Zhang Zhai.
The night after Zhang Juzheng was instructed by Zhu Yijun, he sent people to invite the great scholar Zhao Zhenji, the Minister of Personnel Zhang Han, the Minister of Rites Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Hubu Wang Guangguang, the Minister of War Tan Lun, and the imperial censor of Zuodu Shi Hairui to his home. .
"Your Majesty still cares about the common people!"
“It’s not just about wanting the common people to not be hungry or cold.”
These people were all reformists and already supporters of Zhang Juzheng, so Zhang Juzheng did not hide the emperor's true thoughts after these people gathered together, and deliberately let these people know that the emperor supported them, so he just Be forthright with your words.
"What do you mean?"
Zhao Zhenji asked.
Zhang Juzheng said casually: "Your Majesty rejects this whipping law. It is only allowed to be implemented in various places according to local conditions."
"No?"
After hearing this, Zhao Zhenji stood up, then sat back and asked Zhang Juzheng: "My uncle didn't tell your majesty that although this whip will make the people have to exchange money and pay taxes, it will also make it difficult for the government to collect taxes, which is not good." Guiji?"
"said!"
Zhang Juzheng replied, "But the emperor is not someone who only wants to make things convenient for the government but not for the people!"
"The state-owned sage!"
Wang Guoguang suddenly sighed, and then said: "This is a good thing!"
"Although many emperors have always talked about the common people since ancient times, and they all asked for frivolous corvee and meager gifts, but few of them really thought about doing it! It shows that your Majesty really cares about the people."
"This whip is implemented locally by local officials based on actual conditions. It is indeed better than having the imperial court issue an edict directly throughout the country. After all, not everyone in all places has enough money to pay taxes."
After Wang Guoguang said this, Hai Rui also nodded: "In that case, it is better to leave it to the local government to make its own decision. But we must strictly order the government to not mess around, otherwise it will be dealt with strictly!"
Zhang Juzheng nodded.
"That's fine!"
At this time, Zhao Zhenji sighed and said: "With this holy intention, there is nothing more to say."
Zhang Juzheng smiled at this moment and said: "Although the direct implementation of a whip across the country has been rejected, your Majesty's intention is that it will still be implemented across the country in the future. However, before that, the imperial court will issue a whip that can be used as a transaction for the world. It is a silver coin with a certain standard, and this silver coin is not just simple silver, it must be controlled by the imperial court."
"Your Majesty is thoughtful!"
Guoguang Guangguang, the Minister of Household Affairs who is good at money and food, nodded after thinking about it, and said: "In my opinion, it is better to use the increased silver income to issue silver coins first to facilitate the market, and then talk about a future plan." matter."
Zhang Juzheng nodded.
The others also nodded without expressing any objection.
Therefore, since the reform in the early years of Wanli has been carried out until now, compared with the original history, a big change has taken place.
Because the one-whip method took into account the problem of uneven development between the north and the south, there was no rush to implement it nationwide.
Instead, the central court started to reform the monetary system.
Forging silver coins was not difficult for the Ming Dynasty, whose forging technology was already mature.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun soon saw the first national silver coin of the Ming Dynasty from Zhang Juzheng.
Zhu Yijun gave it the name Silver Dollar, and issued an edict that the people of the world had to destroy it deliberately, otherwise it would be disrespectful to Taizu.
Because when Zhu Yijun determined the design of the Ming Dynasty silver coin, he specifically requested that the portrait of Taizu be engraved on the front of the silver coin. The reason was that he received such a request from Taizu in his dream, saying that he would personally ensure the smooth flow of trade in the Ming Dynasty.
Changchun Temple.
While the various new policies in the early years of Wanli were still in full swing, Empress Dowager Li had been staying next to the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha for a year.
Over the past year, her mood finally calmed down a lot.
When Wanli came to greet her again, she finally chose to see him instead of refusing to see her emperor's son as before.
"Is it time for you to get married?"
Queen Mother Li asked this question first when she saw Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Of course we have to wait for the queen mothers' instructions."
"What do you plan to do with Zhang Juzheng after your wedding?"
Queen Mother Li asked.
Zhu Yijun did not answer, but only asked: "Is there anything missing here, Queen Mother? Is there anything I need to ask someone to supplement?"
Queen Mother Li chuckled: "What can I lack?"
Then, Queen Mother Li stood up and turned her back to Zhu Yijun: "Go ahead, I know you don't like to stay here!"
"yes!"
Zhu Yijun left here and walked to Mrs. Chen's backyard.
"Mother! What do you think of my kick?!"
When Zhu Yijun was walking towards Queen Mother Chen, he happened to hear the laughter of Xiao Yongning who had come here first.
Suddenly, Zhu Yijun saw Xiao Yongning kicking a shuttlecock very high, but he could catch it no matter how hard he kicked it, so he showed off in front of Queen Mother Chen.
"Slower!"
"Be careful of tripping!"
Queen Mother Chen gave her instructions with some worry.
"fine!"
"You can't fall!"
Zhu Yijun also walked over with a smile at this time: "Queen Mother!"
"Coming?"
Seeing Zhu Yijun appear, Queen Mother Chen said with a smile.
"Brother Royal!"
Xiao Yongning didn't kick the shuttlecock anymore and walked over at this time.
Zhu Yijun nodded to Queen Mother Chen, then touched Xiao Yongning's little head, and then asked with concern to Queen Mother Chen: "My mother is feeling better recently. How do you like the tangerines that were sent to you a few days ago?"
"Thanks for thinking about it!"
"It's quite delicious. I just accidentally ate too much because I was greedy. I woke up several times in the middle of the night. Fortunately, it's no big deal."
Queen Mother Chen said with a smile.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun chatted with Queen Mother Chen about other things. For a while, because Yongning suggested playing shuttlecock together, he started playing with her. Queen Mother Chen looked on and just smiled.
At some point, Empress Dowager Li also came over. Because she saw Emperor Zhu Yijun and Xiao Yongning having fun with each other, she didn't come over. She didn't come over until Zhu Yijun and Xiao Yongning left. She came to Empress Dowager Chen: "Sister!"
Queen Mother Chen nodded.
Empress Dowager Li smiled and said at this time: "The emperor and Yongning are happier when they are with my sister, but they are not willing to say a word when they are with my sister."
"Don't always think about asking about government affairs, then it won't be like this."
Queen Mother Chen said.
Queen Mother Li smiled awkwardly and said, "Sister said yes! But now that Jun'er is getting married, she just asked one more question."
"It's time for Jun'er to get married!"
As she spoke, Empress Dowager Chen looked at Empress Dowager Li and said, "Please send me a kind message to the Ministry of Rites. What we should do must still be done. It is indeed not good to delay it. It will easily make people think too much and think that someone deliberately does not want to let us do it." The emperor’s wedding!”
"That's what my sister said!"
Queen Mother Li replied with a smile.
Therefore, in the first month of the fifth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun's aunt, the Empress Dowager Rensheng, and his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, issued an order to the Ministry of Rites to choose a marriage for the emperor.
