Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2169 Chief Baikui (Yuan [-]) Surprised
I thought the conversation should end here, but Gao Yushi never expected that Zhu Yijun's city mansion is getting deeper and deeper, so he suddenly asked: "Hey, by the way, Gao Yuan has been in southern Xinjiang for a while Bar?"

Gao Yushi was stunned, he didn't know why the emperor suddenly mentioned this matter, so he could only answer cautiously: "Yes, it should have been more than two months since the dog arrived in southern Xinjiang."

"It's been more than two months..." Zhu Yijun nodded repeatedly, and then asked, "Are your cronies who stayed in southern Xinjiang still obedient to him?"

Gao Wushi's heart moved, and he replied: "According to what I see, as long as I stay with His Majesty for a day, no one in the clan will question my decision, and no one will be rebellious against the dog."

Sure enough, Zhu Yijun laughed when he heard it, and said: "So, the patriarch of your Gao family is judged by his official position. Now you are the patriarch of the Xinzheng Gao family?"

Gao Wushi cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, and the family of ministers has been deeply favored by the emperor for several generations. Naturally, the monarchy must be orthodox."

Here is a little explanation. During the thousands of years of clan society in China, there are generally three ways to produce the "patriarch" of a certain family: one is natural generation; the other is election; the third is that the person with the highest official position automatically becomes the patriarch. , which is what Gao Yushi said at this time: to rule with the monarch orthodox.

The so-called natural generation, for example, your grandfather gave birth to five sons, and each son had five sons, then in this family of more than [-] people, your grandfather is the natural patriarch.There is no doubt about it, and there can be no dispute about it.

There is also the system of derivation for the natural generation of patriarchs. Take the Xinzheng Gao family as an example. If the current patriarch of the Gao family is Gao Wuzi, the son of the eldest son, then this is also a natural generation—that is, based on the theory of blood lineage, the theory of concubines, and the theory of primogeniture. To determine the patriarch.

In other words, natural generation is to see who is "arranged" by God to be the eldest son of the main branch (or Dazong) of the family. If the eldest son has passed away, then he must be the head of the clan.

The second type is referral.This is easy to understand, that is, to hold a meeting within the family and choose one of those who are qualified to be the patriarch to become the patriarch.Generally speaking, this situation occurs when the "attributes" such as the status, wealth, and fame of the candidates who are eligible to become patriarchs are almost the same. Method.

The third situation is based on official position.This method is very simple. If you are the biggest official under the emperor, then you will be the patriarch when you return to the clan.There is a special saying for this kind of situation, which is called "ruling with the monarch orthodox".

This method of producing patriarchs was very common in the Han Dynasty at the latest.For example, the Yuan family, the famous family of the fourth generation of the Sangong at the end of the Han Dynasty, decided the patriarch in this way: Yuan Shao's previous generation had three brothers, from oldest to youngest, they were Yuan Cheng, Yuan Feng, and Yuan Kai.

The eldest son, Yuan Cheng, died young, and his official position was Zuo Zhonglang. The remaining brothers were Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui.Yuan Shao was the concubine son of Yuan Feng, and his mother was just Yuan Feng's maid, so Yuan Feng simply adopted him to his elder brother Yuan Cheng who had passed away.After Yuan Feng's death, Yuan Kai became the head of the Yuan family until he was killed.

After Yuan Kui was killed, because Yuan Shao and his half-brother Yuan Shu were at odds, the two sides looked down on each other, so the Yuan family theoretically had no patriarch during this period.But later, Cao Cao "followed the emperor's order to not be a minister". Considering Yuan Shao's strength, he took the initiative to give up the post of general "on the third rank" to Yuan Shao. After he became Sikong, the Yuan family should regard Yuan Shao as the leader The patriarch is gone.

Speaking of this, it seems that there can also be a guess: Yuan Shu's arrogance and proclaiming the emperor may also be out of resentment that his official position is lower than that of the son of a slave in his eyes.But his strength at that time was there, and his relationship with Cao Cao was not good enough. It was impossible to expect to overwhelm Yuan Shao in the official position. Therefore, "jealousy made me unrecognizable", so he did the stupid thing of arrogating himself as emperor-of course he The fate of Yuan Shu is his own fault. This book has no intention of overturning the case for Yuan Shu, but to explore his possible mentality at that time.

Back to the point, the Xinzheng Gao Clan does not have any "ancestral system" in terms of producing patriarchs.Among the previous generation, Gao Gong was undoubtedly the highest official, but in fact Gao Gong did not become the patriarch until the death of his elder brother Gao Jie.

In other words, at the beginning, the head of the Gao family was "naturally generated", and when Gao Jie passed away, it was changed to "rule by the emperor orthodox", and did not continue the "naturally generated"—otherwise it should be the second brother Gao Duo Successor patriarch, because Gao Gong Xingsan.

But what is interesting is that after Gao Gong's death, the patriarch of the Gao family did not transfer directly to Gao Yushi—perhaps because Gao Yushi did not have an official in charge at that time.

In short, at that time, Gao Gong's fourth younger brother Gao Cai was temporarily appointed as the patriarch (the second elder brother Gao Duo had also passed away). By the time of Gao Cai's death, Gao Yushi had already become the assistant minister of the Rongzheng Military Department. The patriarch of the Xinzheng Gao clan——Gao Yushi surpassed his father Gao Cai at this time, and the generation mode of the Gao family's patriarch changed back to "ruling with the monarch or the orthodox clan".

At this time, Zhu Yijun was very happy to hear Gao Yushi's words, and said with a smile: "This is also reasonable. But it reminds me of one thing... Gao Yuan is also fourteen this year, right? I heard that his previous teachers were all He is an academic officer of the Imperial Academy, should we consider letting him go back to Xinzheng to get a student status, or go to the Imperial College to get a supervisor?"

Zhu Yijun suddenly cared about Gao Yuan's fame, which surprised Gao Yushi.From a practical point of view, for a family like the Gao family in Xinzheng, the status of the students in the family is almost guaranteed-no matter how poorly educated, who is the county master who would not be an official in Xinzheng? Save some face for the Gao family's children?So, it doesn't matter when you get it.

For a family like Xinzheng's Gao family, if the children of the clan want to pursue fame, they must also seek to be above Juren, because at the level of the provincial examination, it is not easy to mix qualifications just by brushing their faces, because Juren corresponds to the qualifications of being an official, not a scholar.

Of course, if Gao Wushi is willing to intervene in person, and wants to promote someone in the family to a fame, then don't mention raising people, even a Jinshi may not be unable to do it-Zhang Juzheng did it in the original history, or directly manipulated it to become the number one scholar. !

Although he was highly pragmatic and dared not say "I am not a prime minister, but a photographer", but considering his current status in the court and in the eyes of the emperor, if he really wanted to do this, nothing major would happen.What's more, although there are a lot of institutional constraints on the examination questions, given his contacts in the court, how difficult is it to get the questions in advance?As long as the topic is in hand, he himself can help write a top-level Cheng Wenlai.It's just that high pragmatism won't do that.

As for Gao Yuan's fame, Gao Yushi didn't care too much.He frowned, and replied hesitantly: "When the emperor mentioned this, I really hesitated..."

Zhu Yijun was surprised and said: "It's just a student test. Are you afraid that he won't pass the test? Why hesitate?"

"It's not about hesitation." Gao Wushi said with a wry smile: "I have a title now, and the dog son Gao Yuan is the eldest son, so I don't know whether he should go to the examination for merit."

"Oh, that's how it is." Zhu Yijun nodded, frowned, and muttered: "It's reasonable for you to hesitate like this. I have made a lot of military exploits towards famous nobles, so those who have nobles are all military officials, and military officials don't have to. The imperial examination. But you are different, according to my previous edict, you are a civil servant, and you are only the same as the former Korean Duke, so this is difficult."

Gao Wushi avoided speaking, and Zhu Yijun asked again: "The eldest son of Li Shanchang has accepted Princess Lin'an, so he must have never passed the imperial examination?"

"Yes." Gao pragmatically replied.

"Did I open a course to obtain a scholar at that time?" Zhu Yijun asked again.

Gao Wushi replied: "One year before the founding of the country, the first emperor Taizu issued the order of 'setting up two civil and military subjects to select scholars', which is considered to be the opening of subjects to obtain scholars. If this order is not counted, there will be another edict in the third year of Hongwu. In the fourth year of Hongwu’s reign, he formally started to select scholars. As for Li Qi, the son of the Duke of Korea, who was honored as Princess Lin’an, it was in the ninth year of Hongwu’s reign.”

"That means Li Qi didn't take the imperial examination." Zhu Yijun nodded, and said, "That's right, inheriting the title has its own qualifications to be an official, so why bother to take the exam?"

He seemed to have convinced himself, waved his hands and said, "That's it, your family Gao Yuan doesn't have to take the imperial examination. When he comes...uh, he will naturally be an official."

what in the future?Of course, Gao Yushi will no longer be around in the future, after Gao Yuan inherits the title.However, the emperor realized that it was too inauspicious after speaking halfway, so he quickly cut it off and swallowed it back.

However, Gao Wushi said: "The emperor's kindness is so great, I should have thanked you, but... I think it's better to take the exam."

"Why is that?" Zhu Yijun was stunned, and then seeing Gao Yushi's serious face, he suddenly realized, and slapped his thigh: "Oh, I see, you are worried that Gao Yuan will lose his status as a civil servant in the future, right? You don't care about that." Don't worry, you are a civil servant who was conferred a title by Xu's civil service, and your son will naturally be dismissed (appointed) as a civil servant in the future... Well, I will just find an opportunity to make a decree on this matter."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gao Yushi first thanked him in a polite manner, and then said: "However, this matter may cause criticism, I still think it would be better for him to take the imperial examination in person."

"What's the objection?" Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Are you worried that this civil servant's status is too noble, all civil servants in the world are passed the examination, but your family doesn't have to take the imperial examination, so it will cause gossip?"

"This is the first. The second is that this policy does not have the support of the ancestral system. If the minister's family makes an exception, it may destroy the ancestral law."

"Heh, the law of the ancestors has been broken again? The ancestors didn't expect that there will be literary meritorious titles in later generations, so what should we say?" Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. The famous weapon of the court belongs to the king. It is taught by the narration of the minister's merits.

In the future, if there is someone who can implement great policies for our great Ming country and society, clear up the 200-year-old evils of the imperial court, fill up the treasury that has been empty for a long time, and strengthen the weak military equipment, then he can also be a civil servant and a knight, just like you are today .Hmph, I'm afraid that talents are rare, why worry about the emperor's stinginess? "

After saying these words, it was difficult for Gao Yushi to find a way to refute, so he could only say with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, this is a case of a minister being roasted on the fire."

"Hey, don't talk nonsense." Zhu Yijun blinked, and said: "Cao Ah lied to me, why, you want to be Wei Wu?"

Gao Wushi was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed down to pay respects: "I've made a mistake, how dare I."

"I don't know if you dare or not, but I don't think you will." Zhu Yijun sighed suddenly, reached out to help Gao Wushi up, and said, "You grew up with me, and I know who you are, I don't doubt that you have such intentions. But... I have heard Gao Yuan's behavior in southern Xinjiang a few days ago, if I say I am not worried, I will be lying to you."

Gao Wushi was taken aback. He didn’t know what the emperor had heard in return—it’s not surprising that there was a report. Back then, Jin Yiwei found out about his affairs in Annan, and now his strength in southern Xinjiang is much stronger than before. Unless Jin Yiwei is full of dead people , otherwise it is impossible not to inquire.

"I have been busy with disaster relief these days, but I don't know what rebellious things Gouzi did in southern Xinjiang, which made the emperor worry?"

"It's not rebellious. It should even be said that he has done a few good things." Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows slightly, shook his head and said, "It's just based on his personality... the name you gave him, It’s more or less the opposite.”

The name and personality are totally different?Gao Pingshi couldn't help but be startled, and thought to himself: Yuan originally meant swirling water, but now it mostly refers to deep pools. I named it "Yuan". The original intention was just to commemorate the past with Zhiting, but the emperor didn't know that.

Then, the emperor should understand it literally at this time, and I am afraid that the word "Yuan" is just that I hope Yuan'er will be calm and thoughtful, and devote himself to learning.And he specifically refers to personality, that is to say... that Yuan'er is not "quiet" in doing things?
Yes, it must be so.Being not calm means reckless and staunch, and with such a character, if he inherits the powerful power I left him in the future, it will indeed be a threat from the emperor's point of view.However, what did Yuan'er do recently to make the emperor think so?
Even Gao Yuan was in a cold sweat at this time, but he really didn't care much about things other than disaster relief recently, and he really didn't know what Gao Yuan did in southern Xinjiang, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Zhu Yijun has been observing Gao Yushi's expression, and seeing that he is at a loss in his astonishment, he understands that this young man really doesn't know, so he slows down his tone and comforts him: "You don't have to worry, I just said , he is still doing a good job at the task at hand...

Well, there must be a detailed report in your mansion, but you haven't had time to read it recently.So how about it, you go back today and see for yourself, I won't say much here. Then he paused, and suddenly laughed again, jokingly said: "My son still expects you to teach him well in the future, and I don't worry about your own son's poor teaching." "

Hearing this, Gao Yushi broke out in a cold sweat, and said cautiously: "The emperor has praised you so much, I will retire now, and go back to the mansion to see what good things this rebellious son has done."

"I told you that you did a good job, why did you scold him?" Zhu Yijun approached him, stretched out his hands and patted Gao Pingshi on the shoulders, and said: "You will naturally know what is going on after you have seen it. Go Bar."

"The minister obeys the order. The minister resigns."
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PS: In the next chapter, I will start to write about southern Xinjiang... This "camera transition" made me very worried, and it was a bit difficult to arrange. The reason should be guessed after reading this chapter.

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