There is currently no Zongren Ling in the Zongren Mansion. Zuo Zongzheng is actually the number one person in the Zongren Mansion, so it is natural for him to be in charge of the government. But this is not the key. The key is that Hou Gongchen suddenly took over Zuo Zongzheng at this moment.
If you want to say that the affairs of the government have nothing to do with yesterday's highly pragmatic Shang Shu, I'm afraid even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe it.
However, this decision was actually made by Zhu Yijun himself, and Gao Pragmatic did not make any recommendations in front of him. It's just hard to say whether anyone would believe what he said.
After all, everyone in the court knew that Hou Gongchen, the consort, had been chosen by Gao Pragmatically for Princess Shouyang under a secret order. For this reason, he even took Hou Gongchen to live in his house for a while.
If the selection of a prince-in-law can be compared to taking the imperial examination, Gao Pragmatism is equivalent to Hou Gongchen's tutor and room master, and may also be regarded as a recommended official.
Therefore, based on the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, it can be simply stated that Hou Gongchen is a highly pragmatic person.
Of course, no one will say this explicitly, because Hou Gongchen can only be regarded as a member of the Tian family now. And on the other hand, it is quite interesting, that is, Hou Gongchen is now more "big" in officialdom than Gao pragmatism.
According to the setting up by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Zongren Mansion ranks first among all yamen in the world, and is also the first in the civil service. Therefore, the ranks of the five high officials in the Zongren Mansion are particularly noble - Tongtong Zhengyipin.
Hou Gongchen is now Zuo Zongzheng, an upright first-rank official. Doesn't he look much more powerful than Gao Jingshi, a third-rank minister? How can he be considered a high-pragmatic person?
It's just that officials in the Ming Dynasty often cannot be judged based on their rank alone. Just like the powerful seventh-rank patrol minister can make the second-rank chief minister behave and call himself a subordinate official, although the rank of the superior official in this sect is high,
, but if we talk about real power, then it’s haha.
Except for Zhu Xi, the first clan leader of the Qin Dynasty during the Taizu period, the subsequent clan officials had little real power because most of the actual affairs they were responsible for were slowly transferred to the Ministry of Rites.
Of course there are many reasons for this, but the main reason is actually very simple: after Yongle, the clans lost real power. If this is the case, why does your sect still have real power?
The decline of the status of the vassal vassal naturally led to the decline of the status of the clan government.
Therefore, there are almost only a few main tasks of the Zongren Mansion, such as taking charge of the emperor's nine clans and compiling the emperor's genealogy, recording the concubines, names and titles of the children of the clan members, the succession to the throne, the years of birth and death, marriages, and funeral titles.
Matters such as numbers - note that the Zongren Mansion only records, and the decision-making power rests with the emperor. In fact, these tasks are first discussed by the Ministry of Rites and then reported to the emperor. The Zongren Mansion is nothing more than a document.
So what is the real power of the clan government? Well, it is probably similar to the Party History Office.
Therefore, Hou Gongchen's appointment as Zuo Zongzheng was indispensable for Gao Pragmatic, but his sudden appointment must have been a signal to the outside world.
The emperor was moved by Gao's pragmatic suggestions.
This is the most basic political consciousness, because if the emperor is really just considering it very carefully, then he should keep calm now, and at most let the clan government send people to contact the sects and vassals in various places, and conduct overt and covert inspections to understand the sects and clans.
Do you support, oppose, or hesitate to open the vassal ban? Only by understanding these first can you make a firm decision.
However, the emperor was not like this. Instead, without saying a word, he pushed out the prince-in-law, Duwei Hou Gongchen, who had a very close relationship with Gao Pangshi, and directly appointed Zuo Zongzheng.
What does this mean? It is simply that the emperor believes that Hou Gongchen is the person who knows Gao Jingshi best among his relatives and is very close to Gao Jingshi. In the future, when implementing Gao Jingshi's suggestions in "Please open the feudal ban", he can even directly
Go to Gao Pragmatic for advice.
As for why they are relatives, this is simple: after Yongle, almost all the people in charge of the family affairs were foreign relatives, which has become a convention - foreign relatives are relatives of the emperor, but they are not real blood relatives, so their management of the clan is theoretically the most suitable
But.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while, nodded and said: "It seems that Captain Hou - oh, Hou Zongzheng will be very busy in the future."
Wu Dui looked at him carefully and suddenly asked: "To be honest, tell me how determined the emperor is to handle this matter?"
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment and replied: "As long as the emperor wants to fight to determine the remaining Yuan, this matter must be done."
Wu Dui looked clear and nodded, but immediately frowned and said thoughtfully: "What do you mean by this, it will be impossible to capture Tumen within at least one or two years?"
As expected, someone who had been a Grand Sima immediately noticed the anomaly in Gao Pragmatic's words.
Because the purpose of opening the vassal ban itself is to reduce the burden on the court, but such a thing cannot be completed in one or two years, and even because of the highly pragmatic "Please open the vassal ban", many preferential treatment policies are given, especially
Initial funds must be allocated to clans that are willing to make a living on their own, so once the number of clans that are willing to make a living for themselves increases, the sudden expenditures of the court may actually increase.
Under such circumstances, how could the imperial court have the money to hunt down Tumen?
Sure enough, Gao Jingshi nodded calmly and said: "Yes, according to my estimation, within three years, the court will not be able to come up with this salary and reward money - unless the emperor is willing to borrow money from Jinghua."
Wu Dui couldn't help frowning after hearing this.
Three years, isn't that too long? You, the Imperial Guard, have also trained, and all aspects of personnel arrangements are almost in place. But when things come to an end, the court has no money, and the war cannot be fought?
But Wu Dui couldn't object to it, because Gao's pragmatic approach itself took care of both the near and far - the court would not be able to save money without opening a vassal, and it was also uncertain when this battle would be fought, and opening a vassal
After the ban, at least we can have a more accurate estimate.
What's more, after the vassal ban was lifted, the burden on the court suddenly became much lighter. If there were other accidents in the future, it would no longer be as stretched as it was in the past, unable to do anything. In the end, it would be timid and ineffective in everything.
Therefore, it is the right time to open the vassal ban at this time, which not only solves the immediate trouble, but also avoids more troubles in the future. The only problem is time, and the time to launch the war will definitely be delayed.
"Why does it have to take three years?" Wu Dui finally couldn't help but ask.
Gao Pingshi said: "The first year will be a pilot, the next year will be a large-scale operation, and the third year will be completed - I mean if everything goes well."
Well, that means if things don't go well, we may not be able to stop it in three years.
Wu Dui said with some worry: "Can you ensure that everything goes smoothly? You know Xu Xuemo from the Ministry of Rites. He is the kind of person who does more than less..."
Gao pragmatic narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then it depends on how he understands the holy will."
Wu Dui's heart moved, and he asked somewhat unexpectedly: "You want to attack the Ministry of Rites?"
"Do it? What should I do?" Gao pragmatically raised his eyebrows slightly: "If the Ministry of Rites cannot properly implement the holy will, it will delay the important task of opening the vassal ban, and then affect the final battle of Western Huai Dongzhi... I don't think I need to
No matter what, some people will be eager to clean up the Ministry of Rites, so as not to deviate from the national policy."
Wu Dui was startled at first, then burst out laughing and said, "When it comes to taking advantage of the situation, I don't think anyone in the world can match your pursuit of truth."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said a few words of humility, then suddenly remembered something and asked: "Senior brother, is this the only reason why you came here today?"
Wu Dui slapped his forehead and said: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot about the real thing - there was a dispute in Liaodong, have you got the news?"
Gao pragmatic frowned and said: "What news?"
"Then it's gone." Wu Dui thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, this matter was taken along the Liao-Fu route and was submitted directly to the cabinet. It may not have been sent to the Ministry of War yet."
Li Song?
Gao Pragmatic said nothing, quietly waiting for Wu Dui to explain.
As expected, Wu Dui continued: "That guy named Nurhachi has completely defeated Nikan Wailan. Nikan Wailan was desperate and went to Qi Jin."
"Qi Jin?" Gao Pingshi was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it. He nodded and asked, "What did Qi Jin do?"
Wu Dui said: "You asked Cao Yu to keep Nikan Wailan before. Qi Jin naturally followed Cao Yu's previous order, so he kept Nikan Wailan. But it was precisely because of this that Nurhaci led his troops to
He lingered outside Fushun Pass and Liaodong was shaken, so Qi Jin personally led his troops to Fushun Pass and reported to Cao Yu that he would fight as many as Nurhachi came."
Gao pragmatic couldn't help but smile after hearing this. Qi Jin is quite courageous. If he knew Nurhaci's achievements in the original history, he wonders if he would have such courage.
But having said that, when Qi Jin went to work as a guerrilla in Shenyang, although his official position was just a guerrilla general, he had three thousand Qi family troops under his command, which was the strongest force in the world. Now that he has more soldiers than ordinary generals, then
It's not too much, so it's not surprising that he is more courageous.
Wu Dui did not laugh, but said seriously: "However, Qi Jin is not afraid, and Cao Yu is not afraid, but someone is 'afraid'. Li Song immediately sent someone to ask Cao Yu so that he would not easily anger Nurhachi. As for the reason,
, there are only two things: first, the focus of Liaodong has now shifted back to western Liaoning, and they must prepare for the attack on Tumen; second, the battle between Nurhachi and Nikanwailan is something that our Ming Dynasty would like to see, and now Nurhachi’s army is in full swing.
It would not be appropriate to confront him at this time."
Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "Who said that the confrontation between Nikan Wailan and Nurhachi is what I, the Ming Dynasty, would like to see?"
Wu Dui was stunned and said hesitantly: "Isn't it a consistent strategy to let them have a civil war?"
"It depends on the timing." Gao Pingshi shook his head and said: "If nothing happens to me, Da Ming, I can naturally sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and then support the weak and attack the strong, so that the power between them can be maintained in a balance, so that I, Da Ming, can control it. But
Now we may have something to do soon, how can we let them continue to fight at this time? What's more, Nurhaci has already gained the upper hand, and Nikanwailan is about to be defeated. If I, the Ming Dynasty, don't help, Nikanwailan will die.
Now, Nurhachi alone has the final say in establishing the state."
Wu Dui was a little surprised: "But wasn't Nurhaci supported by you? Besides, he is quite obedient."
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "One moment, another moment. Nurhaci is not my son. I helped him at that time just because I wanted to divide Ye He's power. Now Qing Jia Niu and Yang Ji Niu are dead, and Ye He is being severely hit.
At this time, Nurhaci happened to completely defeat Nikan Wailan. If he were allowed to continue to grow bigger, he might become the second Ye He. At that time, I, the Ming Dynasty, would probably be distracted from the decisive battle with Tumen, so I would definitely take care of it.
If we don't get to Nurhachi, what will happen if he continues to expand? This is not what our Ming Dynasty needs."
Wu Dui then understood and suddenly said: "So you asked Cao Yun to take in Nikan Wailan, not because you thought he would serve for many years, but because he still has value?"
Gao pragmatic nodded, but still added: "However, this is also for the sake of Ming's face - Nikan Wailan is completely on the side of Ming. If he dies like this, it will also damage Ming's prestige."
A big blow. Our policy is to make the Jurchens understand: as long as you are a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not just watch you die."
Wu Dui frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Then the situation is complicated now. Li Song ordered Cao Yu to be banned, and Qi Jin continued to anger Nurhaci and asked them to release him and hand over Nikan Wailan to Nurhachi.
However, Cao Yu seemed unwilling to listen, and Shangshu argued that this was done in accordance with your instructions when you left office, and asked the court to investigate in detail and issue a new order."
Gao Jingshi was a little surprised, and thought to himself: This guy Cao Yun really regards him as my direct descendant, how dare he directly refuse the governor's order?
But to be honest, he was still very happy with Cao Yun's reaction, which at least showed that he didn't get him out of prison in vain.
Thinking of this, Gao Pingshi said decisively: "We must support Cao Yun in this matter - of course, the method can be a little more particular, such as letting Zhou Lexuan (Governor of Jiliao Zhou Yong) express his position first, and then supporting his opinions."
Of course Wu Dui understood this method. What Gao Pragmatic meant was that there could not be such a bad incident as "deputy commander-in-chief confronting the governor". Governor Zhou Yong of Jiliao must be brought out to confront Li Song to change the nature of the matter.
one time.
The governor and governor have different opinions, and the Ministry of War supports Governor Ji Liao. This situation is very common and will not be criticized. Otherwise, the deputy commander-in-chief can justly ignore the governor of Liaodong, but the Ministry of War actually still
If you support this deputy general, the Ministry of War will soon be denounced by civil servants all over the world.
As long as Zhou Yong is brought out, Cao Yan's previous behavior will be understood as being secretly supported by Zhou Yong. This is not a nature issue, but a dispute over political opinions.
Wu Dui hesitated for a moment and asked: "It's easy to let Zhou Lexuan speak. He is originally one of ours, but... Nurhachi won't really dare to mess around, right? If he really sends troops to attack Fushun Pass, this matter will not happen
What a great ending.”
Let’s not talk about whether it will end well or not. At least if such a thing really happened, Li Song would have evidence in his hands - you see, it was just as I expected. Nurhachi was indeed angered by them. This was all due to Cao Yun and
It's Qi Jin's fault.
Would Nurhachi be so courageous? Gao Pragmatic actually felt that he would not, but it was best not to rely solely on his inner feelings. He thought for a while and said: "Nurhachi's side... I will personally edit a letter and write it to him."
, ordered him to retreat."
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