Zhang Juzheng , from Hubei, has been a child prodigy since childhood.
His life cannot be separated from Xu Jie , Gao Gong , Zhu Yijun , Feng Bao and these people.
When he first entered the officialdom, Xia Yan and Yan Song were fighting to the death, which shows how cruel politics is.
As a little Jinshi, he chose to watch coldly, silently caring about national border defense and other major events. He once wrote a memorial to the Emperor Jiajing , but the memorial was like a rock sinking into the sea and there was no reply.
The emperor is too busy practicing Taoism and becoming an immortal, so how can he have time to care about you, a small official?
Later, Zhang Juzheng returned to his hometown and was also good at home. It was a very pleasant thing to live a quiet life.
, slowly rising Xu Jie took a fancy to Zhang Juzheng's talent and took a big move. He specially recommended him to the emperor's son King Yu Zhu Zai'an as a companion. Although Jiajing did not make Zhu Zai'an the crown prince at that time, the next emperor was Zhu Zai'an, because the emperor's other sons died prematurely.
As expected, Zhang Juzheng performed very well and was very good at writing materials to his leaders. He quickly received praise from Zhu Zai'an, laying the groundwork for his future success.
Therefore, Zhang Ju respects and thanks his mentor very much in his future career. When he impeached Xu Jie in Hai Rui , he deliberately let go of his mentor and repays his mentor.
A few years later, Zhu Zai'an succeeded to the throne, Xu Jie retired, Gao Gong became the chief assistant, and Zhang Juzheng followed Gao Gong and lived a good life.
many of the ministers' proposals were agreed by Zhu Zai'an, so it is a very happy thing to be an official in Zhu Zai'an. As the saying goes, "Hello, I, well, everyone."
The most important measure at that time was negotiated by Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, which not only solved Mongolia's long-term harassment on the border, but also continuously exported domestic products and earned too much snow-white silver.
Soon, God handed over the burden to Zhang Juzheng.
Because Zhu Zai'er was lustful, his body was hollowed out by the female sex within a few years; the chief assistant Gao Gong offended the Empress Dowager and Feng Bao again, and was quickly expelled from the wilderness, so naturally Zhang Juzheng took the lead.
Before Zhang Juzheng took office as Chief Supervisor, he had already planned the future reform path in his heart.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty had accumulated ills for a long time, and the administration was corrupt, and the finances were often underpaid. In order to get the Ming Dynasty out of its predicament and reappear in the past prosperous times, a famous prime minister Zhang Juzheng vigorously implemented the new policy and carried out drastic reforms on the rotten Ming Dynasty, which continued the lifeline of the Ming Dynasty for more than half a century.
In general, Zhang Juzheng played five cards, and achieved remarkable results in consolidating border defense, rectifying administration, implementing new policies such as test method, severing economy, and one-whip method, gradually allowing the Ming Dynasty to reappear in its past prosperity.
specifically introduces the "examination method". At that time, tax collection for officials was used as the assessment standard. If local officials tax less than 90%, they must be held accountable. If the summary at the end of the year, those who fail will be demoted or even dismissed. In this way, officials across the country have to work hard to collect taxes in order to save the black hat on their heads.
Over time, the treasury gradually became richer, reversing the long-term financial deficit in the past. It can be seen that Zhang Juzheng is really a genius.
Of course, Zhang Juzheng's character is not perfect, and his lifestyle in his later years is not very good. Once when he got home, Zhang Juzheng sat in a house as big as a house, carrying dozens of people, walking from Beijing to his hometown in Hubei. He also had a grand show on the way, which was so luxurious. Such a stain of extravagance and wastefulness and high-profile behavior would definitely be criticized, or hated in the future. The Wanli emperor Zhu Yijun, who has always regarded Zhang Juzheng as his master and father, is one of them.
When Zhang Juzheng died, Zhu Yijun immediately changed his face and issued a cruel decree to copy Zhang Juzheng's family. He also killed Zhang Juzheng's family, some starved to death, some forced to commit suicide, and some exiled. In short, after Zhang Juzheng's death, his family was revenged by Emperor Wanli.
Later, Zhu Yijun dropped out of court for decades and squandered all the achievements of Zhang Juzheng's new policy, which indirectly led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty. This is a great injustice of the old Zhu family.
