My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 7 Zhang Juzheng Does Not Take Revenge Overnight
Zhang Juzheng is here!
Su Ze stood up quickly. After a while, Zhang Juzheng, wearing a red official robe and with a beautiful beard, walked into the public housing of the Hanlin Academy.

At the beginning of his time travel, Su Ze had seen Zhang Juzheng from afar, but this was the first time he had seen Zhang Juzheng at such a close distance.

Facing Zhang Juzheng, Su Ze did not dare to be negligent.

This is not because of Zhang Juzheng's historical fame.

Su Ze, who was a civil servant in his previous life, understood very well how terrifying it was to have a leader who was resourceful, capable, energetic, and fond of making trouble, but most importantly, who held grudges!
Su Ze didn't want to curry favor with Zhang Juzheng, but he also didn't want to offend Zhang Juzheng.

His ideal plan was to remain invisible while Zhang Juzheng was in power, and then come to the fore after Zhang Juzheng died.

There is no way. Although I am a time traveler, my system seems unreliable.

Faced with Zhang Juzheng, a man with a natural talent for power struggles, Su Ze, a small civil servant in his previous life, did not think about fighting against him.

When the current cabinet minister arrived, all the officials of the Hanlin Academy, big and small, gathered in front of the public housing.

After finishing his inspection in the morning, the President Academician Yin Shidan returned to the Ministry of Rites. Zhang Juzheng was received by Zhu Dashou, the highest-ranking academician who remained in the Hanlin Academy.

Zhu Dashou was also a celebrity. He was one of the Ten Masters of Yue during the Jiajing period. He was close friends with Shen Lian and Xu Wei, and held an extraordinary position in the literary world. Now he served as a bachelor of imperial studies and often lectured on classics to Emperor Longqing.

However, it was obvious that Zhu Dashou treated Zhang Juzheng with courtesy but distance. Su Ze guessed that it was because when Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng were overthrowing Yan, they were obsessed with Hu Zongxian, the former governor of the southeast, and Zhu Dashou's close friend Xu Wei was a guest of Hu Zongxian and was also implicated by Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, so he did not have a good face for Zhang Juzheng.

Su Ze felt a little headache. Such a small Hanlin Academy was involved in so many struggles and the interpersonal relationships were extremely complicated.

Zhu Dashou asked with a sense of alienation, "I wonder what it is that Lord Zhang has come to the Hanlin Academy?"

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said:

"You scholars have forgotten that Zhang is also a lecturer and an official in our Hanlin Academy."

Zhu Dashou could only smile bitterly. The cabinet ministers usually served as tutors and lecturers. This was because the important cabinet ministers were usually men of literature and were responsible for the emperor's imperial lectures.

However, Zhu Dashou could not treat Zhang Juzheng as a subordinate, so he could only say:

"Master Zhang, please come in."

Zhu Dashou brought Zhang Juzheng to the Mingtang, and a group of Hanlin officials sat down in order, while Shujishi like Su Ze stood in the back row.

Zhu Dashou and Zhang Juzheng exchanged pleasantries for a while before asking again, "Why did Lord Zhang take the time to come to the Hanlin Academy?"

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile:

"The first reason I came here is to meet the talented people of the Hanlin Academy."

Hearing this, Zhu Dashou felt a little unhappy.

Although Yin Shidan, the president of the academy, had always been close to Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng in terms of political views, he came to see the scholar praised by Xu Jie. After all, the Hanlin Academy was within his jurisdiction. Although his subordinate Zhu Dashou was somewhat dissatisfied, he had nothing to say.

Zhang Juzheng personally came to the Hanlin Academy to win over the newly promoted scholars, which was a bit of an overstepping of his authority.

But Zhang Juzheng was an assistant minister of the cabinet after all, so Zhu Dashou could only call out Wang Jiaping, Yu Shenxing and Zhu Geng and ask them to pay a visit to Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng said a few more words of encouragement. Su Ze saw Shen Yikuan beside him with envy on his face, and regretted that he had not written the essay well and failed to get the approval of Lord Xu.

Zhang Juzheng continued:

"I have one more thing to ask. A few days ago, Lord Chen submitted a petition requesting the revision of the official records, and Your Majesty has approved it."

Hearing this, many Hanlin scholars present were excited! Su Ze understood why they were excited.

The reason why the Hanlin Academy is both clean and expensive is that, in addition to the fact that its work is relatively leisurely and it is located in the Forbidden City, more importantly, the Hanlin Academy also undertakes cultural construction work.

When a new emperor ascends the throne, he must compile the Veritable Records of the previous emperor, and compiling the Veritable Records is the fast track to promotion.

For example, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di compiled the "Yongle Encyclopedia" and the "Da Ming Hui Dian" was revised during the Jiajing period. After compiling books for a few years, one would be promoted immediately. Moreover, compiling books and history itself conforms to the value of "establishing words" of scholars, which can be regarded as a win-win situation in terms of fame and fortune.

The current President of the Hanlin Academy, Yin Shidan, and the Attending Academician, Zhu Dashou, both revised the "Da Ming Hui Dian" during the Jiajing period, and then entered the fast lane of promotion. Now they have the hope of entering the cabinet and becoming prime ministers.

Now in the cabinet, Chen Yiqin, the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, is a famous historian. He proposed to compile the national history, so naturally he would be the "chief editor of the national history", that is, the chief editor of the national history of the Jiajing Dynasty.

This is similar to the leadership groups of key projects and key engineering projects in ministries and commissions before Su Ze traveled through time. Once they were completed, they would be successful and enter the fast lane of promotion.

Chen Yiqin could not compile history alone, so naturally he needed people from the Hanlin Academy to participate in the compilation of history.

Everyone looked at Zhang Juzheng with fiery eyes. Zhang Juzheng came to the Hanlin Academy, and it seemed that he was going to select Hanlin to compile the national history.

As for why it was not Chen Yiqin who came, it was probably because Lord Chen himself had a good relationship with Lords Xu and Zhang. Chen Yiqin had been preparing to compile history these days, and probably entrusted Zhang Juzheng to select someone.

It seems that I missed an opportunity.

Su Ze felt a little aggrieved when he thought of the crappy system, but when he thought of his own handwriting and literary talent, he was afraid that he would not be able to beat those three people.

But Zhang Juzheng's next words made everyone present fall into an ice cave.

Zhang Juzheng said:
"Your Majesty has specially ordered that this time, in addition to compiling the Veritable Records of Emperor Sejong, you must also compile the Veritable Records of Emperor Ruizong."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Hanlin Academy was in an uproar!
Emperor Ruizong of the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Youlang, the biological father of Emperor Jiajing.

You should know that the most serious incident during the Jiajing period was the "Great Ceremony Debate"!

Jiajing himself succeeded the eldest son as the younger brother of the younger clan. The throne came from the fact that Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao, had no son. Because of this issue of recognizing his father, a fierce political struggle was triggered.

Although Jiajing won this struggle, the aftermath is still there. The biggest controversy that remains to this day is whether Jiajing's biological father Zhu Youlang can be considered an emperor?

As the grandson of Zhu Youju and the son of Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Longqing had to compile a Veritable Record for his grandfather, which meant he had to acknowledge that his grandfather Zhu Youju was the emperor.

If the Emperor Longqing really followed his wishes and fabricated a true record for Zhu Youlang, who had never been an emperor for a single day, I am afraid that all historians would be scolded to death by scholars all over the world!
But the emperor has said that he wants to compile a record for his grandfather, who can object?

Those who could become Hanlin were all smart people. Although those who experienced the "Great Ceremony Debate" are no longer around, the severity of that storm can still be seen in the official documents and comments collected by the Hanlin Academy.

Wang Jiaping, Yu Shenxing and Zhu Geng all hesitated a little, and they all regretted that they had written their questions too well.

Zhang Juzheng said:
"Number one scholar Luo Wanhua should be admitted to the Museum of History."

Hearing this, Su Ze almost laughed out loud.

As expected, Zhang Juzheng did not take revenge overnight. Luo Wanhua had just rejected his recruitment and now he came to the Hanlin Academy to seek revenge.

But Zhang Juzheng's next words made Su Ze stop laughing. He only heard him say:
"Su Ze, the scholar-official, should also be admitted to the History Museum."

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