Seeing that the Empress Dowager Li finally began to ask for his own way, Zhang Juzheng thought about it for a while and said: "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, the way Weichen already has it, but Weichen wants to think about what the problem is now before saying it,"

"Didn't Zhang Qing's family say this," Empress Dowager Li said, "As Fang Caiqing's family said, now the imperial court's verification of officials is based on the ancestral system, and this day is also set, and it is easy for people to know and prepare it to deceive the imperial court,"

"Yes, the Queen Mother is right," Zhang Juzheng said, "This is the first thing that Weichen said needs to be changed, and there is that these officials do not hesitate to take the life of the court, but they also want to take risks and pervert the law, and put themselves in danger, the court is not clear about the rewards and punishments of these officials, if there is merit, the small one is just words, and the big one is promoted; But for the mistakes made by officials, it is the same, even if the small things are found out, they are just verbally scolded, and the big things are either demoted or dismissed, it is precisely because of this that many officials are afraid, and some officials are not even because they have committed something or want to be promoted, just because they may have made some small mistakes, they are afraid that their official position will not be guaranteed, so they will do so. Some of their original intentions were not to deceive the court or cover up the wrong things they had done, but simply because they were afraid,"

Hearing Zhang Juzheng say this, not only Empress Dowager Li, but also other people present also thought about it, even Zhang Fan and Feng Bao, who had already discussed this matter with Zhang Juzheng.

In the final analysis, the rewards and punishments are still unknown, this is actually a common problem of feudal dynasties, after all, this era is the era of imperial power, it is not a group of people who are in power and talking, but a certain person, the largest of which is the emperor, of course, now it is the queen mother for the time being, and it is precisely for this reason that this system has affected the entire country and the times, out of the palace, in the court, it is not a group of people who speak, but a small group or several very small people, and the same is true below, Even in the people, this is the case, just like a family, there is always a certain person in charge.

In this case, you can imagine what will happen, from top to bottom, if the person who is the leader is a capable person, then under his rule, the scene under his jurisdiction will prosper, but if this person is a mediocrity, of course, the mediocrity cannot obtain such power, their ascension depends entirely on other factors, in short, if the person who is the leader is a mediocrity, not to say that he cannot govern his own things, he will be confused by other factors, Thus making the wrong judgment.

Another point is that when these people who are the leaders make judgments against their subordinates, because they are the only ones, then in his judgment, the subjective factors will become more and more, and it is completely up to him to decide what kind of reward he wants to give to the person who has done the right thing, maybe that person has only done something very small, such as running errands and delivering letters, or even they have not done anything right at all, just because the person who is in charge is in a good mood. Thus he was rewarded with many things; In the same way, for a person who has made great achievements, but only because the person who is in charge is in a bad mood, he does not add words, no reward, not even a word of praise, so that the reward and punishment are not clear, and how the people under his command can serve him with all his strength are only thought about how to please others.

The same thing, the reverse is the same thing, the subordinate made a small mistake, but because the master was in a bad mood but a felony, he was punished not commensurate; And those who really did something wrong, but because the master was in a good mood, or he was more favored by the master, so the punishment was minimal, or even not at all.

In the long run, the family is not a home, and the country will not be a country, which sounds a little alarmist, but the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in the anthill, and everyone knows this truth.

"What does the Qing family mean ......" Although Empress Dowager Li understood what Zhang Juzheng wanted to express, she still didn't understand what Zhang Juzheng wanted to say, or she didn't know how Zhang Juzheng planned to solve this problem.

"Wechen has come up with some solutions," Zhang Juzheng said, "First of all, the imperial court's verification of officials cannot be stopped, but it must not be like in the past, and as in the past, not only can not make officials obey the law, but will make them more perverted,"

"The mourning family is also a little interested now," Empress Dowager Li said with a smile, "The Qing family still needs to speak out, and now that His Majesty is here, it is just right to be able to refer to it in detail,"

"In the future, the imperial court will still have to verify the officials, but the 'Jingcha' and the 'Great Plan' cannot be punctual every six or three years as before," Zhang Juzheng said.

"According to the opinion of Wei Chen, the future 'Jingcha' and 'Great Plan' should not be timed, if the Queen Mother or Her Majesty thinks that it is time, or when there is any doubt in the court, they should immediately issue an order to start checking the hundred officials, and the holy decree will be implemented immediately, and do not give any preparation to those corrupt officials,"

"Well, that's a way too," this time, Zhu Yijun, who had been sitting on the side and hadn't spoken, spoke, "But I have a question here,"

"Your Majesty, may I ask," Zhang Juzheng saw that Zhu Yijun had spoken, and did not show any unhappy expression, but was a little happy.

"In the past, when I was the crown prince, whether it was the gentleman of the court or the prince who taught me, I mentioned a little bit to me," Zhu Yijun said, "That is the way of being a person, an official, and a king, these are the words of the sages, and there is naturally nothing wrong with it, in short, whether it is a person, an official or a king, you must have that sincerity in your heart, but you can't just do it on the surface."

And now, as Mr. Zhang said, if the imperial court acts like this, the time for verifying officials is uncertain, or a month apart, or three or five years apart, it can indeed make those corrupt officials vigilant, after all, they have no way of knowing when the imperial court will come to verify them, so on the surface, they can indeed make a loyal monarch and love the people like sons on the surface, but in the end, they still want to be promoted and make a fortune in their hearts, so that it will not become the court forcing them to deceive peopleIsn't that against the way of the saints?"

As soon as Zhu Yijun asked, everyone present turned their eyes to him, and Empress Dowager Li was smiling on her face, and she couldn't see what she was thinking at the moment, but it shouldn't mean to blame.

Feng Bao and Zhang Fan looked playful, obviously Zhu Yijun's words made them very interested.

But Zhang Juzheng didn't, to be honest, Zhang Juzheng had thought of this question, but he never thought that someone would ask it, of course, he understood the Empress Dowager Li and knew that she wouldn't ask like this, but he really didn't expect Zhu Yijun to ask it.

Now Zhu Yijun asked so, but Zhang Juzheng didn't know how to answer him for a while, in his opinion, this kind of thing was not a problem at all, and he had never been prepared.

"Your Majesty, please let Weichen answer this question," At this time, Zhang Fan stood up and said to Zhu Yijun.

"Taifu, please say," Zhu Yijun naturally didn't want to embarrass anyone, he just wanted to understand this question, and now that Zhang Fan has come forward, he naturally has no reason to stop it.

"What Your Majesty just said, Weichen can't refute," Zhang Fan said, "Whether you are a person, an official or a king, you naturally have to be clear in your heart, and you can't be disturbed by external things, that is the right way, but as Your Majesty sees now, there are too few people in the world who can do this, even if there are a few, they are also recognized by others as old-fashioned and inflexible."

"Now, Lord Zhang has used such a method to make the court force them to do good things, although this cannot change the original intention of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but it also makes them do the same thing as good people, and His Majesty has also seen the twists and turns presented by Lord Zhang, presumably His Majesty also knows that the court is not as calm as it seems, these are helpless moves.

"Another point, in fact, in Weichen's view, it doesn't matter what makes these corrupt officials do good things, the important thing is that they do good things, and if Your Majesty can agree with Lord Zhang's method, and let the court always be like this, then those officials don't know when the court will check themselves, so they can't take risks, they can only do good things all the time, in case the court suddenly changes, in this way, even if they still have the heart of wanting to be corrupt and bend the law, But in Weichen's view, it's nothing, after all, they just dare to think about it, but they don't dare to make it, which is enough for the people,"

To be honest, Zhang Fan's words are the words of a typical pragmatist, which in the feudal era, especially in this era, although everyone can understand it, it will never be said on the surface.

But Zhang Fan dared to say this at this moment, because he knew in his heart that now that Zhang Juzheng had already said so much to the Empress Dowager Li, including the current situation of the imperial court and the harm that would occur in the long run, Zhang Fan really couldn't imagine what else could not be said about these words.