When Zhu Yijun's holy car came to the gate of Zhang's mansion, all the people of the Zhang family came to the door to greet him. Zhang Juzheng stood at the front with his son, and with the shouts of the eunuch, everyone knelt on the ground.

Zhu Yijun got down from the imperial chariot, walked in front of Zhang Juzheng, and stretched out his hand to help Zhang Juzheng up.

"Sir, mourning!" Zhu Yijun first lowered his voice and said this to Zhang Juzheng, and then turned his head and said to the people around him: "Let's all be flat!" After saying this, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng entered the main gate of Zhang's house together.

When the emperor came to Zhang's mansion, it was naturally huge, and the Zhang family was naturally glorious.

After entering the gate, there was an incense case in the courtyard, everyone knelt down, and the eunuch announced the decree, which was Zhu Yijun's reward to the Zhang family. After all, you came to the courtier's house, and with such fanfare, you can't say it without a reward.

After rewarding a lot of things, Zhu Yijun added Zhang Juzheng's father Zhang Wenming Jiangling Bo and buried him as an earl.

This is the mourning after death, Zhang Juzheng straightened his clothes, knelt on the ground respectfully, bowed three times and bowed nine times, and then took the holy decree from the hands of the eunuch. This reward is extremely important to both Zhang Juzheng and the Zhang family.

Uncle Jiangling, there is really this title in history, and it is also given to the Zhang family, but it is not given to Zhang Juzheng's father, but Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson Zhang Tongchang.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, people thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to rise, but the Ming Dynasty had actually entered the countdown to death. Chongzhen issued an order to use Zhang Juzheng's eldest great-grandson Zhang Tongchang to serve as a scholar in the middle school, hoping that he could inherit the glorious tradition of his ancestors. Emperor Chongzhen called his ministers to take Zhang Juzheng as a model and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's rebel army came to Beijing, and the Qing soldiers outside the customs took advantage of the fire to rob and wave their troops south.

Whether it is Emperor Chongzhen or the courtiers, they are all aware of internal and external troubles, and the Ming Dynasty has reached the most dangerous moment. Zhang Juzheng's descendants did not disappoint Emperor Chongzhen, and when the country broke through the mountains and rivers, Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson, Zhang Tongchang, a scholar, took the initiative to stand up.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had no troops available, and Zhang Tongchang asked Chongzhen to send his troops south. Emperor Chongzhen also had a glimmer of hope for Zhang Tongchang to use Zhang Juzheng's influence to transfer troops to King Qin, so he complied.

Zhang Tongchang traveled day and night, but unfortunately before he summoned a few soldiers, Emperor Chongzhen had already been martyred in the coal mountain. After that, the Qing army entered the customs, and the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for nearly three centuries, died. At this time, he knew that the Ming Dynasty had gone, but he made up his mind not to sit still, and to do something for the country like his ancestor Zhang Juzheng, no matter success or failure!

Zhang Tongchang first actively helped the Southern Ming regime to plan the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, and after the collapse of the Hongguang regime, he rushed to Yunnan to protect the Yongli Emperor and swore to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Yongli made Zhang Tongchang the governor and asked him to coordinate all the soldiers and horses. However, the actual military power is in the hands of generals from all walks of life, and everyone is disheartened and does not listen to dispatches. Zhang Tongchang can only hope to move everyone with enthusiasm.

Therefore, when fighting, although he is a scholar, he always rushes first. When morale falters, he stays still. On many occasions, he stabilized the morale of the army with his personal spirit, and gradually, he finally won the trust and love of the vast number of officers and men.

After persisting in resisting the Qing Dynasty for eight years, that is, in the fifth year of Yongli, the Qing army invaded Guangxi and the city of Guilin was broken.

Zhang Tongchang, who was defending the city, was captured, and the Qing army invaded the city of Guilin. Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan who betrayed the country and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, persuaded Zhang Tongchang to surrender, and Zhang Tongchang was righteous and righteous, and scolded Kong Youde for betraying his ancestors and seeking glory. Kong Youde was so angry that he immediately ordered someone to break Zhang Tong's open arms and gouge out one of his eyes.

But Zhang Tongchang still scolded angrily, and when Kong Youde learned that this Ming general who was not afraid of death was the great-grandson of Zhang Juzheng, he couldn't help but be shocked, so he had to lock him up first.

Kong Youde knew that there was no hope of persuasion and decided to kill. On the day of the execution, Zhang Tongchang resolutely refused to kneel to be tortured, he stood and looked at the executioner, his face was fearless. After his head was cut off, his body was still standing.

When Emperor Yongli, who fled to Nanning, heard about this, he was extremely sad and indignant, so he ordered the court to pay homage. For Zhang Tongchang, Emperor Yongli remembered that he had no heirs when he was dying, and specially awarded him the title of Jiangling Bo.

There were many martyrs in the late Ming Dynasty, and many people died in battle, compared with Lu Xiangsheng and others, Zhang Tongchang was not so famous.

But Zhu Yijun was very moved in his previous life, how the Ming Dynasty treated the Zhang family, how the Zhang family treated the Ming family, and how many people who were deeply favored by the emperor surrendered at the time of national disaster, and there were even generations of nobles.

The Zhang family, who was aspired by Emperor Wanli, stood up at that time, living vigorously, and dying even more heroically.

Zhu Yijun gave the title of Earl of Jiangling to Zhang Juzheng's father, although it was not hereditary, it was only a posthumous title, which also represented Zhu Yijun's recognition of Zhang Juzheng and the Zhang family. Regardless of whether Zhang Juzheng changed after winning the love, his original intention for Daming has not changed.

He wants the country to be strong, and he contributes to the country.

There are many corrupt officials and many powerful ministers, but there is only one powerful minister like Zhang Juzheng. What is the purpose of being a minister? The purposes are strange and varied, but only Zhang Juzheng is the only one who has become a powerful minister but does not hesitate to reform.

There are many reformers in history, but there is only one powerful minister of reform, Zhang Juzheng.

After the ceremony, Zhu Yijun took Zhang Juzheng's hand, and the two came to the living room together. Zhu Yijun looked around and found that the reception room prepared by Zhang Juzheng had only one main seat, so Zhu Yijun was not very satisfied.

"Mr. Zhang, let's take a walk around the garden of Zhang's mansion!" The house was too stuffy, and Zhu Yijun didn't want to stay here longer.

Zhang Juzheng was stunned, but he nodded hurriedly and accompanied Zhu Yijun to the garden in the backyard of Zhang's mansion.

The garden in late autumn is naturally withered, the two of them chatted while walking, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng talked about some of their studies, and the atmosphere between the two of them was very harmonious.

"Go to the pavilion over there and sit down!" Zhu Yijun saw a pavilion in front of him and spoke.

The two of them came to the pavilion together, Zhang Whale took a mat and put it for Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun sat down and said, "Give Mr. Zhang a mat, I want to talk to Mr. Zhang." ”

Zhang Whale put another cushion for Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng also sat down.

"I've been wronged Mr. these days!" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng, and then said to Zhang Whale behind him: "Take it over and show it to Mr. Zhang!" ”

Listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Zhang Whale gestured to the little eunuch behind him, and then a little eunuch came over with a box in her hand. The little eunuch held the box in front of Zhang Juzheng, and opened the lid behind him.

Zhang Juzheng was puzzled about what was inside the box just now, but now when he looked at it, he was stunned for a moment, and what was inside was actually a human head.

"This!" Zhang Juzheng took a closer look and found that he didn't know him, so he raised his head and looked at Zhu Yijun, how could the emperor bring a human head?

"This person's name is Shao Fang, a native of Danyang." Zhu Yijun opened his mouth to explain: "It was this person who spread rumors about Mr. in the capital, from the notices posted on the street, to Mr. Zhang's couplets, and the poem satirizing Mr. Zhang, all of which were written by this person. ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned, it was all done by this person? He didn't speak, and continued to look at Zhu Yijun.

"This person is a ranger and a broker, but he is not doing ordinary business, but business in officialdom." Zhu Yijun pointed at Zhang Whale and said, "This matter was discovered by Dongchang. ”

"Shao Fang spent a lot of money, sought official positions for others, sought promotions, and even helped Gao Ge Lao seek to recover."

"By the way, he also went to find Xu Ge Lao, but Xu Ge Lao was cautious, thinking he was a liar and kicked him out of the mansion." Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Of course, this person bribed the eunuch Chen Hong with a lot of money, and asked Chen Hong to help Zhang Juzheng seek recovery." ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned, this person went to find his teacher? Still help the high arch to recover?

Gao Gong's recovery can be said to be Zhang Juzheng's personal experience, and there is still a place for him to contribute, although Zhang Juzheng is mostly in accordance with the emperor's thoughts, but he doesn't know that Gao Gong exerted his strength on Chen Hong's side.

Now that I think about it, it seems right, it was I and Chen Hong who helped Gao Gong recover.

After Gao Gong came back, he helped Chen Hong sit in the position of the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, and even did not hesitate to suppress Feng Bao for this, which made Feng Bao hate Gao Gong deeply. Zhang Juzheng now understands why Gao Gong helped Chen Hong, it turns out that there is still this relationship.

Zhang Juzheng turned his head to look at the box containing the human head again, and his eyes were full of horror.

"Sir, too, was surprised!" Zhu Yijun smiled mockingly: "I am also surprised, this time Mr. won the love, this Shao Fang made a great effort, and there is another one named Tian Sheng, who is Shao Fang's accomplice." ”

"They also bribed a lot of officials to impeach Mr. Zhang, stirred up public opinion outside, and even did not hesitate to separate the relationship between monarchs and ministers, which is very capable!"

Zhang Juzheng turned his head to look at Zhu Yijun, and then looked at Zhang Whale, who was standing behind Zhu Yijun with an expressionless face and low eyebrows, as if all this had nothing to do with him. However, Zhang Juzheng's attention to Zhang Whale has been raised to a higher level, and the East Factory seems to be different in Zhang Whale's hands.

"The large-scale arrest of people in Dongchang was to eradicate Shao Fang and his gang?" Zhang Juzheng suddenly asked.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "That's true!" After finishing speaking, Zhu Yijun said: "After finding out about this Shao Fang, I had a question in my heart, Shao Fang came to the capital because of the success of the test. ”

"He took advantage of Mr.'s love affair to drive a wedge between the monarch and the minister, and wanted Mr. to leave my side, so what did the others do?"

"So I asked people to check the people who impeached Mr. Wang, especially the students and fellow villagers who impeached him." Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun laughed again, but the smile and laughter were full of mockery.

Zhang Juzheng suddenly felt in his heart, no wonder his emperor student put all those people in Zhao Prison this time, and all of them were killed by the court staff.

"Some families have been cleared out of the fields, some friends have been dismissed because they have passed the law, and some relatives should have been dismissed for the law. They want Mr. to leave me, they want Mr. to abolish the examination method, and they think that Mr.'s settlement of accounts cannot continue. ”

"Taishi Gong said, 'The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit', and I have seen it this time. Sir's strategy, everyone can see the benefits to the Ming Dynasty, the treasury is rich, and my inner treasury is rich. ”

"The army of the Ming Dynasty can fight, the border troubles are gone, and the Tartars dare not look south, these are the merits of Mr."

"What about these people? It's just touching their interests, what have they done? Dividing the monarch and ministers, attacking and slandering Mr., full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, in fact, there is no country and no king, and Mr. is wronged. ”

Zhang Juzheng listened to Zhu Yijun's words, his body trembled a little, and his eyes were a little red.

His students have done so many things behind their backs, and they have grown so much, Zhang Juzheng suddenly has a feeling of being relieved that there are successors. These days of grievances, finally someone understands at this moment.

Zhang Juzheng didn't expect this person to understand, but he was the one he hoped for the most.

"There is a sentence of Mr. Outside, 'The traitor Yan Song has not yet been impeached by his fellow students, why should I Zhang Juzheng be like this', when I heard this sentence, my heart was like a knife, but I was very pleased."

"What is the benefit of Yan Song in Daming? Clever words, collusion with the same party, cholera in the world, how can anyone impeach him? ”

"All his students have been promoted by him, all of them have been protected by him, whether they are corrupt or promoted to become rich, their teacher Yan Song can protect them. What about fellow villagers? What about Yan Song to his fellow villagers? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun suddenly became excited, and said loudly: "Promote for fellow villagers, be a backer for fellow villagers, run rampant in officialdom, and extort tyranny, from this aspect, Yan Song is really a good teacher, and at the same time benefit the township!" ”

"Mr.'s merit is in me, in the Ming Dynasty, in the world, in the annals of history. Mr. Don't care about some criticism, the grievances are all over the time, it is difficult to see the danger of the frontier, the people will remember Mr., the Ming will remember Mr., the world will remember Mr., and the history will correct the name of Mr. ”

"There is a gentleman, I am very lucky, there is a gentleman, Da Ming is very lucky, there is a gentleman, the world is very lucky."

Saying this, Zhu Yijun stood up, straightened his clothes, and bowed deeply to Zhang Juzheng.

Trembling, Zhang Juzheng suddenly fell to the ground, his shoulders trembled, he pestled his head on the ground, and said with a sob: "Minister, minister, minister is willing to do his best for His Majesty and for Daming, and then die!" ”

Looking at Zhang Juzheng who was crying on the ground, Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand to help Zhang Juzheng up, and said: "The more they don't want us to do it, we must do it. ”

"I trust him, I trust him, and he can trust me."

"I am willing to watch my husband show his ambitions, I am willing to watch my husband become rich and powerful, I will wait for my husband to return in the capital." Zhu Yijun opened his mouth and said: "When Mr. returns to the day, it is the time to make great progress, I am looking forward to that day, I am waiting for that day." ”