Whether Wang Yuan knew it or not, or admitted it or not, what he did around reform was increasingly similar to Zhang Juzheng in history.
Before Zhang Juzheng's reform, he also had to unify his thoughts, that is: restore the ancestral system!
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Although the name is correct, the ideas are not unified, and the reform does not even have slogans. How can this increase cohesion? How can local officials know the spirit of the central government?
However, Zhang Juzheng's conditions for reform were more mature, because at that time the Ming Dynasty was in an extremely bad state, and if it did not reform, it would come to the end of the dynasty! Therefore, starting from the Longqing Dynasty, Xu Jie, Gao Gong and others successively served as chief ministers, no matter what their character, no matter what they were.
Loyal or traitorous, everyone is holding high the banner of reform, and reform has become politically correct.
The situation faced by Wang Yuan was different. Although Zhu Houzhao was making nonsense, he had the import of gold and silver from overseas, the support of customs tax revenue, the results of salt tax reform, the situation on the border was stable, and Yang Tinghe cut redundancy and reduced expenditure.
After this incident was completed, many officials found that it was okay not to change, and that maintaining the status quo would create a prosperous era.
In addition, by the time of Zhang Juzheng, the two groups of retro-religious movements and the widespread dissemination of mind science had already freed thought and culture from the constraints. Even mind science had developed into metaphysics, which not only got rid of the constraints, but also let oneself go, leading to the gradual rise of practical learning.
At this time, Wang Yuan's retro-style school had only tried one wave and failed. The philosophy of mind had only just emerged, and the scholar-bureaucrats were still trapped in the shackles of Neo-Confucianism.
Therefore, the resistance to reform that Wang Yuan encountered came from many fields of culture, thought, and reality, and it must be more difficult to deal with than Zhang Juzheng's time!
First of all, we must emancipate our minds and forcibly promote the development of the retro school and the new Neo-Confucianism.
Historically, after Zhang Juzheng unified his thinking, the first step in reform was to rectify the administration of officials. The "Kaocheng Law" was implemented, with the cabinet controlling the six departments, the six departments supervising the six ministries, and the six ministries supervising the local areas, with the Metropolitan Procuratorate assisting throughout the process.
Only in this way can the smooth flow of government orders be ensured.
Although Wang Yuan was a novice on history, he only knew that Zhang Juzheng had engaged in the "One Whip Method." But when he really wanted to implement reforms, he also faced administrative problems and unconsciously adopted the same methods as Zhang Juzheng.
This is not an amazing coincidence, but it is trapped within the Ming Dynasty system. Unless you start from scratch, this is the only way you can do it.
After the literary meeting, Wang Yuan returned home and wrote a memorial - "The Fa Shu of Inviting Officials to Examine Success". The content is similar to Zhang Juzheng's "The Examination of Fa".
The only difference is that Wang Yuan did not give the cabinet complete control over the Sixth Section like Zhang Juzheng did. The Sixth Section still remained relatively independent and could rely on the General Affairs Department to report directly to the emperor through the Chief of Ceremonies.
Therefore, it is interesting that the Sixth Section is under the dual leadership of the Cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
This is equivalent to leaving enough power space for the emperor, but it will not affect the cabinet decrees, and there is no thought of directly ousting the emperor.
"Master, let's have some midnight snack." Xia Chan walked in Yingying.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Why are you here? Amei hasn't calmed down yet?"
Xia Chan replied with a smile: "Madam said she wanted to be an old godly woman, so she deliberately kept a straight face with me just now."
"Put down the midnight snack." Wang Yuan couldn't help laughing.
Xia Chan gently put the tray down, walked around behind Wang Yuan and massaged his back and shoulders. This massage technique was getting better and better, and Wang Yuan was relieved of most of his fatigue in an instant.
Wang Yuan bent over his desk and continued writing the memorial.
At the time of Zhang Juzheng, although his mind had been liberated, he had liberated it a bit too much, and all kinds of messy theories emerged. In addition, there were big Xinxue leaders who opposed some of the reforms. Zhang Juzheng banned Xinxue in a rage, which led to all
The successors of Xinxue all stood against the reform. As soon as Zhang Juzheng died, the disciples of Xinxue immediately counterattacked, accelerating the process of the death of people and the demise of government.
As for Zhang Juzheng changing into new clothes every day and accepting golden couplets, the content of which is still equal to that of the emperor. These are all fabricated by the opposition. From his private messages during his lifetime, we can know that Zhang Juzheng did not accept bribes, and even accepted gifts.
It is "Kill the flies with meat, and the flies will come again."
It is even more nonsense to say that Zhang Juzheng returned to his hometown to bury his father in a sedan chair.
During the funeral of his father, Zhang Juzheng received three edicts a day, and the local officials wanted to build a "Three Edicts Pavilion" to commemorate him. Zhang Juzheng quickly refused, and was worried and fearful, saying that he was now "riding a tiger" and knew that he was definitely not good.
As a result, he resigned immediately after the reform achieved results. Would such an alert and understanding person be so stupid as to take a 32-carriage sedan home?
It was nothing more than those who had lost their interests in the reform. They could not bring down Zhang Juzheng in official matters, so they could only make up various small jokes based on private ethics. Emperor Wanli was already increasingly dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng because he could not personally govern. He heard too much about Zhang Juzheng.
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However, Zhang Juzheng is by no means innocent, because an innocent person cannot lead reforms.
Feng Bao, the eunuch in the Wanli period, was no different from Zhang Yong in the Zhengde period. In order to gain the support of the eunuch of rites, Zhang Juzheng not only did not stop Feng Bao from taking bribes and bending the law, but also personally wrote a letter to Feng Bao when he was building Shengjie (pre-built tomb).
Feng Bao wrote an epitaph, praising Feng Bao as a promising eunuch who was honest and law-abiding.
Don't trust the eunuch's character, and don't trust the royal family's character either.
Empress Dowager Li was so wise, but she still built a lot of temples because she worshiped Buddhism. She built a temple almost every year. The construction cost was more than 100,000 taels (sometimes a temple cost hundreds of thousands of taels), and it also took up a lot of laborers and land.
In the end, it was so endless that Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to intervene, and the relationship between the Queen Mother and the First Assistant was cracked.
Fortunately, Queen Mother Gu did not believe in Buddhism, so Wang Yuan was not afraid of anyone building the temple.
After writing the memorial, Wang Yuan came to Huang'e's room and saw his wife reading a book and eating melon seeds.
Sunflowers were introduced to China two years ago. The royal family planted them in the garden as an ornamental. Only Wang Yuan's family used them to fry melon seeds. It is estimated that in another year and a half, melon seeds will become popular in the capital. After all, Wang Erlang's family is a fresh product.
, has always been deliberately imitated by the powerful in Beijing.
Huang E was still reading and eating melon seeds, without even looking up at her husband.
Wang Yuan lay down and looked at her with a surprised expression: "Where did this old godly woman come from to be so beautiful?"
The corner of Huang E's mouth curled up, and he tried not to laugh, and continued to eat melon seeds and read.
Wang Yuan sat next to his wife and peeled melon seeds without saying a word. He peeled dozens of melon seeds, spread them in the palm of his hand and asked, "Do you want to eat them?"
After all, Huang E couldn't resist the temptation. He leaned his head, opened his mouth and bit into the palm of Wang Yuan's hand. He swallowed a lot of melon seeds and chewed them so deliciously.
Wang Yuan was surprised and said: "Old Qianpo is still young, but her teeth are still good!"
Huang E was furious and squeezed Wang Yuan's cheeks with both hands: "Don't call me an old godly woman again!"
Wang Yuan joked: "Then who wrote the Sanqu, 'It's hard to be, the little bitch is pretending to be Yingying's charming look; don't be busy, the old godly woman will do it viciously!'"
Huang E's two sentences probably mean: I can't stand it anymore, these little bitches are used to seducing my husband. Just wait, I'm going to be a bad bitch and clean up these little bitches!
Huang E covered Wang Yuan's mouth and said with a blushing face: "Don't say it again. Who told you to print this kind of boudoir talk for others to see? From now on, everyone in the capital will know that I am a jealous woman!"
"Hahahaha," Wang Yuan laughed, "Who dares to say that you are a jealous woman? Everyone will only praise you for your true nature and envy our husband and wife's sincere love."
Huang E glanced at her husband and asked, "What's going on with the maid Anna?"
Wang Yuan said: "It was given by a maritime merchant, and he ran away after delivering it."
Huang E asked: "When will you close the house?"
Wang Yuan complained: "I never thought about closing the room. I just sent her to the laboratory to bring tea and water. I haven't seen her in more than a month."
"I don't believe it!" Huang E sneered, "She is so beautiful, as if she were a fairy descending to earth, so you won't be tempted?"
Wang Yuan asked: "Is she really that beautiful? She was veiled that day. I have never seen what she looked like."
Huang E hurriedly asked: "Have you really never seen it before?"
Wang Yuan said: "After hearing what you said, I really want to meet you."
"No!" Huang E turned into a ferocious beast. The hungry tiger pounced on the sheep and pinned the man down.
After a lot of ravages, Huang E finally satiated his hunger and let go of the prey to catch his breath and said, "I'm too lazy to take care of you, so as not to be rumored to be a jealous woman again. When do you plan to arrange the marriage between Su'er and the princess?"
Wang Yuan got up and said: "At least until the emperor's wedding."
Zhu Zaiyi has observed mourning for three months and can get married at any time, but he must get married as soon as possible. Like Zhu Houzhao, he also got married in the first year of Zhengde, so the establishment of a queen cannot be delayed for too long.
The wedding of the new emperor had not yet started, but Yang Tinghe finally resigned successfully. Before leaving, the emperor gave him the title of "Taifu".
The Ming Dynasty finally officially entered the Wang Yuan era.