Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1334 The Nancha Disturbance ([-])
According to Wang Xijue, this poem was "I am afraid it was written for the two of us", if it is true, then this is indeed a bit "too much deceit", especially in the eyes of Shen Shixing and Shen Yuanfu.

Gao Yushi wants to collect commercial taxes in the south of the Yangtze River. Shen Yuanfu is not very angry, let alone angry because of it. Why did he get angry when he saw a mere poem?

Because this first word just hit Shen Yuanfu's vitals.

However, this poem is not highly pragmatic and original, and its origin is the two ministers during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.

During the Jiaqing period of the Tartar Qing Dynasty, there was a couplet circulated in the capital: "Prime Minister Cao, who is mediocre, weeps and cries, Taishi Dong." Ordinary people can see that the superficial meaning of this couplet should refer to Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".Because Cao Cao was the prime minister at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Dong Zhuo was also an official to the grand master. They are all well-known figures, especially among the people.

However, in fact, the Prime Minister Cao and Grand Master Dong in this couplet refer to two important court officials during the Jiaqing period: Cao Zhenyong and Dong Gao.

Cao Zhenyong was a veteran of the Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang dynasties. This official had a prosperous career and was an extremely human minister. His official rank was as high as a scholar in the Wuying Hall, and he was the leader of the military minister. He was basically the pinnacle of the Han ministers.

As an official, Cao Zhenyong is famous for his six-character secret: "Kowtow more and talk less".He died of illness at the age of 81, and was given the posthumous title of "Wenzheng" after his death, becoming one of only eight "Wenzheng" in the nearly 300 years of the Qing Dynasty.

Dong Gao was an important court official during the Qianlong and Jiaqing years, and he was an official to the Wenhua Palace, a bachelor, and a minister of military aircraft.Since Qianlong, the University of Baohe Palace no longer taught people, so the University of Wenhua Palace became the de facto chief assistant of the cabinet, so Dong Gao's status at that time needless to say.

Dong Gao died of illness at the age of 79, and was given the posthumous title of "Wen Gong" after his death. Emperor Jiaqing visited him in person and wrote an imperial mourning poem to him, "Only articles are passed on to nephews and nephews, and there is no money to buy farms."This is a compliment to Dong Gao's integrity and honesty. Only the articles have been handed down to the world, and no money is left to buy farms.

From this point of view, these should be two very powerful people, so where does the couplet of "Mediocre Prime Minister Cao, Weeping and Weeping Grand Master Dong" come from?Speaking of it, this was related to Tianli Sect's attack on the Forbidden City at that time.

In the 18th year of Jiaqing, the Tianli religion spread in Zhili and Henan launched uprisings one after another.In September of that year, a group of about 200 Tianli believers was sent by the leader Lin Qing to sneak into the capital. Under the cooperation of several eunuchs, they broke into the heavily guarded Forbidden City, as far as the Longzong Gate.

However, Emperor Jiaqing was not in the Forbidden City at that time, because before that, he happened to visit Chengde Mountain Resort in Rehe in the name of hunting.

The emperors of the Qing Dynasty were not like the emperors in the middle of the Ming Dynasty—especially the emperors after Zhengde, who were almost confined in the capital.They are often running around, and the reasons are varied.The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty often used the excuses to restrict the emperor's travel, such as huge expenditure, backlog of state affairs, intrusion on the people, etc., and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty always dismissed them.

Such a major event happened in the capital, and the news spread quickly.When Emperor Jiaqing received the news, he was on his way back to the capital from Rehe. Hearing the great changes in the capital, he panicked for a moment. the minister asked.

There were many princes and ministers who accompanied Emperor Jiaqing to the Chengde Mountain Resort in Rehe, and most of them suggested staying temporarily and waiting for the next development of the situation.Only Dong Gaoli invited Emperor Jiaqing to set off and return to the capital: "It's the cause of chaos, and the captives will come to an end!" When Dong Gao was so excited, he burst into tears... This level of performance will definitely win a small gold in future generations People, high pragmatism might not be able to act like this.

So where is Cao Zhenyong at this time?

Jiaqing did not take Cao Zhenyong with him during his tour of Chengde Mountain Resort in Rehe this time. Cao Zhenyong stayed in the capital at this time and was responsible for handling important military and political affairs.

However, although this man is responsible for handling important military and political affairs, his ability to respond may not be reliable.When some Tianli believers suddenly attacked the Forbidden City, Cao Zhenyong was surprised and panicked, and did not come up with effective solutions.Surprisingly, Jiaqing's second son, Min Ning, and other princes and grandsons were quite calm, and rushed out of the upper study room with shotguns and waist knives to fight, buying precious time for the Qing army's counterattack and avoiding greater losses.

Soon, the Qing army quelled the uprising of Tianli believers, Cao Zhenyong calmed down, and the whole capital was restored to stability.

Everyone is well aware of the performance of Cao Zhenyong and Dong Gao, two important court officials, in the Tianli Religious Rebellion.So not long after, an unknown person in the capital wrote a couplet to satirize them: "Prime Minister Cao, who is mediocre, is crying and crying about Grand Master Dong."

At that time, Cao Zhenyong served as the co-organizer of the University and Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Dong Gao was promoted from the University of Wenhuadian to Prince Taishi.

This couplet was widely circulated in the government and the public, and finally reached the ears of Cao Zhenyong and Dong Gao.What's interesting is that these two people, who may have been possessed by Li Chunfang, or have practiced the supernatural powers of self-doubt, were not angry. Instead, they half laughed at themselves and half defended themselves and said: "It's not easy to be mediocre and cry at this time. "

After this happened, if someone saw Dong Gao and respectfully called him "Grand Master" face to face, Dong Gao would definitely smile and decline, saying, "It's not good to have a humble surname."

This sentence is easy to understand: the reputation of "Dong Taishi" in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is really bad. Who wants to have a relationship with him?Just like the truth that "people are ashamed of being named juniper after the Song Dynasty, and I am ashamed of my surname Qin when I go to the grave".

It wasn't until Dong Gao died of illness that he was promoted to the title of Taifu, and the saying of "crying and crying Taishi Dong" gradually disappeared.However, the old couplets disappeared, and new jokes came out again.Following the death of Dong Gao and Cao Zhenyong successively, another piece of Ci Pai "Yi Jian Mei" was spread in the capital, which is the one that appeared in the previous article.

Cao Zhenyong received the posthumous title of "Wen Zheng" after his death, and Cao Hao received the posthumous title of "Wen Gong" after his death.However, since "Wen Gong" is not as good as "Wen Zhong", Gao Wushi changed "Wen Gong" in the original text to "Wen Zhong".

This change made it even more deliberate to ridicule "the two of us"—they split into one, and it happened to be one "Wen Zheng" and the other "Wen Zhong".

Shen Shixing was furious. The practices mentioned in this poem could be attributed to him almost word for word, especially when he and Wang Xijue guessed that it was a highly pragmatic handwriting, there was a sentence that particularly stimulated him.

"The minister's economy is calm, don't show extraordinary achievements, don't talk about loyalty."

The "economy" here refers to "benefiting the world and benefiting the people", which is exactly what the "minister" should do, and the minister is "calm" and moderate, which is the consistent style of Shen Shixing, and he often tells people around him.

Just looking at the first half of the sentence, there is actually nothing wrong with it, but the last eight characters are bad: don't show extraordinary achievements, don't talk about loyalty.

In the past two years, Shen Shixing often talked to people intentionally or unintentionally about the truth that "a good fighter has no great achievements". Although Wang Xijue is not in the capital, he is a famous man in the world. He often talks about Taoism in Suzhou and often expresses similar views .

If the two of them said such things just because they were jealous of Gao Pragmatic's "miraculous achievements", then it is still a bit wronged. Jealousy is not without it, but it is not all.

The two of them are the pillars of the Mind School. When Gao Yushi repeatedly made outstanding achievements, of course they should persuade and comfort the officials in their own faction, so as not to be stimulated by Gao Yushi. Or giving up the fight because they feel ashamed, that's not what they want to see.

What's the point of talking internally, and don't take any responsibility?However, Gao Yushi's move today has put this on the table, not only implying that these things are not secret at all, but also making it known to the world.

It's like getting hurt in one's privacy, one was ashamed to speak of it, but now it is exposed in public, is it tolerable or unbearable?
Even a prime minister like Shen Yuanfu couldn't help scolding "Zhuzi", which shows how hard he was humiliated.

Gao Yushi's move, to put it bluntly, is like showing off "Lao Zi Ye Yu Ten Daughters" in front of eunuchs, not to mention that it can make people so angry that they can crawl out of the coffin to cheat their corpses.

You are not "Mo Xian Qigong", you can't make miraculous feats.For me, making outstanding achievements is like drinking a sip of cold water, but it is as difficult as heaven for you, so you can only say that the grapes are sour if you can't eat them.

This is not deceiving too much, what is deceiving too much?

Wang Xijue was probably already angry yesterday, but he didn't fly into a rage at this time. He waited for Shen Shixing's angry breath to lighten a little, and said, "Yuanfu endured the humiliation, and the plotter is big, so Xijue understands. Once the word is spread, I am afraid that people in the world will misunderstand it, and it is especially worrying... I am afraid that the young people of my heart will not understand Yuansu's good intentions after hearing it, and then..."

When the time comes, the foundation will be shaken, so Shen Shixing can naturally hear such a simple implication.Not only could he hear this meaning, but he could also hear another meaning.

Wang Xijue is dissatisfied with his current "bear the burden of humiliation", at least he disagrees, but he is the chief assistant after all, and he has just joined the cabinet, so he doesn't want to be too obtrusive.

Shen Shixing sighed, and asked: "Then according to Yuan Yu's opinion, I can only accept this time?"

"Of course!" Wang Xijue's expression was serious and abnormal: "Take a step back yesterday, take another step back today, and take another step back tomorrow...so step by step, how long will it be? Only then can the Gao family know that I have someone in my heart, and he is worthy of him. In this way, as long as he does not let his treachery succeed this time, if he wants to eat like this again in the future, he will have to consider the consequences and think twice."

This statement itself is not unreasonable, and Shen Shixing also agrees. The reason why he disagrees with head-to-head confrontation is that he has always been worried about another problem.

The power of civil servants in Gao Yushi's hands is not superior to that of the Xin School, but he still has a helping hand: Xungui and the emperor are on his side.

Honorable nobles usually cannot participate in these national policy issues, so they can be ignored for the time being, but the factor of the emperor must not be ignored. In fact, this factor is still a decisive factor-as long as the emperor insists, no one can do anything.

Yang Tinghe was so powerful at the time, was he driven home by Sejong to retire in the end?Once the emperor no longer cares about face, civil servants have no limit to him-especially when he has other civil servants available.

If there were Zhang Cong, Gui E and others, Sejong might have had nothing to do with Yang Tinghe back then, but since there was—and there must be—the emperor still kept his word.

Today's court is not what it used to be. The Real School has always played the roles of Zhang Cong and Gui E, and they are far more powerful than Zhang Cong and Gui E. The Heart School wants to learn from Yang Tinghe, but their waist is far worse. Yang Tinghe stuck hard.

Therefore, what Shishi Bank is always worried about is the loss issue.Fighting with Gao Yushi seems to be elated, and there is a high probability that the school of mind will prevail in the battle between the ruling and opposition scholars.But so what?Gao Yushi launched this Dinghai Jingcha offensive for the sake of the emperor. Once he might face failure, the emperor might be even more restless than himself.

No matter what the result of Jingcha is, the final decision is in the hands of the emperor. Is it expected that the emperor will choose to cut off his own arm?Don't even think about it.

Therefore, even if they listened to Wang Xijue's opinion and had a head-on confrontation with the Practical School, the final result would most likely be that the Mind School suffered a loss, and it was nothing more than a matter of big or small losses.For Shen Shixing, the actual party leader of the current Heart School, this is certainly not what he wants to see.

However, Wang Xijue's words are also reasonable, it is really impossible to retreat step by step, and Gao Yushi's aggressive momentum must be curbed.Otherwise, there is no one to control him before he joins the cabinet, and he will still be able to do so after a few years?Wouldn't the miraculous scene of the cabinet ministers counterpressing the chief assistant when Gao Gong was restored back then appear again?

After pacing and hesitating for a long time, Shen Shixing sat back in his seat and asked Wang Xijue, "Apart from the arrangements that have been made before, what other good strategies does Yuan Yu have for me?"

Wang Xijue said: "There is no good strategy, and there is no need for a good strategy." He said in a deep voice: "What we have done this time does not necessarily win, and we don't necessarily have to win, as long as we don't give up an inch, let Jingcha fall into huge controversy Even if it has achieved its purpose.”

Shen Shixing was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it, it seemed that his previous words changed Wang Xijue's opinion.He no longer insisted on ending the Beijing inspection quickly, and overwhelmed the high pragmatism in the Beijing inspection, but lowered his expectations, as long as he showed the attitude of the mind school who refused to give in.

Shen Shixing appreciates Wang Xijue's change, which is also in line with his previous statement of "building a monument and setting up a banner for the righteousness of the world, and don't let people with lofty ideals think that their hearts and learning will be lost, and there is no way to join them".

"Since that's the case, Yuan Yu let's go and do it." Shen Shixing nodded heavily: "With the emperor, I will say what I have to say, and I will do what I have to do."

Wang Xijue let out a deep breath, stood up, bowed his body, and said no more, just said: "I have Lao Yuanfu, Xijue is going." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.
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