Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 136 What is Strength (Part [-])
However, although Liu Xian could see that Gao Pragmatism seemed to have the intention of supporting Liu Ting, and he was happy to see the results, and even said he was a little grateful-after all, as long as he himself was reinstated, basically he was in addition to the founding of the country. The peak warriors other than the hereditary warriors of the two lines do not have much hope of continuing to rise, so it would be great if they could make their son famous.

But he didn't think carefully about Gao Yushi's motives for doing so. Of course, ordinary people really can't see this. After all, not everyone can look forward to so many years like Gao Yushi.Basically, this can only be seen by traversers.

Gao Pragmatism made up his mind to take the civil service route. The most difficult part of the civil service route is the imperial examination, but because it may have the advantage of a superior memory after traveling, and he himself has enough experience in "examination", so he I am quite confident in passing the Jinshi examination.

In addition, at the same time, he did not give up a thought that was like opening a back door: to enter Zhu Yijun's field of vision early, it is best to establish a good relationship with the future Wanli Emperor early, and even suggested that Gao Gong secretly promote the "Prince's Playmate" incident , the purpose is also to lay the foundation for obtaining the holy family in the future.

The power system of the Ming Dynasty is quite interesting: the emperor’s power should be the greatest, but the emperor is often subject to the civil official group, whether it is out of posthumous fame or other reasons. What the group did against each other didn't have a good reputation later on, and even when he was in office, many things didn't go smoothly.

For example, Emperor Wu Zong Zhengde, although this old man did have some problems, he was probably not as bad as the history books of later generations said, but because he offended the entire civil official group, he was regarded as a typical example of a faint king.

Another example is Zhu Yijun, the Wanli emperor who was vilified in later generations as "Ming died in Wanli". —By the way, this comment comes from Luo Yuren, the son of Gao Gongmen's student Luo Zun.

In fact, the main conflict between Emperor Wanli and the civil official group lies in the dispute over the country and the collection of mining taxes, and Luo Yuren has a bit of personal enmity with Wanli: as I said just now, his father is Luo Zun, and Luo Zun's kindness The prime minister is Gao Gong—Gao Gong was kicked out of the capital to become an official after Wanli came to the throne.Although the Empress Dowager Li and Wanli's mother and son were used by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, after all, the decree was still the emperor in name, and the emperor had been convinced that Gao Gong was unfaithful for many years, so Luo Yuren looked at Emperor Wanli Certainly not going anywhere.

Turning back to the topic, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could fight or withdraw as soon as he said he wanted to a certain or a certain group of civil officials, but in fact he was subject to the entire civil official group - no matter how awesome you are, you can't kill them all, otherwise the country will Isn't it over?Just like when Emperor Jiajing held a grand ceremony back then, he had to choose a civil servant like Yan Song to take power on behalf of the emperor.All in all, if the emperor does not have cronies and civil servants to hold the power of the cabinet, it will be difficult to assert the imperial power itself.

However, apart from using trusted civil servants to control the power of the cabinet, the emperor also has a way to control real power, and the effect is very good, but it usually has some troubles: reuse eunuchs.

Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian were great models of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, but no matter how powerful they were at the beginning and made the civil society miserable, they thought that they were really powerful, that they dominated the world and dominated the world.In fact, their power comes entirely from the emperor, and in many cases it is actually just a puppet target launched by the emperor because he is unwilling to directly confront the civil official group.

The really powerful eunuchs have to be seen in the late Tang Dynasty. The one who abolishes the emperor and establishes the emperor can only be thought of in one thought. It is completely different from the so-called eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty who were used up and thrown away by the emperor like paper towels. Civilian groups can establish new emperors, such as Zhu Qiyu established by Yu Qian, and Zhu Houcong established by Yang Tinghe. When did the eunuchs have a place to speak?

So, if I say it crudely here, it is because the emperor still has to show his face after all, and he will come out to fight with the civil officials. Although he may not be afraid of the civil official group when he is alive, things may not be easy to deal with, and secondly, there will be no one after death. Good rating.So the wise emperor would choose to launch eunuchs as cannon fodder, such as Zhu Youxiao.

Of course, Jiajing's method was a bit more sophisticated. He realized that the strongest fortress must be conquered from the inside, so instead of using eunuchs, he used Zhang Cong, Yan Song and the like.According to Jiajing's point of view, I'm useless as an eunuch, so you can't hack me, right?
He is still naive, as long as you are asserting the imperial power and hurting the interests of most civil servants, your reputation will not be much better after death. Even Jiajing was scolded bloody by Hai Rui before he died.

But although Gao Yushi knows all these things, he doesn't care too much, because he doesn't care much about his posthumous name.

He himself knows very well that the emperor may not be happy with what he will do in the future, and the civil society may not be very satisfied, but in order to maintain the Ming Dynasty or the Han dynasty, he must do these things, but the means must be clever and must be done step by step , One wrong step will be smashed to pieces.

The imperial power must be gradually restricted, and it cannot be a person who inherits power by blood to make a decision on the world's major affairs; the civil official group must also transfer some benefits, and it cannot be left behind. Of course, Gao Pragmatism will try to open up new sources of income for them , just like the idea of ​​later generations, make a big cake and then discuss how to distribute it.

As for whether the status of generals needs to be improved or not, that is a matter for the future. Gao Pragmatic still knows how to focus on the big and let go of the small, and concentrate on ensuring key projects.

So in the final analysis, Gao Yushi wants to replace Yan Song's position, but try his best to avoid Yan Song's infamy - this is of course very difficult, and even if it is not done well, it will be as difficult as heaven.

But if there is no challenge, I will come here to make wool?I'm not a victim of Qiong Yao's novel who traveled back in time to fall in love.

However, regardless of other powerful eunuchs such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, or powerful ministers such as Yan Song and Zhang Juzheng, their status is actually not stable, because their power only comes from within the power system, and within the power system, after all, the emperor is at the top.Regardless of whether it is a eunuch or a powerful minister, their power is actually borrowed from the imperial power.

And the darkest corner of Gao Yushi's heart is to quietly build a team, so that his personal strength is so strong that no one dares to underestimate it, no one dares to act rashly, but at this time he is still sitting in a high position in the power system after the emperor...

Walking the tightrope on the cliff of ten thousand feet makes people feel dizzy just thinking about it.

However, there are many types of teams, as well as strength.

(End of this chapter)