Historically, Zhang Hong did choose to go on a hunger strike and die because he was disappointed with some of Wanli's actions.
What was unexpected was that Zhang Hong said such words today.
Zhu Yijun did not directly express his position, but silently looked at the dark clouds outside the Zhu Qiang.
At this time, layers of dark clouds were surrounding the entire Forbidden City.
The day is like night for a moment.
"Your Majesty! If you don't do this, you can only watch Dang Zhang become Dang Xu, and Mr. Zhang will become the second Mr. Xu. The key is to continue to respect him and give him the gift of an emperor. But You can't blame him at all, and you can't ask him about his crime of betraying you, the Emperor, and the entire country!"
"They have to be forced to be puppets by their disciples. They can't do anything. Even if their disciples bully the king, they have to forgive them in terms of the friendship between teachers and students."
Zhang Jing choked up as he spoke: "And when I think that the emperor has to suffer such injustice, and be the emperor in such a humiliating way, my servants are not worthy of the emperor!"
Zhang Jing then asked: "It's impossible that Zhang Juzheng really got the merit of being a ZTE assistant, and after betraying the emperor, he can continue to be famous as a famous official of ZTE, right? So that future generations don't know about him. Already disloyal and betraying the Emperor?!"
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, if Mr. Zhang really agrees to the Xu family and no longer restructures the system, your Majesty can only do what Eunuch Zhang said and continue to treat Mr. Zhang with dignity and regard him as a famous minister of ZTE."
"As the saying goes, if you swallow the broken teeth in your stomach, you should be merciful to your husband. What's more, a rare thing for a person is to learn to tolerate, especially the emperor. After all, the emperor is the emperor. If you don't tolerate it, it will bring disaster to the world. And it caused the death of thousands of people!"
"What's more, in my humble opinion, Mr. Zhang has become a minister to this extent. He is already more loyal to the country than many ministers."
"Letting him die a good death can be regarded as encouraging future ministers to still care about the country."
"Your Majesty, you can't really regard your husband as your enemy just because he doesn't want to completely offend the powerful right people in the world!"
Zhang Hong started talking.
"Zhang Hong! Are you still the emperor's slave?!"
Zhang Jing then directly questioned Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong replied: "Eunuch Zhang, it is precisely because I am the emperor's slave that I would rather die than let the emperor go astray!"
Zhang Jing then asked Zhang Hong: "If Zhang Juzheng really betrays the emperor, shouldn't he die?!"
Zhang Hong asked: "Where is the betrayal! Is not willing to change the system also a betrayal?! Are you rebelling against the emperor, or are you trying to abolish the emperor?!"
Zhang Hong then added: "It's just that because of this, Mr. Zhang no longer does his best to serve the emperor, but wants to return to his hometown to support himself. Eunuch Zhang, ask yourself, if you become Liu Jin, would you dare to do the same thing as Liu Jin?" ?!”
"That's enough, everyone, shut up!"
Zhu Yijun suddenly said something at this time.
Neither Zhang Hong nor Zhang Jing said anything.
At this time, the rain was already falling in dense lines, and the wind was getting stronger and stronger. Zhu Yijun did not retreat into the hall, but still faced the wind and rain, thinking about how to deal with it.
The words of Zhang Jing and Zhang Hong kept popping up in his mind at this moment.
As long as people have different hearts, they will have different opinions, and there will be disagreements, even if they are all eunuchs or civil servants.
Zhu Yijun was not surprised by the differences between Zhang Hong and Zhang Jing, and even felt that what they both said was reasonable.
If Zhang Juzheng really chooses to accept Xu Jie's peace proposal, he, the emperor, will really be in a dilemma.
Zhu Yijun clearly remembered that he once read a book called "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", which mentioned:
In this empire that governed the country based on morality and had an agricultural economy, no one, no matter the emperor, civil servants, generals or celebrities, had freedom and was bound by ethics.
Over the years, Zhu Yijun has realized this. Many times, he cannot act arbitrarily, even if he is the supreme ruler of this era.
That’s all.
Zhu Yijun is not the kind of person who is extremely selfish and goes his own way without caring about anyone else's feelings.
Therefore, he can accept being bound by some rules in life.
Provided that.
This restraint must make him feel that it is worth it.
If we can ensure that he lives a relatively free, peaceful, wealthy and luxurious life for a longer period of time, his own value can be reflected and he can gain a sense of spiritual accomplishment.
Because of this, Zhu Yijun has persisted in participating in sutra banquets and receiving lectures from the first year of Wanli to the present seventh year of Wanli.
Even if it rains or snows, minor illnesses are inevitable.
Get up early, go to bed early, and never be late.
But the motivation for him to participate in various ceremonies seriously is because he can reassure the people of the world and make Zhang Juzheng feel more confident about reform, so that he can see that the national funds are accumulating more and more, and he can open up new territories. There are more and more land openings, and more and more good news are received.
However, if Zhang Juzheng does not change the system now, and even formally colludes with Xu Jie and the Jiangnan gentry behind him, and also restricts his imperial power so that he can no longer transform his empire according to his own wishes, then naturally he will not I am willing to do these boring and energy-consuming things again.
Zhu Yijun actually thought about what Zhang Juzheng would do if he was no longer willing to continue restructuring for him.
After all, Zhu Yijun had to admit that what he wanted was not only to complete the historical Wanli reform, but also to make greater reforms, so that he could truly become a man who was not bound by ethics and could transform Chinese civilization and be more arbitrary. emperor.
And this means asking Zhang Juzheng to do more for him.
There will also be a greater chance that Zhang Juzheng is unwilling to do it, and may also hinder him from doing so on behalf of the entire bureaucracy.
And maybe he could go on strike and lie down like the original history, not participating in the ceremony, not even making appointments for ministers.
Adopt the method of non-violence and non-cooperation, dragging down everyone in the entire empire, and finally let the Manchu Qing take over the world.
Anyway, non-violent non-cooperation does not touch the fundamental interests of the world's powerful officials and gentry, so there is not much risk.
After all, the world's powerful officials and gentry will not risk the nine races to get rid of the emperor just because the emperor is lazy in politics. At most, his reputation will be slightly worse.
But with the urinary nature of the scholar-bureaucrats, as long as they are not too violent towards them, they will not blackmail their emperor too harshly.
Because the Venerable has three taboos.
As for his descendants, he doesn't need to worry anymore. Anyway, his children and grandchildren will have their own blessings.
As the saying goes, after I die, there will be no floods.
Who doesn't want to live a life of ease?
What's more, according to the original historical development, even if he behaves badly, he will not become the king of subjugation. There is no doubt that he can indulge in sex all his life.
But when Zhu Yijun thought of the series of military strategies for the future of the Ming Dynasty presented by the Privy Council, and the confirmed preparations for the war against the Japanese, as well as Yu Dayou's smashing of wine in order to conquer the Japanese, Qi Jiguang's long-cherished wish for Hai Boping, and his own inner thoughts He was quite unwilling to go out and see the great mountains and rivers, but all his thoughts were wasted because of his own self-abasement.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun once asked himself in his heart: "Without Zhang Juzheng's support, is it really impossible to do anything?"
In fact, Zhu Yijun has always been very clear that as a person with an independent personality, he can trust one person, but he cannot completely rely on one person.
Because a strong person cannot rely on anyone, like ordinary people, they cannot rely on the emperor, ancestors, Bodhisattvas, or even rely on their parents at home and friends when going out.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun has actually long thought about what he should do on his own?
That is, if he really doesn't want to, what should he do when Zhang Juzheng does not support him to continue the reform, and he is unwilling to lie down and be a passive emperor?
Zhu Yijun felt that if this was the case, he would have to do something more radical, that is, to overturn the throne he was sitting on, and then win over most of the people who were unwilling to let the big landlords, big bureaucrats and foreigners harm the common people of the country. , build a new dragon chair.
And in this way, it is not reform, but the overthrow of the conservative and reactionary big landowners, the corrupt and corrupt bureaucrats, and the foreigners who covet China.
Because these three people have always been closely related and colluded with each other, so if you really want to chop down the old dragon chair, you can't just chop off one leg.
However, the cost of doing so is definitely high, and there is a high chance that it will cost your life.
In addition, now is not the time when the country is really going to subjugate, so Zhu Yijun has not completely made up his mind.
And when he thought that civil servants all over the world were not monolithic, and often even became crazy and inward, Zhu Yijun still had the intention of taking advantage of this and boiling frogs in warm water to achieve his own reform goals.
At this time, Zhu Yijun still asked in his heart: "Is there really only one Zhang Juzheng in the world? Can an individual's power really change the trend of the monarch becoming more and more centralized?"
After Zhu Yijun asked, he looked at the screen that Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun gave him in the past. He looked at the name on the screen and said nothing for a long time.
(End of chapter)
