Guo Pu's departure was indeed a successful retirement. As the only surviving minister of Gu Ming, his official career was highly praised by scholars. When he left the capital, the officials in the capital, regardless of faction, left on their own initiative. Instead, Gao Pangshi, his direct disciple, was ignored.
When you were in power, you didn't get such respect, but when you decentralized power, you got it. This may be a certain characteristic of the Ming dynasty.
The reason why Washington was so praised in later generations was actually not necessarily how well he did during his two terms as president, but more importantly, his courage to delegate power.
In fact, according to some unwritten rules, it is not unusual for Gu Mingfu to work until death.
Guo Pu is obviously still in good health and even looks tougher than Zhang Siwei, who is only fifty-five years old. However, because he is seventy and is the age to retire and become an official, he insists on retiring. You can't keep him no matter what, which can really be described as high-spirited and upright - Yan Song joined the cabinet at the age of sixty-three and worked until he was more than eighty years old. What does it mean for you to be seventy years old?
But everyone has their own persistence. Yan Songzhan loved power and was bent on pursuing personal gain, so he left food in the tomb before his death. There was no coffin to bury him in, and no one came to express his condolences. However, Guo Pu retreated bravely, and the incident was over. The clothes were gone, hiding his merits and fame, but he was sent off by hundreds of officials and looked up to by scholars.
Presumably, within a period of time, the pair of masters and apprentices, Guo Pu and Gao Pragmatic, will be the most beautiful in the world of scholarship: as a teacher, they are noble and upright, and as a student, they are the most talented in the world.
Life is like this, what else can I ask for?
With Guo Pu gone, a new era has arrived, and more pragmatic challenges await.
However, the challenge has not yet appeared, but the important task has arrived first.
After spending the New Year at his uncle's house, Gao Pragmatic had just returned to duty when he received an imperial edict, allowing him to preside over the Shanxi Provincial Examination together with Sun Jigao, the editor of the Imperial Academy, as an attendant of the Hanlin Academy.
This is another situation where one person is more popular than the other, because Sun Jigao was Gao Pragmatic's predecessor - the number one scholar in the second year of Wanli. After entering the Hanlin Academy, he directly became a compilation writer. But after eight years, he was still a compilation writer. Gao Pragmatism, the Wanli The number one scholar in eight years was already serving as a student.
Of course, Sun Jigao's qualifications are already sufficient. It stands to reason that next year he will pass the exam in nine years. Even if he has no merit, he should be promoted to a higher level. It is estimated that this year's presiding over the provincial examination has this intention.
But Gao Pingshi had just received the decree, and before he went to the palace to see his majesty, big news came: King Shunyi I am dead!
News immediately spread in the palace that the emperor's reaction to An Da's death was: he was respectful and ordered to be enshrined in seven altars, decorated with twelve colors on the outside and inside, and covered with a hundred cloths to show his kindness.
But this was just an official article. When the news came out, Chen Ju ran to Gao Pangshi's house in person with sweat all over his head and invited him into the palace, saying that the emperor had summoned him urgently.
Gao Jingshi didn't dare to neglect and hurriedly entered the palace to ask for an audience.
When he arrived at Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yijun just saw him and said: "No etiquette, no etiquette, pragmatism, come here quickly."
Gao Jingshi was called to him before he even made a move to say hello.
There was a map on the imperial desk in front of Zhu Yijun. He pointed at the map and said: "Look pragmatically, according to the situation map you submitted before, the core area of Tumut is now divided into two major forces. Among them, The original Mochuan Khan Court was controlled by Zhongjin Hatun, and Guihua, the original Daban Shengcheng, took over Han Naji's territory.
The area east of Edom, as far as the area bordering Mongolia on the left, is the territory of Xin Ai's troops. Now that I am dead, what should Xin Ai do immediately? "
Gao pragmatically said: "Normally speaking, it is natural to rush back to Tumochuan immediately to prepare for the succession."
Zhu Yijun looked at him with bright eyes: "How did you handle the matter you explained last time? What did you say to Han Naji and Zhongjin Hatun?"
Gao pragmatically said: "As for Han Naji, he doesn't mind marrying Zhongjin Hatun, but he seems to be hesitant about transferring Xin'ai's territory to Butashri. Zhongjin Hatun has no objections. I just asked again and again whether I can guarantee that I will get Xin Ai's headquarters."
Zhu Yijun frowned and said: "Why didn't Han Naji refuse to transfer the territory of Xin Ai? It's not his... I heard that the Mongolian territory is different from that of China. Even if he became a prostrate, this Xin Ai He probably won’t be able to get the territory.”
"Although he can't get it, he may not be willing to give it to Butashri." Gao Pingshi frowned and said, "Although Zhongjin Hatun marrying him can stabilize his status, the position of the Great Khan may not be guaranteed. If he gets it, if he announces now that he will transfer Xin Ai's territory to Butashri, I'm afraid Xin Ai will immediately turn against him and start an army."
Zhu Yijun said in surprise: "Xin Ai actually dares to mobilize troops first? Is his headquarters stronger than his father's?"
"That's definitely not the case." Gao pragmatically said: "In terms of strength, Xin Ai's department is definitely not as good as An'a's department, but An'a's department is composed of at least three factions, and the one with the strongest financial resources is the one who controls the big board to rise to the city. Among Han Naji's subordinates, the one with the most manpower is the Anda Khan Court controlled by Zhongjin Hatun, but both of them have a big problem, that is, they have never fought many battles, and their ability to use troops and lead troops is Everything is unknown...and the one in Anda's unit who can best fight is Chataiji."
Qataiji is the first general under Anda. Gao Pragmatic had seen it ten years ago. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, it was not much different - at that time, his cavalry and Ma Gui's Ma family army were with Qataiji. Kat briefly exchanged hands.
Chatterji must be really good at fighting, so don’t think too much about it.
"Is this Qataiji an independent force?" Zhu Yijun frowned and asked: "But the Jinyiwei report said that he is Anda's confidant, and he takes Anda's orders as his responsibility in everything."
"Yes, but that's the trouble." Gao pragmatically said: "Now that I'm dead, we don't know if he left any will before his death. Since this Qataiji only listened to what I said, what if? If I die and let Xin Ai Huang Taiji succeed to the throne, please tell me, Your Majesty, who will Qia Taiji help?"
Zhu Yijun's expression changed as expected, and he frowned and said: "That's a bit bad. Although Xin Ai is old and sick, he is also a battle-hardened person and has always been prestigious in the Mongolian army. If there is another Tumut in the first battle We will help each other, but even if Hannaji and Zhongjin Hatun join forces, they may not be his opponents."
Gao pragmatically said: "Not only that, there is another problem."
Zhu Yijun was surprised: "Is there still trouble? Tell me."
"Zalik is still in Chahar." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "If the situation just mentioned happens, Tumen's guys might interfere under the banner of Emperor Yuan, and the consequences will be unpredictable. "
Zhu Yijun was a little doubtful and said: "What kind of strength and prestige does Tumen have?"
Uh, this... is really hard to answer.
After Dayan Khan regained the right wing of Mongolia and reestablished the 60,000-household system, the authority of the Great Khan was restored and enhanced. Under the leadership of Dayan Khan's "golden family", every household and tribe obeyed Dayan Khan's orders, and Mongolian society once again formed a unified situation.
After Dayan Khan's death, Dayan Khan's third son Balsbrot, who had been assigned to right-wing Mongolia as a farmer, ascended to the throne. Although he "was snatched away by destiny before he could take charge of political affairs" after he came to the throne, and his reign was very short, from the perspective of the concept of eldest son succession at that time, this was after all a usurpation of the Khan's throne. This incident showed that there was already a trend of gradual separation between the left and right wings of Mongolia at that time.
This trend of separation also occurs among households and even tribes. The most far-reaching impact was the time in the third year of Jiajing's reign when Uliangha Ten Thousand Households attacked the Khalkha Ten Thousand Households' subordinates and provoked war.
At that time, when the news came out, Anda Khan immediately led his troops on an expedition to Ulyanha, thus kicking off a twenty-year war between Gelwanhu and Ulyanhawanhu.
A total of six military operations were carried out by Mongolian households against Ulyanha. Among them, the fourth expedition against Ulyanha was carried out by 30,000 households on the right wing led by Mergen Jinong and Ada Khan, and 10,000 households on the left wing led by Bodi Khan in Chahar and Khalkha. In one fell swoop, the Ulyanha Ten Thousand Households were defeated and dismembered. Most of the tribesmen were divided into five Ten Thousand Households. Part of Xin Ai's territory now comes from the previous "Ulangha Heritage".
But the problem is that this extermination of the ten thousand households in Ulliangha was the result of "agreement" among the ten thousand households participating in the operation, rather than the decision of the Great Khan, the eldest grandson of Dayan Khan, Bodi Khan. In other words, as early as that period, the power of the Great Khan had been weakened again, and Mongolia once again fell into a situation where there was no unified political authority at all.
In fact, during this historical period, the 30,000 households on the right wing, under the leadership of Mergen Jinong and Ada Khan, moved in a relatively consistent manner, while they were in an ambivalent relationship with the 10,000 households on the left wing.
In the 21st year of Jiajing, after the death of Mergen Jinong, Ada Khan became the de facto leader of the right-wing Mongolia. Let’s not talk about the achievements in the early years. Let’s just talk about the tribute in the Longqing period. The right-wing households such as Tumut under his command achieved a peaceful tribute city with the Ming Dynasty, developed agriculture and handicrafts, and became increasingly powerful. Together with the Mongol Khan, Naturally, the relationship between the left-wing households under the leadership has become more alienated, and there is even competition and opposition from time to time.
However, the reason why Zhu Yijun doubted Tumen's "leadership" was because of an incident in the second half of last year:
In July of last year, "Tuman Fang moved the wall and knelt with force, and the Han Dynasty knelt hard, and quickly Bahai offered sacrifices. It was scheduled to go straight to Ningqian on the 10th day of August. Those who did not come on time would be punished. Later Tuman Chief Lao Sihan hadn't arrived yet, so he changed the treaty with the captives. On the 20th, the barbarian envoys tried to hurry them up, but they didn't come. The Western captives who arrived were only a branch of the ancient python. The native barbarians couldn't capture them and didn't dare to enter. . In September, the captives began to... part ways."
When this incident happened, Gao Jingshi was still on his way back to the capital. He didn't know about it until he arrived in the capital.
What is this about? It is said that Tumen Khan originally agreed with other tribal leaders to join forces to attack the area under the jurisdiction of Qianbingbei Road in Liaodong Ning on August 10th, and those who "did not show up as scheduled" would be punished, but the chief Lao Sihan did not show up after the deadline, so he changed the agreement. After the date, Tumen Khan still failed to come to meet the troops as promised after urging him to do so. Only one leader, Manggu Guai, came as promised. Tumen Khan had no choice but to postpone the action for a month.
It can be seen from this that at this time, Tumen Khan's authority as the "Great Khan of All Mongolia" had declined to what extent, and Zhu Yijun's doubts about his authority were not unfounded.
But Gao Pragmatic is a person who is very good at "guiding". He immediately said: "It's not surprising that Tumen's orders are not easy to implement when attacking the Ming Dynasty, especially Ningqian... That is not only Li Chengliang's direct defense area, but also Li Ji Town It’s not too far away. All the Mongolian tribes are frightened by the two of them. How can a good person be willing to mess with these two people?”
"But!" Gao Pragmatic emphasized: "If we intervene in the Tumut civil strife, the situation will be completely different."
Zhu Yijun thought about it and asked: "Because this is an opportunity to unify Mongolia?"
"No!" Gao Pingshi said flatly: "Other ministries will never help Tumen because they have the opportunity to unify Mongolia. On the contrary, they will not be happy to see Tumen unify Mongolia."
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment: "Why is that?"
"Because unifying Mongolia is only good for the Great Khan, not them!" Gao Pragmatic spread his hands and said: "You think, if Mongolia is unified and the Great Khan has kept his word, then these various Khans, What other authority is there?”
Zhu Yijun stayed for a while and then said: "In that case, why do you still think that Tumen Khan will have appeal when he joins the Tumote Department? Aren't the other Khans unwilling to help him?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said: "These are two different things. For the Tumen, what he saw was the opportunity to unify Mongolia, but for the 'this Khan and that Khan', what they saw was the carving up of the land." Mert’s chance!”
"Oh...I understand." Zhu Yijun is not stupid after all, he was just stunned by Gao Pragmatic. Now he came back to his senses and said: "That is to say, Tumen Khan felt that there was an opportunity to bring Tumut back under his command. , and even directly controlled it, while the other "this Khan and that Khan" were in the name of helping Tumen Khan. In fact, they just wanted to defeat Tumote and then seize part of Tumute tribes and territory. , divide it up and let the Tumen rejoice in sweat?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, your Majesty."
I'm a sage, isn't this what you pointed out?
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "But this is very troublesome for me, the Ming Dynasty, because... Tumut is now a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and his Great Khan is the Shunyi King of the Ming Dynasty."
Gao pragmatic sighed: "Yes, that's where the trouble lies. Since the Great Khan of Tumut is the Shunyi King of our Ming Dynasty, no matter who inherits the throne of the Khan, as long as our Ming Dynasty has not given up Tumut, then they Being attacked by Tumen, I, the Ming Dynasty, will not be able to sit idly by and ignore it. What’s more, when the time comes, we will push Han Naji to be the Khan of Tumen. If Xin Ai or his son can lead Tumen to attack Tumen, , How can I, the Ming Dynasty, ignore it and ignore it?"
Only then did Zhu Yijun realize that the matter was serious. Although he had been following Gao's pragmatic thinking and wanted to completely control Tumut, he had never considered that at this time, he would muddle along with the Tumen - or even the entire Mongolia. Have a fight.
What to do now? Do you still care about Tumut’s affairs?
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I don’t know if there will be another chapter today...
