Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1182 Qi Jiguang's Rainbow Fart

Qi Jiguang is worthy of being a military general who was convenient for the central government to bury cable reports when he was the border commander in other places. He could guess that Li Wenjin was the one behind the Queen Mother Li.Gao Wushi couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard this. With this political vision alone, even if Qi Jiguang was a civil servant, he probably wouldn't do too badly.

Of course, Qi Jiguang in the original history can be said to be the one with the most reliable political vision among his contemporaries. The so-called Yu Long Qi Hu Bei Ma Nan Liu, isn't he the best?As for the issue of Wanli being transferred to Guangdong ten years later, so that he died in depression, it is really no wonder his political vision-who knew that Zhang Juzheng died so early?Qi Jiguang is not Li Shizhen, how could he have this ability.

Speaking of which, Qi Jiguang is a person who Gao Pragmatically finds particularly interesting since his travels.People in later generations who don't study history very much think of Qi Jiguang, and probably only have eight words in their minds: "fight against Japanese pirates, national hero", but in fact Qi Jiguang is far from such a "simple" person, he is very complicated.

From Gao Yushi's point of view, it's most interesting that Qi Jiguang, who was born and raised in Ming Dynasty, has similar characteristics to himself as a time traveler.

Aside from the well-known situation of national heroes, the most "contradictory" thing about Qi Jiguang is that he has been corrupt all his life but has been clean all his life.

This seems to be a joke. It seems that there should be no such contradictory people in history and reality.But unfortunately, in the history of China, all kinds of strange things will happen, especially under the system of Ming Dynasty with its own twisted ancestral system, if you want to be an official or a general, if you never take bribes or take bribes, you still want to do it. It's really impossible to make a career out of it.

The only exception was the hard-headed Hai Rui, who was the most upright official established by Ming Dynasty.According to records, I am afraid that he is also the most upright official in Chinese history.But besides Hai Rui, it was really hard to find a few such upright officials. Besides, although Hai Rui had done a good job as an official, it was actually difficult to define whether he had achieved a career or not.

And Qi Jiguang, the national hero who has indeed made a career, certainly does not belong to the ranks of upright officials, but he is indeed a clean and honest life.

Mingyue commented on Qi Jiguang in the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty": "Qi Jiguang-a person who is good at building relationships, catering to leaders, entertaining guests and giving gifts, and forming cliques. In countless history books, Qi Jiguang is the embodiment of bravery and fearlessness. , he can make good decisions and be invincible, all these are facts, but he also has another side, for example, every time he goes to a place, he must first go to the pier, treat guests and gifts, eat and drink, and then agree with the clan to find his ancestors , everyone is considered brothers, but according to his salary, it is absolutely impossible to afford such a high expense, so the conclusion is: Qi Jiguang is a person who both accepts gifts and gives bribes."

Although Mingyue used a very popular way to evaluate Qi Jiguang back then, and did not really provide evidence, but only "because of this", this evaluation is actually basically true.

A system like the Ming Dynasty has never been about "high salaries to support honesty", it can only be "low salaries to support corruption", because the salaries of officials in Daming are very low.

If you are an official in Ming Dynasty, and you don’t plan to use your own money to fill the hole, then you don’t take bribes, don’t accept bribes, and don’t even accept all kinds of filial piety. In the end, there is only one result: not only can you not maintain various official relationships, Even raising a family can feel difficult.

As an official in the center of the imperial court, such as when Gao Wu was in the Hanlin Academy, if he was not a former Xiaoge old man and a future star of the practical school, he could actually save money.However, that is also based on the fact that there is no need for too much entertainment. In fact, apart from the Hanlin Academy, there are very few officials in Ming Dynasty who do not need too much entertainment.

If a military general like Qi Jiguang does not accept corruption, bribes, or even filial piety, he will not be able to gather an elite army under his command, or even be able to be like Hai Rui, who not only becomes a beggar-like official himself, but also Let my family live a beggar-style life.He was so poor that he couldn't even afford a catty of pork all year round, and occasionally buying a catty of pork would become a sensation in the city.

In fact, an upright official like Hai Rui can only become a person who is highly commended by the court, so that his official status can not be shaken.But such a character has always been a special case, and there can be no universality, just like Gao Gong "hanging high" Hai Rui in the end-you are only suitable to be a role model, not suitable for real use.

Daming's officialdom is complicated and sinister, which has been explained before.As an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you don’t have the support of factions, teachers to take care of you, fellows from the same year, and enough money to open up contacts and relationships, it’s basically impossible for you to have a successful official career, be safe and sound, and be able to keep your official life.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang has long since discarded the precepts of his ancestors, went to the country to do as the Romans do, and sang whatever songs he went to.Now that he has entered the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he has no choice but to be a corrupt official.

However, Qi Jiguang really didn't want to be corrupt or accept bribes, because he was indeed an ambitious person, as he said in his own poem: I don't want to be a Marquis, but I hope Hai Boping will be peaceful.In fact it is.

Qi Jiguang had countless official careers throughout his life. He fought in most of Ming Dynasty, went to Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan in the south, and went to Mongolia, Liaodong, poor places, and rich places in the north. He has been there;However, every time he left a place, he was penniless and left clean, and he didn't even leave any legacy for his descendants.

It can be seen from this that whether Qi Jiguang is corrupt or accepting bribes, he basically enters with his left hand and exits with his right.All the money he got will be spent, used up, and given away before he leaves office in a place. He is not going to be a miser. The bridge is paved.

It's like Gao Yushi is not short of money at all, but Qi Jiguang has never missed a single gift on any important festival, including Gao Yushi's birthday - even if he knows Gao Yushi's family background and personality, the gift he gave Gao Yushi can be unnecessary He cares about the value of the gift itself, but he will never give it less.

Why would he do this?
Looking at his boss, the fate of Hu Zongxian, who is also an anti-Japanese hero, is not difficult to understand. The relationship between officials is very complicated and delicate.

When Hu Zongxian wanted to be an official and make a career, he almost had no choice but to join Yan Song and his son.For his own future, Qi Jiguang first flattered his Shangguan Tan Lun, and after his status was promoted, he leaned on Zhang Juzheng, who had just become the elder of the pavilion.

If only in terms of personal integrity, Qi Jiguang does not meet the standards of praise in the past dynasties in China. His official style is also two-sided, and whoever is strong will mess with whoever, but Gao Yushi understands his approach very well.

Because Gao Yushi felt that Qi Jiguang was the same as himself, "As long as my ambition remains unchanged, the specific means can be discussed, and staged compromises are not impossible."

What is pragmatism, this is pragmatism.Many things in the world do not depend on individual will. Otherwise, how could there be a dispute between the country and the country in the original history?There are many things that the emperor can't stick to his original intention, let alone those who are courtiers.

It was precisely because of "original intention" that Gao Yushi didn't care too much about Zhu Yijun's continuous favor to King Lu, and didn't even interfere on purpose.

Why?Because Zhu Yijun's continuous blessings may not be his original intention. In fact, he had to do so only because of the triple status of emperor, son and elder brother.

Make it for the queen mother to see, and make it for the world to see.

Who made Daming pay attention to governing the world with filial piety and respect between brothers and sisters?Why did he keep emphasizing in the imperial edict that "the vice-president is friendly, loving, and sincere"?The reason is: even if he is an emperor, he is afraid that people in the world will say that he is not filial.

In Daming, no one can bear the crime of "unfilial piety". Once you are labeled as "unfilial piety", you have all kinds of abilities and changes, and what awaits you is to be despised, ridiculed or even condemned.

Yang Wei was invited by Zhang Siwei to return to the imperial court as a heavenly official, mainly because his filial piety moved the world, so when he returned to the court, no one objected; world.

Now that it is Zhu Yijun, there is actually no essential difference.

Nine out of ten of his favor to King Lu came from his obedience to Queen Mother Li's wishes.There is obvious evidence for this point: in the original history, when the Empress Dowager Li died, King Lu was shocked and mourned, and he himself died of illness not long after—he knew that his brother would probably change his attitude if he lost the protection of his mother. .

Therefore, Gao Wushi felt that what Zhu Yijun did was not necessarily out of his original intention, he just had to put on a show, and even if the cost of doing the show was very high, he couldn't help it.

As long as one eats politics, who in the world does not show off?Not only Zhu Yijun and Qi Jiguang have to do it, but can he not do it because he is highly pragmatic?
Gao Wushi said indifferently: "Li Wenjin is well aware that the queen mother loves the youngest son, and he himself has always relied on the queen mother to be the man he is today. Naturally, he will follow the queen mother's wishes and try his best to keep King Lu. As for King Jing's legacy, That is the tool he used to block the mouths of the people of the world."

Qi Jiguang opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated for a moment, and finally fell silent.

Gao Wushi glanced at him, and asked, "What does Lord Nantang want to say?"

Qi Jiguang smiled wryly and said: "The last general is just worried that if the affairs of King Lu's kingdom will not be settled down, I am afraid that the imperial court will never have the capital to launch a final blow against Tumen."

Gao Wushi knew that he still had reservations about what he said, so he said calmly: "If the emperor insists on collecting the real amount of King Jing's inheritance to give to King Lu, I don't think it's impossible to do it, and it will be done in our hands after all. The final blow to Tumen."

Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly and said: "Young Sima has just passed the weak crown year, so naturally he can wait until that day, but the last general is not young anymore. If you look at the situation of the two generals in the north, Ma and South Liu, it will be a while later." In three or four years, at the end of the day, I am afraid that I should resign from my job and hold various positions, and go back to my hometown to roam the forest."

Oh, so you are worried about this.

Gao Wushi nodded inwardly, and said to himself: This is very "Qi Jiguang", what he is worried about is that he will not be able to catch up with this last battle against Beiyuan.That's right, how could a person like him who wanted to do a great job be willing not to leave a strong mark in such an important war?
It's just about Lu Wang... Zhu Yijun is unlikely to compromise.

Perhaps seeing that Gao Yushi seemed to be pensive, Qi Jiguang kindled some hopes, and asked in a low voice: "Young Sima has always taken three steps at one step, and you have never been unable to handle any difficult things in your hands over the years. Look at this Is there still a chance for this matter to change?"

The corner of Gao Yushi's mouth twitched lightly, and he thought to himself: Well, it really is Qi Jiguang himself, this rainbow fart is going to blow me to the sky.

But he really didn't want to reject Qi Jiguang. After all, Qi Jiguang's starting point was not bad, and it was reasonable for him to want to show his strength in the war against Tumen. Killing all directions, but I can only guard the gate of the capital, and no one will be reconciled if it is changed.

Besides, Gao Yushi himself also thinks that Qi Jiguang should act quickly, because now Li Chengliang seems to have made up his mind to join Shen Shihang. If Qi Jiguang doesn't show himself again, then it won't be a battle. , Then I am tall, don't someone also have to sit on the wax?
He finally couldn't sit still anymore, stood up, and walked around.Qi Jiguang was never rude, so he got up immediately and stood aside respectfully, waiting for Gao Pragmatic to think of a way.

I don't know how long it took before Gao Wushi suddenly stopped, as if he was talking to Qi Jiguang, and seemed to be talking to himself: "The reason why King Lu's kingdom can't come to fruition seems to be that King Jing's inheritance can't be obtained. , or lies in the interests themselves.”

Qi Jiguang was also thinking just now, and he didn't keep up with the high-level pragmatic thinking for a while, so he subconsciously said: "Benefit itself?"

"That's right, the benefits themselves." Gao Yushi said with certainty: "Actually, whether it's King Lu or the Queen Mother, what he really cares about is not necessarily whether he got the legacy of King Jing. That's not important. What's important is that he gets The benefit cannot be less than that of King Jing’s inheritance.”

Qi Jiguang frowned and said: "But it's still the same, King Jing's inheritance has been returned to the people, and now the court can't get it out, and if they want to give another wealth from 'King Jing's inheritance', the Ministry of Household Affairs may still be caught blind. "

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Otherwise, as long as there is some flexibility here, there is still hope for things to change. I'm afraid that the emperor or the queen mother will admit death, and if they insist on holding on to King Jing's inheritance, it will be a headache."

When Qi Jiguang heard that there was hope, he didn't bother to ask Gao Yushi anything else, and asked directly: "Young Sima has a solution?"

Gao Wushi pondered and said: "I have an idea, but I'm afraid this method will have to 'be the first to open the wind' again. I don't know if I can persuade the Queen Mother and Lu Wang and his mother... It seems that I have to talk to the Queen Mother and Lu Wang personally. talk."

Qi Jiguang immediately offered a rainbow fart: "If the young Sima makes a move, what difficulties are there in the world? The last general will first wish the young Sima success!"
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PS: A little spoiler ahead of time: The matter of Lu Wang is not only a single incident, but also leads to clan issues.

(End of this chapter)