The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Juzheng, who can be said to be a good old man since he became an official, even when he became a cabinet minister and mastered a huge amount of power in his hands, he even started to threaten people differently than before. , but even so, even if Zhang Juzheng did something that was too much for some people in the court, but even so, he did not do anything cruel.

But it is different now. It is precisely because of this "One Whip Method" that Zhang Juzheng has become completely different from before. Moreover, the most important change is that Zhang Juzheng is really ruthless now. Hand, actually dared to kill someone.

Of course, Zhang Juzheng will not be the one who kills, but in other words, if Zhang Juzheng wants to kill people today, he only needs one sentence. He lost his life.

But in the final analysis, these people lost their lives not because they offended Zhang Juzheng. In fact, although it is really difficult to say clearly about the right and wrong in the court, those who lost their lives because of this are really a minority , Even if they have some deep hatred, they will never say that they will kill them.

The reason why these people lost their lives because of Zhang Juzheng, or to put it more simply, because of Zhang Juzheng's order, was because these people violated some things, some things that could not be violated at all, that's what happened. In the end, what these people violated was actually about the "One Whip Law".

At the beginning, Zhang Juzheng was also because this incident had just begun, so even so, he didn't really want to move those people, and Zhang Juzheng's inaction only made those people below more unscrupulous and became more There are more and more, but Zhang Juzheng has no good way to deal with this, he can only punish, heavy punishment.

But punishment alone is not a solution, because compared to what these people have received, they have gained a lot. Therefore, although punishment alone has played a certain role, in the final analysis, it is still For those who treat the symptoms but not the root cause, a group of people will be replaced. Of course, those who first came up will be afraid, but gradually they will not be afraid, and they will start to do some hateful things again.

But even so, Zhang Juzheng still didn't hit too hard, because although the number is really quite a lot, there is really no big problem, and for Zhang Juzheng, it doesn't mean that he really doesn't want it. Severely punishing these people, or killing them, is because of the introduction of the new law. Although it has been a few years, and although Zhang Juzheng is in power now, he is still a little bit hesitant to do it.

But those people below naturally don't care how much Zhang Juzheng tolerates them, and they don't know how Zhang Juzheng thinks about it. In their opinion, after experiencing so many "temptations", they have developed a kind of Zhang Juzheng didn't dare to touch their illusion at all.

No, this can't be said to be completely an illusion. It can only be said that there is a limit to Zhang Juzheng's daring, and once this limit is exceeded, Zhang Juzheng will naturally not be tolerant, and he will definitely do it. It's just ridiculous Yes, these people below naturally don't know this, they feel that Zhang Ju just doesn't dare, no matter what, he doesn't dare to take a serious blow.

With this kind of thinking in mind, finally, some people couldn't bear it anymore, perhaps because they knew how Zhang Ju treated this matter, and knew that if they went on like this, they would be found out sooner or later, and the end result of being found out was, That is dismissal and investigation, and in the end it is going home to farm. Since this is the result no matter what, why not be bold and get more money, if you just stick to the current "small trouble" way , Then when the time comes, after I return to my homeland, I really don't have much money.

In short, maybe the specifics are different, but in fact they are all similar. A few people have this kind of idea, and they have put this idea into action.

Some of them are naturally deducted blatantly, and they are more cleverly set up to increase the tax collected; while some are even stipulated in the "One Whip Law" that they cannot be done, but they dare to do so; What's more, those people have made it very clear that they will only collect currency as taxes in the future, and they will no longer serve corvee, but these people still dare to continue to follow the old path and collect two copies in total.

All in all, there are all kinds of methods, and this time, Zhang Juzheng, who knew about this situation, knew that this time he must not be tolerated any more. With a ruthless hand, I'm afraid it may not be possible to prevent this kind of situation forever in the future, but even if it can only last for a period of time, a few years, it is very good for Zhang Juzheng .

However, even if you want to understand this matter, you must be ruthless, but there is still a problem. There is not only one problem found, but actually several, and the people involved, or To be more straightforward, there is not only one person involved who should be killed.

Facing the small number of these people, but definitely not just one, Zhang Ju was very hesitant. Obviously, it was impossible to catch all of these people, or kill them all, but if he did this, although it would be It really played a deterrent effect, but Zhang Juzheng was also worried that there would be some problems. After all, it is one thing to demote an official, but if it is really killing someone, it is another situation. He is afraid that he will be implicated What more trouble came out.

Therefore, even if this incident made Zhang Juzheng very angry, and when he was so angry that he had to do something about it, he was very able to bear his agitation and would not do anything drastic.

However, you have to do it, so it requires a lot of skills to do it. Of course, when it comes to skills, it is actually not too mysterious, and it is very simple, that is, just pick One of them will attack, although there are several offenders, and all of them can be executed, but only one of them can be selected to attack.

As for which one should be chosen, this is what Zhang Juzheng needs to consider, and even finds it difficult.

As far as Zhang Juzheng himself is concerned, he naturally wanted to pick the one who committed the most serious crimes. When it comes to which one, it is very obvious. "One Whip Law", but in fact it is the person who dared to continue to make the people serve corvee, and there is only one person who committed this kind of thing, so this person became the only candidate.

However, although this is the person Zhang Juzheng wants to choose the most, he can't do it according to his own wishes. Of course, if Zhang Juzheng can do it according to his own ideas, there will be no such troubles at all. They simply killed them all. Therefore, although in terms of wish, Zhang Ju wanted to pick this person to fight, but whether he can touch this person depends on whether there is any relationship behind him.

It's a very normal thing, if there is no background behind these few people, and there is no deep relationship, then that's fine, Zhang Juzheng will definitely change his mind immediately and kill everyone.

But obviously, this is also impossible. After all, people who can do this kind of thing must have connections behind them, otherwise they would never dare to do it.

And Zhang Juzheng asked Zhang Fan to help. After careful investigation, his head grew bigger again. These few people are not that simple. In fact, no matter which one of them they are, they are more or less related. Perhaps those relationships involved in the court, there are high and low, but no matter whether it is high or low, for Zhang Juzheng, if he really kills them, he will definitely have troubles.

In some respects, Zhang Juzheng had returned to the original point in this matter, he couldn't kill all these people, but now he has become anyone he can't touch.

Of course, Zhang Juzheng would never do this, he absolutely couldn't say not to move any of them, he had to kill one of them.

However, now that things have become like this, for Zhang Juzheng, it has become the situation he hoped for, that is, since their backgrounds are similar, Zhang Juzheng can do it according to his own ideas That's right, that is to say, Zhang Juzheng is going to kill the person who should die the most for him, that is to say, the person Zhang Juzheng is going to kill is the one who has committed the most serious crimes.

And now that the decision has been made, there is nothing to say. After the decision is made, it is natural to act quickly.

Therefore, after making this decision, Zhang Juzheng was also the first to think of Zhang Fan. Of course, it is very normal to think of Zhang Fan. After all, even if he has decided to severely punish this person, he still wants to There are many investigations. Although it is said that just relying on favoritism, bending the law, setting up a name, and not abolishing corvee is enough for this person to die several times, and the dead can't die anymore, but even so, Zhang Juzheng still needs to find More reasons are needed. After all, there are people behind this person, and in order to avoid that kind of trouble, it is natural to need more preparations and find more reasons. At that time, even if someone wants to make trouble, but If Zhang Juzheng could come up with more reasons, then it would be much easier to deal with.

Anyway, that's about it.

As for Zhang Fan, not to mention that Jin Yiwei's job was originally to do this, the most important thing is that since this person dares to do such a thing, it is absolutely impossible for him to be clean, and Jin Yiwei is just a After a little research, I found dozens of incidents of breaking the law about that person, and for this incident, at least six or seven of the ten incidents can directly dismiss him from office, and the three or four incidents that were born can also be dismissed. Made him lose his head.

Seeing this kind of person, Zhang Juzheng was really happy and worried. He was happy that he finally found such a person to warn others, but he was worried that, obviously, there were many such people in the Ming Dynasty. What's more, there will definitely not be only such one.

But now, there are not so many things to consider. The most important thing now is that this person's affairs should be settled immediately.

And now that this person has been decided, and Zhang Juzheng has made up his mind, and even found all kinds of reasons are very sufficient, so what else is there to say? , Therefore, this person became the one mentioned before, the first person who lost his head because of violating the regulations stipulated in the "One Whip Law", and, as a local official, his grade It can be said that it is a very small official, but even so, in order to set this incident as a model, Zhang Juzheng worked hard and pulled him to the capital, even the emperor and the queen dowager. Was alarmed, in short, this incident is very big.

And this person really didn't die in vain. Maybe he was a heartless official and did many evils, but at the very least, his death can be regarded as doing a little good. Whether it has already started, or those who have plans in their hearts and are ready to start, all in all, these people are really frightened by this matter.

Originally, these people thought that Zhang Juzheng didn't dare to take ruthless actions. At most, he would be demoted or dismissed from office. It caused a person to lose his head. Therefore, what Zhang Juzheng did also made these people dare not act recklessly.

Those who just thought about it, but didn't dare to do it, immediately let go of that thought. Maybe they can make money, but if they don't have the life to enjoy this wealth, then this Everything is completely meaningless, so these people quickly gave up their thoughts and began to do practical things for the people with fear.

And for those who have already started doing this, it goes without saying.

Those who haven't started doing it are okay, even if they have ghosts in their hearts, they haven't done it after all, so although they have a guilty conscience, they are not afraid, but those who have already started doing this are really worried about death Yes, after all, someone is really dead now, and they are afraid that they will be the next one.

So these people, although they immediately stopped what they were doing, but obviously, after all, it has happened, so even if they have stopped, it is impossible for them to rest assured, and therefore, these people Among the people, quite a few were worried to death because of this, and some of them even became a little crazy.

However, for Zhang Juzheng, these things are exactly what he wants to see. What he wants is this effect, to deter these people, otherwise, it will not work at all. Obviously, now he This purpose was achieved.

After achieving his goal, Zhang Juzheng did not relax immediately. He still needs to consider more issues, for example, how long can this matter be managed.

Naturally, the current situation naturally allowed those individuals to settle down, but Zhang Juzheng didn't know how long these people would be able to settle down.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng is also trying to find ways to make this matter last for a longer time, and because of this matter, once again, many people have lost a lot of rest time, and Zhang Fan, naturally It is the one who bears the brunt. Of course, once again, the other people in the cabinet cannot escape.

However, although so many people were gathered together to think about this matter again, after thinking about what to do for a long time, everyone present came up with various solutions.

It sounds like this is a good thing. After all, so many people have proposed solutions, and they are various and different. It seems that Zhang Ju has many choices. It also becomes very easy to get up.

But in fact, Zhang Juzheng frowned because of this matter, because although all the people involved put forward different opinions, in fact, as long as they think carefully, what they put forward In fact, none of these methods can be used at all. They all sound quite good, but if their methods are really used, I am afraid that things will be messed up.

All in all, the matter is so troublesome, and at the same time, this matter also made Zhang Juzheng understand one of the truths, that is, you can only prevent this kind of thing, and you can immediately stop it after something happens Actions, but on the other hand, you can only do these things, and it is impossible for you to prevent similar things from happening in the future.

Perhaps Zhang Juzheng understood this truth a long time ago, but when this kind of thing happened to him, he couldn't believe it, and the final result was that Zhang Juzheng was struggling, and in the end he couldn't help it. If you don't admit it, this matter can only be so, and it will definitely not be as ideal as he thought before.

In short, the matter is like this, and now, facing this situation, Zhang Juzheng has also realized the fact and his sense of powerlessness, and he cannot just give up when he is powerless. This matter must continue of.

In other words, Zhang Juzheng has to continue to struggle,