"Don't worry, although I can't give him a world, I can at least give him the greatest wealth."
Now that the matter has come to this point, Concubine Zheng knows that it is useless to dwell on it any longer. The emperor's words are the final grace. If she accepts it, then Chang Xun can at least become a wealthy prince in the future, and maybe even a prince.
The most wealthy prince in heaven, and if he still dared to refuse, then it would be hard to say what awaited him, Chang Xun, mother and son...
"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand. Thank you for Your Majesty's grace." Concubine Zheng sighed quietly and replied in a calm tone. Although there was obviously some relief in her tone, it was still more intense.
An indescribable melancholy.
Zhu Yijun looked at her and asked seriously: "Do you really understand?"
Concubine Zheng knew that she still had a deep relationship with the emperor. As long as she did not encourage Chang Xun to fight for the crown prince, the emperor's tolerance limit for her was still very high. Therefore, she was not very panicked, but showed some surprise and asked: "Your Majesty
Why do you ask this?"
Zhu Yijun looked into her eyes and found that she was indeed frank but a little confused. Knowing that she did not understand what he meant, he couldn't help but retract his gaze and shook his head, saying: "I promised to give Chang Xun the greatest wealth, but you also want to
I know how big this 'maximum' can be. Apart from me, there is another person who can influence it."
Someone else?
Concubine Zheng's first reaction was the Cisheng Empress Dowager Li, but she immediately realized that she had been wrong. Although the Cisheng Empress Dowager was the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty was not the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty. As long as the emperor was in charge, she would naturally lose
She had actual power, so how rich and noble Chang Xun could be was beyond the control of the Empress Dowager Cisheng.
Concubine Zheng suddenly came to her senses and asked somewhat unwillingly: "The emperor is saying... Mr. Gao Ge?"
"I know that you are unwilling to accept it, but now that the matter has come to this, you should not have such a resistance mentality anymore, because this will not only not help the matter, but will affect Chang Xun's future."
Zhu Yijun said half softly and half hardly: "You don't know who the Ming Dynasty has relied on to achieve a prosperous treasury in these years... No matter what mentality you have, you have to admit one thing: If I were not pragmatic, I would not be able to survive these years.
It’s not easy to pay back the salaries owed to officials during the emperor’s time, so how can we deal with the current situation?”
Concubine Zheng also knew this, and she really had no choice but to admit it, so she could only gently nodded and said, "I know this."
Zhu Yijun suddenly smiled softly, and there was an indescribable meaning in his laughter: "The affairs in the world are complicated, but in the final analysis, the most important things are nothing more than the following: civil service, soldiers and horses, money and food. Military affairs and soldiers and horses
It means power, and money and food are the basis for maintaining them."
Because of the previous conversation as a basis, Concubine Zheng immediately grasped the key point of the emperor's words this time. It was not just about the fact that Chang Xun would be "the most wealthy prince in the world" in the future. He must have high pragmatism in charge of financial power.
Support, the emperor's words also vaguely reminded himself why he couldn't be more pragmatic.
Civil affairs refers to personnel affairs, that is, the duties of the Ministry of Personnel. The post of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel has been controlled by the Shi School for thirty years since the late emperor ordered Gao Gong and Gao Wenzhenggong to concurrently hold it with the respect of the cabinet elder.
Even though the current Tianguan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is Chen Yubi, the son of Chen Yiqin, one of the former emperor's disciples, and he did not originally belong to the Real School, in fact, Chen Yubi has lost his status as an independent faction since the War of Yunnan and Burma and has become a
A member of the Practical School - or in other words, even if he is not a Practical School, he must still belong to the "High Party".
It is true that the two ministers of the Ministry of Personnel are not all controlled by the Real School. Over the years, not only have ministers from the Neutral School often served, but sometimes there have even been ministers from the Xin School. But so what? It can change the popularity of Ming Dynasty civil servants.
Does old age affect this fact? Apparently not.
Needless to say, money and food are also finances. Since Gao Pragmatic became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, this local official has demonstrated his strong financial management skills while actively expanding the power of the Ministry of Household Affairs and completing the "restructuring of the Ministry of Household Affairs"
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If the previous Ming Dynasty Household Department was a bureaucracy that seemed important but actually had limited power, and a lot of the world's financial power was taken away by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works and other bureaucracies, then after the restructuring of the Dahu Department, the Household Department has really become a control
It is not an exaggeration to say that the giant arm of the world's wealth and power can cover the sky with one hand. Even...even if the internal funds can collect more than 80% of the money, it must first go through the hands of the Ministry of Accounts.
It can be said that if the Ming Dynasty wants to do something, if the Ministry of Household Affairs does not nod, let alone the Ministry of War cannot mobilize troops, the Ministry of Industry cannot start work, and even the various ministries and offices of the imperial court cannot afford pens, inks, paper and inkstones for issuing official documents!
As for the power of the Ministry of Revenue, there is no doubt that it is in the hands of Gaoge Lao, and the entire household is his cronies, almost watertight. Let’s put it this way, even if the emperor can dismiss the highly pragmatic Minister of the Ministry of Revenue with an edict, as long as
Gao Pragmatic himself was determined to play against the emperor, so the household department was fully capable of playing a double-handed game with the emperor, so that the government orders would not go out of the four or nine cities.
There are no solutions. For example, the emperor is determined and simply replaces all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue. That is not impossible. But what does such a huge change mean? I am afraid that the world's finances will be in chaos for at least a few years, which will lead to
Other ministries are also in chaos - "The Ministry of War cannot mobilize troops, and the Ministry of Industry cannot start work." Who knows what disaster this will cause? Therefore, the losses caused by this are immeasurable. No emperor would do such a stupid thing.
Soldiers and horses, of course, mainly refers to the Ministry of War, but not entirely. It also includes at least the Governor's Office of the Five Armies (note: the imperial guard establishment belongs to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but the Minister of Rongzheng of the Ministry of War also leads the Beijing camp) and Jinyiwei, etc.
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At some time in the past, the three major "militaries" of the Ministry of War, the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the Jinyi Guards had a close relationship with Gao Pragmatic. Later, under the emperor's hint, Gao Pragmatic took the initiative to withdraw most of his troops in the Jinyi Guards.
Part of the influence is now only left with Wang Zhizhen, the left commander of the Imperial Guard.
[Note: The highest position of the Jinyiwei is the commander of the Jinyiwei. However, since it is often necessary to add officers, additional positions are added to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army. Usually, the Commander-in-Chief is added first, then the Commander-in-Chief is added, the Commander-in-Chief of the Right is added, and finally the Commander-in-Chief of the Left is added.
In official positions, it is generally referred to as "the guard in charge of a certain position in a certain governor's house".
And because Beijing is under the jurisdiction of the Houjun Dudufu in the Fifth Army Dudufu, the official who is usually added to the post is the senior official of the Houjun Dudufu. In this way, Wang Zhizhen's position at this time is "the guard of the left governor of the Houjun Dudufu".
It can be abbreviated as "Jinyiwei Zuodudu", or sometimes the official name of the imperial court will be abbreviated as "Tishuai". For example, "Tishuai Wang Zhizhen" is mentioned many times in the "Records of Shenzong".
There is a doubt here. I don’t know whether one can be called Tishuai after he has the title of governor, or he can be called Tishuai as long as he becomes the commander of the Imperial Guards. However, judging from the order of records in "Records", I personally prefer the latter.
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In other words, except for Wang Zhizhen, the left governor appointed by the emperor to be in charge of the guards, Gao Pragmatic had already parted ways with Jin Yiwei. As for Wang Zhizhen, he also proposed to resign after that incident, but the emperor refused. On the one hand, Wang Zhizhen
His work ability is still very strong, and Zhu Yijun is very easy to use. On the other hand, Zhu Yijun doesn't want to make it so obvious, as if the whole thing is just to target Gao Pragmatism.
Wang Zhizhen and Gao Pragmatic are only distant relatives, and because they are uncle's uncle's family, they are not included in the Five Servers at all [Note: The Five Servers only refer to the father's line, which is also the reason why men in ancient times could marry cousins.], so although Zhu Yijun knew that they had a relationship
Dear, but I don't care.
According to the customs at this time, regardless of whether the family is related to the emperor or ordinary people, the uncle can be said to be very close because he is the brother of the mother, but forget it if the uncle is the uncle. After all, only the paternal line can be traced back, and there is no reason for the maternal line to be traced back.
, it belongs to chaos.
The Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers and the emperor's eagle dogs. They are not only a tool to supervise and intimidate the officials, but also the last resort. It is precisely because of this that Gao Pragmatic decided to withdraw his influence in the Jinyiwei.
Because of this, the emperor knew that Gao pragmatism always held the bottom line and never exceeded the rules.
The minister has his own rules, so the king has his own way. The reason why Zhu Yijun is willing to persuade Concubine Zheng today is largely because he and Gao Pragmatic have formed such a tacit understanding, not just because of their old feelings.
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Beyond the Jin Yiwei is the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, or the strongest force nominally controlled by the Five Army Governor's Mansion - the Imperial Guard. There is no doubt that the Imperial Guard was created by Gao Pragmatic, or that he and Qi Jiguang joined forces.
Creation. In any case, the Imperial Guard was deeply influenced by Gao Pragmatism, not to mention that the current commander of the Imperial Guard has been taken over by Ma Gui - no one can see the word "Gao" on Ma Gui's forehead.
Of course, Zhu Yijun is not worried that the Imperial Guards will do things such as rebellion. After all, half of the tiger talisman needed to mobilize the Imperial Guards has always been in the palace. No matter how much influence Gao Pragmatic has on the Imperial Guards, he cannot do it at will.
Mobilize them.
However, this kind of influence may still play an unusual role at certain critical moments. For example, if there is a major change in the capital, the Tiger Talisman cannot leave the city, but the Imperial Guards' Beijing North Camp is on the outskirts of Beijing, and chaos can be seen in the city.
.At this point, it cannot be ruled out that someone can persuade the Imperial Guards to do something.
No matter what he wants to do, as long as this person uses the banner of justice and orthodoxy, he may be able to persuade the Imperial Guards, and there is only one prerequisite: this person has enough influence on the Imperial Guards, and the Imperial Guards are willing to cause chaos in the capital.
Just take his word for it.
Who has such a great influence on the Imperial Guard? Excluding Ma Gui's own brain convulsions, there are only two in the final analysis: Gao Pragmatic and Qi Jiguang.
However, Qi Jiguang has now been granted the title of earl. As a noble military official, he has to abide by some old rules, such as not commanding troops without war. Therefore, although his influence on the Imperial Guard is great, from a political point of view, even if he excludes
No matter what his subjective wishes, objectively it is difficult for him to use this influence.
The only person who can make use of this kind of influence is Gao Pragmatic. He is indeed a noble, but he is also a civil servant. He is one of the people who will not be regarded as a possibility of rebellion after the cabinet is formed, so if such a situation arises
, Gao Pragmatic is probably the only person who can mobilize the Imperial Guard.
Of course, of course, the premise of all this is that the capital is in chaos, and the tiger talisman and the edict cannot leave the city. For Zhu Yijun, as long as there is no chaos in the capital itself, this kind of thing will not happen at all. That's why he said just now that the key issue is that he at least
He must live until the crown prince comes of age.
When the prince comes of age, it means that there will be no ministers who will take charge of the world. At this time, if the imperial guards and the pure army are here, the capital will not be in chaos, the imperial guards will not be taken advantage of, and everything will be as usual.
Finally, there is the Ministry of War. There is no doubt that the Ministry of War is still the key to controlling the world's troops. No matter how strong the Imperial Guard is, they only have about 70,000 people, while the towns around the capital have hundreds of thousands, which is ten times the number of Imperial Guards.
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However, as far as the emperor was concerned, although Gao Pingshi had a huge influence on the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War was the least to worry about, just as the late emperor taught him.
At that time, Long Qing was seriously ill. He called the prince to him and told him some of his experiences as an emperor. Finally, he told the prince: "In the Ming Dynasty, no matter how powerful a civil official is, as long as you don't relax on two things, at least you don't have to
We are worried that this person will become Wang Mang - the factory guard and the capital camp." [Note: See the last lesson in Chapter 053 of Volume 2]
Needless to say about the factory guards, Gao Pragmatic has withdrawn its influence in an all-round way and has not interfered in the process; the Beijing camp has been changed into the Imperial Guard and the Production and Construction Corps, of which the Imperial Guard is the combat part.
Gao Pragmatic did maintain influence on the Imperial Guards, but as early as the early stage of system construction, he divided the military symbols into two according to the old practice. One half remained in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion but was in charge of the Imperial Guards Commander, while the other half remained
In the hands of the emperor.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In other words, he handed over power to the emperor from the beginning, and he was just maintaining influence. Even if Zhu Yijun looked at this situation from the emperor's perspective,
It is normal. After all, the major battles in the past few years were fought by highly pragmatic leaders. The person who can stand out among the military generals in the DPRK and become the commander of the Imperial Guard will obviously come from his command. This is a matter of course and is beyond reproach.
If this is the case, it means that Gao Jingshi has never coveted the imperial power. Although his own power has increased all the way, he has achieved it through frequent meritorious service. This is the result, not the purpose. The emperor cannot do it if he wants to lose face.
So how to be pragmatic about high and.
Does the emperor want face? Yes, the biggest difference between Zhu Yijun in this life and the original history is that he wants face.
Zhu Yijun in the original history did not necessarily intend to lose face from the beginning, but fought with the civil service group to the point where he could not lose face, because he could not gain face if he wanted face; in this life, Zhu Yijun has been pragmatically satisfied with his actual interests, so of course
You have to consider the matter of face. Even to a certain extent, Zhu Yijun's biggest demand now is face - eternal fame has become his highest demand.
The words were spoken so clearly that Concubine Zheng finally understood the emperor's meaning completely. She closed her eyes resignedly and said with a wry smile: "I understand, I want Chang Xun to be rich and powerful in the future. Even if he is wronged this time, he can only fight."
Losing teeth and swallowing blood, they even have to beg Mr. Gao Ge in turn..."
Zhu Yijun opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and finally calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Since you know, don't say angry words."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Concubine Zheng exhaled a breath and said, "I will ask my brother Guotai to pay a visit to Mr. Gao Ge later."
Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "That's very good." After a pause, he added: "Cathay is now the commander of the second-level capital, right?"
Concubine Zheng said: "Yes."
"After the matter is completed, I will promote him to the left governor."
Concubine Zheng was astonished and said: "Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this in this dynasty... No relative has ever been appointed governor of the left."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "I'll go talk to pragmatism about this matter."
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