The Scepter IncidentNot only did it fail to calm down**Instead, it provoked more anger
Emperor Wanli was very angry when he saw Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao jumping out and attacking Zhang Juzheng, and ordered the four people to be scepter. As soon as he heard that he was going to be punished with a cane, the Manchu Dynasty was very shocked, thinking that the Wanli Emperor was just a prop of Zhang Juzheng, and it was Zhang Juzheng who really wanted to implement authoritarian rule.
Ma Ziqiang's father had just passed away, he was mourning in the mansion, and he shouted to Zhang Juzheng in the air, saying that the four of them were to maintain the etiquette system, not to oppose you, Lord Zhang, you are the first assistant, and you should write to His Majesty to let them go. Zhang Juzheng resigned lightly on the grounds that he was keeping filial piety at home and it was not appropriate to intervene in the government. The editors of the Hanlin Academy and the court have jointly written to the Wanli Emperor, and the Wanli Emperor is not allowed, and Zhang Juzheng can be said to be supported at home.
Zhang Juzheng, who was mourning at home, was also very uncomfortable. I just want to serve the imperial court, and I am currently in a critical stage of reform. Why do your own students crusade against themselves? 2024 Book of Answers
In fact, this is neither to blame Zhang Juzheng nor the ministers, but to look at the problem from a different angle. Zhang Ju is Zaifu, there is a great strategy, he wants to look at the problem from the overall situation, he thinks that he has grasped the key to reform, and he has done his work for a battle, and wants to revitalize the Ming Dynasty in one go, and he will not give up until he achieves his goal.
But the ministers don't think so, they think that the etiquette system of thousands of years must be observed, otherwise the etiquette will collapse, and now Zhang Juzheng is going to break it, which is not good.
It can only be said that Zhang Juzheng's father should not have died at this time, he has not returned to Jiangling, Hubei for 19 years, and in Beijing for many years, he has been thinking about his distant relatives from time to time, and the memory of his father has made him entangled between going and staying.
The day of cane punishment was approaching soon, and Wang Xijue, the head of the Hanlin Academy, ran to Zhang Juzheng's house and begged to let Wu Zhongxing and the other four be spared. It is said that Your Majesty is because of Master Zhang's decree that Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao are the four people of the court, and the bell is still tied to the bell, and only if you come forward, Lord Zhang, Your Majesty will take back your life.
Zhang Juzheng put a short knife on his neck and said to Wang Xijue, Your Majesty wants me to stay and contribute, but you want to drive me away, what did I offend you, what hatred do I have with you, why do you force me to die. Wang Xijue was so frightened that he fled from Zhang's mansion quickly.
On the day of the cane execution, Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian each had 60 boards of rods, and Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao had 80 boards of rods each. After the fight, Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian were carried out of Beijing with the door panel, and Wu Zhongxing was almost fortunate to be rescued by the doctor. Zhao Yongxian had a lot of fat on his body, and he could withstand the beating and survived death. After Ai Mu and Shen Sixiao finished fighting, they were first imprisoned for three days, and then confiscated into the army.
The cane blame incident caused by the seizure seems to be coming to an end. Zhang Juzheng ultimately used power and violence to suppress speech that was unfavorable to him. He thought it was a counterattack he had no choice but to do so, but it only provoked a greater resistance. In the hearts of the ministers, those who were beaten became heroes, and those who beat people were just **. With this as a sign, Zhang Juzheng gradually fell into isolation.
This court staff incident not only failed to calm down, but aroused more anger. Zou Yuanbiao, a new science and technology scholar in the fifth year of Wanli, saw that the court staff was so tragic, and launched an all-out attack on Zhang Juzheng. criticized Zhang Juzheng for restricting schools, imposing severe punishments, oppression, and concealing people's feelings, accusing Zhang Juzheng of not running for mourning when his father died, and he was not a human at all, but a beast.
This recital is like a sharp arrow, shot at Zhang Juzheng, Zou Yuanbiao was also beaten 80 boards and then reined in the army, and there will be sequelae 40 years later.
Emperor Wanli can be said to have a lot of trust in Zhang Juzheng and fully support him. Zhang Juzheng was very moved, saying that he couldn't bend favoritism because he obeyed the trust of the first emperor.