Chapter Thirty-Seven: Who Is the Leader of the World's Rulers?
When Zhang Juzheng heard this sentence now, he was confused, that is, his scalp was numb, Your Majesty, can you not have doubts?!
Zhang Juzheng said very sincerely: "Your Majesty, the minister... Solve your Majesty's doubts. ”
Zhang Juzheng actually wanted to say, he can't solve the puzzle, Your Majesty, can you change the question that suits your age! The questions asked are all paradoxes between ideals and reality, theory and practice, and Zhang Juzheng is a little less confident in asking this question.
Zhu Yijun stared at the big eyes and asked calmly: "I have heard that bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and bandits are like combs to plunder, but this soldier marches across the border, and it is like a grate (a dense comb of comb lice), and it is cleanly scavenged. ”
"Qi Shuai was a Japanese in the south, and the north refused to be a prisoner, restrained the soldiers strictly, refused to disturb the people in the slightest, trampled on a single rice grain of the people to behead them, and the southern soldiers were the heroes of the world."
"The Japanese are rampant in the southeast, the wolf smoke is all over the thousands of miles, and the people are not able to make a living."
"Hu Lu forcibly plundered the northwest, conquered for fifteen years, and the army and civilians were displaced."
"Qi Shuai is in charge of the southern soldiers, and he is in charge of the southern and northern wars, but above the court discussion, it is a discussion of right and wrong, and it is discussed as a wart, superfluous and useless things, Qi Shuai and he are in charge of the southern soldiers, is it really a wart?"
"Though the kingdom is great, the warlike will perish; Although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous. Zhang Juzheng replied very solemnly, meaning that Qi Jiguang is not a warts, and if it were him, he would not let Qi Jiguang enter Beijing to receive the reward.
Zhu Yijun immediately asked, "Mr. Yuanfu, how can you govern the country with virtue?" ”
According to the Nine Classics of the World, Xiuwen uses the rhetoric of the Rouyuan people that only need to cultivate virtue is enough to quell the troubles and the north and south.
Longqing peace conference and I answer the tribute, it seems to be a great victory for Xiuwen and Rouyuan, but if it weren't for the 12 years of fighting in Xuanfu, Datong and the northern captives led by Altan Khan, they beat the northern captives to exhaustion, if it weren't for the fact that Qi Jiguang led the chief military officer of the three towns at this time and gathered 100,000 strong soldiers in Jizhou, would the northern captives go south again and loot the pass?
Definitely.
Therefore, the little emperor asked, how to govern the country with virtue.
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know. ”
Zhu Yijun wrote a few more strokes, and said: "Morality is the highest pursuit, convincing people with virtue and governing the country with virtue are all a kind of pursuit, and it is the desire of all people, but it is still necessary to formulate laws and decrees to restrain them, law, make merits and deter evil, laws, and set the framework to stop disputes, and make people governors." ”
"Morality is within, but law is without, and the law should be used to limit people's behavior, and government decrees should govern the state."
"It is said: morality is set at the top, the law is at the bottom, the etiquette is made according to the matter, and the legislation is legislated by the matter; The way is to be virtuous, to discipline people, to be courteous, to rule the country. ”
Zhu Yijun's point of view is to rule people by law and rule the country by law, which corresponds to convincing people and governing the country with virtue.
In fact, his point of view is not unusual, he does not deny that Confucius was right, and while exalting Confucius's benevolence, he will discuss the issue of practice.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty once said that the Han family system is a mixture of royal and domineering, which is simpler and more straightforward, that is, the Confucian skin and bones.
Draped in the banner of Confucian morality, he does things that Legalism restricts people.
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, this kind of thinking that pays equal attention to theory and practice made Zhang Juzheng think for a long time before he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is a god who has a long-cherished understanding, and the real heaven is also long." ”
The feast continued, and in the question and answer between the emperor and the first assistant, the time of an hour passed quickly.
Zhu Yijun put away all the scratch paper, bowed slightly, and ended today's feast.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng was long, and after His Majesty left, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty walked out of the Wenhua Palace, under the light of the noon sun, Zhang Juzheng was a little dazzled, just paused for a moment, he showed a smile, held his hand, took four square steps, and walked steadily to Wenyuan Pavilion.
The little emperor got serious, and it was really reassuring, Zhang Juzheng had already seen the appearance of the little emperor.
The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty have long stopped caring about the meaning of Confucius's words, so why should the Ming Emperor care?
Zhang Ju is a follower, and his political proposition is also: reuse the follower, and use the clear stream carefully.
Followers are law-abiding officials, officials who know how to be flexible, know how to do things, and pay more attention to practice when they get things done;
Qingliu refers to those officials who do not pay attention to flexibility when encountering problems, blindly look for chapters and sentences, find faults, and make a big fuss;
Zhang Juzheng is a follower, as soon as he entered the Wenyuan Pavilion, he saw that the people of the Zhongshu House hugged a lot of music into the Wenyuan Pavilion, these music notes are all to rescue Luo Zun, Jing Song, and Han Bixian.
In an hour's time, enough of the Ming Dao officials reacted, three Yan officials impeached a minister, and they were cut off and returned to their hometowns to live idle, and it was strange that the Da Ming Ke Dao Yan officials did not come to the rescue.
Zhang Juzheng opened these notes, thought for a long time, and did not put pen to paper, but pasted a blank floating ticket on each note.
It is not very convenient for him to speak, Tan Lun is his Zhang Juzheng's person, and it is His Majesty's decision to dispose of Luo Zun, Jing Song, and Han Bixian.
Blank floating ticket, in fact, he knows how to solve it, but he can't say.
The official of Kedaoyan wants to rescue Luo Zun, Jing Song, and Han Bixian, who have been cut off and returned to their hometowns to live idle.
This is the first time His Majesty has dealt with the officials of the outer court, and the eunuchs who are the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuchs have guarded the imperial power, which is the duty of the eunuchs!
When these notes finally flowed to the Qianqing Palace and were seen by the Empress Dowager Li, the little emperor was gritting his teeth and striding his horse.
Standing on piles is a very tiring and tiring job.
Empress Dowager Li looked at a few notes for a long time, this is the Ming Dynasty's error correction mechanism in play, the decision of the Ming Emperor, the official has the right to speak and discuss, and these notes are very reasonable, so that the Empress Dowager Li is a little hesitant.
King Shiju said: The minister's heart should also be protected to cultivate the vitality of the country; The ears and eyes of the officials should also be cherished, so as to uphold the righteousness of the country.
As the heart of the country, the minister needs to be protected, which is the vitality of the country, but the officials are the eyes and ears of the emperor, so shouldn't they be cherished? Has the country been cultivated?
Today, trusting the minister, and frustrating the official, is a minister who is despised by the eyes and ears, so that the minister of the heart can rest assured, is it true that Your Majesty only needs vitality, not righteousness?
In doing so, I am afraid that there will be more and more people in the DPRK and China who are tactful and flattering, and there will be fewer people who are outspoken and righteous.
Is it really beneficial for the country that righteous people will keep silent and loyal ministers will keep their tongues silent?
It is said: I am afraid that from now on, the habit of fat Wei will win, and the qi of the bone will disappear. Righteous people and loyal ministers stammer, how can it be the benefit of the society?
Lipovac: oil and skin. Bone Fish: Backbone and Qi Joints.
Jia Sanjin said to the matter: The subordinates and the country's shares, the eyes and ears of the country, the ears and eyes of the country, the ears and eyes of the officials are corrected, and the upright spirit is coveted on weekdays, and the punishment for offense is lenient.
The minister is the humerus of the country, the speech official is the eyes and ears of the country, and the essential work of the eyes and ears is impeachment. They are so wronged that they should be forgiven for their rebuke.
Only in this way will the officials of the Dao Dao Dynasty not hide from fear when they encounter something in the future, and if they are condemned on the grounds of impeaching the ministers today, they will not dare to speak in the future.
If in the future, if the country has a major event related to the country's society, and the court has a big traitor, who will dare to be loyal to the court, come to the right dynasty, and promote the atmosphere?
It is said: Although the country has great interests and the court has great treachery, who is willing to go against the rules of the ear and take the crime quickly.
In this kind of recital, Empress Dowager Li has more than a dozen letters in hand, all of which are interceding for the three officials.
If you don't deal with it, they will play it in a row; If the emperor still doesn't listen, they will chatter at the emperor in the Wenhua Hall and the Fengtian Palace; If the emperor still does not listen, they will go to the Chengtian Gate and kneel on the ground and ask the emperor, but the emperor will not get up if he does not agree; If the emperor still doesn't listen, they will go on a hunger strike, hit the pillar, and starve themselves to death to speak out.
In the name of loyalty to the monarchy, but there is nothing to be done to be loyal to the monarch and the country.
Qingliu and Kedao are extremely difficult, which is why Jiajing and Longqing hid in the harem and did not come out to see the courtiers.
Feng Bao looked at the notes of the Taoist officials, and said, "These clear discussions are really reversing right and wrong. ”
"Your Majesty said very clearly, the disposition of the three Yanguan is not because they impeached Da Sima, but because they excluded dissidents in the Xing Clan Party, and they will never give up if they do not win, if they do not deal with it, will they not continue to impeach each chapter after chapter? Tan Lun is a gentleman, they just bully a gentleman. ”
"If it is really for the so-called great interests of the country and the great treachery of the court, then Lu Shusheng also coughed, why only impeached Tan Lun alone?"
Feng Bao will impeach Tan Lun The key point of the case is very clear, the Asahi Temple is out of order, not only Tan Lun, but also Lu Shusheng.
"Your Majesty said the word "clan party", which is really enlightening and deafening!" Feng Bao praised His Majesty the Emperor in front of Empress Dowager Li again.
As soon as the word "His Majesty's clan party" came out, Feng Bao had the confidence to speak at this time.
His Majesty used two words to make the essence of this matter clear and clear.
The imperial court allowed the formation of parties, and each family had its own political opinions, and practicing these ideas was beneficial to the country, which was described in detail in Ouyang Xiu's "Treatise on Friends".
It is natural for a gentleman and a gentleman to regard comrades and like-minded people as friends, and between villains and villains to take common interests as friends, which has existed since ancient times.
is more than three generations, when Yao Shunyu was around, sixteen people, including Junzi Bayuan and Bakai, took Shun as the core of the party leader, and they were also friends.
How to distinguish between a gentleman and a gentleman's friend, and how to distinguish between a villain and a villain?
Through relationships.
And His Majesty's words point out the attributes of the Jin Party.
The clan party is a kind of in-law relationship, Wang Chonggu and Yang Bo are sons and daughters, Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu are uncles and nephews, and the Jin party is a township party with Shanxi people as the core personnel.
Clan, just one word, but it is a whip into the inside, concise and to the point.
"When I was talking about the feast today, Yuanfu said that Your Majesty is a genius of heaven, and the minister thought that Yuanfu was right, and Your Majesty only used one word to make their filthy and collusion clear and clear." Feng Bao expressed his views and carried out his own analysis of the word "ethnic party".
As the eunuch in charge of the seal, Feng retains the power to participate in politics, discuss politics, and even make decisions, although his participation in politics violates the law of the ancestors, the Ming Dynasty has been more than 200 years, and the emperor does not use the death of the eunuch to shamelessly, I am afraid that he has already been eaten alive by the ministers.
Empress Dowager Li said helplessly: "Feng Dajue, have you seen Yuan Fu's blank floating ticket?" Was he planning to stay out of it? The resurgence of the official is not very easy to clean up. ”
"Beat the court staff of the speech officials, these speech officials are not ashamed, but proud, and can even make a name for themselves in the science and Taoism officials, and make progress upwards, all by selling their reputation."
Empress Dowager Li felt that it was difficult to do, Feng Bao also felt that it was difficult to do, during the Jiajing period, Emperor Jiajing beat the speech official, and then it was bad, and the speech official was more successive, and the Jiajing Emperor could only end hastily.
"It's really hard to deal with." Feng Bao said very precisely.
If you don't listen to the words of the speaker, you will be criticized constantly; After listening to the words of the official, the little emperor personally disposed of it, and took it back like this, and the ministers outside thought that the emperor was afraid.
Dilemma, dilemma, how to solve the dilemma?
"Look at the emperor, how serious he is." Empress Dowager Chen doesn't care about the pickled things in the court, she always adheres to a firm belief that jackals, tigers and leopards, cows, ghosts, snakes and gods will be dormant in front of the real dragon.
Now they are bullying the emperor Xiao, and they will all pull the list in the future.
Zhu Yijun finished his work and walked towards the positions of Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen, he showed his signature smile and said with a smile: "Mother, mother." ”
Empress Dowager Chen is the official queen of Emperor Longqing, and her status in the palace is above that of Empress Dowager Li, but after Emperor Longqing's great trip, whether it is Empress Dowager Li adding the emblem, Empress Dowager Li migrating to the Qing Palace, and Empress Dowager Li taking charge of the seal of the six palaces, Empress Dowager Chen has no obstruction, she has no son, she is a demon in vain, what do you want.
In the matter of spoiling, Empress Dowager Chen doted on Zhu Yijun, and Empress Dowager Li doted on Zhu Yijun.
"Your mother is anxious about the trouble caused by the emperor, but you are smiling brightly." Empress Dowager Chen put the rock sugar, pear water and pastries that had been dried long ago in front of the little emperor.
"Trouble?" Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and then understood what the disaster was.
Zhu Yijun thought about it, thought about it again and said, "Who is the leader of the world's ministers?" ”