During the Longqing period, military generals were indeed worthless for a long time, but there were some exceptions. For example, Duke Cheng Guo and Duke Ying, and even Duke Ding, etc., still had the momentum to survive the death of a tiger.
Compared with those civil servants who hold great power, although they are not rivals in court battles, they do have an inherent advantage: their families and the country live together, while civil servants can only guarantee their own glory when they are in office.
The imperial examination and official selection system made the civil servant group extremely powerful. Especially on matters related to the interests of the entire civil servant group, they could consciously unite to force the emperor from above and the military ministers from below, and use the interests of the civil servant group for the interests of the world;
But at the same time, the imperial examination and official selection system also made the power of civil servants obviously timely. When they were in office, many stars supported the moon, and they responded to every call. But once they were removed from office, they were no different from the villagers, and their power was no different.
It cannot be inherited through pure blood relationship.
If the father is the prime minister and an important minister, and the son is admitted to the gold list, this situation is easier to say, because many of the father's connections can be used, which can pave the way for the son's official career; the father is the prime minister and assistant.
If a senior minister has a son who cannot pass the Jinshi exam, then the family is basically in decline. If no one can pass the exam again for several generations, the chance of decline is basically 100%. This kind of family will be very worried about their ancestors becoming high officials.
You have offended some vengeful nobles, because your family is no longer just an ordinary family, but they are noble ministers and relatives who have retired from the country. Crushing yourself to death is just like playing - after all, you no longer have the talisman of fame.
Therefore, although the civil servants tried their best to suppress military commanders and even nobles, they still gave some face to these top nobles. Of course, being pragmatic was not exempt from vulgarity, and he did not want to bring down the top nobles in Beijing because of the prince's accompanying reading.
Offended all over, not to mention that many of his future reforms will depend on the support of the Xungui Group, or at least they will not unite to oppose desperately and hinder him in various ways.
Gao Pragmatic is different from many of the time-travelers he has seen in novels. He does not advocate the approach of relying solely on power or strength to force reforms. Although that seems very cool, he feels that it is a bit too taken for granted.
There is a saying that goes well, where there is oppression, there is resistance. Many time-travelers feel that they are standing at the height of history to carry out reforms, so you can just listen to me. If you don't listen, then you will be killed.
However, Gao Pragmatic feels that although reforms inevitably require the use of force, most of the time they must be achieved through the guidance of interests and political compromise.
It’s still the same principle. It’s not that a gentleman can’t take action, but he will definitely not take action if he can solve it with words, and he will definitely not use sword to settle things that can be settled with money. Although these nobles seem to be of no use anymore, in fact they still exist, let alone
In addition, their political symbolism alone plays a very important role.
According to Mao Zedong's teachings: Politics is to control more and more of our people, and less and less the enemy's people. Therefore, if you can unite, then Gao Pragmatism will definitely unite. Only those who really cannot unite will do so.
Only die-hards will be blacklisted by him and dealt with separately.
Therefore, this time he invited the nobles from Beijing for a spring outing.
Of course, the invitees were all those who were summoned by the emperor to the palace to play with the prince for more than ten days during the prince's reading incident last time. This is also the reason why Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong received the invitation, but Li Zongcheng did not.
——Li Zongcheng accompanied his father Li Yangong and decided to come to Beijing on the spur of the moment. It had only been a few days since he actually arrived in Beijing.
When his disciples reported that Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong had sent someone to ask if they could take Li Zongcheng with them, Gao Pragmatic laughed.
He was not someone like Zhu Yingzhen or Zhang Yuangong who only paid attention to the big butt of the capital, so he almost guessed the reason why Li Zongcheng came so eagerly.
It is impossible for Li Zongcheng and his family to have any thoughts about the capital camp - none of the military households in the capital camp are in his family's name, and all his family's military households are in the south. How could it be possible to come to the capital to be the military prime minister? Nothing else
He said, "You don't even have a military household, so how can you calm down the situation?"
Therefore, their family is based in the south, and their eyes can only be set on Nanjing.
What sudden changes occurred in Nanjing that made them come to Beijing in a hurry? The case of Wei Guogong's crown prince.
If the court had to turn a blind eye to Xu Pengju's incident, it wouldn't actually be a big deal. But now that the cabinet has set the tone, Zhao Zhenji, the general constitution, does not want this trivial matter to affect his major affairs and is willing to cooperate.
Gao Gong went to check, and Xu Pengju had no choice but to be unlucky, and he couldn't keep his pocket.
The question now is just how far the imperial court will deal with Xu Pengju. Although this matter will not let the Xu family lose the inheritance of Wei Guogong, Xu Pengju himself will definitely be punished, ranging from being deprived of his title to being fined.
Years, it is actually possible.
It stands to reason that the cabinet will generally not express clear opinions on the punishment of top nobles such as the Duke, and usually let the emperor's "sacred heart make the decision". However, in fact, the emperor will still ask the cabinet's opinions privately, and the cabinet ministers will privately
I expressed my opinion to the emperor face to face, but did not hold a vote.
So in this way, Gao Gong's attitude is very important - as we all know, most of the time Gao Gong's attitude is almost the same as the emperor's attitude. Especially the Duke of Wei involved here, he belongs to the founding nobles.
, in the eyes of the emperors of the Chengzu line, they were mostly just people who stayed in name only for decoration. If they made mistakes, they wouldn’t have much face to show for it.
After Yongle, the status and even real power of the Jingnan nobles were always superior to those of the founding nobles.
Li Yangong must have come here for this matter. And his attitude could not be to intercede for Xu Pengju. He could only show that his dead fellow Taoist was not dead and he wanted to see if the dead fellow Taoist would drop equipment for him.
So, what did Li Yangong want Xu Pengji to give to him—to the Linhuai Marquis Mansion?
Nanjing garrison officer.
Historically, it was because of this incident that Xu Pengju lost the Nanjing garrison officials who had been under the leadership of Wei Guogong for more than a hundred years, and temporarily took over the head of Linhuai Marquis for several years. This time, Li Yangong must also have seen it
I had this hope, so I came to Beijing to fight for it.
There are many ways to fight for it. The stupidest one is to go to the emperor. Although the emperor is the decision-maker, it would be too ugly to go to him directly. So the smartest way is to go to the person with the greatest authority to make suggestions.
It must be a high arch.
But Li Yangong's identity was there, and he came to Gao Gong at this time. If the Marquis of Linhuai really got the post of Nanjing garrison minister in the future, it would be difficult to explain, and it would not be a good thing for the Marquis of Linhuai or Gao Gong.
So, in a roundabout way, if Li Zongcheng goes to Gao Jingshi, it will not be easy to attract attention, especially when Gao Jingshi invites so many noble disciples, and Li Zongcheng, the eldest grandson of Linhuai Marquis, can be regarded as an old man.
