The sky in Beijing in late autumn is high and refreshing, since the death of Shen Silent, the Wanli Emperor, who officially began to govern himself, has never been so cheerful now, he has found the feeling of dominating the world little by little, but if you want to be independent and not worried about someone being constrained, you also need to remove a thousand catties of boulders, that is, the "Tingtui Tinghui system" that has been pursued for eight years,

I don't know when "major events must be discussed by the court, and high-ranking officials must be pushed by the court" has become a common practice in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Longqing Dynasty, Wanli's father who is a widow and a widow has handed over all the political power and personnel power to the minister, and everyone takes it for granted for a long time. So much so that in the Wanli period, Shoufu silently institutionalized this provision, which attracted full applause, and then it was implemented for eight years, and today, it has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But it definitely can't enter the heart of Emperor Wanli. If you can't decide who to use and what to do, what else does the emperor have to do? He believes that since he has become an emperor, he should be like his grandfather, the court should be arbitrary, and he can enjoy his own blessings, so as to live up to the good intentions of God.

Of course, the young emperor also knew that his grandfather didn't actually get the damn rule to go, but instead took a workaround. The study of Emperor Jiajing has reached the subtle Wanli, and I know that my grandfather's long career as an emperor was not all smooth sailing, and there were peaks and valleys. And its ups and downs allude to the alternation of the five main first assistants of the Jiajing Dynasty, Yang Tinghe, Zhang Xuan, Xia Yan, Yan Song, and Xu Jie.

When the imperial power of Jiajing was suppressed, it was the period when Yang Tinghe, Xia Yan, and Xu Jie were in power, and when the imperial power was open-eyed and unscrupulous, it was the period when Zhang Xuan and Yan Song were the first assistants. This is certainly not a coincidence, but an inevitability. In Wanli's summary, the choice of the first assistant determines the rise and fall of the emperor's power.

In the book, Shoufu's duty is to reconcile yin and yang, and in Wanli's view, it is to deal with the relationship between the emperor and the hundred officials, so which side Shoufu stands on has become the key to the victory or defeat of the game between the monarch and the minister. Yang Tinghe, Xia Yan, and Xu Jie are all based on the identity of the division of hundreds of officials and the leader of Shilin, and when there is a conflict between the monarch and the minister, they must defend the minister and work against the emperor.

The emperor has no helpers, so he will naturally suffer.

And Zhang Xuan and Yan Song have a bad reputation in Shilin, even if they maintain hundreds of officials, the ministers will not appreciate it, so they can only stand on the emperor's side wholeheartedly, and dare not go against the holy will at all. And they and their henchmen will also become the main direction of the Qingliu minister's attack, and the emperor can stay out of the matter, not staining right and wrong, as long as he always shows his trust and support for Shousuke.

can do the first assistant, there is no one who can't see through this, but what can not be broken is the fame, the nose knows that he is being used by the emperor, and when he is the emperor's scapegoat, the echo worm can only pinch his nose and admit it for this position below one person and above ten thousand people.

Through the study of his grandfather, Emperor Wanli, who thought that he had found the secret of the emperor, wanted to achieve his own good life by establishing his own Zhang Xuan and Yan Song. This thought, after that unpleasant early dynasty, became more and more firm, so there was the secret conversation between the monarch and the ministers later.

At that time, Wanli wanted Jingcha to be cleaned, to cancel the Tingtui court, and to implement dictatorship, in fact, it was all that. Although he is not yet 20 years old, Zhu Yijun, who has been precocious and has been an emperor for eight years, already has a deep understanding of people's hearts and human nature. He knew that it would be of little practical use to replace the current people in the court, because he understood that the reason why those ministers still held on to the banner of Shen Mo was not because they were all chaste and fierce Fu of the Shen family, but because Shen Mo represented the suppression of imperial power by the vassals. Even if they make Shen Mo stink and change the ministers of the court, they will not cooperate with them obediently.

And Wanli didn't have the courage to smash everything like his grandfather, because it was different from the pie in the sky who went from a vassal prince to an emperor at once. Wanli was destined to inherit the throne all his life, and he received the most authentic imperial education, regarded the world as his family business, and knew that he had to rely on talents to sit firmly in the country. Standing silently in the temple for twenty years, everyone in the court is either his protégé or his former official, and it doesn't make much sense to change Feng Jing to use Ma Liang. But first, you'll have to hit it hard.

Therefore, Wanli's admonition contains two meanings, one is to make the hundred officials realize, who is the one who can decide their fate, so as to draw a clear line with silence, and the other is to force Zhang Siwei, who drafted this edict, to the opposite side of the hundred officials, Wanli is not worried that he will pick a son, because this person's power is too heavy.

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Emperor Wanli didn't do anything except eat and sleep, and he couldn't finish a hundred books. I had to ask the master of ceremonies to pick out the important pieces first, and then extract the key points for myself to see. Soon, he got tired of it again, and asked the eunuchs to read it to him, and then returned to the path of his ancestors.

Halfway through the day, Emperor Wanli, who had listened to the twists and turns of the Xinuan Pavilion for an hour, felt a little tired, so he said to Zhang Hong, who had a dry mouth: "Let's get here today, I'm hungry, eat something and go out for horseback riding." ”

Zhang Hong looked at the chapters that were not, and there were more than half of them. Long live the Lord has no longevity, and at first he could still hold on to listening to it, but he was tired of it in less than a month, and there were more and more leftovers day by day, which was not a good sign. But the advantage of eunuchs is that they have always obeyed the emperor, and they regard themselves as royal slaves and maids, so they don't care about any major events in the world.

A eunuch who does not take the emperor to learn bad is a good eunuch, and it is too rare to have the eunuchs of the world in his heart. Zhang Hong thought he was a good eunuch, but it was definitely not rare, so he obediently responded, and then lightly picked up those folds.

At this time, the guest and the eunuch carried the coffee table in and rested it firmly on the kang. He made a pot of tribute to the emperor and put seven or eight kinds of imperial refreshments. After the emperor spit out the tea, he took a piece of amber pastry, and put it in his mouth while chewing it with relish and asked vaguely: "I asked the name of this dim sum in the dining room, did you ask?" ”

"The slave and maid asked" The guest handed the copper basin to the eunuch and said softly: "They told the slave and maid that this is called "Liuli Zhuji" with thirty-six precious ingredients, of which the main ingredient is fresh elk. ，

"Moose? I've only heard of deer antler supplements, but I've never heard of elk antlers. Wanli said curiously.

"Deer antler velvet replenishes yin, which is beneficial to women. This elk mushroom is good for men, so it is used in elk. The guest knew that Wanli had the habit of breaking the casserole and asking the end, so he inquired in great detail.

"No wonder last night" Wanli laughed ambiguously, but after thinking about it, he straightened his face and said, "Why didn't you do it for me in the past?" ”

"Usually, the dining room is not enough," the guest said: "This recipe was learned by Hai Dafu and Zhang Ge's old cook." ”

"Zhang Siwei will enjoy it." Wanli's expression was a little weird.

"That is, I heard that Zhang Ge's hometown is the richest man in Shanxi, although he is not ostentatious on the surface, but in his lower life, he is very particular." The guest squeezed his eyebrows and said.

Li ate a snack with tea again, and said curiously: "How do you pay attention to the law?" ”

"Well, the poor are rich, and they will wear gold and silver." The guest said: "But a rich and noble son like Zhang Ge Lao for several generations will only go down the stairs when the play is dispersed." won't be as broad as the nouveau riche, so if you want him to be exquisite, the slave and maid really won't come out. ”

"What the hell is that?" Wanli scolded with a smile.

"Slaves and maids don't have eggs, and they don't dare to talk about them." At Wanli's age, he likes meat and fish, so the eunuchs around him do what he likes, is it some bastard words to refresh the emperor. The guest grinned and said, "The slave maid also knows about the anecdote." If you want to ask who has the best calligraphy in the capital now, of course, it is Long Live Lord, but if you only count the courtiers, Zhang Ge is always recognized as the first. ”

"Not bad." Wanli is good at this, and never misses any opportunity to show: "Zhang Ge's old words have Chu Suiliang's penmanship, and the pen is soft and beautiful, which can be described as a family of its own."

"But it is rumored in the capital that Zhang Ge's old character is a family of its own. It's because the pen he uses is special. ”

"What a special law."

"He's using a fetal brush."

"Fetal brush?" Wanli thought about it and shook his head and said: "I also have one, and the pen is indeed soft, but it is not suitable for writing large characters." ”

"The fetal hair pen used by Zhang Ge is not the hair on the fetal head." The guest said mysteriously.

"What's that for?" Wanli glared at him and said, "Don't sell it!" ”

"It's from a girl's newborn hair." The guest said with a smile: "Compared with the baby's fetal hair, this hair is not only soft, but also tough. ”

"And this kind of pen!" Wanli didn't believe it: "It's just that the hair is bent, how can it be used?" ”

"That's the preciousness of this pen." The guest said: "It is necessary to find one in a thousand in order to find a suitable gem." ”

Thinking of the incomparably fragrant selection process, Wanli felt a burst of heat in his body, and hurriedly smiled to conceal it: "Well, Zhang Ge is worthy of being a romantic talent, and it is really interesting to write with this kind of pen." ”

But he didn't want to restrain his inner Yu Wang: "How did he get it?" ”

"This is not difficult to make a pen, the key is to find the right materials." The guest squeezed his eyebrows and said: "According to Zhang Gelao's one, he spent several years looking for it when he was young, and then made three of them with his own hands. It is estimated that there will still be stock at this time, if the emperor likes it, the slave will go and ask for one for you. ”

"Go, go, go" Wanli stammered a little, and his eyes flashed with green light: "How can I use the hair he picked." With the appearance of this master, he said: "This kind of thing, the process is the most expensive, if I want to, I will do it myself." ”

"That's right, there are more than three thousand beauties in the palace." The guest nodded like a prism and said: "The emperor is too advantageous!" ”

"Hehe" Wanli moat the freshly grown beard, feeling that the blood on his body was about to boil.

Just when the master and servant were fantasizing about how to start the "pen-making plan", Zhang Hong went and returned.

"What's the matter?" Wanli was very unhappy about interrupting his thoughts, glared at Zhang Hong and said, "Isn't it the end of today." ”

"How dare the slave and maid disturb the emperor again." Zhang Hong took a handbook and said: "It's just that this piece is a joint signature of the cabinet ministers, and the slaves and maids really don't dare to delay." ”

The beast blood in Li's mind subsided, and after a while, he returned to his normal thinking and said, "Take it." ”

Zhang Hong stepped forward on his knees and held the recital high above his head.

Wanli took it, looked at it a few times and began to sneer, and sneered until the end, he couldn't laugh at a content that he had expected, opposing the complete denial of the silent period, and asking himself to give Wanli a positive affirmation of the new policy in the form of a holy decree. None of these stabbed the thick-skinned and black-bellied young emperor, and what made him angry was the signature of the letter.

There are a total of six signatures, namely Zhang Siwei, Lu Shusheng, Wei Xuezeng, Zhu Dashou, Tang Ruji, and Lv Tiaoyang. This is also the list of his cabinet ministers, and there are quite a few of them. Especially Zhang Siwei is leading the way! This made Wanli shocked and angry, because Zhang Siwei was his spokesperson, and now he didn't even have a message, so he fought back and caught himself off guard, which was really unauthentic!

"Now go and ask Zhang Siwei, what's going on with him!" Wanli slapped the case angrily: "Do you want to do this Shoufu anymore!" Zhang Hong was sprayed with saliva, quickly withdrew, and then went to the cabinet.

Zhang Siwei's position in the emperor's heart became more and more important, which was inseparable from his good relationship with the eunuchs. To deal with the eunuchs, he didn't bother much, just smashed it with money. Although this method is rude, the eunuchs love it greatly, and Zhang Hong, the emperor's secretary, naturally received no less benefits.

At this time, he had to repay, so he didn't make a noise, but closed the door and talked to Zhang Siwei.

Zhang Siwei listened to it and confessed innocently: "I didn't know about this in advance, if there is my signature, it must be signed by someone else." ”

"Cheng, then I'll go back and explain to the emperor." Zhang Hong didn't have much, so he withdrew, and naturally Zhang Siwei was personally with him, and he offered a little bit of respect.

Zhang Hong left, but Zhang Siwei pondered there. He didn't want to offend the emperor or his colleagues, so he came up with such a method, but what if the emperor who was very suspicious didn't believe it? What if I move again and bring myself out? Wouldn't that be like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, and he wouldn't be a person inside and out.

After thinking about it, he finally decided that it was better to write a secret letter to the emperor himself, understand his plan, and let the emperor rest assured.

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