The biggest difference between Shen Shixing and other officials is not that he is the chief minister, which means his status is much higher, but that Shen Shixing has served as the emperor's "common knowledge of the classics" since he was still the prince, and he has a great influence on the emperor.
Knows far more than other officials within the same faction.
Tongzhi Jingyan, a simple analogy is equivalent to the deputy head teacher in later generations. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's "head teacher" at that time was Gao Gong and Zhu Xizhong - of course this was set up to show that the prince needed both civil and military skills. In fact, Zhu Xizhong was only in name.
The real "head teacher" is Gao Gong.
However, at that time, Gao Gong was the chief minister of the cabinet and also the minister of the Ministry of official affairs. The handling of government affairs alone was already extremely heavy. How could he really fulfill his duties of "knowing the classics and banquets"? He was remarkable.
To grasp the general direction, the actual work can basically be left to Shen Shixing, who was the Minister of Rites at the time.
In other words, Shen Shixing was the "deputy head teacher and acting head teacher" at that time, and the "imperial teacher" who knew Zhu Yijun best.
In terms of grasping Zhu Yijun's ideological trends, behavioral habits, etc., the person who ranks first in the world is Gao pragmatism, and the person who ranks closely behind is Shen Shixing.
Not only was Gao Pragmatic well aware of Zhu Yijun's employment habits, but Shen Yuanfu was also well aware of it. Zhu Yijun was always "easy to speak" to the ministers he trusted; he was also able to handle all aspects of what his trusted ministers wanted to do.
support - unless you can get things done with that level of support, but that's another story.
Specific to Gao Jingshi's matter this time, Zhu Yijun himself is very likely to express support, because Gao Jingshi's Minister of Household Affairs was originally "decided" and proposed by him personally, and the cabinet and Jiu Qing's proposals were actually just "
"make up for the vote", so it was already very difficult to persuade him to stop Gao Pragmatic at this time. Shen Shixing's "discussing the matter based on the facts" was for this purpose.
However, these officials did not understand the importance and even found the wrong breakthrough.
Given Zhu Yijun's level of trust in Gao Pragmatic, why are you so bad at slandering Gao Pragmatic? You want to slander him for slandering you?
Oh, you said you were impeaching Gao Jingshi for slandering the later emperor instead of the current emperor. Then I have to ask, who was the later emperor? The emperor is not even willing to establish a prince now. Do you expect the emperor to do it now?
Are you concerned about this?
What's more, what is Gao Wuchen's current position?
Minister of the Ministry of Finance? Yes, that’s right, but... what else?
He is the Crown Prince and Grand Master! Don’t you think that the title is just a hat?
I am the prince's master, and even criticizing the prince is my duty and a serious matter. I mentioned in the memorial that I am worried about the effectiveness of the princes' future education. Is there anything wrong with this?
There are many things in this world that A can say but B can't. This is perfectly normal. It's like you are a father and it's natural for you to humbly call your son "dog son", but if someone else comes and says
Your son is a "dog son", why don't you be so angry that you want to break his legs?
Therefore, there is no problem for Gao Pragmatic to say this while wearing the title of Crown Prince and Grand Master. If he has to say so, he can only say it when he has completely lost the Holy Family, because that time is like before Yan Song's fall.
——The emperor was tired of it and didn't want to see him again.
However, has Gao Jingshi lost his holy family? Is the emperor tired of him?
No. Not only no, in fact, from the fact that the emperor personally appointed him as the Minister of Household Affairs, it can be seen that the emperor's dependence on him is actually higher.
Shen Shixing is very clear about where his pressure as the contemporary leader of the Xin School comes from: the young emperor is obsessed with completing the unfinished business of his second ancestors, overthrowing the remaining Yuan Dynasty, eliminating the last military threat in northern Xinjiang, and concentrating on the world, living in China.
Rule all nations.
However, to achieve this goal, the most important things ultimately come down to two points: military power and financial resources.
Military strength is not just about troops, but also includes equipment, morale, training, generals, logistics, and other aspects. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, the ones that most meet the standards in terms of these requirements are Xuanda and Jiliao, the "Gyeonggi and Jilin wings", and in these two wings,
Among the elite, except for one Li Chengliang's subordinate, almost all are direct or collateral forces with high pragmatism.
In addition, Gao Pangshi himself has already achieved great success and fame after winning several battles. Who else would he not use in the "big decisive battle"? Could it be that the emperor would use me, Shen Shixing, to lead the troops?
It can even be said like this: If the emperor does not send Gao Pragmatic to fight this battle, no matter who he assigns, some people will definitely be dissatisfied, and even that person himself may not dare to accept this decree!
The "hope" of a civil servant can be cultivated, but the "hope" of a civil servant can only be cultivated!
Xi Xie'an seemed very calm when he said, "The younger generation has defeated the enemy." However, when his friend left in surprise, he stumbled on the threshold and almost fell when he was going out. After he stood firm, he smiled up at the sky and cried with joy.
What does it mean? It means that with Xie An’s status and prestige at that time, when he didn’t have a decisive victory in his hands, he didn’t feel confident in his heart! Only when this victory is guaranteed, can it be considered true.
It became the white jade pillar that supported the sky and the purple golden beam that supported the sea in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
But what about Gao Pragmatism? Although he was also a very unique existence in the Ming Dynasty, his prestige among civil servants was definitely not as good as that of Xie An at that time. However, if we just talk about the use of troops, he was more prestigious than Feishui.
Xie An before the war made people more confident.
Ask yourself, even if he is Shen Shixing, he still has too much faith in his ability to use troops pragmatically. As the biggest "opposition", this is true for everyone else.
Therefore, on the key point of "military strength", the emperor must have high hopes for Gao Jingshi. In the words of the emperor to comfort Gao Jingshi after he was impeached several times before, it is "I deeply rely on him."
Originally, with such a key point occupied by Gao Pragmatic, his position was already very stable. The ancients said that "the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked", and "the bird is gone and the bow is hidden". Now that the rabbit is not dead and the bird is not gone, Gao Pragmatic's status is basically gone.
It was impossible to waver, which already made Shen Shixing find it very difficult.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But something more troublesome has emerged: the emperor believes that Gao Pragmatism is not only unmatched in fighting, but also in financial management, so when the current
The biggest trouble was that after switching from military affairs to financial management, he actually seized the opportunity to "exchange a reward for promotion" and pushed the 25-year-old Gao Pragmatic directly to the key position of Minister of Household Affairs.
To be fair, Shen Shixing actually thinks that Gao Pingshi must be very good at financial management - this is bullshit. Just look at Jinghua and you will know that it is not a "first hand", but a "holy hand"!
However, the fixed thinking over the years still makes Shen Shixing suspicious, that is, there may be no problem in using highly pragmatic methods to "regulate the family", but it may not be so reliable when used to govern the country.
Although Shen Shixing didn't know much about the highly pragmatic "buying and selling", he still knew the general situation: Jinghua almost never bought land when buying land, but only bought mines, coal fields or seaport commercial land. In fact, this was a misunderstanding.
Annan and other southern Xinjiang countries now have a lot of land, but Shen Shixing doesn't know about it.
Shen Shixing believes that this means that Gao Pragmatic not only does not attach importance to agriculture in his heart, but may even underestimate agriculture. Don't look at what he said in "Qi Yong Shu": "Without scholars, the country will be unclear; without agriculture, the country will be unstable and without workers."
The country will not be strong, and without business, the country will not be rich." In fact, the only things this guy really values in his heart are industry and commerce.
Just look at Jinghua and you will know that he made his fortune through industry and commerce!
Although Shen Shixing felt that Gao's pragmatic stance was distorted. Although he clearly made his fortune through industry and commerce, he still insisted on taxing both industry and commerce. However, Shen Shixing felt that this could be interpreted as Gao's pragmatism's unscrupulous ways to maintain his favor.
However, if you are willing to pay more taxes just to keep yourself favored, why do you expect others to be the same as you? You know that you are the real "preserver prime minister", are everyone else also the prime minister?
Of course, there is no need to think too much about this for the time being. Anyway, Gao Pragmatic has even written a memorial. It is better to hope to change the emperor's mind than to hope to change his mind. At least the emperor has not expressed his position yet, and there is still a chance to fight for it.
But as mentioned above, the emperor's top priority was to destroy the residual Yuan, and he had to rely on Gao Jingshi in the military. Now he still pinned his hopes on Gao Jingshi for financial management. Shen Shixing knew that he wanted to change the emperor's mind.
It’s getting harder and harder.
But Shen Shixing still felt that unlike the military, where Gao Pragmatism was already in a position that no one could compete with, financially, even with Jinghua as his card, he had not yet reached that point and could still strive for it.
From the front, you can say that he neglects farming, and from the side, you can say that his plan is not feasible. You can try all of these things, but calling him a traitor and slandering you is meaningless and may even be counterproductive.
Shen Shixing looked at a bunch of memorials written by Xin School officials who had found the wrong breakthrough. He was silent for a moment, and he had already begun to think about how to redeem himself.
These memorials were submitted in public. They were originally intended to create a situation in which "the whole court overthrows the superiority", so that Zhu Yijun had to consider the threat of "public opinion". However, now it has become a problem - no one can suppress the public memorials.
Yes, especially the cabinet cannot suppress it, because after the memorial passes through the General Affairs Department, it is equivalent to being known to all officials in the world.
This situation is different from some powerful eunuchs deceiving the emperor. The reason why the eunuchs deceive the emperor is because the eunuch can completely control the ceremonial supervisor, and he only needs to keep the emperor in the dark. In terms of "operational difficulty"
It’s not very high, but the risk is relatively high—if something goes wrong, you’ll probably be liquidated.
The cabinet does not have this ability, because the hierarchy of the civil service group is more complicated and there are too many agencies. Any leakage in any link will cause a big stir. Moreover, Shen Shixing cannot be said to be a powerful minister who can dominate the sky - not even Yan Song has that ability, let alone
Time to apply?
So it is very troublesome for Shen Shixing to recover now. First of all, as the chief minister and the cabinet minister who is writing today, he has to draft these memorials - there are some memorials that do not require drafting, for example, they only involve Tianjia family affairs.
Or if it only involves the emperor himself, the cabinet may not make a vote and just forward it directly.
Now these are not of this type, so Shen Shixing has to get a vote. If he wants a vote, then Shen Shixing has to show an attitude no matter what - even if he does Tai Chi, it is still an attitude.
However, what kind of attitude should be expressed? Shen Shixing felt very embarrassed.
It is undoubtedly the most stupid thing to agree with these statements. The reason has been mentioned just now. It will only make the emperor who deeply relies on Gao and pragmatism feel that the Xin School is making trouble unreasonably. If he Shen Shixing also expresses his approval, the emperor may even think that he Shen Yuan
Fu has completely lost his impartial stance and is no longer a prime minister who is supposed to "adjust yin and yang". This kind of holy will is completely fatal to him.
Explicitly opposing these statements does not seem to be the best choice. This will make outsiders think that there is a huge contradiction within the Xin School, so that the lower-level censors and officials will start to openly challenge the top-level cabinet elders and even the chief assistant, or the chief assistant will start to challenge himself.
The lower-level spokesmen within the faction lost control.
Either way, it is a political disaster.
Moreover, there is another thing that Shen Shixing must not ignore, that is, Shen Li has been appointed as the censor of Zuodu. The Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is one of the "strongholds" of the Shixin School, must now always be wary of the "backlash" of the Real School.
, how could he, the chief assistant, still have trouble with his own official at this time? If he really did this, it would be easy for relatives to hate enemies.
I can't agree or disagree. It seems I can only do Tai Chi.
However, Tai Chi is unreliable. With so many people going to court to impeach Gao Pragmatic for "slandering the emperor", if the emperor does not take a clear stance to severely reprimand or even severely punish these people, Gao Pragmatic will definitely go to court and resign, and then he will
It's the emperor's turn to sit on the candle - the current goals, plans, and even actual leadership are all controlled by the uncle and nephew of the Gao family. If Gao Pragmatic leaves now, what will the emperor do?
Do you want to do these things? If you do, you may not be able to find a suitable candidate. If you don't, where will your face go?
Therefore, the emperor's attitude is completely predictable. He must be high-ranking and pragmatic, because keeping high-ranking and pragmatic is to protect himself.
This is also the main reason why Shen Shixing does not advocate the impeachment of Gao Pragmatic: You can oppose his proposal, but to deal with him is to seek death, because the former is something the emperor has not yet expressed his consent to, and the latter... is equivalent to letting the emperor slap him publicly.
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Even Mu Zong refused to do this, how do you expect me to be willing now? You thought it was the time when the two palaces were regents?
So Shen Shixing sat there for a long time, thinking about it, and found that he could only stand with the emperor and oppose it, but he had to be very careful in his words and be sure to minimize the impact as much as possible.
In the legal terms of later generations, it is roughly equivalent to "guilty and light defense" - you are wrong to say that, but your feelings are understandable and the problem is not very serious, so... I won't make an example next time!
Shen Yuanfu finally made up his mind, personally studied ink, picked up the pen, and meticulously wrote a paragraph in Taige style on a draft of a memorial to impeach Gao Pragmatic for "slandering the emperor".
"What I have discussed in advance is pragmatic. The matter is serious. You Cao is eager to protect the ancestral system, and his feelings are pitiable. However, his sudden slander of the emperor is actually alarmist. Don't listen to it."
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