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 have read it." The 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 peers. However, unexpectedly, the future Emperor Shenzong actually asked him first. If he hadn't read a book, 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's words, 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 government.'" 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 saints are annoyed and reprimanded. But unexpectedly, this person is not ashamed, but proud, saying: 'Love So, how can you not work too hard? How loyal can you be, how can you not teach?' So what?"
Huh? It seems that His Royal Highness is very dissatisfied with the performance of the officials? what happened?
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's not good to just let them die. It's more convenient to get rid of them once and for all. However, the prince in front of him is only eight years old. 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 you should think about in this position. Zengzi also said that a gentleman's thinking does not exceed the scope of his job. It can be seen that a gentleman only needs to do his job well. However, the current imperial censors and officials often listen to rumors and accuse my emperor father of his actions and words. If my father gets angry and scolds them, not only will these shameless people not be afraid, but they will also They felt that they were awesome, and they all said: I love him, can I not work hard for him? If you are loyal to him, can you not give him advice? ...What do you think should be done about this matter?
Well, how to fix it? My little master, you are only eight years old, your emperor father can't do anything, what else do you want to do?
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 censors, the second rank. The left and right deputies are both censors, and they are the third rank. Zuo and Youqian are both censors, with the fourth grade. The duty of the Censor of the Capital is to "rectify and impeach hundreds of officials, clarify the grievances, supervise each department, and serve as the emperor's eyes and ears. Any ministers who are treacherous, villainous, and corrupt will be impeached. All officials will be impeached and corrupt." Anyone who violates official discipline will be impeached. Anyone who is not academically correct and submits a petition to make a statement in order to change the constitution will be impeached." There are also twelve supervisory censors, one hundred and ten people, with seven grades, to inspect and correct internal and external officials. In the capital, he inspected the capital camps, warehouses, and inner treasury, and supervised the township examinations. He went out to inspect places, clear out troops, supervise schools, and inspect salt administration, tea horse administration, water administration, and garrison administration. [Note: It was increased to thirteen in 1435].
In the supervision system, there are six additional departments for matters. Each of the six subjects of official, household, ritual, military, criminal, and engineering is assigned to one person in charge, the seventh rank. Give one person each to the left and right, from the seventh grade. Give it to a number of people in the matter, varying from subject to subject. His duties and powers are to "take charge of the attendants, regulate and admonish, make up for defects, collect relics, and inspect the affairs of the six departments and one hundred 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 only 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 imperial court was the emperor's closest servant and the emperor's eyes and ears in controlling the administration of the six ministries. However, it is worth noting that the emperor has the right to refute the affairs, that is, he can return the imperial memorials, refute the irregularities of the memorials, admonish the monarch, and participate in meetings on major affairs in the court. The imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is customarily called "Dao", and the six subjects are called "Ke". The two are collectively called "Ke Dao Guan" or "Yang Guan".
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" 》.
This is a bit embarrassing. Could it be that Confucius contradicted himself? This is absolutely impossible, absolutely cannot be like this, yes and no...
Gao Jingshi 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 most important thing here is not which sentence is right or which sentence is wrong. The root cause actually lies in what the official’s duties are.”
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 tolerate it in the future. Although Zhu Yijun is young, he can completely understand this and say this. Naturally, he 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? What should I say?"
"The official responsible for admonishing His Majesty is responsible for admonishing His Majesty. This is the legacy of the old system of the past dynasties. It has been passed down for thousands of years at least, and it 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 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", he was immediately overjoyed: "Why is it not difficult? Gao... Mr. Gao, please tell me quickly."
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 child to teach.
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 have good conduct, honesty and integrity; in terms of being an official, he should be conscientious and benefit the country; in terms of family education, he should have a good family background and outstanding children; in terms of knowledge, he should frequently produce excellent works and be praised by the literary world... In a word, In other words, this person should have good 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 come to this point?" 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 by, 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. , Outstanding ability. If we really find the second Haigang Peak, it will be a good thing for the country and the people!"
While His Highness the Crown Prince was still confused, Feng Bao's face finally turned a little pale - Mr. Gao's attack was really accurate and ruthless!
But not long after he turned pale, his face suddenly turned red again—it was a great time for our factory in the east!
