Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 162 Before taking office (Part [-])
It stands to reason that since Huo Ji is a minister-level official who is inclined to Gao Gong, it seems that Gao Gong should help him in this matter, but the situation is not that simple.

In the first year of Huo Jilongqing's reign, he served as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi.In February, Zhang Juzheng joined the cabinet to participate in maintenance.At that time, Xu Jie was in power, and Gao Gong left the cabinet in May of the first year because of discord with Xu Jie.In September, I Da Kou Datong fell into Shizhou, plundered Jiaocheng, Wenshui, and went straight to the central part of Shanxi. The capital was in the horror of war.In October, Alda led his troops back north after being full of plunder.Emperor Longqing issued an edict to let the ministers discuss matters concerning the defense of the war. Guo Gan, Minister of the Ministry of War, was dismissed from his post, and was replaced by Huo Ji in October Dinghai.In the Jiawu period, Wang Chonggu, the governor of Ningxia, changed to the right servant of the military department and the censor of the capital of Youqin, and the governor of Shaanxi Sanbian.

In the third year of Longqing, Huo Ji entered Jiubian Books.There were frequent disasters and accidents this year, Huo Ji and Yang Bo begged for a rest together, but Longqing refused.

Here comes the problem.At that time, Yang Bo was the Minister of the Ministry of Households, so it was reasonable to resign frequently due to disasters, but why did Huo Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, join in the fun?
The reason is that Huo Ji and Yang Bo are from the same hometown, and the same progress and retreat to this extent shows that the relationship is very unusual.Before Huo Ji, Yang Bo was the Minister of the Ministry of War, and when Huo Ji was the Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Bo was the Minister of the Ministry of Households, but at the same time he was also in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War. It can be seen that when Huo Ji was the Minister of the Ministry of War, there must be Yang Bo. Help, he definitely hopes that someone of his own will continue to manage the Ministry of War, so that there will be no conflicts.

So in the final analysis, Huo Ji is Yang Bo's man, not Gao Gong's man.As for why his political attitude is inclined to Gao Gong, there is an incomplete reason: Gao Gong has always had a good relationship with the senior officials from Shanxi - remember the fuse of the conflict between Xu Jie and Gao Gong before?It was the Jingcha that Yang Bo presided over, and Gao Gong was on Yang Bo's side at that time.

Of course, the specific situation is still relatively complicated, and I can't explain it in a few words.In short, Yang Bo, Wang Chonggu, Zhang Siwei and other senior officials from Shanxi had a high political attitude in the court. Huo Ji, as one of the senior officials from Shanxi, probably followed Yang Bo internally. It is not surprising that there is also a tendency towards high arches.

But anyway, Huo Ji's "big brother" is Yang Bo, not Gao Gong.

That being the case, Gao Gong couldn't just force himself to stand out, at least he had to wait for Yang Bo to express his opinion before he could make a move, otherwise what would you make Yang Bo think?What do other officials from Shanxi think?
What's the matter, Gao Suqing, are you planning to directly incorporate our Shanxi Gang as a whole or something?
For this reason, it is definitely inconvenient for Gao Gong to intervene now. Even if he wants to intervene, he will have to wait until Huo Ji can't withstand Zhao Zhenji's pressure and Yang Bo is helpless.

But in the original history, this incident went wrong later, and the reasons are more complicated. Simply put, Huo Ji resigned directly in anger, and Gao Gong didn't have time to do anything.But a year later, Gao Gong became the chief assistant and his position was stabilized, so he instructed his cronies, disciples, and officials to give the matter to China and Han Ji, and please reactivate Huo Ji.It was not just Han Ji alone, starting from Han Ji, a large group of high-arch disciples and former officials went to Shushu to ask for Huo Ji to be reactivated, but at that time Huo Ji was sick and in poor health, so he could not refuse, and another four years later Then he died of illness.

The cause and effect of the matter is probably like this, and now it's time to get down to business.

Although Emperor Longqing was usually quiet, he actually knew the inside story very well. He knew that the so-called argument that Zhao Zhenji and Gao Gong were at odds only because of his stubborn temper and arrogance was completely untenable.Zhao Zhenji is Xu Jie's remnant party, the conflict between him and Gao Gong, in the final analysis, is the difference in governance philosophy: Xu Jie's governance philosophy has already been said, thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: maintain the status quo.

But Gao Gong is obviously not satisfied with maintaining the status quo. What he wants is to "eliminate the eight evils" and create a brand new and progressive Ming Dynasty.

The conflict between these two people cannot be resolved at all.The reason why Zhao Zhenji is still retained is that Zhao Zhenji has not made any major mistakes so far and cannot be dismissed without guilt;

Needless to say the former, but the latter must be mentioned.

Who is Emperor Longqing waiting to clarify the internal forces of Xu Jieyu's party?

It was none other than Zhang Juzheng.

Of course Zhang Juzheng came from Xu Jie's party, but he was also Longqing's minister in the hidden mansion, so whether to use him or not depends on his own inclination.

How did Long Qing observe his tendencies?It's also simple: those who are close to Gao Gong are inclined to be the emperor; those who are far from Gao Gong are selfish Xu Jie party members.

In the end, in Long Qing's mind, because Gao Gong's political ideals perfectly overlap with his own, Gao Gong is his plenipotentiary spokesperson in the outer court, his direct descendants, and his cronies.

Talking about being with Gao Gong is like being with him, Emperor Longqing; whoever is stranger to Gao Gong is like being stranger to him, Emperor Longqing.

Therefore, he subconsciously did not mention Zhao Zhenji at all.

Gao Yushi vaguely figured out this truth, and suddenly felt that his back was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, and he could climb the fifth floor in one breath... Eh, why is this sentence so familiar.

At this time, Meng Chong also smiled and nodded, and echoed: "Yes, yes, Grandpa Long Live is arbitrarily assertive, and the cabinet finally... finally understands Grandpa Long Live's painstaking efforts." As he said, he was afraid for a while, and thought to himself : Straight mother thief, almost said "the cabinet finally gave me face and didn't seal back the decree", fortunately, the man responded in a timely manner.

Long Qing also nodded with a smile, and said to Feng Bao: "Feng Bao, you go there yourself and tell the people below that you can engrave a plaque for Gao Wushi."

Engraving carved plaques refers to the engraving of official seals and waist plaques.With this thing, high pragmatism can be regarded as a serious Ming official.

Gao Yushi thought a little bit in the second grade: I don’t know what to write on my official seal and waist badge?
The official seal must be accompanied by the prince?

Shouldn't the badge be written as "Prince Accompanied by False Attendant and Bachelor of High Pragmatism"?
My two officials seem to be a bit like a formal position with a title, but neither of them has a serious level. If they were placed in the previous life, what level would they be?

Cong Wupin should be a Zhizhou, should the Zhizhou be equivalent to the Deputy Office, or the main office?Then shouldn't I be counted as... I don't have a rank but enjoy the treatment of the deputy director or the director?

Interesting...

It's still easy to mix in this age, and you can mix up to a level that you didn't mix in your 30s in your previous life at just a few years old. It can be seen that there is an old saying: someone in the court is easy to be an official!

(End of this chapter)