In addition, Ma Gui, Li Rusong, etc., who were the civil servants who followed Zhu Yijun's order in the Forbidden City and forced Zhu Yijun to kill Zhang Juzheng, were recognized by the outside world as the lackeys of the Zhang Party. These young generals who had been trained in the Kung Fu School of the Imperial Guard were also transferred to the capital. , incorporated into the pro-military guards to train cavalry for the pro-military guards.
At the same time, he was preparing to take up the important general position of the Sixth Guards of the pro-army army.
Many grassroots officers and soldiers who had been given mang jade by Zhu Yijun, such as Ma Shilong and Hu Youde, were all transferred to Beijing to prepare to serve as middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers.
At that time, Zhu Yijun used the method of enfeoffing military officials and forced several generals and military officials who were trained in Jingwei martial arts to kill the civil servants who wanted to force him to kill Zhang Juzheng. This was to demonstrate his power and force the civil servants to stop. While forcing him to overthrow Zhang Juzheng, he also tied these military officials to his chariot.
Because after these military ministers owed blood debts to the civil servants, apart from Zhang Juzheng, he was the only emperor who could protect them.
Zhu Yijun naturally felt more at ease with them because of this, and was not worried that they could not check and balance the bureaucratic group composed of scholar-officials for him, so he first chose to let them form his own reorganized pro-military guard.
In addition, now, after being transferred back to the border town, these people have experienced several years and have the ability to become the commander-in-chief of the emperor's own army.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun also believed that they could make his personal guards have combat effectiveness.
The reorganization of the Emperor's Six Guards and the strengthening of the military power directly controlled by the Emperor were also preparations for the New Deal in which the officials and gentry were all responsible for paying for food and serving as errands.
And in order to let the bureaucrats know next, as long as they contribute to the smooth implementation of the national policy of paying grain and serving as errands for both officials and gentry, even if it is an early contribution, they will be given generous favors and encourage more bureaucrats to be willing to contribute. The king shares worries and plans for the country.
At the same time, he also wanted to let people know that he, the emperor, would not neglect and was a true loyal minister who was willing to do things for the emperor.
Therefore, after Zhu Yijun came back from the Imperial Garden, he went to the Imperial Service Department and personally attended the ceremony in front of Zhang Juzheng, Fang Fengshi, Zhang Siwei, Yang Zhao, and Zhang Xueyan, the five ministers participating in the political affairs hall, as well as Chengzhi bachelor and Zhushe people of the Imperial Service Department. Face, said:
"A decree was sent to investigate the North Korean meritorious service, and the privy envoy Fang Feng was appointed as the Taibao, and Yin Yizi was appointed as Shangbao Sicheng."
When Zhu Yijun announced this edict, Fang Fengshi was immediately shocked, and then he knelt down, bowed to the ground, and choked with sobs:
"I'm afraid I won't be able to accept this kind of kindness, so please take back my order!"
Zhu Yijun said: "You can accept it! If you don't accept it, wouldn't the future privy envoys not dare to accept my kindness again?"
After hearing this, Fang Fengshi couldn't help but bow again: "Yes! I am ashamed to receive it!"
With that said, Fang Fengshi stood up, then straightened his back and sat on Zhu Yijun's right side.
And because Fang Fengshi contributed to the re-establishment of the Six Guards of his own army, he became the second civil servant after Zhang Juzheng to be promoted to a first-grade official title while alive.
However, when Zhu Yijun announced this decree, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Guoguang, and Zhang Xueyan were fine. Only Zhang Siwei and Yang Zhaoliang, as deputy ministers of the Cabinet and Privy Council, couldn't help but pale.
However, Zhang Siwei and Yang Zhao didn't say anything.
“Uncle, it’s time to go to Puzhou!”
Only Wang Guoguang, when the ministers left the Imperial Palace because it was late, whispered something to Zhang Juzheng before he went to the altar.
Zhang Juzheng glanced at him, and then continued walking forward.
"Uncle, as the second assistant, this person is too deferential to you. He is obviously a cunning and cunning person who pretends to be real!"
"Although he usually treats you like a subordinate and obeys your advice, but just now when Zhaoxing (Fang Fengshi) added Taibao, there was a look of displeasure in his eyes!"
"The ones who are really committed to you are those of us who have determined to start a career with you in the past, not a villain like him who got lucky by flattery!"
"So, if anyone wants to turn against the public in the future, it will be this person!"
Wang Guoguang continued.
Zhang Juzheng laughed and replied: "This is the best!"
"Uncle!"
Wang Guoguang was stunned for a moment, then shouted again.
At this time, Zhang Juzheng was already on the carriage.
Wang Guoguang froze on the spot, staring at the sunset beside the palace wall and not knowing what to say.
"You watch!"
"Stop trying to persuade me, don't you still understand what uncle means?"
When Fang Fengshi saw this, he walked up and called Wang Guoguang.
Then, Fang Fengshi said: "My uncle wants to have someone who is willing to kill him for Your Majesty in the future! So that the Emperor can win the hearts of the powerful officials and gentry in the world who are opposed to the New Dealers, and become a truly popular Holy Lord and benevolent monarch!"
"This person can only be Zhang Puzhou!"
"Ma Tongzhou and Shenwu County would not be willing to do this for His Majesty!"
After Fang Fengshi finished speaking, he stood with him under the clouds of sunset. He glanced at him and said, "Do you understand now, sir?"
"Confused!"
Wang Guoguang whispered with a serious face.
"Does he think that everything will be fine after his reputation is ruined?"
"Then, the emperor he cultivated with his own hands can use his blood to successfully dye his dragon robe as the Holy Lord and Benevolent Lord red?"
"But in my opinion, people will not be grateful for the Emperor's kindness at all because of the Emperor's goodwill. They are thinking of Mr. Xu!"
"No matter how benevolent the emperor is, he still has his faults, and he still needs to be scolded to prove his nobility!"
"When the time comes, even if the emperor is taught by him and has the qualifications of the Tang and Song ancestors, he will still be forced to become a mediocre master, or he will be forced to become a tyrant!"
"And what he thought was that after him, the monarch and his ministers would be harmonious, share the beauty and beauty, and the world would be in great order, like the prosperity of three generations. After all, it was just a dream!"
"It's better to take the opportunity now to completely eliminate the villains in the court!"
"Anyway, he has established himself as a powerful minister and has the reality of being a powerful minister. Why bother giving him a chance to punish himself just to make the world's scholars understand him?"
"This is like running a government and running an army. The subordinates and soldiers are as cunning as oil. They don't kill people, shed blood, and speculate on others with the greatest malice. How can we do it? How can we talk about morality with a villain? The villain was not killed in time. , it will only cause endless harm. If a gentleman kills someone by mistake, all he can do is pour a glass of wine and apologize, and other gentlemen will forgive him!"
Wang Guoguang bluntly criticized Zhang Juzheng, saying: "In this aspect, he is far behind Feng Bao!"
"Back then, he was the one who took the initiative to frame Gao Xinzheng with Feng Bao. But when Feng Bao came to take action, he acted coyly like a woman because of the advice of several ministers!"
"Then Yang Puzhou casually gave him a step, and he stepped down, asking Feng to keep his hand. Feng Bao was so angry that he had to mute Minister Wang, and he was so white that he didn't achieve his own goal. It left a reason for being liquidated in the future, but fortunately Gao Xinzheng looked at the emperor and didn't care about him in the end."
After saying that, Wang Guoguang said: "It's really not a good thing to be an ally!"
"Well, uncle has his own difficulties."
Fang Fengshi continued to persuade.
"What's the difficulty?"
"I just care about some false reputation!"
"The bottom line is that people who only come from the Hanlin Academy don't know enough about the sinister nature of people's hearts. They think that those who have studied are mostly modest gentlemen. They think that just by showing off in public and doing ruthless things in secret, they really have both dignity and dignity."
"I didn't go to the local area to face difficulties from the subordinates and squires, so I thought that if I left some room, others would be grateful to me. Little did I know that I would be despised by them!"
"If you want to do great things, you have to go in with a white knife and get out with a red knife. Even if you become a county magistrate and don't destroy a few big families, who will believe that you are the one and only Bailihou?"
"He is obviously more powerful than Yan Fenyi, but he is not as ruthless as Yan Fenyi. He may have made others not only not afraid of him, but also afraid of the emperor behind him, thinking that the emperor must be so deceitful!"
"As the emperor's teacher and the Minister of Gu Ming, I have to kill several people and still have to kill Mr. Tan."
"I was forced to say that I am a photographer because I was forced to do so. If Yan Fenyi had been the Master of the World Temple and the Minister of Gu Ming, Xu Huating might not be alive now!"
Wang Guoguang continued to complain.
"Fortunately, the Emperor is about to have his own troops. As long as we don't suffer another Tumu Fortress defeat easily, it won't be that bad."
"As for my uncle doing this, frankly speaking, if he hadn't been respectful to his colleagues, would you and I be willing to do it?"
Fang Fengshi started talking and asked Wang Guoguang again.
Wang Guoguang nodded: "That's what Zhaoxing said."
Then Wang Guoguang sighed again and said, "But I'm afraid that in the future, the emperor or the emperors after him will be deceived into continuing to abandon his martial arts."
(End of chapter)
