Daming the officials of the court, no, it should be said that all the officials in the long river of history, those with bad reputations were not necessarily greedy, and those with good reputations were not necessarily honest officials. This point, Zhu Yijun only found out after raiding Zhang Juzheng's house.
Yan Song's reputation was so bad, he was a scoundrel who brought disaster to the country and the people, his name would go down in infamy for ten thousand years. Xu Jie's reputation was so high, he was regarded as the hero who brought down Yan Song, and his name would go down in history. But how many people knew that the land under the name of Lady Yan was not even one-tenth of the land under the name of Xu Jie's family.
After Xu Jie stepped down, because his family ran amok, there was too much public resentment. He had no choice but to borrow the power of his student Zhang Juzheng to bully the people and bribe the officials. His actions were no different from Yan Song's.
This world was definitely not a black and white world, most people would simply divide historical figures into two categories: good and bad, or heroes and scum. But people were really too complicated, how could they be summed up by these four attributes?
There were even some people who possessed these four attributes, such as the immortal Xia Gui.
After being the emperor for more than twenty years, Zhu Yijun was no longer the young man who was fooled by the civil officials into thinking he was a saint. He had also grown up, otherwise he would have started a struggle for the foundation of the country, and tried in vain to recreate the imperial power of the Jiajing Emperor in the past.
For the emperor, the people he needed were definitely not simply "virtuous officials". The emperor needed many people, and "virtuous officials" was only one of them. "Vile people" were also needed, "upright officials" were also needed, "scum" were also needed, and "heroes" were also needed.
Zhuge Wuhou educated Liu Chan with the tone of an elder talking to a junior, as a "Xiangfu", an elder, to teach the young fresh meat Liu Chan. That was why he made a simple division of "virtuous officials" and "vile people", so that Liu Chan could first establish a correct and simple concept, and then slowly understand it in depth.
From Zhuge Wuhou's point of view, how could it be possible to divide officials into "virtuous officials" and "vile people"?
This, this was the entry classification to distinguish people.
Zhu Yijun had basically reached the point of maturity, he deeply knew what he needed, what kind of people he needed, and what kind of people he did not need.
In the current situation, Shen Yicheng was definitely a better choice than Shen Li. He needed someone who had a bad reputation among the officials, especially among the Imperial Censors.
In this way, this guy would become the First Secretary, and could rely on the Emperor to fire the officials. He could help the officials at the right moment, and at the right moment to help him at the right time, and not Shen Li who led officials to fire at him.
He wanted to divide the officials and further divide them from the current foundation. He wanted them to kill each other and mess up their own affairs. Only then would he be able to fish in troubled waters and take back the power that belonged to him bit by bit. He wanted to rebuild his empire. For this, he was willing to do anything.
"Vile people" and "vile people", and "vile people". "Shen" and "vile" were of of of "vile people". of "Who" s for "vile people". ""
"vile people" "" vile people "vile people" vile people "vile people" vile people "" and "were were not.
"Shen Yicheng" could be used, "Shen Li" could not be used. "
"With this distinction, it was very simple. No matter how Zhao Zhigao had a sense of justice, no matter how Zhao Zhigao said that Shen Yicheng liked to form cliques for personal gain, liked to eliminate dissidents and disrupt the court. He would set off a fierce clique fight, and even push the clique fight to the peak." Zhu Yijun did not care.
It would be better to say that as an Emperor who had lost his power, Zhu Yijun urgently needed such a person to disrupt the court, to make the officials fall into internal strife.
Forming cliques for personal gain? Good! "I need such a person!" "I need a Yan Song!" "I need someone like Yan Song, who can become the Emperor's scapegoat and ghost."
Zhu Yijun knew that even if Yan Song was corrupt, even if Yan Shifan was cunning, it did not matter. Because when the Yan clique was still in power, Emperor Jiajing was in power. The officials wanted to overthrow Yan Song, so they had to cater to Emperor Jiajing and win his support. Emperor Jiajing became a powerful Emperor, second only to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.
After the fall of the Yan clique, and Xu Jie ascended the throne, the officials quickly united, and the power of the civil officials rose. Without Yan Song as a shield, Emperor Jiajing's authority quickly declined. Not only was his edict written by Zhang Juzheng under the instruction of Xu Jie, but it also directly led to Long Qing's puppet for six years and Wan Li's sullen life.
So it could be seen how important a demonized villain was to an Emperor. Indeed, the Daming Dynasty did not fall in the hands of Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing had always maintained the minimum control of the country, and the control was not small. But when it came to the Chong Zhen era, when the Donglin gentlemen were in power, the world was …
Could the virtuous gentlemen really prosper the country? Could the villains really destroy the country?
Politics was too complicated.
So Zhu Yijun would never choose the "upright and virtuous official" Shen Li, but the "sinister villain" Shen Yicheng.
Zhao Zhigao's last request helped Zhu Yijun to make up his mind.
"Shen Yicheng entered the Cabinet early and has a lot of experience, while Shen Li has only been in the Cabinet for a short time. This is not a matter of the top three or two Jinshi, but a matter of rules. Without rules, there can be no order. Didn't the Minister often teach me this?"
Listening to Zhu Yijun's simple and clear answer, Zhao Zhigao's heart sank little by little until it could no longer rise.
The officials did not like the Emperor, and the last bit of trust the Emperor had for the officials disappeared. The Emperor began to treat the officials as his enemies, and the officials also treated the Emperor as Huang Shiren. In the history of Huaxia, was there ever such a relationship between the Emperor and his officials that was so hostile, distrustful, and wanted to harm each other?
The least bit of trust between the ruler and his subjects had disappeared. The least bit of cooperation was gone as well. The ruler and his subjects had gone from being in the same boat to being enemies who could not coexist with each other. Under such a relationship, could the old and damaged ship of the Great Ming Dynasty still continue to sail?
Zhao Zhigao did not know, did not dare to know, and did not want to know the answer to this question.
"I just want to be fair. I just hope that Your Majesty can be close to the virtuous officials and stay away from the villains. Don't be deceived by the despicable people. I just hope that Your Majesty can …"
"Minister Zhao!"
Zhu Yijun interrupted Zhao Zhigao and said with a smile, "Minister Zhao, how do you compare yourself to Zhuge Liang?"
Zhao Zhigao was stunned.
The other party was the pillar that supported the weak Ji Han back to its former glory at a time when the country was in danger. He was the genius that used the power of one province to contend against the power of ten provinces. He helped the talented Liu Chan ascend the throne and ensured him a comfortable life for more than forty years. He allowed him to be the 'Prime Minister' of the Emperor for more than forty years, the representative of the loyal subjects.
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