Zhang Juzheng's words shocked many people, but he wasn't finished yet. Zhang Juzheng elaborated on his ideas in detail, looking ready to implement them.
It was obvious that he had been preparing for a long time, which shocked many officials.
Sitting on the Dragon Throne, Zhu Yijun watched this scene with a smile. His expression didn't change at all.
Zhu Yijun didn't agree with many things about Zhang Juzheng's ideas and methods, but it was better to have someone do it than no one.
Zhang Juzheng's original intention was good. He wanted to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and to revive the Daming.
Ideas and original intentions didn't mean the final result. Zhu Yijun also knew that Zhang Juzheng wanted to leave his name in history.
The ultimate goal of civil officials was to serve the emperor. From the perspective of power and official position, Zhang Juzheng had reached the top.
Now, Zhang Juzheng held great power and suppressed the officials. He didn't have anything to do with powerful officials.
Whether it was Yan Song or Gao Gong, they were far inferior to Zhang Juzheng.
After achieving his dream, Zhang Juzheng began to realize his next dream, which was to leave his name in the annals of history and become a wise minister of a generation.
Let's not talk about the distant. Although Wang Anshi's reform failed, he was still famous.
Zhang Juzheng spoke with fervor and assurance. Zhu Yijun listened with a smile, but Zhu Yijun could feel that the temperature in the hall was dropping.
Zhang Juzheng was obviously going to set off a storm in the Daming. This storm came suddenly and violently, beyond everyone's expectation.
When Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, someone finally reacted. In an instant, many people stood up.
Seeing this, Zhu Yijun smiled and stood up, saying, "That's all for today!
I'm a little tired. Minister Zhang's words will be handed over to the Cabinet for discussion. "
If this were to continue, the entire imperial court would turn into a wet market, with all parties attacking each other. Zhu Yijun did not wish to see such a scene.
It would be good if they could really discuss something, but they couldn't discuss anything.
As soon as Zhu Yijun left, many people's hearts skipped a beat and their faces turned ugly.
As expected, Zhang Juzheng was deeply trusted by the emperor. Such a big matter was handed over to the Cabinet of Ministers for discussion. Zhang Juzheng was the First Minister of the Cabinet.
Lü Diaoyang, the second-assistant, was a yes-man, and Zhang Siwei, the Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion, didn't dare to say anything. If he counted on them, he would be done for.
They had to submit a memorial, they had to submit a memorial. This matter could not be allowed to continue like this. For a moment, the crowd was stirred up and the undercurrents were surging.
After returning to the harem, Zhu Yijun took a look at Zhang Jing, who was following him, and said with a smile, "Ask the people in Dongchang to keep a close eye on it. Don't be clueless if something happens, but don't get involved and don't ask. It's time to watch the show!"
"Old Slave understands!" Zhang Jing answered and said respectfully.
Zhu Yijun nodded, rubbed his forehead, and said with a smile, "Go and find Chen Ju and Xu De."
Chen Ju and Xu De were the two eunuchs sent by Zhu Yijun. In the past two years, they had done a good job.
Chen Ju was in charge of the iron and steel factory. Since the soap and fruit wine business was handed over to him, the iron and steel factory had been built the year before last.
Many people knew that Chen Ju was doing business, and there were people who wanted to impeach him. However, they didn't have any evidence, so they were all suppressed by Zhu Yijun.
Although Zhang Juzheng had also heard of this matter, he didn't express his stance. He could teach Zhu Yijun, but Zhang Juzheng wouldn't easily discipline eunuchs.
Once the eunuchs in the palace started to resist him, his days would be difficult.
Furthermore, it wasn't a big deal for eunuchs to make some money in private. If it really came out, no one would be clean.
The iron and steel factory was built very small. Zhang Juzheng had also paid attention to it, but he didn't pay much attention to it. The Military Bureau was in charge of these things. Nothing big happened, so Zhang Juzheng didn't plan on it.
It had always been Zhang Juzheng's strategy to avoid extending his hands from the outer court to the inner court as much as possible.
The palace was tacitly recognized as Zhang Jing's territory. Zhang Juzheng had tried to probe Zhang Jing, but he didn't get anything out of him. Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything more.
Regardless of whether Zhang Jing was behind this, Zhang Juzheng didn't plan on doing anything.
On Xu De's side, although on the surface he was managing pear orchards, he was actually developing spies for the inner factory.
In the past few years, Zhu Yijun had invested a lot of money into it. Now, the inner factory's initial layout had been completed.
There were pear orchards in all of Daming, two capitals, and 13 provinces. There were three in each of the capital and Nanjing (Jinling), and one in each of the other provinces.
They were currently infiltrating the various prefectures and were still recruiting people on the outside.
Xu De's younger brother was very experienced in this area. He had done very well these past two years.
He had prepared for more than five years. It was time to pull it out and practice. This was all related to his own layout.
Chen Ju and Xu De arrived very quickly. They arrived in an hour. When they arrived, Zhu Yijun was eating.
He had only eaten a little during the morning court session, so he was a bit hungry. Seeing the two of them arrive, Zhu Yijun waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to greet him.
"I called you here today because I wanted to ask how the progress is on your side?"
Zhu Yijun had been looking forward to the steel factory for a long time. Quality wrought iron was too important to Zhu Yijun.
The cannons now were all made of copper. Not only were they bulky, they were also too expensive to build.
Although there were iron cannons, they were pig iron cannons. They weren't what Zhu Yijun wanted.
Pig iron cannons were easy to explode, so they needed to be thick. The current General Cannon was pig iron cannons.
Zhu Yijun didn't like that thing. Moreover, it was so big and expensive to build. Wrought iron cannons were the future and the trend.
With wrought iron, especially mass-produced wrought iron, everything could change.
Of course, if the Imperial Court had the money, they could build wrought iron cannons even if the cost was high.
Although he had made some money in the past few years, Zhu Yijun was still poor. He wished he could kill a bunch of people and make a lot of money.
Zhu Yijun even thought of building a fleet of ships to rob money from Nihon and bring it back with a big ship.
"Replying to the Imperial Majesty, wrought iron has been produced, but it's still not good enough for the time being!"
When Chen Ju heard Zhu Yijun's question, he quickly replied. He didn't look worried. He had said the same thing countless times in the past few years.
It was still better now. At the beginning, all the news was not good enough. Chen Ju was afraid that Zhu Yijun would be angry. In the end, the Imperial Majesty's attitude made Chen Ju heave a sigh of relief.
Zhu Yijun knew that this matter couldn't be rushed. Although he knew about this, it was useless. The key was to make it in this era. It had to be in line with the technology of this era. He had to keep trying.