The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Juzheng's death, for the people in the court, was really a news that surprised them. If it was the time when Zhang Juzheng just fell ill, it would be better to say at that time. After all, at that time, Zhang Juzheng had just suffered a serious illness. Whether it's his body or his complexion, it doesn't matter how he looks at it, and at that time, not to mention how many people in the court hoped that he would not be able to get up like this, at least at that time, if Zhang Juzheng passed away, no one would say anything surprised.

But now, Zhang Juzheng's health is getting better and better, obviously he is well-maintained, and now, although Zhang Juzheng has also changed his way of dealing with people in the court, for those people, Zhang Juzheng is still the same He is a person who is in the way, but nowadays, no one would think that Zhang Juzheng would leave just like that. Therefore, the sad news of Zhang Juzheng this time really surprised these people in the court, and even made them feel a little displeased. Know what to do.

However, no matter how surprised they were about this matter, and they didn't ask if they could react, the most important thing now is that Zhang Juzheng is dead, and since Zhang Juzheng is dead, there are many things to be done. do it.

Of course, Zhang Juzheng's position in the court is of course undeniable, as the chief assistant scholar of the cabinet, and Zhu Yijun was shocked when he heard the news, and he even stopped working for a day because of it , to show sadness, but when it comes to this point, it's not bad. Although it is true that many unpleasant things happened between Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng, but fortunately at the last moment, Zhang Juzheng changed it, and this change, It also made Zhu Yijun return to the mood he used to face him. Therefore, Zhu Yijun now really feels a little sad about Zhang Juzheng's death.

Regardless of what Zhang Juzheng has done, at the very least, he has indeed paid a lot for the Ming Dynasty, and what he has paid is not in vain, it is all realistic. Faced with this, Zhu Yijun will regret Zhang Juzheng's death Feel sad and have nothing to say.

Perhaps the only one in the court who was not too surprised by this matter was Zhang Fan. After all, before Zhang Juzheng passed away, he told Zhang Fan about this matter, although Zhang Fan should not believe such things. However, he had no choice but to just let it go. Therefore, it can be said that this matter has been lingering in Zhang Fan's mind all the time, and when the news of Zhang Juzheng's death came, Zhang Fan suddenly had a Such an idea.

Now, Zhang Juzheng passed away as expected, and Zhang Fan couldn't let go of this matter.

But in any case, people are already dead, whether they are shocked or not, sad or happy, in short, people cannot be resurrected after death, and since they are dead, there is no way to recover.

Zhang Juzheng yelled, and Zhu Yijun also attached great importance to him. He was posthumously named Wenzhong and bestowed the title of Zhu Guo. Yin's son was Shangbao Sicheng, and he received 500 taels of funeral silver, which was also a very high honor at the time.

But for Zhang Juzheng, these honors that can only be obtained after death are nothing but vanity, and have no effect on him at all. In fact, for Zhang Juzheng, he will never be willing to die like this. Although he has done a lot of things in the court, and all of them have achieved results, it is obvious that such things are not enough at any time. People always hope for more, and they will never stop because of this.

Therefore, although Zhang Juzheng had predicted his own death before, and he was very calm about it, not afraid at all, but even so, in fact, for Zhang Juzheng, why didn't he want to live a few more days? Years, living a few more years means that he can stay in the court for a few more years, and if he stays in the court for a few more years, it means that he can do more things.

But now, Zhang Juzheng is dead, no matter what idea he had before, it is impossible to realize it now.

Zhang Juzheng has accomplished many things in the court, but at the same time, he also has many ideas of his own, which have not been completed yet, and his soul has returned to heaven.

Zhang Juzheng's death is indeed a major event that shocked the government and the public, but no matter how big the incident is, Zhang Juzheng is a cabinet chief assistant scholar, and this is a very important position, and there is absolutely no shortage of people. Therefore, even though Zhang Juzheng's death is such a big event, for the court, the position of chief assistant cannot be vacant for a day. Therefore, after Zhang Juzheng's death, the most important thing is to immediately select the first assistant. Only human seats will do.

Although it is said that the position of chief assistant is extremely important, when selecting people, it is natural to need to attach great importance to it, but having said that, that kind of thing will actually only happen when the new emperor ascends the throne, and for those already With the ten-year Wanli Dynasty, there is no need to think about who will take over Zhang Juzheng's position.

That's right, it is naturally Zhang Siwei. Among the six members of the cabinet, Zhang Siwei is naturally second only to Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Siwei is second only to Zhang Juzheng, and he deserves his name. The cabinet ministers stopped talking, no, in fact, there is only one Zhang Siwei in the cabinet who can stand up and talk to Zhang Juzheng, and even dare to speak against Zhang Juzheng.

All in all, after Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhang Siwei became the first assistant scholar of the cabinet as a matter of course, and the officials and nobles were immediately added to the junior division, official secretary, and Zhongjidian University scholar. A generation of rulers.

I want to add a word here. In fact, for the emperor, the cabinet is very embarrassing. It is true that in terms of helping the emperor govern the country, the cabinet has really contributed a lot. Even for today's Ming Dynasty, it can There is no emperor, but there must be no cabinet, which shows the importance of the cabinet.

But the problem is that the cabinet is so important, so the emperor has very few restrictions on him. Even now, the emperor has no way to restrict the cabinet at all, but instead has to be restricted by the cabinet.

Therefore, in fact, every time the dynasty changes, the new emperor ascends the throne, not to mention those who ascended to the throne as a child like Zhu Yijun, but those emperors who have grown up actually have some ideas about the cabinet, even if they are There is no way to withdraw the cabinet, but at the very least, they all want to strengthen their control over the cabinet as the emperor, but obviously, no emperor has succeeded.

Now, Zhang Siwei is replaced. Compared with Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei is indeed slightly inferior to Zhang Juzheng in some places. However, compared with Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei is better at being an official and a person, especially In terms of observing the political situation, he is even more comparable to Zhang Juzheng. What is even more different is that Zhang Juzheng sometimes sees some problems, but he feels that he can suppress the voice of opposition with the power in his hands. , then he did just that, but Zhang Siwei was not. He saw the end of Zhang Juzheng’s dictatorship in the cabinet, so for these things, Zhang Siwei can reconcile them if he can reconcile them, and think about other things if he can’t reconcile them. Method.

Even though Zhang Siwei was like this, there were many problems when he first became the chief assistant of the cabinet.

First of all, Zhang Juzheng left a lot of things behind after his death. Although it is said that neither the "Testing Method" nor the "One Whip Method" is formal anymore, especially the "Testing Method", which has now become a court official. It is impossible to change the practice, but even so, these things still need to spend time and experience to supervise.

Moreover, Zhang Juzheng's facts and left problems are actually the most serious because Zhang Juzheng made too many enemies in the court and offended too many people before his death. After all, the matter between the emperor and the ministers is quite special, but just talking about the relationship between Zhang Matrix and those people in the court, it is really very tense.

Those people really can't touch Zhang Juzheng, but now, Zhang Juzheng is dead, and for these people, what they want most is to overthrow everything that Zhang Juzheng has set up.

For Zhang Siwei, this matter was also very difficult for him.

In fact, in the original, after Zhang Juzheng passed away, Zhang Siwei took over the position of chief assistant of his cabinet. Therefore, the first thing Zhang Siwei did was to completely negate everything that Zhang Juzheng had set before.

The reason why Zhang Siwei would do this is completely helpless. You must know that the things he denied were not only the credit of Zhang Juzheng alone, but also a lot of his sweat. Obviously, he also agreed at the beginning Otherwise, he would not have helped Zhang Juzheng to do these things, but he would have done so only because, as the chief minister of the cabinet, he really wanted to take care of all aspects of the court. Even if it was wrong to do so, he could only in this way.

But in the current situation, Zhang Siwei will not do this anymore. Why, this is really due to Zhang Juzheng's illness and Zhang Fan's credit.

After Zhang Juzheng's serious illness, under Zhang Fan's persuasion, he changed a lot. Similarly, if Zhu Yijun didn't have Zhang Fan, I'm afraid Zhu Yijun would not change his view of Zhang Juzheng in the end. In short, because Because of Zhang Fan, the relationship between Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng has been greatly improved, which is very important.

As for the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and the ministers in the court, there is not much difference, although in the end, Zhang Juzheng's change is not only for the emperor, but also for those people in the court, he can face it with a pleasant face , but the conflict between them is not such a simple matter.

Firstly, Zhang Juzheng offended them too deeply, and it was difficult for them to just give up their resentment towards Zhang Juzheng. Second, the matter that Zhang Juzheng offended them really involved their interests. It is absolutely impossible for these people to relax in this aspect. Even if Zhang Juzheng's attitude has changed a lot after that, for these people, no matter how good the attitude is, it is not as good as the real benefits. Therefore, you can It is said that these people have irreconcilable contradictions with Zhang Juzheng, or with what Zhang Juzheng has done.

But now, Zhang Juzheng is dead. For these people, without Zhang Juzheng who suppressed them, they will naturally start to think of ways to deny everything Zhang Juzheng has done.

Originally, Zhang Siwei, who was promoted to the chief assistant of the cabinet, did not dare to contradict these people too much, so he had to agree with them, and the career that Zhang Juzheng devoted his life to was ruined.

But now, the situation is different. Why, the main reason is that Zhang Juzheng changed at the last moment. Although he did not have a good relationship with the people in the court, the most important thing is the relationship with the emperor. It has eased down, no, it cannot be said that it has eased down, and it can even be said that the reconciliation is as good as before.

As far as Zhang Siwei himself is concerned, he naturally doesn't want this matter to be ruined just like that. Among them, there are not only Zhang Juzheng's hard work, but also his own hard work, and the hard work is second. All that Zhang Juzheng has done is abolished. If all the conferences were said before, the court and the people will be in chaos. Therefore, Zhang Siwei will never do this fundamentally. Now, since the contradiction between the emperor and Zhang Juzheng Not intense, even tantamount to not having it at all.

Well, as Zhang Siwei, he naturally didn't want to do this, but now, because of the emperor, there is no need for him to do it at all, even if it is so, those people in the court will continue to make noise, But as long as the emperor doesn't nod, it's useless for them to quarrel.

Obviously, the current Zhu Yijun is not able to talk about the noisy people in the court. You must know that although Zhang Juzheng is gone now, Zhang Fan is still there, and as long as Zhang Fan is still there, Zhang Siwei believes that Zhu Yijun would not be fooled by the words of those people in the court.

Of course, it is very important and fundamental for the emperor to be able to judge this matter with clarity, but in comparison, it must be more practical to maintain this situation.

The so-called reality is actually simpler, that is, to maintain what Zhang Juzheng did before his death, that is to say, to maintain that the "One Whip Law" can not make mistakes in the future, can continue to play a role, and can continue to let the emperor feel the benefits it brings. role, and will not be used by others.

This is a very important thing, because if the people below are still thinking of a way, they can only start from this aspect, and as long as they maintain this one, then there is no need to worry about anything.

And if he wants to maintain this position, it is not enough to rely on him alone. Those people in the cabinet must work together, and not only the cabinet, but also the help of other people.

For matters in the cabinet, Zhang Siwei will think of a way by himself, while the others are actually talking about Zhang Fan. Obviously, Zhang Fan is naturally very supportive of this matter. It is really too little, so now the consideration is how to expand this lineup.

Of course, this requires long-term consideration, and there is no way to do it in the short term, but it is indeed not wrong to start thinking about it now. In short, although this matter is urgent, it cannot be rushed, and it must be done steadily become.

But now, Zhang Siwei's first task is to stabilize the situation in the court. Although those people in the court are said to have the support of the emperor, it is still very troublesome to deal with those people, and Zhang Siwei wants to stabilize the situation. He didn't want to be more confused, so it was impossible for him to use heavy hands like Zhang Juzheng and use the court staff, so this matter was still very troublesome for him.

But no matter how troublesome this matter is, it must be done, and for Zhang Siwei, he still has some time to do it now.

Although those people in the court have been suppressed by Zhang Juzheng for so long, now that Zhang Juzheng has died, these people naturally have some ideas, but after all, Zhang Juzheng has just passed away, even if these people have any ideas, they don't know what to do. It won't be revealed right away. After all, this kind of thing, think about it, if Zhang Juzheng has just died, and someone jumps out to make irresponsible remarks, what kind of impact will it have.

Therefore, there is still some time left for Zhang Siwei, and Zhang Siwei is not fighting alone, and he can still find many people who can help him in the court.

The things in the court are like this now. Although the problems in this can be explained clearly, it is very troublesome to fully understand and figure out what to do.

However, Zhang Fan really can't control so much now. Regarding Zhang Juzheng's death, there are many people who are happy, and there are also many people who are hurt, and Zhang Fan is undoubtedly the one who hurts the most.

Perhaps, for Zhang Juzheng's family, whether it is his children and grandsons, or his old mother who is still living here, as a father, grandfather, or son, Zhang Juzheng's death is very sad for them. One thing, but for Zhang Fan, it is not the case.

Zhang Juzheng was Zhang Fan's mentor, he was the one who led Zhang Fan into the official career, and the relationship between the two was also very good. The relationship between teachers and students was not much weaker than the family relationship. Moreover, Zhang Juzheng was very important to Zhang Fan. , has always been very important to Zhang Fan, and it can even be said that it is precisely because of Zhang Juzheng's thoughts that Zhang Fan has identified the path he will take in the future.

Now that Zhang Juzheng is gone, it is also a huge loss for Zhang Fan.

However, Zhang Fan understood that he couldn't just be depressed like this, and it was because of Zhang Juzheng's death that he had to work harder. For Zhang Fan now, the court really can only rely on himself ,