Chapter 145: I have thirty-three infantry battalions, how many do the powerful families have?

Zhu Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Wang Wang Chonggu's Yongding Wool Official Factory. He then took his carriage and left the official factory, returning to the capital, and began to care about the Zeng Guang case, which could be combined with the He He Xinyin case and viewed as one case.

The two cases showed the same nature, and the news from Luzon also made Zhu Zhu Yijun slightly surprised.

"These things are actually one thing." Zhu Zhu Yijun handed the case files organized by the Northern Town Fushi Southern Yamen to Zhang Hong, and Zhang Hong sent them to Zhang Zhang Juzheng below the platform.

As the Imperial Tutor, Zhang Zhang Juzheng needed to resolve doubts for His Majesty, although the progress of this work had not been very smooth. There were some questions that Zhang Zhang Juzheng could not answer, but for most political problems, Zhang Zhang Juzheng gave answers that were close to perfect.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng finished reading the case files and waited for His Majesty's inquiry.

Zhu Zhu Yijun said with some emotion, "Traditional Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, and the School of Mind can all be seen as the Roman Church of the West; the sects active in the Netherlands, such as Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, etc., can all be seen as the so-called School of Mind in the Southern Southern Yamen area;"

"From the confessions of Luo Jin Lian and others, it is not difficult to see that the Netherlands is close to the Atlantic Ocean, the terrain is low and flat, and the Eerde River that runs through the Netherlands has deep water for large ships to enter and exit, so sea transportation is very convenient. The handicraft industry and commerce in the Netherlands developed rapidly, and foreign merchants came to do business one after another. There are at least more than 6,000 foreign merchants entrenched in the Netherlands."

"This is somewhat similar to Suzhou, Songjiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Liangguang, where the handicraft industry and commerce developed rapidly and sea trade was frequent."

"The Age of Discovery brought a large amount of gold and silver to Portugal, and these gold and silver flowed toward the Netherlands. The high concentration of this gold and silver ultimately led to the power opposing the rule of Portugal in the Netherlands, which had a continuous source of motivation."

"Will the Tax Inspection Room also be widely opposed in the Southern Southern Yamen area like the Inquisition?"

In the late 16th century, Great Ming and Spain showed the same phase in many things.

The Netherlands in Spain broke out in frequent resistance. Will the developed coastal areas of Great Ming become the Netherlands of Great Ming because of the large inflow of silver?

"Your Majesty, although it is very similar, it is not the same. There are many differences. The accumulation of these small differences is a qualitative change. Most importantly, since the 29th year of Emperor Jiajing, the powerful families have already tried it once, and they lost. Most of the Japanese pirates were killed." Zhang Zhang Juzheng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The Netherlands fought for more than a decade, and Great Ming's pacification of the Japanese pirates also lasted for more than a decade, but Great Ming won completely, while Spain did not win completely.

Zhu Zhu Yijun nodded repeatedly and said, "Although it is very similar, it is not exactly the same. Confucianism is not a religion after all. The Emperor's coronation does not require the approval of the Duke of Duke Yansheng in Yanzhou Prefecture."

It would be best if the Duke of Duke Yansheng had this ambition; just wait and see if the Emperor beats him up.

When the Emperor of Great Ming ascends the throne, the one who holds the scepter and manages the crown is the top of the nobility, the nobility most trusted by the late Emperor, who lets the nobility lead the Capital Battalion to protect the new Emperor so he won't be bullied.

"Your subject is actually a bit worried. Will the large inflow of silver cause another chaotic situation like the Japanese pirates in the Southeast in the Southern Southern Yamen area? War within the country is just destruction." Zhang Zhang Juzheng said with a frown.

Zhu Zhu Yijun raised an eyebrow and said, "If they want to rebel, isn't that just right?"

"Just right?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng repeated subconsciously and remained silent. His Majesty's personality is not one that likes compromise; he always likes to intensify contradictions completely and then solve them. Zhang Zhang Juzheng actually understands the Emperor's thoughts very well: break before you can build.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng sometimes also feels a kind of "I'm tired, let's destroy it" feeling. There are too many problems in the empire to think about. It is very difficult to achieve perfection. He is also a human being. He will be irritable, lose patience with the Jin Party, and be exhausted. It would be better to line up the powerful families and chop them all off.

A one-size-fits-all policy is a form of lazy governance.

"Sir." The Emperor tried to persuade Zhang Zhang Juzheng not to be too conservative.

"Your Majesty." The Emperor tried to persuade Zhang Zhang Juzheng not to be too conservative.

"Some things need to be cut in one go only when they have rotted to a certain extent. Your subject thinks that the state affairs of Great Ming have not rotted to that point yet." Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said. His Majesty clearly lacks confidence in the empire and always views state affairs with an attitude of overturning the table.

"Then, let's see this Zeng Guang for the last time, and then throw Zeng Guang and He He Xinyin into the Dissection Institute." Zhu Zhu Yijun did not intend to argue with Zhang Zhang Juzheng. This is a contradiction that will inevitably exist for a long time. Repeated practical practice will turn this contradiction into a state of balance.

Zhu Zhu Yijun stood up, intending to go to the Northern Town Fushi Southern Yamen to make a final disposition of Zeng Guang and He He Xinyin.

Zhu Zhu Yijun ignored the Great Ming subjects running around for Zeng Guang and He He Xinyin. He was deliberately intensifying the contradiction. Throwing Zeng Guang and He He Xinyin into the Dissection Institute was also this idea: intensify the contradiction. Some contradictions can be adjusted, while others cannot be adjusted.

The Northern Town Fushi Southern Yamen belongs to the existence of a health model in the Great Ming Southern Yamen because of the Emperor's frequent visits, which caused the coldness of the past to dissipate by several points. The Emperor of Great Ming rarely comes to the Northern Town Fushi Southern Yamen because there are many deaths here, which is indeed unlucky.

But the young Emperor came frequently, making the Northern Town Fushi Southern Yamen bright and sunny.

Today is another day of judgment.

Zhu Zhu Yijun saw Zeng Guang. Even in prison, Zeng Guang still maintained his master's demeanor. When he saw Zhang Zhang Juzheng and Zhu Zhu Yijun coming together, Zeng Guang shrugged his shoulders slightly, sneered, and did not even salute. The expression on his face when looking at the Emperor and Zhang Zhang Juzheng was even a bit playful.

"The Emperor and his lackey." Zeng Guang sat there and issued his mockery.

Zhao Zhao Mengyou's face changed drastically when he heard this. He only hated that he hadn't used raw lacquer wine to make this person dumb, so that the dog thing couldn't speak!

He actually dared to be so rebellious. Several Embroidered Uniform Guards were about to step forward to subdue Zeng Guang, but Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hand, telling Zhao Zhao Mengyou not to be impatient.

"Sir, did Grandfather come to the prison to interrogate Hence Hai Rui?" Zhu Zhu Yijun had always been very curious about what the reaction of the Emperor Jiajing Emperor was when he saw Hence Hai Rui's "Peace Memorial," which was rebellious and pointed out the harm, and whether he had worn a helmet and disguised himself to question Hence Hai Rui.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said, "The Shizong Emperor did not come to the prison, but he did call Hence Hai Rui to the Chengguang Hall in the West Garden for a response."

"Then why is there no record in the Veritable Records?" Zhu Zhu Yijun was very surprised when he heard this. The old Daoist Emperor Jiajing Emperor actually met Hence Hai Rui and took out the memorial to question him one by one. Then why is there not a single word in the national history?

"The Shizong Emperor didn't win the argument, so he didn't record it." Zhang Zhang Juzheng deliberated again and again and chose to tell the truth. He didn't win the argument because every sentence in Hence Hai Rui's memorial was poking the Shizong Emperor's lungs, but every sentence was the truth, without any hypocrisy. How could the Shizong Emperor win?

"So that's it. Then it's better not to record it." Zhu Zhu Yijun finally understood. It turned out that he didn't win the argument, and he couldn't kill him, so he had no choice but to lock him up. When the old Daoist ascended to heaven, the new Emperor ascended the throne, and the world was granted amnesty, Hence Hai Rui came out.

Zeng Guang's situation is fundamentally different from Hence Hai Rui's. If these two things are equated, it is an insult to Hence Hai Rui.

A beam of light from the skylight in the prison shone on Zeng Guang. Zeng Guang said calmly, "Emperor, you are afraid of me. Grand Secretary, you are also afraid of me. Your fear has been planted deep in your hearts, so you have to come and see for yourselves. Only when you see me die can you be at ease. I am dead now, but three days after I die, I will be reborn and gain eternal life."

"Why do I feel so familiar with this statement of yours?" Zhu Zhu Yijun heard a strange smell and always felt that he had heard this story before.

"The God of the West was created like this." Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said.

Oh! Jesus!

It turned out that Zeng Guang was doing this, and he also combined the myths of the Western religion. It was truly a model of combining East and West!

Zeng Guang's face changed drastically when he heard this. He thought the Emperor and Zhang Zhang Juzheng didn't know this statement of his, but obviously, the sovereign and subject were more knowledgeable than Zeng Guang imagined.

"You are afraid of me." Zeng Guang adjusted his face, became calm again, and said calmly, "If you are not afraid of me, why did you destroy sixty-four academies?"

Zhu Zhu Yijun showed his signature smile and said, "No, no, no. I can answer you directly. I will kill all your disciples and followers, kill all the scum supported by the powerful families, and the powerful families with wolfish ambitions. I will confiscate their homes, and not one will be left! If caught on a boat, tie them to a stone and sink them into the sea. If caught in a camp, behead them in the camp to show the public. If caught in a manure pit, press them into it and drown them alive to make fertilizer!"

"Are you satisfied with this answer? And the masters behind you are all the same."

Zhang Zhang Juzheng felt that this sentence was a bit familiar, and suddenly thought that this was the method of disposing of Japanese pirates when Qi Qi Jiguang pacified the Southeast.

Zeng Guang looked at the young Emperor in disbelief. What kind of tyrant could say such things!

Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zeng Guang's broken appearance, widened his eyes, looked at Zeng Guang, and said with a smile, "Ah, you are angry! Look at you, you seem to be angry! Hehe."

"Because I am destroying the small organizations and small groups supported by the powerful families, I just want to do this. The lesson of the Japanese pirates in those years, Great Ming has eaten enough. I cannot tolerate you turning black into white, and I cannot tolerate you being arrogant and deceiving the people. Besides, you may not be able to deceive the people because you don't give out eggs!"

"You want to destroy all beauty just to maintain your own interests, but I won't let you. If you feel that there are still some monsters and demons hidden in the shadows who haven't been liquidated? It's just that they haven't been found yet."

Sincerity is the biggest killer. Zhu Zhu Yijun is just thinking this way, and he must say it this way.

Destroy these non-official academies, prohibit gathering disciples to lecture, and even more so, do not allow non-pure-stream people to discuss politics. If they meet the standard of pure-stream, they can discuss politics, like Hence Hai Rui, who can say whatever he wants.

Zhu Zhu Yijun also gave the standard of pure-stream: they must know how to farm.

The Emperor of Great Ming knows how to farm. You claim to be pure-stream, but you don't even know how to farm. How can you have the face to say you are pure-stream? To speak for the common people, to run for the country and the society?

The people are the foundation of the country; if the foundation is solid, the country is peaceful.

How much fertilizer, how much water, how much grain, when to sow, when to harvest, what kind of pests and diseases, etc., Zhu Zhu Yijun knows clearly.

"Zhang Zhang Juzheng's New Deal is widely opposed!" Zeng Guang stood up suddenly, his face ferocious, "He is not popular with the people, so he will not die well. Emperor, you should be able to hear those opposing voices, deafening! Emperor, you should be able to see those opposing waves, becoming more and more intense! Emperor, you should be able to feel that kind of anger, burning the sky and the earth!"

"Emperor, you didn't hear it, you didn't see it, you didn't feel it, it was all because this treacherous official was blinding you. And now, I am standing in front of the Emperor, telling the Emperor, Emperor, you know the true face of the treacherous official, why don't you get rid of him quickly!"

Zhu Zhu Yijun's smile remained unchanged, looking at Zeng Guang and saying with a smile, "It's very strange. Do you know why you, your disciples and followers, and your accomplices want to speak for the powerful families? Because these people are all the tongues of the powerful families, all of them are domestic dogs raised by the powerful families. If the master tells them to bark, they have to bark, right?"

"Isn't it? Aren't you a living example yourself? A living example is right in front of me, telling me how arrogant you are. I hold the Capital Battalion, and you still dare to bully me like this, let alone those common people."

"Why don't you speak? Because you know too much about all this, too clearly. Maybe, when you were lecturing, you even secretly mocked them in your heart, didn't you?"

Zeng Guang's mouth kept twitching. How could this young Emperor be so difficult to fool! Even more difficult to deal with than the powerful families!

"Continue talking, don't shake. You ask, I'll answer for you. Why do I want to do this? Just ask." Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zeng Guang and said quite calmly, "Do you have any other questions?"

"I thought you, this master, could have some high-level arguments, but that's all."

"Zhao Tishuai, take Zeng Guang to the Dissection Institute to have a look, and then come back to talk."

Zhu Zhu Yijun asked Zhao Zhao Mengyou to take Zeng Guang to the Dissection Institute, and then dragged Zeng Guang back. Zeng Guang saw the Avici Hell on earth.

Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zeng Guang, who was already scared to the point of weak legs, sighed, and said, "Just this? I thought your bones were very hard. You didn't even get tortured, and you became so soft."

"You still want to be a teacher for me? What qualifications do you have? Have you presided over the court and pacified the Japanese pirates in the Southeast? Or have you enriched the country and strengthened the army? Have you effectively solved the terrible situation of Great Ming's repeated defeats? You didn't do any of it, and you still want to be a teacher for me?"

"What kind of onion are you? You don't deserve it!"

Zhu Zhu Yijun had lost interest in continuing the conversation. He was just a vulgar person, and he just liked to see these criminals of the empire trembling in the face of punishment. It was vulgar.

"Lone man!" Zeng Guang shouted with his last strength.

Zhu Zhu Yijun stood still and said happily, "You say I am a lone man? Who am I? I am the Emperor. If the Emperor is not a lone man, what is he? If the Emperor is not a lone man, then what kind of Emperor is he? You talk strangely, as if you are deliberately making me laugh."

"Stupid beyond belief."

"Truly a guy with no cultivation, no manners, and insulting to the scholars."

Zhu Zhu Yijun stood with his hands behind his back and left the Northern Town Fushi Southern Yamen. At the door, Zhang Zhang Juzheng deliberated again and again and said, "Your Majesty, not all people in the world are like this."

Zhu Zhu Yijun knew what Zhang Zhang Juzheng was worried about, worried that the Emperor would really grow crooked and really grow into a lone man. The young Emperor's smile remained the same as he said, "Sir is worrying too much. I am just arguing with him. Arguing is naturally about how to be unreasonable. Can I still let him win the argument?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Zhang Juzheng was also relieved. Arguing is naturally about winning. Zhang Zhang Juzheng didn't want to see the Emperor really become a lone man.

"The court officials are somewhat disappointing to me. They don't even want to come to the court anymore. Sir, I'm going back to the palace." Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hands and headed toward the Huangji Gate.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said, "Respectfully send off Your Majesty."

As for why the court officials don't want to come to the court, young Emperor, don't you know?

The basic rule of court attendance is that the law does not blame the masses. The young Emperor kept dividing the court officials who came to the court, and in the end, only two or three were left. The basic rule of court attendance is black-box operation, where everyone has their own words. The young Emperor not only won the argument but also posted it for public notice, wishing he could write the tone and expression into the imperial edict, letting the whole world see who was right and who was wrong.

How can they still come to the court?

Zhu Zhu Yijun returned to the palace and did not end his busy day. Instead, he gnawed on a very hard light cake and continued to flip through the "Mathematical Treasure Mirror." The thinking of proof, number-shape combination, etc., in this "Mathematical Treasure Mirror" is all worth vigorously promoting!

Zhu Zhu Yijun was proofreading and annotating the "Mathematical Treasure Mirror." He was busy until late at night. The young Emperor yawned and said to Zhang Hong, "Has there been no news from Qi Shuai yet?"

"Not yet. It's only late autumn; it won't be until winter before the fighting starts." Zhang Hong bowed his head and said.

"Sleep!" Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hand, signaling Zhang Hong to turn off the lights.

The next morning was sunny. The young Emperor came to the Zhao Wenhua Hall as usual and sat down, waiting for the court officials to enter the court for discussion. Zhao Wenhua Hall, the core of the empire's power.

"Your subjects pay respects to Your Majesty. Is Your Majesty's holy body peaceful?" The group of officials saluted again.

Zhu Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "I am peaceful. No need for formalities, let's have the court discussion." The reason Zhu Zhu Yijun was so happy was that the craftsmanship of the Great Ming craftsmen far exceeded Zhu Zhu Yijun's imagination. In just one day, a parabolic concave reflective mirror was made, which was a full ninety-three years ahead of the West's reflective telescope.

This, of course, cannot be compared with Zu Zu Chongzhi and Zu Geng being ahead by more than a thousand years, but it is already very precious.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng first took out a memorial and said, "Minister of Justice Wang Wang Chonggu submitted a memorial to ban all non-official academies under heaven and prohibit gathering disciples to lecture. What do you think?"

As soon as Wang Wang Chonggu heard that it was this matter, he immediately said, "Look, look, I said it long ago. This bunch of petty scholars, if you don't give them a little color, they will climb up your nose! Look, look, I was right, wasn't I?"

"These petty scholars, running around for He He Xinyin every day. He gathered people to publicly violate the county hall, carried out private lynching and killed six people. What he said and did was all about shaking his lips and drumming his tongue. This kind of thing, sending him to the Dissection Institute is being cheap to him, and you still want to rescue him?"

"Destroy it! The face of the newly built Earl Wang Wang Shouren has been lost by them!"

Zhang Zhang Juzheng sorted it out and said, "Sixty-four academies in total. Is the Ministry of Justice responsible?"

"Easy to say!" Wang Wang Chonggu agreed without any hesitation.

Minister of Rites Wan Wan Shihe said, "Regarding the prohibition of gathering disciples to lecture, the School of Mind of Wang Wang Yangming should be annotated, and an official style should be set. Anyone who does not lecture according to the official style, only talks about conscience and not about the unity of knowledge and action, should be labeled as a heretic. They cannot be allowed to distort the teachings of the newly built Earl anymore. If they continue to distort them like this, the newly built Earl will probably not be able to rest in peace in the underworld."

"Then the Ministry of Rites will do it?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng deliberated for a while and said with a smile, "Grand Minister of Rites, is it feasible? Originally, as a disciple of the School of Mind, I should have taken up this burden, but state affairs are busy, so I have to trouble the Grand Minister of Rites."

"Easy to say, easy to say. Small matter. Besides, I have also read the 'Theory of Contradictions'." Wan Wan Shihe agreed with a face full of smiles. He loved hearing people call him Grand Minister of Rites.

"Minister of Personnel, the 'name-hiding' method and the 'filling in names on the grass list' must be implemented and posted within the year. This is the evaluation of the Ministry of Personnel by the Cabinet." Zhang Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhang Han and assigned a task. He was not asking for Zhang Han's opinion, but deploying the government decree that had already been passed by the court discussion. It could not be violated.

In the Wenyuange, Zhang Zhang Juzheng discovered a very interesting phenomenon: the court officials who were running around for He He Xinyin were mostly in the lower grade under the Evaluation Law.

Great Ming evaluation has nine grades: upper three, middle three, lower three. The upper three are promoted, the middle three are retained, and most of the lower three are dismissed and stripped of their official status. The lowest grade is basically equivalent to corrupt officials.

This list is highly overlapping, so the task of clearing the officials who serve as tongues for the powerful families, which the Emperor handed over, can be done just by strictly executing the Evaluation Law.

"Does anyone have any objections to Minister Wang's memorial?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng asked.

In the Wenyuange, Zhang Zhang Juzheng discovered a very interesting phenomenon: the court officials who were running around for He He Xinyin were mostly in the lower grade under the Evaluation Law.

Great Ming evaluation has nine grades: upper three, middle three, lower three. The upper three are promoted, the middle three are retained, and most of the lower three are dismissed and stripped of their official status. The lowest grade is basically equivalent to corrupt officials.

This list is highly overlapping, so the task of clearing the officials who serve as tongues for the powerful families, which the Emperor handed over, can be done just by strictly executing the Evaluation Law.

"Does anyone have any objections to Minister Wang's memorial?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng asked.

"No objections!" Everyone said in unison.

"Then that's it." Zhang Zhang Juzheng saw that the parties involved had agreed readily, and seeing that no one objected, he wrote his opinion on the floating slip.

"Commander of the Capital Battalion, Qi Shuai, has arrived in Guangning. Chen Chen Dacheng, Liu Liu Yingjie, and others have arrived at Jia Shanhai Pass, ready to support at any time. The Earl of Marquis Ningyuan, Li Li Chengliang, submitted a memorial saying that the Tuman tribes are gathering." Zhang Zhang Juzheng routinely reported the progress of the army's advance. The war was still in the preparation stage, and it would be a long confrontation.

"The Governor of Shaanxi, Shi Shi Mao Hua, submitted a memorial about pacifying the tribes of Daolashila, Canduo, Bashe, Halo, etc., reporting the merits of the generals and officials, and the casualties of the soldiers." Zhang Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial, which was from the Governor of Shaanxi, Shi Shi Mao Hua.

These tribes were all in the Hetao area. Recovering the Hetao was a major event that Great Ming wanted to do but failed to do.

Minister of War Tan Lun heard this and nodded, saying, "It should be so. The Ministry of War has already conducted an investigation. However, with the war in the Northeast, it is not appropriate to start another war in Shaanxi. The tribes are numerous, and it is impossible to kill them all. It is not appropriate to pursue them to the end. It is better to rely on tea and horses to prepare, and recruit the surrounding tribes to act as a fence."

Tan Lun was indeed a person who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the fun, but fighting on two fronts was a bit too much for Great Ming. The main attack direction of Great Ming was the Northeast, so it was better to recruit and pacify other places.

Not expanding the scale of the war and not letting Great Ming run around on both ends was the historical lesson of the Emperor Jiajing years. At that time, the Japanese pirates in the Southeast and the Northern Tatars in the Northwest had already proven one thing: Great Ming was no longer the Great Ming that was in its prime, where it could scare the Northern Tatars into fleeing a thousand miles away just by turning over.

"What do you think?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng asked for the attitudes of the others. The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Censorate all stood from their own positions and expressed their attitudes.

For example, the Minister of Revenue thought that a wool official factory could also be built in the Northwest, but Wang Wang Chonggu disagreed. The official factory in the capital was still in a trial stage, and it was not appropriate to spread it too early. The regulations and articles had not been figured out yet, so it was better to try it out first.

Minister of Rites Wan Wan Shihe was very familiar with the set of "pacifying the distant people"!

But they all agreed with Tan Lun's opinion. Not fighting on two fronts and admitting that they were not strong enough was not a shame. Not being willing to work hard and endure hardships to become stronger was the shame of shames.

"The Nanjing Household Section Giving-the-Matter-Officer Yu Yu Maoxue mentioned five things." Zhang Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial with a grave expression and said, "It has to do with me."

"The first thing is 'revering simplicity and generosity,' which means it should be advocated to be simple, generous, and tolerant. He said that since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has established the code of evaluation, restored the rules of long-term appointment, applied the articles of the constitution, and strictly punished delays. The officials are all working hard, but the demands are too harsh, the government is strict, and the laws are dense, which disturbs the people. Therefore, the government should cultivate the vitality and preserve the general situation. In the past, Gao Yao praised Emperor Shun with simplicity and generosity, and Ji Dan told King Cheng with simplicity and generosity."

"Yu Yu Maoxue hopes that His Majesty will stay away from the two monarchs, pay attention to softness and restraint, hold the general situation and ignore the trivialities, cherish minor flaws and forgive small mistakes, and make the imperial edicts simple to achieve peace; do not frequently issue orders of severe reprimand, and let the government rely on loyalty and generosity, rather than specializing in the reality of harshness."

Zhang Zhang Juzheng finished reading the first thing. For the officials, these words were actually easy to understand. The central idea was simplicity, generosity, and tolerance. Translation: Your Majesty, loosen the reins in your hands. The officials of the world are all out of breath!

Zhang Zhang Juzheng looked at the group of officials and said, "Is the Evaluation Law too harsh? The Evaluation Law was pushed by me after I became the Grand Secretary. It was not discussed by the court officials. I only discussed it with Minister Yang a few times before I started pushing it."

"Now let's discuss it. It's not too late."

Hence Hai Rui asked with confusion, "Is it not right for the officials to work hard?"

"Local officials are the 'Blue Sky' masters in the local area, holding the power of life and death. When they do something, they cry out like this, saying it's too hard. If they feel it's hard, they can retire, they can not do it. There are plenty of people who want to do it. Hurry up and give up the position."

Ge Ge Shouli shook his head and said, "Hai Hai Zongxian's words are... We are all officials in the court. Is it really hard? Where is the hardship? Even if it's hard, can it be harder than His Majesty? His Majesty has to attend the court, have lectures, practice martial arts, go to the Baoqi Division to farm, study mathematics, check homework every 29th of the month, and check mathematics."

"His Majesty is under the Evaluation Law, setting an example, teaching by words and deeds. Yu Yu Maoxue's memorial truly lacks a respectful heart. It shouldn't be like this."

Respecting the sovereign's power of authority, Ge Ge Shouli is extremely serious! The Evaluation Law was indeed a bit uncomfortable at first, but after getting used to it, it was fine. His Majesty is under the Evaluation Law, so why are the officials crying out for injustice?

The Ceremonial Secretariat copied a copy of Yu Yu Maoxue's memorial. Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at it for a long time, coughed lightly, and said, "Is this impeaching the Grand Secretary, or is it praising the Grand Secretary?"

"Your subject is ashamed and dare not accept it." Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head when he heard this, but the young Emperor's way of thinking didn't seem to be wrong.

The more fiercely they bark, the more useful they are. A strange rationalization.