Shen Li's move was beyond Gao Ping's expectation, but it was also reasonable after thinking about it.
Although Shen Li has not been sent to the Ministry of Government from the Hanlin Academy for a long time, he is not young. He is already fifty-eight this year. Needless to say, if you think about Zhang Juzheng, he was only in his early forties when he first joined the cabinet. Shen Li is not in a hurry now, it will be really difficult.
Even if Zhang Xueyan followed Guo Pu's example and resolutely resigned and became an official as soon as he turned seventy, by the time Shen Li successfully succeeded him in the cabinet, he would have already passed sixty, which was really too late.
But Shen Li's approach made Gao Jingshi very unhappy, because for the Practical School as a whole, this was a strategy of killing a thousand enemies and damaging himself by eight hundred. But for Gao Jingshi himself, it was the other way around. Kill eight hundred enemies and lose one thousand.
Although Zhang Xueyan presided over several battles during his tenure in Liaofu, he was different from Gao Pragmatic. He was only responsible for scheduling, and Li Chengliang fought the battles. What he was good at was actually the details of administration, especially when he was in the Ministry of Household Affairs As the cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of Accounts, he created the "Wanli Accounting Records" and became famous for his familiarity with finance.
Because he was familiar with finance, he paid special attention to Gao Jingshi and became Gao Jingshi's staunch ally in the cabinet. Together with Wu Dui, he formed Gao Jingshi's two major helpers in the cabinet. If Zhang Xueyan resigned and Shen Li entered the cabinet, It is very likely that the alliance between Xu Guo and Shen Li will counterpress Gao Pragmatic and Wu Dui.
The Practical School itself is a reformist, but Xu Guo and Shen Li are both conservatives within the Practical School. It’s not that the conservatives are unwilling to reform, but the intensity and pace of the reforms are different from those regarded as radicals by the world. Being pragmatic is different.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic was not considered a radical in his early years. At that time, senior officials in the imperial court felt that Gao Gong was the radical, but Gao Pragmatic was actually a being who could keep Gao Gong restrained.
In fact, it is only recently that Gao Pragmatism has been regarded as a radical. Starting from the establishment of feudal lords and bans, and reaching the peak of "conquering the world's financial power", the intensity of Gao Pragmatism's reforms has frightened many people.
This is one of the drawbacks of civilian politics. Civilian politics plays an irreplaceable and huge role in maintaining national stability, but it has a chronic problem, that is, it is too afraid to try to change - any change means possible instability.
Small changes are okay. This is a kind of self-correction. Civilian politics also has this spontaneous function. But changes that are too large and too hasty are not recognized by them. Perhaps they have insight into a famous saying of later generations: step by step If it's too big, it's easy to pull the egg.
Gao pragmatically believes that his reforms are based on foundation, and he has enough strength and means to ensure that they will not "get messed up." But obviously the cognitive differences between radicals and conservatives exist objectively. Gao pragmatically thinks not, conservatives Pai still thinks it will.
In other words, if Shen Li really replaces Zhang Xueyan, the balance of power between the radicals and conservatives within the Practical School will change, and Gao Pragmatic's next situation will become relatively difficult.
However, Gao Pragmatic couldn't figure out how to solve or deal with this matter for a while.
It stands to reason that using Li Chengliang as a means to attack Zhang Xueyan's reputation in a roundabout way is a bit too much. After all, although Zhang Xueyan worked with Li Chengliang for eight years (Zhang Xueyan was appointed as the governor of Liao Dynasty by Gao Gong in the fifth year of Longqing, and Yintuo in the fifth year of Wanli). Li Chengliang was recalled and promoted to the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs after the Six Forts of Biankuandian), but at that time Li Chengliang did not have a background in the civil service faction. Li Chengliang clearly became a military minister with a background in the Xinxue School after Zhang Xueyan returned to Beijing, and there were still several years of transition.
From this point of view, to attack Zhang Xueyan based on Li Chengliang's mistakes, the most we can do is to say that there are problems with Zhang Xueyan's memorial to Li Chengliang at that time, such as repaying false achievements for actual merits, concealing failures to cover up mistakes, etc.
But this is also difficult to deal with, because after Shen Shixing's application for relief, the imperial court actually formed a "unified view" on the issue of Li Chengliang's past merits.
The loss has resulted in many branches and knots, and all the achievements of Liang Baisheng have been lost. This is something I deeply regret."
In other words, just because of this defeat, we cannot make random connections and drown out Li Chengliang's achievements in hundreds of battles.
The emperor's attitude today is actually based on this position, which is why he agreed to let Li Chengliang return to the capital to be honored as Ning Yuanbo - if there are any problems with his past achievements, then Ning Yuanbo's Spylord will obviously have to be abolished.
It's better to get rid of him, why not go back to Beijing to raise a ghost? I'm afraid it's not time to go back to Beijing and behead him.
Therefore, at first glance, Zhang Xueyan should be quite safe. However, Gao Pragmatic was always a little uneasy and felt that Xu Guo and Shen Li would not do useless work. I am afraid there may be subsequent changes in this matter.
Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were unaware of Gao Jingshi's worries and asked him about the reason for his visit. So Gao Jingshi briefly explained what had happened in the palace just now, of course, only the part that could be known to them.
After listening to Gao Pragmatic's words, Wu Dui muttered: "Yang Siwei is the one who can be used. His only son Yang Yuan..."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Pingshi was startled and interrupted: "Yang Yuan?"
"This Yang Yuan is not the other Yang Yuan, it's just the same name." Wu Dui explained: "Yang Siwei's son Yang Yuan is now in the imperial guard, and he was personally selected and promoted by Rixin."
Gao pragmatic recalled it for a moment and suddenly said: "Oh, I remembered, he is the Second Assistant Commander of the Third Town of the Imperial Guard."
Wu Dui smiled and said: "Yes, Rixin really remembers it well."
Gao Pangshi was surprised and said: "The Third Town sent troops to quell the rebellion in the northwest last time, and the Second Association also sent troops (but only sent a target cavalry). As the commander of the Association, even if he did not come in person, it seems that he should be rewarded. Why?
Is it still unified now?"
Liang Menglong interjected: "He is now the deputy commander of the third town and the second assistant commander."
Gao pragmatic nodded and understood the meaning of Wu Dui's previous words: Since Yang Yuan, Yang Siwei's only son, is a member of the Imperial Guard and was selected by himself, Yang Siwei must be leaning towards his side.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sure enough, Wu Dui continued: "Originally, because of this relationship, if Yang Siwei was transferred to Liaofu, things in Liaodong would be easier to handle. But now
Emperor Fan missed his old friendship and sent Li Rusong back to Liaodong to replace Li Chengliang. I'm afraid Liaodong will still be troubled."
Liang Menglong also frowned and said: "Li Rusong also stayed in the capital camp for a few years before. He also made great achievements in killing generals during the Battle of Monan. This time he made great contributions to pacifying the northwest. With his return to Liaodong, he is outstanding in terms of ability.
It's not an exaggeration to say so.
It's just that Li Rusong has a flamboyant personality, which is different from his father Li Chengliang. I once heard that when he was in Shanxi, he made wild remarks, saying that the Taiyuan soldiers were cowardly and not as sharp as the Liao soldiers.
He also did not bring many Shanxi soldiers and horses, and mainly relied on his servants.
At the end of last year, when the situation in the northwest was decided, Li Rusong was transferred to the Xuanfu. During the inspection by the governor Xu Shouqian, Li Rusong relied on his achievements in conquering the west and sat side by side with Xu Shouqian. Wang Xueshu, who participated in the Xuanfu government, was dissatisfied when he saw it and reprimanded Li Rusong for not obeying the rules. Li Rusong retorted and refused.
If you give in a little, both sides almost start a full-scale martial arts show... In short, I think this person is not a fuel-efficient person."
The words "almost took action" are definitely a bit exaggerated, but Gao Pragmatic can almost guess that the situation at that time was probably like this:
Li Rusong walked up to the reviewing stand and sat next to Xu Shouqian. Xu Shouqian had probably never encountered such a weird thing, so although he was dissatisfied, he hesitated for a moment whether to scold him directly or hint that Li Rusong was sitting in the wrong seat.
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But although the governor didn't say anything, the subordinates below had to express their opinions, so Wang Xueshu, who participated in politics, became angry on the spot and ordered Li Rusong to give up his seat. However, Li Rusong had just returned from victory and was full of confidence that I was the best in the world, so naturally he was too lazy to pay attention. Wang Xueshu felt that he had been ignored
, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to drag Li Rusong down.
It should be noted here that Wang Xue Shu, a scholar, would definitely not be able to drag down a fierce general like Li Rusong, but he probably thought that Li Rusong did not dare to resist, so he did this. Of course, Li Rusong ignored him, and his lack of face was also a key factor.
However, Li Rusong's brain circuit was very unusual. When he stood up, he was ready to weigh Wang Shenzheng's strength and see how he dared to roll up his sleeves in front of him.
This obviously frightened other officials present and even the generals brought by Li Rusong, so subordinates from both civil and military sides rushed forward to break up the fight. Wen Lawen and Wu Lawu managed to separate the two people, and nothing happened to Mr. Li.
A big scandal in the political world when the king of soldiers and fists participated in politics.
Although the fight did not break out, this incident obviously angered the Xuanfu Inspector Wang Zhidong, who impeached him overnight - he impeached two people together. Both Li Rusong and Wang Xue Shu were impeached, but Governor Xu Shouqian was fine.
Everyone felt that there was no big problem with Xu Futai's performance. Although he did not speak, this could be seen as the magnanimity of a civilian official who did not care about mere military ministers. Moreover, everyone also knew that a military commander was not qualified to sit alongside a governor and was not a court in itself.
Rules are just traditions that can be understood but cannot be expressed.
Even if Li Rusong does not abide by this tradition, we can only rely on other means to deal with him. It is not possible to discuss with the emperor with carriages and horses, because Xu Shouqian's job is the right deputy censor of the capital, which is the third rank; Li Rusong's job is the right army.
The official affairs of the Dudu Mansion are the second grade.
According to the imperial system, Li Rusong should be the chief, so what else? When Gao Pragmatic was co-managing the military affairs of the Beijing camp as the left minister of the Ministry of War, who would take advantage of the super-class Dukes and Marquises of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion?
How dare you take the position of chief executive and let Gao pragmatism take the position of subordinate?
I'm afraid you don't know why the flowers are so red.
Speaking of Xu Shouqian, Gao Pingshi didn't know who Xu Shouqian was in his previous life, but he is quite familiar with him in this life because Xu Shouqian is from the north and an official belonging to the Shi school.
Xu Shouqian was a native of Gaocheng County, Zhending Prefecture, North Zhili Province. He was a Jinshi in the Yichou Division in the 44th year of Jiajing's reign, and his teacher was none other than Gao Gong. However, Xu Shouqian's results at that time were relatively average, and he ranked sixteenth among the top three in the imperial examination.
It was obviously difficult to stay in Beijing and serve in Beijing due to this achievement, and he was not one of Gao Gong's top candidates at the time, so he went out to promote officials for Kaifeng Prefecture.
Xinzheng County belongs to Kaifeng Prefecture, so Xu Shouqian was able to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to embark on an official career, which meant that Gao Gong paid more attention to him. After that, Xu Shouqian's official career was indeed relatively smooth. He was first promoted to head of the household department, and then promoted to doctor. By Wanli 3 In April of Xinmao of that year, Gao Gong, who had always been in charge of the affairs alone, appointed Xu Shouqian, then a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, as the deputy envoy to Zhejiang.
However, he did not work for long in Zhejiang. In September of that year, he was transferred as deputy envoy from Zhejiang to Shanxi, responsible for the Qing army's post and also in charge of salt law. In November, he was stationed in Zhapianguan with his original post to organize local military equipment.
This work lasted for six years. In October of the ninth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun was promoted to deputy envoy to Shanxi and Xu Shouqian to participate in politics in Huguang. In November of the tenth year, he was promoted from right to participate in politics in Huguang to envoy to Huguang. Not long after, he was promoted to envoy to Shanxi.
In August of the twelfth year of Wanli, Xu Shouqian was promoted to Shanxi's Inspector-General as the censor of the right capital, and he patrolled Shanxi, and officially became the official of the border. In the ninth month of the thirteenth year, Xu Shouqian was promoted to the censor of the right capital and governor. As before. In February of the 15th year, Zhu Yijun issued an order for Xu Shouqian, the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to change his original official position to the governor of the Xuanfu area and support the management of military affairs.
It can be seen from his resume that his characteristic as an official was that he worked in Shanxi for a long time, and before he was promoted, he moved to the south. He did not stay for long, and after completing his qualifications, he was transferred back to Shanxi.
As a disciple of Gao Gong and having been around Shanxi for a long time, it is impossible not to be unfamiliar with Gao Pragmatic. To a certain extent, he can even be regarded as a special candidate within the Practical School to add sand to the Shanxi Party's territory.
Of course, it may not be right to say that there is sand mixed in. It should be a manifestation of the mainstream of the Practical School merging with the Jin Party. Therefore, he has always stayed in Shanxi from the Gao Gong era to the present day.
Li Rusong's fight for the seat may also be a secondary factor in Zhu Yijun's transfer of Li Rusong this time - after Wang Zhidong participated in the impeachment, although the emperor did not punish him severely, he also fined Wang Xueshu and Li Rusong two times from their salaries. Month, to show that both people have something wrong.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It seems that both Wu Dui and Liang Menglong think it is not a good thing for Li Rusong to return to Liaodong, and Gao Pragmatic frowned even more after hearing this.
Wu Dui looked at Gao Pragmatic's expression and mused: "Rixin, with Li Rusong's temperament, once he returns to Liaodong, what I'm most worried about is not that he will compete with the governor again - anyway, the current governor of Liao is Li Song. (Hey, these two names are a bit coincidental), I am worried that he will do more than Li Chengliang in Liaodong."
Wu Dui was a little surprised and replied: "Of course he is domineering and does not listen to orders."
Gao pragmatic thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's okay to be domineering, but it's not necessarily true to not listen to orders."
"Oh?" Wu Dui seemed a little doubtful and asked, "How can you see it?"
Gao pragmatic replied: "Li Rusong fought under my command twice. I commanded him in both the Battle of Monan and the Battle of Northwest. In both battles, he did not disobey orders."
Before Wu Dui could speak, Liang Menglong waved his hand and said, "Hey, Rixin, what you said is not entirely true. One moment and another moment, during the Battle of Monan, you were the imperial envoy with full power, commanding the armies according to the imperial edict, and Li Rusong was at that time He is participating in the war as the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion. Following your order is the emperor's order. How dare he disobey your military order?
The same goes for the Battle of the Northwest. As the commander of the seven towns, you were sent to the reinforcements by the Holy Order, and you were also the admiral of the military affairs in the northwest. Li Rusong was the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province at the time, and was under your control. How could he dare to disobey your military orders?
However, this time when he returned to Liaodong, there was no one who had the Holy Order to take care of him. Governor Li Song was from the Xin School, so he would not interfere with Li Rusong's affairs. Who would be able to take care of him then? Zhou Yong
Not to mention that the governor is far away in Miyun, even if there is a military order for Li Rusong, he can use Li Song's name as an army commander to back him up and let Zhou Yong argue with Li Song, but what will happen then?"
This is a problem. After all, the governors of the Ming Dynasty are different from the governors of the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the governor is in charge of the army and the governor is in charge of the people. However, the governor and the governor in the Ming Dynasty both have the power to manage the army. Once Li Rusong really takes advantage of Li Song's so-called
He was ordered to silence Zhou Yong, so Zhou Yong had to go to the emperor to file a lawsuit with Li Song, the governor of Liao.
But at this time Wu Dui said in deep thought: "These words reminded me - I suddenly thought that Rixin's military achievements could not be compared not only with Li Rusong, but also with Li Chengliang. Li Rusong dared to be presumptuous in front of Xu Shouqian, or bully Xu Shouqian and
He has great military exploits, but Rixin is not like that, but he may not dare to act arrogantly in front of Rixin."
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