Chapter 282: Inside and outside the palace (Yuan Yi) It is easy to touch the soul, but difficult to touch the interests
"Is it possible that the master is planning to make some sacrifices this time in order to gain the emperor's peace of mind?"
As soon as Liu Xin raised this question, Huang Zhiting was very concerned and stared at Gao Pragmatically. Gao Pragmatic also noticed her expression and asked proactively: "Madam, what do you think?"
Huang Zhiting looked away, but his tone was obviously a little unhappy, and said: "I am the head of the family. It is up to me to decide how to deal with it. How can I dare to say anything? But... no matter what, everything I have now
Everything is reasonable and legal. If you have to give in without any reason, I will never be able to accept it calmly."
Gao pragmatic smiled, nodded again, and then asked Liu Xin: "What about you?"
Liu Xin was more open-minded than Huang Zhiting. She smiled and said: "Based on past examples, I think the emperor's benefits will not be completely in vain, right? It depends on what the master plans to give up, and
What will the emperor do to make up for it?"
When Huang Zhiting heard that the emperor should make some compensation, his face finally brightened, but he was still doubtful and said: "If we do this, it will be like an exchange, but we don't know what the master plans to give, and what the emperor can take."
Come to make up for it."
Gao Pragmatic pondered for a moment and said: "It's not that the emperor doesn't trust me, it's just that he can no longer sit back and watch my strength grow... My other strength growth is just fine, the most important thing is the strength growth in the Gyeonggi area. This is what the emperor wants
You have to consider and be vigilant.”
Huang Zhiting raised his eyebrows slightly: "Master, are you saying that some of the security teams and factory protection teams around Gyeonggi should be reduced or transferred away?"
Gao Jingshi shook his head slightly, and Liu Xin also said: "I'm afraid this doesn't mean much. After all, in the emperor's opinion, since these people can be transferred out now, they can also be transferred back when 'necessary'. It is nothing more than an order from the master.
What’s the point? Even if you do this, it would be a deception.”
Huang Zhiting then asked: "If the emperor can't feel at ease even if the armed servants are transferred away from the capital, what should I give up? Should I resign and go back to my hometown?"
When Gao pragmatic heard what she said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Madam, please don't be angry. If I submit my resignation at this moment, I'm afraid that the emperor will not only not be happy, but will be furious..." I haven't done anything yet.
Why, you are so pragmatic and you want to show off your face to me?' So, if it really develops to this point, it will really be the source of disaster for the world."
Huang Zhiting snorted softly and said very politely: "If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart and soul; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as his countrymen.
I regard you as a bandit."
In fact, she has always been very different from Gao Pragmatic's views on one thing, that is, her loyalty to the Ming court is relatively limited, at least far lower than Gao Pragmatic's based on national consciousness. However, in this case, Gao Pragmatic
In fact, it is understandable. This involves how people in this era view who they should be loyal to, or what they should be loyal to.
"Dedicate yourself to the end and die." This is Zhuge Liang's famous saying, and it is also the life motto that countless loyal ministers and generals talked about after that. Many people work hard for this sentence at all costs, until the last moment of their lives.
Some people sacrificed silently, and some people's names will be passed down through the ages.
However, many people may not have thought carefully about who they are loyal to until their death. Is it the country, the king? Or something else?
In modern society, the interests of the country are above all else. When they conflict with other interests, people generally choose to give priority to the interests of the country, especially the New China, which was established on the land of China that suffered greatly. This understanding is engraved in
In people's hearts.
However, in ancient times, there was always a contradiction, that is, should "I" give priority to loyalty to the "country" or to the "king"? When there is a conflict between the two, how should "I" choose?
To understand this issue, we must first have a relatively correct understanding of the concept of "country" in the eyes of the ancients.
The earliest concept of "guo" was different from the later "guo". The earliest "guo" was much smaller, and it represented vassal states. At that time, the concept that was bigger than the country was "tianxia".
Because the ancients believed that there are no other countries except the kingdom owned by the king, so the king's kingdom is also all the places "under the sky".
After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he eliminated the vassal states and completely implemented the system of prefectures and counties. Therefore, only the concept of "tianxia" was left. Later, in the early years of the Han Dynasty, "states" were established, which were vassal states. However,
Later, because the threat of the vassal state to the central government was too great, the vassal state was continuously weakened, making the vassal state weaker and smaller.
Since then, in the feudal era that lasted for two thousand years, there has never been a serious term for "country", only "world". Some people may argue here that all princes in the past dynasties usually refer to one country, such as the Ming Dynasty now
, after the prince becomes the king, he goes to his own kingdom. Isn't it also called the "country"? But the problem is that this "country" obviously only exists in name, just to maintain the ancient tradition of "the prince owns the country".
Although people at this time have realized that the world is not just a part of the Central Plains countries, but there are many countries of other ethnic groups besides the Central Plains countries. However, the real concept of "country" has not yet been formed.
This is because in ancient times, the unified countries in the Central Plains often established a tribute system with their surrounding countries, so at least in name, these neighboring countries were still included in the jurisdiction of the Central Plains countries. It was still a kind of "under the whole world, it is not the king's land;
On the shore of the land, could it be the concept of "the world" of "kings and ministers".
This situation did not change until the invasion of the Tatar Qing Dynasty by the foreign powers. At that time, the Tatar Qing Dynasty was called the "Qing Kingdom". The Tatar Qing Dynasty did not recognize foreign countries and considered foreigners to be "barbarians".
", they are "foreigners", but when foreign countries really invade and the Tatars cannot win, they have to think that they are just a "country" and do not represent the "world".
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! From here we can actually see the great confidence of the ancient Chinese in their own civilization. Of course, this may be nonsense, after all, the word "China" itself means "the middle country"
What do you mean, how can you be confident?
Although the Qing Dynasty admitted that they no longer represented "the world", they still had to add the word "jia" to the "country" to form a "country", or "family country". This shows the ancients' concept of "family world"
How deep-rooted it is.
But even so, the "country" talked about by later generations and the "country" of the ancients are still different concepts. The "country" talked about after the New China usually means that each family joins together to form a country; while the ancients talked about
The royal family and their country, that is, "family world". The change in this concept gradually evolved after the demise of the feudal imperial country.
Because of the above, discussing the issue of loyalty to the "country" or loyalty to the "king" in the Ming Dynasty is to discuss the issue of loyalty to the "family world" or loyalty to the "emperor himself". In other words, whether to be loyal to the entire royal family or to the emperor.
Questions about specific kings.
What, you want to discuss "loyalty to the world"? Well... There are probably very few such people, and even Liu Xin, who is a time traveler, may not be interested - she may understand the reason, but she may not be willing to do so.
The only person who can truly say that he is "loyal to the world" is Gao Pragmatic.
Of course, his "view of the world" in his mind is not exactly the same as that of this era... I will not expand on this for now.
Talking back to the question of loyalty to the "country" or loyalty to the "king", in fact, this issue was contradictory in ancient times. Here are three examples of different natures:
First, protect a certain king or protect a certain family.
One of the most typical examples of this situation was in the Ming Dynasty, Mingbao Zong... No, after Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, was captured by Wala, Wala believed that the Han people were very loyal to the emperor, so as long as he used Zhu Qizhen to blackmail the Ming Dynasty,
Tomorrow the dynasty will definitely compromise.
But what I didn't expect was that the Ming Dynasty supported Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu, and respected Zhu Qizhen as the Supreme Emperor, thus breaking Wala's conspiracy. This was a typical example of loyalty to the entire Zhu Ming royal family, rather than to a certain individual.
Specific performance of the emperor.
Similar situations existed in other dynasties. For example, the reason why Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty wanted to kill Yue Fei was because Yue Fei was loyal to the entire Zhao and Song family, not entirely to Zhao Gou himself. This made Zhao Gou very angry, so he wanted to cause trouble.
Ting's poisonous hand.
Second, protect this king or protect that king.
If there is a struggle within the royal family and there are many people who have the possibility of becoming the king, it will involve the question of loyalty to this king or to that king.
For example, Zhu Di wanted to seize Zhu Yunwen's empire. Some people were loyal to Zhu Di, while others were loyal to Zhu Yunwen. Fang Xiaoru was firmly loyal to Zhu Yunwen and believed that Zhu Di was usurping the throne. But Zhu Di said, this is our family matter, "What do you do to me?" - it is disrespectful to be a nephew.
Uncle, it’s none of your business as an outsider for me to lecture my nephew as an uncle?
Zhu Di's words seem to be pure sophistry, but in fact they are not necessarily true, because if considered from the perspective of "family world", Zhu Di's statement is actually not wrong.
There is also clear evidence of this: when Zhu Di was in trouble, the attitude of all the kings in the world was basically to be as uncooperative as possible, but just to wait and see what happened. Why? Because it was a "family matter."
In the eyes of the kings of the world, and even in the eyes of many officials and people at that time, this matter did not involve a "change of dynasty", that is, it would not lead to a change in the rule of the "Zhu Ming royal family", so they did not need to take sides, as long as "who
If you win, I'll help whomever" is fine, there is no moral burden at all.
But having said that, in Fang Xiaoru's case, there was a contradiction between loyalty to the "country" and loyalty to the "king". Because Zhu Yunwen was kind to him, it can be said that "the king treated me as a countryman", so he had to "I repay as a countryman"
"Jun". Therefore, it can even be said that Fang Xiaoru's loyalty to Zhu Yunwen is an individual loyalty to an individual, but Zhu Di's statement is on a higher level... although it is not much higher.
By the same token, Li Shimin's subordinates supported Li Shimin, encouraged him to kill Prince Li Jiancheng, and then actually overthrew Emperor Li Yuan. This was also a concrete manifestation of this contradiction.
Third, whether to protect the royal family or protect the Han people.
When the royal family declined and could not be protected, the ancients raised the question of whether to be loyal to the royal family or to the Han people.
For example, when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, he believed that he was loyal to the Han people, rather than rebelling against the Yuan Dynasty because he was loyal to the Zhao and Song royal families. As a "descendant" of the Zhao and Song royal families (probably fake), there was no need to protect Han Lin'er.
Only by protecting the Han people from being taken away by foreigners is the right choice.
But it must be noted here that this statement was not widely accepted in ancient times. The ancients believed that this was actually a sign of disloyalty.
Of course, the ancients also came up with corresponding methods to solve the so-called "moving the dead and moving the living". The method used by the ancients was to preach that "the energy of the past has been exhausted."
Now we believe that the previous dynasty has "exhausted its strength", so that "family" can no longer control the world. The new "family" should be in charge of the world, and everyone should support the new "family".
For example, when the Western Zhou Dynasty launched an army to attack the Shang Dynasty, and everyone came to support the Western Zhou Dynasty, it meant that the Shang Dynasty was exhausted and a new emperor was born.
The above three points are roughly the three main contradictions between loyalty to the "country" and loyalty to the "king". It can be seen from this that if these contradictions intensify, it is usually because of huge turmoil in the "world", and in most peaceful times,
This contradiction does not exist, and the two are unified.
So, is there turmoil in the world today? Not yet. If not, why can't Huang Zhiting be loyal to Zhu Yijun? Because her interests are integrated with Gao Pragmatism, and Zhu Yijun may now harm Gao Pragmatism's interests
At that time, for her, it was "the world is in turmoil".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Huang Zhiting has such an attitude, not to mention Liu Xin. The latter probably does not accept the idea of Jia Tianxia at all. How could she become the emperor?
Me?
The words Huang Zhiting just used to express his attitude were directly quoted from Mencius. But in fact, "If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart and soul; if the king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a fellow countryman;
"If you treat your ministers like dirt, then your ministers will regard you as a bandit." These words are known to scholars all over the world, but few people dare to say them - because Mencius' status in the Ming Dynasty... well, it has changed a lot.
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Everyone knows Zhu Yuanzhang's origin. Later he became prosperous and began to read. After reading Confucius's books, he also became very interested in other Confucian sages and couldn't wait to read in depth the works of Mencius and other representatives of the Confucian school.
Books in order to obtain help and reference for governing the country.
But once after reading Mencius's book, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became furious and immediately ordered that Mencius' memorial tablet be moved out of the Confucius Temple, saying that Mencius was not qualified to enjoy the Confucius Temple.
The reason is very simple, that is, he couldn't tolerate it after seeing Mencius's view of "being unkind to the king". "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Zhu Yuanzhang read "Mencius" and saw that "the king treats his ministers like dirt, and his ministers regard him as a bandit."
This sentence, he said angrily: "This is not what a minister should say."
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still angry, also said: "I would rather be spared today!" This means: If this guy lives in the present, can he escape punishment?
Mencius's thought is that "the people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't understand it at all, because he himself was a farmer before, and he finally ascended to the throne, and he cherished this position more than any previous emperor.
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Who would have thought that after finally becoming emperor, he found that he was not as good as the common people in the eyes of Mencius. Mencius lowered the status of the monarch so low and raised the common people so high, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel extremely angry for a while.
But the follow-up to this incident is also very interesting. It is said that after Zhu Yuanzhang passed on his decree to move the Mencius tablet out of the Confucius Temple, the ministers who were deeply influenced by Confucianism felt both funny and angry, so they secretly took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's shortcomings in believing in destiny.
, one night, he informed Zhu Yuanzhang that the Wenqu star in the sky was dark and without precedent, and it was probably a sign of great misfortune - that is, a great disaster was about to happen to the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have the ability to observe celestial phenomena at night, so after hearing this, he immediately thought: Could it be because he moved Mencius's tablet out of the Confucius Temple? At this thought, he felt that he might have gone too far, so for the sake of
To avoid the "bad omen", he hurriedly ordered the memorial tablet of Mencius to be brought into the Confucius Temple again.
However, the matter was not over yet. Twenty years later, Zhu Yuanzhang still remembered this grudge, and suddenly announced that he would ban the book "Mencius" and change the Four Books into Three Books - but it was obvious that this matter was because of the officials.
There was fierce opposition, but in the end it never got done.
Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. You all said that books cannot be banned, so it’s okay to make cuts and deletions for him, right?
To this end, he personally went into battle, deleted 85 items from "Mencius", and produced a "Mencius' Jiewen", and the four books changed from "The Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", and "The Doctrine of the Mean".
"Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius' Jiewen", "The Doctrine of the Mean".
Due to Lao Zhu's great care and special care, the deleted chapters of "Mencius" mainly fall into seven categories:
First, you are not allowed to speak ill of the rulers and their officials - "If there is fat meat in the kitchen, fat horses in the stables, hungry people, and hungry animals in the wild, this is how animals eat people. Animals eat each other, and people hate it."
"As the parents of the people, the administration cannot avoid leading beasts and cannibalizing people." [King Hui of Liang 1]
Secondly, it is not allowed to say that the ruler is responsible for changing the trend - "No king is benevolent, no king is unjust. A righteous king will make the country stable." [Li Lou Xia]
Third, it is not allowed to say that rulers should practice benevolent government - "If you gain a land of hundreds of miles and rule it, you can conquer the world with the princes. Do an injustice, kill an innocent person and gain the world, these are not actions." [
Gongsun Chou (Part 1)
Fourth, you are not allowed to say anything against conscription, taxation and war - "There is a levy of cloth, a levy of corn, and a levy of force. A gentleman uses one and slows down the other. Use the second and the people suffer death, use the third
And the father and son are separated." "In ancient times, it was a gate, and it would be used to guard against violence. Today, it was a gate, and it would be considered violent." [Jin Xinxia]
"If you fight for land, you will kill people to fill the fields; if you fight for a city, you will kill people and fill the city. This so-called taking advantage of the land and cannibalizing human flesh is a sin that cannot be dissolved in death." [Li Lou Shang]
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Fifth, it is not allowed to say that the people can resist the tyrant or retaliate against the tyrant - "Those who thieve benevolence are called thieves, those who thieve righteousness are called rogues, and those who ruthlessly thieves are called tyrants. I have heard that Zhou punished a husband, but I have never heard of regicide.
Ye." [His Majesty Liang Hui]
"If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart and soul; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a fellow countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit." [Li Lou Xia]
Sixth, you are not allowed to say that the people should be well clothed and well fed - "Therefore, when a wise king controls the people's property, they will be able to serve their parents, feed their wives, be full in happy years, and avoid death in bad years. Then they will drive good things, so
The people's obedience is also light. Now the people's property is controlled, and the people are not enough to serve their parents, and they are not enough to support their wives. They will be miserable in the happy years, and will not be immune to death in the bad years. This is just to save the dead, but fear that they will not support them. It is a shame to govern etiquette and justice.
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Seventh, it is not allowed to say that the people should have status and rights - "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important" [Jinxin Chapter 2], such words are even more forbidden.
But the funny thing is that the vitality of this "Mencius" only lasted until Zhu Yuanzhang died. After his death, the full text of "Mencius" was restored almost immediately. In the battle with the book "Mencius", Zhu Yuanzhang completely
Defeated.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, although he has not fought with the book "Mencius", in the battle with Mencius' thoughts, it can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang achieved great success and laid the foundation for the future of China.
Hundreds of years of ruling thought formed the Ming and Qing systems that were different from those of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties—that is, what is often mentioned in later history books as restrictive thoughts and extreme imperial power.
However, the issues of "confining thoughts and extreme imperial power" have been evaluated in the previous articles of this book, and they can be described in eight words: the more oppression, the more resistance there is.
As for the last thing, anyway, when it comes to "confining thoughts", historically the study of mind almost killed Neo-Confucianism. After the study of mind went astray, the practical study of world affairs emerged.
As for "extreme imperial power"... I have said enough about "the struggle between the country and the country". If you want to engage in extreme imperial power, will I, as a minister, definitely cooperate with you?
However, the most violent outbreak in the original history was actually the Chongzhen Dynasty. Just look at what Chongzhen said before his death to know how intense the conflict was: "In the seventeenth year since I ascended the throne, the rebels have been approaching the capital. Although I am weak,
The virtuous bandit bows, and the heavenly wrath of Heaven causes the rebels to approach the capital, but all the ministers have misunderstood me!"
So, looking back, were Mencius' thoughts really eliminated by the Zhu Ming royal family on the land of China? No. Huang Zhiting's words at this time also show that at the corresponding moment, Mencius's teachings
It will come to mind of anyone who has read the book.
When she said this, Gao Pragmatic could only remain silent. In fact, the real emphasis of Huang Zhiting's words lies in the last sentence: "If a king treats his ministers like dirt, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit."
Kou Qiu, then we should fight.
In fact, Gao Jingshi has known for a long time that not only Huang Zhiting, but also voices within Beijing have long believed that he "would be better off as a king in Southern Xinjiang than in the Ming Dynasty." However, those who say these things are often Gao Jingshi's servants.
Or perhaps the talents recruited later, the members of the Gao family never said such things.
Gao Pragmatic also knows the reason why this situation occurs: no matter how high the status of the servants is in Southern Xinjiang or how powerful their power is in Southern Xinjiang, as soon as they return to the Ming Dynasty, they will still be slaves.
.The huge identity gap and the psychological changes brought about by the status gap are undoubtedly huge, so of course they hope to be pragmatic and "southern Xinjiang is king".
If the master goes to the "Lord of Southern Xinjiang", then they will naturally no longer be slaves, but the most trusted ministers of the "Lord of Southern Xinjiang". They may even be "ministers of Conglong", and their status will immediately rise.
.How big is this temptation for these high-level servants?
It is understandable that the relatives of the Gao family did not express their views on this: the Gao family is a family of officials after all, and the concept of "eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor" cannot be simply abandoned. After all, high family status always requires face.
Well.
Besides, the Gao family, as a practical sect and the Yifan of Zhongzhou, has had disciples and former officials all over the world since Gao Gong. But once the Gao family suddenly becomes a "rebellion", wouldn't such a huge network of contacts be wiped out in one day?
It’s not cost-effective either!
The most realistic thing is that as the de facto head of the family, Gao Jingshi is the most powerful person in the imperial court, and his power is huge, which also makes Jinghua’s business spread all over the world. So, if he falls out with the imperial court, will these things suddenly happen?
Total loss?
The thinking of the "ancient people" in China is not individualistic, and they often talk about the clan first. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic's loss is by no means his own loss. It will also be regarded as the loss of the entire Gao family by relatives of the Gao family. Therefore, they
You must consider whether the loss is worth it.
Obviously, they now think that "it is better to be the king of Southern Xinjiang than to be a minister in the Ming Dynasty" is not worthwhile, because that requires giving up too many interests of the Gao family in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, they think the current situation is actually very good.
, Ming’s domestic interests can be preserved, and no one can infringe on the interests of southern Xinjiang. What a best of both worlds!
Of course, the best situation has not yet developed. What is the best situation? The "Southern Xinjiang Protectorate" proposed by the emperor was the best situation that the Gao family members thought.
If the Protectorate of Southern Xinjiang is really established, the Gao family will in fact obtain the special status of "Eternal Zhennan Xinjiang". But unlike the Mu family who "forever Zhenyun Yunnan", Gao Pragmatic is not a military general, he is a minister.
Civilian status! This means that the descendants of the Gao family can not only "forever control southern Xinjiang", but can also serve as officials in the court and continue to maintain the current situation of eating both ends. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds and everyone would be happy?
As for whether the Gao family is happy and whether the Tian family is happy or not, this is obviously not something that the members of the Gao family are willing to consider - even if they want to consider it, it must be considered by the head of the family, Gao Pragmatic.
However, Huang Zhiting's identity determines that when she considers problems, she will neither think the same way as the servants nor the clan members. Her perspective is the most special.
On the one hand, she is a highly pragmatic wife, and all interests are firmly bound to her husband; on the other hand, she is Gao Yuan's mother, and all expectations will ultimately fall on Gao Yuan.
Gao Jingshi is willing to serve as a minister in the Ming Dynasty while actually controlling southern Xinjiang. Huang Zhiting has long known this, but does Gao Yuan think the same way? In fact, Huang Zhiting doesn't know either. After all, Gao Yuan is only thirteen.
Years old, I don’t say whether I have made a decision now. Even if I have, my current thoughts may not be set in stone.
However, from Huang Zhiting's observation, especially this time Gao Yuan was willing to go south to establish his prestige, Huang Zhiting thought that Gao Yuan was more concerned about southern Xinjiang. He...may have a personality that is unwilling to be inferior to others and wants to seize the opportunity.
This is your chance to prove yourself.
Huang Zhiting thinks it's understandable for her son to think this way. She even thinks it's understandable if Yuan'er doesn't want to take the tribute exam - sons often regard their father as their childhood role model and surpass his father as their life goal.
, but here’s the problem: Gao Pragmatic, as the top pick in the sixth imperial examination, he can no longer surpass him in the imperial examination.
In this case, if Gao Yuan chooses to complete the feat of "surpassing his father" in southern Xinjiang, Huang Zhiting certainly thinks it is understandable. This is just like your father's perfect score in the college entrance examination. It is impossible for you to expect to surpass your father's score in the college entrance examination.
The sky has reached the same height, so if you still want to surpass your father, you will naturally have to worry about other aspects.
As a result, Huang Zhiting's focus naturally shifted sharply towards southern Xinjiang, and there was even a faint voice encouraging her from time to time: use southern Xinjiang as the foundation to help Yuan'er conquer the Central Plains in the future, unify the world, and establish a true
The super empire that "reached far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties"!
Gao Jingshi was vaguely aware of this, but because Huang Zhiting had never expressed it, he didn't know how to persuade her. If Huang Zhiting really said it directly, it's not that Gao Jingshi couldn't find a reason to convince her. The reason is
It can be found.
For example, from the perspective of "the world", Gao Pragmatic can say that "morality is good governance, and government is to support the people." Especially as a Confucian official, if he takes the initiative to start a civil war, it will inevitably lead to disasters and disasters for countless people.
It's really not what he wants.
But the trouble is that Huang Zhiting never expresses this attitude clearly, but will slightly show her dissatisfaction with the emperor and the court whenever she has the opportunity, especially when the emperor or other courtiers doubt Gao Pragmatic.
This made Gao Jingshi very embarrassed. Even if he tried to persuade her, she did not encourage him to raise troops to rebel. If he didn't persuade her, she would always point out the "injustice" done to her by the emperor or other courtiers.
For a moment, Gao Pragmatic felt that his brain was swollen and painful. He always felt that the skill of "mediating conflicts between the parties" that he was best at in the past was no longer good. It seemed that the contradictions here could not be reconciled or resolved at all.
"What is more difficult than touching the soul is touching the interests."
Gao Qingshi put his hand on his forehead, and this sentence kept ringing in his mind.
"Master, are you tired?" Liu Xin suddenly said: "Ah, I suddenly remembered that among the New Year gifts sent to me by the Portuguese from Longya City a few days ago, there were some interesting statues... among them
There is a statue of Victoria, the goddess of victory, which was said to be given to me as a commemoration of the victory over Japan. Would you like me and your wife to take a look?"
Gao Pragmatic felt tired and didn't want to continue thinking, so he said: "Okay, let's take a look." Then he turned to look at Huang Zhiting.
Huang Zhiting shook his head and said: "Those Hongyi statues are so shameless, especially those of some goddess, I can't appreciate them. Master and Sister Xin can go alone, I won't join in the fun."
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