Chapter 41 When I wait for Mr. to return
When Zhu Yijun's sage came to the gate of Zhang's mansion, all the people of all sizes of the Zhang family came to the door to greet him. Zhang Juzheng and his son stood in front, and with the eunuch's shouts, everyone knelt on the ground.
Zhu Yijun got off the imperial chariot, walked to Zhang Juzheng, and reached out to help Zhang Juzheng.
"Sir, I feel sorry for you!" Zhu Yijun lowered his voice and said this to Zhang Juzheng, then turned to the people around him and said, "Let's just flat!" After saying this, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng entered the main gate of the Zhang family together.
When the emperor arrived at the Zhang Mansion, he was naturally very powerful, and the Zhang family naturally had infinite glory.
After entering the gate, there were incense tables placed in the yard, everyone knelt down and the eunuch announced the eunuch. This was the reward Zhu Yijun gave to the Zhang family. After all, if you come to your minister’s house, you are so full of fanfare, it would be unreasonable to have no reward.
There were a lot of rewards, and Zhu Yijun also gave Zhang Juzheng's father, Zhang Wenming, Jiangling Bo, and was buried with the ritual of the earl.
This is the loving reunion after death. Zhang Juzheng tidied up his clothes, knelt respectfully on the ground, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and then received the imperial edict from the eunuch. This reward is extremely important to Zhang Juzheng and the Zhang family.
Jiang Lingbo really had this title in history, and it was also given to the Zhang family, but it was not Zhang Juzheng's father, but Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson Zhang Tongchang.
In the 13th year of Chongzhen, people thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to rejuvenate, but the Ming Dynasty had actually entered the countdown to death. Chongzhen issued an order to procure Zhang Juzheng's eldest grandson Zhang Tongchang to serve as the Secretary of the Secretariat, hoping that he could inherit the glorious tradition of his ancestors. Emperor Chongzhen summoned ministers to take Zhang Juzheng as a model and fulfill his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.
In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's uprising army came to Beijing. The Qing soldiers outside the pass took advantage of the situation and led their troops south.
Both Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the court realized internal and external troubles. The Ming Dynasty was at its most dangerous moment. However, Zhang Juzheng's descendants did not disappoint Emperor Chongzhen. When the country was destroyed, Zhang Juzheng's eldest grandson, a scholar Zhang Tongchang, took the initiative to stand up.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had no soldiers available, so Zhang Tongchang asked Chongzhen to send him to the south to mobilize troops. Emperor Chongzhen also had a glimmer of hope for Zhang Tongchang to use Zhang Juzheng's influence to mobilize troops to help the king, so he followed suit.
Zhang Tongchang traveled day and night, but unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen had already died in the country before he summoned a few soldiers. After that, the Qing army entered the pass, and the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for nearly three centuries, died. At this time, he knew that the Ming Dynasty was already in a desperate situation, but he made up his mind not to sit back and wait for death. He should do something for the country like his ancestor Zhang Juzheng, regardless of success or failure!
Zhang Tongchang first actively helped the Southern Ming regime to plan the great cause of anti-Qing. After the Hongguang regime was destroyed, he rushed to Yunnan to protect Emperor Yongli and vowed to fight against the Qing Dynasty to the death.
Emperor Yongli appointed Zhang Tongchang as governor and asked him to coordinate various troops. However, the actual military power was in the hands of various generals, and everyone was dissatisfied and did not listen to the order. Zhang Tongchang could only rely on his hopes to touch everyone with passion.
Therefore, although he was a scholar during the battle, he was always at the forefront. When his morale was shaken, he remained safe. Many times, he stabilized his morale with his personal spirit, and gradually, he finally won the trust and love of the officers and soldiers.
After eight years of resistance to the Qing Dynasty, in the fifth year of Yongli, the Qing army invaded Guangxi and Guilin City was broken.
Zhang Tongchang, who was guarding the city, was captured and the Qing army attacked Guilin City. Kong Youde, the King of Dingnan who treasoned the Qing Dynasty, persuaded Zhang Tongchang to surrender. Zhang Tongchang spoke righteously and scolded Kong Youde for selling his ancestors for honor. Kong Youde was so angry that he immediately ordered someone to break Zhang Tongchang's arms and dig off one of his eyes.
But Zhang Tongchang still cursed angrily. When Kong Youde learned that the Ming general who was not afraid of death was Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson, he was shocked and had to lock him up first.
Kong Youde knew that there was no hope of persuading surrender, so he decided to kill him. On the day of his execution, Zhang Tongchang refused to kneel down and was punished. He stood and looked at the executioner without fear. After his head was cut off, his body stood firm.
When Emperor Yongli, who fled to Nanning, heard about this, he was extremely sad and angry, so he ordered the court to worship him. Regarding Zhang Tongchang, Emperor Yongli thought that he had no descendants at the time of his death, he specially awarded him the title of Jiangling Bo.
There were many people who died in the country in the late Ming Dynasty and many people who died in battle. Compared with Lu Xiangsheng and others, Zhang Tongchang was not that famous.
However, Zhu Yijun was very moved in his previous life, how did the Ming Dynasty treat the Zhang family and how did the Zhang family treat the Ming Dynasty? During the national crisis, many people who were deeply favored by the emperor turned against each other, and there were even nobles from generation to generation.
The Zhang family, who was aspired by Emperor Wanli, stood up at that time, living vigorously and dying even more heroically.
Zhu Yijun gave Jianglingbo's title to Zhang Juzheng's father. Although it was not hereditary, it was just a title after death, which also represented Zhu Yijun's recognition of Zhang Juzheng and the Zhang family. Regardless of whether Zhang Juzheng changed after the love affair, his original intention for the Ming Dynasty did not change.
He hopes that this country will be strong and that he will contribute to this country.
There are many corrupt officials and powerful ministers, but there is only one powerful minister like Zhang Juzheng. What is the purpose of being a powerful minister? The purpose is all kinds of strange and diverse, but the only one who has been a powerful minister but does not hesitate to reform himself.
There were many reformers in history, but only Zhang Juzheng was the powerful minister of reform.
After the ceremony was over, Zhu Yijun took Zhang Juzheng's hand and the two of them came to the reception room together. Zhu Yijun looked around and found that there was only one main seat in the reception room that Zhang Juzheng prepared, so Zhu Yijun was not very satisfied.
"Mr. Zhang, please accompany me to the garden of Zhang's mansion!" The house was so stuffy that Zhu Yijun didn't want to stay here for too long.
Zhang Juzheng was stunned, but he nodded quickly and accompanied Zhu Yijun to the garden in the backyard of Zhang Mansion.
In the late autumn garden, everything withered. The king and his ministers were chatting while walking. Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng talked about their own academic affairs. The atmosphere between the king and his ministers was very harmonious.
"Let's sit there!" Zhu Yijun saw a pavilion in front of him and spoke.
The king and his minister came to the pavilion together. Zhang Jing took a mat for Zhu Yijun to put it on. Zhu Yijun sat down and said, "Give Mr. Zhang a mat, I want to talk to Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Jing put another mat for Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng also sat down.
"I've been wronged these days!" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng, and then said to Zhang Jing behind him: "Take it over and show it to Mr. Zhang!"
After hearing Zhu Yijun's words, Zhang Jing signaled to the little eunuch behind him, and then a little eunuch came over with a box. The little eunuch held the box and went to Zhang Juzheng, opening the lid behind him.
Zhang Juzheng was just wondering what was inside the box. Now he looked at it and was stunned. There was a head inside.
"This!" Zhang Juzheng looked carefully and found that he didn't know each other, so he looked up at Zhu Yijun. How could the emperor bring a head?
"This person is called Shao Fang, from Danyang." Zhu Yijun explained: "It was this person who spread rumors about Mr. In the capital, from notices posted on the street to Mr. Zhang's couplets, and the poem that satirizes Mr. Zhang, all of which were written by this person."
Zhang Juzheng was stunned. It was all done by this man? He didn't say anything and continued to look at Zhu Yijun.
"This man is a ranger and a broker, but he is not doing ordinary business, but business in the officialdom." Zhu Yijun pointed to Zhang Jing and said, "This matter was discovered by the East Factory."
"Shao Fangguang spent money, sought official positions, promotions, and even helped Gaoge Lao seek resurgence."
"By the way, he has also gone to find Mr. Xu, but Mr. Xu is cautious and thinks he is a liar, so he drove him out of the mansion." As he said this, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Of course, this person bribed the eunuch Chen Hong with a large sum of money and asked Chen Hong to help Zhang Juzheng seek recovery."
Zhang Juzheng was stunned. This person had gone to find his teacher? He also helped Gao Gongqiu?
Gao Gong Qifu can be said to be something that Zhang Juzheng experienced personally, and there is also a place where he worked. Although Zhang Juzheng mostly followed the emperor's thoughts, he did not know that Gao Gong was exerting his strength on Chen Hong's side.
It seems right now that I was the one who helped Gao Gongqiu at the beginning.
After Gao Gong came back, he helped Chen Hong take the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, and even suppressed Feng Bao for this, making Feng Bao hate Gao Gong deeply. Zhang Juzheng now understands why Gao Gong helped Chen Hong, and it turns out that there is still this relationship.
Zhang Juzheng turned his head again and looked at the box that was pretending to be a human head, his eyes full of horror.
"Sir, are you surprised too!" Zhu Yijun smiled sarcastically: "I am also surprised. This time, Mr. Shao Fang made great efforts, and there is another man named Tian Sheng, who is Shao Fang's accomplice."
"They also bribed many censors to impeach Mr. Zhang, clamoring for public opinion outside, and even distracting from the relationship between the monarch and the ministers. They are very capable!"
Zhang Juzheng turned his head and looked at Zhu Yijun, then looked at Zhang Jing. Zhang Jing stood behind Zhu Yijun with expressionless face and lowered his eyebrows, as if all this had nothing to do with him. However, Zhang Juzheng's emphasis on Zhang Jing has been improved to a higher level. The East Factory seemed to be different in Zhang Jing's hands.
"The large-scale arrest of Dongchang was to eliminate Shao Fang and his gang?" Zhang Juzheng asked suddenly.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "It's true!" After saying that, Zhu Yijun said again: "After finding out this Shao Fang, I had a question in my heart. Shao Fang cut off his financial path to the capital because of the successful examination."
"He used the matter of his husband's love to alienate the relationship between the king and the minister. He wanted his husband to leave me, so why did the others do?"
"So I asked someone to check those who impeached the Mr., especially those who impeached the Mr. and fellow villagers." When he said this, Zhu Yijun smiled again, but the smile and laughter were full of sarcastic expressions.
Zhang Juzheng suddenly realized in his heart that no wonder his emperor student put all those people in prison this time and were all killed by the court.
"Some families have their accounts cleared out of the land, some friends have been dismissed from office because of the examination, and some relatives should have their accounts dismissed from office because of the examination. They want their teachers to leave me, and they want their teachers to be abolished when the examination is cleared, and they want their teachers to be dismissed from office because of the examination, and they can't continue to clear the land."
"The Grand Historian said, 'The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit'. This time I have seen it. The gentleman's plan, everyone can see the benefits to the Ming Dynasty. The national treasury has money, and my inner treasury has money."
"The Ming army can fight, the border troubles are gone, and the Tartars dare not look south. These are all the credits of the gentleman."
"What about these people? They just touched their interests. What did they do? They alienated the monarch and his ministers, attacked and slandered the gentleman, and spoke of benevolence, righteousness and morality. In fact, there was no country or monarch. The gentleman felt wronged."
Zhang Juzheng's body trembled a little and his eyes were a little red when he listened to Zhu Yijun's words.
His students have done so many things and made progress in their backs. Zhang Juzheng suddenly felt that he was very happy that there were successors. These days, people finally understood the grievances.
Zhang Juzheng did not expect this person to understand, but he was the person he most wanted.
"There is a gentleman's words circulating outside, "The treacherous minister Yan Song has no student to impeach him, so why is I, Zhang Juzheng, so? When I heard this sentence, I felt like a knife, but I was very pleased."
"How can Yan Song do you do to the Ming Dynasty? He cleverly spoke to others and colluded with his accomplices to cholera all over the world. How could anyone impeach him?"
"All his students have been promoted by him and all have been protected by him. Whether it is corruption or promotion or wealth, their teacher Yan Song can protect them. What about his fellow countrymen? What about Yan Song to his fellow countrymen?"
When he said this, Zhu Yijun suddenly became excited and said loudly: "For the promotion of fellow villagers, the backer of fellow villagers, the officialdom is rampant, and the levy is excessive. In this regard, Yan Song is really a good teacher, and he also benefits his hometown!"
"Mr.'s achievements lies in me, in the Ming Dynasty, in the world, in the history of all ages. There is no need to pay attention to some criticism. Only when the grudges are over will it be decided. The border is dangerous and the talent is difficult. The people will remember Mr. Ming Dynasty will remember Mr., the world will remember Mr., and history will correct his reputation."
"I am very lucky, I am very lucky, I am very lucky, the Ming Dynasty, and I am very lucky, and I am very lucky in the world."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun stood up, tidied up his clothes, and bowed deeply to Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng suddenly threw himself to the ground, his shoulders trembled, and he sobbed with his head, saying, "I am willing to devote all my life to your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty, and I will die!"
Looking at Zhang Juzheng crying on the ground, Zhu Yijun reached out to help Zhang Juzheng up and said, "The less they want us to do what we do, we must do it. The king and his subjects are united, and their strength will be cut off."
"I believe in sir, I trust sir, and sir can trust me."
Chapter completed!