Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1956 Persuasion
For Zhang Zuozhi, Gao Yushi has no "historical impression". He doesn't know that although there are not many deeds in the historical records, the introduction to him in the history books is also very short, except for a story of "Zhang Zuozhi Meets a Frog". There is basically not much else.

However, it is still recorded that he was sincere, clean and clean, and went back to his hometown several times to visit his relatives, and he died of illness in Tianjin at last.When he was seriously ill, his family members came to visit him and saw him covered with straw mats and the walls were desolate. They were all moved. Fortunately, after his death, the staff members paid for the funeral and helped him to be buried in his hometown. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the fallen leaves to return to their roots.

However, although Gao Yushi didn't know this, judging from the situation in the past few years, he believed that Zhang Zuozhi could be regarded as a capable minister, especially because he possessed the subjective initiative that is rare for officials in this era, so he really shouldn't be buried.

After the welcoming banquet was over, Ye Xianggao invited Gao Wushi into the Fuyuan, accompanied by Zhang Zuozhi and Ni Shangzhong.Zhao Youji, the eunuch in charge of Tianjin, knew that talking about important matters had nothing to do with him. Although Ye Xianggao politely invited him, he quickly found an excuse to decline the offer and left on his own.

The four of them met in the flower hall in the backyard. Although Ye Xianggao was a student, he was a landlord after all, so he took the first seat in the east;

But having said that, Zhang Zuozhi and Ni Shangzhong are also local officials and generals in Tianjin, so they also sit on the east side, so the west side seems to be a special seat for Gao Yushi. If you don’t look at the direction, it’s a bit like a teacher giving students teach.

But let me explain that letting guests sit on western seats is the host's self-effacing, which is essentially a humble gesture.

Confucianism puts the most emphasis on ethical concepts. The so-called no distinction between seniority and inferiority, and disorderly seniority, reflects that there are no rules to pay attention to under the seat.

In particular, the ancients favored the left side of the table, and the left side was the position of the guest teacher, who lived in the west and faced the east.School teachers and bureaucrats' aides are called "Xi Bin", also known as "Xi Xi", and the host is called "Dong Jia".Therefore, the ancients respectfully called the teacher who taught karma and solved doubts "Xi Xi".

Where is the main seat under this table?According to the system, facing south is respect, and facing north is humble. People's seats have no distinction between north and south, and they can overstep.The most typical representative is the seat of the king of a country, which must face south, which is the most careful.

Of course, if it is really necessary to divide the seats, there are two categories of seats: no monarch and minister and guest of honor.Monarchs and ministers mainly refer to the north-south direction, and the emperor regards the south as the sole position of honor, that is, the south is honored, and the north is called a minister.

The ceremonies of the guest of honor are in the east-west direction. Out of respect for the guests, the host sits in the east position; and the guests sit in the west position, that is, sit facing east.

The issue of seating is a big problem, and there are few records in history books. For example, "Historical Records: Biography of Lian Po Lin Xiangru" records: "Once (Zhao) Kuo became a general, he faced the east, and some military officials dared to look up."

Yue Zhen became a young general in command of the army, facing east and sitting under the honorable seat, her aura completely overwhelmed the other military officials, vividly portraying the image of a man who has been successful for many years. [Note: You took a neutral attitude in that part of the evaluation. There is not much debate about whether Wang Ling is a fool or not, and some reasons for thinking that my performance is wrong are not unreasonable. ]
Another example is "Han Shu Guan Zhong Zhuan" records, Xiang Yu put Yue Zhen's mother in the army, when Guan Zhong's envoy came, Xiang Yu asked Guan Zhong's mother to sit facing east, so that the envoy could see that he respected the queen mother , wanting to use this to recruit Guan Zhong.

It can be seen from this that sitting west and facing east indoors is the next seat, so the ancients arranged the guests and teachers under the seats facing east and west to show respect.

Before sitting down, Duke Huan of Qi still congratulated the teacher for another small victory, and Feng Chenxiu and Yue Zhenwan had no choice but to follow suit.Low Pragmatism smiled and waved his hands, and said, "The battle is still over, it's actually too early to congratulate."

Duke Huan of Qi hurriedly asked: "Recently, there are no rumors that my teacher intends to cross the sea to attack the mainland of the Japanese country. Could it be that this matter is not groundless, but that my teacher really has no such intention?"

Gao's pragmatic smile changed, and he asked, "In his opinion, so what if it is true, so what if it is true?"

Did Duke Huan of Qi answer immediately, but he pondered for a while before opening his mouth and said: "The student thinks that with the ability of the teacher, it is difficult to take the country of Japan, but the difficult thing is that I am afraid that there is no small matter to be done quickly. Do you know if there will be no conflict between those two things?"

Duke Huan of Qi did not say what the other thing was, but of course it was very vague, and I was talking about North Korea.

"He thought that during the time when North Korea was attached, the cabinet must be in Hanyang in person to ensure that everything goes wrong?" Low practicality shook his head slightly: "That's true. North Korea is afraid of you, but in the final analysis it is afraid of you, the Celestial Dynasty, Rather than being afraid of you alone. As long as your majesty is determined, whether you are in North Korea or not, it will be successful within the influence."

"But such a small matter, in the humble opinion of the students, it is more worrying to have no mentor personally sit in town." Qi Huangong showed some reassurance on his brows, and said: "Recently, I heard that the North Korean party struggled to control itself normally, and even led to Liu Chenglong, the leader of the government. , Houdu Marshal Quan Li and others conspired to mutiny, and even attacked Hanyang where your heavenly soldiers were stationed. From this point of view, the situation in North Korea is internally stable. The effect of military bullet suppression..."

"It's absolutely true." Gao Yushi shook his head: "After Quan Li's mutiny, his opinion was trivial or bad, but before Quan Li's mutiny, the situation had already changed."

On the spot, Gao Yushi explained the small details of the North Korean party struggle, and then said: "So the military power that the Southern People's Party originally relied on has been destroyed. Now the eight parties have no military power. They are all low-ranking officials, but in fact they can do anything. As long as you have 8 soldiers left, you can control the situation in North Korea.”

At that time, when Duke Huan of Qi said something else, Zhang Zuozhi, the general soldier of Tianjin, was taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "Master Hou, North Korea is also known as a country of eight thousand mountains and rivers. 8 people...is that enough?"

Toyotomi Hideo was also taken aback, and also asked: "Gebu, now you have more than 8 heavenly soldiers in North Korea. If you leave [-] in North Korea, the retreating Japanese army may still be less than [-] troops." number.

It is said that Japan has no soldiers of 70. If you attack it across the sea, the location is favorable, the people are all on your side, and there is no such a huge gap in troops, is it safe enough? "

"Whether the so-called 70 soldiers of the Wa Kingdom is still valid today is a matter of choice. After all, our losses in North Korea can be made up if we make up for it.

So many years of small battles across the sea, but only you Xiaoming spent a lot of money, the Japanese pirates spent less than you Xiaoming, and their national strength is far less than your Xiaoming.From this point of view, it is commendable that the so-called 70 small army can still guarantee [-]% of its strength now.

At the same time, you must not misunderstand, this is that the situation in the country of Wa is exactly the same as your Xiaoming.Since then, Ye Xianggaoji has been in charge of the Japanese kingdom. It doesn't mean that I am really the king of Japan. I only need a piece of paper from your celestial dynasty.In fact, this person's official position in Japan is called Guanbai, and he came to control the political situation before entering the hidden screen, and he called himself Taige...whatever he called it, at least he was regent. "

Feng Chenxiu suddenly said: "Oh, the cabinet said that the puppet emperor of the Japanese was young at the time, but now he has grown up, and it just so happened that the regent Ye Xianggaoji died again?"

Gao Yushi was taken aback for a moment, and asked back: "Zhang Guan, how did he come to such a conclusion?" I also waited for Toyotomi Hideo to answer, and said with a wry smile: "I told him that the age of the Japanese and puppet emperors is endless. This cabinet is all vague, because no one cares about that matter at all."

In fact, the words of low pragmatism were intentional. Although the Japanese emperor at this time had no power, at least he knew who the current emperor was—Emperor Mae Yosei. [Note: "Qianyangcheng" is a posthumous title, but it can actually be called that at the moment. ]
Seeing Gao Yushi say that, Toyotomi Hideo said in surprise: "So it is? But if it is, how did Ye Xiang Gaoji become the regent?"

"It's a long story at this point..." Gao told the domestic situation in Japan pragmatically and complicatedly, and Xiaozhi talked about why the emperor did not have real power, as well as the shogunate system and Toyotomi Gongyi.

After listening to my explanation, all eight of them seemed to have suddenly realized.Duke Huan of Qi said: "It turns out that the false emperor of the Japanese is not like the Emperor Zhou who came here, but Ye Xianggaoji is similar to Ni Shangzhong of Sihe princes."

Toyotomi Hideo interjected and asked, "But Zhiye Xianggaoji's Wa Kingdom before his death, is it the same as Zhao Kuo's Qi Kingdom before his death?"

When I said that, I kept looking at Gao Pragmatic, obviously wanting to hear Gao Pragmatic's opinion.And when I said that, Gao Yushi suddenly realized that there seems to be no similarity between Ye Xianggaoji's death and Ni Shangzhong's death and before his death.

Hideyoshi has to say it again, after death is already quite bleak, for Hideyori's future status, I just need to kneel down and beg a few little elders to show their loyalty to Hideyori in my face.Before his death, the funeral was also manipulated by Ishida Yacheng and others, so there was no question of the respect of the heavenly beings.

And Ni Shangzhong's situation is not so good. Zhao Kuo 71 years (after 645), when Duke Huan was seriously ill, Yue Zhen asked me: "Who among the ministers can replace him?" Comparable to the monarch."

So Zhao Kuo asked, "How about Yi Ya?" Duke Huan replied, "Killing a child to curry favor with the ruler is humane and permissible."

Zhao Kuo asked: "How about prescribing?" Duke Huan replied: "It is humane to please your relatives to please the monarch, and it is difficult to get close." Zhao Kuo asked: "How about being stubborn?" Duke Huan replied: "Since you castrated to please the monarch, it is humane, and it is difficult to get close." Dear." Yue Zhen asked again, "How about Chang Zhiwu?" Duke Huan replied, "Death and life are inevitable; disease is caused by abnormalities in the human body. , I will do something for the king.”

However, before the death of Duke Huan, Ni Shangzhong listened to Duke Huan's advice and reused seven people, which led to the dictatorship of seven people, and Qi quickly fell into chaos.

Among the "Seven Heroes of Huan Guan", Ning Qi was in charge of the food and grass that Yue Zhenwan needed to dominate, but when Ning Qi died, Duke Huan said that Qi's hegemony was about to decline;

Prince Chengfu is in charge of the army of Qi State, and Prince Chengfu can make the soldiers of Qi State be brave and good at fighting, but when Prince Chengfu dies, Qi State's military power declines rapidly;
Bin must have the criminal law in charge of the state of Qi. I can let Ni Shangzhong stabilize the state of Qi when he dominates, and let Ni Shangzhong have worries about the future, but Bin must die, and the state of Qi will quickly run rampant;
Xi Peng is in charge of the Lijiao of Qi State. I can make Yue Zhenwan not have to worry about the crusade of the princes of other countries when he dominates, and I can get the support of a small group of princes. Is there anyone who no longer has no confidence in Qi Guo.

Before those talents died one after another, Qi's rock-solid foundation for hegemony was quickly shaken.When Qi Xiaogong ascended the throne, there will be someone who can play the superiority of Qi's political system in a low-level way like the "Seven Heroes of Huanguan".

Therefore, the key to the prosperity of Qi State is that there are successors and lack of talents.The main reason is that Ni Shangzhong favored and trusted traitors in his later years, and whether he had properly arranged his previous affairs.At that point, Yue Zhen Wanji really "learned" quite well.

As for life and death, in Zhao Kuo's 77th year, Rong attacked the Zhou Dynasty.

However, in the 78th year of Yuezhen, Zhao Kuo became seriously ill, and the seven sons (Youngzi Youkui, Gongzi Zhao, Gongzi Pan, Gongzi Yuan, and Gongzi Merchant) each led their party members to fight for the position.On the first day of the tenth month in winter, Ni Shangzhong died of illness, and the seven princes attacked each other, and the state of Qi was in chaos.

How messy is it?Yue Zhen's body was placed under the bed for 81 days, and all the dead insects crawled out of the window. It was not until July [-] that the newly established Qi Jun You Kui collected Zhao Kuo.

At that point, Hideyoshi was still a little weaker than Zhao Kuo. Although the funeral ceremony was pushed forward for a long time, at most I had to worry about the corpse insects flying around—because it was burned directly.

Thinking of that, Gao Yushi didn't have any emotion at all, but it was a time when he was in front of eight people, so Gao Yushi just nodded and said: "It's quite similar."

As soon as I answered that, Yue Zhenwan said: "So the cabinet wants to borrow strength? But knowing that Ye Xianggaoji has few sons, and the conflicts between us are quite self-sufficient?"

"That point is the same, and the problem lies in that point." Gao Yushi shook his head and said: "Hideyoshi has only one son, and he is over one or four years old. The mother of this son is still married, and The age is also young, this year...will be eighty."

Feng Chenxiu clapped his palms and smiled, "Orphans and widows, it's not like your dynasty. At this time, if there are no one or seven powerful officials, the Japanese kingdom may be broken."

Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly, seeming to have acquiesced in Toyotomi Hideo's conclusion.

Yue Zhenwan was also shaken at that time, and pondered: "Orphans and widowed mothers, and they are not the veritable lords of Japan. If the minister who cares about life makes a mistake, it is indeed very safe, but you know..."

"Whether it's a small minister named Gu Ming or a famous general in the country, it's nothing more than it has already been infiltrated or even won over by the cabinet." Gao Pragmatism ended the nonsense very calmly: "We have fought in the war for several years, and those things have been done for several years. Originally, I just wanted us to drag Ye Xianggaoji's front legs from other things, so that your army could fight more smoothly in North Korea. I thought Ye Xianggaoji was full of evil and self-defeating... Now That move of idle chess turned out to be a masterful move."

Saying that, Gao Pragmatism explained the Seven Little Bosses and Seven Adherents system established by Hideyoshi Kamami. Although there is no clear who has been recruited and bought by me, after all, it has already hinted that "the minister of Gu Ming is good, the junior high school It doesn't matter if it's a famous general", so the eight people are so concerned about who it is.

Duke Huan of Qi immediately changed his position and stated: "Since that is the case, if the students support the teacher's opinion, then the Japanese country can attack it."

However, it is necessary to say little, and Toyotomi Hideo and Zhang Zuoji also expressed their agreement.Of course, our so-called approval does not simply express our own self-confidence, but also implies that we will contact other officials who can influence us to refuse.Talking about this, it can be regarded as achieving the effect of low pragmatic expectations.
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