Wang Xijue is a reformer!

It should be said that although Zhang Juzheng was convicted, his ten years in power have left a deep mark on the entire Ming court, and any old minister who came from Zhang Juzheng's era was inevitably affected by Zhang Juzheng's political concepts.

Wang Xijue is one of them.

Of course, this does not mean that Wang Xijue is a supporter of Zhang Juzheng's reforms, in fact, Wang Xijue has always had critical reservations about Zhang Juzheng's reforms.

However, what he and Zhang Juzheng have in common is that they both recognize the problems existing in the imperial court and hope to solve these problems through reform.

The difference is that Wang Xijue does not agree with Zhang Juzheng's focus on the reform of the fiscal system, he thinks that the imperial court should be the center of reform, especially the cabinet is the most important.

He hoped to improve the efficiency of the imperial court by focusing the reform on the rule of officials, by improving the status of the cabinet and strengthening the power of the ministers, so as to create a strong ruling body, and then to eliminate the rule of officials and clarify the powers and responsibilities of various departments.

And the biggest benefit of his reform concept is to seek stability!

Unlike Zhang Juzheng's radical reform, which obviously needed to be vigorously attacked, Wang Xijue's reform of the rule of officials was based on the trust of the monarch and a moderate reform method from top to bottom, which could ensure the smooth transition of the court to the greatest extent.

In Wang Xijue's view, a stable court situation is the foundation of the operation of the imperial court, so he vigorously opposed Zhang Juzheng's examination method, because this strict system brought about the collapse of the imperial court system and the chaos of the court situation.

Although under Zhang Juzheng's strong suppression, the harm cannot be seen for the time being, but in the long run, it will inevitably cause chaos in the court and stagnation of government affairs!

This is the fundamental reason why Wang Xijue opposes the reversal of the case for Zhang Juzheng!

He opposed Zhang Juzheng's reform system, because this system is to ensure the efficient implementation of reform at the cost of chaos in the court, which is a conflict of political concepts, and has nothing to do with personal friendship.

But this time is different, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why Zhu Changluo wants to overturn the case for Zhang Juzheng is that the ultimate goal is to reactivate Zhang Juzheng's reform system.

And as the first assistant, it is impossible for Wang Xijue to allow this situation to occur!

With his right hand lightly tapping on the imperial case, Zhu Changluo looked at Wang Xijue's notebook and felt a headache.

But all the ministers who have come to Wang Xijue's step, their personal likes and dislikes and emotions have been difficult to shake their decisions, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty, especially the senior officials, have a very strange habit, that is, the distinction between public and private is clear to the extent of perversion.

Above the court, two people can fight for their respective political opinions, and they can't wait to stab each other directly with a knife in their hands, but outside the court, two people can be close friends who drink tea.

At this level, personal friendship can play a very small role.

And this time, the disagreement between Zhu Changluo and Wang Xijue is obviously a difference in the political proposition in the general direction, which is a contradiction that is difficult to reconcile.

Even though he has always had a good relationship with Lao Shoufu, Wang Xijue will definitely not compromise on such a major matter.

Nowhere is this more evident than in his notebook.

And in this way, the pressure on Zhu Changluo is great!

The emperor is not able to do whatever he wants, not to mention that Zhu Changluo is not the emperor now.

Only in this position, Zhu Changluo can truly feel the helplessness of being a monarch, just like now, standing on the opposite side of him is an old minister who has gone through four dynasties, an old minister who is dedicated to the country and has done his best, and he is the leader of hundreds of officials, and the trusted minister of Emperor Daxing.

The prestige and power in him is far from unimaginable.

When such an old minister stood up and stood on the opposite side of him, Zhu Changluo would feel extremely tricky.

So the hardest thing to deal with is not the bad guys, but the stubborn good guys.

Facing such an old minister who is dedicated to the country, Zhu Changluo can't use ruthless means no matter what.

What's more, from a rational point of view, Zhu Changluo's new monarch succeeded to the throne, and as soon as he made a move, he targeted the orphaned ministers left by Emperor Daxing, which would undoubtedly attract countless criticisms, and may even shake his foundation.

And it must be understood that even if Zhu Changluo is determined to make a move against Wang Xijue, he may not be able to fight him.

To remove a highly respected minister of the Yuan Fu is by no means a matter that can be solved by a will.

Otherwise, how could his father have endured Zhang Juzheng for so many years, and issued an edict early to remove Zhang Juzheng, at least he could live out his old age in peace.

If you want to remove the first assistant, unless Wang Xijue himself has made a major mistake, or if he is old enough to reach the line, he will step down from the position of the first assistant.

Although the emperor is the lord of men, there are some rules that need to be followed.

If the emperor tramples on these rules unscrupulously, it may be okay once or twice, but in the long run, it will consume the emperor's own prestige, until the final result is that the emperor will not leave the palace, the courtiers will deviate from morality, and the country will not be far from defeat.

Zhu Changluo is definitely unwilling to do this.

Not to mention that he succeeded to the throne as a new monarch, taking action against the important ministers of Yuanfu would cause turmoil in the court, even after he stabilized his position, he would not rashly move the important ministers in the court, especially old ministers like Wang Xijue.

It should be said that Zhu Changluo's perception of Wenchen was not very good from the beginning, and this view has been the same until now.

Although the current situation seems to be calm, Zhu Changluo knows in his heart that it is because there are ministers like Wang Xijue who have no obvious traces of factions in the town.

And once this group of important ministers falls, those ministers who come to power again are all figures with obvious traces of partisanship.

The energy of these people will gradually shift from the affairs of the court to partisan strife, and that is the most terrible thing.

Zhu Changluo is not afraid of someone choking him, it is normal for differences in political concepts to occur, no one is born without making mistakes, as long as the original intention is for the sake of national interests, he can tolerate it.

But those who only fight for the court and ignore the interests of the country must definitely be severely punished.

It's just sad that the former has become less and less of a courtier, and now, they are still standing in opposition to themselves......

"Your Highness, Lord Motosuke is out asking to see you!"

Just when Zhu Changluo had a headache, there was a small waiter pushing the door in the outer room, respectfully reporting.

"Please come in!"

Sighing, Zhu Changluo spoke.

He knew that the boss would not be relieved to persuade Zhu Changluo with such a book, and he would definitely come in person.

If the two can't get along this time, I'm afraid there will really be something he doesn't want to see......