Chapter 37 Who is the leader of the world’s critics?
When Zhang Juzheng heard this sentence, I felt confused and my scalp went numb. Your Majesty, can you stop having doubts? !
Zhang Juzheng said very sincerely: "Your Majesty, I... I will help your Majesty to clear up his doubts."
Zhang Juzheng actually wanted to say that he couldn't answer his doubts. Your Majesty, could you please change to someone of your age? Problem! These questions were all paradoxes between ideals and reality, theory and practice. Zhang Juzheng was a little less confident when asked these questions.
Zhu Yijun stared at his big eyes and asked calmly: "I have heard that bandits are like combs and soldiers are like gratings. Bandits are like combs in looting. But when these soldiers march across the border, then Like a fine-toothed comb for combing lice, Qi Shuai conquered the Japanese pirates in the south and the barbarians in the north. He restrained the soldiers strictly and refused to disturb the people in the slightest. The common people are beheaded for every grain of rice, and the soldiers from the south are the heroes of the world."
"The Japanese pirates are rampant in the southeast, and the smoke is spreading for thousands of miles, and the people are in dire straits."
"The barbarians plundered the northwest and conquered for fifteen years. , the army and the people were displaced."
"Qi Shuai was in charge of the southern army, and he was fighting in the south and the north. But above the court, he was talking about warts and useless things. Qi Shuai and him. Is it really a war to take charge of the Southern Army? "
"Although the motherland is big, if it is warlike, it will perish; although the world is safe, if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger." Zhang Juzheng replied very solemnly, meaning that Qi Jiguang is not a warlord. Wart, if it were him, he wouldn't let Qi Jiguang go to Beijing to receive the reward.
Zhu Yijun immediately asked: "Mr. Yuanfu, how can we govern a country with virtue?"
According to the Nine Classics of the World, the cultivation of virtue is enough to quell the Japanese invasion and the invasion of northern captives southward. .
The Longqing Peace Conference and Anda's tribute seemed to be a great victory for the people of Xiuwen and Rouyuan. However, if it had not been for the twelve years of fighting in Xuanfu, Datong and the northern captives led by Anda Khan, they would have been forcibly defeated. The Northern captives were exhausted after fighting. If Qi Jiguang had not led the general soldiers of the three towns and gathered a hundred thousand strong soldiers in Jizhou, would the Northern captives go south again and plunder the pass?
Definitely.
So, the little emperor asked, how to govern a country with virtue.
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know."
Zhu Yijun wrote a few more swishy strokes and said: "Morality is the highest pursuit, and virtue is the way to convince people." , Ruling the country by virtue is a pursuit and the aspiration of all people, but laws and decrees must still be formulated to restrain it. Laws promote merit and deter evil. Laws establish a framework to stop disputes and make people aware of things. "< br>
“Morality is inside, but law is outside. Laws should be used to limit people’s behavior, and political decrees should be used to govern the country.”
“It is said: Morality is determined above, and law is embodied below. , control rituals based on the situation, and make legislation according to the situation; Tao is governed by virtue, laws are used to control people, Qi is governed by etiquette, and the country is governed by law. "
Zhu Yijun's point of view is to control people with laws and govern the country with laws. , which corresponds to persuading people with virtue and governing the country with virtue.
His views are actually not unusual. He does not deny that Confucius is right. He holds Confucius' benevolence high while discussing practical issues.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty once said that the Han family system is a mixture of kingly and domineering. It is simpler and more straightforward, and it is Confucianism and Dharma.
Wearing the banner of Confucian morality, we do the things that Legalists do to restrain people.
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment. This kind of thinking that paid equal attention to theory and practice made Zhang Juzheng think for a long time before he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty has long been enlightened by the gods, and he is really a god."
Teaching a banquet It was still going on. Amid the questions and answers between the emperor and the chief minister, an hour passed very quickly.
Zhu Yijun put away all the draft paper, bowed slightly, and ended today's lecture.
"Farewell to Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head. After His Majesty left, the Chief Minister of the Ming Dynasty walked out of the Wenhua Hall. Under the sunshine at noon, Zhang Juzheng was a little dazzled, and he just paused for a moment. , he showed a smile, held his hands, took square steps, and walked steadily towards Wenyuan Pavilion.
When the little emperor became serious, it was indeed very reassuring. Zhang Juzheng had already seen the appearance of a wise emperor in the little emperor.
The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty had long ago not cared about the meaning of Confucius’ words. Why should the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty care?
Zhang Juzheng was a Xunli official, and his political views were also: reuse Xunli officials, but use Qingliu with caution.
Xunli refers to officials who abide by the law, know how to be flexible, know how to do things, and pay more attention to practice in getting things done;
Qingliu refers to those who do not use flexibility when encountering problems, and just pick out chapters and sentences, and find faults. , an official who makes a fuss;
Zhang Juzheng was a Xunli. As soon as he entered Wenyuan Pavilion, he saw the people from Zhongshushe carrying a lot of memorials into Wenyuan Pavilion. These memorials were all for rescue. Memorials by Luo Zun, Jingsong, and Han Bixian.
It took an hour for the Ming Dynasty's Kedao orators to react. Three ministers impeached a minister and were dismissed from their posts and returned to their hometowns to live idle. The Ming Kedao orators did not rescue them. It's strange.
Zhang Juzheng opened these memorials, thought for a long time, and did not write. Instead, a blank floating note was affixed to each memorial.
It is not convenient for him to talk. Tan Lun is his Zhang Juzheng's man, and it is His Majesty's decision to deal with Luo Zun, Jing Song, and Han Bixian.
The blank float actually means that he knows how to solve it, but he can't say it.
Ke Dao Yanguan wanted to rescue Luo Zun, Jing Song and Han Bixian who had been stripped of their official status and returned to their hometowns to live idle.
The memorials submitted by the officials were quickly transferred to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The eunuchs who held the pen of the Supervisor of Ceremonies marked all these memorials with a cross. This is the first time that His Majesty has reported to the outside court. The officials made a decision. As the eunuchs in charge of rituals, it is the eunuchs' bounden duty to protect the imperial power!
When these memorials finally reached the Qianqing Palace and were seen by Empress Dowager Li, the little emperor was gritting his teeth and stepping on his horse.
Standing is a very tiring job.
Empress Dowager Li looked at several memorials for a long time. This is the error correction mechanism of the Ming Dynasty at work. The Ming emperor's decision, the Kedao spokesperson has the right to speak and discuss, and these memorials are very reasonable. , which made Queen Mother Li a little hesitant.
Censor Wang Shiju said: Ministers should also protect their hearts and minds to enhance the country's vitality; officials should also cherish their ears and eyes to promote the country's integrity.
As the confidants of the country, ministers need to be protected. This is the vitality of the country. But the ministers are the eyes and ears of the emperor, shouldn't they be cherished? Has it cultivated national righteousness?
Today, trusting the ministers and defeating the officials is disrespectful to the ministers. Let the ministers feel at ease. Does your majesty only want vitality and not righteousness?
If we do this, I am afraid that there will be more and more people in the government who are tactful and flattering, and there will be fewer people who speak out and speak out for justice.
Is it really good for the country if upright people remain silent and loyal ministers remain silent?
He said: I am afraid that from now on, the fat and wei will become accustomed to it, and the bone and bone Qi will disappear. If the honest men speak dumb and the loyal ministers are tongue-tied, what is the benefit of the country?
Zhiwei: oil and skin. Gukun: Integrity and moral integrity.
To Jia Sanjin, who was involved in the matter, he said: The ministers of the state are the officials and the eyes and ears of the official state. The official duties of the ears and eyes are to be corrected. On weekdays, they must be upright and upright, and they should be lenient on the penalties for offenses. Ministers are the humerus of the country, and admonishers are the eyes and ears of the country. The essential job of the officials is to impeach. In daily life, the court maintains the advocators in order to maintain their uprightness and admonishment. They are not afraid of the spirit of power and do their own thing. Essential work, but still want to be demoted and return home to live idle? It is really unjust and they should be forgiven for their punishment.
Only in this way, the ministers of the Ministry of Science and Technology will not avoid fear when encountering problems in the future. If today the minister is convicted on the grounds of impeachment, I am afraid that the remonstrators will be discouraged and they will not dare to speak in the future.
If in the future there are major events concerning the country and the country, and there are traitors and evildoers in the court, who will dare to give honest advice, correct the government, and brighten the atmosphere?
It is said: In the future, although there will be great interests in the country and great evil in the court, who is willing to violate the rules and get rid of the crime quickly?
Empress Dowager Li had more than a dozen memorials like this at hand, all pleading for mercy for the three officials.
If Qingliu’s proposal is not dealt with, they will continue to report it; if the emperor still doesn’t listen, they will chatter at the emperor in Wenhua Hall and Huangji Hall; if the emperor still doesn’t listen, they will They went to Chengtian Gate and knelt on the ground and asked the emperor for orders. If the emperor didn't agree, they wouldn't get up. If the emperor still didn't listen, they would go on a hunger strike, knock against pillars, and starve themselves to death even if they spoke out and remonstrated.
In the name of being loyal to the emperor and the country, nothing is done that is loyal to the emperor and the country.
Qingliu and Kedao Yanguan were extremely difficult to deal with. This is why Jiajing and Longqing hid in the harem and did not come out to meet the courtiers. If they quarreled with them, whether they fought or not, the emperor would lose.
Feng Bao looked at the memorials written by the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and said: "These clear opinions are really confusing right and wrong."
"Your Majesty said it very clearly. Deal with the three Yan Guan, not because they are impeaching Grand Sima, but because they are excluding dissidents in the clan party, and they will never give up until they win. If they don't take action, won't they continue to impeach Tan Lun? They are a gentleman? It’s just bullying a gentleman.”
"If it is really for the so-called great interests of the country and the great evil of the court, then Lu Shusheng coughs, why only Tan Lun is impeached?"
Feng Bao will point out the key points of the case of impeaching Tan Lun He knew very well that Tan Lun was not the only one who had behaved inappropriately at the Asahi Temple, but also Lu Shusheng.
“Your Majesty said the word clan party, which is really enlightening and enlightening!” Feng Bao praised His Majesty the Emperor again in front of Empress Dowager Li.
As soon as the word "His Majesty's clan party" came out, Feng Bao felt confident to speak at this time.
Your Majesty used two words to explain the essence of this matter clearly and clearly.
The imperial court allows parties to form. Each family and faction has its own political opinions, and practicing these opinions is beneficial to the country. This is described in detail in Ouyang Xiu's "On Clique" .
It is natural for gentlemen to be friends with people who share the same aspirations and ideals, and for villains to be friends with common interests. It has existed since ancient times.
Three generations above, during the reigns of Yao, Shun and Yu, the 16 gentlemen, including Ba Yuan and Ba Kai, had Shun as the core party leader and they were also cronies.
How to distinguish between a gentleman and his cronies, and how to distinguish between a villain and his cronies?
Through relationships.
His Majesty's words clearly pointed out the attributes of the Jin Party.
Clan Party, clan is a kind of marriage relationship, Wang Chonggu and Yang Bo are sons and daughters, Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu are uncle and nephew, and the Jin Party is a township party with Shanxi people as its core members.
Club is just one word, but it is very concise and concise.
“When we were talking about the banquet today, Yuan Fu said that Your Majesty is a genius. I think Yuan Fu is right. His Majesty used only one word to explain clearly the dirty and dirty things of the Jin Party. , clearly." Feng Bao expressed his own views and launched his own analysis of the word ethnic party.
As the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Feng Bao has the power to participate in politics, discuss politics, and even make decisions. Although his participation in politics violates the laws of his ancestors, the Ming Dynasty has been more than two hundred years old, and the emperor will not be shameless through the death of eunuchs. , I am afraid that he would have been eaten alive by the ministers.
Empress Dowager Li said helplessly: "Feng Dajue, have you seen Yuan Fu's blank float? Is he planning to stay out of the matter? It's not easy to deal with the rise of officials and officials."
“After being beaten with the imperial staff, these officials are not ashamed, but are proud of it. They can even become famous among the officials of science and technology and advance upward, all by selling their names and gaining reputation.”
Empress Dowager Li found it difficult to handle, and Feng Bao also found it difficult to handle. During the Jiajing period, Emperor Jiajing attacked Yan Guan, and things went bad after that. Yan Guan continued to work harder, and the Emperor Jiajing could only end hastily.
"It's really difficult to deal with." Feng Bao said very accurately.
If you don’t listen to Yan Guan, there will be constant criticism; after listening to Yan Guan’s words, the little emperor personally handles the matter and takes it back like this. The minister Yan Guan outside thought that the emperor was afraid.
Dilemma, dilemma, how to solve the dilemma?
“Look at the emperor, how serious he is.” Empress Dowager Chen did not care about the dirty things in the court, she always upheld a firm belief that no matter what kind of wolves, tigers, leopards, cows, ghosts, and snakes, they would be destroyed in front of the real dragon. Hibernating.
Now they are bullying the emperor, and they will all be listed in the future.
Zhu Yijun finished his work and walked towards the positions of Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen. He showed his signature smile and said with a smile: "Mother, mother."
Empress Dowager Chen is the Emperor Longqing The official queen, her status in the palace was higher than that of Empress Dowager Li. However, after Emperor Longqing's success, Empress Dowager Chen did not have any obstruction, whether Empress Dowager Li added a emblem, Empress Dowager Li moved to Qianqing Palace, or Empress Dowager Li took charge of the seal of the Sixth Palace. She has no son, so she is acting like a monster for nothing, what is she trying to do?
In terms of pampering, Empress Dowager Chen doted on Zhu Yijun, while Empress Dowager Li doted on Zhu Yiliu.
"Your mother is worried about the troubles caused by the emperor, but you are smiling brightly." Empress Dowager Chen placed the rock sugar pear water and pastries that had been dried in front of the little emperor.
“Causing trouble?” Zhu Yijun was stunned, and then he understood what the trouble was.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while, then thought again and said: "Who is the leader of the world's critics?"
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