The capital, the residence of the king

On the martial arts field, a small award ceremony is being held.

In front of the new 100 teenagers, Zhu Youzhen personally pinned the bronze five-pointed stars to Zheng Ping's chest. The yellow five-pointed star shines brightly on the black power suit, and the young people who stand upright are even more heroic.

"You guys are very satisfied with your performance." Zhu Youzhen shouted loudly, "You deserve this outfit." I hope that in the next training, you will maintain your original fighting spirit, improve your level, and live up to Lone's expectations. ”

"I am willing to die for His Highness." The teenagers instinctively stood up and shouted excitedly.

The neat and uniform movements, the high morale, and the surrounding teenagers were full of enthusiasm.

Inside the capital

The atmosphere in the Ming court is a little weird now. There seems to be an undercurrent surging in the dark.

In Wei Zhongxian's private house, several backbones of the eunuch party were also holding small meetings.

"Tell me, several? How do we promote our big things? Wei Zhongxian was the first to speak.

Hearing the word "big event", Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei showed a little unnatural expression.

Wei Zhongxian really has to do a big thing. is so big that Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei are not optimistic at all, they are racking their brains, trying to dispel Grandpa Wei's thoughts.

Gonggong Wei actually wanted to regain Zhang Juzheng's reforms.

Oh, my God! Is there anything bigger than that? Wei Zhongxian actually wants to reform?

Actually, it's not surprising that people always have to pursue a little, right?

Wei Zhongxian is not short of money now.

Since he was promoted to the position of Celebrant Supervisor Bingbi and Governor of Dongchang Eunuch, Gonggong Wei has been a wealthy man. Especially after driving out the Donglin Party and monopolizing the government, the money came like flowing water.

There is no shortage of money, no shortage of power. Father-in-law Wei also has a new pursuit.

He wants to be famous, and he wants to be famous in history.

The Qingzhou case opened Wei Zhongxian's eyes and made Wei Zhongxian clearly realize how powerful the power in his hands was.

The Zhao family, this kind of heroism that seemed huge and invincible when he was young, was wiped out in the light of his words.

The feeling really mesmerized him.

In the court, the words of the past few months have made Wei Zhongxian feel good about himself.

Unconsciously, Wei Zhongxian's goal became ambitious. Money is no longer his only pursuit, and he wants to leave his name in history more and more.

How can you go down in history?

Wei Zhongxian thought hard of a way.

Father-in-law Wei was ambitious and wanted to solve the chronic problem of land annexation for the Ming Dynasty.

Recently, Wei Zhongxian has been listening to his subordinates talk about Zhang Juzheng's policies.

Zhang Juzheng, a famous minister of Wanli, a generation of power ministers.

He was the chief assistant of the cabinet most like the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

What he did, even his enemies had to admit that he was a great statesman.

The first ten years of Wanli were exactly the ten years of Zhang Juzheng.

It is Zhang Juzheng's determined reform that can change the decline of the Ming Dynasty and lay a solid foundation for the Wanli Dynasty.

When Wei Zhongxian was a teenager, he happened to experience the era of Zhang Juzheng's heyday. He was impressed by that era.

In the era of Zhang Juzheng, the people were strong and restrained, and the small people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

After Wei Zhongxian entered the palace, Zhang Juzheng's name was even more thunderous.

As the first minister of Wanli, in the first ten years of Wanli, no one was more powerful than anyone else. Even a strong emperor like Wanli Ye can only vent his dissatisfaction with Zhang Juzheng after his death.

Perhaps, Zhang Juzheng's monstrous power is the deepest ambition in Wei Zhongxian's heart.

Wei Zhongxian believes that compared with the court environment in the early days of Zhang Juzheng, he is much more favorable than Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng also needed to collude with Feng Bao, who was the celebrant at the time, and relied on the help of the inner court to implement his policies.

Does Grandpa Wei need it? Not at all. The entire inner court was under the control of Gonggong Wei.

At the beginning of Zhang Juzheng's reform, there were still many voices of opposition in the outer court.

After Gonggong Wei drove out the Donglin Party, there was no opposition from the outer court.

Zhang Juzheng only did half of the reforms, which could bring him such a great reputation.

If Gonggong Wei can complete his reforms, it is not a problem at all to leave a name in history.

What's more, in the opinion of Father-in-law Wei, Zhang Juzheng has already done the most difficult thing. He just needs to restore the clause that Zhang Juzheng abolished after his death and stick to it.

What is the most difficult part of Zhang Juzheng's reform?

Of course, it's Qingzhang Tianmu. That will offend the royal family and nobles everywhere. As a servant of the Zhu family, Wei Zhongxian can't afford to mess with those masters.

Now that Zhang Juzheng has done the most difficult thing, the rest will be easy to do.

You must know that Zhang Juzheng's reform proposition of "respecting sovereignty, teaching officials, believing in rewards and punishments, and No. 1 order" is not mainly to strengthen the authority of the imperial court?

Strengthening the authority of the imperial court, isn't that strengthening the authority of Wei Zhongxian?

Isn't the examination method used by Wei Gonggong to the tax eunuchs in various places?

A whip law is still being slackly implemented. Duke Wei made good use of the fish scales and yellow strategies left by Zhang Juzheng, and strictly taxed them according to the book.

What a good reform clause, it is simply tailor-made for Gonggong Wei.

As for the reasons why Zhang Juzheng's reform clauses could not be implemented, Wei Zhongxian also carefully studied it.

In the opinion of Gonggong Wei, the implementation could not be carried out, it was entirely because Zhang Juzheng was soft-hearted and kind-hearted, and he couldn't save face.

Refer to the Zhao family in Qingzhou to understand.

The Zhao family is a powerful township, can you reason with him?

No.

They are simply unreasonable.

is as strong as Wanli Ye, even the tax supervisor sent by his old man, and the Zhao family also dares to coerce public opinion to confront him.

What's even more hateful is that as a land snake, he can really succeed in fighting.

With a cancer like the Zhao family, it is useless to reason with him. If you are disobedient, just find a reason to dispose of it.

Simple, straightforward, how easy.

Wei Zhongxian went from a humble village gangster to climb to today's status after countless hardships. Innately, he had a natural dislike for the squire and landlords.

In Wei Zhongxian's view, it is best to break the family like the Zhao family. The big Ming wins, the small people benefit, and his subordinates can also benefit from it. What a joy it was.

In the face of this kind of arrogance, Zhang Juzheng can do it?

He was born as a scholar, and he couldn't do it. So Zhang Juzheng's reforms failed in the end.

Wei Zhongxian, a miscellaneous family, is not a scholar, and he has not been cheapened by a scholar, so there is no need to give them face. The miscellaneous family is completely handy.

Miscellaneous according to the fish scales Huang Ce point acceptance tax is. All those that exceed the tax-free quota will be heavily taxed, and it will be seen who dares to merge arbitrarily.

If you dare to resist, the miscellaneous family will transfer troops.

Like the Qingzhou case, in front of the sword soldiers, there is no disadvantage.

In the blur, Wei Zhongxian saw that all the people in the world sang praises for him. In the face of the Son of Heaven, he can also straighten his waist, speak solemnly, and no longer have to be servile.

His great exploits would make everyone forget his eunuch status, and he would go down in history.

This is the road to heaven that he Wei Zhongxian found, and whoever dares to stop him is an enemy who does not share the sky.

(Wei Zhongxian learned for the first time from Zhang Juzheng's reform clause that the meritorious fame of the imperial examination was not completely exempt.) However, depending on the level, each has a certain amount of tax exemption. ）