Zhang Juzheng was only slightly stunned after hearing this, but he did not show much surprise on his face because Qi Jiguang directly gave the emperor secret military advice.
Because it was obvious that Zhang Juzheng had long known that people like Qi Jiguang were really loyal to the emperor.
Otherwise, he would not have revealed that Xu Jie wanted to make peace with him.
The reason was as he himself said to Zhu Yijun: He did not want the emperor who wanted to govern to be forced to reuse eunuchs, and he was too disappointed with the civil and military ministers, especially the civil servants and officials, and even instigated deviants like He Xinyin to engage in radical struggles.
Zhang Juzheng undoubtedly chose to stick to his belief that "it is appropriate to be sincere in matters", so he told Zhu Yijun all his inner thoughts, which indirectly allowed Zhu Yijun to correctly understand the entire bureaucratic group.
Zhang Juzheng started to read the secret memorial after receiving it, and then he didn't say much and just replied: "I obey the decree!"
Zhu Yijun was not too surprised that Zhang Juzheng took the lead in confessing that Xu Jie asked him for peace.
After all, Zhang Juzheng, as the minister who knew him best, could definitely guess that if Zhang Juzheng betrayed him as the emperor, then Zhu Yijun would also betray his sincere teachings.
Either go on strike and fail, let alone continue to be a benevolent emperor who meets Zhang Juzheng's requirements, or he will become the most selfish and lazy emperor.
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Either they don't bring civil servants to play, and they only use eunuchs or military ministers, or they even directly overturn the table and mobilize some deviant people to rebel against themselves.
Therefore, if Zhang Juzheng did not want the emperor he carefully cultivated to fail or go to the other extreme, he would have to continue to work hard for the emperor.
Although Zhu Yijun was not surprised, he still admired Zhang Juzheng's choice.
After all, if Zhang Juzheng continues to be loyal to him and takes the blame for him, he will lose his last chance to be forgiven by the big bureaucrats and landowners.
anyway.
Next, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng continued the harmonious relationship between monarchs and ministers and between teachers and students.
It's just that Zhang Juzheng has never made a clear statement to Xu Jie, and even Xu Jie's ninth girl is only temporarily raised in Zhang's house. Xu Ying has been stranded in the capital because she could not get a reply.
And Xu Ying didn't dare to ask, for fear of really angering Zhang Juzheng, completely cutting off the chance to sue for peace, and causing herself to be taken to prison.
Xu Ying could only ask Zhang Jingxiu for information, but Zhang Jingxiu's reply was that she would have to wait until Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing returned to Beijing.
Only then did Xu Ying understand that Zhang Juzheng should listen to the advice of his comrades before making a decision, and she also wrote a letter to Xu Jie, telling him Zhang Juzheng's attitude.
After Xu Jie received the letter, he instinctively thought that Zhang Juzheng would care about the interests of his family and individuals just like him. He believed that Zhang Juzheng was just still worried about whether the entire Zhang Party branch would support him and stopped in time, so he ordered people to give him the order. Ma Ziqiang, Shen Shixing and others wrote letters.
Especially for Shen Shixing, who was also from Nanzhi. Xu Jie felt that Shen Shixing should be like him and care about the overall interests of Nanzhi scholar-bureaucrats, so he expressed it most sincerely in his letter, saying that he hoped that Shen Shixing would not only serve him. Teacher Zhang Juzheng's future considerations should also take into account the overall interests of the Jiangnan scholar-officials, and he should be persuaded to stop in time when Zhang Juzheng starts to worry.
Shen Shixing promptly replied to Xu Jie and promised to tell Zhang Juzheng these words.
However, after Shen Shixing changed hands, he also wrote a letter to Zhang Juzheng, informing Zhang Juzheng that Xu Jie had written to him.
Moreover, Shen Shixing also advised Zhang Juzheng to consider the emperor's feelings before deciding to marry the Xu family!
"Teachers must not deceive their superiors with the teachings of teachers, which is contrary to the way of sharing the worries of the king."
"Students have also always kept in mind what our teacher said in the past, 'You should be sincere in everything you do.' Now I also ask my teacher, whether you retreat or not, it is best to follow the holy will first."
Zhu Yijun also learned through Zhang Juzheng that Xu Jie was still trying to persuade Shen Shixing, what Shen Shixing said to persuade Zhang Juzheng, and how Shen Shixing sold out the two chief ministers based on secret reports and private messages. .
Seeing that all these civil servants were not of the same mind, Zhu Yijun was relieved a lot, and he was not worried about not being able to outplay these people.
Especially after Zhang Juzheng mentioned that what he was most worried about was the loss of monarchical power, and that the emperor really allowed deviants like He Xinyin to challenge Gangchang wantonly, Zhu Yijun became even more certain that people who often chose to be loyal to him were not because they were stupid and didn't know how to resist, but because they were stupid and didn't know how to resist. He would be the smartest person, and realize that the best situation is only to be loyal to the king, to centralize power, and to have only one leader in the country.
Because there have been many divisions, divisions and reunifications on this continent, and each time division has led to chaos, human life is as cheap as a piece of grass, but unity has brought peace to the world. Although people are like cattle and horses, at least they will not worry about not surviving tomorrow.
Therefore, many people who were originally smart enough and resourceful enough chose to treat the emperor as their father in Neo-Confucianism and chose to be absolutely loyal to the emperor.
Even if they have the strength to rebel, even if the emperor betrays them thousands of times, they will not betray the emperor, because they know that once they do not abide by these rules, everyone will dominate and everyone will be unrest.
This is also what makes China special.
Because of the unification of civilizations, once local governments are separated and autonomous, there will be outstanding people who think about unification. Even those who seek refuge with foreign nations want to instigate foreign nations to unify China.
Zhu Yijun therefore realized that he should choose to continue centralizing power and become a truly independent Chinese emperor.
Because this is the choice of most elites in this era.
For example, Qi Jiguang, Zhang Juzheng, and maybe Shen Shixing.
Whether they make this choice just to consolidate their own power, or they think it is the foundation for maintaining long-term peace and order in the world.
At least, they all chose to be absolutely loyal to the emperor.
Of course, they did not have no requirements for the emperor. Naturally, they also hoped that their emperor and father could treat them leniently and be diligent in governing the country.
In addition, Zhu Yijun felt that it would be better for him to continue to imprison people like He Xinyin who were too forward-thinking in Jinyiwei Prison.
Doing this not only prevents these people from going out and causing chaos in the world, but also preserves the new ideas of this era that are not tolerated by Neo-Confucianism.
After all, although Neo-Confucianism is still dominant today, it is indeed an obstacle for Chinese civilization to enter modern civilization.
The new ideas of people like He Xinyin may seem deviant now, but they are the hope for Chinese civilization to avoid being bullied by foreign invaders and for the Han people to become stronger in the future.
You must know that although Neo-Confucianism emphasizes obedience, it also eliminates individuality, making the country conservative and introverted, and even the people are conservative and introverted, and even cowardly and unwilling to make progress.
Therefore, in history, the Han nation could be enslaved by a Jianzhou Jurchen whose number was no more than 100,000, and was also humiliated by the Japanese slaves who were short and only good at village fighting.
Therefore, China still needs new ideas.
Zhu Yijun also needs to let these new ideas continue to exist and evolve, and staying in a controllable area around him to watch can also make it easier to correct the development direction of new ideas in a timely manner and avoid over-evolution to the point of being uncontrollable outside.
"What other famous scholars have been arrested and sent to prison now?"
On this day, Zhu Yijun also asked Zhang Jing about arresting people and sending them to prison based on He Xinyin's confession.
"Going back to your Majesty, we have recently captured Wang Shizhen and Taozhen, the queen of Wang Xijue, the former head of the Hanlin Academy, who is also known as Tan Yangzi. Li Zhi from Yunnan has also been escorted to Beijing."
Zhang Jing replied.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded and asked, "How can those great Confucian scholars and celebrities in the prison be at peace?"
Zhang Jing replied: "I am very restless, like a madman! One moment he is polite and polite, sitting and talking about the knowledge of various scholars; the next moment he starts shouting at each other for some reason, and even orders the guards in prison to kill so and so with a rod, even if he says not to kill him This person makes the world uneasy and even wants to take action himself."
"In that case, let Beizhen Fusi expand the imperial prison and give each great Confucian scholar a cell to avoid fights."
"They have no right to take anyone's life. Only I have the right to take life or death. However, each cell must be close to each other and built in the style of a Fujian enclosed house. The atrium should be set as an open space, allowing each of them to take turns. Lectures in the atrium.”
"There are no restrictions on giving lectures, but there must be a royal code of conduct and speech. Therefore, during the lecture period, anyone who insults or even throws public belongings and beats others will be ordered to clean all the cells for three days."
"In addition, we cannot let them just stay in the cell and eat and drink for free. It will also easily make them sick, and it is not conducive to correcting their knowledge."
“They need to be sent out to work regularly.”
"Let them weave and spin yarn!"
"In this case, let's just ask Beizhen Fusi to open a weaving workshop, equip them with looms and spinning machines, and sell the cloth and yarn spun to make money for the town Fusi company."
"However, in order to encourage them to work actively and understand people's livelihood, we give them wages, and the amount of wages should be based on the amount of work done, so that those who work more can get more."
“In addition to letting them participate in weaving, we can also let them become familiar with farming.”
"Isn't there a large area of wasteland in Nanhaizi, as well as mire ditches and rivers?"
“Let them go to clear fields or plant vegetables regularly!”
"This is called correcting one's own knowledge through discussion, while also correcting one's own knowledge through work to understand the daily use of the people;"
"It is to allow them to practice the academic method that they believe in, 'the common people's daily use is the Tao'."
Zhu Yijun ordered at this time.
Zhang Jing raised his hands and said yes.
