Zhang Juzheng put the chapter that he had just prepared to write to Zhu Yijun back on the table, and continued: "At least this possibility is not ruled out!" ”

Zhang Jingxiu arched his hand: "Please teach my father." ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly and said, "It seems that Feng Bao is using Zhang Whale to get rid of Sun Dexiu, and make His Majesty feel that he has no idea of greed for power." But who knows, is it Zhang Whale who is in the pit of His Majesty Feng Bao? ”

"Knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, with Your Majesty's early wisdom, and besides, if this Zhang Whale is a bold person, not Zhang Hong's worldly Gou An, wouldn't he do what Zhang Yong and Yang Anning (Yang Yiqing) did to get rid of Liu Jin?"

Zhang Juzheng's statement that Zhang Yong united with Yang Yi to eliminate Liu Jin refers to the fact that during the Zhengde period, the eunuch Zhang Yong fought Liu Jin down because of a conflict with Liu Jin and a coalition with Wenchen Yang Yiqing.

In Zhang Juzheng's opinion, Zhang Whale may not have the intention of bringing down Feng Baodou and then making himself go further, and at the same time, it can be regarded as catering to the emperor's mind.

After Zhang Jingxiu heard this, he suddenly realized, and asked: "It's possible for my father to say this, so should we remind Gonggong Feng and let him guard against Zhang Jing?" ”

"Not necessarily!"

"If Zhang Whale really knows what caters to His Majesty's thoughts, why should our Zhang family offend the Son of Heaven for Feng Bao?"

"The only one in this world who can really give grace to the rain and dew is the Son of Heaven, not him Feng Bao!"

Besides, he Feng Bao may not be ignorant, but he has no choice but to believe in Zhang Whale. In the final analysis, no matter how much he Feng Bao relied on the Queen Mother and became powerful, he was just His Majesty's house slave after all! ”

Zhang Juzheng sighed as he spoke, with a look of disappointment on his face, and said: "It's just that if this is the case, the Son of Heaven taught by his father, will it be the second world temple (Jiajing), who only knows how to use technology to seize power, but does not know how to use the Great Dao to govern the country?" How is this not worrying? ”

Zhang Juzheng wrinkled his eyebrows, and then picked up the new volume of "The Illustrated Legend of the Emperor", which he was compiling himself, and said with a wry smile: "I taught him so many stories of the Holy Lord, and the truth of the Ming King, but he still can't wait to put his cleverness first and play with the power tricks with his side, and it can even be said that he is self-taught!" ”

"To Jun Yaoshun can be described as difficult!"

"Father! The child heard that His Majesty's lectures and scriptures are all learned, and all officials are praised, and they are not necessarily just skilled and unreasonable. What's more, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces is very strict, and your father, you and the lecturers are also very diligent, as for His Majesty's intention to seize power now, maybe it is just not controlled by Feng Bao. ”

Zhang Jingxiu comforted himself with his kind words, a father who put much more thought on cultivating the emperor than on cultivating his own sons.

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "You're not wrong, now it seems that a father can only ask for directions for the restructuring in advance." ”

"Throwing stones and asking for directions?"

Zhang Jingxiu asked.

Zhang Juzheng smiled meaningfully: "That's right! It can also be regarded as the son of heaven who is the emperor's teacher to test whether he has the heart to reform and innovate. At that time, the temple played with hundreds of officials in the palm of his hand and exercised power in Kyushu, but he didn't dare to be the first in the world, and I don't know if His Majesty is so young and smart today, and whether he dares to be the first in the world! ”

"How is my father going to take the school?"

Zhang Jingxiu asked.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Tomorrow is the day of the dynasty, let the imperial history restart the roll call system that the Longqing Dynasty did not strictly enforce!" Start cleaning the court to see Your Majesty's attitude! I hope that His Majesty will use Hai Rui, not just to check and balance as his father, and Zhang Whale not just to reverse Feng. ”

According to Zhang Juzheng's daily schedule for Zhu Yijun, the emperor's student, every 3rd, 6th, and 9th, he had to see the court, that is, to hold an early court meeting.

The rest of the time, except for the sutra feast, is used to lecture and read in the Mandarin Hall.

On the ninth day of the third month, it happens to be the day of the morning again.

It is very hard to see the court, not only for the emperor, but also for the officials, especially the officials who live far away from the palace, if they want to go to the court early and not be late, some dare not sleep the night before, just sit and wait until the early morning to go to the court, and prepare to go home to make up for sleep after the court meeting.

Fortunately, Emperor Longqing is cowardly and considerate of hundreds of officials, and can even be said to be conniving, which leads to many times that the court is useless, and the imperial history is too lazy to name names, and many ministers are too lazy to come, after all, if it is really found that he did not come to the court, Emperor Longqing will not deal with it.

And this phenomenon has continued until the first year of Wanli.

Who makes you as young as today?

The officials felt that the young Wanli Emperor would not know to maintain the authority of the imperial system and state law, and to rectify the bureaucracy's laziness and disrespect for the imperial program and state law.

Therefore, the officials will still be absent from work and late for late.

Zhu Yijun also knew this, but he did not want to show his sword to the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty in the early years of Wanli because he was already the Wanli Emperor who had the soul of a modern man in later generations, and purged the laziness among the bureaucrats and their contempt for the imperial system and national law.

Because Zhu Yijun made up his mind, when Zhang Juzheng was still in charge of the country for himself, and when he was still subject to Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao, he first concealed his political intentions, and as long as Zhang Juzheng did not take the lead, he would never show any intention of reforming and eliminating malpractices and purging the dynasty, so as to steadily wait until he would seize power in the future, and then give the bureaucracy a big surprise by surprise.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun has turned a blind eye to the officials who were absent from work and late for work every time he looked at the DPRK during this period of time.

However, what Zhu Yijun didn't expect was that the early dynasty on the ninth day of the first month of March in the first year of Wanli was very different.

Zhang Juzheng also took great pains to let his emperor student Zhu Yijun have more time to study, because considering that the formal early dynasty etiquette was too cumbersome and time-consuming, he did not let the early dynasty be held in the main hall, but in the Xuanzhi Gate.

In this way, it can simplify a lot of procedures because it is not looking at the court in the main hall, making the entire early dynasty process much simpler, and it will not make a young emperor too tired.

And when Zhu Yijun was going to Xuanzhi Gate to look at the court on this day, he heard that outside the door, there was a royal history holding a roster roll call!

And after Zhu Yijun's arrival and the Jinyi guard ordered hundreds of officials to enter the court, the named imperial historian has begun to report to Zhu Yijun to impeach the officials who did not arrive at the court on time.

"Your Majesty, the ministers impeached 274 courtiers such as Funing Marquis Zhu Gang, Xinning Bo, Tan Guozuo, etc., without first asking for illness and neglect! There is a crime of dereliction of duty and a lack of law. Your Majesty, Holy Judge! ”

After naming the imperial history, that is, the king of Shanxi Province, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng.

From the moment he saw that Yushi suddenly named and strictly checked attendance, Zhu Yijun guessed that Zhang Juzheng was going to do something, and he was going to start from rectifying the rule of officials.

A politician who is determined to reform cannot be satisfied with the status quo, and sooner or later he will take advantage of the opportunity to take power to do something practical.

Zhu Yijun is also willing to cooperate, not to mention that this is exactly what he is willing to see, let Zhang Juzheng reform for him, act for him against the increasingly lazy bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty, and then let the bureaucracy that is gradually becoming corrupt and degenerate revitalize and prepare for further financial reform in the future.

Therefore, not long after, Zhu Yijun pretended to be shocked and said: "There are so many courtiers who have not yet been courted? Is this a child's play with the early dynasty? Although I am young, I don't dare to be lazy to ignore the system of the court, and rise up with the stars and the moon, even if the ministers and workers are hard, they should not be so contemptuous of me, and despise the laws of the emperor! ”

After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Juzheng: "How does Mr. Yuanfu Zhang think this matter should be handled?" ”