Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1274
There is not a single case of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who were alive and proclaimed princes.For this reason, there is a saying in later generations, but when talking about the system of civil officials conferring nobility in the Ming Dynasty, it means that the nobility of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty was limited to the princes and never to the princes.

The example is obvious, the three civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were awarded titles, Wang Ji was Jingyuan, Wang Yue was Weining, and Wang Shouren was Xinxin.

However, this statement is actually not correct. If you look through the "Da Ming Law", you will find that there is such a stipulation: If a civil official does not have great merits in the country, and the secretary asks him to be named a duke or a marquis, the official and the recipient should be Everyone beheaded.Those who went out and entered the prime minister's office during his lifetime, were able to go away from serious troubles, and served the country with allegiance, together with the meritorious deeds of the founding of the country, were given the title of Hou Shigong, regardless of this case.

According to this law, it can be found that it cannot be stated in a general way that the civil officials of the dynasty cannot be appointed princes.

This statute refers to the fact that both those who "respectfully petitioned" to be canonized as dukes and those who are petitioned for the canonization will be beheaded.That is to say, if someone rashly petitions the emperor of the Ming Dynasty without a clear reason, and asks the emperor to approve the canonization of a certain civil servant as a prince, then the petitioner and the person who petitioned to be canonized will not only be unable to. Being canonized, there will be murder.

However, this is only the first half of this rule, and there is more to the second half.The following is: If the civil servant who was asked to be canonized as a duke really made a special contribution to the current dynasty, the petition to the Emperor Ming to make him a duke would not only prevent him from being executed, but could also be approved.

What is a special contribution?Of course, it must be explained that, according to the above-mentioned regulations, it can be clearly seen that the "special contribution" is the following three items: first, it is to be out of the way; second, it is able to eliminate serious problems; third, it is to serve the country with loyalty.

If these three items are satisfied, then civil officials can be granted the title of dukes. They should be regarded as one with the founding merits, and their status is detached. Whether they are civil servants or not, they should be canonised as dukes.If the latecomers want to be canonized as princes, they can follow the example of several founding heroes.

Look, in fact, the "Da Ming Law" said it clearly enough that civil officials and military generals can be named princes.It's just that the restriction to seal a prince is a bit of a pit.

What's wrong?In addition to the third "serving the country with allegiance", which is relatively vague, the two items of going out and entering the prime minister, and being able to eliminate serious troubles, basically blocked 99.99999% of the officials' hopes of being named princes.

This one is already difficult.

Being a general means that the civilian served as a governor, and he commanded the army to play a very dazzling record; being a prime minister means that the civilian at least has a very reliable "educational education".

In the Ming Dynasty, non-jinshi did not enter the Hanlin, and those who were not in the Hanlin were inferior to the cabinet.If you want to "become the prime minister", even if you are not old enough to become an official, you may not be in the cabinet for the time being, but you must at least be a person who is at the top of the Jinshi gold list and has been gilded in the Hanlin Academy, right?If you don't even meet this basic standard, it means that you have no chance to enter the cabinet at all, so what are you talking about?
The phrase "going out will come in" alone is actually fine, and there are still many people who can meet the standard, but the problem here is that it is not viewed alone!
"Out will enter the phase" means that you want to "exit the general" and "into the phase".

That's the end of it, because there isn't one.

Wang Ji was appointed with the title of Minister of War, Wang Yue was appointed with the title of Censor of Zuodu, and Wang Shouren was appointed with the title of Minister of War of Nanjing and Censor of Zuodu in Nanjing (he resigned voluntarily without approval).In other words, although the three civil ministers who are closest to the civil servant Feng Gonghou have all met the standard of "being a general", none of them have reached the "incoming chancellor" -- of course, all three of them were born in jinshi, and their qualifications are sufficient. .

If you don't need to be a duke, but only an earl, then the standard of the "Three Kings" is enough. Gao pragmatism is very close to meeting this standard - if you have to say that it is a little worse, it is probably Poor Zhuang Langwei's strategizing in this battle.

What surprised Zhu Yingzhen was that after hearing his words, Gao Wushi first thought, and then his face became solemn, and there was no such thing as overjoyed.

Young Duke Cheng is not as calm as Gao Wushi, so he couldn't help but ask, "Seeking truth, the joy of the world is now, why is it so unhappy?"

Gao Wushi pondered for a moment, shook his head slightly, and asked, "Master Guo, it's not a blessing to be in a position of virtue. Besides, in terms of my credit, do you really think it is comparable to the Three Kings?"

"Why do you call your reputation and status unmatched in virtue?" Zhu Yingzhen frowned and said, "As for the credit, I really think you deserve more credit than the three kings."

He didn't wait for Gao's pragmatic rebuttal, and continued on his own words: "You were envoy to Annan in Guangxi, and Annan has not been in chaos so far. ) Sanzheng Luchuan is still prominent?

As a full-power envoy, you commanded the Battle of Monan and destroyed Chahar. Is it more prominent than Duke Wang Xiangmin (Wang Yue, posthumous title Xiangmin) who directly attacked Helan?

As for you to calm down the chaos in the northwest this time, that is even more wonderful!Quickly set up Hetao, plan to capture Ningxia, more than [-] rebels and Mongolian troops bow their heads and surrender, and even use it for me. How is the difficulty inferior to Wang Wencheng's justice and Zhu Chenhao's rebellion? "

Well... if you're going to say that, that's true.

Zhu Yingzhen was still not satisfied after finishing speaking, and added: "I especially want to talk about the battle of Monan. Your battle of Monan was far more beautiful than Wang Xiangmin's direct attack on Helan Mountain. He was unique in that battle. How much harvest? The beheading is only a mere 42 levels, and 240 horses and camels, thousands of cattle and sheep, and weapons are captured. Do you want me to say the credit for your Monan War?"

Well... If you want to compare it like this, it is true that I played better in the battle of Mo Nan, at least the results obtained are obviously many times greater.

But when it’s time to be humble, you still have to be humble, and Gao pragmatically said: “This time, this time, this place and another place. Helan Mountain is far away, Monan is close, it’s not easy to attack if you are far away, and if you are close…”

"It's useless to say this." Zhu Yingzhen waved his hand: "In those days when Li Guang lost his way when he dispatched troops, his military achievements were not as good as Wei Huo's. Does this mean 'non-war crimes'? which!"

He sighed softly, and said with some regret: "It's a pity that you were not the governor during the two wars between Annan and Dingbei, so you can't count the credit for the 'sending general', otherwise you don't have to do it this time. It is time to discuss whether or not to be awarded a title, but to discuss whether or not to be awarded a title."

Gao Wushi said with a wry smile: "The grandfather of the country is joking, the earl doesn't dare to accept it, so what about Fenghou?"

"Hey, I said, why do you still say that?" Zhu Yingzhen became anxious, looked around carefully, and when he saw that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said, "Do you think the emperor will not come to see you today, is it true? Just because the Empress Dowager Cisheng is slightly ill? How is that possible!"

Gao Wushi was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Is it still related to the nobility proposal?"

"Of course it's related!" Zhu Yingzhen's eyes widened: "The emperor called me into the palace yesterday, just to let me say hello to you. Although there are many rumors from the outer court this time, there are indeed a lot of noises, but the emperor has decided I'm going to give you a knighthood! He has been a classmate with you for ten years. He knows you too well, and he is afraid that you won't accept it. That's why I found a chance to talk to you, don't let the emperor down. Painful, do you understand?"

Gao Wushi took a deep breath, thought about it, and asked, "What did the emperor say?"

"What did the emperor say, didn't I just say it?" This time Zhu Yingzhen was taken aback.

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "I'm asking the emperor's original words."

"The original words..." Zhu Yingzhen thought for a while, and then slowly said: "The emperor said: 'Although there are thousands of good things in seeking truth, there is one thing that is really not beautiful. If he wants to follow his own mind, he will have to wait until his credit is so great that no one in the whole world can say anything against it, then he can accept it. But you know the virtues of some people in the outer court, and you can pick them out of eggs. Come on two or two bones, and wait until they don’t talk nonsense! You go and talk to Qiuzhen, let him ignore the gossip, just get this one first and then talk about it!’”

Gao Wushi was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly at Zhu Yingzhen who was looking at him without blinking: "This... the parents who gave birth to me, the emperor who knew me. Lord Guo, the emperor is right, I really don't want to be like this. A knighthood at a juncture."

"Aren't you?" Zhu Yingzhen opened his eyes wide, and said with some dissatisfaction: "The emperor has said this for the sake of it, and you still have to refuse? Is it really that reputation is more important than anything else?"

"The reason why I want to refuse is not just because of my reputation." Gao pragmatically said solemnly: "Brother Yingzhen, there are no outsiders here, and I will not hide it, so I will tell you what I have in my heart today. "

The relationship between Gao Wushi and Zhu Yingzhen is indeed very close. The friendship between the two has been more than ten years, and there is a lot of cooperation in business. Now it even involves some problems in Beijing. It really means that you have me, and I have you. , to the point of both glory and loss, so once he changed "Cheng Guogong" to "Brother Yingzhen", Zhu Yingzhen knew that the drama was coming.

"Since Qiuzhen has said so, of course Brother Yu is willing to listen carefully. If you have any concerns, you can just let it go." Zhu Yingzhen also rarely put away his smile and said solemnly.

Gao Wushi let out a sullen breath, and said slowly, "Looking at today's court, the two parties of practical learning and spiritual learning can be regarded as the mainstays. Brother Zhen, you won't deny this, right?"

This is a well-known thing, of course Zhu Yingzhen would not deny it, but nodded in approval.

Gao Wushi said: "Although Shen Yuanfu is in power in the cabinet now, he lacks helpers; I actually have many cabinet ministers in the school, but I lose the position of first assistant, but it is inconvenient to issue orders. I don't think this situation is temporarily There will be too many changes, Yingzhen brother, do you think so?"

This question is a little more difficult. Zhu Yingzhen thought about it for a while before slowly nodding and saying, "As long as there is no big difference between the two of you, I think what you said should be roughly right."

"Okay." Gao pragmatically nodded, and said again, "Why are we opening the ban now?"

Zhu Yingzhen was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said, "Raising money... oh, I mean, raising money to fight the thieves of Tumen."

"Exactly." Regardless of Zhu Yingzhen's words, Gao Pragmat continued to ask, "Then at this moment, is it best for the DPRK and China not to show any signs of intensifying party disputes, and to keep the DPRK situation stable, at least until the Tumen is completely defeated. , destroy the residual yuan?"

"Well..." Zhu Yingzhen obviously hadn't considered such a lofty issue before, scratched his head, and said, "It seems so, but what you said about intensifying party disputes-I mean the degree of intensification, I'm a little unsure. did you mean."

Gao Wushi snorted lightly: "Intensifying the party conflict means that what my school advocates, the other school opposes. For example, if I want to open the ban, now the heart school is acquiesced, but if this party conflict is completely intensified, then They may not care about the consequences at all and object to everything.

For example, if something happens to a vassal king or clan in a certain place, they will talk about the disadvantages of opening the vassal prohibition. Regardless of whether it is there or not, they will talk about the opening of the vassal prohibition as if the fundamentals of the Ming Dynasty were messed up. ——You don’t think they can’t do it. Find reasons and reason. I will, and so will they.You said that once this is the case, what should the emperor do? "

Zhu Yingzhen said in surprise: "I don't know if the emperor is annoying, but the emperor will definitely be on your side - when is he not on your side? What are you afraid of?"

You...you, Zhu Yingzhen, deserve to be a grandfather. If he were a eunuch, he would be someone like Wang Zhen and Liu Jin.As long as you have the emperor's favor, you will dare to do anything?I said my friend, if everyone in the world is yelling at you, the emperor will be "too lazy" to protect you sooner or later!

Gao Wushi had to change his way of persuasion, sighed and said, "I'm all for the public, and I'm not afraid of nature, but brother Yingzhen, you must know that although the senior officials of the Xin School may be a little less than our Shi School, their base There are more schools of thought than the real school. Nine out of ten scholars in the Nambang must either be from the school of mind or have a connection with the school of mind.

If their Heart School is really determined to oppose us, no matter what resolutions we make in the DPRK and China, when they are implemented locally—especially in the South—I’m afraid they will become crooked monks and recite crooked scriptures. .At that time, the ban could have been implemented well, but I'm afraid that there will be a big mess. What do you think? "

Zhu Yingzhen was stunned for a long time, then hesitantly said, "Isn't it?"

Gao pragmatically spread out his hands: "You know about the bull-and-li party rivalry in Tang Dynasty, why not?"

Zhu Yingzhen took a deep breath: "I understand, you are afraid that because you will be knighted this time, and then Shen Yuanfu... Oh, I mean that the Xin School can't swallow this breath, and they have to say goodbye to you. It's a sign, and then it ruins the big event of opening the ban and even destroying Can Yuan, so you won't accept it?"

Seeing that he understood, Gao pragmatically nodded: "Exactly."

Zhu Yingzhen let out a long sigh: "I fucking thought I got a good job, I slapped my chest and made a package with the emperor, this is good... Well, I understand what you mean. My face isn't worth anything. , I'll go to the palace later and tell the emperor what you said, and you... just let the emperor cut it."
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