Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 174 Wuchen Stars (Part [-])
The main reason why Gao Wushi, who came to the Imperial Academy for the first time, was so impressed with Zhao Zhigao was that besides his doormat-like image in the historical records, there was another reason: he was one of the stars of the Wuchen Division Gold List in the second year of Longqing .

The word "stars" used here is naturally not the meaning of "stars" in later generations, but refers to the emergence of talents in this subject, and the stars are shining.

The Wuchen Section Gold List in the second year of Longqing is a section with a high gold content among the many gold lists of the Jialong and Wansan Dynasties.There are quite a lot of powerful people in this department. There are four chief ministers in the cabinet that can be immediately thought of just by being highly pragmatic. They are Wang Jiaping, Zhao Zhigao, Shen Yiguan, and Zhu Geng. 2. Zhao Zhigao No. 3 (Tanhua), Shen Yiguan No. 70, Zhu Geng No. [-], five.

The most amazing thing here is Shen Yiguan.As usual, the No. 30 and six outsiders on the Jinshi Gold List of the Ming Dynasty rarely entered the cabinet, but Shen Yiguan's ranking has already reached the top six, and he was still able to join the cabinet, which shows his skill.

In addition to the four future chief assistants, there are three other elders, namely Zhang Wei, Chen Yubi, and Yu Shenxing.As for Luo Wanhua, the number one undergraduate scholar, who has been a senior official at the ministerial level, there are even more.

Among them, Zhang Wei and Chen Yubi have become the lecturers for the prince's study in the pavilion. To a certain extent, the two of them can be regarded as prime ministers from now on.

But the strange thing is that Zhao Zhigao and Wang Jiaping ranked higher than Chen Yubi and Zhang Wei on the gold list, but they did not become lecturers.

Of course, there are sometimes many reasons for this, but high-level guessing is that in addition to the personal ability of the lecturer in the selection of the prince's Jingyan lecturer, there must be shadows of important officials in the court, so Zhao Zhigao, who is Tanhua, and Wang Jiaping, who is No.2 in the second class, lost this great opportunity because of this.

Zhang Wei's ability to stand out must be due to Li Chunfang's mentor; Chen Yubi's situation is a bit more complicated, considering Chen Yiqin's personality, it is unlikely that he will come forward to recommend his son. Yu Majesty's qualifications in all aspects are up to standard, and his father Chen Yiqin is a neutral faction in the cabinet, so he has the intention of fighting for it, so he is happy to give him a favor.

But Zhao Zhigao and Wang Jiaping's situation is not as good as the two of them. It stands to reason that their instructor is also Li Chunfang - he is the chief examiner.But the papers of the two of them may not be ordered by Li Chunfang himself, so there are other people in the room division, and most of them are noble officials in the Imperial Academy or the Imperial Academy, who do not have enough real power to compete with the cabinet bosses for the recommendation right .

So, there are people in the court who are good at being officials!
As for Yu Shenxing, this person is also very interesting. He is a student that Zhang Juzheng values ​​very much. In history, Zhang Juzheng took good care of him. Willing to go his own way.What's more, after Liu Tai was arrested, no one dared to visit him, but Yu Shenxing resolutely went to visit him. As a result, Zhang Juzheng was severely offended. Zhang Juzheng called Yu Shenxing to him and asked, "I have treated you well, why do you repay me like this?"

As a result, Yu Shenxing replied: "It is because you are not mean to me that the students have to do this. Seizing love is against the ancestral system and against the rules. You are the head of all officials, and you should be a model for the world." But it is obvious that you have tasted power Zhang Juzheng couldn't listen.

Later, Zhang Juzheng was liquidated after his death, and Wanli ordered his house to be ransacked.Under such circumstances, Yu Shenxing did not avoid resentment, and wrote to Qiu Shun, who presided over the matter, asking him to take care of Zhang Juzheng's 80-year-old mother and underage young son.After much deliberation, Qiu Shun finally listened to this persuasion and reserved a house and enough land for Zhang's mother to support her old age.For this reason, Yu Shenxing was praised by the court.

When Gao Yushi thought about the dispute between Xu Jie and Gao Gong before, many of the historical materials he adopted came from Shen Xing's "Gushan Brush Dust", for no other reason: Gao Yushi believed that Yu Shenxing's character and integrity were far better than Wang Shizhen .

Of course, the reason why Yu Shenxing's conduct won the trust of Gao Yushi is not only because of these two things. After all, both of these things may be done deliberately, and the purpose is to gain a good reputation-Gao Yushi himself did it Yangwang, in fact, has some similarities with these things.

What he really appreciates and even admires about Shen Xing's conduct is the performance of Yu Shen Xing in the struggle for the country: At this time, Zhu Changluo, Wanli's eldest son, was already nine years old, and he was born by a concubine—but this concubine was originally just a court lady. At that time, Wanli was only on the spur of the moment, but who knew it would be a dark knot.In fact, Wanli didn't like this concubine and her son, and he wanted to establish the second son born to Concubine Zheng.

But in Daming, status is extremely important. "If you have a descendant, you will establish a descendant, and if you don't have a descendant, you will establish an elder" has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Wanli himself is also a beneficiary of this idea.The queen has no sons, so she has no heirs, but it is not the turn of the emperor's second son born to Concubine Zheng Guifei. Wanli can't express this idea clearly, so he has delayed the establishment of a prince.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were of course very anxious when they saw that the eldest son of the emperor was growing up day by day and could not study properly.So since the 17th year of Wanli, people have been raising the issue of establishing a reserve, asking Wanli to build the East Palace as soon as possible.

As the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Yu Shenxing is of course obligated to this matter.He repeatedly remonstrated, and his words were quite fierce. Wanli was very angry, and repeatedly issued strict orders, and he was more cautious in his actions, "threatening the emperor with the East Palace."

Yu Shenxing replied: "The matter of registration is the responsibility of the ministers. If I don't say it, I will be negligent. Please make a quick decision. I would rather abandon the official and return to the country." From a practical point of view, principles are principles, and issues of principle cannot be negotiated.

Of course, Wanli was even more unhappy, scolding Yu Shenxing for "doubtful" and "confusing the country's roots", and stopped all officials of the Ministry of Rites.Coincidentally, at this time, the Shandong Township Examination Leakage Incident happened. As the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites, although Yu Shenxing was the main leader of the scientific examination, he only had a certain leadership responsibility, but Yu Shenxing still took the blame and resigned without hesitation. .

In September of the 19th year of Wanli, Yu Shenxing's resignation was approved by Wanli, and Yu Shenxing retired to his hometown.He has lived at home for more than ten years, and the government and the public have recommended him to go out of the mountain many times, but Wanli disagrees.Until the 35th year of Wanli, when the East Palace had been established and the foundation of the country had been established, when the court promoted the cabinet ministers, Yu Shenxing ranked first among the seven candidates.Wanli saw that the situation was unstoppable, so he ordered him to join the cabinet as a former official, Prince Shaobao and Dongge University scholar.But at this time, Yu Shenxing was already seriously ill, so he had to reluctantly go to Beijing to see him.In a few days, he died in Jinghua Mansion at the age of 63.After Yu Shenxing's death, he was gifted to the crown prince Taibao with the posthumous posthumous title Wending.

　Sorry, dizzy again, thought I had set a scheduled release...

　　
　
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