Wanli Youming

Chapter 46
Zhu Yijun understood why Zhang Juzheng was able to successfully carry out reforms in history.

It turned out that Zhang Juzheng never thought that a reform could be carried out only with the support of the emperor, but he clearly knew that for a reform to be carried out smoothly, the entire bureaucratic system must be willing.

The so-called Juemin walks the road.

In essence, it is necessary to start from the bottom up to form the momentum to carry out a certain reform.

Of course, the bottom-up "lower" here only refers to the lower bureaucrats in the bureaucracy. According to the understanding of this era, they are the people-friendly officials at the state and county levels.

And Zhang Juzheng's so-called Juemin Xingdao also refers to making the entire bureaucratic class have the consciousness to carry out a certain reform.

The people here do not refer to ordinary people.

The root of this idea is still derived from Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind, which gave Zhang Juzheng the idea that the reform cannot be carried out smoothly only with the support of the emperor.

But at this time, after Zhang Juzheng said that, neither Hai Rui nor Zhao Zhenji said anything more.

Zhao Zhenji even bowed his hands to Zhu Yijun and said bluntly: "I am ashamed to be a member of Wang Xuemen, and my understanding is not as thorough as that of Yuanfu, so please allow me to take back what I played before. It is true that it cannot be changed when the ministers do not understand its disadvantages."

Hai Rui also said at this time: "Your Majesty, please take back what you said just now. What Yuan Fu said is indeed reasonable. The ministers are in charge of local administration, and it is necessary to rectify the subordinate staff first before implementing it. However, the imperial court administers major policies throughout the country. It is necessary to wait for the bureaucracy in the world to be rectified before it can be done. It is because the officials have neglected this point and did not treat officials the same as officials, and have forgotten that the officials are as evil as the officials are; Officials will be as clean as they are; officials will be as cunning as they are cunning."

When Hai Rui said this, except for Zhang Juzheng who was still quite calm, all the cabinet ministers and ministers present were a little worried.

Zhu Yijun couldn't help but laugh too.

He had to admit that there was a reason why Hai Rui was not liked by the entire bureaucracy, and he didn't know how to learn from Zhang Juzheng.

Although Zhang Juzheng thought so in his heart, he believed that officials would not devote themselves to royal affairs when their own interests were affected. Bureaucrats cooperate to form a consensus.

Only Hai Rui directly tore off the fig leaf of the bureaucrats, so that the image of honesty and love for the people that the bureaucrats tried to maintain in front of the officials disappeared.

As a result, as soon as Hai Rui said this, the entire Xinuang Pavilion became extremely quiet in an instant, and no one spoke again.

Zhu Yijun had no choice but to break the deadlock at this moment, and asked Lu Tiaoyang, Zhang Siwei, Wang Guoguang, and Tan Lun: "What about you?"

Lu Tiaoyang, Zhang Siwei, and Wang Guoguang all got up at this moment and said, "I second the proposal."

Zhu Yijun only looked at Tan Lun.

Tan Lun coughed violently for a while, then stood up and cupped his hands to Zhu Yijun: "I also agree."

Zhu Yijun nodded: "That's what Yuanfu Mr. Zhang said."

At this time, Hai Rui glanced at Tan Lun because of Tan Lun's cough, and after Zhu Yijun said, he immediately got up and cupped his hands again:
"Your Majesty! Although the new policy proposed by the minister and Elder Zhao Ge is not suitable for implementation at the moment, we can't do nothing this year."

"The old minister asks your majesty to transfer the minister, preferably to the southeast. I would like to urge the local officials to strictly implement the new policy of examination and achievement on behalf of your majesty, so as to achieve what Yuanfu wants to see. Let the local bureaucrats realize as soon as possible that if they are not clear, it will be difficult to complete the examination. Success, and then gain benefits in the official career, and also enable the court to select a group of officials who can effectively implement the New Deal and be considerate of the people's sentiments as soon as possible!"

The corner of Zhang Juzheng's mouth raised slightly at this time, and he cupped his hands immediately and said: "Your Majesty, I think Haigong's performance is very appropriate! This year I can't do everything, it is indeed the best policy to let Haigong go to Beijing to supervise."

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Since Mr. Zhang also holds this opinion, I will play it!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hai Rui continued, "Your Majesty, I still have something to say."

Zhu Yijun said, "Come on, sir."

"Today's discussion is to solve the shortfall this year. Although I have invited you to go to the southeast to supervise the government, it is not to solve the shortfall, so today's discussion is still fruitless."

"In addition, the deficit issue cannot be resolved, especially this year's problems concerning the desertion of Ji Liao soldiers, the lack of troops, and the failure to repair the side wall must also be resolved."

"What's more, the frontier affairs have not been stabilized, which can be described as a major disaster for the country. Since Yang Dazai (Yang Bo) was in charge of the army, he intended to straighten out the frontier preparations, and now the army Tan Gong also has this discussion."

"Yang Dazai has returned home seriously ill, and Tan Gong is also suffering from injuries. There is no time to wait for a capable minister to strengthen the border defense, Your Majesty!"

"The old minister believes that even if we need to wait for the clearing of the land and acres, we can't wait for the frontier preparations. At least we must solve the problem of a large number of soldiers fleeing due to insufficient food and wages in the Jiliao area while Tan Gong can still do it."

At this moment, Hai Rui began to talk freely.

Tan Lun couldn't help but looked at Hai Rui gratefully.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "That makes sense!"

At this time, Hai Rui took out a memorandum from his sleeve: "Since it is not feasible to clear Zhang Zhang's land for the time being, then I request that the family property of Wei Xuezeng, the former royal censor of Nanjing Youdu, be dealt with. Crime! In addition, the decree was not granted to the censor of the capital of Youqin, the governor of Baoding's prefectures Sun Piyang's family property, so he publicly withheld the grain and fertilizer from the grain merchants leaving the customs, so that the price of grain in the border town has not been reduced due to the bumper harvest in the first year of Wanli. It has increased a lot."

As he spoke, Hai Rui said, "This is all I learned from the investigation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Young Sima Wang, Xi'an Tongju Cheng Ce, Cheng Wen and Sun Gong's stepson provided evidence to prove it."

Zhang Hong took Hai Rui's playbook and handed it to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun opened it and took a look.

He knew that Feng Bao was not the only one who took bribes in his court, and according to the information provided by Dongchang, the outer court was also not clean.

Even Yuanfu Zhang Juzheng didn't even mention that he accepted the gifts, and if he really wanted to say that the cabinet ministers and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were absolutely clean, Hai Rui was probably the only one.

It's just that many of these cabinet ministers and ministers in the Longqing and early Wanli dynasties were greedy but still did things, and even many were capable ministers.

For example, he is willing to open the sea like a high arch. According to the records of "Wanli Ye Huo Bian", there have been records in history that his two step-sons fought in court for the millions of money left by him.

But Zhu Yijun didn't expect that Hai Rui would impeach the two giants of corruption at this time, and it was clear that he had already prepared for it. If the clearing of Zhang Tianmu fails, the court will continue to let the court solve the deficit by eating the big family.

"Your Majesty! I believe that Duke Wei and Duke Sun are both good ministers with military merits. Although they have made mistakes, they should not be investigated deeply. It is difficult for a minister to be able to do so."

At this time, Wang Guoguang couldn't help standing up to talk about love for Wei Xuezeng and Sun Piyang, after all, Hai Rui did go too far.

You must know that there is an unspoken rule among civil servants in the Ming Dynasty. Unless the person is too evil and offends the bureaucracy too deeply, no one will take the initiative to impeach someone for being corrupt. expose.

"Da Sinong can intercede for him, but he can't ignore the matter of looting grain!"

Hai Rui said.

Then, Hai Rui said, "What's more, this year we can't carry out the clearing of the land and acres, and it's even more impossible for the officials and gentry to pay the grain together. So what should we do with the deficit this year?"

"At least let's curb the floating things, and copy the greedy ink to make up for the shortfall, right? Is it worse to sit back and watch things go by?"

"Furthermore, I'm not saying that he should be sentenced to death. I just propose to confiscate his property first, to make up for the shortfall caused by the loss of food and salary, and to eliminate the side trouble caused by the lack of food and roads! As for the specific crimes against him in the future , it is entirely possible to discuss meritorious service first, and then convict him leniently."

"Your Majesty! The minister seconded the proposal!"

Tan Lun got up at this moment and replied.

He knew that Hai Rui did this because of himself, and not directly impeaching Xu Jie was considered a step back to take care of himself and Zhang Ju, so he had to go along with it at this time.

(End of this chapter)