Chapter 640: Satisfying everyone means dissatisfying everyone
Confucius’s principle of letting go of the past is the first basic principle of political activities, which is to only look at the present and resolve the real conflicts in front of you before discussing the future. In the past, dealing with the present was the top priority, and it was also the priority Guan Zi said.
There is also a basic logic, which is: if you have more things to do, you will be troubled by one thing; if you are wider, you will receive a reward. It is better to do less than to do more. This is the basic logic for bureaucrats to do things. It is because of this logic that Shen Shixing is unwilling to pay attention to these Feng Shui masters, because paying attention to them will cause more trouble, so he simply ignores them.
Shen Shixing likes to carry water, but he doesn't like to make trouble.
If it were Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi and others, they would probably be sent to the mines to work hard for two years, and there would be no mention of dragon veins. The most important thing in starting a mine is to extract the ore seedlings Find the mine dragon; if it were Wang Jiaping, these Feng Shui masters would be worse than death;
If it were Wang Yi'e, these blustering people would definitely be exposed For canonical punishment, his deeds will be engraved on stone tablets.
Among the governors of various places in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yi'e was the most disciplined and principled in his work. Because Wang Yi'e was Xu Jie's disciple, he never dared to break the rules when doing things. He had rules and regulations in doing things, but Everyone still misses Ling Yunyi. Ling Butang killed people, but Ling Butang didn't kill people.
Shen Shixing has a very gentle personality. He does not find trouble with these Feng Shui masters, but the Feng Shui masters intensify their efforts to cause trouble for Shen Shixing.
Four Feng Shui masters, together with a group of disciples and a group of supporters, totaling more than a hundred people, ran to the Songjiang Mansion Yamen and started squatting!
From the end of Wanli to the Shunzhi period, rebellions in Sochi continued to break out in the south of the Yangtze River. Fighting in Sochi was one of the most violent means of struggle. Another method was to sit in Sochi, which was similar to strikes and gatherings. Together, they asked the powerful to hand over their deeds of betrayal. If they did not return the deeds of betrayal, they would not work.
The four Feng Shui masters knew how to attract attention. He led a group of disciples and Feng Shui fans and blocked the Songjiang Mansion Yamen, demanding Shen Shixing give an explanation for destroying the Feng Shui dragon vein!
"Are these Feng Shui masters so bold? Or is there someone behind them?" Xu Bingzheng, the magistrate of Qingpu, said with a frown. He was called to the government office by the governor to discuss the construction of Chidao, which happened to happen. Feng Shui masters sit there.
Xu Bingzheng felt that it was very abnormal. Could these Feng Shui masters be crazy? The Ming Dynasty was a feudal monarchy. If you go to the Yamen gate to cause trouble, there is only one end, and that is to be punished by the Ming Dynasty.
The Feng Shui master is either crazy or there is someone behind it. Xu Bingzheng is leaning towards the latter. Someone has given them a promise that no matter how bad the trouble is, nothing will happen.
Shen Shixing said with a solemn face: "When your Majesty first dealt with the officials, he told his ministers, "If you take one step back, they will take three steps forward. If you step back again and again, there will be an abyss behind you. Retreat? Jump to commit suicide?"
"Later, when he wrote about contradictions, he commented: Multiple interest groups are always fighting, which creates conflicts, and when the interests cannot satisfy everyone, struggle Just don’t give in. However, human desires are insatiable, like gluttony, so the interests can never satisfy everyone, so the struggle is endless, and the struggle is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
Concerning the struggle, the emperor and Zhang Juzheng had exactly the same attitude, that is, they could not give in, and they absolutely could not sell their interests in exchange for temporary peace. Shen Shixing did not sell his interests or retreat. He did not ask these Feng Shui masters to look at Feng Shui at all. But these Feng Shui masters still came to the door.
At this moment, Shen Shixing suddenly understood what Zhang Juzheng had taught him back then.
"I think what Xu Zhixian said is reasonable." Yao Guangqi said calmly: "Actually, if you think about it for a moment, you will know what these people want to do. Once the Yamen arrests someone, they will let all the mouthpieces come together The noise will lead to greater turmoil, forcing the Yamen to compromise, and forcing the court to withdraw its orders. "
"Once they succeed, it will be as dangerous as a dam breaking, and it will be difficult to deal with."
Yao Guangqi thought for a while and said: "When I was fighting with Wang Qian in the capital, I tried to use this trick several times, but unfortunately Wang Qian was able to crack it. Wang Qian sometimes does things very unethically."
Yao Guangqi speaks from experience. He has really done this before, but Wang Qian cleverly resolved it.
In the 30th year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, who had been in hiding for fifteen years, issued an edict to the inner supervisor of the dynasty to go to Xishan to mine coal. Because that year, the inner supervisor of the Xixin Department reported to the emperor that the horse mouth firewood was exhausted. , there should have been 50,000 kilograms of firewood, but only 1,300 kilograms. Hongluo Factory, Yizhou Firewood, Mashui Kou, Jinshuikou and several firewood factories were all in urgent need of wood shortages.
There is no firewood available, so we can only use coal.
The Qianqing Palace, also known as the emperor's palace, has 124 kilns in Xishan. However, they were abandoned for a long time. The dynasty went to Xishan to mine coal. As a result, this kiln was named after the emperor's palace. The well has been occupied.
In July of the 30th year of Wanli, the dynasty complained in front of the emperor: Huang Dajing, Wang Shoukuan, Yang Guaizi, Xu Jinhuai and others occupied the kiln wells, hid the kiln work, and led the crowd to beat the servants.
As a eunuch in the palace, Wang Chao was used to being domineering. When had the fans of Dongchang ever suffered such injustice? I ran to open coal and was beaten by these gangsters!
Emperor Wanli immediately issued an order: If there is a famous prisoner in this memorial, he should be sent to the official school of the factory guard, together with the internal officials of the dynasty, to supervise and lead the local officials, and come to investigate!
Factory guards are dispatched together to arrest people!
But just after this man was caught, outside the gate of Chang'an, 'the road was crowded with many people, all with dark faces and short clothes, no one knew how many of them, crying injustice to the sky, knocking on the ground with their swords,' and suing the eunuch dynasty.' "Public bank robbery affects every household." Naturally, this is the most beautiful place under the emperor's feet. Naturally, we can't make such a fuss. The then chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Yiguan, released all the criminals.
Shen Yiguan did not meet Emperor Wanli in the end, but Emperor Wanli still compromised, recalled the dynasty, replaced him with Chen Yongshou, stopped the coal business, and set up a coal extraction bureau in Marco Polo Bridge to extract coal for internal use.
This matter was not over yet. In the 32nd year of Wanli, the kiln residents once again "went into groups, weeping outside the gate of Chang'an". In the end, the Wanli Emperor had no choice but to compromise again and had to issue an edict: "Public kiln tax" Classes should be suspended and exempted as much as possible to show the court's superiority and fundamental local virtues.
Yao Guangqi could do this, but Wang Qian was so ruthless. Yao Guangqi dared to ask the poor people to petition, and Wang Qian dared to take these petitioners to the Meridian Gate and the Imperial Palace. Go to Jimen and Fuguo!
Petitions and petitions are of two natures. One is for the court, and the other is for the emperor. Wang Qian dares to do this because he knows that his majesty knows everything and the real demands of the poor coolies can be heard. Satisfied, no one who is causing trouble behind the scenes can escape, and there is no fear at all.
Wang Qian is just playing rogue in such a fight!
So, when Yao Guangqi fought with Wang Qian in the capital, he was always at a disadvantage, because Wang Qian was the heel of the Holy Emperor. As long as he did not make fundamental mistakes in his route and stance, Wang Qian would make the emperor restless. Your Majesty will not embarrass Wang Qian too much.
Shen Shixing thought about it again and again, stood up and said, "I want to see how big a fuss they can make! In the worst case, they will go to the capital and get in front of His Majesty!"
"Kaifu Yamen, arrest people!"
Shen Shixing's character is extremely gentle, and he is also the kind of traditional Confucian scholar who likes to compromise the most. Hello, I am good, everyone, the world is peaceful, he is not Shen Shixing was willing to make trouble in the city. In Shen Shixing's view, with this internal friction, it was better to focus more on production. Each additional fast sailing ship built could bring hundreds of thousands of silver income to the court every year.
But Master Duanshui finally discovered in practice that if you want to do things, it is impossible to be gentle, because your gentleness means giving in and being weak in the eyes of the enemy!
Shen Shixing got mad. This was the first time he got mad after he took office in Songjiang Mansion, or in the 41st year of Jiajing's reign, he passed the Jinshi examination and entered the official career.
Zhang Juzheng criticized Shen Shixing more than once for being too gentle in character, but you can’t teach someone a thousand times, but you can teach someone once.
Shen Shixing finally understood that these four words must be reported, which are the basic qualities that an imperial minister must possess.
Wang Chonggu will never let go of anyone who dares to slap his nose and face. His methods are extremely cruel, more terrifying than confiscating a house and exterminating a family. It is worse than death. Zhang Juzheng will definitely retaliate. His Majesty even has a small belly. , Chen Youren was killed by hand, Xu Jie was killed by hand, and Kong Yinlin was killed by dog.
Yao Guangqi and Xu Bingzheng glanced at each other, and each other breathed a sigh of relief. Their immediate boss, Shen Shixing, was good at everything, but the only problem was that Shen Shixing was a good person.
If you are not an official, you are a good person, so naturally everyone likes you, but since you are wallowing in the Ming Dynasty’s officialdom, the largest vanity fair in the world, that good person will definitely not end well.
Evil people still need to be punished by evil people, and good people cannot deal with evil people.
The disciples and supporters brought by these four Feng Shui masters saw the door of the mansion open and were about to rush in. When they saw the government officials filing out, they immediately knew that something was wrong! When these people saw it, they immediately became like birds and beasts and fled in all directions.
Shen Shixing started to arrest people. When the Feng Shui master saw the government servants rushing over, everyone was dumbfounded. Things should not be like this! Everyone knew that Shen Shixing was easy to bully, so why did he start taking action without even talking about it?
After very careful interrogation, Xu Bingzheng was wrong. No one made any promises to the Feng Shui master, and no one gave the Feng Shui master a platform. The Feng Shui master thought that Shen Shixing was easy to talk to, but seeing that miscellaneous reports were useless, he just He ran to the Yamen and blocked the door. As a result, Shen Shixing, who had always been gentle, suddenly began to act like a good old man, which caught the Feng Shui master off guard.
Shen Shixing didn't believe it and asked him several times. He even asked Nanya Ti's commander Luo Bingliang to take time out of his busy schedule to conduct a detailed investigation. Only then did he find that there was indeed no one behind him. Shen Shixing began to reflect on his past behavior and whether it was too much. So gentle that even Feng Shui masters use bean bags as dry food?
Actually, it's normal. Shen Shixing is easy to talk to, but Zhang Juzheng is not.
On weekdays, everyone just fights within the rules. Going to the Yamen to block the door is equivalent to riding on Shen Shixing's head. No matter how good-tempered Shen Shixing is, how can he stand such anger? When the time comes, Zhang Juzheng is hit, and that will be more gain than loss.
Shen Shixing is not a wild dog running around, he is a teacher and student of Zhang Juzheng in his 22nd year. If he really goes to the death to offend Shen Shixing, he is offending Zhang Juzheng.
When Wang Daokun came to Songjiang Prefecture to be the governor, he was "stayed at a good house" not long after he arrived. Wang Daokun had no choice but to recognize the woman and took her as a concubine, which led to a disgraceful life. It was a romantic affair, but Songjiang's powerful leader Hao You really didn't dare to deal with Shen Shixing like this.
After the Feng Shui master went to the Yamen to block the door, the Hongyuan Dyeing House in Shanghai County suddenly had work. More than a dozen cotton shops came to the Dyeing House to place orders, and the craftsmanship of the Dyeing House was revealed. It is really good. There are secrets among the craftsmen in the dyeing workshop. After all, it has been around since the Yuan Dynasty. It is a three-hundred-year-old brand. Without some unique skills, it cannot survive until now. Secondly, it is naturally among carnivores. There is a general tacit understanding.
Luo Bingliang, the commander-in-chief of Nanya Ti, arrived in Songjiang Mansion. This time he came to Songjiang Mansion mainly for tax collection.
Shen Shixing has been blocked and has suffered such great grievances. If Shen Shixing does not act as a good person and is involved in the case of the Feng Shui master, even sitting in their powerful family, it will implicate the public. You don't even need a Feng Shui master's case, just hold high the banner of tax collection, and you can beat all the powerful people until they have only half a breath left.
So the meat-eaters simply relaxed and did not let Shen Shixing continue to pursue him, so as to maintain a basic sense of dignity.
After Yuan Shen was paraded for twelve days, he was finally taken away by the emperor. During the twelve days that Yuan Shen was paraded, the powerful people in the four counties of Songjiang Prefecture expressed that it was okay. Notarize the labor contract, but the premise is that Sun Kehong of Songjiang Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. will complete it first.
This request is very reasonable. Sun Kehong is an imperial merchant who donated money to the emperor. Everyone thinks so. Moreover, because of his donation, the Sun family has gained a lot of fat from the huge profits from sea trade. If the Sun family is not willing to Taking the lead in doing so proves that this decree is absolutely unpopular.
But Sun Kehong expressed his cooperation and completed it within three months.
Zhou Jianren, who killed the servant, was also escorted to Beijing. However, Yuan Shen went in a prison car, while Zhou Jianren did not even take the shackles. This was specially ordered by the emperor. Compared with Zhao Laoqi It was different from Zhao Ji's angry killings. This time, Zhou Jianren killed Yuan Shen's four servants. The emperor himself considered it self-defense. Yuan Shen first refused to pay him wages, and also beat the apprentices who saw him entering and leaving the study apartment. When the fight broke out, Yuan Shen, as the workshop owner, led his servants to continue beating the craftsmen, which led to this tragedy.
The emperor's characterization was a personal one and still had not passed the judicial review. However, this characterization made Zhou Jianren's journey to Beijing much easier. After all, he did not have to ride in a prison car, as long as Zhou Jianren did not run away. , entered the capital, at most he would be sentenced to exile with reference to the Zhao Laoqi murder case.
Wang Chonggu, the Minister of Punishment, is a typical authoritarian believer. If the emperor intends to be lenient, Wang Chonggu has to consider the emperor's opinion.
"Stop arguing, it's so noisy that my ears are calloused. Sit down, sit down and talk!" Zhu Yijun looked at the two red-faced ministers who were arguing in front of him, and he also looked helpless. Wan Shi He and Zhang Juzheng quarreled because of "Da Ming Huidian".
"I still say the same thing. Those who caused the collapse of the sky due to improper treatment by the imperial doctors will not be pardoned!" Zhang Juzheng flicked his sleeves and finally stated his point of view. When the emperor dies, the imperial doctors who treat the disease must die. .
Wan Shi spread his hands and said helplessly: "Then who will treat the emperor? Then who dares to go to the Imperial Hospital to be an imperial physician? Yuan Fu's idea is that he is afraid that the Imperial Hospital will collude with ambitious people. , of course, but people will get sick after all. Once the Ming Dynasty ceremony is made clear, the hospital will be full of quacks."
"Stop! Drink tea!" Zhu Yijun said loudly: "You two, run. Moisten your throat, you two have been arguing for almost half an hour, aren’t you thirsty?”
The cause of the quarrel was Liu Wentai, who was the court judge of Xianzong and Xiaozong during the Chenghua and Hongzhi years. His greatest achievement was that both Xianzong and Xiaozong were in the hands of Liu Wentai, the court judge. After seeing a doctor, Xianzong couldn't be saved, and Xiaozong couldn't be saved either.
In the end, Liu Wentai was simply exiled.
What happened back then is in the past, and there is no way to study it. Zhang Juzheng has no intention of resurrecting the old case. He also did not say whether there was any conspiracy or the like. The matter is in the past, and the important thing is the present.
Zhang Juzheng's meaning was very clear. He connected the lifeblood of the entire Taiyuan Hospital with the emperor's life. He did not bother to treat the disease, but just sat together and buried them all. This was written into the Ming Dynasty Conference and became a clear text.
Zhang Juzheng is the president of "Da Ming Huidian", and Wan Shihe is one of the vice presidents. Wan Shihe has revised the Tai Hospital's medication regulations. Zhang Juzheng insists on adding such a clause, but Wan Shihe disagrees. This is The noise reached the emperor's presence.
After the great medical officer Chen Shigong knocked out His Majesty’s wisdom teeth and caused an inflammation storm, Chen Shigong was so scared that he did not dare to follow up on the diagnosis and treatment. Li Shizhen was still busy, Zhang Juzheng added such a thing, who would dare in the future Treat the emperor?
But if we don’t sit together, it is indeed possible for the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital to join forces with ambitious people to do something.
After Xu Shen, who was treating him well, died, Emperor Jiajing spent all day with Lan Shenxian, making elixirs and treating himself.
"Sure enough, there is never a way to have both ends in this world. Sir, Mr. Wange, let's do this. Let's each take a step back and maintain the status quo." Zhu Yijun said when he saw the two ministers finally sitting down to drink tea. You have your own opinions on how to deal with it. Sometimes, doing nothing is also a kind of wisdom.
"People can't control what happens after them. No one can control it. Since you can't control it, why bother working in vain?" Zhu Yijun stated his reasons. If he really died in the inflammatory storm, The fate of Chen Shigong can only be decided by those who come after him. He is very open-minded about this matter and just maintains the status quo.
At least when the Jieguyuan was still there, there was no possibility for the great medical officers to collude with the scholar-bureaucrats because of Zhang Siwei, a third-grade official.
"Shen Shixing made some noise in Songjiang Mansion." Zhu Yijun took out Shen Shixing's memorial and said with a smile on his face: "Our Governor Shen finally learned to fight."
The biggest problem with Shen Shixing is that he wants to satisfy everyone, but in the end everyone is dissatisfied. This is the biggest shortcoming of Shen Shixing.
"I told him many times, but he just didn't listen. This time someone kicked me in the nose, and I finally understood the word "choice". It's not easy." Zhang Juzheng said with emotion. .
The influential right-wingers in Jiangnan wanted to give Zhang Juzheng face and did not dare to embarrass Shen Shixing too much. Shen Shixing was aggrieved and had to give in, coaxing Shen Shixing to do so. This also led to the fact that Shen Shixing had always been I don't quite understand the choice, but this time these Feng Shui masters can be regarded as giving Shen Shixing a solid lesson.
Zhu Yijun took out two miscellaneous newspapers and handed them to Zhang Juzheng and Wan Shihe and said: "Our Master Lin and Master Li are discussing the alienation of money from people again."
The discussion on the alienation of people by money is in full swing. For the first time, Li Zhi discussed that poor coolies without means of production and production tools are destined to be enslaved by meat eaters in production activities. Meat eaters rely on means of production. A kind of power similar to that of a master can be established, and the poor coolies have to sell their labor power in the market at unfair prices.
This phenomenon of cheap labor is extremely common in the Ming Dynasty.
Only with fairness can there be freedom, rather than with freedom, there can be fairness. Li Zhi called the birth of fairness from freedom two lies.
Now Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi have begun their second discussion, which is still about the alienation of money from people, but this part of the content is no longer described as deviant, it is simply audacious.
Based on the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, starting from the case of Wang Chonggu's assassination, these two people came to a conclusion.
The abnormal power born from the alienation of money from people has no family and country. Money has no family and country. The owner of money has no family and country. The owner of money has no family and country.
This logic is very simple. Profit is equal to surplus value, and the people who create surplus value can be the poor coolies of the Han people, the bottom class of the captives, or the black Japanese slaves. Meat eaters do not need to Care about who provides them with surplus value.
“The meat-eaters’ dissatisfaction with the imperial court has spread like weeds. This is something to be vigilant about, because the Ming Dynasty imperial court is blocking their unlimited profits from the imperial court. In the face of Beijing The elite soldiers in the camp choose the front, and the carnivores who have nothing to do will use all the power at their disposal to stir up public opinion and agitate the poor coolies." Zhang Juzheng put down the miscellaneous newspaper and repeated a sentence in the miscellaneous newspaper.
Officially elected officials and hereditary officials do not need to have a family and a country, as long as they can bear the price of their own class falling downwards. Xu Fan ran to Taixi. Compared with his influence in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Fan Being a minister of state in the West and dealing with a group of barbarians is also a form of class slippage.
If given the choice, Xu Fan would definitely stay in the Ming Dynasty, but Xu Jie was stubborn.
When the meat eaters did not have enough wings to leave the Ming Dynasty, they had a family and a country, because they could only obtain enough profits in the Ming Dynasty, and the products they organized to produce could only be sold in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the meat eaters had to have a homeland, because if they left this land, they would lose everything.
Li Zhi gave an example. There were many shipyards in the Ming Dynasty, but only seven had the ability to produce three-masted plywood ships. The rest of the shipyards only had the ability to build two-masted sampans. However, merchants in Western Europe would not buy three-masted plywood ships. It is impossible for the owners of these shipyards to survive without the Ming Dynasty.
When Ming Dynasty provided enough protection to allow carnivores to grow up to follow the shipping route and compete on the world stage, Ming Dynasty lost its value.
There is a group of opponents in the Yuanxu Islands who oppose the relocation of wealthy households to enrich the Gyeonggi government. The reason why they can move to the Yuanxu Islands is entirely because of the support of the Ming Dynasty's policy of opening up the sea, and also because they have learned enough in the Ming Dynasty. Lots of nutrients.
"The views of Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi are very sharp and penetrating." Zhang Juzheng looked at the miscellaneous newspapers on the table and made a positive evaluation. It is really suitable for these two people to be used as an opinion basket.
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said: "To prevent the outflow of silver, we must also prevent the foreigners from entering the Ming Dynasty to work."
People who are not my race must have different intentions.
When the dynasty is rising, the resources it controls are sufficient, and no matter who it is, they can get a satisfactory share, which is natural and enjoyable. However, when the dynasty’s national power is declining, the resources it controls are not enough. No one will be satisfied, and these people who have entered the Ming Dynasty are the source of trouble.
Zhang Juzheng is not an alarmist, it is a lesson that has happened in history, and he also thinks of the Baxi War.
In the 17th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty, the Yisiba Xi army, dominated by Persians, launched a rebellion in Quanzhou and established the Yisifa Khanate. It was not completed until the 26th year of Zhizheng ten years later. After pacification, Quanzhou Port, the most prosperous port in China, was destroyed in the war.
Thinking about the discussion between Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi, it is easy to get the direction of these two decrees. The Ming Dynasty was really too free. It is incredible that the nutrients learned in the Ming Dynasty were brought out.
"How to do it specifically, the Ministry of Rites will draw up a charter." Zhu Yijun handed over the matter to Wan Shihe. Wan Shihe shouted from the beginning that barbarians have wolf faces and beast hearts, and they are afraid of power. It's unethical, and the Ministry of Rites has been brewing it for a long time.
Zhang Juzheng said with a strange expression: "Songjiang Prefecture originally planned seven fast sailing docks this year. It has been completed in July. Before the end of the year, it can reach ten docks. In other words, starting from next year, the number of fast sailing docks will be The production capacity reaches ten ships; the Bingzhan Bureau reported that before the end of this year, the annual production capacity of printed silver coins will be increased to 5 million, and the scheduled target of 6.5 million will be achieved around the middle of next year.”
"Your Majesty, the goals set by the imperial court are somewhat conservative. This is the reason why the courtiers have ignored the expansion of scale and quantitative changes have led to qualitative changes."
The theory of contradictions talks about the laws of development and change of things. Among them, it discusses that three feet of ice does not change in a day, that is, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. The theory of contradictions has been around for twelve years, but when applying it, some factors will still be ignored involuntarily. This is how conservative the imperial court is in setting goals.
"No, no, no, sir, I think it's better to be more conservative." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "If the goal is set too high, you will be eager for quick success. Production is material and needs to be implemented. The goal is set. If it is a little higher, something might happen.”
Zhu Yijun did not ignore the scale effect. He deliberately set a goal that was not too high and achievable, not for the sake of relaxation. Rather, it was to prevent the Ming bureaucracy from multiplying the sum of times from expanding.
The most tyrannical method used by bureaucrats to destroy a decree is times. Authoritative emperors like Zhu Yijun have no good way to deal with this kind of thing. There is only one word, kill.
"I will obey the Holy Instructions." Zhang Juzheng was even a little scared when he heard His Majesty's words. In recent years, under the high pressure of the imperial examination and his authority, the bureaucrats have been honest, which almost made Zhang Juzheng almost Ignore the domineering method of Shizhi.
Zhang Juzheng discovered that the emperor's vigilance towards civil servants had never relaxed for a moment.
"What's going on with the Ming Dynasty that's popular in Western Europe recently? The governor of Luzon, Guo Zhengmao, wrote in a memorial that many red-haired merchant ships are coming to Beijing for pilgrimage?" Zhu Yijun said with an extremely ugly face.
He doesn’t even know when he became the only righteous god of the Daming Sect!
(End of this chapter)