Wang Yue and Zhu Houxi dared to go south with confidence and show their strength, and their biggest reliance was nothing else, Zhang Xuan!

With this loyal and capable Shoufu behind them, the whole situation will not be chaotic, and they can rest assured.

Suddenly got the news that Zhang Xuan was sick, and Wang Yue suddenly fell into horror. To tell the truth, between him and Zhang Zhang, they are also teachers and friends, to be precise, Zhang Xuan is teaching him.

Even if Zhang Xuan calls him Master!

Wang Yue initially had a bad impression of Zhang Xuan, thinking that he was a villain who was a speculative and camping villain, and would do whatever it took to achieve his goals. But after really being in contact for a long time, Wang Yue saw clearly that Zhang Xuan was indeed unscrupulous, but his purpose was noble and pure. He has a pattern comparable to any ancient sage, especially rare, he really put the suffering of the people in his heart and engraved it in his bones.

Zhang Juzheng is regarded as the first assistant recognized as a successful person in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xuan is not weaker than Zhang Juzheng in this part of doing things, and his private virtue is beyond Zhang Juzheng's reach.

Since becoming an official, Zhang Xuan has not received any gifts, has not promoted private individuals, has not given his son any benefits, and even the favor given by the imperial court as usual, Zhang Xuan has refused.

In contrast, Zhang Juzheng made a lot of trouble for his son's imperial examination fame, and he really lost his strength and lost the pattern, especially compared with Zhang Zhang, it was too bad.

Wang Yue asked himself, in the past few years, he has strictly restrained himself and his family, given up a lot of industrial wealth, and willingly went to Xishan to teach...... It's really not the roar of the Hedong lion at home.

It's because of Zhang Xuan!

That's right!

You lick your face and think of yourself as a master.

As a result, you are not as good as a disciple when you do things everywhere, why should you be a teacher?

When you meet, are you panicked?

In order to have peace of mind, Wang Yue had to strictly restrain himself, and even with Zhu Houxi, he had to pay attention to the impact.

It can be said that Zhang Xuan relied on his impeccable private virtue to change the atmosphere of the Ming monarchs and ministers.

This is still the most insignificant side of Zhang Zhang.

His political achievements can be roughly divided into three parts, first, it is Zhang Xuan who reformed the strategy of employing people, in the era of Yang Tinghe, and even in the previous decades, the Ming Dynasty paid more attention to the imperial examination. And the imperial examination is biased towards literary style.

As a result, the officials selected wrote a thousand words, but they had no idea.

It is definitely not possible to do things, so you can only be intoxicated with infighting and falling into each other's hands.

After Zhang Xuan took power, he continued to make breakthroughs in employing people.

Talents are selected from the localities, talents are requisitioned from the State Prison, and even small officials with strong ability to do things are promoted.

For civil officials who have already entered the imperial examination, a strict assessment and selection mechanism has also been added. Formulate a law on examination results, strictly rectify the rule of officials, and restrain hundreds of officials.

With Zhang Xuan's efforts, the rule of the Ming Dynasty was quickly reversed.

The good ruler made preparations for the next Qingzhang fields.

During Zhang Zhang's tenure, Qingzhang's work was pushed from Shuntian to Henan, Shandong, Nanzhili, Huguang, and Jiangxi...... As many as 10 million landless and landless people have been given land and improved their living conditions.

Since the Yongle Dynasty, the Dingkou Tianfu, which has been constantly lost, has been completely reversed here in Zhang Xuan!

To put it bluntly, this is the national fortune that saved the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

In the 12th year of Jiajing, various taxes were converted into silver, more than 24 million taels.

Among them, the land tax accounts for 60 percent, and the commercial tax accounts for more than 30 percent.

The entire annual income is almost four times more than that of the Zhengde Dynasty!

These are all rough examples, Zhang Zhang's exploits are many more, there is no doubt that he is the impeccable and irreplaceable first assistant candidate at the moment.

"Well, what's the situation? Is it serious? Zhu Houxi had already had a premonition that something was wrong, otherwise Wang Yue would not have been so out of shape. Sure enough, Wang Yue shook his head.

"Your Majesty, with Zhang Zhang's character, if he can't hold on, how can he spread the news, I guess he is probably in a coma and can't be a director."

"Alas!"

Zhu Houxi sighed deeply again, he was already preparing to cross the river to Yingtian, worship the filial piety tomb, and then go all out to promote the new law.

Those few big families, he must clean up, and the pattern of Jiangnan must be reshuffled.

Whether it was agriculture or commerce, it had to be brought under the control of the imperial court, and he was even ready to abolish the Wei Guogong lineage.

Don't think I don't know what you did.

Yan Sheng Gong can move to Chengde, you Wei Guogong lineage, what more!

There is no doubt that Zhu Houxi has already raised the big knife, but Zhang Xuan fell ill, and a fire broke out in the backyard!

Gotta go back.

"Wang Yue, you say...... Will someone plot against Zhang Ge Lao? ”

Wang Yue took a deep breath and visibly clenched his fists.

"The minister doesn't know, but if someone really dares to assassinate Shoufu, the minister will definitely not let him go!"

"It's not just you, I won't agree!" Zhu Houxi slammed the table, and then said, "Wang Yue, what do you think will happen next?" ”

Wang Yue said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the minister is going back to Beijing, in case ...... The minister is his master, and some words are more convenient. ”

Zhu Houxi groaned slightly, "That...... I'll go back, too! ”

It was not easy to make this decision. Zhu Houxi and Wang Yue went south this time, and they had been brewing for a long time. They keep building momentum and accumulating strength at every stop...... Now that I have arrived in Yangzhou, the river crossing is imminent, and the big clan will be completed, but I have to endure the pain and return, can I not regret it?

It's a failure!

But Zhu Houxi is not a reckless person, when Emperor Zhengde went south to Yingtian and fell into the water and died, this incident stimulated him too much.

He went south with Wang Yue, and the monarchs and ministers were perfectly matched and took care of each other, so they were naturally invincible.

But now that Zhang Xuan is sick, there is no one who can be used in the capital, Wang Yue wants to return, if it is just him, lest it will be difficult to speak alone, and let people take advantage of the loophole, I have to say, this timing is really coincidental......

"That's it, don't hesitate, return to the capital immediately!"

Wang Yue bowed deeply, "Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding, the minister still plans to take the first step, if there is really an abnormality, the minister can arrange it calmly!" ”

Zhu Houxi did not object, and immediately agreed.

Wang Yue set off immediately, with only a few dozen guards, Pegasus returned to the capital.

And Zhu Houxi did not stop, and immediately asked the Son of Heaven to turn around and return to the north of the capital.

……

"Gone, finally gone!"

Xu Pengju looked at Jiangbei, muttered a sigh, suddenly turned his head, and smiled at the people around him: "I really didn't expect that your Yang family's methods are very powerful!" can actually plot against the first assistant of a country! ”

The scholar next to him hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo praised it, we don't have such a big ability." The reason why Zhang Fujing fell ill was because he was overworked, and he had nothing to do with us. ”

Xu Pengju snorted, if I believe you, I will be a fool.

"Mr. Yang, do you think Zhang Fujing can still break through this time?"

The scholar smiled: "According to my estimate, I'm afraid I'm going to change the first assistant." ”

"Oh!"

Xu Peng's eyes lit up, "Then, who is qualified to succeed Zhang Fujing?" ”

"Hahaha!" The scholar surnamed Yang smiled, "Zhai Luan, Huo Tao, and Li Shi, these three pavilion elders, in terms of seniority and strength, are far inferior to Zhang Fujing. Even if they take over the position of first assistant, it is just excessive, and it is difficult to make a big difference. The most promising thing is naturally the official book Gui Cao, and the Ministry of Rites is still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Hearing these two people, Xu Pengju smiled, "They may not be in tune with Wang Yue, just for the position of the first assistant, the court will be chaotic for a while." ”

Xu Pengju's face was full of lightness, and it seemed that he had finally escaped, or rather, at least for the time being.

"Arrange a few Yangzhou skinny horses to come over, and we can have fun for a few days." In case the old man dies and the court mourns, we want to be happy, but we have to endure it! Right! Hahaha! ”

The big families in Jiangnan all breathed a sigh of relief, relieved, and even celebrated with a crown. And Wang Yue's mood sank to the bottom.

Although he didn't want to think about it, he had to admit that once he lost Zhang Zhang, the entire court situation would change.

Is there a second important minister who is selfless, capable, and goes all out to advocate changing the law?

I have to say, it's hard.

Not to mention, there is still a master-apprentice relationship between him and Zhang Xuan, so you can be more assured.

The remaining ministers, Wang Yue passed in his heart for a while, although they were not old-fashioned, but they could not fully fit with him.

In other words, we can't rest assured that the great cause of changing the law will be entrusted to them.

Wang Yue's heart became heavier and heavier, and it took less than five days from Yangzhou to the capital, and Wang Yue rushed back to the capital.

He didn't hesitate and went directly to Zhang Xuan's house.

This was given to him by Cui Shilin.

The yard is good, but it is simple and scary, and the flower beds on both sides have been bulldozed by Zhang Xuan and planted with vegetables and potatoes. It just so happened that the potato seedlings had already withered and had not yet had time to harvest.

Wang Yue sighed, and went straight to the second courtyard of the second floor, to his surprise, the crown prince Zhu Zaiji was waiting here.

"Master, the second senior brother asked me to send a letter to the master."

Wang Yue subconsciously took it, and after unfolding it, there were only a few scribbled words on it: Shoufu, Fei, Teacher, None other!

Wang Yue was dumbfounded...... Let him be the first assistant, no kidding, right?