However, although Liu Xian saw that Gao Pragmatic seemed to want to help Liu Wei, he was happy to see it happen, and even said he was a little grateful - after all, as long as he was reinstated, he would basically be in trouble except for the founding of the country.
Except for the two hereditary martial ministers, there is not much hope for the peak military ministers to continue to rise, so it would be great for his son to become famous.
But he didn't think carefully about Gao Pragmatic's motivation for doing this. Of course, most people can't see this. After all, not everyone can be as far-sighted as Gao Pragmatic and see so many years in the future. This can basically only be a time traveler.
Only vision.
Gao pragmatically made up his mind to take the civil service route. The most difficult part of the civil service route was the imperial examination. However, because of the advantage of his superior memory after time traveling, and because he had enough experience in "taking exams", he
I am quite confident about passing the Jinshi exam.
In addition, he also did not give up an idea that was like opening a back door: to enter Zhu Yijun's field of vision early, it is best to establish a good relationship with the future Wanli Emperor early, and even suggested that Gao Gong secretly promote this "Prince's Playmate" incident
, the purpose is also to lay the foundation for obtaining the Holy Family in the future.
The power system of the Ming Dynasty is quite interesting to talk about: the emperor's power should be the greatest in theory, but the emperor was often controlled by the civil servant group, whether it was for posthumous considerations or other reasons. In short, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty usually directly communicated with the civil servants
The group worked against him, and he did not have a good reputation later on. Even when he was in office, many things did not go smoothly.
For example, Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, although this man did have some problems, it was probably not as bad as what was said in later history books. However, because he offended the entire civil servant group, he was regarded as a typical example of a cowardly emperor.
Another example is the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, who was slandered in later generations as "the Ming Dynasty died in Wanli". Because he always asked for sick leave and refused to go to court, he was even dubbed by the civil servants as "the emperor's illness is caused by drinking, sex and wealth" -
-By the way, this comment comes from Luo Yuren, the son of Luo Zun, a student of Gao Gongmen.
In fact, the main conflicts between Emperor Wanli and the civil servant group were the dispute over the country's foundation and the collection of mineral taxes. Luo Yuren and Wanli also had a bit of a personal vendetta: As I said just now, his father was Luo Zun, and Luo Zun's kindness
The prime minister is Gao Gong - Gao Gong was driven out of the capital to become an official as soon as Wanli ascended the throne. Although Empress Dowager Li and Wanli's mother and son were used by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, after all, the emperor was still the emperor in name only.
The emperor had also been convinced that Gao Gong was unfaithful for many years, so Luo Yuren would definitely not be pleased with Emperor Wanli when he saw him.
Returning to the topic, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could strike or withdraw at any request to a certain civil servant or group of civil servants, but in fact he was controlled by the entire civil servant group - no matter how awesome you are, you cannot kill them all, otherwise the country will
Isn’t it over? Just like when Emperor Jiajing held a grand ceremony, he had to choose a civil servant like Yan Song to take power on behalf of the emperor. In short, if the emperor does not have trusted civil servants to control the power of the cabinet, the imperial power itself will be difficult.
stretch.
But in addition to using trusted ministers to control the power of the cabinet, the emperor also had another way to control real power, and the effect was very good, but it usually had some troubles: the heavy use of eunuchs.
Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian were the role models of the great eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty. However, no matter how powerful they were in the beginning and they made the civil service group miserable, they thought that they were really powerful, that they had overwhelming power and had overwhelming power in the world. In fact, they
The power comes entirely from the emperor. In many cases, it is actually just a puppet target created by the emperor's unwillingness to directly confront the civil servant group.
The truly powerful eunuchs have to be seen in the late Tang Dynasty. The eunuchs who dethroned the emperor and established the emperor in a single thought were not at the same level as the so-called powerful eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty who were treated like tissue paper and thrown away after use - the Ming Dynasty only had
The civil service group can establish a new monarch, such as Yu Qian established Zhu Qiyu, and Yang Tinghe established Zhu Houcong. When did the eunuchs have a place to speak here?
Therefore, if I put it crudely here, it is because the emperor still wants to show off his face and directly come out to argue with the civil servants. Although he may not be afraid of the civil servants group when he is alive, things may not be easy to handle, and secondly, he will definitely have no one after he dies.
Good reviews. So smart emperors would choose to use eunuchs as cannon fodder, such as Zhu Youxiao.
Of course, Jiajing's method was more clever. He realized that the strongest fortress must be conquered from the inside, so he did not use eunuchs, but used Zhang Cong, Yan Song and the like. According to Jiajing's view, I didn't use eunuchs, so you can't hack me.
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He was still naive. As long as you asserted imperial power and harmed the interests of most civil servants, your reputation would not be much better after your death. Even Jiajing was scolded by Hai Rui before he died.
But although Gao Pragmatic knows all these things, he doesn't care too much because he doesn't care much about his posthumous reputation.
He knew very well that the emperor might not be happy with what he was going to do in the future, and the civil service group might not be very satisfied either. But in order for the Ming Dynasty or the Han Dynasty to maintain, he had to do these things, but the means had to be clever and he had to do it step by step.
, one wrong step and you will be shattered into pieces.
The imperial power must be gradually restricted, and a person who inherits power by blood cannot decide the world's major events with one word; the civil servant group must also transfer some interests, and cannot give away every cent. Of course, Gao Pragmatic will try his best to open up new sources of wealth for them.
, just like the thinking of later generations, make the cake bigger and then discuss how to distribute it.
As for whether the status of generals needs to be improved, that is a matter for the future. Gao Pragmatic still knows how to focus on the big and let go of the small, and concentrate on ensuring key projects.
So in the final analysis, Gao Pragmatic wants to replace Yan Song's position, but try to avoid Yan Song's infamy - of course this is very difficult, and it may even be as difficult as climbing to the sky if not done well.
But if there is no challenge, why would I travel back in time to engage in knitting? I’m not a victim of Qiong Yao’s novels who traveled back in time just to fall in love.
However, regardless of whether they were powerful officials such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian or powerful ministers such as Yan Song and Zhang Juzheng, their status was actually unstable because their power only came from within the power system, and within the power system, in the final analysis, the highest position was the emperor.
Regardless of whether they are eunuchs or powerful ministers, their power is actually borrowed from imperial power.
The darkest corner of Gao Pingshi's heart is that he plans to quietly build a team so that his personal strength will be so strong that no one dares to despise or act rashly. At this time, he is still sitting in a high position second only to the emperor in the power system...
Walking on a tightrope over a cliff makes you feel uneasy just thinking about it. It's really a wise choice to die.
However, there are many types of teams, and so are their strengths.
