Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 10 Decontamination and Elimination (Part [-])
As a time traveler, Gao Yushi has a deep understanding of the current situation of Daming.It has been 1368 years since Taizu Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing and proclaimed himself Emperor Yan in 200. The Ming Dynasty has been in Guozuo for [-] years, and its entire rule is tending to decay.

As far as the administration of officials is concerned, the government is tolerant, and there are too many things to do. Ministers and workers, big and small, are tolerant and lenient, and bribe the public, which makes the laws gradually slow down and the discipline is weak; Although there are continuous actions of the Qing army and the enlistment of the army, in fact it is still common practice to flee, or they are occupied by the powerful. Most of the campers are old, weak, sick and disabled. The laws are not strict, and the rewards and punishments are not clear. The combat effectiveness is extremely low. Even the mutiny of the army happened from time to time; and the battles of court construction, prayer and sacrifice, the moon was full of sun, and the tyrants and gentry plundered the land and wealth with unprecedented madness. Food, soldiers were short of money, horses and fodder, a large number of self-cultivating farmers went bankrupt, and the number of servants and tenants continued to increase. Peasants struggled against rents, taxes, grain, and Sochi occurred from time to time.

On the other hand, due to the long-term continuous improvement of social productivity and the development of the commodity economy, in some industries and regions, the budding of capitalist production relations has emerged; with the development of urban economy, citizen movements are also quietly rising. The civic culture characterized by taste and folk style, the literary trend of thought with Yanzhi literature and romanticism as the main body, and the social fashion oriented by admiration for novelty and pursuit of beauty constitute a new melody in social development. , the general public's struggle against plunder and persecution was surging and continued one after another; with the gradual decay of Yangming's philosophy of mind, especially the constant exposure of the nihilism thought of Wang's disciples and the harm of the style of study in Qingchao, Yan Jun, He Xinyin, Li Zhi, etc. The heretical thinkers represented by such as Zhang et al. advocated the recognition of selfish desires and the independence of personality, and a trend of humanism was surging in the ideological circles, while the trend of practical learning marked by anti-virtualism and pragmatism, saving the world and the people, emphasizing production, encouraging industry and commerce, and revitalizing natural science Rapid expansion, all of which are impacting the barriers of the old feudal rule.

At the same time, the world pattern is undergoing drastic changes.In 1566 AD, that is, the 45th year of Jiajing reign of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yijun was four years old, a bourgeois revolution broke out in the Netherlands led by the iconoclasm movement.In 1588, which is No. 16 years after Zhu Yijun ascended the throne in the original history, Spain will send the "Invincible Fleet" to the United Kingdom. The fleets of the two sides meet in the English Channel. After being annihilated, Britain gradually became stronger, and then established maritime hegemony.In France, the rule of the Bourbon dynasty will be established starting from 1589, and the events of the "Clokan" uprising and the promulgation of the "Edict of Nantes" have occurred successively.In Russia, the Tsar will issue a "special edict" that Kazakhs belong to the Russian subjects in 1595, and in 1598, he will annex the Khanate of the Absolute Khanate...

Although Yangming's theory of mind has countless fans in later generations, and Gao Yushi also "longs for it" for Wang Yangming himself, but from the current standpoint of saving the world from danger, he believes that the descendants of Wang Xue at this time have completely gone Astray.These people are just blindly retreating, reminiscent of the scene when metaphysics was flourishing, and it is of no benefit to the country or the people.What these people pay attention to is "talking with one's heart at ordinary times, and repaying the king's kindness by dying"-it's a joke!
Not to mention how many people in this generation actually repayed the king's kindness by dying when the Ming Dynasty died later, but this kind of practice should be advocated?The generation of high-ranking officials have to do and enjoy the riches, but they don’t do the business, they only know how to talk about their heart-no matter how good your heart is, what good will it do to the world, what good will it do to the people?From a high-practical point of view, this kind of person is really not as good as "one death", and it's better to die early!

Therefore, from a high-practical point of view, if you want to save the late Ming Dynasty, you must learn from it!

The Gao family, where Gao Yushi came from, is one of the great masters of practical learning in the country, and Gao Gong himself practiced practical learning, and tried his best to promote it to the whole country.The historians of later generations generally believed that Zhang Juzheng was the representative of the "School of Practical Learning" in the Ming Dynasty. Although it was not wrong, they intentionally or unintentionally ignored one point: Gao Gong was the first chief assistant who really implemented practical learning!The so-called Zhang Juzheng's reform in history is nothing more than a continuation and expansion of Gao Gong's "established policy".

Winners and losers, as for Sri Lanka.

If history can be assumed, Gao Gong may not be as good as Zhang Juzheng; if history can be assumed, Gao Gong may be more just than Zhang Juzheng!

This is not because the Gao family, who was born in a pragmatic manner, spoke from the standpoint of Gao Gong, but it is indeed proved by history.

In later generations, because of the popularity of a certain book, the history circle continued to set off an upsurge in Ming history.In this upsurge, in order to portray Zhang Juzheng's "Gao Daquan" heroic image, some scholars tried their best to belittle and even slander Gao Gong, and repeatedly emphasized that "Gao Gong left behind a mess of internal and external troubles." The "mess" theory not only obliterates Gao Gong's achievements in governing the border, but also runs counter to historical facts.Therefore, some serious scholars immediately refuted it.

In fact, at the beginning of Gao Gong's administration, he was faced with the situation of wanton invasion by southern Japanese and northern captives since Jiajing, and the situation on the frontier was precarious.In order to reverse this situation, on the one hand, he vigorously promoted military reforms, such as the establishment of military officials reserve and special relocation system, border general leave and internal relocation system, and the punishment system for military personnel's incompetence and misconduct, etc., in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming army; On the other hand, it used the Jingbian strategy of "Suppressing the South and Fusuring the North" to carry out drastic frontier political rectification, and created a new situation of "Border Yanran" in the Northeast, Southwest, Northwest, and South.

As for the flexible and pragmatic means it adopts, Gao Yushi knows that they will show them one by one in the next two or three years.

However, Zhu Yijun was only an eight-year-old prince at this time. Emperor Longqing was very concerned about Zhu Yijun's childhood happiness because of his tragic childhood experience. The emperor's words can play a key role in such a major event, and high pragmatism is not very optimistic, so if this matter is to be successful, it is obvious that it needs to be increased, and it will be increased.

So Gao Wushi smiled and said: "If the prince just goes to talk to the Holy One like this, I am afraid that the Holy One will hesitate-just as Feng Factory Governor said just now, the officials in the outer court may oppose it, so there must be an important official outside the matter. Only when Ting agrees can the saint make up his mind."

Zhu Yijun was a little stunned at first, but after thinking about it, he was suddenly a little discouraged: "But, I don't know a courtier, let alone an important minister."

Feng Bao was startled, and hesitantly said: "Mr. Xiao Gao means... Mr. Gao Ge? This, this is probably..." He didn't say what he said later, but it must have been nothing more than "I'm afraid it's unlikely?"

Gao Wushi smiled, and said to Feng Bao: "In the past two years, the boy was in his hometown in Xinzheng, and he was fortunate to be taught by the third uncle himself. In his spare time, the third uncle also showed the boy some of his manuscripts, and one of them was not published for various reasons. The memorandum submitted is called "Reversing the Decadent Practices and Treating the Sages", also known as "Eliminating the Eight Malpractices"..."

(End of this chapter)