Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1317 Inside and Outside the Palace Wall
There is a reason why Gao Pragmatism is so sure, and the reason is very simple to say.

Wang Xijue went back to his hometown to serve his father because of his father's serious illness in Wanli ten years ago. Among them, he experienced his father's death and was unable to recover immediately because of the previous high-level practical obstacles. It was delayed for almost five years.

For Wang Xijue, who was born in the 13th year of Jiajing and is already 54 years old (imaginary), although he still has more than 17 years of official career, the wasted five years are real after all, and he will definitely think about it in the next time. "Fill".

And just like the "three fires for new officials" after Gao Yushi took office, Wang Xijue must also burn the three fires for new officials. The name of Taicang.

In this way, Gao Yushi believes that Wang Xijue, who has valued fame since he was a child and is a bit "good at making shocking words", will definitely seize this opportunity after arriving in Beijing, hoping to create momentum for himself.Although the situation is different, he will definitely think of the grand occasion when the high arch was restored, and strive to "make big news" for himself.

However, Gao Situ, who predicts people like a god, was only half right this time: Wang Xijue hurried to the capital on the afternoon of the third day after Gao Wushi finished his rescue mission, and then he did make a big news—but Not for the "slandering the monarch case" and its aftermath, but another bigger event.

Wang Xijue arrived in Beijing in the afternoon, and the next morning he made a speech: Please the emperor rectify the country as soon as possible!
In Shuwen, Wang Gelao used his famous writing style to try to let the emperor know the importance of rectifying the country as early as possible.

In fact, the importance of "rectifying the foundation of the country" does not need Wang Xijue to say more. In the past few years, I don't know how many people have mentioned this matter, and they have already explained the truth over and over again in various memorials. The emperor Even a piece of wood must be clear.

So reasoning is one aspect. Although Wang Xijue is in Suzhou but knows the situation of the capital well, of course he doesn't expect his face to be so big. The emperor admits to being cowardly as soon as he speaks. Therefore, he is not only reasoning, but also points out a clear point to the emperor. road.

According to Wang Xijue, the emperor's "problem" now is that he wants to wait for his son to be born, which he can understand as a courtier.But no one knows when the son-in-law was born, but the country cannot be suspended for a long time. After all, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, is already six years old.

So what to do?The most critical issue now is to solve the "difference between the concubine and the concubine", and this point, in Wang Xijue's opinion, has a way to solve it.

any solution?Let the eldest son of the emperor worship the queen as his mother and be raised by the queen temporarily.

Of course, with a scholar like Wang Xijue, he must find some evidence when making suggestions, so he gave examples in the essay, saying that the horse queen of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, the queen of Emperor Ming of Tang Dynasty, and the queen Liu of Song Zhenzong all raised the concubines. son for his own son.Therefore, if the emperor asks the queen to raise the eldest son, the eldest son will be the legitimate son.

Not only that, Wang Xijue also considered that the emperor did not like the birth mother of the eldest son, and made another point: In this way, the birth mother of the eldest son would not have to respect the title, so as to suppress the imperial concubine.

Wang Xijue is worthy of being Wang Xijue, and a top student is worthy of being a top student.If it is done according to his method, it seems that everyone is happy!
What needs to be pointed out here is that the School of Mind has always advocated that the eldest son of the emperor should be the crown prince, while the School of Reality seems a little hesitant on this matter.

Influenced by their highly pragmatic stance, most officials of the Pragmatism School have been low-key supporting the emperor's statement of "waiting for his son to come".

However, Wang Xijue's move directly shook the position of most officials of the Real School - the difference between the concubine and concubine is established, so is there any problem with the eldest son of the emperor being the prince?no more!
Gao Yushi originally stayed at home and waited for Wang Xijue to make a move on the "slandering the monarch case", but who knew that he was indeed a powerful figure, instead of following Gao Yushi's baton, he opened up a second battlefield and ignited the national dispute go up.

Moreover, Wang Xijue’s drastic action has another effect, which is to expand the dispute between Gao and Xu within the Real School——Xu Guoyuan also believed that the country’s foundation should be rectified earlier, mainly because he was in the Shang Dynasty. Gao Yushi was suppressed by Gao Yushi at the Second Chongyang Conference, so the officials of the Pragmatism School who had the same idea as him had to follow him, but their thoughts were not completely wiped out because of this.

Wang Xijue's actions must have shaken Xu Guo's officials. In addition, Gao Yushi himself is still in a state of "self-suspension", so it is not easy to suppress them, which is convenient for "different opinions" to join forces.

As a result, even a highly pragmatic person couldn't sit still, and had to follow Wang Xijue's baton instead.

Of course, Gao Wushi knows that Wang Xijue's action is also to use his army to force him to take the initiative to "see things", so that his reputation will be damaged to some extent, so although Gao Wushi can't do nothing, it is best not to do this move.

According to his own habits, Gao Yushi locked himself in the room and pondered for over an hour before finally making a decision.

He himself still stayed behind closed doors, but sent someone to contact the palace.

However, this time, he was neither looking for the emperor, nor Princess Yongning, nor even connecting with Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, but contacting Concubine Zheng Huanggui.

Of course, Princess Yongning still has to play an important role.If you read the book carefully, you should remember that it was said before that the residence of Imperial Concubine Zheng is in the Yikun Palace, and the Yikun Palace is only separated from the Changchun Palace where Princess Yongning lives.

This arrangement was of course decided by Zhu Yijun, in which it was intended to let his beloved concubine Zheng Huang get along well with his younger sister, Princess Yongning, who he cared about very much.It's just that because of Gao Yushi's friendly attitude towards the queen, Princess Yongning is reluctant to get close to Zheng Huangguifei, so the two didn't have much contact before.

In fact, Princess Yongning is also on good terms with the queen, and she has a negative view of Concubine Zheng Huanggui, thinking that it is because of her that the favor that should belong to the queen has been separated. In fact, there is some misunderstanding in this. The queen's attitude has not changed much, but relatively speaking, Queen Wang's "queen attribute" is a bit strong, and without some ordinary interactions between husband and wife, it is difficult for Zhu Yijun to completely spoil her.

This point is the specialty of Imperial Concubine Zheng, and she can give the emperor the feeling of "love" between young men and women.

Princess Yongning was very happy when she got the news of Gao Yushi, but she was somewhat unhappy when she saw that she was going to find Concubine Zheng.After reading Gao Yushi's letter, he realized that this matter was of great importance, so he put away his displeasure and went to "chat" with Concubine Zheng Gui.

Concubine Zheng is one of the two daughters favored by the emperor in the palace, and because the empress is too much like a regular wife, she seems relatively indifferent, so she is almost in a state of "single favorite" at ordinary times.

It is of course a good thing for her to be alone, but this good thing has to be discussed separately. On the other hand, being alone means that apart from the emperor's favor, her relationship with other concubines is not that good .And because of the influence of the concubines, the eldest princesses who stayed in the palace would not have a good impression of her.

Simply put, she has almost no friends in the palace.

The palace fighting dramas of later generations are very famous. In these palace fighting dramas, for love, for glory, and for the emperor's unpredictable favor, the concubines in the harem waste their youth and beauty in this endless battle. In the endless struggle, the harem is the fierce battlefield of that struggle.

The conspiracy and betrayal in the brocade account of the Huating, the intrigue and deceit under the carved beams and painted buildings.The Forbidden City, which is presented to readers and audiences in novels and film and television dramas with the theme of so-called "Gong Dou", is just such a stage for cruel struggles of women in the harem.

But the essence of the so-called "Gongdouju" is actually nothing more than the scheming in the modern workplace dressed in an ancient costume.The inner garden of the forbidden palace in history is a fine net woven by strict palace rules, imprisoning everyone in it. In fact, there is no room for the so-called conspiracies and tricks in the "Gongdouju", which look gorgeous but are clumsy.

It is true that what is staged in the Forbidden City is not a "Gongdouju", but the life experienced by the concubines living in the harem for hundreds of years is still another cruel cage.

"Gongdouju" is only right about one thing, that is, in the autocratic dynasty, the emperor's absolute will to power dominates everything, so the level of power in the harem depends entirely on the unpredictable king's heart.

In this labyrinth of power with golden tiles and red walls, everyone imprisoned in it has to prostrate and kneel under the imperial power, lose themselves, and become a prisoner in the exquisite cage held by the emperor.

The face of the prisoner in the harem is painted with powder, and the heavy shackles on the hands are decorated with gold and emerald. Behind the gentleness and obedience is the self-repression of human nature.抔.

This is the truth of the existence of women in the palace.

In the imperial era, the Forbidden City was a perfect cage built by the absolute will of the imperial power. Behind the enviable magnificence, there was a mildew bred by the depression of the people and the corruption of power.Just like the shackles that are worn for a long time, they will be embedded in the flesh and locked into the bone marrow. People trapped in them can neither escape nor know themselves.

Every woman in the harem will have this kind of fear, so they hope to be pampered for a long time, but also worry about losing it at any time, so they also expect to have other sustenance besides the emperor.

Children are of course an important sustenance, but the family affection of the children of the royal family is limited, not all of them can raise Zhu Yijun like the Empress Dowager Li herself - what's more, when the Empress Dowager Li raised Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun lived alone in the first palace and would not be with his mother. Concubine lives together, so this kind of sustenance is also flawed.

At times like this, people naturally yearn for friendship—even the ubiquitous "superficial girlfriends" of later generations are better than having no sustenance.

Therefore, when she learned that Princess Yongning came to visit Yikun Palace on her own initiative, Concubine Zheng Guifei, who was very bored and painting, couldn't help being overjoyed, she threw away her paintbrush and came out to greet her in person.

Princess Yongning is not very pragmatic, her acting skills are really not outstanding, even far worse than that of Concubine Zheng, at least the surprise and intimacy on Concubine Zheng's face looks real, she stepped forward and took Princess Yongning's hand to kiss There is no jerky in the affectionate mouthful of "Sister Yongning", as always.

In contrast, Princess Yongning seemed much more reserved. Although she was smiling all the time, the greetings between the two parties were not at the same level. Often when Concubine Zheng said happily, Princess Yongning could only smile back. A sentence or two.If people who didn't know it saw it, they would think that Princess Yongning's status was a bit higher than that of Imperial Concubine Zheng.

The two chatted for a while, and Princess Yongning finally found a chance to talk about serious matters, and mentioned that Wang Xijue had arrived in Beijing and Shangshu asked the emperor to rectify the country early.

Concubine Zheng's complexion changed first, and then she quickly showed her skills in facial expression management. She immediately recovered her calm demeanor, waved all the maids and eunuchs out, and then reminded: "Sister Yongning, according to the ancestral system, these things It's not something we can discuss."

According to Gao Pragmatic's reminder, Princess Yongning smiled slightly: "How can there be any discussion? It's just a casual mention after hearing the news."

In fact, Concubine Zheng knew that there was some unclear relationship between Princess Yongning and Gao Yushi, and the source of the news was very reliable - the emperor said.It's just that the emperor knew the taboo after all, he just mentioned it vaguely, and didn't explain it in detail.

But that's enough, with Concubine Zheng's cleverness, she can't figure out why Princess Yongning knew about Wang Xijue while she was in the palace, and she even clearly knew what Wang Xijue said in today's memorandum - it is impossible for Princess Yongning Did you buy the supervisor of ceremonies?That's not Yongning, that's probably Taiping.

The source of this news can only be highly pragmatic.As for how Gao Wushi passed the news to Yongning so quickly, Concubine Zheng didn't even bother to care about this.

How powerful Gao Pragmatic is and how deep her influence on the emperor is, since she was confronted coldly by the emperor last time, she has never been more clear.

This person is someone she has made up her mind to never offend if she can.She knew that as a concubine in the palace, she must have this self-awareness, especially since this is the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty where the harem absolutely does not allow interference in politics.

Even in the recent period, she has been looking for opportunities to say good things about Gao Yushi in front of the emperor - the reason is very simple, with Gao Yushi's power in the palace, if she speaks for him in front of the emperor, he must be able to win Known.

If this can be used to change Gao Yushi's views on the "national foundation" issue, that would be really great news.With high pragmatism's influence on the emperor and his powerful faction in the outer court, as long as he is willing to express his support, let alone his imperial concubine become more secure as a rock, even Chang Xun can become the prince if he is not good!

The only trouble is that it is difficult to find an opportunity. Most of the time, the emperor abides by the ancestral system and does not mention the affairs of the foreign court in front of her. It is not convenient to praise high pragmatism.

But when Princess Yongning came... Concubine Zheng suddenly felt a twitch in her heart.
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