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Zhang Zhengxue was an official.
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History of Ming, Chapter 219Volume 219 Biographies 107: Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Xu Guo, Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Zhu Geng · 1 passage
三殿災，志臯適在告，位偕同列請面慰，不許．乃請帝引咎頒赦，勤朝講，發章奏，躬郊廟，建皇儲，錄廢棄，容狂直，宥細過，補缺官，減織造，停礦使，徹稅監，釋繫囚．帝優詔報之，不能盡行．位又言：「臣等請停礦稅，非遽停之也，蓋欲責成撫按，使上不虧國，下不累民耳．」於是給事中張正學劾位逢迎遷就，宜斥．帝亦不省．
When the three halls burned, Zhigao happened to be on leave; Wei and his colleagues asked for an audience of consolation and were refused. He then asked the emperor to acknowledge guilt and issue a general amnesty, attend court diligently, hold lectures, release memorials, visit suburban altars in person, establish the imperial heir, recall the discarded, tolerate blunt speech, pardon minor faults, fill vacant posts, reduce weaving, halt mining envoys, withdraw tax supervisors, and release prisoners. The emperor replied favorably but could not carry out everything. Wei added: 'When we asked to halt mining taxes, we did not mean to halt them at once; we wished to hold governors and grand coordinators responsible so the state would not lose revenue and the people would not be burdened.' Supervising Secretary Zhang Zhengxue then impeached Wei for fawning and trimming his sails and said he should be dismissed; the emperor took no notice.