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Chapter 640: To Satisfy Everyone Is to Dissatisfy Everyone
Confucius's "let bygones be bygones" is the first basic principle of political activities. It means that one should only look at the present and resolve the actual contradictions before one can discuss the past and the future. Dealing with the present is the top priority, which is also what Guanzi meant by priorities.

There is also a basic logic: one more thing will cause trouble; one more leniency will bring one more blessing. It is better to do less than more, which is the basic logic of bureaucrats. Shen Shixing was unwilling to pay attention to these Feng Shui masters because paying attention to them would cause more trouble, so he simply ignored them.

Shen Shixing likes to keep things balanced, which means he doesn't like to stir up trouble and would rather avoid trouble as much as possible.

If it was Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi and the like, they would probably be sent to the mine to work hard for two years, and they wouldn't talk about dragon veins. The most important thing in mining is to find the dragon vein from the ore seedlings. If it was Wang Jiaping, these Feng Shui masters would be worse off than dead.
If it were Wang Yi'e, these gossipers would definitely be punished and their deeds would be recorded on a stone tablet.

Among all the governors in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the one who followed rules and principles the most was Wang Yi'e. As Wang Yi'e was a disciple of Xu Jie, he never dared to break the rules and did things according to methods and regulations. But everyone still missed Ling Yunyi. Ling Butang killed people, but he did not kill people with his heart.

Shen Shixing had a very gentle personality. He did not cause trouble for these Feng Shui masters, but the Feng Shui masters instead started to cause more trouble for Shen Shixing.

Four Feng Shui masters, along with a group of disciples and followers, more than one hundred people in total, ran to the front of the Songjiang government office and started sitting there!
From the end of the Wanli period to the Shunzhi period, slave rebellions broke out continuously in Jiangnan. Fighting and sowing was one of the most violent means of struggle. Another was sitting and sowing, which was similar to a strike. The villagers gathered together and demanded that the powerful hand over their indentures. If the indentures were not returned, they would not work.

The four Feng Shui masters knew how to attract people's attention. With a group of disciples and Feng Shui supporters, they blocked the government office of Songjiang Prefecture and demanded that Shen Shixing give an explanation for the destruction of the Feng Shui dragon vein!

"How dare these Feng Shui masters be so bold? Or is there someone behind them?" Xu Bingzheng, the magistrate of Qingpu, said with a frown. He was summoned to the government office by the governor to discuss the construction of the highway, and he happened to run into the Feng Shui masters sitting there.

Xu Bingzheng thought it was very abnormal. Could these Feng Shui masters be crazy? The Ming Dynasty was a feudal monarchy. If you went to the government gate to make trouble, there would only be one outcome, and that was execution.

The Feng Shui master was either crazy or had someone behind him. Xu Bingzheng tended to believe the latter. Someone had promised them that no matter how bad the trouble they made, nothing would happen.

Shen Shixing said solemnly, "When Your Majesty dealt with the censors for the first time, you told your ministers: If you take one step back, they will take three steps forward. If you keep retreating, there will be a bottomless abyss behind you. Retreat? Jump down and commit suicide?"

"Later, when Mr. Lu Xun wrote about contradictions, he annotated: The interests of multiple parties are always fighting, which creates contradictions. When the interests cannot satisfy everyone, the struggle is not to give in. However, human desires are insatiable, just like gluttony. Therefore, interests can never satisfy everyone, so the struggle is endless, and the struggle is to repay the grievances, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

Regarding the struggle, the emperor and Zhang Juzheng had exactly the same attitude, that is, they could not give in and absolutely could not give up their interests in exchange for temporary peace. Shen Shixing did not give up his interests and did not retreat. He did not even invite these Feng Shui masters to look at the Feng Shui, but these Feng Shui masters still came to his door.

At this moment, Shen Shixing suddenly understood the truth that Zhang Juzheng had taught him.

"I think what Magistrate Xu said makes sense." Yao Guangqi said calmly, "In fact, if you think about it for a moment, you will know what these people want to do. Once the government arrests someone, they will let all the mouthpieces make noise together, which will cause greater unrest, force the government to compromise, and force the court to revoke its order."

“Once they succeed, it will be as dangerous as a dam bursting, and it will be difficult to deal with.”

Yao Guangqi thought for a moment and said, "When I was fighting with Wang Qian in the capital, I tried to use this trick several times, but unfortunately Wang Qian broke it every time. Sometimes Wang Qian does things in a very dishonest way."

Yao Guangqi was speaking from experience; he had actually done this before, but it was always cleverly resolved by Wang Qian.

In the 5th year of the Wanli reign, Emperor Wanli, who had been missing for years, issued an edict to let the eunuch Wang Chao go to the Western Hills to mine coal, because that year the eunuch of the Xixinsi reported to the emperor that the firewood from Makou had run out. The supply of firewood was only kilograms, instead of kilograms. Several firewood factories, including Hongluo Factory, Yizhou Chai, Mashuikou, and Jinshuikou, were all in urgent need of wood.

There is no firewood available, so we can only use coal.

The Qianqing Palace, which was the emperor's bedroom, had 124 kilns in the Western Hills. However, they had been abandoned for a long time, and Wang Chao went to the Western Hills to mine coal. As a result, the kilns that were registered under the name of the emperor's bedroom had been occupied by others.

In July of the 30th year of the Wanli reign, Wang Chao filed a complaint in front of the emperor: Huang Dajing, Wang Shoukuan, Yang Guaizi, Xu Jinhuai and others occupied the kiln wells, concealed kiln taxes, and led the crowd to beat the police.

As an eunuch in the palace, Wang Chao was used to being overbearing. When had the eunuchs in the East Factory ever suffered such grievances? He went to dig coal and was beaten by these ruffians!

Emperor Wanli immediately issued an order: If there is a famous criminal in this memorial, the officer in charge of the factory guards, together with the eunuch Wang Chao, should supervise the local officials and bring the criminal here for questioning!

The factory guards went out together to arrest people!

But as soon as this man was caught, outside the Chang'an Gate, "the road was crowded with people, all with dark faces and short clothes, countless of them, crying out for injustice to the sky, holding notices and knocking on the ground", accusing the eunuch Wang Chao of "robbery, and every household has suffered from it". Naturally, this best place under the feet of the emperor could not be so noisy, so the then Prime Minister Shen Yikuan released all the criminals.

Shen Yikuan ultimately did not meet Emperor Wanli, but the emperor still compromised and recalled Wang Chao, replacing him with Chen Yongshou. He stopped the coal business and instead set up a coal extraction bureau at Lugou Bridge to extract coal for use in the palace.

The matter was not over yet. In the 32nd year of the Wanli reign, the kiln dwellers once again "gathered in hundreds and cried outside the Chang'an Gate". Eventually, Emperor Wanli had to compromise again and had to issue an edict: "All taxes on the kilns will be suspended to show the court's intention to provide relief to the local people."

Yao Guangqi also knew this trick, but Wang Qian was a strange person because he was so cruel and ruthless. If Yao Guangqi dared to let the poor and laborers petition, Wang Qian would lead these petitioners to the Wumen and Huangji Gate to bow down in silence!

Petitioning and kneeling in front of the emperor are of two different natures, one is directed to the imperial court, the other is directed to the emperor. Wang Qian dared to do this because he knew that His Majesty was very observant and the real demands of the poor and laborers could be met. None of the troublemakers behind the scenes would be able to escape, and he was not afraid at all.

Wang Qian is simply being a rogue in fighting like this!
Therefore, when Yao Guangqi fought with Wang Qian in the capital, he was always at a disadvantage, because Wang Qian's follower was the Holy Emperor. As long as he did not make fundamental mistakes in his line and position, even if Wang Qian made the Emperor's people uneasy, His Majesty would not make things too difficult for Wang Qian.

Shen Shixing thought about it again and again, then stood up and said, "I want to see how big a fuss they can make! At worst, we can go to the capital and make a scene in front of His Majesty!"

"Open the government office and arrest the people!"

Shen Shixing had an extremely gentle personality. He was also a traditional Confucian scholar who liked to compromise the most. He didn't like to cause a commotion. In Shen Shixing's view, it would be better to focus more on production than to waste time on internal friction. Every additional fast sailing ship he built could bring back hundreds of thousands of silver coins to the court every year.

But this master of keeping balance finally discovered in practice that it is impossible to be gentle if you want to get things done, because your gentleness will be seen as a concession and weakness in the eyes of the enemy!

Shen Shixing got angry. This was the first time he got angry since he took office in Songjiang Prefecture, or since he passed the imperial examination and entered the official career in the 41st year of Jiajing.

Zhang Juzheng criticized Shen Shixing for being too gentle more than once, but people cannot be taught a thousand times, but they can be taught once.

Shen Shixing finally understood that the four words "revenge" must be taken, which is the basic quality that an imperial minister must possess.

Wang Chonggu would never let go of anyone who dared to defy him. His methods were extremely cruel, even more terrible than confiscating the property and exterminating the entire family. It was a fate worse than death. Zhang Juzheng was vindictive. Your Majesty was even a little petty and killed Chen Youren, Xu Jie, and Kong Yinlin with his own hands.

Yao Guangqi and Xu Bingzheng looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Their immediate superior, Shen Shixing, was good in every way, but the only problem was that Shen Shixing was a good person.

If you don't hold an official position and are a good person, then naturally everyone will like you. But since you are in the world's biggest arena of fame and fortune - the Ming Dynasty officialdom, then good people will definitely not have a good ending.

It will take another evildoer to deal with the evildoers, and good people cannot deal with the evildoers.

The disciples and followers of the four Feng Shui masters saw the door of the mansion wide open and were about to rush in, but when they saw the yamen runners filing out, they immediately knew that something was wrong! As soon as they saw this, they scattered like birds and beasts and fled in all directions.

Shen Shixing started arresting people. When the Feng Shui master saw the yamen runners rushing over, he was dumbfounded. This shouldn't be the case! Everyone knew that Shen Shixing was easy to bully, so why did he start fighting without even talking?

After very careful interrogation, Xu Bingzheng realized that he was wrong. No one made any promises to the Feng Shui master, and no one supported him. It was just that the Feng Shui master thought that Shen Shixing was easy to talk to, and seeing that the miscellaneous reports were useless, he ran to the yamen to block the door. As a result, the usually gentle Shen Shixing suddenly started to act like a good guy, catching the Feng Shui master off guard.

Shen Shixing didn't believe it and inquired several times repeatedly, and even asked Luo Bingliang, the commander of the Southern Court, to take time out of his busy schedule to conduct a detailed investigation. Only then did he discover that there was indeed no one behind it. Shen Shixing began to reflect on his past behavior. Was he too gentle, so that even the Feng Shui master took bean buns as dry food?

In fact, it is normal. Shen Shixing is easy to talk to, but Zhang Juzheng is not.

On ordinary days, everyone would fight over the rules, but running to the government office to block the door was like riding on Shen Shixing's head. No matter how good-tempered Shen Shixing was, how could he bear this? If he attracted Zhang Juzheng's attack, it would be a loss.

Shen Shixing was not a stray dog ​​running around, but Zhang Juzheng's teacher for 22 years. If one really offended Shen Shixing to death, one would be offending Zhang Juzheng.

When Wang Daokun was appointed governor of Songjiang Prefecture, he was "sleeping overnight at a good home" not long after he arrived. Wang Daokun had no choice but to acknowledge the woman and take her as a concubine, thus creating an ignominious love affair. However, the powerful and wealthy people in Songjiang really did not dare to treat Shen Shixing like this.

After the Feng Shui master went to the government office to block the door, the Hongyuan Dyeing Factory in Shanghai County suddenly had work. Over a dozen cotton shops came to place orders. Firstly, the craftsmanship of the dyeing factory was really good, and the craftsmen in the dyeing factory had their own secrets. After all, it has been around since the Yuan Dynasty and is a 300-year-old brand. Without some unique skills, it would not have survived to this day. Secondly, it is naturally a tacit understanding among meat eaters.

Luo Bingliang, the commander of the Southern Court, arrived in Songjiang Prefecture. His main purpose of coming to Songjiang Prefecture was to inspect taxes.

Shen Shixing's door was blocked and he suffered such a great injustice. If Shen Shixing didn't behave well, he could use the Feng Shui master's case to implicate all the powerful families, which would implicate the general public. There would not even be a need for the Feng Shui master's case. As long as the banner of tax collection was raised, all the powerful people would be tortured until they were left with only half a breath.

So the carnivores simply gave in and stopped Shen Shixing from continuing to pursue them, in order to maintain basic decency.

After being paraded through the streets for twelve whole days, Yuan Shen was finally taken away by the emperor. During the twelve days when Yuan Shen was paraded through the streets, the powerful and wealthy people in the four counties of Songjiang Prefecture all expressed that they could notarize the labor contract, but the prerequisite was that Sun Kehong of Songjiang Ocean Trading Company would complete it first.

This request was very reasonable. Sun Kehong was an imperial merchant who had submitted to the emperor. Everyone thought so. Moreover, because of their submission, the Sun family had gotten a big piece of the fat meat from the huge profits in maritime trade. If the Sun family was unwilling to take the lead, it would prove that this policy order was absolutely unpopular.

But Sun Kehong expressed his cooperation and completed it within three months.

Zhou Jianren, who killed the servants, was also escorted to Beijing, but Yuan Shen was taken away in a prisoner car, and Zhou Jianren did not even bring shackles, which was specially instructed by the emperor. Compared with Zhao Laoqi and Zhao Ji who killed people in anger, Zhou Jianren killed Yuan Shen's four servants in self-defense. Yuan Shen did not pay the wages first, and beat the apprentice who saw him entering and leaving the book house. When the fight broke out, Yuan Shen, as the workshop owner, continued to beat the craftsmen with his servants, which led to this tragedy.

The emperor's characterization was a personal one and still had not been approved by the court, but this characterization made Zhou Jianren's journey to the capital much easier. After all, he did not have to ride in a prison car, and as long as Zhou Jianren did not run away, once he entered the capital, he would at most be sentenced to exile based on the Zhao Laoqi murder case.

The Minister of Punishments Wang Chonggu was a typical believer in authoritarianism. If the emperor intended to show leniency, Wang Chonggu would have to consider the emperor's opinion.

"Stop arguing, my ears are getting calluses from all the arguing. Sit down, sit down and talk!" Zhu Yijun looked at the two ministers in front of him who were arguing with red faces, and he also had a look of despair on his face. Wan Shihe and Zhang Juzheng had started arguing because of "The Code of the Ming Dynasty".

"I still say the same thing. Any imperial physician who causes the collapse of the sky due to improper medical treatment must be executed without mercy!" Zhang Juzheng flicked his sleeves and finally stated his point of view. The emperor was dead, and the imperial physician who treated him must die.

Wan Shihe spread his hands and said helplessly: "Who will treat the emperor? Who will dare to be the imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital? The prime minister is afraid that the Imperial Hospital will collude with ambitious people. Of course, but people will get sick eventually. Once the Ming Dynasty Code is written, all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital will be quacks."

"Stop! Have some tea!" Zhu Yijun said loudly, "You two, moisten your throats. You've been arguing for almost half an hour. Aren't you thirsty?"

The cause of the quarrel was Liu Wentai, who was the chief judge of the Imperial Medical Service during the Chenghua and Hongzhi periods, serving as the chief physician of the Imperial Medical Service for Emperor Xianzong and Emperor Xiaozong. This man's greatest achievement was that both Emperor Xianzong and Emperor Xiaozong were treated by Liu Wentai, the chief physician of the Imperial Medical Service, but in the end neither Emperor Xianzong nor Emperor Xiaozong could be saved.

In the end, Liu Wentai was simply exiled.

What happened back then is in the past and there is no way to trace it back. Zhang Juzheng had no intention of reopening the case, nor did he say whether there was any conspiracy back then. What happened is in the past and what is important is the present.

Zhang Juzheng's meaning was very clear. He linked the lifeblood of the entire Imperial Medical Bureau to the emperor's life. If they did not treat patients well, they would all be implicated and buried alive. This was written into the Ming Dynasty Code and became a written document.

Zhang Juzheng was the president of "Da Ming Hui Dian" and Wan Shihe was one of the vice presidents. Wan Shihe revised the medication regulations of the Imperial Medical Bureau, but Zhang Juzheng insisted on adding this clause. Wan Shihe disagreed, and the argument was brought to the emperor's attention.

Previously, when the chief physician Chen Shigong knocked out the emperor's wisdom teeth and caused an inflammatory storm, Chen Shigong was so scared that he dared not to provide follow-up treatment. It was Li Shizhen who was busy all the time. Now that Zhang Juzheng added this rule, who would dare to treat the emperor in the future?

But if they are not held responsible collectively, the imperial physicians may indeed team up with ambitious people and do something.

After the death of Xu Shen, who cured Emperor Jiajing's illness, he spent all his time with the Immortal Lan, making elixirs and treating himself.

"In this world, there is really no way to have the best of both worlds. Sir, Lord Wan, let's put it this way. Let's each take a step back and maintain the status quo." Seeing the two ministers finally sit down to drink tea, Zhu Yijun expressed his opinion on how to deal with the situation. Sometimes, doing nothing is also a kind of wisdom.

"People can't control what happens after they die. No one can do that. Since no one can do that, why bother?" Zhu Yijun stated his reasons. If he really died in the inflammatory storm, what would happen to Chen Shigong would only be left for future generations to decide. He was very open-minded about this matter and just wanted to maintain the status quo.

At least when the Jiekuyuan was still in existence, there was no possibility for the great medical officers, such as Zhang Siwei, a third-rank official, to collude with the literati.

"Shen Shixing has caused some trouble in Songjiang Prefecture." Zhu Yijun took out Shen Shixing's memorial and said with a smile on his face: "Our Governor Shen has finally learned how to fight."

Shen Shixing’s biggest problem is that he wants to make everyone happy, but in the end no one is satisfied. This is Shen Shixing’s biggest shortcoming.

"I have told him many times, but he just wouldn't listen. It was only after he was taken advantage of this time that he finally understood the importance of making choices. It was not easy." Zhang Juzheng said with emotion.

The powerful and wealthy people in Jiangnan had to give face to Zhang Juzheng and dared not make things too difficult for Shen Shixing. Even though Shen Shixing suffered a little injustice, they had to make concessions and coax him. This also led to the fact that Shen Shixing actually did not understand the way of making choices. This time, these Feng Shui masters taught Shen Shixing a solid lesson.

Zhu Yijun took out two miscellaneous newspapers and handed them to Zhang Juzheng and Wan Shihe, saying, "Our Master Lin and Master Li are discussing the alienation of money on people again."

The discussion on the alienation of people by money is in full swing. For the first time, Li Zhi discussed how the poor coolies who have no means of production and production tools are destined to be enslaved by meat-eaters in production activities. Meat-eaters can establish a kind of power similar to that of a master by relying on the means of production, while the poor coolies have to sell their labor in the market at unfair prices.

This phenomenon of cheap labor is extremely common in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

There is freedom only when there is fairness, not when there is freedom. Li Zhi called the birth of freedom and fairness two lies.

Now Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi started their second discussion, still about the alienation of people by money, but the content of this part is no longer heretical, it is simply outrageous.

Based on the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, starting with the case of Wang Chonggu's assassination, these two people came to a conclusion.

The deformed power born out of the alienation of people by money has no home and country. Money has no home and country. The owners of money are meat eaters, and they also have no home and country.

The logic is very simple. Profit equals surplus value, and those who create surplus value can be poor Han people, the lower class of the barbarians, or the black foreigners. Meat eaters do not need to care who provides them with surplus value.

"The meat-eaters' dissatisfaction with the court has been spreading like weeds. This is something worthy of vigilance, because the Ming court is blocking them from exploiting profits without limit. Faced with the elite soldiers of the Beijing camp, the meat-eaters who are helpless will use all the forces they can to stir up public opinion and encourage the poor and coolies." Zhang Juzheng put down the miscellaneous newspaper and repeated a sentence in the newspaper.

Elected officials and hereditary officials do not have to have a country or family as long as they can bear the price of sliding down the social ladder. Xu Fan ran to the West. Compared with his powerful position in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Fan was a minister of state in the West, dealing with a group of barbarians. This was also a kind of class slide.

If given a choice, Xu Fan would definitely stay in the Ming Dynasty, but Xu Jie was stubborn and refused to change his mind.

When the meat eaters do not have enough wings to break away from the Ming Dynasty, they have a country and a home, because they can only obtain enough profits in the Ming Dynasty, and the products they organize and produce can only be sold in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the meat eaters have to have a country and a home, because if they leave this land, they will lose everything.

Li Zhi gave an example. There were many shipyards in the Ming Dynasty, but only seven of them had the ability to produce three-masted frigates. The rest of the shipyards only had the ability to build two-masted sampans. Western merchants would not buy three-masted frigates and two-masted boats. The owners of these shipyards would not be able to survive independently of the Ming Dynasty.

When the Ming Dynasty provided sufficient protection to allow the carnivores to grow to the point where they could follow the shipping routes and compete on the world stage, the Ming Dynasty lost its value.

There was a group of opponents in the Yuanxu Islands who opposed the policy of relocating wealthy households to enrich the capital. The reason why they were able to migrate to the Yuanxu Islands was entirely because of the support of the Ming Dynasty's open sea policy and because they had absorbed enough nutrients from the Ming Dynasty.

"The opinions of these two writers, Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi, are very sharp and penetrating." Zhang Juzheng looked at the miscellaneous newspapers on the table and made a positive evaluation. These two people are really suitable to be a basket of opinions.

Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and said, "We must prevent the outflow of silver, and we must also prevent foreigners from entering the Ming Dynasty to work."

Those who are not of my race must have different intentions.

When the dynasty was on the rise, it controlled enough resources, so everyone could get a relatively satisfactory share and everyone was naturally happy. But when the dynasty was declining, it controlled not enough resources to share, so no one would be satisfied, and these foreigners who entered the Ming Dynasty were the source of trouble.

Zhang Juzheng was not exaggerating. He was referring to the lessons that had happened in history, such as the Yisibashi War.

In the 17th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty, the Yisbaxi army, mainly composed of Persians, launched a rebellion in Quanzhou and established the Yisifa Khanate. The rebellion was not completely suppressed until ten years later in the 26th year of Zhizheng. Quanzhou Port, the most prosperous port in China, was destroyed in the war.

Thinking from the conversation between Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi, it is easy to get the direction of these two policies. The Ming Dynasty was really too free. It was incredible that one could take the nutrients absorbed from the Ming Dynasty outward.

"As for how to do it specifically, the Ministry of Rites can just draw up a set of rules." Zhu Yijun handed the matter over to Wan Shihe. Wan Shihe had been saying from the beginning that the barbarians had wolves' faces and beasts' hearts, and that they feared power but not virtue. The Ministry of Rites had also been planning this for a long time.

Zhang Juzheng said with a strange expression, "Songjiang Prefecture originally planned to build seven fast sailing shipyards this year. They have been completed in July. By the end of the year, we will have ten fast sailing shipyards. That is to say, starting next year, the production capacity of fast sailing ships can reach ten. The Military Equipment Bureau reported that by the end of this year, the annual production capacity of silver coins will be increased to 500 million pieces, and around the middle of next year, the planned target of 650 million pieces will be achieved."

"Your Majesty, the goal set by the court is a bit conservative. This is because the court officials have overlooked the expansion of scale and the reason why quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes."

The theory of contradiction talks about the laws governing the development and change of things. It discusses that a three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight, which means that quantitative change leads to qualitative change. The theory of contradiction has been around for twelve years, but when it is used, some factors will still be involuntarily ignored. This is why the court was conservative in setting goals.

"No, no, no, sir, I think it's better to be conservative." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "If the goal is set too high, you will definitely be eager for quick success. Production is material and needs to follow the reality of practice. If the goal is set a little higher, you don't know what kind of trouble will happen."

Zhu Yijun did not ignore the scale effect. He deliberately set a goal that was not too high and could be achieved, not for the sake of relaxation, but to prevent the Ming bureaucrats from doubling and expanding.

The most tyrannical means for bureaucrats to undermine a government decree is to use force. An authoritarian emperor like Zhu Yijun had no good solution for this kind of thing. The only solution was to kill.

"I will follow your Majesty's instructions." Zhang Juzheng was even a little scared after hearing what His Majesty said. Over the years, under the high pressure of the performance evaluation system and his authority, the bureaucrats had been very obedient, and Zhang Juzheng almost overlooked Beizhi's overbearing tactics.

Zhang Juzheng discovered that the emperor never relaxed his vigilance against civil servants.

"What's the matter with the Great Ming Sect that's popular in the West recently? The Governor-General of Luzon, Guoxing Zhengmao, submitted a memorial saying that many foreign merchant ships are going to come to Beijing for pilgrimage?" Zhu Yijun said with a very unpleasant expression.

He didn't even know when he became the only righteous god of the Daming Cult!

(End of this chapter)