The famous Zhang Juzheng reform in history involved all aspects of military, administration, taxation, and finance. The most famous one was naturally to implement the one-whip method, but the most important thing was to "examination method".

Why?

Because in the feudal era, there was no stronger centralization than in Zhang Juzheng's administration, all of this was because of the success of the test.

Whatever examines performance and implements the one-whip method are all false and cover-ups, all of which are for one purpose.

Let the cabinet truly manage the whole world.

According to the Ming Dynasty, the censors of the technicians were not subject to other departments. In other words, the Censors of the Six Departments were able to bypass the Six Departments and Cabinets and directly take responsibility to the emperor.

But after the implementation of the examination and implementation, all this changed. Zhang Juzheng used the cabinet to control the six departments, the Censorate, and then used the six departments. The Censorate control the six departments, and the six departments controlled the provincial governors and the chief officials... In a word, if nothing has passed the cabinet, then there will be no effect.

The most famous saying that led to Zhang Juzheng being cursed by countless censors, "If you are polite and arrested, the department will be promoted to the department; if you are hiding and deceived, the six sects will be promoted to the six sects; if you are not aware of the six sects, the cabinet will be promoted to the cabinet."

In the first ten years of Emperor Wanli's reign, Zhang Juzheng was a real prime minister. Although he did not gain all the trust of the emperor like Gao Gong, he was better at taking power.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng are all smart people who have been walking on a single-plank bridge until now. They are so clear that if they do not have real power in their hands, implementing the new policy will be like a water moon in a mirror!

Therefore, since Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng did the most. They can no longer control the Censorate and the Six Sections, so they chose the Six Sections first... In addition to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Works, Gao Gong could control the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Rites. Now the Ministry of Revenue has also surrendered.

Gao Gong was so satisfied with Zhang Juzheng that he could not be satisfied anymore. The person in front of him was only 35 years old. He was 48 years old this year. He has been in power for 20 years and has retired in his 70s. Zhang Juzheng was only fifty years old when he took over. He could still maintain the new policy for another fifteen years.

The most important thing is that Zhang Juzheng had no other support, so he could only rely on himself... Gao Gong stroked his beard and smiled. Although Xu Huating had a precise vision, he gradually picked Qian Yuan and Zhang Juzheng, but unfortunately he couldn't keep anyone.

Tsk tsk, Gao Gong despised Xu Jie for not being able to retain talents... He had to let Qian Yuan know that he had to roll around the ground with a smile.

After chatting for a few more gossips, Zhang Juzheng got up and said goodbye, left the Gao Mansion, got into the sedan chair, the smile on his face disappeared without a trace, rubbing his eyebrows and sighing in his heart.

"You Qi, You Qi!"

The person who was outside whispered: "Master, Butler You have been..."

Zhang Juzheng's body stiffened, put down the curtain, "Go to the other courtyard."

"yes."

After a moment of trance, Zhang Juzheng forgot that after the drastic changes in Xiyuan last year, You Qi was seriously ill and died in a few days... There was no way, and whether he had reported Feng Baoxin to Suiyuan was clear about it, and he really couldn't keep it.

Zhang Juzheng did not go home, but went to the villa located at the junction of Xicheng and Beicheng. After a simple washing, he lay on the bed with his eyes staring at the dark ceiling.

The battle between the North Korea some time ago seemed to have won unexpectedly, while Gao Gong lost unexpectedly, but it was still early to decide the outcome.

This is a common understanding of most officials in the court. After all, the tax and silver have been reduced sharply, and Suiyuan dug a big hole for Hu Yingjia who went south.

But Zhang Juzheng was always confused about something, and he noticed something was wrong from all kinds of clues.

After discovering that Suiyuan was rumoring, Gao Gong immediately judged that Qian Yuan tried to disintegrate his alliance with Xu Jie.

In the end, it is hard to say whether Qian Yuan succeeds, because Xu Jie knows that the covenant is fragile, and there must be a battle between the two... And after the rumors appeared, Gao Gong also had such an awareness when he witnessed Xu Jie's silence, otherwise he would not have said the topic of when to investigate the capital today.

But Zhang Juzheng immediately judged that Qian Yuan's target must be the prefect of Ningbo, because he knew Qian Yuan's importance and determination to Southeast Tong's business.

Although Zhang Mengnan's unexpected retreat was unexpectedly, the Ningbo prefect finally fell into the hands of Xu Jie's disciple Hu Yingjia.

What puzzled Zhang Juzheng the most was that Qian Yuan gave Chen Younian, and he frequently made a contribution to his Majesty, and even asked the Ministry of Personnel to recommend Ningbo prefects to be included in Chen Younian... But Qian Yuan should have a clear idea. Chen Younian could not pass the cabinet.

Since it is impossible, why should Chen Younian be released?

Zhang Juzheng himself is a 25-year-old... Although he was forced, he began to use a brand new way to consider these things. In the end, he came to a conclusion that Hu Yingjia was afraid of having an affair with Suiyuan.

Logically speaking, this is impossible. In Suiyuan, when Hu Yingjia was in trouble with six departments, he was first knocked down by Xu Wei with one punch, and then broke his nose by Sun Ying. Later, he went south to check the sweet potato incident. He heard that Qian Yuan was so angry that he vomited blood... It was precisely these reasons that made Xu Jie trust Hu Yingjia more.

Zhang Juzheng slowly got up from the bed and pushed the window open. A breeze blew, clearing his irritability.

The intersection between Hu Yingjia and Qian Yuan should be in Zhenhai County that year. What exactly happened at that time?

Although there is no evidence and although Zhang Juzheng himself finds it a bit ridiculous, he is 80% sure that this is the foreshadowing laid by his friend back then. First, this is his usual trick, and second, this time, Suiyuan took action after half a year of silence, but there is almost no benefit, which also seems unreasonable.

Looking up at the bright moon, Zhang Juzheng suddenly remembered that Hu Yingjia and Qian Yuan had another intersection. In the 38th year of Jiajing, the court sent officials of the Ministry of Revenue, the six departments, and the Censorate inspected various places for sweet potatoes and potato promotion. At that time, Hu Yingjia and Qian Yuan were the ones who went to Shanxi.

Trying to recall the scene at that time, Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly. He remembered that it was Chenggu County, Hanzhong, Shanxi Province, which was the exile place of the second son of the Zeng family and the Liu family. This was the reason at that time, so Xu Jie was responsible for contacting the Zeng family in the early stage.

No wonder Xu Jie sent someone to take the Zeng family back to Beijing Zhaoxue, but Hu was intercepted... It must have been Hu Yingjia's tricks.

By the way, the magistrate of Chenggu at that time was Zhou Shi, the current Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and was also a scholar in the Suiyuan.

Zhang Juzheng looked down at the tables and chairs shining with moonlight, and clues gradually took shape in his mind and connected together.

After thinking through all this, Zhang Juzheng was first grateful that he did not intervene this time, otherwise he would definitely fall into the trap.

Secondly, Zhang Juzheng confirmed that this matter needs to be kept secret, not aimed at Xu Jie, but Gao Gong.
Chapter completed!