Wanli Youming

Chapter 19 Dare to be the first in the world!
Zhang Juzheng put back on the case the chapter he was about to write to Zhu Yijun, and continued: "At least this possibility cannot be ruled out!"

Zhang Jingxiu cupped his hands: "Please enlighten me, father."

Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly, and said: "It seems that Feng Bao is using Zhang Jing to get rid of Sun Dexiu, so that His Majesty thinks that he has no greed for power. But who knows, is Zhang Jing cooperating with His Majesty to deceive Feng Bao?"

"Knowing people, knowing the face, but not knowing the heart, with His Majesty's precocious wisdom, plus, if this whale is a bold person instead of Zhang Hong's generation who is so worldly and safe, wouldn't Zhang Yong and Yang Anning (Yang Yiqing) get rid of Liu Jin? thing?"

What Zhang Juzheng said about Zhang Yong and Yang Yi's elimination of Liu Jin refers to the fact that during the Zhengde period, the eunuch Zhang Yong fought against Liu Jin because of his conflicts with Liu Jin and joined forces with the civil servant Yang Yiqing.

From Zhang Juzheng's point of view, Zhang Jing might not have the desire to overthrow Feng Bao and make himself better, and at the same time, he could be regarded as catering to the emperor's desire.

After Zhang Jingxiu heard this, he suddenly realized, and asked, "It's possible for father to say so, so should we remind Eunuch Feng and let him be on guard against Zhang Jing?"

"No need!"

"If Zhang Jing really knew how to cater to His Majesty's wishes, why did our Zhang family offend the emperor because of Feng Bao?"

"In this world, only the Son of Heaven is the one who can truly give grace and dew, not Feng Bao!"

"Furthermore, Feng Bao may not be ignorant, but he has no choice but to trust Zhang Jing. After all, no matter how much he relies on the empress dowager to gain power, he is nothing but His Majesty's servant!"

Zhang Juzheng sighed as he spoke, with a look of disappointment on his face, and said: "But if this is the case, will the son of heaven taught by his father be the second world temple (Jiajing) who only knows how to use tricks to seize power?" , but don’t know how to govern the country with the Dao? Isn’t this worrying?”

Zhang Juzheng frowned, and then picked up the new book "Di Jian Tu Shuo" that he was writing himself, and said with a wry smile: "I have taught him so many stories about the Holy Lord, and he understands the principles of the emperor, but he still can't wait to put his wisdom first." Playing tricks with the sycophants around me, it can even be said that he is self-taught!"

"To Jun Yao and Shun can be described as difficult!"

"Father! My son heard that your majesty's lectures, readings, and sutra banquets are all deeply learned, and praised by all officials, and they are not necessarily just a king with skill and no way. Besides, the empress dowagers of the two palaces are very strict. Father, you and the officials are also very strict. He taught very diligently, as for His Majesty's intention to seize power now, maybe it's just not controlled by Feng Bao."

Zhang Jingxiu comforted him with kind words, a father who put more attention on cultivating the emperor than on cultivating his own sons.

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "You are right, now it seems that Weifu can only throw stones and ask for directions for the restructuring in advance."

"Throwing stones to ask for directions?"

Zhang Jingxiu asked.

Zhang Juzheng said with a meaningful smile: "That's right! It can also be regarded as the father, the son of the imperial teacher examination school, to test whether he has the heart to reform and reform. Back then, Shimiao played with all the officials in the palm of his hand and exercised power in Kyushu, but Don't dare to be the first in the world, and I don't know if His Majesty dares to be the first in the world since he is so young and intelligent!"

"How does father plan to take the school exam?"

Zhang Jingxiu asked.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Tomorrow is the day to watch the court. Let Yu Shi restart the roll call system that was not strictly enforced in the Longqing Dynasty! Start cleaning the court hall to see His Majesty's attitude! I hope His Majesty will use Hai Rui not just to check and balance as a father, but to use it as a father." Zhang Jing is not just trying to defeat Feng."

According to Zhang Juzheng's daily schedule for Zhu Yijun, the emperor's student, every third, sixth, and ninth day, there will be a court inspection, that is, an early court meeting will be held.

The rest of the time is spent in lectures and readings in the Wenhua Hall except for the sutra feast.

This day, the ninth day of March, happened to be the day of watching the dynasty again.

Watching the court is very hard, not only for the emperor, but also for the officials, especially the officials who live far away from the palace. If they want to be late for the morning court, some dare not sleep the night before, and simply sit and wait until the early morning Just go to court, and prepare to go home to catch up on sleep after the court meeting is over.

Fortunately, Emperor Longqing was cowardly and considerate of all officials, even conniving, which led to the fact that many times the dynasty was in vain. Emperor Longqing would not dispose of it either.

And this phenomenon continued until the first year of Wanli.

Who made today's son young.

The officials felt that the young Wanli Emperor would not know how to maintain the authority of the Emperor Gang and the Law of the Country, and to clean up the laziness of the bureaucrats and their disrespect to the Law of the Emperor.

Therefore, the officials will still be absent from work, and those who are late will be late.

Zhu Yijun also knew this, but he didn't want to show his sword to the bureaucrats of Ming Dynasty in the early years of Wanli because he was already the Wanli emperor with the soul of the modern people of later generations, to purge the laziness among the bureaucrats and their contempt for the emperor's rules and national laws.

Because Zhu Yijun made up his mind to hide his political intentions when Zhang Juzheng was still ruling the country for him, and when he was still under the control of Queen Mother Li and Feng Bao. As long as Zhang Juzheng did not take the lead, he would never show any The intention of innovating to eliminate malpractice and purging the court system is to wait steadily until the time when the power is in power in the future, and then give the bureaucratic group a big surprise by surprise.

Therefore, during this period of time, every time Zhu Yijun looked at the court, he turned a blind eye to the officials who were absent from work and late.

However, what Zhu Yijun did not expect was that the early court on the ninth day of March in the first year of Wanli was quite different.

Zhang Juzheng also took great pains to allow his emperor's student Zhu Yijun to have more time to study, because considering that the formal early court etiquette was too cumbersome and time-consuming, he did not allow the early court to be held in the main hall, but at Xuanzhimen.

In this way, a lot of procedures can be saved because they are not watching the court in the main hall, making the whole early court process much simpler, and it will not make a young emperor too tired.

But when Zhu Yijun was going to Xuanzhi Gate to watch the court that day, he heard outside the gate that there was actually a censor holding a roster to roll his name!
And after Jin Yiwei ordered all the officials to enter the court because of Zhu Yijun's arrival, the censor who called the roll began to report to Zhu Yijun to impeach the officials who did not arrive at the court on time.

"Qizou Your Majesty, I have impeached Fu Ning Hou Zhu Gang, Xin Ning Bo Tan Guozuo and other 270 four courtiers who did not go to the court without first asking for illness! There is a crime of dereliction of duty and ignorance of the law of the country. Your Majesty please judge!"

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng after the imperial censor was named, that is, the censor Wang Shi of Shanxi Road, and gave out the performance.

Ever since he saw the censor's sudden roll call and strict inspection of attendance, Zhu Yijun guessed that Zhang Juzheng was going to make trouble, and he was going to start with the rectification of officials.

It is impossible for a politician who is determined to reform to be content with the status quo. Sooner or later, he will use the opportunity of taking power to do some practical things.

Zhu Yijun is also willing to cooperate, not to mention that this is exactly what he wants to see, let Zhang Juzheng reform for him, take action against Daming's increasingly lazy bureaucracy for him, and then revive the gradually corrupt bureaucracy, and pave the way for further development in the future. preparations for fiscal reform.

So, not long after, Zhu Yijun pretended to be surprised and said: "There are so many courtiers who have not yet come to court? Is this a trifling matter? Although I am young, I dare not be lazy and look at the system of the dynasty. Even if you work hard, you shouldn't be so contemptuous of me and despise the emperor's guidelines and laws of the country!"

After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Mr. Yuan Fu, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

　It is recorded in Fan Shuzhi's "History of the Late Ming Dynasty" that in the early Wanli period, the absence or lateness of all officials in the early dynasties was very serious, and sometimes more than 200 absenteeism.So there is such a plot.It can be seen that in the early court, not only the emperor would be lazy, but in many cases, the ministers would also be lazy and miss the early court.

　
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