Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2024 Inside the palace and outside the palace (Wei [-]) join forces to dissuade (two in one)
Shen Yiguan persuaded again and again, making Gao Wushi immediately realize that Shen Yiguan may not really want Wang Jiaping to stay in office, he just doesn't want to see Wang Jiaping resign at this time.

If Wang Jiaping resigns, as a rule, the chief assistant should be replaced by Liang Menglong, but Liang Menglong and Wang Jiaping have reached a gentleman's agreement before, and Wang Jiaping will probably retire, and Liang Menglong will also retire.

In other words, once Wang Jiaping resigns from office, the person who succeeds the chief assistant will become a highly pragmatic person... For the Mind School, it will be a bolt from the blue, as if the day is at an end.

Gao Wushi has a very bad impression of Shen Yiguan. Whether it's the perception he got from history books in his previous life or his personal experience in this life, he feels that Shen Yiguan is a scourge.If it can make Shen consistently unhappy, Gao Pragmatic is very cool.

Shen Guanyi's family was originally not prominent when he was young. If we want to stratify by class, it should be regarded as a family of small landlords.However, although the family is not considered wealthy, he has a good uncle who has already begun to emerge when he was born—the poet Shen Mingchen.

In the original history, Shen Yiguan also served as the chief assistant, but unlike other chief assistants, Shen Yiguan's childhood and youth were uneventful... In fact, there is not much to write about .

It wasn't until the second year of Longqing that the 37-year-old Shen Yiguan managed to score more than 100 top three in the examination.

Although this achievement can disdain most scholars, after all, it is not easy to be a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, but it is a bit embarrassing if compared with other chief assistants.Because, among the 67 chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty in the original history, he was the only chief minister who only got the top three results.

After becoming a Jinshi, Shen Yiguan entered the Hanlin Academy according to the rules and began to line up and work through the qualifications, waiting bitterly to be appointed.During these six years, he was basically in a state of closed-door cultivation, without looking for backers, making connections, or submitting memorials.Seeing that Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, Gao Gong, the chief assistants, were replaced like a lantern, until Zhang Juzheng succeeded in taking the position.

Of course, in this life, Gao Gong worked until the sixth year of Wanli, while Zhang Juzheng was removed from power by Gao Yushi in the first year of Wanli.

How did Shen Yiguan in the original history finally stand out from the Imperial Academy?How in this life, after Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue stepped down, how could he and Zhao Zhigao make up for their shortcomings?
Let’s talk about the former first, which is quite historically humorous. In the original history, Shen always came to the fore, but in fact he came to the fore by scolding Zhang Juzheng and then getting rewarded by Zhang Siwei.

The matter started from the second year of Wanli. In that year, Shen Yiguan was already two subjects away from high school. He was lucky enough to become a fellow examiner in the examination that year. This was his first specific errand.

Originally, he could still complete this job with ease and calmly, but because Zhang Juzheng's son took part in this exam, he became different.

Colleagues around him were worried that Shen always didn't know the inside story, so they secretly told him.As a result, Shen Yiguan still persisted at this time, so he pretended not to know, showed enough justice and severity, and did not give the green light to the son of the chief assistant at all.

Here we have to talk about the school of thought. In theory, Zhang Juzheng is also a member of the Real School, and Shen, who has always been one of the strongholds of the School of Mind, is a scholar from Zhejiang. When he was not deeply influenced by the officialdom, it was not enough to disapprove of Zhang Juzheng. strange.

Of course, even if Shen Yiguan didn't cooperate, with Zhang Juzheng's power and status at that time, it was completely easy to get the Jinshi admission letter for his son, and it didn't matter if Shen Yiguan was there or not!
Afterwards, knowing that he had offended Zhang Juzheng, Shen never tried to defend himself, let alone cling to him. Instead, he felt a little angry and decided to resign and return to his hometown.Unexpectedly, when he was planning to resign, he unexpectedly received a notice of promotion. Although it was still just a casual job, it was an improvement in grade after all.

Zhang Juzheng didn't touch Shen Yiguan at that time, maybe because he was too busy, or maybe he thought that such a small fish and shrimp were not worth his big fight, but no matter how you say it, if he didn't touch him, he didn't touch him.

In the fifth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng's father, Zhang Wenming, passed away.According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yuanfu had to resign and return to his hometown to serve his father as a filial piety for three years.Objectively speaking, judging from Zhang Juzheng's power and status at the time, his return to serve as the chief assistant after three years is also a matter of hand, and it is not too difficult.

But many of the reforms are nascent and have already met with resistance from diehards.If Zhang Juzheng was in charge in person, there would not be too many twists and turns, but if Zhang Juzheng left the cabinet for three years, his reforms would most likely be aborted.

In view of this, Zhang Juzheng was unwilling to leave the cabinet and return to his hometown to guard the system.In this matter, even if Gao Yushi re-examines history, he does not think that Zhang Juzheng is simply a lover of power. He is unwilling to worry about Ding, which should be due to both public and private factors.

Against this background, Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to obtain the consent of Queen Mother Li and Zhu Yijun in advance, and against his will, staged a self-directed and self-acted "drama of seizing love", which was divided into seven steps:

First, Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to ask for resignation, asking to be his father Ding You; second, Li Youzi and others went to the shuffle and asked Zhu Yijun to win Zhang Yuanfu's love; third, Zhu Yijun made an order to win Zhang Yuanfu's resignation; fourth, Zhang Yuanfu declined Duoqing demanded that he insisted on keeping filial piety for his father; fifthly, the queen mother issued a decree and asked Zhang Yuanfu again to seize love; sixthly, Zhang Yuanfu reluctantly agreed to Duoqing, but had to ask for leave to handle the funeral; seventhly, after finishing the funeral, Zhang Juzheng returned to the cabinet to continue working .

However, during Zhang Juzheng's drama of seizing love, Shen Yiguan kept making remarks about loyalty and filial piety, ignorant of current affairs, and took the opportunity to insinuate Zhang Juzheng that "since he is not filial, he must be unfaithful."

In this regard, "History of the Ming Dynasty Shen Yiguan Biography" said: "When I talked about Gaozong's forgiveness, he cupped his hands and said: 'If you entrust your lonely life, you must be a loyal minister, so that all officials will listen. Gou is not the same. People, it’s not like being filial if you listen to them personally.” Zhang Juzheng thought it was a pity that he had stabbed himself.”

This time, Zhang Juzheng was furious.Not only did he write down Shen Yiguan's crime this time, but he also brought up the unhappiness in the previous scientific examination, and simply settled a new account with the old one.Ever since, Shen has been idle for a long time.

In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng passed away while serving as the chief assistant.Zhang Siwei, the second assistant who had been lurking beside Zhang Juzheng for a long time and was thought by Zhang Juzheng to be his right-hand man but actually had a heart for Gao Gong, took over the position of chief assistant.

From then on, under Zhang Siwei's "revenge" for Gao Gong and Zhu Yijun's hatred, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty began to counterattack Zhang Juzheng, basically revenge with revenge and resentment with resentment.

All of a sudden, Zhang Juzheng was scolded to pieces and looked like shit, and all his reform measures were abolished, and even his own body was almost dug out and flogged to vent his anger.

This time, Shen Yitong, who was still getting his qualifications in the Imperial Academy, was naturally the one who scolded the most.From then on, he immediately became the most blatant anti-Zhangist faction, taking the lead in biting, even slandering and framing Zhang Juzheng.

This move undoubtedly won him the favor of Emperor Zhu Yijun and Chief Assistant Zhang Siwei, and he soon emerged.With the rising of Shen Yiguan, the Zhejiang Party Group with him as the core has gradually formed, and the tide has continued to rise.

The so-called Zhejiang Party is actually the earliest party formed in the civil service system in the late Ming Dynasty in the original history, or more precisely, it should be an interest group and a political faction-this is different from the nature of the Mind School and the Real School, so the latter two Those who have a more obvious school nature.

The Zhejiang Party is different. They were formed purely for common political pursuits, or in other words, economic interests. Internally, Shen Yiguan was elected as the general manager under the hood.

In the 12th year of Wanli, along with Zhang Juzheng who continued to criticize Zhang Juzheng who was unable to retaliate, Shen's usual good time began.He was first promoted to Zhan Shifu's Shao Zhan Shi, and at the same time served as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He began to have the opportunity to teach Zhu Yijun, and he also had the opportunity to win over more people to unite around him.

During this period, with the increasing rise of the "country-based dispute", Shen always keenly discovered that this would be a deadly battle with no way out for both sides.Therefore, Shen Yitong, who is well versed in power tactics and checks and balances, asked for leave on the grounds of going home to visit his relatives. Afterwards, he used illness as an excuse to stay at home for a long time, avoiding premature conflicts, and at the same time actively raising his family and accumulating reputation.

Sure enough, when Shen Yiguanwo was secretly observing at home, the Ming court staged the most lively scene. Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Wang Xijue and other chief assistants went on and on, and they all fell into this matter.But Shen Yiguan showed a sinister smile—the kind that couldn't be suppressed at all.

In order to warm up for himself in advance, Shen has always controlled the members of the Zhejiang Party to create momentum in the court, and asked Zhu Yijun to use him.In the 22nd year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun appointed Shen Yiguan as Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, and continued to assist Zhan Shifu.However, Shen Yiguan politely declined to take up the post on the grounds of physical illness.

In fact, Shen has always been very satisfied with the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but adding the word "Nanjing" in front of it will greatly reduce the value of this minister--I say I am sick, that is pretending to be sick, and you really let me stay in Nanjing. Retirement?Therefore, Shen has always chosen to continue to live in seclusion. He believes that under the current situation, the imperial court will inevitably use him again.

Facts have proved that Shen Yiguan is indeed a wily fox.No wonder he was able to lead the talented Zhejiang Party as a top-ranked Jinshi. No wonder he was able to "be outside the game, but keep his heart in the game." control.

In the following year, that is, the 23rd year of Wanli, the shortage of the cabinet was already very serious, and only Zhao Zhigao was in office. He was both the chief assistant and the cabinet minister.

Under the earnest shouting of members of the Zhejiang Party, Shen Yitong's voice was very loud, and finally he was shortlisted at the same time as Zhu Geng, Shen Li and others, and was allowed to participate in the maintenance of the Dongge University.

At this time, the chief assistant was Zhao Zhigao, so there was no need to introduce him. He was not only old and sick, but also cowardly. Almost all the officials and censors did not take him seriously. "Ming History Biography of Zhao Zhigao" commented on him: Zhigao was the chief assistant, more than seventy years old, old, soft and cowardly, despised by court officials, and full of criticism.

In the year when he entered the cabinet, Shen Yiguan began to build up his own prestige in order to pave the way for succeeding Zhao Zhigao in the future.He used the speech officer Yuan Keli as a tool for him to kill chickens and monkeys-this is because Yuan Keli has a close relationship with Shen Li, and Shen Li has a great conflict with himself, so Shen has always used an excuse to dismiss Yuan Keli from his post as a civilian.

There is a record of this incident. "Hongguang Dynasty's Puppet Eastern Palace Puppet Empress and Party Disaster Records" records that: the disaster began in Wanli.

As the dispute between the country and the country continued to ferment, many cabinet ministers before Shen Yiguan who could escape fled one after another, and those who could not escape also recuperated at home.

Chief Assistant Zhao Zhigao submitted nearly a hundred resignation papers, all of which were rejected by Zhu Yijun, and finally collapsed at home from exhaustion.During this period, Shen Yiguan began to gradually grasp the power of the cabinet. After Zhao Zhigao died of illness, he finally became the No. 40 second cabinet chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.At this time, Zhu Yijun, who insisted on engaging in non-violent non-cooperation with the civil service group, had completely lost sight of his head and tail, and did not show up for a long time.

After becoming the first assistant, Shen has always summarized many successful experiences and failure lessons of the previous first assistants, such as Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Wang Xijue, etc. He probably reviewed them over and over again.

Shen has always believed that no matter how great the power of the chief assistant is, in the final analysis it is bestowed by the emperor.If you want to keep your power, you must obey the emperor's will and avoid becoming the second Zhang Juzheng.Moreover, because it is extremely difficult to deal with today, you must work hard to serve him well.

Of course, on the basis of serving Zhu Yijun well, he must also avoid becoming the target of all courtiers and the target of public criticism.Therefore, one must always pay attention to establishing one's majesty among the courtiers, and not allow anyone to step on him, so as to avoid becoming the second Zhao Zhigao.

After planning, Shen Yuanfu started to work.Of course, like his predecessors, the biggest trouble he faces is still the "battle between the country and the country".

Zhu Yijun had defeated several chief assistants on this issue, and had been deadlocked for more than ten years, so it was impossible for him to compromise in front of Shen Yiguan.However, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, has already reached his full age, and there is still no conclusion at this time. Everyone, including Zhu Yijun, knows very well that if this matter remains unresolved for such a long time, it will definitely become a fuse that will bring disaster to the country and the people.

In the end, Shen Yiguan got a big deal.When the newly appointed Chief Assistant Shen Yiguan tentatively mentioned this matter, the emperor agreed immediately and agreed to enshrine the eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, the third son Zhu Changxun as the king of Fu, the fifth son Zhu Changhao as the king of Rui, and the emperor's sixth son. Zhu Changrun is the king of Hui, and Zhu Changying, the seventh son of the emperor, is the king of Gui.

Although it was a pleasant surprise, Shen Yiwan was such a thief. He was worried that Zhu Yijun would regret it in the future, so he immediately drafted the decree and was signed by the imperial pen for announcement tomorrow.Shen Yuanfu was very excited, because so many chief assistants had failed to settle the matter before, and he easily settled it as soon as he made a move.

But the accident still happened.When Imperial Concubine Zheng heard the news, she immediately found Zhu Yijun, insisted on canonizing her son Zhu Changxun as the crown prince—at least not Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Yijun had no choice but to call Shen Yiguan into the palace overnight, and asked him to hand over the imperial decree, and the appointment of the crown prince will be discussed at another day.When Shen Yiguan heard it, how could it be done?So he lied that he had disclosed the content of the imperial decree to all the officials in the court, and everyone had already started playing the crowns and shouting for His Majesty's sage.

At this point in the matter, Zhu Yijun finally had no choice. After all, "You have no jokes" is a simple truth, and he still has to face after all, so he had to agree to formally appoint Zhu Changluo as the prince.So far, the dispute over the country has come to an end.

At this time, due to the strong intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese army had reached a stalemate on the Korean Peninsula.On the issue of war or peace, Shen Yiguan, as the chief assistant, actively took the lead in the war, and submitted to Zhu Yijun "On the Impossibility of the Wagong City", in which he advocated stopping border trade, blocking shipping, and using tougher methods to force Japan to withdraw from North Korea. Withdrawal from the peninsula.

As soon as Shen Yiguan's proposal came out, the entire Zhejiang Party took active actions and began to build momentum everywhere.Affected by this, Zhu Yijun finally made up his mind to be tough on Japan to the end, and started the national war mode.And Shen Yiguan himself has won the reputation of being loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

However, with the development of the situation, many people believed that he was definitely not out of public interest, and his real purpose was to keep Zhejiang, the base camp of his "Zhejiang Party" from the long-term harassment of Japanese pirates.

However, historians of later generations generally believe that with the continued large-scale use of troops by the Ming Dynasty on the Korean Peninsula, it connived at the rise of the Later Jin in the Northeast to a considerable extent.In this way, a deep hidden danger was laid for the rise of the Qing Dynasty in the future and the entry into the customs to replace the Ming Dynasty.

However, Gao Wushi didn't think that Shen Yiguan should be responsible for this point - if other people who had the opportunity to be the chief assistant were in that position at that time, I'm afraid there would be no difference.If he really wanted to change, he would have to deal with the root cause from within Daming, just like what he Gao Wu has done in this life.

Shen has always lost his reputation, and one of them is related to the mining tax.In the original history without highly pragmatic assistance, after Zhu Yijun came to power, he soon began to send eunuchs to various parts of the country to collect taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and changed names to collect exorbitant taxes. From time to time there are civil uprisings.

Many courtiers, including Shen Yiguan, have advised Zhu Yijun, hoping that he can reduce taxes and reduce the burden on the people.It's a pity that in the original history without high pragmatism and responsibility for finances, Zhu Yijun's mind was only asking for money, and he didn't accept these statements at all. He even thought that his mining taxes were not collected from ordinary people at all, and the interests of ordinary people were not hurt. As a result, the scourge of mining taxes has become more and more serious.

In the 30th year of Wanli, a very sudden event happened.At that time, Zhu Yijun fell ill suddenly, and his condition was very serious.For a time, he thought that he was a short-lived ghost like his father Mu Zong, so he hurriedly started to arrange the funeral.In addition to instructing the cabinet ministers to continue to assist the prince Zhu Changluo, he was also determined to abolish the mining tax, and gave Shen Yiguan the edict to abolish the mining tax.

But unexpectedly, only the next day, Zhu Yijun's condition suddenly improved, so he wanted to take back yesterday's will.And Shen Yiguan didn't hesitate at all, and immediately handed over the imperial decree.It was this incident that caused Shen Tong to be greatly dissatisfied by many people.

According to the "History of Ming Dynasty·Shen Yiguan Biography" records: "Hou Yijian always spit and said: 'My husband will hold it a little bit, and the mining tax will be withdrawn, so why are you cowardly! The harm of the mine tax will drive the gods to the end."

From then on, Zhu Yijun would not allow any courtiers to discuss matters related to mining tax.In the end of the Wanli Dynasty, the scourge of mining tax could not be eliminated, but the accumulated damage became deeper and deeper.

Another major event related to Shen Yitong is related to the party.In the 32nd year of Wanli, Gu Xiancheng, a doctor in the Ministry of officials, offended Emperor Wanli because of something, and was punished by dismissal from office, so he had to return to his hometown to live idle.During this period, he, Gao Panlong, Qian Yiben and others founded a private college in Wuxi to give lectures and lectures, which attracted more and more attention.And this private institution became the famous Donglin Academy later on.

With the continuous expansion of scale and influence, Donglin Academy gradually began to get involved in politics, and even dared to criticize current malpractices and criticize courtiers, and then formed a very powerful political force, known as the Donglin Party.

As the Chief Assistant, Shen Yiguan would naturally not allow the Donglin Party to grow and rise, or even threaten his own Zhejiang Party.Therefore, he began to actively suppress the Donglin Party, which triggered a series of party disputes.

During this period, the Chu Party was formed headed by Wu Liangsi and others.And some Shandong officials were unwilling to be marginalized, so they secretly formed a Qi Party.Of course, due to Shen’s consistent power and wooing, the Chu Party and the Qi Party basically existed attached to the Zhejiang Party, and they were collectively called the “Qi Chu and Zhejiang Party”.

In addition, there were many unknown small parties such as the "Xuan Party" and the "Kun Party" at that time, and they were also fighting for their own interests.

Under the mutual and mutual slander of various parties, the problem of cronyism in the Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly intensified. There were only conflicts of interests between each other, and there was no people's livelihood and state affairs at all.This kind of factional struggle has lasted for decades, and since then, the government and the public have no peace, which directly accelerated the demise of Ming Dynasty.

In the 34th year of Wanli, Shen Yiguan personally presided over the Jingcha in those years. He actually used his power to suppress others, openly protected the Zhejiang Party forces, and openly suppressed other parties and dissidents, which immediately aroused the public indignation of the Manchu Dynasty.Yushi Sun Ju and others jointly impeached Shen Yiguan, and other parties also secretly contributed to the impeachment, making the impeachment extremely powerful.

According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty": "If you always return, the speaker is endlessly chasing and impeaching, and many people in his hometown are also slandered by the world."

In order to avoid the limelight, Shen Yiguan had no choice but to take the initiative to ask for sickness and beg for retirement.After returning to his hometown, Shen Yiguan simply stayed behind closed doors, never asked about current affairs, enjoyed a leisurely life for ten years, and kept writing books to publicize his theories.

In the 43rd year of Wanli, Shen Yiguan passed away at home at the age of 84.When the emperor heard the news, he decreed to posthumously give him the title of Grand Tutor and the posthumous title of "Wen Gong" - so he always said that Zhu Yijun was a sensible person, just look at the word "Gong".

The above are some of the more controversial issues after Shen Yiguan became prime minister. Of course, there are many others, such as the King of Chu case, etc., which have a lot of influence.Oh, by the way, the King of Chu case is still the key case that directly led to the downfall of Shen Yiguan and Shen Li, but it is more complicated to explain this matter clearly, so I won't go into details here. [Note: The King Chu case is also called the Chu Zong case, and interested readers can refer to it by themselves. ]
Although Shen Yiguan's role in these incidents is often condemned in later generations, in fact, Gao Yushi believes that his biggest problems are two of them: "fascinating" and "forming a party".

Some people may say that the imperial power of the feudal dynasty is supreme, how can things be accomplished without flattery?He's always in love with you, but you won't be in love with you if you are pragmatic?But actually, there is a big difference here.

What's the difference?It depends on whether "fascinating" is a means or an end.

Gao Yushi, as the most trusted courtier of the Ming Dynasty today, of course he stood on the same position as Zhu Yijun most of the time, but he did so essentially as a means—to first obtain The emperor trusted and gained authority through the holy family, and then he was able to display his political ambitions.

Shen Yiguan is different, he only loves to keep his own status and power, but he enjoys such status and power not because he wants to do many things for the world, but only for his own self-interest.At most, it is to expand the scope a little bit while ensuring its own self-interest, and to protect the interests of allies of the Zhejiang Party. In the final analysis, it is forming a party for personal gain.

Some people may say again, why is it said that "fascinating" is to display political ambitions based on high pragmatism, and Shen's consistent "fascinating" is forming a party for personal gain?Shouldn't high pragmatism protect the interests of the Mind School?
This needs to be judged by a classic principle: the deed does not matter the heart.To put it simply, in history, Shen Yiguan was indeed just forming a party for personal gain, and did not make any contribution to the people of the world sincerely. However, who dares to say that he is not in charge of the people of the world for the well-being of the people over the years?

It can't be said that he has to devote himself to serving the people of the world, but he has to be poor, so that is called being dedicated to the public, right?People can have such lofty ideals, but if everyone is required to achieve this, it would be too crazy.

Gao Pragmatism reviews Shen Yiguan's experience and performance in the original history, mainly to determine what kind of person Shen Yiguan is.However, he also knew that we can't look at history entirely, but also have to look at how Shen Yiguan climbed up in this life.After all, the experience of "this life" can affect Shen Yiguan in this life, right?
As I said before, Shen Yiguan was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing, which was four subjects earlier than Gao Yushi.However, Shen Yiguan's official fortune in this life was not good at the beginning, and he stayed in the Imperial Academy much longer than Gao Yushi.Gao Wushi entered the Imperial Academy in the eighth year of Wanli. At that time, Shen Yiguan was still in the Imperial Academy, and he was still just an editor.

12 years!Even if the Imperial Academy was originally a Qingshui yamen with high qualifications, but Shen Yiguan has almost stagnated in the Imperial Academy for 12 years. Do you think it is miserable?
Of course, there is a detail here that needs to be explained to know why "12 years of standing still" is very, very miserable. This is related to the assessment of officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Officials in the Ming Dynasty had a small test every three years and a big test every nine years. The results were divided into three grades: competent, average, and incompetent. According to the results of the test, the degree of complexity of the original position was also used to determine rewards and punishments.

Rewards are generally promoted to ranks, and sometimes incentives such as promotions, shadows, titles (titles given to family members), and bonuses are used; And so on, even without arranging official positions and "using miscellaneous duties" until he was dismissed and returned home.

Here we also need to mention a standard set by Gao Gong when he was concurrently the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, that is, the investigation of eight types of problems, such as "greedy, cool, weak, unscrupulous, old, sick, incompetent, and impetuous". It is the "Eight Laws".

Officials who pass the comprehensive assessment are promoted according to the regulations: those who are listed as "first-class" (Beijing officials) or "outstanding" (local officials) are included in the promotion candidate list; "greedy and cool" are dismissed and asked questions; Those who are not careful" will be dismissed, those who are "old and sick" will retire, and those who are "incompetent and impetuous" will be lowered as appropriate.

By the way, Gao Gong's set of "Eight Laws" was much more rigorous than that of the early Ming Dynasty, and it was also relatively fair and just, so it was almost directly copied by the Qing Dynasty later. [Note: This is a historical fact. ]
Speaking of Shen Yiguan, he has been standing still for 12 years, which is equivalent to being evaluated as a middle-level person all the time, so he is not worthy of promotion, but he does not need to be downgraded.

In this case, if you want to say that you are in another department, for example, if you have specific tasks to do, that's fine, after all, it is possible to mess up the work.But this is the Hanlin Academy. It is a rare and strange thing that this "Prince Minister" Yamen has not been promoted in the nine-year exam.

In contrast, Gao Yushi was the number one scholar back then, and as soon as he entered the Imperial Academy, he did revisions (it is a convention that the number one scholar does revisions directly), and then he started his promotion journey not long after.Even though he was suppressed by Queen Mother Li once in the middle, and he was demoted three levels in a row, it didn't actually delay his "take off from Wuhu".

Why is this so?In fact, it was because Shen Yiguan's original stance on psychology was too obvious, and Guo Pu, who was the chief assistant at the time, didn't like the several points he raised. There is no feasible solution to the problem at all.

This is very inconsistent with Guo Pu's employment principles, so Shen Yiguan spent a long time in the Imperial Academy before being finally sent by Guo Pu to concurrently serve as the secretary of the Nanjing Imperial Academy.I don't know if Guo Pu wanted to see if Shen Yiguan could do something practical, or he simply sent him away out of out of sight and out of mind.

Shen Yiguan's unlucky days have not improved much. During Zhang Siwei's period, he finally made some "progress" and became Nanjing Guozijian Jijiu (abbreviated as "Nanjing Jijiu" in Ming Dynasty official circles), but that's it.

However, when Zhang Siwei, Ding You returned to Puzhou, and Shen Shixing took over as chief assistant, it was finally his turn to "take off from Wuhu" by someone Shen.

In the year when Shen Shixing took over as chief assistant, he recommended Shen Yiguan to Shangshu, saying that he was "magnificent in appearance, stable in personality, and able to achieve both", and that he should be called back to the Imperial Academy as a servant and a lecturer.At this time, Shen Shixing had just ascended the throne, and the emperor would naturally agree even to save face for the new Chief Assistant, so Shen Yiguan once again returned to the capital, which was the power center of the Ming Dynasty.

Sometimes a Japanese lecturer may not be in a high position in the Imperial Academy, but once a person who is in a high position in the Imperial Academy is appointed as a Japanese lecturer, it usually means that this person has a backer at the top and will probably be reused in the future.

Shen Yiguan is naturally no exception. Although the attendant is only the sixth rank, the rank of the Imperial Academy has never been high, and the top Hanlin bachelor is only the fifth rank.Attendants can be ranked sixth or seventh in the Imperial Academy, so they can naturally be regarded as "high-ranking".

In this way, when Gao Wushi achieved the great victory in southern Liaoning, Shen Yiguan was promoted again, and this time he became Zhan Shifu You Yude—from the fifth rank.The following year, he made persistent efforts and returned to the Imperial Academy as a lecturer. Although his grade did not change, he became one of the five giants of the Imperial Academy, and he was regarded as a serious "prime minister".If a person with this position is released to the Ministry, the general servant will be the bottom line.

Shen Shixing continued to reuse him, and three years later made him the right servant of the Ministry of punishment.A few years later, Wang Xijue also participated in the support, and Shen Yiguan left to move to the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. This time, until Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue fell, Zhao Zhigao took over with him.

From this, Gao Yushi can be sure that Shen has always been a typical "Jiangnan party" no matter in his past life or in his present life.

The only difference is that in the previous life, because Gao Gong did not integrate a practical school with clear guidelines for action, the Xin school was also very scattered at that time, and the school atmosphere was far better than the political atmosphere. Formed a "Zhejiang Party".

This life is different, because the School of Reality evolved into a political faction, forcing the School of Mind to become politicized, so Shen Yiguan no longer had the basis to integrate the "Zhejiang Party" by himself, but became the leader of the School of Mind without a doubt. He was one of them, and he was cultivated by the two big men at that time, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.

Under such experiences, since Shen Yiguan has become the actual speaker of the School of Mind, his own political foundation is larger, and his corresponding ambitions are naturally greater—not to mention Zhao Zhigao here, although he ranks in the cabinet of Shen Yiguan Always the first place, but that depends on qualifications rather than means.

It can be said that the real helm of the Mind School now, excluding Shen and Wang who are hiding behind the scenes, the one in front of the stage is actually Shen Yiguan.

Since Shen Yiguan is the ostensible party leader of the Mind School, in terms of his ambition, he naturally doesn't want to see Wang Jiaping step down now and be replaced by Gao Yushi.According to Gao Wushi's guess about him before, Shen Yiguan must hope that Wang Jiaping will resign after Gao Cai and his wife have an accident and Gao Wushi is forced to return to his hometown and Ding You.

After all, the chief assistant at that time...that will be Zhao Zhigao.Zhao Zhigao definitely can't manage things, and he can't manage it down, so when the time comes, Zhao Zhigao will take the blame, and he, Shen Yitong and Shen Cifu, isn't he the real power holder, and he is not afraid of causing trouble and taking responsibility for himself?
Gao Yushi finally figured out all the joints, and even couldn't help admiring Shen Yiguan's methods in his heart.

However, if Shen Yiguan persuaded Wang Jiaping not to resign at this time, Gao Pragmatism could not object.Not only could he not object, but he even insisted on dissuading Wang Jiaping even more clearly than Shen Yiguan—his high pragmatism is the biggest beneficiary of Wang Jiaping's resignation. If he doesn't persuade Wang Jiaping, he will probably be slandered and framed.

Therefore, Gao Wushi immediately began to persuade Wang Jiaping to withdraw his order, saying that as long as the foreign court united and insisted on a thorough investigation of the relationship between Yikun Palace and the emperor coughing up blood, it would be enough to force the emperor to investigate the matter instead of Bet on Wusha, the first assistant, so that if the emperor really agrees, it will hurt his own spirit.

Wang Jiaping was relieved to be supported jointly by the heads of the two factions that were hostile to each other. He felt that it would be a good thing if this could happen, so he finally agreed.
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