Zhu Yijun said: "Get up, tell me the truth." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yu Maoxue collected his tears, and after speaking, he got up and replied: "As Your Majesty said, it is true that the ministers have difficulty making a living due to the lack of officials, but the auxiliary ministers are mean and the politics and regulations are strict, so they are dissatisfied. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Qing doesn't have to blame himself." It is the court that owes the officials seriously, and it chills the hearts of the honest ministers. As a result, as soon as the new policy was implemented, there were many official grievances. ”

"What Your Majesty said is that this is the fault of the auxiliary."

Zhang Juzheng replied at this time.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "Sir, you don't have to say that. I am the Son of Heaven, I am not good at government, not only the inner court is seriously deficient, the distribution of money is insufficient, and even I myself can only wear eight sets of clothes in four seasons, so the weavers of the Weaving Bureau would rather go to the Xu family as a long-term worker than work in the Weaving Bureau, and even more I don't even dare to change a pen wash; Needless to say, many officials have never been rich, and the root cause is that the country is not rich. It's all my fault. The so-called guilt of all parties, the sin is in my bow! Subjects should not be subjected to such hardships. ”

Yu Maoxue heard Zhu Yijun say this, and said: "Your Majesty's words make the ministers embarrassed!" ”

Zhu Yijun looked at him and said, "It's clear that Qing made me embarrassed." Why do you say that? However, I also want to ask Qing because of this, since Qing adheres to the morality of the literati and is ashamed of his words, and it is not good to say that he is dissatisfied with the lack of officials, and only blames the resentment on the fact that the examination is too strict, have you ever thought that although the examination results are bitter for hundreds of officials, it is in line with the morality of the literati to hold the world as the justice, why does Qing not abide by the morality of the literati in the examination? ”

Yu Maoxue was speechless for a while.

Zhu Yijun asked again: "What does Qing think of Hai Rui?" ”

"Our role models."

Yu Mao learned.

Zhu Yijun said: "Since Qing takes him as a model, we should not only learn from him to be honest and upright, but also learn from him to understand the general situation, know that he is difficult to be an official, the country is not rich, the non-auxiliary ministers are mean, and the new policy is harsh." ”

"The minister is willing to be ambushed!"

Hearing Zhu Yijun's words, Yu Maoxue once again prostrate on the ground with tears in his eyes.

"You don't have to!"

Zhu Yijun said a word, and then looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Sir, if the officials owe money and pay it in full, how much silver do you need?" ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "Back to Your Majesty, you need more than 1.27 million taels of silver." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this, turned his head to look at Zhang Hong, and said, "Plus make up for the arrears of military pay yesterday, it's still enough." Then make up for the money that Feng Bao has obtained, so as not to affect the new deal because of this matter. Mr. yesterday said that for the king, he should guide his public and private affairs and take care of his yin and yang. I would like to believe that the courtiers had the heart to serve the king and do their best for the king, but I also want to admit that they have resentment against the New Deal because they have passed too harshly in the exams and have not received enough money. ”

"Your Majesty is kind! You can chase Yao Shun! Your Majesty, a colleague in the world! ”

Yu Maoxue suddenly bowed after hearing this.

Zhu Yijun ignored him, and just asked Zhang Juzheng: "In addition, can there be any outstanding ones who have passed the exam this time?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are some. Wenchen's Shen Shixing, Zhang Xueyan, Wang Yongji, Jin Xuezeng, Ye Mengxiong, as well as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, all of whom had good results, and there were also outstanding performers in the other six subjects, such as Shi Yingyue in the right of the household department. ”

Zhang Juzheng replied.

Zhu Yijun said: "Then these people will be rewarded for half a year, full of color!" as a reward. In addition, all of them have an official rank. This will be the case in the future. What does the sir think? ”

"Your Majesty! In this way, it can promote its public spirit! ”

Zhang Juzheng replied.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "This year, because Feng Bao can make up for the deficit and give a reward, but this is not a sustainable method, and it is still necessary for Mr. to share the worries of the husband to completely solve the deficit." ”

"Ministers should do their best to make the country rich and the world prosperous."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then looked at Yu Maoxue: "Although Qing has no general heart, but fortunately, he dares to speak up, is honest and honest, and now that the platform is called, he also dares to analyze his heart, and he thinks that he is dissatisfied with the examination because of the lack of officials, and feels that it is more difficult to be an official, so that I also have a chance to calm down official grievances." Therefore, I will not kill you, nor will I dismiss you, I will still stay in the household department, so as to use Qing Qing, but I can't punish you, I will punish you and Shi Yingyue for a swap, he is promoted to the middle of the matter, and you are demoted to the right to the middle of the matter, but the secretary should introspect, is he only able to see the official grievances, not the people's grievances, but only as the mouthpiece of colleagues, not the mouthpiece of the people? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Remember Your Majesty's Hadith! ”

Yu Maoxue was greatly moved and bowed his head.

Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and lifted it: "Get up." ”

"Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Yu Maoxue stood up.

And Zhu Yijun said: "In this way, I intend to summon the former first assistant Gao Gong to come to the court, ask about his new policy, you are my envoy, go to Henan for me, by the way, inspect the people's situation in the first year of the implementation of the examination, and pay attention to the people to see, but don't just know the official grievances, but go to the fields to ask the farmers, go to the market to ask the vendors, and ask the people's suffering." ”

"Obey the order!"

Yu Maoxue was taken aback, but he still replied happily.

"Stand down."

Zhu Yijun said.

"Retire!"

After Yu Maoxue gave up, he also made a gesture to Zhang Juzheng.

After Yu Maoxue retreated, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng: "On a whim just now, I suddenly felt that since I wanted to manage the yin and yang of my ministers and understand their public and private affairs, then I, the son of heaven, could not ignore Gao Gong. At the beginning of my accession to the throne, there was a lot of discord with him, and even the two palaces were quite dislike him. However, if these suspicions are ignored, it is inevitable that there will be a situation where the monarch does not know the situation and the ministers are incomprehensible, so that the new policy will be implicated in Mr., so I decided to summon Gao Gong into Beijing to ask. I wonder what Mr. thinks? ”

Zhu Yijun did not think of Gao Gong by chance, but he had long known that Gao Gong had the ability to reform, that he was not influenced by Confucianism, and that he attached great importance to the consciousness of economic development.

It's just that Gao Gong blocked Zhang Juzheng's way, and it was difficult to play a role in the Wanli Dynasty in history, but Zhu Yijun felt that if Gao Gong continued to have the opportunity to discuss politics during the Wanli period, it would make Wanli reform better.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun suddenly decided to recall the high arch at this time.

In fact, he had already had this intention, and he was waiting to do so after he overthrew Feng Bao and had the power to intervene in the government.

Of course, he still has to take care of Zhang Juzheng's feelings, so he has never brought it up, but Zhang Juzheng's words yesterday made him confirm that Zhang Juzheng may not mind reconciling with Gao Gong.

After all, they are all members of the scholars.

It was also necessary for the emperor to eliminate the contradictions between the politicians and avoid major problems in the future.

Moreover, the rivalry between ministers was indeed the main problem of this period.

Historically, Zhang Juzheng did intend to reconcile with Gao Gong later, and in the fifth year of Wanli, he went to see Gao Gong when he returned to his hometown, and they talked very happily.

But Zhang Juzheng's efforts at that time seemed to have no effect, Gao Gong was still quite dissatisfied with him, and the contradiction between him and Zhang Juzheng later became the fuse for Wanli to liquidate Zhang Juzheng after Zhang Juzheng's death.

This may still require the emperor to come forward.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng only arched his hand after hearing what Zhu Yijun said: "Your Majesty is willing to release the suspicion with the former Shoufu Bing, naturally he is a monarch, he should have a mind, and the minister is ashamed, he has not mentioned this matter to His Majesty, but needs His Majesty to think of it himself." ”

"Mr. works hard, and occasionally he doesn't notice it, which is reasonable."

After Zhu Yijun returned, he said: "And I heard that although Gao Gong is a fierce person, he is very open-minded and can perceive people's hearts. Mr. thinks, if the high arch is in the court, can you see it? ”

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "In the humble opinion of the minister, Gaoxin Zheng has always dared to talk about the word righteousness and benefit, and he should be able to insight." The minister believes that he can be reinstated in the cabinet. ”

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I didn't intend to let him enter the cabinet, but hindered Mr. ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned.

Zhu Yijun said: "I intend to set up a cabinet, so that Gao Gong can enter the cabinet with idle officials, and he can discuss the government and politics, and Mr. Ling will refer to it in detail, but he has no right to vote, nor does he have the right to go to the court to discuss politics, just to check and fill in the gaps in the new policy of the imperial court, or to make suggestions for the current shortcomings. It can also be regarded as an old horse knowing the way, so that these old ministers can exert their residual heat for the new policy, and it is easier to raise them in Beijing, so that they will not be disturbed by clan affairs in the countryside, or interfere with local parents because of a momentary mood, resulting in the late festival is not guaranteed. ”

"What do you think, sir?"