It stands to reason that since Huo Ji is a minister-level official who favors Gao Gong, it seems that Gao Gong should help him in this matter, but the situation is not that simple.
In the first year of Huo Ji Longqing's reign, he was appointed governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province. In February, Zhang Juzheng joined the cabinet to participate in machine affairs. At that time, Xu Jie was in power, and Gao Gong left the cabinet in May of the first year because of a disagreement with Xu Jie. , Anda invaded Datong, fell into Shizhou, plundered Jiaocheng and Wenshui, and marched straight into the middle of Shanxi Province. The capital was in the horror of war. In October, after being satisfied with the plunder, Anda led his troops to retreat north. Emperor Longqing issued an edict to let the ministers discuss the war. Due to the military affairs, Guo Qian, Minister of the Ministry of War, was dismissed from his post, and Huo Ji took over in October of Dinghai. During the Sino-Japanese War, Wang Chonggu, who was governor of Ningxia, was changed to the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of Youqiandu, and the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province.
In the third year of Longqing, Huo Ji entered Jiubian Books. This year there were frequent disasters. Huo Ji and Yang Bo begged for a break, but Longqing refused.
Here comes the problem. At that time, Yang Bo was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It made sense to resign frequently due to disasters, but why did Huo Ji, a Minister of the Ministry of War, also join in the fun?
The reason is that Huo Ji and Yang Bo are from the same hometown, and to advance and retreat together to this extent shows that the relationship is very unusual. Before Huo Ji, Yang Bo was the Minister of the Ministry of War, and when Huo Ji was the Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Bo was in charge. Although he was the Minister of the Ministry of War, he was also in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War. It can be seen that when Huo Ji became the Minister of the Ministry of War, he must have the help of Yang Bo. He must have wanted one of his own to continue to manage the Ministry of War, so that there would be no conflicts.
So in the final analysis, Huo Ji is a member of Yang Bo, not a member of Gao Gong. As for why his political attitude is inclined to Gao Gong, there is an incomplete reason: Gao Gong has always had a good relationship with Shanxi officials - —Do you remember what triggered the previous conflict between Xu Jie and Gao Gong? It was the Beijing inspection hosted by Yang Bo, and Gao Gong was on Yang Bo's side at that time.
Of course, the specific situation is quite complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few words. In short, the political attitudes of Shanxi-born officials such as Yang Bo, Wang Chonggu, and Zhang Siwei tended to be high-gong in the court. Huo Ji, as a Shanxi-born official, It is not surprising that one of the top officials, who probably followed Yang Bo within the group, also had an inclination towards Gao Gong.
But in any case, Huo Ji's "big brother" is Yang Bo, not Gao Gong.
In this case, Gao Gong can't just push forward casually. He must at least wait for Yang Bo to express his position before he can take action. Otherwise, what do you want Yang Bo to think? What do other officials from Shanxi think?
What's going on, Gao Suqing, are you planning to directly integrate our Shanxi gang as a whole or something?
For this reason, it is definitely inconvenient for Gao Gong to intervene now. Even if he wants to intervene, he will have to wait until Huo Ji can't withstand the pressure of Zhao Zhenji and Yang Bo is helpless. Only then will the weight of his intervention become apparent.
But in the original history, something went wrong later, and the reasons were complicated. To put it simply, Huo Ji resigned in anger, and Gao Gong had no time to do anything. But a year later, Gao Gong became the chief assistant and After consolidating his position, he instructed his close disciples and officials to send edicts to Han Ji, who was involved in the incident, and asked him to re-enable Huo Ji. It was not just Han Ji, but starting from Han Ji, a large group of high-profile disciples and former officials came to ask for edicts. Huo Ji was reinstated, but at that time Huo Ji fell ill and was in poor health, so he refused and died of illness four years later.
This is probably the cause and effect of the matter, and now it’s time to get down to business.
Although Emperor Longqing was usually quiet, he actually knew these inside stories very well. He knew that the idea that Zhao Zhenji was only at odds with Gao Gong because of his stubborn temper and arrogance was completely untenable.
Zhenji is a remnant of Xu Jie, and the conflict between him and Gao Gong is ultimately due to different governance concepts: Xu Jie's governance philosophy has long been stated, and thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: maintain the status quo.
But Gao Gong is obviously not satisfied with maintaining the status quo. What he wants is to "eliminate the eight evils" and create a new and upward Ming Dynasty.
The contradiction between these two people cannot be resolved at all. The reason why Zhao Zhenji is still retained is that, first, Zhao Zhenji has not made any big mistakes so far, so he cannot let go without guilt; second, the forces within Xu Jie's remnant party have not been straightened out yet, and they still need to
Wait a minute.
There is no need to say much about the former, but the latter must be mentioned.
Who is Emperor Longqing waiting for to sort out the internal forces of Xu Jieyu's party?
It was none other than Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng was of course a member of Xu Jie's party, but he was also a potential official of Long Qing. Therefore, whether to use him or not depended on his own inclination.
How did Long Qing observe his tendencies? It was simple: those who were close to Gao Gong were inclined towards him as the emperor; those who were far away from Gao Gong were the selfish Xu Jie party members.
After all, in Long Qing's mind, because Gao Gong's political ideals overlapped perfectly with his own, Gao Gong was his plenipotentiary spokesperson in the outer court, his direct lineage, and his closest confidant.
It is said that being with Gao Gong is like being with Emperor Longqing; anyone who is stranger to Gao Gong is like being with Emperor Longqing.
Therefore, he made a subconscious statement and did not mention Zhao Zhenji at all.
Gao pragmatic vaguely understood this truth, and suddenly felt that his waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, and he could climb the fifth floor in one breath... Hey, why is this sentence so familiar?
At this time, Meng Chong also smiled and nodded, echoing: "Yes, yes, Long Live Grandpa is sage and arbitrary. The cabinet finally... finally understands Long Live Grandpa's painstaking efforts." As he said this, he felt scared and thought.
: Straight lady, I almost said, "The cabinet finally gave me face and didn't return the decree. Fortunately, you responded in time."
Long Qing also smiled and nodded, and said to Feng Bao: "Feng Bao, go and tell me in person that you can engrave Gao Pragmatic's plaque."
Engraving and carving tablets refers to engraving official seals and waist badges. With this thing, a high-pragmatic official of the Ming Dynasty can be considered a serious official.
Gao pragmatically thought a little bit: I wonder what will be written on my official seal and waist badge?
The official seal must be read by the prince?
Should the badge read "The Prince's Accompanying Student and the Fake Attendant to the Bachelor's Degree are High and Pragmatic"?
My two officials seem to be a bit like a formal position with an additional title, but they don't have a serious rank. If they were placed in the previous life, what kind of rank would they be?
From the fifth rank, one should be a magistrate. Should a magistrate be equivalent to a deputy director or a chief? Then shouldn’t I be counted as... having no rank but enjoying the treatment of a deputy director or a chief?
Interesting...
It is still easy to get along in this era. At just a few years old, you can get to a level that you did not reach in your previous life when you were more than 30 years old. This shows that there is an old saying: There are people in the court who are easy to be officials!
