Chapter 282 The viciousness of the 'three-pronged approach' inside and outside the palace (38)
Liu Xin was surprised but also a little excited. Some of the long-lasting longings in her heart were once again stimulated by Gao Pragmatic's words. But when she was about to ask for details, Huang Zhiting's voice sounded at the door at the right time: "We don't want to talk.
Have there been any changes in the funds of Jiangnan wealthy families in Beijing? Why are you discussing the imperial examination?"
Gao Jingshi and Liu Xin turned around and saw that Huang Zhiting was the first to arrive. Gao Jingshi sat motionless, but Liu Xin stood up to greet them and said, "It's a coincidence that Madam is here. The topic just got too far away.
Now it’s time to get back to business.”
Huang Zhiting nodded, and seeing that the others hadn't arrived yet, he asked, "Master, you went back a little early today. What, is the matter urgent?"
Gao pragmatically said: "The situation is a bit complicated. Let's talk about it together when everyone is here. What is Yuan'er doing today?"
"Memorize information." Huang Zhiting said: "I asked him to memorize all the personnel files of the main generals of the garrison military headquarters and the main generals of the garrison towns - to the standard level."
"Marked to the first level?" Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised and asked, "Isn't it too strict? It's okay for generals and colonels of this level to become familiar with them gradually during the war."
Gao Pragmatic's words naturally make sense. From top to bottom, the establishment of the garrison is army, town, association, standard, battalion, company, platoon, and shed. There are eight levels in total. To roughly correspond, the army is naturally still the army.
, the town is equivalent to the division, the association is equivalent to the brigade, then the standard is the regiment.
Under the normal establishment, the garrison has two regiments in each town, with 4,038 officers and men in each regiment; there are two regiments in each regiment, and 1,756 officers and soldiers in each regiment. (Mabiao has slightly fewer officers and soldiers,
One thousand one hundred and seventeen people); each bid is divided into three battalions, each battalion has four companies, each company has three rows, and each row has three sheds...
In other words, a town under normal organization has four horse marks, but in fact this is not necessarily the case, because different towns will sometimes be equipped with additional reinforced troops. For example, a town may strengthen one or two horse marks, or
It varies from one to two cannon marks.
In southern Xinjiang, there are not many reinforcements of horse marks, but it is very common to strengthen artillery marks. If there is no need for too precise statistics, a town's garrison can be calculated roughly according to five marks.
Not counting the Dingnan Palace garrison and the Nanyang Islands troops that are still being adjusted to this day, the six major garrison forces that have already formed a fixed establishment have a total of 22 towns, which means there are 110 targets.
However, this is not over yet. The "major generals at the first level" are not just Biao Tong. In principle, there are five people at this level, namely Biao Tong, Xuan Zheng, Deputy Biao Tong, Chief of Staff, and Quartermaster.
In the garrison system of Beijing, there are four levels of military, town, association and Biao. They all have five chief officers, and the functions of each level are similar. Taking Biao as an example, Biao Tong is naturally the chief military officer, and the chief officer of Xuanzong platoon.
The second is responsible for political work, the deputy commander assists in propaganda and is in charge of military discipline, the chief of staff is responsible for intelligence collection and assists the commander in formulating combat plans, and the quartermaster is responsible for logistics-related work and controls engineers.
This calculation is scary, because not only are there five chief officers at the first level, but there are also five military, town, and association ranks. If the layers are added up, Gao Yuan will have to memorize the information of hundreds of people.
To be honest, Gao Pragmatic himself can't even master it to this level. He can only master it up to the town level, and the following levels are very scattered.
After all, his network of contacts in the officialdom itself is already astonishingly large, and there are many generals in the imperial army that he has commanded that he needs to know, plus important figures in Mongolia, Jurchen, Korea, Japan, and chieftains of the southwestern provinces.
Wait, no matter how good his memory is as the top pick in the Sixth Score, he doesn't have a cloud disk in his head. How can he keep stuffing character information into it?
However, Huang Zhiting did not agree with her husband's words. She shook her head and said: "Since Yuan'er may be the Minister of Military Command in the future, if you can't even remember the first-level officer, how can you do it? This is the minimum standard.
, can’t drop any more.”
Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to smile bitterly. He glanced at Liu Xin, but Liu Xin directly looked away and said clearly, "This is your son's business. If you can't stop it, why do you still need me to help you stop it?"
But despite this, Gao Pingshi also understands Huang Zhiting's thoughts. As the saying goes, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Since Gao Yuan is the undisputed Nanning Marquis, these people certainly need to be controlled by him.
Gao Pragmatic does have prestige and can be confident that he does not need to master the standard level, but Gao Yuan does need to go deeper - unless he also establishes enough prestige through various achievements including war in the future.
The three chatted for a while, and the participants finally arrived. Gao Pragmatic officially announced the meeting. He first described today's situation, and at the same time raised his own questions and asked for opinions from everyone present.
Gao Mo and Gao Guoyan each knew a lot about related matters. They looked at each other and Gao Mo chose not to speak yet, so Gao Guoyan said: "Brother Yu is responsible for the capital flow problem. After reporting the situation to Rixin, the bank
We have verified it again internally. Now we can say with certainty that the families involved this time are indeed the Shilin family, and almost none of the wealthy Jiangnan businessmen whose families are not deeply involved in politics have participated."
In fact, he did not express his position, but once again emphasized the identity of the participants.
Intelligence Secretary Gao Qi was more proactive this time and said: "Can we confirm one thing first, that is, this incident is a purely political incident and has nothing to do with the commercial competition between Jinghua and local wealthy businessmen in the Jiangnan area?
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Gao Wuzhengdao: "If this matter is just because some people want to assassinate the emperor's legitimate son and continue to protect the eldest son from ascending to the throne, then this assumption is indeed true. But I don't understand the risks and benefits of this matter
Is it really equal?"
"Why not be equal?" Gao Wuruo said: "If they can turn the tide under such extremely unfavorable circumstances and continue to push the eldest son to take the throne, this is not the icing on the cake, but a help in the snow. Then they will be counted among them in the future.
When I am old and dead, as long as I wait until the eldest son of the emperor succeeds to the throne, can I still forget about their children and grandchildren? But don't forget that they are all from a family of officials, and their kindness to their children and grandchildren is also part of their strength."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Gao Wuzheng objected: "Wu Ruo, I am talking about whether risks and returns are equal, and what you said only focused on returns, but did not mention risks. Besides,
Even if we talk about benefits, they are future benefits - but what about the current risks?
Needless to say, the crime of assassinating the emperor's legitimate son is so serious. As long as the matter is exposed, not to mention those who were directly involved will not be able to escape. Even their families may not be able to afford it. One by one, no one will be spared.
This kind of crime is tantamount to treason. Once their evil deeds are exposed to the world, their status as civil servants cannot protect them. Not to mention the execution of the entire family, it is probably not unusual even if the nine tribes are implicated. Don't they know such a huge risk? Since they know, why
Do you still want to do it? Just for the care that the eldest son of the emperor may give you after who knows how many years?"
Gao Qi also echoed Gao Wuzheng's point of view, saying: "That's right. This benefit cannot be obtained immediately, and it's hard to say whether it can even be guaranteed to be obtained.
Not to mention whether the eldest son of the emperor is a person who repays his kindness, even if he is, then when the eldest son of the emperor becomes the prince, when will he inherit the throne? What if it takes another twenty or thirty years? In such a long time
Can they be sure of what will happen?"
After hearing this, Gao Wuruo felt that it was reasonable, so he did not insist on his previous statement, but murmured: "In other words, there should be a more urgent reason for them to do this...but what could be the reason?
Woolen cloth?"
Liu Xin put forward an idea and said: "Everyone, if we want to talk about urgency, what is the most urgent threat to them at the moment?"
Huang Zhiting was suddenly startled and glanced at Gao Pragmatic: "These Jiangnan official families are almost all disciples of Xinxue. For them, the biggest threat is probably that your husband is about to succeed as the first assistant!"
Gao Guoyan said "Ah" and widened his eyes and said: "Yes, if this is a political incident, then for these official families in the Jiangnan area, it is indeed more important for Rixin to succeed the chief minister than for the emperor's legitimate son to become the prince.
Much more urgent!”
The more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and he immediately continued to add: "You see, even if the emperor's legitimate son is appointed as the prince, he is still in his infancy after all, not to mention still far away from adulthood, and he is even in the stage of being ready at any time.
At an age when you might die young!
Under such circumstances, if those people really had the courage to plot against the emperor's legitimate son, then what would be the impact of carrying out these plots a few years later?
However, it was different when Rixin succeeded him as the first assistant. Shen Changzhou had been the first assistant for so many years, but he could not suppress Rixin. After Shen Changzhou, the first assistant was changed to Wang Shanyin (Wang Jiaping, a native of Shanyin County, Datong, Shanxi).
During this period, Zhao and Shen, not to mention suppressing Rixin, even the little strength of the Xin School was at risk.
From their point of view, the situation has reached this point and is irreversibly bad. If Wang Shanyin resigns at this time and directly makes Rixin the first assistant, what will Zhao and Shen think?
?In my opinion, they will just think that instead of just waiting for death, it is better to give it a try!"
Gao Mo, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, saying: "But there is still a question here: If they feel that the most urgent threat is that I will succeed as chief minister, then they should first find a way to prevent Wang Yuanfu from resigning. Isn't this right?
The most trouble-free and effortless way? What are you going to do to assassinate the emperor's legitimate son?
As long as Wang Yuanfu does not take the initiative to resign, considering his age, he can still serve as Yuanfu for at least seven or eight years. Moreover, no matter how you say, the Korean War was won under Wang Yuanfu's rule, and he also has a share of credit. In this
Given his share of credit, if he doesn’t resign, who can force him to leave office?”
Gao Mo only talked about Wang Jiaping and not Liang Menglong. Firstly, it was because Liang Menglong was old, and secondly, because Liang Menglong was from the pragmatic school. If Gao Pangshi himself had planned to be the first assistant, Liang Menglong was willing to "self-sacrifice" for
It is not surprising that high pragmatism makes room.
Gao Qi pondered: "Is it because these people think they are not sure of persuading Wang Yuanfu?"
"Maybe there is such a consideration." Although Gao Mo seemed to agree, he shook his head and said: "But we can't forget that persuading Wang Yuanfu not to resign is only one of the ways. There is also a more direct way - making the master unable to
Succession.”
Everyone disagreed with this statement. Gao Guoyan shook his head: "What are you talking about? Can they succeed if they want Rixin to give up? Why should Rixin listen to them?"
However, Huang Zhiting frowned and said, "Could Uncle Mo be trying to say that instead of assassinating the emperor's legitimate son, it would be more effective to assassinate the master directly?"
Gao Mo shook his head and said: "How strict the Ministry of Internal Affairs has done to protect the master. Even if those people don't know the details, they have at least heard about it. I don't think they are so conceited that they think they can assassinate the master."
"That……"
"This matter does not necessarily require assassinating the master." Gao Mo suddenly appeared a little uneasy, and his tone became a little nervous, saying: "For example, the security around the master and the wife is far inferior to that here.
.”
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked and opened their eyes wide - yes, it goes without saying that the security around Gao Pragmatic was very tight, maybe even the emperor was not as good as him.
However, the security around Gao Cai and his wife is far inferior to that of Gao Jingshi, and no matter which one of them gets into trouble, Gao Jingshi will probably have no choice but to resign immediately and return to his hometown in Xinzheng, where they will marry and observe filial piety. How dare he
Regardless of filial piety, he stayed in the capital as the chief assistant!
Thinking of this, everyone almost unanimously expressed that they must immediately improve the security level for the two elders. But after Liu Xin waited for them to finish speaking, she reminded: "Uncle Mo's words are reasonable, but they still haven't explained one thing clearly, that is, they are currently targeting
What is the reason for the assassination of the emperor's legitimate son?"
Yes, it seems that Li Wenjin was bribed by them to inquire about the security of Kunning Palace. It seems that they still haven't found a reasonable explanation after talking for so long. If what they are most worried about is actually Gao Pragmatic's succession as chief minister, then assassinating the emperor's legitimate son will not
To influence highly pragmatic succession, what is the point of those people doing this useless work?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Qi thought for a while and said: "Could it be an attack from the east to the west? What my nephew means is that they may have expected that we can understand their actions, so
They may be trying to deliberately direct our energy towards something that is destined to be fruitless, and make us focus all our energy on protecting the emperor's legitimate son or protecting our uncle.
After achieving this goal, they then used dead men in the family or bribed criminal thieves to find ways to assassinate their uncle and great-uncle, in order to force their uncle to resign, Ding You?"
Although everyone felt that this statement seemed to make some sense, they also felt that the reason did not seem to be sufficient. However, for a while, no one could think of what was wrong with it.
Gao Pragmatic shook his head at this time and said: "Let me give you a little reminder: Li Wenjin has two major characteristics: first, he is extremely bold. Relying on his special status and his contribution to the Queen Mother, the Emperor and his mother, he is a man who dares to do anything no matter what big disaster.
A person who breaks in forcefully; secondly, he is extremely greedy for money, he can be said to be licking honey with a knife, and he is extremely greedy for profit, but at the same time, he has a huge appetite, and petty profits cannot buy him off."
"The master is saying that those people must have spent a lot of money to bribe Li Wenjin..." Liu Xin said thoughtfully: "And since they spent a lot of money, how could it be just a false shot?"
This principle is very simple and everyone can understand it at once, but in this case things will be in a dead end again.
"This is too bold and arrogant." Huang Zhiting frowned: "Do they really plan to assassinate the emperor's legitimate son and the second elder at the same time, push the emperor's eldest son to the throne, and force the master Ding You to reverse the unfavorable situation of the Central School in one fell swoop?
But if this is the case, wouldn’t the Emperor feel that the matter is too strange? Now that I am the Master of Zhongxing Ming Dynasty, he is not so easy to deceive. If the Emperor’s suspicion is aroused, aren’t they afraid that the incident will be revealed and they will be defeated overnight? "
Gao Guoyan calculated and said: "I agree that it cost a lot of money. More than 1.4 million taels of silver. If this were placed twenty years ago, it would be 30% of the annual income of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which is enough to make a fortune.
Officials across the country receive a full year's salary.
Such a large amount of money, and they transferred it so intensively from Jiangnan to the capital, shows that it is urgently needed. Judging from the time, this money basically started to be transferred from various places in Jiangnan to the capital a month ago... Everyone, one month
When was it before? That was the time when the emperor ordered Rixin to return to Beijing to report on his duties. I absolutely believe that there is no connection between the two.
Just now Rixin said again that Li Wenjin regards wealth as his life. As long as he is given enough money, he dares to do anything. In this way, these two things can be connected...
Let me see if we can first conclude that after the emperor ordered Rixin to return to Beijing to report on his duties, those people immediately determined that buying Li Wenjin must be done. Of course, they also knew that this would require a large amount of funds, so they
With this change in funds?”
Gao Guoyan's statement was quickly recognized by everyone. After all, although this is just the tip of the iceberg of the whole thing, it can also be regarded as the first step in peeling off the cocoon. Only when the first step is determined, the subsequent derivation can continue.
proceed without risking inferring new errors based on erroneous conclusions.
The first step of inference was completed, and everyone continued to make inferences. Liu Xin said: "Just now, Madam mentioned that these people may plan to use a two-pronged approach, but this may arouse the emperor's suspicion. I think this point must be based on the current dilemma of the Heart School.
Only by judgment can we draw more accurate conclusions.
As we just mentioned, the Xin School has gradually declined over the years due to the increasing contributions made by the master. Not only has its voice in the court been reduced year by year, but its appeal among the people, especially among scholars, has also become less attractive than before.
Under such circumstances, it is self-evident how those noble families who have studied mind learning for generations will regard practical learning and the master. There is no way out in the dispute over orthodoxy. If you retreat, it will disappear in the world, and generations of inheritance will become a joke! Forgive me!
Let me put it bluntly, such hatred can be described as irreconcilable.
They once thought that they could compete for orthodoxy through normal competition. Looking back at the early days of Shen Changzhou's reign, although the master had already made achievements at that time, his official position was not high and his qualifications were limited. Therefore, although the Xin School was hostile to the Woshi School at that time, what he did was not
Whatever you do, you still maintain the bottom line.
I remember that when the two factions were competing for military glory, Shen Changzhou and others placed their hopes on Li Chengliang, intending to win over Li Chengliang as a direct general of the Xin School to compete with the Wo Shi School. When Li Chengliang finally resigned as Liao Commander due to the defeat of Jianzhou, he returned to the capital
When he took care of himself as Uncle Ning Yuan, the battle ended with the defeat of the Heart School.
After that, the Xin School began to waver, but at that time, the master continued to work hard and continued to promote various practical reforms. From the establishment of vassal bans to the large household department, all the wealth and power in the world was in his hands. From then on, the treasury was increasing day by day, and the armaments were renewed.
As a result, the victory over the Yuan Dynasty was achieved, and the emperor was able to comfort his second ancestors in the Ancestral Temple.
After this, Shen and Wang were even more unable to fight against the master. Shen Changzhou himself had no fighting spirit. Although Wang Taicang was unwilling to fail, he could not stir up big troubles and could only make some petty actions.
Even because they were unable to reverse the decline, someone within the Xin School sect walked away alone, staged a fake Japanese pirate attack, and intensified the mutiny of the Cao army. After this incident was exposed, although Shen and Wang were not investigated in detail due to their qualifications as the emperor's teacher,
But he could only quietly step down and withdraw from the center of the imperial court.
However, their retirement was so unexpected that Zhao and Shen, who succeeded them, were not qualified candidates for ministers in the eyes of the world: one was considered incompetent, and the other was generally recognized as having a bad reputation. The Xin School was now in the cabinet.
In this process, he lost the ability to compete with the Practical School.
Let me ask, if you were Zhao Zhigao or Shen Yiguan, what else could you do to reverse this obviously huge decline?
The methods of struggle that were previously tacitly approved in the officialdom had been tried many times by their predecessors, but proved to be ineffective, and they were no match for the master. So now it is their turn, and they can still rely on those 'reasonable' methods.
To act by means?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Xin’s words hit the nail on the head. Although the process she mentioned was highly pragmatic and like killing all the way to win in a row, because now she needs to lead
Going into the thoughts of the important officials of the Heart School to deduce their actions made everyone feel extremely depressed. At the same time, they also realized how much pressure the high pragmatism has put on the Heart School over the years.
As a result, the scene was very gloomy and heavy for a moment, and everyone knew what this meant - the Heart School had nothing to lose at this point, and it would naturally become extremely dangerous, and any sinister means could be used.
"Haha, it sounds like it's my fault." Gao pragmatically smiled and said something that seemed to be an unintentional joke to lighten the atmosphere.
However, no one laughed. Instead, Huang Zhiting said with some worry: "Xinxue has its foundation after all. If they really think that they have been forced to a dead end and start a trapped beast fight, this will not be a good thing for the master.
.I thought... Why don’t we just strike first and plan a good plan to kill all the top leaders and important families of the Xin School to avoid future troubles!"
After all, she is the decisive "Her Majesty the Baroness"! When Huang Zhiting faced this situation, his first reaction was not to ease the conflict, not to make a political compromise, but to do nothing without stopping, and directly launch a big wave, completely
Destroy your opponent.
However, this time, without waiting for others to express their opinions, Gao Pragmatic directly vetoed: "Absolutely not allowed."
Huang Zhiting asked: "Why not?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head, sighed again, and said: "If the Xin School is completely destroyed, then our school will really be the only one in the court and no one can control it. Madam, how do you think the emperor will feel about this?
?”
"At least so far, the emperor has unparalleled trust in me..."
"So what?" Before Huang Zhiting finished speaking, Gao Pragmatic shook his head again and said seriously: "I am me, and the Shi School is the Shi School. Even if the emperor has unparalleled trust in me, he will never do it in his life.
They suspect that I am disloyal, but so what? I will eventually become an official one day, and as long as the Real School can make the government run smoothly, it can be passed down from generation to generation.
But the problem is that the most worrying thing for a king is that there is only one voice in the court, because if this happens, then if this voice suddenly feels that it does not need the emperor to be superior, then is it necessary for the emperor to exist?
"
Huang Zhiting stopped talking and just sighed deeply.
Liu Xin said: "Having said that, if I want to show goodwill to Zhao Zhigao, Shen Yiguan and others under the current situation, I think it is already too late...I am afraid that their plan is already on the line.
hair."
As if he was lost in thought as usual, the fingers of Gao Pragmatic's right hand began to tap the armrest rhythmically, but he did not make any statement.
"I have something I don't know whether to say or not." Gao Mo suddenly said.
Gao pragmatic still attaches great importance to Gao Mo, an old man who has been with him for nearly thirty years. Hearing this, he stopped thinking and nodded: "Uncle Mo, please speak."
"The old slave has been in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs these years, and he is used to seeing vicious and vicious people, so I just thought of a possibility..." Gao Mo frowned deeply and said slowly: "Madam just now said, if those people really
A two-pronged approach is needed, and the emperor’s wisdom will definitely lead to suspicion, and I deeply believe this.
So, is it possible that those people don’t just want a two-pronged approach, but are determined to ‘three-pronged approach’?”
"Hiss—" Everyone present gasped in unison. This idea is really amazing. What is a "three-pronged approach"? What is the third "pronged approach"?
Regicide?
Regicide!
Not to mention other people, even Gao Pragmatism, who had long been accustomed to maintaining a "prime ministerial demeanor" and being able to maintain an "unchangeable expression even if the mountain collapsed" under various circumstances, changed his expression.
He was indeed deeply shocked, and the first reaction in his heart was: Grass mud horses, these people are really crazy enough to dare to kill the king, right?
But immediately his reason told him: This is so damn possible!
Why is it possible? Because as long as "regicide" is regarded as a part of the Heart School's plan, then the entire plan, which originally seemed to have huge flaws, will suddenly make sense!
Take a look at this “three-pronged approach”:
The first step: Let the emperor's legitimate son die young. So the crown prince's canonization ceremony is out of the question, and the Ming Dynasty once again entered the situation where the king has no legitimate son. At this time, the only adult prince is the emperor's eldest son. If something unexpected happens, then he is theoretically the best
Candidate for the throne - after all, as the saying goes, "the country is the leader of the country".
The second step is to ask Gao Jingshi to resign and Ding You. The reason why the emperor has been dragging on the dispute over the country for so many years, in the eyes of the outside world, is that the most critical reason is that Gao Jingshi, the leader of the Pragmatic School, has always insisted on waiting for the birth of the empress.
The emperor's legitimate son.
"Now" the emperor's legitimate son "gained and lost again." If Gao Pragmatic is still in the court, given his current prestige and possible successor status as chief minister, if he still insists on establishing the legitimate son, the struggle over the country will continue.
The stalemate continues.
But what if Gao pragmatism suddenly has no choice but to return to his hometown of Xinzheng, Dingyou Shouzhi? Without Gao pragmatism as the absolute core, which elder of the pragmatism school can unify the thoughts of the entire faction?
No, because the real elder of the Pragmatic School second only to Gao Pragmatic is actually Liang Menglong, and it is well known in the world that Liang Menglong is about to become an official. Liang Menglong is followed by Zhou Yong, but Zhou Yong, the elder of the Pavilion, is regarded by many people
He was picked up, and his prestige, let alone being higher than that of the pragmatic school, is much lower than that of Liang Menglong. It is impossible to unify the thoughts of the pragmatic school.
At this point, we need to review one thing: when Gao Pragmatic did not clearly state that he must establish a direct lineage, there were many people within the Practical School who agreed to establish a direct heir! So now that Gao Pragmatic and Liang Menglong are no longer in the court, the members of the Practical School
The only person with the highest status on the surface is Zhou Yong, whose prestige is almost as bad as Zhao Zhigao. Can this kind of thinking be expected to continue to be unified? Obviously not!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Changluo will definitely be recommended by almost all the civil and military officials of the dynasty or at least tacitly agree to become the prince. At this time, the emperor left the dynasty due to his high pragmatism and became a
He was left alone and helpless. In order to revive Mingzhu's good reputation, he might not be able to survive alone, so he could only be forced to agree to make the emperor's eldest son the crown prince.
So now the matter has reached the third stage: regicide! Once the eldest son of the emperor becomes the prince, the war over the country can be declared over. However, the plan of the Xin School cannot be suspended, because Gao Pragmatic is just going to Dingyou to maintain the system, and it is not forever.
If he uses it, he will return to the court again in twenty-one months.
Gao pragmatic's prestige and strength are obvious. As long as the emperor is still the Wanli emperor when he returns to the dynasty, he will be the same as Gao Gong when he returned to the dynasty. He will never be moved to the position of junior assistant according to "convention".
It is very likely that he will be in power when he comes back.
If this is the case, even if the eldest son of the emperor becomes the prince, it is not safe at all - well, everyone knows that His Royal Highness the prince has been in poor health since childhood. If he dies before the emperor, it will be God's will!
Besides, since the Empress is capable of giving birth, what if she gives birth to another legitimate son at this time? Then the possibility of an accident to His Royal Highness has skyrocketed!
Therefore, the Xin School must allow His Highness the Crown Prince to sit directly on the dragon throne during the twenty-one months of Gao Pragmatic Ding You's rule! In other words, the regicide will take place during these twenty-one months!
As long as the regicide is completed, all the troubles will be solved. The new king is supported by the Xinxue school to turn the tide. Gao pragmatism, the unparalleled sacred scroll in the world, is gone forever, and the new king must use "one of his own" after he succeeds to the throne.
Enriching the cabinet and inner court...
In this case, wouldn't it be possible to immediately "pop up the court" and the previously arrogant Practical School be suddenly knocked into dust?
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