"If he wants to fight, let him fight. As long as we can make him lose this battle, that's fine."
Shen Shixing suddenly discovered that although these eunuchs had only studied in the study for a few years and were not as good as ordinary students in terms of knowledge, they all seemed to have a common advantage, that is, they were very good at studying "Holy Family".
"This is an extremely unique problem.
The high and pragmatic arches of the holy family are unparalleled in the world. This is recognized within the Xin School. If we want to make an analogy, the high arches of Yan Song in the middle and late periods of the Shimiao Temple and the high arches of the Mu Temple can completely compete with each other, or even exceed it.
and.
Under the Ming Dynasty's system, having such a person as an opponent was really a daunting task, and there was almost no place to start.
It’s not that the Xin School has not analyzed how to target high pragmatism, on the contrary, they have analyzed it enough, but the conclusion is very disappointing - there is no way!
This person should not be greedy for money, because he is already rich in the world, and he even plays the role of a money-spreading boy or even the God of Wealth. If he wants to find trouble with him in terms of money, he knows with his fingers that it is a complete daydream.
This person doesn't seem to be lustful either. Although some outsiders deliberately promote Baiyulou as a wine pond and a forest of meat and compare Gao Pragmatic to Shi Chong in the Western Jin Dynasty, one thing is known to everyone: Gao Pragmatic has only had one wife and even concubines so far.
Even the waiters have never accepted one. This makes it difficult for those rumors to penetrate people's hearts.
As for saying that if you don’t want to take a concubine, you can also use a maid instead... This is the truth. It is true in theory, but in fact there is still a difference. At least in the Ming Dynasty, although it was not illegal to sleep with a maid (the kind with a slave contract),
However, they are usually accepted as concubines, but it is extremely rare for them not to be accepted.
And if we want to talk about this problem, you can tell by looking at the people Gao Jingshi took when he was abroad twice. He has many servants around him, but there are always very few maids. Anyone who knows this will only think that he has a few servants.
The maid who takes care of daily life has nothing to do with lust.
Last time, Liu Shouyou somehow got the idea to prove that there was an affair between Gao Pragmatic and Princess Yongning. In fact, Shen Shixing never believed this in his heart.
Shen Shixing can understand that Princess Yongning may be enamored of Gao Longwen, who has been famous all over the world since she was a girl. After all, the princess is just a girl without any social experience, and she usually never sees anyone except the emperor and Lu.
It is not surprising that other young men besides Wang thought they had met the love of their lives after meeting Gao Longwen once in a while.
Shen Shixing felt that even if it were another man with a great literary reputation and good looks, the princess would probably have the same attitude.
Although Shen Shixing didn't believe it at the time, Yu Youding believed that this was a place where Gao Pragmatism could be attacked. If it succeeded, it would be the best. If it didn't, it wouldn't be a big deal. You might as well give it a try.
Who knew that in the end, not only was it unsuccessful, but Zhang Jing and Liu Shouyou were also involved.
However, this fiasco also made Shen Shixing more cautious about Gao's pragmatic attitude, and he even had a very negative thought at the time.
After all, Gao Pragmatic is still very young. Although the Holy Family is extremely prosperous and he is promoted very quickly, as long as there are no major changes in the cabinet, it will still be difficult for him to join the cabinet - this place is very particular about seniority. You Gao
No matter how pragmatic you are, it can't change the fact that you were born in the Gengchen Golden List in the eighth year of Wanli. Among the senior officials of the imperial court, you look like a junior.
Normally speaking, even if Gao Pragmatic promotes the "Eastern System" plan to be a perfect success, he should be a minister who has reached the top. As for the cabinet... In another ten years, he will not know whether he will be senior enough.
Of course, the main premise here is that nothing big happens to the cabinet, especially to Shen Shixing himself - the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty only has an age limit and no term limit. He Shen Shixing is only forty-nine this year (
If nothing happens, even if he insists on becoming an official at the age of seventy like Guo Pu, there will still be thirty-one years left!
Thirty-one years is enough to train at least two generations of successors.
To put it bluntly, it is hard to say whether the emperor will survive until then. After all, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty... well, not many lived long lives.
I thought I could only rely on this method to maintain the situation in a stalemate, but unexpectedly, Zhang Cheng actually came up with another idea today, which suddenly made Shen Shixing understand the true origin of Gao Pragmatic's unparalleled holy family.
That's right! Although Gao Pingshi's background is good and his resume is perfect, if he only stops there and is great, he means being raised with kindness and showing the world how benevolent and generous His Majesty the Emperor is, but he will definitely not be reused.
.
If one is favored but not reused, then there will be no actual threat to the Xinxue school, and the matter will be over!
However, Zhang Cheng pointed out one thing. The reason why Gao Pragmatic was relied upon by the emperor was not because of his birthplace, nor because he was "young", but because he was a truly capable minister - I could handle the troubles he faced.
Solve it, I can find and solve it for you if there is no trouble before it arises.
Under this premise, coupled with his background and resume, can he be reused? With him alone, the emperor can almost ignore everything and rule from the top! Who else will be the emperor, who is both loyal and loyal?
All capable ministers must be reused.
However, for Zhang Cheng and Shen Shixing, if Gao Pragmatic is really favored by the unexplainable holy family, then there is really no solution, but is he a "capable minister"...
Haha, a capable minister must keep doing things and do everything properly, so that the emperor will rely on him. Once he starts to do bad things, or even fails to handle things that are very important to the emperor, then
Is this holy family about to collapse?
Of course, if you fail in one thing, you may not be pragmatic and you will fail. But since there is a failure, there can be a second, third, or even countless times. And the emperor's patience is always limited, and he failed several times.
After that, will Gao Pingzhi's status in his heart remain the same as before?
A thousand-mile dike breaks in an ant nest. Especially for a person who has never failed before, this first failure must be the biggest blow to him. At the same time, in the emperor's mind, he will also change from a PepsiCo
A trustworthy minister becomes an ordinary minister like ordinary people.
The reason why a legend becomes a legend must be proven countless times, but it is easy to break this kind of legend, as long as one failure is enough.
The real difference between "only one defeat" and "invincible" is not just a single failure.
That's the huge difference between "something" and "nothing"!
But, how can we make Gao Pragmatic fail?
Shen Shixing was very covert and said tactfully: "The high pursuit of peace and stability in the south and the north are invincible. The fault is not that he is only a weak man at a young age, but he is already the number one literary commander in the dynasty... Zhang Bingbi, it is not easy for him to fail."
Zhang Cheng curled his lips and snorted: "The words "Annan and Dingbei" make our ears ring with laughter. Yuanfu, our family is confused. Which of these two battles does he not borrow?
Are you relying on other people’s efforts to make merit for yourself?”
Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment, and asked in astonishment: "What do you mean by Bingbi's words?"
Zhang Cheng spread his hands: "Look, let's talk about the Battle of Annan first. How did Gao Dang brag to him? Oh, it didn't cost the imperial court a single soldier, or even a grain of rice in Taicang.
My Ming Dynasty regained Annan - is that right?"
Shen Shixing nodded and said, "Of course."
Zhang Cheng sneered and said: "Then, is he, Gao, spreading the beans to make an army, or is he able to fight a thousand soldiers with one horse and quell the chaos alone?"
Shen Shixing frowned and said, "I just said that I won't bother the court, but I didn't say that I won't use troops."
"Come on!" Zhang Cheng slapped the table: "What kind of soldiers did he use? Yuan Fu, do you really believe that his servant, a civil servant, can fight better than the servants of many military officials in my court?"
Shen Shixing hesitated and said: "What Bingbi means is..."
"Originally, our family didn't think about it, but this time the emperor gave him a marriage, which reminded our family." Zhang Cheng became serious for a rare moment, and said to Shen Shixing: "Does Yuan Fu still remember Mrs. Gao's pragmatism?
——What about Huang Zhiting, deputy commander-in-chief of Annan?"
Shen Shixing said: "I met you once, what happened to her?"
"That's not what we're talking about." Zhang Cheng waved his hand: "We're talking about, do you still remember Huang Zhiting's performance in Myanmar this time?"
"Remember, the divine soldiers who traveled thousands of miles across the sea descended from the sky, easily conquered Pegu and expanded the land thousands of miles away, and defeated the main force of the reckless thieves in one battle - is this what Bingbi said?"
"Yes, that's it." Zhang Cheng sneered: "Think about it when Yuan Fu brings up the battle with Annan again. That time Gao Pragmatic fought against Annan, Deputy Dutong Huang was the main force under his command - forgive me
The Battle of the Mountain is her masterpiece.”
Shen Shixing suddenly understood and asked in great surprise: "You mean... the Battle of Annan was actually fought by Huang Zhiting?"
This statement was so shocking that Shen Shixing found it difficult to accept it. But having said that, according to Zhang Cheng's analysis, it doesn't seem to be completely unreasonable...
"Let me ask again, which battle has Gao Pragmatic himself commanded?" Zhang Cheng added at this time, and then he snorted softly and said: "We have seen the battle report, and every time it was his turn, Gao Pragmatic took action himself.
, the other party either surrendered directly, or... Huang Zhiting was the one leading the charge! Yuan Fu, don't you think there is something wrong here?"
Shen Shixing thought about it carefully and found that Zhang Cheng seemed to have missed someone named Cen Ling, but that was no longer the point. The point was Zhang Cheng's conclusion, "Gao Pragmatic himself did not directly command any troops in the Battle of Annan."
A big battle."
This seems to be a fact.
Shen Shixing couldn't help but feel a little entangled, and asked: "Even if the Battle of Annan was fought by Huang Zhiting, what about the Battle of Monan?"
"Ah ha? The Battle of Monan?" Zhang Cheng laughed loudly: "Yuanfu, think about it again, where was Gao Panggong during the Battle of Monan?"
Shen Shixing couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhang Cheng sneered and said: "Except for building a city, he has almost never been to the front line! Who are the people fighting? They are Han Naji and Sanniangzi's Tumot elite riders, especially that Chacha
Taiji, those are the real people who fight the war! We also have people here in the Ming Dynasty, such as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang and his son, and even Zhang... What is Zhang, after all, it is the father and son - these are the people who fight the war! Gao pragmatic and do it
What?"
Shen Shixing actually disagreed with these words.
As a civil servant leader himself, he felt that just because Gao Pragmatic did not directly go into battle, he could not be said to have done nothing. If Gao Pragmatic had not persuaded Hannaji, Zhongjin Hatun and Chataiji and united them, Tummo
No matter how powerful the special cavalry is, it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty!
Besides, commanding Xuanda, Shanxi, Jizhen, Liaodong and other towns from the center is not something that can be done casually.
As for Gao Pragmatic not being on the front line, that’s normal! There were so many handsome men in the Ming Dynasty, who would personally kill people with a knife? In the past, Wang Wencheng fairly quelled King Ning’s rebellion, and he didn’t go to drag it out himself.
Isn't it meant to kill people with a knife?
However, Shen Shixing also admitted that Zhang Cheng at least discovered one thing: Gao Pragmatic did not seem to have directly commanded even a single battle.
Is this his weakness?
Possibly, at least doubtfully.
However, Shen Shixing thought about it more carefully and had doubts again. He asked: "Even if he did not direct the battles in Annan and Dingbei by himself, but mainly relied on the ability of his generals and each exerted their due combat power, but
...What about the Battle of Liaonan?"
Zhang Cheng chuckled and said: "The Battle of Southern Liaoning? Haha, Yuan Fu recalled again, which famous general - no, it was a famous marshal - was summoned to Liaodong by him before the Battle of Southern Liaoning broke out, and he
With him?"
Huh? Is there such a thing?
Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Ma Lan Xi!"
"That's right! It's Ma Fang!" Zhang Cheng was proud of his discovery and said: "Ma Fang is brave enough to win the three armies. At that time, even Anda, who was at the peak of his military power, backed away. What kind of ability is this? Yuan Fu, compare it with me.
Look, Bahannaji is Anda’s grandson, Qataiji is Anda’s general, and the third lady is Anda’s Hatun—is Anda the most powerful one?”
Uh, there seems to be something wrong with your comparison?
But Zhang Cheng was in high spirits and didn't notice that Shen Shixing was stunned and didn't speak. He continued: "These three people joined forces to defeat Tumen and Xin Ai, but Ma Fang was even more powerful than An Da. Doesn't that mean Ma
Is Fang definitely capable of overpowering the others? Isn’t this the end of it! Gao Pragmatic has approached Ma Fang. As long as he listens to Ma Fang and beats him with his eyes closed, he can’t lose this battle!”
Shen Shixing was a little confused. There seemed to be something wrong with what he said, but it seemed to make sense... But he was just like Gao Pragmatic. As a civil servant, he still felt that Gao Pragmatic should have played some role.
All of the above show that Gao Pragmatic is at least good at employing people! Isn’t it a skill to be able to employ people? This is a very big skill, isn’t it?
Of course, Zhang Cheng's words are not completely unreasonable. Shen Shixing now also feels that the so-called invincibility of being highly pragmatic may actually have some merit.
In other words, if Gao Pragmatic doesn't have these generals who are extremely capable of fighting, and he takes command himself, I'm afraid... hehe, I'm afraid the outcome will be unpredictable!
You can think of a way to do this...
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