Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1553 Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Each Showing Their Magical Abilities (Part [-])
"Spoof him?" Wang Xijue chuckled, waved his hands and said, "Yuanfu, why don't you label me casually? How could I deceive him? Right now, he's going to take over the factory guard that Gao Rixin will definitely release." The emperor will only praise him for being considerate of the holy will, give him a special look, and won't blame him, how can I be cheating on him?"

Shen Shixing glared at him, and said: "It's time like this, brother Yuanyu is still joking! Gao Rixin will not fall this time, all he has to do is retreat to advance. In the eyes of the emperor, he As long as he makes such a move, I expect the emperor will not only lose his suspicion, but also increase his trust in Gao Rixin to a higher level in the future.

Although in this situation, if we are more clever and seize this opportunity that cannot be missed and never comes again, we can indeed benefit from it, but it seems that Brother Yuan Yu's "pointing" to Zhang Cheng, what is it? 'You can do whatever you want', isn't that teaching him to court death?It's nothing more than dying a little later, so as not to die suddenly on the spot. "

Wang Xijue spread his hands innocently, and raised his brows slightly: "So what? These eunuchs are all short-sighted people who, once they have the power in their hands, will follow orders...Yuanfu, you didn't see it just now." Does he look like that?"

When he said this, he smiled proudly: "The affairs of the world can only be managed by the gentlemen of my generation for a long time. These eunuchs, they can only do bad things. To put it bluntly, although Gao Rixin is radical, although sometimes he takes a stand Too cunning, but he is able to do things anyway, even if he has some selfishness, it is still reasonable.

However, like Zhang Cheng, they have no sense of justice in their hearts, and all their thoughts are only for self-interest. If he is really allowed to take power in the inner court and the emperor trusts him, he will definitely become one of the gentlemen in our generation in the future. Enemy—this eunuch is worse than any faction. "

When Wang Xijue said this, Shen Shixing understood what he was thinking.It is true that Gao Wushi is now too powerful and imposing, and he is the current enemy of the Mind School, but even if he takes a step back, the Real School is still a civil servant faction. In the eyes of Wang Xijue, who is also a civil servant, no matter how bad it is, it is better than Eunuchs are strong.

The former is still an internal contradiction at any rate, but the latter has almost risen to the level of class contradictions—what is an eunuch?The Eunuch Party of the Ming Dynasty is actually the Imperial Party!

The imperial power and the power representing the civil servants have been fighting for so many years, and a delicate balance has gradually been reached in recent years, especially when Gao Gong and Guo Pu were assisted by the current emperors when they were teenagers, the power of the ministers really meant the power of the ministers .

But with the wisdom of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, of course they know that this kind of power is not stable, it is actually obtained by relying on the emperor's youth, not because the power itself has reached that level.

The cabinet assistant ministers of the Ming Dynasty were known as elders and ministers, but how could they be called "xiang"!

In terms of political power, the status of the prime minister under the prime minister system is so lofty. The prime ministers of the Han and Tang Dynasties, even the emperor, respected him three points.Before the Song Dynasty, the prime ministers discussed affairs with the emperor, and the emperor had to give him a seat. This is the so-called "prime ministers sit and discuss the Tao".

The two emperors Zhao Kuangyin and his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi took measures to weaken the power of the prime minister. First, they removed the "seat" of "sitting and discussing the Tao".

Before the case of Hu Weiyong broke out, the Chancellor's Office in the early Ming Dynasty was not only a first-level official office of the imperial court, but also had many statutory political powers. It directly governed the six ministries in charge of administration of the imperial court and issued orders to them; Reporting and asking for instructions, even the emperor may not necessarily know some things.

But because of this, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this kind of prime minister's power is a kind of encroachment on the monarchy, which is completely intolerable. Therefore, in the 13th year of Hongwu after the Hu Weiyong case, the post of prime minister and his subordinate yamen were abolished.

Compared with the power of the prime minister, the cabinet ministers dare not stand up to it.The prime minister under the prime minister system has decision-making power, deliberative power and administrative power.Since the time of Yongle, the emperor has already firmly held the decision-making power originally held by the prime minister, the executive power was handed over to the six ministries, and the power of discussion was assigned to the cabinet.

The cabinet's participation in court meetings or discussions of state affairs only affects the court's decision-making to a certain extent. Therefore, in a legal sense, it is nothing more than the emperor's top staff and a council.

Not only is the political power of the cabinet seriously inferior to that of the prime minister, but it is also far behind in terms of administrative level.In the past, the prime ministers were often ranked below one person and above ten thousand people. Most of them were first-rank officials, with occasional exceptions who were also first-rank officials.

And the administrative level of the cabinet ministers is not on the table at all. For example, among the seven cabinet ministers appointed by Zhu Di in the early days of his reign, the highest rank was the talented Xie Jin. But five grades.In other words, if it is released to other places, it is roughly equivalent to the administrative level of a magistrate.

The last among the seven is Hu Yan, who was only from the seventh rank before entering the cabinet, not even as good as a county magistrate.They work directly for the emperor, between the emperor and the six ministers, but their administrative level is not as good as the six ministers. Of course, there is no doubt that the ministers and ministers are generally the second rank, the second rank, or at least the third rank.

In this regard, the evaluation in "History of Ming Dynasty" is quite in place: "Although an official is in the cabinet, an official must respect the minister."So later, because the actual status of the cabinet ministers has been greatly improved, in order to improve the rank of the cabinet ministers without breaking the tradition, the emperor had to let the cabinet ministers do part-time jobs.

The most common way is to first appoint a minister who is about to enter the cabinet as the Minister of Rites or the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, or the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and then he will be named "a scholar of a certain hall and a certain pavilion". greatly improved.

However, it must be explained that this is just a flexible method with Chinese characteristics, not a fixed regulation, at most it is a "hidden rule", and until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the administrative levels of cabinet ministers were extremely different. Stablize.What's more, once you don't look at the workaround, the "big scholar of a certain hall and a certain pavilion" is always of a very low grade.

But in addition to this, there is a more critical difference between the prime minister and the cabinet ministers, that is, from the perspective of their supporting administrative offices, the prime minister often has his own official office and an institution that issues orders: the prime minister's office or the prime minister's office.

In the past, such as the Tang Dynasty, the highest rank of Wen San officials was called "Kaifu Yitong Sansi", which in most cases was a title reserved for prime ministers.And this is exactly the point where the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty were far inferior to those of the previous dynasties-there was no power and status of "opening the government" and "three divisions of Yitong".

What is Kaifu?That is, this person has his own official office as his office, and the third division of Yitong clearly stipulates that he opens an official office, and his status is equal to that of the third division.

What is Sansi?The three gongs and three divisions are the so-called "three divisions".Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong are called the three masters; Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao are called the three masters.

Therefore, "Kaifu Yitong Sansi" means that this person's status is at the level of "Sansi", but there is no such statement in Ming Dynasty, so whether it is Sangong Sanshi, including Sangu Sanshao, etc., all of them can become emperors. The title bestowed—I didn’t bestow it on you, so you just mix it up slowly and get promoted slowly, don’t expect me to give you the "Three Divisions of Yitong" once.

The opening of the prime minister's mansion is not only because of the important status of the "Three Divisions of Yitong", but more importantly, there are many subordinates in the prime minister's mansion-Zuo Cheng, You Cheng, and Shenzhi Zhengshi.The cabinet ministers do not have this kind of treatment. Usually they work in a certain hall or a certain cabinet, and they only have a few management files and copying documents. Compared with the prime minister, they are extremely shabby.

What's more, the prime minister has a greater direct power to open the mansion, some of which have been mentioned above: the prime minister who opened the mansion directly holds administrative power. most of the officials.

This is because the prime minister is only responsible to the emperor, while the officials are not directly responsible to the emperor, but to the prime minister.

Many people in later generations don't understand why the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had such a big, fierce, and irreconcilable conflict with the imperial power. In fact, this is the reason.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance. The imperial power suppressed the power of the prime minister too hard, so the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty became more and more obsessed with restoring the real power of the prime minister. It's also simply unavoidable.

Of course, the officials of the Mind School are also civil servants, and they pay more attention to this somewhat "retro" tradition than the officials of the Real School.Therefore, in Wang Xijue's eyes, the Real School is certainly an enemy, but at least it is still a comrade-in-arms in a large scope, and the eunuch, which is an extension of imperial power, is the real enemy of life and death in his eyes, either you die or I die The one that cannot be reconciled at all, and there is no reason for any reconciliation.

The reason why the School of Mind and eunuchs like Zhang Cheng are now mixed together is nothing more than a typical "change in authority" in Wang Xijue's eyes--I just have to cooperate with you and other eunuchs, it doesn't mean that you are here What can I count as a thing.

When he heard Zhang Cheng's "my generation" just now, he became furious. If Shen Shixing hadn't immediately given him a wink, he would have almost exploded on the spot, and that's why.

I am a dignified literati and gentleman, will I be "my generation" like you?You, an incomplete, animal-like thing, deserve to be compared with me, a scholar-bureaucrat full of knowledge?

This is Wang Xijue's thinking, and it is also what Shen Shixing thinks in his heart. It is nothing more than Wang Xijue's temper is more straightforward, while Shen Shixing is more feminine, there is no difference in essence.

Therefore, when Wang Xijue said this, Shen Shixing had no choice but to sigh, and said: "The eunuch is not enough and a strategy, but at the moment the power of learning is so strong, we have no choice but to bear the humiliation and endure for the country for a while. But Yuan Yu Brother, if Gao Rixin has not really "flying eagle breaks its wings, fierce tiger loses its teeth", but Zhang Cheng falls in front of him instead, wouldn't it be a big deal?"

"Yuan Fu's remarks are naturally old-fashioned words for the country, and Xi Jue naturally knows it well. However, it is precisely because of this that we especially need to firmly seize this opportunity, and quietly grasp the general situation while Gao Rixin is forced to delegate power , Bring back the previous decline, otherwise the junior disciples below will continue to decline, and it will be even more difficult to recover in the future.

Xi Jue also took this into consideration, and deliberately let Zhang Cheng stand in front of the battle, and we just need to hide behind him and quietly take back these powers.If Gao Rixin gets angry with Zhang Cheng, and after the situation stabilizes, he first targets Zhang Cheng, that would be a happy event that we could only dream of. "

What he meant, Shen Shixing had already understood, was nothing more than using Zhang Cheng as cannon fodder to attract the hatred and firepower of high pragmatism.It is definitely inconvenient for Gao Pragmatism to fight back for a while, and it is a good opportunity for the Mind School to quietly "return the general trend".

And when he was able to fight back, once he pointed the cannon at Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng would definitely not just sit and wait for death, even if he couldn't fight Gao Pragmatic in the end-this was almost certain in Shen Shixing's eyes-but how to say They can still struggle for a while, and this period of time is also an opportunity that the Heart School can take advantage of.

Although Wang Xijue's actions were indeed a bit outrageous according to the general concept of right and wrong, Shen Shixing also felt that "castration is not enough and tricky", and Zhang Cheng and them are not like-minded people at all, so it doesn't matter.

It's not a derogatory term to endure humiliation and endure for the country.

He sighed softly, but nodded heavily, and said, "It's hard for brother Yuanyu...so be it."

Wang Xijue knew that he would agree, and was not surprised when he heard the words, he just nodded and said: "No matter how much Zhang Cheng rushes into the battle, he can only take care of the factory guard at the moment. As for civil affairs, with his current status and power , must not be able to intervene. This is my generation's opportunity, what can Yuanfu do for this?"

Shen Shixing is not Gao Gong, not known for his good judgment, but he has always been good at listening to opinions, so when Wang Xijue said this, he replied naturally: "I am going to ask brother Yuan Yu for advice."

"Hmm..." Wang Xijue pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "It is foolish to think that the most important thing at the moment is how Gao Rixin will release power. He is not a heavenly official himself. Although Yang Wudi is afraid of his power and prestige as a puppet, But after all, he is not a serious official of the Practical School, let alone a disciple of Gao and Guo Ergong, and he may not even be completely at the mercy of Gao Rixin for resigning from his post."

Shen Shixing asked: "Brother Yuan Yu means that if Gao Rixin forcefully orders Yang Wudi to resign, then Yang Wudi may not only disobey the order, but may even conflict with Gao Rixin?"

"It's possible to disobey orders, but if we talk about conflicts, I'm afraid it won't be the case." Wang Xijue frowned and said, "I don't think Yang Wudi has such courage... Although many disciples of Gao and Guo Ergong in the past have returned to one side, there are still others. Many are still in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and even in the same year of Gao Rixin, there were some censors who were serving in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Since Yang Wudi took control of Quanquan, because everything was decided by Gao Rixin, his reputation has been greatly damaged.If there is a conflict with Gao Rixin over the matter of resigning, he will definitely attack the official of the real school, saying that he is in love with power and position, and it will be even more embarrassing.So he foolishly thought that he might be disgusted with Gao Rixin in the matter of recommending a successor. "

Shen Shixing's heart moved, and he asked, "Brother Yuan Yu said that he might recommend someone from my Xinxue sect to succeed him as a heavenly official?"

Wang Xijue murmured, "It's hard to rule out this possibility, but in the final analysis, it still depends on Gao Rixin's handling methods."
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