On June 20, Zhang Juzheng, who had been tormented by illness for nearly half a year, finally passed away with a stomach full of sorrows and an uncompetitive career. That night, Zhu Yijun, who couldn't sleep, received the bad news, and after being stunned for a long time, he personally rushed to Cining Palace to report the news, Empress Dowager Li got up in clothes, and the mother and son cried opposite each other.

In the face of the death of the minister, Empress Dowager Li repeatedly told her son to solemnly manage the funeral for Zhang Juzheng and show mercy to his family. Zhu Yijun said that he would obey his mother's order. After returning from Cining Palace, Zhu Yijun immediately passed down an edict, announcing that the civil and military officials would stop going to court for one month, and the Ministry of Rites would set up nine altars to make sacrifices - this is the specification of the state funeral.

Zhang Juzheng was awarded the title of Pillar State and Taishi during his lifetime, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he is the only one who has received such honors, even if Li Shanchang and Yao Guangxiao are well-known and meritorious national teachers like Zaifu, they have never received such glory.

The day after Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhu Yijun ordered him to give him an official title to Zhuguo and give him "Wenzhong", which was the icing on the cake, and pushed Zhang Juzheng's prestige to the peak.

For a time, whether it was a high-ranking official or a small household in Beijing, they were all like mourners, and they set up incense cases at the door of their homes to pay tribute, and the thousands of rituals were inexhaustible, but there were hundreds of sorrows of the people of the world - it was inevitable that some of them were made for others to see at the scene, but the vast majority of officials, especially those ordinary people, sincerely expressed their sorrows. The sacrificial poems and sacrificial texts were surging, and the plain curtains filled the streets, and this momentum also made the emperor greatly infected.

In order to conform to the will of the people, he asked the cabinet ministers and the celebrant eunuchs to consult with him several times on the arrangements for Zhang Juzheng's funeral.

Because it was summer and the weather was hot, at the request of Zhang Juzheng's sons, the emperor allowed Zhang Juzheng's body to be put into the coffin within three days, and then the auspicious day was selected by Qin Tian, and the coffin was moved to the south in early July. At the same time, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites were each sent out a four-grade member wailang, a Jinyi Weitang Shangguan and a celebrant eunuch Bingbi, and the four of them jointly guarded the spirit to Jingzhou. On the day of the departure of the hearse, on the road from Wushamao Hutong to Zhengyangmen, there were not only incense cases specially set up by the major yamen along the way, but also tens of thousands of people in the capital rushed to see them off.

It was at this time that Shi Yiwen, who was the ambassador of Nanyang, arrived in the capital.

Zhang Juzheng is still gone, where will Daming develop in the future?

In fact, when he was in Nanjing, Shi Yiwen wanted to return to Beijing countless times to treat Zhang Juzheng. But in the end, he chose to give up for no other reason - the emperor grew up.

The emperor who grew up is tired of Zhang Juzheng, if Zhang Juzheng lives for a few more years, what direction will the future of the Ming Dynasty develop, although Shi Yiwen is unpredictable, but one thing is certain is that it will definitely cause a dispute between the emperors and the prime minister, and no matter what the result is at that time, it will not be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng is gone...... Actually, it's just the right time to go.

When Shi Yiwen returned to the restaurant box from outside Zhengyang Gate, he saw the emperor he hadn't seen for two years.

"Mr. Zhang is gone, are there many people seeing him off?"

"Yes, there were a lot of people seeing them off, and the scene was spectacular."

It's almost ten miles long to be sent to Shoufu, right?

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun immediately forgot about Fang Cai's unhappiness, and then said sadly.

"The last time I saw Motosuke was in March, but whoever thought about working for three months would make him sick...... Originally, I always thought that he was not suffering from a terminal illness, as long as the heavens were warm, he would slowly get better, but who knew that he finally walked to the intersection of Huangquan Road...... When he leaves, who am I entrusted with this mess of state affairs?"

The last question revealed the panic in Zhu Yijun's heart, Shi Yiwen raised his eyes and saw that tears were rolling out of the corners of Zhu Yijun's eyes, and he couldn't help sighing:

"Didn't Your Majesty have already made up for the cabinet ministers according to Mr. Zhang's recommendation, besides, Your Majesty is already an adult, so he can naturally manage the government and ...... in person."

"Zhiyuan ......"

Suddenly, Zhu Yijun stopped sobbing, looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"If not, you can stay in the capital and help me, by my side, by my side, by my side......"

"Your Majesty, do you know why Mr. Zhang wants to let the sons go to Nanyang?"

Faced with the emperor's retention, Shi Yiwen asked rhetorically,

"This ......"

"The reason why the new policy has been implemented smoothly in the past two years is directly related to the attack on the ministers in Nanjing, and tens of thousands of officials and gentry involved in it were exiled to Nanyang, although so, they inevitably still have relatives and friends in the court and in the opposition, if Mr. Zhang's sons are in the court, they will definitely do everything possible to crack down on them, and in the end it may not only harm the children and grandchildren, but may even make it difficult to implement the new policy, so ......"

Without waiting for Shi Yiwen to finish speaking, Zhu Yijun said.

"I'm not going to let them get what they want."

You will! Definitely!

Thinking so in his heart, Shi Yiwen nodded.

"Your Majesty will not, but they will not stop, they will continue to attack Mr. Zhang's family, if they can't succeed, they will attack the new policy, at that time, it will inevitably have an impact on the situation of the Ming Dynasty, if the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China do not stop, I am afraid that Mr. Zhang's ten years of hard work will be ruined! Not only that, but even His Majesty ......"

Looking at Zhu Yijun, Shi Yiwen specially gave him a preventive shot.

"The reason why Mr. Zhang was able to implement it was thanks to His Majesty's support, they attacked the New Deal, in fact, they were attacking His Majesty, and they would use the attack on the New Deal to cry out for Shen Xingshi and others......"

"They dare!"

With a cold snort, Zhu Yijun sneered.

"I'm not so confused! How could they be allowed to lead the way. ”

After that, his expression changed slightly, and then he said with some loss.

"Could it be that you really can only go to the South Seas?"

"The minister has no choice, just like Mr. Zhang, there is also no choice, only the sons of the Zhang family are in the South Seas foreign land, those people's hatred will be reduced, even if Mr. Zhang dies, what he thinks about is still my Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, and I still think about my Ming world!"

"Mr. Zhang......"

Sitting there, Zhu Yijun silently looked out the window, for some reason, tears blindfolded his eyes again, and after a long time, he sighed.

"Zhiyuan, Mr. Zhang is gone, you have to leave too, you are all gone, I, what should I do?"

At the moment when the little emperor raised his head, Shi Yiwen found that his gaze was unusually helpless, and in the face of his helplessness, Shi Yiwen thought about it, and then said.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the map I gave you?"

"I remember that the world is far bigger than the world can imagine, and I am just a corner of it."

"Your Majesty, today my Ming Dynasty is far more prosperous than the previous dynasties, and Mr. ten years of new policy, is also the beginning of the results, in the minister's view, the next ten years, Your Majesty only need to follow the system, continue to implement the consolidation of the new policy, as long as the new policy is consolidated, the Ming Dynasty's national strength will become stronger and stronger, and then there will be ten years of merit, the new army will also be strong and strong, at that time, you can go north to exterminate the Tartars, so that the Tartars surrender to the Ming Dynasty, for my Ming loyal dog, so, the north border trouble can be calmed ......"

While speaking, Shi Yiwen dipped his fingers in the tea, drew a simple map of the northern border on the table, and explained the strategy of how to subdue the Mongols in the future, in fact, it is nothing more than soft and hard knives, hard knives to kill, soft knives to sharpen, compared to overseas expansion, as the emperor Zhu Yijun, is more eager to pacify the north, after all, this is the responsibility of the Son of Heaven.

Next, for a whole day, Shi Yiwen was there and Zhu Yijun hidden, talking from Mongolia to the Western Regions, from the Western Regions to Tibet, and from Tibet to the Southwest, of course, and finally talked about the Jurchen who "can fight the tiger", of course, also talked about the mainland from the border troubles, and talked about many internal problems of the Ming Dynasty, the only thing that made Shi Yiwen happy was that the land problem of the Ming Dynasty, with the exile of the Jiangnan gentry and the inauguration of the vassal king, was fundamentally alleviated, at least for the Ming Dynasty to win 100 years, And Nanyang's demand for immigrants in the future will also alleviate the problem of displaced people in the Ming Dynasty to the greatest extent.

"Displaced people, as long as the imperial court insists on transporting the displaced people to the South Seas, and allows them to go to the northeast, the western regions and even the Hetao and other places to cultivate freely, and implement ten years of free grain, I think, the displaced people will definitely not be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty wants to stabilize the border area, it must be "immigrant to the real border", the more population in the border area, the greater the advantage over the Mongols and Jurchens, plus muskets and artillery, I think, at most forty years, the northern border trouble must be fundamentally eliminated......"

Finally, when the words fell, Shi Yiwen looked at the thoughtful Zhu Yijun, he didn't say too much, he just hoped to lay a foreshadowing in Zhu Yijun's heart through today's conversation, as for how the little emperor in front of him will choose in the future, it is not up to him to control, but he believes that without the "national dispute", there is no impact of disease, and even without the shackles of the civil and official group, with the wisdom of this little emperor, he will definitely become a generation of Ming Jun.

Let's hope all the best!

Thinking of this, looking at Zhu Yijun, who was already an adult in front of him, Shi Yiwen stood up and waved his way over the top.

"Your Majesty, the minister is going to leave Nanjing, after this farewell, you and I are the two of you, I am afraid that there will be no chance to see each other in this life, the minister believes that Your Majesty will open my Ming Dynasty in the most prosperous world, and the minister can see me in this extremely prosperous world, what does it matter if I am broken and broken......"

Sitting there silently, Zhu Yijun didn't speak, and even when Shi Yiwen got up to say goodbye, he didn't speak, and in the end, he just looked at Shi Yiwen's back, opened his mouth but didn't say any more words.

Facing distant friends, Zhu Yijun knew that between friends and the country, he had to choose the latter, and he could only choose the latter. Although the background had disappeared on the long street, Zhu Yijun was still standing there, silently staring into the distance......