In the evening, a heavy rain drenched the Forbidden City, making the palace walls and red towers moister and eliminating a lot of the heat.
Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun had also left Qianqing Palace at this time.
Only Zhu Yijun was still standing in front of the screen with the names of officials from various towns and prefectures written on it, and he was curious in his heart how the names on these screens would follow the original historical development and cooperate with Zhang Juzheng to complete a vigorous reform.
As an emperor, and having come to this era, I will undoubtedly be able to understand this process more directly, and may even be able to directly participate in it and have a greater impact on it.
"Hai Rui has been appointed, and Zhao Zhenji has also returned to the cabinet. It can be seen that what Mr. Zhang will assist me in launching will be a drastic reform."
After Zhu Yijun said this to himself, he asked Zhang Jing: "Has Mr. Zhang submitted the detailed instructions for the examination?"
Zhang Jing hurriedly replied: "Back to the Emperor, not yet."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun ordered: "As soon as it is submitted, show it to me!"
"yes!"
Zhang Zhai.
With a smile on his face, Hai Rui looked at the handbook he had completed on the detailed rules for the entrance examination.
A great sense of accomplishment arises spontaneously.
In history, although he was famous for his outspoken love for the people and fear of the powerful, he was also famous for his scolding of Emperor Jiajing.
But in fact, he had served in the local government for many years and had contact with all strata of the Ming Dynasty. Being familiar with the various shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, he also had the idea of reform in his heart.
And it’s intense!
Historically, when Zhang Juzheng was in power, he wrote several letters to Zhang Juzheng and expressed his reform ideas to him.
Although in terms of punishing corruption, he proposed to restore the ancestral system of peeling straw in the Hongwu Dynasty, this was opposed by the entire bureaucratic class.
But it can be regarded as an idea to correct the current shortcomings.
Of course, historically, after the Ming Dynasty reached Zhengde, that is, from the middle to late period, due to the emergence of Wang Xue, the scholar-bureaucrats began to have independent thinking and reform trends in their thoughts. Some people have even used Wang Yangming's Xue Xue to propose that the common people's daily necessities are The idea that everyone can be a sage led many scholar-bureaucrats to have the idea of reform in politics.
In particular, the Japanese rebellion that swept the southeast during the late Jiajing period brought to light many of the problems of the Ming Dynasty, and gave some responsible scholar-bureaucrats a strong desire to innovate and eliminate the shortcomings.
It can be said that from the late Jiajing period to the early Longqing period, Zhang Juzheng was not the only one who wanted to reform.
You should know that when Gao Gong was in power, he began to reform the sea and open border trade.
In fact, if Zhang Juzheng was not the only one who had the intention to reform nowadays, Zhang Juzheng alone would not have been able to complete the reforms in the early Wanli period in history.
Coming back to the topic, Hai Rui, who was also living in this period, was also influenced by the ideological trends of the time, and had his own set of ideas for innovating, eliminating disadvantages, and revitalizing the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that he was born as a civil servant, and it was impossible for him to enter the center of the empire and become a ruler. Therefore, his reform ideas could often only be reflected in one county or one chief secretary, and could not affect the whole country.
But now, influenced by the butterfly effect instigated by Zhu Yijun, a time traveler, he actually had the opportunity to perfect the details of the examination law for Zhang Juzheng. Undoubtedly, he wanted to turn some of his ideas on rectifying officialdom into national policies and then implement them nationwide.
For Hai Rui, this was an unexpected surprise.
Zhang Juzheng gave him the treatment of Hu Ji fanning him, but he forgot to enjoy it and only devoted himself to drafting the detailed rules for the examination.
After Hai Rui handed Zhang Juzheng a letter about the implementation details of the Entrance Examination Law, Zhang Juzheng also read it carefully.
Zhang Juzheng did not modify it after reading it, and copied it directly into the official manuscript, preparing to play it in his name as the first assistant.
This made Hai Rui even more happy, and he had the urge to make Zhang Juzheng his confidant.
"Frankly speaking, I don't want to implement what Mr. Gang Feng added! The reason is that if you are too lenient to the common people and too strict to the officials, I am afraid that I, Zhang Jiangling, will really die without a burial place in the future."
But Zhang Juzheng said this at this time.
Hai Rui was stunned: "Then why did Yuan Fu copy it directly without changing a single word?"
Zhang Juzheng laughed: "It will be beneficial to Your Majesty! Once this method is implemented, Your Majesty will only be able to show kindness to all officials in the future, but will not be able to exert pressure."
Hai Rui was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he could only bend his waist and bow.
Soon, the handbook on the implementation details of the test law arrived in the clerk's room in the form of Zhang Juzheng's memorial.
But the person who saw this chapter playing first was not Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, but Feng Bao!
Because Zhang Damou, the eunuch in charge of the clerk's office, was Feng Bao's confidant.
Zhang Damou would consciously show Feng Bao first to the important chapters sent from the outside.
After Feng Bao read the specific content of the examination, his face suddenly darkened, and he told Zhang Jing, who was also in charge of the ceremony: "When Xu Jue comes, tell him that I have something to say, and let You Qi Convey it to his master! It’s fine that the matter of reviving Zhao Zhenji was not discussed with our family in advance, as long as it is not high-gong. But why, how to pass the exam was not discussed with our family, so it was handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies? Isn't he afraid that passing the exam like this will cause dissatisfaction among officials, which will affect his position as chief minister and give Gao Gong a chance to make a comeback?"
Then, Feng Bao wrote two names on a piece of paper, and said to Zhang Jing: "Give this note to Xu Jue and ask him to pass it to You Qi, and then ask You Qi to pass it to his home." Master, let me tell you, these two have to be rehabilitated, and one of them has to be in the cabinet! He, Zhang Juzheng, let Zhao Zhenji join the cabinet, and our family didn’t stop him, so let’s not stop him, Zhang Juzheng, from letting Zhao Zhenji join the cabinet!"
Zhang Jing agreed.
"As soon as the memorials of these two people's resumption arrive, our family will personally present the memorials of the examination together."
Feng Bao then said something more, then put the memorial into his sleeve and returned to his outer house, instead of taking the memorial to Qianqing Palace to show Zhu Yijun, so he kept it privately.
Obviously, Feng Bao also intended to use this method to threaten Zhang Juzheng. If he was not allowed to retaliate against the people he recommended, he would not allow the examination method to be implemented smoothly.
The great eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty had their own residences outside the palace and did not live in the palace.
After all, apart from the emperor and other nobles in the palace, no matter how powerful a eunuch is, he would be too embarrassed to live in a big hall or a big room in the palace.
But it is different outside the palace. For those who are more luxurious, the life in the outer house may be even more luxurious than that of the emperor and the nobles in the palace.
After Feng Bao returned to his foreign residence, only Zhang Jing stayed in the ceremonial supervisor to wait for Xu Jue.
According to historical records, Xu Jue was arranged by Feng Bao and could often go in and out of the forbidden court and go to the ceremonial office to serve as consul.
Now, the reason why Feng Bao ordered Zhang Jing to tell Xu Jue some of the things he told him was because he knew that Xu Jue would come to the ceremonial supervisor regularly.
After Xu Jue arrived, Zhang Jing relayed Feng Bao's words to Xu Jue.
However, Zhang Jing came directly to Zhu Yijun after Xu Jue left.
"Zhang Siwei, Xu Fan?"
"What benefits have these two people given to Feng Bao? Will Feng Bao rise up against them? Among them, Xu Fan, I have already decreed that he will not be used!"
Zhu Yijun looked at the two names written by Zhang Jing on an imperial note in front of him and said in a deep voice.
