Relying on his eloquence and strong aura far beyond his peers, Zhang Juzheng finally passed a crisis safely again, and at the same time helped the imperial court solve a problem in front of him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Soon after the news of the early dynasty spread, the tax money dragged by the provinces also began to be sent to the household department. At this point, it seems that everything has passed, and no one dares to question Zhang Ge Lao that he is selfish, and those who were still gearing up to take the opportunity to make trouble before also died down and completely stopped.

But no one expected that just when everyone was relaxing and ready to continue to live a dull life, an astonishing news suddenly broke out in the capital, just like throwing a boulder weighing thousands of catties into the calm lake, so that the entire calm government and the opposition suddenly exploded.

The news was actually very simple, just a few words - it turned out that the news of Zhang Gelao's father's death did not spread immediately, but was deliberately concealed by the people of the Zhang family in Jiangling. It was only a few days later that it was leaked for unknown reasons, and they were very passive in making the news public.

And Zhang Ge Lao has long grasped this matter, but he understands that this is the family's efforts to keep his current status. But this became a great lever, so he was persuaded by the officials in Huguang to reduce the local grain tax by 30%.

This statement, because it is very reasonable, and at the same time deeply in line with the taste of ordinary people for conspiracy theories, has spread extremely quickly, and in just a few days, it has penetrated from the people to the officialdom, and even the palace has heard of it.

Although this kind of rumor sounds a little too whimsical, it looks like someone is deliberately smearing Zhang Juzheng. But it cleverly linked several things that happened to Zhang Juzheng in recent times, and the more people thought about it, the more they felt that things were reasonable, and it seemed logical for Zhang Juzheng to make such a choice.

First of all, from the fact that he did not respond after the Son of Heaven issued an edict to seize love, it can be seen that he is indeed in love with the current position of power. And it is precisely because of his current status that the Zhang family can have such a transcendent identity, and the two are combined, and it has become an inevitable choice for the latter to consider concealing Zhang Wenming's death for the former.

However, paper couldn't contain the fire after all, so then the matter was leaked in Jiangling, and the Zhang family had no choice but to make the news public, but their approach was still known to the local government. As a result, the local government used this handle as a threat, making Zhang Juzheng make concessions on the imperial court tax this time.

Although Zhang Juzheng gave a convincing explanation at the morning court meeting, after thinking about it carefully, everyone still felt that there was a big problem in it.

As the head of the court, would he make a decision without considering the possible consequences? He knew that once only Huguang's grain tax was reduced, it would definitely disagree with other provinces and attract many targeted impeachments, so why did he take such a risk? Is it just because you don't want to kill chickens and get eggs?

Even if he took a step back, Zhang Juzheng had a legitimate reason for doing this, and in this matter, he could have done it more prudently, such as explaining the reason in public first, instead of settling the matter first and then explaining it to everyone. This change in order is a big mistake.

This kind of doing it first and then giving a reasonable explanation in the face of accusations is completely a practice of having to do it first after being coerced, which is very different from Zhang Juzheng's habit of planning and then acting.

These things can easily be seen by anyone with some brains in the DPRK and China. There was just no opportunity before, and Zhang Juzheng had a high status and his performance at the court meeting was very reasonable, so everyone didn't think about it.

But now, after being told such an extremely unfavorable news for him, everything has been revealed and presented to the sun. For a while, all kinds of theories were in the dust, but everyone has begun to believe that Zhang Juzheng must have a ghost in his heart in this incident, and things are by no means as simple as they seem on the surface.

Among the many remarks, there was also a mention that the imperial court should send some credible people to Gangneung to investigate the whole matter. Although it is not explicitly said that the Zhang family did conceal Zhang Wenming's death, the meaning of his words is very clear, that is, he does not believe the previous statement.

At the same time, many officials who had suffered a lot of losses in the matter of seizing love before were also ready to move again after seeing Zhang Juzheng fall into an unfavorable situation again. They sensitively found that this time Zhang Juzheng's situation was worse than before, and if he was not careful, he might be ruined.

Originally, Zhang Juzheng was criticized for his love-grabbing behavior, and now it is revealed that he deliberately concealed it, or connived at his family to conceal his father's death, then he is completely a power-hungry guy, ignoring filial piety, and even inferior to a bird-beast.

In today's era of putting personal character first, advocating filial piety first, and filial piety can be a loyal minister, once it is recognized that he Zhang Ju is such a person, then he only has one way to go, that is, to resign from the official office to clear his heart. But even then, his reputation would be completely ruined.

However, because of the previous lesson, those people have not made a big move this time, they are still waiting to see how Zhang Juzheng will deal with such a statement, if in the end he has no way to explain, then it is time for these people to attack in a big way.

Zhang Juzheng naturally knows this truth. And in the face of such a predicament, finally, this time Zhang Ju is completely out of line.

He didn't expect that guy to be so vicious, so good at grasping the opportunity, and suddenly revealing the inside story just when the impact of several things was about to disappear, so that he didn't even have a chance to react and cover up.

"It seems that Xiao Jing did fall into their hands. And the only one who can grasp the position of a small official in such a place as Xiao Jing in the capital so quickly, and can rob him so easily, is probably only Jinyiwei. It was only at this time that the staff around him realized their inferences.

And Zhang Juzheng's reaction was a sneer. This is an obvious thing, although he has many enemies in the capital, but he can spread such news and spread it so quickly, and at the same time, the only one who dares to do such a thing is Yang Zhen, a bold guy.

I thought that this Yang Zhen would not completely disregard the overall situation and fight with himself to the end, but now it seems that he still overestimated the other party's vision, this guy is completely a poisonous snake, as long as he is his enemy, he will always hide in the dark and watch, once the slightest flaw is revealed, he will give you a fatal blow.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but think of his former ally Feng Bao and teacher Xu Jielai. These two have always been stronger than Yang Zhen in terms of power, but in the end, they were all killed by him. The reason for this is precisely because Yang Zhen is good at finding and grasping a certain opportunity that can kill with one blow.

Now, he finally found his fatal weakness, and without hesitation, he handed over such a knife, hitting his vital point. Let him, the head of the cabinet who leans towards the government and the opposition, can't even fight back.

Because Yang Zhen did all this in the dark, he didn't even use the people of Jinyiwei, he just spread a few rumors among the people. Later, relying on these rumors, the Manchu officials became his enemies, so that he couldn't even find a chance to explain.

After being silent for half an hour, Zhang Juzheng let out a long sigh. I thought that I didn't care about my reputation, and I even left my name behind, and I just wanted to do more things for the court, so that the new law I had been implementing could be more in-depth. But now it looks like it's all going to come to naught.

When such a big hat of unfilial piety and concealing his father's death in order to preserve his power was buttoned down, Zhang Juzheng was completely unable to cope with and parry. The only thing he could do was to bow his head and withdraw from the court as a loser.

Of course, he can also choose to continue to die, relying on the authority he has cultivated over the years, as well as the officials he has been cultivating and those who oppose him. However, this will only bring endless disasters to the imperial court and the society, and he knows very well how destructive party strife is to a country.

The Tang Dynasty recovered slightly after the Anshi Rebellion, but it completely sank because of the Niu Li Party dispute. In the Ming Dynasty, because of the struggle between the Yan Party and other officials, a corner of the south of the Yangtze River was invaded by the Japanese for ten years, and the lives were devastated...... These bloody examples were still in front of him, and he didn't want such a result to happen again in the imperial court, which was just starting to improve.

Also, even Zhang Juzheng himself does not have the confidence to suppress those opponents in such accusations. Before, he was able to gain the upper hand in the matter of winning love, in addition to finding an excellent breakthrough and turning passive into active, but also because he had the Son of Heaven by his side.

But this time, the Son of Heaven will definitely not stand firmly by his side anymore. Not only because this incident has broken through the bottom line of the imperial court - although it is not Zhang Juzheng who is far away in the capital who really makes the decision in this matter - but also because this time, it is almost the entire court of integrity who stands on the opposite side of him. It is impossible for the Son of Heaven to be the enemy of the Manchu officials for his own sake, and this time it was he who was wrong.

And the last point, this time, Jin Yiwei and Yang Zhen are involved...... At a certain moment, Zhang Juzheng even had a trace of uneasy speculation in his heart, did Yang Zhen do this, did the Son of Heaven already know? Even all this, is it from the instruction of the Son of Heaven?

Thinking about it like this, Zhang Juzheng felt even more cold and lazy. Anyway, if you've all done such things, why should I hold on? Moreover, he also found that his body has been much worse than before during these days, so it is better to retreat bravely.

Just when Zhang Juzheng secretly made up his mind, the housekeeper suddenly walked to the study with some strangeness: "Master, there is a word in the palace, saying that His Majesty wants to invite you into the palace." ”

"Huh?" Looking at the sky that had already darkened a little, Zhang Juzheng's heart was tight, I don't know why the Son of Heaven summoned this into the palace at this time?