No matter how sad or unwilling he was, Zhang Siwei's motorcade finally disappeared on the southward post road of Yantai Horse Station. His motorcade is expected to arrive at Gujie Horse Station in the southwest of the capital tonight, so it can start early. Gao picked up his wife and went back to Puzhou together to bury his father and mourn, while Ding You kept the order.
At least half of the officials in the capital appeared around the farewell pavilion, with solemn expressions as they sent off the chief minister - or rather the former chief minister - out of Beijing and back home.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic stood in the most conspicuous position, and even continued to accept "consolation" from others. Obviously, this was not because his official position as Minister of War would be the highest among the Gonggun princes, but because the deceased himself was also His grandfather, but he couldn't leave his post.
In the eyes of people at this time, being unable to perform filial piety due to official duties is also worthy of pity. As for whether Gao Pragmatic is really sad, no one really pays attention to it.
If they are really concerned about Gao Pragmatic, it is because they are concerned about whether he can "turn grief into strength" and really make a flower out of Jingying, which has long been rotten to the core.
Today's situation was different from the past. Gao Pingshi relied on his "filial piety" and did not exchange too many greetings with everyone. After seeing off his uncle, he left in silence.
No one would blame him for being rude, at least not today.
But the bad things that happened to the Ming Dynasty in July this year were obviously not over yet, because after the chief minister was appointed during the day, another cabinet minister actually died that night - Yu Youding died of illness.
Originally, the next day was the day of the imperial court, but Yu Youding died of illness, so the emperor had to issue a temporary edict to express his condolences and suspend the imperial court for one day as usual.
The next day, during the Great Dynasty, Emperor Chen Ju issued the latest edict to re-order the cabinet ministers. The original situation of seven cabinet ministers being in the cabinet at the same time changed again and returned to the status of five cabinet ministers.
The current composition of the cabinet is as follows: the first assistant is Shen Shixing, a bachelor of Zhongji Palace, the second assistant is Xu Guo, a bachelor of Jianji Palace, and there are three group assistants: Pan Sheng, a bachelor of Wenhua Palace, and Zhang Xueyan, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. , Wu Dui, a bachelor of Dongge University.
As for the Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace who was originally ranked after Wenhua Palace and before Wenyuan Pavilion, it is of course temporarily vacant - anyway, it is common for cabinet ministers to be vacant, so it is not surprising.
At this time, the positions of the Seven Ministers have also been changed. The so-called Seven Ministers are the six ministers plus the imperial censor of Zuodu.
If we talk about Jiuqing, the Ming dynasty was divided into "Dajiuqing" and "Little Jiuqing". Among them, "Dajiuqing" was the above seven ministers plus the minister of Dali Temple and the general affairs envoy; "Little Jiuqing" was They are the ministers of Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, Guanglu Temple, Zhan Shi, Hanlin Bachelor, Honglu Temple, Imperial Academy Jijiu, Yuanma Temple, and Shang Baosi.
The appointment status of the seven ministers who have now completed all the changes is as follows: Yang Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Shen Li, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Pan Sheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites (concurrently), Liang Menglong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Shu Hua, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Yang Zhao, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Yu Zuodu Shi Zhaojin.
Among them, Yang Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was originally a "non-party person" and was neither a mind school nor a pragmatic school. However, he had served in Xuanda, Shanxi and Shaanxi for a long time, and he had a close relationship with Zhang Siwei. But now Zhang Siwei Gao Pragmatic is actually not very sure whether Yang Wei's attitude and stance will change after Siwei resigned and Ding You resigned.
Shen Li, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, needs no further introduction. He is a disciple of Gao Gong. Because Xu Guo entered the cabinet first because he was older, the opportunity for him to join the cabinet has been delayed until now. However, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance has not appeared yet. Position has become more and more important after the reform of the Practical School. He is now the Minister of Household Affairs, which theoretically means he is getting closer to the position of Elder.
Pan Sheng, the Minister of Rites, does not need to be introduced. This old man was born in the twelfth year of Zhengde (1517). He is only six years younger than Guo Pu. He is already sixty-seven years old this year (virtual age). He is generally in good health, but a little He is deaf. But this is not a big deal. Judging from the current situation, he may be able to continue working for another three years and then retire with honor.
His real problem is similar to that of Yang Wei. He has no party or faction. When the Practical School was strong, he basically listened to the words of the chief assistant of the Practical School. Now that the chief assistant of the Practical School has unexpectedly left his post, will his attitude and stance change? This has become the area of greatest concern to Gao Pragmatic and others.
Liang Menglong, Minister of War, does not need to be introduced, so just skip it.
Shu Hua, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was born in Jiangxi. He grew up with his father in Zhejiang and other places when he was young. He was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Jiajing. In the Longqing year, he was a member of the Ministry of Punishment. He undoubtedly stood by Xu Jie in the "incident of the late emperor's edict". Oppose Gao Gong's release of Wang Jin and others.
This incident has been briefly introduced in this book, so I won’t go into details here. In short, the result was that Gao Gong was transferred from the capital, but he was not demoted. Instead, he was appointed to participate in politics in Shaanxi Province - and he was even promoted (historical fact). Later Guo Gong When Pu was in power, because of Shu Hua's outstanding performance outside, he was transferred back to the capital and served as a minister in the Ministry of Justice. Because Shu Hua was very strict in enforcing the law, he even became the minister of the Ministry of Justice. This can be regarded as a major manifestation of Guo Pu's meritocracy in power. As long as there is no conflict on major matters, he will not deliberately suppress it.
Of course, Gao Pu, who is "excessive calculation", is not as kind as Guo Pu. He always remembers that Shu Hua is a person of the same line of thinking, but he is more upright and strict in law enforcement. Will there be any conflicts between the two parties in the future? When it comes to conflict, Gao is pragmatic and uncertain, so mentally, he is always prepared.
Yang Zhao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was born in Shaanxi and was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing. He served as governor of Jiliao and Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. He was not originally from the Practical School, but more like a person without party affiliation, but later he and Zhang Siwei had a good relationship with him. Zhang Siwei won over Zhang Siwei for him as the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing when Guo Pu was in power. Later, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry was also recruited by Zhang Siwei, so... at least he can be regarded as half of the real school.
As for Zhao Jin, the censor of Zuodu, he was from Yuyao, Zhejiang, and he was a famous member of the Wangxue sect. However, he was not just a member of the Wangxue sect, but he had done some things.
For example, he impeached Yan Song in his early years, and the criticism in his essays was so fierce that Jiajing Lanshu was furious, saying that he "deceived heaven and slandered the emperor", and was ordered to be tortured in prison. Finally, he was severely punished forty and reprimanded for the people.
Zhao Jin then stayed at home for fifteen years. When Mu Zong came to the throne, he was promoted to the old official by Xu Jie. He was promoted to Taichang Shaoqing before he was promoted to Guangluqing. In the first year of Longqing, he patrolled Guizhou as the right deputy censor of the capital, and defeated the rebel Miao Long and got Li. After that, he entered the capital and became the Minister of Dali, serving as the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Works. In the second year of Wanli, he moved to Nanjing to be the censor of the right capital, and after a period of time he was changed to the minister of the Ministry of Punishments.
After that, he served in circles in the six ministries of Nanjing until the transfer of power between Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei. Under the mediation of Shen Shixing, he was transferred back to the capital to serve as the censor of Zuodu.
So to put it simply, he should be Shen Shixing's right-hand man now.
Arranged in this way, it can be seen that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War are controlled by the Practical School, and the Ministry of Industry can also be basically controlled; the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites were slightly biased towards the Practical School in the past, but it is still doubtful how they will do in the future; the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can
Seen as the headquarters of the Heart School, it is equivalent to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War in the hands of the Real School.
Gao Pragmatic sat in the duty room of his military department and thought carefully, and suddenly found this situation quite interesting: the pragmatic school likes to have the power to "do things", while the heart school prefers to have the power of supervision and judgment.
Yes, things are so dangerous. If you don't do it right, you may make wrong decisions and handle things poorly, which may lead to personal injury and political risks.
Supervision is much more satisfying. If I don’t like you, I will scold you. Not only can I scold you if I have a reason, but the key is that I can also “create” a reason to scold you even if there is no reason. If I still don’t understand my hatred after scolding you, I can also investigate. After the investigation,
I also do the judging - which is so cool.
Thanks to the fact that the first assistant has always been a member of the Practical School over the years, the emperor is also leaning towards the Practical School, otherwise he would be in big trouble.
Gao Pragmatic was very aware of the current trouble: this time, although his uncle Ding You took the lead and took some temporary remedial measures, which resulted in a predominance of ministers from the practical school in the cabinet, in fact this was only a temporary measure, not the root cause, because
This fundamental disadvantage cannot be alleviated.
That is the first assistant.
The chief assistant is no longer from the Real School, but has been replaced by Shen Shixing.
Although everyone is a cabinet minister, in fact, the difference in importance between the first assistant, the second assistant and the group assistants is quite different. To give an example that is not very appropriate: Gao pragmatically may remember who the prime minister of a certain foreign country is in future generations, but this
He probably couldn't remember any of the Prime Minister's cabinet colleagues.
Why? Because there is always one person who "takes overall responsibility"! In Chinese history, this is the so-called "Chief Minister", which is also the name of the prime minister. The first assistant, the prime minister without the name of prime minister, is the only "general minister" below the emperor.
The person who takes overall responsibility.
Not every first assistant is like Li Chunfang, and not every second assistant is like Gao Gong. The reason why Gao Gong was able to serve as the first assistant in the Longqing Dynasty was because he had unparalleled holy support.
Secondly, Li Chunfang's personality is too soft.
However, in the current situation, Shen Shixing's personality is different from Li Chunfang. Shen Shixing is actually soft on the outside but strong on the inside, and he is a man of means, almost a replica of Xu Jie in the past.
As for the holy family members, the situation is even worse, because the holy family members of Xu State are probably not as good as Shen Shixing - when Zhu Yijun became the prince, Gao Gong and Zhu Xizhong were the two civil and military ministers who "know the prince's banquet affairs"
, and the "Tongzhi Prince Jingyanshi" who actually plays the role of "head teacher" is Shen Shixing.
From this point of view, there is only one person who can really compete with Shen Shixing in the Holy Family, and that is his high pragmatism. Others, even the old Hanlin who served as the prince's lecturer at that time
Everyone had to lean back, including Xu Guo.
This is a bit embarrassing, because although Gao Pingshi made a sincere claim to the Holy Family, he is not a cabinet minister after all, and he cannot compete with Shen Shixing on the same battlefield - I discuss cabinet affairs in my cabinet, and you Gao
Can people come in? Did I invite you to attend, or did I invite you to attend?
Therefore, the gap in status makes Gao Pragmatic actually "out of reach" of possible disputes in the cabinet. At most, he can only go to the emperor before and after the incident. If the emperor is willing to take action, of course everything will be easy, but if the emperor is in trouble
What if you find it inconvenient to take action?
What's more, the holy family is a thing that is mostly maintained by emotions. If Gao Pragmatic always goes to the emperor to solve the problem, will the emperor get bored sooner or later? This is also something that has to be considered.
Likewise, this is the main reason why Gao Pragmatic has been obsessed with helping the emperor solve problems for a long time, rather than causing trouble to the emperor.
The Holy Family must be maintained for a long time. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the Holy Family is, it will eventually weaken until it disappears.
The first and most important thing to maintain the holy family is to do one's own job first. Gao Wuzhi's current job is to be the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and to assist in the military affairs of the capital. This job can be simple or easy, but it can be difficult or difficult.
If you want to be simpler and more pragmatic, you can find some ideas from the nobles and carefully select a team of people to practice for a period of time. There is no need to ask them to actually go into battle, as long as the formation is more neat, you can create
With a seemingly mighty and majestic parade, this matter can be fooled.
At that time, Zhu Yijun was invited to participate in the parade in person. The emperor didn't know how to lead troops anyway. Seeing that the troops being reviewed seemed neat and energetic, he was naturally very happy.
However, this kind of work effect obviously cannot satisfy Gao Pragmatic himself - I want this group of bastards to be of no use? This is nothing more than expanding the scale of the Han generals in the palace. They should be waste, but they are still waste!
Yes, generally speaking, the Beijing camp does not need to go to war anyway, and foreign wars are basically handled by the border troops.
But the current situation is different from the Wanli Dynasty in the original history! Once the Ming Dynasty collects enough money, food and supplies, it may launch a final blow against the left-wing Mongolia at any time. But the emperor trusts him very much. If the Ming Dynasty suddenly says
:Now that the Beijing camp has been cleaned up, let’s use the Beijing camp as the main force in this battle.
At that time, he was very pragmatic and wanted to sit on the wax. Where should he go to cry?
Therefore, when it comes to military affairs in the capital, you can't just be a plasterer. That won't work. If it rains accidentally, it will be exposed. You can only be a mason honestly. If the wall is rotten, the wall will be built, and the tiles will not be laid.
As for whether there is a problem with the foundation of this house... that is not something that he, the Minister of War, can do. Unless he reaches a higher position, he can just think about it in his dreams, and there is no need to even say it.
Since the military affairs of the Beijing camp need to be sorted out, it is certainly difficult not to mention the basic issue of the military system, but no matter how difficult it is, it must be done, and it must be done in a certain way. But where should we start?
Over the past half month, although Gao Pragmatic only looked at the files without expressing his opinion, he was not without thinking. After analyzing various existing materials from the Ministry of War, he felt that with his current power, he could grasp the "most fundamental" issues.
Just people.
People are soldiers, registered military households and soldiers.
How many military households are there in the Beijing camp now, how many registered soldiers are among them, and how many soldiers can actually be in place? This is the most basic and must be clarified, otherwise any measures will be just a mirror.
The moon seems beautiful, but it cannot become reality at all.
Gao pragmatically called a Yuanwailang and said: "Go and inform the governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and tell them that I will go to the Governor's Mansion tomorrow to pay a visit. Please come to the Yamen."
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