mtlumby2d Chapter 383 Another Dark Side
Chapter 383 Another Dark Side
"You eat too, little immortal. You eat too," Shang Yang said cheerfully.
After Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng finished their greetings, Li Wu continued, "Three seniors, then I will continue to talk about Senior Zhang Juzheng's affairs?"
All three nodded.
"In the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing, you, at the age of 23, passed the imperial examination and ranked ninth in the second class, becoming a scholar-official.
After becoming a Shujishi, your teacher was Xu Jie, an important official in the court. Under Xu Jie's guidance, Mr. Zhang Juzheng also learned a lot.
There was no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, but there was a cabinet, which was responsible for handling affairs for the emperor.
The chief cabinet scholar is called the chief assistant.
At that time, when you, Senior Zhang Juzheng, entered the Hanlin Academy to study, the cabinet was in a state of upheaval.
What are these ministers fighting for? Of course, it is to move up a level and they are all vying for the position of Prime Minister.
At that time, there were only two cabinet ministers, Xia Yan and Yan Hao. In the end, Xia Yan got the position of Prime Minister, but was killed because of Yan Hao's slander.
The final outcome was naturally that Yan Hao became the prime minister of the cabinet.
Senior Zhang Juzheng, you witnessed the struggle within the cabinet and naturally made careful observations, thus gaining an intuitive understanding of the political corruption of the court and the lax border defense at that time.
Senior Zhang Juzheng, you have witnessed the darkness in the imperial court.
Even if there is no hatred, for one's own benefit, one still has to kill others," Li Wu shrugged. This workplace is really scary.
But it is also true that where there are people, there will be struggle.
Not to mention a place as big as the imperial court, even in other places, even in any department, there are a lot of dirty things.
"These are inevitable," Zhang Juzheng said. As long as there are people, these will happen.
"That's true," Shang Yang and Wang Anshi also said.
In front of the sky curtain, many people nodded. That’s right. Let’s not talk about what’s happening in the court for now.
Take the common people for example. Even if they are one family, they sometimes confront each other over family property.
Sometimes, people fight to the death for family property or something. It's not uncommon.
What's more, it's the position of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. Although they don't understand what kind of official this is, he must be a powerful one, so isn't it normal to fight for it?
The comments were all talking about this, which left many people stunned. There were all kinds of weird things.
But it allows everyone to see the other dark side.
Sky
Li Wu also nodded. This was indeed true. When she was working before, there were many dirty things happening at work, such as old employees bullying new employees, framing new employees, and so on.
This made Li Wu shudder. Fortunately, their modern society is a society ruled by law and killing people is not allowed. Otherwise, if it is really for the sake of promotion or something, someone might get killed.
Of course, it is also possible that some people have actually caused a death in order to get promoted, but it has not been exposed, so we don’t know about it.
Li Wu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, now she has money and free time and doesn't have to go to work. Otherwise, she would have to go back to the workplace, which would be terrible.
"After knowing the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, in the 28th year of Jiajing, you systematically expounded your proposal for political reform in your "On Current Affairs".
Unfortunately, these were not taken seriously by Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty and Yan Hao at that time because your qualifications were still shallow.
Later, during the Jiajing period, except for routine memorials, you, Mr. Zhang Juzheng, never submitted another memorial.
Maybe he knew that even if you submitted countless memorials, Emperor Shizong and Yan Hao would not care, so he stopped talking about state affairs from then on. "Li Wu sighed.
Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly. It was the same. He wanted to change the Ming Dynasty and carry out reforms, but no one supported him.
The comments were all discussing this matter, saying that it was normal for the emperor not to listen to Zhang Juzheng. At that time, Zhang Juzheng was indeed inexperienced and naturally could not compare with the old ministers.
Some people also think that Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty had no vision. This cannot be judged by qualifications but by ability.
In short, everyone has their own opinion.
Many people can relate to this because they have also suffered from such problems, so they are sometimes quite disappointed.
Sky
"In the 41st year of Jiajing, Yan Hao finally fell from power, and Xu Jie became the new Prime Minister.
In the 43rd year of the Jiajing reign, you, Senior Zhang Juzheng, were recommended by Xu Jie to serve as the tutor and reader of Prince Yu Zhu Zaigui.
As a result, we have gained control of many people who could enter the officialdom in the future, which has also opened up our network of contacts for you, Mr. Zhang Juzheng.
It was also during this time that you met Gao Gong, who was both your enemy and friend.
In the 45th year of Jiajing, after the death of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Jie drafted the imperial edict and conspired with you, Senior Zhang Juzheng.
He corrected the malpractices of the Jiajing period and restored the positions of ministers who had been wrongly convicted, which was recognized by both the court and the public.
In the second year of the Longqing reign (1568), Xu Jie also retired, and the following year, Gao Gong took charge of the cabinet again.
Many people in front of the sky curtain also understand that the chief minister of the cabinet is almost equivalent to the position of prime minister, right?
"Two years later, the Mongol Tatar leader Altan Khan attacked Datong. Senior Zhang Juzheng, you and Gao Gong urged Emperor Longqing to pay tribute to Altan Khan, calming the tense situation in the north."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty was unhappy.
During the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, "Those damn Tartars, if they dare to invade, they should be severely beaten. When I was alive, who dared to invade the Ming Dynasty? What were these descendants doing?" Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di shouted. The ministers looked at each other, thinking, since you all know that they are your descendants, then naturally they can't compare with you.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty at that time was probably already in its middle to late stage. How could it be compared with its early stage?
However, even though they complained, they only dared to complain in their hearts, otherwise, they were afraid of being chopped off.
The comments were also discussing, saying that the Ming Dynasty was very strong, why didn't they defeat the Tatars?
In particular, the people of the Song Dynasty spoke out, which made the people of the Ming Dynasty very angry, so the people of the two dynasties started arguing again.
Other dynasties just watched the show and fanned the flames, adding fuel to the fire.
Li Wu naturally didn't pay attention to these. She couldn't say that she was looking at the barrage all the time. Most of the time, Li Wu didn't look at the barrage.
Sky
When Zhang Juzheng heard that the Tatars were attacking Datong, his face was not very happy. Fortunately, the situation was resolved later. Now the Ming Dynasty is not as good as before. If it had been the case in the past, they would have attacked directly.
"In the sixth year of the Longqing reign, the Longqing Emperor passed away, and the ten-year-old Ming Shenzong, also known as the Wanli Emperor, succeeded to the throne."
In front of the sky curtain, Emperor Longqing was dumbfounded. No, he, he was dead?
Why did he die so early? What was the cause of his death?
Emperor Longqing had a thousand questions in his mind and shouted to the imperial physician, saying that he didn't want to die yet.
The barrage of comments only complained that Emperor Longqing was a short-lived emperor. He had only been on the throne for a few years when he died. He was unlucky.
Emperor Longqing didn't want to speak after seeing these comments. Did he want to die?
He doesn't want to die either.