Zhang Juzheng: Water Dragon Ode

Author: Xiong Zhaozheng
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: This book is the second volume of the series of historical novels "Zhang Juzheng." After Zhang Juzheng ascended to the position of Grand Secretary, he was full of ambition to revitalize the court and reverse the declining policies. However, with the treasury empty, he had to resort to exchanging pepper and su wood for officials' salaries. Unbeknownst to him, this move caused a huge uproar in the capital, with court officials in an uproar. Over the issue of salary reduction, the Minister of the Storage of Grain and Silk died in office, and the palace secretly spared treasures to save the murderer; a sixth-rank assistant official committed suicide, and the remnants of Gao Gong took advantage of the situation to stir up trouble. Out of desperation, Zhang Juzheng relied on the power of the imperial harem and eunuchs to implement the capital inspection, reform the bureaucracy, and the pages of the Wanli New Policies.