"When did this happen?"
After Zhu Yijun knew this, he asked in a deep voice.
"What happened on September 13th!"
Zhang Jing replied.
"He's still here after all!"
"Didn't you let people from the East Factory watch?"
Zhu Yijun asked after speaking.
Zhang Jing replied: "The people in Dongchang have been watching, but this old man is really too old and has been critically ill several times a year. Now he just can't survive this time!"
"Back off!"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand after hearing this.
Zhang Jing then left Zhu Yijun.
And all of a sudden, Zhu Yijun was the only one left in the entire Nuan Pavilion.
Zhu Yijun stared blankly at the screen in front of him, thinking a lot.
Zhang's father's sudden death was a big blow to the New Deal in this era of filial piety.
Because once Zhang Juzheng returns home because of Ding You, it means that the affairs of the father-in-law will be interrupted. After all, it is Zhang Juzheng's people who are responsible for the father-in-law's death.
Once Zhang Juzheng leaves, the new chief assistant will have to change people to do things. Once people are replaced, many things will be put on hold.
Therefore, for the sake of the New Deal, Zhu Yijun had to win over Zhang Juzheng. He did not want the matter of clearing his father-in-law to be abandoned halfway.
And he believed that Zhang Juzheng himself also wanted to be captured by his emperor.
According to the etiquette system, when an official's parents die, the official himself must take the initiative to return to his hometown to live in Dingyou, and all official positions will be dismissed.
But this system is not without its inoperability.
According to the system, the emperor has the power to seize love.
After all, etiquette must also obey political needs.
It's just that in many cases, scholar-officials did not want etiquette to be subordinate to imperial power, but they wanted imperial power to be subordinate to etiquette.
That is to say, the emperor should also obey the etiquette system and allow officials who should observe etiquette to return to their hometown.
Officials should also take the initiative to abide by the etiquette system, and should not stop observing the etiquette system because of the emperor's love.
In short, Zhu Yijun knew that he had encountered a challenge on whether the imperial power should obey the etiquette system.
But Zhu Yijun had no intention of obeying etiquette.
It's not just that he doesn't want his imperial power to be restricted by etiquette.
More importantly, he did not want this backward moral system to continue to restrict the internal improvement of the entire Chinese society.
If the imperial power still needs to be restricted in the future, Zhu Yijun does not want to limit the imperial power through ethics.
What's more, the ethical code itself was destined to be unable to restrain the imperial power because of its contradictory attributes of being loyal to the imperial power.
Therefore, in any case, Zhu Yijun is not suitable to let Zhang Juzheng leave now.
He wants to let Zhang Juzheng leave only when the New Deal is completely completed and he can find someone who can truly replace Zhang Juzheng, instead of letting Zhang Juzheng leave because of a compromise with Confucian etiquette.
"how so!"
After Zhang Juzheng received this news, he found it even harder to accept than Wanli. After muttering this sentence, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roared: "Father!"
Then, Zhang Juzheng fainted and fell unconscious.
And Zhang Jingxiu did not wake up his father immediately. Instead, he stayed there for a moment and just said blankly: "What should I do?"
Zhang Jingxiu seemed to have foreseen what kind of storm his father would face next.
Unlike Zhang Juzheng who fainted and Zhang Jingxiu who was sluggish, Hanlin editor Wu Zhongxing had already found Zhao Yongxian to criticize him like a jackal asking for the taste of meat. He said excitedly: "The father of Jiangling is gone! Now I was waiting for Qingliu to help the etiquette system." It’s time!”
"What should we do if Ding You from Jiangling Hui comes back to his hometown?"
Zhao Yongxian replied.
Wuzhong Xing said: "If this is the case, it will be better. The new policy can be ended and the etiquette system can be completed!"
"You're right!"
"Now Zhang Juzheng has just united his party members, and there is no one who can inherit his mantle. It is the right time for him to leave at this time!"
Zhao Yongxian nodded and then said: "In short, if we go to Jiangling now, Zhang's party will be leaderless and fall into internal strife, and then fall apart!"
"But this is almost impossible. How could Jiangling allow his new policy to be interrupted and his party members to fall apart!"
Wuzhong Xingyan said.
After hearing this, Zhao Yongxian said: "I hope he can go to Jiangling, so that we don't have to turn against each other in the future! This is actually an opportunity for him to retreat bravely."
"That's right, the New Deal has come to an end! The scholar-bureaucrats in the world have been suffering from the New Deal for a long time! Instead of waiting for His Majesty to end him in the future, it would be better for Jiangling to end him himself, and maybe he can still preserve his reputation!"
Wuzhong Xingyan said.
"In public opinion, should this be the end of the New Deal?"
Zhang Han, the Minister of Personnel, also asked Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Rites, when he met with him the next day.
Because of the death of Zhang Juzheng's father, the entire reformist group was also in panic.
Zhang Han did not dare to face the pressure of the New Deal on etiquette, so he asked Ma Ziqiang.
Ma Ziqiang said: "Although His Majesty also has the intention to forge ahead, this is indeed the best time to end the restructuring. Qingzhang Tianmu has been implemented nationwide for nearly a year, so it is almost done."
Zhang Han nodded: "We can't really let His Majesty think that etiquette can be made an exception. If so, what rules will restrain the emperor in the future?"
"It's better to discuss this matter with uncle!"
"As long as my uncle insists on Ding You, the emperor will not force others to do anything."
Ma Ziqiang said.
Zhang Han nodded after hearing this.
"Seize love!"
"This time we must use examples to win favor!"
"He, Zhang Taiyue, must first be loyal before he can fulfill his filial piety. Now if he retreats because of this, what will happen! No one except him can preside over the current New Deal. I can't, and none of you can!"
At this time, Zhao Zhenji spoke loudly to Lu Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei in the cabinet.
"Meng Jing is certainly right, but it depends on Yuan Fu's own intentions."
Lu Tiaoyang said.
Zhang Siwei also echoed: "Yes, if Yuan Fu himself wants Ding You, what can we do?"
"It's not up to him!"
"If he wants Ding You, he has to stay. If he doesn't want Ding You, he has to stay. Zhang Taiyue wants to retreat bravely, but there is no way!"
"If he wants to retreat bravely, then take back what he said, 'I am not a prime minister, but a photographer'!"
"Zhang Taiyue dared to use his power to change the world's order, but now he doesn't dare to use his power to violate the rules of the world?"
"He must dare even if he doesn't dare!"
Snapped!
As he spoke, Zhao Zhenji slapped the table and said: "Let's go to court together and persuade His Majesty to win his love first! If His Majesty doesn't win his love, we won't be able to stay in this cabinet. He, Zhang Juzheng, is about to give up his position, so let's all give up his choice together." !”
"this……"
Lu Tiaoyang hesitated.
Zhao Zhenji stood up immediately and said: "Why are you still hesitating? Your Majesty and Zhang Taiyue cannot bear this pressure now. We have to share some of it too!"
Zhang Siwei nodded at this time and said: "What Meng Jing said is, let's go to Shu, so as not to make people think that we want Yuan Fu to leave."
"Hey! That's the truth!"
Zhao Zhenji said to Zhang Ziwei: "It's you Zhang Ziwei who has a plan!"
Zhang Siwei: "..."
Therefore, before Zhu Yijun received Zhang Juzheng's "Begging for Favor and Keeping the System", he first received a memorial from Zhao Zhenji, Lu Tiaoyang, and Zhang Siwei asking him to assist Jin Youzi, Li Xian, and Yang Pulu in their attempt to seize Zhang Juzheng's love.
Zhu Yijun was naturally very satisfied with this, and hurriedly approved the three people's report, and asked the cabinet to issue an edict to Zhang Juzheng, saying: "The patriarchal system must be upheld, and the king and father are especially important. If it is approved, he will continue to work in the cabinet as usual." , I will accompany you to the court on the day when my term of serving as lecturer and attendant is over.”
As for the next work, Zhang Juzheng's "Begging for Encouragement and Keeping the System", Zhu Yijun naturally also criticized it.
"Next, no matter how many times Mr. Zhang tries to beg for favors and obey the rules, he will not be allowed to do so!"
"I will keep all the memorials from officials who oppose the seizure of love and ignore them!"
Zhu Yijun, after instructing the Supervisor of Ceremonies to criticize Zhang Juzheng's first "Begging for Favors and Keeping Regulations", continued his instructions in a deep voice.
