In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, Zhong Jinshi, a 23-year-old young scholar in Huguang Jiangling, was full of ambition and embarked on the road of being an official. At first, he worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. At that time, Yan Song was the first assistant, with political corruption and dark officialdom. Zhang actively devoted himself to his official career, but when he gradually realized the darkness of politics, he became depressed and pessimistic. He worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy for seven years. He was bored because he was learned, but no one appreciated him, so he resigned and went home. I planted half an acre of bamboo at home and studied hard. Six years passed quietly quickly, and he learned a lot. Encouraged by his father, he went to Beijing to be an official and was appointed as the army supervisor in Guo Zi. In his spare time, he pays great attention to discussing the experiences and lessons of the ups and downs of past dynasties, and also pays great attention to real politics. Soon, Sejong died of illness, and Xu Jie, a university student, drafted a testamentary edict and asked Zhang for advice. In his first year in Qin Long, he was elected to the cabinet, and his career took a turn for the first time. In order to realize the ambition of governing the country, during the Jian 'an period in the second year, he went to give lectures on six things about Chen, and proposed to save the current situation, strengthen discipline, re-implement the imperial edict, safeguard the name, consolidate the nation and equip the army. Everything was timely, but Mu Zong was not an emperor who wanted to make a difference. Although he appreciates Zhang's talent, he doesn't use it. Mu Zong was in office for only six short years. In May of six years, Qin Long, who was only nine years old, ascended the throne of the emperor. Nine-year-old children are playing, but now they are in charge of state affairs, which cannot but attract attention at home and abroad, but it provides an opportunity for Zhang to assist the court. At that time, the cabinet was composed of Gao Gong, Zhang He and Gao Yi. High arch is a record. Gao Yi just joined the cabinet a month ago. Zhang and Gao Gong are courtiers in the last days. Gao Gong and Zhang certainly manipulated state affairs, but Zhang was not the initiator. In many things, he is destined to be at the mercy of the high arch, but he is resourceful and scheming. Gao Zeze is extroverted, and he is deeply worried about whether Zhu Yijun, who is only nine years old, can become emperor. He once told his courtiers in Wen Yuan Pavilion that a ten-year-old prince could rule the world! These words reached the ears of the founder of Shinto, Empress Chen, and her biological mother, Li Guifei, which caused them great unhappiness. The eunuch in charge of etiquette openly opposed the high arch and introduced Zhang as foreign aid, so the high arch status was in jeopardy. The contradiction between Feng Bao and Gao Gong has a long history. During the Jiajing period, Feng Bao was a eunuch, and in the first year, he was the prefect and royal horse supervisor of the East Factory. At that time, Feng Bao, the highest-ranking eunuch in charge of etiquette, was vacant, but Gao Gong recommended Chen Hong, the eunuch of the emperor. After Chen Hong, Meng Chong, the eunuch in charge of catering, was recommended. Since then, Gao Gong and Feng Bao have made enemies. Chen Hong and Meng Chong lured Mu Zong to indulge in debauchery, which made Mu Zong's health worse. This also aroused the dissatisfaction of Queen Chen and Li Guifei, who naturally became very close to Feng Bao. On his deathbed, with the support of Empresses Chen and Li Guifei, he took his place, which made the palace very unhappy. Therefore, Gao Gong wants to get rid of it with the help of the cabinet and officials and discuss it with Zhang. On the surface, Zhang promised, but secretly he was informed. /kloc-in June of 0/6, Zongshen met with courtiers for the first time after he acceded to the throne. Gao Gong left happily, thinking that Baofeng must have left this time. But the result was a big surprise. God sat down and Baofeng stood beside him. Bao Zheng read the letters from Empress Chen, Li Guifei and the Emperor, and Gao Gong was ordered to return home, doing nothing. Hearing this, the high arch almost fainted. Finally, Zhang choked up and left the court awkwardly. So naturally it became the first and second record. After Zhang became a record, he tried his best to please Queen Mu Zongchen.

Once Zongshen made a mistake, and I don't want to change it. Cisheng always said, let Mr. Zhang know what you would do! So Zongshen had to admit his mistake. After entering politics, Zhang tutored in reading. He arranged a banquet and a lecture for God on this day. Young people like calligraphy and history, so Zhang often tells him stories about the emperor's rule of the country, and asks people to choose some articles about the monarch as photo frames for Zong Shen to copy and inspire the young emperor in his writing. He also advised Zongshen, as a generation of emperors, not to focus on calligraphy, but to pay attention to the learning of emperors, because many emperors in ancient times, such as Liang Wudi, Chen Houzhu, Yang Di and Song Ningzong, were good at poetry and calligraphy, but did nothing about state affairs, so they should learn the strategy of governing the country and keeping the country safe from soap prices. Later, Zhang compiled a set of maps of emperors in past dynasties, abstracting 865,438+0 good deeds that ancient emperors could emulate and 36 evil deeds that should be punished, drawing one each, and explaining that he liked this book very much, which deeply touched Zhang's loyalty and righteousness. Zhang established his majesty in front of the little emperor and won the trust of the two queens. The Forbidden City was supported by eunuch Feng Bao. Therefore, during his political support, he carried out drastic reforms to realize his political ambitions. First, he began to organize bureaucracy. Zhang witnessed the chaotic political situation during the reign of Jia and Long, and thought that the root of it was official corruption. In the first year of Wanli, he put forward the method of taking the exam. First of all, he stressed that officials at all levels from the central government to local governments should do what the law must do and must be effective. The assessment of officials is carried out step by step, with the governor and governor as judges, the official department as inspectors and the court as judges. And establish a system that everything should be tested, so that everything can be settled and explained. In the process of inspecting officials, Zhang abolished a group of redundant staff and rewarded a group of officials with both ability and political integrity. At the same time, at the central level, we should try our best to improve the authority of the cabinet and strengthen the centralized rule of the world, while at the local level, we should clarify our responsibilities, assume power, achieve division of labor and cooperation, and help the competent authorities and departments to implement central decrees. At the same time, the government, state and county schools were reorganized, the number of students was reduced, and a number of incompetent academic officials were reformed. Zhang also attaches great importance to border defense. He has always supported the reorganization and defended Liaodong with the famous Li. Although the little prince was defended by Qi Jiguang and Lee, the border was safe. The main problem that Zhang faced at that time was the financial crisis, so financial management became the focus of his reform. He vigorously promoted the economic reform of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. On the one hand, he reduced redundant personnel and expenses, and at the same time made every effort to save the royal family to reduce expenses. More importantly, he carried out a large-scale land clearing campaign throughout the country and implemented measures to whip the tax reform to increase the financial income of the court.

The whipping method lightened the burden of some landless or landless farmers and eased the financial crisis. It unifies the tax payment service, simplifies the collection items and procedures, changes the family land into the collection right, enjoys the land, and reduces the burden on businessmen. This is a great event in the history of China. The American tax system has inherited two tax laws, and it has been like this from beginning to end. In addition, in order to develop production, Zhang also paid attention to building water conservancy projects to eliminate floods in the Yellow River. During the Jia and Wan Dynasties, floods occurred frequently in Huanghuai and died year after year. So he reused Pan Jixun and strongly supported him in river regulation. After more than two years, he finally achieved good results.

Nevertheless, on the surface, their relationship is quite harmonious. Zhang's father died in September of the fifth year of Wanli. According to the practice of feudal ethics, Zhang had to leave his job and lived in mourning for three years. At that time, Emperor Wanli was still young and inexperienced, so he was not enough to take charge of state affairs alone. However, Zhang China's long-simmering reform has just begun. So, God sent a letter to seize the feelings and said it was business. Zhang didn't leave his job because of mourning. He gave a generous gift. However, at this time, Zhang's political opponents, such as Wu Zhonghang and Zhao Yongxian, etc. Taking falling in love as an excuse, he ganged up and attacked Zhang, accusing him of lewdness, saying that falling in love violated ethical codes and requested the court to remove Zhang from his post. Shenzong even issued a warning, and the court staff calmed down the anti-emotional storm. In March of the following year, Zhang asked to return to China to bury his father. God promised to meet you and your subjects on the platform, and they hugged each other and cried. Three months later, Zhang returned to Beijing from Jiangling, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister remained the same. Eight thousand years later, Zongshen was eighteen. At this time, he felt that he had finished reading the scriptures and Zhang was in charge of state affairs. When he was free, he found a pastime. Sun Hai, the eunuch of the Qing Dynasty, and his guests tried their best to seduce him. 165438+1One night in October, Zongshen visited Xicheng. After drinking, he asked the little prison guard to sing a tune that was not harmonious. In a rage, Zongshen whipped the little prison guard and cut off his hair. Feng Bao quickly reported the matter to Empress Dowager Cixi who had moved to Cining Palace. Zong Shen was immediately summoned by Empress Dowager Cixi, punished and knelt down, and was severely reprimanded. Zhang pleaded with the emperor to deal with evil servants and guest servants, and was driven out of the inner palace. This kind of punishment left a great shame on the adults and dealt a great blow to their self-esteem, thus sowing the seeds of revenge for Zhang. When Zhang was full of ambition, he became more and more dissatisfied with him. In his later years, Zhang treated officials mainly with his own love and hate. He gradually became arrogant, but finally enjoyed all the splendor before his death. Wanli ten years in February, died in Zhang. Soon, Zhang's political opponents in the United States impeached him. In March of the 11th year of Wanli, Zhang Zhi was chased. In April of the following year, Zhang Dejin earned 2,000 taels and silver10,000 taels. Zhang's eldest son, Zhang, was forced to commit suicide, and his second son, Zhang, and several other grandchildren were sent to remote areas to serve as soldiers. With the revenge of Shinto, a series of reforms he carried out during the ten years of auxiliary government all went up in smoke.