Chapter 161 The Troubles in Nancha (Third Three) Thousands of Miles
"Those who hold salary for others should not be frozen to death in the wind and snow; those who open mountains for others should not be trapped in thorns and die."
Gao Pangshi did not specify the target of his words, but all the colleagues of the Pragmatic School who received the reply knew clearly that the "salary-earner" and "pioneer" were all Hai Rui.
Although Hai Rui is not a member of the Shi School, what he is doing now is to help the Shi School get paid. Gao Pragmatic's meaning is simple and clear: we cannot give up Hai Rui and let him face the "snow" alone.
With "Thorn", we must save him.
Hai Rui has always been a maverick in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty. His career as an official started out quite unconventionally. He was not from the Jinbang family, but started as a county magistrate and worked at the "grassroots" level.
It took several years for him to gradually get promoted. Later, he became famous all over the world for offending the strict party and being published in the "Public Security Shu". He eventually became a high-ranking official and became a special symbol of the times.
But his "symbol" is not easy to make. Unlike Gao Gong, who has also become a symbol of the times, if Gao Gong's symbol is "reform", then Hai Rui's symbol is "morality".
Hai Rui is a moral model. Regarding moral issues, Hai Rui's style can no longer be described as "strict", but at least needs to be described as "harsh". In some aspects, from a highly pragmatic point of view, it is even close to a
Paranoia that goes too far.
For example, it was mentioned in the Ming Dynasty Yao Shuxiang's novel "Jian Zhi Bian": Hai Rui's family has always been poor. One day he saw his five-year-old daughter eating a cake and asked who gave the cake. When he learned that it was a servant who gave it to him,
At that time, Hai Rui was furious and said, "How can a good woman accept things from men casually? Only if you starve to death, you are my daughter, Hai Rui!"
His daughter was so frightened that she cried and refused to eat or drink. The family tried to coax her to no avail, and she finally died of hunger after seven days.
Regarding this matter, Zhou Lianggong of the Qing Dynasty also mentioned it in his book "Shu Ying", but it was not recorded in official histories such as "Ming Shilu", "Ming History", and "Guoyan".
Of course, the style of official history in China throughout the ages is as meticulous as gold, so it is understandable not to record such gossip-like gossip. However, from this story that cannot be confirmed to be true, we can at least see that bystanders of this era had a deep understanding of the sea.
Rui's perception: He is an almost paranoid moral fanatic.
The word fanaticism is directly linked to danger in a highly pragmatic understanding. Even the most righteous fanaticism, such as patriotic fanaticism, is very likely to do bad things with good intentions, and the same is true for moral fanaticism.
Gao Pragmatic believed this, and so did most officials and scholars of this era, so everyone regarded Hai Rui as a dangerous person.
What's even more troublesome is that it's hard to blame him for being dangerous. For example, Xu Jie once commented on Hai Rui during the Songjiang land withdrawal case, saying: "Our hometown has been troubled by the New Deal recently, but Gangfeng's original intention has also failed.
For the sake of the people, he only got involved in some partiality, and the unscrupulous people then took advantage of it and made false claims, falsely asserted their reputation, incited the ignorant, and insulted the counties. At first, they still made false accusations, but then they carried them away, occupied the fields and huts, and robbed them openly.
, the discipline and ethics are gone. Not only the common people cannot survive, but also the reputation of Gangfeng has been damaged because of it, which is very regrettable!"
As a result, more people at that time still believed that Xu Jie said this just to excuse himself and deliberately find trouble with Hai Rui. But in fact, although Xu Jie must have said such words out of this mentality, his words themselves were not without purpose. Hai Rui
Rui's actions did indeed lead to these phenomena, but they only amplified the bad consequences when Xu Jie said it.
Hai Rui, a model of morality, insists on "morality as the foundation and principle as the first priority" even when he is trying a case. He does not pay attention to absolute discernment when deciding cases, but he knows everything as if he were a god. For those suspicious cases, he does not investigate them carefully and base them on the facts.
, but "I would rather wrong my brother than my elder brother; I would rather wrong my nephew than my uncle; I would rather wrong the rich than the poor; I would rather wrong the stubborn than the stupid."
In the case of fighting over property, Hai Rui insisted that "it is better to wrong the local officials than to wrong the common people"; in the case of disputes over appearance, he insisted that "it is better to wrong the common people than to wrong the local officials."
It is obviously not in line with Gao Pragmatic's understanding to not be based on facts but on moral principles. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic also mentioned Gao Gong's evaluation of Hai Rui in his last letter to Hai Rui: "Qiongshan
It is better to be in charge of elegance and customs, not to worry about civil affairs, to be honest and upright, and to be responsible for the affairs of the people." Gao Pragmatic himself added after that: "Now that I have obtained this position, the world is very lucky."
The heretic scholar Li Zhi also commented that "there are honest people in the world who can be proud of the frost and snow but cannot serve as pillars", also referring to Hai Rui.
Gao Jingshi's "now he got his position" has two meanings: first, Hai Rui's current job is the Youdu censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate (there is no Zuodu censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he is the top leader of the Nanjing Procuratorate)
, it is exactly what Gao Gong calls "the department of integrity and discipline"; the second one is Hai Rui, who is in charge of Nancha, and is also responsible for the evaluation of officials.
Gao Gong and Gao Jingshi had the same view on the appointment of Hai Rui. They both believed that he could not manage civil affairs and could only supervise officials. However, once the officials who supervise officials were as strict as Hai Rui, they would naturally
This offended people the most, and it also caused Hai Rui to be almost alone in the officialdom, with no friends at all.
Just like Qu Dajun said about Hai Rui, "Gong's school is mainly about rigidity. When he was in court, he was rocky and rigid, and his officials were very angry and hated him, so they had nothing to talk about."
Most of his colleagues hated him and even refused to say a word to him. This can be said to be a typical example of a person who doesn't even talk to him.
Therefore, it was okay if nothing happened to him, but if something happened, he would have to fight alone. Even if Gao Wuzhen wanted to help him now, he would have to find a convincing reason to do so. Therefore, Gao Wuzhen described it as "paying for the public."
"He who builds mountains for others", in the hope that there will be no opposition within the school.
I don't know whether this statement finally impressed the ministers of the Practical School, or whether Gao Pragmatic's face was good enough. The day after he clearly expressed his intention to support Hai Rui, the officials of the Practical School in Beijing began to take action.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Someone said in the book: "Every time a big plan is privately exposed and impeachment is launched, it is just a guilty conscience. This is not the fault of Haigangfeng, who is actually impeached.
So shameless."
Someone else wrote in the journal: "When I look at those who impeach me, I mostly accuse Hai Rui of being biased. However, what he said is an old matter. Right and wrong have been distinguished long ago, and justice has been clear for a long time. Why talk about it today?"
Others say: "Hai Rui, the imperial censor of Nanjing's right capital, was originally appointed by the Holy One to lead the Nancha inspection. I am not presumptuous, thinking that the Holy One wants to use Hai Rui's uprightness. I have considered the great plans over the years. The more strict the inspection is, the more likely it will be impeached."
If there are more, the more lenient the supervisor will be, the less he will be impeached, and the unhealthy tendencies will lead to this..."
Someone else was more direct, saying: "Hai Rui's lord Nancha, the people are impeaching him fiercely before the matter is finished. Is it because Hai Rui has lost the public opinion early? I think otherwise. It's just that Hai Rui's lord chastity makes the traitors look good, loyal and treacherous."
The person has nowhere to hide, so in order to avoid being held accountable, he intends to remove Hai Rui's position first, and then there will be no official to oversee the big plan, so that this person can sit back and relax and get away with it."
Although the various statements are not the same, they generally express similar meanings: No matter how many problems you think Hai Rui has, and whether these problems are true or false, at least at this time, you are jumping out to impeach him as the chief officer of the Southern Police.
What could a ghost be?
Although these memorials do not provide detailed analysis of specific matters, their positions are very clear: Whether Hai Rui is biased or not is not the main issue now. At present, the results of the Southern Investigation have not yet come out, but you suddenly think of the things that Hai Rui was said to have done in the past.
This is an "old problem" that has been going on for more than ten or twenty years. This itself is the biggest problem! You have a guilty conscience!
This is the prerogative of the speaker. I don’t need any bullshit evidence. I just need to say that your starting point is problematic, you are problematic, and the questions you raise are not problems.
Yesterday, when Nanjing officials impeached Hai Rui, the cabinet only voted for a few indifferent nonsense, which is equivalent to no vote. After it was submitted to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the emperor did not give any approval.
Today, the same is true for the officials of the Practical School. There is no clear intention from the cabinet, and almost all the original documents are presented directly. After arriving at the ceremonial supervisor, the situation is all over the place, and the emperor still has not made any statement.
As far as the cabinet is concerned, this reaction is somewhat abnormal, because the impeachment of the chief prosecutor does not involve matters within the Tianjia family, nor does it involve violations of taboos, etc. Theoretically, the cabinet has the obligation and responsibility to put forward opinions on the vote.
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As for the emperor's lack of immediate approval, this is not unusual. Firstly, the emperor has a relatively flexible workload, and secondly, he may need to think carefully before making a decision on some major matters. There is even a third possibility.
That is, the emperor sometimes deliberately let things ferment for a period of time, and then decided how to respond after seeing the subsequent reaction of the foreign court.
Everyone has different understandings of the abnormality of the cabinet. The more mainstream view or guess is that several senior ministers in the cabinet couldn't argue, and Shen Yuanfu was not a particularly tough person, so after a stalemate, they simply fought.
He is careless and says a few vague nonsense words to get rid of the problem.
Everyone knows the characteristics of this kind of nonsense, that is, the truth is absolutely correct, but saying it is the same as not saying it - well, it actually requires a certain level of proficiency.
However, this speculation is completely untrue, because there is no dispute at all in the cabinet. Several big guys from the Heart School and the Practical School have their own considerations, and they are unwilling to take the initiative to express their positions, so as not to let the other party guess their trump cards. What's more,
The controversy in the outer court has not reached its peak now, and the big bosses cannot afford to end it personally so early.
As a result, in fact, the cabinet did not discuss this situation at all. Xu Guo, Zhang Xueyan, and Wu Dui did not ask about it, and Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue did not explain it. On the contrary, Wang Jiaping seemed to have thought of something and said: "Gao Longwen said: "A few days ago, Gao Longwen
After returning in triumph, three of his disciples went to visit him at his house. During this period, they talked about a recent novel called "Journey to the West". I wonder if you have read it?"
This book has become very famous recently, and everyone said that they have read it, or have read part of it. Wang Jiaping then laughed and said: "I heard that Li Shilu wrote it after he returned to his hometown. I don't know if it is true or not, but that's not what I want to say.
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He paused for a moment and said thoughtfully: "At that time, Gao Longwen once said intentionally or unintentionally: 'The golden monkey rises up with a mighty stick, and the jade moon clarifies thousands of miles.'"
When the elders heard this sentence, they couldn't help but feel moved in their hearts. Gao Pragmatic's sentence obviously refers to Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West", but upon closer inspection, it doesn't seem to be quite the same.
Sun Wukong is of course famous for his ability to slay demons in "Journey to the West", but to be honest, he is most impressive for causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Gao Pingshi's statement here is rather strange. He believes that Sun Wukong rises up to fight for
Want "Yuyu to clarify Wanliai".
Comparatively speaking, this should refer to his characteristic of subduing demons and slaying demons, but as you all know, Sun Wukong's ability to subdue demons and slay demons is actually somewhat mysterious.
Most people won't notice it when they first read "Journey to the West", but after thinking about it carefully, they will realize that in the early stage, Sun Wukong conquered demons and eliminated them with force, and basically killed those who could be killed with one stick, but in the later stage, he rarely did this.
Either he was "unbeatable" and had to go to the Bodhisattva, or he learned the opponent's origin during the surrender process and went to fetch reinforcements without saying a word.
The end result is that the Monkey King, who was in a hurry in the early days, seems to have become more and more useless in the later stages. All kinds of fairy mounts cannot be conquered, and they have to find their owners to solve them. Moreover, the Monkey King has another hobby.
, he would often let the gods who helped him accept monsters and take them to work under his sect.
If we only look at "cleaning up" the monsters on the way to learn the scriptures, "Yuyu Clears Wanliai" seems to have indeed been achieved, but the purpose and style of "Golden Monkey Rising with a Thousand Crusaders" seems to have undergone huge changes: Monkey Sun was really
It's "recruitment".
Wang Jiaping just mentioned it casually, but the elders did not dare to understand Gao pragmatically's words so simply, and they could not help but secretly think about Gao pragmatically's intentions.
Not only did Gao Pragmatic think about the meaning of this sentence, but the elders also thought about Wang Jiaping's meaning when he said this: Could he be referring to Hai Rui? If Hai Rui is this monkey, then the "Yuyu" he wants
To clarify "Wanliai", what is this "Ei"?
In addition, was he recruited? If so, by whom? Was it the imperial court or Gao Pragmatic?
The elders did not talk much about this, and no one knew how they understood it in the end.
At this time, the palace still had no statement on the current situation, and the outer court also had its own speculations about the situation. There were more speculations about the emperor's intentions.
Some people think that the emperor is waiting for Hai Rui's self-defense. Only after reading the self-defense will he decide how to answer.
Some people think that the emperor must be dissatisfied with these impeachments, because Hai Rui had already done what they impeached and had been impeached before. The late emperor Mu Zong did not think that Hai Rui was guilty, so this would prove his pure filial piety, so naturally he would not
Deny the late emperor's "judgment".
Some people think that the emperor is waiting for the two important ministers to express their opinions, such as Shen Shixing and Gao Pragmatic. Before they reveal their trump cards, Jinshang will not and does not need to express his intentions prematurely to avoid unexpected embarrassment - whether it is
It may not be what the emperor wants to embarrass himself, or to embarrass Shen Shixing and Gao Pragmatic.
However, while there were divergent opinions in the outer court, an edict suddenly came out from the Inner Court's Chief of Ceremonies, which was said to be an oral order from the emperor, ordering the Ministry of War to match the merits of the First Battle of Northern Liaoning as early as possible, and to discuss with the Ministry of Household Affairs to determine the reward.
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