In fact, after Zhu Yijun's wedding, Zhang Juzheng was already thinking about "begging for rest".

The previous seizure and the recent clean-up of the portal also made him feel more and more pressure from the reactionaries, not to mention that from time to time some officials still impeached him and attacked him.

Including now, He Xinyin also directly reprimanded him for "punishing without teaching", like a cool official.

Of course, more importantly, his imperial students also showed disappointment in him.

For him, he can't be strict with himself, and can only be strict with the Son of Heaven and the people in this regard.

In addition, Zhu Yijun's maturity in governance, that is, his understanding of the concept of "controlling the people" is not as good as "benefiting the people", and even mentioning the words "Mr. Jing, but more respecting the right way to govern the country", as well as now refuting He Xinyin, and knowing that He Xinyin's so-called "civil rights" ideas are not mature enough, it is also out of date, and even only exacerbates the chaos, which also makes Zhang Juzheng feel that Zhu Yijun seems to no longer need him, and can already govern the empire himself.

He doesn't even have to worry about it, there will be another deviant like He Xinyin to influence the emperor, making a farce such as the emperor giving up his position to become a monk, or the monarch of Yan during the Warring States period imitating the ancients and the virtuous, but accelerating the farce of the demise of the Yan Kingdom.

Because he knew that the emperor already had the ability to think independently.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng's heart of wanting to retreat bravely became more and more important at this time.

Of course, he was also tired.

There was a lot of stress, both physically and psychologically.

The betrayal and abuse of the protégé, the disappointment of the monarch, the dissatisfaction of the clansmen, including the dissatisfaction of the two sons against him, and the betrayal of the domestic slaves.

Zhang Juzheng has indeed experienced many unbearable pains over the years.

Because of this, Zhang Juzheng sometimes wants to "beg for rest" and let the emperor reform the system himself.

But is the time really ripe for "begging"?

Zhang Juzheng wanted to know this answer from Shen Li, so he mentioned to Shen Li that he wanted to retreat.

Shen Li didn't respond, he seemed to deliberately pretend not to hear Zhang Juzheng's words, and he really didn't seem to hear it, but only responded to Zhang Juzheng's last sentence: "The student understands, thank you for the teacher's teaching!" ”

With that, Shen Li took his leave and left.

Zhang Juzheng saw this and said "hey", and deliberately called back Shen Li.

Shen Li stopped, turned around and asked, "What else does the teacher want to teach?" ”

Zhang Juzheng thought about it, and finally waved his hand: "Forget it, you can go." ”

"The student quits."

Shen Li also left again.

In the end, Zhang Juzheng still didn't ask Shen Li about whether he wanted to retreat.

He knew that Shen Li was afraid and didn't dare to tell the truth, even if he really heard it.

"I'm not a photo, I'm a photo!"

Thinking of the words he said in the past, Zhang Juzheng knew that the generals of Wenchen were afraid that they would be a little jealous of him, and they would also worry that his retreat might be a temptation, so he was afraid that no one would dare to mention this to him, for fear that he would accidentally say something wrong.

Zhang Juzheng was in the cabinet the next day, and was preparing to prepare a book for "begging for rest", when he saw Shen Li come to the cabinet with the privy envoy Fang Fengshi and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Pan Sheng.

"Please forgive the student for the sin of not shutting down!"

Shen Li first bowed his hand to Zhang Juzheng, and said: "Just because the teacher has the idea of 'begging for leave', the students have to fight for the sake of the society!" The Prime Minister and the Great Sect Bolai Cabinet are specially invited to persuade the Prime Minister. ”

Shen Li said and looked at Zhang Siwei and Wang Guoguang again: "And let the elders of the two pavilions know about this, after all, the students are soft-spoken, but I am afraid that they will not be able to persuade the teacher to change his mind." ”

After the establishment of the Privy Council, the civil officials took the initiative to refer to Fang Feng as "the prime minister" to show his dignity, just as the ministers were often called Xiangguo, and his students also called the ministers "teachers".

In terms of showing dignity and decency, for civil officials, the ancestral system or anything is not important.

"Uncle, you want to beg?!"

Wang Guoguang and Zhang Siwei saw that Shen Li, Fang Fengshi, and Pan Sheng had come to the cabinet, so they all stood up, and Wang Guoguang asked first, and walked towards Zhang Juzheng.

Pan Sheng also followed: "Uncle, you can't retreat at this time!" ”

"Why can't the servant retreat?"

"The servant has retreated, just right, so I recommend the great uncle to enter the cabinet! The servant knows that the great uncle is a person who is loyal to the country, and he will not let what the servant does go down the drain. ”

Zhang Juzheng asked with a smile and then added.

"Uncle, you think I'm doing it with public intentions, or selfishness."

"I think you really can't retreat now, and if you retreat, the new deal will fall short!"

"Once you retreat, it will be difficult for people to have the courage to persevere."

"It's not everyone who is you, Zhang Taiyue, but you have the courage to make the powerful and powerful lose one or two to benefit the country!"

"Even if Xiao Gui Cao Sui, but Xiao He is Xiao He, Cao Shen is Cao Shen, Cao Shen can't replace Xiao He!"

Pan Sheng spoke at this time.

Because he is older than Zhang Juzheng and has greater qualifications than Zhang Juzheng, he also refers to Zhang Juzheng by words.

Wang Guoguang also followed: "Uncle, you really can't retreat now!" Qingzhang Tianmu has not been completed, His Majesty's cultivation ceremony and tomb ceremony have not been completed, what are you retreating? ! ”

Wang Guoguang called Zhang Juzheng because he was in a hurry, and after asking Zhang Juzheng sharply, he hurriedly added:

"I know that you are thinking about the future here, and I also think that you should return to your majesty, but your majesty may not really want to let you retreat now, and you may not be happy that you are picking at this time!"

"Even if you want to return, you should talk about it after these two ceremonies are completed."

"Only when you take Your Majesty to complete the cultivation ceremony can you let the people of the world know that this new policy will be handed over to Your Majesty by you personally!"

"What's more important is the mausoleum ceremony, this is the first time Your Majesty went out of Beijing to pay homage to the ancestral tomb, Uncle didn't take this opportunity to take His Majesty to inform the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty about the outline of the new policy, how to make the new policy be set as a national policy that the ancestors recognized and should follow?"

"To put it mildly, once Uncle you accompany Your Majesty to complete the cultivation ceremony and the Tomb Ceremony, let the world know that Your Majesty has become a Ming monarch who can rule alone under your assistant, even if there are changes in the future, your uncle will not end up in Huo Guang."

"After all, Your Majesty is really going to be bewitched by the villain, and if you do ruthless things, you will lose your own face, with the wisdom of the Son of Heaven, how can you do such a thing that hurts your face?!"

Wang Guoguang continued.

"Yes, Yuanfu, Qingzhang Tianmu has not yet been completed, many new policies have not yet been launched, and the Privy Council's policy strategy has just begun, even if you want to retreat, it is better to wait for the completion of the two major ceremonies of cultivation and Lingling, and wait for Ma and Shen Erge to return to Beijing after their inspections, and ask them about the situation of the inspection of the place, should they add a new national policy?"

"If you don't need to add more, it's not too late to retreat, so that the latecomers can follow the rules, and it can really be regarded as a monarch and a minister, with a beginning and an end."

Fang Fengshi also persuaded him.

Zhang Siwei also came over at this time and said, "Yuanfu, what they said is reasonable. ”

Saying that, Zhang Siwei also bowed to Zhang Juzheng and cried: "You really can't retreat!" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng helped Zhang Siwei, who was the most excited, and said, "It's okay!" What the princes said is reasonable, and let's wait until the two salutes are over. ”

Shen Li breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and also laughed.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Shen Li, and said with a calm face: "Very good, now I am starting to learn to carry the minister with the teacher on my back, and I really don't care about the dignity of the teacher for the country!" ”

"The teacher is angry!"

Shen Li hurriedly gave up.

Zhang Juzheng laughed: "That's it! You Shen Zhonghua have always had your own opinions! ”

Not long after, Zhu Yijun learned from Zhang Whale that Zhang Juzheng was about to beg for a leave of absence, and stood up in a panic: "What about the end? ”

Then, Zhu Yijun said to himself without waiting for Zhang Whale to answer: "It seems that I have been too independent in the past few days, which not only made Mr. really strict with himself, but also made him have such thoughts!"

Zhang Whale replied: "Don't worry, the emperor can rest assured, in the end, Master Shen led Fang, Pan Ergong and the second minister of the cabinet to persuade Mr. Zhang to give up his intention of begging. ”

(End of chapter)