Zhu Yijun was particularly surprised by Queen Mother Li. Queen Mother Li was admitting her mistakes and trying to make up for them.
According to the system design of the Ming Dynasty, and according to the filial piety of Confucian etiquette and law, the most noble person in the Ming Dynasty is the emperor. But now that the emperor is young and Empress Dowager Li lives in Qianqing Palace to exercise imperial power on her behalf, Empress Dowager Li is the most noble person in the world.
In Zhu Yijun's view, it is rare and valuable for someone in the position of Empress Dowager Li, with such power, to admit her mistakes and actively correct her mistakes.
Who has no fault? If you can change your past, there is no greater good.
In the pre-Qin Dynasty, Duke Linggong of Jin was unruly and unruly, killing many people indiscriminately, and scholars came to remonstrate with him. If this was the case, people would be divided. Duke Linggong of Jin immediately said: I know I was wrong, and I must change it.
Shi Ji happily said to Jin Linggong: Who has no fault? If you can change your past, there is no greater good.
As a result, Jin Linggong intensified his behavior, which eventually caused people to lose heart and was killed.
Jin Linggong accepted his kind words, persisted in his stubbornness and refused to correct his mistakes, which became the best footnote of "no one can make mistakes without being a sage, and knowing his mistakes can make a lot of improvements".
"What's wrong?" Queen Mother Li looked at the surprised look in the little emperor's eyes and asked a little strangely.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "It's nothing."
Empress Dowager Li said with a smile: "It's okay for my mother to be embarrassed. I'm just a womanizer and don't understand the general situation. My son is getting more and more sensible, and everything will be fine. The emperor scolded those people in the Huangji Palace all day long. There are ministers who only know how to chatter endlessly, talk eloquently, and are ambitious but not perseverant. The scolding is good and the scolding relieves the anger!"
"After experiencing this, my mother also figured it out. The more sensible the emperor is, the more the emperor's power will be demonstrated. It does not matter how much money he takes from the outer court, which is how he demonstrates his imperial power."
Queen Mother Li is also making progress little by little in state affairs, which is a good thing.
Queen Mother Li knew that she had caused trouble by forcing the court to give her father a sum of money to repair the house, so she was willing to change her order. It was very difficult for Queen Mother Li, who was at the pinnacle of power in the world, to do this.
In fact, the requirements of the Ming Dynasty for Empress Dowager Li were not very high. It was enough that Empress Dowager Li could take care of the young emperor and grow up. They did not expect Empress Dowager Li to be as virtuous as Empress Ma. They just asked that Empress Dowager Li would not cause trouble.
The empresses and empress dowagers of the Ming Dynasty after Yongle had ordinary backgrounds and did not have strong support from relatives. In fact, what they could do was extremely limited. They could not even take charge of the dynasty, and they were even more afraid of listening to politics behind the curtain.
Zhang Juzheng has been thinking about His Majesty the Emperor's public and private affairs. His Majesty has asked about the clear definition of public and private, and every time he asks, Mr. Yuan Fu, have you figured it out?
Zhang Juzheng really scratched his bald head and wanted to solve His Majesty's problem.
This time, Empress Dowager Li asked about the money from the foreign court to build a garden for her biological father. Zhang Juzheng carefully understood the whole matter and gained a deeper understanding of the definition of public and private.
In Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Juzheng would put floating notes on all the memorials, and then return home and write letters to governors in various places, explaining the reasons why specific decrees could not be implemented, the possible negative consequences, or that a certain decree should How to implement it specifically, these letters are also part of Zhang Juzheng's daily life.
After doing this, Zhang Juzheng would study the darkroom during his free time. He found someone to grind out transparent glass, as well as crystals, gems and other objects. When placed in the sun, as long as it is a prism, the sun can be decomposed into seven colors. , and then the seven colors returned to one color.
It's not that someone has cast witchcraft, but it's the infinite principle of all things.
At this point, the little emperor was studying optics in the darkroom of the simple optical laboratory, and Zhang Juzheng no longer had any objection.
Playing, as long as it is not alchemy and the little emperor is not doing his job, it is just a pastime.
Zhang Juzheng annotated some Four Books, smiled at You Qi who came in from the outside and said: "Hai Gangfeng is right, Your Majesty is still working too hard. At the age of ten, he is so busy every day, which is not too out of the ordinary." A small hobby is also a long-term solution. If you are busy for a long time, people will become slack."
"The lady's friendship will last a lifetime. She may take in the embrace of others and realize the meaning within a room; or she may wander outside because of her entrustment. Although there are many different interests, calmness and restlessness are different. When you are happy with what you encounter, you can temporarily gain it. For yourself, you will be satisfied quickly.”
"People live only one life, and some like to communicate with friends about things that they both care about, and some like to put their love on the things they like. Although everyone has their own hobbies, quietness and restlessness are different, but when They feel happy and satisfied with the things they come into contact with, isn’t that a kind of happiness?”
You Qi smiled when he heard what Zhang Juzheng said. In the past six months, his husband has returned home no longer gloomy, but with a sense of excitement and ambition.
The main reason is that the little emperor in the palace is finally willing to take it seriously.
In the past, Zhang Juzheng, as the emperor's tutor, had extremely strict restraints on the little emperor. It was not without You Qi's advice, but the little emperor never received any positive feedback from his studies, and he always had an indifferent attitude towards state affairs. Now his husband actually thinks that the little emperor It's not a real job, it's just a pastime in your spare time.
"There is news from the palace that Empress Dowager Li wants to confiscate the four thousand silver given to Uncle Wu Qing and then convert it into a reward." You Qi got the news from Xu Jue. This time, the honorary relatives reached out to the palace to ask for money. Empress Dowager Li did not ask the court to find a way to get the money together, but instead asked the court to correct the previous mistakes, which surprised You Qi!
Power is a thing that easily captivates people's hearts, and even though they know they are wrong, they still refuse to correct it.
"Huh?" Zhang Juzheng frowned, then relaxed.
He knew the temper of Queen Mother Li very well. Even if it was for the power of the little emperor, Queen Mother Li would not admit her mistake. If even the Queen Mother lowered her head, the ministers outside the palace would bully orphans and widows even more.
The Queen Mother Li's willingness to admit this mistake means that the Queen Mother Li is more assured of the young emperor. Even if the Queen Mother loses some of her majesty, it will not have an impact on the young emperor, and the ministers in the outer court will not look down on the palace.
This is a change, a change that Zhang Juzheng hopes to see.
Of course, he didn't like to see a queen mother who was obsessed with power. That would be very, very detrimental to the young emperor, especially if he was in charge of his own affairs, which would cause great obstacles.
But Queen Mother Li seems not to be so obsessed with power.
"Easy to handle." Zhang Juzheng picked up the telescope with a smile on his face and looked up at the stars. He was looking at the slightly red moon.
You Qi said in surprise: "Is it easy to handle?"
"It's easy to handle. Now that the palace has realized something is wrong, it will be very easy to handle. Your husband is still quite capable. Can this damage the majesty of the Queen Mother? It must be comprehensive." Zhang Juzheng replied with a rather relaxed expression.
For Zhang Juzheng, nothing is too difficult. It is difficult to get him. He was helpless about the little emperor's education before, and now he is also helpless about the little emperor's education.
It's just that the two situations are completely different.
The little emperor's innocent heart, pure innocence, and the questions he asked were quite sharp. Zhang Juzheng had to think about them for a long time every time, and he had to practice them and combine them with practical experience before he could think clearly.
In the early morning of the next day, during the court meeting, Zhang Juzheng indeed took care of everything. The third son of Wu Qingbo and Li Wei, who was also the younger brother of Empress Dowager Li, got into a fight with someone in Xishan because of the coal mine. It's not Wu Qingbo's house to blame, it was Chengshan Bofu who deliberately made trouble for the kiln wells. They didn't fight well, and it would have been fine to give them a warning. However, in the end, Wu Qingbo's house was fined 4,000 silver and Chengshan Bo's house was fined 8,000 silver.
Wu Qingbo's house had a new member, and Empress Dowager Li, as her aunt, gave her four thousand silver. As for the memorials to her relatives asking for money, they were all sent back with a cross.
This matter has come to an end, and after going around in a circle, there is some room for advancement and retreat, and a result is not too good. However, no one wants money to repair the house anymore. After all, Empress Dowager Li rewarded her family. Not everyone has this relationship.
"This is not the norm, it's just this time, let the court discuss it." Zhu Yijun signed the seal, which also explained that this kind of reward is special, and he will not let the foreign court pay for it next time.
Empress Dowager Li's idea came to a dead end. She either insisted on asking for the four thousand taels for her biological father, or she was angry with the ministers of the outer court, feeling that they were not respectful, even if the inner court said that they could take it. After coming out, Queen Mother Li still refused. She kept her anger and made everyone look ugly. Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng put an end to it.
Everyone has dignity.
Some people find that they have gone too far and have something wrong, and they can correct themselves, but some people know clearly that they have done something wrong, but they just don't change it.
Such as Xu Jie.
Good words can't persuade a damned person to die, and compassion can't save people.
Yu Dayou said that Xu Jie was unwilling to give in. Zhang Juzheng was worried that Xu Jie would cause trouble and took cruel measures. However, Hai Rui knew clearly that Xu Jie would continue to cause trouble.
At this time, in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Nanya, Xu Jie, who was used to living in the big villa in Jinzeyuan, returned to the slightly cramped ancestral home. He was angry and anxious, so he decided to think of something, but Two hundred and thirty thousand acres of land!
The Taishi Tower in Kanze Garden was his lifelong achievement, but now it was taken away for no reason.
It's absolutely abominable.
"Father, you can't go!" Xu Fan knelt on the ground, pulling Xu Jie's legs, his voice was particularly sad.
Xu Jie was going to attend a poetry gathering from his fellow villagers. It was said to be a poetry gathering. Xu Fan had already found out clearly that it was a gathering held by the rich and luxurious households in Nanya to resist the imperial court's investigation of the occupation. The imperial court wanted to investigate the occupation. Seventy thousand hectares All seven million acres of land occupied must be returned. This time, not only the life of Xu Jie, but also the lives of wealthy households in Nanya Fourteenth Mansion!
The person who presided over the restoration of 70,000 hectares of farmland in the 14th Mansion of Nanya was a direct descendant of Zhang Juzheng, who was the governor of Songyang Mountain in Yingtian.
If Xu Jie is going to attend this gathering, he will roast the entire Xu family on the fire rack! At this time, there were more than seventy members of the old Xu family. If the whole family could be beheaded in public, they could all say that the Lord is merciful.
"Let go!" Xu Jie wanted to leave, but Xu Fan wouldn't let him go.
Xu Fan was young and powerful. He knelt on the ground and hugged Xu Jie's legs. He refused to let Xu Jie go out and said loudly: "Father, father, they are not discussing countermeasures. They are clearly plotting rebellion! At present, the young master is suspicious of the country, and your majesty is young. , if we confront the imperial court, we may be in serious trouble! Father, you can’t go!”
Xu Jie said sternly: "Let go! If you don't let go, I'll break your legs!"
"I won't let go! Even if you beat me to death, I won't let go!" Xu Fan said without caring at all, if you can, beat him to death! Waiting for death and stopping his father from seeking death, he can still live.
Xu Jie raised the crutch, raised it high, and finally did not fall down. He said decadently: "Okay, okay, it's not enough if I don't go? Let go."
His son's pleading finally made Xu Jie Tieshi's heart soften a little.
Xu Fan helped Xu Jie sit down, poured a cup of tea for Xu Jie, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Father, a son never complains about his father's fault, and his unfilial son prevents his father from traveling. But this time, our old Xu family , it’s really over.”
"In the 41st year of Jiajing reign, Yan Shifan was sentenced to exile. Not only did Yan Shifan not go to the border area where he was exiled, he also returned to his place of origin and was reported to the imperial censor, and was beheaded in public display in the 44th year of Jiajing reign."
"Father, the court has issued an order for us to return our fields and give us dignity. If we don't hold on to this last bit of dignity, I'm afraid there will be nothing left."
"Father!"
Xu Jie tapped Xu Fan's shoulder with his crutch and said, "Get up and talk."
"well."
Xu Jie sighed heavily, his eyes flashing with reluctance. He held a cane in both hands and said, "Son, my Xu Jie's greatest ability in this life is to be able to endure. I have endured it in the court for more than twenty years." , little by little layout, little by little lobbying, little by little in the mind of Shimiao, Yan Song was created to look like a treacherous official. After more than 20 years, the opportunity finally came."
Xu Fan stood up and whispered tentatively: "Father, if it weren't for Yan Shifan asking for a bribe from Prince Yu's Mansion and the Master of the Shi Temple knowing about it, the Yan Party wouldn't be able to fail."
"No matter how you look at it, it looks like Yan Song and Yan Shifan, father and son, have done their own evil and will not survive."
"You! You traitor! Kneel down!" When Xu Jie heard this, he felt furious. How could he have given birth to such a son?
He was reminiscing about the past and his own achievements, but this traitor always interrupted and negated those achievements!
"Father, the collapse of the Yan Party is not entirely due to my father. I have to thank Yan Shifan for his cooperation. This is a fact. Father, the past is in the past. Father, he is not as powerful as he thought." Xu Fan did not Kneeling down, his tone was extremely serious, and his words were a bit more serious. He was already in the court at the time, and he was not clear about these matters.
He must break the image of himself being invincible in his father's mind, otherwise Xu Jie will lead the Xu family all the way to the eighteenth level of hell.
Xu Jie is no longer in charge of the country, and the power is no longer in his hands. One thing is that when Xu Jie was in charge of the country, the money used to investigate and deal with the corruption of Yan Shifan and Yan Song has not yet been returned to the court.
Emperor Jiajing asked Xu Jie about the Yan Song family property that he had confiscated. Xu Jie said that all of it had been used as border wages. Where did the money go? If the court continues to investigate, can Xu Jie really be able to withstand the court's interrogation?
Especially now that the little emperor is completely bewitched by Zhang Juzheng!
Xu Jie was furious. His son scolded him as Yan Song and his son, and he was still the son who caused the evil!
His son is his biological son, his eldest son. Xu Jie really can't kill this traitor. Xu Jie waved his hand and said, "Do you know why I'm anxious? I'm sixty-seven now, and Zhang Juzheng is forty-eight. I can't survive it." He, I can survive Yan Song, but can I survive Zhang Juzheng?"
"I am best at forbearing in my life. I am anxious now. Isn't it because of you that I am anxious?"
Xu Fan was silent for a moment and did not refute. Xu Jie did it for this family. Ten thousand acres of fertile land is completely enough for their family to live on. But there will be endless children and grandchildren. Will it be enough by then?
"I'm not great, and Zhang Juzheng is not that great! It's not that easy to govern a country. I have governed a country before. Managing a country is not just empty talk, let alone a lot of empty words and clichés. The most important thing in governing a country is the daily necessities of life." "
"If it's easy to cure, I'll cure it! Will it be his turn?"
Xu Jie talked about governing the country again. In his opinion, Zhang Juzheng was just running for the grand structure, making drastic decisions. The faster he went, the faster he died. Without widespread support, everything would be in vain in the end.
When Xu Fan heard this, he was silent for a moment and whispered: "Father, who is the one who talks metaphysically but has no practical actions?"
"If Zhang Juzheng didn't practice what he did, and just boasted, he would have fallen by now. Take our Xu family as an example. If he hadn't practiced what he did and knew our methods, he would have taken advantage of it and turned this matter over. Can things be done so neatly? I'm afraid not..."
"What's the situation now? Zhang Juzheng has laid a big net for us in the middle of the court, ready to kill chickens to scare monkeys. We are the chickens! The monkeys will only be afraid of the blood spattered by killing the chickens, instead of rising up to resist. .”
There are many such examples, such as dealing with Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei of the Jin Party, hunting down the Xinzheng Party, Zhang Juzheng slowly tried to do it, such as cleaning up the encroachments in Nanya, such as passing the examination to break the major drawbacks of appeasement, these are all Zhang Juzheng's practical actions .
"Have you also read his book on Contradiction?!" When Xu Jie heard his son speak, he felt that the tone of his son's words was wrong.
Xu Jie studied under Nie Bao and was a redisciple of Wang Yangming. Their whole family was a scholar of mind. In Xu Jie's opinion, Zhang Juzheng's contradictory theory was worthless, unreasonable and deviant nonsense.
But Xu Jie still read the contradiction word by word. After reading it, he became more and more certain that Zhang Juzheng was a Confucian heretic!
Not even mentioning the opposites, they lumped the gentleman and the villain together and didn't mention the difference between them. They also used Xu Jie as a negative example and put them in the theory of contradictions and made nonsense. This is simply intolerable!
Xu Fan looked strange and said, "That was written by His Majesty."
Since "The Theory of Contradiction" was published in the world, a total of more than 4,000 copies have been printed and sent to various places. When officials from various places saw that it was written by the emperor, they took the time to give the book to major newspaper copying rooms for copying. Bookshops in various places began to sell a few copied copies. After publishing the book, it turned out that it wasn’t very popular, so no one printed it.
Until a talented bookseller in Nanya published it under the name of "Emperor's Master's Lectures at Wenhua Hall", focusing on the lectures given by the Emperor's Master to the Emperor. The book immediately became popular!
The fire was a complete mess, the fire was out of control, and all the bookstores in Nanya immediately began to publish engravings. Almost every major bookstore had this book on the contradiction.
The emperor is aloof and lives in the ninth level. He even uses golden hoes to farm the land. What it is like to give lessons to the emperor has aroused the curiosity of many people, and a large part of this curiosity comes from parents who hope that their children will succeed.
The terrifying consumption potential of parents who hope their children will be successful is fully stimulated by talented booksellers.
The manuscript of the Ming Dynasty's first assistant emperor's lecture to the emperor is so precious, you must read it!
Among them, the finely carved plates printed by Nanya Huangzhuang are of the highest quality and have the widest sales volume.
Because Nanya Huangzhuang has an advantage that other bookstores do not have, that is, poor information, Nanya Huangzhuang does this business of printing books, and adds a little anecdotes about the match, and immediately compares it with other bookstores. Go down.
The talented bookseller who focused on giving lectures at the Imperial Master's Wenhua Hall was Feng Bao's adopted son Zhang Jin, who was sent to Nanya.
It was Zhang Jin who did not move forward boldly in Yuegang and lost his beautiful job as Xu Jie Huan Tian in Songjiang Mansion. Zhang Jin also got a job, that is, he went to Nanjing to serve as a military eunuch.
Eunuchs don't make any sense when selling books. The Contradiction Theory is the emperor's decree to publish books for the world. The eunuchs don't dare to check them. But if they dare to include interesting anecdotes in the book that can only be found in the Huangzhuang Edition of the Contradiction Theory, then the eunuchs will go crazy. !
What are you going to do by randomly publishing and interpreting His Majesty’s words and deeds? ! Want to rebel?
Nanya is also a place with the most scholars. Zhang Jin made a lot of money selling books for several months.
Xu Fan said to his father: "My father has also read the Theory of Contradictions, so he naturally knows that this book was not entirely written by Zhang Juzheng alone. It can also be seen from the lines that His Majesty is sensible. , is summed up by His Majesty’s pure heart and pure purity, which broke through the chaos and affirmation of Yuanfu and Dazai.”
The heart of a child, pure and pure, is the moral state most advocated by Confucianism. Human beings are originally good in nature, and they are the most simple and flawless nature among similar natures and distant habits.
Xu Jie is a Jinshi. It can be seen at a glance who is the leader in the book. As the imperial master, Zhang Juzheng can answer so perfectly the questions asked by the innocent heart and pure whiteness. This itself proves that He learned Zhang Juzheng’s talent and learning.
"Yes, Zhang Juzheng is a great talent!" Xu Jie gritted his teeth and admitted Zhang Juzheng's academic achievements!
Xu Fan continued: "Father, a gentleman is distinguished by position. He who governs others is also a gentleman. He is distinguished by virtue. A virtuous man is a gentleman. In fact, they all mean the same thing. Those who can take care of themselves are gentlemen, and those who can take care of others are also gentlemen. Obviously, Zhang Juzheng is a gentleman both in terms of position and virtue!"
"You mean I'm a villain!" Xu Jie raised his cane and slapped Xu Fan on his body. It wasn't very severe. He was so angry that Xu Fan was arrogant and scolded Xu Fan. Rank is a villain, distinction based on position and virtue are villains!
The key is that Xu Jie can't refute it yet!
Xu Jie kept flapping his crutches and said angrily: "So what if he is great! What if he is a gentleman!"
"No matter how powerful he is, he is so devoted to the power of the Jin gentry. If the power of the Jin gentry wants to fight against him, Zhang Juzheng, what can he, Zhang Juzheng, do to fight against the power of the Jin gentry? The powerful people of the Jin gentry only need to take action, such as these tenants and homeless people, and the civil unrest will , the court will definitely hold him accountable, Zhang Juzheng is extremely capable, can he clean up this mess?"
"he can not!"
Xu Fan was silent for a moment and said: "Father, the child is unfilial. Why do you think that my father has thought of it but Zhang Juzheng has not? He even said that there is a possibility that Zhang Juzheng is just waiting for us to cause trouble?"
"Father, don't hit me! Let me explain!"
When Xu Fan saw that Xu Jie was about to fight again, he rushed out suddenly, held the chair and said, "Father, I'll start with a method of compilation. A method of compilation is to compile the talents and corvee services of various states, counties and prefectures into one method. The land is levied according to the acres, and whoever owns the land will collect it from whom.”
"Why don't the powerful Jin gentry continue to pay the price to Xiazhuo to make up for their own shortcomings, but instead allow the imperial court to exploit the Jin gentry like this?"
"Because the powerful gentry know very well that they have exploited to the extreme, to the point where they are fishing for nothing, to the point where the fields are deserted and no one is cultivating them, to the point where the tenants would rather engage in lowly business, and if they continue to exploit, the small The people can’t bear it anymore.”
"In Zaipei, civil unrest really broke out. I don't know when the emperor will hold Zhang Juzheng accountable, but those hungry people will definitely rush into our homes and smash our heads with hoes!" "
"Father!"
"I'm afraid Zhang Juzheng is waiting for the civil unrest. Let the common people kill those who are difficult for him to kill!"
"Zhang Juzheng has done all kinds of bad things! He is cunning and cunning. Father, we are no match for him!"
Xu Jie's eyes widened, he looked at Xu Fan in disbelief, and said sternly: "Don't talk about contradictions anymore, look what you see! It's nonsense."
Xu Fan not only did not restrain himself, but said even more eagerly: "If we Jin gentry are spears, and the common people are shields, we have almost exhausted the shield. If we really break the shield, we Jin gentry will become shields. That little man is the sharpest spear under the sky! He will tear everything to pieces and start all over again."
"Carry yin and embrace yang, take yang and embrace yin, and inject qi into harmony. Yin is yang, yang is yin, a spear is a shield, and a shield is also a spear. My father is a man of understanding. The principles of all things in the world are infinite. Is this how the cycle goes?"
"The Han Dynasty and Qin Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty succeeded the Sui Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan Dynasty. These are the great doubts caused by contradictions and the inevitable irreconcilability. They are also the great doubts stirred by contradictions and the inevitable solution and reconciliation!"
Xu Fan grasped the contradiction and said that when he argued with Xu Jie, he really confused Xu Jie. Zhang Juzheng made such a contradiction and said that it was really a joke in the world. He could explain everything that seemed to be like this. Same!
Zhang Juzheng even wanted to overturn the reincarnation of fate and established a new explanation method.
"Zhang Juzheng, he deserves to die!" Xu Jie couldn't bear it anymore and stood up suddenly. He couldn't say anything and could only walk towards the inner room.
Xu Fan breathed a sigh of relief, shook his sleeves, took out a book of contradictions, and said happily: "Mr. Zhang, you really saved my family's life."
If it weren't for this contradiction, Xu Fan might not be able to convince his stubborn father today.
Xu Fan walked towards his yard, and Xu Jie poked his head out from behind the screen. When he saw Xu Fan leaving, he took a few servants to attend the poetry meeting.
Xu Fan can stop it for a moment, but can he stop it for a lifetime? He, Xu Jie, is a father. If he wants to go, how can Xu Fan stop him? Did he lock his biological father in the room with a chain?
"My eldest son, as soon as the eldest son left, the master was driven out in a sedan chair and rushed to the poetry meeting!" A servant ran in in a panic.
Xu Fan's eyes darkened when he heard this, and he almost fainted. Now that he has said this, his old father has no excuse, so why is he so stubborn and still going?
Xu Fan immediately chased after him.
This poetry meeting is gathered for one thing, saying it is to recite poems and make countermeasures. It is basically to discuss countermeasures.
As soon as Xu Jie arrived, everyone stood up immediately and expressed their welcome to Xu Jie. In fact, many people thought that Xu Jie would not come because Zhang Juzheng had really done his best to the Xu family and should give him the face and dignity he deserved. They have all been given very well. If Xu Jie gets into trouble again, he will be somewhat ungrateful.
But Xu Jie still came to the poetry meeting, and the poetry meeting had a backbone.
"Grand Master Xu, you are here. If there is no Grand Master in today's game, it will be like an accident. How can we do it?" Shen Changming saw Xu Jie's respectful salute.
"Sit, sit, sit, everyone, sit down. I am no longer an official in the court, so you don't have to be formal."
The Shen family of Huating, also known as the Big Stone Shen family, is the home of poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and music. During the Yongle period, Shen family's ancestors Shen Du and Shen Can became Jinshi successively, and their writings are called Taige style. , has since become the designated style of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty, Taige style, a type of regular script, characterized by black, square, light and large, and paying attention to a square shape, just like printing.
The Shen family has served as officials for generations, counting up to three generations, such as Yunnan's Inspector, Shen Huai, and so on.
Also participating in the poetry meeting was the Kunshan Gu family. This is a luxurious family in Suzhou that has been passed down for thousands of years. They are good at painting and calligraphy and have a rich family history. The Gu family was originally a prominent family in Jiangdong. It originated from Gu Yong, the prime minister of the Eastern Wu Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms. The Gu family and Zhu, Zhang and Lu are one of the four surnames in Jiangdong, with profound heritage.
He has served as an official for many generations, such as Gu Ji, who was a Jinshi in the capital in the 12th year of Zhengde, and was assigned to the criminal department. Gu Qin, who was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Zhengde, was appointed to Guangzhou as a Chasi Qianshi. Gu Zhangzhi, a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing, is now The minister of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing also serves as the governor of Yingtian Mansion.
Gu Zhangzhi's son, Gu Shaofang, had already passed the imperial examination. After this poetry meeting, he went to the capital to pass the imperial examination.
The Xu family of Huating, the Shen family of Dashitou, and the Gu family of Kunshan are related by marriage. Xu Jie married a girl of the Shen family, and Xu Jie's biological mother was from the Gu family of Kunshan, and Xu Jie's daughter married Gu Jiu of the Gu family. Tin, this is an extremely close, in-law relationship.
Looking at it, most of the Jin gentry have such backgrounds. Their ancestors were officials, and now there are still people working in the court. This combined force is gathered together. It is a force that even the emperor will look at. How can Zhang Juzheng be so virtuous and capable? Hold these gentry, press their heads, and make them return the fields they have eaten?
Who is Zhang Juzheng? He is just a soldier who has not washed off the mud on his legs. Why should he fight with them?
What made Xu Jie a little distraught was that at the poetry meeting, the most talked about thing was that Yu Dayou conquered eighteen villages for three days and became famous for a while; Zhang Juzheng lectured on the theory of contradiction with the emperor, which was penetrating.
No matter which topic, Xu Jie was not willing to hear it.
Shen Changming stood up, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said: "Everyone, let's talk about serious matters. The imperial court has made up its mind to investigate the encroachment, and has listed the specific plots of land that have been occupied. It's 70,000 hectares, it's going to cut our hearts, dig out our kidneys, and kill us!"
Gu Zhangzhi, Yin of Yingtian Prefecture, had already spread the exact news from the official office to Kunshan, and that was how this poetry meeting took place.
The constant discussion about Yu Dayou's valiant performance and Zhang Juzheng's contradiction is shocking, which is really a bit too much for other people's ambitions and destroying one's own prestige.
The gathered gentry knew full well the power of the imperial court, but they had to protect their means of production. Those 70,000 hectares of land were their lives. They were wealth passed down from generation to generation. How could they hand it over so easily!
Zhang Juzheng wanted to lose their land in vain, but they refused to agree so easily!
Shen Changming corrected the bad direction of the Poetry Society in promoting the power of the imperial court and brought the matter back to the point.
"Is there anything you can do?" Shen Changming asked.
Gu Shaofang, the son of Yin Gu Zhangzhi of Yingtian Prefecture, said: "This matter is actually easy to handle. What is the most lacking in our Susong area?"
As the saying goes: Good words can't persuade a damned person, and mercy will lead to death. Bang! If you want to know what happened next time, let's listen to the next chapter. Thank you to "19-year-old chuunibyou" for the 1,500-point reward, thank you for your support and recognition, please Monthly ticket, oooh!!!
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