The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Now, there is a problem in front of us. Although Zhang Fan and Zhang Juzheng have already seen through how these methods of the court work, even Zhang Fan and Zhang Juzheng have already figured out what method to use To replace the current official evaluation system that has long been extremely corrupt.

However, the problem now is that it is impossible for them to just take this memorial and come to the Empress Dowager Li, saying that there is a problem with the current official assessment system, and that the officials are too corrupt. Now we have a new method here, and it works. It's effective and quick to take effect, just use this.

Empress Dowager Li is not a fool, even if she can clearly see the current situation in the court, she also understands that the old official evaluation method in the court is full of loopholes, and has long been used by officials, becoming the best way for them to get promoted and make a fortune. Even if Empress Dowager Li had unconditional trust in Zhang Juzheng, the same was true for Feng Bao.

But even so, it is impossible for Empress Dowager Li to make such a decision just because of the words of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao. Not only would it be unreasonable, but even the ministers in the court would not agree to it. .

In this way, Zhang Juzheng has to think of a way, find a reason or something, so that Queen Mother Li can agree, even if she faces the disagreement of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in the future, she will be able to come up with an argument. It's not something to fool people, so it's out of the question. After all, Queen Mother Li now has real power in her hands. Although she can't create something out of nothing, it is still very easy to turn a deer into a horse.

Therefore, no matter how absurd it is, Zhang Juzheng has to find a reason for Queen Mother Li.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Fan are currently studying this matter. It is actually very convenient to find a reason. After all, the current situation of the Ming Dynasty is in front of us, and there are too many examples that can be used to explain the matter. However, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Fan understood that everything should be done in moderation.

If the matter is too small, it will not work. If it is too small, it is irrelevant. Even if it is acceptable to the Empress Dowager Li, it will not work if it is brought to the court. Those high officials in the court are mostly involved in these matters. , Now seeing these things brought up by the higher-ups, I will definitely feel nervous in my heart, but when I am nervous, I will also feel that the things are really nothing, and fierce denials will inevitably follow.

If the matter mentioned is too big and the people involved are relatively high-ranking, there will inevitably be troubles again, especially in this matter, Zhang Fan is only advising him behind the scenes, and he does not intend to stand in front of others Come on, so, after this incident, only Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao came forward. Of course, Zhang Fan will not just stand behind Zhang Juzheng and remain unknown. He will also stand up when necessary. Speaker.

So now Zhang Fan is also discussing with Zhang Juzheng, what kind of method is suitable to persuade Queen Mother Li.

After much deliberation, Zhang Fan really came up with a solution. He still remembered that when he was in middle school in his previous life, he raised a question, whether it was politics or physics, the problem of quality, politics and physical chemistry. It seems unrelated, but many of them can be combined with each other.

Just like it is now, Zhang Fan suggested that Zhang Juzheng should start with small things, transfer files from various parties, extract some strengths, and some local examples, and the closer to the present, the better, and Zhang Fan also specially told Zhang Juzheng Having said that, things don’t need to be too big, even smaller ones.

What Zhang Fan said made Zhang Juzheng a little confused, just now the two of them had just agreed on the determination that the Empress Dowager Li could not be shaken by small things, but now Zhang Fan wanted him to do it again.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng's puzzled expression, Zhang Fan smiled and said to him: "Teacher, don't take some things for granted, just like inviting guests to drink, invite two or three people, and serve three or five pots If you have a good wine, let’s have a drink and have similar tastes, but if you invite a dozen or dozens of people to a banquet, and put a few jars of less or worse wine, it will still be a big banquet. It's a bit more, but the title of this banquet has to be changed.

"The small banquet is pleasant, but the number of people is too small. Even if all the high-ranking officials and nobles come, the impact is much smaller after all. Many people may not even know it, but this big banquet is different. Drinks Although the dishes may not be as exquisite compared to the small banquet, it is better because there are more people. Even if the people who come are all seventh-rank magistrates, the scale may not be the same. In this way, the news can be spread Farther away, no matter whether it is the court officials or the common people, they will know it if they think about it."

"You mean..." Hearing what Zhang Fan said, Zhang Juzheng began to think about it. This item of his is really the same as Zhang Fan said. This person is not good, the key is to have a large number of people. The larger the number of people, the greater the influence will naturally be.

Without speaking, Zhang Fan looked at Zhang Juzheng and nodded.

Zhang Fan's meaning is very simple. It is not good if the people involved in the examples mentioned above are too large. Shocking, if one is not good, then it will make people's hearts flutter, and something big will happen, then it will be bad.

And if it's just a trivial matter, it may not be impossible to succeed. After all, Zhang Juzheng and the others first want to talk to the Empress Dowager Li, and for a person in power like the Empress Dowager Li, the size of the matter is not important, what is important is what the matter is In nature, after that, Zhang Juzheng only needs to cite some more examples to make Empress Dowager Li feel that the corruption of the imperial court has reached a certain level, and it is enough to reach the point where it cannot be reformed.

After all, in the final analysis, although the officials of the court are very important, the foundation of the court is the people, the country and the country, and those lower-level officials are actually related to these things. If something goes wrong with them If it is said, it means that something is wrong with the foundation of the country. The foundation is the foundation, how can it be shaken.

In this way, not only the Empress Dowager Li can make sense and let her agree, even if these things are said in the court, there are so many examples, even if the ministers in the court want to refute something, Also unable to fight back.

Thinking of this, Zhang Juzheng was full of praise for Zhang Fan's idea, and Zhang Fan's idea came at the right time, because they wanted an example, and the method they took It is natural that the things that come out should be closer to the present. Those clichés that are far away, and some things that have been dealt with long ago, are not convincing if they are brought out now.

But now, it just happens to be an opportunity. Last year, the "Jingcha" was carried out every six years, and last year, the "big plan" of this place every three years was also in the same year. Although it is said that because of the "old tradition" of the imperial court, many Officials who had problems in the first place escaped unharmed, and even many people became prosperous because of this incident, got promoted and made a fortune, but this does not mean that no one is unlucky. These people are just the examples Zhang Juzheng needs.

Even those who thought they had escaped a catastrophe and are now promoted to officials, their affairs are not ignorant to those in court, and it can even be said that they all understand it in their hearts, so they just don't say it. Zhang Juzheng, as the chief minister of the cabinet, is naturally very clear in his heart. Now he only needs to sort out these things, and then rely on his good writing skills to organize them into articles. The article will do.

As for this matter, Zhang Fan did not take time off either. It was not enough to rely on Zhang Juzheng alone to organize these things, and he also wanted to help.

As for Zhang Fan's help, this is not the case at all. As the commander of Jinyiwei, he is in charge of many "private" matters of different ministers. After all, it is Jinyiwei. The supervisory minister is their job. Work, it is no exaggeration to say that the supervisory minister knows what he has done, how much money he has embezzled, how many concubines he has married, and even what color bellyband the concubine wears. That is indeed an exaggeration.

However, these also proved from the side how powerful Jin Yiwei was.

Therefore, if Zhang Fan wants to help Zhang Juzheng in this matter, it will not be limited to the past events, the files in the court, or the open secrets that all officials in the court know. Well, he could have his subordinates go through some investigations to find out some things that have not been discovered yet, and then put them in Zhang Juzheng's article to Queen Mother Li.

Compared with those things that have passed, or some things that everyone knows well, Zhang Fan's things that have not been widely known by people, but they still exist, whether it is for the Queen Mother Li or for the people in the court. Civil and military ministers, that is undoubtedly more convincing.

Even Zhang Fan became a little excited, he had already made up his mind, if someone dared to accuse him of falsehood and deliberately fabricated things, Zhang Fan would stand up and refute him in person.

Even Zhang Fan understood that on this matter, even Ge Shouli, who had a lot of conflicts with Zhang Juzheng before, would stand on Zhang Juzheng's side to speak. After all, what Zhang Juzheng wanted to do was a good thing. And Ge Shouli, as the Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, these things were originally his job, so Ge ​​Shouli would naturally not sit idly by.

This is Zhang Fan's understanding of Ge Shouli. He understands that Ge Shouli is not a caring person. Even if he had a bad fight with Zhang Juzheng before, for Ge Shouli, the truth is to distinguish between public and private.

The matter was slowly completed under the active planning of the two,