Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2056 Zhengguoben (Twenty) Like Tathagata

For those who are not Chinese, the tax rate will increase progressively according to the land area, shops and factories they own.

This move is obviously a highly pragmatic plan to promote the naturalization household registration system that has been experimented in southern Xinjiang for many years in North Korea.However, judging from his description just now, if the Southern Xinjiang version is the deluxe and supreme version of this system, then the North Korean version can only be regarded as the basic version, or even the beggar version.

This is not because he is highly pragmatic and cherishes himself, and he is unwilling to directly copy the complete naturalization household registration system to North Korea, but because he believes that it is difficult for North Korea to implement this system to the extent of southern Xinjiang.

If you don't want to, you can't.

He is highly pragmatic and can decide what system to implement in southern Xinjiang. The basis for this decision is the six major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang with more than [-] people and the Nanyang Fleet with "thousand sails that overwhelm the sea."

Even, in addition to this, there are about 20 servants from the southern border countries, and the total land army alone is at least 50.It is well known that, in addition to these large troops in southern Xinjiang, he also has a large number of armed servants in the country.

Although Gao Yushi never thought of transferring troops from China to southern Xinjiang, the countries in southern Xinjiang didn't know this. They always thought that these armed servants in Ming Dynasty could be transferred at will.Of course, this illusion itself was also caused by Jinghua's deliberate actions.

To put it simply, Gao Wuzhi's promises in southern Xinjiang come from absolute strength and absolute control over these strengths-don't forget that the major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang have no financial power, no logistics dispatch chain, no Personnel autonomy, all these related powers are firmly in the hands of high pragmatism.

In addition, military chiefs at all levels in southern Xinjiang must rotate regularly, which further strengthens the concentration of power.

As for the navy, it goes without saying that the Nanyang Fleet itself is known as "thousand sails overwhelm the sea", but in fact the strength of the Nanyang Fleet has never been limited to the Nanyang Fleet itself. ".

If we really want to fight, although these sea merchants do not have the types and levels of pure warships that exist as the main force of the Nanyang Fleet, but in terms of total tonnage and total number of artillery, their participation can completely realize the Nanyang fleet. Double the number of combat units in the fleet for a short period of time.

If it weren't for such a powerful force, would the Spanish-Portuguese Empire be so easy to talk about, and even an important geopolitical pivot like Malacca would be forced to surrender?Of course, there is a prerequisite for the Portuguese to hand over Malacca, that is, the Spanish navy was defeated in the Manila naval battle.

In short, Gao Wu's strong strength in southern Xinjiang is the basis for him to keep his word and follow the law, but in North Korea, he can't do this.

Through aiding North Korea in the war against Japan, the current North Korea definitely respects Daming's national strength, but he is highly pragmatic and cannot control Daming like he controls southern Xinjiang. The strength of Daming may not support the rapid implementation of his system.After all, the state machinery of Ming Dynasty has been in use for 200 years, and it is not as good as that in southern Xinjiang.

In southern Xinjiang, as long as a high-level and pragmatic order can be executed immediately, it may take half a year in Ming Dynasty to wrangle at the court level, and another half year to coordinate and prepare at the local level. In the middle of the implementation, if there is resistance, it may have to be done again. Discussion... So in any case, for decision makers, it is necessary to fully consider the difficulty of implementation in advance.

Look at Gao Pragmatism’s style of acting in southern Xinjiang and in Daming over the years, and you will know the difference: many of his policies for southern Xinjiang are in place in one step, while the policies in Daming are often divided into several steps. , Each time, only one step is put forward, and after this step is completed, the next step is planned. The whole plan can only be implemented step by step, and never advance rashly.

They are all highly pragmatic policies, and of course there is no possibility that his own level will fluctuate.In fact, this difference comes from the different situations on both sides.To a certain extent, Southern Xinjiang is a blank piece of paper that is easy to paint on, while Daming is a masterpiece. Simple repairs involve all aspects, so how dare you make random changes with a big stroke of a pen?
Even so, Wang Jiaping was also amazed after hearing Gao Pragmatic's idea, calling it a serial plan.

Just as he said just now, the three steps of high pragmatism are actually divided into three sets of solutions: officials, academics, and civilians. It seems that each is responsible for its own share, but in fact the three sets of solutions are related, and the purpose It is even more clear, that is to win the hearts of the people.

How to win people's hearts?The three sets of high-practice plans actually made it very clear: put deterrence, brighten the future, and give benefits.

Of course, you are afraid of being beaten, rushing forward, and wanting benefits. Of course, there are prerequisites for this, and the prerequisite is... follow me obediently.

Wang Jiaping boasted that Gao Yushi was naturally humble as usual, but unexpectedly, Wang Jiaping seemed to think of something suddenly, and fell into a deep thought, as if he was recalling something.

Gao Yushi waited until his frowning brows relaxed, and then asked appropriately: "Did Yuanfu think of any omissions in this strategy?"

"That's not true, I was thinking of a senior." Wang Jiaping looked quite nostalgic.

Gao Wushi then asked: "May I ask who is the senior?"

"Ex-Prime Minister Li Xinghua." Wang Jiaping replied.

You may not be used to Li Xinghua’s statement. If you say Li Shilu, everyone is familiar with it, and if you call him Li Chunfang directly, everyone will know everyone——Jiajing was born as the number one scholar in 26 years, and was once scolded by Hai Rui as an old woman. , The chief assistant before Gao Gong.

Gao Wushi really couldn't understand why Wang Jiaping thought of Li Chunfang at this time, and couldn't help showing surprise.Wang Jiaping said with a smile: "Duke Xinghua had a long-time friend, surnamed Wu, surnamed Chengen, styled Ruzhong, who married the great-granddaughter of Ye Qi, Minister of the Household Department of the Hongzhi Dynasty. Does Rixin know about this person?"

"Ah?" Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Wu Ruzhong? I haven't heard of this...Wait, Wu Chengen?"

Gao Wushi stared wide-eyed, and asked, "Journey to the West... Oh no, the author of Journey to the West: The Legend of Shi E?"

Wang Jiaping said with a smile: "Rixin was also a person who won the gold list back then, unexpectedly he also read "The Legend of Journey to the West", hehe, that's even more coincidental."

Gao Wu said sincerely: Not only have I read it, I have read it since I was in the fourth grade of elementary school, and I read the original version directly!In order to read this book, I rummaged through a dictionary at home.

However, even if you have read it, where is the "coincidence"?

Wang Jiaping smiled and said: "Just now you said that Wu Ruzhong is the author of "Journey to the West Shi'er Biography". You are right, and you are not right."

"Why is this?" Gao Wushi thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Yes, many of these stories are compiled and adapted from the folk, Wu Cheng...Wu Ruzhong, in Yuanfu's view, may be more like a compilation of masters. Compiler, is that what you mean?"

"I didn't mean that, but I said that this book should actually be said to be co-authored by Wu Ruzhong and Xinghua Duke. It's just that Wu Ruzhong failed in the trial for a long time, and Xinghua Duke later became the first assistant.

Hehe, let me ask you, if you, Gao Rixin, are interested in writing a strange novel, are you willing to enshrine the names of your six champions?The same is true for Duke Xinghua. Although most of the stories in "Journey to the West" were co-authored by the two during their years of contact, after all, the final compilation of the book was written by Wu Ruzhong. The name of the work. "

So that's the case?Gao Wu said sincerely: In the past, some people suspected that Wu Cheng'en was not the author of Journey to the West, and thought that the real author was Li Chunfang, but they didn't want both statements to be inaccurate, and this book was actually co-authored?But how did Wang Jiaping know?Why are Wu Chengen and Li Chunfang old friends?

Gao Wushi then asked Wang Jiaping, Wang Jiaping said with a smile: "After all, Rixin is young, Bo Gaowen Zhenggong must know about these things."

Uh... Gao Wushi had no choice but to smile wryly.Wang Jiaping didn't mean to make fun of him, so he reached out and patted his arm to appease him, and continued: "It's a long story, and now time is limited, so I'll briefly tell you about it."

According to Wang Jiaping, Li Chunfang and Wu Chengen have known each other very early, and they were good friends when they were commoners; later, at a critical moment in Wu Chengen's life, Li Chunfang once again extended a helping hand, which was considered to be the creation of Wu Chengen's final draft "Journey to the West". environment.

Speaking of which, the two dated for three to 40 years, stretching from the young and middle-aged to the old age; the friendship between the two is very pure and sincere, and does not involve status, money, or interests.

Wu Chengen is from Huai'an. He was famous for his talent in his early years. He was known as a child prodigy in the local area. He entered school at the age of sixteen or seven, but then he stopped at every step. By the time he met Li Chunfang in Jiajing for about 20 years, he was already 35 years old and had not yet passed the exam.

In the 29th year of Jiajing, Wu Chengen gave up the tribute examination at the age of 44. He went to Beijing to go to the election, but failed for some reason (the son died early); he was later enrolled in the Nanjing Guozijian to study. In the 43rd year of Jiajing, he was still accepted by Li Chunfang "Dunyu" to go again Beijing——At that time, Li Chunfang was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials with the title of Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

The word "Dunyu" is very interesting, because it means "to urge".Li Chunfang had already entered the ranks of high officials in the imperial court at this time, but Wu Chengen was only white.Li Chunfang was able to take the initiative to urge Wu Chengen to come to Beijing to become an official, which shows that the two have a strong friendship.

In the 45th year of Jiajing, he served as the magistrate of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province with the help of Li Chunfang; in the first year of Longqing, he was involved in a somewhat suspicious corruption and prison case.At this time, Li Chunfang's position in the court was already stable, especially after Xu Jie became an official, Li Chunfang successfully took over as the chief assistant, so Wu Chengen also conferred the post of Ji Shan in Jingwangfu, Qizhou, Hubei the following year.

In the fourth year of Longqing, Wu Chengen returned to his hometown at the end of his tenure-this is a nice way of saying it, but Li Chunfang felt that he had blocked Gao Gong's way at this time, and it was inevitable that he would end up breaking up with Gao Gong, so it was better to take the initiative to resign.When Wu Chengen heard the news, he knew that he was about to lose his backer, so he took the initiative to "return to his hometown after his tenure", and finally passed away in the eighth year of Wanli.

"Journey to the West" was written by Wu Chengen because he had nothing to do when he was in the Jingwang Mansion. Li Chunfang and him were old friends for many years. Both of them were interested in these weird topics in their early years, so there was a letter between Wu Chengen and Li Chunfang. The exchange is constant, and the manuscripts come and go.

A large part of the reason why later generations believe that Li Chunfang is the author of "Journey to the West" is that Journey to the West actually contains deep political wisdom—or in other words, it is the wisdom of being a man and the code of conduct for top officials.

Of course, Wu Cheng'en may be very shrewd as a person, but the code of conduct of top officials... It may really take Li Chunfang, a top official who was the chief assistant of the cabinet at the time, to see it so deeply.

[Note: Due to space limitations, we will not list the evidence here one by one. Most of the clues can be found in the "Yi'an Tang Ji" written by Li Chunfang and the accompanying text.These include Wang Xijue's Biography of Taishi Li Wending, Xu Guo's Epitaph of Shilu Ligong and Peiyipin's Wife Xu's Epitaph, and Wang Jiaping's Shilu Ligong and Peiyipin's Wife Xu's Form.

In addition, because Wang Jiaping's "Li Gong at the Foot of the Stone and Mrs. Xu's Portrait of Pei Yipin" also contains clues about Li Chunfang's relationship with Wu Chengen, it is assumed in this book that he knew about Li Chunfang's participation in the creation of "Journey to the West".All of the above are just clues, and may not be regarded as a consensus in the academic circle. Readers, please take it as a family opinion.

By the way, there is one more thing. When Li Chunfang aspired to the gold list in the 26th year of Jiajing, Wu Chengen wrote "Gift to Li Shilu Taishi" to congratulate him. If the two hadn't had a long-standing friendship, this would never have happened at that time. ]
After figuring out the relationship between Li Chunfang and Wu Chengen, Gao Wushi solved the doubts brought about by a previous life, and finally remembered the business.He asked: "Yuan Fu talked so far, did he think of something related to "Journey to the West"?"

Wang Jiaping looked at Gao Yushi carefully, and said something that surprised the latter: "The strategy you just said is very similar to the Tathagata's answer when the Monkey King asked the Tathagata to tell the real from the fake."

Gao Wushi was stunned again, but it was a pity that although he read Journey to the West, he read the original text, but after all, it has been too long under the two lives, and he really couldn't remember exactly how Tathagata answered.

"That's right, even if you read such strange novels every day, you probably won't go into the details." Wang Jiaping was not surprised, and said with a smile: "There are a few interesting details in it, I guess it must be written by Duke Xinghua. "

Gao Wushi had no choice but to say: "I also ask Yuanfu for advice."

"How can this be considered as an advice?" Wang Jiaping only seemed to find it quite interesting, and waved his hands and said: "The real and fake monkey heads are fighting all over the world, either they can't tell the truth from the fake, or they dare not tell the truth from the fake, and finally they quarrel in front of the Tathagata. At this time, Monkey Head's performance is quite interesting."

Gao Wushi showed great interest, and heard Wang Jiaping continue: "This monkey head has always been big, this time I met the Tathagata, Xinghua Duke wrote him like this - kneeling in front of the Buddha to pray."

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "This time I know respect."

Wang Jiaping didn't answer this sentence, but continued: "The monkey head said: 'The disciple protected Tang Monk, came to build the treasure mountain, and obtained the scriptures. I don't know how much energy I spent refining demons and monsters along the way. I was robbed and kidnapped by my disciples for the second time. The master blamed me for rushing back and forbids me to worship the golden body of the Tathagata...'

Then he said something about it, and then he couldn't tell anyone what happened.In the end, he said: "So be bold and light-hearted, open the door of convenience with thousands of beggars, spread the thoughts of compassion, and distinguish the right from the wrong with your disciples, so that you can protect the Tang monk and worship the golden body, take the scriptures back to the east, and promote the great teaching forever."

Rixin, you are an extremely intelligent person in the world, so you can naturally see that these words are not written by ordinary people. "

Gao Wushi really couldn't see it back then, but he still can't see his brilliance after being mixed up in his life, so he nodded and said: "For people like Tang Seng, learning from scriptures is more important than anything else, so Monkey King put 'come here' at the beginning. Building treasure mountains and obtaining scriptures is the first priority.

Afterwards, he told about the hardships and hardships, and by the way, secretly gave Tang Seng some eye drops, saying that Tang Seng would not allow him to "worship the golden body of the Tathagata together".The mystery here is that Wukong's words are actually showing that the most important thing for him is not to learn scriptures, but to "worship the Buddha's golden body"... Hehe, although the Tao is mysterious, it is better to stand in line. "

When Gao Wushi said this, he was startled, and thought to himself: No wonder Li Chunfang chose to take the initiative to become an official. He must have realized that even if he wanted to stand with Long Qing, there was no place for him beside Long Qing.

Long Qing wanted to use my third uncle wholeheartedly, just as the Buddha actually did so to a large extent to help his second disciple, Jin Chanzi, to the Buddhahood. Ninety-nine 81 difficulties are nothing more than making the gods and Buddhas in the sky no one can say that he employs nepotism.

[Note: Jin Chanzi had no fruit status before reincarnation, that is to say, his identity is "Golden Chanzi", not Buddha, Bodhisattva, or Arhat. ]
Here, I understand the ideal, but I haven't figured out why Wang Jiaping said that Tathagata's handling is like the strategy I proposed today, so Gao Wushi continued to ask.

Wang Jiaping smiled and said, "No hurry, no hurry, have you ever thought about the real monkey head?"

Gao Yushi pondered for a while, and said: "If, as Yuanfu said, this book... at least this chapter was written by Duke Xinghua, it would be foolish to think that the so-called six-eared macaque does not exist, and the fake monkey king is nothing more than Wukong's hair. change."

"What proof?" Wang Jiaping asked with a smile.

"Mantian gods and Buddhas are not able to distinguish, but according to the actions of this fake monkey king, if its real body is revealed, then the great event of learning scriptures will be unsustainable. Moreover, when the Tathagata said that he is a six-eared macaque Afterwards, Wukong actually beat him to death with one blow... Hehe, didn’t he have no choice but to kill him so easily now that he can’t even say a word?”

When Gao Wushi said this, he shook his head and said: "There are many people who can tell the difference, but no one can tell the truth. Wukong has learned his lesson at this time, instead of flipping the table, he made a fuss but controlled the intensity. , and finally put it in front of the Tathagata, while still maintaining humility... He actually wanted a guarantee from the Tathagata."

"Rixin really understands it clearly." Wang Jiaping said with a smile, "So, Tathagata only said that he should continue to protect Tang Seng, but he took it up and said: 'I have reported to Tathagata that Master must not want me. If I go here, if I don’t take you in, I won’t bother to think about it again! For the convenience of the Tathagata, chant the loose hoop, take off the golden hoop, return it to the Tathagata, and let me go back to the vulgar world.”

Hey, what did he say earlier? ’ Therefore, he is bold and light-hearted, opens the door of convenience with thousands of beggars, expresses compassion and compassion, and distinguishes the right from the wrong with his disciples, so that he can protect the Tang monk and worship the golden body in person, take the scriptures back to the east, and promote the great teaching forever. 'Now make a decision, what is it if you don't ask the Tathagata for a guarantee? "

At this moment, Gao Wushi finally remembered, and said with a smile: "So the Tathagata said, 'Don't think about it, don't let it go. I will teach Guanyin to send you, and I am not afraid that he will not accept it. I will protect him, and then I will succeed. Return to bliss, and you will also sit on the lotus platform.'”

Speaking of this, Gao Wushi finally knew what Wang Jiaping said about Tathagata's disposition was similar to what he said today.

Sure enough, Wang Jiaping said: "Look at Rixin, 'don't let it go'. This is you using Qi Jin, Zhang Wanbang and other old generals to lead a large army to guard North Korea, so that people with ulterior motives will not dare to move lightly because of force;

"I will teach Guanyin to send you there", this is to give face, just like you not only reused the Northern People's Party for its meritorious service, but also gave the Southern People's Party a chance, both sides still retained their dignity;
'Success will return to bliss, and you will sit on the lotus platform' is a promise, just like you gave North Korean officials a future and North Korean people the hope of obtaining Chinese nationality in the future.

Hehe, from this point of view, you are already familiar with the wisdom that Duke Xinghua has realized all his life, and you can freely move your hands and feet.Okay, okay, this way I can go back to my hometown with more peace of mind, and I don't have to worry about any changes in the world. "
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