If you can go down in history, why fear life and death? In that era, when the Four Books and Five Classics were the norms and loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness were the norms, if we could leave only a few words about the history books, we would die without regrets. However, the pen under the shiguan is fair, and the fairness is recorded truthfully in the merits, and the historian does not hesitate to write and ink, and the merits are better than good, and they are written down one by one.
The pen under the historian is also unfair, unfair in the ink like gold, a few numbers, hastily written a life of hard work. Those characters who are like Zhang Juzheng are meritorious or incorruptible, whether they are clean or incorruptible, and posterity argues endlessly, even if they live in a few more worlds, I am afraid that people will not find the answer. But those characters who seem to be shen shixing, he is gradually not mentioned, they have truly become history, they have become the past, and their ultimate fate is to be forgotten.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > historical darling Zhang Juzheng</h1>
In 1572, two holy decrees officially pushed Zhang Juzheng to the stage of the center of power. These two holy decrees are one of the letters of absolution of the former first assistant and the other is the appointment letter of the successor first assistant Zhang Juzheng. From this moment on, history will be left with a strong mark by this person.
Zhang Juzheng led the map
In the decade from 1572 to 1582, Zhang Juzheng used his majestic strategy to help the current emperor Zhu Yijun implement the Wanli New Deal. He was determined to reform, measure the fields, appoint talents, and once push the dynasty to the peak of prosperity. Speaking of which, people may not know when they are the Son of Heaven, but it is impossible not to know Zhang Juzheng, who has always been a symbol of wisdom, incorruptibility, and integrity. So who is Shen Shixing, where is he at this time, and what kind of role is he playing?
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > heaven has mercy on Shen Shi</h1>
Wanli Emperor Zhu Juejun
In the decade from 1572 to 1582, the border was stable, the people lived in peace, and there was a thriving scene. And all this, as we know, both the emperor at that time and the descendants attributed it to Zhang Juzheng. Such a feat, even the emperor of the dynasty occasionally felt: "The court cannot go a day without Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Juzheng stills
It wasn't until Zhang Juzheng died of illness in 1582 that Shangtian seemed to remember it by chance and glanced at Shen Shixing. Until then, Shen Shixing had been hiding under Zhang Ju's main door, working hard and working hard, conscientiously, and of course, obscurity. Compared with Zhang Juzheng's various miracles, Shen Shixing was just an inconspicuous person. Originally, all the historical complexities did not have much to do with this person, but I don't know whether the heavens really favored his character or just simple wrong love.
In short, the yin and yang were wrong, and Shen Shixing became the helmsman. After Zhang Juzheng's death, the successor was Zhang Siwei, unfortunately, zhang Siwei's father died only one year later, and according to the regulations, he needed to return to his hometown for three years. Originally, even if Zhang Siwei left, in terms of seniority and talent, it should not be Shen Shixing, but God issued a green card again, and the two suitable successors died of illness one after another, and Shen Shixing mistakenly hit and bumped into the center of power.
Zhang Juzheng and Shen Shixing
The drama is more enjoyable than that of the successor himself. This point is very critical, modern people often say that heroes create the times or the times create heroes, the two are very different, Zhang Juzheng and Shen Shixing can be described as typical representatives of the two, the most obvious difference is that the length of history gives these two is not the same.
Shen Shixing
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > and things to identify</h1>
After Shen Shixing took office, unlike Zhang Juzheng's iron-faced selflessness, fierceness, and response, history gave this first assistant who worked hard for the Ming Dynasty and bowed down for decades only had the three-word evaluation of "peacemaker". Wang Shizhen's "Cabinet First Auxiliary Transfer" commented on Shen Shixing as "implying that there is no difference in the cliff".
The meaning of the praise in this sentence is the true feelings, but the contempt in this sentence is more worth playing. Implication means gentleness and humility, and not standing on a cliff is saying that there is no enemy. Shen Shixing's image of Lao Cheng has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and compared with Zhang Juzheng's style of happiness and enmity, Shen Shixing once failed to convince the public. Shen Shixing was born in Yuanyuan, and no one denied his understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics, and no one doubted his ability to recite poems, he was naturally talented. But in that deep palace, the most important thing is also a book talent.
Wanli Emperor
However, if you think about it, how many people can go to the imperial court as an official by just two kinds of people who are familiar with the scriptures and have a smooth writing? Talent is of course the cornerstone, but companions are like companions, and the precise meaning of this cannot be understood in the slightest wisp of Shen Shixing. Shen Shixing never denied Zhang Juzheng's brilliant deeds, and also believed that Zhang Juzheng was a rare talent.
But even so, according to Shin Shixing, he did not think that his set was undesirable. Although Zhang Juzheng is just on the iron face, it is precisely because of this that he does not know how to unite sincerely. In the later period of Zhang Juzheng,000, the court was discordant, with many factions and infighting. This is not only not a long-term development plan, but also a careless or incurs the disaster of killing.
Although Shoufu is the head of a hundred officials, the court is not the court of shoufu alone, and the national fortune cannot rely on the strength of shoufu alone to make Henda. The long-term peace and stability of the country also needs the sincere unity of the civil and military officials from top to bottom, so that the people can live in peace and happiness. For this wish, Shin Shixing was willing to act as a peacemaker. It is good to be criticized for being old, or not to be different.
Shen Shixing knows that the policy needs to be implemented by people, but people have selfish desires, and every face of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and morality has an unknown desire underneath, and he does not want to risk tearing it up, but only wants to compromise and adjust, everyone is at peace, and implement the state policy. The standards vary from person to person, and for Shen Shixing, he only pursues peace and quiet, of course, he cannot be satisfied with those who have expectations. This is the evaluation of "a blank piece of paper for political achievements" and "the greatest achievements and deeds".
Zhang Juzheng travel map
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
We know that whether it is the past or the present, the times always tend to be Like Zhang Juzheng characters, shrewd and trained, and mastered. People like Shen Shixing are always full of complicated feelings of mourning his misfortune and angering him.
Of course, time will always prove what people believe and expect. Zhang Juzheng's period was booming, and Shen Shixing's period was sluggish. The place where history is unjust is also here, history only cares about moving forward, and history itself will not turn back. Judgments of right and wrong are always made, but people are not just and rational. Posterity sees that Shen Shi had few political achievements during his official period, and the corpse vegetarian meal was a pertinent evaluation.
Shen Shixing disagreed with this view. In his view, Zhang Juzheng's court was fragmented in the later period, and the monarch was jealous of the same face and different hearts, and the shortcomings were immediately apparent after his death. At this time, if you still adhere to Zhang Juzheng's style, then it is unknown whether it is a bloody coup to say that the rule of Wanli is unknown. Therefore, the seemingly gentle use he pursued actually made up for Zhang Juzheng's deficiencies and greatly eased the atmosphere of the imperial court. These crises, which seem to be as plain as water but are actually hidden, are skillfully resolved by the principle of compromise and mediation of Shen Shixing.
Zhang Juzheng made too many enemies before his death, the implementation of the new policy violated the interests of too many people, and after his death, there was endless infighting, if he insisted on using the strong against the strong, who could ultimately benefit? At that time, there were more than 1,100 counties in the country, and there were more than 20,000 civilian officials alone, such a huge group, just looking at it made people dizzy, Shen Shixing tried his best to mediate, and the Bao Wanli period spent decades in peace, for Shen Shixing, he was still satisfied with this result.
Resources
"Fifteen Years of the Wanli Calendar", "First Auxiliary Biography of the Cabinet"