Chapter 121: Diligence leads to officialdom (Part 2)
The idea of asking Chen Yiqin for help came from Li Chunfang. He was of average talent and originally had little political ambition, but after all, the chief minister was the head of a hundred officials. After sitting in this position, no one would want to take the initiative to give up.
Of course the same is true for Li Chunfang, not to mention his own feeling that the position of chief minister should not be filled by someone with Gao Gong's personality - it is not bad to be enterprising, but being too enterprising may not be a good thing. After all, the imperial government is a big deal.
It is clear that harmony among all officials is the only way to go.
For the same reason, Li Chunfang was actually not very satisfied with Zhao Zhenji and Zhang Juzheng. However, in comparison, Zhao Zhenji still remembered that they were all members of Xu Ge's old sect and respected him, but Zhang Juzheng turned his back on his teacher.
, ran to get involved with Gao Gong, which made Li Chunfang unhappy.
And relatively speaking, Li Chunfang didn't like Gao Gong because he just felt that his character was not suitable for being the first assistant. As for Zhang Juzheng, Li Chunfang didn't like him for another reason: he felt that Zhang Juzheng was gloomy and vicious, and such a person would not be the first assistant.
It would be a disaster.
I think that when Xu Jie became an official, Li Chunfang was promoted from the second assistant to the first assistant. When Xu Jie became an official, he entrusted "the affairs of the family and the country" to his favorite disciple Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng was eyeing the position, and promptly submitted the policy program "Chen Liu Shi Shu"
", in order to win the seat of chief minister. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng, who was the last assistant, never paid attention to the first assistant Li Chunfang, "treating Chunfang as contemptuously."
"After leaving the first steps with the words of others, Chunfang sighed and said: 'Xu Gong Shang'er, I can be safe for a long time, and I can stand up in the morning!' Ju Zheng suddenly said: 'This is how you protect your name!' Chunfang was shocked." Soon, Li Chunfang came.
He even begged for divorce by kissing his second son, but the emperor refused. In this way, Zhang Juzheng's hope of waiting for the position of chief minister was in vain. However, what he was waiting for was another senior and powerful Zhao Zhenji to join the cabinet.
Zhao Zhenji "arrogated himself to his elders and was talented. He often called Juzheng 'Zhang Zi'. If he had something to say about court affairs, he would say, 'Alas, this is beyond the comprehension of my younger generation.' Jiangling was filled with hatred and would not reply." Zhang Juzheng was deeply moved by the pavilion.
Isolated, Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji were regarded as the biggest obstacles to his official career. So Zhang Juzheng went inside again and "conspired with Li Fang, a middle-class nobleman, to recruit Gao Gong to lead the staff, in order to strangle Zhenji and seize Li Chunfang's political power."
." At this time, Long Qing felt that without Gao Gong in the court, many things were not going as he wished, so he called Gao Gong back to the cabinet as his secondary assistant and also in charge of the official affairs, so Gao Gong returned to power.
After his resurrection, Gao Gong actually had no direct conflict with Li Chunfang. If anything, it was that Gao Gong had a tougher attitude on some major issues, especially on the issue of official administration. However, in Li Chunfang's view, he
Since he is also a heavenly official, it is understandable that he should be strict in the administration of officials. However, it is not a big mistake to speak eloquently during cabinet discussions.
Zhang Juzheng was different. Although Li Chunfang had no temper, it did not mean that he had no vision. He saw Zhang Juzheng's private actions and remembered them in his heart. Li Chunfang actually felt sorry for Zhang Juzheng's actions and felt that Zhang Juzheng
Living under Xu Jie's family, I only learned "not to let out the evil spirit", but did not get its essence, and ended up going astray.
Of course, he would not think that Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong were close because they had similar interests. He would only think that they had similar odors. Li Chunfang had always believed in learning, and being pragmatic had become a habit. Of course, he couldn't stand Gao, and Zhang and Zhang often changed their ancestral practices.
, in his opinion, as long as everyone in the world persists in self-cultivation, not to mention the gentlemen of the country or the gentlemen of the dynasty, there will be nothing wrong with the country, and there is no need to spend all the effort to achieve fame.
After hearing Li Chunfang's idea, Zhao Zhenji felt that it was urgent to contact Chen Yiqin.
Now the situation is getting more and more serious. Although Gao Gong has taken the initiative twice since he returned to the court, saying that he had too much power and asked to resign as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but twice in a row, Emperor Longqing said "no" without hesitation.
That would be very troublesome.
Zhao Zhenji is also a disciple of Xinxue. Like Li Chunfang, he also feels that unity within the court is more important than anything else. As long as everyone practices the way of a gentleman, why is it necessary to be so strict? To put it bluntly, in the early years of Taizu, how strict were the officials?
?Will the world be peaceful and happy at that time?
Therefore, Zhao Zhenji always felt that some of Gao Gong's reforms in the civil service were just to show off his own prestige because he had nothing to do, and would have no effect except making all the officials frightened.
As for why Li Chunfang just came up with an idea and asked Zhao Zhenji to contact Chen Yiqin, the reason is actually very simple: Zhao Zhenji and Chen Yiqin belong to the "township party", which means they are both from Sichuan.
When fellow villagers see fellow villagers, they burst into tears. This situation is not unique to later generations. Officials in the past dynasties have easily formed township parties because of their fellow villagers.
Li Chunfang said to Zhao Zhenji: "Gao, Zhang's current situation is nothing more than the old feelings of the rich residence in the past, and the Holy Master is nostalgic for the past. And Songgu Gong (Chen Yiqin's nickname is Songgu) was also the old minister of the wealthy residence in the past. Seeing that we are weak today, what we lack
It comes down to the word old love. Therefore, if we can persuade Lord Song Gu to be consistent with us, the cabinet can regain balance."
Zhao Zhenji nodded. Of course he knew that Chen Yiqin had also served as an official for King Yu for a long time. Moreover, he also knew that Chen Yiqin once outsmarted Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son in order to protect King Yu.
Sejong only had two sons alive at that time, so he built two royal residences, but refused to establish a crown prince, so the competition for the crown prince in the East Palace was fierce. At that time, Yan Song and his son also had a conspiracy to replace King Yu as the "actual crown prince". One day, Yan Song
He sent his son Yan Shifan to ask Chen Yiqin: I heard that His Highness has been a little confused recently. I wonder what he said to his father?
Chen Yiqin replied with a very serious attitude: "The foundation of the country has been tacitly decided for a long time. King Yu was named Zaiwei when he was born. He comes from the earth from the back, and the first one comes out of the nine regions. This is the king's intention."
Because the character "啕" has a "hou" on top of the character "Tu", Hou was the title of the monarch in ancient times (Wu Feng's note: the monarch of the Xia Dynasty was called "Hou", so it was also called the Xia Hou family.). The "hou" on Tu means that the king owns the land.
The land of China was idealized by the ancients as nine states and nine regions. Therefore, Chen Yiqin explained the word "啕" as above.
At that time, Chen Yiqin went on to say: "The lecturers of other princes and royal highnesses are all reviewers, and the lecturers of King Yu are also editors. This is the meaning of complementarity. His Royal Highness King Yu also often said that the current chief assistant (that is, Yan Song) is
A capable minister in governing the country. Where did you receive these rumors?" What Chen Yiqin said left Yan Shifan speechless and had to leave quietly.
In the eyes of Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji, although Gao Gong was Long Qing's most recognized teacher, Chen Yiqin also served as the king's teacher for nine years and tried his best to protect King Yu. With Emperor Long Qing's character, he would definitely take care of his face. If he
If you are willing to stand on your side, the cabinet will inevitably re-establish a balance of power.
But what was unexpected was that after Zhao Zhenji visited Chen Yiqin, Chen Yiqin looked very ugly when he heard him explain the purpose of his visit, suppressed his smile, and was speechless for a long time.
Zhao Zhenji was anxious, and when he asked, Chen Yiqin suddenly lost all his sadness, smiled, and said: "Dong Dazhou, you and I are township party members, Gao Zhang and I are old officials. Now that things have come to this, Yiqin has no way to control him, but