The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"This Zhang Juzheng, is he impatient with life?" Yan Nian curled his lips in disdain: "A mere sixth-grade student, Mr. Ge, you move your fingers, and you still don't want to pinch him to death?"

"No way." Yan Song smiled and said, "Juzheng dared to take advantage of the fire, took the risk, and blatantly angered me with [Sea Power Theory]. Of course, there is a large group behind it, even the disciples of the saints in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the masters of Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism. If I use official methods to deal with him clearly, not only may I not be able to suppress him, even if I kick him out for a while, Zhang Juzheng will become famous. With the full support of Qingliu Zhichen in the future, he will rise faster."

Yan Nian had a headache for a while: "Why are there so many of these so-called upright ministers? They are the ones who don't do serious things, and they are the ones who make trouble and talk strange things!"

"Zhang Juzheng is a very powerful character. We can't simply say that he is a straight minister of Qingliu." Yan Song thought of Zhang Juzheng's whip reform, which gave Daming a Wanli Zhongxing atmosphere, and smiled slightly: "It's just that his vision is too narrow, and he only stays in the Within the framework of the ancestral system and the land, there is no way to see the world outside the eyes."

Chen Yuanyuan said thoughtfully: "That is to say, Uncle Zhang, Juzheng, is already considered a good person within the framework of the sage's study, but if you look at the world, his vision and mind are too small, right?" ?”

Yan Song nodded, stood with his hands behind his back, and smiled: "The green mountains can't stop it, after all, it's going eastward. If Zhang Juzheng doesn't get ahead, I almost forget that there are fierce people like him and Xu Jie in court. Since he I can't help jumping out, so let me teach him a lesson. Engage in a debate? Okay! I'm old, and I'm going to give a speech on stage!"

"Ah?" Chen Yuanyuan's beautiful eyes widened: "Old Yan Ge, do you want to go on stage?"

"Since it's a big debate, and since I dare to write a book, how can I not give a speech on stage?" Yan Song smiled faintly:

"Actually, Zhang Juzheng's method of holding debates is a complete failure. He will definitely shoot himself in the foot. If he is a coward and only sabotages secretly, I really can't do anything about them for a while. But Zhang Juzheng is young and energetic after all, and he wants to eliminate my sea power theory in one fell swoop, and wants to rely on those great Confucian scholars, so I just take advantage of this opportunity to make my sea power theory famous all over the world."

He thought for a while: "I wrote a letter to the Minister of Rites. This debate cannot be decided by Zhejiang's theory. It's like this!"

He sat down to write a letter and began to prepare for the Hangzhou debate.

Days pass by.

In addition, with the fire of the "Xiaoshan Rebellion", the poor "upright official" Wang Bensheng was blacked out by Yan Song and became a big laughing stock in Hangzhou official circles. He even had the face to submit his resignation. Highly recognized by Shilin Qingliu.

Among the scholars in Qingliu, there was a well-known upright official who stood up and spoke out for Wang Bensheng.

Zou Yinglong!

Zou Yinglong, courtesy name Yunqing, nickname Langu, was born in Gaolan, Lanzhou. He was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing.At present, Jiangxi and Jiangnan Yantun are managed by the vice capital Yushi Zong~.

Zou Yinglong published the book, thinking that although Wang Bensheng did not investigate for a while, he fell into Xu Youdao's tricks and became an accomplice of corrupt officials, but he was able to stick to principles, uphold the law, and show his demeanor as a straight minister... ..

He greatly praised Wang Bensheng, thinking that this person has the style of Bao Zheng and Hai Rui, is a direct minister of the country, and the emperor should protect and reuse him.

(Bao Zheng: You are paralyzed, why do such rotten people involve me.)

(Hai Rui: Damn it, I'm innocent too.)

In addition, Zou Yinglong publicly criticized Jiajing.

Because of the disaster relief performance, Yan Song used the name of Jiajing. Although tens of millions were raised, Zou Yinglong believed that Yan Song and Jiajing used the name of the emperor to use the country's important weapon to search for money, which was not in line with the way of Confucius and Mencius.

He quoted the words of the sages, "A gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, and a villain is a metaphor for profit." He said that although the victims in Zhejiang are poor, they should be educated with etiquette and deterred by the law of the king so that they will not make trouble, and then try to give them some relief to maintain their lives. , How can you give 50 taels to each of these unruly victims who resisted the imperial court?This is too much, and it will even encourage the people's lazy and lazy habits, which is not conducive to kingly rule.

Zou Yinglong's official reputation is very good, his reputation is outstanding, and he enjoys a high reputation among the direct ministers of the Qingliu. For some reason, his memorial was published in the residence newspaper, and it was widely known, causing a huge shock in the government and the public.

Later, even Emperor Jiajing had to face up to his memorial. Under the pressure of all the officials and the public, not only did he not cut off Wang Bensheng's official position by 0.7, but he was promoted from the seventh rank to the third grade in a row, and was promoted to the sixth rank. Pin's speech official and household department department gave the matter and sent it to Beijing to finish the job.

In this way, Zou Yinglong and Wang Bensheng opposed Jiajing and Yan Song, not only did not lose their official positions, but they became famous and became the soul figures and role models of the direct ministers of Qingliu.

Wang Bensheng was finally freed now, and with the support of the Great God, he was able to prove it.

Wang Bensheng was triumphant, and when he paid a visit to thank Zou Yinglong, he publicly threw out the news that he would continue to be a speech officer, a position that is more suitable for him to fight, and be a good cannon in the world, glowing and glowing, and the sound of cannons keeps making trouble for the treacherous minister Yan Song, and sooner or later Yan Song will be driven away step down.

For a while, it actually aroused the voices of praise and anticipation from Qingliu.

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Chapter 320 Priest’s complaints about Eastern civilization [3]

"What? The Yan thief wants to stir up this muddy water?"

Zhang Juzheng was shocked when he learned that Yan Song was going to hold a big debate on "Theory of Sea Power" in Zhejiang Academy from his teacher Xu Jie in Beijing.

I heard that Yan Song also proposed two rules.

Chapter 321 Brainless fan talent from the West [4]

"My lord, is there anything I can do for you?" Immediately after spending so long in Daming, he finally became enlightened a little bit, and realized that Yan Song called him here and poured out his bitterness, not for him to pray to God and bless him to go to heaven .

"It's nothing." Yan Song curled his lips: "The emperor allowed you to open it. When are the other four churches going to open?"

Yan Song wants to further expand the propaganda in Daming immediately. Although Yan Song disagrees with the Catholic Church, the two sides are standing in the same boat at this time.

The spread of Catholicism will definitely expand the horizons of the Chinese people, help the spread of the idea of ​​[Sea Power Theory], and promote the national policy of Ming Dynasty to open the sea.

Don't think that these are easy, Yan Song came to this world, as the chief assistant, and won the trust of Jiajing, after so much hard work, it is still extremely difficult to promote Kaihai today.

How easy is it for a country that has been closed for thousands of years to transform from a land power to a sea power?

Even a "reformer" like Zhang Juzheng, who will hold the highest power in Ming Dynasty for ten years in the future, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, a super talented person, and who is not afraid of being smashed to pieces, but also "reformers" who want to promote the reform of the "one whip" law of the Ming Dynasty, has a clear-cut stand and stands up against Yan Song's [Hai Power Theory]!

One can imagine the great resistance!

Yan Song must use all available resources to promote his reforms and find allies for his reforms.

The spread of Catholicism, at least objectively, will help Chinese people see the world with their eyes open, and that is enough.

As for whether Catholicism can become a behemoth comparable to Taoism and Buddhism in China, it is impossible. Because of the traditional problems left over by thousands of years, Chinese people do not worship the same god. For example, a devout Buddhist Christians can burn incense in Taoist temples and pray for the protection of Taoist gods. This situation is very common in China, and it is reasonable.

However, Catholicism does not work. If you believe in Catholicism, you cannot worship other religions (other religions are heresies), and it has serious exclusivity.

Therefore, it is impossible for sects such as Catholicism and Christianity to develop in China and develop into behemoths like the West that rule religions, even affect the country, and threaten imperial power.

After Yan Song's theory of sea power was challenged by Zhang Juzheng, he has decided to increase his support for Lima Dou, and let him make good use of the policies given by Jiajing as soon as possible, so as to speed up the further civilization of the southeast folk customs and promote sea power for himself Policies to reduce resistance and increase alliances!

Immediately thought about it: "I did not come to Daming alone. My colleagues sent by the Holy See, a total of 10 priests, have arrived in Hangzhou. They are very grateful for your help to the Lord, sir, and have seen the My lord, your [Sea Power Theory] is highly respected. Right now they are in my church and hope to have the opportunity to pay homage to you."

"They're here too?" Yan Song's eyes lit up: "Okay, call them all in."