"Elder Zhang Ge has been in charge of the cabinet for 20 years, and he has offended too many people, including the current saint."

This Liu Yifeng knows that he has memorized this historical test point: Zhang Juzheng is authoritarian and shocking. Even if he hadn't memorized the historical test points, he could guess that this was the reason why Zhang Juzheng offended Emperor Wanli.

"Because all the reforms were at a critical stage at that time, the saint chose forbearance." Speaking of this, Yang Changbai glanced at the gloomy Zhang Yizhi on the side, and when he saw that he didn't react, he continued: "But Zhang Ge Lao crossed the line. ”

"My great-grandfather didn't want to rebel, the opposition to reform was too strong in the DPRK and China at that time, and my great-grandfather just wanted the reform to continue!"

Zhang Yizhi's almost low voice could tell that he was trying to suppress himself.

It's a pity that Yang Changbai's bland words made him crushed: "But he just crossed the line." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yizhi stopped talking, Yang Changbai continued: "From where to start, Emperor Wanli no longer unreservedly supports Zhang Ge Lao. ”

Liu Yifeng didn't know what Zhang Juzheng did to crack down on those who opposed reform in the imperial court, but it was obvious that he had committed a taboo. Emperor Wanli must have sensed the threat of Zhang Juzheng, so he allowed Zhang Juzheng's political enemies to attack him.

Thinking of this, he suddenly found a blind spot: "Did Zhang Ge Lao's reform stop back then?" ”

Yang Changbai shook his head and said, "No, even in the most powerful period when Zhang Ge Lao was liquidated after his death, all the reforms he proposed were carried out as usual, and they were fruitful in just a few years. ”

Zhang Yizhi took over: "This is also the main reason why His Majesty later pardoned our family. ”

His inner feelings were mixed.

Living in the era when the three outlines and five constants are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, he does not dare to hate Emperor Wanli. And reason told his great-grandfather that he had indeed crossed the line back then, but Emperor Wanli still pardoned their family and gave them the privilege of running Fusang.

"However, Emperor Wanli still made a decree: our Jiangling Zhang family is not allowed to enter the government for generations!"

After the historical background was clearly explained, Yang Changbai finally said about their generation: "I didn't know that the Jiangling Zhang family cared so much about re-entering the office, and it was actually written into the ancestral training. But I do know that Brother Yizhi has been in contact with officials at all levels of the imperial court at a very young age. ”

Liu Yifeng asked with some puzzlement: "But, didn't the emperor make a holy decree and not let your Zhang family become officials?" ”

Zhang Yizhi and Yang Changbai knew that Liu Yifeng was from a folk background and didn't understand something, and they didn't laugh at the stupidity of the questions he asked, and explained: "There are many decrees in this dynasty, which are also explicitly prohibited by the previous dynasty, such as the sea ban. ”

To put it bluntly, in addition to the ancestral precepts set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the rules set by many emperors in the previous dynasties can be bypassed by the later emperors at the right time and for the right reason.

Emperor Wanli has passed the age of knowing the mandate of heaven, and he can definitely be regarded as a high life in this era. And there are not many genes for the longevity of their old Zhu family, and only 3 of the more than a dozen emperors before the Wanli Dynasty have lived past 60 years old.

When Zhang Yizhi was still very young, he could survive until Emperor Wanli died.

"Brother Yizhi should have arrived in Dongshan Prefecture with us, right?"

Zhang Yizhi nodded: "Not long after you left Edo, I set off. But I didn't expect you to stay in the ghost city for so long and miss the reception banquet for Lord Song. ”

At the beginning of in Caoshan City, the Maritime Safety Bureau estimated the approximate arrival time of Song Yingxing, and gathered the famous and fortunate business bank bosses in the entire Dongshan Prefecture to prepare to take the wind for Song Yingxing, but they didn't expect that what they were waiting for was Zheng He, who did not have Song Yingxing. They didn't even know when Song Yingxing would leave the Ghost City, not to mention that the Nanyang-class would definitely sail slowly, so as not to aggravate Song Yingxing's condition, and the Maritime Safety Bureau disbanded the team to welcome Song Yingxing.

Zhang Yizhi could only go to Yushan City and wait for the day when Song Yingxing came.

Seeing this, Liu Yifeng asked: "Could it be that Lord Song can help Boss Zhang get back on his official career?" ”

Yang Changbai and Zhang Yizhi both nodded, and Liu Yifeng clearly recognized Song Yingxing's energy.

"Lord Song is the celebrity in front of His Majesty, the next head of the Maritime Safety Bureau, and the person who will enter the cabinet sooner or later." Zhang Yizhi sighed enviously: "Brother Changbai, Brother Sun and Sangui, you are really enviable!" ”

Yang Changbai wanted to be humble, but he couldn't help the smile on his face.

In ancient Chinese officialdom, the master-apprentice relationship has always been the most mainstream nepotism, and its origin is the probationary system of the Han Dynasty. Even in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examination system began to become the mainstream, and the thousand-year-old tradition made the master-apprentice relationship still firmly occupy the mainstream of officialdom nepotism.

As long as Song Yingxing doesn't commit crimes, he Yang Changbai, Sun Xin and Wu Sangui will have to follow Feihuang Tengda sooner or later, not to mention that their own family and parents are court officials.

Liu Yifeng didn't care about the smoothness of Yang Changbai's future career, it had little to do with him, he thought about what the two said, and figured out why Zhang Yizhi wanted to get close to Song Yingxing.

"Lord Yang, there is a question below that I don't know if to ask or not."

"But it doesn't hurt to ask."

"Lord Song is the prince's concubine?"

Yang Changbai and Zhang Yizhi were stunned, not understanding why Liu Yifeng suddenly asked this question, but they immediately figured it out, and at the same time sighed at Liu Yifeng's fast thoughts.

"No, Your Majesty did not appoint a crown prince." Zhang Yizhi said.

This time, Liu Yifeng was dumbfounded, when he learned about this Ming Dynasty through multiple channels, he heard that Emperor Wanli was over 60 years old, and he had not yet set up a prince, to some extent, this was a time bomb for the Ming court.

Yang Changbai took over the topic: "But Your Majesty does like King Xin very much, and he also asked King Xin to assist the teacher in writing books." ”

"King Shin?"

"King Shin is the grandson of His Majesty, he is only 15 years old, and he is very much loved by His Majesty."

Speaking of this, Yang Changbai glanced at Liu Yifeng, not knowing whether to say the rest of the words. But Liu Yifeng had actually guessed: "Could it be that the Holy Lord is ready to directly establish King Xin as the crown prince?" ”

Seeing that Yang Changbai stopped talking, Liu Yifeng asked again: "Is this appropriate?" ”

No wonder he asked.

In the history of China, it is not uncommon for the emperor's grandson to be the crown prince, but it is indeed rare. Most of them were due to various problems in the emperor's son's generation and had to do this. And the emperor's son's generation did not have problems is very rare, but there is an example of the Ming Dynasty that has left a name in history. That is Emperor Hongwu, Emperor Jianwen and Emperor Yongle that everyone knows but no one dares to talk about in the Ming Dynasty.

The Battle of Jingyan is too famous, and Liu Yifeng, who doesn't know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty, knows it.

Yang Changbai stopped talking, Zhang Yizhi turned his head to look aside, and both of them complained in their hearts that Liu Yifeng was worthy of being a folk person, and he was bold, and he dared to say this matter directly. One of them wanted to re-enter the court, and the other was a person in the court, and they didn't dare to talk much about the fact that the current saint did not set up a prince, but favored the emperor Sun Xinwang alone, and faintly had the intention of making him the prince.

Liu Yifeng also saw that he seemed to have said something that he shouldn't have said, and he toasted with a smile, and the three of them tacitly stopped talking about it.

However, he finally understood why Zhang Yizhi set up a banquet and wanted to meet Song Yingxing through himself.

Song Yingxing is not the crown prince, but he is definitely the auxiliary minister left by the current saint for his favored emperor Sun Xinwang. He is upright and in the prime of life, and he is still in the training period, and when he enters the cabinet, even if King Shin does not ascend the throne, it is estimated that it will not be long before King Shin ascends the throne, and his qualifications and experience can just help King Shin become a qualified emperor as quickly as possible.

Anyone who can get a certain status in the Ming officialdom can see that Song Yingxing is now in the snow storage period, if he doesn't invest at this time, when will he invest?

What Zhang Yizhi wanted was to take Song Yingxing's route, and after King Xin ascended the throne, Emperor Wanli's holy decree could find a way to bypass it, so that he could fulfill the long-cherished wish of his grandfather and father.

After a few more drinks, the stamina of rice wine slowly came up. Of course, Liu Yifeng didn't feel anything, he was a person who drank 53-degree liquor in his later life. Although Daming already has distilled liquor here, the highest degree is more than 40 degrees, and with the current purification technology, it is easy to be poisoned if you drink it.

So he saw that Yang Changbai and Zhang Yizhi both had alcoholism, so he pretended not to care and asked a question that he wanted to ask before but didn't dare to ask: "By the way, what is the name of King Xin?" ”

"The name of the king is checked, and the word is about virtue."

Yang Changbai answered his question casually, alcohol numbed his nerves, and he didn't realize for a while that he was talking about transgression. Zhang Yizhi realized it, glanced at Liu Yifeng, and saw that he quickly changed the topic, thinking that it was a folk person who was ignorant, so he immediately changed the topic with a sloppy eye.

Liu Yifeng is also very cooperative, but his heart is full of waves:

Zhu Youzhen, isn't this what he meows Emperor Chongzhen?

Is history so corrective?