Chapter 13 Chapter Eleven From Seizing Love to Burial

In the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, Juzheng once saw his father.Nineteen years have passed, Juzheng has changed from an ordinary editor of the Imperial Academy to become the chief minister of the country, and Wen Wenming has also changed from an ordinary student of the government to the father of the chief minister.Those who hold power in Beijing hold power in Jiangling.Who can say that civilization is not it?The Prince of Liao's mansion has been obtained, and it has been rebuilt. The Chunzhong Hall and the Pengri Tower have been built. The sandbank has come, and the silver sent by Liu Zongbing has also come down from the Qutang Three Gorges.Very fast, didn't Li Taibai say it?The sound of apes on both sides of the strait can't stop, the light boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains, the seventy-year-old government student remembered.For the rest, there are many, many, countless events.A person in his seventies should take a break, but to whom should he entrust the affairs of this family?Yes, there are Juyi and Jujing, but Wenming is not at ease after all.Ju Zheng also talked about welcoming him to Beijing, but the old man couldn't let go of the mountains and rivers of Jiangling, his concubines, and all the family affairs.

In the third year of Wanli, Shenzong suddenly asked people around: Are Mr. Zhang's parents still there?My husband's parents are already in their 70s, and everyone said they are doing well. Shenzong was very happy, ordered to prepare rewards, and wrote a letter to Juzheng in his own hand: Mr. Wen's parents are both present, each age is rare, healthy and prosperous, my heart is happy.A special gift of big red python clothes, twenty taels of silver; seven jade flower pendants, and six bolts of colorful yarn, which are gifted by the Holy Mother: Xianyi should inherit them, and let the children of the family go to buy them.

Roughly during the summer of the fifth year of Wanli, Wenming fell ill, and sometimes it was difficult to walk. Juzheng was about to ask for leave to visit relatives, but the problem of Shenzong's big wedding came up. Later, the wedding was decided to be in March of the sixth year of Wanli. I can't go, so I decided to go back after my wedding.In his letter to Wang Zhigao, he mentioned: "My old father has suffered a serious illness. Although he has recovered temporarily, it is still difficult to hear and move. The mulberry and elm are at dusk, and the wind and candle are in danger."After Zhuan proposed to marry, he dared to beg for his life. (The word begging for body is not credible. Anthology 10 "First Examination of Guanlan Gong Xinglue" is drafted. Once the ceremony is completed, please report to the province. The language is more detailed.) Now the engagement date is in March next year, so the act of expressing affection, It's the beginning of summer.Looking at this period from a distance, the day is the year, what can I do? (Letter 9 "Answer to Sikou Wang Xishi")

Wen Wenming was seventy-four years old this year, suffering from lingering illnesses. "Answer to Wang Xishi Shu" disagrees.) Finally passed away on September 13th.At that time, it was difficult to travel from Jiangling to Beijing. On September 25, Juzheng received his obituary.Cabinet colleagues Lv Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei played Ming Shenzong, and Shenzong awarded the imperial pen to Juzheng and said: Now that I read Erfu's play, I learned that Mr.'s father had passed away for more than ten days, and I mourned for a long time.Sir, you don't know what to do with your grief!However, Mr. Tianxiang is more than an ordinary person. He has personally inherited the entrustment of the late emperor, assisted me in Chongyou, the society is peaceful, the world is peaceful, and his great loyalty has been rare since ancient times.Sir, the spirit of father must be happy. Now it is appropriate to remember me, restrain my grief, and become a great filial piety.I am very fortunate, and the world is very fortunate. (See Memorial VI "Wearing Worry, Thanking You, Sending Orders, Proclamation and Consolation")

Shenzong bestowed five hundred taels of silver, ten bills of silk, ten thousand guan of new banknotes, twenty shi of rice, two hundred catties of sesame oil, twenty catties of various kinds of broken incense, one hundred pairs of candles, and fifty bolts of linen.The empress dowagers of the two palaces also gave condolences.On the 28th, the Ministry of Rites issued an imperial decree to civilize the rituals and burials as usual. Five altars were still added for sacrifices. But here comes the big problem.Officials inside and outside the Ming Dynasty had the Dingyou system. When encountering the funeral of grandparents and biological parents who bear the burden, from the day of the funeral, regardless of intercalation, the system will be kept for 27 months, and it will resume when the period expires.In the seven-year orthodox order of Yingzong, all officials who have been buried in mourning shall be issued as natives of the people; in the twelfth year, officials, big or small, both inside and outside, are not allowed to protect and recover.Ding You refers to the fact that during the 27 months of a relative's death, he must be dismissed; after the expiration of the period, he will continue to be an official, which is called Qifu.During the twenty-seven months, specially designated by the emperor, no dismissal is allowed, which is called Duoqing.It's rare to see people seizing love, but in the army, especially in battle, Ding You can't be talked about. This kind of thing was called Mofu Congrong by the ancients, and it was also called Jinge's thing.In a patriarchal society, politics is education, and officials are teachers; teachers who preside over education, in a society that teaches loyalty and filial piety, it cannot be regarded as a reasonable behavior to first fulfill the obligations to the deceased father and mother.

Juzheng consulted with the Ministry of Officials as usual, and asked to return to his original place of origin to keep the system.The official department immediately received the imperial decree: Yuan Fu was entrusted by the emperor to assist me in helping my youth and stabilizing the society. I am deeply dependent on it. How can I leave me in a day?The patriarchy should be respected, especially the emperor's father. If you are allowed to pass seven or seven, if you don't follow the court, your ministry will go to you and you don't need to say anything. (See Memorial Six "Shu of Begging for Grace and Shouzhi")

Juzheng's obituary was issued on September 25th, and this edict that prohibits compliance was also issued in September. Everything is a matter of four or five days, and there is no room for maneuver.Originally, the matter of Juzheng seizing love was too serious. After Juzheng's death, after Shenzong's ten years to forty-eight years, ordinary people could not pursue the correct conclusion because of Shenzong's aversion to Juzheng. After Shenzong's death, the discussion can When I was free, the process of seizing love has become a long-term past, the time is unclear, the facts are unclear, false grounds, and distorted reality are everywhere.So Duoqing's right and wrong became a mystery.

It is said that Li Youzi, the servant of the household department, was the first to advocate seizing love. Feng Bao advocated seizing love, and Juzheng also wanted to seize love, thus creating a situation of seizing love.In fact, Youzi was the first to raise this call, and he only put forward the requirements of the times, but it was Juzheng himself who created the requirements of the times. Since June of the sixth year of Longqing, when he lived in the country, in the past five and three months, the whole country has stabilized.Politics is on the right track, the economy is in control, Taicang Suzhi ten years, the accumulation fund of Taipu Temple is more than 4 million; Alda in the north has succumbed, although the local barbarians have not succumbed, but they continue to be defeated, and the threat in the northeast has been lifted ; Inside the cabinet, it was so quiet that there were no waves, a phenomenon that had not been seen since Jiajing and Longqing; whose great contribution was all this?Juzheng went, this situation, which one should be handed over?Xu Jie is seventy-five years old, Gao Gong and Feng Bao have formed a life-and-death feud, and they can't talk about returning to the court. Is there another capable minister in the opposition?Lu Tiaoyang is a loyal and honest person, he has no big ambitions; Zhang Siwei may have some talent, but his qualifications are too poor, and he is not popular, who will be in charge?Although Juzheng had three masters, neither the Empress Dowager Cisheng nor Feng Bao could say that they controlled the political power by themselves. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no empress dowagers and eunuchs in power (Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, and later Wei Zhongxian did not directly control the power. As for Shenzong, he was only fifteen years old at the time, and the Empress Dowager Cisheng still treated him like a child, let alone taking responsibility for himself.All the circumstances have resulted in a situation where Juzheng must stay.This situation was caused by Juzheng himself, and Juzheng himself saw it.

Secondly, it is not without stories that the university scholar Ding You recovered.In June of the sixth year of Chengzu Yongle's reign, Yang Rong and Ding You returned to work in October.In the first month of the first year of Xuanzong Xuande, Jin Youzi and Dingyou recovered immediately.In August of the fourth year, Yang Pu and Ding You recovered immediately.In the fourth year of Jingdi Jingtai, Wang Wending worried in May, and recovered in September.In March of the second year of Chenghua, Emperor Xianzong, Li Xian and Dingyou were worried, and they resumed in May.It's all about stories.Among the five, only Li Xian was the chief assistant, and the era Li Xian lived in was a peaceful era. In the second year of Chenghua, Emperor Xianzong was already twenty-one years old. slidely different.All of this was seen by the Empress Dowager Cisheng, Shenzong, Feng Bao, and even Ju Zheng.

The edict of not being allowed to abide by the system came down, and Juzheng made a request again, claiming to be a minister to report to his father in the 27th month, and to serve the emperor for life, but his tone was not very firm. He even said: The minister heard that those who received extraordinary favors should have extraordinary rewards.If the husband is extraordinary, he is bound to be restrained by reason.The minister is a grass thatch, who has been the official secretary for more than ten years. He has been entrusted by the late emperor. The Holy Mother of the Two Palaces is compassionate for the ministers, moved by the sacred heart, mourns for the ministers, and the envoys of condolences, passing through the roads, filling the baskets with money, and the emperor personally sent a seal letter to comfort them in the middle Diligence, encouragement and earnestness, there are still those who exceed the holy words.The minister read it, tearing every word, even those who watched and listened closely, all of them were sad and sore noses.Husbands and ministers have been loyal to the master since ancient times. In Shang Dynasty, Tang was to Yiyin, Gaozong was to Fu Shuo, Zhou was king to Gongdan, and Han was to Zhuge Liang. The text, recorded in the annals of history, can be tested so far, but there is no such thing as humility, humility, confidantes and respect, like the emperor to his ministers, if he is sincere and sincere, this is the so-called extraordinary kindness.At this moment, the minister lifts up his small body, rubs the top and puts his heels, the powder is like a dust, it is still not enough to answer in case, and why does he have time to care about others' criticisms, favoritism, and stick to common sense? ?Moreover, human beings have their own priorities, so if luck is not worth it, each one can do what it is supposed to do; if it is unfortunate but worth it, it is difficult to do both, then it is appropriate to do what is most important. Of.Now when the ministers are in the position of monarch and minister, father and son, and the two relationships are worthy of each other, and they cannot be exhausted at the same time, it is appropriate to weigh and judge them.Besides, according to the sacred edict, it is said that the patriarchy should be observed, especially the father of the monarch, so how dare the minister not think about the importance of the body, but consider its importance? (Memorial Six "Shu of Begging for Grace and Shouzhi")

Undoubtedly, Juzheng is considering the issue of whether to keep the system.On the second day of October, the imperial decree: I am deeply moved by your filial piety, but I think that I was ten years old in the past, and the emperor failed in the examination. Ding Ning thought that I belonged to Qing, and Qing devoted himself to tutoring. Can't leave Qing in an instant, can An Neng stay away for three years?Besides, Qing's body is in the safety of the country, so how can the matter of the Golden Revolution be compared?He strongly suppressed his grief, obediently obeyed the previous order, and fulfilled the weight of my emperor's examination entrustment, so don't insist on resignation. (see above) After receiving the decree, Juzheng published "Zai Qi Shou Zhi Shu", and received the imperial decree on the fifth day of October: Reading and playing, the words are sad and sincere, and I feel uneasy.But what you said is common sense. Now that I am in the middle of the year, the country's affairs are serious, how can it be the same from time to time?I can't face you for days, I feel like I'm lost.The period of July and July is still far away, and it is said that three years!I do not disagree with what you say in ordinary times, but I hope you will follow me in this matter today, so there is no need to repeat it. (See Memorial VI "Zai Qi Shou Zhi Shu") Shenzong even talked about it with Lu Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei, even if there are hundreds of copies in Juzheng, it will not be accurate.The request for restraint has become deadlocked, so Juzheng had no choice but to raise it from the sidelines. He said: Looking up at the emperor's heart, but in the past few years, the most important thing in the world belongs to the ministers. Seeing that the ministers are dedicated, it is quite meaningful, and it will be said that there are people who are not ministers who do not handle the affairs of the country.This is almost the case!Madam's talents and knowledge are not far apart, so how can I use them.The dishonorable minister, how could he really have the extraordinary talent and the power to run away from the world, but the emperor was lucky enough to use it, so the minister can make the most of his stupid ears!Among the ministers in the court today, from assistant ministers to hundreds of deacons, which one was not recommended by the minister?Judging from its performance, it is a very short-term choice.If the emperor uses his ministers in the way of ministers, and the ministers serve the emperor with the loyalty of the ministers' hearts, and the ministers usually call the principles of sages and sages, the laws of the ancestors, these two words, guard them carefully, hold them and not lose them, then they will be firm. You can appoint the temple and make the world salty.Although the minister has gone, he still hasn't left. Why should he be dedicated to one person, so that the sages in the world can't use their abilities?And the minister still has an old mother, who is also seventy-two years old, and Suying is sick. Yesterday, a family member came to express his mother's wishes and asked him to return early.People in the field, who don't know the court's laws, will say that since the father is gone, the minister will go to the funeral, bend his fingers to the end of the court, and lean on his Lu to look forward to it. The heart is beneficial to those who cannot be at ease.The emperor raised the two palaces with filial piety, why not promote this heart and the mother of the minister? (Same Volume 3 "Shu of Begging and Keeping the System") Shenzong's imperial decree came down again, and he said: I want to keep Qing for the sake of the world, isn't it true that Zhenqing is so sympathetic and reluctant to refuse?But today, you really can't leave me.A member of the ceremonial supervisor sent an accompanying official to edit and edit with Qingzi, and went to the post to bury Qing's father. At the end of the day, he welcomed Qing's mother and came to Beijing to take care of her and use her filial piety.You should look up to me, and I will stay with you to my heart's content, so don't resign. (see above) This imperial decree was handed down by the cabinet, and Shenzong then ordered He Jin, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies, to bring the decree in his own handwriting: Yu Yuanfu: I take Youchong and Mr. Lai as my teachers, and I accept them day and night, so I can't catch them.Today, I have repeated the system of begging and adhering to common sense, and the great righteousness entrusted to me by the late emperor. Wouldn't it be too late?What's more, my studies have not yet been completed, my ambitions have not yet been determined, and I have not yet understood the reason for tens of thousands of people in one or two days;Sir, why don't you!There is a decree, and the supervisor of ceremonies is specially sent to build the funeral with the husband and son. After the work is over, he will welcome his mother and his mother to Beijing to take care of him, so as to comfort him for his filial piety. I, in fact, are for the country and for the common people.Mr. Wanwang looks up to the Virgin Mary and I earnestly stay with you, and I don’t have to worry about anything else. (See the same volume "Xie Jiangyu Consolation Liushu") At this time, Zeng Shichu, the censor, sent Chen Sanmo to Shu, please stay in Zhengzheng.Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, sent an edict to stay in Juzheng, and quickly discussed with He Weibo, the left servant. Ding You's discipline, Weibo said, is a matter of course and right, and it cannot be accommodated.Zhang Han's purpose has been decided, so he simply ignores him.The officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Shangshu said that Zhang Han was just pretending to be confused when he was asked to repeat.He said: Grand scholars going to funerals should be given grace; this is a matter for the Ministry of Rites, what has it to do with the Ministry of Officials! The emperor's imperial edict came down many times, and the officials were asking to stay in Juzheng one after another. Zhang Han just beat his chest and sighed.In the matter, Wang Daocheng and Yushi Xie Siqi impeached Zhang Han and He Weibo. As a result, Zhang Han was ordered to resign and Weibo was fined for three months. Everything happened in early October. The situation of Duoqing has been established, Juzheng has no room for maneuver, he can only admit it.He said: All court scholars and bureaucrats, those who saw and heard, all sighed and praised, and all blamed ministers with great righteousness, saying that special kindness should not be done indiscriminately, and the king's order should not be resisted repeatedly.The minister has been thinking about himself on his pillow for days, feeling and fearing, and if he wants to beg again, he is afraid of being guilty again.And the big wedding is coming soon, the entrustment of the late emperor, and the grand ceremony of the country, nothing else is more important, but once the entrustment is gone, don't think about using one hand and one foot, even if you live in the field, you will feel at peace?Use it to bear the sorrow, dare not apply for the previous application again, but strictly abide by the previous order, wait for the seventh full day, not follow the court, go to the cabinet to do business, and follow the attendant to give lectures. (The same volume "Begging for Temporary Obedience to the Edict, Resignation from the Salary System, Advance Allowance to Return to Burial") He put forward five conditions, (1) All salaries that should be paid will be resigned; (2) All sacrifices and auspicious ceremonies will not be dared to be with; (Red robe and jade belt are auspicious clothes, so it is said that the corner belt of green clothes.) (4) Zhang Zou has a title, and the word "shouzhi" is added;After the conditions were put forward, the imperial decree: You will come out for me, and my heart will be comforted, and all the performances are accurate.In the section of burial, we are still waiting for the decree. (see preceding sparse) Although the fact that Juzheng seduces love is caused by the situation, is it not Juzheng who caused the situation?When Zhang Han was ordered to retire, Juzheng had not yet admitted to working in the cabinet, but he had already recommended Wang Guoguang to succeed him as Minister of the Ministry of Officials.He told Guoguang: Quanheng is an important task, and the public is not enough.At that time, I was alone begging to return, but I didn't dare to go to the country because I forgot to seek the country, so I dared to enter the country.However, the loyalty and brightness of the public are actually simple in the emperor's heart, so Shushang is He Yuyun, and it is not just a lonely word that thinks it is useless. (Document 9 "Response to Dazai Wang Shu'an") In the coma of Tomakuai, how could Juzheng forget the political power one day?Ju Zheng praised Yi Yin, (Collected Eleven "Miscellaneous Works") Maybe he liked Yi Yin's self-assignment of the world, but taking the world as his own is an explanation of his enthusiasm for political power. Judging from the fact that Juzheng has not seen the civilized side for nineteen years, the relationship between father and son has indeed become estranged.Living in the middle of Zhenghe civilization, no matter in aspirations or career, there is no common ground.The nineteen years of the sun and the moon, and the distance of three thousand miles, created the greatest estrangement between father and son.Of course Juzheng knew that Ding You was only on leave for twenty-seven months, after which time he could come back at any time.But recovery is just a theory.Xu Jie retired, Chen Yiqin and Li Chunfang retired, Gao Gong and Yin Shidan also retired. Except for Gao Gong who came back once in a while, none of them saw the gates of Beijing again.The regime is just like time, and it is not easy to turn around.Since Juzheng was promoted as a Jinshi at the age of 23, it took 31 years of political struggle to obtain his current political status. How could he not miss it? In the story of the Ming Dynasty, three days after the first assistant left the throne, the second assistant moved his seat from the right side of the cabinet to the left side. The descendants of the Imperial Academy and the cabinet staff all wore red robes to the cabinet to congratulate.This time they came to the cabinet in red robes, and everyone congratulated the second assistant Lu Tiaoyang.Tiaoyang is an honest man, although he did not move his seat to the left, he accepted congratulations from the public.Everything increases righteous anger.He knew that he hadn't gone to the position yet, and the human relationship had changed. If he really went to the position in the future, it would be fine!Xia Yan and Yan Song both paid a bloody price for the regime of that day; Xu Jie and Gao Gong also went through the greatest danger later.Will I need to repay this blood debt by myself now! Nostalgia and fear, these two strong emotions occupy Juzheng's chest.But the biggest reason was that he was reluctant to part with the country at that time.During the five and three months that I have been in charge of the country, the entire Ming Dynasty has been liberated from a state of poverty and has become a prosperous and powerful country; after I go to the throne, will I return to the state of poverty again?All this, just for a father whom he has not seen for nineteen years, the price is too high.Juzheng felt that Li Youzi's words were still ringing in his ears: The emperor is coming of age, the world cannot be without a husband for a day, how can the husband bear to go back to guard the system! Only in this way did he decide to resign from the pension system.In the eighth year of Wanli, he said in his memorial: The minister also found out the ceremonies of the previous generation and the laws and regulations of the current dynasty. All those who seized their love and regained their lives were all living in the official food and salary, which is no different from seeing a job.Therefore, in the previous years, Yang Bo, Li Xian, etc., who were university scholars, were all promoted from the service and passed the exam.Today, the minister is resigning from the salary to keep the system. The emperor did not seize the affection of the minister, and the minister did not reinstate the system. Compared with other ministers, the matter is different. (Zou Nine "Ci Kao Man Jia En Shu") Juzheng resigned from the salary and kept the system, but Shenzong did not let him be obedient to the public, so in October of the fifth year of Wanli, a decree was issued: Yuan Fu Mr. Zhang resigned from his salary.He was always clean and honest, fearing that the expenses would not be enough, Zhuo Guanglu Temple sent a table of wine and rice every day, and each yamen gave ten stones of rice, three hundred catties of sesame oil, thirty catties of tea leaves, one hundred catties of salt, and one yellow and white candle every month. One hundred sticks, twenty hauls of firewood, and thirty packs of charcoal, to be taken for a full day. (See Memorial VI "Xie Neifu Supplies") Ju Zheng once talked with Chen Daoji, governor of Shuntian, about his state of mind that day: Condolences come again, and insult the farewell Yu Yunyun, dare to disrespect and accept the elegant meaning.But staying here alone for a while, keeping the system in order to prepare for the ears of advisers, is different from those who seize love and recover; therefore, they do not eat the rewards of the public, and they do not understand the inheritance of the four parties. Always caring about the trust of life, but not daring to have a heart of self-interest; the so-called whether it is far or near, or going or not going, it is just a cleansing of the body.This lonely little ambition is also. (Letter 9 "Response to Governor Chen Wodu's Speech and Salary System of Jizhen") Resigning from salary and guarding the system is a term that Juzheng discovered, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they only see that he does not go to funerals, does not abide by the system, and is greedy for power.Juzheng once talked about the principles of sages and sages and the laws of the ancestors, which aroused their disgust even more. "The Analects of Confucius" is a well-known book, which one has never read it?When Zai Wo proposed to shorten the three-year mourning period, Confucius became angry. It is still recorded in "The Analects": Slaughter me out, and the master said: It is not benevolent to give it!The son is born for three years, and then he is free from the arms of his parents.The funeral of the husband for three years is the common funeral of the whole world.Yu Ye, have you loved your parents for three years? According to Confucius' logic, children depend entirely on their parents' love for the first three years after their birth, so after their parents die, they should guard them for three years to repay their parents' love.Now Juzheng is still working in the cabinet as usual, and he still talks about keeping the system, giving wine and food as usual, and talking about resignation?Everything is just teasing of names, so why talk about sages and sages?The most hateful thing is that Yu Shi and Ge Shizhong, who are responsible for speech, have not only never impeached, but instead Chen asked comfort to stay, willing to become the eagle dog of the rich and powerful!The average person is hating it. On the fifth day of October in the fifth year of Wanli, a comet was found in the sky, shooting directly from the southwest to the northeast.That's a really big variation.Yes, Xunzi once said: The eclipse of the sun and the moon, the occasional wind and rain, and the party seeing of strange stars are not common in the world.If the government is bright and the government is flat, it will not hurt even if it is in harmony with the world; if it is dark and the government is in danger, it will be useless even if there is no one. ("Tian Lun") However, ordinary people may not have read Xunzi's words. What they see is only this very great change.After the comet appeared, Shenzong issued an edict to repair the province.Cultivating provinces is a kind of introspective work. The emperor wants all officials to practice provinces, and all officials can of course ask the emperor to do provinces.Wu Zhongxing, the editor of the Imperial Academy, was the first to submit the book. He said: The father and son live in different places, and the voice and appearance are not connected for ten or nine years. Once they are abandoned thousands of miles away, His Majesty will not let the prostrate star run away, and mourn in the coffin. On the other hand, the responsibility is to criticize Mo Yuanyou and adjust Yuan Xizai, how can it be love?Ju Zheng always said to himself the principles of sages and sages, and the laws of his ancestors.Zaiwo wanted to mourn for a short time, and the son said: "Yeah, have you loved your parents for three years?"The prince asked for a few months of mourning, Mencius said, even if you add one day, it will be better.What about the teachings of sages?In the law, although there are gangsters and petty officials, there is a ban on hiding funerals, but the warriors are engaged in ink declines, not because they are here to assist the prime minister.That is to say, there are stories about Yun Qi again, and there is no one who can get up quickly without leaving the country for a day.What about the ancestral system?Things are the norms of the ages, and the four directions are heard and heard, but there is no overreach today, and there will be no discussion in future generations, and there is no way to change beyond this. In the fifth year of Longqing of the Bank of China, he was a Jinshi. He was a student of Juzheng. This memorial, Ju Zheng asked in amazement, has it already been played?Before playing it, I dare not mention it to the teacher, Bank of China said. On the second day of the Bank of China's Shangshu, another student of Juzheng, a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, and the current Imperial Academy reviewer Zhao Yongxian went to the Shu: The minister blamed Juzheng for being loyal to the emperor and minister for several years, and he couldn't use the love of father and son for less than one day.Mo Ruoru told the story of Yang Pu and Li Xian in the previous dynasty. Hearing that he temporarily returned to the system and went to the palace immediately, and the concubine's father and son had a good voice and appearance, and they were blocked for ten or nine years.The country has set up Taiwan to remonstrate with judicial discipline, and is responsible for rectifying the ropes. Today, Xiao Xiao is invited to stay as an auxiliary minister. On the second day of Yongxian's appointment, Ai Mu, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Shen Sixiao, the principal, went to the academy jointly.The Bank of China and Yongxian Shangshu asked Juzheng to go to the funeral and return to the court after the event; Ai Mu and Sixiao asked Juzheng to return to his hometown to observe the system.they said: Your Majesty's residence is Zhengye, and it is said that it is the reason for the country.The husband's society is more important than Gangchang, and those who assist the ministers in Yuan Dynasty are the epitome of Gangchang.Regardless of the rules and regulations, how can the country be safe?And those who do things occasionally are examples, and those who are not easy for all generations are the system of the first kings.How can it be possible to abandon the system of the former kings and follow the example of modern times?Juzheng now stays as an example, and shyness is an example. At a different time, the country has big celebrations and great sacrifices. Those who serve as Yuanfu want to avoid it, and they will harm the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. , How to live in the right place.Xu Shu resigned from Zhaolie because of his mother, saying that the ministers are in chaos.Juzheng alone is not the son of man, but the size is not chaotic?If you are an extremely human minister, if you don't practice ordinary festivals, how can you treat the future generations of the world?The ministers heard that the ancient sage emperor Ming Wang advised people to be filial, but if they did not hear it, they would seize it; if they were ministers, they would transfer filial piety to serve the king, and if they did not hear it, they would seize it.It is feared that propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame will not be enough for the world, so Gu Nai seizes it, causing all the sons of the world to forget the love they have had for their father for three years, and they will always fall.At the same time, if you want to order it by law, how can you get it?Your Majesty's sincere family lives in the righteousness, and you should love it with virtue, so that the funeral will be made with a grand festival, then the rules will always be planted and the court will be upright, the court will be upright, and hundreds of officials and people will all be in the upright, and catastrophes will never be undone. Beijing censor, please stay in Zhengzheng's memorial, Nanjing censor, please stay in the memorial, Nanjing Shangshu Pan Sheng also asked to stay, but the student of Juzheng and the Ministry of punishment are two The subordinate officials asked for orders to go to the funeral, and even asked for orders to keep the system.What is this for?Is it a reactionary force, or is there some other conspiracy?Ju Zheng is hating and indignant.The wind outside became more and more tense.From the time of Yan Song, whoever attacked the assistant ministers was often punished by the court rod. Didn't the Gao Gong era also prepare the court rod to speak for officials?Everything is in people's memory.Juzheng was within seven or seven years, and he didn't join the cabinet to do business. He had room for maneuver in terms of provenance. If Shenzong wanted to stay in Juzheng, he had to be satisfied with Juzheng.Stick, stick, stick, only the court stick is the way to satisfy the righteousness.But what kind of punishment is the court stick?Everyone still remembers the story of dying in the court before the sentence was over.The blood was rippling again. Ma Ziqiang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, paid homage to Juzheng, who prostrated himself inside the filial curtain.Ziqiang tried his best to explain to Bank of China and others. He said that this group of young people, although young and energetic, were ignorant and ignorant, but they were only for the country, and did not intend to attack the chief minister; Only by rescuing them can a catastrophe be avoided.Self-improvement is really a bit sad. In the midst of mourning, I can't take care of outside affairs, please forgive Ma Shangshu, and Juzheng replies on his knees. The officials of the Hanlin Academy went to the rescue together.The ministers Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Yu Shenxing, Zhang Yigui, Tian Yijun, Li Changchun, the writers who studied Confucianism, and Shen Maoxue were all named, but this time, it was just a matter of disappearing, without any influence at all.Seeing that Wu Zhongxing and the other four were about to be sentenced.They were terribly anxious.Shen Maoxue, the number one scholar in the new department, thought of Juzheng's son Sixiu. He wrote to Sixiu, asking him to intercede with Juzheng. He sent three letters in a row, but Sixiu dared not speak to Juzheng.Maoxue was in a panic, he knew that Li Youzi was close to Ju Zheng, didn't Youzi advocate giving lectures?Talking to him about some general principles will definitely be effective, so Maoxue wrote again.Youzi's answer is just these few sentences: If what you say is a corrupt language from the people of Song Dynasty, that's why the Zhao family doesn't compete.Zhang Gong does not go to the funeral, but bows to him, conquers him, and wins the middle way of sages and sages, so he knows it well!Juzheng originally asked for restraint, but now he simply does not want to go to the funeral on purpose, from passive to active, and even thinks that sages are moderate.Youzi's remarks aroused the dissatisfaction of ordinary people. The execution of the imperial staff became more urgent.Wang Xijue, the academician in charge of the Imperial Academy, invited more than a dozen colleagues from the Imperial Academy to visit Juzheng.Juzheng made an excuse to disappear, and it seemed that there was another deadlock.Xijue was in a hurry, and ran to the front of Xiaowei, and he explained to Juzheng again.He defended Wu Zhongxing and others, and he asked Juzheng to apply for rescue. The holy wrath is too serious to say, Ju Zheng said. Even if the holy wrath is serious, Xi Jue said eloquently, it is completely for the sake of his husband. Juzheng bowed his head and said, the crowd wanted me to go, but the emperor forbade me to go, what can I do?As long as there is a knife, let me kill myself! (See Wang Shizhen's "Shou Fu Zhuan" Volume 7. Also "Ming History Chronicle" Volume 61 says that he kneels down on the ground, raises his hand and cuts the blade, making a neck-like gesture, saying: "You kill me, you kill me." "Ming History Manuscript. Zhang Juzheng Biography says: Juzheng used a knife to make a gesture of self-cutting to threaten him. "History of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Xijue Biography" said that Juzheng and Xijue were indifferent. According to Shizhen and Xijue's close relationship, the words are more credible , and the rest are rumors.) Xi Jue backed out in shock.In this way, the fate of Wu Zhongxing and others was decided.Executed on October 22.The Bank of China and the sages each have sixty sticks. When the sticks are finished, they are dragged out of Chang'an Gate, and then they are carried out of Beijing with the door panels.Bank of China was dying, but thanks to Qin Zhu, a member of Zhongshushe, who led the doctors to revive him, dozens of pieces of carrion were cut off from his thigh.Yongxian was a fat man, so he finally could bear it, but the carrion cut from his thigh was as big as the palm of his hand. Later, his wife simply dried this piece of meat and left it to his children and grandchildren as a family lesson.When the two of them were expelled from Beijing, Xu Wenmu, the right concubine of the Japanese official, gave the Bank of China a jade cup with a few lines engraved on it: He Bian, the speckled man, burst into tears, and He Lin, the Englishman, was angry, chasing after him to carve and carve into a permanent tool. What Yongxian got was a rhinoceros horn cup with a few lines on it: The corner of Wenyang, its rationality is sombre, and it is not hesitating to carve out its heart, rather than resign and break its head?The yellow flow is in the middle, which is the life of a gentleman. The treatment Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao received was even worse.After the imperial staff was eighty, his hands and feet were shackled, and he was imprisoned for three days, and then he was punished as exile. Ai Mu was sent to Liangzhou, and Sixiao was sent to the Shendian Guard.People from Aimu and Pingjiang were from Hejuzheng before Hunan and Hubei were divided into provinces.Juzheng said sadly: When Yan Fenyi (Yan Song, Fenyiren) was in charge of the country, no fellow villagers attacked him, but now I am not as good as Yan Fenyi.He recalled that his disciples and fellow countrymen attacked him, and he felt a little bit emotional. A magnanimous minister, in this situation, does not need to be angry, let alone a court staff. It is very common to fight for right and wrong, why should there be bloodshed?However, the political situation of the Ming Dynasty was not a peaceful situation, and Ju Zheng was not a magnanimous minister.He always thought that this would suppress the public opinion at the time, but the four of them, including Bank of China, were bleeding all over the ground, and their breathless state only aroused the indignation of a person with lofty ideals.This is Zou Yuanbiao, a Jinshi in the new department in the fifth year of Wanli, a member of the Ministry of Political Affairs and Punishment, and later a famous minister in the Tianqi period of Emperor Jiazong.After Yuan Biao saw the court stick, he went up immediately: Your Majesty is right to benefit the country?Although you can be talented, you are partial to academics. Although you want to do what you want, you use too much for yourself.The facilities are perverted: For example, enrollment in prefectures and counties is limited to 15 or 6 people, and some secretary Xi pointed out that the number is even more damaged. The sentence is too excessive; the ministers hold the luxuries, and the small ministers are silent in fear of crime. If someone makes a statement today and will be condemned tomorrow, it is because the words have not been communicated. The Yellow River is flooded and disasters are caused. Those who eat food, but there are officials who don't listen to them, it is because the people have not yet been hidden; other officials who are deeply used, and the talents of heroes, are too numerous to count.Fu read the imperial edict: I have not yet completed my studies, my ambitions have not yet been determined, and my husband has left, and all my previous achievements have been exhausted.Your Majesty said this, and the clan society is blessed with no boundaries.Although, there is no one in the court for those who have become sages and assisted the sages.And fortunately, living in Zhengding is difficult, but you can still stay. If you get rid of the misfortune, you donate the building. Your Majesty's studies will eventually fail, and your ambition will eventually be uncertain?Chen Guanjuzheng said: There are extraordinary people in the world, and then they do extraordinary things. If they regard going to funerals as a common thing and disdain to do it: I don’t know that people only do the five constant ways, and then they are called people; I don't care, I don't run away when I die, I still call myself the world, I am very human, the world doesn't think it is sad, it thinks it is a bird, is it very human? Two days after Zoushu went up, Yuanbiao's imperial staff was eighty, and he was banished to Duyunwei.During the reign of Tianqi, Yuan Biao was the imperial censor of Zuodu, and once he was attending a feast of scriptures, he fell down.Yan Zong hurriedly sent his internal officials to condolences. Zhu Guozuo, a great scholar, said: "Yuan Biao was in the previous dynasty, and he has been walking hard because of his outspokenness.It has been more than forty years, and this time the imperial staff left an indelible relic.Yuan Biao also said later: Ministers are different from officials: as long as the officials are excellent in style and the ministers have no major interests, that is, they should protect the state system, can they move as lightly as young people?Generally speaking, he felt some remorse for Wanli's five-year suggestion.In the tenth year of Wanli, Juzheng died. In the following year, the posthumous title of Guanyin was abolished. It was not until the reign of Tianqi that he was able to recover his official position. That time, it was entirely due to Yuan Biao's suggestion. In the middle of the two court sticks, Pang Shangpeng, the governor of Fujian, sent a letter to Juzheng to rescue everyone; Zhang Yue, the censor of Nanjing Caojiang, asked Juzheng to go to the funeral.The comet in the southwest still shot straight to the northeast, and its pale light caused terror in October of the fifth year of Wanli.All the ministers felt uneasy, and the rumors were like catkins without roots, stirring up all around.Some even said that Juzheng was preparing to rebel, and the situation was so bizarre that it didn't look like it.Shenzong's edict issued again: I bear the destiny of the sky, and I am the king of the world. I am the real master, and my subordinates dare to be selfish.Yuanfu Zhang Juzheng, who was ordered by the emperor, assisted me as a young man, captured his loyalty and declared his sourness, quickly became a man of reason, and took the weight of the world with his own body.I hereby understand my sincerity, and show my kindness and sympathy. The rites of mortal sons to honor their relatives and send them off to the end, are extremely grand and different, and Yuan Fu's filial piety is endless, and it is not in this line.Moreover, the rules of the ordinary people, the monarch and his ministers are great, and Yuan Fu, who was entrusted by the emperor, should not take care of his own selfishness, and rely on him for me, and his righteousness should not be done spontaneously.For the sake of the community, I earnestly encourage you to stay, and all the ministers should help me to keep the virtuous, so that they can serve the country with one heart.Those who are evil against the group of villains, despise me for a long time, fear Yuan Fu's loyalty and integrity, and are inconvenient to selfishness. They use the principles of the rules and regulations to crowd out me. I want to isolate me from the top and be able to do whatever I want, which is rebellious and immoral. , It endangers the country and hurts my heart.Hereby, the punishment has been lightly shown, and it is used to punish traitors. All ministers and workers, big and small, should each be clear about the righteousness, share the profession, and achieve a harmonious rule.If the party is treacherous and harbors evil spirits, and deceives the emperor, he will not be forgiven.Qin Zai, so the edict. (See Memorial Six, "Begging to Restore the Holy Spirit, Relieve the Foolish and the Enlightened, and Yi Guoshu") 這一道鎮壓的上諭，果然奏效，不但謠諑寧靜下來，連群臣進言，也因此稍息。誰願意乃借綱常之說，肆為擠排之計呢？居正隨後疏稱： 今言者已詆臣為不孝矣，斥臣為貪位矣，詈臣為禽獸矣，此天下之大辱也，然臣不以為恥也。夫聖賢之學，有遁世不見是而無悶者，人臣殺其身，有益於君則為之，況區區訾議非毀之間乎？苟有以成臣之志，而行臣之忠，雖被惡名，不難受也。臣之所懼，獨恐因是而益傷皇上之心，大虧國體之重，鑿混沌未萌之竅，為將來無窮之害耳。今諸臣已被譴斥，臣不敢又救解於事後，為欺世盜名之事；前已奏稱遵諭暫出，今亦不敢因人有言，又行請乞，以自背其初心：但連日觸事驚心，憂深慮切，故敢陳其縷縷之愚。伏願皇上恢宏天地之量，洞開日月之明，察兆心仰戴之誠，憫迂儒拘攣之見，卓然自信，盡揮群疑，今後凡有言者，諒其無知，勿與較計，寧使愚臣受辱，毋致有傷聖心。仍乞鑒臣初請，俟大禮既成，放臣歸葬，則紛紛之議不俟禁諭而群喙自息矣。 (same as above) 居正疏中雖請神宗恢宏聖度，但是居正的度量，委實亟待恢宏。假如他認識吳中行等只是迂儒拘攣之見，那麼為什麼不能救解於事後？為什麼認為上疏救解，只是欺世盜名之事？居正只是心地窄隘，談不上容人之量。 在七七之中，居正雖然不入閣辦事，但是對於國事，始終不曾放手，內閣的公文，一直送到孝闈批閱，十月過去，到十一月初，七七已滿，聖諭於初六日吉期，入閣辦事。這一天，文書官孫斌宣召居正到平臺入見皇上。 臣父不幸，仰荷聖恩，賜吊賜賻，居正叩頭以後，面奏道：又遣官治葬，恤典殊常。臣於國家，未有尺寸之功，叨此隆思，感洞心膂。 先生孝情已盡了，神宗說，朕為社稷，屈留先生。先生只想父皇付託的意思，成全始終，才是大忠大孝。 居正的眼淚落下了，他說：伏奉皇上前後諭旨，委曲懇切，臣愚敢不仰體？又昔承先帝執手顧託，誓當以死圖報，今日豈敢背違？但臣賦性愚直，凡事止知一心為國，不能曲徇人情，以致叢集怨仇，久妨賢路。今日若得早賜放歸，不惟得盡父於微情，亦可保全晚節。 先生精忠為國的心，神宗說，天地祖宗知道，聖母與朕心知道。那群奸小人乘機排擠的，自有祖宗的法度治他，先生不必介懷。 殿上沉嘿了半晌，神宗又繼續地說：今日好日子，先生可就閣辦事。（奏疏六《謝召見疏》。對話用原文。） 居正叩頭謝恩。神宗加賞銀五十兩、彩段四表裡、酒飯一桌；同時再著文書官孫斌送居正到閣。張文明這一死，經過幾度的波折，終於在十一月初六日，居正青衣角帶，仍回內閣辦事。 在奪情起復的中間，還有一件意外的故事。寧國府生員吳仕期聽說首輔不奔喪，認為這是人心世道的大變。也許是一種好名的衝動，也許只是衷心的刺激，他決定上疏諫止。事情還沒有做，太平府同知龍宗武知道了，立刻告給操江御史胡檟，胡檟再轉告居正。恰在此時，南方流傳海瑞《劾張居正疏》。海瑞自從隆慶四年罷官，久已回到瓊山，只因在應天巡撫任內，聲名太大，所以這篇惝恍離奇的奏疏，居然流傳一時。居正、胡檟當然知道沒有海瑞上疏的事，但是在揣摩偽疏作者的時候，大家都想到吳仕期。居正一面把胡檟的奏疏擱起。一面再和他說： 承示狂犯之獄，不勝駭異，詐傳詔旨，律有明條，彼自罹於辟，誰得而貰之！但詳其偽疏之意，不過以海君為世望人，故托之以陰鼓異類，窺竊虛名，而不知先陷於大辟之罪，所謂噴血以自汙，求名而不得，可惡也，亦可哀也。近年以來，人心不正，邪說橫行，包藏禍心，欲傷善害正者何限，特斯人不幸而敗露耳。大疏一上，主上必且震怒，根求黨與，其所芟除，將恐不止斯人，雖群小自作之孽，無所歸咎，然於宇宙太和之氣，得無少損乎？吾聞國君不仇匹夫，蟣虱之流，殺之不武。公若不以告我，死生惟命，不敢與聞，今既已知之，則願以解網之仁，乞之於左右。大疏特令差人停進，惟高明裁之。（書牘十一《答操江胡玉吾》） 仕期這時已入太平府獄中，胡檟正在等待上疏的結果。居正覆書來了以後，胡檟看清居正不願株連的意思，當然他再給信宗武。七天以後，仕期果然在太平獄中被笞身死。一件刑事重案就算用政治處分結束了。對於這一件事，胡檟、龍宗武都應當負責，就是居正也不免要負道義的責任，但是他最初只是不願株連，卻想不到會發生嚴重的後果。 萬曆五年十一月到了，黃星的蒼白色的光芒，還是向東北直射。就在這一月，再由神宗下詔考察京官。本來京官是照例六年考察一度的；不在京察之年，舉行京察的，稱為閏察。武宗時代，宦官劉瑾當權的時候，閹黨吏部尚書張彩請不時考察京官，留下一個惡例，現在是居正運用這個惡例的時候了。居正本來不相信自然界的現象對於人事會有什麼關係的。他自己不曾說過嗎？夫天道玄遠，災祥之應，皆未可知。孤嘗學此於天官氏矣，考其占驗，咸屬茫昧。（書牘九《答河道吳自湖》）所以他假借星變的名義，舉行閏察，排除異己，不能不算是一種褊狹的行為。在這一次京察，主張維持綱常名教的調任南京禮部尚書何維柏罷職了，請令居正馳驛奔喪的南京操江御史張嶽罷職了，疏救吳中行等的侍讀趙志皋，調任南京國子司業張位也罷職了。居正死後，吏部尚書楊巍疏稱六年京察、祖制也，若執政有所驅除，非時一舉，謂之閏察，群情不服，請永停閏察。萬曆十三年，永停閏察，便是這一次的後果。 萬曆五年九月以後，居正在百感俱集的當中，決定了兩件大事：第一是河漕機構的合併，第二是各省田畝的清丈。 明代對於河、漕的事務，最初分屬於兩個機構，河道總督專管黃河，漕運總督專管漕運。其後漕運總督兼管淮安以下入海的河道，而淮安以上仍屬河道總督。但是從淮安到茶城，借河為漕，河道總督的職權，只能管到這一段的黃河，對於河南以上的黃河，其實沒有管到，當時也沒有整理黃河上游的主張。因此河、漕兩個機構，永在摩擦的當中。這是一向的事實。萬曆四、五年間，河道總督傅希摯更和漕運總督吳桂芳不斷地爭執。五年九月，調山東巡撫李世達為河道總督。調河道總督傅希摯為陝西巡撫。居正以為有了辦法，但是隨即發現這是制度的問題，不是人的問題。十月中，再把世達調開，命桂芳兼理河、漕。六年正月，升桂芳為工部尚書，兼都察院右副都御史，總理河、漕、提督軍務。（《明史．河渠志》五年命桂芳為工部尚書兼理河漕。語誤。兼理河、漕在五年、進工部尚書在六年。明《萬曆實錄》、《明史稿》及《明史．吳桂芳傳》語皆合。）河、漕兩個機構，到此正式合併。六年之初，居正有信給桂芳說： 治河之役，朝廷以付託於公者甚重。承示，恐流言之搖惑，慮任事之致怨。古人臨事而懼，公今肩巨任事，安得不為兢兢？若夫流議怨謗，則願公勿慮焉。孤淺劣無他腸，唯一念任賢保善之心，則有植諸性而不可渝者。若誠賢者也，誠志於國家者也，必多方引薦，始終保全，雖因此冒險蒙謗，亦無悶焉。顧近一、二當事者，其始未嘗不銳，至中路反為人所搖，自乖其說，或草率以塞責，或自障於垂成。此豈廟堂不為主持而流謗之果足為害耶？子產曰，政如農功，日夜以思之，思其始而圖其終，行無越思，如農人之有畔。願公審固熟慮，集思廣益，計定而後發，發必期成。至於力排眾議，居中握算，則孤之責也。使孤得請而歸，後來之事，誠不可知；若猶未也，則公可無慮矣。（書牘十《答河道司空吳自湖言任人任事》） 不幸就在六年正月桂芳病死，隨後再命潘季馴為右都御史兼工部左侍郎、總理河漕，至此河、漕方面得到一個正當的解決。 明代以前，國家歲入，以賦役為大宗，賦是田賦，役是丁役。要整頓國家的收人，便要從調查田地和戶口人手。滕文公要行仁政，使畢戰問孟子，請他指示井地的辦法。孟子說：子之君將行仁政，選擇而使子，子必勉之。夫仁政必自經界始。經界不正，井地不鈞，穀祿不平，是故暴君汙吏必慢其經界。經界既正，分田制祿，可坐而定也。孟子這幾句話，固然透露他對於井田的理想，但是行仁政必自經界始，是一句顛撲不破的話。當時推有把田地、丁口，調查清楚以後，人民的擔負才能平均，不至於有一部分逃避責任，另一部分加重擔負的流弊。 太祖洪武二十六年的調查；戶一千六百五萬二千八百六十，口六千五十四萬五千八百十二，田八百五十萬七千六百二十三頃。到孝宗弘治四年重行調查的時候，中間經過九十八年的休養生息，貴州又經開闢，無論丁口和田地方面，都應當有巨額的增加，但是實得的只有戶九百十一萬三千四百四十六，口五千三百二十八萬一千一百五十八，田六百二十二萬八千五十八頃。（田土調查在弘治十五年。《明史．食貨志》載天下土田止四百二十二萬八千五十八頃。嘉靖八年霍韜言天下額田已減強半，其言皆誤。蓋嘉靖間修《會典》設以六百餘萬頃為四百餘萬頃。今以萬曆本《會典》考之，應作六。）這裡的結論不是丁口、田地的減少而只是擔負賦稅的丁口、田地減少了。豪門的家奴，兩京的匠役，都免除了役的義務，於是便有賣身投靠和冒充匠役的人民；再不然，便行賈四方，舉家舟居，調查戶口的也就無從著手。至於田地，也有撥歸王府的，也有隱托豪宗的；再不然，在治安有問題的地方，當然更談不上徵收。擔負賦稅的丁口、田地減少，一切的責任又加到其餘的人民身上，更加造成政治上的不平。萬曆五年十一月，居正疏請調查戶口、田地，凡莊田、民田、職田、蕩地、牧地，一概從實丈量，限三載竣事。（《明史紀事本末》作萬曆五年十一月，《明史．食貨志》作萬曆六年，《明紀》作萬曆七年十一月。按萬曆本《明會典》卷十七有萬曆六年田土實數。蓋疏請在五年，而開始調查則在六年。）這一件事業的完成，在居正歸葬以後，姑且不談。萬曆九年，蕭廩為陝西巡撫，儘管詔書嚴催調查隱田，蕭廩吩咐部下只要和舊額相等，無須多報。（《明史》卷二二七《蕭廩傳》）史冊流傳，以為美談。其實對於少數人的寬容，恰恰增加多數人的擔負，這一點最簡單的政治常識，當時人沒有看到，反而認為居正的主張，過於苛刻，不能不算是歷史上的怪事。 萬曆六年到了，大婚改在二月，籌備的程序，著著進行。正月間司禮監文書官邱得用口傳聖旨，奉聖母慈諭：這大禮，還著元輔一行，以重其事。又說：忠孝難以兩盡，先生一向青衣角帶辦事，固是盡孝；但如今吉期已近，先生還宜暫易吉服，在閣辦事，以應吉典，出到私宅，任從其便。大婚便得欽定問名納采使兩人：按當時的資望，正使當然是英國公張溶，副使便是居正。慈聖皇太后賜居正坐蟒、胸背蟒衣各一襲，吩咐自正月十九日起，吉服辦事。不料戶科給事中李淶上疏，認為居正有服，不宜參加吉禮，請求改命。神宗隨即諭示居正： 昨李淶說，大婚禮不宜命先生供事。這廝卻不知出自聖母面諭朕說，先生盡忠盡不的孝。重其事，才命上公元輔執事行禮。先生豈敢以臣下私情，違誤朝廷大事。先朝奪情起復的，未聞不朝參居官食祿，今先生都辭了，乃這大禮亦不與，可乎？看來今小人包藏禍心的還有，每遇一事，即借言離間。朕今已鑒明瞭，本要重處他，因時下喜事將近，姑且記著，從容處他。先生只遵聖母慈諭要緊，明日起暫從吉服，勿得因此輒事陳辭。（見奏疏六《請別遣大臣以重大禮疏》） 這是正月十八日的事，經過一度疏辭以後，居正暫從吉服，照常辦事。 穆宗逝世以後，慈聖皇太后一向住在乾清宮，對於神宗，盡監護的責任。現在大婚期近，皇太后退居慈寧宮，一面諭示神宗： 說與皇帝知道，爾婚禮將成，我當還本宮，凡爾動靜食息，俱不得如前時聞見訓教，為此憂思。爾一身為天地神人之主，所係非輕。爾務要萬分涵養，節飲食，慎起居，依從老成人諫勸，不可溺愛衽席，任用匪人，以貽我憂。這個便可以祈天永命，雖虞舜大孝，不過如此。爾敬承之，勿違。（見奏疏六《乞遵守慈諭疏》） 同時慈聖太后賜居正坐蟒、蟒衣各一襲、彩段八表裡、銀二百兩，又頒慈諭： 皇帝大婚禮在邇，我當還本宮，不得如前時常常守著照管，恐皇帝不似前向學勤政，有累盛德，為此深慮。先生親受先帝付託，有師保之責，比別不同。今特申諭交與先生，務要朝夕納誨，以輔其德，用終先帝付託重義，庶社稷蒼生，永有賴焉。先生其敬承之，故諭。（見奏疏六《謝皇太后慈諭疏》） 慈聖太后把監護的責任，完全移交居正。居正對於神宗，是擔當國事的大臣，同時也是朝夕照管的監護人。直到神宗大婚以後，居正的雙重職責，依然存在。奉到慈諭以後，居正疏稱： 茲奉誥諭，以慈駕還宮，慮看管之少疏，恐聖德之有累，委臣以師保之責，勉臣以匡弼之忠，寵錫駢蕃，開諭懇切。臣捧讀未竟，涕泗橫流。念臣昔承先帝顧託之重，既矢以為國忘家，捐軀徇主矣，其在今日，敢不益擄忠藎，圖報國恩。但內禁外廷，地勢自隔；臣謨母訓，聽納懸殊：尚冀我聖母念祖宗基業之重，天位保守之難，凡所以擁護聖躬，開導聖學者，尤望時加訓迪，勿替夙恩；臣知皇上純孝性成，必能仰承慈意，服膺罔懈也。至於進盡忠言，弼成聖政，則臣分義所宜自盡者，雖微慈諭，猶當思勉，況奉教督諄諄，敢不罄竭愚衷，對揚休命，臣誠不勝感激祈望之至。（奏疏六《謝皇太后慈諭疏》） 大婚典禮正在進行的時候，遼東巡撫張學顏的捷報到了。土蠻約同泰寧衛速把亥進犯遼東開原，大營紮在劈山，遼東總兵李成梁得到消息，隨即出寨二百里，進搗劈山，斬敵四百三十，這便是所謂劈山大捷。捷報到了，神宗奏知慈聖皇太后，太后對神宗說： 賴天地祖宗默祐，此時正爾行嘉禮之際，有此大捷，乃國家之慶，我心甚喜。元輔運籌廟謨，二輔同心協贊，才得建此奇功。我勉留張先生，這是明效。 聖母慈諭的是，神宗恭敬地答覆。（見《遼東大捷辭免加恩疏》。對話用原文。） 在大捷聲中，神宗婚禮舉行了，所娶的王皇后，後來諡為孝端皇后。大捷和大婚，對於輔臣，都有照例的賞賜，經過謙辭以後，居正兩次各受銀一百兩，彩段六表裡，對於升蔭，仍堅辭未受。 現在是居正力援前疏，請求給假歸家葬父的時候了，但是神宗還是不允