Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1323 Zheng Guotai

Zheng Guotai was [-] years old this year. He was handsome and talented. He was wearing a sapphire blue Taoist robe and holding a Japanese fan painted in gold.

Today, when I came to Shangshu Gaofu, Zheng Guotai knew that he had a heavy responsibility, and he went back and forth carefully thinking about what he wanted to say many times, but he became nervous as soon as he entered the Gaofu, and he seemed to have forgotten the many words he had prepared along the way. Eighty-eight.

Zheng Chengxian, the father of Zheng Guotai, has been favored by his daughter Zhengfei and has been favored. He was a first-rank official from the official position to the governor of the five mansions with a salary.However, because Zheng Guotai only reached Double Ten last year, he had to be awarded a Thousand Households of Jinyiwei.

Zheng Guotai's Jinyiwei Qianhu is slightly different from the general foreign relatives plus officials. His Qianhu is a real job, that is, the word "with salary" is not prefixed with the word "with salary" in front of the official position-adding "with salary" means that only salary is taken. , did not actually take office, Zheng Chengxian's governor and Tongzhi belong to this category.

In other words, Zheng Guotai is now an official officer of Jinyiwei, and his fear of high pragmatism is largely due to this.

Since Liu Shouyou's downfall, Jinyiwei has never had a governor, and the two town governors in the north and south are now in the hands of Wang Zhizhen and Gao Wuben respectively.Wang Zhizhen is a distant cousin of high pragmatism, Gao Wuben is a close cousin of high pragmatism, and Zheng Guotai is working under Wang Zhizhen.

Although Wang Zhizhen is the grandson of Wang Chonggu and the son of Wang Qian, he doesn't seem to have inherited much of the demeanor of a scholar. He always has a bit of a bandit in his actions, and his style is quite unique.In Jinyiwei, he has a harsh side and a side that blends well with his subordinates.

Zheng Guotai, who had just taken office, was tamed by Wang Zhizhen's "combination of kindness and power", and he didn't dare to take a breath when facing Wang Zhizhen.And Wang Zhizhen himself is a person who is very good at using the power of high pragmatism, so that Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town has a vague tendency to regard Gao pragmatism as the big boss behind the scenes-of course, this is also due to the fact that the director of the East Factory is Chen Ju. one element.

The characteristic of choosing a concubine in the Ming Dynasty is that most of her natal family are ordinary people or small officials in Gyeonggi. The same is true of Zheng Guotai's family background. He suddenly entered the "upper class" from the son of a small official. It can be said that he has not even established the three views correctly.

Therefore, under Wang Zhizhen's deliberate indoctrination, Zheng Guotai even had a clearer understanding of the highly pragmatic family and power than his sister Zheng Huangguifei.This kind of understanding may even be too much, because Zheng Guotai believes that Gao Yushi not only "one word can decide life and death" as Wang Zhizhen said, but even the honor and disgrace of Imperial Concubine Zheng himself are under Gao Yushi's control.

No one would believe this, but Zheng Guotai believed it, because Wang Zhizhen had told him some "inside stories".

Wang Zhizhen is a master of storytelling. The things he and Zheng Guotai talked about have indeed happened before, including the downfall of Feng Bao, Zhang Jing and other palace leaders, as well as the dismissal of Zhang Juzheng and the encounter with Ling Yunyi. In order to avoid this, Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei of the previous generation, was forced to give way to his son Xu Bangrui and so on.

In Wang Zhizhen's mouth, not only were these matters all led by Gao Yushi, but they had no room to resist under Gao Yushi's attack-this must be an exaggeration. Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Juzheng's alliance's fighting style is completely a matter of life and death.If Zhang Juzheng hadn't been stopped outside the city gate that night, no one can say for sure what the outcome would be.

How did Zheng Guotai know this in the past?Wang Zhizhen's words were so vivid that Zheng Guotai, a newcomer in the officialdom, naturally believed them all, so Gao Wuzhi seemed to be an invincible god in his mind, and he only had a high mountain to look up to.

And his mentality was strengthened again before he was "ordered to go on a mission" today.

This afternoon, Imperial Concubine Zheng sent Zheng Guotai into the palace under the pretext of asking about her father's well-being, not only asking him to come to visit Gao Yushi tonight, but also disregarding the loss of face, the emperor "cold treatment" of her because of Gao Yushi a few days ago The events of several days were passed on to the only younger brother.

Although Imperial Concubine Zheng is a devil who helps her younger brother, she still has a deep understanding of her younger brother.She knew that her younger brother was a typical bullying and fearful person, and she was afraid that he would take advantage of his status in the palace without restraint and offend Gao Yushi, so she had to tell the truth.

This made Zheng Guotai's fear of Gao Pragmatism even more serious, so that he was so nervous that his calves were spinning as soon as he entered Gao's mansion.

It was under such circumstances that Gao Wushi met Zheng Guotai—he just bowed his hands away, and Zheng Guotai had already trotted forward, "plopped down on his knees", kowtowed his head, and said: "Zheng Guotai, who is a junior in Fusi Qianhu, a low-ranking Jinyiwei North Town, has met the magistrate."

The royal relatives and relatives were humbled so far, and even Gao Yushi was confused, and the raised hand could only be withdrawn in embarrassment. Taking advantage of the situation, he changed it into a vain support, helped Zheng Guotai up, and smiled: "You and I are as old as Zheng Guotai. Brother, why are you here? What's more, this is my private house, so there is no need to be so polite."

Theoretically speaking, Zheng Guotai's salute is not very exaggerated, but he is the emperor after all. My brother-in-law, if you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, this kowtow is a bit unpleasant.

Zheng Guotai listened to Gao Wushi's gentle and gentle words, and he felt relieved at first, but suddenly he remembered Wang Zhizhen's words that beat him on purpose when he was pretending to be drunk, and he was secretly alert: Zheng Guotai, Zheng Guotai, the person in front of you is a guy with a sweet mouth and a sword hidden in his smile. No matter how polite you say it, you can't take it seriously, never take it seriously!
"Master Situ is really approachable, little one..."

"Hey, if Brother Zheng calls himself like that again, he will be ashamed to be pragmatic." Although Gao Wushi didn't know what Zheng Guotai was up to, he still hurriedly stopped him.

"Uh, then... Cathay is overstepping." Zheng Guotai hesitated for a while, and said while carefully looking at Gao's pragmatic expression.

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Brother Zheng is serious, you and I can discuss friendship in the same generation." Then, before Zheng Guotai could say anything else, he stretched out his hand and said: "It's almost autumn, and the night is cold, so let's go inside and talk. Bar."

"Oh, okay, okay." Zheng Guotai still looked a little nervous, and felt that he was not polite enough after speaking, so he hurriedly added: "Please, Situ first."

Gao Wushi is a man, and at this moment, he can see that Zheng Guotai seems to be very afraid of himself, so he is no longer too polite, nods his head slightly, and Shi Shiran walks in front of him.Zheng Guotai bent down and bowed his head, and walked behind him. If someone who didn't know saw him, he must treat Zheng Guotai as a highly pragmatic servant.

When the two of them entered the flower hall, Gao Wushi ordered to watch the seats. Zheng Guotai showed the attitude towards his immediate boss Wang Zhizhen, and carefully sat on half of his buttocks, with his waist straight, as if he was ready to obey orders.

Gao Wushi was a little puzzled, and then vaguely guessed that Zheng Guotai might have been beaten by Wang Zhizhen. Although he thought it was a bit funny, on second thought, it was a good thing.

Gao Wushi was a little solemn, and asked seriously: "Brother Zheng missed the night to visit, what is the important matter?"

After all, Zheng Guotai was the "No. [-] handsome man in the world". Zheng Guotai had thought up a lot of rhetoric before, but he forgot all of them in an instant under the situation of high pragmatism and a little stern face, and blurted out: "Sister asked me to invite Situ to help Chang Xun A helping hand!"

Gao Wushi almost couldn't help rolling his eyes, adjusted his mood, and then lowered his expression: "The third son of the emperor is only a few years old, so he has already been ordered to study in the cabinet? Even if he is a prince and a teacher in this department, he can't teach him. What about him...Brother Zheng, do you want to ask the main hall to teach him how to babble?"

As soon as Zheng Guotai said it, he regretted it. Hearing Gao Wushi say this, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he quickly explained: "No, no, I... small... no, Cathay for a while, for a while..."

Seeing that he was really panicked, Gao Wushi couldn't help but sighed, and simply didn't bother to care about his performance, and said directly: "What did the imperial concubine really say?"

Zheng Guotai also knew that he had caused trouble, so he wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand to calm down his nervousness, and then replied: "Sister said, as long as Gao... Gao Situ promised, Chang Xun will definitely honor his father in the future." Comparable to Situ."

Gao Wushi was startled for a moment, and then smiled: "Is the imperial concubine wanting to put me on fire?"

He really didn't mean to imitate Cao Cao, because he really didn't expect that this is the way that Zheng Huang Guifei wins him over.

Father?I don't intend to abolish the establishment, even if your son becomes the emperor in the future with my support, I won't make such a terrible hat for myself, okay?

There is a very interesting historical phenomenon in ancient China, that is, those powerful ministers who controlled the power of abolition and establishment all liked to let the emperor call themselves "Zhongfu" or "Shangfu".However, these two words were not linked to such things as power ministers and abolition.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, civil strife broke out during Duke Xi of Qi State, and Prince Jiu and Prince Xiaobai were both forced to go into exile.After the death of Duke Xi of Qi, the two rushed to return to inherit the throne and started a "race against time" contest.

At that time, Guan Zhong assisted Prince Jiu, and in order to protect Prince Jiu's succession, Guan Zhong led people to intercept and kill Prince Xiaobai.Guan Zhong shot Xiaobai with an arrow, thinking that Xiaobai was dead, so he slowed down his marching speed.Unexpectedly, the arrow just hit Xiaobai's belt hook. Xiaobai was quick to wit, and pretended to be dead to avoid Guan Zhong's eyes.

After Duke Huan of Qi ascended the throne, he wanted to appoint Bao Shuya, who had assisted him for many years, as his prime minister.However, Bao Shuya resolutely declined, saying that his talents were not enough to take on this important task, and instead recommended Guan Zhong to Duke Huan of Qi.At Bao Shuya's insistence, Duke Huan of Qi welcomed Guan Zhong back from the state of Lu and worshiped him as his prime minister.Entrusted with important tasks.

Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zhong, two monarchs and ministers, worked together to create the hegemony of Qi. "Xunzi Zhongni" said: "Qi Huangong saw that Guan Zhongzhi was capable enough to support the country...so he made him Zhong's father." Yang Yan's annotation: "Zhongzhe is the word for Yiwu; father, he treats him like his father. "Later, it was used to call Guan Zhong.This is the origin of the title "Zhongfu".

It should be said that Duke Huan of Qi respected Guan Zhong from the bottom of his heart and regarded him as his father, so he called him "Father Zhong", but the later imitators were different.

After the death of King Zhuangxiang of Qin State, Yingzheng ascended the throne for the first time, and Prime Minister Lu Buwei took control of the government.Lu Buwei was arrogant and domineering, "following Duke Huan of Qi and taking Guan Zhong as Zhongfu", so Ying Zheng also called himself "Zhongfu".At this time, Ying Zheng, who was in an unstable position, had to swallow his humiliation to Lu Buwei, who was in power, and fulfilled his wish, calling him "Zhong Father".

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao supported Sima Rui to ascend the throne in Jianye.Although the monarch and his ministers were harmonious on the surface, Director Wang, who had made great contributions in supporting him, did not take the emperor seriously at all.At that time, the power of the Langya Wang family from which Wang Zhi was born was overwhelming, and many courtiers were members of the Wang family. He asked the ministers to write a letter to the emperor Sima Rui, and asked Sima Rui to call him "Father Zhong".Historical Records: "The government and the public fall in love with each other, and the name is 'Zhongfu'." Sima Rui had to follow.

Let's talk about "Father Shang".Zheng Xuan said: "Shangfu, Lu Wangye. Honorable title Yan."Lu Wang, Lu Shang, and Jiang Shang are actually the same person, Jiang Taigong Jiang Ziya who "worked to protect the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years", who is also the ancestor of Duke Huan of Qi.

Lu Zi said: "Shang is the name, that is, Lu Shang; father: the honorific title is the same as that of his father, and Lu Shang is the father-in-law of King Wu, so he is honored as Shang Father."The "father" here is also a respectful title for elders and ministers.To put it bluntly, "Shangfu" is the respectful name King Wu of Zhou gave to Jiang Ziya.Jiang Ziya was not only a great hero in defeating Zhou and creating the Zhou Dynasty, but also the father-in-law of King Wu, so King Wu called him "Father Shang". Since ancient times, no one thought that this title had any problems for Jiang Ziya.

But there were many imitators later, and they began to have "problems".

For example, Dong Zhuo: "Three Kingdoms·Wei Zhi·Dong Zhuo Biography": "Zhuo went to Xijing and became a grand master, named Shangfu."

For example, Li Fuguo: "New Book of the Tang Dynasty: The Eunuch's Biography: Li Fuguo": "The emperor wanted to destroy him, but he was afraid that he would hold the army, because he respected him as his father."

For example, Guo Ziyi: "New Tang Book·Guo Ziyi Biography": "The successor of Dezong, the imperial edict was returned to the court, the slaughter of the tomb, the envoy of the mountain mausoleum, and the title 'Shangfu'."

These powerful ministers who made the emperor bow their heads to themselves and put their authority above the emperor's authority almost all ended in dismal:
Lu Buwei was poisoned to death by poison and wine given by Yingzheng; although Wang Dao died well and was extremely mournful after his death, but he secretly helped his brother Wang Dun to disrupt the government and had a bad reputation in ruling the government for many years; let alone Dong Zhuo, who was deposed. Li held hostage the Han Emperor, and eventually the world was in chaos, and was finally killed by Lu Bu, punishing the three clans; although Li Fuguo supported the Tang Dynasty, but usurped the imperial power, he was finally assassinated by the Daizong, and even called him ugly.

Among these people, the only one with a better reputation and better results is Guo Ziyi.Guo Ziyi did make great achievements in rebuilding the Tang Dynasty, and it can be said that his achievements are not inferior to those of Jiang Shang and Guan Zhong.Therefore, the emperor called him "Father Shang", and he could afford it.

But the most important thing is that Guo Ziyi is not greedy for power and is humble and low-key.He has never fought for power, and has always been loyal to the court.So it ends well in the end.

Among the "Zhongfu" and "Shangfu" in a row, except for the person who created these two terms, Guo Ziyi was the only one who died well. Naturally, Gao Yushi did not have much affection for these two terms.

Those who advertise themselves as the emperor's "Zhongfu" and "Shangfu" not only want to tell the world that they have the abilities of Jiang Shang and Guan Zhong, but also want the emperor to treat him like a father. What is the nature of this matter?This is a naked challenge to imperial power.

Gao Yushi has never thought about changing the dynasty so far. He just wants to transform Ming Dynasty, protect the inheritance of Han culture from going astray, and not become conservative and self-styled because of the invasion of wild boar skin, which will lead to being bullied for a hundred years in the future.

That being the case, what is the use of this "Father Shang"?What's more, this name is a bit ominous.

Gao Wushi glanced at Zheng Guotai, who was a little dazed by the question, and said indifferently: "For the matter of the country, it has its own ancestral laws and justice. As a minister, I just fulfill my duties. If Brother Zheng has nothing else to do... ..."

"Wait a minute!" Zheng Guotai hurriedly reached out his hand to stop him, regardless of his fear.
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