Both Zuo Yude and Shidu were from the fifth rank, but the Hanlin Academy belonged to the emperor's secretarial team, while the Zhanshifu was an institution that taught the prince to learn political administration. Although it seems that the Hanlin Academy has a higher status
High, but that depends on who it is for.
Gao Pragmatic was the same age as the prince, and he was obviously a talent that the emperor had trained for the prince in advance. Anyone could see this.
Although in the Ming Dynasty, the first condition for being able to really assist the prince in the future is to be highly pragmatic and be able to be named on the gold list. However, since the publication of "Long Wen Whip Shadow", most people have been optimistic about this. After this Henan Road
In the test, the high pragmatic students scored three small yuan in a row. Based on the high pragmatic test papers released by the Henan Superintendent’s Office, we basically concluded that this child’s future in high school is a high probability event.
In this way, Gao Jingshi, a close minister of the Crown Prince, can basically guarantee that he will be a close minister of the Emperor in the future. Therefore, calling him Gao Yude now is better than Gao Shidu - it can better reflect the special relationship between him and His Highness the Crown Prince.
Well.
However, Gao pragmatic himself was very open-minded about this. Anyway, whether he was a bachelor or Zuo Yude, they were only temporary officials and not actual officials.
In the future, even if he passes the Jinshi examination, he will still have to first strive to pass the Shujishi examination, enter the Hanlin Academy for a period of time, and gain qualifications. He will still have to start as a seventh- or eighth-rank petty official. Nowadays, these official positions begin with the word "fake"
, but it’s all just a false name.
Of course, just because he has a false reputation does not mean that he is of no use at all. At least, with this temporary official position, he can do many things that ordinary people cannot do.
For example, Shang Shu.
On the second day of the sixth lunar month in the fifth year of Longqing's reign, the prince accompanied him to study, and he was a bachelor's degree student at the Hanlin Academy. Zuo Chunfang of Zhan Shifu ordered De Gao to pragmatically write the "Shu Yi Lu Shu" to the court. The full name was "In order to comply with the original intention of the ancestors, please clean up"
The post station is used to relieve the sparseness of the post road."
At the beginning of the essay, it is said that "since ancient times". It is said that our celestial dynasty has been a vast country with a vast territory since ancient times. "It spreads across the sea to the east, to the quicksand to the west, to the south of Shuo, and to spread its teachings to the four seas."
And our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, "from Korea in the east, to Annan in the south, to the desert in the north", and even the "thousands of miles of Changsha and thousands of miles of stone ponds" in the South China Sea are also included in the territory, with 11,750 east and west
Li, 10,940 li from north to south, and "those who are not ordered to set up official registrations, or marquises and lieutenants to restrain themselves are not included in this number." - This number is actually accurate, but I am afraid he is the only one in the Ming Dynasty who knows this.
exact.
Of course, no fool will jump out and say that his data is wrong, after all, no one has measured it.
Then Gao Pragmatic began to review the way that various dynasties have ruled such a vast territory from ancient times to the present, that is, the way information is disseminated. "Building beacons and setting off beacons; driving horses and oxen, running on foot; renovating roads, setting up inns", and so on.
, will not be described in detail.
Then the theme was introduced, saying that among the vastly different ways of transmitting information in different forms, the role played by post stations deserves special attention. In his essay, he said that "post stations are the people of the country and cannot be blocked."
"Fate, like the blood of a human body, cannot be wasted in a day." It can be seen that it plays a decisive role in the communication of government orders. Finally, it points out that all dynasties in China have centered on the capital, built post roads extending in all directions, and set up
There are a large number of post stations with complete functions and post guards to effectively transmit political, economic, military and other information.
Shuwen then began to talk about this dynasty, saying that since Taizu "lived in a mixed area", in order to consolidate his rule, the post station was the most urgent matter for the military and state affairs. From the day he ascended the throne, he began to control water, dig mountains, build roads, and build bridges.
, prepare horses, set up carriages and boats, and "place water and horse stations everywhere."
Horse post refers to land post, which "uses horses, donkeys, carts, and people" to deliver mail. "Eighty, sixty, or thirty horses may be installed at key points." "The rest are not important and are also used for passing roads."
, or suppose there are thirty, ten, or five horses”;
The water post is made of boats. "On the main road, there may be twenty, fifteen, or ten boats." The rest are on the side roads, "and there are also seven or five boats." It can be seen that according to the location of the post road
The weight of the post depends on the number of travelers, water, and the number of carriages, boats, boats, and horses used by the post. Generally, there are "ten people on the main road, five or four on the remote road."
Then he explained that the postal service of this dynasty, in addition to post stations, also had delivery offices and express delivery shops. However, compared with the latter two, the post offices were not only spread throughout the hinterland, but also widely distributed in Liaodong, Gansu, Duogan, Uzang, and Song Dynasty.
Fan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and other remote areas. By the 28th year of Jiajing, there were 1,295 horse stations of all kinds across the country.
It is obvious that the Ming Dynasty’s post stations spread all over the country. They can be said to be the main artery of waterway transportation and information dissemination. It is precisely because of the ubiquitous inns that the national transportation network was created.
The post station is full-time "delivering messengers, flying military reports, and transporting military supplies." It is busy with affairs, has a wide range of uses, and has the heaviest load. Therefore, it assumes a major responsibility and plays a huge role in communicating politics, economy, culture, and military affairs in various places. Therefore, it plays a huge role.
, the inn naturally became the main channel for the dissemination of official information in the Ming Dynasty.
After talking about the importance of post stations and the great importance Taizu attached to them, Gao Pragmatic changed his tone and began to talk about current issues.
Gao Pragmatic's essay said: "The laws Taizu established for the post station were all appropriate at first. However, as time passed and circumstances changed, all the laws were abolished."
Then he began to give examples: For example, on this post road, the average distance between stations is sixty to eighty miles. This is the distance that the postmen are expected to travel in one day. This can ensure a quick round trip without causing excessive
Tired and "the horse collapses and the man falls".
In addition, because most of the documents delivered by the post station are documents related to national security, the post soldiers work under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the regulations for the management of post posts are accordingly included in the relevant criminal law volumes of the "Ming Dynasty Code" to show the importance of the post station.
importance and the particularity of post work.
Although the Ming Law imposes severe penalties on couriers who are delayed, if their journey is delayed due to floods or incorrect addresses, the messenger may be exempted from or receive a reduced penalty. At the same time, the Ming Law strictly prohibits officials from abusing the post station, scolding, or whipping the postmen. On the contrary,
If a postman uses the post station for personal gain, he will be punished double.
These systems are strict and take full consideration of rationality and feasibility. They are very appropriate. However, according to Gao Pragmatism, "When I returned to my hometown the first time, I passed through dozens of stations, went deep into the stations, and questioned all the officials, and I realized that the situation was completely wrong."
Gao pragmatic not only gave examples of the post stations he passed by, how many of them were in disrepair, how many of them lacked carriages and horses, and how many of them lacked postmen. He also pointed out in particular that many of the postmen were using public affairs for personal gain, and some court officials (actually...
Most of them, Gao Pragmatic did not dare to say it) misused and privately used the station repeatedly, causing the station to be overloaded and in a state of semi-paralysis. This in turn led to the failure of political and military information to be transmitted up and down in a timely manner, which plunged the administration of the imperial court into a vicious cycle.
among.
"If the post roads are well connected, the country will be strong; if the post roads are stagnant, the country will be weak." Therefore, Gao Jingshi shouted in his essay that the disorder, disorder and decline of the post system seriously violated the original intention of Taizu's ancestral teachings!