A person who can achieve such an achievement at least shows two things: first, he is very smart; Second, he is pragmatic.

In fact, when Zhang Ju was formulating the tax tasks in various places, he also went through detailed research, although he did not dare to ensure that it was completely consistent with the local economic development level, but he could ensure that it was not too much different.

Because he is the chief assistant of the cabinet, he has the land information and household registration of the whole country in his hands, and if he arranges the tax task according to this, it will not be too bad, not to mention that he is still a very serious person, and he ordered the land to be measured throughout the country and recompile the land scale atlas to crack down on the behavior of those wealthy families who conceal land tax evasion.

Although this method was regarded as the stupidest method by Hai Rui, it was the most effective method, and it was also the easiest way to offend people.

First of all, the enactment of the examination law made it impossible for those who were officials to live a comfortable life, which offended the entire bureaucracy; Secondly, the compilation of a fish scale atlas so that those big landlords and local tyrants cannot evade taxes, which offends the entire local powerful faction. In the end, in order to fulfill his ideals, he inevitably had to be a little authoritarian, which suppressed the imperial power, and he had an unclear relationship with the emperor's mother, which offended the emperor. With these three articles, it is already remarkable to be able to mix up until after death before being settled.

As Mingyue said back then, Zhang Ju is the person who can impress others the most in the entire Ming Dynasty, he has already been in a high position, climbed to the pinnacle of power, as long as he learns like his teacher Xu Jie, he will retire after two years, and by the way, he will make some small political achievements, say some beautiful words of loyalty and patriotism, and love the people, you can gain fame and fortune, live this life in peace and stability, and then leave a windfall to harm your children and grandchildren, and at the same time, you can still leave a name in history.

Wouldn't it be beautiful to kill three birds with one stone! But he didn't do this, but chose to "have the courage to do things", using his talent, courage, conspiracy, and viciousness to save this empire that was already declining. Under the supervision of the examination law formulated by him, officials at all levels have worked hard, and the tax revenue has exceeded the quota every year. In the end, the Ming Dynasty reached four million taels of silver in Taifu Temple, and the total amount of silver in Taicang was seven or eight million taels. Taicang's grain stocks can also be used for ten years of unprecedented prosperity. It completely changed the situation of the Ming Dynasty that he was worried about before, "the private room is getting richer, and the public office is getting poorer", and the resources of the empire are all in the hands of the emperor again. The national power of the Ming Dynasty began to grow stronger again.

After having money and food, everything else will be easy to do, taking this opportunity, Zhang Juzheng appointed Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang to reorganize the armament, give them resources to build border walls, build firearms, train iron cavalry, sweep away the situation that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army has declined since the Jiajing period, and fight the nomads in the north are looking for teeth all over the land. Although these military exploits are inseparable from the personal military talents of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, the most important thing is Zhang Juzheng's strong support. Because it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, the side wall, the castle, the Franco's machine gun, the bird gun, the iron horse, etc. will not fall from the sky, they are all smashed out with money, and the person who smashed the money is Zhang Juzheng.

Zhu Ao thinks that Zhang Ju is a great person, he works so hard, he would rather offend the minister than set up a celebrant and a master of ceremonies to control the country, in the final analysis, because Su Guo is his country, he is busy for himself and his descendants. And Zhang Juzheng is completely busy for his old Zhu family, offending people for others, and he is a very great person.

I don't know if Wanli regretted liquidating Zhang Juzheng, a hard-working minister, after he matured, he liquidated Zhang Juzheng completely because of the attack of the second illness, and he vented his evil anger that his imperial power had been suppressed for so many years, maybe it was also related to the scandal between his mother and Zhang Juzheng. After he matures after being an emperor for decades, he will think about Zhang Juzheng's merits, and maybe he will regret it a little.

This is the same as the later Kangxi in addition to worship, Kangxi should be regarded as the most outrageous emperor in history, I feel like a traverser, I can not do it since I was a child, I can do anything, those Manchu Dynasty who are full of poetry and books are not as insightful as him as a teenager, what is even more ridiculous is that so many people believe such a lie, and a TV series that praises him how wise and martial he is, even a well-known history teacher admires him, it is really speechless.

Although in the so-called records of the Qing Dynasty, in order to establish the image of Kangxi's wisdom, he deliberately belittled Aobai and wrote him how arrogant he was, but in the author's opinion, Aobai is actually a very responsible person.

Ao Bai is a minister who cares about his life, and he has a good relationship with Kangxi's Laozi Shunzhi, and he is also a real person. The biggest characteristic of a real person is that he will complete the things that others give him. Ao Bai is such a person, plus he has a good relationship with Shunzhi, once fought against Dorgon together, and belonged to a friendship that carried a gun together, and after getting the news that Shunzhi ordered him to be an assistant, he was very moved, because this represents the emperor's trust in him.

After being moved, he began to work hard, just imagine how old Kangxi was when he was in addition to worshipping? Sixteen years old! The easiest thing for a child at this age to do is to rebel. In addition, although he is already pro-government, it is unreliable for a sixteen-year-old hairy child to govern the country. Kangxi should be the same as Zhang Xueliang later, at an immature level and easy to make some small mistakes, and Ao Bai should be the same as Yang Yuting, more responsible, and talk about the emperor at every turn, let him get rid of his problems, otherwise he will feel sorry for the emperor's father.

As a result, the emperor was in a hurry, so he started to clean him up. borrowed a line from Zhang Xueliang to express Kangxi's mood: "My pro-Lao Tzu is gone, so I can't find another god Lao Tzu for myself." I can't be angry with Lao Tzu, I will be angry with Lao Tzu from him? ”

The author is not saying this by conjecture, but by facts. First of all, Kangxi removed the process of worshipping, he did find a group of little eunuchs to practice wrestling, and then beckoned Aobai to come to the audience. Ao Bai didn't have any defenses against him, he came single-handedly, from this point of view, he had no intention of rebellion, otherwise it would be impossible to be defenseless at all.

When Ao Bai was about to enter the palace, Suo Etu stopped him and said, "The emperor is already in power, and it is somewhat inappropriate for you to go to the palace with weapons." Ao Bai thought about it, so he took off his saber and gave it to Suo Etu, and entered the palace with his bare hands.

Then he was caught off guard by the group of little eunuchs, it is said that Kangxi played with a heart eye, found a chair to break one of the legs on it, and then glued it and put it there for Ao to sit. Ao Bai's huge body collapsed the chair and fell to the ground, and the group of little eunuchs rushed up to get him. As a result, at this time, Ao Bai didn't know that Kangxi was going to deal with him, and thought that these little eunuchs were coming to help him, so he sat there and was held down by those little eunuchs.

When Kangxi saw that Ao Bai was captured, he immediately announced his thirty major crimes, and then ruled that Ao Bai Ling Chi should be executed. Hearing these four words, Ao Bai suddenly became anxious, and as soon as his muscles tightened, a spirit shook off the little eunuch who held him, worthy of being the first Baturu in Manchuria, not a few little eunuchs who knew three-legged cats could be subdued. Then, he stared at Kangxi with a pair of eyes full of anger.

Kangxi was dumbfounded when he saw this scene, he didn't expect Ao Bai to be so brave, the situation suddenly lost control, and he stood there in fright and didn't dare to speak. And at this time, Ao Bai did not fight the emperor like "The Legend of Deer and Ding", but took off his clothes, revealing the scars all over his body and said: "The scars on my body are all left for you when you love Xinjueluo to fight the world, you treat me like this now, can your country last long?" Kangxi was also quite moved when he heard this, and coupled with the fact that Ao Bai did not rebel, he should be sentenced to life imprisonment.

However, a month later, Ao Bai was to death. However, Kangxi is also a person with a conscience, and in his later years, he summoned the exiled descendants of Ao Bai back and made them officials, which can be regarded as an indirect admission of his mistakes.

After Yongzheng came to power, he restored the title of Aobai first-class super martial artist, which can be regarded as a complete rehabilitation for him.

Kangxi's second illness is not just this time, the most prominent manifestation is the cutting of the domain. What "withdraw and oppose, do not withdraw and rebel" is completely an excuse for his own wrong policy, Wu Sangui has already killed Zhu Youlang, which means that he has completely become a traitor and defected to the Qing Dynasty, and he later took care that his power was too great, he was jealous, and he gave up Guizhou, he just wanted to guard Yunnan for generations and be Mu Ying of the Qing Dynasty.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if you want to cut the feudal domain, you shouldn't cut all the three feudal kings at once, first cut the two less powerful feudal kings, and finally wait for Wu Sangui to die and then flatten the king of the west, which is the safest way. Most of the ministers in the court also supported this approach. It's a pity that the wise and martial Emperor Kangxi felt that the ministers who had read poetry and books and climbed up step by step were not as knowledgeable as his twenty-year-old hairy child, and he confidently believed that even if Wu Sangui rebelled, he could quickly pacify it, because Wu Sangui only occupied one Yunnan, and the territory was much smaller than him.

Being so unsentimental and not being a man has to be reversed, Lao Tzu was scolded by traitors on his back and laid down half of the country for you, and in the end he was reluctant to even go to Yunnan, let Lao Tzu go back to Liaodong to farm, what do you think of Lao Tzu? Can you pinch soft persimmons casually? Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable? Who can stand this anger, who can afford to lose this person!

Then, Kangxi began to quell the rebellion, and then, he almost lost his country, if it wasn't for Wu Sangui who died of illness halfway, it would be really bad for someone to die.

It is said that Wu Sangui's last words before his death were: "I only hate not to fight ten years earlier, and I missed the future of Zhongqing." ”

It's all fate! Kangxi had the loss of Jianwen, and was saved from the disaster of Jianwen, I have to say that the ancestors have accumulated enough virtue for him!

Therefore, Zhu Ao wanted to follow Zhang Juzheng's example in setting up the examination method, using quantitative indicators to urge officials at all levels in the State to work hard, and then use Dongchang and the Department of Honor and Health to supervise them, so as to prevent them from cheating and causing incidents like Zhao Huaqing. It should be noted that when formulating the assessment indicators of the examination method, it is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions, and cannot be one-size-fits-all like Wang Anshi.

As soon as it is said that the Qingmiao Law is used to lend money to the common people to make money, the whole country will do it, and some ordinary people who do not have a bad harvest and do not need to borrow money are also forced by the government to borrow usury, because it is related to their performance evaluation, and if they fail to meet the target, they will be punished. As a result, many people who could have survived were forced to take on huge amounts of usury, and finally their families were ruined and fled one after another.

There is also the farmland water conservancy law, which sounds good, but in the process of implementation, it is still a one-size-fits-all approach, and some places that do not need to build water conservancy have also begun to overhaul water conservancy, because the amount of water conservancy built is related to the performance of local officials, which has led to a large waste of manpower and material resources.

In ancient times, construction projects were not the same as now, there was no machinery in ancient times, all construction projects were completed by people, and it was necessary to use young and strong laborers, and the strong laborers were pulled to do projects, and there was no one to plant their land at home, and the next year's grain harvest was poor, and life may not be able to go on, so in ancient times, building construction was often a taboo for the country, and it would be admonished by a large number of imperial histories.

Therefore, although Wang Anshi's two sets of reform measures were originally well-intentioned, they adopted a one-size-fits-all approach in the process of implementation, which led to many problems and even caused a large number of refugees.

On the issue of the pros and cons of Wang Anshi's reforms, there have been endless debates throughout the ages, with those who praise him as a great reformer, and those who detractor him even say that his changes are the main culprits that led to the Jingkang changes in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In fact, in Zhu Ao's view, the new law set up by Wang Anshi has both good and bad aspects. The good aspects are concentrated in his military measures, he set up the armor protection law, the general art of war, and the weapon supervision law, which was of great help to the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Northern Song Dynasty army, and even trained the Qin, Jin, and Western armies that defended half of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, compared with military measures, his economic measures are a mess, which is reflected in the above-mentioned green seedling law and farmland water conservancy law, which has caused a lot of maladministration and provided a lot of justification for the opposition to attack him. Overall, his new method has had a certain effect. Some people say that he was the main culprit who caused the party strife in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty and then led to the Jingkang Change.

But in Zhu Ao's view, the Jingkang Revolution really has nothing to do with Wang Anshi, the reason for the Jingkang Revolution is completely because the Song Dynasty did not cultivate military equipment, but only relied on a group of civilian officials to govern the country, and it was a matter of time before it was destroyed, after all, no matter how united the civilian clique was, it could not defeat the powerful war machine. Wang Anshi changed the law and trained them to defend half of the Southern Song Dynasty with the Western Army of Qin and Jin.

Therefore, the criteria for passing the test must be adapted to local conditions, and one size fits all must be practiced; anyway, Zhu Ao now has a powerful intelligence system, and he can already know the actual situation in various localities well, and he will not worry about the people suffering losses because of mistakes or being deceived. It is believed that with this system, the treasury of the country will be enriched forever, and in the future, whether it is a war or a disaster relief, money and food will be leveraged, and no country can gnaw on this hard bone.

These days are busy with military affairs, it is indeed very tiring, tired, it is not easy to be a king, always beware of the group of ministers embezzling their own money, always intrigue with them, not to mention anything else, just talking about the opening of the women's college and the establishment of the East Factory made Zhu Ao very troubled, and it took a long time to think about it, and it took countless means to get them done.

Who said that trusting the minister can rule the world? The ministers are not fuel-efficient lamps, they also have their own little Jiujiu in their hearts, and they are willing to work less and make more money, they are not willing to let others supervise, and they are not willing to let others share their power cake.

But these things are finally over, and there is nothing big to do in the next few days, it is time to entertain yourself and live a corrupt life. Zhu Ao called Huaien to his dormitory, and asked lightly how the work of selecting talented girls was going.

Although Huai En already knew that the king wanted to involve the entertainment venues, he had been serving Zhu Ao since he was a child, and he had the most thorough understanding of the king's thoughts, and he knew in his heart that although the king would send most of the talented girls down to make money, he would definitely keep the best for himself to enjoy, after all, people have bad roots, and immediately smiled evilly, bowed and flattered: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids have selected thirty women who are very good in appearance and talent, and they are already waiting for the king in the palace." ”

"Thirty? Do you want to be tired of being widowed? Zhu Ao laughed out loud, and then deliberately pretended to be angry and said: "In this way, you will number them all, and the widow will personally assess their talents, and finally leave five or six, and send the others below." ”

This is the rhythm of the draft in person, Wynne held the dust in one hand, hunched his waist, and said respectfully: "The slave and maid obey the order, please wait for a while, and the slave and maid will come when they go." ”

Zhu Ao did not answer, waved his hand impatiently, signaled him to hurry up and do something, Huai En gave Zhu Ao another salute, and then respectfully withdrew from the main hall and came to Chuxiu Palace, where the thirty talented and beautiful women were waiting for the king's summons.

They were originally all famous ladies, but their luck was not good, their father committed an accident, and they were reduced to slaves, and they were sent to the northwest by the emperor to be sent by the king of Su, and there is no need to say what the days of the slave camp were like, and they could not be described by the four words of darkness, and the stewards there simply did not treat them as people, and even the treatment of mules and horses was better than them, because mules and horses were much more valuable than them.

The people who took care of them were all healthy women selected by the palace, not so much healthy women, but shrews, as if they owed them two hundred taels of silver, and never gave them a good look, and if they did something wrong, they beat and scolded, and they were "sluts" in one mouth, and they scolded as ugly as they were. This kind of life is really not human, but whenever there is a chance, they will give 100% effort to get out of this opportunity.

God pays off the painstaking people, this opportunity was finally waited for by them, and it is also an opportunity given by the king himself, if they grasp it, maybe they can be like Lan Youcheng, soaring into the sky, not only getting rid of the fate of slaves, but also becoming a virtuous concubine on the high, becoming the mistress of the Su country, overlooking those who have bullied them. Therefore, each of them attaches great importance to this opportunity, after arduous contacts, and layers of selection, they finally entered the top 30 and came to the palace, although the chance of one-thirtieth of the favor is still very low, but even if they stay here to be a palace maid, it is much better than returning to the slave camp, so each of them is still happy in their hearts, happy.

Huaien took the two little eunuchs to Chuxiu Palace and ordered them to gather all the thirty girls in the courtyard. These thirty girls know that this young eunuch is a hot figure around the king, not only the eunuch who is in charge of the king's life, his opinion is very important in the king's heart, not to mention that he is only a candidate for talent now, even if he becomes the king's woman in the future, he can't ignore him, otherwise he will give you a little means, which is enough for you to drink a pot.

When the thirty girls heard the summons, they came very actively, and all of them came to the courtyard in a circle, and stood in five rows. ”

Wynne waved his hand very casually, and said slowly, "Excuse me, we have come here to inform you, and the king will summon you soon." However, our king is not a man of indulgence, so in the end only five or six of you will be chosen by the king to stay in the palace, and the others will be sent elsewhere. ”

As soon as these words came out, the thirty women all looked at each other, chattering for a long time, all of them showed a look of worry on their faces, the elimination rate of four out of five is still very high, and those who can come to this point are all talented and beautiful people, no one dares to say that they will be able to overwhelm the opponent, it seems that the final decision depends on the king's personal preference. But what kind of woman does the king like, everyone has no bottom in their hearts, and it seems that they can only do their best, after all, there is only one chance.

With apprehension, all the women saluted Huai'en and replied respectfully, "Thank you father-in-law for your advice." ”

Wynn nodded casually, brushed the dust, and said, "Let's go, the king is still waiting for you, you can be clever when the time comes, whether you go to heaven or hell depends on your performance." ”

Needless to say, all the women were also deeply provincial, their faces were nervous, their eyes flashed with complicated feelings, and they sang in unison with their own thoughts: "Slaves and maids can be saved." Then he went with Wynne to the king's bedchamber.