In 1577 AD, Zhang Wenming, who had not seen his son Zhang Juzheng for many years, died, according to the ancestral system, Zhang Juzheng returned to his hometown to keep filial piety for his father Zhang Wenming for 27 months, and then returned to work, but at that time Zhang Juzheng's reform had just begun, if he left at this time, the reform would be stillborn, hesitating for a long time, Zhang Ju was between career and filial piety, chose a career, and wrote to the Wanli Emperor to ask for "love"!
Ancient officials' parents died, under normal circumstances, they all had to go home to keep filial piety, but for some special reasons, the imperial court could order them not to have to go to work, to serve in plain clothes, and to continue to work, which is the so-called grabbing of affection, for the cause of reform, giving up filial piety, it is also considered to be selfless, it should be a beautiful talk, and as a result, this matter is no different from that of animals and beasts in the eyes of Zou Yuanbiao, who has just entered the official field!
Zou Yuanbiao, a native of Jishui, Jiangxi, has been known as a child prodigy since childhood, proficient in the Five Classics at the age of 9, followed the Ming Dynasty celebrity Hu Zhizhi throughout the north and south of the great river at the age of 20, and 26-year-old Zhongjinshi, observing government affairs in the Punishment Department, being upright, and known for his outspokenness and daring advice!
When Zhang Juzheng asked for "love", Zou Yuanbiao had just entered the official field, which could be described as full of edges and corners, scorned Zhang Juzheng's seizure of affection, and three times wrote wanli to analyze Zhang Juzheng from all aspects!
Zou Yuanbiao's first words to Wanli were: "Is Zhang Juzheng really a person who benefits the country and the people?" Although Zhang Juzheng has lofty ambitions, this person is self-conscious and does a lot of things that are unreasonable! Next, Zou Yuanbiao gave 3 examples!
The first is to limit the number of students enrolled in prefectures and counties, Zhang Juzheng stipulates that in a prefecture and county, the number of students enrolled is fifteen or sixteen, and the number of state and county officials is even more reduced in order to cater to him, and the final result is a large number of brain drains; the second is the number of sentenced prisoners, in order to cater to Zhang Juzheng, the number of prisoners is always rich, the punishment is too unrestrained, the minister takes feng lu and does not talk about it, the petty officials do not dare to speak, today's opinions, tomorrow will be condemned, resulting in a blocked speech; the third is the flooding of the Yellow River, the people have no home, The government is not in a good position to relieve the disaster...
Then, Zou Yuanbiao said: "Your Majesty, you often say that your studies have not been completed, your ambitions have not been determined, Zhang Juzheng left you and gave up his previous achievements, fortunately, Zhang Juzheng's father died, if Zhang Juzheng died unfortunately, your studies will not be completed?" Zhang Juzheng once wrote to say: There are extraordinary people, in order to do extraordinary things, in my opinion, parents live not filial piety, parents die without running funerals, such people are no different from pigs and dogs, how can they be called extraordinary people? ”。
After writing the recital, Zou Yuanbiao went to the upper court with the recital fold, and happened to encounter someone who was being tortured, and when the execution was completed, Zou Yuanbiao took out the recital fold, coaxed the lieutenant to say that it was a fake recital, and handed it to Wanli...
As a result, this letter finally fell into the hands of Zhang Juzheng, Who was furious and directly ordered the staff to rebuke Zou Yuanbiao for 80 staffs, and unfortunately, one of Zou Yuanbiao's legs was discounted, not only that, but he was also exiled for a full 6 years!
In 1582, Zhang Juzheng died suddenly of overwork, only 4 days after Zhang Juzheng's death, Pan Sheng and others who were recommended before his death stepped down, and when the Korean officials saw that the people recommended by Zhang Juzheng had lost power, they knew that Wanli wanted to get rid of Zhang Juzheng, so they began to attack Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng was raided, and even the body was pulled out of the coffin and was whipped...
At this moment, Zou Yuanbiao, who was dragging a lame leg, appeared and ran around to complain about Zhang Juzheng's grievances, but it was not until Emperor Mingxi ascended the throne that part of Zhang Juzheng's reputation was restored, and during the Chongzhen period, Zhang Juzheng's reputation was completely restored, but unfortunately, within a few years, the Ming Dynasty perished!