As the saying goes, the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly, and in the eyes of ordinary people, the measurement of big people is also greater than that of ordinary people or small officials. But after this incident, the performance of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant to the cabinet who is even higher than the prime ministers of previous dynasties, is obviously inconsistent with this general view.www.biquge.info

Those low-level officials who kept making trouble in this incident have not been less frustrated after Zhang Juzheng's comeback. Because some of the things that were explained could not be done well, many officials were fined and punished, which was still light, and some people were directly dismissed from their official posts and driven out of the capital because they made mistakes. And some of the most serious people were even charged with various crimes, and then they were sent to prison, and everyone in the court was in danger for a while.

Although the punishment of these people seems to have a law to follow, a discerning person can see at a glance that they have actually only made one mistake, that is, they dare to go against Zhang Ge Lao and fall into the well when he is the most sad. It is precisely because he understands that they are Zhang Ge's iron heart to punish, so even if he sees that many people are really wronged, no one dares to speak for them, and can only watch Zhang Juzheng retaliate under the banner of Ming Su Zhizhi.

After such a rectification, the benefits to Zhang Juzheng are naturally obvious. He was already extremely powerful, and almost no one dared to confront him head-on, and after such a blow, no one dared to oppose any of the political ideas he proposed, which also made the new laws he promoted implement faster and further consolidated his power.

But at the same time, there are also disadvantages that cannot be seen. In doing so, it is bound to offend too many people, who may not dare to speak out against it now, but the enemy hidden in the shadows is sometimes more terrible than the enemy in the front.

In fact, Zhang Juzheng is also well aware of this, but in such a situation where public opinion is generally unfavorable to him, if he wants to do things, he must use the strongest attitude to directly completely suppress those opposing voices, which is much more efficient than slowly reasoning with them.

After experiencing the previous turmoil, Zhang Juzheng has understood a truth: no matter what he does, those officials who are dissatisfied with his political views and suffer because of his new policy will not stand on his side. Since this is the case, then simply use the most direct means to suppress them, so that they do not dare to oppose themselves at all.

This is what Zhang Juzheng is committed to doing after his comeback, in addition to the affairs of the DPRK and China. Originally, as long as this continued, it would not take until next year, and only the voice of Zhang Juzheng would be left in the DPRK and the Central Committee, and there would be no more voices of opposition.

But now, the sudden change has broken Zhang Juzheng's wishful thinking. also made the hidden dangers brought about by his eager and domineering style quickly exposed.

In just two or three days, an astonishing piece of news spread rapidly among the government and the opposition. It turns out that Zhang Ge Lao is not as selfless as everyone thinks, and he is also close to the place. For example, this time, so many provinces in the country were unable to complete the set grain tax task because of the lack of grain harvest, but only Huguang was exempted from the grain tax by 30 percent as appropriate, while the other provinces did not even reduce half of the grain tax.

You must know that when it comes to wealth and poverty, Huguang is also one of the best rich provinces in the 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty, especially in terms of grain production, Huguang is the same as the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. Now, many impoverished provinces in the northwest and southwest cannot be exempted, and only Huguang has been exempted by Zhang Gelao, so how can it not attract speculation and discussion among officials?

Moreover, this time, even if they were afraid of Zhang Juzheng's authority, the officials were all open-minded, and they were more cautious, only complaining for some poor provinces, while the more courageous began to insinuate that Zhang Juzheng had other selfish motives.

This kind of thing, even if Zhang Juzheng uses the power in his hand to suppress it, it will not be possible. The reason for this is that it is a relationship between regions and relatives.

There is always a difference between the officials of the DPRK and China, and what determines this is not only whether their political views are compatible, and whether they are in the same subject or have a teacher-student relationship during the imperial examination, but also the most important point, that is, the relationship between fellow villagers.

The feelings of the ancients are much stronger than those of later generations, especially for those who are officials in the capital thousands of miles away, they can make a few friends from the same townspeople and talk to each other in their hometown accents in their spare time, but they are the best comfort for those who have not been allowed to return to their hometowns for several years, or even more than ten years.

Therefore, when everyone found out that their hometown had suffered a loss in this incident, they naturally refused to give up, and naturally wanted to unite and denounce Zhang Juzheng who broke the rules. You Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant of my 13 provinces in the Ming Dynasty, not just the first assistant of Huguang 1 province, how can you do such a favoritism?

At the same time, under the instigation and support of these senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee, the local officials had to pay the grain tax to the household department, but at this time they also delayed it for various reasons. Anyway, it is an attitude, although we are loyal to the court, we are not stupid, we can let others bully and not resist.

Faced with this situation, the household department could only ask the cabinet for help, hoping that Zhang Juzheng could quickly settle everything. And Zhang Juzheng also felt a burst of fire, until now, he didn't know where this thing leaked out.

The reason why he dared to relax Huguang's conditions before was because he felt that he could cover up this fact. Zhang Taiyue still knows very well the truth that the people do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, and he also knows that once the matter is made public, it will definitely cause great trouble.

But he also believes that as long as he hides the matter, others can't make any mistakes without knowing it. He had this faith because the people in charge of the grain tax were all his close trusts, and no one would betray him in this matter.

And now, things are obviously out of his mind, and somehow, the matter spreads out and the trouble is out of control. At this time, when Tobe threw the burden on him again, he felt even more embarrassed.

But Zhang Juzheng is not afraid, these tricks are just a small way for him, he can overwhelm them with a dignified teacher, and there is no need to entangle with these guys at all. He also believes that as long as he takes action, the situation will be calmed down soon.

But before he could figure out how to turn passive into active, a few days later, someone rushed to attack in the morning.

On that day, it was a round of the great court meeting every five days, in front of the Fengtian Gate, nearly thousands of officials lined up there, and after saying some things that had been decided a long time ago, the Yellow Gate, which was on the side of the Son of Heaven, wanted to say a word of retreat.

After all, it was October, and the weather was getting colder, so it was not good for the Son of Heaven and so many courtiers to stay in the empty square for too long.

But at this moment, a royal historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who was in the middle strode out, and after saluting the Son of Heaven, he calmly took out a piece of music from his sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, the minister Zhang Benyuan has a music. ”

Generally speaking, the recital of the morning court is arranged in advance, otherwise if everyone has to argue for a long time because of an emergency, then the court meeting will not know when it will be delayed. And this imperial history stood up to speak, obviously not within this arrangement, and everyone was stunned.

But since everyone has appeared, it is not good not to ask him to speak, so Wanli nodded: "Zhang Aiqing, please speak." ”

After handing over the song, Zhang Yushi turned his gaze and fell on the officers in front of him who were dressed in scarlet official robes: "The minister wants to ask Zhang Shangshu of the household department, why is he willing to reduce the grain tax of 30% for Huguang Province and not reduce the grain tax for others?" Could it be that Huguang is the most severely affected province in the world? ”

As soon as these words came out, almost everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Juzheng, although this Zhang Yushi asked Zhang Xueyan, the head of the household, but everyone knew that he Zhang Xueyan was just an obedient person, and only Zhang Ge Lao had the idea.

Zhang Xue's face turned red, and he replied with a deep groan: "This...... My household department has our own reasons, but it can't be explained in a few words, and you don't need to supervise the imperial history. ”

"Really? If it's just that you are partial, I naturally have no right to ask about the imperial history. But it is a matter of the safety of the society and the well-being of the people, so I have to ask about it. Facing Lord Shangshu, who was far higher than himself, Zhang Benyuan not only did not panic, but had an aggressive momentum, and took a step forward and said: "As far as the lower officials know, because of what your household department has done like this, it has caused other provinces to be very dissatisfied. Some people bluntly said that the court's unfair handling of affairs has chilled the hearts of the local people. In many provinces, the matter of sending grain to the treasury has been put on hold for the time being, so that half of the grain in the treasury is now returned. Such a consequence is only due to the partiality of the household department, I don't know what Zhang Shangshu has to explain this? ”

Zhang Xueyan's face turned even redder, but he couldn't speak for a while. He was not prepared for this, and he never thought that someone would make a fuss at today's court meeting.

Not to mention him, the vast majority of people present didn't expect such a show, and many people showed a playful look, and at the same time guessed who was behind this Zhang Yushi, who dared to be so bold and make trouble in person. You must know that he seems to only speak to Zhang Xueyan, but in fact, he points to the one at the top.

And just when everyone was stunned, suddenly, from among the courtiers behind, several officials also quickly walked out, and they also bowed down to the Son of Heaven and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Zhang Yushi said is reasonable, it is related to the country's social affairs, and the household department must give everyone an explanation." ”

At this time, even the dullest person understands that this must be a plan that a certain brother has already planned, in order to deal with Zhang Juzheng!