Zhang Juzheng is confused when he hears this sentence, and his scalp is numb. Your Majesty, can you stop having doubts? !
Zhang Juzheng said very sincerely: "Your Majesty, I will... help your Majesty clear up your doubts."
Zhang Juzheng actually wanted to say that he couldn't solve the problem. Your Majesty, could you change the question to one that suits your age? These questions were all paradoxes between ideals and reality, theory and practice. Zhang Juzheng was a little less confident when asked these questions.
Zhu Yijun stared at his big eyes and asked calmly: "I have heard that bandits are like combs and soldiers are like gratings. Bandits are like combs and plunder, but when soldiers march across the border, they are like gratings. Like a fine-toothed comb for lice, they can be picked up cleanly."
"Qi Shuai defeated the Japanese pirates in the south and resisted the barbarians in the north. He strictly controlled the troops and refused to disturb the people in the slightest. He trampled on a grain of rice for the common people and even beheaded them. The soldiers from the south were the most powerful soldiers in the world."
"Japanese pirates are rampant in the southeast, and the smoke is spreading thousands of miles away, and the people are in dire straits."
"The barbarians plundered the northwest, and for fifteen years the army and the people were displaced."
"Qi Shuai is in charge of the Southern Army, and he is fighting in the South and North. But above the court, he is just talking about warts, using superfluous and useless things. Is Qi Shuai and him in charge of the Southern Army really just warding off warts? "
"Although the motherland is big, if you are warlike, you will perish; although the world is safe, if you forget to fight, you will be in danger." Zhang Juzheng replied very solemnly, meaning that Qi Jiguang was not a wart, and if he were, he would not let Qi Jiguang come to Beijing to receive the reward.
Zhu Yijun immediately asked: "Mr. Yuan Fu, how can we govern a country with virtue?"
According to the Nine Classics of the World, the revision of literature is based on the rhetoric of Rouyuan people. Only the cultivation of virtue is enough to quell the Japanese invasion and the invasion of northern captives to the south.
The Longqing Peace Conference and Anda's tribute seemed to be a great victory for the Xiuwen and Rouyuan people, but it would have been otherwise if it had not been for the twelve years of fighting in Xuanfu, Datong and Anda Khan's northern barbarians, who had beaten the northern barbarians to exhaustion. , if Qi Jiguang had not led the general military officers of the three towns at this time and gathered 100,000 strong soldiers in Jizhou, would the northern captives have gone south again and plundered the pass?
Will.
Therefore, the little emperor asked how to govern a country with virtue.
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know."
Zhu Yijun wrote a few more strokes and said: "Morality is the highest pursuit. Convincing people with virtue and governing the country with virtue are both pursuits and what everyone wants, but laws and decrees must still be formulated to restrain them. , the law, promotes merit and deters evil, the law, establishes a framework to stop disputes, and the order, makes people aware of things."
"Morality is inside, but the law is outside. Laws should be used to limit people's behavior, and political decrees should be used to govern the country."
"It is said that virtue is established at the top, and law is transformed at the bottom. Ritual is controlled according to the situation, and legislation is made in response to the situation. The way is based on virtue, the law is used to control people, the harmony is based on etiquette, and the country is governed by law."
Zhu Yijun's point of view is to control people with law and rule the country with law, which corresponds to convincing people with virtue and ruling the country with virtue.
His views are actually not unusual. He does not deny that Confucius is right. He holds Confucius' benevolence high while discussing practical issues.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty once said that the Han family system is a mixture of kingly and domineering. It is simpler and more straightforward, and it is Confucianism and Dharma.
Wearing the banner of Confucian morality, we do what Legalism does to restrain people.
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment. This kind of thinking that paid equal attention to theory and practice made Zhang Juzheng think for a long time before he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty has long been enlightened by the gods, and it is true."
The banquet was still going on. Amid the questions and answers between the emperor and the chief minister, an hour passed very quickly.
Zhu Yijun put away all the draft paper, bowed slightly, and ended today's lecture.
"Farewell to Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head. After His Majesty left, the First Assistant to the Ming Dynasty walked out of the Wenhua Hall. Under the sunshine at noon, Zhang Juzheng was a little dazzled. He paused for a moment and smiled. He held his hands, took square steps, and walked steadily towards Wenyuan Pavilion.
When the little emperor became serious, it was indeed very reassuring. Zhang Juzheng had already seen the appearance of a wise king in the little emperor.
The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty had long ago not cared about the meaning of Confucius' words. Why should the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty care?
Zhang Juzheng was a Xun official, and his political opinion was also to reuse Xun officials and use Qingliu with caution.
Xunli refers to officials who abide by the law, know how to be flexible, know how to do things, and pay more attention to practice when getting things done;
Qingliu refers to those officials who do not show flexibility when encountering problems, but only pick out chapters and sentences, find faults, and make fuss out of molehills;
Zhang Juzheng was a Xunli. As soon as he entered Wenyuan Pavilion, he saw Zhongshu Sheren carrying a lot of memorials into Wenyuan Pavilion. These memorials were all memorials to rescue Luo Zun, Jingsong and Han Bixian.
Within an hour, the Ming Dynasty's ministers came to their senses. Three ministers impeached a minister and were demoted and returned home to live idle. It would be strange that the Ming Dynasty's ministers did not rescue them.
Zhang Juzheng opened these memorials, thought for a long time, and did not write. Instead, a blank floating note was affixed to each memorial.
It was not convenient for him to speak. Tan Lun was Zhang Juzheng's man, and it was His Majesty's decision to deal with Luo Zun, Jing Song, and Han Bixian.
The blank float actually means that he knows how to solve it, but he can't say it.
Ke Dao Yan Guan wanted to rescue Luo Zun, Jing Song and Han Bixian who had been stripped of their official status and returned to their hometowns to live idle.
The memorials submitted by the officials were quickly transferred to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The eunuchs of the Supervisor of Ceremonies marked all these memorials with a cross. This was the first time that His Majesty had dealt with an official of the foreign court. As eunuchs in charge of rituals, it is the bounden duty of eunuchs to protect the imperial power!
When these memorials finally reached the Palace of Qianqing and were seen by Empress Dowager Li, the little emperor was gritting his teeth and stepping on his horse.
Standing is a very tiring job.
Empress Dowager Li looked at several memorials for a long time. This was the Ming Dynasty's error correction mechanism at work. Kedao officials had the right to speak and discuss the decisions of the Ming Emperor. Moreover, these memorials were very reasonable, which made Empress Dowager Li hesitate. Undecided.
Censor Wang Shiju said: Ministers should also protect their hearts and minds to enhance the vitality of the country; officials, officials, ears and eyes should also be cherished to promote the righteousness of the country.
As the confidants of the country, ministers need to be protected. This is the vitality of the country. But ministers are the emperor's eyes and ears, so shouldn't they be cherished? Has it cultivated national righteousness?
Today, trusting the ministers and defeating the officials is a disrespect for the ministers. Let the ministers feel at ease. Does your majesty only want vitality and not righteousness?
If we do this, I am afraid that there will be more and more people in the government who are tactful and flattering, and there will be fewer people who speak out and speak out for justice.
Is it really good for the country if upright people remain silent and loyal ministers remain silent?
He said: I am afraid that from now on, the fat and wei will become accustomed to it, and the bones and bones will disappear. If the honest men are speechless and the loyal ministers are tongue-tied, what is the benefit of the country?
Zhiwei: oil and skin. Gukun: Integrity and moral integrity.
Jia Sanjin said in the matter: The ministers of the state are the officials and the eyes and ears of the state. The official duties of the ears and eyes are corrected. They should be full of uprightness and lenient on the punishment of offenses.
Ministers are the humerus of the country, and admonishers are the eyes and ears of the country. The essential job of the officials is to impeach. In daily life, the court maintains the advocators to maintain their uprightness and admonishment. They are not afraid of the spirit of power and do their own thing. Essential work, but still want to be demoted and return home to live idle? It is really unjust and they should be forgiven for their punishment.
Only in this way will the ministers of the Department of Science and Technology not avoid fear when encountering problems in the future. If today they impeach a minister as a reason to convict him, I am afraid that the remonstrators will be discouraged and they will not dare to speak in the future.
If in the future there is a major event in the country that is related to the country, the country, and the country, and there are traitors and evil people in the court, who will dare to give honest advice, correct the government, and brighten the atmosphere?
He said: In the future, although there will be great interests in the country and great evil in the court, who is willing to go against the rules and get rid of them quickly?
Empress Dowager Li had more than a dozen such memorials at hand, all pleading for mercy for the three officials.
If Qingliu's proposal is not dealt with, they will continue to report it; if the emperor still doesn't listen, they will chatter at the emperor in Wenhua Hall and Fengtian Hall; if the emperor still doesn't listen, they will kneel in front of Chengtian Gate On the ground, they asked the emperor for orders. If the emperor did not agree, they would not get up. If the emperor still did not listen, they would go on a hunger strike, hit pillars, and even starve themselves to death without speaking out.
In the name of being loyal to the emperor and the country, he did nothing that was loyal to the emperor and the country.
Qingliu and Kedao Yanguan were extremely difficult to deal with, which was why Jiajing and Longqing hid in the harem and did not come out to meet the courtiers. If they quarreled with them, whether they fought or not, the emperor would lose.
Feng Bao looked at the memorials written by the officials and said: "These clear opinions are really confusing right and wrong."
"Your Majesty made it very clear that the three officials were punished not because they impeached Grand Sima, but because they eliminated dissidents in the clan party, and they would never give up until they won. If they were not punished, wouldn't they continue to do so? Continuous impeachment? Tan Lun is a gentleman, they are just bullying a gentleman."
"If it is really for the so-called great interests of the country and the great evil of the court, then why would only Tan Lun be impeached if Lu Shusheng coughs?"
Feng Baojiang made the key point of Tan Lun's impeachment case very clear. Tan Lun was not the only one who violated the rules of the Asahi Temple, but also Lu Shusheng.
"Your Majesty said the word clan party, which is really enlightening and enlightening!" Feng Bao praised the Emperor again in front of Empress Dowager Li.
As soon as the word "His Majesty's clan party" came out, Feng Bao felt confident to speak at this time.
Your Majesty used two words to explain the essence of this matter clearly and clearly.
The imperial court allows parties to form. Each family and faction has its own political opinions, and practicing these opinions is beneficial to the country. This is described in detail in Ouyang Xiu's "On Clique".
It is natural for gentlemen to be friends with people with the same aspirations and ideals, and for villains to be friends with common interests. It has existed since ancient times.
Three generations above, during the reigns of Yao, Shun, and Yu, the gentlemen Ba Yuan, Ba Kai and other sixteen people had Shun as the core leader of the party, and they were also cronies.
How to distinguish between a gentleman and his friends, and how to distinguish between a villain and his friends?
Through relationships.
His Majesty's words clearly pointed out the attributes of the Jin Party.
Clan Party, clan is a kind of marriage relationship, Wang Chonggu and Yang Bo are sons and daughters, Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu are uncle and nephew, and Jin Party is a township party with Shanxi people as its core members.
Clan is just one word, but it is very concise and concise.
"When we were talking about the banquet today, Yuan Fu said that Your Majesty is a genius. I think Yuan Fu is right. With just one word, Your Majesty made it clear and clear about the dirty deeds and intrigues of the Jin Party." Feng Bao expressed his own views and launched his own analysis of the word ethnic party.
As the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Feng Bao has the power to participate in politics, discuss politics, and even make decisions. Although his participation in politics violates the laws of his ancestors, the Ming Dynasty has been more than two hundred years. The ministers were eaten alive.
Empress Dowager Li said helplessly: "Feng Dajue, have you seen Yuan Fu's blank ticket? Is he planning to stay out of the matter? It's not easy to deal with it if officials and officials are clean and honest."
"If you hit the official staff, these officials will not feel ashamed, but will be proud of it. They can even become famous among the official officials of the science and technology and advance upwards, all by seeking fame and reputation."
Empress Dowager Li found it difficult to handle, and Feng Bao also found it difficult to handle. During the Jiajing period, Emperor Jiajing attacked Yan Guan, and things went bad after that. Yan Guan continued to work harder, and Emperor Jiajing could only end hastily.
"It's really difficult to deal with." Feng Bao said very clearly.
If he didn't listen to Yan Guan's words, there would be constant criticism; if he listened to Yan Guan's words, the little emperor personally made the disposition and took it back like this. The minister Yan Guan outside thought that the emperor was afraid.
Dilemma, dilemma, how to resolve the dilemma?
"Look at how serious you are, Your Majesty." Empress Dowager Chen didn't care about the dirty things in the court. She always upheld a firm belief that all kinds of wolves, tigers, leopards, cows, ghosts and snakes would lurk in front of the real dragon.
Now they are bullying the emperor, and they will all be listed in the future.
Zhu Yijun finished his work and walked towards the positions of Queen Mother Li and Queen Mother Chen. He showed his signature smile and said with a smile: "Mother, mother."
Empress Dowager Chen was the official empress of Emperor Longqing, and her status in the palace was higher than that of Empress Dowager Li. However, after Emperor Longqing's success, whether Empress Dowager Li added her emblem, Empress Dowager Li moved to Qianqing Palace, or Empress Dowager Li took charge of the Sixth Palace, Empress Dowager Chen There is no way to stop her, she has no son, she is acting like a monster for nothing, what is she trying to do?
In terms of pampering, Empress Dowager Chen doted on Zhu Yijun, while Empress Dowager Li doted on Zhu Yiliu.
"Your mother is worried about the troubles caused by the emperor, but you are smiling brightly." Empress Dowager Chen placed the rock sugar pear water and cakes that had been dried in front of the little emperor.
"Causing trouble?" Zhu Yijun was stunned, and then he understood what the trouble was.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while, then thought again and said, "Who is the leader of the world's enemies?"
