On this day, 500 years ago, on May 24, 1525 (May 3, 1525 lunar calendar), Zhang Juzheng, the most outstanding cabinet assistant and the most outstanding politician of the Ming Dynasty, was born. Birthday: The third day of the fifth lunar month of the fourth year of Jiajing (May 24, 1525 Western Calendar), the date of death: the twentieth day of the sixth lunar month of the tenth year of Wanli (July 09, 1582 Western Calendar) Zhang Juzheng, Han nationality, with the character Uncle Da, the young name Bai Gui, the name Taiyue, the posthumous name "Wenzhong", a native of Huguang Jiangling (now Hubei Province), also known as Zhang Jiangling. Ming Dynasty politician, reformer. The best cabinet assistant in Chinese history, the greatest politician of the Ming Dynasty. Enrolled at the age of 5, able to pass the Six Classics of Righteousness at the age of 7, won the Xiucai Examination at the age of 12, participated in the township examination at the age of 13, and wrote a very beautiful article. It was only because Gu Ruan, governor of Huguang, intended to let Zhang Juzheng hone for a few more years that he failed to win the promotion. At the age of 16, he won Juren, and at the age of 23, he was a scholar in the 26th year of Jiajing (1547), from editor to attendant to lecturer, and ordered Hanlin affairs. In the first year of Longqing (1567), he served as the left attendant of the official department and the grand bachelor of the East Pavilion. During Longqing, he and Gao Gong were the prime minister and assistant, and he was the official official and the bachelor of Jianji Hall. In the early year At that time, Ming Shenzong was young, and all military and political affairs were ruled by Ju Zheng. After 10 years in power, he implemented a series of reform measures and received certain results. He checked the fields concealed by the landlords, implemented a whip law, changed the taxation system, and improved the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty government; used famous generals Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, etc. to train troops, strengthen the northern border defense, and rectify the defense of border towns; used Pan Jitun to preside over the management of Huang Huai, which was also quite effective. He died in the tenth year of Wanli (1582), and was given a pillar of the state, posthumously Wenzhong. Shortly after his death, he was attacked by the eunuch Zhang Cheng and the old-fashioned bureaucrats, and his family; when the apocalypse came, his reputation was restored. Author of "Zhang Taiyue Collection", "Straight Interpretation of Book Classics" The Ming Dynasty's civil servant, the head assistant of the cabinet, has great historical achievements because he assisted the emperor's governance effectively. After more than two hundred years of ups and downs in the Ming Dynasty, by the Jiajing period, it was full of diseases and dangers. Altars were set up to repair ceremonies in the Forbidden City every day, surrounded by blue smoke. The emperor of Jiajing, who fantasized about immortality, was intoxicated by the gorgeous words of "Ode to Qing Yunyun" and entrusted the government to the treacherous minister Yan Song with his eyes closed. Yan Song father and son took the opportunity to do evil and perverted the law. In this era background, Zhang Juzheng, the cabinet chief assistant (prime minister) who was born as a commoner, was pushed to the front of history. With his extraordinary courage and wisdom, he rectified the court platform, consolidated national defense, and implemented a whipping law, so that the dying Ming Dynasty could regain vitality. Comments: A legendary figure who shone in the annals of history due to the implementation of reforms during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty was corrupt, and the reforms were abolished after his death