Of course, being pragmatic is not too troublesome, because it is completely necessary to bear this trouble.
Using Di Bao to pass on gossip was a method he had thought of before when he was in Sanshen Garden, because the resources that could be used were obvious - Gao Gong suffered a big loss from Ke Dao when he had a fight with Xu Jie last time. Since Zhao Zhenji is in charge of the affairs of the imperial court, he naturally has to add sand to the imperial court, so there are many disciples and former officials who enter the imperial court. Among them, Zhao Zhenji controls the imperial court, so it is more difficult to add sand to the imperial court. It was so big that many students entered the sixth subject.
The Imperial Palace newspaper must go through the Sixth Section, so some people who collect information and insider information will definitely find ways to go through the General Affairs Department and the Sixth Section. The General Affairs Department is currently out of reach, but the Sixth Section is no problem - there are Gao Gong's disciples in every subject. Among them, it is simply unreasonable not to take advantage of it.
Moreover, it’s not that they were asked to confuse right and wrong, but that they were asked to spread a relatively legendary story in private. And although this story is not completely true, in fact, the difference is not very big, at least in terms of the results. Basically, that's what happened, so there would be no worries of being traced later - we are public officials, we just heard the news, and we didn't report it! Why, my dignified speaker is still speechless? Where do you place Emperor Taizu?
Moreover, Gao Gong's disciples are far more reliable than Zhang Juzheng's disciples. Historically, after Gao Gong's downfall, the worst performance of Gao Gong's disciples was just to pretend that they did not have much contact with Gao Gong, while the good ones were basically Under the attack of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, they "repented" and would rather be demoted and punished, or even lose their official position and live in the forest for a long time. No one stood up to beat the benefactor, which is quite interesting to calculate.
Zhang Juzheng's disciples were different. They were good at creating various historical records of the Ming Dynasty. The most famous one was the incident in the early years of Wanli when several disciples continuously and openly impeached Zhang Juzheng, their prime minister and chief minister of the dynasty.
The first person to do this was Liu Tai, who was then the censor of Liaodong. In the first month of the fourth year of Wanli, he issued a memorial to impeach Zhang Juzheng for "being good at imposing authority and defying the laws of his ancestors." "I am very angry when I am sparse," Ting Bian said: "In the more than two hundred years of the reign of the country, I have never heard of anyone using his disciples to rank as teachers, so the only plan is to go and thank him!" The young emperor Wanli then ordered "to arrest Taiwan and bring him to the capital. When he was ordered to prison, he ordered hundreds of imperial staffs to be stationed at a distance."
Zhang Juzheng's performance was also very direct: "Juzheng's rescue was to remove his name from the people." However, just seizing the official position could not relieve his hatred, so he "falsely accused Taiwan of privately redeeming his money" and "then garrisoned Taiwan and Guangxi, and Taiwan's father Zhenlong and his younger brother Guo were all convicted. Not long after arriving at Xunzhou, they drank in the garrison and died violently when they returned." Yes, losing your official position is not enough to relieve your hatred, you have to lose your life! Even your whole family will have to be punished for it, so that the truth can relieve the hatred in your heart.
However, it is a pity that Zhang Juzheng's brutal persecution of Liu Tai not only failed to deter opponents, but also led to larger-scale impeachment including his disciples Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian.
In the fifth year of Wanli's reign, "his father was bereaved when he was in the middle of his life, and he took matters into his own hands." Wu Zhongxing was the first to object, saying, "Juzheng and his son have been separated in different places and have not heard from each other for nineteen years. Once they are abandoned thousands of miles away, Your Majesty will not let him crawl on his knees and mourn in a coffin, and he will be suppressed against his will." Love, mourning the pain in the temple, and being responsible for humiliating Mo Yuanyou and regulating Yuan Xizai, how can it be sentimental!" He also pointed out that this matter "is a matter of eternal principles, and the sight and hearing of all directions... There is no way to overcome change. By"!
In response to Wu Zhongxing, "Zhao Yongxian came in the next day; and tomorrow, Ai Mu and Shen Shenxiao came in." Well, they are all disciples of the Zhang family, and they are simply rebels.
This is very embarrassing.
So Zhang Juzheng was furious and said, "Then there were four people in the middle of the stick. Not long after, Zou Yuanbiao, a Jinshi, was fighting, and he was also a court stick; with five people, his voice shook the world." By the time "in the ninth year of Wanli, there was a big plan for the officials in the capital, five people were listed to check their status, and they will not be mentioned again."
Why did Liu Tai, Wu Zhongxing, and Zhao Yongxian, as disciples, dare to impeach Zhang Juzheng, who was both the leader and the most powerful chief minister in the history of the Ming Dynasty?
Some scholars in later generations analyzed that there are roughly three reasons:
The first is to inherit the tradition of civil servants speaking out since the early Ming Dynasty. Since many civil servants have dared to remonstrate with the emperor throughout the ages, and civil servants in the Ming Dynasty have always been particularly active in this matter, impeachment of powerful officials is naturally a no-brainer.
Second, Zhang Juzheng does have things that can be impeached. Liu Tai, Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian and others all have certain reasons for impeaching Zhang Juzheng. In particular, the impeachment of Zhang Juzheng for "exerting power" and "stealing love" has more to do with the system and ethics. This is the reason why Liu Tai claimed that "the friendship between the king and his ministers is important, and personal favors must not be taken into account."
The third is the impeacher's consideration of personal integrity and interests, which is what Liu Tai said should be "dead and immortal." The fact that none of the powerful officials after Jiajing had a happy ending made Liu Tai and others convinced that the Zhang family, whose power was unprecedentedly high, would also not end well. Therefore, rebelling against Zhang as a disciple was unnatural and would inevitably lead to disaster, but it would also win the "Zhang family". "Shocking the world" effect. When Zhang loses power, he can be reinstated or even promoted. Even if oneself does not exist, one can still rely on Zhiyinzi to serve as an official. The fact that after Zhang's death in the tenth year of Wanli, Liu, Wu, Zhao and others were rehabilitated by Zhaoxue also shows that this judgment is correct.
But in fact, these scholars seem to have overlooked one thing: besides Zhang Juzheng, there were many other "teachers" or even "enxiangs" and "teachers" in the Ming Dynasty. Why were they not impeached by the students like this, but he was Zhang Juzheng had such a shocking event happen to him? In terms of power, when Emperor Longqing was in power, Gao Gong's power was no worse than that of Zhang Juzheng in the early years of Wanli. Zhang Juzheng also relied on his "internal relationship with Feng Bao" to consolidate his authority. Gao Gong was the one who could directly recommend the chief minister of rites back then!
Do you, Zhang Juzheng, really have no problem with how you behave?
Is there any problem that will cause trouble and be impeached by the disciples one by one?
Without further ado, let’s get back to the topic. Since Gao pragmatic knows that Gao Gong's disciples are relatively reliable, especially those who are now placed in the science and education system, almost all of them later repaid Gao Gong by ending their political lives without regrets, so he asked them to help Of course, a little help is not a problem.
As for Liu Wei's inability to figure out why Gao Pragmatic did this, it's actually very simple. Gao Pragmatic needs to use this matter to achieve three purposes: First, let the officials in Beijing feel that Liu Xian is indeed a famous general. Even with only a few hundred borrowed ordinary servants, he can force a large-scale force that has been rampant in the North for many years. The thieves surrendered their weapons; second, it helped Liu Xian become more famous and let some people know in advance that Liu Xian had a son who bravely won the three armies. If he succeeds in the future, he will not be easily forgotten; third, this is a little selfish, Liu Xian and his son Their success, after all, didn't all come down to the fact that Mr. Gao was willing to lend them his servants to "send troops"?
Look, although Mr. Gao is young, he is not bad at what he does! This is a person from his own family, doing his best for others and getting rid of harm for the court! You are so righteous and you are a role model for our generation!
Well, I am a bit thick-skinned, but this is very pragmatic.
