Chapter 277 Post-war Trouble (6) King Shens Discussion
The attitudes of the civil servants, military generals, and nobles are now relatively clear. Originally, the attitude of the Supervisor of Ceremonies was also very important, but it seems that the Supervisor of Ceremonies chose to remain silent on this matter. It is not yet clear why. The reason, in short, is that there is no attitude.
At this point, even if Gao Mo tried his best to contact Chen Ju, Chen Ju did not give a clear explanation - in other words, it was just a casual talk with no practical significance.
Gao Mo was actually a little dissatisfied with this, but Liu Xin was silent for a while and said it was okay. However, she did not explain the reason, which made Gao Mo feel a little uneasy. He always felt that he was not sure, so he put these situations together And wrote it in a letter to Gao Pragmatic.
As usual, Gao Pragmatic's reply letter took two to three days to be sent back to the capital. Today was supposed to be the day when the reply letter arrived, but the actual result was that the reply letter did not arrive but the memorial arrived - the memorial letter asking for resignation from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. .
Since Gao Jingshi not only resigned, but also turned around and arrived in Yanqing Prefecture, to some extent it can even be said that he had the meaning of "leaving" this time. The difference is that he did not "leave", but "leave". "And go back", take the initiative to rush back to the capital.
This was undoubtedly explosive news, so much so that the major newspapers that received the news were shocked, and then silently scrapped some of the previously written manuscripts, hesitating about how to describe it when writing again.
Now the situation facing all the forces in the capital has suddenly become complicated. Gao Pangshi suddenly gave up the military power on the front line of the war and returned to the capital. This was the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty among the military commanders who commanded the army. It was really no one who could Quickly make reasonable responses based on experience.
There are two big questions before everyone: the first is whether Gao Pragmatic is guilty of giving up military power and "hanging the crown" like this; the second is what attitude everyone should take after he returns to Beijing.
Military power is no more powerful than other powers. If the front line is still fiercely fighting and he abstains from power, it can be regarded as deserting. In theory, he will be punished. In serious cases, it is not impossible to lose his official position. Of course, according to the high pragmatic ministry, As Tang Zhizun is, unless the front line is defeated miserably and the losses are huge, his head is still protected.
But the problem now is that Gao Jingshi returned to Beijing after the victory, and the Chahar-Mongolian army was fleeing westward like a wild horse. Li Rusong said he was ordered to pursue, but in fact Gao Jingshi's order to him was to " chase "The enemy has reached beyond the Mongolian territory, and there is no need to attack by force." Therefore, Li Rusong caught up twice, only to harass the Chahar tribe. Once the main forces of Chahar and Outer Khalkha tribe turned around and assumed a deadly battle posture, Li Rusong retreated and waited. Change.
So it is conceivable that in this case, it is almost impossible for Meng Yuan Jinglue to suffer a disastrous defeat. Unless the Xin School sect ordered Li Rusong to suffer a disastrous defeat, and Li Rusong was also crazy and really killed his own elite, otherwise it would basically be impossible. Impossible to appear.
Not to mention whether Li Rusong would comply with such an order, the biggest problem now is that the Xin School cannot contact Li Rusong at all - he has run too far.
According to current intelligence, he had arrived at Yijinai at least four days ago, which is about six to seven hundred miles north of Ganzhou, Gansu Province. In later generations, it was probably near Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia. From here he went west to Hami City It was only 1,200 miles away. If we say that the border crossing into the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was even shorter, only 8900 miles. In short, we reached the western part of Inner Mongolia in later generations.
The Heart School has made it clear that it cannot contact Li Rusong. It is impossible to create a big defeat artificially. Now it can only be calculated based on the victory in the Battle of Fayuan. However, some people are not satisfied, especially some young people in the Heart School.
The official suggested that no matter what Gao Pangshi's intention was in returning to Beijing, it would be appropriate to give him the label of deserting the army.
However, Wang Xijue, who has always been known for his defiance, stood up this time and clearly opposed this proposal. Wang Xijue thought that this approach was not only meaningless, but also extremely ungraceful. There was a kind of toad jumping on the instep - it didn't bite but it was
It was a disgusting act that a person like him, who was proud of his status, would not even bother to do.
Of course, he thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say it directly, so he used the excuse that Gao Pragmatic was blocked by the great achievement of defeating Chahar, and other trivial matters would not be of concern to the emperor at all. At this time, using such rhetoric, except
There is no point other than making the emperor unhappy. Instead of working on this kind of scrap material, it is better to find some big materials that can really threaten Gao Pragmatism.
But what good news can a high pragmatism have? It’s not that we haven’t tried it before. For example, we have tried to form our own country in southern Xinjiang several times. But the emperor didn’t take it seriously at all. He even gave it a half-truth last time.
The wind came up and he came up with the title of "Dingnan Protectorate".
Although the "Dingnan Protectorate" was not actually established, it reflected the emperor's thoughts from the side. The emperor did not take the miasma in southern Xinjiang seriously. Even if he heard that Gao pragmatically regarded the kings of southern Xinjiang as puppets, he did not care.
As for amassing hundreds of thousands of private soldiers, I don’t know whether the emperor didn’t believe this data at all, or whether he thought those soldiers were vulnerable. In short, judging from the results, he didn’t pay much attention to it.
The Xinxue Sect does not have any reliable intelligence network in southern Xinjiang. In the past, most of those things were investigated by Liu Shouyou. After Liu Shouyou's accident, the source of these information was cut off. Now there is no way to do anything new.
Gotta fix it.
So the Xin School discussed it over and over again, and felt that the southern border was just scraps, not enough to alert the emperor. If they wanted to really drive a wedge between the monarch and his ministers, they had to start from within the Ming Dynasty.
Within the Ming Dynasty, there used to be many points where Gao Jingshi had the greatest chance of arousing the emperor's suspicion. Later, he voluntarily gave up his direct influence on Dongchang and Jinyiwei and directly eliminated most of them. Now there is still a chance for the emperor to consider them a threat.
I'm afraid there are only two aspects: one is his prestige in the border army and the command power he currently holds, and the other is his strong alliance with the Jingnan Xungui Group.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The former means Gao Jingshi's influence in the Ming Dynasty's main military force - the frontier army. However, it is not easy to use this to make the emperor suspicious of Gao Jingshi.
After all, the military command power of the Ming Dynasty has always been very stable. As long as Gao Pragmatic is not authorized, he can't command anyone without the Tiger Talisman in hand.
As for being pragmatic and pragmatic, all the towns on the nine sides immediately changed their banners. Not only the emperor would not believe this, but even the officials of the Xin School could not say it. If the border army is such a loser, Wang Ji,
Didn't Wang Yue and others also have this ability back then?
At this time, the authority of the Central Committee of the Ming Dynasty was still unquestionable. Everyone subconsciously recognized one thing: the power of civil servants to command troops was granted by the emperor, and civil servants did not command troops in peacetime. Therefore, no matter how great the military power was, it could be deprived of it by an imperial edict.
In this way, it seems that the Bianjun card is not easy to play, so we have to start from the noble side.
The relationship between Gao pragmatism and nobles, especially the noble family of Jingnan, is extremely close. This is known to the whole world. After all, such a large sea trade alliance cannot be hidden.
In the past, this kind of closeness was relatively sensitive, but due to the evolution and advancement of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, it was actually not really taken seriously. After all, the nobles of the two capitals in the north and south have long been associated with various forces.
Interactions, whether in the officialdom or among the people, are rare in which nobles and nobles are not involved.
In the officialdom, they had both estrangements and alliances with the civil service group, and their relationship with each other was complicated. Many nobles liked to think of themselves as elegant, and they mostly interacted with celebrities of the time. They were basically regarded as good words rather than threats to the imperial power.
——Many civil servants also pride themselves on being friends with respected nobles. After all, the person carrying the sedan chair is the person carrying the person!
Among the people, they have formed alliances with many local powerful, gentry and wealthy households to form interest alliances. For example, behind the Yangzhou salt merchants there is basically a certain nobleman or a family of high-ranking officials. This can be regarded as a tacit secret. Use
In the words of later generations, the nobles each had some white gloves before the emergence of the Sea Trade Alliance.
But now and then, everyone can benefit from it. You and I have eight pounds in half a year, and the spoils are divided more evenly. Of course, you can't break the rules casually. But now the situation has changed. If Gao Pragmatic continues to develop like this, I'm afraid it will take a long time.
In a few days, only the Sea Trade Alliance will be eating meat, while the rest of the people can at most have a mouthful of soup. Even if you look further, you will find that the soup will probably be taken away.
What is intolerable? At this time, there is no need to worry about so much. We must announce to the world the wolfish ambitions of pragmatic civil servants colluding with nobles, kill this unhealthy trend for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and return the world to a peaceful world!
In fact, Wang Xijue didn't quite agree with this opinion. He still held the same attitude: when Gao Pragmatic had just made such a great contribution, he also voluntarily gave up the 600,000 troops in his hands and returned to Beijing with only 500 people.
If you forcefully frame him, it doesn't really seem to have much effect.
However, the voices of opposition within the Xin School are so strong now that even Wang Xijue does not dare to object continuously, so he can only turn his attention to Shen Shixing, hoping that Shen Yuanfu will suppress it and not let a group of young people mess around.
Unfortunately, Shen Shixing had other ideas this time. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Although success or failure is unpredictable, you might as well give it a try."
Now the young officials were happy, but the mature and prudent members of the Xinxue Party frowned deeply, especially Wang Xijue, who looked at Shen Shixing with half surprise and half dissatisfaction. He did not believe that Shen Shixing would misunderstand what he had just indicated.
But Shen Shixing did not explain, but continued to instruct everyone, asking everyone not to forget the previous plan while stumbling upon Gao Jingshi, so now they need to be divided into two groups, one group criticizes Gao Jingshi for colluding with nobles, and the other group supports Gao Jingshi
Gao pragmatic let him be knighted.
Until the rest of the group left Shen University Scholar's Mansion, Wang Xijue remained sullen and silent, but did not stand up to say goodbye.
Shen Shixing walked up to Wang Xijue and sat down next to Wang Xijue with a smile on his face, and persuaded him in an extremely gentle tone: "Brother Yuan Yu, I understand what you are thinking, but the timing is not good now...
We have not made much progress in dealing with Gao Qiuzhen before, and now that he has made such a great contribution, the threat to our Xinxue lineage cannot be increased. It is reasonable for the rising stars to be unable to restrain themselves. We must also give him some advice.
They have a way to vent their anger. Otherwise, before Gao Qiuzhen takes action, something big might happen within us.
As for colluding with nobles, this is just a crime that can be said to be true or not. If the emperor is worried about Gao Qi, then this crime is real. If the emperor is not worried about him, then he will just take a look at this crime.
If you let it go, you won't take it seriously at all.
In this case, what's the big deal about letting them go to court and scold them? The imperial court is already in troubled times right now. Although the attack on the Yuan Dynasty is over, the Cao Army riot probably doesn't have much stamina left, but the Bozhou Rebellion is not so easy to settle.
At this time, the Emperor will not pay much attention to these voices..."
When he said this, Wang Xijue understood that in Shen Shixing's eyes, this kind of criticism was nothing more than a casual move. It was good to be useful, but it didn't matter if it was useless. Just let them go.
However, Wang Xijue still sighed and shook his head, saying: "You can't deal with the green and the yellow. What's the point of being so eager for quick success? Gao Qiuzhen is currently in a state of freezing cold that lasts for a day, so he must use his toughness to fight against him. Wait.
He really showed a big flaw so that he could hit him with a fatal blow, but they had to work hard on these things...
Yuan Fu, Gao Qiuzhen's retreat this time was originally intended to be a test, not only to test the emperor's mind, but also to test our city. Now if these young people are allowed to mess with it, I am afraid that Gao Qiuzhen will really be underestimated.
go."
"It's good to look down on it." Shen Shixing seemed to be unconcerned and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan Yu, if Gao Qiuzhen is always so cautious, when will his wisdom reveal a 'big flaw'? I'm very concerned.
, it would be better to just play the trick and let him gradually become more conceited, so that it will be easier to deal with in the future."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Then there must be a 'future'." Wang Xijue shook his head and said: "This man's actions are often linked to each other. If one cannot suppress it, the other will be killed.
If we can't suppress the situation, the situation may get worse before long. What will happen then?"
Shen Shixing restrained his smile and said in deep thought: "Before, we hoped that he would suffer a setback in this battle, so that various plans could be implemented step by step. However, Brother Yuan Yu, you have also seen that all these have really been done.
It’s useless to work hard, and if you can’t suppress one, you can’t suppress a series of them.
Now I have to think, since it is unlikely that he will lose when he leads the army on his own, why don't we take a broader view? He will not lose, but it does not mean that others will not. Now the battle in Banshu has been concluded.
It was given to the Real School. Song Liangzuo was in command in Sichuan and Liu Wei was in charge of the frontline war. What if...Brother Yuan Yu, if Bozhou suffers another big defeat, do you think it will be a big blow to Gao Qiuzhen?
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Wang Xijue frowned and said: "If we regard him as the leader of the Practical Science Party, this can be considered, but it is hard to say whether it can be regarded as a serious injury, let alone fatal."
"You also said that you have to be patient." Shen Shixing sighed: "In the past, I always thought of completing the victory in one battle, but now it seems... difficult. Since it is difficult, I have to think of ways in the long run and wear down the strength bit by bit.
The impression that the school can fight and dare to do in the emperor's mind is just right."
Wang Xijue frowned and said, "What about the knighthood? If this matter can be accomplished, I'm afraid it will be a once and for all thing."
Shen Shixing shook his head and replied: "You can have this intention and don't make such hopes. Now there is no word from the palace. I think this matter is quite unusual. I'm afraid the emperor still wants to follow the agreement they made when they were young.
Gao Qiuzhen is an assistant minister. If the emperor is determined to do this, with the blessing of the power of destroying the Yuan, none of us can save it."
Wang Xijue let out a long sigh and murmured: "But Zhang Xinzhai has just left. The cabinet has been adjusted recently. If Gao Qiuzhen is to be admitted to the cabinet, who should leave?"
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