Chapter 4 Meeting the Prince for the First Time (Part 2)
The prince looked at Gao Pragmatic, suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked: "Gao Pragmatic... Well, I heard that you are the nephew of Mr. Gao Ge. I remember that the Gao family is a master of practical studies. So, you must also be studying.
Have you ever written a book?"
Gao Jingshi originally thought that the eight-year-old prince, who was usually confined to a deep palace, would first find something to play after meeting his friends of the same age, but unexpectedly, the future Emperor Shenzong actually asked him first.
If he hadn’t read books, what would he want to do?
He was not sure of the prince's intention at the moment, so he didn't say much, so he simply replied: "In response to the prince, yes."
When the prince heard this, he was overjoyed and asked: "Then let me ask you. Confucius said: 'If you are not in your position, you will not seek political affairs.'" Zengzi said: "A gentleman cannot think beyond his position." It can be seen that a gentleman should abide by his duty.
Yes or no?"
Gao pragmatic still didn't know why the prince asked this question. In line with the principle that too much words lead to mistakes, he simply answered: "Yes."
"Okay! Then let me ask you again. Looking at today's science, people often listen to rumors and criticize the king's words and deeds. The sage is annoyed and reprimands him. But unexpectedly, this person not only does not feel ashamed, but feels proud of it, saying: 'Love
How can you not work too hard? How loyal can you be without teaching? So what?"
Huh? It seems that His Royal Highness is very dissatisfied with the performance of the officials? What's going on?
It goes without saying that the emperor is dissatisfied with these current science and education officials. The status of these officials in the emperor's mind should be in the position of "Why don't you die?" If the "ancestral system" were not there, what would happen?
It would be convenient if we really let them die. It would be convenient to get rid of them all at once. However, the prince in front of him is only eight years old, and he is so dissatisfied with Yan Guan - and of course helpless. This is worth pondering.
The meaning of Zhu Yijun's words is probably: Confucius said, if you are not in this position, don't think about the things that this position should think about. Zengzi also said that a gentleman's thinking does not exceed the scope of his position. It can be seen that a gentleman only needs to be himself
Just do your job. However, the current imperial censors often listen to rumors and criticize my father's behavior and words. If my father gets angry and scolds them, these people are shameless.
Not only were the disciples not afraid, but they also felt that they were powerful, and they all said: If you love him, can you not work hard for him? If you are loyal to him, can you not give him advice?... How do you think this matter can be solved?
Well, how to fix it? My little master, you are only eight years old. Your emperor father can’t do anything about it. How else do you want to fix it?
In the Ming Dynasty, the censorship station was established in the early years, and later it was changed to admonishment officials. Finally, it was changed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, with left and right capital censors, the second rank. Left and right deputy censors, the third rank. Left and right censors.
Du Censor, fourth rank. Du Censor's duty is to "correct and impeach hundreds of ministers, clarify the grievances, supervise each department, and serve as the emperor's eyes and ears. Any minister who is treacherous, a villain, a villain, who threatens and disrupts the government shall be impeached."
"Any official who is corrupt, corrupt, and violates official discipline will be impeached. Anyone who is academically dishonest and submits a petition to state that the constitution is in disarray and wants to use it will be impeached." There are also twelve supervisory censors, one hundred and ten people, seven grades in charge, and inspectors.
Correct internal and external officials. In the capital, he inspects the capital camps, warehouses, inner treasuries, and supervises the township examinations. He goes out to inspect local areas, clean up the army, supervise schools, inspect salt administration, tea horses, water administration, garrison administration and other affairs.
[Note: It was increased to thirteen in 1435].
In the supervisory system, there are six additional departments for Shizhong. The six departments of officials, household, etiquette, military, punishment, and work are each assigned to one person from Shizhong, the seventh rank. Each of the left and right branches is assigned to one person from Shizhong, from the seventh rank.
There are several people among them, with different disciplines. Their duties are to "take charge of attendants, regulate and admonish, make up for defects, collect artifacts, and inspect the affairs of the six ministries and hundreds of departments."
To put it crudely, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is similar to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; the Sixth Section is similar to the disciplinary inspection teams established within various ministries and commissions in the capital - of course this is just a forced "similarity".
According to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, in principle, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was the supervisory organ of the imperial court, while the government officials were the emperor's closest servants, and were the emperor's eyes and ears in controlling the administration of the six ministries. However, it is worth noting that the government officials had refutations.
The power means that you can return the title to perform the memorial, refute the erroneous memorials, admonish the monarch, and participate in meetings on major affairs in the court. The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is customarily called "Dao", and the six subjects are called "Ke"
”, both of which are collectively referred to as “Ke Dao Official” or “Yan Official”.
The two sentences Zhu Yijun said came from "The Analects of Confucius·Xianwen". The Confucianism level of the officials was obviously beyond the level of the young prince, so the sentence they answered actually came from "The Analects of Confucius·Xianwen"
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This is a bit embarrassing. Could it be that Confucius contradicted himself? This is absolutely impossible, it absolutely cannot be like this, it is and it is not...
Gao pragmatic then smiled and replied: "In reply to the prince, the words of the saint will naturally not be wrong, let alone self-contradictory. The most important thing here is not which sentence is right or wrong. After all,
The reason actually lies in what is the official’s duty.”
Zhu Yijun's face looked a little unhappy, and he muttered: "Isn't it just because of rumors? Let's put it this way, these people are so noisy, the Holy One can only tolerate it?"
He is the prince and will be the emperor in the future. If his father, the emperor, can only tolerate this, then obviously he will also have to endure it in the future. Although Zhu Yijun is young, he can completely understand this and say this.
Naturally, I was quite angry.
But Gao Pragmatic said seriously: "That's not entirely true."
After Zhu Yijun heard this, he was slightly startled, with a look of anticipation on his face, and asked hurriedly: "Oh? How do you say it?"
"The official responsible for admonishing His Majesty is responsible for admonishing His Majesty. This is the legacy of the old system of past dynasties. It has been passed down for thousands of years at least and cannot be changed in a short time. Although the common people live in the countryside, they also know that the Holy One does not dislike receiving advice, but there are always some
People talk about their reputations and sell their reputations, and they cling to trivial things that come from rumors, but they have no suggestions for national government affairs, so they gradually become bored. In fact, this is not easy to say, but it is difficult to say... it is not difficult at all."
After all, Zhu Yijun was only eight years old, and he was not like Gao Pangshi, a man of two generations. When he heard "It's not difficult to say, it's not difficult to say", he was immediately overjoyed: "Why is it not difficult? Gao... Mr. Gao, please tell me quickly."<
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His Royal Highness is indeed extremely intelligent. When asking for advice, Gao Pragmatic, who could only be called by his first name, suddenly turned into Mr. Xiao Gao. He is really a teachable child.
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "If a scientific official is the fault of His Majesty Cheng Cheng, then his personal integrity, accomplishments, political achievements, reputation, etc., should naturally be the best choice. In other words
It is said that in terms of cultivation, this person should be of good conduct, honest and honest; in terms of being an official, he should be conscientious in his work and benefit the country; in terms of family education, he should have a good family background and have outstanding children; in terms of knowledge, he should frequently publish excellent works and be praised by the literary world... In a word
In other words, this person should have excellent moral ability. What do you think, Your Highness?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince failed to follow Gao's pragmatic thinking for a moment and said in astonishment: "Why did you end up here?" But after thinking about it, he still replied: "However, this is indeed what it should be!"
But he didn't see that Feng Bao, who was standing beside him, suddenly changed his expression, and even looked at "Mr. Xiao Gao" with a look of fear.
Gao Pragmatic laughed: "In that case, let's check it out! What does Jinyiwei do? What does Dongchang do? Check whether this upright official who accepts advice is really so pure and noble.
, has outstanding abilities. If we really find the second Haigang Peak, it will be a good thing for the country and the people!"
While His Highness the Prince was still confused, Feng Bao's face finally turned a little pale - Mr. Xiao Gao's attack was really accurate and ruthless!
But not long after I turned pale, my face suddenly turned red again—it’s time for our Dongchang factory to be prosperous!
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