"Let Wang Qian go to Gewuyuan." Zhang Juzheng did not think Wang Qian was a bad person.
In political strife, it is just a means to ensure one's own survival. In political battles, just like on the battlefield, the winner takes all.
If Zhang Siwei had set fire to the palace and burned the emperor to death, and Empress Dowager Li issued a decree to install King Lu on the throne, and then let Zhang Siwei join the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng's end would not be any better than Zhang Siwei's.
In a zero-sum game, the struggle is a life-and-death struggle.
Moreover, in order to protect himself, Wang Qian's methods against Zhang Siwei lacked evidence. Wang Qian's hands and feet were too clean.
Let Wang Qian go to Gewuyuan, and this kid will no longer have to be a bad guy. Who wants to be a bad guy by nature? Who is a Jinshi at this age and who is not enthusiastic about turning this dirty and dirty court into a bright and prosperous world?
But as I walked, people gradually changed.
"Can you go?" Wang Chonggu only has a son. He also hopes that his child can go to Gewuyuan to become a doctor of mathematics and stay away from strife.
"Of course, before the examination, His Majesty said that Wang Qian is a smart man and is very interested in arithmetic. Even if he does not go to Gewuyuan, he can still go to the Woolen Official Factory to become a big boss and learn about business. Find out clearly." Zhang Juzheng informed Wang Chonggu very clearly that the Ming Emperor really said this and did it.
As long as Wang Chonggu is still a minister seeking to amass profits, Zhu Yijun has no reason to take action against Wang Chonggu.
"Your Majesty did say so." Wan Shihe took a sip of tea and looked at Wang Chonggu who told him very clearly.
This is not Zhang Juzheng's trick. This is the crime of perverting the imperial edict, but it is Zhenwei's rebellion. What His Majesty said cannot be misinterpreted at will, let alone changed at will.
Wan Shihe heard this, and His Majesty did intend to protect him.
We all have been fighting in the officialdom for half our lives, and have reached the Wenhua Palace. In fact, we all know very well that the officialdom is the largest vanity fair in the world. In this vanity fair, even someone as powerful as Zhang Juzheng will sometimes make mistakes, such as the former Ministry of Rites. Shangshu Lu Shusheng said that Zhang Juzheng was mistaken.
Wang Chonggu fell silent. The spring breeze blew through the glass window and blew the tea smoke away. However, Wang Chonggu smiled with relief, shook his head and said: "My son is older than his father. He has his own ideas, even if I send him away." He has no intention of going to the Gewuyuan or the official factory, and he is afraid that he will still try his best to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
"If he can't vote for the Quanjin Guild Hall or the Quanchu Guild Hall, he can go to Hai Rui and sell his anti-corruption skills. Hai Rui will definitely promote him. There is no way to stop him."
Above the court, even Zhang Juzheng cannot cover the sky with one hand. Since Wang Qian has made up his mind to take this road, let him try it. If he bumps his head all over, he will know that he has changed his mind. Wang Qian is already two He is the father of a child. Even if something happens to Wang Qian, Wang Chonggu will not give up.
"Then follow what the great Sikou said." Zhang Juzheng nodded and said with some confusion: "What is the method of this outer chamber's anti-corruption approach?"
Wang Chonggu said with a smile: "Walking around in the streets and alleys of this city, the most well-informed are the nuns, Taoist nuns, Gua nuns, matchmakers, midwives, noodle pullers, rice pounders, shirt washers, etc. The Dandan Po, the Nanny Po, and the Gu Zi Po, who walk around the streets, can find the location of this outer room from their hands."
As soon as these words came out, even Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea. He seemed to have misunderstood. Wang Qian might really be the kind of person who was born for officialdom and was so bad that he would ooze pus. Is this an idea that anyone can think of?
These three aunts and eight mothers-in-law, as long as they are outside the house, they all come into contact. If you ask a few questions, they are basically inseparable.
The most difficult thing to do to fight against corruption is to find this outer chamber. Many court officials in the imperial court have auxiliary chamberlains. It all happened. Either the main wife found out, or the eldest chamberlain gave birth to a son. They are not willing to do this. I don't know why, even if the child is to be a concubine, he still has to break into the house.
But Wang Qian is really a scholar, with a bad heart, liver and spleen.
After hearing this, Wan Shihe said dullly: "Young Master, you are indeed very talented in this way."
This guy is quite talented as a cool official!
Being a cool official also requires talent. If you don't have some talent, you will be beaten to death if you are a cool official. Obviously, Wang Qian has the qualifications to be a cool official.
"The three aunts and eight women are the most talkative, but it's not easy for people to talk." Zhang Juzheng raised his doubts. These three aunts and eight women knew that the important people must be tight-lipped. Why? Maybe it could be revealed easily?
"Three aunts and eight wives are disliked by others, and they are from all walks of life. What are they running for? For livelihood, for money. What are they most afraid of? If they get involved in this struggle in the court, they will die in an unknown way. If there is a chance, , if you tell the secret, you can fly away directly, and many people will make choices that are beneficial to themselves." Wang Chonggu explained with a complex expression how to get the three aunts and eight wives to speak.
He has seen his son's methods, and Baiyin's method is a inferior method. At most, he uses people's hearts, coercion and inducement, and uses all possible means.
When Wang Qian bought Zhang Siwei's servants, he was always able to buy them accurately.
Zhang Juzheng did not continue to ask, because as long as the outer chamber is found, it is self-evident what to do next. What all the officials in the capital like to do most is to let the outer chamber control those transactions and clean up the affairs themselves. Bai Bai, these outer rooms are probably just accounting rooms.
It was inconvenient to send money directly, so after finding out the truth, I sent the treasure to the outer room. This seemed to be a circle, but in fact it was not a circle.
This is a well-known way of playing. When it comes to collecting money to do things, only the foreign officials, agents, compradors, and brokers who come to Beijing to do things will know who the outsiders are and can get on this road. Line.
Finding the outer chamber is tantamount to capturing the life of this Jingtang official.
"After the imperial examination, let him take office." Zhang Juzheng chose to compromise and let Wang Qian take the initiative. He thought for a long time and said: "Big Sikou, Wang Qian must pay attention to safety. I have completely annoyed him. Anything can be done.”
"He knows, but how can anyone walk by the river without getting their shoes wet? Just wish yourself good luck." Wang Chonggu exhaled for a long time. As a father, this is all he can do. , what happens in the future can only depend on Wang Qian’s own luck.
Three days later, it was the palace examination of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yijun had already conducted a palace examination. At this stage, the competition was not about talent, but whether the handwriting was beautiful or not.
The handwriting is beautiful. Your Majesty will take a fancy to it and be able to pick it first.
In fact, the palace examination only selects the top three and the top three. Unless there are some special cases, the rankings will be lowered. Generally, the rankings in the general examination will prevail.
For example, in the 19th year of Yongle, Yu Qian, who ranked first in the examination, used the strategy to criticize Emperor Wen for some of his wrong decisions in the years when Zhu Di had just moved to his new residence. Tiredness, etc., that’s also true.
Emperor Wen, Zhu Di, had been fighting all his life. Faced with Yu Qian's accusations, he finally lowered his ranking and was reluctant to kill Yu Qian.
The place for this palace examination was the Wenhua Palace. Zhu Yijun and the Ming Gongs all met with the students, and then the emperor left with the Ming Gongs. These people have a bright future, but their future is still far away. .
After the palace examination, Zhu Yijun specially summoned Jiao Hong, Feng Mengzhen, Zhang Siwen, and Wang Qian. Jiao Hong was the number one scholar, Feng Mengzhen was the second, and Zhang Siwen was the second and first place. But this first place is an honor, because it needs to be awarded. If he has a doctorate in studying things, he will not be selected as a scholar.
Zhang Siwen could not become an official because of Zhang Juzheng, but Jiao Hong was tired of the intrigues in officialdom and thought he was not the one, so he joined the Gewuyuan with Zhang Siwen.
"It's a good thing that because of the incident in Luzon, there were fifteen more Jinshi candidates this year. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to recruit the concubines." Zhu Yijun respected the choices of Zhang Siwen and Jiao Hong, and he didn't count on Zhang Siwen and Jiao Hong. Hong Neng has no great future in arithmetic. He just hopes that they can study arithmetic in a down-to-earth manner. Even if Qingzhang has their meager contribution, it will not be in vain for Zhu Yijun to establish the Gewuyuan.
"I thank your Majesty for your grace." Jiao Hong and Zhang Siwen were naturally smart people to be involved in this situation. Your Majesty meant that they were allowed to go to the Gewuyuan.
Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Mengzhen, nodded and said: "Feng Mengzhen, right? After going to the Hanlin Academy as an editor, he read more books, especially arithmetic. There is still a contradiction and he has to read."
"I obey." Feng Mengzhen clearly noticed that His Majesty didn't seem to like him very much.
The reason why Zhu Yijun doesn't like Feng Mengzhen is that Feng Mengzhen has a reputation for being crazy, and he is not an ordinary crazy person. He is not as capable as Zhu Zaiyu, and he dares to call himself a crazy person. Zhu Yijun naturally doesn't like it.
In the first month of the fifth year of Wanli, this man, Shen Maoxue and Tu Long got drunk in Huancai Pavilion, wrote wantonly, drank and sang lamentations, lamenting that the court was dark, the powerful ministers in the court were in charge, and there was a risk of Beichen being displaced. Feng Bao heard about it Later, Zhu Yijun thought that Feng Bao, a traitor, was criticizing Shilin, so he sent Ti commander Zhao Mengyou there and found the handwriting of the three of them.
The articles written by these three people hang in Huancai Pavilion.
Zhu Yijun didn't like Feng Mengzhen. He and Sun Jigao, the number one scholar in the second year of Wanli, were both carved from the same mold.
"Okay, all of you, please step aside. I'll talk to Wang Qian." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and drove the people away. If Feng Mengzhen really studied, read arithmetic, and read the theory of contradictions, he would be able to touch the top of the court. , if you change your mind, how can you be saved? He who doesn’t know is not guilty. Feng Mengzhen’s article is more of a scholarly spirit.
If you read the Theory of Contradiction, you still have to be a cheap Confucian, and the only person who will be humiliated is Feng Mengzhen himself.
"Wang Qian, why don't you go to the Gewu Academy and become a Doctor of Gewu." Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Qian and said earnestly: "In this officialdom, people eat people without spitting out their bones. You are the only son who is the chief minister. If we fail to protect you, , what accident happened to you, how should we tell Da Sikou?"
"This officialdom is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. Haven't you seen Zhang Siwei?"
Zhu Yijun still gave Wang Qian a chance to choose.
When Wang Qian enters officialdom, he will be scolded. Wang Chonggu will definitely replace Yan Song and become a traitor, and Wang Qian will become Yan Shifan. This is something that will happen without any surprise. Wang Chonggu is amassing wealth, while Wang Qian is smart but ruthless.
As the emperor, Zhu Yijun actually didn't want to be too harsh on Wang Qian. As long as the water-walled air conditioner in Wang Chonggu's woolen factory was not demolished, Wang Chonggu was not a treacherous minister. The dog-fighting in the court was left to the old men.
"Your Majesty, I am already in the game. I have jumped out of the Three Realms and is not in the Five Elements. That is Dr. Gewu, not me." Wang Qian bowed his head and said. He heard that your Majesty meant to protect you, but he was actually on his way. .
Wang Qian played a role in Zhang Siwei's poisoning, Zhang Siwei's house fire, and Zhang Siwei's key evidence. He was already in the game. After entering the game, he had no choice.
Wang Qian didn't regret it. If he didn't do that, his old Wang family would be buried with Zhang Siwei. Zhang Siwei's problem was that he had no courage to rebel and was incompetent. He couldn't defeat Qi Jiguang, but he didn't dare to rebel, and no one would follow him. On the contrary, who will die among the four-dimensional immortals?
There was a fire in the palace, and the young emperor did not even recall Qi Shuai directly to the capital. Instead, he waited until Qi Shuai completely occupied the Daning Guard and returned to the court before he began to liquidate.
This is when Your Majesty has completely taken the initiative.
"That's right, we're already in the game." Zhu Yijun nodded clearly, and said with a smile: "Since you want to do something, you have to do it thoroughly, right?"
"I've heard that you want to start fighting corruption from the outer chamber. I have an idea. I don't know if it's right or not. Please listen to Wang Qing and give me some advice."
"Wang Qing, what do you think the outer chamber has most? What does she lack the most?"
Wang Qian was stunned and thought for a moment. His eyes lit up. He was keenly aware of something disrespectful. Your Majesty seemed to be the same as him?
Not sure, you can check again.
"The most abundant thing in the outer rooms of hundreds of officials is money, and the most lacking thing is companionship." Wang Qian replied tentatively.
"Apart from money, the most important thing is loneliness, and the most lacking thing is fun." Zhu Yijun added.
Wang Qian and Zhu Yijun immediately felt a sense of sympathy for each other.
The one who knows me is Your Majesty!
The person who knows me is Wang Qian!
The answer between the two of them is actually the same answer. The outer room holds a lot of money that does not belong to her, and most of this money is rootless wood and water, and it is all obtained for free. , get something for nothing.
They hold the money, but sit in the boudoir.
The master in this outer room can go not only once a month, but even once every six months, which is considered good. After all, the master must pay attention to the influence of wind and public opinion. Once the censor gets wind of it, he will immediately be impeached.
Therefore, having a lot of money but also being lonely is the point of taking advantage. Both Taixi and Ming Dynasty actually regard money as a deceptive thing that confuses people's minds.
Because once you have too much money in your hand, you will have the illusion that you have everything, because money can buy most things in the world, and this kind of thinking, in most cases, is in line with the world. basic logic.
If you have money, you can really do whatever you want.
"My dear, what method do you think we should use?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile.
Wang Qian tentatively replied: "Worsted woolen cloth, ransacking the house will only lead to bankruptcy, cheating will lead to heavy debts."
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Actually, you can use a pink noodle boy. This kind of pink noodle boy in a theater troupe can wear a variety of female makeup, lipstick, facial makeup, wear women's accessories, can write arias, and can please people." , it is most suitable to relieve loneliness."
Wang Qian raised his head in surprise. After hearing what His Majesty said, he suddenly felt like he had met so late!
Your Majesty is worse than him! He has come to the conclusion that everyone is the same!
Your Majesty is the kind of bad guy who is so bad that he oozes pus. Wang Qian also knows clearly that your Majesty is the kind of good guy with a kind heart.
When your Majesty goes to the capital camp or the official factories, he can chat with the poor people and coolies, with the craftsmen, and with the farmers, but he can't chat with the gentry and lowly scholars who are the common people. .
This seems a bit contradictory, and it also corresponds to the theory of contradiction. Contradiction, that is, opposition and unity, is ubiquitous.
"I will arrange it!" His Majesty's idea cannot be said to be brilliant, it can only be said to be unethical.
"My dear, how do you understand Sir's kindness and forgiveness?" Zhu Yijun suddenly asked a strange question.
"The way of benevolence and forgiveness also has to be divided into people. If it is useful to the country, benevolence will be added. If it is useless to the country, or even harmful, and still does not change after repeated admonitions, then he is a person who deserves to be punished and needs to be cleaned up. This world There are many evil people. I don’t believe that I love you, you love me, everyone loves him, and he loves everyone’s harmonious world. I only believe..." When Wang Qian said this, he immediately realized that he had made a mistake and stopped his answer. .
"Say it." Zhu Yijun didn't hear the key sentence and said very dissatisfied.
"If I say anything else, I will instigate your Majesty to do evil. This is a crime of great treason." Wang Qian still refused to say. As a minister, you, your Majesty, your Majesty, it is your duty to accuse Chen Shan of admonishing His Majesty to be kind and forgiving. He advocates violence. He If these remarks were known by Yuan Fu, he might not be able to see the sun tomorrow.
Zhang Juzheng completely pinned his life's efforts, the New Deal, and the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty on His Majesty. He did other things. Zhang Juzheng also looked at Wang Chonggu's face and taught the little emperor bad things. Zhang Juzheng would really get angry. Zhang Juzheng had not been angry for a long time. He was angry, but it didn't mean that Wang Qian didn't know how terrible Zhang Juzheng was when he was angry.
At the beginning, the Jin Party was powerful and made some arrogant moves. Yang Bo became an official, and Wang Chonggu was almost killed. Finally, because the northwest was a mess to clean up, Wang Chonggu returned to the northwest and worked hard to plug up the trouble and holes. , only to calm down Zhang Juzheng’s anger.
When Wang Chonggu returned to the northwest and became governor again, his hair fell out in strands during that time. Wang Qian saw with his own eyes that his father could not sleep at night, looking melancholy and helpless.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "We know what you want to say, and we think the same as you. There are too many evil people in the world, and evil people need to be punished by evil people."
"Okay, sir, you won't be angry. Go ahead and take office tomorrow at the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Zhu Yijun waved his hand with a smile on his face, indicating that Wang Qian could leave. He said and did, and Zhu Yijun also wanted to see Wang Qian. Are you the kind of people who talk on paper and can only talk but not do anything?
"I excuse myself." Wang Qian always felt that a glance was coming from nowhere, which made him shudder. He shuddered and left quickly.
Zhang Juzheng walked out of a screen, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, that Wang Qian is wagging his lips and talking, and his words are not credible."
"Sir, evil people need to be punished by evil people, right? If Luo Bingliang, the tax collector, does not make reminders, Jiangnan's taxes will not be collected." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said that this was a political difference between him and Zhang Juzheng.
This difference is not a difference in line, but a difference between radical and too radical. Zhu Yijun wants to run faster, while Zhang Juzheng wants to be more steady.
If the emperor and Yuan Fu had no conflicts at all, they would not be monarchs and ministers. However, due to differences in political views, the gap became wider and wider, and they finally turned against each other. That means they lacked experience and were taken advantage of.
"Sir, is tolerance a virtue? I don't think so. I said Zhang Siwei was ugly because I disliked him and did not allow him to come to the court to serve as an attendant or give lectures. The courtiers knew that I did not like Zhang Siwei's arrogance. Then I By killing Zhang Siwei and his 728 people, all officials in the world will know that I am really angry and have the ability to be angry."
"Tolerance is not a virtue. If you don't say it, you won't do it. If you endure it for a while, the wind will be rough and the waves won't be calm. If you take a step back, the sea will not be wide and the sky will not be empty."
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, then bowed his head and said: "That's probably the case. Your Majesty, I teach you, it's a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. Because you don't retaliate, you are afraid, so you go even further."
As the emperor's master, Zhang Juzheng was not a great Confucian. He talked about how to get along with others, and to treat people with tooth for tooth and eye for eye. Tolerance will only bring more humiliation.
"If I go crazy, Ming Dynasty will be more normal and tell them clearly that if they touch this line, they will die. If they touch this line too many times, they will naturally not dare to touch it. What do you think, sir?" Zhu Yijun asked again.
Zhang Juzheng thought about it for a while and finally said: "If you refuse to repent, you will deserve to die, but you still need to be taught. Your Majesty often said: things can only be done in three ways, and that is how it should be."
"I will remember your teacher's teachings." Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzhao reached a consensus on this disagreement, not to tolerate, but to do things within three limits and to be benevolent and righteous.
When Zhu Yijun said that "Zhang Siwei is ugly and cannot serve as the attendant," he clearly expressed his unwillingness to give in. It is a good habit to do things no matter what.
Zhu Yijun promised Wang Qian that Zhang Juzheng would not be angry.
Zhang Juzheng was indeed not angry.
"Sir, what do you think of the anti-corruption method I discussed with Wang Qian?" Zhu Yijun asked about government affairs.
"Your Majesty, are these things taught to Your Majesty by the maids? Even if they are not taught, they are still influenced by what they have heard." Zhang Juzheng frowned into big knots. Your Majesty, this is too bad. Wang Qian is already bad enough. Your Majesty is better than the king. Modesty is still bad!
"Zhang Juzheng, don't be such a mouthful! Why did we teach His Majesty these things?!" Feng Bao's face turned red and he said angrily: "The palace maid didn't teach you these things. You are the emperor's master. If you teach these deceitful methods, it's because you taught me these deceitful methods." of!"
Feng Bao dare not bear this infamy. For such a big crime, it is more appropriate for you, the Yuanfu of the Empire, to carry it. How can Feng Bao and Zhang Hong be so good? Telling His Majesty some funny stories and making His Majesty happy is their limit!
The doubts on Zhang Juzheng's face are even heavier. It seems, seems, maybe, he really taught him?
Zhang Juzheng was actually worried that the little emperor, who lived in the ninth level, thought too well of others and lost his suspicion and precautions. Now that he can protect him, if he is gone, his majesty will definitely suffer a loss and be deceived in the future. Especially when giving banquets, especially Talking about human nature, Zhang Juzheng's talk about banquets, and even the orientation of some people's original evil nature. It should be his fault that His Majesty grew up like this.
"I'm guilty." Zhang Juzheng waved his sleeves and pretended to kneel down to plead guilty.
"Sir, you are exempt from courtesy. It's not because of you. I still remember Wang Jinglong, the moment he rushed in front of me with two knives, long and short. If you want to blame me, I blame Zhang Siwei. He sent those gangsters in front of me, and also To assassinate me, sir, you keep telling me that there are still many good people in the world, but I can't believe it, right?" Zhu Yijun signaled to Zhang Juzheng that he didn't need to apologize, and if he wanted to blame Zhang Siwei.
It was Zhang Siwei who made the little emperor look like this. He was cautious in everything, and he was cruel and merciless in his attacks.
Zhang Siwei is like a basket, anything can be put in it.
"Your Majesty and Wang Qian's method is excellent and very effective." Zhang Juzheng commented on the vicious plan discussed by the emperor and Wang Qian, and finally gave a high evaluation. When Zhang Juzheng evaluates a government decree, he will use Efficiency comes first.
"That's good." Zhu Yijun's face was filled with a bright smile, no longer as vicious as before.
On the second day of April in the fifth year of Wanli, the day before the April imperial meeting, Wang Qian, the supervisory censor who had been in office for more than ten days, directly lit a big thunderbolt and impeached Sun Jigao, the editor of the Hanlin Academy.
Sun Jigao was a very cunning man. Although the emperor was very dissatisfied with him, on the surface, Sun Jigao did not violate the Constitution and could not deal with it.
More than ten days after Wang Qian joined the job, he directly arrested Sun Jigao on the charge of fraud in the examination room.
During Wanli's fifth-year examination, Sun Jigao only accepted a little Shuxiu on the surface, but secretly he collected more than 170,000 taels of silver. By accepting so much money, he actually knew the test questions clearly.
Externally, Sun Jigao, as the number one scholar in the second year of Wanli, had his own way of guessing the questions. In fact, he bribed the school captain who was in charge of the Gongyuan Academy and secretly sent the test questions out.
Including Gu Xiancheng, a total of fifteen Chinese-style Jinshi were involved.
Zhu Yijun summoned the Yuan Fu, the Second Fu, and the two chief ministers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Ge Shouli and Hai Rui, and the president Shen Shixing overnight, and asked Ti Commander Zhao Mengyou to control all the fellow examiners. He wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Cases of fraud in examination rooms have not been uncommon since ancient times. This is an opportunity for the carp to leap over the dragon's gate.
At the court meeting on the third day of April, it was Hai Rui who wanted to investigate Sun Jigao, not Wang Qian.
This is a kind of protection. Wang Qian's case-handling methods are not very honorable. If others find out, he may be impeached. So Hai Rui, the magic sword, took the evidence seized by Wang Qian and began to pursue Sun Jigao fiercely. stand up.
Before the meeting, Zhu Yijun inquired about the price of worsted woolen cloth. In two months, one foot of cloth had risen from eleven taels of silver to thirteen taels. In the past ten days, it had risen sharply by two cents. Two silver coins, obviously a large amount of silver was injected into it.
These silvers are all entered by the outsiders who hold a lot of money.
A gluttonous feast is slowly unfolding.
"Greetings to your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty." The ministers saluted.
Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and said: "Without courtesy, let's announce Sun Jigao's entry into the palace."
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