Chapter 282 Strange things inside and outside the palace (36)
A political incident involves many high-ranking officials or former high-ranking officials in both the government and the opposition, and there are not many simple "rich businessmen and landlords" involved in it. Most of the people who follow it are the Shilin family, so this matter cannot be
It does not attract high pragmatic attention.
Gao Pragmatic knew that the reason why such a phenomenon occurred was that it meant that the government was out of order and that certain conflicts had intensified to an appalling level.
The words "disordered government" really shouldn't appear in today's Ming Dynasty. After all, even the opponents of the Real School admit that today's world is the "Wanli ZTE".
Take a look at this Wanli Dynasty:
Externally, it is invincible in all battles. It has conquered Mengyou, restored Annan, defeated Burma, driven out the Yuan Dynasty, appeased Liaodong, driven out Japanese pirates, and accepted North Korea.
Internally, it rectified the system, set up customs, relieved the post roads, organized the army, trained the imperial army, cleared the fields, levied commercial taxes, and opened vassal bans, so that everyone could live and work in peace and contentment, and the treasury would have a surplus.
How could such a prosperous era of China's prosperity lead to "government disorder"? It makes no sense at all.
However, the facts are in front of us. It is obvious that at least Jiangnan Shilin is extremely dissatisfied with the current government affairs. This makes Gao Pragmatic think that he must understand the reason before he can take the right medicine.
So the first big question is right in front of us: Why is Jiangnan Shilin so dissatisfied with the current government?
According to Gao Pragmatic's past thoughts, he has always had a great dislike for the so-called Jiangnan Chaebol. He believes that although there were many reasons for the death of Ming Dynasty in the original history, the Jiangnan Chaebol Group's unwillingness to contribute a little to the country must be one of the important reasons.
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Gu Yanwu said in "Rizhilu": "Those who protect the world are as humble as ordinary people, so how can they be held responsible!" Later in the late Qing Dynasty, Liang Qichao summarized this into the more famous eight words: "The rise and fall of the world depends on ordinary people."
responsibility".
Gao Pragmatic fully recognized this point of view, so he had always been full of disdain for the so-called "Jiangnan Chaebol" in the late Ming Dynasty and the Donglin Party, the "Jiangnan Chaebol Agent" that everyone called for a period of time. At the same time, he was extremely vigilant.
For this reason, the Jinghua Group, which was built by Gao Pragmatic, and even the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, which can be regarded as a major northern commercial alliance, have always been quite repulsive to the wealthy merchants in the Jiangnan region.
Politically, Gao pragmatically spent at least more than ten years using the method of "I first pay taxes myself to set an example, and then ask you to pay taxes as well", and finally began to promote the collection of commercial taxes in the Jiangnan area, creating a good foundation for
The imperial court, which was in financial distress, opened up a huge financial source, which in turn used this power to implement other reforms, with remarkable results.
But it is obvious that Gao Pragmatic has never considered what the "Jiangnan Chaebol" think about this from the beginning to the end. Whether they agree, oppose, or just follow the crowd and remain indifferent, it is not within the scope of Gao Pragmatic's consideration
——As long as I collect taxes, you can think whatever you like.
In terms of business, the Sea Trade Alliance is also disdainful of the "Jiangnan Chaebol Group", so much so that the Sea Trade Alliance has never accepted any investment from a wealthy Jiangnan businessman. The highest cooperation is to allow the ships of the wealthy Jiangnan businessmen to pay sufficient
After receiving the escort silver, you can enjoy the escort of the Sea Trade Alliance.
To put it simply, the two sides are clearly divided. The Sea Trade Alliance can only make some profits from the escort business at most, and it is determined not to "collude" with the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan.
In contrast, the Maritime Trade Alliance is willing to accept shares from Nanjing's founders, but it does not give "original shares" and does not give the alliance the decision-making power based on the original share ratio. The corresponding dividend is one cent.
There is a lot of money.
[Note: Do not confuse the modern joint-stock system here. The decision-making power of the Sea Trade Alliance is all obtained according to the "original share ratio". However, due to Gao Pragmatic's absolute control of the original share ratio, it actually monopolizes the decision-making power. However, the nobles hold
The ratio is about 30%, so although he has no decision-making power, he still has a strong voice.]
In this way, the interests of the Sea Trade Alliance are of their own, and the wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River cannot get a penny of the money, but they have to pay the escort money of the Sea Trade Alliance, which will make them very dissatisfied.
At the same time, in terms of foreign trade and operations, since the Sea Trade Alliance has internal division of labor or allocation, there will be no involution-type competition internally, but can be consistent with the outside world - such as the wealthy Jiangnan merchants. This allows the wealthy Jiangnan merchants to
The business was much more difficult than that of the Sea Trade Alliance, and profits were suppressed at a relatively low level, again causing dissatisfaction.
At this time, the maritime trade alliance and the non-sea trade alliance naturally formed two different circles. They could not see eye to eye with each other, and conflicts arose.
However, this is where things get weird. It stands to reason that since the non-Sea Trade Alliance factions are hostile to the Sea Trade Alliance faction, why is it that the forces that may be engaging in some kind of conspiracy this time are only the Shilin family and not a simple wealthy merchant family?
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It is true that most Shilin families in this era are relatively wealthy. Even a family that has just had a Jinshi master, or even a family that only has a master of Juren, can get rich very quickly.
However, from the perspective of "joining hands to fight against the Sea Trade Alliance", it seems that whether there is a Jinshi master or a Juren master in the family should not affect this common goal, right?
So, what is the reason that prevented the simple wealthy business family from participating in this operation? Conversely, we can also ask: Why did the Shilin wealthy family have to jump out and oppose Gao Pragmatic, the helmsman of the sea trade alliance?
Gao pragmatic thought carefully for a moment and thought that the reason why such a situation occurred must be because although the interests of wealthy Shilin businessmen and ordinary wealthy businessmen have something in common, they must also be different.
Perhaps under the current circumstances, ordinary wealthy businessmen think that although their interests have been affected, considering that the power of the Sea Trade Alliance is not something they can shake, and the danger of confronting it is too great, if the worst outcome occurs, they will not be able to do so at all.
I couldn't bear it, so I finally chose to give up - of course, I might just choose to wait and see for the time being, and I don't know what will happen in the future.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Shilin wealthy family is different. Their interests have been seriously affected. At the same time, they believe that they still have the power to resist politically, so they dare to stand
By coming out to challenge, you may also hope to set an example for those ordinary wealthy businessmen, which will help win the support of the latter.
This is the idea. Those who have not resisted do not mean that they do not want to resist, but they are powerless and are worried about being liquidated after failure. Those who resist will jump out to resist, and at the same time, they also hope that this action will inspire more people to join the resistance.
Then, the question enters the next stage: What is the reason that makes these wealthy scholars think that they must resist?
This incident was obviously caused by the birth of the emperor's legitimate son, so there is no need to ask about the direct cause, it is the birth of the emperor's legitimate son. The change brought about by the birth of the emperor's legitimate son is undoubtedly that the battle over the country is about to come to an end. Those who have the status of legitimate sons
As long as he does not die young, he will definitely become the Crown Prince. Once the canonization is completed, the foundation of the country will be decided.
What then? Then the initial investment of the Heart School in Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, went to waste. However, because of Gao Pragmatic's persistence, the Practical School who always chose to wait for the Queen to give birth to his son became the leader of the Crown Prince's court.
Tang basic disk.
Yes, these are all correct, but... so what?
Yes, assuming things develop in this direction, there is a high probability that all of the above will become a reality. However, as the last question asked: So what?
The prince is the crown prince, but he has no real power. Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the habit of deposing princes, whether the prince can eventually become emperor depends on who of the father and son outlives the other - isn't Zhu Yuanzhang better than Zhu Biao?
What?
[Note: Zhu Jianshen is an exception to the issue of deposed princes. He was originally the prince of Yingzong. After his father was captured by Wala, Emperor Jing succeeded to the throne. He was only two or three years old. Two years later, Emperor Jing had a son, who was only four or five years old.
He was crippled, and only Wan Zhen'er was around to take care of him.
Later, Yingzong returned to the court, but was placed under house arrest and could not control him. He was still very dangerous. It was not until Yingzong was restored that he was established again. To put it simply, he was the only prince in the Ming Dynasty who had the experience of being deposed.]
Speaking of life span, there is another problem here: when the emperor succeeded to the throne at the same time, he is now only 30-60 years old. If the investment in His Highness the Crown Prince is to be successful, it will be rewarded after the emperor has conquered Bintian.
...Do you know how long it took?
Of course, people in later generations often ridicule the short life span of the Ming Dynasty emperors, which is also a fact: Zhu Yuanzhang lived 71 years old, Huizong Zhu Yunwen disappeared, Chengzu Zhu Di lived 65 years old, Renzong Zhu Gaochi lived 48 years old, Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji lived
He was 38 years old, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen lived 38 years old, Daizong Zhu Qiyu lived 30 years old, Xianzong Zhu Jianshen lived 41 years old, Xiaozong Zhu Youtang lived 36 years old, Wuzong Zhu Houzhao lived 31 years old, and Shizong Zhu Houcong lived 60 years old.
, Mu Zong Zhu Zaijing lived to be 36 years old, Shenzong Zhu Yijun lived to be 58 years old, Guang Zong Zhu Changluo lived to be 39 years old, Xizong Zhu Youxiao lived to be 23 years old, and Si Zong Zhu Youjian lived to be 34 years old.
It can be seen that most Ming Dynasty emperors only lived to be thirty or forty years old, and only four emperors who were over 50 years old were Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Chengzu Zhu Di, Shizong Zhu Houcong and Shenzong Zhu Yijun.
Excluding the missing Zhu Yunwen and the hanged Zhu Youjian, the average lifespan of the other fourteen emperors was only 43.8 years old. Those who have good intentions in later generations compared the previous emperors of the Qing Dynasty and found that Taizu Nurhaci lived 68 years, and Emperor Taizong lived 68 years.
Taiji lived 52 years old, Shizu Fulin lived 24 years old, Saint Ancestor Xuan Ye lived 69 years old, Shizong Yinzhen lived 58 years old, Gaozong Hongli lived 89 years old, Renzong Yongyan lived 61 years old, Xuanzong Minning lived
He lived to be 69 years old, Wenzong Yiqin lived to be 31 years old, Mu Zongzai and Chunzaichun lived to be 19 years old, Dezong Zaiyan lived to be 38 years old, and Puyi lived to be 61 years old.
So except for Emperor Shunzhi Fulin, Xianfeng Emperor Yiqi, Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun and Guangxu Emperor Zaitan who did not live to be 40 years old, the other eight emperors were all over 50 years old, and the average life span of the twelve emperors reached 53.25 years.
Some people say that this is because during the Ming Dynasty, when the Forbidden City was newly built, the red walls were made of cinnabar, and the main component of cinnabar was toxic mercury sulfide. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty lived in such an environment every day, which was very detrimental to their health.
, so many of them died young. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Forbidden City had been built for hundreds of years and had no harmful effects on the human body, so emperors generally lived longer.
This may be a reason, but there is another thing to note. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are both considered long-lived. The short life of the Ming Dynasty emperors began with Zhu Gaochi.
Zhu Gaochi was a fat man who liked to be quiet and disliked physical activity. He was obese and had difficulty moving. He had always been in frail health. Many analyzes in later generations believed that he was caused by illness. Therefore, it is very likely that he passed on certain genetic diseases to future generations.
, resulting in many future emperors dying young.
But no matter what, the average life span of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty is actually not short among all the dynasties in China. This is easy to verify and compare. If you take a look at the average life span of emperors of other orthodox dynasties in China, you will find: 37 years in the Qin Dynasty and 39 years in the Western Han Dynasty.
Years old, 29 years old in the Eastern Han Dynasty, 37 years old in the Western Jin Dynasty, 43 years old in the Sui Dynasty (counting Sui Gong Emperor Yang You), 44 years old in the Tang Dynasty, 47 years old in the Northern Song Dynasty, 47 years old in the Southern Song Dynasty, and 33 years old in the Yuan Dynasty.
Good guy, excluding the Qing Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty, only the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty had an average lifespan of emperors longer than the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that although everyone wants to be the emperor, this dragon throne may also be poisonous...
Closer to home, although the average life span of the Ming Dynasty emperors was not very high, the people of the Ming Dynasty themselves did not have a strong feeling on this point. Especially after Emperor Jiajing lived for sixty years, no one inside or outside the court felt that "the emperor did not live long."
" is an inevitable phenomenon. Although everyone rarely thinks about this matter, they still agree that it has more to do with the emperor's living habits.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were both emperors on horseback. They were in good health and lived a long time. Starting from Zhu Gaochi, seven emperors in a row only lived to be thirty or forty years old. They were about to fall into a short-lived cycle, but Emperor Jiajing broke it.
conventional".
Although everyone does not agree that Jiajing lived a long life because he "cultivated Taoism", it is generally believed that he was good at maneuvering and had more time to delegate power and ignore mundane matters, thus avoiding a lot of troubles.
The late Emperor Longqing was privately believed by many to have collapsed due to lust and excess, but today he is more like his imperial grandfather Jiajing - only taking care of big things and delegating power to small matters. So, why bet that this emperor will also die young? If I will not die early, then
The Crown Prince's succession to the throne is far away.
A "bad thing" that is far away in the future. It is the turn of the ministers who are currently in the court. Are the officials anxious? Are the former ministers who have retired and become official in their turn anxious? Obviously not!
Gao Pragmatic thought about it and felt that this matter did not make sense, and felt that the whole thing was weird.
A bunch of Shilin families, to a certain extent "official families", if they don't do things that must be moral, at least they must be logical and in line with their interests. How could they do something so unreasonable?
What's more, if this thing doesn't go well, there will be huge political risks and even moral risks?
There must be a mystery in this that I cannot grasp. I must discover it as soon as possible, otherwise there will be serious trouble!
With a heavy heart, Gao Jingshi left work early and asked the bearer to take him back to the house. As soon as he returned to the house, he took Huang Zhiting, Liu Xin, Gao Mo, Gao Guoyan and Gao Qi to the house.
Wait for someone to come and prepare to have a good meeting.
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