Zhang Zhai.

On the night after Zhang Juzheng was instructed by Zhu Yijun, he sent someone to invite Zhao Zhenji, a scholar, Zhang Han, a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, Ma Ziqiang, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Guoguang, a scholar of the Ministry of Households, Tan Lun, and Yu Shi Hairui of Zuodu, to his home.

"Your Majesty still cares about the common people very much!"

"It's not just about wanting the common people not to go hungry or cold."

And these people are all reformers, and they are already supporters of Zhang Juzheng, so Zhang Juzheng did not hide the emperor's true thoughts after these people gathered, and intended to let these people know that the emperor supported them, so he spoke bluntly.

"What does that mean?"

Zhao Zhenji asked.

Zhang Juzheng said: "A whip law, Your Majesty has rejected it, and only allows all localities to implement it according to local conditions." ”

"Really, no?"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhenji stood up, then sat back again, and asked Zhang Juzheng: "Didn't Uncle tell Your Majesty that although this whip will make the people have to pay taxes with silver, it will also be a general levy for the government to be relieved, and it is not conducive to trickery?" ”

"Got it!"

Zhang Juzheng replied and said, "But the Son of Heaven is not a person who only thinks about making the government convenient and doesn't want to make it convenient for the people!" ”

"The country has a holy monarch!"

Wang Guoguang suddenly sighed, and then said, "This is a good thing!" ”

"Don't look at the fact that since ancient times, many emperors have been inseparable from the common people, and they are all mentioning that they are lightly endowed, but there are few people who really want to do it! It shows that His Majesty really cares about the people. ”

"This whip is indeed better for the local magistrate to be executed according to the actual situation than directly by the imperial court to pass it throughout the country, after all, not all local people have enough money to pay taxes."

After Wang Guoguang said this, Hai Rui also nodded: "In this case, it is better to leave it to the local government to decide for itself." It's just that you must strictly order that you don't mess around, otherwise you will be strict! ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded.

"That's it!"

Zhao Zhenji sighed at this time and said, "The holy will is like this, and there is nothing more to say." ”

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile at this time: "Although the matter of a whip being directly implemented in the whole country has been denied, but Your Majesty means that it will still be implemented in the whole country in the future, but before this, the imperial court will issue silver coins that can be used as the criterion for transactions in the world, and this silver coin is not simple silver, it must be controlled by the imperial court." ”

"Your Majesty is thoughtful!"

The kingdom of Hubu Shangshu, who is proficient in the way of money and food, nodded after thinking about it, and said: "In my opinion, it is better to use the silver that has increased the current income as a silver coin to issue silver coins, so as to facilitate the market, and then talk about the matter of a whip in the future." ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded.

The others nodded their heads as well, without any objection.

As a result, the reform in the early years of Wanli has been carried out until now, and compared with the original history, a lot of changes have taken place.

A whip law was not rushed to be implemented nationwide because it took into account the problem of uneven development between the North and the South.

Instead, the central court began to reform the monetary system.

Forging silver coins is not a difficult task for the Ming Dynasty, whose forging technology has matured.

Therefore, soon Zhu Yijun saw the first national silver coin of the Ming Dynasty from Zhang Juzheng.

Zhu Yijun gave this the name of the silver dollar, and issued an edict ordering the people of the world to deliberately destroy it, otherwise it would be disrespectful to Taizu.

Because when Zhu Yijun determined the design pattern of the Ming silver dollar, he specially asked to engrave the portrait of Taizu on the front of the silver dollar, on the grounds that he had received such an entrustment from Taizu in his dream, saying that he wanted to personally ensure the smooth flow of Daming City.

Chochun-an.

While the new policies in the early years of Wanli continued to be in full swing, Empress Dowager Li had been staying next to the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha for a year.

This year has made her mood finally calm down a lot.

When Wanli came to greet her again, she finally chose to see him instead of refusing to see her emperor's son as before.

"It's time for you to get married, right?"

Empress Dowager Li asked this question first when she saw Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Naturally, we have to wait for the kindness of the queen mother." ”

"After the wedding, what are you going to do with Zhang Juzheng?"

Empress Dowager Li asked.

Zhu Yijun didn't answer, but asked, "What is the queen mother short of here?" Is there anything I need to add? ”

Empress Dowager Li smiled: "What can I lack?" ”

Then, Empress Dowager Li got up and turned her back to Zhu Yijun: "Go ahead, I know you don't like to stay here!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Yijun left here and walked towards the Empress Dowager Chen's courtyard.

"The Queen Mother! What do you think of my kick?! ”

When Zhu Yijun was walking towards Empress Dowager Chen, he happened to hear the laughter of Xiao Yongning, who came here first.

Oh, Zhu Yijun saw Xiao Yongning kicking a shuttlecock very high, but he could catch it no matter how he kicked it, so he showed off in front of Empress Dowager Chen.

"Slow down!"

"Beware of tripping!"

Empress Dowager Chen instructed with some concern on the side.

"It's fine!"

"You can't fall!"

Zhu Yijun also walked over with a smile at this time: "Queen Mother! ”

"Coming?"

When Empress Dowager Chen saw Zhu Yijun appear, she said with a smile.

"Brother Huang!"

Xiao Yongning didn't kick the shuttlecock anymore, and came over at this time.

Zhu Yijun nodded to the Empress Dowager Chen, then touched Xiao Yongning's little head again, and then said to the Empress Dowager Chen: "The queen mother has been getting better recently, how do the tangerines that she sent a few days ago taste?" ”

"Thanks for thinking about it!"

"It's delicious, but I accidentally ate more greedily, and I got up several times in the middle of the night, but fortunately, it was fine."

Empress Dowager Chen said with a smile.

After Zhu Yijun heard this, he chatted with the Empress Dowager Chen about other things, and for a while, because Yongning proposed to play shuttlecock together, he also played with him, and the Empress Dowager Chen watched from the sidelines, just smiled.

And I don't know when, the Empress Dowager Li also came, because she saw the emperor Zhu Yijun and Xiao Yongning having fun with each other, so she didn't come over until Zhu Yijun and Xiao Yongning left: "Sister! ”

Empress Dowager Chen nodded.

Empress Dowager Li said with a smile at this time: "The emperor and Yongning are happier when they are here, but they are not willing to say a word when they are here. ”

"Don't always think about asking about government affairs, it won't be like this."

Empress Dowager Chen said.

Empress Dowager Li smiled awkwardly and said, "What my sister said is true!" It's just that now that Jun'er should get married, she asked more. ”

"Jun'er should get married!"

As she spoke, Empress Dowager Chen looked at Empress Dowager Li and said: "Let me send a benevolent edict to the Ministry of Rites, what we should do is still to be done, and it is really not good to drag it out, it is easy to make people think too much, thinking that someone deliberately does not want the emperor to get married!" ”

"That's what my sister said!"

Empress Dowager Li replied with a smile.

So, in the first month of the fifth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun's mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Rensheng, and his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, announced the Ministry of Rites to choose a marriage for the emperor.