Zhang Juzheng has always been good at burning cold stoves. When Yan Song was in power, Xu Jie was obedient in front of Yan Song and even married Yan Song. In the cabinet, he was just a small thing under Yan Song's brilliance, and he did not dare to disagree with Yan Song in the slightest.
The outside world is not optimistic about him at all, and even thinks that this person has no backbone.
Only Zhang Juzheng could see that Xu Jie's forbearance was like an alligator lurking in the water, never moving until the last moment. Once he opened his bloody mouth, it would kill someone.
Sure enough, when Yan Song grew old and his holy family gradually declined, Xu Jie launched a seemingly inconspicuous but actually thrilling killing blow, which led to the downfall of Yan Song, the most powerful minister of the Jiajing Dynasty who had dominated the world for decades!
Xu Jie then succeeded him as the chief minister. Zhang Juzheng gained Xu Jie's trust because he had stood unwaveringly by Xu Jie's side for many years. He was soon recommended by Xu Jie and directly entered the cabinet from the Hanlin Academy.
Thousands of miles”!
If Gao Gong burned Prince Yu's cold stove back then, it was somewhat due to luck - he was "assigned to work" in Prince Yu's Mansion, but because he worked conscientiously, he won Prince Yu's trust; then Zhang Juzheng is his own
Lecturer Yuwang chose the path, followed Xu Jie, and followed Xu Jie's instructions.
From this perspective, Zhang Juzheng is convinced that his vision is better than Gao Gong, and he thinks that Gao Gong is just luck. Of course, Zhang Juzheng is still somewhat impressed by Gao Gong's ability and ambition, otherwise
At that time, I would not have become good friends with him, and we would have shared the same expectations for each other.
However, when both of them actually entered the cabinet and became "father-in-law" in a practical sense, Zhang Juzheng's mentality became somewhat unbalanced.
What Gao Gong wants to do is so similar to what he wants to do, but he is the real "emperor's master" in the emperor's mind. As long as he is around, how can he realize his grand ambitions? Could it be that he wants to do the same?
Do you want to learn from your teacher, who has been relying on his youth to endure hardships until he is old and has lost his holy support? Only then can he stand out from the light of others?
Zhang Juzheng was a little hesitant and confused.
Gao Gong probably still trusts him. Judging from the current situation, he will probably be willing to recommend him to succeed him as the first assistant before he takes office in the future. However... Gao Gong is only fifty-seven years old this year. Even if he doesn't delay for a day,
As usual, he will reach official service at the age of seventy, so he still has thirteen years left!
Yes, I am only forty-five years old this year. Even thirteen years later, I will only be fifty-eight years old. A chief assistant at that age is not that old. If everything goes well, I can still work for more than ten years. However, Gao
If you continue to work for more than ten years and do everything you should and can do, what will you do in the future?
Xiao Gui and Cao Sui? What a joke! Who is more admired by future generations, Xiao He or Cao Shen?
How can I, Zhang Taiyue, be content to be inferior to others!
What I want is for the book to be published all over the world, for me to be the one to end the world, for the Ming Dynasty to be resurrected... all in my hands!
Since Yu is born, how can Liang be born? Duke Zhongxuan, brother Suqing, I, Zhang Juzheng, must compete with you!
What's more, you already have an unparalleled holy family member, but now you still want to lay a foundation for the prince. Could it be that you still want to work to that age like Yan Song did back then, and then directly hand over the power to your nephew?
Ridiculous! As long as I, Zhang Juzheng, am still here, I will never allow this kind of situation to happen!
It's just that it's easy to make up your mind, but it's hard to get things done. The news from You Qi this afternoon said that the abbot Li Weiwei was having a banquet with guests, and privately passed out a message saying that he had returned from sweeping the tomb of Emperor Jing.
When the Holy Emperor returned to Beijing, he chatted with His Majesty and found out that His Majesty felt that it was too broad to select the Prince from among the third-rank civil servants in Beijing to accompany him.
This statement cannot be said to be unreasonable. After all, the previous batch of honorary ministers' children came from the families of the top honorary ministers in the Jingnan Department. The scope of the third-grade civil servants in Beijing is indeed a bit too large.
But the question is, if the scope is narrowed, to what extent? Six ministries and nine ministers? Or can we just pick and choose from a few pavilions?
However, if it is limited to six ministries and nine ministers, it is easy to say. If it is limited to the cabinet, what is the reason? You must know that the cabinet system has developed to the present, although in actual operation it is based on "the imperial court recommends civil servants of third grade or above", but the cabinet bachelor's degree
The rank itself is very low, but the authority is getting heavier and heavier as time goes by.
In the Ming Dynasty, the scope of the cabinet's responsibilities was stated. Specifically, they were as follows: "Whether it is possible to offer a replacement, follow the instructions of the old rules, review the questions and memorials, draft votes and approve answers, so as to ensure the fairness of the common government."
"Is it possible to offer a substitute" is the main way for the cabinet to help the monarch reduce government affairs. The cabinet ministers state their opinions according to the emperor's advisors, which is called "offer". The monarch expresses approval and instructions can be implemented, which is called "offer." If the cabinet minister expresses his opinion, the emperor's advice can be implemented.
If the ministers have different opinions on the emperor's plan, it is called "whether". Simply speaking, it is the right to refute.
"Feng Chen Gui", "Chen" refers to the Confucian classics of the Four Books and Five Classics, the political achievements of the previous Ming Dynasty and the legacy of the ancestors of the emperors, "Gui" refers to the rules and methods, used to educate and train the emperor. "Feng Chen Gui" refers to the Cabinet University
Scholars used the classroom to teach the emperor the Four Books and Five Classics and the art of peace and stability.
"Comments to the emperor" are often collectively referred to as memorials, but strictly speaking, letters for official matters are called "titles", while letters for private matters are called "comments".
You have the right to preview various memorials of the Secretary.
"Voting for approval" began in the Yingzong Dynasty, and was also the main form of the cabinet's help in the emperor's political affairs in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. It is usually said that the cabinet leads the ministers. How does it lead? It is not because all officials must go through the cabinet first, but
The cabinet will attach its handling opinions in the form of a draft to the original document and submit it to the emperor? The emperor is actually not that familiar with many government affairs. Most of them are just how to write the draft, and the emperor approves "approval" or "can"
What's wrong? The emperor himself probably didn't even bother to write the word "ke", and left it to the Chief of Ceremonies to write - this is a red criticism.
In addition to the above-mentioned powers, the cabinet also has the rights to draft imperial edicts, participate in political discussions, and compile imperial records. But in any case, cabinet ministers are only at the center of power, so "although they have no title of prime minister, they actually have the power of prime minister." Just looking at it
Grade, but really can’t get rid of it.
The actual grades of cabinet ministers actually come from their titles.
Take Gao Gong, for example, he was the Young Master and the Crown Prince. He was a first-class civil servant and also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in a unique way.
But the trouble is, if you want to increase your title, you also have to include a group of people who can take care of the elderly comfortably.
Zhang Juzheng frowned and cursed in his mind: This Li Wei is really incompetent. Since you are delivering messages on behalf of the emperor, you express the emperor's meaning accurately. How should the officials respond to such unclear words? I recommend my nephew.
, I might say you are flattering me; I don’t recommend it, otherwise I would say you “despise the holy bow”.
But after much thought, Zhang Juzheng decided to ask his fourth son, Zhang Jianxiu, to go with him tomorrow.
