Chapter 140: Destroying the world is not the official academy, banning the gathering of disciples to lecture

The first diagram presented by Zhang Jizheng was a standard Taiji diagram obtained by ruler and compass drawing. It was just a line segment divided into four equal parts, then two semicircles were drawn, and finally colored. A Taiji diagram of yin and yang fish was drawn.

It was a very standard yin and yang fish. Zhu Yijun could also draw it. This was not a difficult thing. If it were just this simple, Feng Bao could naturally understand it. It was just taking the midpoint of a line segment with a ruler and compass.

The yin and yang fish in the second diagram appeared deformed. This time, it was a curve outlined by two curves in three circles, which was called the Five Elements Curve.

Zhang Jizheng elaborated in detail on the process of obtaining the Five Elements Curve.

The *Tao Te Ching* says: "The Tao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, three produces all things."

It is actually 0+1=1, 1+1=2, 2+1=3, 3+2=5, 5+3=8, and so on, obtaining a sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89...

In the West, this curve is called the Fibonacci sequence. After calculation, you will find a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the ratio of the previous number to the next number infinitely approaches the golden ratio 0.618. For example, 55/89 ≈ 0.6179, and 144/233 ≈ 0.618. The larger the number, the closer it approaches the golden ratio point.

When Zhang Jizheng was reading the chapter on proportion in *Summary of Arithmetic, Geometry, Ratio and Proportion*, he clearly knew the specific method of finding this golden ratio point. Just draw a right triangle with a hook of 1 and a stock of 2. After a very simple calculation, you can obtain the golden ratio point: (√5+1)/2.

Divide a circle into five equal parts, each part 72 degrees, and expand the golden ratio every 72 degrees. After five times, you can obtain a Five Elements Curve. Expand and change the Five Elements Curve in both upper and lower directions, and you can perfectly obtain a Taiji diagram under three concentric circles. Every circle is a Taiji diagram.

You can even draw a circle with any radius using the starting points of the two curves as the center, and all of them can obtain a Taiji diagram.

A very magical centrally symmetric Taiji diagram.

This is where Feng Bao couldn't understand. His mathematics was still at the level of using an abacus. He hadn't learned the square root method left by the Emperor last time, and now he couldn't understand this magical Bagua diagram even more.

This was only the second diagram, and Feng Bao already couldn't understand it. The name of the third diagram was the Innate Taiji Diagram.

Feng Bao didn't even want to look at the third diagram for one more second. Looking at it for one more second would cause a system crash.

Because this diagram was drawn using a gnomon, an astronomical instrument with a pointer and a fixed table to measure the length of the sun's shadow. Using the length of the sun's shadow measured on the winter solstice as the radius of the circular disk, and marking the longest sun's shadow every day, the Taiji diagram of the four seasons' projection was drawn.

Divide this circular disk into twenty-four equal parts. The projection diagram of the sun's movement on the winter solstice, spring equinox, and summer solstice is the Yang instrument, representing the two phenomena of spring and summer; the projection diagram of the sun's movement on the summer solstice, autumn equinox, and winter solstice is the Yin instrument, representing the two phenomena of autumn and winter.

Put the twenty-four solar terms evenly on it, and you get a diagram of Taiji producing two instruments, and two instruments producing four phenomena.

This diagram has many meanings. For example, the tangent made by the fish tail, the tangent and the fish tail being 23°26′, is the obliquity of the ecliptic in astronomy.

Zhu Yijun placed the second and third diagrams in the sunlight, squinting slightly, and let the centers of the two circles overlap. The two diagrams almost overlapped. Almost overlapping means not completely overlapping. There was a slight deviation between the two diagrams. This slight deviation was minimal, but it was this slight deviation that made Zhang Jizheng have ten thousand doubts.

Zhu Yijun drew the last two diagrams with great interest and said to Feng Bao: "Send it to the Imperial Uncle, let the Imperial Uncle think about it."

Feng Bao took the two diagrams and looked at Zhang Hong, asking: "Can you understand it?"

Zhang Hong said confusedly, as if looking at a heavenly book: "I don't understand. Does Eunuch Feng understand?"

"I don't understand either," Feng Bao said with a smile: "Me neither."

As long as Zhang Hong couldn't understand it, Feng Bao didn't have to worry about Zhang Hong taking the lead. Mathematics really doesn't lie. If you don't know, you don't know.

After Zhang Siwei returned home, he still felt unwell, his face was golden, he was nauseous and vomiting, couldn't eat, and occasionally had pain and discomfort in his abdomen. It wasn't until seven days later that Zhang Siwei could get out of bed by himself, occasionally shivering.

The medical officials of the Imperial Hospital didn't wash Zhang Siwei's stomach. Zhang Siwei might not have died, but he was ruined. The terrible sequelae of arsenic poisoning would plunge Zhang Siwei into more terrifying kidney failure and liver enlargement. Zhang Siwei's golden face was jaundice caused by liver failure.

Zhang Siwei's physical strength was very poor, and he even missed the regular court session on the 3rd of every month. Even if he recovered, his body had suffered a great deficit.

Now Zhang Siwei was really ugly, his face like gold paper, indeed not good-looking.

Zhang Siwei hated. He hated everyone, but didn't know who to hate. He found that with his current power, he couldn't deal with Gao Gong. Xu Jie had retired in the 2nd year of the Longqing reign. Zhang Jizheng wanted to deal with Xu Jie, but he had to think of ways to be comprehensive, because Xu Jie's disciples and former officials were all over the world. Gao Gong was also like this, and Gao Gong was too deeply involved with the Jin clique. It was too difficult to retaliate against Gao Gong through proper channels.

So Zhang Siwei chose the villain's method.

Wang Chonggu came to Zhang Siwei's mansion under the guise of visiting the sick, and after asking about his well-being, he clearly said: "I don't agree. Gao Gong's matter has already been concluded. Don't create waves and implicate the good."

Wang Chonggu knew for sure that it wasn't Gao Gong who wanted to kill Zhang Siwei, because the one who wanted to kill Zhang Siwei was himself.

The movement to deal with Gao Gong was too big. If it went wrong, the Emperor would start flipping old accounts, and Zhang Siwei would be executed by the nine clans. Wouldn't that put Wang Chonggu on the list of clan execution for no reason?

The people Zhang Siwei used couldn't bypass the Jin clique, couldn't bypass Wang Chonggu. So Wang Chonggu didn't agree, and Zhang Siwei couldn't do it.

"He wants to harm me!" Zhang Siwei pointed at himself with a ferocious face and said sharply: "Uncle, he wants to kill me! Cough, cough!"

Zhang Siwei was too emotional. When arguing, he used too much force, so he coughed violently, sat down slowly while holding his head, and only then felt better, saying weakly to Wang Chonggu: "Uncle, he wants to harm me, I must kill him!"

"How do you know he wants to harm you? Why couldn't it be Zhang Jizheng or Ge Shouli?" Wang Chonggu really couldn't understand Zhang Siwei's logic. How could he be sure that Gao Gong wanted to harm him? Gao Gong had returned to Xinzheng and couldn't even sign official documents. How could he have the ability to come to the capital to harm Zhang Siwei?

Zhang Siwei was a typical student of the School of Mind. I think I am right, and the whole world must listen to me.

Zhang Siwei said with a heavy expression: "Zhang Jizheng wouldn't. The cook at the Quanchu Guild Hall is still there. He is always the most rule-abiding. If he wanted to rectify me, he would only do it openly, not with these ghost tricks. Ge Shouli is honest and wouldn't do it either. Only Gao Gong would. I previously implicated him in the Assassination of the King case, and he holds a grudge, so he wants to kill me."

"It's Gao Gong!"

Wang Chonggu thought for a moment and then persuaded: "Even if Gao Gong wants to harm you, you first used his name to create the Assassination of the King case, and let him bear such a crime. And Yang Bo and Zhang Jizheng, for the sake of the stability of the court, didn't pursue it and let it go. Gao Gong retaliates against you, isn't it because you made a mistake first?"

"Uncle! He wants to harm me, so I naturally have to kill him to be at ease!" Zhang Siwei pointed at himself and stared, saying: "He wants to kill me, and I can't kill him? Does Uncle still want me to reflect on my mistakes?"

"Do I reflect on whether I am benevolent, righteous, loyal, and trustworthy?"

Wang Chonggu said sharply: "Is it only allowed for you to harm others, and not for others to harm you? Mencius said: 'Those who love others are loved by others; those who respect others are respected by others.' You always harm others with ghost tricks, and being harmed by others with ghost tricks, isn't it a matter of course? Are you really not benevolent, impolite, and disloyal?"

"Even if you read Mencius clearly, instead of holding onto those theories of conscience all day long, thinking that there is no object outside the heart, that the heart is the Buddha, that the heart is the principle, you wouldn't be so muddled! Since you advocate the School of Mind, why don't you talk about 'Although the world is big, if there is a thought of kindness, the heart has conscience, even if it is an ordinary person, all can be sages'?"

Zhang Siwei took a deep breath and said: "Ordinary people can also become sages, so everyone can become Yao and Shun! I want to hold the power of life and death, what is wrong with that?"

Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Siwei in disbelief and said: "Wang Yangming said this, saying that everyone can become Yao and Shun, citing *Mencius, Gaozi Chapter II*: 'Everyone can become Yao and Shun,' saying that it encourages everyone to be kind, and everyone can have achievements."

"It's talking about the moral sages Yao and Shun, not the Yao and Shun of power! How exactly do you understand it? The world is not just you alone, and you are not the North Celestial Pole, with all the stars surrounding you!"

"Isn't Zhang Jizheng surrounded by stars? Then why can't it be me?" Zhang Siwei frowned and whispered.

Wang Chonggu stood up and slapped the table, pointing at Zhang Siwei's nose and scolding: "Go pee and look at yourself! Look at your current wretched appearance. Your face is withered, your shape is withered, and your mouth is full of decay and stench. Why should it be you? Just because you want to? What do you rely on to make others surround you? Why should others surround you?"

"Do they look at your ugliness, your lack of virtue, or your being a villain?"

"Wang family!" Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Siwei's wife, who didn't dare to breathe, and said: "Find all his messy books like 'Barehanded Fighting Dragons and Snakes' and burn them all! What kind of harmful learning! Harmful to the world! Harmful to the country!"

When the Wang family heard the admonition, she immediately burst into tears and sobbed: "I can't control him. I didn't let him keep a concubine outside, but he brought her home. He accidentally killed that concubine and said I was jealous and sank her into the well. Uncle... my life is bitter."

Wang Chonggu said coldly: "If you don't listen, tell me. If such books of crazy scholars appear in the mansion again, I will set this mansion on fire! It's simply a demonic book!"

"Crazy scholar? Why are you crazy? Just because you want to be crazy? The most qualified crazy scholar is the Prince of Zheng, but when he entered the capital, I didn't see him being crazy! He still did whatever His Majesty told him to do, and didn't even dare to say a word of rebuttal."

"No ability, just nagging all day long, what kind of thing is that!"

Zhu Zaiyu had ability, but after entering the capital, he also put away his crazy scholar's style. As for those people in the Taizhou School, they were simply unreasonable.

After Wang Yangming, the world was divided into seven schools by Wang Yangming's disciples, right three, left three, and the main school.

The Jiang You Wang School and the Zhejiang Wang School, the Nanzhong Wang School, the Chuzhong Wang School, the Minyue Wang School, the Northern Wang School, and the Taizhou School are called the seven schools. Zhang Jizheng is a member of the Jiang You Wang School. After all, Xu Jie, as Zhang Jizheng's teacher, did indeed teach some things.

But Zhang Jizheng never agreed to worship Wang Yangming in the Confucius Temple, because these right three and left three are not good learning, and even the Jiang You Wang School has become one of the right four.

Wang Chonggu is a typical person who knows he is doing wrong but still does it. He was beaten and, under the deterrence of authority, became cautious. And Zhang Siwei is a typical person who thinks that if the heart is clear, it is the principle of heaven. What I think is right, the highest truth does not need to be sought outside, and does not need the reality of practice. It can be obtained from one's own heart.

Very clearly, Zhang Siwei is a typical Taizhou School. The main idea that this school holds as a treasure is: "My body is the root, it is the square; the family, country, and world are the end, it is the square." For the family, country, and world, oneself is the root, the biggest one.

Wang Chonggu left in a rage. Wang Qian followed his father back to his home, turned around carefully to confirm that there was no one around, and then frowned and said: "Isn't this 'seeking benevolence and getting benevolence'? Since Zhang Siwei feels that he is the root and what he thinks is right, then I want to kill him, isn't it also what I think? I think, so I do, isn't it also right?"

Wang Qian stood in Zhang Siwei's position and cognition, thought about it, and found that his behavior was very reasonable.

"Don't move him recently. Too many eyes are watching. Let's wait for a while until the wind passes." Wang Chonggu gave clear instructions. Any action now would cause too much movement and be easy to expose. Now, while Zhang Siwei is sick, control his family and don't let him come out to make trouble.

The wool factory has started trial operation, and you don't have to think to know how much profit space this business will have. One percent is enough, and one percent is much more than the tribute market they engaged in before.

Look at the cloak the Emperor bestowed on the Grand Secretary, it has already caused a sensation in the capital.

One percent is already very reasonable. As long as their family occupies this one percent of the profit, they won't have to worry about food and clothing for generations.

Early the next morning, the Wenhua Hall held the court session as usual, and Zhang Jizheng held a memorial in his hand, pondered it repeatedly, and then said: "This memorial is related to me. The Jiangnan scholar and Juren He Xinyin gathered in Fujian, claiming to: 'Hold justice, drive Jiangling out of office, and renew the situation.'"

The location of the gathering is unknown, but the content of the gathering is to hold the weapon of justice, drive Zhang Jizheng out, and reshape the world's new pattern.

He Xinyin's slogan has already been shouted out, and there are many responders, and the momentum is unparalleled for a while.

"I have old grievances with He Xinyin. In the 37th year of the Jiajing reign, I was still the Director of the Imperial Academy. Now the Nanjing Education Official Geng Dingxiang, the head of the Chongzheng Academy, Geng Dingxiang, introduced me to meet He Xinyin at the County Magistrate Palace. The two of us had different paths, had a lip-to-lip battle, and parted on bad terms."

"Now, he wants to hold justice and drive me out."

Zhu Yijun pondered a little and said: "Clear the monarch's side?"

"Clearing the monarch's side" is a slide that cannot be touched in the Great Ming Dynasty. In the past, the Prince of Yan fought in the name of clearing the monarch's side, and after clearing it, he became the Emperor himself. This "clearing the monarch's side" is just a pretext for rebellion.

Zhang Jizheng's expression was complicated. After pondering again and again, he said: "He is not clearing the monarch's side yet. His meaning is... 'Educate and raise to replace the monarch.'"

"What kind of thing is that?!" Wan Shihe asked dumbfounded. What kind of school is this? It's simply unheard of!

Zhang Jizheng and He Xinyin once debated the classics and could be said to have cursed each other. He knew He Xinyin's theory very well. After pondering again and again, he said: "Those who can awaken those who come later with prior knowledge are 'rate-teaching' and 'rate-raising.' In the country, they can be the monarch of a country; in school, they can be the head of a school; in society, they can be the teacher of ten thousand people, the master of ten thousand people."

"'Rate-teaching' and 'rate-raising' are those who hear and reach first, and can be the head of the world's education; 'rate-raising' is being able to support the people of the world. For example, this merchant, he said: 'Merchants are greater than farmers and workers, scholars are greater than merchants, and sages are greater than scholars.'"

When Zhu Yijun heard this, he asked with some doubt: "Teacher, I don't understand. A theory should at least be logical. Then he wants to replace the monarch's rule with education and raising, which means using the 'rate-teaching' and 'rate-raising' to manage the world, right?"

Zhang Jizheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise."

The standard of nobility and inferiority constructed by traditional Confucian scholars is that scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants are the four pillars of the country, and above them is the monarch. And He Xinyin's theory is that sages are the greatest, followed by scholars, then merchants, and finally farmers and workers.

The West would call this standard a fellow traveler.

"Then who judges the 'rate-teaching,' 'rate-raising,' and 'sages'? Or what is the standard for 'rate-teaching,' 'rate-raising,' and 'sages'?" Zhu Yijun asked suspiciously.

Zhang Jizheng pondered again and again and bowed his head: "Replying to Your Majesty, according to the Juhe Hall established by He Xinyin, the 'rate-teaching' and 'rate-raising' of the Juhe Hall are all appointed by He Xinyin himself. He Xinyin judges who is the 'rate-teaching,' 'rate-raising,' and 'sage,' or the standard of the sage's heart is the standard of the 'rate-teaching,' 'rate-raising,' and 'sage.' All are verified by the heart. Whoever is the sage, that person sets this standard."

He Xinyin established a Juhe Hall, appointed two 'rate-teaching' and 'rate-raising,' and operated it quite well. He wanted to push this set to the world, selling his education and raising theory everywhere, and found Zhang Jizheng. Zhang Jizheng gave him a good scolding.

"Then the sage, what is the standard of the sage, or who serves as this sage?" Zhu Yijun pondered and asked. This power of the sage looks more and more familiar. He looked at the five-clawed dragon robe on his body, then at the Wanli Treasure seal on the table, and then at Zhang Jizheng and the six ministers.

Zhang Jizheng replied: "Himself."

"So he wanted to be Emperor!" Zhu Yijun finally understood.

He thought he would hear a theory similar to a constitutional monarchy. Even if it was just for show, creating something similar to voters, Zhu Yijun would feel that this theory had some content. But after listening for a long time, He Xinyin just wanted to be Emperor himself.

Even if He Xinyin could say: "The rise and fall of a surname is private, but the life and death of the people is public; those who discuss the world must follow the public of the world, not the private of a surname; the dynasty is not a dynasty of one family or one surname, but the world of the world's people, the world of the world's people," Zhu Yijun could agree with some of it and feel that He Xinyin's words had some progress.

But He Xinyin obviously didn't mean this. He just wanted to be Emperor.

"Is this He Xinyin a member of the Taizhou School?" Wang Chonggu asked with a frown.

Zhang Jizheng said helplessly: "Yes."

"No wonder." Wang Chonggu was busy with government affairs on weekdays and had to make money and drink and have fun. He had only heard of the views of this group of people, but had never studied them in depth. He also looked more and more like it. He Xinyin and Zhang Siwei's way of thinking were too similar!

Sure enough, they were all loyal followers of this school.

Wang Chonggu immediately said: "Issue an order to arrest him! Spreading rumors and confusing the public, printing posts all day long to confuse people's hearts. Killing him is cheap for him! I propose: arrest him and bring him to justice, behead him in public, destroy all non-official academies in the world, and ban the gathering of disciples to lecture; kill those who steal, to rectify the world's atmosphere."

"Minister Wang, isn't this a bit too radical?" Zhang Jizheng looked at Wang Chonggu and said tentatively.

Wang Chonggu immediately shook his head and said: "Such a demonic criminal, why not catch him quickly, what are you waiting for?"

Zhang Jizheng waved his hand and said: "I mean, destroying all non-official academies in the world and banning the gathering of disciples to lecture, isn't this a bit too radical? This He Xinyin is a fugitive, so naturally, he should be caught."

He Xinyin used private punishment to kill wantonly. The Yongfeng County Yamen arrested him and finally sentenced him to strangulation, later changed to military service. Cheng Xueyan rescued He Xinyin, and He Xinyin escaped. This is a fugitive, so naturally, he should be caught. But destroying all non-official academies in the world and banning the gathering of disciples to lecture is really unnecessary.

Wang Chonggu sighed heavily and said: "The Grand Secretary is restoring the old system and rectifying the school administration. Such demonic rumors and evil theories should be banned together!"

"Some things are spread more widely the more you ban them," Hai Rui expressed his point of view. Some things are the more you ban them, the more they spread.

Ge Shouli pondered again and again and said: "Let's catch He Xinyin first?"

Wan Shihe immediately took over the conversation and said: "Then let's catch He Xinyin first."

Wan Shihe, as the weather vane of the court, pointed wherever the wind blew. The situation was already very clear: catch this He Xinyin first and then talk about the rest.

"Look, catch him, and his disciples will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble. I say it's better to ban the gathering of disciples to lecture." Wang Chonggu still insisted on his own opinion. He believed that catching one He Xinyin wouldn't work at all. Even Zhang Siwei was a disciple of this theory.

Zhang Siwei was such a smart person and he was fooled. The Imperial Court should take a heavy hand and ban it directly. Wang Chonggu was also deeply harmed.

Zhang Jizheng wrote the floating ticket. After Zhu Yijun sealed it, he said: "Bring He Xinyin's theory to see. It's the Taizhou School. I want to see what on earth they are talking about."

Wang Chonggu deeply knew what those were, and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, they are all rumors and evil theories that confuse the public."

It's one thing not to do one's proper job, but learning these heretical theories will lead to big trouble.

"I'll just take a look." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jizheng and said: "With the teacher by my side, what trouble can happen?"

Only magic can defeat magic. Zhu Yijun wanted to see what these things were. If you don't understand, how can you refute them? Anyway, with Zhang Jizheng by his side, could he be confused?

Zhang Jizheng knew that the little Emperor had his own criteria for judgment. These evil theories couldn't confuse the little Emperor, so he didn't object. He took out another memorial and said: "The Censor of the Rites Circuit, Lin Jingyang, impeached the Minister of Works, Zhu Heng."

"Minister Zhu submitted a memorial requesting to retire and return to his hometown."

In June of the 6th year of the Longqing reign, the Minister of Works, Zhu Heng, was appointed to supervise the mountain mausoleum affairs. The Left Vice Minister of Works, Zhao Jin, was responsible for urging wood and stone. The Right Vice Minister of Works, Xiong Ruda, the Inner Palace Eunuch Zhou Xuan, and others were supervising the construction at the work site. The Left Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Zhu Xixiao, and the Assistant Yang Junqing went to Dayu Mountain to supervise the construction.

The construction period was completed quickly, and the coffin was buried in the Taimiao.

In July of the 2nd year of the Wanli reign, the official Tao Jin of the Zhaoling Divine Palace reported that there had been heavy rain for days, and the bricks and stones had sunk.

Then repairs began, and after more than a year of repairs, there was heavy rain again, and the Luen Gate, Hall, and other places sank significantly, and the bricks and stones of the treasure city collapsed and were damaged.

Zhu Heng didn't handle the matter well and could only retire.

Wang Guoguang said with some emotion: "In December of the 1st year of the Wanli reign, the Censor of the Ministry of Works, Liang Shi, and others reported to check the money and grain used for the construction of Zhaoling."

Zhang Jizheng and Wang Guoguang both knew in their hearts that this matter of the former Emperor's mausoleum really couldn't blame Zhu Heng. The people who handled the matter really tried their best.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Heng, who was sitting uneasily, and asked suspiciously: "Was it caused by my grandfather embezzling in the middle?"

The person in charge of the entire imperial mausoleum was the Marquis of Wuqing, Li Wei, the biological father of the Empress Dowager Li. Now that there was a problem, he naturally had to be held accountable.

Zhu Heng flicked his sleeves and said: "Replying to Your Majesty, the Marquis of Wuqing did take a little silver. Your subject is incompetent. It is really a case of a clever woman being unable to cook without rice."

500,000 taels to repair the imperial mausoleum—this was the embarrassment of the Great Ming in the 6th year of the Longqing reign. Even if the Marquis of Wuqing was greedy, how much could he embezzle? This little silver was indeed not enough for such a large construction.

Taking the mausoleum of the Wanli Emperor as an example, it started in the 12th year of the Wanli reign and was completed in the 18th year of the Wanli reign, taking six years. The total silver used exceeded 8 million. The mausoleum of the Jiajing old Taoist took eleven years to build.

500,000 taels to repair the imperial mausoleum—the stinginess of the Empire.

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and asked: "How much is needed for repairs?"

"At least 500,000 silver," Zhu Heng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, your subject is incompetent. Please allow your subject to retire and return to his hometown."

Something so big happened to the imperial mausoleum, so someone had to be responsible.

"Alright, let the Ministry of Personnel recommend someone." Zhu Yijun knew that Zhu Heng was determined to leave, so he approved Zhu Heng's request to retire. Zhu Heng was somewhat embarrassed in the court. He was recalled to the capital by Gao Gong to be the Minister of Works, but it turned out like this.

Zhang Jizheng took out a memorial and said: "The Censor of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Xiyuan, submitted a memorial saying: 'The inspection of the books of the Ministry of Personnel by the regional governors and inspectors should follow the example of the examination hall's name-hiding, publicly look at the proposals, determine the draft list, and then issue the bottom books, fill in the list and announce it, and issue the memorial on the same day.'"

"If you can hide the names and only look at the examination method, list the draft list, and then check the bottom books to fill in the list and announce it, even if you are good at drilling, you won't find any gaps."

This memorial pointed directly at the Minister of Personnel, Zhang Han. This "good at drilling" person was Zhang Siwei. It was saying that Wang Chonggu's return to the capital to serve as Minister of Justice was an act of forming a clique.

"Your Majesty, your subject is not worthy of the position. I request to return to Xuanda to serve as Viceroy!" As soon as Wang Chonggu heard this, he almost jumped for joy. He flicked his sleeves and didn't hesitate. He knelt down immediately. It would be fine if he went back himself, saving Zhang Han from complaining, right?

This Minister of Justice, whoever wants to be it can be it! He wanted to return to Xuanfu to be his own King of the West!

The Censor of the Ministry of Works, Liang Shi, and others reported to check the money and grain used for the construction of Zhaoling. The four departments of the Ministry of Works used a total of 501,050 taels of silver. Construction used 204,422 taels, Yuheng used 13,145 taels, Dushui used 118,854 taels, and Tuntian used 164,628 taels. The project funds for the Longqing Emperor's mausoleum were given twice, totaling 【number missing】. It can be said to be very stingy. The mausoleum of the Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo, who was Emperor for only one month, cost 1.5 million taels. Requesting monthly tickets, Aowu!!!!!!!!!!!!

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