Wanli Youming

Chapter 98
Zhu Yijun was not only worried. When he returned to the Wenhua Hall from the Taimiao to give a lecture tomorrow, he would not have much to ask Zhang Juzheng. He also felt uneasy because he had not known the world for many days, so he wanted to read more chapters.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty is now in a period of rising national power, the government is clear, and many local governors dare to speak out about the six ministries of the central court, and even let him, the emperor, see a lot of truth.

Whether it is Pang Shangpeng or Ling Yunyi, or people like Liang Menglong, Wang Shangkun, Jin Xuezeng, and Pan Jixun, they are all people who can discover problems in time and even issue insights in this era.

Even Zhu Yijun was able to tell Chen Qu during the incident that Qi Jiguang was out of pay, and that Wang Zongmu, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, proposed to ship by sea, and Xu Shi, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, thought that the Ministry of Construction and Repairs was a huge waste of national funds.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun is very willing to read the chapters of officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty.

And this kind of chapter that raises many questions, the more he reads it, the more he feels at ease.

When Zhu Yijun continued to read the chapters, the queen did not fall asleep, but was still sitting on the edge of the bed, with Zhu Hongyi's calves dangling slightly, and looked at him peacefully.

One is the young emperor and the other is the young queen.

But at this moment, they are the most powerful couple in Daming.

It's just that their Daming is over 200 years old.

The doom of the Empire began to spread around them.

But fortunately, just because their own world is still young, it is not impossible to revive this empire.

"Yin Zhengmao asked him to accompany Gao Gong to provide advice for Daming on the general strategy, and the Ministry of Households still let officials who understand money laws, understand local civil affairs and respect the reality to preside over it."

The next day, after seeing Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun specifically mentioned Yin Zhengmao. He was very dissatisfied with the status quo of Yin Zhengmao's management of the household department, so he insisted on changing Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng was also very disappointed with Yin Zhengmao, so he naturally said yes, and recommended Zhang Xueyan to be the Minister of the Household Department. The reason was that Zhang Xueyan had made great achievements in money, food and civil affairs when he was in Liaodong.

Zhu Yijun naturally agreed, he also had a good impression of Zhang Xueyan.

After that, Zhang Juzheng suddenly brought up the matter of begging to return to his hometown for burial.

Zhu Yijun did not refuse. After all, Zhang Juzheng accepted him as an emperor, and he made a great sacrifice in front of him. Naturally, he didn't even have to give Zhang Juzheng the opportunity to return to his hometown to bury his father.

However, what Zhu Yijun had to admit was that Daming, who ruled the country with etiquette, arranged too many etiquette systems for him as an emperor.

Especially after he got married, it means that he has become an adult, and it also means that he will practice more grand ceremonies, such as plowing ceremonies, visiting mausoleum ceremonies, and various rituals such as praying for rain and offering sacrifices to heaven.

He used to be able to evade it on the grounds of being young, but in the future, it will be difficult for him to use this as an excuse to shirk.

Unless, he still wants to put it in a bad position within a few years after Zhang Juzheng's death as in the original history, and delay all kinds of etiquette as long as he can, until the civil servants can't stand it and go on strike.

But the designer of the empire did design a lot of etiquette, so Zhu Yijun will have to spend more time on etiquette in the future.

And this will undoubtedly greatly affect his energy to deal with government affairs.

However, it seems that the elites of the empire, that is, the civil servants in charge of government affairs, don't care whether the emperor will be delayed in handling actual government affairs because of etiquette, but care more about whether the emperor has completed all the etiquette seriously.

In a Confucian society where rituals govern the country, they feel that the emperor's seriousness in etiquette is more important than his seriousness in actual government affairs.

But Zhu Yijun knew that every government affairs he delayed because of completing various ceremonies would have a great impact on this country.

Especially when the chief minister and other cabinet ministers are incompetent.

Zhu Yijun is fine now, he has Zhang Juzheng as a good assistant to handle all kinds of government affairs for him at any time, so as to prevent him, the emperor, from delaying etiquette and causing many government affairs to be wrongly executed, which in turn leads to civil uprisings or catastrophes.

Don't underestimate a wrong policy in the court, but when it comes to the lower level, when it is implemented on an ordinary person, a small mistake will often lead to the destruction of the family.

It's just that the rulers of this era ignore the feelings of individuals and each specific family, and care more about whether the macro-level etiquette system is perfectly implemented.

Therefore, mistakes in government affairs are often not taken seriously.

But Zhu Yijun attaches great importance to it. He knows the price of a speck of dust falling on an ordinary person.

Therefore, he was worried that without Zhang Juzheng, when he was entangled in various etiquettes, whether the minister in charge of government affairs could also correct the defects in government affairs in time.

Zhu Yijun couldn't imagine that if he met an unreliable first assistant, who either only knew how to make money, or only knew how to avoid responsibility, or didn't like to offend others, then the various policies of the central court of Ming Dynasty would not know what would happen. How many problems have arisen because of the delay of various etiquettes.

Because of this, even though Zhang Juzheng had only left the capital for a short period of time, Zhu Yijun still felt a little hopeless.

He didn't doubt that he couldn't preside over the government affairs well, but he was worried that after Zhang Juzheng left, who would be able to correct every government affairs in time when he was entangled by various etiquettes.

In addition, he didn't know who he should trust who could sincerely do things for him as an emperor, who could be like Zhang Juzheng and truly care about every commoner who was as humble as dust?

After one sentence, who can replace Zhang Juzheng?

"Sir, although he is going here to show his filial piety, he must also pay attention to state affairs and take my heart into consideration. Return to Beijing as soon as possible without delay."

So Zhu Yijun talked to Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng understood Zhu Yijun's worries, so he said: "Your Majesty's grand ceremony has just been completed. In the future, there will be ceremonies for farming and visiting the mausoleum. The central palace will also have ceremonies such as persuading weaving and silkworm breeding. Although it is very complicated, it is for the sake of the world. Please also Your Majesty has worked hard."

"It's just that the affairs of the court cannot be delayed, and the ministers dare not delay to harm the country, so please rest assured, since it is difficult for the ministers to complete the filial piety, it is necessary to preserve the ministers' rituals, so I dare not stay."

"However, after all, the minister is going back to his hometown for burial. It is difficult to know the lack of government affairs thousands of miles away. Therefore, he intends to ask His Majesty to add assistant ministers so as not to ignore everything, and please allow His Majesty."

"It is time to add auxiliary ministers, so I would like to ask you to choose a few auxiliary ministers for me. However, I hope that the new recruits to the cabinet should not only have the experience of ministers who know the laws and regulations, but also have the experience of local state capitals and even governors."

After Zhu Yijun returned, he said: "Otherwise, there will be a situation where the assistant ministers don't know the people's sentiments and the government's sentiments, so that the lack of many political affairs is not only impossible to find, but also easy to put the cart before the horse."

After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng asked: "Your Majesty thinks that it is easier for Mr. Zhao Ge to understand people's sentiments when he joins the cabinet after he has done this?"

"Don't you think so, Mr. Zhao Mengjing, who has been an official close to the people like Zhao Mengjing, is indeed more motivated to improve?"

Zhu Yijun said.

"What Your Majesty said is true! I will obey the order."

"It's just that, I ask you to give those who can join the cabinet now a chance. After all, it is not easy for them to survive from the cold place of Hanlin. I'm afraid I can't stand the old disciples, and I'm discouraged because of it."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "There must be a transition! How about this, for those who are qualified to join the cabinet but have not experienced the local area, let them first enter the cabinet to pre-order maintenance, and inspect the local area for a year as a low-level palace scholar, and then rank them according to the inspection results. Rank! If during the inspection tour, the integrity is not guaranteed or the slaves and disciples are framed, then the court cannot be blamed."

(End of this chapter)