Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1371 The Nancha Disturbance (卌三) Wan Liai

"Those who hold salaries for the people should not freeze to death in the wind and snow; those who open mountains for the people should not die trapped in the thorns."

Gao Wushi didn't specify who he was talking about, but all the colleagues of the Real School who received the reply understood that the "salary earners" and "mountain pioneers" were referring to Hai Rui.

Although Hai Rui is not a member of the Practical School, what he is doing now is the beginning of the Practical School.Gao Pragmatism's meaning is simple and clear: we cannot give up on Hai Rui and let him face the "wind and snow" and "thorns" alone, we must save him.

Hai Rui has always been a maverick in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, and his career path was not mainstream at the beginning.He was not born on the gold list, but started as a county educator as a juren, and worked at the "basic level" for several years before gradually getting promoted.Later, he became famous all over the world because of offending the strict party and publishing "Public Security Book", and finally became a member of one party, and also became a special symbol of the times.

But his "symbol" is not easy to do. Unlike Gao Gong, who has also become a symbol of the times, if Gao Gong's symbol is "reform", then Hai Rui's symbol is "morality".

Hai Rui is a model of morality. When it comes to moral issues, Hai Rui's style of work can no longer be described as "strict", but at least "strict".In some respects, from a highly pragmatic point of view, it even borders on an overkill paranoia.

For example, in Yao Shuxiang's novel "Jianzhibian" in the Ming Dynasty, it was mentioned that Hai Rui's family had always been poor. One day he saw his five-year-old daughter eating a cake and asked who gave it to him. At that time, Hai Rui was furious, saying how can a good woman accept things from a man casually?Only if you starve to death, you are my Hai Rui's daughter!
His daughter was so frightened that she couldn't stop crying. She didn't eat or drink up to this point. No matter how much the family coaxed her to persuade her, it was useless. After seven days, she finally starved to death.

Regarding this matter, Zhou Lianggong of the Qing Dynasty also mentioned it in his book "Book Shadow", but there is no record in official histories such as "Ming Shilu", "Ming History", and "Guoyan".

Of course, the official history of the past dynasties in China has always cherished ink like gold, and it is understandable not to record such gossip-like gossip.It's just that from this unconfirmed story, at least one can see the perception of Hai Rui by onlookers in this era: he is an almost paranoid moral fanatic.

The word fanaticism is directly linked to danger in a highly pragmatic understanding. Even the most righteous fanaticism, such as patriotic fanaticism, is very likely to do bad things with good intentions, and the same is true for moral fanaticism.

Gao Yushi thinks so, and so do most officials and scholars in this era, so everyone regards Hai Rui as a dangerous person.

What's more troublesome is that it's hard to criticize him for being dangerous. For example, Xu Jie once commented on Hai Rui when he was in the case of Songjiang's withdrawal of land, saying: "Recently, my township has been really troubled by the New Deal, but Gangfeng's original intentions have also come true." For the sake of the people, only because of being a little biased, the diabolical gangsters took advantage of it, falsely broadcasting articles, making absurd prestige, instigating foolishness, and slandering counties and counties. , Ji Gang’s ethics disappeared. Not only the common people can’t survive, but Gangfeng’s reputation is also damaged because of it, which is worthy of pity!”

As a result, more people still thought that what Xu Jie said was just to excuse himself and deliberately find fault with Hai Rui, but in fact, although Xu Jie must have said such things out of this mentality, his words themselves were not aimless. Rui's actions did lead to these phenomena, it was just magnified when Xu Jie said it.

Hai Rui, a model of morality, insists on "morality first, principles first" even when adjudicating cases.For those suspicious cases, he did not carefully investigate and base them on the facts, but "I would rather wrong my younger brother than my elder brother; I would rather wrong my nephew than my uncle; I would rather wrong the rich than the poor; I would rather wrong the stubborn than the stupid." .

In the case of property disputes, Hai Rui insisted that "it is better to wrong the eunuchs than the poor people";

It is obviously not in line with Gao Yushi's cognition not to be based on facts but based on the principles of morality. Therefore, Gao Gong also mentioned Gao Gong's evaluation of Hai Rui in his letter to Hai Rui last time: "Qingshan It is advisable to sit in the office of elegance and vulgarity, not to bother civil affairs, to be honest and upright, and to be a disciplined secretary." Gao Yushi himself added a sentence afterwards: "It is also very fortunate to have the position now."

Heretic scholar Li Zhi also commented that "there are people who are pure and upright in the world, who can be proud of frost and snow but not be able to be pillars", which also refers to Hai Rui.

Gao Yushi here has two meanings for "to get his position now": one is that Hai Rui's current job is the censor of the right capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate (Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has no censor of the left capital, so he is the top leader of the South Court) , is exactly what Gao Gong called "integrity and integrity, and the department of discipline"; the second is Hai Rui's master Nancha, who is also in charge of official assessment.

Gao Gong and Gao Yushi's uncle and nephew had a high degree of agreement on Hai Rui's appointment. They both believed that he could not manage civil affairs, but could only supervise officials.However, once the officials who supervised the officials were as strict as Hai Rui, they would naturally offend others the most. This also made Hai Rui almost alone in the officialdom, without any friends at all.

Just like what Qu Dajun said about Hai Rui, "Gongzhi's learning is mainly based on rigidity. When it is in the dynasty, the weather is rocky, the rules are unique, and the officials and bureaucrats hate him so much that they have nothing to talk about."

Most of his colleagues hate him, and even refuse to say a word to him.

So it's fine if he doesn't have an accident, but if an accident happens, he can only fight alone. Even if Gao Wuzhen wants to help him now, he has to find a convincing reason.Therefore, Gao Pragmatism described it as "the one who earns the salary for the public" and "the one who pioneered the mountain for the public", hoping that there will be no opposition within the Shishi School.

I don't know whether it was this statement that finally impressed the ministers of the Real School, or whether his high pragmatism was good enough. The next day after he made it clear that he would support Hai Rui, the officials of the Real School in Beijing began to take action.

Someone went up and said: "Every time a big plan is made, it is just a guilty conscience. This is not the guilt of Hai Gangfeng, but the shamelessness of the impeacher."

Some people also commented: "When I look at his impeachment, most of them point out that Hai Rui is biased. However, what he said is old, and right and wrong have been distinguished early, and the righteousness has been clarified early. Why talk about it today?"

Someone else said: "Nanjing, the censor of the right capital of Nanjing, Hai Rui, the master of Nancha, was originally hand-picked by the sage. I don't think it is presumptuous, thinking that the sage is trying to use Hai Rui's uprightness. The minister has studied the plans over the years. The stricter the chief inspector, the more he will be impeached." More, the more lenient the chief inspector, the less impeachment, unhealthy tendencies, and even..."

Another person was more direct, saying: "Nancha, the master of Hai Rui, has not yet finished the matter, and the group impeached him. Is it because Hai Rui has lost justice? I think it is not the case. It is nothing more than the master of Hai Rui, who made the criminal look loyal and honest. Those who have nothing to hide, so in order to avoid being investigated, they intend to go to the position of Hai Rui first, and then the officials who have no masters in their plans, so that this generation can sit back and relax and get away with it."

Although the various statements are not the same, they generally express similar meanings: no matter how many problems you think Hai Rui has, and whether these problems are true or not, at least at this time, you are jumping out to impeach him as the chief official of the Southern Police Department. What could a ghost be?
Although these memorials do not analyze specific matters in detail, their positions are very clear: whether Hai Rui is biased or not is not the main issue now. Now that the results of the Southern Inspection have not yet come out, you suddenly think of Hai Rui's previous rumors. The "old problem" that has been around for more than ten or 20 years is the biggest problem in itself!You are guilty!

This is the prerogative of a speech officer. I don't need any bullshit empirical evidence. I just need to say that your starting point is wrong, and you have problems as a person, and the question you raised is not a problem.

Yesterday the Nanjing officials impeached Hai Rui, and the cabinet only drafted a few nonsense words, which is equivalent to no draft. After it was submitted to the Supervisor of Rituals, the emperor did not give any approval.

The same is true for the officials of the practical school today. There is no clear intention from the cabinet, almost the original is submitted directly, and after the supervisor of ceremonies, the emperor still has no statement.

As far as the cabinet is concerned, this kind of reaction is a bit abnormal, because impeachment of the chief prosecutor is not like talking about the internal affairs of the Tian family, nor does it involve items such as taboos and taboos. In theory, the cabinet has the obligation and responsibility to put forward draft opinions .

As for the emperor's failure to give an immediate reply, this is hardly abnormal.As for the emperor, firstly, the workload is more flexible, secondly, some important matters may need to be carefully considered before making a decision, and there is even a third possibility, that is, sometimes the emperor will deliberately let things ferment for a period of time, see The follow-up response of the foreign court will determine how to answer.

Everyone has a different understanding of the anomaly in the cabinet. The mainstream view or guess is that the elders in the cabinet are at loggerheads, and Shen Yuanfu is not a particularly tough person, so he just hit him when he couldn't stand the stalemate. Sloppy eyes, ambiguous and nonsense.

Everyone knows the characteristics of this kind of nonsense, that is, the truth is absolutely correct, but saying it must be the same as not saying it—well, in fact, it is quite level.

However, this speculation is completely untrue, because there was no dispute at all in the cabinet.Several bigwigs from the Heart School and the Real School have their own considerations, and they are unwilling to take the initiative to express their opinions, lest the other party guess their cards.What's more, the debate in the outer court has not yet reached its peak, and the bigwigs don't have to end it in person so early.

In this way, in fact, the cabinet did not discuss the situation at all.Xu Guo, Zhang Xueyan, and Wu Dui didn't ask about it, and Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue didn't explain it either. On the contrary, Wang Jiaping seemed to have thought of something, and said: "A few days ago, when Gao Longwen returned triumphantly, three of his disciples went to pay a visit to his residence. They talked about a recent novel called "Journey to the West", I wonder if you have read it?"

This book has become quite famous recently, and everyone said they have read it, or read a part of it.Wang Jiaping laughed and said, "I heard that it was written by Li Shilu after he returned to his hometown. I don't know if it's true or not, but that's not what I want to say."

He paused, then thoughtfully said: "At that time, Gao Longwen once said, intentionally or unintentionally: 'Golden Monkey raised his mighty cudgel, Yuyu clarified Wan Liai'."

Hearing this sentence, all the elders couldn't help but feel moved.Gao Pragmatism's words clearly refer to the Monkey King in "Journey to the West", but upon closer inspection, it doesn't seem quite like it.

Sun Wukong is of course famous for conquering demons and demons in "Journey to the West", but to be honest, he is most impressive because he is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace.Gao Yushi's statement here is rather strange. He believes that Monkey King's great effort is to "Yuyu clarify Wan Liai".

Comparatively speaking, this should refer to his characteristics of subduing demons and eliminating demons, but all the elders understand that Sun Wukong's subduing demons and eliminating demons is actually a bit mysterious.

Most people don't notice it when they read "Journey to the West" for the first time, but only after careful consideration will they find out: Sun Wukong's slaying demons and demons in the early stage is a hard hit, and the ones that can be killed are basically cleaned up with a stick, but in the later stage, he seldom does it. Either they are "unable to fight" and can only ask the Bodhisattva, or they know the origin of the opponent during the surrender process, and they go directly to rescue the soldiers without saying a word.

The final result is that the Monkey King, who was in the early stage, seemed to be getting better and better in the later stage. All kinds of fairy mounts can't be subdued, and they have to find their masters to solve it.Moreover, the Monkey King has another hobby, and often pushes the boat along the way to let the gods who help him take the monsters to work under him.

From the perspective of "clearing up" the monsters on the way to learn from the scriptures, "Yuyu Clarifies Wan Liai" seems to have done it, but the purpose and style of "Golden Monkey Rising to the Great Cudgel" seem to have undergone a huge change: Sun Monkey was really caught. "Recruitment".

Wang Jiaping just mentioned it in passing, but the elders dare not understand Gao Pragmatic's words in such a simple way, and they can't help but secretly think about Gao Pragmatic's intention.

Not only did Gao Yushi think about the meaning of this sentence, but the elders also thought about Wang Jiaping's meaning when he said this: Could he be referring to Hai Rui?If Hai Rui is this monkey grandson, then what is the "Ai" he wants "Yuyu clarifies Wan Liai"?
Also, has he been recruited?If yes, by whom?Is it the court, or is it high pragmatism?
The elders in the pavilion didn't talk much about it, and no one knew how they understood it in the end.

At this time, the palace still has no statement on the current situation, and the outer courts have their own speculations about it.As for the emperor's intentions, there are more guesses.

Some people thought that the emperor was waiting for Hai Rui's self-defense, and only after reading the self-defense would he decide how to answer.

Some people thought that the emperor must be dissatisfied with these impeachments, because Hai Rui had already done their impeachment and had been impeached before.The late emperor Mu Zong did not think Hai Rui was guilty, so he would not deny the late emperor's "judgment" in order to prove pure filial piety.

Some people think that the emperor is waiting for two important ministers to express their views, such as Shen Shixing and Gao Yushi. Before they show their cards, they will not and do not need to express their opinions prematurely, so as to avoid unexpected embarrassment—whether it is Embarrassing the emperor himself, or embarrassing Shen Shixing and Gao Yushi may not be what the emperor wants.

However, when there were different opinions in the outer court, the Inspector of Rituals in the inner court suddenly issued an edict, saying that it was the emperor's oral order, ordering the Ministry of War to match the achievements of the Liaobei War earlier, and to discuss with the Ministry of Households to determine the reward.
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