Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1191
Gao Yushi's memorandum really stunned the elders. After watching each other in the meeting hall for a long time, Shen Shixing coughed lightly and said, "You guys think this memorandum should be what my cabinet should be like." Proposal?"

Xu Guo hesitated for a while, but didn't say anything. Zhang Xueyan couldn't help but secretly frowned when he saw it, and then said: "The cabinet is so good at drafting such a draft, it must be handed over to the emperor. However, it is the responsibility of the ministers of the cabinet to regulate the world. , if you have no opinion when encountering a major event, but it is not appropriate, you must always show an attitude."

It was so easy for Shen Shixing to meet someone who dared to talk to him, how could he let it go, and immediately asked: "What Mr. Xin Zhai said is absolutely true. This kind of prose is related to the overall situation of the world. The cabinet has to take an attitude-Wu Xin How does Lord Zhai view Gao Qiuzhen's neglect?"

He thought that Zhang Xueyan was just using "the cabinet must have an attitude" to force himself, the chief assistant, to express his position first, so he seized the opportunity to quickly turn against the general, but unexpectedly Zhang Xueyan was not afraid of expressing his position.

I saw Zhang Xueyan cupped his hands in the direction of the military department suddenly, and said: "Although Gao Qiuzhen is a junior in the scholarly circle, from today onwards, I will not dare to respect him in person."

Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment, but before he could figure out what Zhang Xueyan's intention was for suddenly praising pragmatism, Zhang Xueyan said in a deep voice, "You are worthy of the number one scholar in the six poems, you really have the courage of the world."

Shen Shixing was surprised when he heard that, the six first prizes were nothing more than a high and pragmatic honor, but this day's writing is bold... Can this be arbitrarily concluded?
The term Wendan originally has several meanings, and its uses and usages are also different, but once the prefix "天下" is used, there are usually only two situations: one is a scholar leader, and the other is an imperial court leader. auxiliary.

May I ask which one is Gao Pragmatic?
Although there was still a smile on Shen Shixing's face, the smile was stiff no matter how you looked at it.

However, he did not object in the end, because he also knew that it was really courageous to say these words with a high pragmatic status.

What exactly did Gao Wu say in this essay, so that Shen Shixing would think so?
At the beginning of this essay, Gao Yushi discussed one thing with an example: the ancestral system is not inviolable, and as the times change, there is no ancestral system that cannot be violated, and everything must be determined according to the situation at the time .Moreover, the ancestors did not abide by the ancestral system unconditionally. Even Emperor Taizu Gao himself made relevant adjustments many times after confirming the "ancestral training".

Since Taizu himself also adjusted, and later Chengzu and other "listed saints" also made many adjustments according to the national conditions at that time, why can't we adjust now?
After explaining the reason why the ancestral system can also be adjusted, Gao Yushi began to "prescribe and apply medicine".His "adjustment" method has a total of five.

First and foremost is the issue of knighthood.Gao Yushi suggested that the number of knights should be strictly limited. For example, the eldest son of a prince should inherit the prince as usual, while the second son of a concubine can only be granted the title of four of them at most, and a total of five can be knighted.The eldest son of the prince of the county will inherit the king of the county as usual, and the second son of the concubine can only be granted the title of two of them at most, and a total of three can be knighted.If the generals of Zhen, Fu, and Fengguo have sons, they are allowed to grant the title to the second son, and those who have no sons can only be granted the title as the son of the common son.As for the lieutenants of Zhen, Fu, and Fengguo, I'm sorry, no matter whether they are concubine or concubine, they are only allowed to have one son.

However, knighting is the most critical issue, and I haven't finished talking here. Gao Yushi continued to make requests.

Clans other than the above clans are not allowed to be canonized, so the arrangement is as follows: among them, those who are willing to study will go to school together with the handsome children of the folk.Among them, those who should be listed in Kejia should be awarded officials, but there is a requirement that they can only serve as officials outside—in other words, they cannot be officials in the capital or go to the central government.

Other clans who are not able to study but choose to farm or work, just let them do what they want, and the court doesn't need to take care of it.If it is considered that some of these clans may not have the means to make a living, then it is advisable to consider giving him an "initial fund" from the imperial court.

For example, if the son of a prince is not allowed to be crowned, at the age of 16, the court will give a crown and belt, and another 600 taels of silver; The sealer, who is willing to go to school, will be given a towel, and 400 taels of silver with each son.In this way, no matter whether you are studying to become an official or doing other things to make a living, you are not afraid of not being taken care of and making mistakes.

And if there are still some of them who are completely useless... Gao Yushi said that every family in the world has unworthy sons, and this is a helpless thing-in other words: the imperial court does not raise waste, and you can die wherever you like. Didn't think about you trash.

After that, he solved two other related problems by the way: one is that the clan cannot leave the city.Gao Yushi thinks that it is not a hindrance for the clan to go out of the city, and there is actually no such thing in the "ancestral precepts". Pragmatic here simply does not admit it.

The other is what he and Zhu Yijun talked about before, "Punishment should not be punished by the clan". Here Gao Yushi gave his opinion: all clans that have not been canonized are transferred to the jurisdiction of the judiciary, which is no different from that of the people.By the way, he also discussed that doing so is "the most righteous way of the Duke".

After the title issue is resolved, the second thing is the issue of succession.This is relatively simple. Gao Yushi does not agree with the succession of all kinds of brothers and sisters. He believes that only the rank of prince can be inherited by brothers and sisters-this is because the prince is regarded as "one country", and it is not easy to give people a "brother". country extermination".Of course, if there is no one to inherit the family, or even a nephew, then it will be extinct, and the one who should be "removed by the country" is still "removed by the country".

The third article is very powerful. Gao Yushi directly abolished the "minimum living allowance" of the clan's title of knighthood - the original clan will not be downgraded after reaching the lowest level of Fengguo Lieutenant, because that is the lowest level of the clan.Lieutenant Fengguo gave birth to a son, and he was still Lieutenant Fengguo, and so was his grandson.

In fact, the population explosion of the imperial clan was mainly caused by this, so Gao Yushi this time asked Fengguo Lieutenant and below not to be re-appointed, and his eldest son was given 100 taels of silver as capital, and the reborn court did not care about it.Moreover, this policy is only for the five generations, and after the five generations, the imperial court completely ignores it.

According to Gao Pragmatism's point of view: I will give you 100 taels for each of the five generations of eldest sons. If you are still defeated, it means that your family is too incompetent. Anyway, my court has exhausted all benevolence and righteousness. If you should starve to death, just starve to death.

The fourth item is not very important, the main thing is that now that the knighthood has been dealt with, the relevant treatment of the county masters, county masters and their families must of course be adjusted accordingly, which is basically the same as the adjustment of the knighthood. Needless to say.

Article [-] is a proposal related to the seriousness of laws and disciplines. It is highly pragmatic and requires a thorough investigation of children who pretend to be concubines, children who marry without permission, and children who are exiled from nobles. Anyway, they are so-called clans with unqualified identities.

Of course, considering that most of them are "children of unmarried marriages", Gao Shishi is kind enough to give them a certain amount of rations first, and then let them choose their own path.

Gao Yushi is actually quite familiar with the above-mentioned handling methods, because he has been in-depth contact with similar things in his previous life-the bankruptcy buyout of state-owned enterprises.

At that time, he came into contact with these things when he was the secretary of the county party committee. He had participated in nearly a hundred meetings with his leader, traveled to more than 20 companies in the county that were about to go bankrupt, and discussed or wrangled with the people in the company. All in all, it is experience. Rich.

Gao Wushi feels that the current problems of Daming's imperial clan are similar to those loss-making state-owned enterprises in the past.

Moreover, the problem of the clan is actually more serious than the loss of state-owned enterprises, because no matter how much the state-owned enterprises lose money, at least there are still products, but there are big troubles such as insolvency and unsalable products.

The issue of the clan is simply a pure loss of the court, and the more it loses, the more it loses.You can afford this year and next year, and there will always be a day when you can't afford it.When the time comes, your court will lose money so much that you will have no money to do anything, and the clan itself will starve to death because of the lack of money. Why bother?

It is better to change it early.

However, the reason why Shen Shixing did not object to Zhang Xueyan's boasting of Gao Yushi as "the courage of the world" in the end was not only because Gao Yushi proposed these, because although the methods proposed by Gao Yushi were relatively concentrated and comprehensive, they were actually ineffective before him. There are also some officials who have mentioned some of them separately, such as strict censorship, and clan crimes should be handed over to the judicial department. These have been mentioned before.

What makes Gao Pragmatism so powerful is that he not only gathered together and finished speaking at one time, but most importantly, he was the first person who proposed these reforms as a "non-scientific and Taoist official", and the first court minister who raised these issues. member.

This is very powerful, because the speech officer "does not punish crimes with words", but the court officials do not have such "preferential treatment".

In other words, to say these words in a highly pragmatic capacity is to bear huge political risks. If one fails, the emperor may be angered, and it will be over.

Although Gao Yushi has a special relationship with the emperor, Shen Shixing is very conservative in this matter. He believes that no matter how close the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, the fact that "the monarch and his ministers" cannot be changed.

As long as the emperor is still the emperor, and Gao Yushi is still a minister, then the emperor's Nilin will still be untouchable.

Is the suzerain and vassal issue the emperor's rebellion?No one can guarantee it, but it is very possible, because the emperor himself must show an attitude of caring for his clan. This is what Confucianism has always advocated, and no one can take it seriously.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatism proposed these restructuring methods, no matter what he said, he was taking huge political risks.

In particular, if you do this, you won't be afraid of angering the suzerains and vassals all over the world, and will cause some "rebellion of the seven kingdoms" in the end?

Are you not afraid that you end up becoming Chao Cuo?
Because of these reasons, after Shen Shixing was silent for a while, he finally nodded reluctantly and said, "Gao Qiu is so courageous, I might as well."

Zhang Xueyan was speechless.

Wu Dui immediately said: "Since Yuan Fu also thinks so, the cabinet might as well agree with it."

Shen Shixing was a little hesitant and mused without speaking.In fact, from his point of view, he is indeed more difficult to deal with.

Firstly, the issue of the suzerain's salary has indeed become a big problem. As the chief assistant, he should support such a reform. After all, once this reform is successful, the burden on the imperial court will be much lighter.

But secondly, this matter was proposed by Gao Yushi. If it is completed, the first credit will definitely go to Gao Yushi, and there is not much achievement in his school. However, if he expresses his support as the chief assistant, he will definitely attract a lot of firepower for Gao Yushi In the past, it was equivalent to helping Gao Yushi for nothing.

Taking the chestnut out of the flames for the sake of high pragmatism, but I can't get much benefit for myself. If this is a business, it will be a loss no matter how you look at it.

In addition, in case of failure, just like the reason why he felt Gao Pragmatic and bold just now, if this matter is not handled carefully, it will be troublesome if several vassal princes rebel.

Although judging from the military power of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, it should not be afraid of a few vassal kings rebelling, but who knows if this young emperor is brave enough?In case he, like Emperor Han Jing, thought that he could rely on "Zhu Chao Cuo" to make the princes stop their troops, who would he choose to kill?
Should he kill the instigator, Gao Pragmatism, or kill himself, the chief assistant?

Not sure.

Shen Shixing was feeling extremely embarrassed, and suddenly glanced at Xu Guo who was silent, and suddenly felt blessed, and immediately asked, "Brother Yingyang, what do you think?"

He originally thought that since Xu Guo, as the nominal leader of the Practical School, didn't speak just now, it was probably because Gao Wushi didn't even discuss such a big matter with him. After asking this question, Xu Guo might say something that Shen Yuanfu liked to hear.

Who knew that Xu Guo's performance was beyond his expectation, Xu Cifu just said indifferently: "The harm of the vassal and clan has already happened. As a cabinet minister, I have failed to share the worries for the king earlier. Now Since there is an initiative to seek the truth, I am naturally willing to join the ranks and join in the grand event.”

Shen Shixing was stunned, but he couldn't show it on his face, he could only force a smile: "Although brother Yingyang is blaming himself, it is tantamount to blaming me. If anyone is to blame for this matter, it must be done."

This is actually a polite remark, or something that is said only when forced to do so, but once it is said, it cannot be taken back.

Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui looked at each other, and were about to agree with each other, but they were preempted by another person.

Wang Jiaping, a scholar of the Dongge University and the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, lightly patted the armrest of the Grand Master's chair, and said loudly: "What Cifu said is very true. It should have been wrong for my cabinet not to initiate such a major event. Now that an important official of the court has solemnly proposed , I wait for the reward of eating the king, and the matter of loyalty to the king. How can I be content with others and not say a word? In order to relieve the poverty of the people, enrich the country, and be close to the clan, I would like to second: Please lift the feudal ban!"

When Shen Shixing heard this, he immediately looked at Wang Jiaping, and at the same time his heart tightened, and he said to himself: It's broken.
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PS: After the chapter was published yesterday, some readers said that they didn’t understand a few sentences in the classical Chinese, and they felt that they were at a loss, so today’s chapter uses Shen Shixing’s thinking and narration to sort out the general idea of ​​"Please Open the Banshu" After a while, there should be no reading difficulties now.

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