Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1963 Returning to the Japanese Attachment (Circle [-]) is in Danger
As Gao Pragmatic's contributions have grown and accumulated, his personal prestige has risen to a level that the opposition dare not face up to.Therefore, Zhao Zhigao, one of the two speakers of the School of Mind, has completely lost the courage to confront head-on, while Shen Yiguan, who was originally a little far from the central core and was temporarily elected to replace Wang Xijue's vacant seat, obviously still has a little illusion in his heart.

However, although Zhao Zhigao usually looks sick and doesn't seem to have any ideas, but this time the plan has been made, and his determination is very firm. Anyway, he is unwilling to confront the Practical School headed by Gao Pragmatism.

In fact, Zhao Zhigao's attitude, somewhat resembling capitulationism, is not just his personal attitude.During the approximately 30 years of confrontation between the School of Reality and the School of Mind, the School of Mind as a whole has been defeated again and again.

Before Xu Jie stepped down from the stage, he was full of responses and turned his head, and now when Gao Yushi sneezes, people can't help but wonder if there is any metaphor behind this sneeze.

Many practitioners of Xinxue also can't help but reflect, what is the reason for all this?

Many people thought at the beginning that this was mainly because Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei were all chief assistants of the Real School, and they "occupied" the entire growth period of the emperor, making the ideas of the Real School influential on the emperor. too big.When the emperor is completely in charge of the government, with the emperor's partiality, the real school will naturally be invincible.

But some people think that things are not that simple. They think that in addition to the influence of the three first assistants in the early years of Wanli, the ability and performance of Gao Yushi himself must not be ignored.

As the emperor's only "student of the same class", perhaps it can also be said that he is a small playmate, Gao Yushi himself may have a greater influence on the emperor than the three first assistants combined, and this is exactly what Gao Yushi later became. One of the key factors in its rise.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic's achievements and prestige today are obviously not only dependent on the Holy Family.In history, there were not no close ministers who were more sacred than Gao Yushi—someone said Gao Yushi was Daming's "Dong Xian" many years ago.

It's just that later, Gao Wushi insisted on crucifying those who said these words on the pillar of shame of the rap villain with his military exploits, and then this phenomenon subsided.

Of course, there was another reason why these people were crucified, and it was related to the comparison between Gao Yushi and Dong Xian at that time.

Dong Xian is the favored minister of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty. He was favored by Emperor Ai at first because of his peerless appearance. He was promoted to Huang Menlang as soon as he met him, and he began to be favored by Emperor Ai.When Emperor Ai asked his father was Dong Gong, Marquis of Yunzhong, he was recruited to be the magistrate of Baling County that day and promoted to Doctor Guanglu.

Dong Xian became more and more favored, and served as the son-in-law captain and servant. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty accompanied him in the car when he went out, and he was accompanied by his attendants when he entered. The total rewards he received within one month reached [-] million yuan, and his wealth shocked the court.

Emperor Ai thought that it was difficult for Dong Xian to go home as his close servant, so he issued an edict to allow Dong Xian's wife to directly enter the palace and live in Dong Xian's residence in the palace, just like the wife of a chief official can live in an official house.He also summoned Dong Xian's younger sister to make her Zhaoyi, second only to the empress, and renamed her residence Jiaofeng to match the empress's Jiaofang.

How exaggerated is Emperor Ai's love for Dong Xian?In addition to giving to himself, Emperor Ai also promoted Dong Xian's father Dong Gong as the Shaofu, bestowed the Marquis of Guannei on collecting his taxes and eating, and then moved to serve as a Weiwei.

Emperor Ai also asked Dong Xian's father-in-law to be the general craftsman, and Dong Xian's brother-in-law to be the executive Jinwu.An imperial edict was also issued to build a big house for Dong Xian under Beique, with a front and back hall and opposite doors. The building is extremely exquisite and gorgeous.

The servants from Dong Xian to Dong Xian's house were rewarded by Emperor Ai, including weapons in the arsenal and treasures above.When choosing things for use, Dong Xian is the best, and the clothes worn in the car are second only to the emperor.As far as the coffin and catalpa, the pearl jacket made of gold stitched jewelry, and the jade box made of gold stitched jade blocks, there is nothing missing in order to reward them to Dong Xian.

Even, Emperor Ai asked the general to build a tomb for Dong Xian beside the Yiling Mausoleum. Inside, there is a small room made of strong cypresses that are laid inward, and the outside is a road for patrolling and guarding. There are countless screens.

In addition, Emperor Ai often used various means to improve Dong Xian's status.On the second day of May in the second year of Yuanshou (1 BC), the Han Dynasty officially determined the names of the three officials and their respective division of responsibilities.Appoint Dong Xian as Da Sima; Prime Minister Kong Guang as Da Situ; Peng Xuan as Da Sikong, named Changpinghou.

At this time, Emperor Ai deliberately let Dong Xian surpass Kong Guang secretly.Kong Guang was extremely respectful, knowing that Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty wanted Dong Xian to be respected and favored by others. When he heard that Dong Xian was coming soon, Kong Guang put on his clothes and hat and went out to wait. When he saw Dong Xian's car in the distance, he retreated.

When Dong Xian arrived at the middle gate, Kong Guang entered the hut next to the gate. After Dong Xian got off the car, Kong Guang came out to greet him.

In this way, after Dong Xian went back, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was very happy when he heard about this incident, and immediately promoted the sons of Kong Guang's two elder brothers to serve as the regular attendants of the admonishing doctor.In one case, Dong Xian's power has since been almost equal to that of the emperor.

However, the most shocking thing for future generations is yet to come.

One day, Emperor Ai held a banquet in the Linqi Hall, and had a drink with Dong Xian, his father, his son and relatives, and his brothers Shi Zhong and Zhong Chang Shi Wang Hong were all waiting on him.At that time, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty looked at Dong Xian and smiled calmly because he was a little drunk, and said: "I want to follow the example of Yao Zen and Shun, how about it?"

Before Dong Xian could speak, Wang Hong's face changed drastically, and he said, "The world belongs to Emperor Gao, not His Majesty's. Your Majesty inherits the imperial line and should pass on the throne to his descendants until infinity. It is very important to pass on important events from generation to generation, please Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense!"

It stands to reason that such a blow to the head is really an act of loyalty and righteousness, but Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was very unhappy when he heard it, and the ugly face made people on the left and right very scared.The final result of the treatment was to drive Wang Hong out, and he was not allowed to serve banquets in the future.

At the beginning, those people compared Gao Yushi to Dong Xian, but this was the main reason that aroused Zhu Yijun's anger later.Zhu Yijun asked himself that the highly pragmatic person was both a monarch and a minister and a close friend. He regarded the cooperation between the two as a model of a wise monarch and virtuous minister since ancient times. How could he tolerate someone who regarded him as Aidi and Dong Xian?

When Zhu Yijun heard the news from Dongchang and Jinyiwei, his lungs were about to explode.In addition to being good-looking, Dong Xian waits on Emperor Ai all day long. What kind of virtuous official is this? He is just like the eunuchs in the harem.
Besides, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, what kind of bullshit emperor is that, to compare him with me?

However, there is one thing to note here. Zhu Yijun's anger in this matter was not just due to Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty's favor and trust in Dong Xian, and the origin of the idiom "the habit of breaking sleeves".As an emperor, the more sensitive part of him is that Emperor Ai's political actions happened to be similar to him at that time.

What's the similarity?There are two points: the first point is that they are very young; the second point is that they like reform.

Let me talk about youth first.Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was only 25 years old when he died, and he reigned for only six years. Although he was already an adult monarch when he ascended the throne, his reign was roughly the same age as Zhu Yijun, who was already in charge at that time.

Besides, I like reform.Politically, after Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, he accepted the request of Da Sikong Zhu Bo in the second year of Jianping (5 BC), canceled the official system reform during the Suihe period of Emperor Cheng, and restored the two government system of prime minister and imperial doctor.At the same time, the state pastor was canceled and the governor was restored.

However, in May of the second year of Yuanshou (1 BC), Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty restored the Sangong system again, but changed the title of Doctor Yushi to "Da Sikong" and the name of the prime minister to "Da Situ" and promoted the status of Da Sima. It is the head of the Three Dukes.After the reform of these three companies, Dong Xian, Kong Guang, and Peng Xuan served as Da Sima, Da Situ, and Da Sikong respectively.Emperor Ai also wanted to reform Sizhi and Sili, and add the post of Sikou, but he died before the matter was confirmed.

During the reign of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, there were already many collections in palaces, gardens, and treasuries. Although the wealth of the people was not as good as that of Emperor Wenwen and Emperor Han Jing, the population reached its peak, the largest since the Han Dynasty, so Emperor Ai Also wants to reform the economy.

In the early days of Emperor Ai's succession to the throne, General Zuo Shidan replaced Wang Mang as the Grand Sima to assist the government.As soon as Shi Dan took office, he proposed to Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty to restrict land and slaves in an attempt to save the Han family from bad luck.

After discussion among the ministers, Prime Minister Kong Guang, Da Sikong He Wu, etc. formulated specific regulations: princes, princes, princesses, and officials should not occupy more than 200 hectares of land; princes and kings' slaves are limited to 100, and princes and princesses are 30. There are [-] officials and civilians; businessmen are not allowed to occupy land and are not allowed to be officials.Those who exceed the above limit will be confiscated as officials.

This could have been said to have been a reform with some compromises, but it was still opposed by the dignitaries who controlled the government.First of all, it was opposed by Ding and Fu's relatives.And Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty himself had no actual support for this edict, especially later he rewarded Dong Xian with two thousand hectares of land at one time, which was nearly seventy times the maximum amount of land restriction, so the order of land restriction and slave maidservant restriction became A blank sheet of paper.

In Zhu Yijun's view, how could Gao Yushi be the "Dong Xian" in those people's mouth?Among other things, when Gao Yushi said that the imperial court should collect business taxes, it was to let Jinghua take the initiative to pay relevant taxes when there were no taxes in the first place, so as to start the trend.

Not to mention whether the reward is not rewarded.All in all, he, Zhu Yijun, has rewarded Gao Yushi with money for so many years. Let's compare the examples.

The "rewards" that Gao Yushi really got, I am afraid that if you take it seriously, it is nothing more than some words and poems bestowed by the emperor, most of which are honors and have no real wealth.Of course, high pragmatism doesn't seem to need money rewards much.

In addition, although Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was also carrying out reforms, he not only failed to be strict with others, but more importantly, he could not be strict with himself at all.If you can't do it yourself, how can others be convinced?

He is different from Gao Yushi, the monarch and minister, or because of Gao Yushi's persistence.Let’s talk about the problem of Huangzhuang near the capital. There used to be Huangzhuang everywhere around the capital. How many are left now?Wasn't it Gao Yushi who persuaded him to return it to Zhuang Min for self-cultivation?
And Gao Pragmatism himself has not been idle, and has used a lot of financial means that are much more advanced and humane than this era to promote.These means can facilitate this matter very well without bringing excessive economic pressure to the people who bought the land—among them, Jinghua is responsible for the advance loan.

All these piles and sections are all doing practical things for the people, and it is precisely because of this that although Gao Wu has many industries and family members around the capital, there has never been a group conflict between the local people and the Gao family members. The event - this kind of conflict is not uncommon in Daming at this time.

This shows that Gao Pragmatism does have a high prestige among the people, and his name is outstanding, and the people think he is a good official.Similarly, if you can trust such a good official, then the emperor is of course also a saint.

In the end, Zhu Yijun's anger also came from one point, that Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty died early-are you rebels cursing me to die early?

This is not a small problem. In the era of imperial power, it was a fatal problem. Therefore, combining all the above, the group of people who scold Gao Pragmatically as Dong Xian will naturally be in bad luck.

After so many years, Gao Yushi has contributed more and more credits, so many people are even a little numb, and then they have a kind of psychology: it is unrealistic to expect Gao Yushi to mess things up by himself, instead of doing useless work. It's better to just sit back and watch the fight with him.

This kind of thinking is actually quite Chinese. It is said in "Book of Changes Qian": "Shangjiu, Kanglong has regrets."

The dragon is the king, and arrogant is the highest. Yan is in the extremely respected position, and one should take the precept of being arrogant, otherwise there will be disasters of defeat.

In the opinion of some people in these schools of mind, it is impossible for Gao Pragmatism to be suppressed by positive containment methods. He can only be allowed to walk through the current "flying dragon in the sky" and enter the "excessive dragon has regrets" by himself. Situation is the act of conforming to the way of heaven.

The way of heaven, this word is mysterious and mysterious, but since Wang Yangming himself, the School of Mind has quickly entered the realm of Xuan Zen and illusory, which is not the purpose that Wang Yangming originally wanted to promote. Why is it so strange that disciples of later generations who have gone astray choose to escape reality with mysterious and mysterious "way of heaven"?
To some extent, Zhao Zhigao also held this attitude, which is why he and Shen Yiguan had this dialogue.Shen Yiguan was reluctantly persuaded by Zhao Zhigao in the end—he expressed it this way, but no one would know if he was convinced or not.

Gao Yushi returned to the capital under such circumstances, so the first surprise he faced when he returned to the capital was that he, Liu Ting, Dong Yiyuan and Qianyu Jiading had just walked to the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and planned to enter the city when they suddenly discovered that The cabinet members have already led a group of ministers waiting outside the city to welcome them.

Seeing this, Liu Ting and Dong Yiyuan felt as comfortable as Zhu Bajie had eaten ginseng fruit, and they straightened their backs by coincidence. Without realizing it, Gao Yushi, who was guarded by them one by one on the left and one on the right, suddenly froze and looked at him quickly. After a while, a deep contemplation appeared in his eyes immediately.

The people who came to greet him included cabinet members, officials from the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Imperial Academy, ministers of various temples, Shaoqing, etc., but they did not see anyone from the Supervisor of Rites.

"Master Hou, all the princes of the court are here to welcome you!" Liu Ting excitedly turned his head and said to Gao Wushi: "Master Hou is really..."

He didn't dare to continue to say these words, because he had already noticed that something was wrong with Gao Yushi's face, and subconsciously swallowed back the words that followed.

"What is it really?" Gao Wushi glanced at him and said expressionlessly, "It's really dangerous."

Liu Ting and Dong Yiyuan looked at each other in astonishment, both of them were dumbfounded.
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