During the time that Qin Lin was waiting for the imperial court to make a decision in Qizhou, the letters and folds of him and the officials had been handed down by the Jinyi Guard, the Buzheng Division, the Command Department and other departments, and were delivered to the heart of the empire through the developed and efficient postal system of the Ming Dynasty - the Jingshi Shuntianfu located in the North China Plain, with a canal and pillow on the Yan Mountain.

The city of Jingshi is majestic, with wide streets and neat houses like chess pieces, and the ruling center of the empire is the Forbidden City, a city within a city.

Red walls and yellow tiles, the majestic and magnificent Forbidden City, showing the greatness and solemnity of the empire, starting from here, the ruling power of the empire is projected into its vast territory, reaching Mohewei in the north, Qiongzhou Mansion in the south, starting from the coast of the East China Sea in the east, reaching the foot of the green ridge in the west.

The Forbidden City in the sixth year of Wanli, it is also the center of the entire Oriental world, the East of Korea, Yueben, the north of Warat, Tatar, the west of Yili Li, the South Ocean of the thousand islands, all rushed to send tributary missions to pay homage to its style, Wen has the Chinese civilization that ordered the four Yi to give up, Wu You destroyed the Mongol Empire of the great Tianwei, with more than half of the number of all human beings in the Oriental world, like the stars and the moon around it.

This master of the Forbidden City is also the supreme ruler of the entire China and even the Eastern world, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun. A few months later, Emperor Longqing died, and Zhu Yijun, who had just turned nine, ascended to the supreme throne of the empire under the persuasion of the ministers.

When the emperor presented the prisoners of the Beijing division after his generals put down the rebellion of the servants, he behaved extremely majestic and powerful, and when 1,500 burly Han generals with bright armor like gods escorted the solemn emperor and shouted long live in unison inside and outside the noon gate, the majesty of the Central Empire moved the envoys of various countries who came to watch the ceremony.

On Chinese New Year's Eve last year, when the emperor gave a banquet to the envoys of various countries in the Jianji Palace, he was very gentle and kind, and he used the classic Confucian sentences very appropriately in his dialogue with the Korean envoys, showing that as the head of the Central Empire, he fully possessed the virtues that a gentleman should have, which was enough to set an example for all generations.

However, few outsiders know that this young emperor still studied Confucian classics and statecraft from his teacher, "Mr. Yuanfu Zhang Shaoshi", like an ordinary private school student after the dispersion of the dynasty.

At this time, the early dynasty has dispersed, and the sound of reading is heard in the heart hall on the west side of the Qianqing Gate.

Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun is not tall, slightly short and fat, he is wearing four dragon robes, wearing a crown of good wings, his facial features do not look extraordinary, he honestly sits behind the wide desk, holding the Analects and reciting silently.

And his teacher, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the scholar of the Middle Pole Palace, is a real beautiful man, he is tall, wearing a red python robe that is very slightly different from the dragon robe, wearing a black gauze hat with horns, and a white jade belt with mutton fat around his waist. The eyebrows are trimmed, the bridge of the nose is straight, the tightly pursed lips show amazing perseverance, and the half-closed eyes shine with scheming and wisdom as long as they are slightly opened.

When the emperor was studying, only Zhang Juzheng could sit, which was a rule formed from a very early age, so Shen Shixing, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Siwei, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, Wan Shihe, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Guoguang, a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, could only stand and listen.

Zhu Yijun read "The Analects? The sentence in the "Township Party": "The king summons the envoy, the color is like a body, and the foot is like a ......"

Suddenly, Zhang Juzheng's half-closed eyes opened, and he shouted: "Take it as a word!" ”

Zhu Yijun was so frightened that the book in his hand fell on the table, and he looked at his "Mr. Yuanfu Zhang Shaoshi" very worriedly.

Shen Shixing, Wang Guoguang, Wan Shihe and other ministers were all shocked, and what Zhang Juzheng did had already lost the courtesy of his ministers in their eyes, and it was almost a great rebellion.

But they all lowered their eyebrows and said nothing.

Zhang Juzheng introduced the eunuch Feng Bao as the Austrian aid, and the six ministries were held hostage by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the cabinet was used to support the cabinet, and the cabinet was left and right by the Science and Road, and was resolutely supported by the Empress Dowager Li.

What's more, at this time, Liu Shouyou, the guard of the Jinyi Guard, is attached to Zhang Juzheng, and Feng Bao, the governor of the East Factory, is also a party, and the factory guard is in the hands of Zhang Juzheng, who can help him?

All the ministers bowed their brows as if they had heard nothing.

Zhang Juzheng glanced at all his colleagues and smiled slightly: It seems that the blow to Zhang Han during the battle for love has made the ministers dare not contradict him.

Zhang Juzheng's father was mourned last year, and according to the system, he should be worried for three years - in fact, it is 27 months.

But the reform of the empire is in full swing, and the Wanli New Deal is coming to a critical crossroads, as the presiding officer of the reform, how can he leave his post and let the diehards regain power, so that the good situation of the New Deal will be gloomy?

Between retreating to the countryside and grasping power, between fame and the great cause of the New Deal, Zhang Juzheng chose the latter, and he instructed the courtiers to ask for "love", that is, not to worry about returning to their hometowns, but to continue to stay in the position of first assistant.

Zhang Han was promoted to the position of the secretary by Zhang Juzheng, but he still thought that for the sake of the Confucian etiquette system, the first assistant should obey Ding Wei and wrote a letter of advice.

Zhang Juzheng reacted without hesitation, and immediately flooded Zhang Han with snowflakes in the middle of the matter and the imperial historians, and Mr. Zhang, the young master of Yuanfu, only waved his sleeves slightly, and the center of the empire was stormy, and the head of the six Shangshu and the dignified officials of the Ministry of Heavenly Officials (the head of the six departments of the Ministry of Officials, Shangshu was honored as "Heavenly Officials") fell like a paper clay sculpture...... To this day, even the most tenacious opposition in the court understands that failure is the only end for trying to confront Zhang Juzheng head-on.

So today's reaction of the ministers made Zhang Juzheng very satisfied, and he stroked his dark beard with his hand and smiled.

Two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, although it looks vigorous on the outside, officials at all levels are conservative, the system is becoming more and more outdated, the imperial decrees have not been truly implemented, and the interior has been hollowed out.

Determined to reform and implement the new policy became the only choice to continue the glory of the empire, Zhang Juzheng drastically eliminated redundant personnel, rectified the rule of officials, cleared up the fields, and enriched the country and strengthened the army; appointed Qi Jiguang to sweep away the Japanese invaders, and transferred this famous general to guard Jizhou, erecting an iron wall in the north of the empire; From the Chenghua period, which plagued the Ming Dynasty for a whole hundred years, the rebellion of the servants in the southwest, he dispatched Zeng Xingwu, Liu Xian and other officials to fly in and suppress it, and put it down in one fell swoop.

However, if the new policy continues to go deeper, it will inevitably touch many old forces, and Zhang Juzheng must hold power tightly in his hands in order to cope with their counterattack and prevent the new policy from being aborted halfway.

Shen Shixing and Wang Guoguang may think that Zhang Juzheng is a powerful minister, and some people even think that he is close to annihilating a minister, but few people understand that the object of his allegiance is actually more grand than the general understanding...... Among the ministers, only Zhang Siwei watched this scene quietly, his nails deeply embedded in his palms.

Zhang Juzheng didn't know, because his attention shifted to his students, the little emperor's confusion was in his eyes, Zhang Juzheng lowered his voice slightly with regret, and said gently: "The color is like a erection, the pronunciation is 'Bo', and Your Majesty mispronounced it as 'back'." ”

"Mr. Yuanfu Zhang taught a lesson." Zhu Yijun nodded, and continued to pick up the book and read it, like a real private school disciple dealing with the teacher's criticism.

But is that really the case?

He was married, and he had just passed the age of sixteen, and not only that, but he was also the supreme emperor of this empire, the ruler of the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the son of heaven.

Zhu Yijun lowered his head to read, his eyes flashed with forbearance.

He got the report very early, and Zhang Juzheng proudly told others: "I am not a photo, but a photograph." ”

The Ming Dynasty did not have a prime minister, because it was worried that the prime minister would encroach on the imperial power; But Zhang Juzheng still doesn't look down on the position of prime minister, and calls himself the regent!

called the regent, only the Duke of Zhou and Wang Mang were the two people under the ages, the former was loyal to assist the young king, and the latter did the thing of plotting to usurp the throne.

Zhu Yijun didn't want to think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it.

If there is a conflict with Zhang Juzheng, even the closest mother, the Empress Dowager Li, is not necessarily on his side, and the last time because of the conflict with Feng Bao after drinking, the Empress Dowager Li Tsing Yi Cloth Skirt claimed to tell Taimiao to abolish his throne...... Zhu Yijun knows very well that he also has a younger brother Zhu Yiyi, the king of Lu, and it is acceptable for his mother for one of the two sons to sit on the throne.

Finally, the sound of reading stopped, and the emperor began to work on the recital with the help of Shousuke.

The sixteen-year-old child, who is at the age of being active and playful, wants to doze off when he looks at these boring pieces, and what makes him especially impatient is that these pieces have been approved by Zhang Juzheng in advance, and they are just a formality for him.

Suddenly, the drowsy little emperor's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand with great interest, and picked out five copies from the mountains of concerts: the Dongchang secret fold with a blue cover, the Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi fold with a signature, the Jingwang concert with a yellow satin cover, the concert forwarded by Hu Guangcheng Xuanzheng Division, and a Tang newspaper with the signature of the Ministry of War.

These documents from different systems of the empire speak of the same thing, narrate from different angles, highlight their exploits as much as possible, and invariably mention a person's name in thick and heavy print:

Jinyi Wei added the title of 100 households, and the 100 households in Qizhou were awarded the general flag Qin Lin!

(To be continued)