After experiencing the repeated withdrawal of 4,000 taels of silver from the national treasury, Empress Dowager Li of the Ming Dynasty was quite relieved about the young emperor. Since Yuan Fu said that the emperor should meet with foreign officials, county magistrates, and ordinary people, Then let’s meet.
It’s not like a ten-year-old child who looks incompetent at first glance. What’s not to be seen?
During the New Year, officials of all levels in the Ming Dynasty could see the emperor, which was considered a demonstration of the emperor's power, even if it was just a rising sun.
Zhu Yijun used Zhang Juzheng's feast to explain in detail the definition of public and private and the development process of separation of national funds and internal funds.
The Shipping Department of Yuegang drew points, and all the income from the draws was divided into 50 and 50. This is different from the way in which other taxes are divided. The division of other taxes in the Ming Dynasty was generally maintained at a 30-70 split method, that is, 30% for internal funds. , seven national funds.
This was the year when Tan Lun, Xu Fuyuan, Tu Zemin, and Yin Zhengmao also bribed the Emperor Longqing in order to continue to gain the emperor's support for Kaihai. They systematically bribed the emperor in order to obtain the emperor's support for Kaihai. Of course, they were replaced by those of the Ming Dynasty. The narrative style of Tan Lun and other Kaihai Schools is to express their submissiveness.
Zhu Yijun wore relatively thin clothes, holding a long stick, and stared at Luo Sigong with all his attention. He was practicing long sticks with Luo Sigong. Both of them had practiced Yu Dayou's sword skills, short soldiers' long stick skills, and Yu Dayou's stick skills were very fierce. Fierceness means one thing: the momentum is like a boulder turning on a mountain of ten thousand feet, without any rest.
As long as they gain a slight advantage, the subsequent attacks will be continuous and continuous, hitting them like a violent storm until the opponent is completely killed.
During the long-term sparring process, Luo Sigong became more and more cautious, because the supreme emperor in front of him always played with four words, insidious and cunning in the martial arts.
In Luo Sigong's eyes, His Majesty the Little Emperor is simply a venomous snake spitting out messages. When he is entrenched, his defense is airtight. When he attacks, he is like a river rushing thousands of miles away, unstoppable.
coming!
Luo Sigong held his breath and saw the little emperor's shoulders move. This was a signal to attack. Soon a powerful and heavy sweep swept towards his chest and abdomen. Luo Sigong immediately set up his stick to block. After blocking, he immediately turned around. , lifted the stick to his shoulders, raised his right knee and stepped on his right leg, released his left hand, lifted the stick forward and hit the little emperor in the crotch.
The blow was fast and hard!
Queen Mother Chen and Queen Mother Li watched the little emperor practicing martial arts in the martial arts room, and their hearts were suddenly lifted! Although the emperor has issued a strict decree not to hold back, not to hide anything, and must go all out, but can such a place be conquered with such force?
Zhu Yijun reacted very quickly and blocked the blow of the cudgel.
Before Luo Sigong could withdraw his stick and retreat, Zhu Yijun stepped out with his left foot, made a lunge, picked up the stick and made a straight thrust, heading straight for Luo Sigong's middle basin, and also headed down the third route.
Luo Sigong felt bad and said he had been fooled! There was no flaw at all. The little emperor deliberately exposed the flaw to lead him to attack! He hurriedly dragged the stick backward to avoid the direct blow, but it was too late, and the little emperor had already found the loophole.
Zhu Yijun retracted his legs, loosened the grip with his left hand, and pulled the stick backward and upward with his right hand. He immediately stepped forward with his left foot, wiped the ground with his right foot and lunged. He pushed forward with force from his waist and abdomen, and the long stick in his hand drew an arc. He pressed hard forward to the right, shrank down and hid his head, and struck straight to Luo Sigong's chest and face with a combo of blows that lifted his heart and raised his eyebrows.
This series of actions was completed in the blink of an eye, like a poisonous snake spitting out a message!
Luo Sigong caught the first move but failed to catch the second move. He stared blankly at the head of the stick that was still swinging in front of him. His scalp felt numb. If he just moved forward a little more, he would be able to smash his eyebrows immediately. Bones, killed on the spot.
Zhu Yijun put away his stick and said angrily: "You don't follow martial ethics, but you actually use a stick to tease your vagina!"
Luo Sigong thought of the blow that hit his middle basin at a tricky angle, little emperor, didn't you rush down the third road? Everyone has the same lack of martial ethics!
"I am guilty." Luo Sigong wiped the sweat from his forehead, raised the stick again, and continued sparring.
Luo Sigong has been losing today and has never won once. Luo Sigong has made everyone stupid. Usually the outcome is 40 or 60. His four emperors are 6, but today it is 0 or 10. He is 0, the little emperor is ten!
"No fight, no fight." Luo Sigong chose to surrender and admit defeat. A sparring partner who was beaten unilaterally would be as aggrieved as he wanted. He couldn't beat him again and again, and he couldn't curse. He could only suffer a lot. Fire, the hands become less and less organized.
"Look, you are in a hurry." Zhu Yijun put away the long stick and said with a smile: "Let me tell you why you keep losing."
Zhu Yijun analyzed his experience in practicing the Yu family's stick method. He called the Tishuai Zhu Xixiao and said: "If you want to practice this Yu family's stick method well, it seems that you must first practice the chain step, which is the adhesion and twisting of the left and right feet. We are each other's son and mother. The Sword Classic says that every time you advance, you must follow, and every time you follow, you must advance, continuously, and only in conjunction with the stick method can it be used."
"We use this chain of steps to twist the waist, cut the hips and close the knees, just like this."
Zhu Yijun showed off his footwork for a while, and some essentials of the chain steps. These were all acquired by him after being beaten. Luo Sigong had no sense of submissiveness at all. When he beat people, he was like a madman and didn't hold back at all. , Zhu Yijun put in a lot of effort to win against Luo Sigong.
Finally, I mastered this chain of steps.
"Your Majesty, the waist, hips, legs, knees, shoulders, elbows, arms, wrists and the stick are connected in one breath. The stick posture is simple and does not rely on tricks. The movements are quick and violent, and the movements are quick and agile. The speed and slowness of the attack and defense are measured. When the stick moves, the wind makes a sound, both feet make smoke, and the body and waist turn as fast as lightning. It is invisible. The move is as powerful as a rainbow, and I congratulate Your Majesty." After Zhu Xixiao saw the little emperor's steps, he bowed his head in approval and said.
The little emperor has worked hard to study it, and he also has his own thinking and experience summary. He has become proficient in this stick method, and the next step is all experience.
Holding and poking the stick is actually the essence of a long soldier. Once you master the stick, you can train other long soldiers well.
This does not mean that the little emperor does not need to practice, it just means that the little emperor has already mastered the stick technique. The master will lead him in. Practice is personal, and stick skills need to be practiced for a lifetime.
"It's also embarrassing for Ti Shuai. I think of so many words. I don't know how to flatter, so I don't have to rack my brains to think of these words." Zhu Yijun was just happy to hear Zhu Xixiao flattering him. Zhu Xixiao was not good at these words, so he just endorsed them. .
Zhu Yijun and Luo Sigong had a good exchange on the use of this footwork. The effect of long-term stance became more and more obvious. The lower body was unstable, everything was empty, the lower body was unstable, and the whole person was unstable. During sparring , if you don’t trip yourself up, that’s the blessing of your ancestors.
Zhu Yijun always felt that martial arts in the world were all about stances. Whether it was mounted archery, infantry archery, short-armed or long-armed, it was hypocritical to talk about moves without talking about the lower body.
Zhu Yijun's hand was extremely solid, so he always played against Luo Sigong.
In late December of the first year of Wanli, the little emperor began to get busy. He was required to attend various sacrificial activities. Originally, these sacrifices were performed by Zhu Xixiao, the Duke of Chengguo, but Zhu Xixiao had already left. The Ministry of Rites decided to let the British Duke perform the sacrifices on his behalf. It is also a habit left over from the Hongzhi period.
Zhang Juzheng disagreed, and the court officials also disagreed. For major events in the world, only sacrifices should be made to Rong. It would be better to let the little emperor personally take charge of the sacrifices. Even if it takes a few years, the little emperor grows up and takes charge of the government, and the situation is completely stable. After that, it would not be too late to let Wu Xun do the work for him.
The courtiers were talking a lot. The little emperor took Zhang Juzheng's idea and did the marriage himself. This was the emperor's job. Let others do it for him. He might as well let others take care of it.
In the midst of the busy schedule, a piece of news from Sichuan was sent back to the capital. People were excited and people rushed to tell each other. Sichuan chief military officer Liu Xian and his son led an army of 140,000 people and wiped out the Duzhang barbarians. The southwest Yi Duzhang barbarians were completely wiped out.
The barbarians of the southwestern Yidu are the Bo people. The grievances and resentments between the Ming Dynasty and the barbarians of the southwestern Yidu can be traced back to the sixth year of Hongwu.
In the sixth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gao said that those who came from the southwestern barbarians should be conferred by their original officials. This was also the practice of past dynasties. These hereditary native officials were all native emperors in the local area.
Soon, the southwestern barbarians led by Duzhangman attacked Zhouxian, Gao, Gong, Junlian, Qingfu and other counties. Emperor Taizu Gao sent troops to quell the rebellion.
During the Hongwu period, Duzhang Man was suppressed, and in the Yongle year, he conquered Gao and Gong counties. The imperial court could only send troops to quell the rebellion.
In the first year of Jingtai, Du Zhangman killed the official servants of the Ming Dynasty and threatened that if the Ming Dynasty sent official officials here again, he would retaliate and tied all the official officials who entered the mountain to trees and hanged them to intimidate the court. The imperial court had no choice but to send troops to quell the rebellion.
During the Chenghua period, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty really couldn't stand the repeated attacks of the southwestern barbarians. On the advice of his courtier Huang Mingshan, he implemented the five-poison strategy to pacify Duzhang barbarians.
The Duzhang barbarians were finally quiet for more than seventy years. At the end of the sixth year of Longqing, the Duzhang barbarians once again conspired to rebel. This time, the leader of the army, Liu Xian, wiped out the Duzhang barbarians without leaving any trace. Once you comment, there will be no more repetitions.
Tan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, issued another order to continue the massacre of the Duzhang barbarians who were escaping in the deep mountains, eradicate the source of the disaster, sweep across Yunche, and eliminate the Miao descendants.
After all, there are no ministers from Duzhangman in the court, so naturally no one is raising eyebrows for Duzhangman. Duzhangman's repeated attempts have tied things into a knot. Duzhangman and Ming Dynasty have interacted for two hundred and one years. In the friction, it disappeared without a trace.
The Duzhang barbarians have become an insignificant footnote in the long history, leaving only hanging coffins hanging on the cliff, letting the wind and rain blow, proving that they once existed.
Zhu Yijun went to Huangjimen specifically for this purpose and listened to the official of Honglu Temple proclaiming the joyful music of Sichuan Kepingdu Zhangman.
In order to take care of the young emperor's physical strength, Zhang Juzheng and the Ministry of Rites agreed that all New Year rituals would be abolished, except for the eight bows of the emperor's palace and the speeches of congratulations made by all the officials in the Huangji Hall.
Zhu Yijun actually wants to say that he has very good physical strength. He runs ten miles every day and his breath is long. However, those rituals are smelly, long and just a formality. The emperor is probably not willing to participate. Starting from the 21st year of Jiajing , even the annual eight obeisances and New Year greetings to courtiers received at Fengtian Hall (Huangji Hall) have been cancelled.
Now that the emperor is finally willing to come out to see the courtiers, Zhang Juzheng discussed with Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, and everyone walked in small steps and performed so many etiquettes. What if the little emperor developed a rebellious mentality and refused to come out to see the courtiers again? good?
Wan Shihe was a pure proponent of etiquette. He originally wanted to stick to it, but if the little emperor was annoyed by these etiquettes and stopped coming out to see the courtiers, wouldn't it be worse, so he agreed to Zhang Juzheng's proposal. .
At this point, the New Year's etiquette is completely finalized.
On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the Huangji Palace was opened, and the young emperor listened to the New Year's speeches of hundreds of officials.
On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yijun went to the Huangji Gate again and met with a total of 20 foreign ministers, including the incorruptible officials, Xie Pengju, Zhejiang's political envoy from the left, and the foreign ministers met the emperor. It turned out that the little emperor looked like this!
Although the meeting this time was still superficial, all the officials in the Ministry of Rites had smiles on their faces, especially Wan Shihe. This is the credit of the ancestor Jingtian!
This etiquette for seeing foreign officials was abolished since the Yongle year and has never been carried out again. Zhang Juzheng was the first assistant and picked it up.
What makes everyone, including Wan Shihe, unhappy is that Shi Xu, the prefect of Dali Prefecture in Yunnan Province, returned to Beijing to report on his duties and was also on the list of foreign ministers. For unknown reasons, he did not attend this meeting. During the meeting, like Jia Sanjin, Zhu Xixiao was arrested and put into a prison for questioning.
Shi Xu and Jia Sanjin were different in this question. Shi Xu was out of date due to heavy snowfall.
There was a heavy snowfall on the 27th, and the post road was still open. However, Shi Xu's time to enter Beijing was still delayed due to the heavy snow. Shi Xu was really rolling and crawling, but he couldn't catch up. When Tiqi caught him , he just entered the city.
After the young emperor heard about it, he went to Huangji Gate and met with Shi Xu alone.
Shi Xu knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "My crime deserves to be punished by death. I have caused Your Majesty to run around. If I fail to do so, I shall be executed. I just ask Your Majesty to show mercy and forgive me, so that I can do the hard work of a dog and a horse."
But Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "It's a small matter, no courtesy, just get up and play it right. The snow is as ice as a mirror. It's not that you intentionally disobeyed, let alone being disrespectful. You can be forgiven for missing the deadline. I heard that Liu Xianping, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan Army, rebelled against the capital. Zhangman also asked Dali Mansion to borrow grain, has he paid it back?"
In order to suppress these barbarians, Liu Xian asked Dali Prefecture to borrow some grain, totaling more than 20,000 shi. The young emperor knew about this, and the Ministry of Revenue reported it, but there was no follow-up. When the magistrate of Dali Prefecture came to Beijing, he saw it. Ask.
"Return it. After defeating the barbarians in September, General Liu returned the food, exactly. General Liu thought that the fight would last until September next year, so he made more preparations, but he didn't expect that all the barbarians would be killed. It only lasted three months and was put down." Shi Xu quickly bowed his head and replied.
"So, according to Grand Administrator Shi, is it possible for Duzhangman to resurrect?" Zhu Yijun asked about Duzhangman's situation.
"It's no longer possible." Shi Xu thought about it again and said: "They are all barbarians and unpopular."
"His tribe occupies key roads and has many men and powerful troops. They often enslave other barbarian people, plunder other Miao villages, rob women and children, burn, kill and loot. They do all kinds of evil. The Miao people have suffered deeply from it. The southwest has been rebelling against it for a long time. This time, General Liu's soldiers went to suppress the Duzhang barbarians. The local people led the way and snatched the fields of the Duzhang barbarians. The Duzhang barbarians had no food available and could not rely on the dangers of the mountains and forests, so they had to fight decisively and were defeated by our Ming army."
"The barbarians are all benevolent and righteous, and end up in a situation where both humans and gods have been abandoned."
Shi Xu simply explained what happened. General Liu was a master of military tactics. When the local young and mature seedlings heard that the heavenly troops were coming to suppress the attack, they immediately formed a large group of people to guide the army. Duzhangman was right there!
The local people also robbed the Duzhang barbarians of grain in the fields, and finally forced the Duzhang barbarians out of the mountains and forests. It only took three months to pacify the Duzhang barbarians.
Shi Xu knew very well that the remnants of Duzhangman would have no chance of survival. The Ming Dynasty had defeated the main force of Duzhangman, and other Miao villages that had a grudge against Duzhangman would definitely be hurt.
The little emperor asked a lot about the customs and customs of Dali Mansion. Shi Xuzhi talked about everything. He answered whatever the emperor asked.
Zhu Yijun took out a book from the plate held by Feng Bao, handed it to Shi Xu and said with a smile: "In this case, Mr. Yuan Fu teaches us to read, and if we get a book on contradictions, I will give it to you."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Shi Xu knelt down and saluted again, which was regarded as thanking the emperor for his grace.
The paradox of the reward is that it was Zhu Yijun's souvenir this year. As for whether the courtiers saw it or not, he rewarded it anyway.
During the Chinese New Year in the palace, everything is decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, and it is full of joy, but the little emperor still has many things to do, such as finishing writing the characters "Fu" and "Ji". The word "Fu" is given to the courtiers on the first day of the new year; the word "Ji" is given to the courtiers on the first lunar month On the 15th day of the Shangyuan Festival, the auspicious spirit of good fortune is bestowed upon the courtiers.
To stay up late during the New Year, Zhu Yijun slept for two hours, got up at midnight, and started burning incense in front of the palaces, setting off firecrackers to invite gods and Buddhas to come to the palace to celebrate the New Year. After wandering around for a long time, it was noon, and the little emperor The ministers must also be summoned to the Fengwang Palace, where a banquet will be given. On the banquet table, there will be seats for the fourth rank and above, and for those below the fourth rank, they can only stand.
This grand banquet was given by the Nine Lords Ceremony, and there were musicians from Taichang Temple playing music and dancers dancing.
Zhu Yijun was not very interested in these etiquettes, and the dancers were not interesting either. They didn't show what they shouldn't and didn't show what they should, which was extremely boring.
Zhu Yijun finally finished all the etiquette and went to the martial arts room to practice martial arts.
Zhu Yijun wiped his sweat and said to Feng Bao: "The Chinese New Year is not reassuring. The leader of the National Party, Su Minmu, the censor of Shaanxi Province, reported that since I paid tribute, there have been no police on the border for three years. If you have the ability to praise and support Yanran, please be kind to the civil and military ministers of Xuanda in the town."
"Don't Quan Dang remember what happened last year when An Dahan broke into Huyu Pass? And that Wu Dui lied about the military situation and tormented the court, but Quan Dang thought nothing happened?"
"You want me to give Wang Chonggu additional protection, because he has a son who is a son of the imperial family. Didn't Wang Chonggu have three children who have all been admitted to the Imperial Academy? And Wu Duisheng was promoted to deputy censor of the capital. How can he have the face?"
"What did Mr. Gensuke say?"
After Zhu Yijun finished practicing martial arts, he asked about state affairs. People who celebrate the New Year do not want to let people celebrate the New Year happily. This clan party also wants to cause trouble for people during the New Year.
Wang Chonggu's Shaobao was deprived because of his daughter's golden imperial edict. Now he is making trouble to get this Shaobao, and Wu Dui is making trouble to ask for the deputy capital envoy.
"Mr. Yuanfu said everything." Feng Bao hurriedly handed over the rock sugar pear water and said: "Right now, Southeast is investigating the occupation. Mr. Yuanfu intends to appease the clan party. After all, the Beijing camp has not been trained well. Before the attack, if we pursue too deeply, we may not be able to catch him."
Zhu Yijun sat down to rest and said helplessly: "Complex things are often filled with complex contradictions, and these contradictions have different effects on the development of things because of their status. There must be a kind of contradiction that dominates the development of things. Status plays a decisive role in the development of things, and this kind of contradiction is called the principal contradiction."
"The distinction between primary and secondary is obviously that in the world for the common good, the contradiction between the encroachment of the Nanya magnates and the poor landless landless tenants is the main contradiction."
"Then let's follow Mr. Yuansuke's wishes."
"Wu Baipeng, the right minister of the Ministry of War, Li Le, and Zhang Jing were inspecting the construction of the Great Wall in Xuanda University. Is there anything wrong?"
Zhu Yijun asked about the construction of the Great Wall in Datong, Xuanfu. Wang Chonggu smashed two million taels of silver into it, and more than 190,000 laborers were working on the border. If the repairs were completed and the Yellow River was managed in the late Yuan Dynasty, a piece of land would be dug out. Maybe the stone man's one eye stirs up the Yellow River and the world comes back, which is the trouble.
Feng Bao shook his head and said: "Wang Chonggu has spent all his free money, and there is no big deal. In fact, Wang Chonggu is lucky. After all these efforts to build the Great Wall, can he still return to his hometown? So he stayed in Xuanfu Datong. In order to replenish the border areas and reclaim wasteland in the two places, Ma Fang, the deputy commander of the Beijing camp, reported that he would return to Datong, Xuanfu in the beginning of spring to take charge of the border reclamation, and return to Beijing in June."
"According to Wang Chonggu's previous payment of military pay in kind to the border, and after the imperial court inspected it correctly, it would then give him money. Wang Chonggu could always earn back this money."
Zhu Yijun hammered his leg, sneered and said: "Wang Chonggu is quite good at doing business. He eats two fish for one fish. This Lifu took his money, not only to build the Great Wall, but also to cultivate land for him to grow food. I really don’t want to take any losses.”
Feng Bao thought for a while and said, "That's right. The Wang family in Puzhou is a powerful family in Shanxi. Wang Chonggu's eldest brother Wang Chongyi is also one of the Shanxi merchants."
Zhu Yijun asked a little strangely: "It's strange to say that last time Song Yangshan, Wang Daokun and others were tricked by the powerful people in Nanya. This trick was made by Song Yangshan and Wang Daokun, but Mr. Yuan Fu was hit in the face. Mr. Gensuke, are you going to tolerate it now?”
"Can't bear it." Feng Bao knew Zhang Juzheng very well. If Zhang Juzheng could bear this tone, he would no longer be Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng's main character design is that he must retaliate for his anger. In order to prevent himself from being destroyed, he will not let it go.
"Then what are Mr. Yuanfu waiting for?" Zhu Yijun asked strangely.
Feng Bao shook his head. He really didn't know what Zhang Ju was waiting for.
Zhang Hong whispered from the side: "Mr. Yuan Fu is waiting for Yu Shuai to settle down. Yu Shuai has just cleaned up the Eighteen Villages and has a bunch of prisoners in his hands. These prisoners must be picked out and carried up the mountain to cultivate the good people." Chase.”
Zhang Hong's adopted son Zhang Cheng, who works as an admiral in Songjiang Mansion, knows better. These prisoners are the shackles that restrict Yu Shuai from attacking again. These prisoners need to be digested before he can continue his actions. If Shuai can't move, then Zhang Juzheng won't move.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but nodded and said: "Well, Commander Qi once said that wars have pauses. Part of the reason is that the sergeants need to recuperate, and part of it is that the prisoners need to be digested before they can continue. What you said makes sense."
"More than four thousand people have entered Beijing in the past few days, and the Quanchu, Quanshan, Quanzhe, and Quanqi guilds have all opened. Feng Daban has worked hard to make the trip."
"It just so happened that Zhang Han, the Minister of Civil Affairs, said: Mr. Yuanfu has passed the first-grade examination in six years. Please give him a reward. I will increase the first-grade salary and reward him so that Mr. Yuanfu does not have to refuse."
Zhu Yijun wrote the edict and handed it to Feng Bao.
Feng Bao quickly bowed his head and said, "I obey your order."
Feng Bao received the edict and waited for the eunuchs to pass it on before going to the Quanchu Guild Hall.
At this time, the Quan-Chu Guild Hall was bustling with people. Students from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou would all go to the Quan-Chu Guild Hall; and students from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places would all go to the Quan-Jin Guild Hall; Nanya, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi Students from places such as Zhejiang will go to the Quanzhe Guild Hall; students from Shandong, Henan and Nanya will go to the Quanqi Guild Hall.
Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and Jin are four pillars.
Feng Bao brought the imperial edict to the Quanchu Guild Hall, took out the edict and said: "Zhang Juzheng, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, accepted the edict."
"His Majesty has issued an edict: Mr. Qi Wo has inspired me to rule the world peacefully, and his contribution lies in the country. When he has passed the examination in six years, he will be admitted to the Zhongji Hall as a bachelor. Yin Yizi will be a member of Zhongshushe, and he will be given a salary of the first grade, special for exceptions. , plus a python robe and a bullfight each, a hundred taels of silver, four strands of silk, five thousand guan of banknotes, three goats for tea and rice, and thirty bottles of wine. It is a small token of favor and no need to say goodbye. I admire this."
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Zhang Juzheng received the edict respectfully and was quite grateful.
During this Chinese New Year, students from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou looked at Zhang Juzheng and couldn't help but ask, how is Zhang Juzheng, the leader of our Chu Party, doing after being the emperor's teacher for a year and a half? Is the emperor satisfied? No matter how much outsiders say, it is not as convincing as the emperor's reward on the first day of the new year.
In the eyes of the students at the Quanchu Guild Hall, this was the little emperor celebrating the new year with the disciples' ceremony.
This is the emperor's respect for Yuan Fu, and this is the young emperor's support for Zhang Juzheng.
"I have little talent and little knowledge, and I have seized the position of Prime Minister of the country. I am extremely frightened and will never accept it." Zhang Juzheng said to Feng Bao. This was to resign his favor and to be polite in dealing with him.
"Yuan Fu, just accept it. Your Majesty specifically told me not to refuse." Feng Bao took a few steps, looked around, and asked softly: "Your Majesty asked about the occupation of Nanya today. He said, Yuan Can Mr. Fu tolerate this tone?"
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Yu Shuai can't move right now, so he doesn't take any action. After the New Year, when Yu Shuai can move, he will take action. They were the ones who played dirty first, so you can't blame me."
"Let's go back to the palace to report. Yuan Fu will stay." Feng Bao got the answer and went back to the palace without staying much.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, various government offices begin to light the knot, and on the third day of the Lunar New Year, sacrifices are performed. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, spring enters, and on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, court meetings begin again.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty." Twenty-seven courtiers bowed their heads in greeting.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "No courtesy."
"On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the palace maid Zhang Qiuju played with fire and set the window bars of the Yongshou Palace on fire. This palace maid was an old friend of the late emperor's latent residence. She has always been unruly. I think it is inappropriate for my mother and my mother to stop lusting for fifty. This person has committed a serious crime and is bound to the outside of the palace. He cannot be forgiven. With thirty sticks, he will be banned from the Anle Hall outside the city and will be released to his relatives after the year."
Zhang Qiuju was indeed an old member of Prince Yu's Palace, and she was a servant of Empress Dowager Li in Qianqing Palace. However, this palace maid had always been unscrupulous because of her status as an old member of Prince Yu's Palace. Zhang Qiuju took advantage of the purchase period to accept bribes from the Jin Party and act as a mediator. Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong told Feng Bao about this, and Feng Bao investigated and found out the whole story.
The result was not reported to Queen Mother Li yet. This Qiuju was playing with fire and almost burned the Yongshou Palace. Queen Mother Li thought it was an old person, so she gave it fifty blows with bamboo boards and wattle sticks.
Zhu Yijun refused to forgive, and ordered thirty-year-old women to be driven out of the forbidden city and sent to Anle Hall. There were a lot of old palace maids and old eunuchs living in Anle Hall, which was a shelter.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "The Holy Mother is kind and can't bear to hurt things. Your Majesty, the ruler of the world, if you leave the guilty without punishment, how can you control the people? The law inherently can be lenient, and there are also those who should not be lenient. The palace and the palace are all integrated, and the punishment is Zang Fou, it’s not appropriate to have similarities and differences, that’s what it means.”
"Your Majesty is holy."
Zhang Juzheng took the lead in singing the hymn and agreed with the little emperor's decision. Apparently when the Queen Mother and the little emperor conflicted, Zhang Juzheng even more agreed with the little emperor's decision.
"Your Majesty is wise." The ministers had no choice but to sing the hymn together. In fact, this was not without doubts. In terms of filial piety, since Empress Dowager Li had made a decision and followed filial piety, she should not say anything more.
But if this palace maid talks too much outside the palace, she is just looking for trouble and making herself smelly.
Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said: "Last year, the mourning ceremony had not yet passed, so there was no banquet in the palace, and the Lantern Festival lights were omitted. This year, there is a banquet in the palace, but the Lantern Festival fireworks and lanterns are still omitted as before. "
"Now that the people's strength is exhausted and their finances are in great loss, some officials are helpless and can only save money from time to time to prepare for unexpected needs. I see foreign officials and know that the people are poor, so it is necessary to practice frugality."
The fireworks in Aoshan crown the Spring City, and the dragon flags on the walking chariot fade away.
The fireworks organized by the Ming Dynasty Palace are giant lanterns with mountain-like lantern stands, called the Aoshan Lantern Festival. This one costs more than 30,000 taels of silver, which is too expensive!
Zhu Yijun stopped the Aoshan fireworks incident with a small gesture of his hand.
When Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, heard this, he hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, in the seventh year of Yongle, Emperor Chengzuwen issued an edict that from the Lantern Festival, the subjects would go to the Meridian Gate to view Mount Ao for three days. The emperor and his ministers enjoyed themselves together, and the mourning ceremony had passed. I’m afraid it goes against the ancestral system.”
This is an ancestral system created during the Yongle period. The Lantern Festival was suspended last year due to mourning. Will it be suspended this year? This is ritual music.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "During the Yongle period, the annual revenue was 30 million shi of tax, nearly 20 million shi of grain, and millions of pieces of silk yarn."
"In the twelfth month of the first year of Wanli, the Ministry of Household Affairs reported: Public and private affairs are in dire straits, the benefits of Shanzeguan City have been exhausted, and the collection of applications has not stopped. There are nothing left in all searches. The spring and summer taxes and grains in the world total 1,199 There are 117,456 stones and 2,780,000 taels of silver. In addition to annual expenses, there are more than 100,000 silver left."
"How do you compare with Yongle? The annual income is not as much as the grain grains in the military towns. Even if the money is converted into grains, it is not as good as that. Wan Shangshu, there are poor ways to live, and there are rich ways to live. Now that we are poor, we all have to save money. Stay focused, don’t you think?”
Tunliang, that is, the grain of grain in the fields of the world's guards. Since the corruption of the guard system, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty have been getting worse year by year. In the first year of Wanli, the official tax of 11 million yuan was only more than 2 million yuan. Two, it’s not that the emperor’s Nanku drew a share of the galleons, and not a single hair of the national money was left.
We are already so poor, so don’t be too particular about being poor.
"So few?" Wan Shihe hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is based on the principles of Buddhism, economy, frugality, benevolence and righteousness, and winning the hearts of the people. I wish to congratulate you on the great Ming Dynasty, and I sincerely abide by your Majesty's holy teachings."
Only then did Wan Shihe realize that Ming Dynasty was already so poor! No wonder Wang Guoguang picked at Suosuo all day long, just like a miser. He was not a miser at all, he didn't exist at all.
"Let the court discuss." Seeing that no one objected to canceling the Aoshan fireworks, Zhu Yijun signaled the courtiers to start the court discussion.
The courtiers sat down, and Zhang Juzheng took out a memorandum with his backhand and said: "The slaves of the Gu family in Kunshan came to Songjiang Mansion to look for Luo Bingliang of the Qianhu family to be punished. There were some armors and crossbows hidden in the Gu family's house, and the Luo Qianhu family raided the Gu family's house. , the investigation found evidence, and more than a hundred pieces of armor and thousands of crossbows were recovered. The case file has been sent to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen. His Majesty heard of the stern decree and sent it to Wenyuan Pavilion, ordering his ministers to handle the case strictly."
As soon as Zhang Juzheng takes action, he will kill people.
Luo Bingliang went to Songjiang Mansion to investigate Wang Daokun's rape case. This case has not yet been solved, but a rebellion case has been handled first.
Hiding armor and powerful crossbows privately is a serious crime of treason!
Zhang Juzheng sighed when looking at the case file. The slaves of the Gu family did exist. They were arranged by Song Yangshan. Zhang Juzheng originally just thought that since the thousands of households sentenced to death in Fusi Yamen in Beizhen had arrived in Songjiang Mansion, there would be no more dates. Hit three poles and give Gu a try to make Gu calm down.
As a result, more than a hundred pieces of armor and thousands of crossbows were found!
I went to a wedding today. If I drank too much, I might not be able to write the chapter tonight. If I didn’t drink too much, I would! Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! !
(End of chapter)
