Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1282 The Holy Family is also troublesome

It was late at night, and Gao Wushi was about to fall asleep, but Gao Mo suddenly asked to see him downstairs.Gao Wushi cheered him up and asked him to go upstairs. As soon as Gao Mo saw the master, he said, "The Duke of Cheng sent someone to send a message, saying that the sage has not made a decision."

Gao Wushi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard it, and thought to himself: Could it be that the emperor is determined to give me a knighthood this time?This is not necessarily a good thing. It may be good for me personally, but the impact on the overall situation is too bad.Not only was Shen Shixing unacceptable, but Xu Guo was also unhappy.

The current situation can still be maintained, that is because a strange balance has been achieved: the Shi School has a slight advantage at the top of the court, but there are two hills standing side by side. .

The Heart School is not dominant in the high-level overall, but because only Shen Shixing is the only core in the cabinet, the others cannot shake his position, they can only unite under his wings, but appear to be more united.

Moreover, the current situation within the Shi School is not due to the conflict of spirit between Xu Guo and Gao Pragmatism, but because of the formation of two different schools of governance ideology.

Although Xu Guohe and the officials who support him are also reformers, they should be regarded as conservatives or moderates among reformers.They believe that the existing reforms are already very strong, and there is no need to deepen them further, so as not to lead to a full-scale war with the Xin School. At this time, they should maintain the existing strengths and gradually expand the scope of some previous reforms, especially the pilot reforms. , and strive to promote it to all parts of the country.

The faction headed by Gao pragmatism can be called a radical faction or a young strong faction. Its typical characteristic is that it believes that the current reform is not deep enough, not only cannot be stopped, but needs to be vigorously strengthened.

Officials of this faction believe that although the current reforms have achieved initial results, both in terms of imperial finances and armament updates, most of the reforms themselves are still at the level of “headache and foot pain”, with few touching on the core, Touching the soul, many of Daming's chronic diseases have not been cured.

Under such circumstances, reform is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. How can you stop lightly?Just as we are going to make persistent efforts, we will go a step further.

Gao Mo once had a simple statistic about the black top. According to this statistic, it can be found that the supporters of the Gao pragmatism school, especially those who are "promising to go further in the career", are in the majority, while most of Xu Guo's supporters have already It is difficult to continue to "progress", mainly those who are approaching the age of career.

If the situation is as simple as that, then Xu Guo's strength should actually be stronger - after all, Daming's officialdom is very important to seniority. Since most of his supporters are old people, then of course the official position is usually higher and the weight is usually heavier. .

actually not.One of Gao pragmatic's biggest reliance is "the legacy of the three generations of first assistants". How many disciples of the three generations of first assistants Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei left behind?You know, the vast majority of these people have to support the high pragmatism.

Why is it called "have to"?The reason said before that the relationship between teachers and students is almost an iron law in the officialdom of Daming, and there are very few people who dare to disobey the teacher. In the original history, this kind of incident was almost only under Zhang Juzheng's door-because of Zhang Juzheng's love affair, many disciples in the door were sparsely He impeached his teachers, and Zhang Juzheng was unceremonious and directly suppressed them to death, thus setting a record of teachers and students in the Ming Dynasty against their goals, and even seems to be the only record.

China has a tradition of respecting teachers and Taoism since ancient times, and it is even more respectful for the host.The imperial examination itself has a lot of contingency. Once the title is on the golden list, it determines the future of the examinee's life.Therefore, there was a champion in Daming who said: "Drinking water can help you think of the source, and Yimu can think of the shade; a crown and a group are bestowed by An Suofei's teacher!"

Therefore, the scholars are naturally grateful to the master. Once in high school, after the imperial examinations are released, the first thing the students have to do is to cast a "student thorn" at the master, and "pay homage" and "see" (holding gifts to see) the master. , to confirm the relationship between the host and the students.

Although the teacher of high pragmatism is Shen Shixing, because Gao pragmatism obviously does not pay him homage, so they can only be called teachers and students in name, but they will not be regarded as teachers and students by ordinary people. This is the reason.

This is just the beginning, the students will often go to the hall and see the teacher.In addition to these personal exchanges, he must also compile and publish books for the teacher, and consciously move closer, in official circles, only the teacher will follow suit.Before the teacher is alive, the students should work for him, and after his death, he should also treat the mourning, write commemorative poems, and take care of his family.

As a teacher, the host will also reciprocate the students, and do their best to take care of them, such as giving priority to the promotion of the students and actively expanding their political influence.Even if the student makes a mistake, he will try his best to help him absolve him of guilt.

The reason why the teacher-student ceremony became a recognized close relationship in the Ming Dynasty was that the hosts were not only teachers, but also career guides for freshmen in the imperial examinations.Usually, the chief examiners of the imperial examinations were all important ministers in the cabinet, and it was something that many scholars could not wish for.

The host and the disciples are not only the relationship of benevolence and repayment, but also constitute a community of interests.For the disciples, there are people in the DPRK who are good officials, and the teacher's advice and care are extremely important network resources for them.For the host, caring for and promoting students is also cultivating their own political power.Therefore, in addition to the emotional teacher-student relationship, the students are more conscious of being a community of interests.

For this reason, as the successor of the three generations of Shoufu, of course, it also established the teacher-student relationship of the three Shoufus, and had a close relationship with their disciples and students, breaking bones and connecting tendons.This is a derivative change in the teacher-student relationship.

But there are exceptions to everything, and there are also hostess and disciples who have had a lot of trouble, and even turned against each other.The most famous example is Zhang Juzheng in the original history.

In the original history, Mr. Zhang became the first assistant of the cabinet from the early years of Wanli, and was trusted by the Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli. He was in charge of the Daming regime for ten years. Thinking of it, an unprecedented scandal of students impeaching teachers happened to him.

The first person to impeach him was his protégé Liu Tai, who was a jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, and Zhang Ju was the chief examiner that year. The two had a real teacher-student relationship.Zhang Juzheng was kind to Liu Tai, but he did not say that he was his master. When Liu Taizhong had only been the head of the Criminal Division for two years after being a jinshi, he was promoted to be the censor of supervision and inspected Liaodong.

Such an opportunity is a once in a lifetime opportunity for many people.Liu Tai was naturally grateful to Zhang Juzheng, but during his tenure as a censor, something happened that changed everything: Li Chengliang, the Liaodong commander at the time, won a great victory in the battle against Mongolia.

Li Chengliang was also Zhang Juzheng's trusted border minister, but Liu Tai didn't know whether he was too happy or eager to take credit, so he took the lead in bringing this matter to the court.However, according to the system, the performance should have been jointly performed by the chief soldier and the governor. Liu Tai, as the patrol officer, did not care about the performance. What he should be concerned with was whether some of the specific credits in the performance document were true or false.

Of course, although it is not a big deal, it is not a big deal, but as a rule, it is "disrespectful".This inconsistency can be trivial or serious. Ordinarily, with Zhang Juzheng's power at the time, of course he can take care of his disciples and easily suppress this matter, but he probably wanted to beat this disciple, so he requested an edict to reprimand him.

Unexpectedly, Liu Tai would quit this time. He was very angry. He made a memorial in the fourth year of Wanli, and did a great event. He directly tore his face and openly impeached his teacher Zhang Juzheng.

In this memorial, Liu Tai listed the teacher's seven major crimes: first, expelling the high arch demonstrations, and leaving a letter of morality, making the court rude to the old ministers; second, violating the ancestral system, and gifting Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, as a king; The third is to appoint close associates such as Zhang Siwei and Zhang Han; the fourth is to use the power and wealth for himself, and he has no eyes for the court, and the courtiers are more afraid of the upright than the majesty; the fifth is to use the test method to hold the six departments; the sixth is to destroy the officials and hate the upright. Seventh, he used his power to seek personal gain, seized the land of the Liao Wangfu, sought a village trial for his children, built a mansion in Jiangling, and accepted bribes from military officials.

There is a saying in later generations that a fortress is the easiest to conquer from the inside, so these seven counts really hit Zhang Juzheng's sore spot one by one.Moreover, because of Liu Tai's special status, the credibility of this impeachment charge has been increased.

In his memorial, Liu Tai even pointed out that Zhang Juzheng "was not long in the auxiliary government, that is to say, he was rich and all over Chu. What was the reason for this? The palace and the concubines, and the imperial concubines were the same as the king. What was the reason for this?" This kind of implied reference to Zhang Juzheng Those who have the heart of not ministering to the heart, it can be seen that Zhang Juzheng must be put to death and then quickly.

It stands to reason that I only beat you a little, which is almost a "verbal criticism", and I didn't give you a lot of trouble. Can you make such a feud? (Note: To be honest, I don’t really understand this matter, and I don’t know if there is anything to dig deeper, but I haven’t found any more evidence to prove that Liu Tai and teacher Zhang Juzheng had other grudges before this.)
After the incident, Zhang Juzheng was of course very furious. What made him most angry was "200 years of undisciplined students impeaching teachers and elders (Zhang Juzheng's original words)". In the 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the incident of students impeaching teachers, which has never happened, unexpectedly fell on him. superior.So he submitted his resignation to Emperor Wanli in court, "Ji Wei is the only one to thank him."

Zhang Shoufu was so emotional at the time that he fell to the ground and cried so much that Emperor Wanli personally stepped down from the throne to help him and consoled him again and again.Zhang Juzheng reluctantly agreed, but he still stayed out of the house and ignored the government.

Seeing that the matter could not be settled, Zhu Yijun immediately sent Sun Long, the eunuch of the ceremonies, to personally escort Liu Tai back to Beijing with his own eunuch.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng made a lot of fuss on the surface, and Shang Shu asked Liu Tai for help, asking the emperor to depose him as a commoner.But behind his back, he hated him deeply.Some people saw Zhang Shoufu's true thoughts, secretly made up charges, falsely accused Liu Tai, and finally exiled him to Guangxi, even his father and younger brother were not spared.

However, this was not the end of the matter. Zhang Juzheng's move not only did not deter the opponents, but caused an uproar among his disciples.In the second year of Liu Tai's impeachment, Zhang Juzheng died because of his father's illness. As a rule, Ding You should keep his filial piety for three years.

Many opponents have used this matter to impeach Zhang Juzheng. The first people to attack him happened to be his protégés - Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian.Like Liu Tai, they were both Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, and they impeached their teacher one day apart.

Zhang Juzheng was furious when there was a fire in his backyard in a row, and he threw a cane on the two students. Wu Zhongxing was almost killed on the spot and was dragged out of Chang'anmen with a cloth. Zhao Yongxian was beaten until his legs were festering. ".

But the court stick is very interesting. The officials of the Ming Dynasty especially liked to be beaten by the court stick. After this, the two became a model of integrity, and their "straight voice shook the world" and gained a high reputation.However, Zhang Juzheng hated them so much that until the ninth year of Wanli, he also instructed to take "special care" for his two students: they would never be used.

In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng died of illness, and more dramatically, Liu Tai died in exile on the same day as him.After Zhang Juzheng's death, he was soon impeached, and Emperor Wanli ordered the Zhang family to be searched.The officials he appointed were either dismissed or killed, but Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian were rehabilitated successively, bringing an end to this tortuous relationship between master and apprentice.

These things have not happened in the current Gao pragmatic world, and to a certain extent, they are less exciting, but they have reserved more face for Zhang Juzheng-because Gao Gong died suddenly after hearing the news of his death, and later Zhu Yijun Jing Without the high and pragmatic persuasion, Zhang Juzheng was restored to his official position and offered sacrifices.

This is also the reason why Zhang Juzheng's sons instead thanked Gao Pragmatism. Last night, Zhang Cheng said that they not only dared not seek revenge for Gao Pragmatism, but instead looked up to Gao Pragmatism and became officials, which also originated from this.

Then, since Gao Wushi has such an advantage, why is he still reluctant to overturn the table, and he has a complete fallout with Xu Guo, and even "unified" the Shi school?This is the reason why Zhang Juzheng's teachers and students are opposed to each other: although the students left by Gao Gong and other three chief assistants have to stand on the same front as Gao Wushi under normal circumstances, if there is a serious disagreement, they are also likely to be like Liu Tai. The impeachment of Zhang Juzheng is normal, but it breaks with Gao pragmatism.

People are not NPCs, they have no fixed goals and they will go to the end. Once they think that their high-pragmatic actions may lead to "civil strife" in the real school, who can guarantee that their position will not change?

The reason why officials like to seek stability the most, and never take risks unless absolutely necessary, is precisely because of this.

But now the emperor's mind is not clear, Gao pragmatic has to wake up: If most people are against his own knighthood, but the emperor insists on knighting himself, what will happen?
It will make me pragmatic and become an "orphan".

The solitary minister, it sounds good, it is simply outstanding, everyone is drunk and I wake up alone, but unfortunately this is not good for Gao pragmatic.

How can you be a loner if you want to carry out reforms!Grandpa Mao taught: Politics is to engage more and more of our people, and less and less of the enemy.

I've become an orphan, wouldn't the Xin School win without a fight?Then I will reform my ass!

Who will listen to me, who will help me to do things specifically?

For a while, Gao Wushi was so frightened that he sweated because of the emperor's special favor.

But the biggest trouble now is that he is currently resting at home, and it is impossible to ask the emperor to see the emperor - the great achievement is not rewarded, what are you trying to do when you ask to see the emperor?Gossip from the outside world can drown out Gao pragmatism.

Not to mention going to see the emperor in person, even if you contact Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, you have to be careful. After all, if it is rumored that he is colluding with the middle official at this time, he will not be able to eat it.

After thinking about it, Gao Wushi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said to Gao Mo: "Last time, I asked Princess Yongning to persuade the queen to accept Mr. Bianhu's consultation. I don't know how this happened. Did the princess send someone to tell me? Any news? Besides... Is it possible for Her Royal Highness to come out of the palace to meet me?"

Gao Mo hurriedly lowered his head and said: "His Royal Highness the eldest princess did send someone to contact us before, but she hoped to tell the master in person. If the master wants to see the eldest princess, she will surely not refuse. So the old slave will send someone quietly tomorrow morning. Contact Changchun Palace, Master, see if it's feasible?"

Gao Wushi immediately nodded: "Okay, let's do it like this!"
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PS: Happy Double Festival, I wish you all a good time.But after all, it is still during the epidemic, everyone should pay more attention when they are outside, travel happily, and return safely.

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