Qi Jiguang's knighthood is not a trivial matter. Yang Bo's opposition in the Fengtian Palace and the debate with Zhang Juzheng should have been just the beginning. Qi Jiguang lost his reputation in the Quanchu Guild Hall. The Jin Party would not use this thorn in the side, unnecessary and useless, to find all kinds of things. The reason for impeachment fell, and he vowed not to give up.
However, the Jin Party has too much time to take care of itself. Huyukou was easily penetrated by the Northern Captives. The Ming Dynasty decided that Li Le from the Military Department would take a group of people to Datong, Xuan Mansion to inspect the border. But now the Jin Party can only Tired of defending.
Sometimes, the best defense is to attack, and party fighting does not necessarily require all kinds of intrigues and tricks. Sometimes waiting for the opponent to make a mistake is also a good choice.
The young emperor of Ming Dynasty was not very optimistic about this inspection.
Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and then said: "I thought that being able to send someone from the non-ethnic Party to Datong in the Xuanfu would be a harvest. If I could find out something, it would be an unexpected surprise. If I could learn more about it, That would be even better."
Zhu Yijun heard what Zhang Juzheng said and understood what Zhang Juzheng said. Zhang Juzheng did not expect that Li Le could really find out anything. Being able to send Li Le, who was from the African National Party, to Datong and Xuanfu Town was a victory in itself. If there were more gains, then It's an unexpected surprise that adds to the joy.
"Reviewing the past and learning the new can serve as a teacher. Mr. Yuan Fu said before that everything must eventually end, which is called Yi." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said with a smile.
Doing things must have results to achieve perseverance. Obviously, Zhang Juzheng's statement that being able to send people out is victory is not in line with Professor Zhang Juzheng's knowledge, and things must eventually end.
"I am ashamed." Zhang Juzheng never thought that one day his Majesty would be silenced by his own words, and he could only say that he was ashamed.
"No, I think Mr. Yuanfu has done a great job. He sent a censor today and found out something tomorrow. We can learn more about it the day after. We can walk step by step and eat a meal." Eating it in one bite is like cultivating the soil. Planting rice today and expecting to harvest tomorrow is hypocrisy.”
“Being down-to-earth and practicing your duties is your duty.”
"A gentleman should stick to his roots." Zhu Yijun denied Zhang Juzheng's self-denial with great certainty.
These are also the principles taught by Professor Zhang Juzheng. A gentleman should stick to his roots and practice them. This is the actual situation. The actual situation is that Xuanfu Datong has long become the back garden of the Jin Party. Being able to send a censor is already a great success. Any more would be impractical.
Zhang Juzheng found that the little emperor had really read the book, because his majesty could turn the words upside down and make sense.
Being always reasonable is a kind of self-cultivation for scholars.
It is always reasonable. No matter what happens, he is always reasonable. It is always reasonable.
Your Majesty already has this basic self-cultivation.
The lecture began again, and Zhu Yijun discovered an interesting thing. When Zhang Juzheng taught, he did not just follow the instructions mechanically, let alone follow the length, but what happened in the court, what he said, and he used facts to speak.
Rituals are made according to the situation, and legislation is made when the situation arises.
Zhang Juzheng held up his hands and said seriously: "Confucius said: If the world is righteous, rituals and music will come from the emperor. If there is no righteousness in the world, rituals and music will come from the princes."
"From the princes, the hope for ten generations will not be lost; from the official, the hope for the fifth life will not be lost; for the accompanying ministers to carry out the country's orders, the hope for the third life will not be lost."
"Conquest of rituals and music: the great handle of the ruler to control the world. Xi: rare. Accompanying ministers: retainers and ministers. Guoming: the order of the country."
"The Master said: When the world is governed by the Way, all rituals, music, and conquests will be decided by the Emperor;"
"There is no way in the world, and the conquest of rituals and music is decided by the princes. If the princes decide, it will probably be up to ten generations, and few will not fall; let the officials decide, after five generations, there will be few who will not fall; retainers and ministers will control the order of the country , after three generations, there are few that do not collapse.”
Zhu Yijun was silent for a long time. When did the orders of the Ming Dynasty begin to be completely controlled by the ministers?
From the fifteenth year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli began to fail. If we do not count the death of Emperor Taichang just one month after he ascended the throne, then Wanli, Tianqi, and Chongzhen were exactly three generations, and the Ming Dynasty died.
"Is there any precedent?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.
Zhang Juzheng nodded and said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, when the emperor of Zhou was weak, the princes were in power. Later, there were Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Mu of Qin, King Zhuang of Chu, and Duke Xiang of Song. The five uncles rose up one after another to form an alliance."
"Bo, read Ba, means Fang Bo. He is the leader of the princes, who unites the world, and is also called the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period."
"Not even ten generations have passed since the Spring and Autumn Period ended and we entered the Warring States Period."
"The conquest of rituals and music comes from the princes, and I hope it will not be lost for ten generations."
Zhu Yijun understood that Bo and Ba actually meant the same thing, that is, Fang Bo, the leader of the princes. Ritual music and conquest came from the princes, and within ten generations the order of the world would be over.
Zhang Juzheng saw that His Majesty had carefully taken notes and continued: "After the death of Duke Wen of Jin, the Jin Dynasty entered the dictatorship of the Six Ministers. The Fan family, the Zhongxing family, the Zhao family, the Han family, the Wei family, and the Zhi family fought against each other for more than ten years. .”
"The Fan family and the Zhongxing family were destroyed, and the Jin Kingdom entered the Four Qing Chaos, which only lasted for more than thirty years. The Han, Zhao, and Wei families destroyed the Zhi family, and the Jin Kingdom was divided between the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei, that is, the three families were divided into Jin."
"It took less than a hundred years from the death of Duke Wen of Jin to the division of the three families into the Jin Dynasty. Within five generations, the Jin Kingdom was gone."
"The conquest of rituals and music has been carried out since the emergence of the great ministers, and I hope it will not be lost in the fifth generation;"
Zhu Yijun nodded. This doctor did not mean a scholar-bureaucrat, but a prince of the Jin State who served as a food city, or a family from the Spring and Autumn Period of the pre-Qin Dynasty. It would be more appropriate.
"After the death of Duke Zhuang of Lu, the three Huan clans, the Jisun family, the Mengsun family, and the Shusun family took charge of the rites and music of Lu. Later, Jisun family's retainers Nan Kuai, Yanghu, and Shusun family The retainers raised the ox, the retainers of the Meng Sun clan took over the virgins, and so on. They successively seized power in the three families and imprisoned their masters. The state of Lu, which once competed with Qi for hegemony, was destroyed by the state of Chu."
"I will accompany you to carry out the destiny of the country, and I hope you will not lose it for three generations."
Accompanying ministers are what later generations call scholar-bureaucrats, scholars, or ministers. There are countless such examples. Zhang Juzheng can cite many more examples. For example, after the death of Qin II, Zhao Gao and Li Sijiao established Qin II. Qin II brought the Qin Dynasty to ruin.
"There is a way in the world, and the conquest of rituals and music comes from the emperor. Master said this to cover up the harm. However, how can the power of the king's power and wealth be not above the court for a day?" Zhang Juzheng returned to the beginning, and returned Text, stick to the theme.
As for the conquest of rituals and music, the emperor's decision to control the world should be decided by the emperor, not the princes, the noble families, or the ministers.
He can and can only be the emperor.
Confucius said this to express his sadness at the collapse of rituals and music in the world. The power of the king cannot be above the court for a day. Otherwise, the king will not respect his ministers and his ministers will not be humble. Since then, it has become normal for princes to overstep the emperor, for officials to override princes, and for retainers to overlord officials.
Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and found that the Japanese country was like this. The political system of the Japanese country was all about one person overpowering the other, with layers of emptiness. The shogunate emptied the emperor, the leaders emptied the shogunate, and the daimyo emptied the leaders. It was a mess.
Zhang Juzheng should really hope that the little emperor can become a talented person.
"Mr. Yuan Fu, I am confused." Zhu Yijun sat upright and looked at Zhang Juzheng and said.
As soon as Zhang Juzheng heard the words "I am confused", he immediately paid full attention. He looked at Lu Ke, breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the time is coming. You can't bite off more than you can chew."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "The conquest of rituals and music comes from the emperor. I am the emperor, so there is no problem in adding an extra quarter of an hour."
"I accept the decree." Zhang Juzheng was helpless. Your Majesty is simply selling what you have learned now. The emperor wants to add more time. Zhang Juzheng just talked about the power of the emperor, how can he not be above the imperial court for a day?
Your Majesty has already learned and put it into practice.
"Can Xuanfu and Datong be regarded as ritual and music expeditions, coming from the princes?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked the question he wanted to ask.
This sentence really expands on whether Xuanfu Datong, after more than ten years of conquest against each other, has formed a group with privileged economy as its fundamental interest, with fellow villagers and in-laws as the hub of relationships, and is closely united, which is equivalent to The small political collective of the princes, or more precisely, the current Xuanfu Datong, has all the characteristics of a vassal town in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun didn't speak clearly, but he believed Zhang Juzheng could understand.
Zhang Juzheng gritted his teeth and said: "The clan party's dissent is unstoppable, and the chaos in the border areas is governed by the clan party's orders. It can be regarded as ritual and music conquests coming from the princes."
"Why did the clan party become such a thing?" Zhu Yijun asked again.
Zhang Juzheng looked at the little emperor's slightly innocent eyes and really wanted to wave his hand to tell His Majesty to stop asking, stop asking.
But if His Majesty has doubts, he, the Imperial Master, must answer them.
He thought for a long time and said: "Because the country is not rich and the army is not strong, and the country is not rich, it cannot reward, and it cannot even feed the soldiers to fight, so it can only rely on local supplies and cannot celebrate rewards; if the army is not strong, it cannot To win a battle, you cannot suppress violence and violence, and you cannot use coercion and punishment.”
"Celebrations, rewards, power and punishments cannot be carried out. The virtuous cannot advance, the unworthy can advance but not retreat. Everything is not suitable, events cannot be responded to, there is no time for heaven above, no favorable geography for below, and no harmony in the middle. Therefore, outside the legal principles, the princes are in trouble become."
Zhang Juzheng also has some examples that he did not mention. For example, during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, the causes of the Anshi Rebellion and the separatist vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty can be attributed to the fact that after the Anshi Rebellion, the country was not rich and the army was not strong.
Zhu Yijun understood clearly, he already understood the reason why the clan party became bigger, and he also understood the confidence that Wang Chonggu had to dare to say such disloyal words in the court meeting.
Ritual and music conquests came from the princes.
Zhu Yijun said with emotion: "If the authority of ritual, music, conquest, power, reward and punishment is not in the court, but in the local government, it is unethical."
"The country's rituals and music, as well as the rewards and punishments of administration, should be based on loyalty to the country and justice, and merits and demerits should be judged based on facts."
"As a king, knowledge and deeds must be unified, words and deeds must be consistent, and one must follow one's heart. Once you have said something, you must do it. Since you have done it, there must be results. If a minister fails to follow through on his words and deeds, he is not trustworthy and untrue, and his words and deeds are not true to his heart. , it means disloyalty, disbelief, and filial piety, which is not the virtue that a minister should have."
"If the king is not the king, if the minister is not the minister, the world will be in chaos."
Zhu Yijun scrawled a line of words with a pencil on the paper, summarizing today's lecture.
