"Shangben!"
"Shangben!"
"Even if Jiangling kills me for this, I will still stand up and speak out for my fellow villagers!"
Cheng Lai looked at the private message in his hand that was also sent by his family with a sad face, and started talking to Gu Xiancheng, Li Zhi and others.
"It won't work if I don't get a degree!"
"Hai Rui went too far in Nanzhi, instigating unruly people to cause trouble and rebellion, and intimidating the gentry, which has caused complete chaos in Jiangnan! If we don't stick to our roots, we are not only sorry to our hometown but also to our country!"
Gu Xiancheng also spoke solemnly.
At this time, Li Zhi also slapped the table and stood up, saying: "Then let's go to the book together! If Jiangling has the ability, he will kill all the officials in Nanzhi! He will not take a single person from Nanzhi and divide the country. , completely turning the court into the court of his Chu people!"
"I also agree with the above, otherwise, I will really have no face to see my parents!"
Yu Maoheng, the censor of Qiandu, also started talking at this time, and also took a look at the private message in his hand.
In short, after many Nanzhi Beijing officials received letters from relatives and friends one after another, they could no longer tolerate the popular movement of rent reduction, interest rate reduction and money processing launched by Hai Rui and the pro-military guards, and they could not tolerate the local government officials such as Hai Rui. The emperor only cared about upholding the imperial principles and national laws, and did not care about the gentry's face. He also forced the gentry to return the land they had seized, forced the gentry to work as errands in order to strictly pay grain, and even strictly controlled the gentry's behavior of disturbing the post station.
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"The reason why I emphasize that the people of my country should be more precious than the people of other countries, emphasizing the Huayi, and emphasizing the nation, is not only to strengthen the people, but also to prevent the Han Dynasty from being occupied by foreign invaders in the future; I also want to use this method, Ease and resolve the conflicts between the powerful right-wing officials and the common people."
"I know that Mr. Hai Rui is not happy to let Hai Rui incite the common people in Nanzhi to force the gentry to give up profits. He feels that the gentry should be given preferential treatment in order to promote morality."
"After all, this can let the people know that reading is the only one who is inferior to others. As long as you want to be a good person, you can only study and work for the court. As a commoner, the reason why you have been burdened and suffered, and your life is as low as an ant, is that It is because the failure to become a Wenqu star is due to fate, and one should accept his fate, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, and place his hopes on his descendants. This can win the hearts of the world."
"But, sir, the people's patience has its limits, and it is not enough to just give them the hope of being a good person. Because people have basic survival needs, and only when this need is met, people will talk about other things, and this When the demand is broken, no matter how good the skills are to win people’s hearts, it will be useless.”
"If annexation and exploitation are not curbed, and the problem of contradiction between man and land cannot be fundamentally solved, and the number of refugees is allowed to increase unbridled, sooner or later it will lead to a large-scale civil uprising, and the Ming Dynasty will eventually be destroyed like the previous imperial court. Perhaps not only The country will be destroyed, and the entire Han world will become a foreign world!"
"The rulers have the responsibility to alleviate this contradiction, and even use foreign wars to alleviate it, and use ethnic affairs to dilute the dissatisfaction of the people against the government and the court."
"That's why I intend to value my people over foreigners."
The local right-wing officials in Nanzhi and the Nanzhi officials in Beijing were increasingly unable to stand the democratic movement related to rent and interest reductions. When a group of Nanzhi officials wanted to go to Japan to impeach officials such as Hai Rui, Zhu Yijun was in the Qianqing Palace. , and Zhang Juzheng continued to exchange each other's ideas on governing the country and the people, and they were gradually becoming consistent.
After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng's eyebrows widened, he nodded as if he had some understanding, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has indeed grown up, and is better than I imagined."
"Sir, since he is the emperor's teacher and a minister of life, you should not praise me so much, otherwise I will be proud and never hear offensive words again."
Zhu Yijun smiled.
"Please remember this!"
Zhang Juzheng replied with a cupped hand and said: "So, although Your Majesty took the initiative to let Hai Gangfeng in Nanzhi to encourage the small people to force the big households to give up profits, he intended to use Hai Rui to do this once in Nanzhi, so as to give the world's powerful rightists Let’s see, do they have any weaknesses?”
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Of course! There is only one Hai Rui in the world, he is the only one who has won the trust of the common people, and there is only one Nanzhili in the world. The officials are not as evil as the squires, and the literacy rate is high. The contradiction between the people and the scholars is the most acute. Therefore, Only then can we quickly launch such a democratic movement in Southern Zhili, allowing one class to deal with another class; and at the same time let the bureaucrats and right-wingers in other places see whether they really despise the power of the common people."
"Your Majesty sees fire clearly!"
"It is precisely because His Majesty asked Hai Rui to do this in Nanzhi that I did not give any advice!"
Zhang Juzheng replied at this time and said: "As for what your Majesty said about cultivating the national consciousness of the whole people and using the contradiction between Hua and Yi to offset the contradiction between the right-wing officials and the common people, I think it is feasible! Come to think of it, I am now The reforms carried out are still just tinkering with the water and wind leaks in the lake. If the Ming Dynasty is a big ship, if it wants to completely remove the rotten wood, it must adopt a new set of governance methods to serve as a guideline for future generations of monarchs and ministers, that is, We should no longer only emphasize the etiquette and morality that saints value, but should focus on emphasizing the wealth and honor of our own people, and turning the king into a foreign barbarian! To govern with virtue is not enough; to govern with merit, this should be the first! This is the real restructuring!”
Zhu Yijun laughed and nodded. He was very happy that Zhang Juzheng could fully accept his ideas and was willing to completely change the Ming Dynasty, which governed the country by virtue, to the direction of governing the country by merit.
"Since Sir, you have said this, you should make some achievements in this knowledge. Let's study it more with Hanlin, Shen Qing and others, as well as the great scholars in the imperial prison! If you succeed, let me know!"
Zhu Yijun said accordingly.
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said yes.
But at this moment, Zhang Jing walked over quickly: "Your Majesty, many courtiers from the Southern Zhi family have come to Huiji Gate. They all want to impeach Hai Rui for colluding with local officials, inciting the people to rebel, and bullying the gentry. I ask Your Majesty to stop." Use Hai Rui to exterminate the anti-people, and say that the ethics and education of Southern Zhili have been greatly damaged and chaos abounds."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other.
At this time, Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers from Nanzhi have written this letter one after another, explaining that what Hai Gong did in Nanzhi this time really touched their sore spot. It has made the entire Nanzhi officials restless. Minister Please ask your majesty to meet with them and reason with them."
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Zhu Yijun nodded, and then looked at Zhang Jing: "You go with your husband. If they are not convinced by your husband's principles and speak arrogantly, you will then request an order to explain to them the principles of factory guarding."
Zhang Jing was startled, but then he cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order!"
So, not long after, all the Nanzhi officials in Shangben were called to Huiji Gate.
Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Jing met these Nanzhi officials here.
"I have been ordered to ask you, why did I impeach Hai Rui and the officials of Nanzhi, and why did I oppose the reduction of rent and interest that Hai Rui presided over in Nanzhi? I will ask you all to analyze and understand, Xie Li and others' yin and yang. "
Zhang Juzheng first looked at Gu Xiancheng, Li Zhi and others and said something first.
"If Mr. Yuanfu Zhang cannot resolve your misunderstanding about Hai Rui, let our factory guards mediate it."
Zhang Jing also said something coldly at this time.
All the officials from Nanzhi glanced at Zhang Jing, with anger in their eyes.
Some officials even directly sarcastically said: "You really don't know who your slave is!"
Zhang Jing just pretended not to hear.
Gu Xiancheng asked directly: "Yuanfu, I just want to ask why the court allows Hai Rui to encourage the unruly people to cause trouble?!"
Zhang Juzheng sat on the chair, looked at Gu Xiancheng, and said: "This is not a matter of permission from the court, nor is it the result of Hai Rui's instigation. This is public opinion!"
"Nowadays, all the big gentry families in southern Zhizhi and even eastern Zhejiang are besieged by unruly people and bullied by evil officials. They are panic-stricken and want to die to keep the rules!"
Li Zhi also started talking at this time and asked: "Does Yuan Fu really want to let Nanzhi Shilin be killed like this by Hai Rui?!"
Zhang Juzheng said: "On one side is the sentiment of the people, on the other side is the public opinion. What should you do if you give up your servant? As the saying goes, the people are the most valuable. At this time, the court has no reason to deal with Hai Rui because of the rise of public opinion!"
Gu Xiancheng and Li Zhi were speechless after hearing this.
At this time, Yu Maoxue asked Zhang Juzheng, "Does Yuan Fu really want to let Hai Rui instigate unruly people and do such mischief in the south, causing disorder in the southeast and unrest in Taizu's mausoleum?"
"Public grievances are like water, easy to diffuse but not easy to block; if the source of public grievances is not solved, how to restore order, I fear that Taizu's mausoleum will always be uneasy!"
Zhang Juzheng replied.
"It's just an anti-thieves' ear, so why talk about the people's grievances?!"
At this time, Li Zhi asked and gritted his teeth.
"shut up!"
Zhang Juzheng stood up suddenly, pointed at Li Zhi, and gave a sharp shout.
