Chapter 282 Who is the Marquis of Shen, inside and outside the palace ()?
Although Gao Pragmatic has made it relatively clear, it is based on the premise that he has roughly understood the purpose of the parties involved, and Zhu Yijun has not thought so deeply and broadly, so he is still confused.
Although he is high-minded and pragmatic, his face is full of doubts.
Gao pragmatic sighed softly and said: "In short, the imperial concubine has no subjective intention to harm the emperor, but if certain things develop to a certain stage, it cannot be ruled out that the imperial concubine will choose to make the emperor... suffer some pain."
"Have some suffering?" Zhu Yijun's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he asked slowly: "What do you mean by suffering a little?"
Gao pragmatic curled his lips, spread his hands, and said: "If my prediction is correct, I am afraid that in the eyes of the imperial concubine, this so-called 'suffering' is making the emperor's body unwell, and it may take a period of recuperation to recover."
During this period, although the Emperor's life is not in danger, he will certainly be unable to see what is going on."
"She wants me to be unable to see things for a period of time?" Faced with Gao Pingzhen's "such excessive" accusation against Concubine Zheng without any conclusive evidence, Zhu Yijun did not get angry immediately, but was thoughtful.
After a while, he asked: "In your opinion, what did she want to do during the time when I couldn't see?"
"Why does your Majesty ask questions knowingly?" Gao Pragmatic sighed, as if he didn't want to answer directly.
"No, I have to ask this clearly. You have to tell me in detail." Zhu Yijun looked very serious and said, staring into Gao Pragmatic's eyes.
"Your Majesty should know that these words are just inferences..."
"Of course I know." This time, Zhu Yijun emphasized the word "I".
"Okay." Gao Pingshi paused and said: "Actually, the imperial concubine's purpose is very clear. From the beginning to the end, all she wants is for the third son of the emperor to become the prince. Therefore, if one day she thinks that the time has come, she must let the emperor take some time.
She is unable to see things at home, so naturally what she has to do is to take advantage of this moment to completely remove the obstacles for the third prince to become the prince."
"Completely wipe it out." Zhu Yijun repeated it expressionlessly, and said calmly: "That is to say, Chang Luo and Chang Hao must die?"
Gao Pingshi was stunned and said in surprise: "This matter should have nothing to do with the fifth emperor."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "I'm not talking about the old Wu Chang Hao, but Chang Hao who is full moon today - Shuijing Yezhihao. This is the name I plan to give him."
Oh, that’s it. Zhu Changhao and Zhu Changhao, the last words of these two brothers have the same pronunciation. The emperor’s legitimate son had not been named before. When Gao Pragmatic heard this, he naturally thought of the emperor’s fifth son Zhu Changhao, so he had the above
Misunderstand.
The biological mother of Zhu Changhao, the fifth son of the emperor, was Concubine Zhou Duan. She was named Duan Concubine in March of the 10th year of Wanli, ranking first among the nine concubines. I wonder if readers still remember what I said in the first two chapters, Zheng
Concubine Duan was ranked second among the nine concubines at that time, so Concubine Duan's status was even higher than Concubine Zheng.
But in fact, Concubine Duan was not very favored, so she did not give birth to the fifth son of the emperor Zhu Changhao until the 19th year of Wanli. In the 22nd year of Wanli, the fifth son of the emperor was still growing up healthily. In this way, the mother was more valuable than the son.
She was canonized as Duan Fei in November. But how can I put it... In short, neither mother nor son was favored in the original history.
However, an interesting anecdote can be added here. Concubine Zhou Duan lived a very long life. She became the first of the nine concubines in the tenth year of Wanli. That year was 1582 AD, and in June of 1644, something bad happened.
In this year, Zhang Xianzhong captured Sichuan and killed the whole family of Rui Wang Zhu Changhao, the son of Concubine Duan, and all his subordinate officials. In October, Li Zicheng conquered Beijing, and Concubine Zhou Duan returned to her parents' home to live. She was still alive during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and she was over eighty years old.
.As for the specific year of his death, it is unknown. It is said that he was buried in the tomb of the four concubines of Shenzong - this should be the help of the Tatars in order to win people's hearts.
[Note: Because the Shunzhi reign was used until 1661, and the Nanming Dynasty fell in 1662, since she is recorded in the history books as being in the Shunzhi period rather than the Kangxi period, it means that she died before the Nanming Dynasty was completely destroyed. This
Sometimes, the Tatars will still hold their noses and try to win people's hearts.]
As for the name of the emperor's legitimate son... Hao refers to the huge and boundless appearance of the water. Sometimes it also extends the meaning of vastness. It is suitable to name the emperor's legitimate son.
Speaking of which, if Gao Pragmatic was not the number one contributor to the birth of the emperor's legitimate son, he was indeed an important contributor. After all, if it weren't for Gao Pragmatic, there would have been no pregnancy record for the Queen in history. Now she can be in her thirties
For a "senior" woman of many years old who gave birth successfully, can't we thank Gao Pragmatic for his painstaking arrangements for Li Shizhen to see her for medical treatment?
"I see." Gao Pingshi nodded, turned the conversation away, and said, "In short, as long as the emperor understands what the imperial concubine wants, then there is no need to ask what she wants to do."
Zhu Yijun was silent for a while, then shook his head and said: "Parents have inherent preferences, but even tiger poison will not eat its children. How can I sit back and watch such a tragedy happen at my knees."
Gao Pragmatic said happily: "The emperor has this insight, it is really a blessing for the world."
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun shook his head: "It has nothing to do with the world, it's just father and son."
The saying "father, father, son, son" comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Yan Yuan". The original text is as follows: Qi Jinggong asked Confucius about the government. Confucius said to him: "Jun, minister, minister, father, son, son." The Duke said: "How good! Trust is like the king.
If you are not a king, your ministers are not ministers, your father is not your father, your son is not your son, even if there is millet, how can I eat it?"
It means: Qi Jinggong asked Confucius about politics. Confucius replied: "The king should be like a king, the minister should be like a minister, the father should be like a father, and the son should be like a son." Qi Jinggong said: "Excellent!
If the king is not like the king, the ministers are not like the ministers, the father is not like the father, and the son is not like the son, no matter how much food there is, will I be able to eat it?"
Of course, the meaning of words also depends on the context. The meaning of Zhu Yijun's words at this moment is actually roughly: I am a father, and I have to take care of my sons like a father. My sons should also be taken care of by me as a father.
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In short, Zhu Yijun looked at this matter purely from the perspective of father-son ethics.
However, Gao Pragmatic disagreed, and he shook his head and said: "Otherwise, the relationship between ordinary father and son is naturally just a simple father and son, but the emperor is the supreme one in the world, and the relationship between the emperor and his son is not just father and son, but also monarch and minister.
The Analects of Confucius says, king, minister, father, father, son. This distinction between king and minister comes before father and son... Does the emperor know why?"
Zhu Yijun remained silent.
Gao pragmatic asked: "Does the emperor know the story of King Zhou You?"
Zhu Yijun frowned: "What? Pragmatically, you regard me as King You and Concubine Zheng as your concubine?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "I would like to ask, does the emperor know about Yijiu and Bofu?"
The story he told was obviously not King Zhou You's most famous "Playing with the Princes by Beacon Fire", but another story related to the heir - of course, there was still a scene of praise in it.
As a famous foolish king during the Western Zhou Dynasty, King You of Zhou Dynasty has always been a solid player in the ranking list of foolish kings in Chinese history. He probably needs no further introduction.
The story told by Gao Pingshi is that King You of Zhou had already made Yijiu the crown prince. Yijiu's mother was the daughter of Marquis Shen. Marquis Shen was the king of a powerful vassal state in the Western Zhou Dynasty. According to legend, he was a descendant of Boyi.
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It stands to reason that since Yijiu had such a strong grandfather as his backing, it should be a matter of course for him to become the king of the Zhou Dynasty after the death of King Zhou You.
However, an accident still happened. King You of Zhou got the great beauty Bao Si. Because he doted on Bao Si very much, he also loved Wujiwu and doted on him and Bao Si's son Bofu.
Not long after, King You made Bao Si his queen, deposed the crown prince Yijiu, and made Bao Si's son Bo Fu the crown prince. The ministers and princes expressed their opposition to this, but King You of Zhou refused to listen.
This move of King You of Zhou obviously immediately angered the Marquis of Shen, so instead of doing anything, he simply united with the Quan Rong and Zan Kingdoms to the west of the Zhou royal family to raise troops to rebel.
Due to King You of Zhou's history of stupidity, although the various vassal states knew that Marquis Shen was rebelling, no one sent troops to rescue King You. Marquis Shen and others easily invaded Haojing, the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and killed King You of Zhou.
After King You died, Yijiu succeeded him as King Ping of Zhou.
After experiencing this disaster, the status of the Zhou royal family plummeted and their strength declined greatly. In order to prevent the invasion of dogs and soldiers, and because Haojing was already devastated, King Zhou Ping had to move the capital to Luoyi in the second year of his succession.
This also symbolizes the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Chinese history has since entered the Spring and Autumn Period when princes competed for hegemony.
What Gao Qingshi wants to remind Zhu Yijun here is that all of this is traced back to the partiality of King Zhou You.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes slightly and said to Gao Pragmatic: "Pragmatic, I naturally remember this story. It was you who told me about it for the first time when I was a child... However, I remember that you thought about it at that time.
There are other views on things."
This time it was Gao Pragmatic's turn to remain silent.
In fact, many records of these very early histories either conflict with each other or are unclear, and it is easy for later generations to use them to tell stories from different angles due to different emphasis. When Gao Pragmatic told this story to Zhu Yijun, he was indeed not from the same perspective.
It is discussed from the perspective that King You of Zhou destroyed the heir system.
At that time, Gao Pragmatic spoke from the perspective of "the emperor's imperial army must be strong and loyal". If this story is re-explained, it would be too lengthy. To put it simply, the Xishen Kingdom united with the dog soldiers to attack Hao
In Beijing, the Zhou royal family theoretically had a strong army directly led by the royal family, which was called the "Six Army".
"Zhou Li·Xia Guan·Xuguan" says: "Every time an army is formed, there are always 2,500 troops. The king has six armies, the big country has three armies, the secondary country has two armies, and the small country has one army." "Zuo Zhuan·Xiang Gong's fourteenth year
" said: "The Zhou Dynasty is divided into six armies. If the princes are big, they can have three armies." Later, the "six armies" were therefore used as a general term for the national army. Of course, they were often used to refer to the emperor's forbidden army.
But the strange thing is that in the story of King You of Zhou, the Sixth Army played almost no role. Many records say that the Sixth Army just resisted casually and then retreated. Even where they retreated seems unclear.
Therefore, Gao Pangshi's explanation to Zhu Yijun at that time was that King You of Zhou had lost the morale of the army by going against the grain, so that at the critical moment "the six armies were not sent out" and the country was in trouble. Therefore, he warned Zhu Yijun not to be slow to wait for the army, regardless of money, food or soldiers.
Make sure as much as possible.
Obviously, Gao Pragmatic said this to Zhu Yijun at that time because it was not long after the implementation of private military industry, and there were still many people who opposed it from time to time. Gao Pragmatic must strengthen Zhu Yijun's understanding and let him know that the original system has already
Completely rotten, if left alone, sooner or later the army will be unable to fight, and will even be unwilling to fight for the emperor.
Moreover, the impact of this story is not limited to the period of private military industry implementation. Later, when Jingying was restructured, Zhu Yijun always gave Gao pragmatic full support. It was also related to the shock this story gave him in his early years, which made him insist that Jingying was the Ming Dynasty.
The "Sixth Army" cannot be all trash; it must be a reliable and capable force.
It stands to reason that the two times Gao Pragmatic used the story of King Zhou You's loss of Haojing are not in conflict with each other: the first time was to discuss the importance of the emperor's forbidden army, and this time it was to discuss the importance of the successor system.
But what Zhu Yijun said at this moment was not to accuse Gao Pragmatic of inconsistent arguments, but...
"When a minister attacks his king, it is called rebellion; when a king attacks his minister, it is called revolt." Zhu Yijun patted the armrest and said: "Even if King You of Zhou made countless mistakes, and Marquis Shen rebelled by using the troops of Quan Rong, shouldn't he be punished for his crime?
?Besides... being pragmatic, tell me, can anyone be a Marquis of Shen today? Can someone be a Quanrong?"
Gao Pragmatic was silent just now. In fact, he was aware of the hidden danger in his words, but he did not expect Zhu Yijun to actually say it.
In today's world, who can be the Marquis of Shen and who can be the Rong of Quan?
Marquis Shen was the father of the deposed Empress Shen of King You of Zhou Dynasty. The biological father of the current empress was named Wang Wei. He was formerly the deputy envoy of the Wensi Academy under the Ministry of Industry (the ninth rank). He was granted the title of Yongnian Bo because his daughter became the empress.
This Yongnianbo, who was born as a ninth-grade official, had no fiefdom and had no sense of presence in the army. Naturally, it was impossible for him to be a Shenhou.
However, everyone in the world knows that the biggest supporter of Queen Wang is...Gao Pragmatic!
Therefore, if someone can really "become the Marquis of Shen" when "King You of Zhou was acting rebelliously", then this person can only be highly pragmatic!
Does Gao Jingshi have military power? Logically speaking, of course he does not have it in normal times, but who doesn’t know how high Gao Jingshi’s prestige is in the towns of Jiubian? Even the Imperial Guard, which the imperial court relies on the most, is Gao Jingshi.
Compiled by hand!
If Gao Jingshi really wants to "become the Marquis of Shen", then his "Marquis of Shen" will only be more powerful than the Marquis of Shen back then.
As for "Who is the Quan Rong"... this is even more interesting. Can Tumut be the "Quin Rong"? Can Ordos be the "Quin Rong"? Can the Jurchen tribes be the "Quin Rong"? Even
To be more exaggerated, can the chieftains in the Southwest, who were once Gao Pragmatic's subordinates and now rely on Jinghua to make money to support their families, be "Dougong"?
Gao Pragmatic never imagined that he would be involved in this circle.
However, he also realized that as time progressed and his prestige among all parties continued to increase, Zhu Yijun, as the emperor, had to consider certain situations that he would not consider in the past.
Gao pragmatic knew that he was still the emperor's loyal and trustworthy minister, but the emperor could no longer treat him as unreservedly as he had ten or twenty years ago.
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