Wanli Youming

Chapter 65

Wan Shihe stood there in astonishment.

Immediately, he had no choice but to leave the cabinet lonely, and immediately signed up for resignation after returning.

The next day, Zhu Yijun approved his resignation.

Daming has no shortage of people who want to be ministers of the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, Wan Shihe's departure is not a big deal.

It's just that after Wan Shihe resigned and returned to his hometown, his grandson Wanchang said: "Father, grandson already knows about your resignation, and also knows that you disobeyed Jiangling's intentions, and said that you are waiting to be dismissed as a citizen. If you want to talk about politics, you won't be retained by the emperor. If that's the case, do you want your grandson to immediately contact the gentry and the students in the village, listen to your discussion of government affairs, and criticize Zhang Jiangling?"

"What policy is being discussed?!"

Wan Shihe said angrily, saying:
"He, Zhang Puzhou, was reluctant to give up his position as a cabinet minister for the gentry and students of the world. Could it be that you made the Wan family really want to become a clan of common people for the sake of the gentry and students of the world?"

"Is it because it's too easy for the college entrance examination, or is it too easy for our Wan family to get in and out of Jinshi?"

"Now your eldest father, I am just resigning from office, and I still have the title of Minister. If I am dismissed as a commoner, how will I take care of my family property?"

"Will other gentry not take the opportunity to seize my property because your elder father speaks for them?"

After hearing this, Wan Changqi had no choice but to say embarrassingly, "Grandson is just asking."

"He Zhang Jiangling is very powerful, he knows how to deal with the gentry and students in the world!"

"And your eldest father, I just said so, but I didn't plan to really do it, and there's no need for it!"

Wan Shihe then said: "As long as His Majesty is in charge in the future, everything will be changed. It's okay not to speak for now. It's better than losing the official status. That's related to preferential treatment!"

Like Wan Shihe, the gentry students in Ming Dynasty were not so stubborn. After the imperial decree required them not to discuss politics, most of the gentry students took the initiative to shut up. Continue to discuss state affairs.

As a result, the voices of people criticizing the further opening of the sea and the voices of criticizing Zhang Tianmu have dropped sharply.

A few months later, Zhu Yijun also learned that the imperial decree prohibiting gentry and students from discussing politics was effective, and many gentry and students did not dare to discuss politics anymore.

But Zhu Yijun also knew that most of the gentry students were so obedient because they were waiting for him, the emperor, to grow up.

These people believed that Zhang Juzheng's new policy, which was implemented by Zhang Juzheng, taking advantage of his youth and authority, would not last long and would be abolished sooner or later, so they did not choose to fight fiercely.

"It is not difficult to suppress the gentry and the students."

"The difficulty is when the rich and powerful bureaucrats stand together with the gentry and students, and even when the common people stand together to oppose the New Deal."

"The most worrying thing now is that the vassals, nobles, foreign relatives, eunuchs, and generals who are also affected by Qingzhang's fields are also dissatisfied with Qingzhang and other new policies, and what should they do if they unite with the gentry?"

"However, for the time being, the generals have enough food and salaries from the imperial court, and Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and other major generals check and balance each other."

"In addition, although Qi Jiguang, the commander of the southern army, has the largest and strongest military force in the north, he is not compatible with other generals on the nine sides of the north, so there is no need to worry that the generals will directly coerce the military households and the people because of Qingzhang. united rebellion."

"As for the vassals, they have no roots. The same is true for nobles, and the foundations of foreign relatives are even shallower! The eunuchs dare not fight against the emperor now. After all, Feng Bao's Yin Jian is not far away, not to mention that the eunuchs are nothing without the emperor. .”

"But I'm afraid that the combination of these three will affect the two queen mothers, and then they will collude with some bureaucrats and gentry who are still unwilling to let go, and unite with the two palace queens, so that the two palace queens will rely on the natural advantages of Confucian filial piety to force me to dismiss in advance Zhang Juzheng, re-appoint new ministers and abolish the New Deal."

Royal Garden.

Zhu Yijun was thinking secretly while walking on the green path.

The Ming government and the public that suddenly became quiet made him always feel that there was going to be a bigger movement.

But now, the calm of all this is just that the volcano has not yet erupted.

It is now the end of the third year of Wanli.

The Qingzhang of Tianmu in the north and south of Zhili has been going on for almost a year.

The day when the whole country will be cleared up is getting closer and closer.

Moreover, the lands of many nobles, foreign relatives, and even the eunuchs and noble gentry of the inner court have been wiped out a lot, and it is logical that they have almost reached the point where they cannot bear it.

You must know that the nobles, relatives, and even the inner court and officials and gentry concentrated in the north and the south are the most.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun has no reason to ignore the dissatisfaction of Xungui, his relatives, and the inner court chief, especially Xungui and his relatives.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun was also worried that these people would have reached the point where they could not stand Qingzhang, and began to unite with the Queen Mother to force himself, the emperor, to resign.

You must know that in history, the biggest obstacle to Qingzhang Tianmu came from vassals, nobles, foreign relatives, and nephews. That's why Zhang Juzheng presided over the Qingzhang in history. Completely done.

What Zhu Yijun is more curious about is how Zhang Juzheng will respond, will he compromise?But if you choose to clean up the fields of officials, gentry and rich people, how can you convince the public?

Could it be that the vassals and nobles who really accounted for the majority did not dare to move?

What if the emperor himself supports it?
"My lord!"

And at this moment, Zhang Hong suddenly appeared and ran towards him quickly.

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Hong handed over a memorial and said: "Censor Zhu Nanyong impeached Uncle Wu Qing for using inferior cotton when making fat jackets for the frontier army, causing frostbite to many soldiers!"

After Zhu Yijun heard this, it sounded like Jiao Lei was ringing in his ears.

"It's here, I said how could Xungui's relatives not be involved."

However, Zhu Yijun only said this.

At this time, Zhang Jing said from the sidelines: "My lord, this censor has ulterior motives. In name, he is not afraid of the powerful and directly impeaches Wu Qingbo. deal with it!"

"If Mr. Yuanfu Zhang is dealt with according to the law, it will naturally make the emperor and the empress dowager feel dissatisfied with Mr. Yuanfu Zhang."

"If the net is lenient, it will naturally make Yuanfu Mr. Zhang show a show that he dare not do anything to the real dignitaries, and they will then use Wu Qingbo's relationship with the emperor's grandfather to encourage Wu Qingbo to boycott the New Deal, such as forcing The emperor and the queen mother put pressure on Yuanfu Mr. Zhang."

"It's really a poisonous plan!"

"At the end of the day, it's my grandfather who messed around with himself!"

Zhu Yijun said something, and then asked Zhang Hong: "Where is grandpa now?"

Zhang Hong replied: "It's with the Empress Dowager."

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun walked towards Queen Mother Li.

Since Zhu Yijun implemented the double salary system for people around Queen Mother Li, people around Queen Mother Li basically became his eyeliner.

At this moment, as soon as Zhu Yijun came, the maid who was waiting outside the palace beside Empress Dowager Li came up and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty is angry with Uncle Wu Qing now, you'd better not go."

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "You don't want anyone to inform you, I will quietly go over and listen."

"Yes!"

So, Zhu Yijun went to the inside and outside of the hall, stood behind the beams and pillars and listened.

At this time, Uncle Wu Qing was complaining to Queen Mother Li: "Your Majesty, what do you think Zhang Jiangling and Zhao Neijiang want to do! They captured the minister's servants and forced them to hand over many of them in the name of Qingzhang. Yintian, besides that, you have also cleared your farmland and seized the head of the farm that the minister arranged for you. Now you have ordered someone to impeach the minister, insisting on punishing the minister's crimes, and not letting the emperor's grandfather go at all. In my eyes, I didn't put you in my eyes either!"

Although Wu Qingbo is the Empress Dowager Li's father, he has to use the honorific title of a courtier facing the Empress Dowager.

　Thank you for your rewards. Because there are too many lists, I won’t list them out. If you delay the code words, you can only repay them by code words seriously.

　
(End of this chapter)