Four hundred and thirty eight chapters quiet night thinking (seeking the moon)
Other local officials were far away from the temple and would probably be confused when they read this newspaper. But Li Taishou sat in an important position in the cabinet for half a year and experienced the handover of two generations of cabinet ministers, and had close relationships with many key figures.
He had relatively close contact with him, so he knew much more about the internal affairs of the palace than ordinary local officials.
I read in the newspaper that the Empress Dowager Cisheng was anti-civilian and anti-human by reinstalling the Supervisor of Ceremonies. From the standpoint of a civil official, Li You, who should have been angry, felt very funny for some reason.
Her old ideal was to be the "female middle school Yao and Shun" and to leave a name in Qing history. The ceremonial supervisor, who regarded civil servants as a scourge, has reopened. Is this a complete awakening?
The source probably originated from the great court meeting a year ago to decide the first and second assistants. Under Li Zhongshu's instigation, all civil servants temporarily alienated Cisheng Palace intentionally or unintentionally, including the former allies of the Queen Mother☆The situation was completely out of control.
, which made Empress Dowager Qian weep in grief and anger, and Master Li, who was considered a betrayal, became a punching bag.
Li You took the residence newspaper and secretly speculated that the purpose of re-establishing the Supervisor of Ceremonies and elevating the status of nobles was to check and balance the civil servants, and it could also be said to be a manifestation of Cisheng Palace venting its grievances, which was equivalent to demoting him to the local government.
Just like venting anger.
Probably after that court meeting, she finally realized that the "women of Yao and Shun" were like women in the mirror. The ideal was full, but the reality was skinny, so she no longer pursued such illusory flattery.
Yes, in essence, this is flattery. Whoever the civil servants praise as "Yao and Shun" must act according to the standards of "Yao and Shun". As for who sets the standard, it is naturally the civil servants and scholars.
Moreover, Empress Dowager Qian may still have a "final madness" mentality. She is about to take over her duties, so she doesn't need to worry about her funeral, and she will do it first. No matter how bad she is, she is also the Empress Dowager enshrined in the deep palace, who cares?
Can you move her half way?
After trying to figure out Empress Dowager Qian's state of mind, Li You read the newspaper again and looked closely at the two messages "Supervisor of Ceremonies" and "Honorable Honorable Lord" and found that the wording and tone were quite different.
The tone of re-establishing the Supervisor of Ceremonies is a tone of certainty and a fait accompli that cannot be doubted; while the tone of elevating nobles to the court is a tone of uncertainty.
After thinking about it♀Comparing the two, there is indeed a difference in difficulty. Although the reputation of the Secretary of Ceremonies is worse than that of Xungui in the hearts of civil servants, it is relatively easier to reset the Secretary of Ceremonies.
All eunuchs, big and small, are all servants of the royal family. The establishment and deployment of the internal eunuchs and yamen are all the royal family's own business. No matter how special the eunuch is, he is just one of them.
The emperor can do whatever he wants to his own slaves. In theory, it has nothing to do with foreign dynasties. Looking at the history of the Ming Dynasty, it is much simpler and easier for the emperor to rectify internal prisons than to rectify civil servants. It is often a matter of just one sentence. See all
Reluctant to give up.
The Empress Dowager Cisheng felt that it was too tiring to approve the memorials herself, so she wanted to re-establish the Chief of Ceremonies as an assistant in the palace to reduce her work burden♀ Just like ordinary people hire a teacher to write documents, who can outsiders take care of it?
Although this calligraphy teacher may take advantage of the opportunity to extend countless powers, apart from making empty arguments, the civil servants of the court have no legal reasons or methods to prevent the re-establishment of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and it is impossible to openly break into the palace and surround the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Different from re-establishing the Chief of Ceremonies, selecting a number of nobles to become official members of the court council is another situation.
You must know that since the court meeting became a ceremonial decoration, there were three main types of discussion systems in the Ming Dynasty: court meeting, court meeting, and ministry meeting.
Among them, in the tradition of separation between monarch and ministers, the most important type of discussion is the court meeting in which only important ministers participate. It is the core of foreign politics. The result of the court meeting must be reported to the emperor for decision. If the emperor does not agree, he can only issue another court meeting.
Until both parties reach a consensus.
The real court meetings, regardless of the size of the participants, only revolve around the cabinet, the six ministries, and the department, and do not include nobles. However, since the Jinghe Dynasty, the court meetings convened by the Empress Dowager Cisheng, including those attended by Li You,
In fact, they are all variations of Tingyi.
Because Empress Dowager Qian was not an emperor after all, there were many subtleties that required her to be present in person. On the one hand, Empress Dowager Qian wanted to create the image of "Yao and Shun among women", so she often diligently participated in discussions in person, but did not dominate the discussions.
As a result, the independent court meeting of the ministers was turned into a court meeting, which was essentially a court meeting. The only difference was that the result of the meeting was changed from reporting to the emperor after the meeting to reporting to the court to invite the queen mother.
Under the guise of a meeting, I can often attend, but still have no right to speak.
The situation was different in other eras, but the court discussions in the Jinghe Dynasty were completely monopolized by civil servants, and outsiders were not allowed to interfere.
It is infinitely more difficult to set up a ceremonial supervisor.
Thinking about this, Li You finally sorted out the order of this great change - the two hands of the Secretary of Ceremony and the Honorable Xungui can be said to be one inside and the other externally, using the Secretary of Ceremony to suppress the decision-making power of the cabinet, and using the Honorable Honorable to interfere with the external affairs.
To achieve the purpose of strengthening the imperial power.
Thinking of Princess Guide and the Emperor again, Li You thought that these two people should have known about it, and they had even reached a tacit understanding with the Queen Mother, so they were suspected of working together.
The most useful eunuch around Princess Guide was Wu Guangen and Eunuch Wu. This time he did not follow his master southward, but stayed in the capital. This explains the problem.
After all, resetting the Chief of Ceremonies and elevating the nobility would do no harm to the emperor. Faced with a large and complex civil service group, the new emperor would be unable to do anything without help. Not everyone is a master of struggle like Emperor Sejong.
After Jiashen, there was a group of new nobles. However, in the past thirty or forty years, the world was at peace, and history entered a new cycle under Yan Wu Xiu Wen. There were also things like the abolition of Si Lijian and Dongchang because of being deceived.
For the royal family, it was tantamount to abolishing martial arts. As a result, the civil servants gradually became more powerful, and the emperor ruled from the top, which was the political slogan of the civil servants.
If the Supervisor of Ceremonies is re-established to be responsible for approving red papers, and the Xun Qing is appointed to participate in political discussions, it can at least provide some checks and balances to the civil officials who are actually already dominant, and allow the emperor on the throne to breathe a little more, so that he will not passively become a loner or the emperor of Yao and Shun.
When the Queen Mother is faced with handing over the government, she cannot have a sudden whim and change the situation of the government on a whim. Otherwise, it will be chaotic for a few months, and then change back when the emperor takes charge. Wouldn't that be purely funny?
Therefore, Li You dared to conclude that Princess Guide was definitely an active promoter of these things, and she might also be a participant. At this time, the emperor left the capital on his southern tour, and the queen mother might have taken advantage of the emperor's absence to initiate changes.
A lot of meaning.
First, since the Queen Mother is motivated, there is no need for mother and son to join the battle. Let the Emperor avoid disputes and maintain a detached position, which can serve as a buffer at critical moments. If the Queen Mother fails to change the situation, it will not affect the Emperor's return to Beijing to take charge.
The second is to bring the emperor's close team out of the capital to avoid becoming victims of fierce confrontations. If suitable positions are vacant in the capital, these people can be used to fill them at any time.
The more he thought about it, the more Li You felt that a storm was about to come, and he put away his initial frivolous mood. The premeditated changes were so drastic, and to fundamentally change the power structure of the imperial court in the past one or two decades, it is very likely that there would be some changes.
There was great turmoil.
According to the tradition of the country, if a great dynasty dispute remains in a stalemate, it will inevitably be protracted, and a few years will be nothing.
Li You recalled several famous dynasty disputes in history, such as the Great Ceremony of the Sejong Dynasty and the national disputes of the Shenzong Dynasty. They were fought for ten to twenty years before they were settled. Those were the real bloody political struggles.
Countless conspiracies and tricks, loyalty and betrayal, joys and sorrows and separations were staged.
In comparison, the battle between the first and second officers in the past one or two years was nothing more than a small fight, and the biggest victims were just the sixth-grade scumbags Zhongshu who were demoted to their places.
Could it be that in response to Jingji's vivid words, the DPRK, which has been basically peaceful for more than ten years, is still going to be in chaos? Li You even had a weird idea. Judging from his own observations when working in the cabinet, the stable DPRK in the past ten years has
The situation of the Ming Dynasty is simply abnormal. How could the situation of the Ming Dynasty under normal circumstances be such a stagnant water?
Li You couldn't help but ask himself, what should he do if there was a major dynastic dispute?
In my previous life, when I read history books, I often scolded Fang Qiu and pointed out that this approach was right and that approach was wrong. But now that I am personally in this environment, I can't clearly see what is right and what is wrong.
From a utilitarian point of view, everyone knows that we should be on the side of the winner, but God knows who will win and who loses in the end this time, or there will be no winner at all.
From a moral perspective, where does he stand? He made his fortune as a civil servant and took the civil service promotion route, which was basically regarded as a civil servant by the government and the public. But at the same time, he had an affair with the eldest princess, and he also had a hereditary title of third grade.
So there are too many choices to make, and you can choose from any side. As long as you dare to be ruthless enough to make a decision on your own, you can probably get one of the top positions of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Ordinarily, he should choose the civil service route and remain unwavering, but the emperor will never be overthrown... If he is too active, he might be sent to Yunnan and Guizhou at some time, and by the way, he will leave his name in history.
This is the disadvantage of Mr. Li racking his brains to develop in an all-round way and stepping on multiple ships. Otherwise, he would not hesitate here.
I wonder if the position Princess Guide mentioned to me tonight will be involved in this court dispute...
Even from a major perspective, for the sake of the country, the country, and the nation, Li You couldn't figure out how to distribute power to truly benefit the country and the people.
Utilitarianism, morality, and important matters all failed to make effective decisions. Thinking of this, Mr. Li laughed at himself, did he think too highly of himself?
He is just a fifth-grade official, insignificant in the overall situation. With so many ministers and ministers in front of him, where is his turn to perform? What can he decide? Who will pay attention to him?
It's better to keep a low profile and do your job while watching the wind direction, and make a fortune in silence. No matter how bad it is, there is an ironclad book that will make your net worth thin.
Mr. Li thought again, maybe he was too worried about the country and the people, thinking too much. The situation might not be so bad, and his imagination was too rich. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome.
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