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It took thirty-three days for the scholars to finally rebuild the Hou Mansion.

Because Zhu Youxiao threatened to cancel the qualification of scholars for the imperial examination, this time the scholars spent a lot of effort on rebuilding the Hou Mansion.

In the past, the Hou Mansion was just a standard courtyard house, but now after reconstruction, the area has more than doubled, and there are no less than ten houses alone.

On the two mighty stone lions in front of the door, there is a copper-yellow plaque, which is engraved with the word Houfu full of righteousness.

It is said that this is the representative of the clear stream that is famous all over the world, and Lord Yang Lian Yang in order to make up for his misunderstanding, for the good official who is the master of the name, he has written the words.

Entering the courtyard, the facilities inside are completely restored to their previous appearance.

The same rectangular courtyard paved with green bricks. There is a flower bed in the courtyard, on which are displayed more than a dozen pots of various flowers that bloom in autumn.

Corresponding to the four corners of the flower bed, four red begonia trees more than one zhang high are planted, and the branches are pruned sparsely and moderately.

The pond on the edge of the courtyard, which was larger than before, rippled in the breeze.

From time to time, freshly put fish come out of the water and breathe happily with the fragrance of flowers.

In the study, Hou Guoxing looked at the old Zhang Tou family kneeling on the ground, and his heart trembled slightly.

"Brother Zhang, you will be members of my Hou family in the future." Hou Guoxing sighed and stretched out his hand to help the old Zhangtou's son Zhang Ping'an up.

"Young master, since we have entered the Hou family, we should be surnamed Hou in the future!" Zhang Ping'an lowered his head and said.

Hou Guoxing was stunned, and turned his head to look at Xiaobi, who was measuring the size of the clothes for the two children of the Zhang family.

"Of course, Brother Zhang, the young master also said that they will be the children of the Hou family in the future......" Xiaobi replied with a smile. I continued to measure the size of the two children, ready to make a few sets of clothes for the children.

"Thank you, young master! Thank you, young master! After listening to Xiaobi, Zhang Ping'an pulled his daughter-in-law and knelt on the ground again, kowtowing vigorously to Hou Guoxing. Tears welled up in his eyes.

Hou Guoxing was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiaobi who secretly winked and smiled at him, and probably understood in his heart, and said with a smile:

"Don't be like this, young master, I don't like others to kowtow......"

Lao Zhangtou's last wish before his death was to hope that Hou Guoxing would bring his family into the Hou Mansion. Hou Guoxing, in line with the thoughts of later generations, was ready to leave it in the Hou Mansion.

However, he was not prepared to use his family as a family member, after all, in later generations, it involves changing the surname, which is unacceptable to many people.

But in the era of the Ming Dynasty, it is not a shame to be a family, if you can follow the surname of the main family, it proves that you are the core family member of the main family.

In the future, if the protagonist is benevolent, he will carry the name of the lord's family, go out to do business, or even take the imperial examination, it is possible.

Just when Hou Guoxing was asking about the family in the study, the guest Fugui outside pushed open the door and shouted:

"Table... Cousin, the emperor... The emperor is here. ”

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Looking at Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on Simmons and feeling the softness, Hou Guoxing felt a trace of warmth in his heart.

It turned out that Zhu Youxiao knew that the Hou Mansion was built, and according to the principle of the sofa, he made a mattress for Hou Guoxing overnight. Not to mention, there is no way to distinguish it from a modern mattress.

"You've been tossing this mattress all night?" Hou Guoxing asked.

"It's gone, yesterday because of my father's incident, I was upset in my heart, so I drove out this thing, which can be regarded as wishing the completion of the eldest brother's new house." Zhu Youxiao said with a red face.

"Youxiao, do you really want to investigate this matter thoroughly?" Hou Guoxing asked.

"As a son of man, of course I want to!" Zhu Youxiao replied.

"If someone really instructed him to deliberately frame the first emperor? How are you going to deal with it? Hou Guoxing asked.

"Zhu Jiu Clan!" Zhu Youxiao clenched his fists and said.

Hou Guoxing shook his head and handed Zhu Youxiao the plan for the reform of the Ming Dynasty, which he had prepared a long time ago.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's increasingly excited face, Hou Guoxing said:

"Have you ever thought about how much of a stir it would have caused if the first emperor had really poisoned him and thoroughly investigated this matter? Do you have what it takes to face the difficulties ahead? ”

"What do you mean, big brother?" Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's face fell.

"Patience!" Hou Guoxing stared at Zhu Youxiao and continued:

"When you're strong enough to get to the bottom of it."

Zhu Youxiao said:

Big brother taught me!

Today's Zhu Youxiao is the Son of Heaven, and there are really not many people around him who can rely on him, but fortunately, now Wang An has mastered the eunuchs of the palace, although the harem is nominally dominated by Zheng Guifei, but the palace maid. The concubines were mainly Kebaba.

The Han general's camp that can enter and leave the palace is currently in the hands of Hou Guoxing, and his personal safety is guaranteed.

Hou Guoxing was silent for a moment and then spoke:

"Now this court is roughly divided into two factions, one is the Donglin Party, and the other is the traitorous party in Donglin's mouth. No matter what the reputation and thoughts of the people of Donglin are, their practice of excluding dissidents is not advisable.

Speaking of this, Hou Guoxing paused, looked at Zhu Youxiao, who was frowning, and said:

"What we need to do now is to balance, and we must not let Donglin dominate ......"

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November 3rd of the first year of Taichang!

Taihe Palace! Morning meeting!

"There's a book! Leave early! Wang An shouted routinely in the voice of the male duck.

"The emperor has a play!" Zhao Lanxing, the servant of the ministry, bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said:

"Please restore the reputation of the late Shoufu Zhang Juzheng (character Zhang Dayue)." As soon as these words came out, Zhu Youxiao in front of the hall was stunned on the spot. Hou Guoxing on the side also frowned, and the hundreds of officials below were also discussing.

This Zhang Juzheng and the Donglin Party are mortal enemies, in the early days of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng implemented reforms, which was strongly opposed by the newly emerging Donglin Party.

Zhang Juzheng was also merciless in his attack on the Donglin Party. In order to deal with the Donglin Party, Zhang Juzheng banned lectures, abolished academies, and destroyed more than 70 academies across the country on the grounds of rectifying his thinking. almost uprooted the fledgling Donglin Party.

Even one of the bigwigs of the Donglin Party, Zou Yuanbiao, offended Zhang Juzheng because of the 'love grabbing', and asked Zhang Juzheng to beat the emperor to cripple, drive him out of the court, and never be hired.

Gu Xiancheng, the former founder of the Donglin Party, once wrote a book comparing Zhang Juzheng to a traitor like Yan Song.

He also led the scholars of the world to launch the Qing Yi Movement, aiming to reorganize the way of speech, revive the morale of Donglin, and inspire the scholars to dare to "commit external offenses to the prime minister, internal offenses to eunuchs."

Shortly after Zhang Juzheng's death, the Donglin Party took advantage of the contradiction between Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng to instigate the emperor to deprive him of all his titles during his lifetime, and the whole family was full of raids.

Zhang Juzheng's eldest son was forced to hang himself, the third son attempted suicide, and more than a dozen members of the Zhang family starved to death. It even abolished a whip that was about to evolve into a law.

Later, when the Chu Party (Zhang Juzheng is from Hubei) repeatedly proposed to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng, he tried his best to suppress it, vowing to put the reputation of Zhang Juzheng's traitor in the coffin.

But now Zhao Lanxing, a member of the Donglin Party, has personally come forward to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng.

Looking at the hundreds of officials who were talking below, Zhao Lanxing spoke again:

In the early years of the emperor (Emperor Wanli), the Ming Dynasty was stable and the four Yi surrendered. Now it seems that Zhang Juzheng has indeed contributed to the community.

"Reconsideration!" The official of the Criminal Department should be shocked out of the ranks, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to Zhu Youxiao, his whole body trembling slightly.

Zhang Juzheng is their pride and scar for the Chu Party. During his reign, he carried out reforms and single-handedly promoted a large number of officials in the Two Lakes region.

Under his reforms, the Ming Dynasty increased day by day.

The implementation of the "one whip law" has increased the land of the Ming Dynasty by more than 2 million hectares, and the silver deposit in Taifu Temple has reached as much as 4 million taels, and the total amount of silver in Taicang has reached about 7 or 8 million taels. Taicang's grain stock can also last for ten years

It's a pity that after his death, he actually ended up with a family and extermination, and even a large number of officials in the Lianghu area were involved.

Up to now, the officials in the Lianghu region belong to the disadvantaged group in the entire Ming Dynasty, and they can only rely on the Zhejiang Party to barely survive in the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Zhang Juzheng can be rehabilitated, how can he, as the leader of the Chu Party, not be excited. If the rehabilitation is successful, the officials in the Lianghu region will inevitably win a chance to regain the imperial court.

"Reconsideration! Lord Zhang is really wronged....."

"Reconsideration! Zhang Daren's merit is in the contemporary, and the benefit is in the future......"

With the departure of Guan Yingzhen, officials from the entire Lianghu region responded excitedly. After so many years, they finally saw the dawn of rehabilitation.

With the emergence of officials in the Erhu region, the officials also came out one after another, singing the great achievements of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of Wanli, and only boasted that he was a rare loyal minister and capable minister in the world.

completely forgot that before yesterday, Zhang Juzheng was in their mouths, and he was still the biggest traitor in the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Corruption and perversion of the law, interfering in politics and power are Zhang Juzheng's biggest labels.

Shoufu Fang clenched his hands from inside Zhe's wide sleeved robe, restraining his slightly trembling body.

The Donglin Party assisted the second generation of emperors to ascend the throne, and now no one dares to touch its edge in the court. He Congzhe was able to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet from the end of Wanli to the present, because the Donglin Party was too sharp.

The other parties were suppressed by the Donglin Party in order to protect themselves. Naturally, they gathered under his Shoufu banner to fight against the Donglin Party.

Now, the leader of the Chu Party, Ying Zhen, seems to have reached an agreement with the Donglin Party. As soon as the Chu Party is gone, it is only a matter of time before the entire anti-Donglin alliance falls apart.

Unexpectedly, isn't this group of Donglin Party known as iron-clad? Will you even compromise? is still a compromise with the big traitor they call it, Zhang Juzheng.

No, why did the Donglin Party suddenly change its approach? Who is planning this?

Fang Congzhe's complexion kept changing, and the other officials who were attached to Fang Congzhe's banner were also shocked.

After a while, Fang Congzhe, who seemed to be old, walked out slowly, bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister also felt that what Lord Zhang did back then, although there was a loss in the small sections, but a whip is indeed in the present and beneficial in the future......"

At this time, Fang Congzhe's heart was already like ashes, and Zhang Juzheng was very clear about the importance of the Chu Party. The Donglin Party actually took Zhang Juzheng as a breakthrough, and the entire anti-Donglin alliance has broken down.

As soon as Fang Congzhe's voice fell, the second assistant Liu Yijing immediately stepped out and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that there is no need to rush this matter, it should still be up to the official to make a charter, how to recover, and how to reward Lord Zhang's family, after all, Lord Zhang did have a loss in the small section back then, and all of them were restored, I am afraid that something will ......be wrong."

Liu Yijing is not stupid, he finally seized this opportunity to completely rein in the Chu party, of course, if he doesn't see a rabbit, he doesn't scatter eagles, if he doesn't get rid of the traitorous party, Zhang Juzheng's reputation can't be easily restored.

As soon as these words came out, everyone below naturally echoed the voice.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is very old, and recently he often feels dizzy and exhausted, so I implore the emperor to have mercy on the old minister and let the old minister be a servant."

After the pale-faced Fang Congzhe finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Zhu Youxiao, as if he was too old to resist the burden, and he might faint at any time.

Silence, the silence of the whole court like death.

"Your Majesty..."Liu Yijing was about to speak.

"It's not good, Lord Fang fainted!" A cry came from below.

(Note: Lust: Ancient Chinese etiquette, officials should abandon the official family system when they are bereaved by their parents, called "Ding Wei".) After the completion of the service, the replacement will be carried out. At the end of the minister's funeral, the imperial court summoned him to take office, or ordered him not to abandon his official position, not to wear official clothes, to govern affairs, not to celebrate in advance, and to perform sacrifices and banquets by Zuo Er, which is called "seizing affection". See "Recovery". ）

On September 26, the fifth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness. According to feudal etiquette, when his parents die, the son of an official who is an official outside the country must leave his post and return to his hometown to serve three years of mourning, and can only return to his post after the mourning period expires. Otherwise, it is "forgetting relatives" and "seizing affection". At that time, Zhang Juzheng's power was as high as the sky, and he was afraid that once he left, others would seek his position, so he didn't want to return to Jiangling to mourn and keep filial piety. But it was inconvenient for him to say it on the surface, and he secretly instructed the eunuch Feng Bao to come forward to keep him.

Cabinet ministers Lu Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei first echoed Zhang Juzheng, and cited the example of the previous dynasty and asked Zhang Juzheng to take care of the situation. The imperial history Zeng Shichu and the officials all asked Chen Sanmo to stay in the matter, and since then, "those who have been in harmony have succeeded".

On October 18, the fifth year of Wanli, Wu Zhongxing, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, wrote a letter of impeachment, saying that Zhang Juzheng's seizure of love was against the "Ten Thousand Ancient Guidelines". The next day, he reviewed Zhao Yongxian's book, believing that he could not help the story of the previous dynasty to create a basis for Zhang Juzheng's love. On October 20, Aimu, a member of the Criminal Department, and Shen Sixiao, the director, jointly signed a letter to impeach Zhang Juzheng for "being greedy for a position and forgetting his relatives". Zhang Juzheng was furious, and on October 22, Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian were 60 each, and Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao were 80 each. All four of them were beaten to the point of dying, and they were not human, and no one dared to take a second look.

At this time, another one jumped out, that is, Zou Yuanbiao, a scholar of Guanzheng Jinshi. When Wu Zhongxing and others were sceptered by the court because of their opposition to Zhang Juzheng's seizure of affection, Zou Yuanbiao was just a petty official, unknown, and immediately bribed the eunuch when he saw this, and immediately opposed the seizure of affection, and his words were very sharp, criticizing Zhang Juzheng for always calling himself an "extraordinary person", and he "took running for funeral as a common thing and disdained it", indicating that he was actually no different from a beast. Zhang Juzheng was furious and ordered the court staff Zou Yuanbiao to be one hundred and sixty. Zou Yuanbiao bribed the eunuchs before, although he suffered more boards than others, but he survived. He became a big celebrity and was extremely complacent. Zou Yuanbiao is like this, but he is just "selling his name", trying to win the reputation of being a bad man.

In the end, it was Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong who came forward and said that Zhang Juzheng "personally inherited the entrustment of the first emperor and assisted me to rush to the young", "I rely on it, how can I leave me one day", and ordered Zhang Juzheng to guard the official system, and the turmoil of "seizing love" was calmed down.