Bi Yun said nothing, but just nodded, and Meng Zhong, carrying a huge bow, came in from outside and said, "Master, Lu Bing walked to the palace gate. It seems that he is about to leave the palace." Sun Hong nodded and trembled. Shaking to get up, Bi Yun and Meng Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to hold him, and helped Sun Hong to rest behind him.
At this time, Chen Hong, the factory superintendent of the East Factory, also returned to the East Factory, and together with Zhang Mo, figured out the holy intentions.
After listening to Chen Hong's narration, Zhang Mo pondered for a long time and slowly said, "Could it be related to Zhang Fujing?"
This Zhang Fujing was the first assistant to Zhang Cong of the dynasty.
Zhang Fujing's first name was Zhang, and his name was Luofeng. Last year, in the tenth year of Jiajing, the emperor's name Zhu Houhuang was homophonic, and Sejong changed his name to Fu Jing and gave the character Mao Gong. He is brave and courageous, and he is very honest, but he is fierce and seeks revenge.
Zhang Cong is a master of Confucian classics, erudite and versatility. At the age of thirteen, he wrote a poem titled "Brothers in the Ti Clan"
"There is a Wolong man, who is still noble in his life.
Holding a white feather fan, the light is like snow.
A breeze is born when moving, and a bright moon hangs when calm.
The breeze and the bright moon are only in motion and quiet, willing to make people bitter and hot in the world. "
His youth is clever and never forgets his sights. He has a profound knowledge of "Three Rites"-"Zhou Li", "Rituals" and "Book of Rites". However, he went to Jingke seven times and lost his name to Sun Shan. He once gathered disciples to give lectures at Luofeng College in Wenzhou.
In February of the fifteenth year of Zhengde, he was awarded the eighth test of the Ministry of Rites.
On March 14, the 16th year of Zhengde, Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao died in the Leopard Room. The edict welcomes Wuzong's younger brother Zhu Houhu as the emperor. On April 22, the 14-year-old Zhu Houhou was the emperor in Fengtian Hall, and the current Emperor Jiajing issued an edict to the world, and next year is the first year of Jiajing.
On May 15th, Zhang Cong made up for the hall exam at Fengtian Hall. He was a jinshi in the second grade and entered the Ministry of Political Affairs and Etiquette.
After Emperor Jiajing, the chief minister of the cabinet Yang Tinghe and a group of ministers forced the Emperor Jiajing to rename his uncle, the father of Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, Xiaozong as his father, and his aunt, the mother of Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, Empress Dowager Cishou as his mother, and his father Xingxian. The king is the uncle and the biological mother is the aunt.
Regarding this, Emperor Jiajing believed that this was a matter of severing family ties and contrary to common sense, so he strictly 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 ritual dispute began.
At that time, Zhang Jing ignored the threat of "Those who dissent should be treacherous and evil." On July 1, the 16th year of Zhengde, Zhang Jing neglected the ceremony and criticized the remarks made by the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe, etc. There is a saying in the comment: "Sheng Kao If you only give birth to your Majesty, you will benefit the world and become a man, and you will fear that your son will not have the righteousness to exterminate his parents. Therefore, his majesty says that he will succeed his ancestors without abolishing his relatives; after he is a human, he will not be able to exterminate his relatives. Unlike an heir, the father and the son do not have to be established."
Zhang Jing's ascension to the throne did not require the death of the father to establish the son. The emperor should respect his biological father and won the favor of Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed and said: "This theory is out, my father and son are all done!"
Since then, because of his support for Emperor Jiajing, he entered the confidant of Emperor Jiajing.
At that time, when Yang Yiqing saw Zhang Jingshu at his home, he said: "Zhang Sheng is here to discuss, and the saint will rise again, and it will not be easy."
Wang Shouren also liked what he said, and commented: Zhang Cong's theory is "the truth is what you see, and it is not a world."
After Zhang Cong gained power, he was promoted quickly, and finally joined the cabinet in Jiajing eight years as the chief assistant.
Zhang Cong is determined to reform and continuously introduces reform plans. The first is to check Zhuang Tian of honorable foreign relatives.
When Zhang Cong was fifty years old, he said: "One meal pays three sighs. The Li people are preventing hunger."; "If there is snow but not Switzerland, the fierce years are sad. The refugees are begging for a few times, but the grains of rice cannot be cooked."; To be happy alone, the official is too busy to be idle." Waiting for poems
Nowadays, royal palaces, palaces, and honoraries occupy a large amount of land, which is called Zhuangtian. Powerful and powerful and local villains casually refer to the people's land as official land, and use this to enter the palace and honor relatives, and make friends with the powerful for personal gain.
The serious land annexation has caused a large number of farmers who lost their land to leave their homes and become refugees. Caused peasant riots one after another.
Based on this, Zhang Cong took the national economy and people's livelihood into consideration, and carried out a series of political and institutional reforms in consideration of reducing the burden on the people.
The primary task of social reform is to restrain the further deterioration of land annexation and stabilize farmers on the land. At that time, the most intense and the largest number of land mergers was the Zhuangtian occupied by the imperial palace, the royal mansion, and the princes. Ming Renzong established more than 200 imperial villages by the time of Wuzong. In the ninth year of Zhengde, the imperial village occupied more than 37,500 hectares. The princes, honoraries, eunuchs and others begged the emperor and seized the land. By the second year of Hongzhi, there were more than 300 places in Zhuangtian, covering an area of more than 3300 hectares.
Nowadays, there is a saying that "those who are virtuous for the people are not as good as the imperial villages and the kings, monks, and middle officials." The severity of the land has been reduced by half, and the amount of land allocated has been reduced by about 4.3 million hectares.
After Emperor Jiajing came to the throne, in order to remedy this bad government and stabilize the social order, he cleaned up Zhuangtian in Gyeonggi twice. However, Jiajing hesitated and had little effect.
After Zhang Chong entered the pavilion, he resolutely cleaned up Zhuangtian, and expanded from Jifu to various provinces, from Zhuangtian to the monastery industry. In the ninth year of Jiajing, more than 500 places in Gyeonggi Xunqizhuangtian were surveyed, totaling more than 60,000 hectares, of which nearly 30,000 hectares were returned to the owners.
Zhang Cong withdrew from the management of the Zhuangtian army, strictly enforced bans, no more occupation or contributory of civilian fields, offenders were asked to confess to the army, if the Minister Xunqi participated, he would be convicted as well.
After that, Zhang Chong introduced reforms to the imperial examination system and anti-corruption and upholding integrity.
The imperial examination system is the main way for Ming to select officials, but in the specific operation process, many shortcomings have been exposed. Zhang Cong reformed the imperial examination system, re-regulated the examination style, and improved the quality of candidates.
Due to the extremely limited number of imperial examination places, it was impossible to capture all the true talents in the world, making it difficult for many scholars to pass the imperial examination and become Jinshi. Therefore, Zhang Cong implemented the three-way method to reform the employment system.
At the beginning of the reform, there was a lot of resistance, such as Ming Jiao Hong criticized: Zhang Jing "is rigid, so his actions are so harsh. What is the meaning of Sha Taisheng's actions!"
Zhang Cong reformed the imperial examination system, changed the style of study, strengthened the educational function of the school, the method of selection, and vigorously rectified the promotion of school officials, and achieved remarkable results.
At this time, Jiao Hong also praised: Zhang Jing "has been in the court for a long time, is well-versed in the world, has gained the position, and wants to restore the ancestral share system in everything. Hard work, talents come forth in large numbers without stagnation."
Corruption by officials and betraying the law is also one of the reasons for political corruption and turmoil in the world. Zhang Cong is jealous of the corrupt officials who carve out the people.
In August of the sixth year of Jiajing, when Zhang Chong was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he wrote to the Emperor Jiajing a total of 95 articles of the "Constitutional Guidelines", which were implemented in accordance with the constitutional guidelines.
Zhang Cong rectified the administration of officials. Such as adjusting the cabinet Hanlin, strengthening the supervision of officials over officials. When he was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he strictly supervised the system and emphasized the power of law enforcement.
He deposed twice, replaced 25 incompetent Yushi and Xunyu Yushi, and affirmed the constitutional provisions: The Metropolitan Procuratorate shall act according to the superiors and leaders of the Chasi hall, various supervisory officials and officials, but there are Infringements and other matters are allowed to be corrected each other; local officials are not allowed to go out of the city to greet them wherever they patrolled;
In terms of appointing officials, Zhang Cong advocated the election of "incorruptible people who love the people" without being restricted by seniority. In the ninth year of Jiajing, he said in the "On Employment": "Fanzhou county officials have no distinction between jinshi, juren, supervising students, and officials, but there are those who are honest and can love the people. , And the people Mengze also."
In the tenth year of Jiajing, Xu Jin, the servant of the staff, inquired about private bribery. After being questioned by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xu Jin found his way and gave a book to bribe Zhang Cong. Zhang Chong reported him and turned him into a civilian.
Zhang Cong's reforms and anti-corruption harmed the interests of the emperor's relatives, eunuchs, officials, and the wealthy class. They had to arouse their hatred, and there were continuous impeachment memorials.
But because of his impartiality and a clear breeze, he couldn't help it. Zhang Cong is honest in his public service and strict in self-discipline. He repeatedly warned the people of his hometown not to rely on the power to do illegal things just because he was a high-ranking official. He has lived in the dynasty for ten years, and he will not enter into a minister, not tolerate personal admiration, and will not abuse a nephew.
As the director of the East Factory, Chen Hong knew Zhang Cong's resume thoroughly. Hearing what Zhang Mo said, he wondered: "What do you mean? How can it be related to Zhang Cong?"
Zhang Mo thought about it carefully and guessed: "Could it be related to his proposal to remove the Central Guardian of the World?"
Chen Hong frowned and thought, and after a while, he laughed and said, "I understand! Haha, that's it, that's it! The emperor is the emperor, what a good method!
Zhang Mo also seemed to figure out the joints, and smiled happily.