That's what I say, and that's what I think, but creating opportunities is not easy. According to Gao's previous pragmatic thinking, the original trio of inverse high-ranking players in history were not monolithic from the beginning.
Among them, the only one who really had irreconcilable political conflicts with Gao Gong was Zhang Juzheng. Although Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng are currently in the honeymoon period, and have mostly had similar political views before, and their political goals are quite consistent, or at least quite similar, there is an unsolved problem between the two of them. Contradiction: Even if everyone is a reformist, but... who is the leader and who is the follower?
Some scholars in later generations, limited by historical prejudices or narrow regional concepts, forcibly opposed Gao and Zhang, believing that Zhang was a reformer and Gao was a "treacherous prime minister" and "sycophant." This tendency of "praising and belittling" still has a certain influence even before Gao Pragmatic crosses over. In fact, Gao and Zhang have protected and helped each other for a long time. They are not only political allies, but also have a lot in common academically. However, it is a pity that in terms of personality, both Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng probably think that only one person is enough to be the hero of the Longwan Reform!
Gao Jingshi made up his mind to help Gao Gong not long after he time traveled. Naturally, a large part of the reason for this was because he had become Gao Gong's nephew through time travel. If he wanted to save the Ming Dynasty "better and faster", this identity was very important. Useful, highly pragmatic and don’t want to abandon it. But he asked himself that it was not his butt that determined his head, because the high arch was worthy of his efforts to maintain from all aspects.
From a historical perspective, politically Gao Gong pioneered the "Longwan Reform" in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The reason why it can be called pioneering is that Gao Gong has three "firsts". That is to say, it first laid the theoretical foundation for the Longwan Reform - the reform idea that "the law changes with the times, and the law will change with the times"; first it put forward the political program of the Longwan Reform - "Reversing Declined Traditions, Chongsheng, and Governance". "(Gao Shu proposed it in the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, and Zhang Juzheng's "Chen Liu Shi Shu" was submitted in the second year of Longqing); he first put the reform ideas and programs into practice, and his reforms also laid the foundation for Zhang Juzheng's reforms in terms of personnel and policies. Base. With these three "firsts", Gao Gong deserves the title of pioneer.
Academically, Gao Gong was the pioneer of practical learning in the Ming Dynasty. The Jia, Long, and Wan dynasties were originally the flourishing periods of Yangming’s philosophy of mind and practical science of managing the world (although the philosophy of mind gradually changed). However, Gao Gong criticized the shortcomings of the emptiness and lack of reality in the philosophy of mind at this time, and comprehensively elaborated on the theory of pragmatology, that is, the theory of vitality entity that "there is only Qi between heaven and earth", and put forward the theory that "there are real principles in heaven and real things in people". The theory of pragmatism, "seeking the truth in everything", the theory of "seeking truth from facts with an open mind", and the theory of practical government and practical benefits that "officials build practical politics and the people receive benefits". His thoughts on practical learning also had a great influence on the prosperity of the entire practical learning trend during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. From the perspective of the development of Qi science in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Gao Gong was not only an important representative of the Qi science camp in the Ming Dynasty, but also an intermediate link in the development of Qi science from Zhang Zai to Wang Fuzhi, and had a very important historical position as a link between the past and the future.
Moreover, Gao Gong is by no means a theoretical scholar who only talks about theory but is short on practice. He is a very capable practical person. Especially after Gao Gong took charge of the staff in the late Longqing period and was promoted to the chief assistant, he carried out a series of drastic reforms to address the many shortcomings after the middle Jiajing period.
In terms of official administration, we should promote the use of Jinshi and eliminate the bad habits of official promotion, create personnel files, establish an official echelon, improve the regional avoidance system, make state and county officials younger, streamline the organization, improve the assessment system, and crack down on bribery and acceptance.
In terms of military and border affairs, the old system of "one minister and two servants" in the Ministry of War has been abolished, and a new system of "one minister and four servants" has been established. .
These reforms soon achieved remarkable achievements: in the northwest, they forced Anda to surrender and pay tribute; in the northeast, they achieved a great victory in the Liaozu; in the southwest, they peacefully resolved the civil strife of the An clan; in the south, they achieved the effect of "Ling Kou Dining" and so on.
In terms of the rule of law, Gao Gong also performed well. He supervised the Jinshi of Guanzheng to pay attention to laws and regulations, implement the law of long-term appointment of criminal officials, strengthen the responsibility of state and county officials to investigate and deal with criminal cases, eliminate theft and bring peace to the people, severely punish cruel officials, redress major unjust cases, etc.
In terms of financial management, Gao Gong strengthened the appointment of money and grain officials, improved tax and grain collection measures, promoted the reform of the Qing Dynasty, implemented the One Whip Law (all the credit was given to Zhang Juzheng in later generations), implemented preferential business policies, rectified the currency system, etc.
In terms of water administration, Gao Gong implemented the "two-way simultaneous transportation" plan of rivers and seas: dredging water transportation and digging new rivers; breaking the maritime ban and resuming maritime transportation.
In short, Gao Gong's reforms achieved remarkable results in that "officials built practical administration and the people benefited from it." Mr. Ji Wenfu, a later member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a famous educator, historian, philosopher, the first president of Zhengzhou University, and the founder of the Department of History, pointed out that "Gao Gong is a very capable prime minister who has made great achievements in many aspects." Be the first to be right”. However, "Jiangling became a prominent statesman in modern Chinese history, and Xinzheng was gradually forgotten by people. In fact, Xinzheng was still more advanced than Jiangling, and many aspects of Jiangling's scholarship and achievements can be said to be related to each other." in Xinzheng". Mr. Ji not only affirmed Gao Gong's reform achievements, but also clarified the inheritance relationship between Gao Gong and Zhang in academic and career. Later historians proposed that the Longqing reform presided over by Gao Gong was the founding period, and the Wanli reform presided over by Zhang Juzheng was only a reasonable continuation of the Longqing reform plan. The conclusion that they were collectively called the "Longqing Reform" was the inheritance and development of Mr. Ji's view. .
Therefore, Gao pragmatism has no compunction about "protecting one's high position and losing one's wealth". In his opinion, your political goals are actually similar anyway. Gao Gong might be better at governing. As for his ability to teach the emperor... Although Emperor Longqing taught by Gao Gong is not very capable, But at least he maintained enough trust in Gao Gong from beginning to end, and was willing to delegate power and let Gao Gong do things; although Emperor Wanli who was taught by Zhang Juzheng was actually not bad in ability, he eventually became distorted in character. He whipped his teacher Zhang Juzheng to death. In the end, the dispute between the country and the country caused discord between the monarch and his ministers. The two sides were almost enemies, and the world was in an uproar.
Therefore, among the trio, the first one who does not need to consider winning over at all, but only needs to consider defeating, is Zhang Juzheng!
Isn’t it just the conflict between politicians? Secretary Gao, who had worked in the county party committee and the town party committee, curled his lips disdainfully: I don't have any psychological pressure to do this.
So, what about Concubine Li and Feng Bao?
