Zhang's literary achievements

In the fourth year of Jiajing (1525), Zhang was born in a scholar's family in Jiangling, Jingzhou (now Hubei). The shadow of his ancestors could not take care of him for a long time, and only a white turtle dream of his great-grandfather greeted him. In my dream, the moon falls in the water tank and shines around, and then a white turtle floats leisurely from the water. Great-grandfather decided that the white turtle was the great-great-grandson, so he casually named him "Bai Gui", hoping that he would honor his ancestors in the future. Bai Gui was so talented that he became a wizard in Jingzhou at an early age. In the fifteenth year of Jiajing, Bai Gui, a examinee who was only 12 years old, won the love of Shi Li 'ao, the magistrate of Jingzhou. He told Xiaobaigui that he should aim high from childhood and serve the country faithfully when he grew up, and renamed him Juzheng. This year, students in Juzheng Bufu. Four years later, Jackie Zhang, who was passive in Nuo Nuo, passed the provincial examination and became a juvenile juren. Gu Lin, governor of Huguang, appreciated him very much. He once told others that "this son will be talented" and took off his rhinoceros ribbon and gave it to Juzheng, saying, "I hope you will set up lofty aspirations, be a Yin and a Yan Yuan, and don't be a celebrity just for a teenager." In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, 23-year-old Zhang Zhongji was awarded. Jishi Shu is a trainee official. According to the rules, he will study in imperial academy for three years, and then he can make it up. Zhang was elected, and Cabinet Minister Xu Jie was included in his teaching. Xu Jie attaches great importance to practical knowledge. Under his guidance, Zhang studied hard on the cultural background, which laid a solid foundation for him to step onto the political stage in the future. In the early Ming Dynasty, in order to strengthen centralization, the prime minister was abolished and the cabinet was established, which was equivalent to the emperor's secretarial office. The official bachelor's degree is called the record, which is actually the prime minister. When Zhang entered the Imperial Academy to study, there was a fierce political struggle in the cabinet. At that time, only Xia Yan and Yan Song were cabinet college students, and they competed for the position of records. As a result, Xia Yan was the records, then Yan Song was killed, and Yan Song was the cabinet records. As a new scholar, Zhang naturally has no say in the cabinet struggle. However, through several years of cold-eyed observation, he had an intuitive understanding of the political corruption and lax border defense in the imperial court. Therefore, in the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing (1549), Zhang systematically expounded his ideas of political reform in the fifteenth volume of the Complete Works. And these naturally did not attract the attention of Ming Shizong and Yan Song. Since then, in Jiajing dynasty, Juzheng never played again, except for routine chapters. In the thirty-third year of Jiajing, Zhang took an excuse to leave Beijing and returned to his hometown of Jiangling. During the three-year holiday, he was still obsessed with state affairs and personally contacted farmers. My family is poor and honest. I have experienced the hardships, hunger and pain of rural people. He said in Jingzhou Fu Ming (the ninth volume of Complete Works of Zhang Wenzhong): "The land tax is uneven, the poor are unemployed, and the people suffer from mergers." All this can't help but make him feel excited, and the sense of responsibility makes him return to politics. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, Reng Zhang returned to imperial academy. At this time, he gradually matured in repressed thinking. In the political storm, he imitated his teacher, Xu Jie, "don't hold the group inside, but be confused outside" and moved with the camera. In the forty-third year of Jiajing, Juzheng entered the palace, right in Chunfang and right in Germany. Xu Jie, who was far-sighted, recommended Juzheng as the assistant of Yujun Zhu Zaihou. Yue De is just a hollow title, but because Yu Wang is likely to inherit the throne, it is not an idle job to attend Yu's lectures and reading. During the period, "Wang is very good at his things, and there is no one in the palace who is not good at his things" ("Ming Zhang Chuan"). For forty-five years, Juzheng was in charge of imperial academy. This year, Sejong died, and Yu Wang succeeded to the throne, becoming Ming Muzong. Zhang's opportunity has come. In the first year of Qin Long (1567), as an old minister of Yu Wang, he was released as a left assistant minister of the official department and a college student of Wenyuange, and joined the cabinet to participate in politics. In April of the same year, he was appointed as Shangshu and Wu Yingdian. Zhang is 43 years old this year. At this time, he probably won't forget the song "Maofeng Congjin Street to the Extreme" he wrote when he was thirteen years old. Thirty years later, he finally got to the point in the secret contest.