Chapter 123 The Holy Family Tailong is also in trouble
It was late at night, and Gao Mingshi was about to fall asleep, but Gao Mo suddenly came downstairs to ask for an audience. Gao Pingshi cheered up and asked him to go upstairs. When Gao Mo saw the master, he said: "Gong Cheng Guo sent a message saying that the Holy Spirit has not yet arrived.
Can you comment?"
Gao pragmatic couldn't help but be surprised after hearing this, and secretly thought: Could it be that the emperor is determined to knight me this time? This is not necessarily a good thing. It may be good for me personally, but the impact on the overall situation is too bad. Not only
Shen Shixing would definitely not accept it, and I'm afraid Xu Guo wouldn't be happy either.
The current situation is still maintainable, because a strange balance has been achieved: the pragmatic school has a slight advantage in the upper echelons of the imperial court, but there are vaguely two mountains standing side by side. Among them, Xu Guo has the advantage of official position, while Gao Pragmatism has the advantage of strength.
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The Heart School does not have a dominant position at the top in general, but because only Shen Shixing is the only core member in the cabinet, the rest of the group cannot shake his position and can only unite under his wings, but they appear to be more united.
Moreover, the current situation within the Pragmatic School is not due to any dispute of temper between Xu Guo and Gao Pragmatic, but rather due to the formation of different governance ideas between the two schools.
Although the officials who supported Xu Guohe were also reformers, they should be counted as conservatives or moderates among the reformers. They believed that the existing reform efforts were already very strong and there was no need to deepen them, lest it lead to the comprehensive collapse of the Hexin School.
When starting a war, we should maintain the current intensity at this time, and just gradually expand the scope of some previous reforms, especially pilot reforms, and strive to spread them to all parts of the country.
The faction headed by Gao Pragmatic can be called the radical faction or the young faction. Its typical characteristic is that it believes that the current reforms are not deep enough and not only cannot be stopped, but also need to be vigorously strengthened.
Officials of this group believe that although the current reforms have achieved initial results, both in terms of imperial finances and armament updates, they have been significantly enhanced, but most of the reforms themselves are still at the level of "treating headaches, treating headaches, and treating pains," and rarely touch the core.
, touching the soul, many chronic diseases of the Ming Dynasty have not been cured.
Under such circumstances, reform is like sailing against the current. If we don't advance, we will retreat. How can we stop? We need to make persistent efforts and make further progress.
The black top controlled by Gao Mo once had a simple statistics. According to this statistics, it can be found that the supporters of the pragmatic school of Gao are mostly "those who are expected to further their official careers", while most of Xu Guo's supporters have already
It is difficult to continue to "progress", mainly those who are approaching the age of officialdom.
If the situation is just that simple, then Xu Guo's strength should actually be stronger - after all, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty depends on seniority. Since most of his supporters are old people, of course, the official position is usually higher and the weight is usually more important.
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In fact, it is not. One of Gao Pragmatic's greatest reliance is the "legacy of the three generations of chief assistants." How many disciples did Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei leave behind? You know, the vast majority of these people
They all have to support high pragmatism.
Why is it called "have to"? As mentioned before, the teacher-student relationship is almost an iron law in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Those who dare to disobey the teacher are very rare. In the original history, this kind of thing almost only happened to Zhang Juzheng's disciples - because of Zhang Juzheng's love affair.
Many of his disciples went to court to impeach their teacher, and Zhang Juzheng was not polite and directly suppressed them to death. This set a record for teacher-student antagonism in the Ming Dynasty, and even seemed to be the only record.
China has had a tradition of respecting teachers since ancient times, and respect for the chairperson is even greater. The imperial examination itself is very contingency. Once the candidate is named on the gold medal list, the future of the candidate's life will be determined. Therefore, there was a champion in the Ming Dynasty who said: "Drink water
Then think of the source, lean on the tree and think of the shade; a crown, a group, An Suofei is a gift from the teacher!"
Therefore, scholars are naturally grateful to their masters. Once they are in high school and after the results of the imperial examinations are released, the first thing the disciples have to do is to throw "disciple thorns" at the masters, and "pay homage" and "zhijian" (hold gifts to ask for an audience).
, to confirm the relationship between the host and the disciple.
Although Gao Pragmatic's teacher is Shen Shixing, Gao Pragmatic will obviously not pay homage to him, so they can only be called teachers and students in name, but they will not be treated as teachers and students by ordinary people. This is the reason.
This is just the beginning. The disciples will often come to class and meet the teacher. In addition to these human exchanges, they must also write books for the teacher, consciously move closer, and follow the teacher's lead in the officialdom. The students must work hard for the teacher while he is alive, and will die for him.
Later, he would also attend to his funeral, write commemorative poems, and take care of his family members.
As a teacher, the teacher will reciprocate the kindness to his students and do his best to take care of them, such as giving priority to promoting students and actively expanding their political influence. Even if the students make mistakes, they will try their best to help them absolve themselves of their guilt.
The reason why the teacher-student etiquette became a recognized intimate relationship in the Ming Dynasty is that the teachers are not only teachers, but also the career guides for newcomers to the imperial examination. Usually those who serve as the examiners of the imperial examination are important cabinet ministers, and they can climb up with such important ministers.
Guanxi is what many scholars crave.
The relationship between the master and his disciples is one of giving and repaying kindness, and at the same time they constitute a community of interests. For the disciples, there are people in the court who are good at becoming officials, and the teacher's advice and care are extremely important human resources for them. For the master,
It is said that caring for and promoting disciples is to cultivate one's own political power. Therefore, in addition to the emotional teacher-student relationship, the disciples have more awareness of being a community of interests.
For this reason, as the heir to the mantle of the third generation of chief ministers, of course, the teacher-student relationship of the three chief ministers has also been established. He has a close relationship with their disciples and disciples, breaking bones and connecting tendons. This is a derivative of the teacher-student relationship.
Variety.
But there are exceptions to everything, and there are also cases where the master and his disciples have a bad fight, and even turn against each other. The most famous example is Zhang Juzheng in original history.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the original history, Teacher Zhang became the chief minister of the cabinet from the early years of Wanli, and gained the trust of Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli. He was in charge of the Ming Dynasty for ten years, which can be said to be the history of the Ming Dynasty.
The most powerful chief minister, but he probably did not expect that an unprecedented scandal involving students impeaching teachers would happen to him.
The first person to impeach him was his disciple Liu Tai. He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing. Zhang Juzheng was the examiner that year. The two had a real teacher-student relationship. Zhang Juzheng was kind to Liu Tai, and he was his
Not only did Liu Taizhong become the head of the Ministry of Punishment for two years after becoming a Jinshi, he was promoted to the position of Supervisory Censor to patrol Liaodong.
Such an encounter is a rare opportunity for many people in their lifetime. Liu Tai was naturally grateful to Zhang Juzheng, but something happened when he was serving as the supervisory censor, which changed everything: Li Chengliang, the then commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was attacking Mongolia.
A great victory was achieved in the battle.
Li Chengliang was also a trusted minister of Zhang Juzheng, but Liu Tai did not know whether he was too happy or eager to take credit, so he reported the matter to the court first. However, according to the system, the report should have been jointly signed by the commander-in-chief and the governor. As a patrol officer, Liu Tai
Press, he doesn't care about the memorial. What he should care about is whether some of the specific credits in the memorial are true or false.
Of course, although it is not a big deal to claim credit for a victory, it is still classified as "carelessness" as a rule. This carelessness can be considered light or serious. Ordinarily, with Zhang Juzheng's power at the time, he could certainly take care of his disciples and suppress this matter easily.
, but he probably wanted to give this disciple a beating and asked for an order to reprimand him.
Unexpectedly, Liu Tai quit his job now. He was so angry that he wrote a memorial in the fourth year of Wanli and did something groundbreaking. He directly broke his face and openly impeached his teacher Zhang Juzheng.
In this memorial, Liu Tai listed seven major crimes against his teacher: First, he expelled Gao Gong for demonstrations and left a book of morals, which made the court rude to the old ministers; second, he violated the ancestral system and presented Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, with the title of king;
The third is to appoint Zhang Siwei, Zhang Han and other cronies; the fourth is to use power for one's own purposes and has no court, and the courtiers fear the upright ones more than they fear His Majesty; the fifth is to use the examination method to hijack the six ministries; the sixth is to destroy the officials and hate the upright ones.
The seventh is to use power for personal gain, seize the palace of the Liao prince, seek provincial examinations for his children, build a mansion in Jiangling, and accept bribes from military officials.
There is a saying in later generations that a fortress is easiest to conquer from the inside, so these seven charges really hit Zhang Juzheng's sore spots one by one. Moreover, because of Liu Tai's special identity, it increased the credibility of the impeachment charges.
Liu Tai even pointed out in the memorial that Zhang Juzheng "had not been in power for a long time, but he became rich and wealthy throughout Chu. How could he have done this? How could he have done this? The palace had horses, concubines, and the emperor was the same as the king. How could he have done this?" This implicit reference to Zhang Juzheng.
There are heart-breaking words with disloyalty, which shows that Zhang Juzheng will be put to death and then quickly.
It stands to reason that I just hit you a little bit, which is almost a "verbal criticism", and I didn't hurt you much. Can you act like you have a sworn hatred? (Note: To be honest, I don't understand this very well.
, I don’t know if there is anything I can dig deeper, but I haven’t found any more evidence to prove that Liu Tai had other grudges with his teacher Zhang Juzheng before this.)
After the incident, Zhang Juzheng was of course furious. What made him most angry was that "no student has impeached his teacher in two hundred years (Zhang Juzheng's original words)". In the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the matter of students impeaching their teachers had never happened.
It was his own fault. So he submitted his resignation to Emperor Wanli in court, "Ji Weiyi went to thank him."
Zhang Shoufu was so excited that he fell to the ground and burst into tears on the spot. Emperor Wanli personally came down from the throne to support him and comforted him repeatedly. Zhang Juzheng reluctantly agreed, but he still stayed at home and ignored the government affairs.
When Zhu Yijun saw that the matter was unresolved, he immediately sent Sun Long, the eunuch in charge of rituals, to personally escort Liu Tai back to Beijing with his own handwriting. He was sent to prison, given a hundred imperial staffs, and exiled by the army.
At this time, Zhang Juzheng was doing enough on the surface, asking for help for Liu Tai, and begging the emperor to depose him as a commoner. But secretly, he hated him deeply. Someone saw Zhang Shoufu's true thoughts, secretly made up some accusations, and falsely accused Liu
Taiwan, and finally exiled him to Guangxi, where even his father and younger brother were not spared.
However, the matter was not over yet. Instead of deterring the opponents, Zhang Juzheng's move caused an uproar among his disciples. In the second year after Liu Tai impeached him, Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness and as a rule, he had to observe mourning for three years.
, but he didn't want to leave, so he sent a petition to the emperor, asking the emperor to retain him in the name of seizing love.
Many opponents used this matter to impeach Zhang Juzheng. The first people to attack happened to be his disciples-Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian. Like Liu Tai, they were both Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing's reign. They impeached Zhang Juzheng one day apart.
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Zhang Juzheng was furious when his backyard caught fire one after another. He used his imperial staff on two students. Wu Zhongxing was almost beaten to death on the spot and was dragged out of Chang'an Gate with a cloth. Zhao Yongxian was beaten until the flesh of his legs ulcerated, "the flesh fell like the palm of his hand."
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However, the imperial stick is very interesting. Officials of the Ming Dynasty especially liked to be beaten with the imperial rod. After this incident, the two men became models of integrity, "shout the world" and gained a high reputation. However, Zhang Juzheng hated them.
It was so deeply ingrained in my heart that until the ninth year of Wanli, I was instructed to give "special care" to my two students: never use them again.
In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng died of illness. What is even more dramatic is that Liu Tai died in exile on the same day as him. After Zhang Juzheng's death, he was soon impeached. Emperor Wanli issued an edict to inspect the Zhang family. Officials he appointed might be dismissed.
Perhaps they were killed, but Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian were rehabilitated one after another, bringing an end to this tortuous master-disciple relationship.
These things did not happen in the current highly pragmatic world, and to some extent they were less exciting, but on the contrary, they preserved more face for Zhang Juzheng - because Gao Gong died suddenly after hearing the news of his death, and later Zhu Yijun
Unable to resist Gao Pragmatic's repeated persuasion, Zhang Juzheng was restored to his official position and offered sacrifices.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is why Zhang Juzheng's sons thanked Gao Jingshi. Last night, Zhang Cheng said that not only did they not dare to seek revenge from Gao Jingshi, but they looked up to Gao Jingshi and snorted.
Being an official also originated from this.
So, since Gao Pragmatic has such an advantage, why is he still unwilling to overturn the table and simply fall out completely with Xu Guo, or even "unify" the pragmatic school? The reason why Zhang Juzheng's teachers and students turned against each other just now is this: Gao Gong and other three
Although the disciples left behind by the chief minister have to stand on the same front as Gao Jingshi under normal circumstances, if serious differences arise, they may break with Gao Jingshi just like Liu Tai impeached Zhang Juzheng.
People are not NPCs, and they do not have a fixed goal to follow to the end. Once they think that Gao Pragmatic's actions may lead to "civil strife" in the Practical School, who can guarantee that their stance will not change?
This is precisely why officials like to seek stability most and will never take risks unless absolutely necessary.
But now that the emperor's thoughts are unclear, Gao Pragmatic has to be vigilant: What if most people oppose his knighthood, but the emperor insists on knighting himself, what will happen?
It will turn me into a "lonely minister" due to my high pragmatism.
Guchen, it sounds good, it is simply outstanding, everyone is drunk and I am sober. Unfortunately, this is very bad for Gao Pragmatic.
How can you become a lonely minister if you want to carry out reforms? Grandpa Mao once taught: Politics is to recruit more and more of our people, and to reduce the number of the enemy's people.
I have become a lonely minister. Wouldn’t the Heart School win without a fight? Then I’m going to reform it!
Who will listen to me and help me do specific things?
Gao Pragmatic suddenly broke out in a sweat because of the emperor's special favor.
But the biggest trouble now is that he is resting at home, and it is impossible to ask for an audience with the emperor - he has not been rewarded for his great achievements. What do you want to do by asking for an audience with the emperor? Rumors from the outside world can drown Gao Pragmatic.
Not to mention going to see the emperor in person, even if you contact Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, you have to be careful. After all, if there are rumors that he is colluding with Zhongguan at this time, it will not be easy.
After thinking about it, Gao Jingshi suddenly had an idea and said to Gao Mo: "Last time, I asked Princess Yongning to persuade the queen to accept Mr. Binhu's treatment. I don't know how this went. Did the princess send someone to tell her?
News? Also...is it possible for Her Royal Highness the Princess to come out of the palace to meet with me?"
Gao Mo quickly lowered his head and said: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess did send someone to contact us before, but she wanted to tell the master face to face. If the master wants to see her eldest princess, your highness will not refuse. So I will send someone quietly tomorrow morning
Contact Changchun Palace and see if it’s feasible?"
Gao pragmatic nodded immediately: "Okay, let's do it!"
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