"If the strategy is right, it is foolish to think that in a hundred years there will be no more Jurchens in the world."
If anyone else had said this, Wang Jiaping would have scoffed at it. How can a young boy speak so brazenly and not be afraid of his tongue flashing in the wind? You would just say "if the strategy is right", you would know it.
How difficult and risky it is to "strategize properly" in such a big event!
However, since these words come from the mouth of Gao Pragmatic, Wang Jiaping cannot be dismissive, but must seriously consider the possibility and feasibility.
After pondering for a moment, Wang Jiaping asked solemnly: "Judging from the way Rixin has acted in the past, I must have thought everything about this matter?"
Gao Pragmatic usually shows himself to be humble, but at the critical moment he didn't hold back. Faced with Wang Jiaping's question, he nodded seriously and said: "Yes."
Wang Jiaping understood immediately and said suddenly: "You just said that there were three major events after the establishment of North Korea. Now it seems that these three major events must be related to your overall consideration of the Jurchens... they must be mutually exclusive?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly: "That's what it should be."
Wang Jiaping glanced ahead and said: "It's still far away from Qianqing Palace, so Rixin might as well come together." After a pause, he continued: "This is a rough plan, and there must be some obstacles in it. Bingzheng
Those who implement it may have to be slandered by some people...but it doesn't matter, now I am still the chief assistant, if there is any reputation, I can bear it, so that in the near future you will still be able to do it freely."
Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised and wanted to dissuade him, but before he could speak, Wang Jiaping reached out to stop him. Wang Jiaping said: "I know that since you have such a rough plan, you must have a way to implement it smoothly. But I just said
Well, you have been a role model for our ministers for two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty. You should not have any filth that may harm your name.
Jiaping was deeply favored by three generations of emperors, and it was a lifelong regret that he remained in the first and second position despite having no great achievements. If he could return to Korea this time and benefit the country by internalizing the Jurchens, it would be a blessing.
There is no need to persuade Rixin too much, how about just treating it as complete?"
Wang Jiaping was actually on the gold list in the second year of Longqing. According to general custom, it should not be called "deeply favored by three generations of emperors". However, this is not certain, because he passed the imperial examination in the forty-third year of Jiajing. In theory,
He already had an official status. Since he had obtained an official status during the Jiajing period, it would not be wrong to say that he had received the imperial favor from Jiajing.
Of course, this is not the key at the moment. The key is what he said just now. In fact, what he said was to "reduce the burden" on Gao Jingshi, so that Gao Jingshi should not care about his Wang Jiaping's posthumous name, but instead pay attention to his own posthumous name.
Consider it - because being highly pragmatic is "the standard of conduct for ministers in the past two hundred years."
This evaluation is of course a very high praise, especially when it comes from the head of a non-realistic school, so it is even more convincing. To a certain extent, this means that the traditional Neo-Confucian school is now the top leader in the government.
The representative highly values pragmatism.
Such recognition and admiration is not only important in a specific matter, but may even mean that the traditional Neo-Confucian school has recognized the "doctrine" of the Practical School.
Since ancient times, literati have looked down upon each other. How big and difficult it is to have a top literati from another school recognize your orthodoxy! Not to mention that this top literati is willing to help you bear the "stigma" in order to fulfill your perfect "
There is no need to say more."
He was even worried that Gao Jingshi was unwilling to make such an "act against his will", so he described the matter as Gao Jingshi's wish to help him - the hope in this was so deep that it could be said that the water in the world has never seen the bottom.
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"I have such a wrong love for Nan Gong, and I am afraid that I will have no place..." Seeing that Wang Jiaping had gone so far as to say this, Gao Jingshi said that it was no longer advisable for him to say more clichés, so he said: "If I have any hope for Nan Gong in the future,
If you are concerned, please be sure to express it clearly. I dare not say that everything can be done, but please rest assured Nangong, you will do your best to be practical."
Gao Jingshi's words made Wang Jiaping's previous words become part of some kind of deal. But in fact, this is not the case. In terms of their status, positions and the current general situation, Gao Jingshi's words are more like
A tacit response to a gentleman's agreement.
Wang Jiaping adhered to traditional Neo-Confucianism. The master of traditional Neo-Confucianism was Zhu Xi, and Zhu Xi's theory is naturally the most famous for "improving the principles of nature, clarifying human relations, speaking of holy words, and understanding accidents." I won't talk about the other ones here.
This "natural principle".
Zhu Xi's so-called "natural principles" mainly refer to morality such as benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and trustworthiness. These moral standards are essentially the requirements for gentlemen in the feudal era.
The term "gentleman" has no identity restrictions. Although literati and civil servants are often the main group of "gentlemen" in public perception, in fact, everyone from the emperor to the beggar can be a gentleman - I would like to point out one thing by the way,
Westerners don't understand the meaning of gentleman at all, so the most common translation of this word is "gentleman", that is, gentleman, which is actually very inaccurate.
The so-called gentleman in the West has certain hidden requirements for social status. Even after the rise of capitalism, in addition to status, there is also a requirement for wealth.
However, the Chinese "gentleman" does not require these. Its most important requirement is morality from beginning to end, and the rest is almost only talent-this "talent" does not need to be accompanied by the word "bei".
It is interesting to see that there are basically three talents recognized by the world for Gao pragmatism: academic research, military management, and financial management. This last one is exactly the one that has seemed to conflict with the "gentleman" for a long time in the past.
Officials of the traditional Neo-Confucian school had a dilemma when Gao Gong was in power. On the one hand, they knew that Gao Gong's talents and what he did were good for the Ming Dynasty, but on the other hand, they felt that Gao Gong paid too much attention to talents when employing people.
Ignoring morality - It's not that Gao Gong doesn't pay attention to morality, but they think that Gao Gong puts morality below talent and takes a secondary position when employing people, which they cannot agree with.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So a situation emerged for a long time after that. The Neo-Confucian School supported Gao Gong’s opinions on many specific matters, but they never
If you are willing to belong to the real school, you must make yourself a "neutral school".
They fell into a tangle. For many things, they found that the ideas of the Practical School were more beneficial to the court, but the ideas of the Xin School were more in line with their values - after all, Xin Xue was "moral practical science".
In this way, the practical school can often win the support of the "neutral faction" in specific matters and carry out various reforms. When the Yixin school is suppressed to the point where they can hardly speak, the neutral faction will stand on their side and try their best to
Maintain the foundation of the Heart School.
As a result, for a long time, the neutral faction became a "balancing force". No matter how prominent the achievements of the practical school were, and no matter how influential the Xin school was among the people, both sides had to win the support of the neutral faction.
, at least we cannot push the neutral faction to the other side.
At the same time, the emperor also knew that although the neutral faction lacked cohesion compared to the practical learning and spiritual learning factions, they would always leave a place for the neutral faction in the cabinet so that they could better play a balancing role.
However, with Wang Jiaping's statement today about Gao Pragmatic, the situation in the past nearly thirty years seems to have undergone subtle changes. Neo-Confucian neutrals may have shown a more obvious political bias - they may have already had a direction.
The tendency of the real school to move closer.
What Gao Pragmatic said just now is essentially an answer to this tendency of the Neo-Confucian school: Don't worry, your ideals are actually my ideals, so I will try my best to do your things as my own.
This is a gentleman's agreement. It does not need to be stated explicitly, and there is no need to ask in advance what the specifics are, because what traditional Neo-Confucianism hopes for is ultimately what our school of realism hopes to achieve.
Wang Jiaping obviously understood what Gao Pragmatic wanted to express, so he just smiled: "How can Rixin not know about my concerns, so why should I express them explicitly?" After a pause, he smiled again: "Let's get down to business.
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"Thanks to Yuan Fu's trust, well, pragmatically, I have the guts to take it for granted." Gao pragmatically said: "I have just talked about the two major military arrangements after the establishment of North Korea as a province. Among them, the Jurchen issue has been put aside for the time being, and there will be more to follow.
Corresponding measures are used to ensure that they will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the future. Let’s talk about the other two aspects first.”
Wang Jiaping just nodded and looked like he was listening.
So Gao pragmatically said: "Secondly, there are three major political priorities. First, the former North Korean officials need to be roughly divided into two groups. One group is mainly composed of the Northern People's Party, that is, those who have previously advocated for internalization.
To criticize North Korean officials, the court must activate them immediately."
Wang Jiaping smiled and said: "Is this because Han Xin asked for the title of false King of Qi? Han Emperor Gaozu was angry, but Zhang Liang and Chen Ping persuaded him to make him the real King of Qi?"
"Yuanfu's 'establishment' is well used." Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "For meritorious service, not only must a reward be given, but also an immediate reward is required."
Wang Jiaping waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is your 'Zhang Liang' plan, what does it have to do with me? The Northerners Party has merit and rewards, but what about the other faction?"
"The other faction, no matter we call them the Southern People's Party or whatever, we must summon the vast majority of them to the capital immediately." Gao pragmatically said.
Wang Jiaping asked in surprise: "This group of people are opposed to the internal invasion. Why call them to the capital?" After a pause, he was a little surprised: "Isn't Rixin trying to kill them all... to scare the monkeys?"
"North Korea is newly attached, and it is attached peacefully. Our Ming Dynasty is so benevolent and benevolent. How can we kill half of the Korean officials at this moment?" Gao Pragmatic shook his head and smiled slightly, saying: "They
I didn't agree with the attachment at first, because I was really ignorant. However, my court is tolerant and generous. Not only do we not care about it, but we are willing to help them make progress...
Since you don’t have enough knowledge, let’s all first become ‘Jinshi to observe the government’ and go to all the ministries of the imperial court, the two capitals and the thirteen provinces to observe the government. Maybe after a few years, they will naturally change their views.”
Wang Jiaping was a little confused at first, but then he gradually understood and suddenly said: "Hey, Gao Rixin, this move is amazing. Because of your plan, both the southerners and the northerners have to be honest, and even
They may have to compete to flatter the imperial court! Haha, what a trick to have two tigers competing for food, how wonderful, how wonderful!"
Gao pragmatic laughed and said: "Yuanfu deserves the award."
Wang Jiaping was still excited and said: "The Northerners stayed in North Korea as auxiliary officials, and the Southerners were called to the capital as candidates. In this way, the Southerners originally thought they would die, but in the end they survived, and they must be grateful for the great favor of the court, and found themselves
There is still an opportunity for "recovery", so it is natural to keep a close eye on what the North Koreans do in North Korea, both for revenge and for their own future.
As a result, the Northerners had to work harder for the court to avoid being found out by the Southerners and handing over their original official positions in vain... Hahahaha, Rixin, Rixin, what do you think of these people?
He really knows his thoughts very well, and he has used them selfishly to the extreme. Okay, then what are the second and third ones?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Second, North Korea's imperial examination system must change its old system, and their so-called 'two classes' can no longer be allowed to continue to work like dogs and control official positions for generations.
In my opinion, the imperial court must not only immediately change the Korean imperial examination system to the same system as ours, but also add Enke, and select scholars mainly from the private sector, so that Korean civilian scholars can advance to the next level. With the precedent of these private scholars passing the examination
, even if the local people in North Korea were originally dissatisfied, most of them would definitely be resolved, and instead they would be grateful to the emperor and the court."
"Okay! This plan is a good one. It is a great good and it is a bright and right path! In a moment, Rixin, you will make suggestions to the emperor. I will fully support you." After a pause, he hesitated and said: "In view of the extremely important matter, I
Seeing that just adding one year of encore may not be enough, should we take two or even three subjects in a row?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "North Korea is too small after all. It is just one province for our Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to have two or three subjects in a row in the general examination, but it can be done in the provincial examination... Otherwise, it is better to have three subjects in a row in the provincial examination, and one
What does Yuan Fu think about the National Science Examination?"
"Yes, yes, your consideration is indeed reasonable. We must reward North Korea, but we should not attach too much importance to it, lest the local scholars become arrogant and arrogant, which is not beautiful. What you said about 'Three Townships and One Meeting'
Enko, it’s just right.”
After saying this, Wang Jiaping said with a smile: "Officer, you have said these two things about learning. Could it be that the third one is related to the common people?"
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised by his question. He didn't expect that Wang Yuanfu would "quickly answer the question."
Gao pragmatic laughed and said: "Yuan Fu has a sharp eye, and this third article is indeed aimed at the common people."
"Oh, tell me." Wang Jiaping was also a little proud, twisting his beard and smiling.
Gao pragmatically said: "All Koreans, including the Jurchens who moved to Korea, who have intermarryed with Han people for three generations will be converted to Han nationality. In addition, those who have passed the examination as a scholar or above, and those who will serve in the army for more than five years, will
It can also be changed to Chinese nationality."
Wang Jiaping said "Oh..." at first, and then asked a little strangely: "What are the benefits of changing to Chinese nationality...? If there are no benefits, I'm afraid they may not care."
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Of course there are benefits. For non-Chinese citizens, the tax rate will increase progressively based on the land area, shops, factories and other wealth they own..."
Wang Jiaping was startled, but rolled his eyes and couldn't help laughing again: "What a trick, what a trick, what a serial plan!"
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ps: Grandpa is finally out of danger. To be honest, in the past few days, although the family did not say it clearly, I am afraid everyone has prepared the worst prediction. According to today's situation and the doctor's instructions, maybe he will be able to recover in a few days.
I was discharged from the hospital and was able to catch up with my whole family to celebrate the New Year. Thank God.
In addition, my grandfather's condition has improved, and my coding time should be basically back to normal... right?
