1, Zhang made the Ming Dynasty last for at least 60 years and was a rare minister of national salvation in history. Relatively speaking, during Zhang's administration, the national strength was relatively strong.
2. The examination method promulgated by Zhang had an impact on later generations.
3, Zhang himself is also very hard, often vomiting blood and fainting at work.
4. Wanli of Ming Dynasty is ignorant, so we should set up an image opposite to him. Zhang's descendants were destroyed by Wanli, and Zhang naturally became a positive model.
Emperor Wanli gave Zhang posthumous title. Although he wronged Zhang's descendants, when Zhang's son was killed, he immediately stopped and treated the rest of his relatives well without too much authority.
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The life of the character
Zhang (1525-1July 9, 582) was born in jiangling county (now Jingzhou City, Hubei Province), so it was also called "Zhang Jiangling" at that time. Politicians and reformers in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and cabinet records during the Wanli period, helped Emperor Wanli to establish the "Wanli New Deal", which was called "Zhang Reform" in history.
In the 26th year of Jiajing (1547), 23-year-old Zhang was admitted as a scholar. In the first year of Qin Long (1567), he served as the left assistant minister of the official department and a college student of Dongge, and later moved to the cabinet as the second assistant, and was a college student of the official department. In the sixth year of Qin Long (1572), after Ming Shenzong ascended the throne, Zhang succeeded Gao Gong as cabinet records because of his support from eunuchs.
At that time, he was still young, and all military and political events were decided by Zhang. Zhang implemented a series of reform measures during his ten years as cabinet secretary. Financially, clearing land, implementing the "one whip method", collecting taxes and providing services are all paid with silver. "Taicang Xiaomi can support ten years, and Zeus has accumulated more than four million yuan."
Militarily, Qi Jiguang and Li were appointed as the north of the city, and Ling and Yin Zhengmao were used to quell the southwest rebellion. Administratively, the government is in awe of the comprehensive assessment of name and reality, and adopts the "examination method" to assess officials at all levels. "Wan Li is out, but it is chasing down, chasing in the evening."
In the tenth year of Wanli (1582), Zhang died on July 9th (June 20th of the lunar calendar) at the age of 58. He was presented with Zhu Guo and Wen Zhong (the latter two were deprived). Zhang was also the only civil servant in Ming Dynasty who was awarded a teacher and a teacher before his death. Confiscated by Ming Shenzong after his death, he was rehabilitated in the second year of the Apocalypse of Xi Ming (1622). He is the author of "Collected Works of Zhang Taiyan", which directly interprets the classics of books and illustrates the emperor's mirror.