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【God among gods, I came here just to knock Taiyue into a coma!】

【Prolonged the Ming Dynasty for seventy years】

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"I am not a phase, but a photograph."

He is a thorn in Chinese history textbooks.

The last leg of the Ming Dynasty.

He carried out reforms and forcibly extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for seventy years.

However, after his death, his family was ransacked and persecuted.

They were even starved to death.

Below We will follow the chronological order and walk into the life of Zhang Juzheng, the first minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng was born in the home of a scholar in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province today.

Because he was born in Jiangling County, he was also called Zhang Jiangling.

Zhang Juzheng since He was very smart since he was a child and was a well-known child prodigy in the local area.

At the age of 23, he ranked ninth in the second class and was named a gold medalist. Later he was selected as a Shujishi.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Shujishi was also called Chu Prime Minister.

Almost all the cabinet bachelors at that time were from Shuji scholars.

But Zhang Juzheng's ambitions did not stop there.

It was during the Jiajing period of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor was hiding in Xiyuan, refining alchemy and practicing Taoism.

Yan Song and his son formed a clique for personal gain, which made the court a mess. ,

Zhang Juzheng was deeply dissatisfied. However, he was too young, how could he defeat the wily Yan Song?

At this time, another important cabinet minister, Xu Jie, threw an olive branch to him.

Under Xu Jie's guidance, Zhang Juzheng served in the Hanlin Academy He devoted himself to studying. When he saw that the government was corrupt and the border defense was ineffective, he couldn't help but speak out and remonstrate. However, after submitting the memorial, it was like a mud cow drowning in the sea, and there was no reply. In

1562, Yan Song, who had been in power for twenty years, was finally replaced by Xu Jie Overthrown.

Three years later, Ming Shizong issued an order to have Yan Song's son Yan Shifan beheaded.

Yan Song's family was confiscated.

Zhang Juzheng, who was 40 years old at the time, was also recommended by Xu Jie to give lectures to Yu Wang Zhu Zaijing.

Zhu Zaijing was the youngest emperor of Ming Dynasty. The eldest son, the future successor to the throne.

He and his concubine Li gave birth to a son, Zhu Yijun, who later became Emperor Wanli.

Zhang Juzheng got to know this quirky little grandson after he entered Prince Yu’s Mansion to give lectures.

1566 In 1999, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong, passed away.

King Yu Zhu Zaijing ascended the throne.

Zhang Juzheng, as a minister of Conglong, also successfully joined the cabinet to assist the government. However, the conflict between Xu Jie, the first assistant, and Gao Gong became increasingly acute.

When the news of Zhu Houcong's death came,

As the chief minister, Xu Jie got the news immediately.

So he ditched his cabinet colleagues, including Gao Gong, and asked Zhang Juzheng to help write the edict.

When Gao Gong found out, he was very angry and regarded Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie as political enemies from then on..

Not to be outdone, Xu Jie found an opportunity to defeat Gao Gong and forced him to resign and go home.

Within a few years, Gao Gong entered the cabinet again.

He took revenge on Xu Jie, who was retiring in his hometown.

He became the first assistant. Zhang

Juzheng watched the political struggle in the cabinet with cold eyes.

He knew that he had already been hated by Gao Gong.

If he did not fight back, he would be the next unlucky one.

At this time, the appearance of eunuch Feng Bao gave Zhang Juzheng a breakthrough.

Feng Bao was in charge of the East Factory and was at odds with Gao Gong.

Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to make friends with Feng Bao, and the two planned to expel Gao Gong together.

In 1572, Ming Mu Zong Zhu Zaijing died, and the ten-year-old crown prince Zhu Yijun came to the throne.

The reign name was changed to Wanli.

Due to He was too young, so daily government affairs were handled by the cabinet.

The political struggle between Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong also entered a fierce stage.

Feng Bao advised Empress Dowager Li that Gao Gong was disrespectful to the young emperor.

Empress Dowager Li became angry when she heard this , issued an order to drive Gao Gong out of Beijing.

Zhang Juzheng won, but it was not enough.

In the case of Minister Wang the following year,

Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao tried to organize a prison so that Gao Gong's family would never be able to stand up.

But in the end, the matter was hastily dismissed because Minister Wang temporarily retracted his confession.

At this point, no one can threaten Zhang Juzheng's status.

Since Emperor Shizong Zhu Houcong of the Ming Dynasty won the Great Ceremony Conference, the Ming Dynasty began to implement reforms.

The eradication of the bad governance of the previous generation gave the Ming Dynasty new vitality.

However, as Zhu Houcong became obsessed with Taoism and allowed Yan Song and his son to disrupt the government, the political atmosphere gradually deteriorated.

The border defense military is in disrepair, and social conflicts are becoming increasingly serious.

After Zhang Juzheng took power, he continued to implement reforms.

In order to rectify officialdom and clean up corrupt officials.

He introduced it and tested it into law.

Strictly review whether local officials abide by laws and regulations and effectively implement imperial decrees.

A large number of redundant officials and personnel were eliminated.

While reorganizing the ranks of officials,

Zhang Juzheng did not forget about national defense matters.

He reused famous generals such as Qi Jiguang, Wang Chonggu, and Li Chengliang to reorganize border affairs and trade with Anda Khan.

The border defense crisis of the Ming Dynasty was relieved.