Queen Mother Li finished her meal slowly and then explained the story clearly.
Xu Zhenming, a bachelor of agriculture, is an unlucky guy. He offended people when he reclaimed wasteland in Zhejiang. He reclaimed wasteland to recruit refugees, so who would still be a tenant? Who will plow the fields for the good people? There is no one to plow the fields, so why not let the good people plow the fields themselves?
The good people gathered together and found Fan Yingqi, the editor of Hanlin Academy.
Fan Yingqi was from Zhejiang. He paid a lot of school selection fees in the 31st year of Jiajing and donated food to the Imperial College. Finally, in the 44th year of Jiajing, he came out on top and won the first prize.
Xu Zhenming went to Shanyin, Zhejiang to reclaim wasteland. The luxury households found Fan Yingqi and asked Fan Yingqi to think of a solution. Fan Yingqi was originally a powerful man in Zhejiang, and his family had fertile land in half the county. When they heard that Xu Zhenming was actually such a wealthy gentleman, they looked for him. The official petitioned to impeach Xu Zhenming.
The charge of impeaching Hai Rui to his official position was also that of a corrupt Jin gentry. The Jin gentry was a wealthy and luxurious household that enjoyed judicial and tax privileges. This crime of being a corrupt Jin gentry brought down Hai Rui, and naturally it also brought down Xu Zhenming.
Xu Zhenming then returned to Beijing from Zhejiang and tried to find someone to join his disciples in order to seek revenge.
When Fan Yingqi was impeaching Xu Zhenming, the court was in full swing between Gao Gong, Chen Hong, Zhang Juzheng, and Feng Bao, and a decisive battle was going on. The battle was back and forth, and the memorial had been approved according to the established process.
It was only after Zhang Juzheng came to power and took charge of the cabinet that it became clear what Xu Zhenming had done.
The little emperor wanted to hoe the earth. Zhang Juzheng immediately thought of this person and recommended him.
Empress Dowager Li paused for a moment, considered it carefully before speaking: "The number one scholar, Fan Yingqi, is from the Jin Party. Yuan Fu promoted Xu Zhenming with the intention of suppressing the Jin Party."
Empress Dowager Li didn't want to talk about these embarrassing things, but the little emperor had to personally govern and face these ups and downs.
"Is Fan Yingqi from the Jin Party?" Zhu Yijun felt a little strange. Isn't Fan Yingqi from Zhejiang? How did he become a member of the Jin Party?
Empress Dowager Li smiled and said: "Fan Yingqi was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing reign. The chief examiner of the examination that year was Gao Gong, and Zhang Siwei was the same examiner."
Master.
Zhang Siwei, Wang Chonggu's nephew, was about to take office as the leader of the Jin Party after Yang Bo became an official. As one of the leaders of the Jiajing 44th General Examination, Fan Yingqi, the number one scholar, naturally wanted to join Zhang Siwei's name.
Zhang Juzheng recommended Xu Zhenming because Xu Zhenming was good at cultivating fields and water conservancy. How many people in the Ming Dynasty really studied agriculture? Zhang Juzheng searched for a long time, and finally found such a person, and casually suppressed the morale of the Jin Party.
"The ministers in the court, no matter who they worship as their leader, are all fighting among themselves. Your Majesty sits firmly on the Diaoyutai and watches them fight to the death. When the fight comes to a conclusion, he will seal it." Empress Dowager Li Talked about his own experience.
This is another way of living, without fighting or fighting, just sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.
Sit on a mountain and watch a tiger fight?
Zhu Yijun knew clearly that doing so would only allow the Ming Dynasty's dynasty system to run smoothly, but it would be absolutely impossible to revive it.
The disposal methods since Jiajing and Longqing are not easy to use, but they can definitely be used.
Zhu Yijun seemed to nod with approval and said: "My child, I understand. I will sort out my experience in farming today, especially Xu Xueshi sent me a lot of annotated agricultural books. Let me go and read it."
"Go to bed early. It's hard work preparing feasts, hard work practicing martial arts, and even more hard work farming." Empress Dowager Li still felt sorry for her child. The child in front of her was the Ming Emperor, but he was only ten years old.
Zhu Yijun returned to the inner hall of his palace, sat down on the long desk, and began to read "Ma Yilong Nong Shuo". It was a short 6,000 words, and Xu Zhenming annotated more than 20,000 words. Everything was detailed. This book was read to Zhu Yijun. Books bring great convenience.
And he singled out the topics about plowing and Tibetan seeds, and translated them into the vernacular with a pencil. This busy work lasted until the Queen Mother sent the palace maid to urge him to take a rest. Zhu Yijun turned off the light, lay on the bed, and explained what he had done today. After thinking about it several times and making sure that I didn't miss anything, I fell asleep contentedly.
The morning sun cast golden light on the palace, and a fulfilling day began again.
But this time, regarding Qi Jiguang's visit to Beijing to receive the reward, the court discussion was full of gunpowder. The two sides were back and forth, arguing, and it was very lively. However, this had nothing to do with Zhu Yijun who was studying seriously on the platform. study hard.
After listening to a few sentences occasionally, I realized why Qi Jiguang could not be knighted, and it was so difficult to even go to Beijing to receive a reward.
The imperial court regarded Qi Jiguang as Zhuiyu, which means excrescence, that is, superfluous and useless things.
And this is not the view of one person in the family, it is even the view of the majority of people in the court, and this view is not only held by civil officials, but also by military officials.
Even the Yiwu soldiers under Qi Jiguang thought so.
Since the Longqing Peace Conference and the tribute payment by I, the northern captives no longer go south. Even if there are small groups of rogues, they can be sent away with some money. And what is the use of Qi Jiguang who is training troops?
Qi Jiguang was transferred to Ji Liao as the chief military officer, and the three towns before and after him were under his control. He had more than 100,000 people under his command. He spent a lot of money, but the result was no big achievements and constant small achievements. If he was generously rewarded every time, the other Wouldn’t the general feel resentful?
Only by revising the text to be gentle to people far away can it be compiled into the Nine Classics of the World.
Xiuwen Yirou Yuanren has just achieved great success, and my answer to the tribute is the ironclad proof!
By cultivating literature and treating distant people, firstly, it can save the court expenses; secondly, there will be no brave warriors to cause rebellion; thirdly, it can cultivate literature and martial arts and cultivate benevolence; fourthly, it can make accounts by building city walls to ward off enemies.
From the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing to the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty and Anda Khan fought for more than ten years, and more than ten general officers were killed. They spent millions of silver every year and still failed to win. This is a shame.
However, by revising the text to soften people far away, the stability of the border was achieved.
The Ming Dynasty and the Tatar Anda Khan have settled their differences and have reconciled. Does that mean that military training is useless?
Qi Jiguang's generals, generals, commanders, and sergeants were also extremely dissatisfied with Qi Jiguang. The peace had lasted for a long time, and the last war was seven years ago. Such strict training and strict military laws, Stepping on a grain of rice will cost your life, so harshly criticizing, how disrespectful is it to the sergeant?
Everyone inside and outside the court, as well as in the army, felt that Qi Jiguang's military training and resistance to enemies were just flaws. How could Qi Jiguang's ambitions be carried out? How are his military talents and talents reflected?
Treat it like a wart, and calmly spread it?
Qi Jiguang was regarded as superfluous and useless by officials and soldiers both inside and outside the court, from top to bottom, so how could his ambition be carried out?
As the most ranked military strategist in the history of the Central Plains dynasty, Qi Jiguang was in an extremely difficult situation.
Among the twenty-seven court officials, only Tan Lun and Zhang Juzheng did not think that Qi Jiguang was superfluous and useless.
"This matter is settled. I have informed your majesty that I will open the Fengtian Temple and reward him for his merits." Zhang Juzheng finally became impatient and chose to go his own way, which was even a bit stubborn.
During the previous feast, the emperor had agreed to open the Fengtian Palace to reward Qi Jiguang.
Lu Shusheng, the Minister of Rites who he promoted, was the main force opposed to Qi Jiguang's entry into Beijing this time.
Jizhou is only a hundred miles away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so it is considered a capital city. However, in terms of organization, the Jizhou town army is still the frontier army of the nine towns. It is not in line with etiquette for the frontier generals to go to the capital to receive rewards from the Fengtian Temple. Zhang Juzheng's behavior seems to He is stepping on everyone and establishing his authority.
"I knew it, just arrogate the artifact! Let's see what happens to you when His Majesty takes charge!" Ge Shouli was furious and looked at Zhang Juzheng. Such manipulation of power will definitely not end well.
How come the court's meeting and court meeting have become your sole authority, Zhang Juzheng's? !
Zhang Juzheng looked at Ge Shouli and suddenly said, "Mr. Ge is dissatisfied with me monopolizing the banquet. How about Mr. Ge coming to the banquet?"
"Huh?" Ge Shouli looked at Zhang Juzheng dumbfounded. His questions started from the potatoes and sweet potatoes that produced thousands of gold per acre, and all the arguments revolved around Zhang Juzheng's exclusive use of the feast.
In Ge Shouli's opinion, this is the confidence and support for Zhang Juzheng to dominate!
The little emperor was so confused and confused that Zhang Juzheng was allowed to usurp the artifact?
Now, Zhang Juzheng actually gave up such core interests!
In order to give Qi Jiguang a reward from the Fengtian Palace, Zhang Juzheng was really willing to spend a lot of money!
Zhang Juzheng still maintained his elegant and easy-going smile. The little emperor's questions were too tricky, to the point where he didn't know how to answer them. Since Ge Shouli or the Jin Party wanted to take it away, then give it to them.
Yang Bo, who had been closing his eyes to rest and not participating in the debate, immediately opened his eyes and said: "General Ge is in charge of the constitution, patrols prefectures and counties, specializes in the inspection and impeachment of officials, and has a lot of official duties. Wanxu, it’s extremely complicated, so let’s let Bachelor Wang Xilie, Bachelor Wang Jiaping, and Hanlin Fan Yingqi preside over it.”
Ge Shouli was a little confused. He originally wanted to accept it. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate was very busy, he still had time to teach a ten-year-old child to read for an hour a day.
But Yang Bo didn't seem to intend to leave such an important matter to Ge Shouli.
Yang Bo believed that Ge Shouli was too straightforward and did not know how to adapt, and was not as good as Wang Jiaping.
Ge Shouli was a little disappointed. He was from Shandong, not Shanxi. Although he was a die-hard member of the Jin Party, even the core, the big things and benefits were still taken over by Shanxi people.
Wang Jiaping is a native of Shanxi and a true member of the Jin Party. Wang Jiaping is also a bachelor of banquets. He has always been calm and determined not to cause trouble. At present, the core task of the Jin Party is to consolidate its position and prestige in the government.
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "It's okay."
Zhu Yijun smiled and continued writing at his desk. Zhang Juzheng sold himself to the Jin Party easily!
When the time comes, Chen Shigong's three-grade one-shot gun, which specializes in treating hemorrhoids, will not give Zhang Juzheng anesthesia with fennel powder for labor pains!
Such a happy decision!
Zhang Juzheng shuddered and felt a chill on his back. A chill shot up from his tailbone to the sky. He looked around and saw that the Ming Emperor was still studying seriously.
After the court meeting ended, Zhang Juzheng and the courtiers retreated in unison, and the banquet masters began to enter the palace to give banquets.
Wang Jiaping was full of confidence. As the second-ranked Jinshi in the second year of Longqing, he boasted that he was no worse than Zhang Juzheng in terms of knowledge. Moreover, Fan Yingqi, the number one scholar in Jiajing forty-four years, could not do this job no matter what. It was a mess.
Just teach a ten-year-old little emperor to read!
"I will help your majesty clear up your doubts." Wang Jiaping greeted him very respectfully and began to talk about the feast.
"The Master said: "Government is based on virtue, like Beichen, who lives in his place and all the stars share it." Wang Jiaping took out the first sentence of the Analects of Confucius to explain. Zhu Yijun sat upright, looking at Wang Jiaping without squinting, waiting. His explanation.
"Explanation: The most important thing in governing a country is virtue. If your Majesty cultivates virtue, you will be like the North Star, where you can live peacefully and be surrounded by other stars."
Zhu Yijun blinked and looked at Wang Jiaping. Wang Jiaping looked at His Majesty, big eyes facing small eyes, and the atmosphere became a little solid for a moment.
"No more?" Zhu Yijun asked, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi looked at each other, and the bachelor said bravely: "Your Majesty, are you confused?"
"What is politics?" Zhu Yijun had no choice but to ask.
