Chapter 85: The Faction really seems like a pack of dogs

I truly do not attend to my proper duties. Main text, Chapter 85: The Faction really seems like a pack of dogs. Zhu Zhu Yijun heard Zhang Zhang Juzheng mention the past events, saying that in the Emperor Longqing reign, the Great Wall under the jurisdiction of Jizhou fabricated military intelligence, leading to martial law in the capital, causing huge losses. Although it was not the busy farming season, the various price hikes brought about by martial law in the capital also caused the people to suffer, and the people flowed to the south.

Not only in the second year of Emperor Longqing, but in the eighth month of the fifth year of Emperor Longqing, there was also a fabrication of military intelligence, also submitted by Fang Fang Fengshi, which caused a lot of trouble before it settled down.

At that time, someone in the court impeached Wang Wang Chonggu for "slackening defenses to indulge the enemy."

The second time military intelligence was fabricated, the time it lasted was relatively short, only seven days. At that time, Qi Qi Jiguang was not in the capital, and he did not know the details of the trouble in the eighth month of the fifth year of Emperor Longqing, he only received the imperial court's order to sleep on his weapons and wait for dawn.

Tan Lun laughed twice and said: "Can't you change the method? On the twenty-second day of the eighth month of the fifth year of Emperor Longqing, I waited in Huanghua Town for seven full days. Where were the thieves?"

That time, Tan Lun came back and got sick, and it took more than a year to get better. These are all old methods.

Once someone in the court wants to attack the core interests of the Jin Party, fabricating military intelligence and creating the illusion of border conflict is used to coerce the imperial court inside and outside, so that they cannot take action against the Jin Party.

At that time, Gao Gong was in power.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng looked at the twenty-seven court officials and said: "The exact news has not been sent back yet, so treat it as the Northern Barbarians knocking on the pass."

"Chief Censor Ge."

Ge Ge Shouli immediately said: "Here."

Zhang Zhang Juzheng continued: "Chen Tang, the Censor of the Huguang Circuit, go to Miyun County; Zhang Chucheng, the Supervising Secretary of the Ministry of War, go to Jizhou Town; Jia Jia Sanjin, the Supervising Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, immediately leave Yong'an City and prepare to listen to orders. Once the military situation is confirmed, immediately open the official residences in the city to accommodate refugees."

"Grand Secretary Wang Wang Xilie, let Shujishi Shen Shen Yiguan go to the Tianjin Three Guards and listen to orders at any time."

Ge Ge Shouli did not have any intention to disobey Zhang Zhang Juzheng at this time and immediately said: "I will go to coordinate immediately."

Ge Ge Shouli and Wang Wang Xilie left the court hall after speaking and went to coordinate the censors, supervising secretaries, and Shujishi to go to the places Zhang Zhang Juzheng mentioned.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng looked at the remaining few people and said: "Minister of Personnel Zhang Han, go to Zhaoyang Gate to inspect the defense of Zhaoyang Gate; Minister of Rites Wan Wan Shihe, go to Deshengmen to inspect the defense of Deshengmen; Minister of Justice Wang Zhi, go to Fu Xizhi Gate to inspect the defense of Fu Xizhi Gate; Minister of Works Zhu Heng, go to the outer city to inspect the defense of the outer city."

Zhang Zhang Juzheng made a series of arrangements. Zhu Zhu Yijun remained silent, waiting for Zhang Zhang Juzheng to send the court officials to the key positions.

When the court officials had almost all left, Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Zhang Juzheng's arrangements and said suspiciously: "Zhang Han to Zhaoyang Gate, Hence Hai Rui to Tongzhou, Shen Shen Yiguan to Tianjin Three Guards, what does the Grand Secretary mean?"

Zhu Zhu Yijun heard these three names and noticed something wrong. Zhang Han was the Minister of Personnel who only knew how to say that the Grand Secretary's handling was good, and he was Zhang Zhang Juzheng's man. Hence Hai Rui was a typical Emperor's Party, and Shen Shen Yiguan campaigned for Hu Hai Zongxian. The imperial court had just given Hu Hai Zongxian a posthumous title, which could be considered a complete rehabilitation of Hu Hai Zongxian.

This looked like an escape route no matter how you looked at it.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "If the war is dangerous, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and others will exit from Donghua Gate, go to Zhaoyang Gate to Tongzhou, and immediately go to Tianjin Three Guards to take a boat south to the Southern Southern Yamen."

Zhu Zhu Yijun stood up abruptly and said loudly: "I will not go! In the past, the Oirat people captured the Yingzong Emperor! Even the Emperor Jingtai Emperor did not move south. The disaster of moving the capital will surely destroy the country! This is the principle the Grand Secretary taught me!"

Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and whispered: "Your Majesty, today is different from the past."

In the fourteenth year of During Zhengtong, the Great Ming was a strong young man, and the Emperor Jingtai Emperor was in his prime. In the first year of Emperor Wanli, the Great Ming was an old man with half his body in the soil, and the young Emperor was a ten-year-old ruler.

"Principles are principles, cognition is cognition, and practice is practice. When practice and cognition conflict, practice takes precedence. This is also the principle I have realized since the lectures." Zhang Zhang Juzheng was a scholar, and he was also a person who always had reasons.

The young Emperor should run if he should run. Zhang Zhang Juzheng was the Emperor's teacher and the minister of the orphan. He would not leave. Since Yu Qian could guard the capital area back then, he could too.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng was so cautious because he was not sure whether his suppression of the Jin Party was too forceful, and the Jin Party was very likely to unite with the Northern Barbarians, just like the Gengxu Incident back then.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng had to guard against the possible counter-attack of the Jin Party, especially after Wang Wang Chonggu left and Zhang Zhang Siwei failed to return to the capital.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng began to draft the edict. All his arrangements just now were just sending people there, but he did not give specific tasks. That was the Emperor's power, and he would not touch it.

He drafted a pile of edicts. Once it was confirmed that the Northern Barbarians were gathering thirty thousand people outside the pass and preparing to go south at any time, it meant that Altan Khan, the Jin Party, and the Northern Barbarian Little Prince had reached some kind of tacit understanding. Then these edicts would be stamped and sent to the corners of the capital area.

The little eunuchs and the secretaries of the Central Secretariat began to shuttle between the Zhao Wenhua Hall and the Zhang Wenyuan Pavilion. Under the "Examination and Evaluation Law," this precise bureaucratic machine of the Great Ming, although rusty, radiated some vitality and turned rapidly. At this moment, in the government offices of the capital, the lights were bright, and countless bureaucrats were running back and forth, checking the military equipment in major warehouses, all preparing to welcome the possible war.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng finished writing these edicts and issued the orders. It was already the moon hanging on the willow branches.

Zhu Zhu Yijun began to stamp, stamping his "Emperor Wanli Treasure" on every edict, except for the edict that Zhang Zhang Juzheng wanted him to escape and ordered Zhang Zhang Juzheng to guard the capital, which Zhu Zhu Yijun refused to stamp.

He had not yet personally governed, but he had the power to refuse.

Zhu Zhu Yijun sat up straight, thought for a while, looked at Zhang Zhang Juzheng, and said: "Although I am young, I can also pull a bow and shoot arrows. I can't shoot a thirty-jin soft bow many times, but I can also hit the eyes of the Northern Barbarians. Once the Emperor moves the capital, the defense and people's hearts in the capital area will scatter, making it even harder to defend. The two Empress Dowagers, the Prince of Lu, and others can go to the Southern Capital."

"In that case." Zhu Zhu Yijun picked up his brush and drafted an imperial edict himself. It was not much different from the one Zhang Zhang Juzheng drafted, except that he crossed out his own name from the list of those moving south. He was not discussing, he was notifying.

He could not leave. If he left, the hearts of the people in the capital would scatter immediately, and it would be even harder to defend. The morale of the army is mysterious. The consequences of the Emperor taking the lead in running away were not something the Great Ming could bear. Even if Zhang Zhang Juzheng had more ability, he could not win with a scattered court and a team that had completely lost the hearts of the people.

A humiliating life is worse than death. For Zhu Zhu Yijun, he would rather die heroically, even if he dies, he still lives.

"I obey the edict." Zhang Zhang Juzheng was silent for a long time after hearing the Emperor's change, and finally agreed. He had confidence in himself, confidence in Qi Qi Jiguang, and confidence in the armies of the three towns of Jizhou, Yongping, and Jia Shanhai Pass. Similarly, he had confidence in the Great Ming.

The Great Ming was not yet at the point of destruction.

The ruler and minister looked at each other in silence. The autumn wind blew the pages in front of Zhu Zhu Yijun, making a rustling sound. The two Empress Dowagers were waiting anxiously in the back hall, and the Prince of Lu, Zhu Zhu Yiliu, had already fallen asleep.

A messenger rode a fast horse to the city gate of Deshengmen, pulled his bow to the full, and shot an arrow toward the Wufeng Tower of the city gate. A report from the border was sent into the capital. The report was sent to the Embroidered Uniform Guard at the fastest speed. The Embroidered Uniform Guard rushed to the Zhao Wenhua Hall and bowed his head, saying: "Report from North Ancient Pass!"

"Proclaim!" Zhu Zhu Yijun stood up immediately and signaled the Embroidered Uniform Guard to bring the report in.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng opened the fire wax of the report, opened it and looked at it for a long time. A look of relief and an inseparable solemnity appeared on his face. He bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Jizhou Military Consultant Wu Dui's report is a false report. The Jizhou Regional Commander Chen Chen Dacheng and the beacon tower night scouts reported that there is no enemy situation in North Ancient Pass."

"False report?" Zhu Zhu Yijun's face changed drastically. Such a big thing as the Northern Barbarians going south, Wu Dui dared to report falsely. Did he not want to live!

"Commander, immediately send someone to arrest him and bring him back to the capital! I want to see why he reported falsely! Scaring me?" Zhu Zhu Yijun's face was extremely ugly when he heard it was a false report.

"Commander, wait a moment." Zhang Zhang Juzheng signaled the Commander to wait, and then bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Wu Dui, named Huanzhou, once served as a military consultant in Xuan-Da. This time he reported falsely, this time it is a false report, next time it might not be."

"I suggest reprimanding him for being overly alarmed and seeking rewards."

Zhu Zhu Yijun understood the truth of this false report after hearing Zhang Zhang Juzheng's words, but it was just the Jin Party stretching their muscles and showing their strength. The imperial court had clearly promised Zhang Zhang Siwei to return to the capital to take the post of Deputy President of the "Veritable Records of the Shizong Emperor," but they went back on their word.

The merit of the "Veritable Records of the Shizong Emperor" was something Zhang Zhang Siwei was determined to get!

Because this involved Zhang Zhang Siwei's entry into the Grand Secretariat in the future, which was the core interest of the Jin Party.

This was a warning, warning the imperial court that if Zhang Zhang Siwei could not get this merit, then if the Northern Barbarians knocked on the pass again, don't blame them, the Jin Party, for not having loyalty to the Emperor and diverting the disaster.

After Zhu Zhu Yijun figured out the ins and outs of this big drama, he became calm instead. His face was full of sunny smiles, and after sitting down, he said: "I understand. Sure enough, as Commander Qi said, the border army holds the shield and focuses on defense, while the Capital Battalion holds the spear and focuses on attack. The military equipment of the Capital Battalion is not strong, so they can be so unscrupulous."

"Damn it."

Zhu Zhu Yijun's smile made Zhang Zhang Juzheng slightly confused. He bowed his head and asked: "I dare to ask, why does Your Majesty laugh?"

This rotten court, the young Emperor was not angry but smiling. Was he laughing at the faction's endless exclusion, or laughing at his own incompetence and helplessness, or was he completely disappointed with the Great Ming situation? No matter what kind of smile it was, it was not what Zhang Zhang Juzheng wanted to see.

Zhu Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "The Commander said that the more a dog bites, the less it barks, and the more a dog barks, the more guilty it is, and the more it bluffs. It means they are more afraid, they dare not turn their faces, they are just cowardly rats. I laugh at them, they really seem like a pack of dogs."

"Grand Secretary, if they want to turn their faces, who wins and who loses?"

Zhang Zhang Juzheng straightened his back and said quite modestly: "Although I am not talented, they will definitely not win."

Zhu Zhu Yijun smiled and nodded, saying: "Grand Secretary, you reprimand Wu Dui for reporting falsely, entering the capital to plead guilty, and questioning him, and then send him back to Xuan-Da. Wasn't Wu Dui the Provincial Governor of Xuanfu before? Let him go back."

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

Zhang Zhang Juzheng was the young Emperor's teacher. The young Emperor's thoughts were clear to Zhang Zhang Juzheng. The intention of sending Wu Dui back to Xuanfu was very obvious, which was to drive these dogs together and then catch them all in one net and send them all to the Jieku Institute.

Reporting falsely is not enough to send him to the Jieku Institute, but rebellion, the crime of great rebellion, is completely enough.

The young Emperor was also a scholar now. This mind was really a bit dirty. Dirty is dirty, it is much better than being ignorant and not understanding the situation.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng took out a reprimand edict, added a few strokes, handed it to Zhang Hong, and asked the Emperor to stamp it and send it to Jizhou to reprimand Wu Dui. The Embroidered Uniform Guard would announce the edict, remove the official position on the spot, and escort him to the capital.

"What does the Grand Secretary think about Commander Yu asking for Chen Lin, a fierce general under the Viceroy of Liangguang Yin Yin Zhengmao?" Zhu Zhu Yijun mentioned another matter.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Liangguang has already stabilized. Chen Lin is a fierce and brave general. Going to Commander Yu's camp, his military strategy will naturally improve."

"Thank you, Grand Secretary, for your hard work for the country. These edicts will be returned to the Directorate of Ceremonial. Even if they really come, we won't be in a hurry. Today, Ming Gong is tired, so take a day off tomorrow." Zhu Zhu Yijun bowed slightly to thank Zhang Zhang Juzheng for his hard work, and at the same time gave the Ming Gongs who were busy today a holiday.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great grace. I respectfully send off Your Majesty." Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again to thank the Emperor and sent the Emperor away.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng actually didn't care about the Jin Party. Even when Gao Gong and Yang Bo were in the court, Zhang Zhang Juzheng didn't care much. Zhang Zhang Juzheng knew he could fight them. He had fought them for so many years, and he knew their tricks like the back of his hand. It was only the new Jin Party created by Yang Bo that made Zhang Zhang Juzheng's eyes light up.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng cared most about the young Emperor, and in this handling of the false military report, the young Emperor showed his courage and ambition, which was the best news for Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

Just the Jin Party.

It was just that the young Emperor's sunny and cheerful smile was a bit chilling.

The two Empress Dowagers heard that it was a false report and breathed a sigh of relief. Empress Dowager Li didn't understand and looked at Zhu Zhu Yijun and asked: "Since the military intelligence was reported falsely, just remove him from office and let him return home to live in idleness. Why send Wu Dui back to Xuanfu to continue as Provincial Governor?"

Zhu Zhu Yijun thought for a while and replied: "I used a slingshot and short nails to hit fish in the Taiye Pool. I have been hitting for a few days and hit a few. Those fish ran away without a trace as soon as they saw my figure. And after I walked away, these fish floated to the surface again. I hit fish to practice my accuracy."

"But if you want to catch all the fish in the Taiye Pool, the best way is not to disturb them, but to drive them to one place and catch them with a net."

Empress Dowager Chen heard this and laughed directly, shaking her head and saying: "Can you even reason out of hitting fish? Sister, don't worry about the Emperor anymore. He has his own ideas. The Grand Secretary and our Emperor discuss matters, and we don't understand what they say. Let them make the decisions, and we will be lighter."

Empress Dowager Li thought for a while, waved her hand and said: "It's so late, go to sleep quickly."

Tan Lun, who was in the Capital Battalion in the North Earth City, heard that it was a false military report and stood up, intending to leave.

"I was not in the capital in the second year of Emperor Longqing. In the eighth month of the fifth year of Emperor Longqing, some Han people returning to the south said that the Northern Barbarians wanted to invade the border, and they tossed for seven full days. That time almost cost me my life. That Fang Fang Fengshi who reported falsely is still the Provincial Governor of Datong, and he is the same kind of goods as Wu Dui." Tan Lun looked at Qi Qi Jiguang and talked about the past.

Qi Qi Jiguang was still just a border army at that time, and he didn't know much about the whole situation. Only after Tan Lun mentioned it did Qi Qi Jiguang know the details. Only then did he know the whole situation. Zhang Zhang Juzheng only exhorted Qi Qi Jiguang, who was still in Jizhou, to train troops well in his letter.

Tan Lun tightened his cloak and said with a smile: "Don't send me off, Commander Qi. The Capital Battalion must be invigorated. Even if there are ten thousand elite soldiers, how dare the villains be so rampant!"

"Send off Minister Tan." Qi Qi Jiguang sent off Tan Lun, his eyes dark and unclear. Capital Battalion, punish the disobedient.

The eunuch Xu Jue, who announced the edict, and the two Deputy Commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Zhao Zhao Mengyou and Luo Inspector Luo Bingliang Bingliang, along with more than forty riders, rode fast horses to Jizhou. Jizhou was only one hundred and twenty miles away from the capital, and they arrived before long.

Xu Jue turned off his horse, and the two little eunuchs behind him holding the imperial edict followed closely. Zhao Zhao Mengyou and Luo Inspector Luo Bingliang Bingliang led the Embroidered Uniform Guard and drew their Embroidered Spring Sabers. They represented the supreme imperial power of the Great Ming when they left the capital. If the border town dared to resist, it would be rebellion.

At this time, the sky was already dawning. When the Jizhou Regional Commander Zhao Chen Dacheng opened the city gate, the Embroidered Uniform Guard filed in and found Wu Dui, who was still preparing breakfast. Two Embroidered Uniform Guards pressed him down on the spot, and several concubines were frightened and screamed.

"Who are you! Let me go, do you know who I am!" Wu Dui, who was pressed down, shouted frantically. The Embroidered Uniform Guards only felt annoyed and pressed him hard on the ground, making him unable to move.

"Military Consultant Wu has a good interest, still able to find one, two, three, four, five, five concubines in the border area. This life is really carefree." Xu Jue walked in, sneered, and said loudly: "Jizhou Military Consultant, Ministry of War Physician Wu Dui, receive the edict."

"By the grace of heaven, the Emperor's edict says:"

"Recalling the previous Emperor Longqing reign, Xuan-Da suddenly reported that the Western Barbarians were invading Jizhou. The scouts in Jizhou claimed that the barbarians were going west and would invade at any moment."

"The troops on all roads were deployed to guard the walls, and the capital was also under martial law. The temple was in a panic, and they discussed the strategy of defending the city. Xinghua could not preside over it, and the measures were chaotic, which was extremely ridiculous. But the barbarians had no influence, and the defense lasted for a month before it stopped, costing hundreds of thousands."

"Now reports from the east are coming one after another. If we act like we did in the past, it will become a laughing stock again."

"The report from Jizhou turned out to be nothing, all belonging to the words of reporting falsely to seek rewards. But those who handle affairs there, the interests are related to themselves, once they hear something, they report it. How can they do this? Just to find a place to avoid guilt in the future, they have not yet had time to examine its sincerity or falsehood."

"I am young and cool, and I once heard: 'The pipes and reeds play in the Li Palace on a good night, and the beacon fire shines on the dome for no reason. It is pitiful that the guests of the various countries are suffering, only to win a smile from Bao Si.' Your false words of reporting falsely to seek rewards are also the evil deeds of King You of Zhou playing with the feudal lords with beacon fires."

"Order Jizhou Military Consultant, Ministry of War Physician Wu Dui, to be removed from office on the spot, enter the capital to plead guilty, and be questioned."

"Now reports from the east arrive one after another; if we act as we did in the past, it will become a laughingstock again."

After Xu Jue finished speaking, he signaled that the Embroidered Uniform Guard could now escort this person back to the capital.

There were a few sentences added by the young Emperor himself in this imperial edict, which was the poem "The pipes and reeds play in the Li Palace on a good night," which had no rhythm. Zhang Zhang Juzheng was learned, and he must pay attention to the rhythm when writing poetry. The young Emperor had not read books for long and had no rhythm. This poem said that King You of Zhou, in order to win a smile from Bao Si, treated the beacon fire and wolf smoke as a child's play, which eventually led to the destruction of the country and the death of the people.

Fabricating military intelligence has never been a small matter.

"Commander Xu has worked hard." Chen Chen Dacheng didn't know what had happened at all. The Embroidered Uniform Guards drew their sabers and only asked where Wu Dui was.

Xu Jue pushed back the salt vouchers offered by Chen Chen Dacheng and shook his head, saying: "Regional Commander Chen, this cannot be done."

The two little eunuchs following him were Zhang Hong's people. If he took the money from the border military generals, Zhang Hong would say a few words when he went back, and all of Feng Bao's efforts for the past six months would be in vain.

"What did this Wu Dui do? For no reason, the strict edict from the capital was suddenly passed to Jizhou Town?" Chen Chen Dacheng had heard a little bit about the changes in the eunuchs in the palace, but he never expected that the eunuchs in the palace would really not take money. The biting in the palace seemed to be more fierce than outside the palace. Chen Chen Dacheng saw Wu Dui being taken down and asked about the situation.

Xu Jue didn't stay long and said with a smile: "Wu Dui fabricated military intelligence, the Emperor was extremely angry, and issued a strict edict to take Wu Dui into the capital for questioning. Tomorrow, a new consultant will come to assist the General in military affairs."

"I'm leaving."

"Send off Commander Xu." Chen Chen Dacheng hurriedly went out to send him off, and didn't show a relaxed smile until he sent him out of Jizhou City.

Wu Dui was a member of the Jin Party. This person had served as a military consultant in Xuanfu and Datong. After being transferred to Jizhou, he was deterred by Qi Qi Jiguang's military prestige and dared not act rashly. After Commander Qi entered the capital and Chen Chen Dacheng became the Regional Commander, this Wu Dui became more and more rampant.

But Chen Chen Dacheng never expected that this Wu Dui would dare to fabricate military intelligence!

He received the inquiry from the court and was stunned. Where did the enemy situation come from? After a great victory in the second month, Dong Dong Huli and the Northern Barbarians also had to catch their breath before they could invade the border.

Chen Chen Dacheng went to the Great Wall defense and asked the beacon tower night scouts. There was absolutely no trace of thirty thousand people gathering.

The Northern Barbarians have at least three or four horses per person. If they really go south, let alone thirty thousand people, even two thousand people, the movement of people eating and horses chewing would definitely not be small. If the Northern Barbarians invaded, the refugees outside the pass would have long ago swarmed in to ask for shelter.

Wu Dui was soon escorted to the capital. As a member of the Jin Party, Ge Ge Shouli naturally had to campaign for him. After learning the details, Ge Ge Shouli was numb. After tossing for a whole day, it was all fake!

The Emperor's imperial edict directly characterized this matter as "playing with the feudal lords with beacon fires," and the facts were indeed so.

Ge Ge Shouli came to the Ministry of Justice, knowing that the person was taken by the Embroidered Uniform Guard and locked in the North Town Fuzisi, and came to the North Town Fuzisi to see Wu Dui.

Zhu Zhu Xixiao knew a little bit about how the Emperor wanted to handle it, so he didn't stop him much and let Ge Ge Shouli enter the Heavenly Prison to see Wu Dui alone. Of course, there were ears on the walls, and everyone knew it.

Wu Dui's wine had completely sobered up by now. He was huddled in the corner, terrified. Seeing Ge Ge Shouli, he immediately crawled over.

"Lord Ge, save me, Lord Ge, save me!" Wu Dui gripped Ge Ge Shouli's trouser leg tightly, his whole body trembling. He knew fear only after being taken back to the Heavenly Prison by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Even if he didn't know the horror of the Jieku Institute, he knew that the five poisons torture in the Heavenly Prison was definitely not something a scholar who couldn't even bind a chicken could bear.

Wu Dui was not afraid before because the Jin Party had always played like this, and a path dependency had long been formed.

Fang Fang Fengshi tossed the imperial court twice in the second and fifth years of Emperor Longqing, and he was still the Provincial Governor of Datong. What could happen?

Wu Dui realized after being caught that Gao Gong was gone, and now Zhang Zhang Juzheng was in power!

Ge Ge Shouli wanted to pull his leg out, but tried several times and couldn't. He asked patiently: "Wu Dui, the report of the border situation should have the signature and seal of the Regional Commander. When you reported the situation, did the Jizhou Regional Commander not stamp it?"

Wu Dui dodged his eyes and said: "No, I just heard that there was an enemy situation, so I was in a hurry and sent it back to the capital. I was also afraid that the Northern Barbarians would knock on the pass and the imperial court would not be prepared, and then it would be a mess."

"I, I, I was also for the imperial court!"

"Bastard!" Ge Ge Shouli pulled his leg out forcefully, looked at Wu Dui and said: "The imperial court has its own laws. Reporting the enemy situation should have the signature and seal of the Regional Commander. What is this you are doing?! Even the imperial edict for the Embroidered Uniform Guard to take people and seize the stolen goods requires the Ministry of Justice's signature and seal, changing the yellow paper case into a carriage sticker case. How dare you?!"

"I thought you had an insider among the Northern Barbarians and knew about this, and didn't want to share this merit with the Regional Commander, so you were deceived. How can I save you?"

Ge Ge Shouli had thought of countless possibilities, such as Wu Dui having close contacts with the Northern Barbarians because he had been on the border for a long time, and heard the news, so he reported it himself in order not to let the Regional Commander grab the merit.

It turned out not to be the case at all. He was playing "nurturing pirates to maintain one's own importance."

"Lord Ge, save me." Wu Dui's eyes lit up when he heard Ge Ge Shouli's statement. An insider is not easy to verify. Ge Ge Shouli's words made Wu Dui think of a way to get out. Insider, contention for merit, being deceived, repentance, pleading guilty—Ge Ge Shouli had already reminded him very clearly.

"Useless, I will go find the Grand Secretary. Stay in the prison and don't make trouble." Ge Ge Shouli flicked his sleeves and left the Heavenly Prison.

Insider, it is not easy to verify. Being deceived by others is better than being characterized as "playing with the feudal lords with beacon fires" to scare the imperial court.

Wu Dui kowtowed on the ground and left slowly.

Ge Ge Shouli picked up the teacup. This meant he was sending the guest away. He smiled and said: "Hmm, after arriving in Xuanfu, you must be careful. Now Xuanfu is not only our Jin Party's territory, but the Zhang Party and the Zhe Party have also reached out. Don't be caught by them, otherwise I can't save you."

"Farewell, Lord Ge." Wu Dui kowtowed and left slowly.

Ge Ge Shouli sipped his tea and said to himself: "A thing that is two-faced, carved from the same mold as Zhang Zhang Siwei."

Ge Ge Shouli is honest, not stupid. Wu Dui and Zhang Zhang Siwei are all the same, two-faced, selling good to this side and selling good to that side. If something really happens, people like Wu Dui only talk about money.

Yang Bo had a very accurate eye for people. Since he chose Ge Ge Shouli, he also knew that Ge Ge Shouli could do the things he entrusted to him.

This Jin Party was in good order under Ge Ge Shouli's management.

After Wu Dui's matter came to an end, Zhang Zhang Juzheng's understanding of the theory of contradiction became more refined. In the next day's lecture, Zhang Zhang Juzheng did not talk about the Analects, but explained the "Diagram of Contradiction."

In order to let the young Emperor understand the essence of the theory of contradiction, Zhang Zhang Juzheng drew some illustrations to facilitate the young Emperor's visual office.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng stood straight, held his hands, and began to speak: "A thousand-mile dike collapses in an ant's nest. A thousand-mile long dike is often destroyed by the small matter of ants building nests. The thousand-mile dike is the shield, and the ant's nest is the spear. The ant is small and weak, but water dripping through stone can pierce rock."

"Your Majesty, the water that destroys cliffs and rocks starts as a trickle; the towering trees that block the sun start as small branches that have just revealed green. The rise and fall of the infinite principles of all things often start from small to large, from hidden to obvious."

"But people often ignore small and fragmented things, and let them develop into disasters. This is also the reason for preventing micro-gradualism. Being a person is the same principle. If you rest today because of rain or heat, you will be lazy and hungry tomorrow, and finally you will achieve nothing."

"Today, because of the border troubles in the north, the faction gradually condensed together. It takes more than one cold day for the ice to be three feet thick. If you want to remove the poison, you also need to work hard every day, treat the serious illness slowly, and remove their influence in sacrifice, military, and finance bit by bit before they can be eradicated."

Zhu Zhu Yijun listened and said with a smile: "Thank you, teacher, for your teaching."

"I dare not covet the merit of heaven; it all relies on the Holy Master's natural wisdom, so I have some understanding, and what I said is absurd." Zhang Zhang Juzheng hurriedly bowed his head and said.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng continued: "Your Majesty, contradictions are everywhere and at all times, and the opposition and unity of contradictions determine the struggle of contradictions back and forth."

"Just like the internal strife of the Jin Party, Ge Ge Shouli and Zhang Zhang Siwei fighting, the Jin Party and the Three Ladies fighting, where there are contradictions, there will be gaps, and where there are gaps, there will be opportunities. Using these opportunities to constantly accumulate the seemingly small contradictions will eventually lead to the split of the Jin Party. The day of complete split is the day of the faction's destruction."

Zhang Zhang Juzheng felt it necessary to let the Emperor know the timing of taking action. After the Emperor personally governed, he would inevitably face this rotten situation. How to take action at the critical moment, how to use contradictions to provoke, and how to establish his own majesty were skills the Emperor must master.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng did not think that eunuchs would have this talent, or the ability to use contradictions to expand the results of the battle.

"The Grand Secretary's words are reasonable." Zhu Zhu Yijun understood what Zhang Zhang Juzheng was talking about. He was not only talking about the theory of contradiction, but also how to use the theory of contradiction to fight, and he also used the Wu Dui case to demonstrate how to provoke and intensify the enemy's contradictions.

A concrete embodiment of combining theory with practice.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng began to explain the Analects and said: "The Master said: 'The gentleman understands righteousness, and the villain understands profit.' 'Understand': interpreted as 'know'; 'Righteousness': where the heavenly principle is; 'Profit': what human feelings desire. Here, the gentleman and the villain are distinguished by virtue."

"The Master said: The gentleman knows where the heavenly principle is when doing things, while the villain only knows what human feelings desire."

"The Master often speaks of the gentleman and the villain in opposition, which is the same knowledge of the metaphysical; now there is the theory of contradiction, heaven is always changing, and the Tao is always changing, which is the truth of the physical. The gentleman and the villain are not clearly distinguished, and there are places where they are unified."

Zhu Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "The Grand Secretary's words, you have said all the good and bad things. Sure enough, the Grand Secretary is 'always right.' Then how should I appoint people?"

Zhang Zhang Juzheng felt a bit of pressure. The days when he mastered the theory of contradiction and was relaxed were only a few days, and the Emperor's questioning came again!

He thought for a while and said solemnly: "Heaven is changing, and people are also changing. Today's me is not yesterday's me. Knowing people and appointing them depends on appointing them when they are virtuous, and dismissing them when they are not virtuous."

Zhu Zhu Yijun said solemnly: "Grand Secretary, I have doubts."

Zhang Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath. That indescribable feeling was so familiar, familiar to the point that Zhang Zhang Juzheng was a bit numb. He knew that the next words of the Emperor would not be easy to answer. He bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, let's look at the 'Emperor's Mirror Illustrated,' it has illustrations, vivid and interesting."

A child should sit at a child's table, a child should do things a child should do, asking questions all day long!

Look at the "Emperor's Mirror Illustrated"!

Don't ask anymore.

Zhu Zhu Yijun said sincerely: "Then let's look at the 'Emperor's Mirror Illustrated'." Zhu Zhu Yijun was not in a hurry, giving Zhang Grand Secretary time to observe carefully.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, watching the young Emperor transform from an indescribable object back to a ten-year-old ruler. Was that indescribable object that could not be described in words the Emperor, or was this sunny ten-year-old ruler the Emperor? Or were they both?

The Emperor is contradictory, is the opposition and unity. The Emperor is the Emperor. Both the indescribable object and the ten-year-old ruler are the Emperor.

The lecture continued. Zhu Zhu Yijun's hammer today was a big hammer, which hit Zhang Zhang Juzheng's ideological shackles firmly, letting him use the theory of contradiction to find the answer to public and private.

"Thank you, teacher, for your teaching." Zhu Zhu Yijun stood up and bowed slightly.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng hurriedly bowed his head and said: "I am ashamed and dare not accept it. I respectfully send off Your Majesty."

Zhu Zhu Yijun walked out of the Zhao Wenhua Hall, looked at Feng Bao who was lost in thought, and asked: "What is Feng Feng Dabao thinking about so intently?"