Chapter 630: Old Things
Among the five scholars in this cabinet, if you only talk about qualifications, only Shen Li and Wang Xijue are similar, Wang Xijue is from Jiajing's 41st year, and Shen Li's is from Jiajing's 44th year.
The two have only been in the company for three years, and they can basically be regarded as contemporaries.
And if you talk about it in detail, these two can be regarded as the old ministers of the Four Dynasties, who have experienced the three eras of Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli, and are still standing tall in the court.
In terms of qualifications, there are few people in the DPRK and China who can compare with them.
Naturally, in terms of the level of understanding of Zhang Juzheng's case back then, few people can compare with them.
However, the difference between Shen Li and Wang Xijue is that although Wang Xijue was also in the court at that time, he did not have a deep relationship with Zhang Juzheng, and even stood on the same front with Zhang Juzheng for a period of time.
Those who are familiar with that period of history know that Zhang Juzheng was not invincible from the beginning!
He has a fateful enemy in this life, and his name is Gao Gong!
The two had known each other since they were young and made an appointment to join the cabinet to help the world, but as the two rose step by step, they found that there were huge differences in their political policies and even principles, so the relationship gradually became bad.
This situation began in the early years of Longqing and lasted for nearly ten years, until the sixth year of Wanli, when Gao Gong died of illness in his hometown, and this dispute was not over.
Gao Gong has a shortcoming, he likes to bring up his protégés, this is not a big deal, above the court, it depends on the word relationship.
However, others promote their protégés and always pay attention to some process skills, but Gao Gong was a cabinet scholar at the time, but he blatantly broke the rules.
In the fifth year of Longqing, Wang Xijue was ordered to take charge of the examination, and Gao Gong wanted to promote a few protégés, but Wang Xijue sternly refused, and the two stood on opposite sides.
In line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, although Zhang Juzheng and Wang Xijue were not small in status at that time, they still had a very close political relationship for a period of time, perhaps it was because of this section that Zhang Juzheng did not impeach Wang Xijue, who also impeached himself, after he monopolized power.
But Shen Carp is different!
In a way, he has a vested interest......
His seat is the high arch!
When Shen Li entered the office, it was the time when the high arch was in full swing, Shen Li was quite appreciated by the high arch, and the first few years of the company could be described as infinitely beautiful, but soon, with the defeat of the high arch in the political struggle with Zhang Juzheng, he resigned and returned to his hometown, and Shen Li's life became difficult.
Zhang Juzheng was not so polite to this old opponent's confidants.
The first thing he did after seizing the power was to throw Shen Li back to the township, and this time, he sat on the cold bench for seven or eight years, and it was not until the ninth year of Wanli that Shen Li was reinstated after Zhang Juzheng was completely liquidated.
But at this time, Shen Li has been wandering in the countryside for seven or eight years, and he is hopeless in this life.
"Yes, it's the first assistant Zhang Gong Juzheng!"
Regarding the grievance between Shen Li and Zhang Juzheng, Wang Xijue was naturally very clear, nodded and said.
"Before the original Daxing Emperor Bintian, the words had mentioned the Jiangling Gong, but only a few words, unpredictable holy will, His Royal Highness remembered the Daxing Emperor, remembered this matter, and asked Zhang Gong to judge the merits of his life, and ordered the old man and Hongxi to try to say, the old man said that he was talented but not virtuous, although he was meritorious to the people of the community, but he was good at monarchy, private morality was endless, and the merits were mixed!"
Wang Xijue's words made the faces of many people present a little unpleasant.
For some reason that everyone understands, in this court, the evaluation of Zhang Juzheng has always been negative, especially among high-level officials, almost all of them have not had a good evaluation of Zhang Juzheng.
Such a view of mixed merits and demerits is only dared to be declared by Wang Xijue, who is a noble Yuanfu.
"There is a difference between the words of the old man and Yuan Fu, the old man thinks that Zhang Jiangling usurped the power of the master, messed with the law of the court, wantonly suppressed dissidents, blocked the way of speech, and made the court a one-person court, even if he has talent and learning, but he has no virtue, and the evidence of all kinds of crimes is conclusive, although he has merits, he cannot be confused with his crimes!"
Zhen Zhenji was beside him, and added with a wry smile.
At that time, His Royal Highness was very puzzled, and felt that the words of the old man and Yuan Fu were too different, so he ordered the cabinet to order the ministers and hundreds of officials to express their words directly, and evaluate the merits of Zhang Gong's life! That's why the old man and Motosuke have gathered all of you today......"
There was a brief silence in the cabinet.
No one thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had only been in charge of the Qianqing Palace for one day, and he would give such a difficult problem to the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee.
There is no doubt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's move is by no means what Xiang Zhenji said, just doubts and curiosity.
As a master, every move must have a deep meaning.
Thinking about it carefully, His Royal Highness issued this decree, and the results obtained were nothing more than two, the ministers and hundreds of officials were like back then, and they severely criticized Zhang Jiangling and nailed him to the pillar of shame of the Ming Dynasty.
But this result is basically impossible, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Zhang Juzheng have no grievances or hatred, and they have not even met in person, so there is no need to pull out a person who has been dead for many years and criticize him again.
So weed out the wrong answers, and the correct answers remain.
What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really wants is not the surging voice of the courtiers criticizing Zhang Juzheng, what he wants is a voice that is different from the original verdict.
He wants to overturn the case for Zhang Juzheng!
Almost instantly, all the bigwigs present got this answer.
But after thinking about it, things got more and more tricky.
What time is it now, Emperor Daxing Long controls Bintian, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince enters the Qianqing Palace, and the new lord is established, and it is the time when a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came up with this question, in fact, to test the hearts of the courtiers.
Are they willing to accept the rule of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obediently, or are they arrogant and want to say goodbye to His Highness?
Which path you choose is between this one!
If it is a different person, it may be better to do some, after all, the new monarch succeeds to the throne, usually has unstable power, and he does not dare to have a head-on conflict with the courtiers, but who is this?
This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
Since nine years ago, His Royal Highness has been crowned king from the palace, and has repeatedly made moves in the court, almost every time he makes a move, he can lead the pattern of the court and the central government to change greatly, and the means of turning the clouds and rain have made the ministers and officials have palpitations.
Later, the battle of Liaodong, the Yangzhou case, and the reorganization of the Beijing camp made His Royal Highness the Prince's prestige in the court higher.
Coupled with the support of Emperor Daxing, although His Royal Highness has only been on the throne for two or three years, he already has a group of henchmen and ministers who have enough power to speak in the court, and as for the most important military force in the capital, Jingying, has already been subdued by His Royal Highness.
With such advantages, Zhu Changluo is not comparable to the new monarch who has just succeeded to the throne.
In this case, even a big man in the cabinet would not dare to make a decision lightly on such a matter that is obviously an expression of his attitude by himself and others......