What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
In the fifth year of the Wanli Calendar, Zhang Juzheng's father, the seventy-four-year-old Zhang Wenming, fell ill, and Zhang Juzheng wanted to take a leave of absence, just in time for the palace to prepare for the emperor's wedding, as the first assistant, he could not get out, and had to leave after the big wedding. Unexpectedly, on September 13 of the fifth year of the Wanli Calendar, his father Died of Illness. On the twenty-fifth day, bad news reached Beijing. The next day, Zhang Juzheng's colleagues, the cabinet deputy Lü Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei shangshu Emperor Ming, quoted the story of Yang Pu, Jin Youzi, and Li Xian of the previous dynasty "seizing love" and asked the emperor to keep Zhang Juzheng.
According to the bureaucratic System of Ding Worry at that time, the funeral of the mother-in-law's parents began with the day of the mourning month, and the funeral was served in the twenty-seventh month of leap, and after the expiration of the period, it was said to come out to see the matter, which was said to be a recurrence. Although the previous dynasty also had a precedent of Ding's "seizure of affection". However, this is not in line with the canonical system of the Ming Dynasty.
The ministers Lü Qiuyang and Zhang Siwei hoped that the emperor would "seize the affection" of Zhang Juzheng. Shenzong himself also deeply felt that it was impossible to go without "Mr. Yuanfu Zhang" for a day, and he did not want him to return to his worries, and he did not want to suffer setbacks in the middle of the New Deal. Therefore, after receiving lü tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei's recitation, he immediately issued a decree: Only Zhang Ju was allowed to serve the funeral of "Seven Seven" (forty-nine days) in the home of Jingshi, and then "enter the cabinet as usual", which is the so-called "seizure of affection" to start and resume.
If the matter is the true intention of the Divine Sect, there is no reproach, but behind this matter is a careful planning between Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao.
According to the common sense of people and the old system of the ancestors, it is necessary to keep the system of Ding Worry, but Zhang Juzheng has great power in his hands, the New Deal is unfolding, and he does not want to leave office for twenty-seven months because of Ding Worry. However, due to the old system of the ancestors and the pressure of public opinion, it is necessary to properly plan a two-pronged plan. Just before Lü Qiuyang and Zhang Siwei asked the emperor to "seize the affection", he conspired with the eunuch Feng Secrecy, the superintendent of ceremonies, to try to promote the emperor's "seizure of affection".
"Da Feng Bao, the Lord of The Robbery, the Heavy Handle, Jiangling (Zhang Juzheng) Su Humble Affairs." Xinzheng (high arch) is both chasing, Baode Jiangling and even more, everything echoes like a drum. Gangneung heard his father's obituary, and the power to read things was in his hands, and he was indispensable. The plot of conspiracy and conspiracy has been decided, and then the obituary will be reported. Sub-auxiliary Puzhou (Zhang Siwei) into the unveiling, that is, slightly exposed its spots... Slipped in, missed two drums. Obscurity, special purpose out of it, stay it. Thousands of incense coins and oil waxes were given, and the order of the inner castration of the priesthood came in an stream, and the ears were heeled. When Jiangling was in a curved shape, Xiao Shi fuye was castrated, and he prostrated his head in xie, and Qiang Zhili was accepted, Yun: 'This head is sent to Feng Gonggongye!'"
It can be seen from this that although the "seizure of affection" was out of the emperor's will, it was planned by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao in advance. The Wanli Di Banknote of the Wanli Calendar May Autumn and July Article "Zhang Juzheng hears of the funeral of his father, and the edict takes care of the matter", which has the following saying: "Ju Zheng hears the funeral, the first resignation is sparse, that is, the cloud keeping system is a common sense subsection, and the cloud has extraordinary people, and then there are extraordinary things, He Compassion; After pleading again, he suddenly asked to stay in Beijing to guard the system, and returned to the camp as the second son. Cover its own calculations, so as to obituary on the side, and comfort is to go down the clouds. It can be seen that Zhang Juzheng himself did not want Ding Juzheng to worry about the system of returning to Li, and it was inconvenient to speak directly, so through Feng Bao asked the emperor to surrender his will again and again to retain it, while Zhang Juzheng involuntarily begged for the system of returning to Li again and again, with the purpose of covering people's eyes and ears.
In order to cope with public opinion, Zhang Juzheng had to make a little superficial remark. At the end of September, he formally begged the emperor to show his reaction to the emperor's "affection": "The subject was in distress, and when he heard of the order, he was panicked. Those who have received extraordinary favors should have extraordinary rewards. The husband is extraordinary, and the extraordinary can be restrained." Among them, there is a saying in the words, he emphasized the word "extraordinary", the phrase "extraordinary reason can be bound", used in the "beggar to keep the system", which is not only far-fetched but also contradictory, but only paves the way for the following: "As the emperor is to his subjects, if he is a sincere person, this so-called extraordinary grace is also." At this time, the subject, the grass and the mustard, the top of the heel, the powder as dust, as if it is not enough to answer in case, why bother to take care of the criticism of others, the small section of the pimp, and be confined to common sense!"
Zhang Juzheng's original intention was to hope that the emperor would "seize affection", and he could not "keep the system" with the emperor according to the custom, so this "beggar and keep the system" against his heart was written quite painstakingly and full of loopholes. The tone of the song is to beg for grace and keep the system, but it talks a lot about what "is not very reasonable and can be restrained", "how to take care of the criticism of others, the subsection of the lympano", the words in the words are to show that "keeping the system" is a common sense subsection, there is no need to be rigid, this is clearly to show his determination to the emperor, if the emperor insists on "seizing affection", he can ignore common sense and subsections. It is no wonder that the compilers of the "Records of Reality" wrote the following words when describing Zhang Juzheng's "begging for grace and keeping the system of neglect": "Look at this, and the basis of seizing affection is revealed." It can be said that the mystery is exhausted in one word, exposing the inside story of the "love grab" planned by him and Feng Bao.
After more than half a month of going back and forth with official documents, the situation of revenge was finally settled. Zhang Juzheng was still in the cabinet after the "Seven Sevens" in the form of "in the official system", and the power continued to be in his hands.