Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1066
This was somewhat unexpected. Although he knew that Zhu Yijun attached great importance to victory in foreign wars and regarded it as an effective means of consolidating his authority, he did not expect that he valued it so much.

In addition, what Zhang Siwei said just now is also worth pondering: "The emperor is very optimistic about your foreign war capabilities."

It seems that this is a good thing, but Gao Yushi feels that it is not entirely a good thing.

Gao Yushi's long-term plan for himself is undoubtedly to join the cabinet, become the chief assistant, and then criticize the world and rule the world.Because only by becoming the chief assistant can he implement his will to reform, and more than half of the key points in his reform are against the ancestral system. If he cannot become the iron-handed chief assistant, there is no hope at all.

For example, the matter of banning and opening the sea is both ancestral system and not ancestral system, because the "ancestors" both banned the sea and some opened it, some banned it and opened it, and some opened it and banned it.When Gao Gong insisted on opening the sea at the beginning, it was from this aspect that I stood on the side of Kaihai, and I was also "respecting the ancestors of Heaven and Dharma".

However, some things that Gao Yushi will do in the future are different. For example, one of his priorities is to reform the entire financial system and strengthen the financial control ability of the central government.

This incident fundamentally violated the "ancestral system" established by Zhu Yuanzhang back then—Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was superfluous to allocate a lot of tax revenue to the local government, so he directly let the local government arrange it by itself.This system has been in operation since the Hongwu Dynasty until today, and even Zhu Di has never thought of changing it. It is a veritable ancestral system.

But this ancestral system is simply stupid in the eyes of Gao Pragmatism: Your imperial court center not only gave up such a large financial power, but even the supervisory power, you don’t know what happened locally!

Then if the local government imposes exorbitant taxes, increases in distribution and taxes, or even overcharges in the name of the imperial court, wouldn't your center know about it?You thought the local government was obediently obeying imperial edicts!At this time, the decision made by the imperial court is obviously impossible to conform to the local reality. No matter what the imperial court does, it is actually a decision to slap the head. How can the world not be chaotic?
Therefore, even considering the current traffic conditions, administrative losses, etc., certain wealth does not have to be transported from the local area to the capital for storage, then allocated by the capital, and then transported back to the local area, but at least you have to pay for it. We need to send someone to check and find out!How can we let the localities talk and act on their own?
However, reforms at this level cannot be carried out through high-level practicality through personal contacts and influence on the emperor. He must personally take the lead, as the chief assistant, take the initiative to stand in front of the stage and give orders, and there is the emperor's firm support behind him. , this can be done.

Because of this, even during Gao Gong's reign, Gao Yushi didn't consider promoting it, because at that time the emperor was still young, and it was impossible to give real support. In order to order the princes to usurp power and mess up the government.

Even with Gao Gong's personality, he may not be afraid of being criticized by thousands of people, but Gao Yushi does not want to add such a "reputation" to the Gao family, because once this kind of reputation is ruined by everyone, it will not only be a problem of the Gao family's eternal doom, but also the biggest problem. The only possibility is that once Gao Gong passed away, he would die immediately, and all reform efforts would be in vain.

Financial reform is just a microcosm of the real "big reform" in Gao Yushi's mind, and there are several other major issues that are similar in difficulty, so his goal can only be to sit in the position of chief assistant, and there is no room for compromise.

But the system of the Ming Dynasty is very strange. It is not the work experience at the grassroots level, the local work experience, or even the "main cadre work experience" that is popular in later generations, but the work experience of the center, especially the work experience of the Imperial Academy. ——In other words, it is the work experience of "Emperor's Secretary".

In fact, the highly pragmatic "Emperor's Secretary" has a lot of work experience, but unfortunately he doesn't count. The part that counts starts with being a daily lecturer.

As for Annan Dingbei, Governor of Liaodong, etc., these resumes can only be regarded as bonus items to prove personal ability, but they have never been decisive items.

Just like what Gao Yushi thought before he took the post of Liaodongyuan Ma Siqing, Zhu Yijun would not have sent him a foreign post at all if it wasn't for raising his rank as soon as possible—stay in the Imperial Academy for six or nine years, and his qualifications are in place Immediately after that, he will be able to serve as a servant of a certain department.

Even, according to his foundation of the top six poems in one step, he directly supplemented the Minister of Rites, and took advantage of the opportunity to join the cabinet.

This is the noble choice of the elders of the Ming Dynasty. The former chief assistant Li Chunfang, Gao Gong, Guo Pu, the current chief assistant Zhang Siwei, and even the future chief assistant Shen Shixing, which one is not the way to go?

So Gao Yushi is still busy with "foreign wars", so this may be a good thing, or it may be a bad thing.

The good thing is that he can prove his ability through foreign wars, and because of this, he can "unite" a large group of border officials and generals.

The bad thing is that he didn't have enough time in the center, and his reputation as "clean and noble" was seriously affected—in Daming, there is no need to emphasize how important a person's reputation is.

The only luck in misfortune is probably that he was born in the Gao family of the practical school, so it can be inferred that he did these things in order to practice the essence of practical learning.In addition, it can barely be regarded as a remedy, that is, the status of the champion of the six poems.Otherwise, according to the general situation, it is difficult to come back after a long time in the foreign office. Even if he comes back, he is usually dismissed by a minister of the Ministry of War.

Zhang Siwei saw that Gao Wushi was stunned suddenly, and was in a daze for a long time, so he couldn't help asking: "What are you thinking, so dazed?"

"Ah?" Gao Wushi was woken up by Zhang Siwei, scratched his head, and said: "My nephew is thinking, will the emperor hand over to me whenever he has a foreign war? Is this... a good thing or a bad thing? "

Zhang Siwei was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly, and said: "Are you afraid that you will not be able to return to Beijing if you will stay abroad in the future?"

Gao Wushi coughed dryly: "It's not that I won't come back, it's just this time..."

Zhang Siwei shook his head and said: "You are worrying too much. If it is what you think, the emperor will not let you secretly preside over this Yunnan war through such means."

"Why?" Gao Wushi was a little puzzled as to why Zhang Siwei was so sure. He asked, "I always feel that if the actual status of the governor of Yunnan is not as good as that of the governor of Liaodong, this time the war in Yunnan is together, especially when the emperor fights." When I make up my mind to fight this battle, maybe I will be sent to Yunnan instead.”

Zhang Siwei laughed, shook his head and said, "No, no."

"Why are you so sure?" Gao Yushi wondered.

"There are two points." Zhang Siwei stretched out two fingers, then retracted one, and said: "First, you, the governor of Liao, took office not long ago, and when the war broke out in Yunnan, you were transferred to the governor of Yunnan. People in the world doubt, does the emperor think that you, Gao Qiuzhen, are the only ones available? The world is so big, what if there are two or three mobilizations, what will the emperor do? Without you, Gao Qiuzhen, I will The Ming Dynasty can only sit in the city of sorrow?

Second, you said that the status of the Yunnan Governor is not as good as that of the Liao Governor. This is generally true, but if the emperor really wants you to preside over the war in Yunnan, he doesn't have to let you be the Governor of Yunnan.Give you a brief introduction to Yunnan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, or even more exaggerated, including Guangdong and Guangxi, so what if I give you a brief introduction to the five southwestern provinces?You are now the right servant of the Ministry of War, and you can also preside over the military affairs of several provinces. This "Jinglue" is just a temporary assignment, and you will be withdrawn after the completion of the task. If you are asked to take control of the five southwestern provinces, are you afraid that you will not be able to fight a Burmese? "

Gao Wushi suddenly realized, and thought to himself: It turns out that the Minister of the Ministry of War can manage a few provinces... Oh, that's right, in history, when Yang Gao was in charge of Liaodong and North Korea, he was only the right minister of the Ministry of War. It seems that the Minister of the Ministry of War After all, this official title is one of the high officials of the imperial court, which is still very powerful.

Seeing that Gao Wushi accepted his statement, Zhang Siwei smiled again, and said: "So don't think too much, the reason why the emperor did this is actually not that complicated. First of all, he knows your ability best, and put the Yunnan war He will be more at ease if he secretly entrusts you to control it. Secondly, his original intention of this move is to worry that you will not be available in the future, have you thought about this carefully?"

"Have you thought about it carefully?" Gao Wushi didn't understand why Zhang Siwei's tone was obviously aggravated when he said this.

Zhang Siwei said: "It was only after I talked with you about recommending candidates for the cabinet that I suddenly thought of this: Have you noticed that there may be a situation where my school of practical learning may not be accepted?"

Gao Wushi focused his eyes and said in thought: "What uncle means is that besides you, most of the main force of the second generation of practical learning is from the gold list in Jiajing 44. If it is assumed that the nephew is the third generation , Judging from the gold list, it has already reached the eighth year of Wanli..."

Zhang Siwei interrupted: "You yourself can be counted according to the eight years of Wanli, but your 'generation' cannot be counted according to the eight years of Wanli - the simplest point is, besides yourself, who else is the Wanli? Can a disciple of the Practical School of the Gengchen Division Gold List in the eighth year be appointed as the Minister of the Military Department in just three years? I won’t talk about the others, what rank is Taizheng now?”

Zhang Taizheng, Zhang Siwei's second son, Gao Yushi's cousin and Gengchen Ke Jinbang in the same year.In the eighth year of Wanli, he was born as No. 4 Jinshi in the Gengchen Division Gold List. He was selected by the museum. He was a good scholar for eight months. In the middle, the official position of the fifth rank.

The son of a dignified chief assistant, a No. 4 academic master in the second class, he only achieved the sixth grade in three years, and he still dawdles in the "idle work" of the Ministry of Rites, offering sacrifices to officials and officials. It is not easy to get promoted.

Even if Zhang Taizheng's background is like this, can others be better than him?

Even Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan, who were in the same rank as "Heavenly Immortals" with Gao Yushi at the beginning, are still in the Hanlin Academy with mixed qualifications, and their positions have not been changed. When they entered, they were editors, and they are still editors now. , but Wen Sanguan has been promoted two ranks, from Cheng Shi Lang to Xuan Yi Lang.

The meaning of what Zhang Siwei said is here: Your high-practical promotion is too fast, which is a special case, and it is impossible for normal people to catch up, so you have no problem according to the Wanli eight years, but your "generation" as a whole is according to the Wanli Eight years is unreasonable.

Or in other words, if your "generation" is calculated according to the eight years of Wanli, then you can't do the calculation yourself, you have to push forward at least two subjects, or even three subjects.

But it is also because of this that if you join the cabinet in the future and start to provoke the mainstay of my practical school, your fellow students may not be able to play their due role and serve as your shoulders and wings.

Judging from Gao Wuzhen's current situation, Zhang Siwei estimated that he might join the cabinet in his [-]s, but at that time, what position did his group of the same year reach?
There are two kinds of people who stay in the capital: one is those who stay in the Imperial Academy. At this time, they may be able to mix up as a student and a lecturer.

The second is those who stay in Liubu and other Beijing official yamen. It is basically impossible for them to be promoted to Shilang (third rank), but they are still only doctors (fifth rank) below the minister. It is hard to say whether they can go to Shilang.On the contrary, those who stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate may have the opportunity to be released as inspectors, and those who are more lucky may be assigned to the Deputy Procuratorate of a certain province, that is, Bing Beidao, but generally speaking, it is unlikely to be promoted to governor in ten years.

As for those who are directly released, it’s hard to say. Maybe they have been evaluated well when they were appointed outside, or they may have made great contributions when they encountered opportunities outside, and then they became magistrates from the county magistrate, from the magistrate to the government, or even transferred back to the capital (or Nanjing) as a servant, etc., but generally speaking, it is difficult. It is a blessing to be able to be a chief envoy. In fact, it is not bad to be able to participate in politics and the like.

These official positions are not low in terms of rank and status. After all, Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty is still very popular, but if you compare it with Gao Yushi who may have joined the cabinet at this time... Can they help him much?Can't!At most, it will play a little "public opinion role" at some point.

At this time, when Gao Gong was the examiner, most of the 44-year-old Jinbang disciples in Jiajing were already in their 60s, and the younger ones were all in their fifties. How many years are left?

This is how the failure to connect is produced.

But Gao Wushi didn't understand, and asked: "But uncle, for example, my mentor Guo Gong is the examiner for the second year of Wanli Gold List, and you are the examiner for the Wanli Five Year Gold List. Can Jinshi of these two subjects not be used?"

Zhang Siwei shook his head and said, "You don't know what kind of temperament your mentor Guo Gong is? He never makes exceptions for his students. Few of the Jinshi in the subject in the second year of Wanli were decent. The only name I often see now is probably Ma Zhen and Fan Shouji, but Ma Zhen is because I have taken care of him (Ma Zhen, Ma Ziqiangzi), and Fan Shouji is because he is from Kaifeng Prefecture, and I have taken care of him.

In addition, it's not that there are really no people in this subject. For example, Li Sancai, Zhao Nanxing and others have the opportunity to climb up, but it's a pity that they are all from 'over there'.Oh, by the way, there is also Xu Yuanchun in this subject, who is the eldest grandson of Xu Huating..."

Gao Wushi couldn't help being silent, and thought to himself: This is good, the teacher is upright, but the disciple will suffer because of it.Fortunately, my uncle is not pedantic, otherwise Ma Zhen would be useless... Speaking of which, it seems that Ma Zhen didn't do much in the original history. Is it because the uncle's time in power is too short?
At this time, Zhang Siwei continued: "As for the fifth year of Wanli, although I am the main examiner for this subject, it is only one subject earlier than you. What's the use of three years? After ten years, one or two assistant ministers will be produced. , governor or something, I’m going to burn incense.”

He sighed and said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, I still plan to let you take care of them in the future."

Uh, is it so embarrassing...

Gao Wushi couldn't help scratching his head.

"So, the emperor's move has a deep meaning, but it's not as deep as you think." Zhang Siwei made a conclusion: "He was afraid that no one would use you in the future, so he remembered Chen Yubi for some reason, um, maybe it was Because Chen Yubi has been a lecturer for a long time... In short, if you don't believe me, we two, uncle and nephew, will make a bet today: within a year, the emperor will definitely be promoted to him, either he will be promoted to a bachelor's degree and take charge of the Imperial Academy, or let him He sent out a certain servant."

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said: "It seems that after two days, my nephew will be 'closed' into the Ministry of Rites, and I will have to communicate with Chen Yuanzhong (Chen Yubi)."

Zhang Siwei stood up with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You shouldn't need me to teach you this kind of thing."
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