Regardless of its original function and significance, the matter of "self-declaration of incompetence" is nothing more than a face-saving project for the ministers of the imperial court.
If you don't do your job properly, you will really be deposed.
In this case, "self-declaration of incompetence" will naturally form a certain convention. For example, when declaring oneself as incompetent, only talking about one's own shortcomings and never mentioning others is one of them.
Gao Pragmatic's self-report of negligence caused an uproar in the foreign court. Violation of this unspoken rule was one of the reasons. Although he did not directly say that those colleagues who could not "forgive" him were wrong, he openly stated that he was not responsible.
The contradiction is clearly stated in the job description, and it is self-evident as to what the intention is.
When he got the news, Wang Xijue was on duty at the cabinet.
Unlike other Xin School officials who became furious upon hearing this, Wang Xijue did not show any anger, but was just surprised at first, then frowned and thought hard.
Wang Xijue had long heard about the power of Gao Jingshi. At that time, Gao was only in his teens, so Wang Xijue did not think that the rumors about Gao Jingshi were true. Especially Gao Jingshi's works at that time, such as "Dragon"
"Wen Bian Ying", "Xin Zheng Dui Yun", etc., although they are all only Mongolian books, Wang Xijue also believes that most of them were ghostwritten by others, and Gao Pragmatic himself was just in name.
Later, there was a rumor in Shilin officialdom that everything including Guo Pu's resurrection and Zhang Juzheng's downfall were planned by Gao Pragmatic. Wang Xijue didn't believe it at all. He believed that this was either a random guess, or Gao Gong and others deliberately planned it.
What's the use of being pragmatic and building momentum without having other intentions?
Wang Xijue's attitude changed slightly when Gao pragmatic won the first prize in six titles. At that time, Gao pragmatic's reputation was very important, and since the examination papers of the Ming Dynasty were to be "publicized to the world" to show fairness, Wang Xijue took Gao pragmatic's previous exam results and
I took the article and read it.
He felt that Gao Pragmatic's article did not have any obvious flaws, and its high-level argument and correct intention were beyond criticism. It was understandable that he did well in the exam. However, Wang Xijue was somewhat disdainful of Gao Pragmatic's victory in the imperial examination.
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This is not only because Wang Xijue opposed Gao Pragmatic's policy of collecting commercial taxes from a point of view, but also because that article caused huge controversy between the government and the public. The reason why he became the leader of the imperial examination, in Wang Xijue's view
It is entirely the result of the emperor's sole decision, so this is an unfair result.
It's just that... the court examination is originally a matter of the emperor's words. Even if everyone (Xinxue School officials) objects, it can't change the result.
Wang Xijue really began to think that Gao Xijue was "really great" after Annan was attached. As a top student, Wang Xijue knew how difficult Annan was to deal with.
When the Ming Dynasty was at the peak of its national power, it was exhausted by the mere Annan. It was a huge loss-making business, so it had to be abandoned. But it was such a powder keg, and Gao Pragmatic did not even need a single soldier from the court.
The grain of rice and half of the copper were recovered easily.
This... is indeed a bit powerful. Of course, at this time, Wang Xijue still believed that of course he had high practical ability, but the reason why he was able to accomplish this feat was really based on his own wealth - servants and fleet. In Wang Xijue's case,
It seems that this is just like Li Chengliang's power in Liaodong relies on his 40,000 servants.
It wasn't until Gao Jingshi won the Battle of Monan that Wang Xijue truly regarded Gao Jingshi as a "big problem" for the Heart School. After all, in this war, Gao Jingshi didn't use many of his servants, and he purely relied on various means.
Taking control of Tumut's elite forces, he set traps in many ways and laid out a series of plans to defeat Xin Ai and Tumen successively.
Wang Xijue asked himself, even if he replaced Gao Pragmatism, he would not be able to do better than Gao Pragmatism.
Therefore, since then, Wang Xijue has never underestimated Gao Pragmatism. The subsequent Battle of Liaonan was just Gao Pragmatism's normal level in Wang Xijue's opinion - the results were indeed good, but there were no surprises.
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The next step is to use the Yunnan war treasure money to solve the cost of the Yunnan and Burma war. This method really amazed Wang Xijue, thinking that it was as wonderful as a white wolf with nothing.
As for the recent battle to pacify the northwest, Wang Xijue didn't think it was that powerful - probably because Gao Pragmatic's previous military exploits were too impressive, and Wang Xijue himself was not specialized in military affairs, so he didn't notice Gao Pragmatic's key points in this battle.
Highlights.
However, it doesn't matter anymore. Wang Xijue has regarded Gao Pragmatic as a strong opponent. Even if the opponent only performs normally, so what? His normal level is already very high!
It was precisely because of this extremely serious attitude that Gao Pragmatic's original plan for him to "take the initiative to jump into the trap of the slander case" did not happen. Wang Xijue remained unmoved and launched a "zhengguoben" war.
Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic did not accept the move. Instead, he used some means that Wang Xijue could not fully understand but could guess, and encouraged the emperor to respond by using Dinghai Jingcha to divert the attention of the officials.
At this point, Wang Xijue had the most direct understanding of Gao Pragmatic's abilities.
In Wang Xijue's view, Gao Pragmatism is not like his uncle who is straight and straight, hard to hide his sharp edge, and may be easily broken; nor is he like his teacher Guo Pu, who is upright and magnanimous, and can be bullied by gentlemen.
High pragmatism is like a poisonous snake, which usually lurks in dark places and is difficult for people to detect. However, if it does not move, it will bite people. It is most difficult to deal with.
Since he is a "venomous snake", it is surprising that he openly appeared in the "Qi Yong Shu" before, and now he openly stirs up disputes in the self-reported book. Why? Is this poisonous snake suddenly unwilling to use poison as a weapon?
Why, you think you have turned into a giant python, but you want to convince others with your strength?
Wang Xijue always felt that it was not that simple.
After much thought, Wang Xijue got up and went to Shen Shixing's room.
At this time, Shen Yuanfu was also thinking hard about the motive behind Gao Xijue's move. Seeing Wang Xijue's arrival, he understood it and sent away Yuan Zongdao, the Jinshi Observer and others. He invited Wang Xijue to sit aside, and with a sincere attitude, he took the initiative to ask
: "Yuan Yu came here, but in order to pursue the truth, why did he teach himself today?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yuan Yu is Wang Xijue's surname, and Shen Shixing is the same year as Wang Xijue. Although it is more respectful to use his nickname, it seems unfamiliar, so he should use his surname to commensurate with him.
It's much more intimate, and it's more in line with the close relationship between them being of the same age, fellow villagers, comrades, and fellow party members.
Wang Xijue frowned and nodded slightly, and said thoughtfully: "Yuan Fu must have noticed that there is something wrong with Gao Qiuzhen's move, right?"
"Not only is something wrong, it's simply unbelievable." Shen Shixing sighed, shook his head and said distressedly: "It's not because this omission is really due to the pursuit of truth. I thought it was Hai Gangfeng's self-reported negligence."
Wang Xijue nodded and said: "Yes, disregarding the rules and criticizing colleagues in essays is indeed something that only Haigangfeng can do. Judging from Gao Qiuzhen's past performance, his approach is indeed a bit strange."
Shen Shixing still followed the old style, climbed up the pole, and immediately asked: "Yuan Yu, what's your opinion on this?"
"Good opinion, I really don't have any at the moment, but I have some doubts and want to make a plan with Yuan Fu."
"It's okay for Yuan Yu to say it, Shi Xing is all ears."
Wang Xijue frowned deeply and said thoughtfully: "The thing that I can't understand the most at the moment is that there are clearly different opinions within the Shi School. Gao Qiuzhen didn't quickly find a way to unify his views, persuade Xu Guo, and pull Shen Li back, but Instead, you are provoking trouble at this time, pretending to wait with me until death...Yuansuke, do you think this is reasonable?"
Of course, Shen Shixing also felt that it was unreasonable, very unreasonable. But he couldn't say it so straightforwardly, so he twisted his mind and said: "When things go wrong, there must be monsters. Although Gao Qiuzhen is young, he never does unnecessary things. However, Judging from the recent situation, his purpose is nothing more than to collect Jiangnan business tax..."
Wang Xijue's brows moved slightly.
There are no other problems with Shen Shixing's sentence, but the use of "nothing more" made Wang Xijue dissatisfied.
Nothing more? Do you, Shen Rumo, think that such a big thing as levying commercial taxes in Jiangnan is nothing more than this?
Shen Shixing is such a smooth person, Wang Xijue's expression naturally fell in his eyes. He stopped talking, smiled and said: "Yuan Yu, please be patient, this matter is certainly not a trivial matter, but it also depends on how you compare. The Pragmatic School regards itself as a reformist, and promoting reform is certainly its 'Yuanzhi', but Yuan Yu, you also understand that if the immediate worries cannot be solved, there is no way to talk about the Yuanzhi."
Wang Xijue was silent for a moment and asked: "Even so, it cannot explain the purpose of Gao Qiuzhen. Although collecting Jiangnan commercial tax has been his long-cherished wish for many years, for this reason, he discussed with me on the premise that there were still hidden concerns internally. When it is clear that the war will start, Gao Qiuzhen is not afraid that he will fight with us in Dinghai's capital inspection, but in the end it will benefit Xu Guo and other fishermen?"
Shen Shixing did not object to his words, but said: "Yes, this is exactly what is strange, so I think there must be other reasons why Gao Qiuzhen has to fight."
"Have we had to fight?" Wang Xijue narrowed his eyes slightly and said thoughtfully: "Just to divert the attention of the officials from 'Zheng Guoben'?"
Shen Shixing was also not very confident, frowning and said: "I also know that this reason does not seem to be very sufficient. After all, even if the national issue is completely completed according to Yuan Yuzhi's vision, but... how to put it, at least in the near future? Look, it didn’t have a big impact on Gao Qiuzhen, so there seems to be no need for him to react so violently.”
Of course Wang Xijue knew what Shen Shixing meant when he said, "At least in the near future, it has not had a great impact on Gao Qiuzhen." He simply meant that he was still very young, only twenty-five years old, and his body seemed to be in no condition. The big problem is that even if the emperor's eldest son is given the title of prince, it will not affect Gao Jingshi's overall situation. Under such circumstances, it is certainly unjustifiable for Gao Jingshi to react so violently.
Wang Xijue thought about it and said, "Gao Qiuzhen still advocates waiting for the queen's legitimate son?"
Shen Shixing nodded and replied: "Based on the information we have received so far, this is indeed the case."
Wang Xijue said with some annoyance: "I didn't understand this matter either. Even if the Queen had some 'friendship' with him when he was released earlier, so what? The Queen has been infertile for several years.
Now the imperial concubine is favored in the palace. Even if Gao Qiuzhen is determined not to stand with us, he should choose to support the third son of the emperor.
If he supports the third son of the emperor, the imperial concubine will definitely be overjoyed in the palace and brag loudly in front of the emperor. Wouldn't such high demands for truth strengthen the holy family? But he chose to go far away from the near and wanted to burn the queen's cold stove. Little did he know that
I don’t know if the stove has been broken a long time ago. I am surprised that the relationship between the Queen and him..."
"Yuan Yu!" Shen Shixing stopped him in time and glared at him slightly: "Be careful, this is not something we can comment on at will? Besides, the queen lives in the middle palace, is cautious and upright, and there is nothing suspicious about it.
, I, as a subject..."
"Okay, okay, brother Rumo, there is no need to say anymore. It was just a slip of the tongue by Xijue and he overstepped his bounds." Wang Xijue changed the subject and said: "What I mean is that if we can't understand the true meaning of Gao Qiuzhen's heart, we will have many things to do.
It's like a blind man touching an elephant. He seems to understand something, but in fact he never gets in."
Shen Shixing was thoughtful and said: "Yuan Yu, look... Gao Qiu is really unwilling to help the imperial concubine. Is it because he is worried that the imperial concubine will be the only one to inherit the favor?"
Wang Xijue was startled for a moment, then understood what Shen Shixing meant, and his eyes brightened: "Yuan Fu is saying that Gao Qiuzhen is worried that once the third son of the emperor is established as the prince, the power of the imperial concubine in the future will be unstoppable?"
Shen Shixing was not very sure, but said: "This is one point, and another point: the imperial concubine seems to be far more keen on power than the empress. What if - I am just hypothesizing: if the emperor has an unbearable change in the future, the imperial concubine will
Will..."
Wang Xijue took a deep breath and blurted out: "The regent has the power?"
Shen Shixing said nothing, but Wang Xijue quickly regained his composure, shook his head and said, "No, no."
"What's wrong?" Shen Shixing asked.
Wang Xijue thought about it and said: "There is no precedent for a queen mother to come to the court in this dynasty, but the regulations of this dynasty are different from those of Liu Han and Li Tang. Firstly, as long as the emperor comes of age, the queen mother must return the great power; secondly, if the late emperor is about to die, she must also entrust him to the throne.
In the world, the assistant ministers take care of their lives. If... I also assume that if the emperor has a change that he cannot bear to say, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that he will immediately call Gao Qiuzhen into the cabinet with the imperial edict, and then entrust him to take care of his lives.
In this way, even if the imperial concubine becomes the queen mother, if she wants to carry out her decrees in the world, she must seek the true approval. What does he have to worry about?"
Wang Xijue had this idea because he didn't know that in the original history, Gao Gong, Gu Ming's first assistant, had been dismissed from office and sent back by the orders of the empress dowagers of the two palaces and the young emperor.
In Wang Xijue's eyes, the authority of Gu Ming's chief minister is unshakable - theoretically speaking, he is the person "entrusted with the country" by the late emperor. Just like Yang Tinghe back then, he was also a strong Gu who could refute Emperor Shizong's imperial decree several times.
Order the first assistant.
The Queen Mother? At least before, the Ming Dynasty did not have such a strong Queen Mother who could do whatever she wanted to do. This kind of psychological set-up caused Wang Xijue’s thinking to be shackles.
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