During the Longqing period, military generals had indeed become worthless, but there were a few exceptions. For example, Cheng Guogong and Ying Gong, and even Ding Guogong, etc., still have the momentum of being unstoppable. Compared with those civil servants who hold great power, although they are not rivals in court battles, they do have an inherent advantage: their families live together with the country, while civil servants can only guarantee their own glory when they are in office.
The imperial examination and official selection system made the civil servant group extremely powerful. Especially on matters related to the interests of the entire civil servant group, they could consciously unite to force the emperor from above and the military ministers from below, and use the interests of the civil servant group as the interests of the world; But at the same time, the imperial examination and official selection system also made the power of civil servants obviously time-sensitive. When they were in office, they were supported by stars and responded to every call. But once they were removed, they were no different from the villagers, and their power was no different. It cannot be inherited through pure blood relationship.
If the father is the prime minister and an important minister, and the son is the prime minister, this situation is easier to say, because many of the father's connections can be used, which can pave the way for the son's career; the father is the prime minister and assistant. An important minister, but his children cannot pass the Jinshi exam, then the family is basically in decline. If no one can pass the exam again for several generations, the chance of decline is basically 100%. This kind of family will be very worried that their ancestors offended some vengeful nobles when they were high officials, because their family is no longer an ordinary family, but they are relatives of noble ministers and nobles who have retired from the country. It would be like playing to pinch themselves to death - —After all, you no longer have the talisman of fame.
Therefore, although the civil servants tried their best to suppress military commanders and even nobles, they still gave some face to these top nobles. Of course, Gao Pragmatism is not exempt from vulgarity, and he does not want to offend the top nobles in Beijing because of the prince's accompanying reading. What's more, many of his future reforms will depend on the support of the noble group, or at least they will not unite. Strive to oppose and hold back in every way.
Gao Pragmatic is different from many time-travelers he has seen in novels. He does not advocate the approach of relying on power or strength to force reforms. Although that seems very cool, he feels that it is a bit too taken for granted.
There is a saying that goes well, where there is oppression, there is resistance. Many time-travelers feel that they are carrying out reforms from a historical perspective, so you can just listen to me. If you don't listen, you will be killed. However, Gao Pragmatic feels that although reforms inevitably require the use of force, most of the time they must be achieved through the guidance of interests and political compromise.
It’s still the same principle. It’s not that a gentleman cannot take action, but he will not take action if he can solve it with words, and he will not use knife to solve the problem that can be settled with money. Although these nobles seem to have no use anymore, in fact they still exist. Not to mention anything else, their political symbolic significance is also very important.
According to Mao Zedong’s teachings: Politics is to gain more and more of our people and less and less of the enemy’s people. Therefore, if Xungui can unite, then Gao pragmatism will definitely do the same. Only the die-hards who really cannot unite will be blacklisted by him and dealt with separately.
Therefore, this time he invited the distinguished children of Beijing for a spring outing.
Of course, the invitees were all those who were summoned by the emperor to the palace to play with the prince for more than ten days during the prince's reading incident. This is also the reason why Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong received the invitation, but Li Zongcheng did not receive the invitation - Li Zongcheng accompanied his father Li Yangong to come to Beijing on a temporary decision, and it had only been a few days since he actually arrived in Beijing.
Gao Pragmatic laughed when he heard the disciple's report that Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong sent someone to ask if they could take Li Zongcheng with them.
He was not someone like Zhu Yingzhen or Zhang Yuangong who only paid attention to the big butt of the capital, so he almost guessed the reason why Li Zongcheng came so eagerly.
It is impossible for Li Zongcheng and his family to have any thoughts about the capital camp - none of the military households in the capital camp are in his family's name, and his family's military households are all in the south. How is it possible that he came to the capital to be the prime minister of the military affairs? Apart from anything else, you don't even have a military household, so how can you calm down the situation?
Therefore, their family is based in the south, and their eyes can only be set on Nanjing.
What sudden changes occurred in Nanjing that made them come to Beijing in a hurry? The case of the Crown Prince of Wei State.
If the court had to turn a blind eye to Xu Pengju's incident, it wouldn't actually be a big deal. But now that the cabinet has set the tone, Zhao Zhenji, the general constitution, doesn't want this trivial matter to affect his major affairs and is willing to cooperate. If Gao Gong goes to check, then Xu Pengju will have to be unlucky, and he will not be able to keep his pocket.
The question now is just how far the court will deal with Xu Pengju. Although this matter will not let the Xu family throw away the inheritance of Wei Guogong, Xu Pengju himself will definitely be punished, ranging from being deprived of his title to being fined. Years, it is actually possible.
It stands to reason that the cabinet will generally not express clear opinions on the punishment of top nobles such as the Duke, and usually let the emperor's "sacred heart make the decision". However, in fact, the emperor will still ask the cabinet's opinions privately, and the cabinet elders will privately He expressed his opinion to the emperor face to face, but did not hold a vote.
So in this way, Gao Gong's attitude is very important - as we all know, most of the time Gao Gong's attitude is almost the same as the emperor's attitude. Especially the Duke of Wei involved here, he belongs to the founding lineage. In the eyes of the emperors from the Chengzu lineage, he probably just stayed in the name as a decoration. If he made a mistake, he would not have much face to show.
After Yongle, the status and even the real power of the Jingnan nobles were always superior to those of the founding nobles.
Li Yangong must have come here for this matter. As for his attitude, it was impossible to plead for Xu Pengju. He could only show that his dead fellow Taoist was not dead, and he wanted to see if the dead fellow Taoist would drop equipment for him.
So, what did Li Yangong want Xu Pengji to give to him—to the Linhuai Marquis Mansion?
Nanjing garrison minister.
Historically, it was because of this incident that Xu Pengju lost the Nanjing garrison officials who had been under the leadership of Wei Guogong for more than a hundred years, and temporarily took over the head of Linhuai Marquis for several years. This time, Li Yangong must have seen this hope, so he came to Beijing to fight for it.
There are many ways to fight for it. The most stupid one is to go to the emperor. Although the emperor is the decider, it would be too ugly to go to him directly. So the smartest way is to go to the person with the greatest authority to make suggestions.
That must be a high arch.
But Li Yangong's identity is there, and he came to Gao Gong at this time. If the Marquis of Linhuai really gets the post of Nanjing garrison minister in the future, it will be difficult to explain, and it will not be a good thing for the Marquis of Linhuai or Gao Gong.
So, in a roundabout way, if Li Zongcheng goes to Gao Jingshi, it will not be easy to attract attention, especially when Gao Jingshi invites so many distinguished disciples, and Li Zongcheng, the eldest grandson of the Marquis of Linhuai, can be considered an old man. Who will pay attention to him?
