Dynasties, emperors, and ministers wanted to rectify the rule of officials. It can succeed in the history of the Red Mansion world, which has not been recorded. Those who dared to rectify the rule of officials, without exception, did not end well.

Those who dare to rectify the rule of officials without exception are either emperors with stable imperial power. Either that's a powerful minister. These powerful ministers even overshadowed the imperial power. But there is no precedent for success.

Those who dare to take action to rectify the rule of officials, whether it is the emperor or important ministers. Undoubtedly, they are all heroes, and they are not ordinary heroes. But in the end, they all ended in failure. It can be seen that it is difficult to rectify the rule of officials. It's simply an impossible task.

When a court official is corrupt to a certain extent, it will accumulate and it will be difficult to return. It was doomed to the fall of this dynasty. So the emperor who is in power in this dynasty is a minister. will not be able to help but take action to rectify the rule of officials in order to prolong the national glory.

The reason why there is no precedent for success is actually quite simple. Because you are putting the whole ruling class in order. It was no longer a factional struggle in the imperial court, but against the interests of the entire ruling class. The difficulty speaks for itself.

Most of them will use the means of changing the law. There are also some changes that are relatively mild, and they will achieve certain results at the beginning. In addition, the power of the law changer is overwhelming. Entire interest groups are overwhelmed, but often end in failure.

After all, it is a man who confronts the entire ruling class. Therefore, those who change the law often do not end well in the end. So the emperor is just thinking about it, as for rectifying the rule of officials, the current emperor does not have the courage.

The emperor also knew that if the rule of officials was not rectified, the Great Zheng Dynasty would definitely not last. It's obviously not okay to do nothing, after all, it's your own country. Then avoid the important and light.

It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the country. The amount of money owed by the ministers of civil and military affairs to the Ministry of Household Affairs is not a small amount. Not to mention that all of them are collected, even if they are collected two or three floors, it is not a small amount.

Although Rongning Erfu has taken a good start. But no one followed the trend at all, and they all knew what the situation was in Rongning Erfu. We're not like them. Besides, the household owes money and is not a family or two, as long as everyone is in a group. The emperor can't do anything about them.

The emperor really can't do anything with them, the key is that many important ministers in the court owe the money to the household. And the higher the official position, the more you still owe. In fact, the more powerful the power, the more money can be borrowed from the household.

So it's back to square one. Corruption is the root cause of everything.

When it comes to rectifying the rule of officials, we have to talk about the famous ministers of later generations - Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Ju is the only one who can do this. It can be seen that he is extraordinary. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call it the first minister of the ages.

Zhang Juzheng was in the middle and late Ming Dynasty in the later generations. At that time, the situation of the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of the current Great Zheng Dynasty. It is also the corruption of officials and the invasion of foreign races. The imperial army was in ruins, and the treasury was empty.

Zhang Juzheng was born in the family of Xiucai. is a reading seed, Zhang Juzheng is literate at the age of five, and can read the Six Classics at the age of seven. At the age of twelve, he was selected for Xiucai. Genius. At the age of thirteen, he participated in the Autumn Festival, and the articles were first-class, and there was no problem in lifting people.

But the examiner saw that the age was too young, and the ambition of the young man was not conducive to Zhang Juzheng's growth. So I decided to press it. As a result, Zhang Juzheng's wish to become a thirteen-year-old boy was disappointed.

So, three years later, Zhang Juzheng got a reputation at the age of sixteen. At the age of twenty-three, he got the Jinshi meritorious name. Like Li Miao, he ranked ninth in the second class. Then he also entered the Hanlin Academy and became a Kujishi.

Zhang Juzheng is also a low-key and stubborn personality. However, the character is not too good, just for promotion, and the villain does not do less. As a result, Zhang Juzheng spent 25 years to become the first of the civil ministers.

Forty-eight-year-old Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant. Just in time for the emperor to be young and unable to pro-government. So Zhang Juzheng took over the power. It is equivalent to gathering the power of the monarch and the cabinet.

As a result, Zhang Juzheng changed his previous low-key and reluctance personality. Began to shed fangs. Drastic rectification of the rule of officials. Start with the officials who stand in the way.

Then, put yourself in a position where you need to be useful. Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish. It is not one-size-fits-all. Zhang Juzheng is sleek and flexible. The ultimate goal of everything is to rectify the rule of officials. A rich country and a strong army.

Zhang Juzheng is doing big things and not being informal. Soon after he first showed his fangs, his father passed away. It stands to reason that Ding should be worried. That is, to go back to his hometown and stay for twenty-seven months before going out of the mountain.

Zhang Juzheng has already shown his fangs, how can he go to Ding Wei. Don't talk about it, it's time to wait. If Ding is really worried and loses power, it is a question of whether he can go out of the mountain again. Whether or not you can survive is a question.

Zhang Juzheng offended all ruthless characters. So, the little emperor lost his love. But Zhang Juzheng's group of opponents quit. Finally, there was an opportunity, your father died, and you still don't step down.

As a result, the little emperor issued another decree. If anyone mentions Zhang Juzheng Ding worry again, I want his life. As a result, no one dared to ask Zhang Juzheng to step down anymore.

Zhang Juzheng held great power and continued to attack the ruling class. In those years, a large amount of land was in the hands of the ruling class. They do not pay taxes and resort to concealing their land.

Zhang Juzheng is successively expanding the land of Qingzhang across the country, and on this basis, he redraws the fish scale atlas. Expose the hidden lands of the ruling class. Then a whip is used. Let's pay the taxes together.

Zhang Juzheng implemented the examination method for officials, which improved the efficiency of departments at all levels, and clarified responsibilities and clear rewards and punishments, so that the decrees issued by the imperial court could be implemented to the end.

Zhang Juzheng spent ten years enriching the treasury governed by the Ming Dynasty. The grain reserves are sufficient, and the grain reserves in the Guangtai warehouse can supply the Ming Dynasty for ten years.

In the military, famous generals like Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang have been cultivated. As for the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it is in full swing. Aliens dare not come and offend.

It's a pity that Zhang Juzheng only worked as the first assistant for ten years and passed away. It is said to be caused by exertion. Aren't you tired too? What Zhang Juzheng is doing is to make enemies of the entire ruling class. You must rack your brains and don't die of exhaustion.

If Zhang Juzheng is given a few more years as the first assistant, the history of the Ming Dynasty will be rewritten. If Zhang Juzheng is allowed to be the first assistant for another ten years, the modern history of China in later generations will have to be rewritten.

In this way, Zhang Juzheng was the first assistant for ten years, and the Ming Dynasty's national state was at least extended, at least for hundreds of years. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would have perished long ago.

After Zhang Juzheng's death, he began to be liquidated, and he offended the entire ruling class. The little emperor has also grown up. Zhang Juzheng came to power after his death.

Zhang Juzheng is dead, and he is destined to have no good end. He was almost whipped. His family and children were all unlucky. were all raided and confiscated. There are not a few children who starved to death on the way to the army. It can be seen how many people hated Zhang Juzheng at that time.

These people were all the ruling class at that time, and many of them were powerful. When Zhang Juzheng was alive, they didn't dare to do anything. After Zhang Juzheng's death, they vented their hatred on his children and family.

People are dead. After Zhang Juzheng's death, the policies he formulated were also completely repudiated. A few years later, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty found that it was still Zhang Juzheng's set. So, he began to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng. also gave Zhang Juzheng the title of king.

So, the emperor also began to engage in Zhang Juzheng's set. It turned out that it couldn't be done. Because there is only one Zhang Juzheng in history. Even if you are the emperor, you can't hold the power.

There is simply no second person in history who can get through. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were corrupt and could not escape the fate of destruction in the end.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng was the first minister, and later emperors and important ministers were learning from Zhang Juzheng. Learn his test method, learn one of his whip methods.

The Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in later generations can also be regarded as a generation of Ming monarchs. And it is also in power, and the foundation is solid. Yongzheng just wants to copy Zhang Juzheng's set. The result can only be similar to the like.

So it is impossible to achieve the effect of Zhang Juzheng at that time. The key problem is in God and not in form. There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. The situation is also constantly changing, how can it be so easy to attack the entire ruling class?

In my opinion, Zhang Juzheng's strength does not lie in the test method at all, nor in his whip method. It's about his ability to follow through on his policies. The key lies in his decrees, which can be implemented to the letter by officials at all levels.

And many of those who carried out his decrees to the letter were his opponents. An opponent who hates him to the bone. But these people still have to carry out. This is where Zhang Juzheng's charm lies.

In later generations, I have seen many famous ministers' evaluations of Zhang Juzheng. It's just funny. Many of them even use moral standards to evaluate Zhang Juzheng. Can a righteous gentleman be the first assistant? Can it be rectified?

As a political figure like Zhang Juzheng. When it comes time to achieve his political ends, he needs to do whatever it takes. Do big things without being informal. Therefore, during Zhang Juzheng's tenure as the first assistant, he must have done a lot of unrighteous and gentlemanly things. Does it matter?

However, their evaluation of Zhang Juzheng's merits is still positive. It is undeniable that Zhang Juzheng deserves to be the first minister. So far, at least, there has been no one before or since.