"... I am a foolish and self-reliant person who is quite capable of keeping things clean. Since he became an official in the Gengchen period, he has paid selfless visits to every house and not even a single piece of paper. This move is well known to the gentry of the court and the people of the world. Ma Dong was born in a well-known family, and he followed the army since he was a child.
After dozens of battles, he was known as Guoyi. He was recommended by the minister as the general of Liaonan. The others, Ma Chengen and others, were all the commanders he commanded during the Monan War. They fought bravely and loyally, and their merits are recorded. Therefore, I have traveled thousands of miles.
And call.
Now the imperial censor Li Minzhi and others have accused the minister of accepting bribes for private purposes, saying that Ma Dong bribed the minister three thousand taels and a white jade horse and other things. What did he see and hear, but did not explicitly state his accusation? Kuang Chen's family was rich, and he had been the emperor since his death.
In the fourth year of Longqing's reign, due to the success of my family members, I accumulated millions of gold, which is known to the whole world. Is it true that the three thousand taels of fruits can be bribed to ministers? What is the basis for this? These are all people who are famous for their integrity, and I would like to state that this is the case."
"... Your Majesty knew me well, so I didn't do anything for him, and then gave me gentle words of comfort to relieve my doubts. Don't you feel grateful for the divine grace? However, as far as I know, Li Minzhi and other four people all came out of Guiwei (Wanli 11th
(Year) Jinban. I think that they have only entered the officialdom at a relatively young age, are young and inexperienced, and are only high-ranking officials, so they are not deeply to blame."
"...Now Your Majesty is making a big move. Of the four people, two are in the town and Fusi, one is dismissed and sent back, and one is demoted and transferred to a foreign service. This is your majesty's right principle of rewarding merit and punishing demerits. However, when the world sees it, I will rely on you."
Respecting one's kindness and self-respect is the act of seeking personal revenge."
"...their actions were either done out of ignorance or out of instigation. No matter what, this is a wake-up call for me to reflect on myself without having to waste ten years of hard study. Besides, this not only shows your majesty's kindness, but also serves as a warning."
The world cherishes talents. If this is the case, even though I hesitate at home, I will shed tears of gratitude."
The above is the main content of the memorial written by Gao Jingshi the next day. Obviously, this is an essay to save people, and the objects he rescued were none other than the censor Li Minzhi and four other people who were severely punished by the emperor for impeaching him.
people.
Gao Jingshi did not explain much about "slandering the emperor" in his essay. After all, the chief minister said it would not be accepted, and the emperor himself expressed his position, neither of them recognized this statement. Gao Jingshi naturally did not need to argue anymore.
His essay mainly explained some of the charges involved, such as the matter of sending Ma Dong and others to Liaodong. Li Minzhi and others said that he accepted bribes of three thousand taels and white jade horses. Gao Pragmatic said very domineeringly: It's just a mere
Three thousand taels will not be able to attract my attention at all.
Officials all over the world like to show off their poverty, but Gao Pragmatism is an exception. He often says that he has a millionaire family, but he is really the only one who has it.
But this move is indeed suitable for him. After all, Jinghua is there. Everyone knows how huge this business is, and they can't hide it anyway. So they just show it clearly and say that I am rich. My money is
What you earn openly and honestly is proof of practicing the teachings of the Wo Shi School. Are you jealous? Then you can start a family too, I am not jealous!
However, these explanations are all trivial matters. The biggest role of this essay is to persuade the emperor to take back his orders and not to deal too hard with Li Minzhi and the other four people. The reason was also said by Gao Pragmatic, "They are still young people who have entered the officialdom, and they are young and inexperienced.
It’s not enough to speak to an official and I’m deeply to blame.”
Moreover, although doing this is a legitimate reward and punishment for the emperor, if he continues to do so, people in the world will say that this is his pragmatic "relying on kindness and self-respect and taking personal revenge." Then he did it again
Li Gao, dragging this matter to the point where "it not only shows your majesty's kindness, but also cherishes the talents of the world."
As he and Liu Xin said yesterday, this sparse essay is to "show my magnanimity and magnanimity, and my broad-mindedness of repaying evil with kindness" - anyway, the emperor will have his own understanding, and it doesn't matter how pragmatic he is.
Hypocritical? Of course hypocritical, but this is officialdom.
Officials like Hai Rui are said to be role models for all generations, but in fact they are mostly used as examples by future generations, because if we really look at the great things that Hai Rui has done, it's... very embarrassing.
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Some of his memorials are indeed very famous, and they have created conditions for others to do great things, but if you really want to count how many great things he has accomplished, these are really only a handful, and their timeliness is very short - Ren Zhongcha
It's cool.
A truly "useful" "good official" is one who can make correct decisions that are worthy of his position while in office, and ensure that they are carried forward smoothly, thereby producing good social benefits. Like Hai Rui, a name will remain in history.
It’s a long history, but how much did the common people really benefit at that time? Even if a small number of people benefited at that time, did they spit out their capital and profits after Hai Rui left?
Therefore, the hypocrisy of officials is just a means. Just as shooting with a gun is killing people, killing with a stick is also killing people. In fact, there is no need to distinguish so carefully. The key lies in why the people are killed, whether they are good people or bad people, and what kind of results are caused after the killing -
—This is what it means.
When this memorial was presented, Gao Pragmatic still stayed at home and refused to receive visitors.
There are actually a lot of people visiting, but when they come, they know that Gao Jingshi will not open the door, but... whether to open the door or not is Gao Jingshi's business, and whether they come or not is their business. This is a matter of attitude, or even stance.
question.
For example, among the ministers of the Pragmatic School, those with higher official positions than Gao Pragmatism all sent people to visit; those at the same level not only sent people but also brought their own handwritten letters to console them; those below Gao Pragmatism all visited in person.
Come to the door and be politely sent away by the doorman.
The situation is different for a large number of nobles and even Qi Jiguang and others. Even if the rank is lower than Gao Shijing, they can only send people to come, but they cannot come - there is an internal conflict among the civil servants, and you, a military minister, come to comfort them? What do you want to do?
?
But there are also special people for whom Gao pragmatism can "reluctantly" open the door. These people are not of particularly distinguished status, but are simply "special": Gao pragmatism's disciples.
Li Tingji, Ye Xianggao, and Fang Congzhe were allowed in by their mentor. Of course, Gao Pragmatic would not talk about this matter with them. He only talked about some academic things and then cared about their respective lives.
Work status.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, there is nothing to ask about the current work situation. The person in charge of the Hanlin Academy is Chen Yubi, and Chen Yiqin left the "Chen Party" book
It's not big. After the Battle of Burma, Chen Yubi had already turned to Gao Pragmatism, and is now regarded as a branch of the pragmatism school. In this way, Li Tingji and the other three would naturally not have a too bad life in the Hanlin Academy.
In an aristocratic yamen like the Hanlin Academy, there is nothing important to do at ordinary times. It is just compiling history and the like. Occasionally, I go to the cabinet to serve as a political scholar. Of course, Li Tingji will not go. He is one of the Three Tripods and stays in the hospital.
You can mix your seniority.
Gao Pragmatic was not in a hurry to appoint the three of them. He still planned to follow the most "popular" method at the time and put them in the Hanlin Academy for a while. When they became more qualified, he would directly entrust them with important tasks - but he would not give them to the master.
As an official, Gao Pragmatic didn't really trust this kind of appointment and removal system for officials with "no work experience". He still trusted his own method of training cadres through the former Red Dynasty.
The rule of "starting from the grassroots level" cannot be learned in the Ming Dynasty. After all, they are already high-ranking officials in the Han Dynasty and are "prime ministers". But the experience of "training in multiple positions" and "presiding over the comprehensive work of multiple places and departments"
, being highly pragmatic is still highly valued.
As for the specific length of time they will be allowed to stay in the Hanlin Academy, this is not certain. There is only a rough timetable: when Gao Jingshi becomes the cabinet himself. Before joining the cabinet, Gao Jingshi did not plan to use the three of them.
Well, anyway, today's Practical School does not lack three useful people. If it does, it only lacks really useful high-ranking officials.
Li Tingji and the three of them also knew the importance. Although they stayed in the Hanlin Academy for three or four years, the experiences of the Hanlin seniors were all there, and they were not in a hurry - after all, not everyone can experience the experience of their mentor.
Yes, he is so special.
The three masters and apprentices chatted in Shangshu Mansion for nearly half a day. They talked about classics and Taoism in the morning, and after lunch they talked about a few games. Li Tingji was older and was born in Sandingjia, so he played chess with Gao pragmatically.
Xiang Gao then plays chess with Fang Congzhe.
Although Gao Tingji's chess skills were commonplace, Li Tingji seemed to be good at it. Li Tingji won three consecutive games, but the result actually made him break out in a sweat.
However, Gao Pragmatic's "magnanimity" is large enough. No matter how ugly the defeat is, he is extremely leisurely and doesn't care at all. This actually made Li Tingji suspicious, and he thought to himself: Did the teacher use the opportunity of the conversation to hint something to me?
?
Are you blaming me for not knowing how to restrain my sharpness? Or teaching me to take the outcome lightly? Or...
His distraction was unexpectedly brought back by Gao Pingshi. Li Tingji quickly admitted defeat. Gao Pingshi shook his head with a smile and said, "You think too much."
Li Tingji immediately admitted his mistake, but he couldn't help but feel a little slanderous in his heart: I remember Mr. Guo said at the beginning that Mr. Guo had "too many calculations", but now he said that I had thought too much.
Unexpectedly, Gao Pangshi seemed to have learned his mind. While reaching out to mess up the chess game, he said calmly: "Calculating too much and thinking too much are not the same thing."
Li Tingji was quite upright, and his face immediately turned red after hearing this, but he didn't know how to answer. Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe next to him glanced this way at the same time, but immediately looked away at the same time.
Gao Pragmatic smiled again: "I'm not blaming you, I just hope you know that 'over-calculating' doesn't mean you've calculated things you shouldn't, but 'over-thinking' means doing useless work. You can go back and think about this sentence carefully.
."
Li Tingji had no choice but to agree. At the same time, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe also pushed the chess game in a tacit understanding and said it was a draw.
Gao Pragmatic asked them: "How have Ruan Fuyuan and Erdemutu learned recently?"
The three of them looked at each other, and Li Tingji came forward to answer: "Ruan Fuyuan is smart, but he is clever, his writing is gorgeous, but his foundation is not solid. Erdemutu's talent is limited, but he is sincere and generous, and he is also very good at reading.
He works hard, and all three students like him."
The reason why Gao pragmatic asked this was because he was busy with work, so he became a hands-off shopkeeper and handed these two disciples over to his three disciples, asking them to teach them their knowledge and "teach skills on behalf of their teachers"
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After listening to Li Tingji's words, Gao Jingshi nodded slightly and asked: "Regardless of their identities, they are just my students of the Ming Dynasty, and assuming that their knowledge is also passable... Do you think these two sons can do anything in the future?
What official?"
This question was obviously a question for a school exam, and neither Li Tingji nor the other three people spoke immediately.
After a while, Li Tingji was the first to speak up, saying: "Students think that the Erdemutu map can be used as a seal of territory, and Ruan Fuyuan...may be a poet."
Fengjiang means governor; Ci ministers can be big or small. "Prime Minister Qingci" is also a Ci minister, and Hanlin editors are also Ci ministers. However, Li Tingji's Ci minister here may have something to do with it, probably Ruan Fuyuan.
He is relatively good at flattering others and is suitable to be a "close minister".
Gao pragmatic smiled, did not comment, and asked Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe: "What do you two think?"
Ye Xianggao said: "Students think Erdemutu can command the army and Ruan Fuyuan can join the cabinet."
His words were very different from Li Tingji's views, but Gao Pragmatic remained noncommittal and looked at Fang Congzhe again.
Fang Congzhe shook his head and said: "Students are stupid and have no knowledge of others, so they dare not speak nonsense."
Good guy, it’s okay that the three students have different standards for looking at people. Even their personalities are so different.
However, Gao Pragmatic didn't make any comments. He just smiled and said, "Okay, I understand what you mean." Then he stood up and said, "I'll go change my clothes while you wait."
The three people stood up quickly and each made excuses to leave. Gao Pragmatic did not do much to persuade them to stay, and let them go with a few polite words.
It was a good time to leave. Although Gao Pingshi's "changing clothes" was just an excuse, he was just about to go back to the backyard to take a nap when he was told that the Holy Spirit had come down.
Gao pragmatic asked about it and found out that the emperor really refused to agree and "insisted on the original judgment". However, because he wanted to give Gao pragmatic face, he issued another imperial edict to explain the reason.
Of course, the reason is nothing other than the rule of law. Of course, although this imperial edict was very long, it was probably not dictated by the emperor in its entirety, but only a brief summary of its meaning, which was drafted by the central secretaries. The entire article was written
Parallel Five and Six, there are a lot of theories, but the meaning is just one: If you cannot comply with your request, those four people who deserve to be jailed must be jailed, those who deserve to be beaten must be beaten, those who deserve to be punished must be punished, and those who deserve to be surrendered must be surrendered.
Otherwise, it will be a bad way to slander important ministers.
Gao Pragmatic did everything he could, he just ordered people to pay attention to the direction of public opinion in the capital.
After such a delay, Liu Xin came out again after taking a nap. Knowing the result, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Now you have done everything you should do, your reputation has been saved, and the unlucky guy will continue to be unlucky. Is it going to happen?"
Did you listen to the emperor’s advice and ‘come out and take matters into your own hands’?”
Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic still shook his head: "There's no rush."
"Aren't you in a hurry?" Liu Xin said in surprise: "If we wait any longer, Wang Xijue will arrive in Beijing, and Shen Shixing will have a powerful helper by then. This matter may cause trouble again."
Gao pragmatic thought that he wouldn't be able to take a nap this afternoon, so he simply sat down on the Taishi chair, leaned back, crossed his legs without the style of a minister, tilted his head and said: "It would be great if Wang Xijue is here, let's get back to him together."
As a pavilion elder, I don’t have any good gifts to give him... wouldn’t it be appropriate to let him feel depressed?”
Liu Xin was even more surprised: "Can you still involve Wang Xijue in this matter?"
"It's not that I got involved with him, but he will definitely jump in." Gao pragmatically smiled: "Just wait and see."
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