Alarmist, those civil servants later called themselves slaves one by one, and they were willing. Zhang You slandered, but he couldn't say this, so he could only say: "It's not alarmist, because no matter which dynasty you go to, you need literati to govern the country, even if you change the dynasty, they will still be their officials." So Your Majesty would rather believe in those eunuchs than in Wenchen, why? Because of the power of eunuchs, in the final analysis, it is a derivation of imperial power, and the ones who are most looking forward to the continuation of imperial power are those who are the ones who are the rest. ”

Zhang Ruoxuan had never heard such a profound analysis of the relationship between the emperor's eunuchs and the ministers, and many of the doubts that had been difficult to solve before suddenly became clear, and she couldn't help but admire Zhang Youlai more and more.

Zhang You rarely had a conversation, and still continued: "The harm of eunuchs is basically all greed, which is related to their personality, they are all people who are left behind their sentences, their lives cannot be continued, there is no spiritual sustenance, only power and money can make their psychology comforted, but there is basically no problem in loyalty, and the harm caused is also very easy to recover."

Wenchen is different, they participate in the government and formulate national policies, and once they make mistakes, they are often irreversible. For example, my father's reforms, in all fairness, the empire appeared to be peaceful, but in fact, it was already in danger at home and abroad. Internally, the contradictions between the government and the people have become increasingly acute due to the corruption of officials, the corruption of officials, the lack of finances, and the intensification of looting. Outside, the border troubles were rampant, and the military was corrupt, if it weren't for my father's strength to override public opinion, fully support Qi Shuai's armament reform, and implement the recruitment system, perhaps Tatar Mongolia would have entered Beijing long ago. ”

This is also the first time that Zhang Juzheng has heard someone speak so highly of his reform, so he listened very attentively, and his heart was naturally very useful.

Zhang Ruoxuan felt that Zhang You seemed to be a little off-topic, and couldn't help but interject and ask: "Didn't you just say the harm of Wenchen, this seems to be praising your father, right?" My father is the head of the civil service! ”

Zhang You smiled slightly: "It's time to talk about it, before talking about that, I have to talk about the necessity of my father's reform." It can be said that his father's reform was timely and fruitful, which was related to the support of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and his reasonable trade-offs. His father was a far-sighted and brilliant politician, in fact, Gao Gong before him was also the same, but he was different from Gao Gong in that he knew how to be flexible and knew how to take matters seriously. Respecting sovereignty first, which won the support of the empress dowager of the two palaces, and then rectifying the rule of officials, this is not only an important part of the reform, but also the key to whether the entire reform can be launched and ultimately successful. Then it was to rearmament, implement a new border defense policy, repair the garrison internally, and show restraint (enveloping Huairou and binding control) externally, and the results were very remarkable. Finally, there was a whip law for the land, and now the treasury is full, well, at least there are no debts, and this is all due to these reforms. ”

"I can't believe you've studied fatherhood so much." Zhang Juzheng said with relief and emotion, Zhang Ruoxuan and Lei Xiao admired the five-body throw, can you blame Zhang Juzheng for liking Zhang You, if you are Zhang Juzheng, you also like it.

"Children are also reformers, so of course you should study your reforms."

"What are the results of the study?" Zhang You asked a little urgently, Zhang You understood his thoughts, so he paid more attention to his evaluation.

"It is fruitful, if it is fully implemented, at most 20 years, I will definitely make the country rich and the people strong, and return to the top."

"Why do you say what if?"

"If you ask well, this is going to return to the disaster of Wenchen. I won't talk about anything else, let's talk about rearmament, this set of policies my father himself may have to admit that it has nothing to do with Qi Shuai, but this kind of reform has in fact broken the balance that the civilian clique desperately wants to maintain -- ruling the military with civilianism seems to be related to the emperor's likes and dislikes, but in fact, what really caused this situation is the civilian-bureaucratic clique in the final analysis. ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly, Zhang You saw it clearly, couldn't help but smile, and continued: "Li Chengliang is different, Qi Shuai's victory is the victory of the system and discipline, and Li Chengliang relies on personal charm, and there is no conflict with the political balance that the civil official group is trying to maintain, so if you let the civil official system choose, of course choose the latter, which is one of the reasons why Qi Shuai was defeated and almost no one was willing to come out to speak for him." ”

"One of them? What else? Zhang Ruoxuan asked curiously.

Zhang You didn't speak, just looked at Zhang Juzheng.

"Yes, people go to tea and cool, if the father is still in the position of the first assistant, where will this situation occur?" Zhang Juzheng said with a wry smile.

Zhang You then said: "This is the disaster of civil officials, they are too selfish, they only see their own interests, and they don't care about the interests of the country at all." To say something you don't like to hear, your reform has been effective, but it has also infringed on the interests of too many people, including even His Majesty the Emperor, that is, you should retire now, otherwise the first person to oppose your reform in the future may be Your Majesty today. ”

Zhang Juzheng is powerless to refute at all, he has nothing to do these days, and he has really figured out a lot, if it weren't for the extra Zhang You in the middle, I'm afraid his ending would not be much better than Feng Bao.

"This is also the most worrying place for my father, according to the current situation, the death of the government is certain, if there is no good way to reverse this situation, I am afraid that it will not take a few years to return to the past."

Hearing this, Zhang You's expression suddenly became solemn, and he said solemnly: "Don't worry, the child will not let that happen, please believe me." ”

"I hope so, it's a pity that although you have the *favor* trust of Your Majesty, you are still too young. The most worrying thing for your father is the relationship between you and the Wenchen group, no matter how much you look down on them, but you have to admit that without their support, many things are difficult to carry out - the reason why the reform of the father has been able to come to this day, in addition to the reasons you just mentioned, in the final analysis, is that it still has the support of many Wenchen, but now, even they don't have much trust in you......"

"You have to eat bite by bite, and you have to walk step by step," Zhang You interrupted Zhang Juzheng with a smile: "For example, Shen Ge Lao, now he treats children differently than before, and Pan Butang...... Sooner or later, everyone will believe in the child. In addition, don't forget that the children still have the "Ming Pao" in their hands, you have to admit that among those who read, although there are many people who scold children, there are also many who support children! ”

Hearing him mention "Ming Pao", Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but smile: "At the beginning, you only said that the newspaper was to restrict the imperial power in the future, and it was already in your consideration to win over scholars, right?" It's not that a person said that you are a little fox, but that's not wrong at all! ”

Zhang You couldn't help but touch his nose: "That's also better than blue?" ”

"Do I have one?" That's okay, Zhang You was stunned, and his expression suddenly became a little gloomy, but unfortunately the adjustment was very fast, Zhang You and Zhang Ruoxuan didn't find it, so he quickly changed the topic: "No kidding, I remember just now that you said that in two days at most, everyone will unify their voices and go all out to impeach Yuan Jing...... Will they listen to you like that? It can't be bragging, right? ”