Those Things in the Ming Dynasty Part 5 The Empire Shakes _ Chapter 3 The Game of Geniuses
disobedient subordinates
Everything was just as Hai Rui expected. The emperor was furious, the whole court was in a state of shock, and he was imprisoned, waiting to be executed. But what puzzled him was that his circumstances were extremely bad, and his crimes were so heinous that even execution was too slow.
, but he waited and waited, but the knife hanging on his head never came down.
Because the emperor did not intend to kill him yet, after listening to Huang Jin's words, he was stunned for a moment, picked up the memorial, and read it a second time.
Jiajing was not a fool. He knew that since a person had bought a coffin, he was naturally prepared. And when he looked at the memorial again, he saw something other than attack and rebuke - loyalty and responsibility.
and integrity.
So he sighed:
"This person is probably a rival, but it's a pity that I'm not King Zhou."
If he can speak at this level, it would be too unreliable to say that he is a foolish king.
Hai Rui was imprisoned like this, neither for a fixed term nor indefinitely, neither to kill nor to release, and without even an explanation. He himself was very comfortable, eating and sleeping every day without any psychological burden.
It looked like his life was saved, but in fact he was not.
You know, Comrade Jiajing is a very face-conscious person. Even if he understands the truth and knows what is good and bad, it seems a bit too much for you to treat him in this way. He can remember Yang Shen who is thousands of miles away for decades.
Not to mention Hai Rui right under his nose?
Finally one day, he remembered this incident again and got angry. He couldn't bear the anger and began to curse. After scolding, he couldn't understand his hatred, so he decided to kill him.
Just as Hai Rui was about to go to the execution ground, the second person to protect him appeared - Xu Jie.
There are many differences between Xu Jie and Yan Song. One of them is that when someone is unlucky, Yan Song will step on him, but Xu Jie will help him up.
Mr. Xu is really a good person and does things without taking any money. He decided that Hai Rui was a rare talent and decided to give him a try.
But this matter is difficult to handle, because Jiajing, a person like this, usually never shouts to kill, but once he decides to kill someone, he can't pull the elephant back. Someone once wrote a letter to persuade him to let him go, but he was beaten severely.
Pause, almost breathless.
But Xu Jie once again proved with his actions that Jiajing's abilities were at an end, because the chief minister of the cabinet only used one conversation to bring Hai Rui back from the brink of death:
"Your Majesty, you have been fooled by Hai Rui!"
Jiajing looked at Xu Jie who exclaimed with a puzzled expression.
"I heard that Hai Rui had already bought a coffin before he submitted the letter. He knew that it would offend the emperor, yet he dared to be so rebellious. How vicious his intentions were!"
Where is the evil? I heard Teacher Xu continue to lie:
"This person's purpose is very clear. He only wants to anger Your Majesty and then seek fame by dying. Your Majesty, if you kill him, you will fall into his trap!"
Jiajing listened attentively while nodding his head repeatedly. Yes, His Majesty, the extremely wise Emperor, how could he be deceived by a small sixth-grade chief? Even if he was deceived, he would have to find a high-level senior cadre - such as Xu Jie
Comrade.
In this way, Hai Rui's life was saved, and he continued to live in prison. For him, being in a cell was not a bad thing. Anyway, the food at home was similar to that in prison, and he could save some food money.
In fact, in Xu Jie's view, the trouble caused by Master Hai is really child's play. What he is eager to solve now is another extremely difficult problem.
During the years when Yan Song was in power, Xu Jie was the only one in the cabinet to do errands for him. Later, when Xu Jie came to power, he hired his protégé Yuan Wei to run errands for him. However, this Mr. Yuan did not seem to intend to be a dog-legger and did not put the teacher at all.
In his eyes, he would have to quarrel with Xu Jie from time to time. Of course Mr. Xu would not be angry, but he would naturally have to put some shoes on Yuan Wei. However, this Mr. Yuan did not have strong mental endurance, and he actually fell ill under the depression. Jiajing 40
Four years later (1565) he reported illness and returned home.
When the disobedient ones left, they found two obedient ones. One of them was Yan Ne and the other was Li Chunfang.
I won’t go into detail about Brother Yan Ne. He joined the cabinet in the 44th year of Jiajing’s reign, and only worked for eight months before he fell ill and returned to his hometown. Only Li Chunfang remained in the cabinet.
This Comrade Li Chunfang must be mentioned. His character can be summed up in one sentence: kind, too kind.
Looking back hundreds of years later, as the number one scholar in the 26th year of Jiajing reign (1547), Li Chunfang was unfortunate because compared with his classmates, his reputation and achievements were really limited, not to mention Zhang Juzheng, even Yang Jisheng and Wang Shizhen.
It was far beyond his reach. But at that time, this dear friend's progress was still very fast. When Zhang Juzheng was still a bachelor of the fifth rank of the Hanlin Academy, he was already the minister of the Ministry of Rites of the second rank.
He was able to rise so quickly because of two things: first, he was good at writing Qing Ci. Second, he was honest. Since entering the court, there were life-and-death fights outside, but he ignored them and stayed at home writing Qing Ci every day.
Yan Song bowed, and when he met Xu Jie, he also saluted. He was considered a good old man.
So Xu Jie picked him and asked him to serve in the cabinet.
At this point, it can be said that the matter was successfully resolved, but then, Xu Jie made a wrong judgment, and it was this judgment that planted the seeds of fatal disaster for him.
In March of the forty-fifth year of the Jiajing reign (1566), Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet, strongly recommended him. With the approval of the emperor, Gao Gong, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, entered the cabinet and was appointed as the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. Also joining the cabinet at the same time was Guo Pu, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Behind this appointment is an extremely sophisticated plan.
Gao Gong didn't like Xu Jie, but Xu Jie knew it.
Since Gao Gong was admitted to the imperial court in the 20th year of Jiajing (1541) with high scores, he has made it clear that if he wants to be an official, he should be the biggest official; if he wants to do something, he should do the biggest things.
Gao Hanlin entered the officialdom of the empire with great ambition and was ready to find his own position. However, reality told him to go and cool off.
For eleven years, the only job of Gao Gong, a new member of the Hanlin Academy and a seventh-grade editor, was to organize documents and watch.
He saw Guo Xun being tortured to death in prison, saw Xia Yan being taken out and beheaded, saw Yan Song's domineering behavior, and Xu Jie's forbearance. He was very smart, and he knew that if he joined in the fun now, he would be courting death.
It was not until the thirty-first year of Jiajing (1552) that he saw his hope for the first time. In this year, he became an official in Prince Yu's palace.
For Gao Hanlin, who was unknown and disappeared after being thrown into a crowd, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Gao Gong firmly grasped it.
Since the death of the crown prince in the 28th year of Jiajing (1549), Jiajing has not established a successor. Not only has it not been established, but it has also been very tight-lipped. Regarding the remaining two sons, King Yu and King Jing, they are always far away and sometimes close.
This was a very unethical thing, especially for Prince Yu. According to his age, he was born one month earlier, so he should be the prince. However, Comrade Jiajing firmly believed in the theory of "two dragons do not meet". The emperor is the old dragon, and the prince is
You are the young dragon. For the sake of my feudal superstition, my son, please suffer for a few more decades.
It's fine if he doesn't establish a prince. But what King Yu can't figure out is that according to the regulations, his younger brother should have left the capital and gone to his fiefdom. But this dear brother just doesn't want to leave because he doesn't have a prince.
Everyone on earth knows what the plan is.
So all of a sudden, the demons were dancing wildly, and a storm was about to come. Comrade King Jing often made some small moves, which made King Yu feel uneasy. He was afraid that the duck in his mouth would fly away again. He was always on tenterhooks and lived in fear.
At this most difficult moment, Gao Gong came to him. In the days that followed, in addition to patiently teaching knowledge, the lecturer also often enlightened King Yu and protected him from intrusion, staying with him day and night. These dozen people
Over the years, Gao Gong did not seek promotion or get rich. He coaxed the weak prince like a child, and used his actions to explain to him the fact that there would be bread and sesame cakes.
, the throne will also be there, even if there is nothing, there will still be me.
So in those years, despite the chaos outside, King Yu's place was calm and safe. There were high-level guards guarding it. No one, whether it was Yan Song, Xu Jie or King Jing, could get in. It was much easier to use than the door god.
King Yu was very grateful to Gao Gong.
Yan Song knew this, and so did Xu Jie.
So Gao Gong became a hot commodity, and both parties wanted to win him over to their side. When Yan Song was in power, Gao Gong was promoted from a lecturer to the minister of Taichang Temple (third rank) and the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, and became a senior official
.
Gao Gong did not refuse. He took up the post without hesitation, but did not go to Yan Song's house to pay homage to him: "The official I was given by the court, what does it have to do with you Yan Song?"
In the 41st year of Jiajing (1562), Yan Song retired and Xu Jie came to power. Gao Gong was promoted again and became the deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites. It didn't take long before he went a step further and was appointed as the Minister of Rites at the ministerial level.
Even a fool knows that this is all the result of Xu's promotion, but Gao Gong remains the same as before, obeying the official orders, refusing to let in, and completely ignoring Mr. Xu's painstaking efforts.
To be honest, Xu Jie was quite good to Gao Gong, and even saved him once: Gao Gong used to be the examiner of the general examination, but some nerve went wrong and he came up with a troublesome question.
This angered Jiajing. The emperor originally planned to send him home to farm, but fortunately Xu Jie came forward and said a lot of good things to Gao Gong, and the matter was resolved.
Now Xu Jie promoted Gao Gong again and brought him into the cabinet. However, Gao Gong's reaction greatly exceeded Xu Jie's expectations.
Not only was he ungrateful to Xu Jie, he also made trouble with Xu Jie, which he never stopped doing since the day he entered the cabinet. The biggest trouble was undoubtedly the incident of the watchman.
The cabinet at that time had its own office building, and cabinet members should work there according to regulations. But the problem was that Comrade Jiajing did not live in the palace, but always stayed in Xiyuan. As a minister, the first priority is to grasp the emperor's
In my mind, if I don’t follow such a difficult master all the time, I might be killed tomorrow. Therefore, all cabinet ministers never go to the cabinet. They always stay in the duty room in Xiyuan and never leave.
.
Finally one day, Jiajing went to the duty room when he had nothing to do. He saw that everyone in the cabinet was there. He was very happy at first. But after thinking about it, everyone was here. Who would care if something happened in the cabinet?
Jiajing was unhappy. He immediately ordered that you can live here, but one person must be sent to the cabinet to be on duty every day. I don't care who he sends. In short, there must be someone watching over there.
So the cabinet ministers began to discuss who would go. Of course, no one wanted to go. After waiting for a long time, no one volunteered, so Xu Jie spoke:
"I am the chief minister and have great responsibilities. I cannot leave His Majesty. I cannot go."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Gong spoke:
"That's right, you have seniority and should accompany the emperor. Li Chunfang, Guo Pu and I have just joined the cabinet not long ago. You can leave the duties to us."
Xu Jie got angry at that time.
Literally speaking, Gao Gong's words seem to be correct and quite appropriate, but after having been in the officialdom for so many years, Xu Jie naturally understands the true meaning of this subordinate. It is estimated that Mr. Gao Gong's tone when speaking is also a bit strange, so twenty
many
Xu Shoufu, who had remained calm for years, was also angry: I have already dealt with Yan Song, what do you think is going on?
Although he was angry, he still had some restraint. Comrade Xu Jie blushed and walked away without saying a word.
So it seems that the high arch is a bit unscrupulous, but this is not the case.
Everyone who works in the imperial court has this consensus - if you don't owe a favor, you must pay it back.
This is the fundamental contradiction between Gao Gong and Xu Jie. Lord Xu thinks Gao Gong owes him a favor, but Gao Gong thinks he doesn't.
Xu Jie does not run a charity. The reason why he promoted Gao Gong was naturally because of his background as King Yu. Although he has great power now, he will be laid off one day after all. If he does not improve the relationship now, Gao Gong will be
It is difficult to die naturally when you go up to the stage and enjoy the sunset.
It's a pity that Gao Gong also knew this very well. You must know that surviving the fierce struggle during the Jiajing period and becoming more and more powerful was definitely not something that an ordinary person could do. He had already seen through Xu Jie's plan.
According to the emperor's current health, it is estimated that he will be able to ascend to heaven in a few years. At that time, King Yu will definitely ascend the throne. Naturally, I, Gao Gong, will be the chief minister of the imperial court. Even you, Xu Jie, must listen to me honestly. Why do I ask you to do so?
A favor?
In addition, Gao Gong was a talented person with an arrogant personality. He didn't buy Yan Song's blame back then, and Xu Jie certainly didn't take him seriously either now.
Xu Jie, who had been shrewd all his life, was finally confused. He did not expect that promoting Gao Gong not only failed to win over him, but also intensified the contradiction in advance, and a new struggle was imminent.
What's even more troublesome is that Xu Shoufang made a mistake when he was checking the bottom. Guo Pu, who joined the cabinet at the same time as Gao Gong, is also unreasonable. Not only is he a fellow countryman of Gao Gong, but he has also formed a political alliance with him in private.
, the two of them became angry and started to fight against Xu Jie. Li Chunfang has always been a good person and always smiled when he saw everyone. Even if Xu Jie was hacked to death in the street, he probably would not even blink an eye.
In his nearly forty-year political career, Xu Jie appointed the wrong people twice. It was these two wrong appointments that almost caused his death. This was the first time.
Of course, it's not the end yet. For Gao Gong and Xu Jie, this scene has just begun.
Rich political experience reminded Xu Jie in time, and he finally discovered that Gao Gong was not a person who could be manipulated at will, and the only purpose of this person's entry into the cabinet was to replace him.
Although he made a wrong step and became a minority in the cabinet, it doesn't matter. There is still room for recovery. As long as one more person is brought in, he can defeat his opponent again.
Genius is genius
After He Xinyin helped Xu Jie get rid of Yan Song, he stayed in the capital for half a year. When he left the capital happily, he once said this to someone:
"All the capable men in the world are in the capital, but in my opinion, Huating is not the place where our scholars can prosper, and it is not appropriate to destroy our scholars. The rise and fall of our scholars can only be found in Jiangling."
This is a sentence that is not easy to understand but is very crucial. It must be explained word for word:
The so-called "wo-xue" refers to Wangxue. The central meaning of this passage is to describe the relationship between Wangxue's life and death and three people. These three people are "Huating", "Fenyi" and "Jianling".
It is not "Huating" that can raise Wang Xue; it is not "Fengyi" that can destroy Wang Xue; only "Jiangling" can determine the fate of Wang Xue.
In the official circles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and even the Republic of China, people often referred to someone by their place of origin. For example, Yuan Shikai was called Yuan Xiangcheng (Xiangcheng, Henan), and Li Yuanhong was called Li Huangpi (Huangpi, Hubei). Applying this rule, the general meaning of this paragraph is as follows
:
The scholar who made our king prosperous was not Xu Jie; the scholar who destroyed our king was not Yan Song; the one who determined the rise and fall of our king was Zhang Juzheng!
When He Xinyin said these words, Zhang Juzheng's position was as a bachelor's degree from the fifth rank Hanlin Academy.
Zhang Juzheng, courtesy name Shuda and Taiyue, was born in Jiangling, Huguang. He was the most outstanding politician and the most outstanding chief minister of the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty.
Please note that there is no one after these two titles.
In the fourth year of Jiajing reign (1525), Zhang Wenming, a poor scholar in Jiangling County, Jingzhou Prefecture, Huguang, finally waited anxiously for his son to cry.
As an unsuccessful scholar, the birth of his son brought great joy to Zhang Wenming. However, when discussing the name, his grandfather Zhang Cheng, who usually didn't talk much, suddenly spoke up and recounted a dream he had not long ago:
"A few days ago, I dreamed of a white turtle, so I named it after this."
So the child was named Jang Baikyu (turtle).
Although today, saying that a person is a tortoise usually leads to sports activities such as fights, in those days, tortoises were auspicious things, especially white tortoises, which were definitely rare species. Governor Hu Zongxian relied on white deer and
The White Turtle only gained the emperor's favor, so this name is not bad.
Zhang Baigui at this time was later Zhang Juzheng, but his place of origin must be mentioned again, because in today's terms, the Zhang family was an immigrant, and their real origin was Fengyang.
Two hundred years ago, when Zhu Yuanzhang led his army to fight in his hometown, a fellow villager named Zhang Guanbao joined his team. Although this man's ability was limited and he did not perform any great achievements, he became familiar after all. After the uprising was successful, he was
He was granted the title of Thousand Households and went to Huguang.
This is a quite strange coincidence, so many people who talk about Feng Shui believe that this is because Zhu Chongba was too fierce and had laid the groundwork before his death, so that two hundred years later, his descendants would save the Ming Dynasty from fire and water.
This statement seems unreliable, but it is indeed true.
Of course, compared with Zhu Chongba's father Zhu Wusi, Zhang Wenming's life is much better. At least he has no worries about food and clothing, and has a serious job. But it is really pointless to always make fun of the poor Zhu Wusi. After all, he and Zhu Wusi
Compared with his peers, Zhang Wenming was quite a failure in his life. Although he studied hard and passed the scholar examination at the age of 20, he was unlucky after that. He failed the examination seven times in a row. More than 20 years later,
Yes, he is still a scholar.
The dream that a father cannot realize can only be pinned on his children. It is said that Zhang Baigui was just a few months old, and Zhang Wenming read Tang poems in front of him, although he did not expect the child to suddenly stop sucking milk and read out a poem "Hoe the day"
Famous phrases like "At noon" came to mind, but the miracle still happened.
I don’t know if the education in Tang poetry played a role. Zhang Baigui could speak when he was more than one year old. It should be said that he was much better than Einstein. The neighbors called him a child prodigy.
In a flash, Zhang Shentong was five years old and entered a private school. His talent in reading also appeared. He had a photographic memory and wrote a written document. After a few years, the teacher called his father and solemnly said to him:
"I can't teach this child anymore. You can take him to take the exam."
The so-called examination was to test the county school, which is also the so-called scholar test. Zhang Wenming led his son to the examination room immediately. That year, Zhang Baigui was twelve years old.
Zhang Baigui was very lucky. The examiner of the scholar that year was Li Shi'ao, the magistrate of Jingzhou. This brother was a relatively upright man who loved talents. After seeing Zhang Baigui's paper, he was very impressed and immediately ignored the objections of everyone and took the 12-year-old
The child ranked first.
This was quite a sensational thing, and the whole Jingzhou was talking about it, but Li Shi'ao just flipped through Zhang Baigui's answer sheet repeatedly, sighing the same word:
"National weapon! National weapon!"
He made an appointment with Zhang Wenming and his son Zhang Baigui. After several conversations and extreme compliments, Magistrate Li had this idea:
In his opinion, although the tortoise is auspicious, it seems inappropriate for the child prodigy in front of him to live his whole life with the name of the tortoise, so he said to Zhang Wenming:
"Your son has a bright future, but the name Bai Gui seems inappropriate. I think he should be renamed Ju Zheng."
From then on, his name was Zhang Juzheng.
After being admitted as a scholar, the next step is naturally to be a candidate. Unlike the examination for Jinshi, you cannot be admitted every other year. According to the regulations, you have to stay in school for another two or three years and pass the qualification examination before you can take the examination. But that is generally
Sexual regulations, Zhang Xiucai was not an ordinary person, so he went there the next year.
As the saying goes, it is better to rush early than to arrive late. It was during this exceptional exam that Zhang Juzheng met the person who influenced his life.
Before the exam begins, the examiner will introduce the candidates in this subject to the leaders as usual, so Gu Lin, the number one person in Huguang, learned that a thirteen-year-old child had also come to take the exam.
Sixty-five years ago, a 13-year-old boy took the imperial examination and won the first prize. He was Yang Tinghe, who had caused turmoil in three dynasties and dominated the world. Therefore, Gu Lin did not dare to neglect this latecomer, and decided to meet him in person.
Human side.
The plot after the two met was more cliched. Governor Gu first looked at his appearance. You must know that Comrade Zhang Juzheng was a famous handsome guy in the Ming Dynasty. He later became the first assistant. He and Empress Dowager Li often had quarrels with each other, and the rumors spread.
Naturally, it wasn't much different when I was young. This is the interview level, and I passed it satisfactorily.
Then came the cultural test. It is said that Governor Gu asked Zhang Juzheng several questions and asked a few couplets. Zhang Juzheng answered fluently without blinking his eyes. Gu Lin was very surprised and praised him very much.
The more they talked, the happier they became, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became. So at the end of the conversation, the governor was probably too excited. While talking, he made an astonishing move - he took off his belt.
Of course, Governor Gu never meant to be a hooligan, and the belt he wore was much more expensive than today's belts - a rhinoceros belt.
When handing the belt to Zhang Juzheng, Gu Lin also said this:
"You will have to wear a jade belt in the future. This one of mine is not worthy of you, so I can only temporarily aggrieve you."
In fact, this is not just a belt issue, but a very meaningful scene and a political prophecy of great importance.
In the Ming Dynasty, clothes could not be worn casually. There were regulations for the higher the official belt, the higher the belt. Anyone who wore it without wearing it would be beheaded. But for high-ranking officials like Gu Lin, wearing a rhinoceros belt to show off in the city was enough.
Very cool.
But he believed that the young man in front of him could wear a jade belt, and jade belts only belonged to first-class officials.
The ignorant Zhang Juzheng accepted this precious gift. He looked at Gu Lin's belly and immediately made an accurate judgment - he had an extra belt that he couldn't use.
Zhang Xiucai held the belt and went back to prepare for the exam. Gu Lin also put away her original admiring expression, ran to find the examiner, and gave this order:
"No matter how Zhang Juzheng answers in this subject, he will never get the first place!"
This was a decision that stunned everyone present. Governor Gu's rebellion seemed to be too quick. But the governor's orders must be obeyed, so the answer sheet that Zhang Xiucai spent so much time writing became useless.
Paper, the opportunity to break Mr. Yang Tinghe's record was lost.
Zhang Juzheng, who was extremely depressed, returned to his hometown and began to study poetry and books to prepare for the exam three years later. He was kept in the dark and couldn't figure out what went wrong.
Many years later, when Zhang Juzheng met Gu Lin again, he finally learned that the culprit was this person.
The governor, but he didn't complain at all. Instead, he was moved to tears.
Gu Lin is really a rare good person. He has personally seen countless young people like Zhang Juzheng, who are talented and talented, but they get carried away because of their fame at a young age, and eventually become a mediocre bureaucrat who wanders around claiming to be a romantic and talented person. So when
When he saw Zhang Juzheng, he decided not to let this tragedy happen again.
Only those who have experienced hardships can go further. Zhang Juzheng, you have a bright future.
In the nineteenth year of Jiajing (1540), Zhang Juzheng entered the examination room again with unwillingness and hope. This time he passed the examination.
As Gu Lin expected, Zhang Juzheng was still too young. At the age of sixteen, he began to get lost in the praise. He believed that it was only a matter of time before he became a Jinshi. He stopped reading and started to set up interest groups and the like.
Son, he gathered with a group of so-called celebrities and literati every day, eating, drinking, reciting poems and writing essays. In the blink of an eye, the second year came, and Zhang Caizi threw his hands together - he didn't take the exam anymore.
Anyway, it is easy to get admitted to Jinshi, so it is better to play at home for a few more years. This is roughly what young Zhang Juzheng thinks.
Playing is a happy thing, but it would be boring to just play every day without doing anything serious. Just when Zhang Juzheng gradually got tired of this so-called "happiness", the real pain came.
In this painful experience, Zhang Juzheng received the first blow in his life, established his first ambition, and found his first enemy.
The thing is, although Zhang Juzheng's father Zhang Wenming was just a poor scholar, his grandfather Zhang Zhen had a decent job. Specifically, he was a guard of the Liao Palace.
Although Jingzhou is not a big place, it happens to be home to a prince - the King of Liao. Speaking of this title, it has been around for a long time. After Zhu Chongba's revolution was successful, he enfeoffed his sons. One of them went to Liaodong and was called Liao.
When his son Zhu Laosi succeeded in the second revolution, the king felt that many of his brothers were an eyesore around him, so he drove all the princes near Beijing to the south. The King of Liao packed up his luggage and went to Jingzhou.
According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the family survives, the throne will always be there. So the grandfather passed it on to his son, and the son passed it on to his grandson. The iron-clad title was the grandson of Liu Shui. Two hundred years later, this grandson's name was Zhu Xian.
By the way, in the Ming Dynasty, there were many strange characters and characters that were unprecedented and unprecedented. Not to mention the "Xinhua Dictionary", "Kangxi Dictionary", and the Mars Dictionary, the reason is very simple.
The words don't exist at all.
After all, this is also to blame Zhu Chongba. This man was so much a model worker that he even established a set of rules for the names of his descendants. The details are as follows: Since him, the third radical of the third character in the names of all his sons and grandsons has been changed.
It must be metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, arranged in order, and you can decide what the other half is.
However, the characters with metal, wood, water, fire, and earth as their radicals are really limited and cannot meet everyone's needs. The ready-made characters such as "zhao", "棣", and "九" must first ensure that the emperor's family is the same.
It was a big taboo. Therefore, every generation of feudal kings from all over the world racked their brains and scratched their scalps to choose a name. In desperation, they had to make up their own characters. After determining the radical, they just placed any character on the right side and that was enough.
This is an extremely harmful rule. One of the victims is me. Every time I see those ghost characters, I get a headache. I can’t type any input method, so I can only spell it out the same way.
As for this King of Liao Zhu Xian (hereinafter referred to as King of Liao to save trouble), in addition to his unpleasant name, he was also a bad person. After he inherited the title of King of Liao, he cast his hatred towards Zhang Juzheng.
This is a strange thing to say. Zhang Juzheng has never met the King of Liao, and his grandfather, the so-called palace guard Zhang Zhen, was actually a guard. How could the child of the guard family offend the King of Liao?
In the final analysis, it is the mother of the King of Liao who is to blame. This brother of the King of Liao is similar in age to Zhang Juzheng. He was fed at the same time and went to school at the same time. Therefore, every time Zhang Juzheng writes poems and compositions that cause a sensation throughout the country, the King of Liao always says something like this.
One sentence:
"Look at Zhang Bai Guido's potential, and then look at you..."
I have been talked about for more than ten years, and it would be a ghost if I didn't hate him.
But hate returned to hate. When he grew up, King Liao found that he really couldn't do anything to Zhang Juzheng.
In many TV dramas, princes are super talented and can do whatever they want. It is commonplace to rob women and prey on common people. But in the Ming Dynasty, this was basically a dream.
Since the success of Zhu Di's rebellion, the vassal kings have become the focus of the imperial court's defense. Not only have all military powers been taken back, but their daily lives are also closely monitored and controlled by the local government. For example, the King of Liao, his scope of activities is limited to Jingzhou Prefecture.
If you go out without permission, you risk losing your head.
After all, this is just a high-level prisoner. How easy is it to straighten Zhang Juji?
But the power of hatred is powerful. When the news that Zhang Juzheng was proud and arrogant reached the ears of the King of Liao, a vicious plan was formed.
One night not long after, guard Zhang Zhen was inexplicably called into the palace, and then released inexplicably. What happened in the middle cannot be verified, but the result is very clear - he died soon after returning home.
This is a death event full of doubts. Various signs indicate that Zhang Zhen's death has a great relationship with the King of Liao. Zhang Wenming and Zhang Juzheng naturally know this, but the question is, what can they do?
Although the vassal prince is not welcomed by the court, his surname is Zhu after all, and he is a relative of the emperor. Let alone Zhang Shentong, Zhang Xiucai, and Zhang Juren, even if you become Zhang Jinshi or Zhang Shangshu, can you still punish the prince?
This is the wishful thinking of the King of Liao. I killed your grandfather, and you can only stare. Although I have no soldiers and no power, in the world, the only one who can control me is the emperor. What can you do to me?
Zhang Juzheng witnessed his grandfather's tragic death with his own eyes, but could only cry and burst into grief. It was at this time that the young man saw something for the first time - privilege.
The so-called privilege is that when you are at home having a good meal and are ready to wash your feet and go to bed, someone breaks in, takes away all your property, sets fire to your house, pours foot-washing water on your head, and then tells
You, this is his right. This is the privilege.
In the face of privilege, Zhang Juzheng finally felt that the flowers and praise he had received before were so useless. Those so-called celebrities who traveled around and were arty had no use except reciting a few poems about spring flowers and autumn moon.
Whether it is the prefect of Jingzhou or the governor of Huguang, they are just a bunch of decorations in front of the King of Liao. People with privileges can trample all moral norms, defy all laws and regulations, and do whatever they want. The weak can only let others do it.
Slaughter.
The King of Liao would not have thought that his demonstration would completely change Zhang Juzheng's life and wake the young man up from his sleep. It was during this incident that Zhang Juzheng understood the terror and power of privilege, and he
I hate this kind of power, but I also yearn for it.
Standing in front of his grandfather's grave, Zhang Juzheng, lost in thought, finally found the only way to defeat the King of Liao and defeat privilege - greater privilege.
I will come back. One day, I will come back to ask for everything from you and make you suffer more than me.
After casting his last glance at the magnificent Liao Palace, Zhang Juzheng clenched his fists and embarked on his way to Beijing to take the exam. This was the 23rd year of Jiajing (1544), and Zhang Juzheng was twenty years old.
No matter how much his emotions changed, Zhang Juren was still very confident in his talent. He believed that he could win the first place. However, reality taught him a lesson again - he lost his reputation.
This was a fact that Zhang Juzheng could not accept but had to accept. All his pride and vanity had been completely lost, and he could only return to his hometown in embarrassment, studying hard and waiting for the next opportunity.
In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing's reign (1547), Zhang Juzheng went to Beijing again to take the exam. At this time, there was only one thought left in his mind: It would be good if he passed the exam.
Aunt Zhao Lirong once said: There is no benefit to being crazy. This sentence makes sense. Zhang Juzheng was no longer crazy, so he won the exam, and his ranking was not low, he was among the top two in the second class. After the exam, he was selected as a shujishi
, entered the Hanlin Academy Shujishi training class.
It is not unusual for Shujishi training classes to be held every three years, but this class in the 26th year of Jiajing was really a fierce class. The class teacher was Xu Jie, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Among the students were Zhang Juzheng.
, as well as later cabinet members Li Chunfang, Yin Shidan and other powerful people, it can be said to be a luxurious lineup.
It was in this training class that Zhang Juzheng met Xu Jie for the first time. Although Xu Jie had already spotted Zhang Juzheng and planned to draw him under his tutelage. However, Zhang Juzheng did not like this class teacher who seemed to be too enthusiastic.
He maintained considerable vigilance and had no personal relationships except for daily interactions.
What is very funny is that although Zhang Juzheng is not interested in Xu Jie, he prefers Yan Song. In his opinion at the time, it was very admirable that Mr. Yan was still fighting on the front line at the age of sixty and was full of energy and high spirits.
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So in the next two years, even though Xia Yan was killed and poor class teacher Xu Jie was punished, he never uttered a word to express sympathy. On the contrary, he wrote many articles praising Yan Song.
Every birthday I have to write some congratulatory messages and send them.
Xu Jie had nothing to do about this, but he believed that one day, this young man would be able to understand his painstaking efforts.
God did not let him wait too long. In the 29th year of Jiajing (1550), Zhang Juzheng broke up with Yan Song.
In this year, the "Gengxu Rebellion" broke out. Zhang Juzheng watched the Mongolian soldiers come and go, set fire and rob. Master Yan ate and slept, slept and ate, but did not do anything.
People cannot be so shameless. Zhang Juzheng became angry, and his fantasy about Yan Song was reduced to ashes with the fire outside the city. He finally turned to Xu Jie.
At this time, Xu Jie's position was the Minister of Rites and the Cabinet Bachelor, and he had become a senior official in the imperial court. In Zhang Juzheng's view, he could compete with Yan Song. But after several attempts, Mr. Xu just laughed and laughed.
Not saying anything, he also obeyed Yan Song in every possible way and showed no resistance.
Are you so cowardly? Zhang Juzheng did not expect that the teacher he had placed great hope in turned out to be a coward. He only cared about power and status and did not dare to stand up. Of course, anger was anger, and Zhang Juzheng himself did not stand up. After all,
At this time, he was only a seventh-grade Imperial Academy editor, and he did not have the courage like Yang Jisheng.
Yan Song was making trouble day after day, Xu Jie was giving in day after day, and Zhang Juzheng was depressed day after day. Finally one day, he couldn't bear it anymore and made a decision that changed his life - to take sick leave.
Before leaving, he left a letter to Teacher Xu, denounced the other party's harmonious behavior, including this very eye-catching sentence:
"In ancient times, ordinary people had higher opinions than the emperor, but today's prime minister dare not say a word, so why?!"
Literally understood, the general meaning is: Teacher Xu Jie, you are worse than an ordinary man!