Although the emperor's bedroom was the Ganqing Palace, after the 23rd year of Wanli, the emperor lived in Yikun Palace for most of the time.

After returning from Diaoyutai, Wanli and Concubine Zheng lie on the bamboo chair and rest. The weather has turned cold and there are cushions under the bamboo chair. In a few days, the bamboo chair will be put away.

In the past decade, the weather has been somewhat abnormal, and the temperature has dropped earlier than in the earlier years and has dragged longer, which has led to poor harvests in some places.

Fortunately, the scope of the impact was not large, and the court provided timely relief, so no refugees were caused. But if this continued, no one could guarantee whether there would be a large-scale famine. After all, no one knew whether the bad weather would end here or continue.

The cabinet's opinion on this is that wherever the fire starts, the water will be extinguished. Wherever there is famine, the relief will be provided. Wherever there are refugees in chaos, the suppression will be suppressed.

Wanli was worried about this. The common people understood the truth. He didn't understand why his ministers didn't understand. Wherever they were infuriated, it seemed to be the right medicine, but if they were infuriated everywhere, which one would have to be extinguished.

One province is easy to handle, two provinces, and three provinces?

However, Wanli could not tell his ministers about his concerns, because the world is still peaceful, and small-scale famines and dynasties that are not incurred, so he could not make a big fuss and scold his ministers for not fulfilling their responsibilities. If he really did this, it would seem that he, the emperor, was very unreasonable.

The table was filled with fruits tribute from Lingnan, among which bananas were the ones that Wanli liked to eat. Both the palace servants and the inner prisoners were sent out by Concubine Zheng. She knew that when her husband was alone with her, she didn't like having outsiders by her, even if she was a slave to her, she couldn't do it.

The secret letter from Chen Ju was placed on the imperial table. Usually, the Dongchang would present a large amount of information to the palace every day, including court officials, civilian prices, border military information, vassal state qualities, and criminal cases.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he launched three major campaigns, among which the factory guards made great efforts, especially in the battle to aid Korea in the fight against the Japanese. A large number of factory guards were active in North Korea and made great contributions to the victory of the war.

Therefore, although the outer court had many dissatisfaction with the factory guards, Wanli was always expanding the factory guards' organization without any intention of weakening them.

The large amount of funds required for this came from the mining supervision and taxation envoys sent to various places. As soon as the factory guards had more staff, the "fresh clothes and angry horses" appeared frequently in various places, which naturally frightened local officials and gentry. A few days ago, there were merchants and people focusing on riots in various places. The on the surface was the mining supervision and taxation envoys, but there was no intention of opposing the factory guards behind them.

The thousand-mile dike was destroyed by an ant hole, and Wanli knew it well. If the mining tax made him give in, he would retreat step by step. The foreign court would definitely take advantage of the situation and seek to weaken the factory guards until the emperor had no means to do it.

Wanli is definitely not an emperor who is willing to be trapped in the deep palace and becomes a puppet, so he strongly expressed his attitude to the cabinet - he threatened the chief assistant Ye Xianggao with a hunger strike and had to severely punish the mob.

However, this sounds like the greatest sorrow of being an emperor.

He could only use hunger strike to deal with his subjects. The discomfort of the Emperor Wanli, he knew, the people around him knew, and his ministers knew.

There is no way. The emperor had no power to mobilize except those slaves and factory guards who were sent everywhere.

The Xunqin side had long been abolished. The border generals fought with the outside court in great enthusiasm.

The outer courts, whether it was Donglin, Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Kunxuan and other parties, regarded them as enemies when fighting against the emperor, but they took the same attitude and had a very tacit understanding between them.

Even though the recent decline of the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties under the suppression of Donglin has caused some officials of the three parties to move closer to the emperor in order to balance Donglin. However, these officials are still very few and insufficient in weight.

This is also why Wanli delayed the addition of cabinet ministers again and again. He did not want to see a cabinet that even himself, the emperor, could not influence or interfere.

The Donglin Party has been too strong in recent years. It is so strong that Wanli is deeply afraid of it.

After the secret delivery of the East Factory was sent to the palace, the eunuch of the East Factory was responsible for filing and collecting the important information and the emperor. On the Jinyiwei, the commander-in-chief of the city was regularly entered into the palace to report.

Sometimes, factories and guards may present the same thing to the emperor, which allows the emperor to confirm the truth of the matter from two sources of information, so that they do not have to listen to and believe in the outside world.

The eunuch of the East Factory was also owned by Si Li, who was the chief eunuch of Chen Ju. In his identity, it was impossible for him to enter the palace for information about a small person whom the concubine wanted to meet.

He entered the palace mainly for two major events, one was the matter of Li Sancai's entry into the cabinet, and the other was the matter of Jianzhou Guard in Liaodong. The reason why he brought the seal to the concubine was to show his goodwill to the concubine.

Chen Ju said that Nurhaci, the leader of the right guard of Jianzhou, Liaodong, had the intention to cause trouble. After his younger brother Shurhaci, the leader of the left guard of Jianzhou, came to Beijing to pay tribute, Nurhaci had always complained and sent troops to capture and kill more than a hundred Shurhaci's troops. In order to prove his intelligence, Chen Ju told Wanli the nursery rhymes circulating in the capital a while ago.

Given that the court had just won over Shurhaqi in order to balance his brother, if Shurhaqi was killed, the court's efforts would be in vain, and the abandonment of Kuandian Six Forts became worthless. Therefore, Chen Ju thought that when Liaodong was allowed to enter the territory, he would send troops to protect Shurhaqi when necessary, and even wipe out Nurhaci.

Wanli was amused by the secret sent from Tongzhou at that time. He was in a good mood. In addition, he had always been concerned about the border affairs in Liaodong, so he asked Chen Ju to issue an order to Li Chengliang in his name, so he asked him to wait for an opportunity to deal with it. He would never let Jianzhou dominate the country.

In the original words of Wanli, Jianzhou is his hand. If Jianzhou is in chaos, I will ask him Li Chengliang.

Chen Ju received the order, but there was one thing he didn't dare to report, because he felt it was absurd, so he didn't dare to report it randomly.

The matter was found out by the people from the Jinyiwei in Liaodong. The main people in the East Factory were all transferred by the Jinyiwei, so Chen Ju had his own way to learn about this, and he had to know it first than the Jinyiwei instructed Si Luo Sigong.

This incident means that Lee Chengliang intends to recruit troops to supervise the troops of Jianzhou and Ye He and other troops to invade North Korea, and proclaims himself the King of Korea in accordance with Li Chenggui's old rules.

If this matter is true, it is really sensational.

Chen Ju knew that the emperor believed in Li Chengliang very much, and he valued Li Rusong, the son of Li Chengliang, and was confident and bold in handing over Liaodong to the Li family to guard. Therefore, if he had no evidence, he would report this to the emperor, and he would probably be scolded, so he wisely kept silent.

However, he was also careful and ordered to strengthen surveillance of Liaodong after returning. After all, Li Chengliang and Li Chenggui were only one word apart, and his ancestors also lived in North Korea for several generations.

Knowing people but not your heart. Chen Ju couldn't prove it to Li Chengliang in person. He could only find a way to prove whether it was a rumor or whether it was true.

"I asked Guotai to go to Jiangnan to find famous scholars to edit books. He would have to get a live treasure back." Wanli peeled a banana, but did not go to eat it. Instead, he waved it in front of Concubine Zheng a few times, which made Concubine Zheng rolled his eyes.

"That little guy is really interesting. The factory guard hawk and the Kedao lackey sounded very good. But his words were rough and not rough. They were all officials of the court. How could the hawk and dog say it? I just annoyed those people, all of them were noble, as if others were not as good as them. How could there be a saying?" Wanli scratched his head and didn't remember it for a moment.

Concubine Zheng laughed and said, "Does Your Majesty want to say that they are born from the same roots? Why are they too anxious to fight each other?"

"Well, is that right? They are all officials of the court, so what are they fighting?" Wanli laughed, then his face darkened, and he said angrily: "The little guy said it interesting, but it was unreasonable. He didn't know that the factory guards were my hawks, but Kedao was not my lackeys. If they were all my lackeys, why did I stay in the palace for so many years, and why did I beg for so sad?"

Concubine Zheng sighed, grabbed Wanli's arm, and said softly: "Your Majesty regards his ministers as hawks and dogs, and if they are spread, they will be scolded again."

"I'm used to it."

Wanli smiled bitterly, and he was really used to being scolded. At first, he was angry and issued an order to dismiss office, beat a board, and exiled. Later, he ignored him and ignored him. In this way, his eyes were gone and his heart was purified.

Concubine Zheng felt a little cold, so she asked the palace servant to get the quilt. However, the eunuch Liu Cheng came in and reported that Wang Tiqian had returned from Hebei and was a marquis outside the hall.

So fast?

Concubine Zheng was a little surprised and asked Liu Cheng: "Has someone brought it?"

Liu Chengdao: "I brought it, and I am also here to stay outside the hall."

Concubine Zheng nodded, looked back and smiled at her husband, "I said that the baby is here, that little guy is here."

Wanli stretched happily and said, "You, I don't know how precious Dong Qichang's paintings are. I have to be shameless even if I want to ask for them. You should just leave them to that little guy. I don't know what this little guy wrote on it."

"Didn't Your Majesty say that Cathay Pacific has made a living treasure?" Concubine Zheng covered her teeth and smiled, "It's also a treasure. It's rare to meet such an interesting little guy. I want to have a good time to see it."

"Cultivation, the living treasure is also a treasure. Come, let me see what this living treasure is about." Liu Cheng waved his hand in the Wanli Dynasty, and Liu Cheng respectfully stepped forward and handed the scroll in his hand to Wanli.

"If it is ruined, what should I do with him?" Wanli Yili opened the scroll and smiled, "If it really doesn't work, just castrate this kid and leave it with her beloved concubine."

"Your Majesty is getting less and less like an emperor now."

Concubine Zheng was anxious to see the portrait of her mother and asked the little guy to write something. She helped her husband open the scroll, and the couple looked to the right at the same time.

I saw two sentences on the top and bottom of the chapter: "Golden nests and silver nests are not as good as grass nests; heaven and earth are not as close as mother."
Chapter completed!