The Ming Dynasty cabinet was constantly fighting, how did Zhang Juzheng ensure the smooth operation

His approach at the time was to befriend both factions at the same time, and he was doing the glue work in between, so in this case he was able to keep the cabinet running smoothly for the time being.

An important point is to help the weak and eliminate the strong. In order for the cabinet to function stably, it is necessary to balance the power between the two parties. The two sides here refer to the two largest forces in the struggle.

The Ming Dynasty cabinet struggled constantly, and Zhang Ju used the method of mutual containment to ensure the smooth operation of the cabinet, as long as the balance of this containment was maintained, the cabinet would not be chaotic.

Zhang Juzheng does not take sides and lets the cabinet's forces check each other, so that the cabinet will not be unable to do things for the court due to power disputes, and the smooth operation of the cabinet will be ensured.

The division of power that he adopted was very good, and he divided the executive power and Qicao into two groups, one group of people who were only responsible for the law, and the other group of people who were only responsible for the implementation of the separation of powers, which was an important means of ensuring that stability.

How so? William Atwell did not have a high opinion of Zhang's reforms. Zhang Juzheng's reforms have a strong color in the Ming Dynasty and even in ancient Chinese economic history, and many historians have placed Zhang Juzheng and Wang Anshi alongside each other, and have always been regarded as representatives of Chinese reformers.

But Atwell explained that this is not because Zhang Ju is the reincarnation of Kong Ming, but because of the real basis for the completion of a whip reform, in fact, it is the large-scale import, the Ming Dynasty converted the national tax into ** to collect, the implementation of this reform was launched in 1570, just after the lifting of the sea ban, the peak of the world's first inflow into China completely coincided. The two pilots of the reform are Zhejiang and Fujian, which are the most active provinces in piracy and overseas. Oh, what he means is that the reformer Zhang Juzheng just caught up with the great opportunity of world history, Atwell very sharply put Zhang Juzheng's reform into the vision of another world to observe, he pointed out that Zhang Juzheng's reform is too dependent on foreign trade, too dependent on the world, the Achilles heel of the currency market

This is why in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the market and production were greatly expanded, but the country's ability to govern declined, which was prominently manifested in the chaotic currency system that could not be governed, and the grassroots could not be organized....

Let's put it this way! I think what he means is that even if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is the first assistant, he is a fool from top to bottom, but as long as the international economic situation is favorable to me, then ** will roll in. But once the silver mines are exhausted or other problems, the export chain collapses, then the external currency** will stop, and the so-called rule of the world will fall apart.