Zhu Yijun understands why Zhang Juzheng has been able to successfully implement reforms in history.

It turned out that Zhang Juzheng never thought that he could carry out a reform only with the support of the emperor, but clearly knew that for a reform to be carried out smoothly, the entire bureaucracy must be willing.

The so-called Juemin walks.

In essence, it is necessary to start from the bottom up, and form a momentum to carry out a certain reform.

Of course, the bottom-up "down" here refers only to the lower bureaucrats of the bureaucracy, according to the understanding of this era, that is, the pro-people officials at the state and county levels.

And Zhang Juzheng's so-called Juemin Behavior also refers to giving the entire bureaucratic class the consciousness to implement a certain reform.

The people here do not refer to the common people.

The root of this idea still originated from Wang Yangming's psychology, so that Zhang Juzheng had the idea that reform could not be carried out smoothly by relying on the support of the emperor alone.

At this time, after Zhang Juzheng said this, Hai Rui and Zhao Zhenji did not say anything more.

Zhao Zhenji even said bluntly to Zhu Yijun: "The minister is ashamed to be a member of the Wang Xuemen, and his understanding is not as thorough as Yuanfu, so please allow the minister to take back what he played before, and the cancellation of the regulations on the preferential exemption of the official gentry and the non-supply of land by the clan cannot be changed when the ministers do not know the drawbacks." ”

Hai Rui also said at this time: "Your Majesty, please also retract what you just said, what Yuan Fu said is indeed reasonable, the minister is in the local administration, and it is necessary to rectify the officials before it can be implemented, and the imperial court is in charge of the whole country, and it is necessary to wait for the bureaucracy in the world to rectify it, it is the minister who ignores this point, does not treat the officials as the same as the officials, and forgets how evil the officials are in fact, how evil the officials are; How clear the officials are, how clear the officials will be; How treacherous the officials are, how treacherous the officials will be. ”

When Hai Rui said this, except for Zhang Juzheng, who was quite calm, the ministers and ministers present were all a little embarrassed.

Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing.

He had to admit that there was a reason why Hai Jui was not liked by the entire bureaucracy, and he didn't know that people like Zhang Juzheng were studying.

Although Zhang Juzheng thinks so in his heart, he thinks that officials will not devote themselves to the king's affairs when their own interests are affected, and they are as cunning as the officials, and they care more about their own vital interests, but they will not say it directly, but say that they need the cooperation of the bureaucrats to form a consensus.

Hai Jui is the only one who straightforwardly tore off the fig leaf of the bureaucrats, so that the image of the bureaucrats who tried their best to maintain in front of the officials and love the people was gone.

As a result, as soon as Hai Rui's words came out, the entire Xinuan Pavilion became extremely quiet in an instant, and no one spoke again.

Zhu Yijun had to break the deadlock at this time and asked Lu Tiaoyang, Zhang Siwei, Wang Guoguang, and Tan Lun: "What about you?" ”

Lu Tiaoyang, Zhang Siwei, and Wang Guoguang all got up at this time and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Zhu Yijun only looked at Tan Lun.

Tan Lun coughed violently for a while, and then got up and said to Zhu Yijun: "The minister also seconded the proposal." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "That's according to what Mr. Yuanfu Zhang said." ”

Hai Rui glanced at Tan Lun at this time because of Tan Lun's cough, and after Zhu Yijun said, he immediately got up again and said:

"Your Majesty! Although the new policy proposed by the minister and Zhao Ge Lao is not suitable for implementation for the time being, it cannot be inactive this year. ”

"Therefore, the minister asks His Majesty to transfer the ministers, preferably to the southeast, and the ministers are willing to urge the local officials to strictly implement the new policy for His Majesty, so as to achieve what Yuan Fu wants to see, so that the local bureaucrats will realize as soon as possible that it will be difficult to complete the examination if they are not clear, and then gain benefits in their careers, and can also enable the court to elect a group of officials who can effectively implement the new policies and are also sympathetic to the people's feelings as soon as possible!"

The corners of Zhang Juzheng's mouth raised slightly at this time, and he immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Haigong's performance is very appropriate!" This year, not everything can be done, and it is indeed the best policy to let Haigong go out of Beijing to supervise. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Since Mr. Zhang also holds this proposal, I will play it!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hai Rui then said: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to do. ”

Zhu Yijun said: "Let's talk about it. ”

"Today's discussion is to solve this year's deficit, although the minister invited himself to the southeast to supervise the government, but it is not to solve the deficit, so today's discussion is still fruitless."

"In addition, the deficit cannot be solved, especially this year's problems such as the flight of Jiliao's soldiers, the emptiness of troops, and the lack of repair of the border wall."

"What's more, the side affairs have not been shaken up, which can be described as a great disaster for the country. Since Yang Dazai (Yang Bo) was the soldier, he intended to reorganize the border preparations, and now the soldier Tan Gong also has this discussion. ”

And Yang Dazai has returned to his hometown with a serious illness, and Tan Gong is also riddled with injuries. There is no longer an opportunity to strengthen the border defense, Your Majesty! ”

Therefore, the minister believes that even if the matter of clearing the fields and acres needs to wait, the matter of rectifying the border preparations cannot wait. At least while Tan Gong can still do it, we must completely solve the problem of a large number of soldiers fleeing in the Jiliao area due to insufficient food and salary. ”

Hai Rui began to talk eloquently at this time.

Tan Lun couldn't help but look at Hai Rui with gratitude.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Reasonable!" ”

At this time, Hai Rui took out a notebook from his sleeve: "Therefore, since it is not feasible to clear the acres of land for the time being, the minister asks for the decree to confiscate the property of Wei Xuezeng, the former imperial history of Nanjing, and cure him for the crime of greedy ink and no food and salary during the governor of Liaodong!" In addition, please have no right capital imperial history, and the governor of Baoding Zhufu Sun Piyang family property, so the public intercepted the grain of grain merchants out of the customs to enrich themselves, so that the grain price in the border town has not been reduced due to the bumper harvest in the first year of Wanli, and even increased a lot. ”

As he spoke, Hai Rui said: "This is all learned by the ministers during the secret visit of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and there are evidence provided by the young Sima Wang Gong, Cheng Ce of Xi'an Tong, Cheng Wen in the middle of the matter, and Sun Gong's stepson. ”

Zhang Hong took Hai Rui's recital and handed it to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun opened it and looked at it.

He knew that Feng Bao was not the only one who was corrupt and bribed in his court, and according to the information provided by Dongchang, the foreign court was not clean.

Even Yuanfu Zhang Juzheng didn't mention the gifts, and if the ministers and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty really want to say that they are absolutely clean, it is estimated that Hai Rui is the only one.

It's just that many of these ministers and ministers in the early days of Longqing and Wanli Dynasty were greedy but still did things, and even many of them were still capable ministers.

For example, if he is willing to open the sea like a high arch, according to the record of "Wanli Ye Shu Compilation", there have also been records in history that his two stepsons have sued in court for the millions of family assets they left behind.

But Zhu Yijun didn't expect Hai Rui to impeach the two huge greedies at this time, and it was clear that he had already prepared, and if he couldn't clear the acres of land, he would continue to let the court solve the deficit by eating big households.

"Your Majesty! The minister believes that Duke Wei and Duke Sun are both cadres and have military merits, although they are at fault, they should not be investigated deeply, and the heart of Han Neng Chen. ”

At this time, Wang Guoguang couldn't help but get up and talk about Wei Xuezeng and Sun Piyang, after all, Hai Rui did go too far.

You must know that there is an unspoken rule in the Ming Dynasty, unless this person is too treacherous and offends the bureaucracy too deeply, no one will take the initiative to impeach someone for greedy ink, because no one is cleaner than others, so if they can not expose it, they will not expose it.

"Dasi Nong can intercede for him, but he can't go unpunished for his drifting and plundering of grain!"

Hai Rui said.

Then, Hai Rui said: "What's more, this year, we can't implement the matter of clearing the acres of land, and it is even more impossible for the officials and gentry to pay grain or something, so what about this year's deficit?" ”

"At least the drifting thing should be curbed, and a few greedy inkers should copy it to make up for the shortfall, right? Do you want to sit back and watch things get worse? ”

Moreover, the minister did not say that he should be punished with the death penalty, but only proposed to confiscate his property first, make up for the shortfall caused by the loss of his salary, and eliminate the border troubles caused by the cutting off of the grain route! As for the specific conviction of the individual in the future, it is entirely possible to discuss the merits first, and then convict him leniently. ”

"Your Majesty! The minister seconded the proposal! ”

Tan Lun got up at this time and replied.

He knew that Hai Rui did this because of himself, and if he didn't directly impeach Xu Jie, he would already take a step back to take care of himself and Zhang Juzheng, so it was necessary for him to echo it at this time.