My life skills in Daming Liver

The capital, in the residence of Zhang Juzheng, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu.

Zhang Jingxiu was busy in the backyard. When a scent of medicine wafted out, Zhang Jingxiu immediately poured out the medicine from the medicine jar, blew on the medicine to cool it, and walked towards the master bedroom.

Yes, this time Zhang Juzheng was really sick, not pretending to be sick.

Since Zhang's father came back, Zhang Juzheng has been frantically impeached by the censors.

In addition to this incident, the Wang Gongchang explosion was also involved in crazy wrangling.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry were in charge of Wang Gong Factory. Both sides were arguing and shirking each other's responsibilities.

Coupled with the addition of Shuntian Prefecture, the three parties argued endlessly, and because of the explosion in Wang Gong Factory, the disaster relief work was not carried out smoothly.

Wang Gong's factory was within the city walls of the capital. This explosion blew a gap in the city walls of the capital, and the impact on nearby residential buildings was even more conceivable.

The explosion affected the palace and killed two eunuchs who were on duty near the unfinished construction of the three main halls.

The most unlucky thing was that there happened to be a censor who was patrolling in the west of the city at that time. He died in the explosion, and Yan Guan also joined the chaos.

In addition to the scolding war, the capital also needs to provide disaster relief. In addition to the Wang Gong factory workers who were directly killed in the explosion, countless residential buildings nearby were destroyed. Even if the government does not pay for reconstruction, these victims still need to be rescued.

Just when Zhang Juzheng was organizing disaster relief, Qingyuan Bo Li's father and son, who had been quiet for a while, jumped out again.

The Li family and his son brought a batch of grain and medicinal materials to the vicinity of Wanggong Factory, but they were not for disaster relief. Instead, they used the grain and medicinal materials in exchange for the land deeds of the people whose houses had collapsed.

Seeing the actions of the Li family and his son, many dignitaries in the capital suddenly understood and joined the fight like vultures.

The Li family and his son were the quickest to start. Not only did they purchase a large number of residential houses, they also quickly took ownership of the unowned houses.

The capital didn't shed tears for a moment because of this big explosion, and the dignitaries joined in the feast of fighting for the remnants.

And Zhang Juzheng suddenly found that he was no longer able to control this situation.

Disaster relief requires manpower from Shuntian Prefecture, and people in Shuntian Prefecture are busy buying houses.

The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works are still arguing, and there is no way to organize effective disaster relief.

The ones who finally organized the rescue turned out to be the union members who organized the strike at Wanggong Factory.

Tong An led the Wanggong Factory workers who were dismissed and escaped from the fire, rushed into the fire and rescued some workers and nearby residents.

After discovering that the court had no plans for disaster relief, Tong An led his workers to raise food and began to provide disaster relief near Wanggong Factory.

Later, more unions from government-run workshops joined in. These employees soon discovered the painful reality that the Ming court government would not care about their life and death at all. If they wanted to survive, they could only survive with the workers of Wang Gong Factory. They united like that.

More and more trade union organizations were established, but Zhang Juzheng had no time to take care of these.

He was really sick.

Ever since he took over the mess that was Mingting, Zhang Juzheng has been at the forefront.

Many of his once ambitious reform goals have hit a wall in local areas.

Whether it is the implementation of the New Deal or the whipping law, the core of all Zhang Juzheng's reforms is the examination law.

Through more stringent examinations, a mechanism for eliminating officials will be established to drive out those officials who occupy high positions but are incompetent and promote those who can do things.

But it happened that there was a lot of opposition within the Zhang Juzheng Group to such a test method.

The reason is naturally very simple. The current examination method is Zhang Juzheng's knife. Who knows whether this knife will be swung to his head?

Originally, passing the imperial examination and becoming an official was equivalent to getting an iron rice bowl.

An official, whether he is ignorant or greedy, can survive in his term as long as he is not too excessive.

As long as nothing serious happens, superiors will not embarrass their subordinates too much.

Because everyone has a superior, everyone is part of this system.

And like any profession, there are not only corrupt officials and capable ministers who hold office, but the largest number are actually this kind of "living people".

These people may not have great ambitions for corruption and bribery, and they are not the kind of capable people who are ambitious to change the place.

Most of them are doing simple work, completing the tasks assigned by their superiors, and going home after completing their official duties every day.

Since the entrance examination is to test these people, they are naturally the most opposed to it.

Zhang Juzheng wrote articles in newspapers and periodicals, criticizing these officials who were doing nothing.

But these officials also have something to say. Is your promotion of Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Xiangguo fair? It’s not like you promoted a lot of cronies to the top.

Anyway, if you do a good job, no one above you will be able to get promoted, so why should everyone work hard?

The examination method could not even be implemented in the capital controlled by Zhang Juzheng, let alone the local government.

In the historical timeline before Su Ze traveled through time, Zhang Juzheng relied on the power of the test method to implement his whipping method and achieved certain results.

On that historical route, after Zhang Juzheng's death, the first thing to be abolished was the examination law, but most of the whip law was preserved.

A whipping method that had not been tested into law quickly turned into a vicious method for officials to exploit the people.

Therefore, the core of Zhang Juzheng's reform was this examination method. If the examination method cannot be implemented, no matter how many government-run workshops are built, they will end up like Wang Gong's factory, fireworks that may explode at any time.

Zhang Juzheng has been in poor health since the Chinese New Year this year. His illness this time was even worse. He has been bedridden for three days.

Zhang Jingxiu was so distraught that even Zhang Juzheng's memorial letter to recover from his illness was written by Zhang Jingxiu in imitation of his father's handwriting.

After helping Zhang Juzheng sit up and drink the medicine, the doctor on the side said:

"The Prime Minister's emergency has gone away."

"Then why doesn't father wake up?"

The doctor said: "The illness is gone like a thread. The Prime Minister has consumed too much energy in recent years and is physically weak. It will take some time to recover."

Zhang Jingxiu asked quickly: "Does this mean that my father's life is not in danger?"

The doctor quickly said: "If you rest quietly for half a year and make up for the losses in the past few years, the Prime Minister will naturally recover."

"But if you still have to worry and work hard, I'm afraid it will happen again."

Zhang Jingxiu understood what the doctor meant, and he immediately said: "Please sir, please stay in my house for a while and prescribe some prescriptions for my father's health."

The doctor knew very well that the fact that Zhang Juzheng was seriously ill and in a coma had too much to do with it, and it was impossible for the Zhang family to let him out, so he said, "That's natural."

After the doctor retreated, Zhang Juzheng finally opened his eyes weakly after a while.

Zhang Jingxiu, who had been serving the decoction, immediately said excitedly: "Father!"

Zhang Juzheng glanced at his son, and Zhang Jingxiu immediately helped him up and leaned on the bed.

Zhang Juzheng finished taking the medicine and then asked weakly: "How long have I been in coma?"

Zhang Jingxiu said with tears, "It's been two days."

Zhang Juzheng asked again: "How is the situation in the court?"

Zhang Jingxiu said quickly: "The doctor said that my father's illness is caused by too much worry. My father should rest in peace and recuperate, and don't worry about the court situation."

Zhang Juzheng sighed and said, "You say it or you don't say it. The government is there. As a father, you can't help but think about it."

Zhang Jingxiu had no choice but to ask his servants to bring newspapers and read the recent events one by one to Zhang Juzheng.

After listening to his son reading the news with his eyes closed, Zhang Juzheng said: "The late emperor treated Gao Suqing well."

Zhang Jingxiu looked at his father in confusion. Wasn't it the last edict of Emperor Longqing that Gao Gong was dismissed? It is said that the emperor and Gao Gong fell out in the end, and the lifelong friendship between teachers and students was ruined. Zhang Juzheng actually said that the late emperor treated Gao Gong well?

"Gao Suqing can leisurely study in his hometown. Isn't it because the late emperor treated him favorably?"

"I can't even go back to my hometown in Jingzhou."

Zhang Jingxiu was speechless.

Zhang Juzheng said: "The memorials I have sent to ask for illness these days are all written by you, right?"

Zhang Jingxiu nodded quickly.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Next, you can write a memorial to resign."

Zhang Jingxiu said in shock: "Father, if I resign in this court, I'm afraid I will really resign."

Zhang Juzheng said: "Of course I have to resign. Do you think my father's body can still handle the affairs of the court?"

Zhang Jingxiu remained silent.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Looking back now, the fault of the Ming Dynasty lies with Gao Suqing and me."

"Back then, Gao Suqing clearly had a chance, but he became a paper framer for the imperial power, and was eventually ousted by the imperial power."

"I exercised imperial power for my father, but did not make drastic changes to the official system, and missed the last opportunity."

"This world is going to be in Su Rulin's hands."

Zhang Juzheng sighed heavily. Compared with when he entered Beijing, Zhang Juzheng was more than ten years older.

The ruling career of more than a year now seems to be a dream, and it is basically in vain.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng already knew that he would never have a chance again.

Zhang Jingxiu saw his father's weak appearance, so he could only follow his father's instructions and began to submit a resignation letter to the court.

As soon as this memorial was presented, Empress Dowager Li and the ministers thought that Zhang Juzheng was forcing the court to retreat in order to advance, so naturally they did not allow it.

But Zhang Juzheng soon submitted another memorial, this time describing his condition in detail, indicating that he was no longer able to govern.

At this time, the royal family realized that the Queen Mother Li immediately sent an imperial doctor to visit the patient, and received the news that Zhang Juzheng was indeed seriously ill and bedridden.

Naturally, the royal family issued another edict to express condolences, and Zhang Juzheng wrote a third memorial to resign.

Although according to the usual practice, the royal family sent imperial doctors to visit Zhang Juzheng, continued to comfort Zhang Juzheng, and rewarded him with many precious medicinal materials.

But smart people all know that Zhang Juzheng is really going to step down this time.

At this time, the capital became more lively, and fast horses began to enter and exit the capital. Among them, Li Chunfang was the most powerful one.

He first sent someone to contact Chen Yiqin, the governor of Henan, and made a political promise to seek Chen Yiqin's support.

Li Chunfang asked his family to go to Yajiang again to win over the Nine-Border New Army who had set out to support North Korea.

Zhang Juzheng's seventh resignation memorial was finally approved by the court.

Zhang Juzheng officially resigned as prime minister.