In the blink of an eye, two days later, Zhang Juzheng, who was ordered by the imperial edict to be ill, received another memorial requesting to resign from the position of chief minister.
However, the emperor reprimanded him in a more severe tone.
"No...reject!"
But the government and the public were in an uproar, and people's hearts became restless.
evening.
Shen Mansion.
Looking at the Mingfa imperial edict copied back by his subordinates, Shen Lie frowned. The chief minister resigned, and such a major matter as the emperor's retention, naturally had to be clearly announced to the world.
But the wording and tone of this imperial edict are really too harsh.
Is this revenge?
Shen Lie felt quite helpless.
in mind.
Zhu Yijun's slightly chubby face appeared involuntarily. Shen Lie knew him very well, so this was an opportunity to vent his personal anger.
He wanted to take back all the scolding he had received in earlier years at once!
It was a relief for him.
Moreover, although our emperor issued two imperial edicts in a row, not allowing Zhang Juzheng to resign, he was not at all ambiguous about the power grab. He could not wait to appoint Zhang Siwei, the second assistant, as the acting chief assistant to preside over the cabinet.
"The emperor's mind."
Shen Lie frowned.
Thinking.
He felt that the Zhang family was not in any danger for the time being. After all, considering Daming's dignity and his status as a teacher and student, before Zhang Juzheng actually died.
In order to silence the mouths of the world.
For the royal face.
He will never touch the Zhang family, and will even show kindness to the Zhang family again and again.
Think about this.
Shen Lie felt helpless, looked up at the sky, and murmured to himself: "One year."
In known history, Zhang Juzheng died probably in the autumn of the tenth year of Wanli. He still had one year to save the descendants of the Zhang family who were about to be completely liquidated.
but.
Shen Lie quickly became confused. Based on his understanding of the young emperor, he was not a ruthless person, but...
Why would he do this to the descendants of his teacher's family?
"It shouldn't be."
Even if the emperor wants to liquidate the Zhang family, the most he can do is deprive several sons of the Zhang family of their official positions after Zhang Juzheng's death.
Just demote him to a commoner and never hire him.
As for killing everyone?
Doing this would do no good to the emperor.
It only adds to the stigma.
I can't figure it out.
Shen Lie then began to ponder: "Unless...he was instigated by others!"
Gradually.
Shen Lie's thoughts became clearer, and he felt that it was not necessarily the young Wanli who murdered the Zhang family's descendants, but perhaps someone with ulterior motives who instigated them.
The emperor, with some resentment in his heart, chose to condone it, thus causing a tragedy that no one wanted to see happen.
Figured out.
Shen Lie secretly exchanged news with Feng Bao.
Sure enough, within a few days, as the autumn of the tenth year of Wanli approached day by day, more and more candidates came to Beijing to take the exam, and people with ulterior motives jumped out one after another.
The inner residence of Shen Mansion.
Feng Bao, who was visiting incognito, silently placed several impeachment memorials on the table. Shen Lie only glanced at them a few times before frowning.
But only saw.
Without exception, these memorials are densely filled with the signatures of the candidates and their bright red handprints.
And the content is diverse.
One of the letters was about impeaching Zhang Juzheng when his father died. Ding You should have resigned to serve his father for three years, but he did not do so.
This crime is still light.
As Shen Lie picked up another magazine, this one was even more terrifying. It was about impeaching Zhang Juzheng for manipulating the imperial examination to gain fame for his sons.
What kind of public tools are used for personal use and nepotism...
Shen Lie summed it up.
One sentence.
Your son Zhang Juzheng is really so capable. Once his sons took part in the imperial examination, they were either number one or third in the imperial examination, and all of them were able to enter the Hanlin Academy.
Why?
Is it possible?
Only the sons of your Zhang Taiyue family are well-educated and elegant, while all the sons in the world are just useless students?
It can be summed up in four words.
Secret operation!
Look at the bullet stamped with bright red handprints.
The crowd was excited.
Feng Bao sighed softly: "Now, there has been a lot of rumors outside, saying that there is nothing unexpected about Jinke Chungui, and she is a descendant of Taiyue Gong's family."
Shen Lie threw away the bullet and said coldly: "What do you call this? No matter whether it is the number one scholar or the third flower, their imperial examination articles have to be circulated all over the world. Isn't it obvious at a glance whether they have the talent of the number one scholar?"
Who can do it?
Badou doesn't know who is more talented?
Feng Bao smiled bitterly.
But the disciples don’t think so.
Feng Bao sighed quietly: "Everyone's mouth makes a difference!"
Shen Lie was relieved.
He sneered a few more times.
Right.
Speaking of these Ming officials, they probably stopped being human beings from the Jiajing Dynasty. They all sharpened their heads and climbed up the ranks, and even wanted to be officials.
All kinds of crooked ways emerge in endlessly.
An old man and a young man sighed in the inner house.
After looking around and seeing no one around, Feng Baobian said softly: "Fundamentally, it's because of Taiyue Gong's new policy that banned academies all over the world."
Shen Lie whispered: "Oh, what do you think Mr. Feng said?"
Follow Feng Bao, a veteran of three dynasties, as he talks.
Shen Lie suddenly realized.
The last years of Jiajing period.
Chao Gang was in chaos.
Suddenly, there was a trend of scholars setting up private academies in the world.
In the name of tutoring for imperial examinations, these private academies invited famous teachers to sit in and provide one-on-one tutoring, attracting a large number of candidates to participate.
There are lectures by famous teachers, lectures by famous experts, and even grand officials of the current dynasty are invited to the academy to sell questions, post questions, and buy questions...
therefore.
The organizers behind these academies naturally made huge profits from them.
If it's just for the imperial examination, that's fine, but what good things can all the scholars in the world do together?
Gradually.
These academies that have sprung up like mushrooms in various places have naturally begun to change their taste.
These academies!
Gradually, it became a place where lecturers expressed their opinions, debated endlessly, and even opposed party members.
following.
Naturally, the trend of forming cliques among ministers in the DPRK and China is prevalent.
more than this.
Some officials use the establishment of academies to provide lectures for personal gain, giving and accepting bribes, and putting corruption and bending the law under the guise of elegance, which has done great harm to the ethos of the court.
These people even began to use the influence of the academy to interfere in government affairs!
By the time of the Wanli Dynasty’s New Deal.
In order to combat this growing evil trend, the chief minister Zhang Juzheng showed no mercy to this unhealthy trend and killed him!
Zhang Juzheng did not rub sand in his eyes, but started with the people around him.
All his close friends, disciples, and old friends, who were keen on teaching but refused to listen to advice and did not turn back, were mercilessly removed from the officialdom by Zhang Juzheng.
While removing these people from the officialdom.
Zhang Juzheng also severely attacked the academies built in various places, and the academies built by vassal kings in various places were a top priority.
In that time, countless academies were banned and destroyed.
Use thunderous means to suppress this unhealthy trend!
As Feng Bao picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip, his cloudy eyes narrowed and he said faintly: "Now Grandpa Taiyue is ill..."