Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 587
Li Jing knew how many people he had offended in his life. What happened to Zhang Juzheng's family after his death was a lesson learned from the past. Li Jing didn't want his family to end up like Zhang's.If the son does not have military power in his hands, it is difficult to guarantee that some people will not counterattack after gaining power.With his son holding military power, these people dare not act rashly.

Because no matter how powerful the civilian officials are, they dare not lightly hold the princes who hold military power. After all, without the protection of the army, the so-called power is just a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water.

Doing this is Li Jing's family way, and it is also an attitude of being responsible for the family.

As for why Li Jing dared to put the time in 20 years or even longer, it is because the military system is different from the civilian system.

Compared with the civil service system, the military system is much simpler. It can be said that who belongs to whom and which faction belongs to it can be said to be clear at a glance. If it is not your people, you cannot command.

Few generals turned against Ge, because after rebelling against Ge, the reputation of this person in the army would be bad. No one wanted to deal with such a person, and of course no one would dare to promote him again. Can't mix anymore.

Because of this, those double-faced people can't get along in the army, and they can't get along for long.

The current army of Ming Dynasty can be said to be created by Li Jing. Most of the high-ranking generals were pulled out by Li Jing. The powerful generals have followed Li Jing since Li Jing started his career.These people are able to be what they are today, all thanks to Li Jing's cultivation, therefore, there is absolutely no doubt about the loyalty of these people to Li Jing.

Even if these people passed away, the generals they promoted would still be loyal to Li Jing or Li Jing's descendants.As long as Li Jing's descendants are not stupid, don't crowd out these people and encroach on their interests, these people will remain loyal to Li Jing's descendants.

If this kind of relationship wants to calm down, at least until these people die, or even the next batch of promoted people die, that is to say, it can last for at least 20 years.

Compared with the military system, the civil service system is much more complicated.It's not that civil servants are not loyal, but that there are too many departments in the civil service system, unlike the army, which only has two systems, combat and logistics.

The civil service system is first divided into local officials and Beijing officials, and then it is divided into countless departments. These departments are not affiliated with each other and form a department. If an official stays in one department forever and is promoted all the way up, then he will definitely be loyal to the person who promoted him dedicated.

But this is not the case in reality. Few officials will work in the same department forever. An official may be transferred in from the local area.

Because the right to speak about filling vacancies is mainly in the hands of the cabinet and the Ministry of Officials, especially the appointment of middle and senior officials, the head of the department only has the power to recommend.

At this time, it is difficult for the official's former boss or the person who promoted him to take care of him. If the official wants to stand up in the new department, he may have to find a new backer.

This is to look at the civil service system from the bottom up, and the same principle from the top down.

For example, if the servant of a certain department is transferred to a local office, or a local official is transferred to another local office, and then a new chief official comes to the department or locality, then the person's original subordinates and cronies may have to change their families.Otherwise, you have to fight against the superior, and few officials who oppose the boss can last long, even if he can push the boss away.

As for the struggle for power at the top, the people below look at the direction of the wind and take sides, and so on. Therefore, it is difficult for civil servants to guarantee that they will always be loyal to someone.

Including Li Jing, who is the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, there is no guarantee that the officials below are loyal to him. Not to mention the different political ideas, Li Jing has many political opponents. To so many low-level officials below.

In fact, the officials below all have their own backers and backgrounds. To arrange the positions of these people, Li Jing has to consider the interests of all parties and balance the relationships of all parties.

Most of the time, everyone only sees the scenery of powerful figures, but they don't know how many troubles they have, and the greater the power, the more troubles they have.Including the emperor who has the power of life and death over the ministers, why not worry about balancing the interests and relationships of all parties?
Because even the emperor cannot kill or remove all those who oppose him. After all, someone must come out to do things, and these people who come out will always fight against the emperor for power and interests.No matter how many people or batches are changed, it will always be like this.

To paraphrase a word, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are struggles, so people are rivers and lakes.

Li Jing has been in charge of the Pingyang Mansion for many years, and served as the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty for two years. He has read countless history books in these years, and he is very clear about these officialdoms. say.

Promote officials with achievements, and punish officials who have made mistakes.

If promotion and punishment are not based on personal likes and dislikes, others will not be able to find him to intercede, nor can they find him to reason.

Compared with those in power in previous dynasties, although Li Jing's doing so inevitably had to consider the interests and relationships of all parties, it still saved a lot of trouble after all.

What Li Jing considers is to balance the relationship and interests of the people below, while the people below have to consider the suspicion of their superiors.

Shen Zhengzheng was cautious when he was in Hongshanling, afraid that Li Jing would suspect him because he was too powerful. Now that he is in a high position, he is naturally even more cautious.

Because Shen Zheng knew that he might not be the only official backer under him, but he had only one backer, and that was Li Jing. If Li Jing suspected him in his heart, then he would fall right away.

Once it comes to power struggles, not to mention his father-in-law, even his father-in-law is probably not easy to use. Family affection is worthless in front of power.

What made Li Jing suspicious was Shen Zheng's power. Once Li Jing felt that Shen Zheng's power threatened him, Li Jing would take Shen Zheng down without hesitation.

Li Jing asked Shen Zheng to distribute travel expenses to the students. Public funds should have been used. Shen Zheng wanted to save money for the national treasury. It was good intentions for Shen Zheng to pay for it himself, but his kindness was a way of death.

Future officials of the country, why do you personally pay for training?Do you want to show kindness to these people, so that you can form cliques in the future?
Even if the students are grateful, they have to be grateful to Li Jing, and to repay Li Jing's kindness in the future.

It was when he suddenly thought of this that Shen Zheng quickly changed his words.

And Li Jing said lightly, father-in-law, you are overthinking, which made Shen Zheng even more horrified.This shows that Li Jing was aware of the powerful relationship in an instant.

Some people are born with a keen sense of politics, and Li Jing is undoubtedly such a person. In front of Li Jing, he must be careful when speaking, and he must never speak directly.

In Li Jing's position, even if he is gossiping with you, you have to be careful, and carefully consider what Li Jing's intentions are when he says those words.

In fact, it is very difficult for Li Jing to talk to anyone now, even if he is really talking to someone, you have to weigh your own identity.Because now there are only a few people who can make Li Jing really talk to each other, and there may not be more than ten people in total.

Shen Zheng hesitated for a moment. The five people who can make Li Jing really feel at ease, Chen Dahu, Liu Erleng, Ma Wu, Zhuzi, and Gao Qi, must have no problems. Sun Meng should also be counted as one, Cao Wenzhao?I'm afraid it's a bit reluctant.As for the rest of the people, it might be difficult for Li Jing to speak his mind.

What about yourself?Will Li Jing talk to him from the bottom of his heart?I'm afraid it's barely at most.

Suddenly, Shen Zheng realized that even he was not sure if he was Li Jing's most intimate person.

Shen Zheng knew what his problem was, because he had two younger brothers and several nephews.

As his status became higher and more powerful, he inevitably had to take care of his younger brother and nephew. In the past two years, the second and third members of the Shen family took advantage of his power to gain a lot of benefits, and these things were committed. Li Jing's taboo.

However, if Shen Zheng didn't take care of his younger brother and nephew, he would feel very sorry, because at the beginning he was the one who made the decision and devoted himself to supporting Li Jing. Now that Li Jing is in power, Shen Zheng is also in power. Li can't justify it.

Li Jing was very clear about what Shen Zheng was doing, but Li Jing couldn't say anything.

After Li Jing came to the Ming Dynasty, there were three people who showed great kindness to Li Jing. The first person was Shen Zheng. It can be said that Shen Zheng went bankrupt in order to support Li Jing. Without the support of Shen Zheng and the Shen family, Li Jing would never have achieved such an easy thing.

The second person is Yuan Keli. The strategic plan formulated by Li Jing was formulated under the guidance of Yuan Keli.And Li Jing's ability to become a mature politician is inseparable from Yuan Keli's teachings.It can be said that without Yuan Keli's teaching, Li Jing would be nothing but a brave man.

The third person is old man Chen. When Li Jing was alone, old man Chen gave Li Jing his two sons and the heirs from Chen Zhuang. It was these few people who formed Li Jing's starting team.

In addition, if there was no old man Chen back then, Shen Ying and Mrs. Shen might not be able to keep them. If they couldn't keep Shen Ying, the Shen family would have parted ways with Li Jing long ago.

Shen Zheng, Yuan Keli, and old man Chen all showed great kindness to Li Jing, and now that Li Jing has done something, he will naturally repay them.Even if they and their family members killed and set fire, Li Jing had to find a way to save their lives.

What pleased Li Jing was that the three families hadn't done such a lawless thing yet.

In comparison, the Yuan family and the Chen family are more self-disciplined than the Shen family.Needless to say, the Yuan family, with Yuan Keli's family education, the descendants of the Yuan family have never done anything illegal by relying on the power of their grandfather and father.

Although the old man Chen has never read a book, he is very sensible. He knows who is responsible for the Chen family's power today. How can he allow future generations to tarnish Li Jing's reputation?

(End of this chapter)