There is naturally a reason why Gao Pragmatism is so sure, and the reason is very simple to say.
In the tenth year of Wanli's reign, Wang Xijue returned to his hometown to serve his father because of his serious illness. During this period, he experienced the death of his father and was stuck in the system, and was unable to recover immediately due to previous high pragmatic obstacles. It was delayed for almost five years.
For Wang Xijue, who was born in the 13th year of Jiajing and is already fifty-four years old (a virtual age), although he still has more than seventeen years of official career, the five years he wasted are real after all, and he will definitely think about continuing his career.
"Catch up" during the down time.
And just like Gao Pragmatic had to burn the "three fires of the new official" after taking office, Wang Xijue must also burn the three fires of the new official. Not only must he burn, but he must also burn out in a certain way to be worthy of his king.
The famous name of Taicang.
In this way, Gao Pragmatic believes that Wang Xijue, who has attached great importance to reputation since childhood and is quite "good at making shocking remarks", will definitely seize this opportunity after arriving in Beijing, hoping to build momentum for himself. Although the situation is different, he
I will definitely think of the grand occasion of the high-arching restoration, and strive to "make big news" myself.
However, Gao Situ, who is an expert in predicting, was only half right this time: Wang Xijue hurriedly rushed to the capital on the afternoon of the third day after Gao Pangshi completed the rescue mission, and then indeed made a big news - but
It's not about the "slander case" and its aftermath, but another bigger event.
Wang Xijue arrived in Beijing in the afternoon and went to court early the next morning to explain the situation: Please ask the emperor to rectify the country's foundation as soon as possible!
In the essay, Wang Gelao used his world-famous writing style to try to let the emperor know the importance of rectifying the country's foundation early.
In fact, Wang Xijue needs to say more about the importance of "zhengguoben". Countless people have mentioned this matter in recent years. The truth has been explained clearly over and over in various memorials. The emperor
Even a piece of wood must be clear.
Therefore, being reasonable is one thing. Although Wang Xijue is in Suzhou but is well aware of the situation in the capital, he certainly does not expect to be so proud. The emperor gave in as soon as he opened his mouth. Therefore, he was not only reasonable, but also pointed out a clear explanation to the emperor.
road.
According to Wang Xijue, the emperor's "problem" now is that he wants to wait for the birth of his legitimate son, which he can completely understand as a minister. But no one knows when the legitimate son will be born, and the foundation of the country cannot be hung for a long time. After all, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo
He is already six years old (a virtual age). Compared with the emperor himself, it is a bit late if he does not go out to study.
So what should we do? The most critical issue now is to solve the "difference between direct descendants and concubines", and Wang Xijue believes that there is a way to solve this problem.
What solution? Let the eldest son of the emperor worship the queen as his mother and be temporarily raised by the queen.
Of course, a scholar like Wang Xijue must find some evidence when making suggestions, so he also gave examples in his essays, saying that Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, Empress Ma of Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, Empress Liu of Song Zhenzong, etc., all had raised concubines.
The son is his own son. Therefore, if the emperor instructs the queen to raise the eldest son, then the eldest son will be the legitimate son.
Not only that, Wang Xijue also considered that the emperor did not like the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor, and made another point: in this way, the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor would not have to respect the title, so as to suppress the imperial concubine.
Wang Xijue deserves to be Wang Xijue, and a top student deserves to be a top student. If he follows his method, everyone seems to be happy!
What is particularly important to note here is that the Xin School has always advocated making the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince, while the Real School seems to be somewhat hesitant on this matter.
Most officials of the Practical School, influenced by their highly pragmatic stance, have been low-key supporting the emperor's statement of "waiting for the arrival of his legitimate son."
However, Wang Xijue's move directly shook the position of most officials of the Real School. The distinction between concubine and concubine has been established. Is there any problem if the eldest son of the emperor is the prince? No more!
Gao pragmatically stayed at home and waited for Wang Xijue to take action on the "slander case". Who knew that he was indeed a powerful figure. Instead of following Gao pragmatically's baton, he opened a second battlefield and ignited the national dispute.
Go up.
Moreover, Wang Xijue's attempt to remove the fuel from the cauldron has another effect, which is to amplify the already existing dispute between Gao and Xu within the Real School.
Gao Pragmatic suppressed him at the Second Double Ninth Festival Conference, so officials of the Pragmatic School who had the same ideas as him had to follow him and die out, but their ideas were not completely eliminated.
Wang Xijue's actions must have shaken Xu Guo's group of officials. In addition, Gao Pragmatic himself was still in a state of "self-suspended", making it difficult to suppress them, which made it easier for "different opinions" to collude.
As a result, even Gao Pragmatic couldn't sit still and had to follow Wang Xijue's baton.
Of course, Gao Jingshi knew that Wang Xijue was also using his army to force him to take the initiative to "come out and take matters into his own hands." This would definitely damage his reputation to some extent. Therefore, although Gao Jingshi couldn't stand still, he had better not do this.
move.
Gao pragmatically followed his own habits and locked himself in the room to think for more than an hour before finally making a decision.
He still stayed behind closed doors, but sent someone to contact the palace.
However, this time he was not trying to meet the king, nor was he looking for Princess Yongning, nor was he even trying to connect with Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, but to contact Princess Zheng.
Of course, Princess Yongning still has to play an important role. If you readers read the book carefully, you should remember that it was mentioned before in this book that Concubine Zheng lived in Yikun Palace, and Yikun Palace was the same as Changchun Palace where Princess Yongning lived.
Only a wall separates them.
This arrangement was of course decided by Zhu Yijun, and it was originally intended for his beloved Concubine Zheng to get along well with his sister Princess Yongning, whom he was particularly concerned about. However, due to Gao Pragmatic's always friendly attitude towards the queen, Yongning
The princess was reluctant to get close to Concubine Zheng, so the two of them had not had much contact before.
In fact, Princess Yongning was also on good terms with the Queen. She had a negative view of Concubine Zheng, believing that it was because of her that the favor that should have belonged to the Queen was taken away. In fact, there were some misunderstandings. Zhu Yijun had a negative opinion of the Queen.
The Queen's attitude has not changed much, but Queen Wang's "Queen Attribute" is relatively strong, and without some ordinary interaction between husband and wife, it is difficult for Zhu Yijun to completely indulge in her.
This is the specialty of Concubine Zheng. She can give the emperor the feeling of "love" between young men and women.
Princess Yongning was very happy to get the news about Gao Jingshi, but when she saw that she was asked to find Concubine Zheng, she was somewhat unhappy. After reading Gao Jingshi's letter, she realized that this matter was of great importance, so she had to accept it.
Feeling very unhappy, she went to see Concubine Zheng for a "chat".
Concubine Zheng was one of the two favored daughters of the emperor in the palace, and because the empress was too much like a real wife, she seemed relatively indifferent, so she was almost always the "sole favorite".
Of course it is a good thing for her to be the only favorite, but this good thing must be discussed separately. On the other hand, being the only favorite means that except for the emperor's favor, her relationship with other concubines is not much better.
.And because of the influence of the concubines, the eldest princesses who stayed in the palace did not have a good impression of her.
To put it simply, she had almost no friends in the palace.
The palace battle dramas of later generations are very famous. In these palace battle dramas, for the sake of love, glory, and the unpredictable favor of the emperor, the concubines in the harem wasted their youth and beauty in this endless battle.
In the endless struggle, the harem is the fierce battlefield of that struggle.
Conspiracies and betrayals in the imperial tents, intrigues under the carved beams and painted buildings. Novels and film and television dramas with the theme of so-called "palace fighting" show readers and audiences that the Forbidden City is exactly the stage for the cruel struggle of women in the harem.
But the essence of the so-called "Palace Fighting Drama" is actually nothing more than the mental calculations in the modern workplace wrapped in an ancient costume. The real forbidden palaces in history and the tight nets woven by strict palace regulations imprisoned everyone.
Among them, in fact, there is absolutely no room for the so-called conspiracies and tricks in the "Palace Fighting Drama" that appear to be gorgeous but are actually clumsy.
It is true that what is staged in the Forbidden City is not a "palace fighting drama", but for hundreds of years, the life experienced by the concubines living in the harem is still another cruel cage.
"Palace Fighting Drama" is only right about one point, that is, in an autocratic dynasty, the emperor's absolute will to power dominates everything, so the power and position of the harem completely depends on the unpredictable king's heart.
In this maze of power with golden tiles and red walls, everyone imprisoned inside has to kneel down and worship under the imperial power, lose himself, and become a prisoner in the exquisite cage in the palm of the emperor.
The face of the harem prisoners is painted with powder, and the heavy shackles on the hands are decorated with gold and jade. Behind the gentle and respectful nature is the self-repression of human nature. Even if the hot house is a favorite and the sky is full of flames, it will be worried that if it is lost, it will only be like loess.
抔.
This is the reality of life for women in the palace.
In the imperial era, the Forbidden City was a perfect cage built with the absolute will of the imperial power. Behind the enviable magnificence were the molds bred by the oppression of the people and the corruption of power. Just like shackles, if worn for a long time, they will become embedded in the flesh and locked into the bone marrow.
Those trapped inside can neither escape nor realize themselves.
Every harem woman will have this fear, so they not only hope to be favored for a long time, but also worry about losing all this at any time, so they also hope to have other sustenance besides the emperor.
Children are naturally an important source of sustenance. However, the family ties between children in the royal family are limited. Not everyone can do what Empress Dowager Li did when she personally raised Zhu Yijun - not to mention that when Empress Dowager Li raised Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun also lived alone in the same palace and did not know how to interact with his mother.
The concubine lives together, so this kind of sustenance is also defective.
At this time, people will naturally long for friendship - even the ubiquitous "superficial besties" in later generations are better than having no sustenance at all.
Therefore, when she learned that Princess Yongning had taken the initiative to visit Yikun Palace, Concubine Zheng, who was painting out of boredom, couldn't help but be overjoyed. She threw down her paintbrush and came out to greet her in person.
Princess Yongning is not very pragmatic, and her acting skills are indeed not outstanding. She is even far worse than Concubine Zheng. At least the surprise and intimacy on Concubine Zheng's face looked just like the real thing. She stepped forward and took Princess Yongning's hand and kissed her.
The affectionate mouthful of "Sister Yongning" didn't appear to be jerky, just like always.
In comparison, Princess Yongning seemed much more reserved. Although she was smiling all the time, the greetings between the two parties were not on the same level. Often, Concubine Zheng would happily say seven or eight sentences, and Princess Yongning could only reply with a smile.
Just a sentence or two. If someone who didn't know about it saw it, they would think that Princess Yongning's status was actually higher than that of Imperial Concubine Zheng.
The two chatted for a while, and Princess Yongning finally found the opportunity to talk about business, mentioning Wang Xijue's arrival in Beijing and Shangshu's request to the emperor to rectify the country's foundation as soon as possible.
Concubine Zheng's expression changed at first, and then she quickly showed her ability to manage expressions. She immediately regained her calm demeanor and drove all the maids and eunuchs out with her hands. Then she reminded: "Sister Yongning, according to the ancestral system, these things
It’s not something we can discuss.”
Princess Yongning followed Gao's pragmatic reminder and smiled slightly: "How can there be any discussion? I just heard the news and mentioned it casually."
Concubine Zheng actually knew for a long time that there was some unclear relationship between Princess Yongning and Gao Pingshi, and the source of the information was very reliable - the emperor said it. However, the emperor also knew the taboo after all, and only mentioned it vaguely, without saying anything.
Very detailed.
But that's enough. With Concubine Zheng's intelligence, she couldn't guess why Princess Yongning knew about Wang Xijue while she was in the palace. She even knew clearly what Wang Xijue said in his memorial today - it was impossible for Princess Yongning to do so.
Did you bribe the Supervisor of Ceremonies? That's not Yongning, that's probably Taiping.
The only possible source of this news is Gao Pragmatic. As for how Gao Pragmatic passed the news to Yongning so quickly, Concubine Zheng didn't even bother to care.
She has become very clear about how powerful Gao Pragmatic's influence is and how profound her influence is on the emperor since she was treated coldly by the emperor last time.
This person was someone she had made up her mind not to offend. She knew that as a concubine in the palace, she must have this awareness, especially in the Ming Dynasty, where the harem was absolutely not allowed to interfere with politics.
Even recently, she has been looking for opportunities to say good things about Gao Jingjing in front of the emperor. The reason is simple. With Gao Jingjing's power in the palace, if she speaks for him in front of the emperor, he will definitely be able to win.
Known.
If this can be used to change Gao Pragmatic's views on "national issues", that would be great news. With Gao Pragmatic's influence on the emperor and his powerful factional strength in the outer court, as long as he is willing to express his support
, not to mention that as an imperial concubine, she is becoming more and more stable, and Chang Xun might even be able to become the prince!
The only trouble is that it is difficult to find opportunities. Most of the time, the emperor adheres to the ancestral system and does not mention the affairs of the outer court in front of her. It is inconvenient to praise Gao for his pragmatism.
But when Princess Yongning came... Concubine Zheng suddenly felt something in her heart.
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