Chapter 1886: The time has come
After Zhang Juzheng said this to Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan naturally had no way to accept it. Love came, but this kind of thing was not a problem that he could solve if he accepted it or not. Sometimes, such things were really hard to imagine what was going on. And even Zhang Fan, for some reasons, believed what Zhang Juzheng said.
But no matter what, these have been said now, and it is obviously impossible to take them back. Even if this matter really happens in the future, it may be the same as it is. But now, since Zhang Juzheng told Zhang Fan about this matter, Zhang Fan cannot be regarded as having never heard of it. Moreover, this matter is not a trivial matter for Zhang Fan, and it means very important.
Of course, although Zhang Fan knew about this kind of thing, he had no way to ignore it. But even so, no matter how much Zhang Fan was worried about this, he could not say it out loud, and could only keep it in his heart. Yes, Zhang Fan could only think about it alone and was tortured by this matter. He had no way to tell anyone, and no one would come to enlighten him. This made Zhang Fan feel very uncomfortable.
However, Zhang Juzheng looked different. It seemed that after he said this, he became more relaxed. Although after Zhang Juzheng said this, he himself did not have the same concern as Zhang Fan, but became more relaxed. Perhaps because he had always been worried about this matter in his heart, he had never been able to let go. Now, after he said this, he became more relaxed.
Perhaps it was because Zhang Juzheng expressed the thought that had been buried in his heart, so his whole body became relaxed. More obviously, Zhang Juzheng could clearly see that every morning when he went to court, his mood had really improved a lot and relaxed a lot. Moreover, it was also because his mood had improved and his whole body looked much better.
For the others in the court, although they could see Zhang Juzheng's changes, they did not know the reason for Zhang Juzheng's changes. On the contrary, Zhang Fan did know why Zhang Juzheng had such changes. But even though Zhang Fan saw that Zhang Juzheng was in a good situation now, he couldn't be happy in his heart. He always felt that Zhang Juzheng became more relaxed by such things, which really made Zhang Fan unable to let go.
However, although that's true, Zhang Juzheng's situation is much better than before. Of course, perhaps because Zhang Juzheng understands that he has really lost time, Zhang Juzheng has been in unprecedented peace in dealing with people recently. Although Zhang Juzheng will not make any concessions when it comes to the "Search Method" or "One Whip Method". However, in other aspects, Zhang Juzheng is really relaxed and will not argue with them at all. Even if he encounters something that he cannot agree with, he will not be as strong as before, but instead speaks to the other party calmly.
But the facts prove that even if Zhang Juzheng did not rely on the power in his hands and just told the other party, few of the people in the court could speak better than him.
In short, this is the case with Zhang Juzheng in the court now. And his changes really made many people in the court widen their eyes. They really didn't expect that Zhang Juzheng would be like this. However, this is only for those who don't know. For those who know, for example, Zhang Fan's words. The more Zhang Juzheng was like this, the more uncomfortable Zhang Fan felt when he saw this situation.
Although it is really a bit inappropriate to say this, every time you see Zhang Juzheng like this, Zhang Fan always feels like "a person who is about to die is kind." Perhaps, if someone else knows about this, they may be happy about it. But at least for Zhang Fan, he really doesn't want to see such a thing.
In short, this incident really made him feel very bad for Zhang Fan. Even Zhang Fan began to think about it, thinking that since Zhang Juzheng had already said this, he seemed to have not only relaxed a lot, but also his spirit was much better than before. Even his body looked much better than before.
All, sometimes Zhang Fan always thinks, would Zhang Jue improve after he told him about this matter, and thus he could live more.
Of course, this is just a hope of Zhang Fan. But is it really the case? To be honest, Zhang Fan can't confirm it. Even his thoughts are just such a kind of thought that he is worried about Zhang Juzheng now, which can be said to be a compulsive idea. To be honest, Zhang Fan is really mentally prepared at all. Even if he has heard Zhang Juzheng say this, he can't believe it. But he can't be Zhang Juzheng's words.
In short, Zhang Fan now has such a complicated and very complex mentality.
Speaking of this, we must mention one thing. Five years ago, Zhang Juzheng's father passed away. According to the official system, Zhang Juzheng should go home to mourn for three years and then resume his official position after three years. Of course, this kind of thing is really very important. After all, it was three years. For those in the court, there were too many accidents in three years, and even a change of dynasty is possible. Therefore, if there is a high-ranking person in the court who wants to go home to mourn for three years, then when he returns to the court, many things will probably change.
Therefore, these three years have been really important. For Zhang Juzheng, he was at the most critical moment of the implementation of the One Whip Law. Although even if Zhang Juzheng left, there were several other people in the cabinet, as well as many people including Zhang Fan and Feng Bao, he would be at ease. However, for Zhang Juzheng, as long as he was not supervising himself, he would not be able to rest assured.
However, although the official system stipulates that one must go back to mourn for three years, there are naturally exceptions for such things. This exception is that blame becomes "snatching love". The so-called "snatching love" means that officials in the court have happened. For example, if a father dies at home, they do not have to go home to mourn for three years. Some of them only need to go back to handle the funeral and return to work. During these three years, these people do not have to abandon their official positions, do not have to be in public service, do not be in charge of rituals, do not pre-convention, sacrifices, banquets, etc. are represented by the second party. In short, they will not leave so many things in the court and go home like this.
Speaking of which, in such a feudal era, this was really an extremely unfilial act. However, if you really care about it, the "Heaven, Earth, Lord, Parents, Teachers" would be the first to be the relatives. And it would be normal to put the affairs of the country in front of you first.
But this kind of thing is not that simple. For me, he naturally knew that if he left the court for three years, many changes would happen, and it would be possible that the court would completely change after he came back. Therefore, for him, he naturally did not want to leave.
But in the same way, this matter is not just something that makes him care so much. For other officials in the court, this matter is also very important. After all, Zhang Juzheng started the "One Whip Law" not long ago, so the officials in the court were very happy after learning that Zhang Juzheng's father passed away. If Zhang Juzheng had left the court for three years, even if the cabinet and Zhang Fan and others were in control, some things would be much easier than Zhang Juzheng was there.
Obviously, Zhu Yijun at that time did not think that there was anything wrong with Zhang Juzheng, so in the end he also supported Zhang Juzheng's "snatching love". Of course, there was also the tacit approval of Empress Dowager Li.
In short, Zhang Juzheng did not go home to mourn for three years, but just returned home and hurriedly handled his father's funeral, and then returned to the court again.
They did not tell the public about this matter, so when Zhang Juzheng returned home, many people in the court were very happy. They were celebrating this matter and made beautiful prospects for the future. However, this prospect was not over yet, let alone whether they were considering what to do. As a result, after going to court that day, they saw Zhang Juzheng, who was not wearing court uniforms, standing in the court. This made all of them grow up in surprise and feel at a loss.
And when these people learned that Zhang Juzheng had actually "taken away love" and did not go home to mourn, but continued to go to court. For them, such a thing was simply equivalent to completely cutting off their retreat. Although they had no hope, the previous things suddenly made them have some hope. But now, this hope has disappeared again. How could they be willing to do this kind of thing?
Therefore, after these people learned about this, they did not hesitate at all and immediately started to bombard Zhang Juzheng. Of course, their so-called reasons were naturally very serious and very simple. That was to sue Zhang Juzheng for being unfilial to his son.
Of course, this matter is only as simple as these four words, but if these people really say it, then all the messy things will come out. But thinking about it, this should be the case. After all, at that time, they were already compared by Zhang Juzheng, and now they finally had a glimmer of hope in front of them, how could they give up so much!
Therefore, these people spared no effort to do this. Of course, this is actually the last chance they can struggle.
So, almost all the people involved in this matter were talking in turn. Of course, what they said was nothing more than just a few things, and even if it was summarized, there was only one meaning. That is, if Zhang Juzheng did not go home to filial piety, it would be a very unfilial act. If a person could not even do the things at home, what qualifications would he be the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty and assist the emperor in governing the country!
The truth is naturally a great truth, and it is also a great truth that people cannot find any faults. However, for today's courts, these truths are useless at all. Today's courts urgently need Zhang Juzheng. With this point, these people will be completely useless to speak.
At that time, this incident was very terrible, and the people below had the intention of forcing the palace. In short, it was to make a move. If the emperor did not allow Zhang Juzheng to go home to mourn, they would be forced to death and never give up.
You know, Zhu Yijun was only fifteen years old at that time. Perhaps he had heard Zhang Fan say about this situation in the court and also saw it in books. But this was the first time he encountered it himself. Faced with this situation, Zhu Yijun naturally became panicked, and he didn't know what to do.
However, you should know that at that time, the court was not up to Zhu Yijun, but Zhang Juzheng. Faced with this situation, Zhang Juzheng definitely refused to let him stand up and speak. And not just talk, what Zhang Juzheng said was really heavy and there was no room for anything left.
And this time, although Zhang Juzheng was very strong, the people below felt that they had finally found a reason to fight Zhang Juzheng, so they naturally would not give up so easily. In the end, the two sides became terrible and no one allowed them to do so.
But obviously, compared to Zhang Juzheng, compared to those of them, he was really strong. And at that time, the relationship between him and Zhu Yijun was very good.
After two days, Zhu Yijun was not only a little scared of this matter, but also a little bored. Therefore, he simply told the public that he was in poor health and had not come to court for a few days. He even issued an imperial edict, giving all the power to decide on the affairs of all major and small matters in the court to Zhang Juzheng.
Although Zhang Juzheng was originally a minister of life, he could decide the matters in the court without Zhu Yijun giving this imperial edict. However, the matters represented by this imperial edict were completely different. After all, only the emperor could make decisions on some things, and even the minister of life could not do it. For example, the court stick.
That's right, it's the court stick, the court stick that seized the lives of people of many large and small positions in the court. This court stick really scared the officials in the court. And only the emperor made this decision in this matter. But now, Zhu Yijun has handed over this power to Zhang Juzheng.
This really scared the people below. However, these people were not so scared that they didn't even dare to stand up and speak. After all, Zhang Juzheng had indeed been much stronger in some things before, but he had not yet reached the point of being authoritative. At this time, these people still felt that Zhang Juzheng would not, and did not dare to use such a great punishment on them.
As a result, all of these people were wrong. Zhang Juzheng really dared to do this and had reason to do this. It was not just because he now had the emperor's imperial edict and had full power to do this. What's more, among the people below who would stand up and talk about this, many of them had very bad relationships with Zhang Juzheng, and even when Zhang Juzheng promulgated the two new laws, they were all obstructed.
Although Zhang Juzheng wanted to find an opportunity to get them down on weekdays, Zhang Juzheng obviously did not find a suitable opportunity. But this time it was completely different. Now Zhang Juzheng not only has such power, but even these people gave Zhang Juzheng the power to punish them.
In this case, it was all these people who were trying to die, stretched their necks and placed them on the chopping board. In this way, Zhang Juzheng had no reason to endure it any longer.
The result is that Zhang Juzheng really dared to use the court stick.
The court stick is originally a punishment, not a fatal punishment. But obviously, this is not applicable in the Ming Dynasty. Whether the officials who are sentenced to survive depends on the meaning of the eunuch of the Silijian. How the eunuch of the Silijian judges this matter depends on what the emperor thinks of the person. No, in fact, even the emperor's opinion is not needed. Since the emperor has already given the order, then it is to execute it. If the person is really beaten to death, at most it will be said that he has not survived. Unless the emperor has already given the order before, he will save his life.
Now, Zhang Juzheng is here to issue orders for the court stick. At the same time, the person who supervises the court stick is not someone else, but Feng Bao. Although Feng Bao has changed at this time
After coming over, Feng Bao was not so careful in some things. What's more, this matter was Zhang Juzheng's intention. Compared to offending these people in the court, Feng Bao did not want to offend Zhang Juzheng at this time.
Therefore, when the execution was executed, the toes were almost turned into Feng Bao's inner horoscope.
At that time, there were more than ten officials who were killed by the stick because they were only a court stick. This incident really scared these people in the court. And Zhang Juzheng also became authoritarian because of this incident.
Of course, these are all old calendars now. But now, when Zhang Juzheng recalls this incident by chance, he always feels that he deserves it. Although after saying that to Zhang Fan, Zhang Juzheng's mood has improved a lot, and his body and complexion have become good. However, Zhang Juzheng always feels that he has no time left.
Chapter completed!