Chapter 282 People inside and outside the palace (Xuqi) join forces to dissuade
Shen Yiguan persuaded Gao Pingshi again and again, and Gao Pingshi immediately realized that Shen Yiguan did not necessarily really want Wang Jiaping to stay in office. He just did not want to see Wang Jiaping resign at this time.
If Wang Jiaping resigns, as a rule, Liang Menglong should take over as the first assistant. However, Liang Menglong and Wang Jiaping have reached a gentleman's agreement before. It is likely that if Wang Jiaping retires, Liang Menglong will also retire.
In other words, once Wang Jiaping became official, the person who succeeded him as chief minister would be highly pragmatic... This would be a bolt from the blue for the Xin School, as if the end of the road was at hand.
Gao Jingshi had a very bad impression of Shen Yiguan. Whether it was the impression he got from history books in his previous life or his personal experience in this life, he felt that Shen Yiguan was a disaster. If Shen Yiguan could be made unhappy, Gao Jingshi would be very happy.
So cool.
Shen Yiguan's family was not originally prominent when he was young. If he were to be stratified by class, he should be considered a small landowner family. However, although the family was not rich and powerful, he had a good uncle who had already started when he was born.
Emerging—poet Shen Mingchen.
In the original history, Shen Yiguan was also the chief assistant, but unlike other chief assistants, Shen Yiguan's childhood and youth were uneventful... In fact, there was not much worth writing about.
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It was not until the second year of Longqing's reign that the thirty-seven-year-old Shen Yiguan barely managed to achieve the top 100 in the top three in the joint examination.
Although this achievement can arrogantly surpass most scholars. After all, it is not easy to become a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, but it seems a bit embarrassing when compared with other chief ministers. Because in the original history, there were 67 cabinet ministers in the Ming Dynasty.
Among the assistants, he is the only first assistant who only achieved the top three grades.
After becoming a Jinshi, Shen Guanyi entered the Hanlin Academy as usual and started lining up and going through qualifications, waiting agonizingly for being recruited. During these six years, he was basically in a state of seclusion and cultivation, without any backers or connections.
, no memorial was presented. Seeing Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, and Gao Gong, the chief ministers and assistants were replaced like a revolving door until Zhang Juzheng succeeded in taking over.
Of course, Gao Gong continued to work in this life until the sixth year of Wanli, while Zhang Juzheng was deposed by Gao Pingshi in the early years of Wanli.
How did Shen Yiguan in the original history finally stand out from the Hanlin Academy? How could he in this life overcome the shortcomings of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue with Zhao Zhigao after they stepped down?
Let’s talk about the former first. It has some historical humor. Shen Yiguang stood out in the original history. He actually came to prominence by scolding Zhang Juzheng and then receiving rewards from Zhang Siwei.
The story begins in the second year of Wanli. In that year, Li Shen had already completed two subjects in high school. He was lucky enough to become a co-examiner for the general examination that year. This was his first concrete job.
Originally, he was able to complete this job with ease and calmness, but because Zhang Juzheng's son participated in this exam, it became different.
Colleagues around him were worried that Shen Yiguan didn't know the inside story, so they secretly told him. As a result, Shen Yiguan was still insistent at this time, so he pretended to be ignorant and showed enough justice and severity, without any hesitation for the chief auxiliary.
Give the green light.
Here we have to talk about the issue of school. Theoretically speaking, Zhang Juzheng is also a member of the Practical School, and Shen has always been one of the Zhejiang scholars who are one of the strongholds of Xinxue. Before he was deeply affected by officialdom, it was not surprising that he disapproved of Zhang Juzheng.
strange.
Of course, even if Shen Yiguan did not cooperate, with Zhang Juzheng's power and status at that time, it was completely easy to get the admission notice for his son to be a Jinshi. Whether Shen Yiguan or not had no impact!
Afterwards, knowing that he had offended Zhang Juzheng, Shen Yiguan did not defend himself, let alone try to get along with him. Instead, he became a little angry and decided to resign and return to his hometown. Unexpectedly, when he was planning to resign, he unexpectedly received the promotion
Although the notice is still just a sinecure, it has been improved in grade after all.
Zhang Juzheng didn't touch Shen Yiguan at that time, maybe because he was too busy, or maybe he thought that such a small fish and shrimp was not worthy of his war, but no matter what, if he didn't touch him, he didn't touch him.
Time came to the fifth year of Wanli, and Zhang Juzheng's father Zhang Wenming passed away. According to the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system, Zhang Yuanfu had to resign and return home to serve his father for three years. Objectively speaking, judging from Zhang Juzheng's powerful position at the time, he came back after three years
Returning to the position of first assistant is a matter of hands-on control, and it is not too difficult.
However, many reform measures have just begun and have been resisted by die-hards. If Zhang Juzheng had personally stepped in, there would not have been too many setbacks. But if Zhang Juzheng left the cabinet for three years, his reforms would have been difficult.
It is very likely that he will die midway.
In view of this, Zhang Juzheng was not willing to leave the cabinet and return to his hometown to maintain the system. In this matter, even if Gao Pragmatic re-examines history, he does not think that Zhang Juzheng is simply a lover of power. He is unwilling to worry about it. He should have both public and private factors.
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Under this background, Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to obtain the consent of Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijun in advance, and staged a "love drama" directed and acted by himself against their will, which consisted of seven steps:
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First, Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to ask for resignation and asked to be his father Ding You; second, Li Youzi and others went to the Shu and asked Zhu Yijun to win love for Zhang Yuanfu; third, Zhu Yijun issued an order to win love for Zhang Yuanfu and refused Zhang Yuanfu to resign; fourth, Zhang Yuanfu declined
Duoqing demanded that Zhang Juzheng insist on keeping filial piety for his father; fifth, the Queen Mother issued an edict and asked Zhang Yuanfu to seize love again; sixth, Zhang Yuanfu reluctantly agreed to seize love, but had to take leave to arrange the funeral; seventh, after the funeral arrangements, Zhang Juzheng returned to the cabinet to continue working
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While Zhang Juzheng was performing the love drama, Shen Yiguan kept making remarks about loyalty and filial piety without understanding current affairs, taking the opportunity to insinuate Zhang Juzheng that "since he is unfilial, he must be unfaithful."
Regarding this, the "History of the Ming Dynasty·The Biography of Shen Yiguan" said this: "When Gao Zong was talking about Liang Yin, he raised his hands and said: 'If you ask me to entrust you with my life, you must be a loyal and unyielding minister, so that all officials will listen. If you don't do it,
It is a pity that Zhang Juzheng thought it was a stab at himself."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This time, Zhang Juzheng was angry. Not only did he write down Shen Yiguan's sin, he also revealed the unpleasantness in the previous scientific examination, and simply came to
The old and new accounts were settled together. As a result, Shen Guanyin was idle for a long time.
In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng passed away while serving as the first assistant. Zhang Siwei, the second assistant who had been lurking beside Zhang Juzheng for a long time and whom Zhang Juzheng thought was his right-hand man but was actually a high-minded person, took over the post of first assistant.
From then on, due to Zhang Siwei's "revenge" for Gao Gong and Zhu Yijun's hatred, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty began to counterattack Zhang Juzheng. Basically, they took revenge for those who had vengeance and revenge for those who had grievances.
For a time, Zhang Juzheng was scolded like a piece of shit, and all his reform measures were canceled. Even his own body was almost dug out and whipped to vent his anger.
This time, Shen Yiguan, who was still senior in the Hanlin Academy, was naturally the one who scolded the most. From then on, he immediately became the most unequivocal anti-Zhang faction, taking the lead in attacking Zhang Juzheng, even slandering and framing him.
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This move undoubtedly won him the favor of Emperor Zhu Yijun and Chief Assistant Zhang Siwei, and he soon came to prominence. With the rise of Shen Yiguan, the Zhejiang Party Group with him as the core gradually formed, and it continued to rise.
The so-called Zhejiang Party is actually the earliest party formed in the civil service system in the late Ming Dynasty in original history, or more accurately it should be an interest group and political faction - this is different from the nature of the Xin School and the Real School, so the latter two
The latter has a more obvious scholastic nature.
The Zhejiang Party is different. They were formed purely for common political pursuits, or economic interests. Shen Yiguan was internally elected as the overall person in charge.
In the twelfth year of Wanli's reign, as Zhang Juzheng continued to criticize Zhang Juzheng, who could no longer reply, Shen Yiguan's good times began. He was first promoted to the post of Shao Zhanshi of the Zhanshi Mansion, and concurrently served as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and began to have the opportunity to teach Zhu Yijun.
, and also has the opportunity to win over more people and unite around him.
During this period, with the increasing rise of "national disputes", Shen Yiguan keenly discovered that this would be a deadly battle with no retreat for both sides. Therefore, Shen Yiguan, who was well versed in power tactics and checks and balances, decided to return home to visit his relatives.
Since I asked for leave, I used illness as an excuse to stay at home for a long time, so as to avoid getting into fights prematurely, and at the same time, I actively raised my hopes and accumulated my reputation.
Sure enough, while Shen Yiguan was watching secretly at home, the Ming Dynasty court staged the most lively plot. The chief ministers Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, and Wang Xijue came one after another, and all of them fell into this matter.
Shen Yiguan showed a sinister smile - the kind that couldn't be suppressed at all.
In order to warm himself up in advance, Shen Yiguan controlled the members of the Zhejiang Party to build momentum in the court, and asked Zhu Yijun to appoint him. In the 22nd year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun appointed Shen Yiguan as the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, and continued to assist Zhan Shifu. However, Shen
However, he declined the appointment politely, citing physical illness.
In fact, Shen Guanyin is already very satisfied with his position as Minister of Rites, but adding the word "Nanjing" in front of it greatly reduces the value of this Minister. When I said I was sick, I was just pretending to be sick. You really asked me to stay in Nanjing.
Retirement? Therefore, Shen Guangyuan chose to continue to live in seclusion. He believed that under the current situation, the imperial court would definitely use him again.
Facts have proved that Shen Yiguan is indeed a scheming fox. No wonder he can lead the talented Zhejiang Party as a top three Jinshi. No wonder he can "be on the outside but feel in the game". It turns out that he relies on this
Sophisticated, this kind of judgment of the current situation and the ability to control the overall situation.
The following year, which was the 23rd year of Wanli, the shortage of cabinet members was already very serious. Only Zhao Zhigao was in office, as both the chief minister and the cabinet minister. Therefore, Wanli issued an order for the courtiers to nominate candidates for the cabinet.
Under the hard urging of the Zhejiang Party members, Shen Yiguan's voice was so loud that he was eventually shortlisted at the same time as Zhu Geng, Shen Li and others, and was allowed to participate in machine maintenance and serve as the bachelor of Dongge University.
The chief assistant at this time was Zhao Zhigao, who needs no introduction. Not only was he old and sick, he was also weak in character. Almost all officials and censors did not take him seriously. "History of the Ming Dynasty: The Biography of Zhao Zhigao" commented on him:
Gao was the first assistant. He was more than seventy years old. He was old, soft and cowardly. He was underestimated by the court officials, and he was criticized everywhere.
When he entered the cabinet, Shen Yiguan began to establish his authority in order to pave the way for succeeding Zhao Zhigao in the future. He used his official Yuan Keli as a tool to scare the monkeys - this was because Yuan Keli had a close relationship with Shen Li, and Shen Li had a close relationship with Zhao Zhigao.
He was very conflicted, so Shen Yiguan made excuses to put Yuan Ke on the imperial staff and dismissed him from his post as a civilian.
This incident has been recorded. The "Hongguang Dynasty's Puppetry of the Eastern Palace and the Puppetry of the Empress and the Party's Disasters" records say: The disaster began during the Wanli period. Shen Yiguan, a native of Zhejiang, was the prime minister. He took power for himself and placed many private persons on important roads.
As the dispute between the country and the country continued to ferment, many cabinet ministers who were ranked before Shen Yiguan fled away one after another, while those who could not escape were recuperating at home.
Chief Assistant Zhao Zhigao submitted nearly a hundred resignations but was rejected by Zhu Yijun, and finally collapsed at home. During this period, Shen Yiguan gradually began to take control of the power of the cabinet. After Zhao Zhigao died of illness, he finally became the 42nd cabinet member of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Zhu Yijun, who insisted on non-violent non-cooperation with the civil servant group, had completely disappeared and had not appeared in court for a long time.
After becoming the chief assistant, Shen Yiguan summarized many successful experiences and failures of previous chief assistants, such as Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Wang Xijue and others. He probably reviewed them over and over again.
Shen has always believed that no matter how powerful the chief minister's power is, in the final analysis it is still granted by the emperor. If he wants to keep his power, he must obey the emperor's wishes and avoid becoming the second Zhang Juzheng. Moreover, because today's emperor is extremely difficult to deal with
, we must work hard to serve him well.
Of course, on the basis of serving Zhu Yijun well, you must also avoid becoming the target of all the courtiers and becoming the loser. Therefore, you must always pay attention to establishing your own majesty among the courtiers and not let anyone step on you.
, to avoid becoming the second Zhao Zhigao.
After making the plans, Shen Yuanfu started working. Of course, like his predecessors, the biggest trouble he faced was still the "national dispute."
Zhu Yijun has defeated several chief ministers on this issue, and has been in a stalemate for more than ten years, so it is impossible for him to compromise in front of Shen Yiguan. However, the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo, is already over 18 years old, and there is still no choice at this time.
The conclusion is that everyone, including Zhu Yijun himself, knows very well that if this matter remains unresolved for so long, it will definitely become a trigger for disaster for the country and the people.
As a result, Shen Yiguan got a big advantage. When Shen Yiguan, the newly appointed chief minister, tentatively mentioned the matter casually, the emperor immediately agreed and agreed to appoint the eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince and the third son Zhu Changxun as Prince Fu.
The fifth son of the emperor Zhu Changhao was the king of Rui, the sixth son of the emperor Zhu Changrun was the king of Hui, and the seventh son of the emperor Zhu Changying was the king of Gui.
Although it was an unexpected surprise, Shen Guan was such a thief. He was worried that Zhu Yijun would regret it in the future, so he immediately drafted the decree and had it signed by Yubi to be announced tomorrow. Shen Yuanfu was very excited because so many chief assistants had not been able to solve the problem before.
, he settled it easily as soon as he made a move.
But the accident still happened. When Princess Zheng heard the news, she immediately found Zhu Yijun and refused to give up. She insisted on appointing her son Zhu Changxun as the crown prince - at least not Zhu Changluo.
Zhu Yijun had no choice but to summon Shen Guanyi to the palace overnight and asked him to hand over the imperial edict, while the matter of appointing the crown prince would be discussed for another day. Shen Yiguan heard that, how could it be done? So he lied that he had disclosed the contents of the imperial edict to everyone in the court.
Sir, everyone has already begun to celebrate and shout His Majesty’s wisdom at this moment.
When the matter reached this point, Zhu Yijun finally had no choice. After all, "You have no joke" is a simple truth, and he still wanted to lose face, so he had to agree to officially appoint Zhu Changluo as the crown prince. At this point, the dispute over the country was finally over.
At this time, due to the strong intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese army had reached a stalemate on the Korean Peninsula. On the issue of war or peace, Shen Guanyi, as the first assistant, actively took the lead in the battle and submitted "On the Inadmissibility of Wagong City" to Zhu Yijun
"Shu", which advocated stopping border trade, blocking shipping, and adopting more tough methods to force Japan to withdraw its troops from the Korean Peninsula.
As soon as Shen Yiguan's proposal came out, the entire Zhejiang Party took active action and began to build momentum everywhere. The main war factions in the DPRK were instantly given the upper hand. Affected by this, Zhu Yijun finally made up his mind to be tough on Japan to the end and started a national war.
model. And Shen Yiguan himself also won the reputation of being loyal to the emperor and patriotic.
However, as the situation developed, many people believed that he was not motivated by public motives. His real purpose was to protect Zhejiang, the base camp of his "Zhejiang Party", from the long-term harassment of Japanese pirates.
Later historians generally believe that as the Ming Dynasty continued to use large-scale troops on the Korean Peninsula, it connived at the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty in the Northeast to a certain extent. This laid the foundation for the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and its entry into the customs to replace the Ming Dynasty.
hidden dangers.
However, Gao Pragmatic does not think that Shen should be responsible for this - if other people who had the opportunity to be the first assistant at that time were in that position, I am afraid there would be no difference. If we really want to change, it will have to come from within the Ming Dynasty.
Treating the root cause, just like what he has done in this life in a pragmatic way.
One of the things that has always caused Shen to lose his reputation is related to the mining tax. In the original history, which did not have Gao Pragmatic Assistance, after Zhu Yijun took office, he quickly began to send eunuchs to various parts of the country to collect taxes and collect money, and changed the names to collect exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
, among which the mining tax is the most serious, causing complaints from people everywhere and even civil riots from time to time.
Many courtiers, including Shen Yiguan, once advised Zhu Yijun, hoping that he could reduce taxes and reduce the burden on the people. Unfortunately, in the original history, which was not highly pragmatic and responsible for finance, Zhu Yijun was only interested in asking for money and did not accept these suggestions at all.
, and even believed that he did not collect these mining taxes from ordinary people at all, and it was not the interests of ordinary people that were harmed, which led to the disaster of mining taxes becoming more and more serious.
In the 30th year of Wanli, a very sudden event happened. Zhu Yijun suddenly fell ill at that time, and his condition was very serious. He once thought that he was a short-lived ghost like his father Mu Zong, so he quickly started to arrange his funeral. In addition to telling the cabinet ministers to continue
In addition to assisting the left prince Zhu Changluo, he was also determined to abolish the mining tax and gave Shen Yiguan the edict to abolish the mining tax.
But unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun's condition suddenly improved on the next day, so he wanted to take back yesterday's decree. But Shen Yiguan did not hesitate and handed over the decree immediately. It was exactly this matter that
Jean Shen Guanyi was greatly dissatisfied by many people.
According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty·Biography of Shen Yiguan": "Hou Yijian Yiguan spat: 'My husband will hold on to this for a moment, the mining tax will be withdrawn, why are you so cowardly?' Since the ministers were saying that officials were sparse and the invitations were sparse, one after another, none of them listened anymore.
The harm caused by the mining tax will end the Shenzong era."
From then on, Zhu Yijun would not give permission for any court officials to discuss matters related to mining tax. And even after the Wanli Dynasty, the disaster of mining tax could not be eliminated, but the harm became more and more serious.
Another major event related to Shen Yiguan was related to the party. In the 32nd year of Wanli, Gu Xiancheng, a doctor in the Ministry of official affairs, angered Emperor Wanli because of his affairs. He was dismissed from office and had to return to his hometown to live leisurely. During this period, he and Gao Panlong
Together with Qian Yiyi and others, he founded a private college in Wuxi to provide lectures and classes, which attracted more and more attention. This private college became the famous Donglin Academy.
As its scale and influence continued to expand, Donglin Academy gradually began to get involved in politics, and even dared to criticize current ills and praise and criticize court officials, thus forming a very powerful political force known as the Donglin Party.
As the chief minister, Shen Guanguan would naturally not allow the Donglin Party to grow and rise, or even threaten his own Zhejiang Party. Therefore, he began to actively suppress the Donglin Party and proactively triggered a series of party disputes.
During this period, the Chu Party was formed under the leadership of Wu Liangsi and others. Some Shandong officials were not willing to be marginalized, so they secretly formed the Qi Party. Of course, due to Shen Yiguan's power and co-optation,
The Chu Party and the Qi Party basically exist in dependence on the Zhejiang Party, and are collectively called the "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Party."
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Under the mutual denigration of various parties, the problem of cronyism in the Ming Dynasty became unprecedentedly intensified. There were only conflicts of interest between each other, and there was no longer any matter of people's livelihood and state affairs. This kind of party struggle lasted for decades, and the government and the opposition were no longer peaceful.
, directly accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli period, Shen Yiguan personally presided over the Beijing Inquisition. He actually used his power to suppress others, openly protected the Zhejiang Party forces, and blatantly suppressed other parties and dissidents. This immediately aroused the public indignation of the Manchu Dynasty. Sun Juqiang, the imperial censor,
People jointly signed a petition to impeach Shen Yiguan, and other political parties were secretly adding fuel to the fire, making this impeachment extremely popular.
According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty": "If you always return, those who speak will be pursued and impeached, and many of the people in his hometown will be slandered by the world."
In order to avoid the limelight, Shen Yiguan had no choice but to take the initiative to report illness and beg to retire. After returning home, Shen Yiguan simply stayed at home and never asked about current affairs. He lived a leisurely life for ten years and continued to write books and lectures to promote his theories.
In the forty-third year of Wanli, Shen Yiguan passed away at home at the age of eighty-four. After the emperor heard the news, he posthumously awarded him the title of Taifu and the posthumous title of "Wen Gong" - so it was always said that Zhu Yijun was a sensible man. Look at this
Just know the word "Gong".
The above are some of the more controversial things after Shen Yiguan became prime minister. Of course, there are many others, such as the King of Chu, etc., and their impact is not small. Oh, by the way, the King of Chu still directly led to Shen Yiguan's relationship with the Prime Minister.
The key to the downfall of both Shen Li and Shen Li is complicated, so we won’t go into details here. [Note: The king of Chu is also called the king of Chu. Interested readers can check it out by themselves.]
Although Shen Yiguang's role in these incidents was often criticized in later generations, Gao Pragmatic actually believed that his biggest problems were "charming" and "forming cliques".
Some people may say that the imperial power of the feudal dynasty is supreme, how can anything be accomplished if you don't flatter the emperor? He is always flattering, but you are pragmatic and not flattering? But in fact, there is a big difference here.
What's the difference? It lies in whether "charming" is a means or an end.
As the most trusted minister by the emperor among the Ming Dynasty courtiers today, Gao Pragmatic certainly stood on the same stand as Zhu Yijun most of the time, but what he did was essentially a means - to gain first
The emperor trusted him and gained authority through the sacred scrolls before he could carry out his political ambitions.
Shen Yiguan is different. His flattery is just to preserve his status and power. However, he enjoys such status and power not because he wants to do anything for the world, but just for his own selfish interests. At most, it is to ensure that
While expanding one's own selfish interests and slightly expanding the scope to protect the interests of Zhejiang Party allies, in the final analysis, it is forming a party for personal gain.
Some people may also want to say, why should Gao Pragmatism's "fascination with the Shang" be said to be a manifestation of political ambitions, while Shen Guangyuan's "fascination with Shang" can be said to form a party for personal gain? Doesn't Gao Pragmatism also want to protect the interests of the Xin School?
This requires the use of a classic principle to judge: one’s deeds are ignored, one’s heart is not. To put it simply, in history, Shen Yiguan was indeed just a clique for personal gain, and did not sincerely make any contribution to the people of the world. But Gao Pragmatic, who dares to say that he
Aren’t you in office seeking the welfare of the people in the world?
It can't be said that he has to be busy with the world, and he has to be poor, then it can be called serving the public, right? People can have such noble ideals, but if everyone is required to do this, then
So crazy.
Gao pragmatically reviewed Shen Yiguan's experience and performance in the original history, mainly to determine what kind of person Shen Yiguan was. However, he also knew that he could not just look at history, but also how Shen Yiguan climbed up in this life. After all,
Only the experiences of "this life" can influence Shen Yiguan in this life, right?
As mentioned before, Shen Yiguan was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing's reign, four subjects earlier than Gao Jingshi. However, Shen Yiguan's official career was not good at the beginning. He stayed in the Hanlin Academy longer than Gao Jingshi.
Too many. It was the eighth year of Wanli reign when Gao Pingshi entered the Hanlin Academy. At that time, Shen Yiguan was actually still in the Hanlin Academy, and he was still just an editor.
Twelve years! Even if the Hanlin Academy was originally a Qingshui yamen with qualifications, Shen Yiguan was almost stuck in the same place in the Hanlin Academy for twelve years. Do you think it was miserable or not?
Of course, there is a detail that needs to be explained here to understand why "twelve years of standing still" is very, very miserable. This is related to the assessment of officials of the Ming Dynasty.
Officials in the Ming Dynasty took a small exam every three years and a major exam every nine years. The results were divided into three grades: competent, ordinary, and incompetent. Rewards and penalties were determined based on the test results and the complexity of the original position.
Rewards are generally promotions to official ranks, and sometimes incentives such as promotions, favors, gifts (titles given to family members), and salary increases are also used; punishments are usually reductions in rank and salary, and some that are too poor will be reduced by three or four.
etc., even without being assigned an official position and working on "miscellaneous duties" until he was dismissed and returned home.
Here we should also mention a standard set by Gao Gong when he was also the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, that is, the examination of eight categories of problems such as "greed, cruelty, weakness, carelessness, old age, illness, lack of talent, and impetuousness", which is called
It is called "Eight Methods".
For promotions of officials who pass the comprehensive assessment, according to regulations: Those who are classified as "first-class" (capital officials) or "outstanding" (local officials) will be included in the list of candidates for promotion; those who are "greedy and cool" will be dismissed; those who are "weak and cool" will be dismissed;
Those who are "not careful" will be dismissed from their posts, those who are "old and sick" will be retired, and those who are "incompetent and impetuous" may consider downgrading their tone.
By the way, Gao Gong's "Eight Methods" were much more rigorous than those of the early Ming Dynasty, and relatively fair and just, so they were almost directly copied by the Qing Dynasty. [Note: This is a historical fact.]
Speaking of Shen Yiguan, he has been stuck in the same place for twelve years, which is equivalent to being rated as average, so he is not worthy of promotion, but he does not need to be demoted.
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. But this is the Hanlin Academy. This "prefecture prime minister" has not been promoted in the yamen after nine years of examination. That is a rare and strange thing.
In comparison, Gao Pragmatic was the number one scholar at that time. As soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy, he started writing essays (it was a custom that the number one scholar would directly edit essays), and then he started his promotion journey not long after. Even though he was suppressed by Empress Dowager Li once in the process,
Even though he was downgraded three levels in a row, it actually did not delay his "take off from Wuhu".
Why is this happening? In fact, it is because Shen Yiguan's original psychological stance was too obvious, and the several views he put forward were not liked by Guo Pu, then the chief assistant. He thought that this guy only knew how to sing high-profile and raise questions like
He's very good at it, but he can't come up with any feasible solutions to the problem.
This was very inconsistent with Guo Pu's employment principles, so Shen Yiguan spent a long time in the Hanlin Academy before he was finally sent by Guo Pu to concurrently serve as the director of the Nanjing Imperial College. I don't know what Guo Pu originally wanted to see what Shen Yiguan could do.
You can't do anything practical, or you just stay away from it out of an out-of-sight, out-of-mind mentality.
Shen Yiguan's unlucky days have not improved much. During Zhang Siwei's period, he finally made some "progress" and became the Nanjing Imperial College Jijiu (referred to as "Nanjing Jijiu" in Ming Dynasty officialdom), but that was the end of it.
However, when Zhang Siwei and Ding You returned to Puzhou and Shen Shixing took over as chief assistant, it was finally his turn to take off in Wuhu.
When Shen Shixing took over as chief minister, Shangshu recommended Shen Guan, saying that he was "magnificent, stable in character, talented and capable" and should be transferred back to the Hanlin Academy to serve as a minister and a daily lecturer. At this time, Shen Shixing had just taken office.
Even if it was to save face for the new chief minister, the emperor would naturally agree, so Shen Yiguan once again returned to the capital as the center of power in the Ming Dynasty.
The Japanese Lecturer sometimes does not necessarily hold a high position in the Hanlin Academy, but once a person who holds a high position in the Hanlin Academy becomes the Japanese Lecturer, it usually means that this person has a backer at the top and will most likely be reused in the future.
Shen Yiguan is no exception. Although he is only a sixth-rank scholar, the rank of the Hanlin Academy has never been high, and the leading Hanlin bachelor is only a fifth-rank scholar. The imperial scholar can be ranked sixth or seventh in the Hanlin Academy.
Naturally, it can be regarded as "occupying a high position".
In this way, when Gao Pingshi won the great victory in Liaonan, Shen Yiguan was promoted again, this time becoming the right minister of Zhan Shifu - from the fifth rank. The next year, he continued his efforts and returned to the Hanlin Academy as a lecturer. Although
His rank has not changed, but he has become one of the five giants of the Hanlin Academy, and can be regarded as a serious "preserver prime minister". If a person with this position is sent to the Ministry of Yamen, he will usually be the assistant minister.
Shen Shixing continued to reuse him, and three years later he was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment. A few years later, Wang Xijue also participated in the promotion, and Shen Yiguan moved to the left to serve as the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. This time it was not until Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue fell, and Zhao Zhigao succeeded him.
From this, Gao Pragmatic can confirm that Shen has always been a typical "Jiangnan Party" no matter in his past life or in this life.
The only difference is that in the previous life, Gao Gong did not integrate a practical school with clear action guidelines, so the school of thought was very scattered at that time. The atmosphere of the school was far better than the political atmosphere. Therefore, after Shen Guangyuan came to power, he used his place of origin as a tie to create his own
A "Zhejiang Party" was formed.
This life was different. Because the Real School evolved into a political faction, forcing the Xin School to become politicized, Shen Yiguan no longer had the foundation to integrate the "Zhejiang Party" on his own, but became the leader of the Xin School without a doubt.
He was a member of the Communist Party of China, and was trained by the two elders at the time, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.
After such an experience, since Shen Yiguan has become a practical talker of the Xin School, his own political base is larger, and his corresponding ambitions are naturally greater - let alone Zhao Zhigao here. Although he ranks second in Shen's cabinet,
Always the first, but that relies on qualifications rather than means.
It can be said that the real helmsman of the Heart School now, excluding Shen and Wang who are hiding behind the scenes, is actually Shen Yiguan.
Since Shen Yiguan is the official leader of the Xinxue School, in terms of his ambitions, he is naturally not willing to see Wang Jiaping step down and Gao Pragmatic take over now. According to Gao Pragmatic's previous speculation about him, Shen Yiguan must hope to be like Gao Pingshi.
There was an accident with the Zai couple, and Gao Qingshi was forced to return to his hometown. After that, Wang Jiaping resigned again.
After all, the chief assistant at that time...that is Zhao Zhigao. Zhao Zhigao will definitely not be able to control things, and he will not be able to control them. Therefore, Zhao Zhigao will take the blame when the time comes, and he, Shen Cifu, is not the real person in power, and
Aren't you afraid of causing trouble and taking responsibility for yourself?
Gao Pingshi finally figured out all the joints, and he couldn't help but admire Qi Shen's methods.
However, if Shen Yiguan persuaded Wang Jiaping not to resign, Gao Pragmatic could not object. Not only could he not object, but he even insisted on discouraging Wang Jiaping more clearly than Shen Yiguan - Gao Pragmatic was the biggest reason for Wang Jiaping's resignation.
Those who benefited, if they did not urge Wang Jiaping, they would be slandered and framed.
So Gao Pragmatic immediately began to persuade Wang Jiaping to withdraw his order, saying that as long as the outer court unites together tomorrow morning and insists on a thorough investigation of the connection between Yikun Palace and the emperor's coughing of blood, it will be enough to force the emperor to investigate the matter without having to
I bet on the chief minister Wu Sha, lest if the emperor really agrees, it will dampen my own spirit.
Wang Jiaping was relieved to be supported by the two heads of rival factions. He felt that it would be a good thing if this happened, so he finally agreed.
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