Brocade legend

Chapter 133 Zhang Fujing

Bi Yun didn't say a word, just nodded to accept the order, Meng Zhong came in from outside the door with a huge bow on his back, and said: "Master, Lu Bing is walking towards the palace gate, it seems that he is going to leave the palace." Sun Hong nodded, trembling. Trembling and about to get up, Bi Yun and Mengzhong rushed forward to support Sun Hong, and helped Sun Hong to the back to rest.

At this time, Chen Hong, the governor of Dongchang, also returned to Dongchang, and together with Zhang Mo, he tried to figure out the holy will.

After listening to Chen Hong's narration, Zhang Mo pondered for a long time, and then slowly asked, "Could it be related to Zhang Fujing?"

This Zhang Fujing was Zhang Cong, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

Zhang Fujing's first name was Cong, his style name was Bingyong, and his name was Luo Feng.Last year, that is, the tenth year of Jiajing, in response to the homophony of the emperor's name Zhu Houcong, Shizong changed his name to Fujing and bestowed the word Maogong.He is upright and courageous, with a clean body, but he is ruthless and seeks revenge.

Zhang Cong was less fond of Confucian classics, erudite and talented. At the age of 13, he wrote a poem "Tizuxiong Instant Noodles":
"There was a man from Wolong who was noble and pure all his life.

Holding a white feather fan, it shines like snow.

There is a breeze when it is moving, and a bright moon when it is still.

The breeze and bright moon are only in motion, willing to make the people of the world suffer from heat. "

He is a young man who is intelligent and has a photographic memory. He has a profound knowledge of "Three Rituals" - "Zhou Li", "Yi Li" and "Book of Rites".However, he went to Jingke seven times and lost his name to Sun Shan. He once gave lectures at Luofeng College in Wenzhou.

In February of the 15th year of Zhengde, he took the eighth examination of the Ministry of Rites and was awarded Jun.

On March 16th in the 22th year of Zhengde, Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao died in Baofang.The posthumous edict welcomed Wu Zong's younger brother Zhu Houcong as the heir to the throne.On April 14, [-]-year-old Zhu Houcong took the throne in the Fengtian Palace, and the current Emperor Jiajing, issued an imperial edict to the world, and next year will be the first year of Jiajing.

On May 47th, Zhang Cong took the imperial examination in Fengtian Hall. He was a Jinshi in the second grade of middle school, and he was [-] years old when he entered the official career.

After Jiajing Emperor Ji, the chief minister of the cabinet Yang Tinghe and other ministers forced Jiajing Emperor to change his uncle, the father of Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, Xiaozong as his father, and his aunt, Empress Dowager Cishou, the mother of Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, as his mother, changing his biological father Xingxian Wang is his uncle and his biological mother is his aunt.

Emperor Jiajing believed that this was a matter of breaking up family ties and going against common sense, so he sternly rejected it, and expressed his determination by abdicating.This was the first power struggle between the civil official group and the young Emperor Jiajing, and a three-and-a-half-year-long dispute over rituals began.

At that time, Zhang Cong ignored the threat of "dissidents are treacherous and should be beheaded". To give birth to your majesty, to benefit the world and become a queen, there is no meaning for the son to sever his parents. Therefore, it is acceptable for your majesty to say that he is the heir of his ancestors and not abandon his esteemed relatives; Heirs are different, and it is not necessary for the father to die and the son to establish."

Zhang Cong won the favor of Emperor Jiajing with his statement that there is no need for a father to die and a son to ascend the throne, and the emperor should respect his biological father.

Since then, because of supporting Emperor Jiajing, he has entered Emperor Jiajing's confidant.

At that time, Yang Yiqing saw Zhang Congshu at home and said: "Zhang Sheng made this suggestion, and the sage will rise again. It can't be changed easily."

Wang Shouren was also delighted with what he said, and commented: Zhang Cong's theory "comes from the real opinion, not from the world".

After Zhang Cong gained power, he was promoted quickly, and finally joined the cabinet in the eighth year of Jiajing as the chief assistant.

Zhang Cong is determined to reform, and has continuously introduced reform plans. The first is to investigate the Zhuangtian of Xungui's relatives.

When Zhang Cong was 50 years old, he said: "One meal is worth three sighs, and the people are stopping hunger."; "When there is snow, it is not auspicious, and the year is sad. The refugees beg a few times, and a grain of rice cannot be cooked."; "The hunger is hard to be alone. Music, the official is too busy." Waiting for poems
Nowadays, the imperial palace, palace and relatives occupy a large amount of land, which is called Zhuangtian.The rich and powerful and local villains casually refer to the people's land as official land, and use this to enter the palace of the king, honor relatives, and make friends with the powerful for personal gain.

The seriousness of land annexation caused a large number of farmers who lost their land to leave their hometowns and become refugees.Causing peasant riots ensued.

Based on this, Zhang Cong carried out a series of political and institutional reforms in consideration of the national economy and the people's livelihood, and in consideration of reducing the burden on the people.

The primary task of social reform is to curb the further deterioration of land mergers and stabilize farmers on the land.At that time, land mergers were the most intense and the largest in number were Zhuangtian occupied by the imperial palace, palace, and relatives.Emperor Renzong of the Ming Dynasty established Huangzhuang, and by the time of Wuzong, more than 200 sites had been added. In the ninth year of Zhengde, Huangzhuang in Jinai alone covered an area of ​​more than 500 hectares.The vassal kings, relatives, eunuchs, etc. begged the emperor and seized the land. By the second year of Hongzhi, there were more than 300 farmlands, covering an area of ​​more than [-] hectares.

Nowadays, there is a saying that "those who work hard for the people are nothing like Huangzhuang and the kings, relatives, and Zhongguan Zhuangtian".

After Emperor Jiajing came to the throne, in order to change the bad government and stabilize the social order, he cleaned up the farmland in Gyeonggi twice.

After Zhang Cong entered the cabinet, he resolutely cleaned up Zhuangtian, and expanded it from Jifu to other provinces, and from Zhuangtian to monks and temples.By the ninth year of Jiajing, more than 500 farmlands of Xunqi in Gyeonggi were surveyed, totaling nearly [-] hectares, of which nearly [-] hectares were returned to the owners.

Zhang Cong withdrew from the management of the Zhuangtian army, strictly stipulated the case of banning leather, and was not allowed to occupy or donate the land of the people. Offenders would be punished and exiled to the army. If the ministers participated, they would be convicted as well.

Afterwards, Zhang Cong launched reforms to the imperial examination system and anti-corruption campaigns.
The imperial examination system was the main way to select officials in the Ming Dynasty, but in the specific operation process, many disadvantages were exposed.Zhang Cong reformed the imperial examination system, re-regulated the examination style, and improved the quality of examinees.

Due to the extremely limited quota of imperial examinations, it is impossible to recruit all the real talents in the world, making it difficult for many scholars to pass the imperial examinations and become Jinshi.Therefore, Zhang Cong implemented the method of combining the three methods to reform the employment system.

In the early days of the reform, there was great resistance. For example, Jiao Hong from the Ming Dynasty criticized: Zhang Cong "is headstrong, so his actions are so harsh, such as the sand weeding out students, what is the meaning of it!"

Zhang Cong reformed the imperial examination system, changed the style of study, strengthened the educational function of schools, adopted the method of examination and elimination, and vigorously rectified the promotion of academic officials, and achieved remarkable results.

At this time, Jiao Hong praised again: Zhang Cong "has been in Kedi for a long time, knows the world, and won the position. He wants to restore the ancestral stock system in everything. Fenyong, virtuous talents emerge in large numbers without stagnation.”

Officials' corruption and perversion of the law are also one of the reasons for political corruption and turmoil in the world.Zhang Cong is jealous of corrupt officials who exploit the people.

In August of the sixth year of Jiajing, when Zhang Cong was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he played a total of 95 articles in the "Constitutional Outline" to Emperor Jiajing. According to the constitutional outline, he strictly enforced discipline, rectified the style of officials, and improved work efficiency.

Zhang Cong rectified the administration of officials.For example, the cabinet Hanlin was adjusted, and the supervision of officials from science and roads was strengthened.When he was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he strictly supervised the system and emphasized the power of the judicial department.

He dismissed and replaced 25 incompetent censors and inspector censors twice successively, and stated in the constitution that the Metropolitan Procuratorate will supervise the officials and officials of various departments, but there are illegal cases, etc. It is allowed to correct each other's affairs; the supervisory officials are not allowed to go out of the city to meet them;

In terms of appointing officials, Zhang Cong advocated the selection of "clean and capable people who love the people" without being restricted by seniority.In the ninth year of Jiajing, he said in "On the Employment of People": "In all prefectures and counties, there are no distinctions between Jinshi, Juren, Jiansheng, and officials, but there are those who are honest and capable of loving the people. , and the people Mengze also."

In the tenth year of Jiajing, Xu Jinxun, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, accepted bribes privately. After being prosecuted and questioned by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xu Jin asked for relief and offered bribes to Zhang Cong. Zhang Cong reported him and deposed him as a commoner.

Zhang Cong's reform and anti-corruption harmed the interests of the emperor's relatives, eunuchs, officials, and the powerful class, which could not but arouse their hatred, and impeachment memorials continued.

But because he is all impartial and has a breeze in his sleeves, there is nothing he can do.Zhang Cong is honest and honest, and he is strict with himself.He repeatedly warned the people in his hometown not to bully others and do illegal things just because he was a high-ranking official in the court.He has lived in the court for ten years, and he does not enter a courtier, does not allow a private visit, and does not abuse a nephew.

As the supervisor of the East Factory, Chen Hong knew Zhang Cong's resume like the palm of his hand. Hearing Zhang Mo's words, he asked in confusion, "What do you mean? How could it be related to Zhang Cong?"

Zhang Mo thought carefully, and guessed: "Could it be related to his proposal to dismiss the Zhongguan Zhongguan in the world?"

Chen Hong frowned and pondered, and after a while, he burst into laughter and said: "I understand! Haha, so it is so, so it is so! The emperor is the emperor, what a good trick!

Zhang Mo also seemed to have figured out the joint, and smiled in response.

(End of this chapter)