In this way, the ministers are no longer ministers, but for the sake of morality. When faced with someone trying to violate the Tao, these Taoist priests who grew up familiar with the "Four Books and Five Classics" suddenly felt a tragic feeling of defending Tao in their hearts.

Aroused fearless courage.

The next day, in the face of Empress Dowager Zhou's insistence, Wei Yuan and his 39 colleagues, as well as the imperial censor Kang Yunshao and his 41 colleagues, all knelt down outside the Wenhua Gate and cried loudly as soon as they left the morning court.

The entire harem was shrouded in howls.

After showing his determination to cry, make trouble and hang himself, and vowed to ask the Empress Dowager Zhou to change the edict, Wei Yuan started, and after a long roar, many officials followed and howled loudly, and then the censor Kang Yunchao even more powerfully, calling the late emperor by his name,

Shouting Zhu Jianshen's breast name.

Finally, someone unknown found a pile of rubble and each person took a piece and smashed it on his head, causing blood to flow all over his head and brain, blood splattering, and loud cries.

Peng Shi, the chief minister of the cabinet, who had many years of experience in the officialdom, could tell at a glance that the purpose of the Queen Mother Zhou was not only to be buried with the Yingzong, but also to enjoy the ancestral temple with her nephew after death. However, the late emperor's original wife could not be buried together, and she could not enjoy the ancestral temple with her nephew.

Then what do we, the ministers, need to do? However, in order to solve the problem, Peng Shi proposed a compromise plan, that is, if the Empress Dowager Zhou confessed in the future, she could be buried with the Yingzong and worship in the same temple as the Empress Dowager Qian.

This could be regarded as the cabinet minister's last call. But the Queen Mother Zhou remained unmoved.

At this time, more and more officials came to kneel outside Wenhua Gate, crying loudly. The upset Queen Mother Zhou asked her son to order the ministers to stop crying and retreat, but the ministers refused to obey. What can the Queen Mother do? What can the Emperor do?

What? If you want to do something that goes against the Dao, follow me first

When he stepped over, he said: "I will never retreat without the Queen Mother's decree to be buried together." The ministers started kneeling at Si hour that day (9 to 11 o'clock in the morning) until Shen time in the afternoon (3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon).

, even if he faints from crying and is sunburned, he will not give up.

Zhang Zijun did a very dazzling job. With such a good thing, how could he miss it? Anyway, he no longer has a real job. He contacted foreign ministers and brought honey water, and cooked a big pot of porridge from home. The main purpose of doing this was to let his father-in-law

Look, my son-in-law is not holding back and is firmly on the same front.

Oh, sir, come on, come on, take a sip of honey water first, the body is the capital of revolution, only when you have the strength can you continue. Hey, isn't this Sir Wang? Come on, come on, take a bowl of porridge first, then go

Summer weather. Ah, Mr. Kang, I admire you. This tile cannot be used to hit your head. Come, come, have a drink. This is cooked by the wife at home.

Someone shouted: "Governor Ying fainted. Zhang Zijun rushed over, lifted Ying up and said: He is exhausted and exhausted. Come quickly and get rice soup. Then he said to those around him: "Persistence is victory, righteousness is in hand.

, I have food and drink.”

Slowly, whenever someone fainted, they would shout to Zhang Shidu to come over, and Zhang Zijun would always reply: "I am no longer a Shidu. For the sake of justice, whenever someone falls, I will step forward to help him without flinching."

. shouted: "It doesn't matter if you behead your head, but fight to the death. As long as someone falls, there will be others who will come after you."

Zhang Zijun was wandering here and there, he was very busy. This scene had long been reported to the inner palace by the internal officials. Unexpectedly, Zhu Jianshen said: "Zhang Aiqing has an overall view of the situation. He can use his own rice soup to prevent the situation from getting out of control."

However, when he first entered the palace, more and more people were dizzy and fell down. Zhang Zijun said to the internal official guarding the gate: "Why don't you go to the inner palace and ask for some water to relieve the heat and thirst of the ministers."

The internal officer also reported it to Zhu Jianshen truthfully. At this time, Zhu Jianshen was in a state of distress, with both ends of his body being splinted. When he heard this, he patted his thigh and said, "Oh, why didn't I think of that?" He quickly ordered the internal official to fetch a few buckets of well water.

He sent it to Wenhua Gate. Then he ordered Zhang Shidu to give him whatever he wanted and not to cause any harm to anyone.

Zhu Jianshen was afraid, but the Empress Dowager Zhou did not believe in the integrity of civil servants at all, and she still insisted that Empress Dowager Qian be "buried in an auspicious place around Yuling". This matter involved the distinction between legitimate concubines and concubines, and would become the basis for future emperors

As a model, ministers must take action to maintain Tsunada. It was an unintended consequence that she would end up like this, so she just maintained her dignity.

The internal official hurriedly sent a message, and the emperor said that Zhang Shidu would give him whatever he wanted. With a simple message, Zhang Zijun became a minister again, which was equivalent to the official returning to his original position. In this case, Zhang Zijun was not polite and gave the order

Quickly tell the imperial doctor to boil water and soak licorice to prevent heat stroke.

Now Zhang Zijun has become a peacekeeping official and messenger officer inside and outside the Wenhua Gate. Outside the gate, he encourages the officials to persevere to the end, which is victory. Inside the gate, he orders the officials to eat and drink. Such actions have won the trust and cooperation of officials inside and outside the gate.

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At the end of the Shen Dynasty, civil and military officials including Wei Guogong Xu Er and Minister of Rites Yao Kui knelt in front of the Wenhua Gate on the east side of the Forbidden City to put pressure on the inner palace. The focus of these people's complaints was that "the mother's life is so important.

"The laws of the ancestors are particularly important." The Queen Mother disagreed, so everyone started "crying" together. Suddenly, there was loud crying again in front of the Wenhua Gate, which put Zhu Jianshen, mother and son under great pressure.

Wenhua Gate is right next to Wenhua Hall. Wenhua Hall was the place where Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen watched the government when he was the crown prince. However, after he succeeded to the throne, the emperor often came here to summon the cabinet and important civil and military ministers after he retired.

Yes. Now not only the civil servants share the same hatred, but also the royal family and nobles have come forward to support the Empress Dowager Ciyi.

Remonstrances and accusations became a normal feature of political life after the mid-Ming Dynasty. Incidents of remonstrances and accusations by scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty were not only frequent, but often came at the cost of the scholar-bureaucrats losing their wealth and life, and had a strong smell of blood.

Zhang Zijun thinks that he is very proud of himself for doing this, but there is one person who sees it very clearly, and that is Wang Zhi of Xichang. Because Xichang has minions both inside and outside, Zhang Zijun's approach has long been gathered by Wang Zhi

There, they were very disdainful of Zhang Zijun's inconsistent speech.

Until the sun set in the west, the Queen Mother Zhou saw the unanimous determination of the courtiers to fight to the death, and was afraid of causing more trouble, so she finally agreed to the request of the courtiers.

Zhu Jianshen issued an edict: "After the civil and military ministers presented the memorial, they knelt down in front of the Wenhua Gate to wait. They must come and follow. I read the memorial in full and asked the Empress Dowager again. I have already arrived at Shen, and I have been waiting for a while. Then I went out.

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The memorial, with the same words and comments, said: "Everything you said is in line with my wishes, and the funeral ceremony is allowed to be carried out." So the civil and military officials all shouted long live and retreated. "

This was a struggle between ministerial power and imperial power. In the end, the imperial power was defeated and compromised. After the ministers went home happily with their faces stained with blood, Xichang took advantage of the night to take action. In this battle for status, Zhou

The Queen Mother finally lost.

Zhu Jianshen formally gave the posthumous title to his aunt, Empress Dowager Qian, as "Queen of Xiaozhuang Xianmu Honghui Xianrenggong Tianqin Shengrui", and placed the throne of his nephew in the Ancestral Temple, alongside the Yingzong. At the same time, it was announced that Empress Dowager Qian would be married to the Empress Dowager in September.

The Ying clan were buried together in Yuling.

However, the unwilling Empress Dowager Zhou finally made trouble. Since there was no place reserved for the empresses to be buried together when the mausoleum was built for Yingzong, it was necessary to build a new burial tomb for Empress Dowager Qian and the Empress Dowager Zhou who would be buried together in the future, and then open it from the ground.

The tunnel leading to Yingzong's tomb. When the tomb was being built, the Empress Dowager Zhou secretly instructed the eunuch in charge of the matter to open the tomb of Empress Dowager Qian.

The tunnel was deliberately dug in the wrong direction, not only deviating from the direction of Yingzong's tomb by several feet, but also blocking the tunnel in the middle. The stone cave left to the Empress Dowager Zhou was just the opposite. There was a spacious and direct access to Yingzong's tomb.

Tunnel. In addition, the Empress Dowager Zhou was not allowed to place the portrait of Empress Dowager Qian next to Yingzong in the Fengxian Hall where the tablets of emperors and empresses of all dynasties were enshrined.

However, although Empress Xiaozhuangrui was buried in Yuling, the tunnel between her tomb and the Yingzong tomb was not opened, so it could not be considered a joint burial. This was naturally the fault of the Empress Dowager Zhou.

The integrity of a scholar-bureaucrat is indeed very good, but what can you do when faced with a woman's petty thoughts?

Zhang Zijun, the only one who took advantage of this incident and behaved well, returned to the court again, but Zhang Zijun would never miss it. He had already thought of a plan to escape unscathed.

The opportunity came when Wan'an, the minister of rites and a bachelor of Hanlin, entered the cabinet. He arranged for the eunuchs and Zhu Jianshen's favored concubine Wan Guifei to serve as internal aid. When they occupied the court, the military department gave Qin Chong a message on the matter: "Tatar

Tens of thousands of people invaded from Shuangshan Fort in five groups, but our army has less than 10,000 that can fight, and the defense is scattered. How can we resist the enemy? It is recommended to send out large troops to search for traps as a long-term solution."

As it relates to defending against the enemy, the ministers were reminded of the iron-making workshop opened by the Ministry of War last year to develop new cannons. Another year passed, and three years passed. Not even the shadow of the cannon was seen.

There was a discussion in the hall, and Wang Rui, the left deputy capital censor, said: "Your Majesty, the border is in urgent need of cannons. The iron-making workshop where the imperial court wastes a lot of money does not produce a pound of iron. The relevant officials should be dismissed."

Shang Ren, the left minister of the Ministry of War and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, said: "Since Zhang Shidu was demoted, the current iron-making workshops have become redundant, making it difficult for wise men to be promoted and to take charge of the cannon-making process. We have to get rid of redundant personnel and recruit

Return to the chapter and read it."

Zhu Jian deeply praised his words and ordered them to be carried out.

After Zhang Zijun learned about this, he sighed and said to Shang Lu, who was also here to announce the decree: "I will obey my orders despite all odds. I will take office today and finish class tomorrow. Developing new weapons is not a child's play. If you want to get cannons, you must upgrade the current iron smelting workshop."

Status, does not belong to the Ministry of War

, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, the Daming Weapons Preparation Academy was established to recruit talents from all over the world, so that skilled craftsmen can receive corresponding treatment. The personnel in the academy are not assigned by the Ministry of Personnel. The monthly silver and grain requirements are allocated by the imperial court on a monthly basis.

It is classified as official expenditure of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Zhang Zijun’s purpose is to let the court establish a new yamen. Such a move is not decided by one person. In the past, Zhang Zijun had the support of Li Xian, but now...

Shang Ren, who was also a Hanlin bachelor, reported the matter to the cabinet. Now the chief minister of the cabinet is Peng Shi. Peng Shi, like Li Xian, is an old stubbornness, full of thoughts of loyalty to the emperor. As an official, the three monarchs have been inferior to each other. Zhu Jianshen

He was indifferent to political affairs and the ministers were rarely summoned. When the letter of appointment given to Zhang Zijun by the cabinet was returned, Peng Shi felt a little angry. He needed to ask in person why.
Chapter completed!