Chapter 17 Clarifying your thoughts (Part 2) sodu777.net
Concubine Li will be Empress Dowager Li in the future. Generally speaking, this status has determined that this person can only win over this person, but it is unlikely that she will be defeated, because she cannot be defeated - as the biological mother of the emperor in the future, she must be respected as the Queen Mother, unless
If she had done something as scandalous as Qin Shi Huang's mother, otherwise what reason would there be to destroy her? And even if she did something wrong in other respects, Emperor Wanli would never do anything to him in order to maintain his reputation as a "pure and filial king".
If his own mother takes action, then the big thing will be reduced to a trivial matter.
Of course, although Concubine Li will be revered as the Cisheng Empress Dowager in the future, there is actually another person ahead of her, the current empress and the future Rensheng Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Chen. If she can firmly persuade Empress Dowager Chen to stand by her,
While serving as internal support, Gao Gong arranged some means for the foreign court. Although he could not "bring down" Empress Dowager Li, there was still a chance to force Empress Dowager Li to be unable to interfere in political affairs. For example, Empress Dowager Li's father had a very bad reputation in later generations.
Li Wei, the father-in-law of the country, is a time bomb. It is not impossible to exploit it. However, the probability of success of this method is not necessarily high, because the personalities of Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Ci'an, who was originally ranked before Cixi in the Qing Dynasty, seem to be similar.
, is that kind of kind and gentle person, not to mention that she is very kind to Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijun. It is difficult to find reasons to win her over against Empress Dowager Li and her son. Moreover, even if Empress Dowager Chen is wooed, this matter is not impossible.
There is a possibility of failure. Once this kind of thing fails, the consequences will be too serious. Unless it is a last resort, Gao Pragmatic will never choose it.
As for why Gao Pragmatic was thinking about what to do after the death of Emperor Longqing, the reason is worthless: the emperor's two sons are both sons of Concubine Li Guifei, and they have made great contributions to the country, while she, a queen who lives in a deep palace,
She didn't do anything blatantly jealous or favored. Even a favorite like Gao Gong couldn't find a reason to overthrow her.
From this point of view, among the threesome, Concubine Li is basically the one who can only win over and get close to her, and she must not do the other way around.
So, what about Feng Bao?
Gao Pangshi thought about it carefully. If we look at the original history, Feng Bao could certainly be killed. Historically, he had a deep resentment towards Gao Gong. He was the person who framed Gao Gong. He was the one who wanted to kill him. There were good reasons.
Very. And it is not difficult to move him. Although this person is not particularly bad among the eunuchs, he is not really a good person. Even though he is not the most powerful eunuch at the moment, and may still have bad deeds, but this
It was the Ming Dynasty, and there was no reason for civil servants to trouble eunuchs. For example, if Gao Gong had such a status, even if he just said to the emperor, "How dare such eunuchs disrespect me," Feng Daban would probably end up in a very unpleasant situation.
What's wonderful is that although it's unlikely that someone will be killed, there is a chance that he will be sent out of the palace to serve as a guard eunuch in a certain place.
However, Gao Pragmatic knows that it is better not to kill this person if possible, and it is best not to leave him alone if possible.
Why? Because he belongs to Concubine Li.
As the saying goes, if you don't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face, you have to look at the owner to beat a dog.
Although now that Lord Long Qing is still alive, it couldn't be easier for Gao Gong to deal with a mere Feng Bao. However, it is easy to kill a Feng Bao, but it is difficult to grasp Concubine Li's attitude.
Besides, if Feng Bao is moved today, tomorrow Li Guifei can no longer use Zhang Bao or Wang Bao? So Feng Bao’s head is not important, what is important is Feng Bao’s position. For Gao Gong, Feng Bao’s real
The important position is not the official position in the inner court that he can really achieve in the outside world, but his status as the prince's "eldest companion".
According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, after the crown prince ascends the throne, the prince's eldest companion is basically the new emperor's most trusted eunuch. What is the status of the emperor's most trusted eunuch? There was Liu Jin before him and Wei Zhongxian after him.
Although historically Wanli took action to deal with Feng Bao soon after he took office, before he took office, he did not dare to let his mother arrange for him as a companion. What if Emperor Longqing is still as young as history?
If she dies young, then Concubine Li will still be the final say-so on behalf of the royal family! And this representation lasts for ten years!
Then, it is best to adopt a win-win attitude towards Feng Bao.
After all, for Gao Gong, as long as there is no Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao alone cannot pose a fatal threat to him. Moreover, after Long Qing's death in the future, he will be the number one minister who cares about life. What he needs is not to defeat this one or that one.
, on the contrary, what he needed most during that period of time was stability.
Similarly, as long as there is no Zhang Juzheng, or as long as there is no figure like Zhang Juzheng who can replace Gao Gong at any time, how can Empress Dowager Li touch Gao Gong? How will the court function after changing Gao Gong? If there was no Zhang Juzheng hiding in the shadow of Gao Gong at that time
The opposition in the palace was unanimous, and all the officials were unanimous. Empress Dowager Li was not stupid, so how could she possibly touch Gao Gong?
What's more, in history, Empress Dowager Li had an affair with Zhang Juzheng, as the unofficial history said. What's the joke? What chance did Zhang Juzheng have to meet her before Long Qing's death? Even if there was a rare meeting,
Can the opportunity exist without outsiders present? Under the extremely strict harem system established by Zhu Yuanzhang, can a noble concubine and a cabinet bachelor still have the opportunity to meet alone?
So she really thought that Gao Gong had second thoughts purely because of Feng Bao's false accusation - Wanli's imperial grandfather Jiajing was found out by Yang Tinghe, the chief minister at the time, to inherit the throne after the death of Emperor Zhengde! Although Zhu Yijun is undoubtedly of Longqing's bloodline
, it is justifiable for the prince to succeed to the throne. It stands to reason that Gao Gong does not have any legal principles to depose the emperor and establish a new king, but... what if? Emperor Longqing relied on Gao Gong for everything during his lifetime. Ask Gao Gong, Empress Dowager Li
Even if you subconsciously think that Gao Gong is very powerful. Since he is powerful, if such a powerful person has evil intentions and really wants to abolish the emperor and establish a new one, are you afraid that he will not be able to find a reason?
This is what she, as a mother and a queen mother, cannot tolerate the most and would never dare to risk!
Historically, Gao Gong's downfall was due to Zhang Juzheng's suggestion and Feng Bao's false accusation. In the end, the empress dowager and the young emperor were so anxious that they were so frightened and angry that they did not care about the consequences and directly ordered Gao Gong to be completely eliminated.
He has to perform various duties and let him return to his place of origin as soon as possible - which is usually said to be done in one stroke.
Gao Gong didn't expect such a result at all. He didn't really have second thoughts. Naturally, he was caught off guard. What else could he do except follow the order and go home?
In the final analysis, it was Gao Gong who was careless, while Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao's blow hit the target!
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic believes that as long as Zhang Juzheng is removed, Feng Bao is stabilized, and Gao Gong is persuaded to be in Long, everything should be done first to stabilize the situation during the handover, and the future situation will naturally be brighter and brighter.
If arrangements can be made in advance so that Empress Dowager Li and even the young emperor can have enough trust in Gao Gong, it will be even more stable.
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