The officials of the Ming Dynasty, no, it should be said that all the officials in the long history of the bad reputation are not necessarily huge greed, and the good reputation is not necessarily the Qing officials, this point, Zhu Yijun only knew after copying Zhang Juzheng's house.

Yan Song's reputation is so bad, he is a bastard who has brought disaster to the country and the people, and he has been stinking for thousands of years, and Xu Jie's reputation is so high, he is regarded as a hero who overthrew Yan Song, and he has been famous for centuries, but how many people know that the land under the name of the Yan family is less than one-tenth of the land under the name of the Xu Jie family.

After Xu Jie's resignation, because his family was too resentful of the people, he had to use the power of the student Zhang Juzheng to bully the people and bribe officials, and his behavior was no different from Yan Song.

This world is definitely not a black and white world, most people simply divide historical figures into good and bad people, or heroes and scum, but people are too complex, how can these four attributes be summarized?

Some people or even one person have these four attributes, such as Xia Gui, who is immortal in the ages.

After being the emperor for more than 20 years, Zhu Yijun is no longer the young man who was fooled by the civil officials and thought he was a holy monarch, he has also grown up, otherwise he will set off a dispute over the country's capital, in a vain attempt to reproduce the imperial power of the former Jiajing Emperor's Great Rites.

For the emperor, the people he needs are definitely not simple "virtuous ministers", the emperor needs many people, "virtuous ministers" are just one of them, "villains" also need "direct ministers", "scum" also need "heroes".

Zhuge Wuhou taught Liu Chan to use the tone of the elders to the younger generations, as a "father", a person grown, to teach the young little fresh meat Liu Chan, so he carried out a simple division of "virtuous ministers" and "villains", so that Liu Chan first established a correct and simple concept, and then slowly deepened his understanding.

As far as Zhuge Wuhou himself is concerned, how can he only divide the courtiers into two types: "virtuous ministers" and "villains"?

This is the introductory classification that distinguishes people.

Zhu Yijun has basically reached the point of maturity, he knows deeply what he needs, what kind of people he needs, and what kind of people he doesn't need.

In the current situation, Shen has always been definitely more suitable than Shen Li as his choice, he needs a guy who has a bad reputation among the ministers, especially among the speech officials.

In this way, this guy becomes the first assistant, and he can rely on the emperor to fire at the ministers and help him at the right time, instead of a Shen Li who leads the ministers to fire at him.

He wants to divide the ministers, further divide them on the existing basis, let them kill each other, let them mess with themselves, so that he can fish in troubled waters, regain his own power little by little, and revive his country, for which he will do whatever it takes.

What kind of virtuous minister, what villain, what hero, what scum, in front of Zhu Yijun are all floating clouds, it doesn't matter, in his eyes, only two attributes are the clearest-

What can be used and what can't be used, simple and clear, convenient and fast.

Shen has always been usable, but Shen carp cannot be used.

Such a distinction is very simple, no matter how public Zhao Zhigao is, no matter how Zhao Zhigao states that Shen has always liked to form parties for personal gain, and likes to exclude dissidents and disrupt the government, it will set off a tragic party struggle, and even push the party struggle to a peak, Zhu Yijun doesn't care about these.

It is better to say that as an emperor with great power, Zhu Yijun urgently needs such a person to disrupt the government and make the civil official group fall into civil strife.

Forming a party for personal gain? All right! That's what I need! I need a Yan Song! I need someone who can be the emperor's scapegoat and the ghost's substitute like Yan Song.

Zhu Yijun knew that even if Yan Song was corrupt, even if Yan Shifan was cunning, it didn't matter, because when Yan Dang was still there, Emperor Jiajing was in power, and the ministers wanted to overthrow Yan Song, they had to cater to Emperor Jiajing, and they had to win the support of Emperor Jiajing, and Emperor Jiajing became a strong emperor second only to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

After the Yan Party fell and was wiped out and Xu Jie's ascension to the throne, the ministers quickly united, the civil officials rose sharply, and without Yan Song as a shield, Emperor Jiajing's authority declined rapidly.

Therefore, it can be seen how important a demonized traitor is to an emperor, indeed, the Ming Dynasty did not die in the hands of Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing has always maintained the minimum control of the country, and the control is not small, and in the Chongzhen era when the gentlemen of Donglin were in power, the world was ......

Can moral gentlemen really prosper the country? Can the great traitors really destroy the country?

Politics is too complicated.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun will never choose the "upright virtuous minister" Shen Li, but will definitely choose the "sinister villain" Shen Chengyi.

Zhao Zhigao's last request helped Zhu Yijun make up his mind.

"Shen has always entered the cabinet early, and his qualifications are profound, and Shen Li's entry into the cabinet is still short, this is not a problem of the top three and second class jinshi, but a matter of rules, there are no rules, don't the elders often teach me like this?"

Listening to Zhu Yijun's simple and clear answer, Zhao Zhigao's heart sank little by little, until he could no longer rise.

The ministers did not have a good impression of the emperor, and the emperor's last trace of trust in the ministers disappeared, the emperor began to treat the ministers as enemies, and the ministers also regarded the emperor as Huang Shiren.

The minimum trust between the monarch and the minister has disappeared, and the minimum cooperative relationship is gone, and the monarch and the minister have changed from the boat operators who are in the same boat to the enemies who can't coexist with each other.

Zhao Zhigao didn't know, didn't dare to know, and didn't want to know the answer to this question.

"The old minister is just a public heart, the old minister just hopes that His Majesty can be close to the virtuous ministers, far from the villain, don't be confused by despicable people, the old minister just hopes that His Majesty can ......"

"Elder Zhao Ge!"

Zhu Yijun interrupted Zhao Zhigao's words, smiled and said, "How is Zhao Ge compared to Zhuge Liang?" ”

Zhao Zhigao was stunned.

The other party is the pillar of optimus who re-supported the weak Ji Han at the juncture of national crisis, resisted Wang Zuozhicai in ten states with the power of one state, and helped Liu Chan with the posture of a man to the throne, ensuring his comfort for more than 40 years, and letting him be the "father" of the emperor for more than 40 years and the representative of loyal ministers.

What position can he Zhao Zhigao be in the long river of history, and what rank can he rank?