The reason why Gao Gong was moved in his heart was because of Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng's recent reaction didn't seem to be anything special, but he learned a rumor from some channels that the last time Zhang Juzheng came to speak to Xu Jie, he received 30,000 taels of silver from the Xu family.
This incident made Gao Gong very unhappy.
But the source of his unhappiness is not Zhang Juzheng's cashier itself - Xu Jie is your benefactor. I know that their family is in trouble. In the name of a descendant of the Xu family, I will give you, "senior brother", some money. Please
Please say something to them and ask for mercy. It’s not that I can’t understand. But you and I have been colleagues for many years. You don’t know how I treat you? Gao Suqing can bear the word “both teacher and friend”!
But what about you, Zhang Taiyue? You kept me in the dark and told me so many truths without shame, as if you planned for me wholeheartedly. Did you really feel no guilt when you said those words?
Zhang Taiyue, Zhang Taiyue, you are my favored successor. After all, this matter is related to your favor. I can treat it as nothing happened, but next time... I hope you won't let me down again.
Just when Gao Gong felt disappointed with Zhang Juzheng in his heart, Zhang Juzheng was writing a letter in the duty room of the cabinet.
This letter was written to Yin Zhengmao, who was about to take up his new post as governor of Guangxi.
Yin Zhengmao was a native of She County. His first ancestor was Yin Xunze in the late Southern Song Dynasty. In the first year of Deyou, he led troops with Jia Sidao from Lin'an to Wuhu to defend against the enemy, and was defeated. Yin Xunze followed the original
The road retreated to Shexian County and settled at the south gate of the county. The following generations became well-known in the local area. However, by the time of the tenth grandson Yin Zhengmao, the Yin family was already quite rare.
In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, Yin Zhengmao, who had studied hard for many years and was already thirty-four years old, finally became a Jinshi in high school. This brought new glory and hope to the Yin family, which had been in decline for a long time. Due to his high ranking, he was soon promoted to
For the military affairs department.
In his early years, Yin Zhengmao actually rose to prominence in the court with his image of being upright and outspoken without fear of the powerful, and attracted the attention of the cabinet. So soon after, he was sent out for training, and served successively as deputy military envoy to Guangxi, Yunnan, and Huguang, and then moved to Jiangxi
According to the inspection envoy.
Because he had a reputation for being upright and outspoken in his early years, the relationship between Yin Zhengmao and Zhang Juzheng, who was of the same age, was not bad at that time. Not to mention a close friendship, at least they were close. Later, Zhang Juzheng became the sole leader of Xu Jie, and he was directly appointed by Hanlin bachelor
After entering the cabinet, Yin Zhengmao often exchanged letters with Zhang Juzheng. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was a political ally.
However, perhaps because he believed that he had the responsibility to revitalize the family, although Yin Zhengmao had outstanding abilities after he was sent to the outside world, especially good at solving cases and military affairs, he became more and more concerned with money. It is hard to say whether his official position has benefited one party, but
He treated the people under his rule pretty well, and he was fair in handling cases, and many people who had been wronged were exonerated. However, Yin Zhengmao did not refuse his filial piety to his subordinates, and would even take the initiative to hint at him. He was known as a corrupt person.
, is also derived from this.
Later generations often said that Yin Zhengmao was corrupt. In fact, it was probably because Yin Zhengmao belonged to Zhang Juzheng's faction, and after Zhang Juzheng was liquidated by Wanli, many of the officials promoted and appointed by Zhang Juzheng were heavily corrupted.
Generally speaking, Yin Zhengmao is very talented, and he is indeed a bit corrupt as an official, but generally speaking, this corruption is mainly towards his subordinate bureaucrats - filial piety is actually a chronic disease in officialdom, but if it is just
It is difficult to say exactly what constitutes corruption and bribery as it is collected according to certain hidden rules.
After all, the conviction of accepting bribes depends on what the person has done. In later generations, it is a transaction of power and money. And Yin Zhengmao only accepted "exchange money" and did not provide much concrete help, so he was known as "corrupt".
At the same time, he can continue to serve as an official intact. Otherwise, his reputation for corruption is so loud. Do you really think there is no imperial censor to take part in him?
The reason why Gao Gong agreed to Yin Zhengmao's departure was because he said, "Give him an extra 200,000 yuan so that he can be greedy." In fact, he knew clearly in his heart that Yin Zhengmao, the soldier's salary man, would never be greedy. He had other ways: for example, his subordinates
There must be some who are free of charge. As long as Yin Zhengmao seizes the handle of these subordinates and gives some hints, how dare these subordinates not increase their salary by a few percent or even several times more than him in various "regular tributes" every year?
In this way, the money can still be obtained, and Yin Zhengmao has nothing worth mentioning - it's just filial piety, which of you won't accept it? The big bosses in the imperial court also accept it!
Therefore, the main reason why Gao Gong was willing to let Yin Zhengmao be transferred from Jiangxi inspector to Guangxi governor was because he valued Yin Zhengmao's talents.
However, Zhang Juzheng would not write this in his letter to Yin Zhengmao.
The general meaning of the letter is this:
Brother Yin has served in Guangxi before and is familiar with the scenery and terrain of Guangxi. Now there is another rebellion in Guangxi, and Guangdong has been exhausted because of the repeated invasions of Japanese pirates. Therefore, the chaos in Guangxi is going to be settled, and Guangxi's troops are needed. Brother Yin is a great talent.
I have known about it for a long time, so I have recommended it many times, but Li Chunfang did not understand military affairs before and thought that the rebellion in Guangxi was no big deal, so he put it off. Now that Gao Gong is back, he still understands military affairs, but Li Chunfang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi,
Li Qian was the same year as him, so he still hoped that Li Qian could put down the rebellion and achieve this special feat.
I, Zhang Juzhao, talked hard and begged, and Gao Gong finally relaxed a little and was willing to let Brother Yin go to quell the chaos. However, although Li Qian was not very good at fighting, after all, his qualifications are there, and Gao Gong also needs such a frontier leader.
The officials are shouting for themselves, so they are not willing to let you be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and are only willing to let you be the governor of Guangxi.
Of course I know that with your talents, Brother Yin, being a mere governor of Guangxi is really humiliating, but with the current state of affairs, I still hope that Brother Yin can accept it for the time being and deal with the chaos in Guangxi and Guangxi first. As for the Central Committee, Brother Yin, just take care of it.
Don’t worry, what the court owes you today, even if I, Zhang Juzheng, owe you, I will definitely make up for it in the future...
In a word: Gao Gong really doesn’t want you to get such a big merit. He wants his people to get this great merit. It’s just that the current situation is corrupt and only you, Yin Zhengmao, can solve it, and I, Zhang Juzheng, am the one who supports you the most.
.In the whole court, I, Zhang Juzheng, am the only one who insists on speaking for you and giving you a chance to show off your skills. For this reason, I even lowered my face and asked Gao Gong, and finally got you this governor of Guangxi. Don’t be dissatisfied.
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After writing the letter, Zhang Juzheng smiled, dried the ink and put it away.
At this time, he recalled the scene when the previous cabinet approved the emperor's decree.
"Gao pragmatism..." Zhang Juzheng murmured to himself: "You have had a good time. If it weren't for the fact that only Jian Xiu in my family happened to be the same age as the prince, how could you be allowed to rely on the prince so easily? That useless snack Li Chunfang is even more
He has no foresight and dares not object even when things have reached this level. It seems that his days in the cabinet are numbered."