Chapter 97: Public and private, Mr. Yuan Fu cannot be troubled at all!
Xu Jie, who Xu Fan had repeatedly blocked, colluded with the local gentry and proposed his own solution, which seemed perfect.
But he offended some people, some maritime merchants from Su Song, Zhejiang, and Nanya, because once Xu Fan’s proposal was passed, an inevitable problem would arise, that is, there would be more people at sea. A host of competitors.
In the process of targeting the governor and eunuchs of Yingtian, Xu Fan was the only one charged with murder. Even if he had a grudge against Xu Jie and Wang Daokun, who compared Xu Jie to Qin Hui, he only got sewage splashed all over him. , just a warning.
Wang Daokun had the support of the Zhejiang Party in his dynasty and Zhang Juzheng's protection. Wang Daokun made a small mistake that every adult man would make. After a period of time, it will disappear or even be revived.
In the ethical world of the Ming Dynasty where the hierarchy of superiority and inferiority was clearly defined, Wang Daokun was a member of the top class of the Ming Dynasty, a big shot living in Ziweiyuan, and a high-ranking official. His rape case was probably It will become a kind of suave among scholars.
Even if Wang Daokun is willing, even if he takes that good family as a concubine, this case will suddenly turn into a story of the golden wind and jade dew meeting each other.
But Xu Fan is a murder and wounding case.
This is an obvious retaliation. Everyone knows that Xu Fan was wronged.
He was accused of murder, but all physical evidence, witness evidence, and documentary evidence will point to Xu Fan, and there will soon be a round of public opinion from Shilin, which will convict Xu Fan. The elegant young master turned into a murderous and cruel villain.
Xu Jie knows all this.
Nanya's ground-level work cannot go around Xu Jie's network. Whoever wants to take action against Xu Fan will not have this case without Xu Jie's nod or acquiescence.
Just so quickly, Xu Fan went from a young master praised by everyone to a murderer and was imprisoned.
There is a rule among tomb robbers, that is, the father must come out of the cave first, and then the son, because the father will not push his son down for the property gained from tomb robbers, but the son may.
But Xu Jie had three sons, and when the eldest son began to openly defy him, contradict him, and stop him, he acquiesced in certain actions.
That's why Tan Lun said that a tiger's poison cannot eat its seeds, and Xu Jie is a ruthless person.
Zhang Juzheng looked at the memorial in his hand and said: "Xu Fan's murder is well-documented, with witnesses and evidence. The case is ironclad. Murder must be paid with life. It is a matter of course."
"Xu Fan discussed his merits for eight years and contributed to the construction of Yongshou Palace. He is the third-rank minister of Taichang Temple, so he should be demoted." His son, Xu Fan, returned to his hometown and annexed the country. He was a fish-and-bones man, and joined forces with evil officials and evil officials. He extorted good people, acted unscrupulously, and harmed the common people without restraint. He was an evildoer in the countryside, and his crime was increased to one level. He should be sent to the army to guard the border. . ”
Killing must be paid with life, but there are two of the eight propositions, namely merit and nobility. Nobility is above the third grade, so the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped.
Xu Fan also became a villain who everyone shouted to beat, and being sent to the army to guard the border became the final punishment.
The reason why Xu Fan’s case was discussed by the Wenhua Palace was because Xu Fan was a third-rank Taichang Temple minister. Although he didn’t take things seriously, his official rank was real.
"Does anyone have any objections?" Zhang Juzheng asked the courtiers for their opinions after finishing the punishment of Dali Temple.
Wan Shihe frowned and said, "Isn't Gu Jiuxi, the official of the Guanglu Temple Office, the son-in-law of Taishi Xu?"
"Yes." Tan Lun looked at Wan Shihe. answered the question.
After receiving this affirmative answer, Wan Shihe immediately became frightened. In his heart, the world of honor and lowliness, the world of intimacy and friendship, was collapsing.
Gu Jiuxi is Xu Fan's brother-in-law. Not only did Gu Jiuxi not speak up for Xu Fan, he also added insult to injury and stabbed Xu Fan in the heart.
There is no class that betrays the class, there are only individuals who betray the class, and individuals who betray the class have to pay a heavy price. Relatives and friends in the past have become strangers overnight, and have turned into people holding knives. The enemy who will cause the other party to die.
This is the price.
After no one had any questions, Zhang Juzheng signed the memorial and handed it to Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong placed it in front of the emperor and asked his Majesty to seal it.
Zhu Yijun took a look and found that the place where Xu Fan was exiled to guard the border was rather strange. The place where Xu Fan was exiled was in Jizhou.
Jizhou is one of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also considered a border town. This is Qi Jiguang's territory, and he can be treated preferentially, so that Xu Fan will not die on the border.
Usually, Liubian goes to places with poor mountains and rivers such as Yunnan, Guizhou and Zhennanguan. Zhang Juzheng chose Jizhou for Xu Fan, which can be regarded as a return protection.
Zhu Yijun placed his seal, looked at the memorial and said: "The etiquette is ruined and the music is ruined. There are few benevolent people and many unbenevolent people. The benevolent people's benevolent government is like a drop in the bucket. The ancients sincerely do not deceive me. Let's write a chapter on punishment."
This is an ironclad case of murder. It doesn't matter whether Xu Fan killed someone or not. The evidence proves that Xu Fan killed someone, and the evidence is ironclad.
Song Yangshan was demoted to the third level for meritorious service, Wang Daokun's reputation was stained, the imperial court sent Tiqi to investigate, Yu Dayou and Chen Lin were reprimanded, Zhang Jin and Zhang Cheng were beaten with ten sticks, and Xu Fan was demoted from official status. Consigned to the army.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Laba Festival, when the capital of the Ming Dynasty was preparing to celebrate the New Year, all the officials sent by the Ming Dynasty to Nanya to take charge of cleaning up Qingtian in Nanya were dealt with.
The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng, continued to preside over the court discussions and seemed not to care much about this matter. However, court officials who were familiar with Zhang Juzheng knew clearly that Zhang Juzheng would definitely not give up so easily.
For the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, they could more intuitively feel the terror of Zhang Juzheng.
When the humiliation occurs and Zhang Juzheng remains silent, it is the time for the tiger to narrow its eyes and plan to eat people.
Even the atmosphere of the court meeting was somewhat suppressed. Everyone spoke for fear of offending Zhang Juzheng. He didn't know how much anger Zhang Juzheng had in his heart and was ready to vent it to his subordinates.
The ministers finished the court meeting and before the banquet, Zhu Yijun felt a little confused and unhappy. He asked the attendant bachelor to enter the palace later. There were only Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao, and Zhang Hong in the palace. .
"Xu Jie is so vicious? Xu Fan is his son. Money and silk are very attractive to people. Sure enough, such huge profits can really turn people into ghosts when they only see profit." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, Evaluate this series of events.
What the little emperor couldn’t understand the most was that Xu Fan was being persecuted, along with Song Yangshan, Wang Daokun and others. This was a struggle, a struggle to protect their own interests, but Xu Fan, the eldest son of Xu Jie, all this You can do it.
"Xu Jie is a disciple of Yangming's Xin Xue. He has no taboos. He has no choice but to do this, otherwise all these bad names will befall him." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said, he was very Understand Xu Jie, Xu Jie is only interested in profit, that is inevitable, and it has not reached the point of poisoning a tiger and eating its seeds.
Xu Jie had no choice, he could only do this.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and asked: "Like Yang Dazai?"
"Yang Dazai is a minister of great virtue." Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, but still thought that Xu Jie and Yang Bo were different , they do have similarities, such as being forced to do something, such as having to do something, but Yang Bo is still stronger than Xu Jie. Yang Bo always maintains the contradiction in a fight without breaking it. In this regard, it is better than Hu Zongxian's unjust death. Xu Jie is hundreds of times stronger.
When a gentleman explains that as a ruler, regardless of personal ethics, the harm caused by Xu Jie's unjust death of Hu Zongxian is hundreds of times worse than what Yang Bo did to protect the Jin Party's marginal interests.
Of course, this has a lot to do with Yang Bo's brave retreat. If Yang Bo continues to be in the government, he is afraid that more and more evil will happen.
It is not a kind of wisdom to retreat bravely from the rapids.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty asked before about what is public and what is private. I have some understanding, but I dare to go overboard and clear up my doubts."
"Yan Song robbed tombs and offered sacrifices in his later years. Pin Weisheng died in front of his wife's tomb. On the third day of December in the forty-fifth year of the Jiajing reign, the master of the temple was seriously ill. He remembered Yan Song and asked his attendants how Yan Song was, but none of them dared to say anything. Governor Huang Jincai told the Master of the Temple that Yan Song died in the temple ceremony in April, and his body was not recovered. "
"There is only one sentence left: I will serve the country with loyalty, and I will follow others' opinions when I die."
"Until his death, Yan Song always believed that he was loyal, diligent and smart. Amid the confusion between public and private affairs, Yan Song was loyal to the emperor but had no regard for the country. He stole the country for twenty years, doted on evil people, and poisoned the world."
< br>Zhang Juzheng is the president of "Records of Emperor Shizongsu of the Ming Dynasty". When he was compiling this history, he thought of the public and private matters of His Majesty the Emperor. A series of recent events have given Zhang Juzheng a deeper understanding of public and private affairs. understanding.
And what he said was actually very, very dangerous, especially in the first year of Wanli, when etiquette was strict. If other ministers listened to it, Zhang Juzheng would be impeached for his treason.
Because Zhang Juzheng’s words question the basic political structure of the unity of the monarchy and the state.
There is no doubt that Yan Song was loyal to the emperor throughout his life. If the monarchy and the country were one, the Ming Dynasty would be the Emperor Jiajing, the Emperor Jiajing would be the Ming Dynasty, the emperor would be the world, and the world would be the emperor.
Could it be that Yan Song was divided into two people, one was a loyal minister and the other was a treacherous minister?
Obviously, Yan Song cannot be divided, that is, the monarch and the Ming Dynasty are not one.
Zhang Juzheng had absolutely no intention of defending Yan Song, and even had no intention of clearing Yan Song's name. Yan Shifan's demands for bribes went to Prince Yu's Mansion. Zhang Juzheng was in Prince Yu's Mansion at the time, so he would not clear Yan Song's name.
Zhang Juzheng used Yan Song to determine the definition of public and private.
As for the unity of the monarch and the country, Zhang Juzheng can only say this. He understands everything, and he can't elaborate on it if he doesn't understand Zhang Juzheng.
As a regent, he loudly shouted that the kingdom is not one, one is one, and two is two. He was afraid that he would end up like Gao Gong tomorrow.
Zhang Juzheng did not intend to usurp the throne, so it was enough to say that Yan Song was loyal to the emperor without caring about the country. To elaborate, it was a slide that could not be touched.
"What is public?" Zhu Yijun understood what Zhang Juzheng meant. He could understand that one is one and two is two. It was Zhu Yijun who asked Zhang Juzheng what filial piety is. It was said when the king and the father were one.
Zhang Juzheng showed a relaxed expression. Fortunately, His Majesty did not continue to dig deeper into the issue of whether the monarchy and the country are integrated, but asked about the definition of public.
The little emperor was extremely irresponsible. He wielded a sledgehammer with an innocent heart and a pure white heart, and smashed the solid cognitive world established by Zhang Juzheng in his forties, but he was not responsible for rebuilding it, leaving Zhang Juzheng explored and reconstructed alone.
If the little emperor insists on insisting on the issue of whether the king, father, and the country are one, Zhang Juzheng is going to quit. Whoever wants to come to this feast will come!
ask! ask! ask! Is that something you can ask?
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand. He already had a clear definition of public affairs. Although this process was very difficult, the decline of national affairs gave him many examples to observe and confirm this concept. Easy and simple. He smiled and said: "The Book of Changes - Xici 1" says: Birds of a feather flock together, things are divided into groups, and good and bad things arise."
"Warring States Policy Qi Ce III" says: Things flock together, People are divided into groups. ”
“People always group things with the same characteristics into one category, such as horses, including Houshan horses, horses, Qiji, Qianli horses, and Dayuan horses, but they are all the same. Horse. ”
“And people always form groups based on their region, relatives, ambitions, character, hobbies, etc. This is how people are divided into groups.”
“The Analects of Confucius. ·Wei Linggong" said: A gentleman is reserved and does not fight, and a group is not a party."
"So, the public is a group, but the group is not a public."
Zhu Yijun said in confusion: " Since the public is a group, why is the group not a public?"
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said: "If I want to explain this problem clearly, I need to take the case of Xu Jie as an example."
"Xu Fanhe. Xu Jie is a father and son, and the Xu family of Huating is a family. When faced with the imperial decree, Xu Jie, or the Xu family, can only return the land, otherwise the ax will be upon them. "
"And the Xu family of Huating, the Shen family of Dashitou, and the Gu family of Kunshan belong to the same group. They are the gentry of Songjiang Prefecture. They have been married to each other for two hundred years. They are willing to pay for the government's order to find out the occupation and demand the return of the land. Returning the land at a certain cost, such as getting a boat to open the sea, because the Xu family, the Shen family, and the Gu family had their own cloth and grain farms, and they occupied an advantageous position in opening the sea."
" The Jin gentry of the fourteenth government in Nanya are also a group. They echo each other from a distance, form a forest of each other, and have a tacit understanding with each other. They are extremely resistant to the court's cleanup and occupation, because as long as there are changes, there will be losses, and it is very likely that there will be losses. In maritime trade, their past status is no longer there, and they are extremely resistant and unwilling to compromise, so Xu Fan kills and hurts others."
"So, there are all kinds of groups in the Ming Dynasty, all groups, Forming a whole, that is the public. The public is a group, but the group is not a public." Zhang Juzheng felt that what he said was too complicated. Could the little emperor clearly understand his definition of public? Rather worried.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Is it the relationship between inclusion and being included? The public includes the group, and the group is included in the public."
"Mr., one household is a group. The theory is extended to the public."
"I, Deliang Youchong, don't know what to say, so I will try to give an example."
"I and the women from the Ran family in Yunnan are both from the Ming Dynasty. , our relationship is that of the same clan, same clan, and the same country. When someone harms the interests of the Ming Dynasty, such as the Nanya Jin gentry group, which invades and occupies acres of land, resulting in insufficient taxes for the court and the inability to stabilize the world. The Ming Dynasty is in disarray, and the interests of me and the women of the Ran family are at stake. was hurt.”
“In this process, the group of Jinshen, a group with a simpler relationship, hurt the people of the world who had a more complicated relationship.” “When the group further expanded because of the relationship. , the public is at the top, and the group is at the bottom.”
"Compared with a group of one household in the city, a square in the city and one mile outside the city (one hundred and ten households are one mile) are public; compared with one square in the city or one mile outside the city is a group, the county is public; compared with the county If the state is a group, then the government is the public; if the government is the group, then the world is the public. "
"The world is [wéi] the public."
Zhang Juzheng heard this from your majesty. The complexity of the relationship was gradually determined. When the group and the public were specifically and clearly defined, he said with sincerity: "Your Majesty is wise and wise. People are divided into groups. The public is a group, but the group is not a public; the public is a group. Small, the public is at the top, and the group is at the bottom, the world is [wéi] public.”
People are the basic building blocks of groups, and people can be divided into groups based on relationships.
Large groups with more complex relationships involve more people, and smaller groups with simpler relationships involving fewer people.
The largest group is the world, which includes the people of the world. This is the largest public in the world, and the world is the public.
Once public is clearly explained, its counterpart is private.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Yin Zhengmao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, expelled Xiao Fulangji for public service, but in order to do business, the gentry of Guangdong and Guangxi joined forces with Xiao Fulangji and bribed Wang Bai, deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao. , Huang Qing, the commander of the capital, secretly lived in Haojing for his own benefit. "
"Yin Zhengmao said that he would increase taxes on Xiaofo Langji for the public good, and Wan Shihewei would mess around whenever he discussed the possibility of harming the interests of the Jin gentry. , for personal use.”
“The Ministry of Industry refused to ask Wu Qingbo for money to build a house for public purposes, but my mother asked for money from the government for four thousand taels of silver to build a house for Wu Qingbo for personal use.”
"The imperial court cleared 70,000 hectares of land in the Fourteenth Mansion of Nanya for the world's taxes. It is for the public. The Xu family, Shen family, Gu family and others are acting as chariots for private purposes."
"If you say this, little Buddha Lang The tax increase is a public matter, so the palace's private funds should not be raised, and should be transferred to the state's funds; and the palace should not use the Ministry of Revenue's money to reward Uncle Wu Qing, leaving the Ministry of Revenue to shoulder this shortfall and hole. This is all a form of bribery. I'm afraid there will be appeasement."
Zhang Juzheng was stunned, and he was hit by the boomerang again!
What Xu Jie said about the major disadvantages of bribery and appeasement in official administration was plagiarized from Zhang Juzheng's "On Current Affairs" written in the 32nd year of Jiajing. These two sentences were proposed by Zhang Juzheng. Now , the emperor hit Zhang Juzheng with a boomerang.
Yin Zhengmao’s punitive tariffs to support the emperor were bribes to the emperor in order for the emperor to appease Zhang Juzheng.
This little emperor is a bit ungrateful! The poor people went to the outer court to beg for food, and they looked so upright and sanctimonious!
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I am an official, and everything is focused on accomplishing things. Contradictions exist in all things, and it is appropriate to reconcile them. Metaphysical cognition often goes hand in hand with metaphysical practice. It is actually a contradiction, and the minister's performance shall prevail. Yin Zhengmao is the disciple of the minister, far south. If he increases taxes and does not support His Majesty, I am afraid that the world will criticize him. "
The little emperor is Xiao Changli, Zhang Juzheng. That's right. Your little emperor can boomerang, but Zhang Juzheng can't boomerang?
Contradiction is an extension of the question of whether Yang Bo is a gentleman or a villain. A detailed analysis of specific matters is the golden words of His Majesty the Emperor!
"The king and the country are one, the king and the father are one, and the world is public. Yin Zhengmao has a reverent heart, and Wang Guoguang also has a reverent heart. If Yin Zhengmao does not give the tax increase to the palace, he will not have much time in the extreme south. , I may not be able to stabilize the extreme south; if Zhang Cheng had not made the decision for the angels, the national funds would not have increased by these 121,100 taels of silver this year, and there is a certain amount of progress and retreat." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said.
The monarch is the world, and the world is the monarch. This is a physical reality. Zhang Juzheng cannot achieve anything without relying on the imperial power. Zhang Juzheng knows this very well. Take the return of Zhang Siwei as an example. If not The little emperor refused to let Zhang Siwei come back because he was ugly. Zhang Juzheng could only watch Zhang Siwei return to the court and become the vice president of "Records of Emperor Shizong" and wait until the day it was completed to join the cabinet.
With Zhang Siwei in the cabinet, will Zhang Juzheng be able to pursue and attack the Jin Party?
This is the current basic structure of the world. Zhang Juzheng drew a line. The monarch and the country are one, and the emperor and father are one. The emperor's power of power cannot be violated. In the future, this line cannot be crossed. After crossing, Zhang Juzheng will shut up.
"The distinction between public and private needs to be broken down, but you don't have great talent." Zhu Yijun thought about it seriously and said: "What I just said is very similar to Qingliu. He is not down-to-earth, talks high-spirited, and does not speak based on facts. , Thank you for your teachings.”
“I’m ashamed to say this.” Zhang Juzheng hurriedly returned the gift.
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, it was a common thing in the past for salt disciples to resist arrest and sea winds to capsize boats. However, today, there are complaints of injustice due to the encroachment and possession by evil people. He has a serious heart, so he plots against others. The important person is wise, understands the reasons, and understands the importance. He will not obey the law. "
The little emperor knew what Zhang Juzheng said. What does it mean? The general idea is that the officials of Nanya were slandered and someone was deliberately slandering them. Zhang Juzheng was also afraid that the young emperor would become suspicious of these ministers, so he explained it.
Zhu Yijun showed a gentle smile and said: "Then let's continue the feast."
Whether Mr. Zhang is doing it out of practice, order in the world, or out of Despite the limitations of one's own Confucian etiquette, one must still unswervingly support the emperor and respect the power of the emperor. This is a pragmatic attitude.
Monarchy is the original sin of the world’s ills, and it is also the best solution at the moment.
The current productivity of the Ming Dynasty is simply not enough to overthrow the imperial system and establish a new order. Zhu Yijun cannot do it, and neither can Zhang Juzheng.
Since it is impossible to establish a new order, then support the old order, stride forward, lead to qualitative changes from quantitative changes, and continuously promote the development of productivity.
Zhang Juzheng gave the definition of publicity today, and Zhu Yijun did not use a sledgehammer to smash Zhang Juzheng’s ideological stamp. Everyone has a refractory period. Let Mr. Zhang wait for two days and then continue to hit him. At the moment, it is just With the definition of public and private, there is still a long way to go regarding public and private.
At this time, in the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Hai Rui and Ge Shouli were sorting out the memorials of the officials of the world. After the ministry meeting, they were sent to Wenyuan Pavilion.
Hai Rui and Ge Shouli are very busy. Hai Rui is mainly responsible for the affairs of the department. Specifically, it is to identify whether the popular Ke Dao speaker is really upright.
Ge Shouli was mainly responsible for the impeachment memorials. He had to confirm the authenticity of the memorials from officials from various places, especially the impeachment memorials, and express his position at the court meeting.
"Hai Zongxian, I have some doubts." If you don't understand, just ask Ge Shouli. During his free time, he looked at the meticulous Hai Rui and asked.
The little emperor pretended not to understand, but Ge Shouli just asked if he didn't understand.
Hai Rui looked at Ge Shouli and said with a smile: "General Ge, do you have any questions? Tell me everything you know."
Ge Shouli said in confusion: "The public officials in the world are looking forward to Hai Gang Feng returned to the court as a sharp sword to cut off the sycophants that God was warning him about, but looking at Hai Zongxian's behavior when he returned to the court, it seemed that he was colluding with Yuan Fu. "
Hai Rui thought for a while and said: "It has never been me who can save the Ming Dynasty, but Yuan Fu, who is dedicated to the country and poor in his own life."
"I only hope that the Ming Dynasty can eliminate its long-standing shortcomings and return the favor." I can't do it, but Yuan Fu can do it, so I won't criticize him."
"Politics is not about virtue, because on the way to the revival of the Ming Dynasty, we encountered those who have done it. The enemies are all monsters, ghosts and monsters. You can't kill them with your righteousness."
"Besides, if Yuan Fu is so good at his methods and his virtue is as pure as jade, then he can't hold the position of first assistant. Isn’t the position?”
“We want the chief minister, not the leader of Qingliu”
Qingliu couldn’t save the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Yan Song was in power, and Hai Rui also thought that Qingliu could save it. After the Ming Dynasty, since the fall of Yan Song in the 41st year of Jiajing, Hai Rui has only seen Xu Jie's repeated pursuit of Yan Dang, only seen Qingliu's fierce counterattack against Yan Dang, and only seen Qingliu holding high the banner of Qingliu. , do that turbid thing.
Xu Jie left and Gao Gong came. Hai Rui thought he could make Xu Jie return his land and find out the occupation of the Fourteenth Prefecture of South Zhili. But in the end, he was forced to serve. .
Hai Rui, who had made a comeback again, changed again and again in his judgment of Zhang Juzheng.
"He accepted bribes." Ge Shouli was silent for a moment, and then talked about Zhang Juzheng's money collection. Zhang Juzheng's money was mainly collected from Bing Jing Tan Jing, concentrated in the spring and autumn.
Hai Rui looked at Ge Shouli. The more he looked at Ge Shouli, the more guilty he felt. Ge Shouli's eyes became more evasive.
Hai Rui smiled and said: "Mr. Ge wants to say what he wants, or in other words, in this DPRK, the leaders of the Zhang Party, the Jin Party, and the Zhejiang Party all accept bribes. Why do I turn a deaf ear to them and treat them as if I haven't seen them?" Impeachment? "
"The disadvantages of bribery are easy to cure, but the troubles of appeasement are difficult to eliminate. Only when the troubles of appeasement are eliminated can the disadvantages of bribery be revealed."
"If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles. ; If you don’t accumulate trickles, you can’t make a river. ”
“A lot of feathers can sink a boat, too many persimmons and dates can break an axle, and a unanimous attack can even melt metal. This is accumulation. A feather sinks a boat, a group of people breaks a shaft, and a crowd of people speaks of gold. "
"Only if the examination method is effective and the disadvantages of appeasement are eradicated, can bribery be cured. Your Majesty is still young and determined to make progress. It’s still too late.”
Hai Rui is not in a hurry, especially when he sees the content of the banquet between the emperor and Zhang Juzheng every day. There is nothing more exciting than living full of hope. What about pleasure?
“Has Ge Zongxian studied the Theory of Contradiction?” Hai Rui asked about the recently popular best-seller, Theory of Contradiction. At first glance, this thing doesn’t seem like much, but upon closer examination, it seems that Terrified.
Ge Shouli said with a complex expression: "Mr. Yuan Fu, you don't have great talent."
We are all party leaders, and we can't compare to him as an official, nor can we compare to him in knowledge.
"Hai Zongxian, Ge Zongxian, the banquet is over. The Wenhua Palace Attendant has sent the contents of today's banquet." A clerk placed the palace banquet on the table. .
Talking about the banquet notes, the content is actually very scattered and not as easy to understand as summarized in "The Theory of Contradiction". However, Hai Rui and Ge Shouli will still study these notes very carefully.
Nothing else, just witnessing that the omnipotent Zhang Juzheng said those four words when he couldn't answer. Rong Chen thought about it slowly.
To put it more clearly, Hai Rui and Ge Shouli wanted to have fun.
"This!" Ge Shouli read the notes and said dumbfounded: "This, this, this... can public and private be understood in this way?"
"This should be how public and private should be understood. !" Hai Rui replied deeply.
Hai Rui also has his own contradictions, or doubts, that bribery should never be done, but the reality is that this trend of bribery cannot be corrected. Hai Rui wants to impeach, but he can actually implement it. It also made him unable to write. He was a person who bent down to find the answer. The doubts caused by this kind of spear and shield even made him a little confused about his belief in integrity.
But after reading the definitions of public and private, Hai Rui felt like he was enlightened and cleared up his doubts.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty, which was a larger, more complicated government that involved more people, Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun, and Ge Shouli were all private, bribing government for private purposes, and eradicating old abuses for public purposes. .
"It's not difficult for Mr. Yuan Fu at all!" After reading it, Ge Shouli also had some understanding, but he was a little disappointed that Zhang Juzheng really answered the question.
Is it still difficult to get Zhang Juzheng in this world?
have.
The education of the little emperor.
At this time in the palace, the young emperor was explaining Zhang Juzheng's definition of public and private to Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen.
Zhu Yijun held up his hands and said eloquently: "Mother, this is how to solve the problem of group and single, public and private. During the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty had no distinction between domestic and national funds. The twelve emperors The treasury, and even the nine treasuries were managed by ambassadors and deputy envoys from the outer court, and the salaries of officials in the capital were all paid by the inner treasury."
"In the Yongle period, Emperor Chengzuwen even said that the inner treasury was stored in the inner treasury. They are all heavenly treasures and should be rewarded for their merits, although I dare not spend them rashly. Emperor Chengzuwen used the inner treasury for the Northern Expedition. This is a confusing but certain phenomenon."
"When Emperor Xianzong was born, The foreign ministers could no longer check the internal treasury. During the Chenghua period, the Ministry of Revenue repeatedly asked for an inventory of the internal treasury's accounts, but Wang Zhi used the excuse of inconvenience and changed it to the Secretary of Ceremony to inspect the accounts. "
"It was repeated many times later. In the twelfth year of Jiajing, the emperor's grandfather issued a decree that the emperor's inner treasury should be used exclusively by the emperor. From then on, public and private matters were divided."
Zhu Yijun briefly told Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen about the inner treasury of the Ming Dynasty. The development history of the Twelve Treasurys, from the confusion of public and private national funds and internal funds during the Hongwu and Yongle years, to the complete denial of foreign court interference during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, to the specific treatment of internal funds and national funds under Xiaozong and Wuzong, and finally to the public and private Clear reconciliation of separate accounts.
According to the ancestral law of the Jiajing Emperor, the outer court must give 30% of the income to the internal funds every year. The internal funds are exclusively used by the emperor, and the rest are owned by the state funds. Since then, the internal funds and national funds of the Ming Dynasty have been completely separated. , if the national funds are used to borrow money from the internal funds, then IOUs will also be issued.
So when Empress Dowager Li asked the Ministry of Industry for money to build Wu Qingbo's house, she did not distinguish between public and private matters.
Empress Dowager Li was a little relieved and said helplessly: "Sister, look at what I'm saying. The emperor is very reasonable. His grandfather's affairs are all over, and he still tells me such a lot of truths. Mr. Yuan Fu really doesn’t have much talent.”
“That’s what the emperor said,” Queen Mother Chen said with a smile.
Zhu Yijun said quite seriously: "Mother, Mr. Yuan Fu reported today that during the reign of Taizu, every time foreign officials came to Beijing to report something, or there was someone in the history of the county prime minister who was honest and able to love the people, or the common people Those who were wronged were often summoned and given food, visited the people's sufferings, and begged to restore the ancestors and establish the law. "Zhang Juzheng not only allowed the young emperor to meet courtiers, courtiers, and officials in the capital, but also asked the young emperor to meet with foreign officials (outside the capital). ), county magistrates, and ordinary people, the purpose is to visit the sufferings of the people.
Empress Dowager Li pulled four-year-old Zhu Yili back. The child dug sand in the sand pit without paying attention. Empress Dowager Li said with a smile: "If the emperor has an idea, just Decide for yourself.”
Public and private are in a relationship that speaks to each other, just like big and small. Public and private are only in contrast, such as a household and a floor, and a floor is. Gong, if you build a load-bearing column, it will harm the public and enrich your private life. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)