prosperous age

"Chen Liu Shi Shu" is an important document that Zhang Juzheng wrote to the emperor in the second year of Longqing. Based on the accumulated abuses in the officialdom since the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, he reviewed the documents from the provincial discussion, Zhenji Gang, heavy edicts, verification of names and facts, and solidification of the state. Major reform measures have been put forward in the six aspects of capital, order and military preparation.

Wei Guangde didn't know what six things Zhang Juzheng was going to tell Emperor Longqing, so he didn't pay attention.

Moreover, because Zhang Juzheng had just released this memorabilia that he carefully polished and revised many times, the details naturally did not flow out so quickly.

In fact, it took almost half a day just in the hands of Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin.

The full text is full of more than [-] words, whether it is Li Chunfang or Chen Yiqin, they all changed their attitudes immediately after a rough reading, and read the content carefully instead.

Although "Liu Shi Shu" was originally written by Xu Jie, it is quite different from Xu Jie's original manuscript at this moment.

Undoubtedly, "Chen Liu Shi Shu" is actually a set of reform plans that Zhang Juzheng has formed in his mind for many years. Every time a matter is reported, the words "Fuqi Shengcai" must be appended.

Although it's just a Shu, in his opinion, it's actually a six-way Chen Shu, and he doesn't want to directly reject a certain matter because it caused the emperor's displeasure.

However, if this book is disassembled, it would be troublesome to perform it separately, so I chose to perform it in this way.

Zhang Juzheng, courtesy name Shuda, nicknamed Taiyue, was born in Jiangling, Huguang. Since he was a child, he has been extremely intelligent and ambitious, and he is tireless, so his studies have progressed rapidly.

The articles he wrote when he was 13 years old were favored by Huguang governor Gu Lin, who praised him for his "general talent".

Zhang Juzheng was elected at the age of 16, and Gu Lin untied his rhinoceros belt as a gift.

At the age of 20, he went to Beijing to try for the next rank, and at the age of 23, he succeeded.

As a "prime minister", the life of a concubine is a leisurely life of practicing and doing things, but Zhang Juzheng is not leisurely at this time.

He generously took the world as his own responsibility, carefully studied the country's laws and regulations, summed up the experience and lessons of the rise and fall of the past dynasties, and explored the methods of governing the country, thus laying the foundation for his subsequent governance.

Three years after the disbandment of the museum, he was awarded the editorship of the Imperial Academy. At this time, Xia Yan was beheaded, and the "Gengxu Change" occurred, and the court was in turmoil.

Although he saw many problems in the imperial court, he could be an editor of the Imperial Academy, but he was powerless. This is also the reason why he returned to his hometown in Huguang to wander around on the grounds of recuperating.

Many years later, when he was recalled again, the court was in the period of a battle between the two kings. The first assistant of the court stood in line with King Jing, while the second assistant Xu Jie chose King Yu.

When Emperor Jiajing died and Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, the court immediately fell into a dispute between Xu and Gao.

In fact, Xu Jie can also see the shortcomings of the current Ming court, but he is too old to have the courage to change.

I don't know what Xu Jie is thinking about transferring the common problems of the court that I saw to Zhang Juzheng, maybe I hope he can do something, or maybe...
According to Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin, Zhang Juzheng's "Chen Liushi Shu" comprehensively put forward political ideas for rectifying the government from six aspects: provincial discussion, Zhenji Gang, emphasizing edicts, verifying names and facts, solidifying the state, and ordering military preparations. These propositions are both relevant and practical.

However, Li Chunfang only read it carefully and seriously considered the pros and cons, while Chen Yiqin paid more attention to it, not only thinking about the content, but also asking his clerks to copy it immediately and send it to Yin Shizhen and Wei Guangde.

Among them, it is mentioned in the matter of reorganizing the military preparations, "When we look at our ancestors again, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp. Although they are not enough today, we can still get 9 or [-] soldiers. If they are well trained, they will all be useless?
But scholars are arrogant and lazy, and the laws are difficult to enforce. Although they have practiced in the Spring and Autumn Period, they are ineffective.

The ancient rituals of the minister's examination, as well as the stories of my ancestors, all have the rituals of grand reading, and you can avoid danger with fine martial arts. "

Not many people in the court knew that Emperor Longqing wanted Wei Guangde to organize his troops, even Yin Shizhen didn't know about it, and he only heard Emperor Longqing mention that Wei Guangde wanted to use the form of holding a grand parade, Boost the morale of the Ming army and conquer the country.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng's military preparations, he immediately thought of Wei Guangde's proposal to Emperor Longqing.

As for Zhang Juzheng's memorandum, it should be said to be a petition, which does not require the cabinet to make a draft.

During the noon break, the three cabinet ministers got together, and Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin naturally had a conversation with Zhang Juzheng.

"Uncle's essay made me suddenly enlightened, and I felt like I could see the sun through the clouds. I intend to send it directly to the Supervisor of Rites. Please read it, Your Majesty. What do you think of Yifu?"

After Zhang Juzheng finished talking about what he wanted to express in this memorial, Li Chunfang said to Chen Yiqin.

"There is nothing wrong with it. Uncle's article is well done. According to this picture, it may be of great benefit to the court."

Chen Yiqin also felt that Zhang Juzheng's six suggestions are feasible, so it's okay to give it a try.

Zhang Juzheng hastily handed over his hands to be modest, but Li Chunfang had already handed over to Zhongshu Sheren, so he could send Zhang Juzheng's "Chen Liushi Shu" to the palace.

Wei Guangde saw the article sent by Chen Yiqin's family member in the afternoon, and he was a little surprised that Chen Yiqin specially copied Zhang Juzheng's article for himself, but he understood what it meant after a quick scan.

"I heard that the emperor's rule of the world has a great foundation and an urgent task; those who straighten their minds and cultivate themselves, and build extremes to set an example for their subjects, are the major foundations of governance; those who review the situation several times and make them more suitable for the people are also urgent tasks to save the time. Fu begging for mercy
Discussions in a province, ministers who hear the affairs of the world, think carefully and carefully, and act with great strength, plan in the public, and judge in the independent
Vibrating Ji Gang, I heard that the ruler of the people is above the people of Zhaomin, and he controls the vastness of the world, so he can make the world obey his orders, and those who are orderly and not chaotic are just the discipline.
A heavy edict, the minister who hears the emperor is also the master of the order, and the minister is the one who follows the emperor's order and sends it to the people
A nuclear name.
A solid foundation of the state, ministers have heard of the rule of the emperor, those who want to fight against the outside world must first settle down inside, the book says that the people are the foundation of the state, and the foundation is solid and peaceful.
Once the military is prepared, the ministers only need to worry about today's affairs. Don't worry about the frontier defense. Above the temple, those who draw pictures day and night should not be anxious about the frontier defense."

"Oh, this uncle is fine, just ask His Majesty to make an order."

After Wei Guangde carefully read Zhang Juzheng's memorabilia, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The six things mentioned in this memorandum, in fact, the five items of Zhenji Gang, Emphasis on Imperial Orders, Verification of Names and Facts, Solidification of the State, and Order of Military Preparations all have the words of Fu Wang Chi Xiabu, Yuan and other yamen.

This is actually not a big deal, if the emperor thinks what he said is reasonable, it makes sense to make an order like this, I am afraid that Emperor Longqing may not be happy with such an order.

"The way is wrong."

Wei Guangde made a comment in his mind, reckoning that the possibility of Emperor Longqing doing things according to the memorial is very slim.

As for Zhang Juzheng's proposal to play the military equipment, it attracted Wei Guangde's attention.

The internal and external troubles since the Jiajing period, the southern Japanese and the northern captives, have long been a major foreign trouble since the Ming Dynasty, and the border defense plan is a national urgent matter.

Zhang Juzheng put forward a point of view in the memorial, which unexpectedly coincides with what he said to Emperor Longqing back then.

"In the past few years, the captives have become more and more troubled, and the frontier affairs have been neglected for a long time. Bizhe has repeatedly received sacred orders, strictly ordered the frontier ministers, and the people were excited. At one time, the governors, generals and other officials were quite worthy. Now the defense seems to be somewhat prepared. "

In fact, what I want to express is that the current situation on the nine borders is stable and the defense is relatively complete, but the key point is the following paragraph, which is "I think that captives are like beasts, but if you don't injure them, the troubles will continue, but war is a dangerous thing." , It’s not easy to say, you should calmly examine the map, and use the ears of victory.”

Zhang Juzheng actually proposed to severely injure the captive cavalry in the First World War, in order to quell the border troubles.

Calmly reviewing drawings is actually calmly praising paintings, one must first study strategies and tactics.

The Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty was not only in charge of military documents, but also had officials who specialized in planning and planning strategies, similar to the civilian staff of later generations.

They are good at drawing calculations on the map, determining the army's advance and retreat strategies, material reserves and replenishment, etc. Naturally, it is not the generals in later generations of film and television works who just point and draw on the map and lead the army to act according to this, and then they can get a battle. victory.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang formulate the Weisuo system, not only because it is convenient to manage after the world is peaceful, but in fact, to a large extent, it is because he has seriously thought about his experience in the battle against the Mongolian Yuan. Easiest to complete logistical supplies, moderate army size.

Instead of establishing the so-called "big camp" as in the past, the generals will temporarily select strong and strong troops to form combat troops.

In normal times, the soldiers are divided into training according to the guards, and they are familiar with each other, and they can work closely together on the battlefield to exert their combat effectiveness.

As for the "big review" mentioned later, in Zhang Juzheng's ideal, it was for the emperor to review it in person and weed out the old and weak.

Just like the meaning expressed in the petition, "Fu begs the ministers of the military and government to apply for strict military administration and try to train them. Every year or every year during the winter and agricultural breaks, I respectfully invite the holy car to come and review them in person.

One is to test the generals' ability, and the other is to observe the bravery and cowardice of the soldiers. Those who are skilled and skilled will be rewarded separately, and those who are old and weak will be eliminated immediately. "

Let Emperor Longqing go to watch martial arts every year. If the emperor likes martial arts, like Emperor Zhengde, he may see Zhang Juzheng's memorabilia and immediately copy and use it, but this is not Zhengde.

Wei Guangde shook his head regretfully, Zhang Juzheng is amazing, although feasible, but not practical, he doesn't know Emperor Longqing well.

Wei Guangde sighed in his heart, and also understood why he was so strict with Zhu Yijun later on, probably because he didn't get any good from the little emperor and his father, so he loved and hated him deeply.

In the afternoon, Wei Guangde didn't do anything else, but read Zhang Juzheng's "Chen Liu Shi Shu" repeatedly, and the more he read it, the more he felt it was appropriate and reasonable.

At this time, in Qianqing Palace, Emperor Longqing was also urgently delivering this memorial from the Supervisor of Rituals.

Chen Hong was on duty today as the inspector of ceremonies. When he saw this memorial sent from the cabinet, he thought it was a big deal at first.

There are regulations on how many times a day and what time each time is.

But today, when the memorial was delivered, there were no rules.

For major memorials, the general cabinet ministers will be sent directly to the Qianqing Palace and handed over to the emperor, and rarely follow the procedure of the supervisor of ceremonies.

Out of curiosity, Chen Hong read Zhang Juzheng's memorials, and then he knew why this happened.

"Hey, it seems that Uncle Zhang has the support of the first and second assistants, otherwise he wouldn't have sent it at this time."

Chen Hong smacked his lips. Now that the cabinet has expressed support for Zhang Juzheng, he can't fight against the cabinet. Anyway, he wants to stay by the emperor's side anyway, so maybe he can be a solid favorite.

Immediately, Chen Hong took the memorial to Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Longqing was walking his dog in the imperial garden. When he heard that Chen Hong had sent a memorial to the palace, he was startled at first.

Counting the time, it's August, and it seems that major events may happen in the north and south. Although it is strange that Chen Hong sent it, he still quickly returned to the palace.

After reading the memorial, Emperor Longqing remained silent.

Zhang Juzheng's six things are all right, logically speaking, it seems that the court should do this.

However, Emperor Longqing also knew that Zhang Juzheng was only proposing the direction and hadn't drawn up the details of the six matters, so he requested the edict to be sent to each yamen.

After a little thought, Emperor Longqing also had a way to deal with it.

He picked up a pen and wrote in the memorial: "Lan Qing's memorials are all deeply concerned with current affairs, and they are loyal to the country. This ministry will read and discuss."

He did not follow Zhang Juzheng's thinking, and issued decrees to the Ministry and the Court according to several of them. Even if some Zhang Juzheng had proposed ideas, he did not let the Ministry and the Court do so. Then hand it over to him.

In fact, this way of handling it is quite reasonable. Although Zhang Juzheng's proposals seem to be reasonable, they involve practical matters after all. Emperor Longqing didn't know whether the various yamen of the court would encounter trouble in the actual handling process.

Send the memorial to the Ministry and the Academy, and let them discuss it before submitting a resolution. This will largely make him more aware of the operability of these six matters.

Of course, if no one pays special attention to this matter, the discussion may be over for a long time.

In fact, this is also a frequent occurrence in the Ming court, with a beginning and no end.

The reason why such a situation occurs is mostly because the viewpoints put forward are very reasonable, and people cannot find rebuttals, but the operation will damage the interests of many people, and everyone actually opposes it in their hearts, so they try to delay the time.

Procrastinate for a while, and it will be fine.

That's how the Ming government's yamen handled things, and if things went on like this, the efficiency became more and more inefficient.

It's just that after he dealt with it in this way, the six ministries of the imperial court and other courts didn't respond for a long time, and Emperor Longqing was actually very busy having fun, so he quickly forgot about it.

Therefore, many people later took this as evidence of Emperor Longqing's incompetence.

Emperor Longqing loved to play, loved the Lantern Festival, and loved wealth and beautiful women. It was true that he also liked to defer important government affairs to the cabinet and the supervisor of rituals, and most of the decisions were made based on the cabinet's proposals.

And it is precisely because of his "good" habits that the cabinet ministers of the Longqing Dynasty have the ability to re-plan the Ming Dynasty in their minds according to their own thoughts.

It's just that he failed to handle the struggle between powerful officials well.

Although the "six things" mentioned by Zhang Juzheng were not specific national policies, they revealed various contradictions that appeared in the superstructure of the Ming Dynasty after the "Rule of Renxuan".

It's just that people like Xu Jie or Gao Gong are needed to push it, and Li Chunfang doesn't have this ability. (end of this chapter)