If someone had talked to him like this before, Zhang Juzheng would either have scoffed at it and completely disdained it, or he would have become angry, and it was not even impossible to take people down and punish them. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But today, his attitude was completely different, just looking at Yang Chen quietly, waiting for the other party's further explanation, and even in his heart, he already somewhat agreed with the other party's statement.

After a little hesitation, Yang Chen said softly: "Elder Ge, have you ever thought about it, the various laws and regulations you have implemented over the years have made too many officials suffer, not only are the benefits that they once could get by raising their hands gone, but the burden on their shoulders is still heavy, in addition, they will offend too many local forces if they want to implement the laws you advocate." Do you think these people will miss you? ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment, and then frowned again: "They have received the imperial court's fortune and should do their best, can they still negotiate conditions with the imperial court?" ”

"What the elder said is indeed the law, but it obliterates human feelings. Human nature is to seek advantage and avoid harm, and what you promote can only bring them trouble and not good, so how can they do it wholeheartedly? In this way, there will be many more villains in the court. Yang Chen paused for a moment, and continued with a more serious expression: "And this is not the worst, the worst thing is that since they can't get benefits by following the normal path, they will start from other aspects to make up for their own benefits." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Juzheng's expression suddenly tightened, knowing that the other party was going to say some details that he had not known all along.

Sure enough, Yang Chen continued: "Do you know what the whip law you implemented means to the people? It's a high tax that's 30% more than the general tax! The reason for this was known when the magistrate was still the magistrate of Zhuji County. ”

"How so?" Zhang Juzheng's expression changed again, and he asked eagerly.

"Because there will be losses in the conversion of grain into silver, it is impossible for the officials to bear this part of the losses for the people. Of course, this is only an official reason, and the real reason is that officials must use it to get the benefits they need. In the past, when the grain tax was separated from other taxes, the officials could reap the benefits by doing certain tricks, and the court would not condemn them for some attrition. And now, because your new law has cut off their financial route, the officials refuse to give up their own interests, so they can only hit the people with their ideas. Therefore, although you are implementing this law for the people, in fact, you have caused the people to pay more taxes. ”

"There is also the examination law, which is only intended to make officials more diligent in state affairs and dare not slack off. But the truth has changed. Because the imperial court only looks at the merits of officials in the amount of tax money they pay, this makes some officials who are bent on making some political achievements can only desperately achieve the amount of tax silver set by the imperial court, even if the local people have poor harvests due to natural disasters and other factors, they will not pay attention. It's just that in their eyes, there are only the requirements of the court and their own merits, and they don't care if the people's lives are good or not. ”

"Over time, the exploitation of the people by local officials will only become more and more serious, and the people will naturally have resentment against the imperial court, and those officials, when they are in office, have scavenged enough benefits and made enough achievements, so they will only wait for the promotion and appreciation of the cabinet elder."

If it was before, it would be impossible for Yang Chen to tell Zhang Juzheng the truth about the following details, one was afraid that he might not believe it, and the other was because of his character, he had never dared to take the lead. But now, Zhang Juzheng is about to leave the capital, and he can't help it.

And after Zhang Juzheng heard these words, the whole person was completely stunned. He had never thought before, nor had he heard of such a change below. It's not that he is not as good as Yang Chen, it's because he really stands too tall, and the things he focuses on are much bigger than the other party, and it's easy to ignore some trivial details. But often, the quality of a thing is determined by those details.

After glancing at Zhang Juzheng, who was silent, Yang Chen continued: "Also, Elder Ge, you have always been arbitrary in the court, so that officials have to obey your orders, as for those who are dissatisfied with what you say and do, they can only collude in secret. In this way, the momentum of partisan contention between the DPRK and China has already been formed. When you're in power, there's nothing wrong with your voice. But once you leave, the two sides will definitely become a fire and water, which will be greatly disadvantageous to both the country and the DPRK. ”

"Finally, it's your attitude towards Your Majesty. Although His Majesty is young, he is the king of a country after all. You are in charge of the overall situation as a regent, but you give Your Majesty less opportunity to experience your independence, which is also extremely disadvantageous to Your Majesty. Once you are gone, how can your majesty lead your ministers under such circumstances and be convinced by the subjects of the world? ”

If it is spread out, he will inevitably be convicted of a great disrespect to the king, but now in front of Zhang Juzheng, he can't care too much, and he must point out all the problems, so that he can understand and not be in vain as an official under his subordinates.

Zhang Juzheng's whole person trembled unconsciously at this moment, it turned out that he had made so many mistakes, and now he was being brought out by Yang Chen one by one, which made his back cold, and he didn't know how to speak.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh: "Listening to your words, I realized that I have done too many wrong things over the years. In this way, it is only natural that I should be forced to leave Beijing this time. ”

"But what you did after all, Elder Ge, is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and this is the only thing, but it is much stronger than other people who are flies and dogs." Yang Chen said comfortingly.

"Really?" When Zhang Juzheng said this, he didn't have much confidence. When Yang Chen pointed out his attitude towards the Son of Heaven before, he thought of his heart. Don't you really have any selfishness, haven't you thought about how to suppress the Son of Heaven so that you can monopolize power? I'm afraid that he won't be able to pass his own level at this point.

Yang Chen also felt this, and naturally he couldn't open his eyes and talk nonsense at this time, so he could only accompany the other party to be silent. It's all about this time, and he can't just sprinkle salt on the wound.

At this time, Yang Zhen, who had never made a sound before, spoke: "So, I think now Zhang Gelao, you should be able to understand why our brothers are doing all this, right?" We have both personal and public hatred against you, and our footholds are different, so we can only be disrespectful to you. ”

"Hah...... Or you Yang Yanshi speaks more happily, so that the old man admires it. ”

"Actually, when it comes to it, I am also quite impressed by the elder of the pavilion. To be able to have today's achievements as a minister, and to do so many things, it is enough to go down in history. ”

"Qingshi? But I don't know what kind of image I, a person with filial piety, will be in the eyes of future generations. Zhang Juzheng smiled as if self-deprecatingly.

In this regard, Yang Zhen could only smile embarrassedly, who said that this matter was all caused by himself?

"Well, all the things have passed, and even if I am dissatisfied, I have nothing to do. This court will be a stage for you young people in the future, I hope you don't make mistakes like mine, and make the atmosphere of the court better. Zhang Juzheng saw it at this time, even if he was dissatisfied in his heart, everything was irreparable.

"Actually, Elder Ge has thought about it, leaving the court like this may be the best result for you." At this time, Yang Chen suddenly said something like this.

This made Zhang Juzheng feel a little surprised. Although he has seen it, he doesn't think it's a good thing that he has such a reputation for being unfilial and in love with power.

Seeing him like this, Yang Chen said softly: "As the following official Shicai said, what you did before greatly suppressed Your Majesty's monarchy. Now that Your Majesty is still young, and you need your assistance, I naturally don't have any opinions, but what about the future? When His Majesty becomes a man and has a further understanding of the monarchy, how will he view and deal with such a powerful minister as the cabinet elder. Since ancient times, the fate of the auxiliary ministers has not been good, because they have committed the taboo of the Son of Heaven. Among these people, some became Cao Cao Wang Mang, while some ...... "There is no need to say more about the latter words."

Zhang Juzheng was stunned again, he neither expected that this young man would see things so deeply, nor did he expect him to speak so bluntly. In fact, he didn't know this, but he was in the game and couldn't avoid it.

After a while, Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly: "Yes, so this time is not necessarily a bad thing for me. ”

Yang Chen nodded approvingly, as a traverser, of course he knew what the result of Zhang Ju was in history, after his death, not only was his family raided, but even his son was starved to death, such a result was too cruel to a person who had made great contributions to the country.

At this point, both sides have already dissected their hearts, and the previous things have been completely revealed. So, Brother Yang Zhen also got up and said goodbye. And this time, Zhang Juzheng's attitude towards them was more important, and he even personally sent the two out of the mansion, which caused the unanimous surprise and sideways glances of the Zhang Mansion. Even if Zhang Juzheng is no longer the first assistant of the cabinet, his status is still extremely high, and there are few people in the world who can afford him such courtesy.

In November of the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, he had ruled the imperial court for several years, so that the ministers could only rely on his snort, and even the Son of Heaven was shrouded by its prestige, and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, finally returned home.

At this point, the wheel of history began to deflect, an old era came to an end, and a new era slowly began. But no one knows that when this era emerges, the first thing it will face is an earth-shattering conspiracy and chaos......

(End of volume)

Two sentences at the end of a volume。。。。。。

Originally, passers-by planned to let Zhang Juzheng and Yang Zhen fight a little bit, and it would also make his ending more tragic. But as a result, it was written and written, and there was some respect for this politician in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and his situation was indeed very bad, but he still persevered, so that the world of the Ming Dynasty could continue. Although he had various problems, it was only limited by the conditions at the time and the position he was in, and perhaps his fault was not his.

So in the end, the passers-by decided to give him a better result, and they didn't really let him fight with Yang Zhen to the death, at least compared to the real history of his house after his death, and even almost opened the coffin and killed the corpse, so it was much better for him to leave the officialdom with a bad reputation and leave the place of right and wrong in Beijing。。。。。