Zhang Juzheng is very good-looking, quite handsome, slightly thin, only a pair of eyes, faintly flashing with fine light, standing there, not obvious, but giving people a sharp feeling.

In the first year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty has entered old age, and it is the time when the sun is waning.

Zhengsong is weak and disciplined, and the military equipment is lax, and there are only 50,000 or 60,000 people in Beijing, all of whom are old, weak, sick and disabled; The country's financial use has suffered a big loss, and the tax base has completely languished; The party in the court is full of redundancy, and the corruption of the government is unprecedented; The people are struggling to make a living, and the Ming Dynasty is already on the verge of collapse.

At this time, it is not necessary for someone to help the world to be born, so as to eliminate the accumulated disadvantages and give the Ming Dynasty a new life.

Yan Song can't do it, Xu Jie's can't do it, and Gao Gong can't do it.

In front of Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, has the means, determination, ability, and talent, can he do it?

In fact, he didn't do it, ten years is too short, Da Ming's illness is too serious, Wanli ten years, after Zhang Juzheng's death, Da Ming's last chance to self-correct in the wave of counteroffensive calculations, disappeared without a trace.

In front of him, the first assistant who works to seek the country and is clumsy in seeking his own life is the greatest confidence that Emperor Wanli can not go to court for 30 years, and most of the officials in the court and the central government are still slacking off and doing misdeeds!

As long as what Zhang Juzheng does is beneficial to Daming, Zhu Yijun will never stop it.

Making Daming great again is Zhu Yijun's unswerving wish.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng was also looking at the little emperor.

Yesterday, the assassin killed the king, the assassin broke into the Qianqing Palace, stabbed a knife on the bed, and suddenly suffered such a catastrophe, how would this young king react? Was it scared out of the guts and became submissive? Or are you worried that you will be harmed? Or is it the sadness that the first emperor died and he couldn't even guarantee his safety?

Zhang Juzheng didn't see it, he only saw that he was calm and relaxed, and he also saw a hint of playfulness.

In the eyes of Emperor Ming, there is no fear, no panic, no sadness, no worry.

"Motosuke, can you start the feast?" Zhu Yijun asked, according to his past memories, he was going to say a lot of words.

The gist of it is: I am still young, I am deeply worried that my virtue is sorry for the support of the people, the expectations of the first emperor, and today according to the law of the ancestors, I hope that the ministers of the court and the central government can recite the scriptures well, teach me the truth, and govern the country well.

This large passage is like chanting scriptures, and the memory of other things learned has long been weak, but this passage is particularly deep in memory.

Zhu Yijun was trying, testing that he was unwilling to say this, whether this sutra feast could be done.

"Do the Holy Commandment!" Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment and bowed his head and said yes.

In fact, the sutra feast can begin without chanting.

The twenty-seven powerful ministers of the Ming Dynasty served Zhu Yijun to read alone, and the emperor read books, and he didn't even have to turn the pages.

You don't even need to take notes to read, you just need to listen.

When the bachelors entered the hall, Zhu Yijun had to stand up and salute back, and then he could start the lecture, the content of the lecture was the four books and the five classics, and the bachelors had their own division of labor, and they all broke up and crumpled one word at a time, and fed them to his mouth.

Zhang Juzheng was not idle, let alone wandering into the world, but was watching Zhu Yijun study very seriously.

Zhang Juzheng, there is no political heir, he can't have it, he is autocratic, if there is a political heir, the Empress Dowager Li should have trouble sleeping, abolishing a high arch is a waste, and abolishing a Zhang Juzheng is also a waste.

For Empress Dowager Li, it is the duty of Empress Dowager Li to maintain the emperor's exclusive management.

Zhang Juzheng's heir has and can only have one, that is, the emperor on the platform, so he is teaching the emperor to learn very carefully.

Zhu Yijun really wanted to study hard and make progress every day, but as he listened and listened, he gradually figured out that something was wrong, and he suddenly said, "Stop." ”

"Motosuke, I have doubts." Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng: "These bachelors are obviously talking about one sentence, but they all have their own opinions, who should I listen to?" ”

"The Analects of Politics" says: If you attack heresy, you will be harmed."

"Wang Xilie Wang said: If you delve into heretical doctrines, it will be extremely harmful; Chen Jinshu said: Criticize incorrect speech, and the scourge will be eliminated; Wang Bosun, editor of the Hanlin Academy, said that it was dangerous to attack remarks that were inconsistent with his own views. ”

"Yuanfu, what is the meaning of this sentence? Three scholars in one sentence, three meanings. ”

The question asked by the little emperor stumped Zhang Juzheng for a while.

It is easy to determine the victory or defeat in the competition, and it is difficult to distinguish between friends in the text, there is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts, which is the truth.

The literati have been inferior to each other since ancient times, and a sentence of Confucius, for every thousand readers, there are a thousand Confucius, and various annotated versions emerge one after another, and each school, faction, and even each person has different opinions.

Who's right? Who's wrong? Listen to whom?

No matter who Zhang Juzheng said he was listening to at this moment, he had offended the other bachelors, Zhang Juzheng was not afraid of offending people, if he was afraid of offending people, he would not want to implement the examination method.

The test method is to put a halter on the head of the hundred officials, throw the whip, and set a performance appraisal for the hundred officials, which offends people the most.

Zhang Ju was thinking about how to teach the emperor well.

Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment and said: "The minister thinks, attack, study specialty; Heresy, not the way of the saints but not the other. ”

"Song Huizong to the Tao, claiming to be the head of the Daojun, Emperor Wu of Liang superstitious Buddhism, claiming to be Bodhidharma, will inevitably lose his life and lose the country, for the future generations to laugh at, then heresy is harmful, is not the eternal should be deeply precautioned!"

Zhu Yijun picked up the pen and wrote down the six words Song Huizong and Emperor Wu of Liang, and asked: "What does Zhang Yuanfu mean that these religious theories are heretical?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhang Juzheng did not hesitate to dislike his Buddhism, the most important thing is that the tax base is shrinking, and the land under the jurisdiction of these temples does not pay money and grain, and the gentry are mostly attached to it.

Under the Ming Dynasty, hiding dirt and dirt and not paying taxes was one of the silverfish in the West Mountains of the Great Ming Dynasty.

The learning of the hundred schools of thought is not heresy, those are learning, but the evil that demagogues people's hearts is the real heresy.

Zhang Juzheng is a Confucian bachelor, and he is not exactly a simple Confucian bachelor, a simple Confucian bachelor, can he make such a thing as the examination method?

Zhu Yijun couldn't help nodding and said: "I understand, Zhang Yuanfu is talking about governing the country, and the scholars are talking about reason." ”

"I dare not be ashamed." When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he hurriedly said humbly, although he was humble, he didn't have any modest posture, he stood straight, and he was a little arrogant, and several scholars didn't dare to refute it.

Gao Yi is dead, Gao Gong was expelled from the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng's methods are domineering, what if he refutes, what if he is deposed tomorrow because he stepped into Chengtianmen with his left foot?

Zhu Yijun was a little impatient with this feast, and the speeches of these scholars were all reasonable nonsense, all of which were correct truths, just like the speeches of various conference leaders in previous lives.

But it has nothing to do with governing the country.

It's all nonsense!

He looked at Zhang Juzheng, suddenly thought of an idea, and asked with a smile: "Yuanfu is also a scholar, right?" ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't know why the emperor asked, he was not a scholar, could he stand here? He replied with a little doubt: "The minister was born in the military household of Changning in Jingzhou Prefecture, and he is not talented, and he is the ninth in the second class in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing. ”

Zhang Juzheng is a military household, born in Changning, and ranked ninth in the second class.

Zhu Yijun continued: "Yuan Fu is an excellent reader, and he has also commented on the Four Books and Five Classics. ”

Zhang Juzheng somewhat understood what the emperor meant, and replied, "Annotated." ”

Only then did Zhu Yijun say his purpose: "I thought that now Yuanfu is the first assistant of the Ming Wenyuan Pavilion, and he is naturally the most powerful reader, so I use the four books and five classics annotated by Yuanfu to read. ”

"Twenty-seven members of the Ming court, extremely busy with official business, ministerial discussions, ministry promotions, and ministry affairs, are all waiting outside the hall, waiting for me to read alone, this reading is a few hours, internal and external affairs, do not need to discuss?"

"Yuanfu gave me the Four Books and Five Classics that he annotated, and set aside one day a month for Hanlin and the scholars to come to the school, if they can't pass, it's not too late for so many people to stare at it, right?"

"You are discussing under the platform, and I am studying by myself on the platform, and we will not delay."

Twenty-seven courtiers were waiting outside the door, and the ceremonial officials were holding embroidered spring knives, staring at them, and they even stood in good shape, let alone discussed state affairs with each other.

Zhu Yijun's idea saves each other's time, increases efficiency, and avoids the confusion caused by the conflicts between many scholars in learning.

Isn't the core of the test method to save time, improve efficiency, and reduce rigidity in the Ming system?

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment, rolled over his sleeves, took out a copy of "Four Books of Direct Explanation" and handed it to Zhang Hong, who was waiting beside him, and said loudly: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Promised?

Zhu Yijun still thought that his opinion as a little emperor was not important, but seeing that Zhang Juzheng agreed so refreshingly, and then looking at the "Four Books of Direct Explanation" that had been prepared a long time ago, he knew that Zhang Juzheng had been prepared for a long time.

The two gentlemen and ministers actually urinated into a pot.

Zhang Juzheng said quite solemnly: "After the court meeting, the minister left an hour alone to solve his majesty's doubts. ”

Since the Emperor Longqing's great trip, the feast has been going on for six months, what is the emperor's learning results?

Zero results.

Zhang Juzheng took the school exam, but the little emperor didn't read it at all, he didn't read a word, and he just didn't ask anything.

With such a big battle, it is strange that a ten-year-old child can read it.

On the other hand, various scholars, in order to speak word by word, upside down, each has its own opinions, these opinions are mixed together, not to mention the ten-year-old emperor, even Zhang Juzheng is a little confused when he listens to it, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable.

Commenting on Confucius, who is justified?

He had been thinking about how to teach the emperor well.

First of all, the courtiers can't see the emperor, the high arch is vivid, the Wenhua Palace is a place to discuss state affairs, which involves the emperor is in charge of the four words, the little emperor must be there, and secondly, the little emperor must be successful.

The most important thing is not to let Empress Dowager Li misunderstand that Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant, is going to usurp the throne!

Teach well, and suddenly don't let the university scholar teach, what is your heart Zhang Juzheng?

After thinking about it, Zhang Juzheng thought of a way, which was almost the same as what the emperor said, but there was one more item, and he left an hour after the court meeting to preach and solve doubts.

"So good, very good!" Zhu Yijun flipped through Zhang Juzheng's "Four Books of Direct Explanation", which is just a commentary on the Analects.

The most important thing is that all the annotations are written in the vernacular, and the scholars speak in a crepe language that is too difficult to understand.

"Four Books and Direct Explanation" can be called a popular reading of the Four Books and Five Classics, but popular does not mean simple.

Taking the Analects as an example, Confucius said a certain sentence, in what context, to whom, why he said it, what does it mean for governing the country, and what is the significance of reference for the current Ming Dynasty.

"The ministers are leaving." A few scholars, you look at me, I look at you, I can only bow my head and retire.

Zhang Ju is usurping the imperial power, the emperor is not only unguarded, but also gives a ride, what can the scholars do?

One day, the emperor on this dragon chair will not be surnamed Zhu, and His Majesty will know to repent!

Twenty-seven courtiers began to go up to the temple, sat down on either side of the long table, and began to discuss state affairs.

And the first thing is the murder of the king.