After Zhang Jingxiu heard this, he couldn't help but ask Zhang Juzheng: "What does father mean?"
Zhang Juzheng sighed: "As a father, it's hard to say what to do now. I can only admit that Xu Huating is very clever. As a father, I really want to betray your majesty and join forces with him to end the restructuring, in exchange for my father's personal and The Zhang family is safe, and your Majesty will have no choice but to accept this outcome if it is true."
Zhang Jingxiu nodded after hearing this.
Immediately, Zhang Jingxiu suddenly came to Zhang Juzheng and said: "Father, actually, my son and second brother have been hiding something from you! Because it is not convenient for you to know."
"If it's inconvenient, then don't say it!"
Zhang Juzheng didn't wait for Zhang Jingxiu to finish speaking, and shouted directly.
Zhang Jingxiu was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth and knelt down.
"As a man, standing between heaven and earth, you can't hide even a few secrets!"
"Although you are the eldest son of the Zhang family, you can't really regard yourself as your father's slave. As a servant of the Zhang family, you have to tell your father everything."
"Remember, you are the future leader of the Zhang family and you need to have your own opinions and secrets."
"There are some things that, as long as they are beneficial to the preservation of the Zhang family, you cannot tell them even if you die!"
"yes!"
"As the saying goes, a daughter-in-law who knows how to be the head of the family hides things from both sides. Even though you are the son and not the daughter-in-law, you still have to do the same, and you have to hide what you need to hide!"
Zhang Juzheng educated Zhang Jingxiu.
Zhang Jingxiu hurriedly continued: "What father said is true, and the child has remembered it."
"Just remember."
"Get up."
Zhang Juzheng said something, and then said: "Besides, a vicious person who can give away his granddaughter and daughter as if he were a maid is not worthy of you as a father. Just don't trust what he says." !”
Zhang Juzheng said, "When Yan Fenyi fell from power, I didn't see him being so kind and merciful to his own family. It will be the same when you are in charge of the family in the future. Although you cannot offend such a ruthless person, you still need to be wary of it." Three points,"
"Father said so!"
Zhang Jingxiu stood up, replied, and asked, "Then what should we do?"
"Don't refuse, don't agree, and don't wait."
"After all, it is not certain whether His Majesty is really willing to accept this result, so you should do whatever you have to do. We will wait until Ma Tongzhou and Shenwu County return to Beijing."
Zhang Juzheng said.
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Because Zhang Juzheng said this, Zhang Jingxiu came to Zhang Jing immediately and informed Zhang Jing of Xu Jie's intention.
Zhang Jing informed Zhu Yijun about this.
Zhu Yijun, who was about to make a grand gesture, didn't say anything immediately after hearing this. He just stopped the pen in his hand, threw it aside, and then walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back. He looked at a large army sweeping towards the blue sky and white clouds in front of him. When a dark cloud was approaching, I couldn't help but say: "Is this going to change?"
Zhang Jing walked up behind Zhu Yijun and said, "Back to the emperor, I must be so."
Zhu Yijun suddenly asked: "Why is Zhang Jingxiu still willing to report such a thing?"
"There is nothing wrong with the emperor. This is indeed strange. It shows that Mr. Yuanfu Zhang has not made up his mind to betray the emperor."
Zhang Jing replied.
Zhu Yijun smiled slightly: "Yes! You are a gentleman, and you won't be led by others so easily! But if you really make up your mind, you have to retreat bravely and take in the young and beautiful girl Ninth of the Xu family. Let's live together as an old husband and a young wife. Do you think there is nothing I can do about your affair, sir?"
Zhang Jing fell silent.
to be honest.
For Zhu Yijun, Xu Jie, who has already become an official, is already a headache for him. He can't get the slightest clue about him, and he can't find a chance to punish him. Now he is directly taking retreat as an advance and gave it to Zhang Juzheng. An opportunity he couldn't refuse, and the emperor wanted to become a real loner;
And if Zhang Juzheng really fell to the side of Xu Jie and the Jiangnan gentry behind him, and joined forces with him, then Zhu Yijun's path to reforming the Ming Dynasty would undoubtedly become more difficult.
After all, this is equivalent to him having to deal with Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie at the same time.
"Xu Huating!"
Zhu Yijun recited Xu Jie's name silently in his heart and gritted his teeth.
According to his current mood, he really wanted to cut Xu Jie into pieces with a thousand knives.
Because Xu Jie wanted to completely pull his husband to the side of the powerful officials and gentry, so that he could no longer pretend, and had to be prepared to deal with the two old foxes Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie at the same time.
And Zhu Yijun knew that although Zhang Juzheng was willing to restructure, according to his understanding of Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng was unwilling to change the fundamental interests of the big landlords and big bureaucrats.
As for the current reforms, except for the one whip that has not been implemented nationwide, among the reforms carried out by Zhang Juzheng in the history of Zhang Juzheng, the Kao Cheng Law has been implemented for many years and the clearing of land and land is nearing completion. Therefore, if Zhang Juzheng is really unwilling to move If the fundamental interests of the big landlords and big bureaucrats are eliminated, there will naturally be no motivation to continue restructuring.
Therefore, it is undoubtedly possible that Zhang Juzheng would agree to Xu Jie's request for peace and at the same time join forces to suppress his emperor's desire to continue reform.
But it happened that Zhang Ju was the person who knew the details of Zhu Yijun best.
Therefore, once Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie join forces, it can be said that it will become more difficult for Zhu Yijun to continue to make a difference.
Because of this, Zhu Yijun hated Xu Jie very much at this time. He hated Xu Jie for being so ruthless that he dared to make his own daughter a victim. He also hated that he was so clever that he used a trick commonly used by large companies in later generations, that is, if they can't defeat him, they merge.
"Your Majesty! I dare to speak frankly. If Mr. Yuanfu Zhang really betrays you and betrays the common people of the country, Your Majesty, why don't you kill him directly!"
Zhang Jing suddenly knelt down and said to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun was startled after hearing this.
Zhang Jingze continued: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. How can the Emperor be manipulated by others and become a puppet with a hanging thread?"
"Besides, how can the emperor allow his ministers to resist him?"
"And the emperor is supposed to be domineering. This is what Mr. Zhang said to the emperor himself."
"If we really get to that point, your Majesty might as well use thunderous means to do it. There is no emperor in this dynasty who wants to kill someone but can't."
"As long as Mr. Zhang is not Mr. Zhang alive, the rest will be easy to handle. It is nothing more than showing kindness to stabilize some civil servants, and then gradually replacing some of the civil servants with ministers to guard the local area and appoint the guarding eunuchs!"
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"Your Majesty! I think this is impossible!"
Zhang Hong, who was already on duty next to Zhu Yijun, knelt down and said the same thing after hearing Zhang Jing come in to report the news and advise Zhu Yijun to make preparations to kill Zhang Juzheng and reuse the eunuch's advice.
Zhang Jing did not expect that Zhang Hong would object, so he couldn't help but continue: "Your Majesty, this is also the method used by the previous emperors to check and balance the foreign dynasty's disregard for the emperor! It is not impossible for your Majesty to do it! Could it be said that all the previous emperors are not saints?"
Zhang Hong also followed: "Your Majesty Ming Jian!"
"Most of the eunuchs have grown up in the palace, and they are not as clear about the local people's sentiments as the scholar-bureaucrats. In addition, they are cruel because they dare to mutilate their bodies, and they are arrogant because they are the emperor's servants."
"Therefore, once the eunuchs go out to govern, they will only be more corrupt than the scholar-bureaucrats, and they will only plunder the people more than the scholar-bureaucrats."
"Because the scholar-bureaucrats are still concerned about the opinions of local people and do not dare to act too recklessly, but the eunuchs do not have such scruples. If they are asked to fight against the powerful rightists on behalf of the emperor, they are afraid that they will not dare, but let them collude with the local powerful rightists to intensify the persecution of the common people. Exploitation, I’m afraid you are very brave!”
"After all, they know that they are the emperor's slaves. The emperor will not distrust his slaves but trust the civil servants of foreign dynasties."
After saying that, Zhang Hong kowtowed and said, "I would like to ask you not to listen to Eunuch Zhang's words!"
Zhang Jinghan's face dropped.
Zhu Yijun was also surprised. He did not expect that Zhang Hong would not want him to reuse eunuchs to increase his personal power.
You must know that if Zhu Yijun reused eunuchs and really let eunuchs serve as guard eunuchs in various places to replace the governors and command troops, the most advantageous would be eunuchs like Zhang Hong, especially Zhang Hong, the eunuch who controlled the promotion of eunuchs.
Then, Zhang Hong said: "In addition, Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang is a minister who seeks the country, and he is also the emperor's teacher. In my humble opinion, our Ming Dynasty really can no longer innocently kill such a minister who seeks the country!" "
Zhang Hong began to sob as he spoke, and said: "After all, Your Majesty, you have to think about your own future holiness and even the inheritance of your future descendants. If you continue to kill ministers like you kill domestic slaves, then even the ministers will become Just like a domestic slave, he only knows how to flatter his superiors but not the common people of the country!"
Zhang Hong then said resolutely: "If the emperor really wants to do this, I would rather go on a hunger strike than see the emperor do such a thing!"
