Chapter 43: The Young Master’s Doubt, the Absence of Imperial Power under the Imperial System
Zhu Yijun’s participation in the monthly exam is also a kind of success.
Zhang Juzheng's examination method, even when it was piloted in the capital, did not go well. There were many objections from the officials, and the methods of opposition were also various.
In the original historical direction, Zhang Juzheng's reforms actually failed to achieve their full success in many cases.
To sum up, it is to be naughty. It is necessary to reform, but also to abide by the laws of the ancestors, and to comply with Confucian etiquette. This kind of idea of needing, wanting, and wanting makes this reform , always changes, but a little bit.
Is Zhang Juzheng incompetent? Not so.
The "Chen Wu Shi Shu" written by Gao Gong required the young emperor not to approve the memorials internally, which provoked the Queen Mother to directly issue an edict to depose Gao Gong. Zhang Juzheng's reforms, from beginning to end, did not receive the full support of the imperial power. support.
The descendants of Queen Mother Li exercised imperial power, and Feng Bao protected the imperial power. However, they could not provide enough support for Zhang Juzheng's reforms. Both Queen Mother Li and Feng Bao were worried that the Ming Dynasty would have another high-profile event.
In a system design based on the imperial system, lacking the support of imperial power, Zhang Juzheng's reforms were indeed somewhat unfair in name and inconsistent with his words. In desperation, Zhang Juzheng shouted out the sentence: I am not the prime minister. , which is photography.
The biggest problem is that under the imperial system, the imperial power is absent.
"It can be a little more difficult next time." Zhu Yijun stood up, held his hands, and looked around at the courtiers. The smile on his face turned into a sunny and cheerful smile. He said calmly: "I have been listening to politics recently and reviewing memorials. , I found that the ministers had many doubts about Mr. Yuan Fu's examination method, and wrote a series of memorials to discuss the pros and cons of passing the examination. "
"I took the examination today with ease, far less than the labor of the Liubu Hall official case, but the supervision. , Supervision and supervision are the most important thing for the country."
"In the future, there will be no need to send exam papers to Mr. Yuan Fu."
Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows. At his own request, the master of the banquet proposed a question and sent it to Zhang Juzheng for review. In fact, it was an acknowledgment that the emperor could cheat.
After all, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao teamed up to drive Gao Gong home for leisure. In the eyes of the officials, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao were wearing the same pair of trousers. If Zhang Juzheng knew it, then Feng Bao would know it, and so would the emperor. You know what the exam is about.
However, this test is about silent writing, interpretation and brief description. If the emperor knows it, he must write it down. If he can write it silently, in Wang Xilie's opinion, it is already quite good!
After all, the emperor is only ten years old.
The reason why Zhu Yijun raised his demands on himself and broke the default rule of cheating was to use his imperial power to give Zhang Juzheng a platform to pass the examination.
Without Zhu Yijun’s platform, Zhang Juzheng could still implement the examination method, but with the platform of the imperial power, Zhang Juzheng had the imperial power charter. The difference lies in whether it is upright and justified.
"My lord, thank you for your kindness." Zhang Juzheng frowned, glanced at Feng Bao, and then thought about the two queen mothers in the palace. This is not the first time that your majesty has given him a platform. The first time is The emperor was hoeing the ground in Jingshan, and the emperor opened his mouth, and Ge Shouli was bypassed; the second time was to stop the party dispute, and the emperor opened his mouth again, a clan party, which made the ministers both inside and outside speechless;
This is the third time that the implementation of the imperial examination law has been opposed by many courtiers. Now Zhang Juzheng used his authority to force it forward.
The emperor came out again to give him a platform.
Zhang Juzheng really didn’t expect that the little emperor would use his academic assessment as a platform for his success. For a moment, Zhang Juzheng thanked him respectfully.
Master Shao Guoyu, the most terrifying problem is the system design under the imperial system. The absence of imperial power is terrible and will be extremely fatal to the destruction of the Ming Dynasty.
After Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne at the age of nine, the country fell into doubts about whether he was the master of the young country. Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Sun were too doting on their children. Sanyang assisted in the administration, and the world had many praises.
But in Zhu Yijun's own opinion, San Yang's assistant government caused great damage to the national affairs of the Ming Dynasty. In Zhu Yijun's opinion, San Yang was far inferior to Zhang Juzheng.
In the ninth year of Xuande's reign, the sixth southward voyage to the Western Ocean was completely stopped. The fleets that once dominated the oceans were silently rotting at their berths. The Ming Dynasty's maritime power was like a large ship docked quietly at its berths, rotting and sinking. , washed away by the river, never to return.
In the first year of Zhengtong, King Annan was canonized by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Annan Kingdom became legally independent. With the canonization of Annan Kingdom, Ming Dynasty’s influence in Luchan (Southeast Asia) plummeted. He began to rebel, and the protracted three conquests of Luchuan exhausted the national power of the Ming Dynasty.
In the third year of Zhengtong, the British Duke Zhang Fu, the minister of the auxiliary country, no longer went to court. The martial arts of the Ming Dynasty were completely weakened and marginalized.
In the ninth year of Zhengtong, Yang Shiqi became an official, and Ming Yingzong took charge personally. What was left behind was a corrupt dynasty. The southeast, southwest, and northwest borders were plagued by wars, and Ming Yingzong himself was a bastard who broke through the emperor's lower limit.
In the 13th year of Zhengtong, the Ye Zongliu-Deng Maoqi Civil Rebellion spread to Fujian, Huguang, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Jiangxi, and nearly a million farmers rose up.
In the fourteenth year of Orthodoxy, Tumu Fortress experienced a sudden change.
And now, in the first year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun is ten years old. He is also the master of the young country. The imperial power is absent. Zhang Juzheng is in the country. But Zhang Juzheng is in the country. Unlike Sanyang, Zhang Juzheng is the first to point his gun at Targeting civil servants, or in other words, Zhang Juzheng pointed his gun at this bad world and wanted to change it.
As the chief minister of the empire, Zhang Juzheng, doesn’t he know how bad the world is? Doesn't he know how serious the problem is? He knew it clearly, he knew it very well.
The one who knows the best will not move. It is a kind of sober pain. You know you can't do something, but you still want to do it. The bridle of the examination method was put on the heads of all officials, and it seemed that Zhang Juzheng was destined to end.
Zhu Yijun had great respect for Zhang Juzheng. Yu Qian turned the tide and helped the building to collapse. He abruptly attacked Yingzong in the Ming Dynasty when he was captured and became an overseas student in Wala. After retreating from Wala, the Jing camp was rebuilt.
What will happen to Yu Qian?
After the restoration of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian was unjustly killed because of his "intention". Yu Qian sought glory and was humiliated.
Zhang Juzheng is a scholar, and he clearly knows what Yu Qian's fate will be.
Zhang Juzheng could have chosen to be like San Yang and collude with the Jin party, or even accept Yang Bo's conditions, merge Chu and Jin, and become a powerful minister with so much power that even the emperor would look at him.
Zhang Juzheng did not do that. He wanted to do something to make the declining Ming Dynasty better.
Zhu Yijun is exercising his imperial power by standing up for Zhang Juzheng, endorsing Zhang Juzheng's restructuring, and putting less pressure on him.
After Zhang Juzheng's death, he was counterattacked, the examination law, the one-whip law, etc. were abolished, and even Zhang Juzheng's son starved to death. Would Zhu Yijun let this happen?
As long as Zhang Juzheng does not turn his Zhang Party into a clan party, Zhu Yijun is determined not to let such a thing happen.
"Let the court discuss." Zhu Yijun took out the "Direct Interpretation of the Four Books" and planned to continue as usual. He was reading and listening to politics on the platform, while the court officials were quarreling below.
Habits can be formed after twenty-one days of repetition. Zhu Yijun has become accustomed to this weird atmosphere. It’s weird as long as it’s weird, but at last the Ming Dynasty can stumble forward when the master is suspicious of the country. OK.
"Your Majesty, today is the ninth day of rest." Zhang Juzheng looked at the ministers, bowed his head and said.
His Majesty did not study in his schedule today, and the courtiers only came to Wenhua Palace to invigilate the exam.
Today is a rest day. After the exam, Your Majesty can have a day off.
In the past, the emperor could take one day off on every 369th day and nine days a month. However, since the "New and Chen Five Matters" was published, the young emperor went to the Wenhua Hall to listen to the government every day. Zhang Juzheng, Wang Xilie, Wang Xijue, etc. After discussion, we finally decided to take a day off after the monthly exam.
Too much is too much, and the little emperor is frustrated. How can he get back to his old ways?
Need a balance between work and rest.
Zhu Yijun was stunned and put away the "Direct Interpretations of the Four Books". After the court officials reported this matter, Queen Mother Li specifically said that Zhu Yijun was too busy to forget it.
His life was extremely fulfilling. He listened to political lectures in the morning, practiced martial arts and farmed in the afternoon, stamped his seals in the evening, and read agricultural books, summarized and excerpted them in the evening.
"Why don't you go to my Baoqi Hall to have a look? I have been engaged in farming and mulberry farming for more than a month. Seeing that the Qingming Festival is approaching, why don't you all go and have a look?" Zhu Yijun thought for a while and asked, since I have nothing to do. , then go to Baoqi Hall and let the courtiers see what he has done.
Lu Shusheng, the Minister of Rites of the province, and the officials of the Department of Science and Technology used this to talk about things every day, saying that the emperor did not do his job properly. In the eyes of Confucian scholars, the Ming emperor's job was to cultivate virtue, that is, benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, trustworthiness, gentleness, respect, thrift and humility. .
But the virtue that Zhang Juzheng interpreted is the principle of practice, the principle of gaining something by practicing the Tao, the principle of theory guiding practice, and the virtue of practice complementing theory.
Zhu Yijun thinks Mr. Yuan Fu is right.
In half a month, Zhu Yijun's glass fire chamber has completed the breeding. In a few days, it will be Qingming Festival, and farming can start after Qingming Festival.
During this period of time, Zhu Yijun was most busy with this.
The First Assistant and Second Assistant, Liubu Minggong, Duchayuan, Chengguo Gong Zhu Xizhong and others were all stunned. They really thought that the emperor's marriage to Nongsang was just a show. They didn't expect that it could be done. Go and visit Baoqi Hall.
Is this content the courtiers can read?
Since the assassination of the king, the news coming out of the palace has been bizarre. I don’t know how much is true or how false. The little emperor left the Wenhua Palace. What was he doing, ministers? It's not very clear.
"I am willing to follow your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng hurriedly bowed his head and said.
Zhu Yijun stood up and said with a smile: "Let's go."
Zhu Yijun led a group of ministers to Jingshan Baoqi Hall. Baoqi Hall is very small, past Baiguoyuan It has been transformed into fertile farmland, with a layer of melted compost spread over it. The glass firehouse covering an area of half an acre is still burning. The small yellow door is opening the thick grass thatch, and the sun is shining into the sunroom and also into the sun. Zhu Yijun's body.
"This is my nursery." Zhu Yijun stood in the sun, holding his sleeve with his left hand and his right hand behind his back, with his head half raised, quite satisfied with his masterpiece.
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