That's what I say, that's what I think, but creating opportunities is not easy. According to Gao's previous pragmatic thinking, the original trio of top players in history were not monolithic from the beginning.
Among them, the only one who really has irreconcilable political conflicts with Gao Gong is Zhang Juzheng. Although Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng are currently in the honeymoon period, and most of them had similar political views before, their political goals are also quite consistent.
Or at least they are quite similar, but the two of them have a contradiction that can never be resolved: even if they are both reformists, but... who is the leader and who is the follower?
Some scholars in later generations, limited by historical prejudices or narrow regional concepts, forcibly opposed Gao and Zhang, believing that Zhang was a reformer, while Gao was a "treacherous prime minister" and a "sycophant." This tendency to "praise Zhang and belittle Gao" even
There was still a certain influence before Gao pragmatic time traveled. In fact, Gao and Zhang protected and helped each other for a long time. They were not only political allies, but also had a lot in common academically. However,
It is a pity that in terms of personality, both Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng probably think that only one person is enough to be the hero of the Longwan Reform!
Gao pragmatically made up his mind to help Gao Gong not long after he traveled through time. Naturally, a large part of the reason for this was because he became Gao Gong's nephew through time travel. If he wanted to save the Ming Dynasty "better and faster", this identity was very important.
Useful, Gao Pragmatic didn't want to abandon it. But he asked himself that his head was not entirely determined by his butt, because Gao Gong was worthy of his efforts to maintain from all aspects.
From a historical perspective, Gao Gong pioneered the "Long-Wan Reform" in politics in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The reason why it can be called pioneering is because Gao Gong had three "firsts". That is, he first laid the foundation for the Long-Wan Reform.
The theoretical basis of the reform idea - "the law changes with the times, and the law will change with the times"; first put forward the political program of the Longwan Reform - "Reversing Declined Customs to Chongsheng and Governance" (Gao Shu Yu Jiajing 40th
Five years later, Zhang Juzheng's "Chen Liu Shi Shu" was submitted in the second year of Longqing); first of all, he put the reform ideas and programs into practice. His reforms also laid the personnel and policy foundation for Zhang Juzheng's reforms. There are these three "firsts"
”, Gao Gong deserves the word “pioneering”.
Academically, Gao Gong was the pioneer of the practical school of thought in the Ming Dynasty. The Jia, Long, and Wan dynasties were the flourishing periods of Yangming’s philosophy of mind and practical science of economics (although the philosophy of mind gradually changed). However, Gao Gong passed through criticism through criticism.
At this time, the shortcomings of emptiness and lack of reality in Xinxue comprehensively elucidated the theory of pragmatology, that is, the theory of vitality entity that "there is only Qi between heaven and earth", and proposed the theory of pragmatism that "there is reality in heaven and there are real things in man", "
The theory of seeking truth from facts", the theory of "seeking truth with an open mind and seeking truth", and the theory of practical government and practical benefits that "officials practice practical administration and the people receive benefits". His practical thoughts also contributed to the prosperity of the entire practical trend of thought during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It had a considerable impact. From the perspective of the development of Qi science in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Gao Gong was not only an important representative of the Qi science camp in the Ming Dynasty, but also an intermediate link in the development of Qi science from Zhang Zai to Wang Fuzhi, and had a very important historical position as a link between the past and the future.
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Moreover, Gao Gong is by no means a theoretical scholar who only talks about theory but is short on practice. He is a very capable practical person. Especially after Gao Gong took charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the late Longqing period and was promoted to the chief assistant, he focused on the situation after the middle Jiajing period.
Despite many shortcomings, a series of drastic reforms were carried out.
In terms of official administration, we should promote the use of Jinshi and eliminate the bad habits of official recruitment, create personnel files, establish an official echelon, improve the regional avoidance system, rejuvenate state and county officials, streamline the organization, improve the assessment system, crack down on bribery, etc.
In terms of military and border affairs, the old system of "one minister and two ministers" in the Ministry of War was abolished and a new system of "one minister and four ministers" was established. The chief officers of the Ministry of War were selected for long-term appointments, border talents were selected to enrich the staff of the Ministry of War, and a system of leave for border commanders was established.
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These reforms soon achieved remarkable results: in the northwest, they forced Anda to surrender and pay tribute; in the northeast, they achieved a great victory over the Liaozu; in the southwest, they peacefully resolved the civil strife of the An family; in the south, they achieved the effect of "Ling Kou Dining" and so on.
In terms of the rule of law, Gao Gong also performed well. He supervised the Jinshi of Guanzheng to pay attention to laws and regulations, implemented the law of long-term appointment of criminal officials, strengthened the responsibility of state and county officials to investigate criminal cases, eliminated theft and peace of the people, severely punished cruel officials, and redressed major unjust cases
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In terms of financial management, Gao Gong strengthened the appointment of money and grain officials, improved tax and grain collection measures, promoted the reform of the Qing Dynasty, implemented the One Whip Law (all credit for this was given to Zhang Juzheng in later generations), implemented preferential business policies, rectified the currency system, etc.
In terms of water administration, Gao Gong implemented the "two-way simultaneous transportation" plan of rivers and seas: dredging water transportation and digging new rivers; breaking the maritime ban and resuming maritime transportation.
In short, Gao Gong's reforms achieved the remarkable effect of "officials build practical politics and the people benefit from it". Later, he was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a famous educator, historian, philosopher, the first president of Zhengzhou University, and a member of the Department of History.
Mr. Ji Wenfu, the founder of the
Xinzheng was gradually forgotten by people. In fact, Xinzheng was still advanced in Jiangling, and many aspects of Jiangling’s scholarship and achievements can actually be said to have originated from Xinzheng.” Mr. Ji not only affirmed Gao Gong’s reform achievements, but also clarified Gao Gong’s
Zhang’s inheritance relationship in academics and achievements. Later historians proposed that the Longqing reform presided over by Gao Gong was the founding period, and the Wanli reform presided over by Zhang Juzheng was only a reasonable continuation of the Longqing reform plan, collectively known as the "Long-Wan Reform".
It is the inheritance and development of Mr. Ji’s point of view.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic has no compunction about "protecting the high position and destroying the political power". In his opinion, your political goals are actually similar anyway. Gao Gong might be better at governing, but as for his attitude toward the emperor,
Teaching ability... Although the Emperor Longqing who was taught by Gao Gong was not very capable, at least he maintained enough trust in Gao Gong from beginning to end and was willing to let Gao Gong do things; Wanli who was taught by Zhang Juzheng
Although the emperor was actually not bad in ability, he eventually became distorted in character. Not only did he knock down and whip his teacher Zhang Juzheng to death, he also ended up causing discord between the emperor and his ministers due to the dispute over the country's foundation. The two sides were almost enemies, and the world was in an uproar.
Therefore, among the trio, the first one who does not need to consider winning over at all, but only needs to consider defeating, is Zhang Juzheng!
Isn't it just the mutual strife between politicians? Secretary Gao, who had worked in the county party committee and the town party committee, curled his lips disdainfully: I don't have any psychological pressure to do this.
So, what about Concubine Li and Feng Bao?
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