It has to be said that the figures who can become the first assistant of the cabinet are all political strongmen.

In politics, there is no way to distinguish right from wrong in many things, just as Wang Xijue is trying to explain now, he and Zhang Juzheng both uphold the concept of reform, but the differences between the two are very large.

And most importantly, each has its own sense.

To some extent, Zhang Juzheng's reforms were not perfect, his reforms were mainly focused on the economic aspect, and in order to carry out economic reforms, he actually sacrificed the interests of other aspects.

For example, the interests of the imperial court on the border, important strategic materials such as tea, horses, salt and iron, were traded with the Tatars.

Another example is the harshness in the rule of officials!

Zhang Juzheng's notoriety is mostly due to his ruthlessness in dealing with political opponents, but anyone who has different political views from him is the result of his dismissal and return in the end, regardless of whether these people are talented or not, whether they are for the country and the people, Zhang Juzheng does not care, but he must eradicate anyone who stands in front of him, so as to ensure that he can highly centralize power.

And the reason for his high degree of centralization of power is that only when he holds most of the power of the imperial court can he thoroughly implement his reform ideas.

But there is no doubt that in the process, he used a lot of dishonorable means, and there were many honest and honest officials who were loyal to the court and capable, just because of the difference in camps, they were tragically hidden.

And then there is the test method!

This is also the biggest disagreement between Zhang Juzheng and Wang Xijue, who advocated a steady, moderate and gradual reform approach.

And Zhang Juzheng is doing a one-size-fits-all approach.

He formulated a set of rigid system standards for each yamen, but those who failed to meet the requirements were dismissed from their posts and investigated.

Although this can improve the speed of the government's operation in a short period of time, in the long run, it will undoubtedly cause the courtiers to deviate from morality, and even during the reign of Zhang Juzheng, it is not uncommon for some officials to be forced to die because they are unable to meet the standards.

There is also the so-called pepper sumu folding, Zhang Juzheng's reform is to improve the financial situation of the imperial court, but it is very embarrassing that the reform itself requires a lot of capital and silver support, so Zhang Juzheng will use the official's money to use expensive pepper and sumu to distribute, and the exchange rate is not to speak.

Ordinary seven- and eight-grade officials, especially those Qingshui Yamen, live on their money every month, which is of course saving a lot of money for the imperial court, but it is forcing these officials to die!

These are the costs of Zhang Juzheng's reforms, and they are only a small part of them......

In this way, it is not difficult to understand why the Manchu dynasty is simply talking about the word Zhang Juzheng, and why the old shoufu stubbornly opposes the use of Zhang Juzheng's reform policy, but hopes to adopt a moderate reform policy of official governance.

It should be said that both sides have their own reasons, and what Zhu Changluo, as a king, needs to do is to choose the one that is most beneficial to the country from the various political main stations and try his best to implement it.

"Yuan Fu's words are reasonable, but I don't know if Yuan Fu has ever considered one thing, the rule of officials is the top priority, Zhang Gong's behavior is really difficult to evaluate right or wrong, but if Zhang Gong is like Yuan Fu, focusing on the stability of the court, I'm afraid his reform will not be able to be implemented at all, right?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Changluo said slowly.

Zhang Juzheng is not a fool, he naturally knows what the consequences of what he does, but he still did it because he has no second way to go.

Historically, there has been only one reason for the failure of reforms, and the fortress was breached from within.

Just imagine, a small change of affection greatly involved the pace of Zhang Juzheng's reform.

If he hadn't carried out a major purge of the court before the reform, then he would not know how many constraints and accidents he would have encountered in the process of reform, and the progress would have slowed down greatly.

And the more he delays reform, the longer the nights and dreams, so he chooses this way of cutting through the mess quickly.

Wang Xijue's reform method is of course stable and moderate, but the biggest disadvantage is the problem of execution, since the reform is moderate, then those who intend to block the reform have countless loopholes to exploit.

Not to mention anything else, the increasingly onerous administrative affairs and the struggle between the parties in the DPRK and China will at any time involve the energy of Wang Xijue, the first assistant, and in this way, the pace of reform will be greatly slowed down.

In the final analysis, the core concept of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the establishment was to contain each other and restrain each other.

Wang Xijue's political proposition was actually put forward very early, but from when he was still an ordinary cabinet minister to now become a famous first assistant, the progress of this reform has been extremely slow.

"His Royal Highness is wise, but now is different from the past, when Zhang Gong was almost exhausted, the finances of the DPRK and China were almost exhausted, so they had to focus on finance, and now the court finances can still be supported, and the party struggle between the DPRK and China is becoming more and more serious, involving more and more officials, and the rectification of officials is imminent, the old minister has been diligently pursuing these years, hoping to improve the fierceness of the party struggle between the DPRK and China, but with little effect, the old minister has seriously reflected on why, it is because the atmosphere in the DPRK and China has changed, not for the country and the people in the past, and confined to the party struggle, only the king and the ministers of the DPRK can work together to reorganize the situation!"

The old Shoufu obviously came prepared and spoke.

After all, today's situation is very different from that year, when the imperial treasury was empty, but now it is very abundant, and Zhang Juzheng's reform needs to be vigorously activated, which is really not suitable for the current situation.

On the other hand, the party struggle has become more and more fierce in recent years, and it has reached the point where it has to be purged, so in fact, this trip to Wang Xijue is not just to persuade Zhu Changluo to give up Zhang Juzheng's reforms.

More importantly, he hoped to obtain Zhu Changluo's support to help him implement his lifelong ambition and completely purge the rule of officials.

"Yuan Fu can know that the purge of officials, although it is not as big as Zhang Gong, but within the court, it will only increase unabated, and this matter is difficult, even with the support of the palace, it will be difficult and ......"

Zhu Changluo was obviously a little moved, but he was still very hesitant.

Zhang Juzheng's reform is aimed at the whole country, and the turmoil is more at the local level, and reform is reform after all, no matter how mild Wang Xijue's reform is, it is only for the community, but for the court situation, it is an out-and-out monstrous wave.

After all, above officialdom, there is nothing more important than the future and life.

However, Wang Xijue was overjoyed, because he saw the hope of his success and spoke.

"Your Royal Highness, above the officialdom, turmoil is inevitable, the old minister has been diligently pursuing for many years, and naturally knows the difficulty of purging the officials, but now the party is fierce, even if it is difficult, it must be rectified, this is the responsibility of the old minister as the first assistant, although there are many difficulties, but he is loyal to the country, and the duty of the minister is also!"

"In that case, please ask Motosuke! This palace will do its best to help Yuan Fu clean up the officials! ”

Zhu Changluo smiled with relief and arched his hand.

Wang Xijue was stunned in place, as if he couldn't believe what he heard, and it was so simple?

However, when he raised his head, Wang Xijue inadvertently saw a smug smile on the corner of Zhu Changluo's mouth, and immediately understood the cause and effect, and couldn't help but have a bitter smile on his face.

How could he forget, the person in front of him was black and tight, and when he was not the first assistant, he suffered a big loss in his hands, but he didn't expect it to be planted in his hands again this time......