Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2276 Economy and Party Struggle () Journey to the West Case ()

The matter involved at least two royal palaces, and its nature inevitably changed. Although Gao Jingshi has guessed that Han Xu's move is most likely not to do something to Wu Cheng'en, but more likely to do something to the two princes, Gao Jingshi's first reaction is still not to understand, not to understand Han Xu What happened to two royal palaces suddenly?

Han Xu is the son of Han Ji and one of the important figures of the younger generation of the Real School. He shouldn't be doing useless work. He must have a clear purpose for doing this. The question is, what is this purpose?

The first thing Gao Pragmatic suspected was that Han Xu might have thought that the opening of the vassal ban was not complete enough, so he hoped to use the "Journey to the West Case" as an entry point to attack the kings of Zhou and Jing first, and start "opening the vassal ban 2.0" The first shot.

If that was his intention, then at least the idea was understandable, Gao said. As one of the important figures of the new generation of the Practical School, Han Xu may also regard himself as the "preserver prime minister". Since he is the prime minister, he must make some meritorious deeds on the way to becoming prime minister. Otherwise, how can he convince the public?

Gao pragmatic even suspected that Han Xu might have compared him with Gao Yuanfu, thinking that since Gao Yuanfu laid the foundation by making several great achievements and countless small achievements before taking up the post of chief assistant, he must also lay the corresponding foundation. merit, so that you can obtain the same qualifications in the future.

But there is a problem here. Although Han Xu is a generation later than Gao Jingshi, that is actually because Gao Jingshi was in a special situation and won the championship too early. In fact, if we look at age alone, Han Xu is only three years younger than Gao Pragmatic. If Gao Pangshi really works in the position of chief assistant until he retires, then even if Han Xu can succeed him, he will only have three years to do it - why bother?

So, could it be that the main purpose of Han Xu's consideration was not his personal career? Gao Pragmatic thought about it again and felt that if this was the case, then Han Xu's move could only be because he felt that he was standing on the basis of the interests of the entire Practical School, and thus made the decision to expand the "Journey to the West Case".

In other words, Han Xu may have believed that the opening of the vassal state was not completely completed just because Gao Pragmatic considered that the conditions were not yet mature at that time and could only proceed step by step. Now, Han Xu believed that the time was ripe for the Practical School to use the "Journey to the West Case" to launch the second vassal ban, in order to completely complete this reform and eliminate this cancer on the Ming Dynasty.

It seems...this possibility is indeed a bit higher.

Thinking of this, Gao Jingshi subconsciously stood up and paced, wondering whether he should proceed with Han Xu's wishes or stop it in time.

If you consider it from the perspective of protecting classics, there is no doubt that you should stop it immediately - after all, the original "Journey to the West" was not officially suppressed by the Ming Dynasty. However, a time traveler like me came over and actually copied "Journey to the West" It's banned, what's the deal? This must be a great loss to Chinese culture!

But having said that, in "Journey to the West", Zhu Bajie and Gao Laozhuang are used as metaphors for the Gao family of Xinzheng. This may actually make some sense. It's just that this kind of thing is too vague. Who knows what this metaphor is?

You can say that using Gao Laozhuang as a metaphor for the Gao family in Xinzheng is an insinuation that "Gao Laozhuang" is ignorant and has evil intentions. Just because Mr. Gao couldn't listen to the surrounding villagers laughing at him for having a monster son-in-law, he asked Sun Wukong to kill Zhu Bajie.

But you can also understand that Sun Wukong got the first help on his westward journey at Gao Laozhuang - Zhu Bajie, although his strength is limited, is still a help anyway, as Sun Wukong himself said: "farts add wind".

According to the former understanding, the author is simply implying that the Gao family of Xinzheng is vicious and ungrateful; according to the latter understanding, the author is actually praising "Sun Wukong", implying that although Gao Laozhuang of Xinzheng provided some help to Wukong, in fact such help was very limited, and it was Wukong himself who was truly capable of completing the journey to the West.

From this point of view, the first understanding is difficult to establish, because in reality, the Xinzheng Gao family did not do anything "ungrateful". Of the two generations of the Gao family, Gao Gong would repay Long Qing's kindness until his death, not to mention Gao Pingshi's gratitude to Zhu Yijun - everyone knows who is the chief contributor to the "Wanli Zhongxing" today.

Then, the metaphor of "Gao Laozhuang" in "Journey to the West" [at least the Journey to the West in this plane] will most likely not be a mockery, but some kind of affirmation. Considering the relationship between Wu Chengen and Li Chunfang, and the fact that Li Chunfang's resignation was more or less intended to give way to Gao Gong, the metaphor of "Gao Laozhuang" may also have some ambivalence: on the one hand, Wu Chengen has a certain ambivalence towards Li Chunfang, the old man. He felt some sympathy for his friend's experience, so he wanted to insinuate Gao Gong; on the one hand, Wu Cheng'en may have some appreciation for Gao Jingshi, so he implied that Gao Laozhuang [that is, Gao Jingshi's origin] had limited help for him, and today's achievements are mainly By his own efforts.

Of course, the premise of all this is based on Han Xu's analysis just now, that is, Sun Wukong is a metaphor for high pragmatism, and "Journey to the West" is a metaphor for "Wanli ZTE."

If this is the truth, then it can be seen that Wu Chengen did not have a good impression of the two emperors Jiajing and Wanli: Jiajing was like "how can a Taoist priest be the emperor", highlighting a fatuous and absurd figure; Wanli was just like Tang Monk, who was just auspicious on the way to learn Buddhist scriptures. The object is just a symbolic figure, and the actual work depends on the high pragmatism of Sun Wukong.

I think so, but if we really understand it this way, then many of Han Xu's accusations are difficult to establish - at least it should not be said that he was mocking the Gao family of Xinzheng.

However, the problem is that Han Xu is going to publish a Journey to the West to ridicule the Xinzheng Gao family. It is obvious that he is trying to win Gao Pangshi's support for him. Assuming that Gao pragmatic himself vetoed this accusation at this moment, then Han Xu would be a little embarrassed.

Of course, embarrassment is nothing but embarrassment. Even if the one about ridiculing the Gao family of Xinzheng is removed, if the other charges are proven true, "Journey to the West" and some related people and forces will not be able to get rid of it - at least, if it satirizes two generations of emperors If he is found guilty, the crime is already "deceiving the emperor".

This doesn't work.

Gao Pangshi quickly made a decision. No matter who Han Xu wanted to mess with this time, the book "Journey to the West" and its author must be preserved. He must not cause "Journey to the West" to become a banned book because of this matter, otherwise his conscience Uneasy.

The goal is set, now the question is how to achieve it.

To protect "Journey to the West" and its author, the simplest and most effective way is of course to directly deny Han Xu's accusations. However, Gao Pragmatism, who always believes that the butt determines the head, obviously will not do this - suppressing the rising stars of his own faction, this is not pro- Will those who hate others be happy? Gao pragmatism is not that stupid.

Therefore, what needs to be done now is to ensure that Han Xu's main goal is achieved - that is, to attack the Zhou Palace and the Jing Palace and start the second battle of "opening the vassal ban", which can also be regarded as another "cutting down the vassal state" . At the same time, we must remove "Journey to the West" and its author from this incident so that they will not be implicated in this incident.

This is a bit difficult...
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PS: Three days of Tomb-Sweeping Day, two days in the mountains, one day on the road... and it was raining all the time, it was incredible.