initiative to report things. They often leave the people below to charge for them, and only stand up and win with one blow at critical moments.

Lin Weiran gradually restrained his edge, especially in recent times, he almost said nothing in the morning court.

Of course, his silence was neither a concession to Xu Jie nor an acceptance of his own failure, but a lot of things he did no longer need to go into battle in person.

Most importantly, he is waiting for a good opportunity, an opportunity to completely turn the situation around.

Although the five elders did not say a word, the Ming Dynasty eventually managed the vast dynasty of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, but had to deal with various affairs.

When it was the turn of the six ministers to report the matter, the Minister of Rites Zhang Juzheng requested the ruling to go to the Taimiao to declare the candidates for the enthronement of the Eastern Palace on the day of the enthronement of the Eastern Palace, and then reported to the reception for Shangyuan, the King of Zhongshan of Ryukyu Kingdom, to send people to pay tribute to the congratulations.

But there are not many things happening today, and Zhu Heng, the Minister of Personnel, and others did not take any action.

"Your Majesty, please allocate 180,000 Taicang silver to Liaodong Town, more than 56,000 taels to Jizhou Town, more than 51,000 taels to Yansui Town, more than 51,000 taels to Guyuan Town, more than 33,000 taels to Ningxia Town, and more than 41,000 taels to Gansu Town as the main and guest pay!" Wu Guifang, the Minister of War, was responsible for the distribution of military pay, but he went up to ask for the authenticity.

this……

Although the officials in the hall knew that the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of military salaries, they also secretly felt a headache when they heard the military salaries that each town needed to allocate.

With such a huge military expenditure, I just keep a group of incompetent soldiers. This military expenditure is like a meat bun to beat a dog.

Long Qing cheered up a little, but he carefully verified: "Wu Aiqing, is this number certainly correct?"

Many officials in the hall also turned their heads and looked at Wu Guifang. The rough calculation actually cost as much as 400,000 taels, but it was two-thirds of the income of the Huaiyan old law.

"Your Majesty, the amount of military pay required to be allocated this time has been repeatedly calculated by the Ministry of War and it is leaked!" Wu Guifang was stunned at first, and then replied seriously.

Longqing thought that he had to embezzle 10,000 taels of silver from Okura and enter the inner warehouse, and Xu Jie needed to reconcile it from the middle, so he turned his head and looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Ma Sen. Now he should be crying and poor!

"Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate 650 horses in Taipu Temple to Jizhen for 7,800 taels of silver, and Taicang can bear the remaining number!" Ma Sen faced Longqing's gaze and immediately made a statement.

Thanks to the increase in salt tax and tariffs in Guangdong Maritime Bureau, Suzhou-Hangzhou Weaving Bureau, and the increase in salt tax and tariffs, the Ming Dynasty's finances were not sufficient, but it was able to cope with the military expenditure of the nine borders.

Not only because Lin Qingran was in charge of the Ministry of War, but now he saw that the soldiers on the Nine Borders were becoming more and more military, especially Liaodong, Jizhou and Xuanda, which had the power to fight against the Mongolian army, making him willing to be the logistics manager.

Long Qing thought he would be shirked, but he didn't expect Ma Sen to agree so happily. He was stunned at first, and then said with a good word: "Authentication!"

Sometimes he really doesn't understand whether this Ministry of Revenue Okura is rich or not? But now Ma Sen doesn't even blink his eyelids in the face of huge military expenditures. But every time he asks for money, he is repeatedly rejected by financial difficulties.

Perhaps Li Fang is right. He can follow his father's emperor's imperial power and let Xu Jie and Lin Qingran check and balance each other, and his emperor is a fisherman.

"The emperor is wise!" Ma Sen and Wu Guifang didn't know what Long Qing was thinking, but they complimented him.

"Your Majesty, I have something to do!" Wang Bengu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, saw Wu Guifang retreating, and immediately took a step forward to submit a memorial.

A little eunuch next to him immediately stepped forward to take the memorial, but handed the memorial to Chen Hong, and then Chen Hong handed the memorial to Longqing.

Huh?

Ma Sen and others knew that Wang Bengu was not only a member of the Xu Party, but also very close to Yang Bo's Shanxi Gang, but they couldn't help but feel vigilant.

Now that Wang Bengu stands out, there may not be any good things, or even the fuse of a big collision between the two sides.

Guo Pu also felt a little strange, but turned his head and looked to the left, and saw a smile on the corner of Xu Jie's mouth.

Lin Qingran kept closing his eyes and resting, but when he heard Wang Bengu standing behind him, he slowly opened his eyes.

When Longqing took the memorial, he seemed perfunctorily and opened it: "Wang Aiqing, please report it!"

"Emperor, the nine sides are now peaceful, Mongolia has surrendered to my Ming Dynasty for a long time! Last winter, Mongolia encountered a cold wave, and my Ming Dynasty has abundant resources. Therefore, please show our style of the Supreme Kingdom and allow Shanxi and Mongolia to trade with each other to help Mongolia survive this disaster. King Shunyi will be grateful to the emperor, and the world will also praise the emperor's kindness!" Wang Bengu saw that the memorial had already reached Longqing's hands, and he immediately asked for his order.

this……

As the plan for mutual trading was suddenly thrown out, the entire Golden Palace became a slightest and everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

But he never expected that the relationship with Mongolia had just eased, and Wang Bengu actually proposed to trade with the Mongolians.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia have long been in a deep feud. Even though the relationship has eased now, the two sides are far from turning swords into jade.

Now the Ming Dynasty and Altan trade with each other, which seems to be a great power demonstration, but in fact it is a repeated compromise and concession to Altan.

What they didn't understand was that not only was this proposal just Wang Bengu's personal appeal, but also contained the strong wishes of the Xu Party and the Shanxi Gang.

"Your Majesty, the Mongolian wolf is not ambitious and has a plan!"

"Emperor, once Mongolia recovers its vitality, it will slaughter the people on my border. Please think twice!"

"Your Majesty, Altan has been planning to trade with each other for a long time and has experienced countless rapes from my people. How can I give it?"

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Pan Sheng and other officials quickly came to their senses. Given their integrity and their vigilance towards Altan, they all stood up and expressed their opinions.

this……

Longqing knew that Mongolia encountered disaster last winter, and Mandariwa repeatedly complained to him about this, he was also intentional to help Altan through the difficulties and demonstrate his wise style, but he did not expect to attract opposition from his ministers.

"Your Majesty, but I don't know if you still remember what Mr. Lin said last year?" Zhu Heng knew that trading was a move by Shanxi to sell the country and seek honor, but he stood up and bowed to Longqing.

Long Qing was stunned at first, and then asked in confusion: "Zhu Aiqing, don't you know what he said?"

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Many officials in the hall immediately remembered Lin Weiran's plan for the future last year. However, seeing Long Qing's reaction, they knew that this stupid emperor had forgotten the matter.

"The Mongols are ambitions. Once they get the flintlock gun through the trade, I will be in danger!" Zhu Heng looked up at Longqing, and said sincerely.

Wang Bengu seemed to have known that this argument would appear, but immediately retorted: "The victory of a country lies in the rule of a wise ruler, the peace and stability of the country, and the unity of the soldiers, why be afraid of a mere flintlock rifle? If you are really afraid of the leak of the flintlock rifle, you can strictly review the border, so that it is included in the untradable category. How can you miss it because of choking and abandoning your food and influence the foreign barbarians with virtue and show your reputation as a wise master of the Ming Dynasty!"

At the end, he bowed to Longqing, which made Longqing feel excited immediately.

Although he was afraid of the leak of flintlock rifle craftsmanship earlier, Altan became so honest after surrendering to himself, and he could also prevent as strictly as Wang Bengu said, which seemed to be a feasible strategy.

"You are so light, what if you leak it?" Wu Guifang knew that Wang Bengu was a lackey of the Shanxi Gang, so she immediately stood up and accused Wang Bengu.

Wang Bengu was ready to "fight the ministers in chaos", but immediately responded: "I thought that as long as I strictly guarded the situation, there would be no leaks! Now that the Ming Dynasty has a good relationship with Mongolia, instead of continuing to fight, it is also an opportunity to rest and prepare for war. This move can be said to be a win-win situation!"

Lin Weiran, who had been silent, laughed when he heard this argument. The so-called rest and preparation were just excuses. This was probably the same in the original history, but he didn't know that it was this measure of compromise with the enemy that ruined the Ming Dynasty and caused the Chinese nation to suffer a catastrophe.

Xu Jie noticed Lin Junran's strangeness, but stood up first and proposed: "Master, since this matter has caused such a big difference, why not leave this matter to postpone the discussion?"

Delaying discussion was undoubtedly a common way to solve problems in the Ming Dynasty. In particular, Longqing was not the final emperor like Jiajing, so we had to rely on the delayed discussion to solve problems.

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When the officials in the hall saw Xu Jie standing up at this time, they knew that the trade between them was not only Wang Bengu's personal wish, but also the common demand of the Shanxi Gang and the Xu Party.

Given that the Lin Party is a firm pro-war faction and now that the opinions of both sides are clearly different, the court in March will no longer be calm.

"Acceptance!" Longqing had no resistance to the trade, and immediately followed Xu Jie's advice.

"The emperor is wise!" Xu Jie saw that the goal had been achieved, and immediately bowed his hand and said in a compliment.

When Guo Pu and others saw the monarch and ministers singing again, they exchanged a wink helplessly.

The morning court continued, but the next few things were all small things, but there was no conflict.

As the sound of retreating from the court sounded, the officials respectfully sent off Emperor Longqing, who had been absent-minded.

Many officials couldn't help but look at Xu Jie more before leaving.

With Lin Junran's current reputation and the strong opposition from the pro-war faction, the Xu Party has no chance of winning at all. It's just that even though he knows that there is no chance of winning, why did Xu Jie push this matter to the postponement?

The rising sun has risen, shining the earth, rendering the Forbidden City magnificent.

As usual, Lin Qingran and Guo Pu were already infatuated with each other and returned along the palace road towards Wenyuan Pavilion.

Guo Pu looked up at the rising sun just now, but sighed lightly and said, "Ruoyu, you really expected it. Xu Jie really wants to promote a mutual market!"

"It's not difficult to guess this matter. Xu Jie is so close to Shanxi Gang, so he naturally wants to help promote the exchange of trade!" Lin Weiran's mouth looked bitter, but he said lightly.

Guo Pu nodded silently and said worriedly: "They seem to be here prepared this time!"

"The emperor is now full of beauties. If Wang Bengu is so bewitched, he is afraid that he hopes to open a mutual market. However, for the country and the people, the Ming Dynasty cannot trade with Mongolia now!" Lin Qinran had already seen through Long Qing's thoughts, but he expressed his firm eyes.

Guo Pu felt Lin Shiran's attitude, but he deliberately joked: "Is Ruoyu really not from a political standpoint?"

"I am the main war, but I will not be wary. If it can be resolved peacefully, it will be excellent! It is only now that the Ming Dynasty is now, the consequence of the peaceful solution is to make the national strength deteriorate day by day, and it is also a missed opportunity for China to rise!" Lin Qin said with contempt, and then said with contempt: "If we really trade with Mongolia for peace, not to mention losing our integrity in China, this court and border will only become more corrupt. I, Lin Qin, will definitely not agree to it, and the people of the nine borders will also receive blood debts from the Tartars!"

Guo Pu felt Lin Xu's determination to serve the country and the people, but sighed inwardly: "Old Master Xu and the Shanxi Gang are bound to win this, and now the emperor supports Xu Jie again, so this matter may be difficult to deal with!"

"I know! But no matter what, I will not compromise on this matter. I must lead the Ming Dynasty on the road to a strong military and make the Chinese nation stand at the top of the world!" Lin Qingran knew Longqing's attitude, but said without any retreat.

Now, he is not the poor scholar in Changlin Village who went up the mountain to chop firewood for food and clothing, but the most powerful Wenhua Hall Grand Secretary and Minister of War in the Ming Dynasty. He has the opportunity to become the helm of the times.

Guo Pu turned his head and looked at Lin Weiran, vaguely finding the shadow he was when he was young, but a kind of helplessness flashed across his eyes.

Once upon a time, he also wanted to be a good official for the country and the people, but in the end he found that this country belonged to the Zhu family after all, and he was just a minister of the Zhu family.

The same is true. Once your will is contrary to the current emperor, for the sake of the so-called loyalty and righteousness, and for the sake of his own wealth and glory, he often has to succumb to the will of the current emperor and make some actions against his will.
Chapter completed!