Ming History Volume 2 18 Wang Xijue's classical answer

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Wang Xijue, Zi Yu, is from Taicang. In the forty-first year of Jiajing, the examination was the first, the examination was the second, and the editing was awarded. Tired of moving here to offer drinks. In the fifth year of Wanli, he co-managed the Imperial Academy with James. Zhang seized this situation and sent court officials Wu Zhonghang and Zhao Yongxian. Xi Jue wanted more than a dozen people to solve problems in the same library, but he didn't accept it. Xijue took care of his own funeral, cut to the chase and ignored it. Bank of China, etc. , not only subject to the staff, but also have great awe of Xi Jue. Next year, I will join the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. Juzheng just came back to attend the funeral. Jiuqing was in a hurry to ask for it, but Xijue didn't sign it. Go to beg your mother's family. Juzheng lacks the shape of a Xijue. If he benefits from it, Xijue will not come out. /kloc-in the winter of 0/2, I went home to visit Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the University of Wenyuange to participate in the maintenance. Please don't flatter, compete, vanity, extravagance, discussion and simple work. Bona, Xian Di

At the beginning, Li Zhi and Jiang Dongzhi made peace with the ministers Shen Shixing and Yang Wei, and took Xijue as a negative hope, pushing him from the right. Compared with Xijue, it conforms to the times and is planted by force. The planting is gone. Behaviors are recorded from time to time, followed by Guo Xu, all of whom are Nanji people, while Xijue and Shixinghui tried together and were very close to the county and government. However, the line is soft, and the tin Jue is only negative. In the sixteenth year, Zi Hengju tried Shuntian first, and Langguan Gao Gui and Rao Shen consulted. Xi Jue even criticized Zhang, and his language was too angry. He sat down and wrote a letter to the prison, asking to be removed from the list, and he was banished to the border. It is suggested that Qiao Bixing ask the emperor to give orders to Xijue to expand his number and let him have a rest and be tolerant. On the relationship between accumulation and court.

When the ministers invited everyone to build a shop, the emperor refused to listen. In eighteen years, Xi Jue invited him to teach and hired Jiang Yinglin. And asked Cai Li, the governor, not to report. Because of the drought, try to ask for it. Emperor, you write and leave it. Fire turns red, truth turns west. The discussants fight for soldiers, and the Lord of the Xijue conforms to the times. The question of time, with the column as the topic, Dumen begged. Looking for my mother's old age, even begging to go back to the province. It is to pay the Taoist priests and send officials to protect the line. In the second year, China, Wang Jiaping acceded to the throne one after another, and they were interested in calling themselves Xijue. In the first month of the twenty-first year, it was returned to the DPRK, so it was recorded.

First of all, there is a decree to hold a ceremony in the spring of 2008 to warn courtiers not to blaspheme Chen. The courtiers learned the deeds of Zhang Youde, but they were salty and silent. And yes, Xijue asked the emperor to make a big plan. The emperor sent the chamberlain to hold the west que to show it. He wanted to treat his first son and make Zi Yuan and his two brothers king. Xi Jue was afraid that he would lose his upper finger, so he made an imperial edict. On the other hand, this is a matter of public opinion, because it is said that "Ma Huanghou of Emperor Han Ming, the empress of Tang Dynasty and the empress Liu all raised their concubines as sons. Please ask the empress to raise Zi Yuan, then Zi Yuan is the first son, and the biological mother doesn't have to hold the title of imperial concubine or above. "She also offered to give orders. Zhao and Zhang Weixian are in the same column. The emperor had already given orders to etiquette officials to perform their duties. So I made a scene. Give things to Shi Menglin, Li Shangshu Luo, etc. And fight for it. Courtiers to remonstrate, several chapters a day. Lord Xi, together with Kochi and Wei Li, asked the emperor to return the previous imperial edict, but the emperor refused. People have remonstrated, while Yue, Gu Yuncheng, Zhang Nabi, Chen Tailai, Yu, Li, Zeng Fengyi, Zhong Huamin and Xiang Dezhen hid their faces in the court and looked at each other. Li Tengfang also wrote to Xijue. Four musts, please discuss. No, please face it and don't report it. Because of three mistakes, begging and reprimanding. The emperor also forced public discussion, chasing the life before going to bed, and the life expectancy was less than two or three years. The Lord asked, "When Zi Yuan was born, he left a letter of forgiveness. This letter is called "Only Inheritance Society", and it is obvious that the Crown Prince is waiting for him. What is the question now? " Don't report.

In July, watching comets, there is a letter to repair the province. Four never asked for an extension of meeting with the minister. He also said: "When you are in a coma, you should be cautious, be lenient, be addicted to sex, prevent diseases, and be lenient." After more than a month, I replied: "the benefits of entering the purple can not be eliminated by personnel administration alone, but the matter of building reserves can be eliminated." The image of King Gai is called Emperor Star, and the image of Prince Gai is called Former Star. Today, the stars are shining but not fixed early, which caused this disaster. If you hurry up, the book will be published and the sky will change. " The emperor reported the news and said that the first spring was waiting. Jue replied to the letter and even begged Zhang. In November, when the Empress Dowager was born, Emperor Yumen was congratulated and summoned Xijue to warm the pavilion alone. Lao said, "Your mother came to Beijing with sincerity, loyalty and filial piety." Jue kowtowed and thanked him because he urged him to solve the country at an early date. The emperor said, "There is something in the palace. What can we do?" Right: "this statement was acceptable ten years ago, and now Yuanzi is thirteen." What is left to do? Since ancient times, have there been thirteen-year-old children who haven't studied? " The emperor was very moved. Four musts, please always call and protect the holy bow. After returning to the palace, he asked for help and said, "The imperial court plotted to return the imperial concubine to her, for fear that the Zheng family would be upset. Only your majesty is considerate. " The emperor is sparse, and the heart is moving. He handed a letter to Xijue: "Every time you play, you should play with the imperial concubine. Why? He advised me several times not to get involved in diplomacy with the training of my ancestors, and I dared to follow. Jue Xi said: "Today, the eldest son of the emperor is only the imperial concubine, and the world does not doubt the imperial concubine, but who does?" Whose responsibility is it that the imperial concubine is not responsible for herself? Zuxun has nothing to do with foreign affairs, the employment and administration of foreign courts. Title, then, is your majesty's family, the emperor's third son is the imperial concubine's parent-child. Does your majesty have to cooperate with the imperial concubine? Moreover, the imperial concubine has been waiting on the sacred bow for a long time, and her relatives are virtuous and there are many courtiers. I can't bear to hear it. I am a 60-year-old man, and I am responsible for defending the mouth of the world. Your majesty still thinks it is doubtful. However, will it be like a group of teenagers attacking the imperial concubine, and your majesty will soon? "Sparse, the emperor chin. Kochi also urged. After living for a few days, he was ordered to become a monk. The emperor ordered Shiguang's jewels and jade to be taken out of the cupboard, totaling more than 300,000 yuan. Yang Junmin, Minister of Finance, based on the story, urged Wang and others to remonstrate. The emperor then wrote a letter to the monarch, hoping to change this period. It's not easy for Lord Xi to invite you. Next February, after the wedding ceremony, everything will be like the East Palace.

When Xijue was in the pavilion, he tried to invite Jiangnan to weave, stop Jiangxi pottery, reduce Yunnan tribute, and give the inner government money to help Henan hunger. Regardless of the emperor, the ceremony is more than the assistant ministers before and after. Its rescue of Yi Li, trying to avoid the use of court personnel, is especially famous in the world. Discussion on the special reference of the object. The doctor scolded assistant minister Zhao and let him go. On the savior, condemn him, and everyone calls him Xijue. Although even Zhang Ziming can be saved, people can't forgive him. Xijue begged for rest again and again. The emperor didn't want it to go, so he built a prayer for healing. Xi Jue's words are powerful and eight are allowed. First, add up the Prince Taibao, and even order the official department ministers to change, enter the temple, pay the Taoist priest, take the pass and protect pedestrians. In the seventh year, the East Palace was built, officials were sent to ask about politics, and silver coins and sheep wine were collected.

In thirty-five years, the court promoted cabinet ministers. The emperor used to travel cautiously, and he also wanted to read the title of Xijue to Ye He, especially adding less insurance, which was called by the government. Three words, no. At that time, it was said that Li Feng, an official, was angry and Lord Xi went into secret to reveal his power. Among them, there are words such as "leaving all chapters and performances halfway, especially despising the sound of birds". The official flew into a rage after hearing this. However, in the middle of giving things, they were first disintegrated, and their colleague Hu Jiadong and others talked about it. Sijue also lifted weights behind closed doors, but resigned. Three years later, he died at home at the age of 77. For Taibao, for Wensu.

Jpua, the word Chen Yu, has few literary names. In order to become the first talented person, he claimed that he would not try again because he was criticized. In the twenty-ninth year, Xijue had been silent for a long time, and he began to try the second man, and Shi Ting was also the second man. Grant edited, my father died.

Brother Xi Jue Ding Jue, Jinshi. Tired of being an official, Henan helps to learn.

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Wang Xijue, Zi Yu, is from Taicang. In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), he won the first place in the imperial examination and the second place in the imperial court and was appointed as an editor. Gradually, the official went to imperial academy to propose a toast.

In the fifth year of Wanli (1577), he was the official in charge of the Imperial Academy. Before the end of the mourning period, Zhang went to be an official, ready to put a scepter on Wu Zhonghang, Zhao Yongxian and others. Wang Xijue invited more than ten people from the same library to ask for forgiveness, but Zhang went straight in and ignored him. Wu Zhonghang and others have been punished with sticks, and Wang Xijue helped to cry. The following year, he was promoted to right assistant minister of does. Zhang went back to his hometown for a funeral, and Jiuqing hurriedly requested to return to Beijing, but Wang Xijue did not sign it. Soon, he asked to visit relatives and left his job. Zhang hated Wang Xijue even more, because he exposed his shortcomings, so Wang Xijue didn't take office.

In the winter of the 20th year of Wanli (1584), I worked at home as a minister of rites and a college student in Wenyuange, and participated in confidential affairs. After returning to the imperial court, he demanded that flattery should be forbidden, competition should be suppressed, vanity should be abandoned, extravagance should be restrained, the atmosphere of discussing state affairs should be encouraged, and work should be streamlined. The emperor praised it and accepted it.

At first, Li Zhi and Jiang Dongzhi clashed with ministers such as Shen Shixing and Yang Wei. Because Wang Xijue has high expectations for him and is at odds with Zhang, he is highly recommended. After Wang Xizhi entered the DPRK, he joined forces with Shen Shixing and tried his best to crowd out Li Zhi and others, while Li Zhi and others all left. At that time, Shen Shixing was appointed as the recorder and Guo Xu was appointed as the second assistant. All three are Nanji people, while Wang Xizhi and Shen Shixing take the senior high school entrance examination at the same time, and they are in the same county and get along well in the cabinet. Because Shen Shixing has a soft personality, while Wang Xijue has a straightforward personality. In the 16th year of Wanli (1588), his son Wang Heng won the first place in the examination of Shuntian, and Lang Guan Gao Gui discussed the matter with Rao Shen. Wang Xijue made a series of refutations and his words were too resentful. Rao Shen was put into prison and deleted from the official register, and Gao Gui was relegated to the border. Qiao Bixing's suggestions and suggestions, please ask the emperor to warn Wang Xijue that he must expand his tolerance and be a virtuous and educated minister. Wang Xijue made a defense. Therefore, it gradually contradicts the discussion of the court.

At that time, many people asked the princes to establish a crown prince, but the emperor did not listen. In the eighteenth year of Wanli (1590), Wang Xijue asked to teach the prince in advance, and hired Jiang Yinglin and others to ask the former governor Cai Li to forgive him, but there was no reply. Once, because of the drought, he made a request to recall his official position. The emperor ordered him to stay. The fire turned red, the truth invaded the western frontier, and the people who talked about it rushed to ask for troops. Wang Xijue advocated a peaceful settlement, which is consistent with Shen Shixing's opinion. Soon, he had a dispute with his colleagues over the title of Crown Prince. He closed the door and asked to return to China. Soon, because my mother was old, I invited her to visit her hometown. So the emperor gave him money and sent officials to escort him. Two years after returning home, Shen Shixing, Guo Xu and Wang Jiaping left their posts one after another, and Wang Xijue was urged and summoned by letters. In the first month of the 21st year of Wanli, he returned to the imperial court and became a record.

Before that, there was an imperial decree. In the spring of this year, a ceremony was held to book the crown prince and warn the court ministers not to take it lightly. In view of the Zhang Youde incident, the court ministers all showed silence. At this time, Wang Xijue secretly asked the emperor to decide a big plan. The emperor sent the chamberlain to show the imperial edict he had written to Wang Xijue, hoping to wait for his son, and ordered the eldest son and two second sons to be temporarily enfeoffed as kings. Wang Xijue was afraid of losing the emperor's will and immediately drafted an imperial edict. However, he was worried about public opinion, so he advised: "Ma Huanghou of Emperor Hanming, Empress of Emperor Tang Ming and Empress Liu all raised your concubine's son as their own son, asking the emperor to instruct the empress to raise the eldest son, so the eldest son is the lineal son, and the biological mother doesn't have to be honored to suppress the imperial concubine." It is also suggested that the decree be submitted to the palace. Neither Zhao nor Zhang Wei in the same column had heard of it beforehand. The emperor actually sent the previous imperial edict to the ceremony officer, and ordered the etiquette to be prepared immediately. Therefore, the whole court was in an uproar. Shi Menglin and Luo, ministers of the Ministry of Justice, collectively went to Wang Xijue's residence to fight for it. Court ministers and lecturers presented their memorials several times a day. Wang Xijue, Zhao and Zhang Qian tried their best to ask the emperor to restore the previous letters, but the emperor did not listen to them. Soon, more people protested. Yue, Gu Yuncheng, Zhong Nabi, Chen Tailai, Yu, Li, Zeng Fengyi, Zhong Huamin, Xiang Dezhen and others stopped Wang Xijue in court and argued with him face to face. Li Tengfang also wrote a letter to Wang Xijue. Wang Xijue invited the court to discuss, but the emperor did not agree. He asked for a face-to-face statement, but there was no reply. So he impeached his mistake and asked to be removed from the official position. Under the pressure of public opinion, the emperor withdrew and shelved the previous order, and ordered to wait for two or three years to discuss the implementation of the album. Wang Xijue immediately summoned the emperor, made a quick decision, and said, "In the past, when the eldest son was just born, he had issued a letter of Amnesty. The imperial edict called' Only the Ancestral Society' clearly regarded him as the Crown Prince. What are you thinking now? You haven't decided yet? " There is no answer.

Comets appeared in July, and there were laws to practice and reflect. Wang Xijue asked the emperor to summon the minister. He also advised that "the comet is approaching the purple constellation, and the emperor should be cautious and should relax the punishment around." Don't indulge in diseases and distribute money and food to spread the emperor's favor. " After a month, he remonstrated and said, "The comet has entered the purple constellation, and it can't be destroyed by employing people alone. Only the crown prince can eliminate the disaster. Uranus astrology is called the emperor star, and Prince astrology is called the former star. Now that the previous star has been illuminated, the emperor did not make a decision early, which led to this disaster. If you quickly canonize the Crown Prince, the change of astronomical phenomena will naturally disappear. " The emperor replied that he knew, but he still insisted on waiting for spring. Wang Xijue repeatedly showed strong persuasion, and he repeatedly pleaded.

In November, on the birthday of the Empress Dowager, the emperor presided over the palace gate to receive greetings, and called Wang Xijue to NuanGe alone to comfort him, saying, "Your support for your mother to come to Kyoto is indeed a combination of loyalty and filial piety." Wang Xijue kowtowed and thanked him and took this opportunity to ask the emperor to determine the foundation of the country as soon as possible. The emperor asked, "What if the queen gives birth to a son?" He replied: "This statement was ok ten years ago. Now the eldest son is thirteen years old. What are you waiting for? " Besides, are there any 13-year-old children who haven't studied since ancient times? "The emperor was moved. Wang Xijue then asked the emperor to call more ministers to talk and protect the Eucharist. After resigning, he made a strong request and advised: "The court thought that the imperial concubine used the emperor's favor with ulterior motives. This statement of blaming the imperial concubine may make the Zheng family uneasy. I hope your majesty will think deeply. "The emperor was even more tempted to play the script, so he wrote a letter to Wang Xijue:" Qing mentioned the imperial concubine in every performance. Why? "They have advised me many times. I know the teachings of my ancestors. The queen is not allowed to participate in court affairs. How dare they abide by it? " Wang Xijue said: "The only person who is with the eldest son of the emperor now is the son of the imperial concubine. Who does the world doubt but not the imperial concubine? Who does the imperial concubine not blame herself? Zu Xun does not participate in the affairs outside the palace, which is a matter of not participating in the employment administration of the outer court. Just like a book, it is your majesty's family affairs, and the third son of the emperor is the son of the imperial concubine. Your majesty won't have plans with the imperial concubine, will he? Moreover, the imperial concubine of the emperor served the Eucharist for a long time and was very dear and virtuous. There are so many comments from foreign courts that I can't bear to hear that there is no accusation against her. I am a 60-year-old man, and I strongly refute what everyone said. Thanks to the imperial concubine, your majesty still has doubts. However, it must be like a young man attacking the imperial concubine, but your majesty is in a happy mood? " The emperor nodded. Zhao and Zhang Wei also strongly demand it. A few days later, there was an order for the prince to get married and study. Moreover, the emperor ordered a wide purchase of pearls and jade treasures, which were used to make pavilions and ceremonies, with a total value of more than 300,000 yuan. Yang Junmin, Minister of Commerce, and others raised objections to the preemptive right system, and Wang and others tried their best to persuade them. The emperor personally wrote a letter to inform Wang Xijue to change the time. Wang Xijue politely invited him to play, and he didn't really reschedule. In February of the following year, the ceremony of the prince leaving the cabinet was completed, and everything was like the etiquette of the East Palace, comforting both inside and outside the court.

When Wang Xijue was in the cabinet, he asked to stop weaving in Jiangnan, stop offering pottery in Jiangxi, reduce tribute in Yunnan, and allocate funds from the inner government to relieve the famine in Henan. The emperor didn't object. He loved you more than all the ministers before and after. He rescued Li Yi and strongly advocated that the scepter should not be used, which was especially praised by the world. It was only because of the will and seal of the two kings that they were discussed by everyone. Soon, the doctor Zhao Nanxing was demoted, assistant minister Zhao Yongxian was exiled to his hometown, and everyone who helped him was condemned or demoted. Everyone thought it was Wang Xizhi. Although he played a series of confessions and saved people, people could not forgive him in the end. So Wang Xijue repeatedly said that he was ill and asked to retire. The emperor didn't want him to leave, so he allocated money from Neiku to build a fasting palace for him and prayed for his recovery. Wang Xijue strongly refused, and it took eight times for the emperor to agree. I have repeatedly sealed the Prince Taibao and ordered him to be an official, enter Jianjitang, reward him with travel expenses, take a post car and be escorted back to his hometown by pedestrians. After returning to his hometown for seven years, he was made a prince. The emperor sent officials to meet him with letters and gave him silver coins, sheep and wine.

In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1607), the court elected cabinet ministers. The emperor has appointed Yu, Ye, and he is still thinking about Wang Xijue. Specially named him as a junior guard and sent officials to summon him. He refused many times, but the emperor did not agree. At that time, the official career was prosperous, and Wang Xijue secretly slandered it. Among them, there are words like "The emperor left the throne in the palace and especially despised them, calling them birdsong". The official was very angry after hearing these things. He was the first person to impeach him, and Hu Jiadong and others also talked about it. Wang Xijue also kept himself behind closed doors and refused to go to Beijing in the end. Three years later, he died at home at the age of 77. To Taibao, posthumous title Wensu.