Daming Yuanfu

Gao Wushi's move was clearly beyond Zhu Yijun's expectations, he froze for a moment, frowned and said, "Pragmatism, even you want to do this to me?"

"The reason why the humble minister has made little achievements in recent years is based on nothing but the trust of the emperor. If the emperor no longer trusts the humble minister, even if he occupies his position in the future, it will be nothing more than a vegetarian meal for the country, the family, the king and the minister , are of no use.”

Gao Wushi sighed, and said: "I have quite a family business. Even if I dismissed from office and returned to my hometown, I still won't lose half of my life. I may even devote myself to books and leave a few manuscripts for future generations. I will not be in vain. It is also a blessing to suffer."

Zhu Yijun's face turned blue, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't I trust you enough?"

"The emperor has a lot of trust in his ministers, and the mountains are so high and the sea is so deep." Gao Wushi replied.

"Then you still say that I don't trust you!"

"What the emperor just said was the ability of trusting ministers rather than the trustworthy officials, and even accusing the ministers of disregarding the emperor's wishes." Gao Yushi sighed again, and said: "But the minister's publicity cannot be proved by himself, and the minister's ability It also stops here. The emperor has no family affairs, and the minister is already unable to achieve the best of both worlds in this matter. He is really incompetent, and I am afraid that he is not enough to win the trust of the emperor, so please go."

"You..." Zhu Yijun pointed at Gao Yushi, but he just opened his mouth, swallowed back the words that were on his lips, and said, "Get up, let's talk properly."

Gao Wushi remained silent and did not take any action.

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun said angrily, "I won't let you resign!"

Gao Wushi sighed, and got up slowly, but he didn't put on the hat, but just put one hand between his chest and abdomen, stood aloofly, pretending to be listening to the hadith.

Zhu Yijun took a serious look at him, then walked up suddenly, snatched the hat from his hand, put it on his head again, and said at the same time: "Pragmatically, this is the first time in my life that I arrange the hat for someone."

Gao Wushi was startled at first, and then struggled. The original determination on his face was melting like snow in spring, visible to the naked eye.He bowed deeply, and said, "I... Wanshi."

"You don't need to die." Zhu Yijun grabbed Gao Yushi's right arm and said, "Come with me."

It doesn't matter if you don't come, because Zhu Yijun used a lot of strength.If Gao Yushi doesn't follow his wishes, his sleeves will be torn, and it will become a world-famous anecdote when he goes out, who knows what kind of arrangements will be made by some idlers.

So the emperor dragged Gao Wushi, and the two of them entered the east wing one after the other.This is a study room, the furnishings look high and pragmatic and very familiar.Zhu Yijun often studied here in the first few years after he succeeded to the throne, so even if Gao Yushi closed his eyes here, he would not bump into anything.

The emperor pulled him over, pushed him on a chair behind another desk next to the imperial throne, and said, "Sit still." Then he turned around and walked back to the imperial desk by himself, and sat down as well.

At this time, Zhu Yijun said: "Remember? We sat like this 20 years ago, and you and I still sit like this today. How did you talk to me 20 years ago, I hope you can still talk to me like that today."

Gao Wushi said aloofly, "Minister, obey the order."

"Did you talk to me like this 20 years ago?" Zhu Yijun was obviously dissatisfied and asked with raised eyebrows.

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, 20 years ago, you were not in charge, and I was not a great scholar. Forgive me, although you were also my lord at that time, most of you were my classmates. But today, You have been the emperor of the Ming Dynasty for nearly 30 years, and the minister...is just one of the hundreds of officials."

"Really?" Zhu Yijun stared at Gao Yushi, and said, "In the eighth year of Wanli, you were listed on the gold list, and the [-] Jinshi on the list are now no different from you. Don't you think they are your same year? ?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "These two things cannot be generalized..."

"I don't think it's any different!" Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand suddenly, and interrupted arrogantly: "If they are on the gold list with you, then they will be in the same year as you in this life. I have been classmates with you for ten years, so naturally we will be classmates in this life. It can’t change these experiences!”

Gao Yushi had no choice but to remain silent.

"Nothing to say?" Zhu Yijun snorted softly and said, "Can we talk now?"

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said, "Yes, what does the emperor want to say?"

"What do I want to say? I..." For some reason, Zhu Yijun seemed to be angry in his heart. He patted the table hard and said, "I just said the wrong thing, okay? Ah? If I said something wrong, you have to give Should I quit? Are you trying to get angry with me? Are you doing anything wrong? Huh?"

This is really straightforward, but fortunately the logic is still clear.Gao Yushi could only smile wryly, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this subject is at fault."

He obviously couldn't say that the emperor was wrong, so he could only answer the second half of the sentence.

"You also admit that you are wrong, right? Then this matter will be exposed, and you and I will not be allowed to mention it again." Zhu Yijun said immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"

"Okay, don't mention it, don't mention it."

"Hey, that's right." Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Actually, you were still wrong just now."

"Oh, why not?"

Zhu Yijun snorted softly, and said, "You said that you can't have both in this matter, but that's wrong, you can obviously have both."

Gao Wushi was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "I think you can't have both."

"Nonsense." Zhu Yijun raised his voice, and said, "What you say you can't do both is because you feel that as one of the cabinet scholars, you can't ignore the voices of all officials, so since Concubine Zheng is involved in this medicated diet case, then Concubine Zheng must be taught a good lesson, and she will never even think about competing for the reserve, right?"

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and said: "Right and wrong have their own opinions. The reason why the medicinal diet case must be investigated is because it involves harming the emperor..."

"As I said, today is a classmate discussion, so there is no need to bring up these high-sounding words." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Just like what you said to me that day, you have nothing to do with whether to punish Concubine Zheng or not. To investigate the medicinal food case, in the final analysis, you must give an explanation to the officials in your current capacity."

Zhu Yijun let out a foul breath, and continued: "What do the officials want? It's nothing more than setting the East Palace early. As long as the East Palace is settled, they don't bother to care about Concubine Zheng! Now that I have made a decision, I will follow your previous idea Do it, let Hao'er be the crown prince, won't you have an explanation?"

is that so?Yes, but also no.

Gao Wushi knows that the emperor knows everything in his heart, but he has been influenced by himself for many years, and his acting skills are superb.There may be [-]% of Zhu Yijun's sincerity in what he said just now, but there is also a part of deliberate pretending to be stupid.

What is the crux of the problem?According to what Zhu Yijun said, isn't the key point that your civil official group requires the early establishment of a crown prince?Now I have compromised, and what I have compromised is your highly pragmatic side. You should be satisfied with your high pragmatism, and your faction in the civil service group must be satisfied, and even if the rest of the people are not satisfied, they can't find other reasons. .

But is that really the case?Not!

To clarify this question, it is better to ask directly: Regardless of the past and present, this Wanli Dynasty's struggle for the foundation of the country, what is it fighting for?

In the original history, the dispute over the country of Wanli started from the birth of Zhu Changxun in the 14th year of Wanli, and ended in the 42nd year of Wanli when Zhu Changxun was forced to surrender to Luoyang after the attack. It lasted for nearly 30 years.

The starting point of the current state-based dispute can basically be regarded as unchanged, and the end...maybe it is just around the corner, or it may not be here yet.

According to the imperial succession principle of the Ming Dynasty, the candidate for the crown prince, known as Guoben, should be said to have been doomed from the moment of birth. Therefore, the dispute over the candidate for the crown prince between Zhu Yijun and the civil official group It has lasted for nearly 30 years. This incident itself is very puzzling to those who don't understand it.

However, neither Zhu Yijun nor the Civil Service Group had anything to do, so he and the Civil Service Group must have their own considerations in the struggle for the foundation of the country.Looking at the whole process of the national-based struggle, the national-based struggle can obviously be divided into three stages, and different essences are reflected in the three stages of the national-based struggle.

The events of this dynasty have been mentioned in the previous article, needless to say, let’s look at the historical struggle for the country: At the beginning of the 14th year of Wanli, the third son of the emperor Zhu Changxun was born.On the third day of February, Shen Shixing, the chief assistant of the cabinet, sent an edict to Zhu Yijun, requesting that Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor who had already reached the age of five, be registered as the crown prince.

The reason given by Shen Shixing is very high-sounding: "Check the story of the ancestors, Xuanzong was established in Xuande three years, Yingzong was two years old when he was the crown prince, Xianzong was established in Chenghua 11 years, and Xiaozong was six years old when he was the crown prince. Xiaozong regarded Li Wuzong as the crown prince in the fifth year of Hongzhi, and he was not yet one year old. The tomb was built at the age of the emperor, so it was the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty. "

From a superficial point of view, Shen Shihang's reason was entirely for the sake of the country and society of the Ming Dynasty, but when combined with the specific situation at the time, it was not difficult to find that Shen Shihang's request to register the crown prince was completely unreasonable.

As mentioned many times in the previous article, the Ming Dynasty's canonization of the crown prince implemented a system of heirs and elders of "there is a heir to establish a heir, and no heir to establish an elder", not a system of sequential succession.Therefore, although Zhu Changluo was the eldest son of the emperor of Ming Shenzong, he was not the eldest son of the direct line, and both Ming Shenzong and the empress were only 21 or two years old at that time. Who can guarantee that the eldest son will not be born?If Zhu Changluo was rashly designated as the crown prince at this time, wouldn't it be more troublesome to change the crown prince after the birth of the eldest son?

The above situation has basically not changed in this life, so once the incident happened, before the emperor was troubled, Gao Yushi gave a solution: he said that he had to wait for the eldest son to be born.The emperor complied, so Ansheng was never mentioned again for several years.

It was similar in the original history. Although there was no high-level practical suggestion, Zhu Yijun also dismissed it in the same way.However, although Shen Shixing didn't go to the school again, other people in the civil official group quit.For example, Jiang Yinglin in the household department, Sun Rufa, the head of the official department, and others successively went to the Shu to request Zhu Changluo to be the crown prince.

It is impossible for anyone in the civil official group not to know what the heirloom system is, and the troubles that may be encountered in appointing Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, but no one stood up and clearly opposed the appointment of Zhu Changluo as the crown prince.Based on this, it can be seen that Shen Shixing, Jiang Yinglin, Sun Rufa and others actually represent the attitude of the civil official group.

Therefore, the essence of the initial stage of the national struggle is that the civil servants are making trouble for no reason—don’t worry, don’t rush to the conclusion that the civil servants will make troubles without reason when they are full and have nothing to do.

In the 20th year of Wanli, the civil official group still did not wait for the news that the queen was pregnant. Li Xianke and Zhong Yuzheng went to the school and asked Zhu Changluo to study in the cabinet. .

The dispute over the country has been going on for six years now, but the civil servants still unanimously demand that Zhu Changluo be crown prince, which is extremely abnormal.We must know that during Tang Wuzong's reign, even when the Li party had an absolute advantage, it was impossible to unify the voice in the court. Therefore, at this time, Zhu Yijun finally understood that the unanimous opinion of the civil official group must be coordinated by the mastermind behind the scenes.

After understanding this point, no matter whether Zhu Yijun wants to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince or not, it is impossible for him to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince at this time, because doing so will be in the hands of the Chinese official group and its behind-the-scenes gangsters. If Zhu Changluo is not registered as the crown prince, it means that Zhu Yijun will not be able to get rid of the suspicion of abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones for a day.

Since Zhu Yijun can't get rid of his suspicion, the civil servant group represented by the chief assistant of the cabinet Wang Xijue can use his ultimate nirvana: Zhu Yuanzhang's family law of "there is a heir to establish a heir, and there is no heir to establish an elder", and The governance of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty benefited from the early establishment of the crown prince, and the shortest life expectancy of the emperor in the late Tang Dynasty was due to the failure to establish the crown prince early.

After the civil official group used the ultimate nirvana, Zhu Yijun did fall into a rather passive situation, forcing him to take the worst strategy of procrastination.

However, Zhu Yijun is not a wise and foolish person like his father. He is smart and at the same time inherited some of his grandfather Jiajing's temper like passing down from generation to generation, and he will definitely not sit still.Therefore, in order to weaken the power of the civil official group and its behind-the-scenes black hands, Zhu Yijun took two measures: not filling the vacant officials and dispatching mine supervisors and tax envoys.

However, the civil official group and its behind-the-scenes men did not compromise with Zhu Yijun because of this. Since your emperor does not fill the vacancy, the civil official group makes its own decisions when dealing with government affairs that do not involve military affairs.

Now that your emperor sent mine supervisors and tax envoys, the black hands behind the civil official group organized massive anti-mining supervisor and tax envoy campaigns time and time again on the grounds of "competing for profit with the people", and even directly encouraged the people to come up with multiple " "Anti-mine tax" commotion.

In the end, Zhu Yijun was forced to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince in the 29th year of Wanli in desperation.At this point, the nature of the national struggle at this stage becomes clear.

On the surface, the various efforts of the civil official group are just to let Zhu Yijun appoint Zhu Changluo as the crown prince as soon as possible. The old affairs achieve the restraint and restriction of the imperial power, and then realize the goal of the emperor ruling by doing nothing, and the civil official group and its behind-the-scenes masters being the masters.

At the same time, in order to avoid being forced to rule by doing nothing, Zhu Yijun really couldn't find a more high-sounding reason to fight, so he could only fight by not filling the vacancy and sending mine supervisors and tax envoys.

After Zhu Changluo was canonized as the crown prince, the struggle for the country did not end.In order to retaliate against the civil official group and its behind-the-scenes gangsters, Zhu Yijun did not stop filling vacancies and recalled mine supervisors and tax envoys.Moreover, in order to wait for the opportunity, he also broke the custom of the vassal king going to the fiefdom to become a vassal when he became an adult, and let Zhu Changxun, who had already been named King of Fortune, stay in the capital as usual.

Finally, in the 42nd year of Wanli, with an inexplicable shooting case in which the crown prince Zhu Changluo was assassinated, the dispute between the country and the country finally came to an end.Since Zhu Yijun did not take any new measures in this last stage, the essence of this stage is Zhu Yijun's last struggle.

After understanding the above reasons, you can understand Zhu Yijun's pretending to be stupid at this time.

In essence, from the point of view of the entire civil official group, they don't really care much about who Zhu Yijun appoints as the prince, and who is appointed as the prince only affects the interests of individual factions-because the School of Mind supports Zhu Changluo, and the School of Reality supports Zhu Changluo Hao.

As for why the Mind School insisted on supporting Zhu Changluo, it was because of the events that had happened before that the "sunk cost" of the Mind School was already too high, as I said before.

In short, although the civil official group has its own ideas on who to establish, the essence of the "state-based struggle" has never been to establish who or not to establish, but to let the emperor know one thing: imperial power is limited, and the Confucian system cannot be violated !
And now?The emperor wanted to play dumb.
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