Zhang Juzheng immediately spoke out: "Your Majesty, you regard the court as a national system, so you can't wait any longer! I believe that all those who don't come and don't ask for sick leave first should be dismissed from their posts!"
"Your Majesty! You should be lenient and benevolent in government. Although your ministers are not in court, it is suspected of disrespecting the imperial principles and national laws. However, your majesty should take this opportunity to show mercy and show your kindness! In my humble opinion, sudden dismissal from office is too harsh. It is better to issue an edict to warn him first and make it clear that if he commits the crime again, he will be dealt with strictly, which may make people sincerely obey him and express his admiration to your majesty."
Wang Bor, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and the sacrificial wine minister of the Imperial Academy, went out to express his opinions.
Immediately afterwards, many civil servants seconded their opinions and agreed with Wang Boring's proposal.
Zhang Juzheng's proposal is indeed too strict.
It is really unexpected to be dismissed directly without coming to the morning court, and to cut off a person's official career.
You must know that not everyone is qualified to go to court, and it is not easy to become a Beijing official who is qualified to go to court.
This also made many courtiers feel sympathy for each other, and they did not want to fear that they would not be innocent in the future because of this.
Zhu Yijun pursed his lips and suddenly said: "There are examples of people who are not lenient in the law, and that's all. Mr. Yuan Fu Zhang is right. The dynasty is a national system and cannot be treated lightly. According to Mr. Yuan Fu Zhang's words, no Everyone in the court should be dismissed from their posts!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Zhang Juzheng took the lead, and his second assistant Lu Tiaoyang, the official minister Zhang Han, the commander of the Jinyiwei Liu Shouyou and other courtiers of his faction all agreed.
Wang Bor and other opponents did not say anything.
As a result, thousands of Beijing officials and courtiers were dismissed from their posts at once, and more than 200 ***** were dismissed at once!
There are many honorable persons among them.
This is not lax.
It can be said that it was a big shock in the officialdom in the first year of Wanli.
"Now that I think about it, although His Majesty is diligent in studying, he is still naive, which gave Jiang Ling the opportunity to eliminate dissidents."
And for this reason, after the disbandment of the dynasty, Wang Bor couldn't help but speak to Ge Shouli, the censor of Zuodu.
Ge Shouli said: "It's not surprising that all chief ministers who exercise power will do this kind of purge."
Wang Bor said: "Having said that, the appointment of Hai Rui, Feng Bao's loss of the power to supervise the East Factory, and Zhang Jing's appointment as Chief of Ceremonies make me think that I have not become the emperor, or that I have lost my innocence early and am unwilling to be manipulated by Feng Bao and Jiang Ling." It means. Now that I think about it, Feng Bao will be even more arrogant!"
Ge Shouli smiled and said, "Why bother. My uncle is not a strict person and will not let Feng Bao mess around. Besides, it is a good thing that the emperor is young and respects his teachers! It is not good to be too smart like a worldly temple."
"Too!"
Wang Bor nodded.
"Uncle, didn't you agree to wait until His Majesty is completely dissatisfied before purging those who are not doing their job in the court? Why did you suddenly bring it forward?"
Zhang Juzheng's confidant Yang Bo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, also came to ask about Zhang Juzheng after he went to court because suddenly the emperor approved Zhang Juzheng's suggestion and issued a strict decree not to sack all the officials.
Zhang Juzheng asked in a low voice: "The last few times I visited the court, many officials did not attend the court. Have you found anything dissatisfied with His Majesty?"
After hearing this, Yang Bo thought about it and laughed: "So, Uncle has determined that the emperor will not dare to be his king?"
Zhang Juzheng nodded.
At this moment, the guest who was newly appointed as the deacon and eunuch of the Qianqing Palace ran over: "Mr. Yuanfu Zhang, please stay, the emperor's platform is calling for you!"
After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to turn around and follow the guest to the platform.
Seeing this, Yang Bo couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Although your Majesty is young, he is eager to rule!"
The platform call is a place where the Emperor of Ming Dynasty summoned ministers alone to consult on government affairs.
The so-called platform refers to the left and right doors of the Yuntai located in the center of Jianji Hall in the Forbidden City and facing backward.
When summoning cabinet ministers and other officials, they basically go to the left gate.
When Zhang Juzheng arrived at the left door, Zhu Yijun was already sitting there.
As soon as Zhang Juzheng arrived, Zhu Yijun asked: "There are hundreds of ministers and servants in the imperial court who are not in office and are so lazy. Do you think it is enough, sir, to just remove them from office?"
"Returning to Your Majesty is naturally not enough. We have to order the censor to strictly implement the roll call and attendance system."
Zhang Juzheng replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Except for the morning court, how many other government affairs include neglect of duty, delaying decisions, and hiding things?"
"I dare not hide this from Your Majesty! Nor do I dare to blame the late Emperor!"
"But since your Majesty asked today, I boldly say that since the time of the Shimiao, the officialdom has been increasingly corrupted. During the time of the late emperor, it was even more lenient! The phenomenon of making people superfluous to work is getting more and more serious. I have already intended to implement a strict examination system. "
After Zhang Juzheng answered, he took the opportunity to take out the chapter from his sleeve, held it in front of his head with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, I even specially drafted the basis for the implementation of the examination method after consulting my colleagues and consulting relevant documents. , and it is ready to be delivered to the emperor. Now that your majesty has summoned the officials to face each other on the platform, I will deliver it to your majesty now."
Exam into law.
Zhu Yijun is no stranger to this.
As far as he knew, the first new policy implemented by Zhang Juzheng in the early Wanli period in history was to implement the examination method.
Moreover, Zhu Yijun had even guessed that Zhang Juzheng was preparing for the implementation of the examination method through the sudden roll call of the imperial censor.
When Feng Bao took Zhang Juzheng's memorial and gave it to Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun only looked at it briefly and said: "Very good!"
Then, Zhu Yijun handed Zhang Juzheng's memorial to Feng Bao: "Big companion, you immediately go to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approve the red, and then draft an edict for Yuanfu Mr. Zhang to implement it. This should be the first important national policy after I came to the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty. It cannot be hold up!"
"According to the order!"
Feng Baoye took the memorial, glanced at Zhang Jing, and left with the memorial.
After Zhu Yijun dismissed Feng Bao, he directly asked Zhang Juzheng: "Sir, is this interesting?"
Zhang Juzheng was slightly startled.
Zhu Yijun suddenly smiled and asked: "Sir, you are testing me, but you don't know, can I satisfy you with my response to this?"
Zhang Juzheng began to sweat on his forehead and replied in a trembling voice: "I don't understand what your Majesty means."
"Sir, do you really not understand?"
Zhu Yijun asked, and then said: "In the previous inspections, no censor came out to call the roll, but today suddenly there is a censor who fulfills his duties loyally and does not hesitate to offend the officials. Is this censor too upright, or does Mr. Wang want to see it? See if I can make the king's heart like a mirror? Are you worried that I will know when I'm young that I can't turn against all officials?"
Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but swayed slightly, and couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Zhu Yijun.
"Sir, don't be surprised!"
"Mr. Meng's "Emperor's Illustrations" was written well and with great care. Perhaps it has something to do with my own talent, and I actually know a lot of truths. Therefore, I guessed that Mr. Meng suddenly did this because he was worried that I would only He knows how to use skills to gain power, but he doesn’t know how to govern a country with the right way, and he should only hold power for the sake of practicing the right way.”
"Sir, am I right?"
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and saw that his face was full of shock. He suppressed his inner pride and pretended to be indifferent and said:
"I know that Sir is testing me. He is worried that I will only use tricks to win over the officials, but will not be determined to transform myself into a promising king. I will not even dare to follow the strict laws imposed by Sir on the officials and make them disappointed in me. .”
"Today, I took advantage of the absence of my eldest companion to tell Mr. Zhang that I have always known that Mr. Zhang worked hard and never dared to abandon the principle of serving the public in the world. The so-called so-called things, in Mr. Zhang's view, are just techniques to seize power for personal gain and are just for the sake of doing justice. "
"In addition, when I appointed Hai Rui, I didn't want to make Mr. Xu feel uncomfortable. I just wanted to protect him so that he would no longer sacrifice justice for selfish reasons. Just like before, I used my trust in Mr. to take care of the Xu family. This is my wish. , it must not be the wish of Mr., let alone the wish of everyone in the world!"
