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Chapter 938 Every choice has meaning

Zhu Yijun certainly thought about having the wealthy areas in the south of the Yangtze River provide counterpart support to remote areas such as Shaanxi, Gansu and Suiyuan to alleviate the contradiction of unbalanced regional development, not just in education.

The poverty of Shaanxi, Gansu and Suiyuan and the wealth of Jiangnan have been compared more than once.

Making the Ming Dynasty great again, including the poor and hardworking people, has always been Zhu Yijun's greatest insistence.

While people in Shaanxi, Gansu and Sui were still starving to death and struggling in drought, there was hope that the Dinghai school system in Songjiang Prefecture could be completed.

However, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was sitting high in the sky, he could not bring up the idea of ​​killing the rich and helping the poor in certain regions, because he was not in the local area. Even when he went on a southern tour, he only had a cursory look and could not fully understand the specific conditions in the local area.

He didn't know whether Songjiang Prefecture was really wealthy enough to have the spare capacity to provide counterpart support.

To hastily implement a decree is a move for quick success and instant benefits, and is definitely not a decision that a calm decision-maker should make. This is irresponsible not only to Jiangnan, but also to Shaanxi, Gansu and Suiyuan.

The idea proposed by Wang Qian, the prefect of Songjiang, shows that Songjiang Prefecture already has enough capacity to not only exert influence on Zhejiang and Nan Ya, but also to provide support to Shaanxi, Gansu and Sui.

Wang Qian fully stated his ideas and completely copied the policy of reforming the natives and returning them to the Han people.

The Ming Dynasty Juren had no hope of passing the imperial examinations, nor could they go further to become Jinshi, and it was difficult for them to find an official position. However, if they were willing to go to Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou to serve as temporary officials, at the end of their term, the emperor would grant them the title of Jinshi according to their performance.

Although this kind of Jinshi from the special examination is not as good as the third-class Jinshi, it is also a kind of Jinshi.

Wang Qian sat up straight and said with a serious face: "I think it is reasonable to give the academicians who are willing to go to the border areas of Shaanxi, Gansu and Suiyuan the status of Juren. Their willingness to go to the border areas proves that they care about the world, and their ability to persist in Shaanxi, Gansu and Suiyuan shows that they have perseverance that ordinary people cannot achieve. Such people of great perseverance are exactly what the world lacks."

"If you complete five years of supporting the border areas in Shaanxi, Gansu and Suiyuan and receive an excellent evaluation, in addition to being granted the status of a juren, you will also be given the qualification to study at the Imperial University of Peking. In this way, Your Majesty will have a virtuous person to employ."

Wang Qian's words were full of anger towards the old culture aristocrats. In front of the emperor, he made no secret of his intention to retaliate. He wanted to hammer nails into the coffins of these old culture nobles and completely break the old culture aristocrats' monopoly on the path to power.

My father was forced to surrender as the first person to the Southern Court rebels, and the cultural aristocrats hated the Wang family to the core.

Even after his father's death, he was still targeted by these rebels. During the whole turmoil, Wang Qian was somewhat confused about the emperor and didn't know why the emperor didn't take action, but he only had hatred for these old cultural aristocrats.

In Wang Qian's view, this is not only about balancing the imbalance in cultural development among regions, but also about selecting talents and promoting the talents of scholars so that the emperor will have people to use.

The reason why the old cultural aristocrats were noble was that they monopolized the path to power, the imperial examination.

The imperial examination has always been a relative fairness, not an absolute fairness. It is class-based and not open to everyone. It is also extremely expensive.

In the academy examination for selecting talents, most people will be kept out, because if you want to take the exam to become a scholar, just to enter, you need a recommendation from a scholar. Without a recommendation from a scholar, you cannot enter.

After ten years of hard study, one must first leave his job and need to be supported by the whole family. At the same time, the expensive pens, ink, paper and inkstone are difficult for even a middle-class family to afford.

The most important thing is that this is a gamble that involves one's life destiny. A scholar is useless if he fails to pass the imperial examination. He is powerless and can only talk nonsense. He cannot even support himself.

Not everyone is a man of both civil and military talents like Xiong Tingbi, nor is he or she the Wenquxing who knew nothing about the life of a juren and directly won the top spot in the imperial examination like Shen Shixing.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was an imperial examination every three years, and there were only 400 Jinshi and more than 1,000 Juren. Most of the scholars, after studying hard, achieved nothing in the end.

I can't take off the long gown in my heart, thinking that since I am well-educated and knowledgeable, I should do something;

He couldn't even take off his long gown, and he had no special skills, so he didn't know how to farm or work.

The policy of changing the native system to Han Chinese gave some people a chance to try their luck, and now the targeted support to border areas has become another chance to try their luck.

"Write your ideas in a memorial and then submit it. I and the cabinet will study it carefully. We can't rush this matter. After all, Songjiang Prefecture has not completed the Dinghai school system. We need to take our time." Zhu Yijun did not rush to formulate a policy, but waited until the time was ripe.

The imperial examination system is very good, but all of its institutional designs revolve around one thing: that is, to maintain class solidification while preventing the birth of powerful families and local tyrants who can influence the government. This is the whole meaning of the imperial examination system.

The high cost and low threshold of the imperial examination meant that it was destined to be a feast of power division that poor people and laborers could not participate in. However, no one could completely monopolize the examination because the number of places was fixed and very limited, so aristocratic politics would not emerge.

To put it more directly: no powerful person will be born who can threaten the imperial power.

Compared with the aristocratic families from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, the powerful and wealthy in the Ming Dynasty had a world of difference in their ability to influence politics.

Zhu Yijun made countless contributions to the imperial examination, including expanding the number of Jinshi, selecting Jinshi through special examinations, adding mathematics and various schools of thought. These were all just tinkering with the imperial examination system, but the fundamental purpose of the imperial examination system had never changed.

Only the universal education of the Dinghai school system can completely change the path to acquiring power.

"Moreover, the Dinghai school system itself is not perfect. It still needs to be patched up in practice. I am weak and cannot achieve true absolute fairness. I can only guarantee relative fairness to the greatest extent possible." Zhu Yijun still needs to patch the Dinghai school system.

The mission of the Dinghai school system was to establish a talent selection mechanism with 18 universities as the main body.

It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Wang Qian didn't know what would happen in five years. Maybe he would be beheaded by the emperor in five years. But he knew that he had sounded the death knell for the old cultural aristocracy.

"I'll take my leave." Wang Qian finished saying what he wanted to say and prepared to go to Xishan Cemetery to mourn for his father for 27 days.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Qian's back, smiled, and began to deal with today's memorials. He had to deal with four hundred memorials every day, but in fact, there were only a dozen major matters that really needed the emperor's handling. The floating tickets of the chief minister of the cabinet and the red robes of the Imperial Household Department could handle 95% of the miscellaneous affairs.

Zhu Yijun felt that although he was still a donkey in a mill, he was not particularly tired. However, only Feng Bao, a eunuch who had served in the reigns of Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli, knew how terrifying His Majesty's political talent was.

There are more than a dozen major matters that need to be handled by the emperor personally, which proves that each one is extremely complicated and requires repeated consideration and weighing of the pros and cons. One or two are enough to be a headache. There are more than a dozen matters every day, and His Majesty can handle them steadily. It is obviously a terrible talent.

Feng Bao serves in the presence of the emperor every day and has to prepare a thick memo to prevent himself from forgetting. As he gets older, he now has to ask Zhang Hong to take over when he is only halfway through the work, as he is afraid that his brain will be overloaded and he will not be able to keep up with the pace of the emperor.

"Xiong Tingbi had a conflict with Mori Terumoto at Iwami Ginzan. Mori Terumoto intended to recapture Iwami Ginzan and launched a surprise attack at night, but was defeated by Xiong Tingbi. I sent a chapter to Xiong Tingbi and told him that he was going to Japan to be a father. All captives must be killed without reservation."

"The Momoyama shogunate must be severely reprimanded and Mori Terumoto's rebellious behavior must be punished. The Ming Dynasty's Duntai Yuanhou must patrol ten miles outside the camp. The Japanese are not allowed to attack the Ming Dynasty's scouts, otherwise it will be regarded as a border provocation and the Ming Dynasty will retaliate with force." Zhu Yijun reviewed a memorial.

Xiong Tingbi's legend continues. With only 300 people, he repelled 2,400 Japanese pirates in an encounter battle, killed 300 of them, captured 430, and 40 samurai captives were escorted to Beijing to prove his martial arts.

On the Ming side, three soldiers were killed and seven were injured. These three people were trapped in the enemy's formation because they rushed too fiercely.

Xiong Tingbi was a fundamentalist Confucian scholar who was not only good at debate but also good at fighting.

His Confucianism is not Zhu Xi's and Cheng Yi's Neo-Confucianism. Zhu Xi's and Cheng Yi's Neo-Confucianism is a kind of de-heroized and alienated Confucianism. The revival of Confucius is to clean up the sect.

Xiong Tingbi's understanding of Confucianism is very peculiar.

For example, Confucius said, "If a gentleman is not solemn, he will not be respected"; traditional Confucianism interprets this as: If a gentleman's behavior is not solemn, he will have no prestige.

But Xiong Tingbi believed that if a gentleman did not have enough power, morality, and skills, he would not be able to gain enough respect and would have no prestige.

For example, Confucius said: "The Master does not speak of the strange, the strong, the rebellious, or the gods"; traditional Confucianism interprets this as: The Master never talks about the strange, the strong, the rebellious, or the gods, and one should keep a distance from gods and ghosts.

But Xiong Tingbi believed that the belief in supernatural powers disturbed people's minds and corrupted morals. It was the root cause of the collapse of rituals and music and the beginning of sin. It was heresy and should be eliminated. As long as the evil spirits were eliminated, no one would talk about supernatural powers anymore.

Xiong Tingbi felt that his understanding was correct, because he thought that Confucius's ability to travel around the countries with his three thousand students was not achieved simply by debate, and that a gentleman had to be proficient in the six arts of rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics to be a Confucian scholar.

These six arts, no matter how you look at it, require Confucian scholars to be able to command the army on horseback, govern the country on foot, destroy the enemy with every arrow, steer chariots across the battlefield, and sing songs loudly over the corpses of the enemies to commemorate their heroic souls and military exploits.

Xiong Tingbi's idea was not taught by Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng was a traditional Confucian scholar, and the principles he taught were all traditional interpretations. However, Zhang Juzheng's words and deeds, his actions, told Xiong Tingbi that traditional interpretations were deceptive.

For example, a gentleman cannot be respected if he is not serious, and cannot be dignified if he does not deal harshly. Zhang Juzheng always dealt harshly to everyone, so he gained enough respect.

Benevolence is the power that splits a person into two; righteousness is to hit the enemy's head into his chest.

This is Xiong Tingbi's way of benevolence and righteousness, filled with a kind of violent beauty.

"Has the debt collection operation against Annan begun?" Zhu Yijun asked about another matter.

Wang Chonggu's last words were that the means used by the Ming Dynasty to defeat Altan Khan were not glorious. On the one hand, they destroyed the Khan's nests and drove away his horses, and on the other hand, they lent money at high interest rates, making the debt of gratitude unpayable from generation to generation. This completely undermined the collective strength and consensus of the grasslands and laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to rule Suiyuan.

Zhu Yijun is much more shameless.

Zhu Yijun directly asked the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Liu Jiwen, to purchase the bad debts in Annan from the public at a low price, and then sent letters to the four major companies in Annan, ordering them to pay off these bad debts within six months, otherwise the heavenly troops would come.

Liu Jiwen's threats were not empty words. He bought off these bad debts just to find an excuse. How dare the Annan people not pay back their debts!
Because Guangxi General Qi Jimei could lead his troops to the south from Zhennan Pass at any time, and the newly formed Nanyang Navy also needed a whetstone to sharpen its sword. The Songjiang Navy was sharpening its sword with the lives of Japanese pirates in Ryukyu, while the Nanyang Navy planned to sharpen its sword with the lives of Annan bandits.

If Annan fails to collect its bad debts within six months, then its mission will be justified.

"It has begun." Feng Bao said in a low voice, "The elders, no one has any objection."

This was actually a response to the fact that some Ming censors were very dissatisfied with the severity of the Ming Dynasty's punishment when Annan attacked Laos.

The Ming army stationed at Zhennan Pass actually withdrew. This is simply outrageous!

A small country so close to the Ming Dynasty actually dared to disobey the emperor's will and disrespect the Ming Dynasty!

A gentleman has no authority if he does not respect others. If he does not use heavy hands, he cannot gain respect and has no dignity. In the matter of Annan's invasion of Laos, this logic is so strict that some Confucian scholars think that this interpretation is correct.

The ministers really did not dare to express their opinions on this matter. Not to mention that this was what the emperor wanted to do, and opposition would cause the emperor's dissatisfaction. Even if these censors were like dog-skin plasters, who could bear the big hat of "collaborating with foreigners"?
Wang Chonggu had two final words: one was about debt of gratitude, and the other was about fighting corruption.

These two are the techniques that Wang Chonggu gave to His Majesty the Emperor. One cannot just shout about anti-corruption, but also need to let these censors know how to fight it, from which angle to approach it, what kind of rewards they will get after the anti-corruption campaign is successful, and whether they can make progress.

Overall, both things went smoothly. Wang Qian's memorial was quickly submitted to the cabinet, but it aroused strong opposition from Zhang Juzheng, who was very resolute and direct, even though Wang Qian said that it would take at least three to five years to implement the Dinghai school system in Songjiang Prefecture after it was completed.

However, Zhang Juzheng's opinion was not to discuss it, as he thought it was not worth discussing at all.

Soon, Ling Yunyi, Shen Li, and Zhang Xueyan all agreed with Zhang Juzheng's opinion, and the four ministers of the cabinet all opposed Wang Qian's memorial.

"After this struggle paper is written, I should read it myself and not show it to them." Zhu Yijun looked a little helpless after reading the floating votes of Zhang Juzheng and others.

It’s all because of the class theory struggle volume.

Zhang Juzheng, Ling Yunyi, Shen Li, and Zhang Xueyan were all royalists, and Zhang Juzheng was the most die-hard royalist.

Wang Qian's strategy seemed to break the cultural aristocracy's monopoly on the path to power and sounded the death knell for the old cultural aristocracy, but in fact it also sounded the death knell for the imperial system.

The emperor is the biggest feudal leader, and his complete monopoly on political power is the basis of the supremacy of imperial power.

Although the struggle volume has been publicly released, not many people read it for academic purposes because it is really difficult to understand. If you are not in the position, do not participate in the politics, and are not at the center of power, it is impossible to understand the content of the struggle volume.

For the ministers below the cabinet, the struggle scroll is of no value.

Wang Qian only saw one layer, while Zhang Juzheng saw the collapse of the imperial system after the old order collapsed.

"Your Majesty, if you don't show the struggle papers to the ministers, the Prime Minister will also oppose it." Feng Bao carefully put forward his point of view. If the struggle papers are not shown to the ministers, those ministers who have climbed to the cabinet will be able to see the consequences, but they will not be so clear.

Most of the Ming Dynasty's scholars and officials were not interested in class theory. They felt that it was useless to the country and was complete nonsense. They were more accepting of the theories and propositions of the contradiction theory.

"What you said makes sense." Zhu Yijun let out a breath and sent a memorial to the cabinet for further discussion.

This time the cabinet's attitude was even tougher, and Ling Yunyi's attitude was also very resolute. He believed that this memorial should not only not be passed by the court, but should not even be published in the palace bulletin.

Ling Yunyi's floating ticket asked the emperor a question. He said: The reform policy depends on the arbitrary decision of the emperor; the reform depends on the personal action of the emperor. If your majesty had not made plans and worked hard, would the reform have been successful?
If they insist that "no one but Your Majesty can do this", then the rise of this proposal will only disrupt the national policy, so we should stop talking about it and not discuss it again. Don't let the meat-eating plan destroy the foundation that has been established. Be cautious.

If the Wanli Reform did not have the support of Your Majesty, could it have succeeded? If the answer is: Without Your Majesty's support, the Wanli Reform could not have succeeded, then don't mention it anymore.

Ling Yunyi said very bluntly: Don't let the carnivores' wishful thinking destroy the achievements of the Wanli Reform.

Zhu Yijun thought for a long time before finally replying: I already know the pros and cons of what you said. The cause of reform is accomplished because of me, and it is also the key to the country and the expectation of the people. If it were not for your hard work day and night, it would not be accomplished. The affairs of the world should be planned with a public spirit and implemented with practical policies.

It is true that the Wanli Reform would not have been successful without his strong support, but it was also a major event for the country. It was the expectation of all the people that led to such results. The contributions of the ministers are also worthy of recognition, but when it comes to world affairs, it is still best to plan with a public spirit.

"Let's wait and see." Zhu Yijun submitted a memorial to the cabinet, but did not ask the cabinet to discuss it again. His meaning was very clear that personal matters should not be sacrificed for public interests, but rather that we should wait and see after a while. It would not be too late to discuss it again after the Dinghai school system in Songjiang Prefecture was completed.

"Is the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests ready?" Zhu Yijun closed the memorial. He planned to go to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests to observe meditation and pray for rain for seven days. During the meditation period, the court meetings, memorial approvals, and military exercises and horse reviews at the Northern Army Camp were all to proceed as usual, except that the emperor was to live in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.

The beginning of the 18th year of Wanli was very bad. Except for a very small rain, it didn't rain again. Spring ploughing began, and without rain, there was a high possibility of a poor harvest this year.

"I'm ready." Feng Bao looked at the sky and cursed God in his heart. It was the second day of the second month, when the dragon raised its head, but there was no thunder. There was no thunder when there should be thunder, no snow when there was thunder in winter, and no rain when there should be rain.

God is here to make things difficult for the Ming Dynasty!

"The spring breeze doesn't come, the spring breeze doesn't come." Zhu Yijun stood up, also filled with emotion.

The ice on Zhuyu Peak in Yuntaishan, Henan Province is three feet thick. It is already spring, but there is no sign of the ice melting. At this time of year in previous years, the ice in the upper reaches of the Yellow River would have begun to melt, and it would have been time to prepare to prevent ice floods, but this year the ice on the Yellow River is as hard as stone.

The Ming Dynasty spent a warm winter and welcomed a cold spring.

Zhu Yijun's carriage arrived at the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. The emperor, with a heavy heart, walked towards the Hall. He really hoped that there was a God who could hear his prayers and send some rain so that the people could live.

Zhu Yijun walked step by step across the steps of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, came to the platform of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, and looked at the gloomy sky.

"Boom."

"Is it thundering?" Zhu Yijun thought that he was too eager for rain and had some hallucinations.

"Is it thundering?" Feng Bao looked at Zhang Hong with some uncertainty and asked.

Zhang Hong frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I also heard the thunder."

"Boom." Another burst of thunder.

"It's raining." Zhang Hong touched his cheek. The rain was a little dirty, but it was indeed rain, not bird droppings. Soon, the rain with dust began to fall, hitting the ground and creating mud spots.

Zhu Yijun hurriedly walked into the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. Regardless of whether it was God's response or not, he had to complete the seven days to fulfill his vow. If he didn't, his next wish would not come true.

The wind blew across the entire capital with a moist breath. Soon the drizzle turned into moderate rain, and the moderate rain turned into light rain. It continued like this for three full days before it stopped.

Soon, a series of expedited reports were delivered to the emperor. The rain covered a wide area. There was heavy rain in Shandong, moderate rain in Henan, and varying degrees of precipitation in Shaanxi, Gansu and Suiyuan.

Overall, this timely rain has greatly alleviated the spring drought in the north. It is more meaningful than last year's small but substantial snowfall, as at least the ground has been thoroughly watered.

After seven days of self-reflection, Zhu Yijun worshiped the God of Spring, Ju Mang, and then personally went to present the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Shi Xingyan, with auspicious Zhongsheng sweet potatoes to grow seedlings. In order to grow the seedlings, Zhu Yijun even delayed the military training and review of the Beida camp twice.

But as the sweet potato seedlings grew vigorously, Zhu Yijun finally felt relieved.

At least there will be no large-scale drought, locust plague, or famine this year. This is excellent news. Zhu Yijun has already made preparations. If the drought is too severe, the construction of the new Kowloon University will be suspended, and the court will shift all its attention to the construction of the Beijing-Guangzhou Highway.

"I will send down an edict to all government offices in various places, asking them to tell these powerful gentry to fulfill their promises. If they fail to do so, my soldiers will help them do it!" Zhu Yijun issued a harsh imperial decree.

He remembered clearly the promises made by the powerful and wealthy gentry in their New Year's greetings. Zhu Yijun didn't care whether they were trying to please the emperor. He had to do what he said.

"The flowers in Marshal Qi's mansion have also been saved." Feng Bao reported the good news to the emperor.

Qi Jiguang suffered from serious sequelae of war. This is not pretentiousness, but the conclusion reached by the Jiekui Institute after a five-year long-term follow-up observation of hundreds of battlefield veterans including Qi Jiguang.

The main manifestation of this disease is the mental problems that occur after a person has experienced or personally encountered trauma to himself or herself or others, extremely bloody scenes, has been under serious threat of death for a long time, or has been injured multiple times.

Negative emotions that often occur and persist for a long time: nightmares, irritability, insomnia, anxiety, etc., which seriously affect life.

If it is a mild sequelae, there are ways to alleviate it. As long as people do not come into contact with military affairs for a long time, they will slowly forget those painful memories.

Qi Jiguang's sequelae were very serious, and as a general, it was impossible for him not to be involved in military affairs.

After long-term observation by the chief medical officers, they found that when Qi Jiguang saw flowers blooming, his anxiety would be greatly relieved. It might be the blooming of life that made him feel at peace.

Although it was strange, His Majesty the Emperor planted flowers in the General's Mansion that would bloom all year round, and also prepared a greenhouse so that Qi Jiguang could get emotional comfort if he felt anxious.

However, due to the warm winter and cold spring, Qi Jiguang submitted a memorial on February 3rd, requesting that all the flowers in the mansion be pulled out, because growing these flowers required a lot of water.

The emperor naturally refused to allow it. From Yuquan Mountain to Xizhimen, more than a hundred mansions were built, and every household had a garden. These insects could use water to grow flowers, so why couldn't Qi Jiguang use it?
Zhu Yijun would rather confiscate Qi Jiguang's property than let him pull out the flowers.

If a person's spirit is not good, his body's functions will decline rapidly. This has been proven by the practice of the Jieku Hospital. The chief physician of the Jieku Hospital spent five years to find the only solution to alleviate the problem. This time, three consecutive days of rain made Qi Jiguang give up this idea.

"The court officials recommended Zhou Liangyin, the governor of Shanxi, to be the left vice minister of the Ministry of Justice. He and Ling Ci Fu will serve as senior officials in the Ministry of Justice." Feng Bao took out a memorial. Li Shida was dismissed, the Ministry of Justice was vacant, and the court officials recommended Zhou Liangyin.

"Wouldn't it be more appropriate for Zhou Liangyin to go to the Ministry of Personnel? He did a great job in clearing out redundant staff in Shanxi." Zhu Yijun asked curiously after reading the memorial of recommendation.

Zhou Liangyin's elimination in Shanxi can be said to be a great success, reducing more than 60% of redundant staff in Shanxi's government offices, greatly alleviating the pressure on Shanxi's fiscal expenditure and improving Shanxi's administrative efficiency.

Moreover, this method of elimination spread rapidly from Shanxi to the northern Zhili. Eighteen years ago, Zhou Liangyin was still a lowly scholar, but now he has become a key official of the country.

Zhu Yijun was a little suspicious. He thought this was a trick to persuade people to quit because they wanted to get promoted. Hai Rui had been treated the same way before.

"Zhou Liangyin is most suitable to go to the Ministry of Justice. We have to give him some time to relax. Being too rigid will lead to failure." Feng Bao explained why the ministers thought he was suitable for the Ministry of Justice.

Because he caused too much fuss in Shanxi, some were killed, some were exiled, some were recalled, and some had their homes confiscated.

If Zhou Liangyin returns to the capital to continue the elimination, he would be too aggressive and would easily break. He should stay in the Ministry of Justice for a while, accumulate some strength and settle down. Only after he has established a firm foothold in the capital can he make plans. This is the way to be an official.

"Okay, summon Zhou Liangyin back to the capital." Zhu Yijun felt that the ministers' suggestions were good and it was indeed not a way to promote someone and then persuade him to resign.

Persuading someone to resign after being promoted is a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality. It prevents you from having access to power and from realizing your ambitions. The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice is a powerful official with great power in his hands.

"In fact, the grand funeral of Duke Wencheng inspired many officials, who continued to rush forward to seek glory." Feng Bao carefully reminded His Majesty that by maintaining Wang Chonggu's posthumous reputation, His Majesty would gain something, and it would be a big one.

Before Wang Chonggu was buried as the third most meritorious official of the Wanli Reform, many people suspected that Wang Chonggu would not have a good end, because it was well known that Wang Chonggu had offended the emperor.

However, the grand funeral of Wang Chonggu represented that the emperor was a ruthless political machine. The judgment of merits and demerits was entirely based on the contribution to the country. As long as what he did was beneficial to the country, he could seek fame after his death.

Feng Bao felt this change. At least many ministers were more dedicated in their work. The Dinghai school system, the construction of the highway, the official machinery factory, etc. were all particularly obvious. It is no exaggeration to say that politics is like flowing water and everything falls into place naturally.

Every choice the emperor made was laying the foundation for the Wanli Reform.

(End of this chapter)