"Who in the world deserves to be regarded as the Marquis of Shen?"
This question is interesting. The relationship between the Marquis Shen of the Zhou Dynasty and the Zhou royal family was related by marriage! This was not the case in the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, it had already been very prepared for this situation. Therefore, the powerful Marquis Shen's natal family was behind King Zhou You's Queen Shen.
, and Queen Wang does not have an equally powerful natal family behind her.
Of course, since the dispute over the country became a core topic in the Ming Dynasty, Gao Pragmatic has played an important role in the Queen's family to a large extent in the past two decades. This is an undisputed fact.
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"Looking at it horizontally, it looks like a ridge and a side like a peak, with different heights from far to near. I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain." It is difficult for the officials in the imperial court to assume one thing in the "game" of the struggle over the country's origins: What if
Without Gao Pragmatic's firm support over the years, would the Empress be able to survive the clouds and see the moon as she does today?
In fact, they asked themselves privately, and most of them felt that this was impossible. In other words, if the eldest son of the emperor was King Yijiu of Zhouping, the civil service group was the princes of Guandong, and the queen was the queen of Shen, then Gao Pragmatic would undoubtedly be the queen of Shen.
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Gao Pragmatic himself is not a relative, but in this matter he played a role like a relative of the queen. Once this happens, no matter whether the queen herself really does not exceed the rules, the issue of "relatives interfering in politics" will still become a problem for some people.
a potential possibility.
Although the Empress and Mr. Gao Ge are not real family members, Mr. Gao Ge's long-term support for the Queen is enough to make their relationship highly close. Under this premise, it is not important whether "Queen Shen" is involved in politics, what is important is "Queen Shen"
"The "Marquis Shen" behind this not only has the ability to interfere in politics, but he is now even the spokesperson of the foreign court, which is very dangerous.
In fact, the problem of foreign relatives interfering in political affairs in China since ancient times has been a long-term process from extremely serious to basically ignored. By the Ming Dynasty, this problem could even be said to have disappeared from a national level.
What are "foreign relatives"? Simply put, maternal relatives are the natal families of the king's mother and wives and concubines, the natal families of the king's uncles, nephews, and grandnephews' wives and concubines, and the husband's families of the king's sisters, daughters, nieces, and granddaughters.
For example, grandfather, father-in-law, uncle, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, nephew, cousin, cousin, nephew, etc., they can all be called "relatives". From this perspective, considering the relationship between the eldest princess Yongning, Gao Pragmatic
He is indeed a foreign relative, but his identity as a foreign relative has never been made public and cannot be made public.
However, the so-called "foreign relatives intervening in politics" actually generally require relatives to take advantage of the emperor's young age - for example, in the Qin Dynasty, during the period of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, because King Zhaoxiang was young, the Queen Mother Xuan was able to preside over the government as the Queen Mother.
His younger brothers Wei Ran and Mi Rong were able to control the court; another example is the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Han Dynasty, when Emperor He was young, Empress Dowager Dou came to the court to listen to the government. Her brother Dou Xian took the opportunity to control the government and "shocked the court with his authority."
Or fatuous - such as the Northern Zhou Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, due to the fatuous Emperor Jing, Queen Yang Lihua's father Yang Jian was able to take over the imperial power on his behalf, and finally replaced him with the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Or incompetence - such as the Western Han Dynasty, during the period of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, because Emperor Hui was incompetent, Empress Lu came to rule, and her nephews Lu Tai, Lu Chan, Lu Lu, and grand nephew Lu Tong were able to monopolize power and disrupt the government; another example is the Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty
Because Xuanzong was old and fatuous, Yang Guozhong, Yang Guifei's brother, took the opportunity to control the government. He "served from the imperial censor to the prime minister, and led more than forty envoys. He also specialized in judging the branches, being the third officer of the staff, and the martingale of affairs."
In short, it was because the emperor himself could not exercise imperial power, so as a relative, he was able to control the government and exercise the imperial power that only the emperor could exercise without authorization.
The reason why relatives have the opportunity to interfere in politics should at least be traced back to the "family world" of the Xia Dynasty.
Since the Xia Dynasty started the "family world", the interference of foreign relatives in politics has been a common problem. In most dynasties, there were relatives who interfered in politics and were good at power, such as Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty, Jia Sidao of the Song Dynasty, and even those who tried to usurp the throne, such as Wang Mang of the New Dynasty.
Yang Jian of Sui Dynasty.
It can be said that "foreign relatives interfering in political affairs" was an inevitable problem in most dynasties in China. Even the powerful Han Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty were not immune.
For example, in the Han Dynasty, from the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Han Dynasty when Emperor Xian was present, relatives were involved in politics throughout the 407 years of Han Dynasty.
, the Dou family of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, Empress Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, the Wang family of the Empress Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, the Wang family of the Emperor of the Han Yuan Dynasty, the Empress Liu She of the Han Dynasty), the Huo family (the Wei family of the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Empress Liu Che), the Deng family (the Empress Liu Zhao of the Emperor He of the Han Dynasty)
Deng family), Yan family (Yan family, Emperor Liu Hu of Han An), Liang family (Liang family, Empress Liu Bao, Emperor Shun of Han Dynasty), He family (He family, Empress Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty) and other relatives appeared one after another.
As a result, for nearly two-thirds of the time of the Han Dynasty, the government was controlled by the foreign relatives, and even the Western Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Wang family. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty was not destroyed by the foreign relatives, the He family was also destroyed by the foreign relatives.
one of the reasons.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, although the problem of relatives interfering in politics in the Tang Dynasty was not as serious as that in the Han Dynasty, it was also more frequent in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. First, the Wu family (Tang Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian) replaced the Tang Dynasty. After the "Shenlong Coup", Li Tang
After the restoration of the throne, Wu lost power. Later, Weishi (Tang Zhongzong, Li Xian and Empress Weishi) collaborated with Wu Sansi to disrupt the government, and then even poisoned Zhongzong in an attempt to take over the Tang Dynasty and replace him. After that, the "Tang Long Coup" Weishi was
After the death of Emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Dan came to the throne. After that, Ruizhong gave way to Emperor Xuanzong and Li Longji. In his later years, Emperor Xuanzong favored Concubine Yang, and the Yang family's relatives took the opportunity to cause trouble in the government.
It can only be said that "foreign relatives interfering in politics" was a difficult problem to solve in China's feudal period. In most dynasties, even if the founding monarch was wise and powerful, the issue of foreign relatives interfering in politics was always a big problem hanging over the head of the new dynasty.
However, everything is an exception. There is such a dynasty that has never really had the problem of "foreign relatives intervening in politics" in its nearly three hundred years of history. This magical dynasty is the Ming Dynasty.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the Ming Dynasty, although there were various problems such as the emperor's neglect of government, eunuchs taking power, constant party disputes, and widespread corruption, these problems also existed in other dynasties, and the Ming Dynasty also had these problems.
However, there has never been any problem of relatives interfering in or even disrupting government affairs. This must be said to be a rare light in the court of the Ming Dynasty.
Then why was the problem of foreign relatives interfering in politics that could not be solved even by the powerful Han, prosperous Tang, and rich Song Dynasties in the past, but was perfectly solved in the Ming Dynasty?
The reason why relatives in the past dynasties were able to intervene in politics was due to two reasons. One was that the emperor was young, stupid or incompetent, and the other was that the emperor's wives, concubines, aunts or biological mothers had the ambition to control the government or even replace it.
For example, during the period of Emperor He of the Han Dynasty, Empress Dowager Dou took the name of Emperor He's young age (Emperor He was only 10 years old when he ascended the throne), so that she could legitimately claim the throne. Later, Empress Dowager Dou had political ambitions and tried to control the government.
As a result, his brother Dou Xian was able to control the government and "shocked the court with his authority." Another example is the period of Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty. Because Emperor Hui was incompetent and Empress Jia was extremely politically ambitious, Jia Mo, Jia Mi and other relatives of the Jia family were able to control the government.
affairs of state.
It can be said that if a foreign relative wants to participate in politics, he must meet the above two points. If one of these cannot be satisfied, it will be difficult for the foreign relative to control the government.
For example, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as the talented and strategist Liu Che grew up, the Dou family and the Wang family's relatives who once controlled the government lost power one after another and could no longer control the government. Another example is the period of Song Renzong, although Empress Dowager Liu came to rule the court, she could not control the government.
Because Empress Dowager Liu had no ambition to completely take charge of the government, the problem of relatives Liu's involvement in politics did not arise during the Renzong period.
For the Ming Dynasty, these two points were almost never satisfied. First of all, among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except for Yingzong who ascended the throne at the age of nine and Shenzong who ascended the throne at the age of ten, and they ascended the throne at an early age, none of the other fourteen emperors were
Young Lord, this makes the relatives lose the legality, rationality and propriety of intervening in politics.
Furthermore, although many of the emperors in the middle and late period of the Ming Dynasty were a little lazy in their administration, there were Daojun emperors like Jiajing, and there were also playful emperors like Zhengde who proclaimed themselves generals, but it is undeniable that most of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty were not
A foolish and incompetent king.
For example, although Emperor Jiajing was obsessed with Taoism, he was able to firmly control the government. Important ministers such as the chief minister of the cabinet could be replaced at a moment's notice. Although Emperor Zhengde was playful, his ability was not weak. The victory of Yingzhou defeated the Mongols.
They would not dare to enter the Ming Dynasty again for a long time. Therefore, since most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not young emperors, nor were they stupid and incompetent, it was naturally difficult for relatives to take advantage of the emperor's stupidity and incompetence to take charge of the imperial power.
Secondly, the two emperors Hongwu and Yongle were very wary of their relatives. Under the ancestral system established by their father and son, no matter how much the emperors favored their concubines, the most they could do was to give them to their relatives: "the best ones have rich fields and houses, and children are slaves."
Although he has a lot of money, he will not reuse his relatives, let alone give them a high position.
As the saying goes, "The father's first rank was just a command, and Hou Bo protected the Fu and made progress gradually." Even if the father was a queen, he initially had a vacuous position like a commander, and then the highest position was a "noble but empty" position like a Tai Tu.
Anyway, they will not be given real power and important positions. Therefore, most of the relatives in the Ming Dynasty "although they have extravagant wealth, they have no leverage to draw on it."
At the same time, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty not only did not reuse their relatives, but also implemented strict control over them. Special agencies such as Jinyiwei and Dongxi Factory paid special attention to their relatives. Once they found that their relatives had violated laws and disciplines, the punishment was "Qi Wan"
"Abide by the law, otherwise you will be guilty twice as much as ordinary people", no matter what kind of crime, the crime will be increased one level. [Note: Of course, this is just a saying in the later stage, especially crimes caused by greed for money, which are often forgiven.]
Furthermore, due to the profound influence of Neo-Confucianism, most of the queens and empress dowagers of the Ming Dynasty were virtuous queens, at least they almost had no political ambitions.
It has to be said at this point that although the previous dynasties of the Ming Dynasty were in chaos, with eunuchs disrupting the government, party disputes, corruption and other problems emerging one after another, the harem was much cleaner than previous dynasties. Its concubines, especially the mother of a country, were much cleaner.
They are "virtuous and courteous" people. Most of these concubines can lead by example. They have no political ambitions. Not only do they not actively interfere in government affairs, they often even take the lead in suppressing the power of their mother clan.
For example, Empress Ma, every time Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to confer an imperial title on her mother's family, she would refuse Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict on the grounds that "state officials and titles should only be given to talented people. Relatives of the concubine's family may not have useful talents."
Another example is the Empress Dowager Zhang. When Yingzong succeeded to the throne, because of her young age, the Empress Dowager Zhang could legitimately intervene in the government affairs, and there were ministers who supported her in doing so. However, the Empress Dowager Zhang refused on the grounds of "not breaking the ancestral law".
The political commissar of the general dynasty was in charge of "Sanyang", not the mother clan.
In this way, without the support of the harem, the relatives will naturally lose the conditions to participate in politics.
Finally, the reason why there was no problem of foreign relatives interfering in politics in the Ming Dynasty was also due to the officials of the Ming Dynasty. As we all know, the civil servant group of the Ming Dynasty was very powerful, and naturally they could not tolerate the influence of foreign relatives that could threaten the status of the civil servant group.
If there is any sign, the civil servant group will immediately step on it with ten thousand feet.
There is no need to cite anyone else for this example, just say that when Concubine Zheng was the most favored, Zheng Guotai, as the uncle of the country, was respectful and well-behaved like a little baby when he met Gao Pragmatic, which is evident from this.
As mentioned just now, the prerequisite for "relatives intervening in politics" is that the emperor is young or stupid, and the person in the harem - the empress dowager of the young emperor or the concubine of the ignorant emperor - has a strong desire for power.
Neither of these two are satisfactory now. It stands to reason that Gao Pragmatic need not worry that anyone will regard him as "Shen Hou" now. However, things are not that simple.
There is definitely no such thing as the emperor being fatuous now. The only weakness of the emperor may be that he refuses to treat Concubine Zheng badly no matter what, but this problem is far from enough to make Zhu Yijun reach the level of fatuousness.
There are women in the harem who have a desire for power, but they are neither the Queen Mother nor the Queen, but Concubine Zheng. However, Concubine Zheng's desire for power may not necessarily be how much power she wants to have, but more out of the desire for her son.
The desire to inherit the throne.
From this point of view, none of the conditions are met. However, don't forget that the emperor coughed up blood and fainted not long ago.
Gao Pragmatic himself is not proficient in medical science, but at least he knows that a healthy person cannot cough up blood and faint easily. Even if it is due to some kind of medical toxic reaction, coughing up blood and fainting would be too shocking. In Gao Pragmatic's view,
This probably means that Zhu Yijun already has a physical problem, and the problem is not small.
In other words, even if Zhu Yijun's health didn't have any major problems before, there must have been problems after he coughed up blood and fainted, and the root cause of the disease was most likely to be found.
If Gao Pragmatic can really fully control the government now, it will be easier to handle. He can ensure the safety of the emperor's diet in the future and have enough time to take care of his body. But the problem is that Gao Pragmatic cannot fully control the government - this is not a matter of ability.
This is not possible, but he must actively retain his existence as a political opposition.
This is troublesome. After all, guarding against thieves for a thousand days is not an easy task. Shen Guangyuan is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Li Wenjin is not a fearful person, and Concubine Zheng even opened the BUG of the blood lock.
Although these three people have been defeated this time, it is unlikely that they will join hands again for a while, but as long as Shen Yiguan has completed the matter of Feng Chan and returns to Beijing, what's so surprising about brewing another conspiracy?
Even if we don't mention things so far away, let's just say that Shen Yiguan is about to leave Beijing and the emperor refuses to add more ministers. This is a mixed situation. The good thing is that without Shen Yiguan in Beijing, Gao Pragmatic can do many things. It will go more smoothly; the bad thing is that once it goes so smoothly, Gao Ge Lao will look more like "Shen Hou".
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