It was difficult to interrupt these pragmatic words, so I could only say: "I have received the favor of two generations of emperors, and this trip is just..."
"Hey, let's not say these words. There are no outsiders." Zhu Yijun interrupted directly: "What is it? No one else can do it better than you."
"But Tumen still ran away." Gao Pragmatic sighed, and said it as if it was true: "If I had been more decisive at that time, maybe Meng Yuan would be gone by now."
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case. If Meng Yuan was destroyed so easily, how did he survive in the past two hundred years? Their Khans were defeated not once or twice. The death of one Khan does not mean that they will die. I think your previous idea is the safest. We are still young, so we just need to take it step by step. There is no need to rush to win the battle.
As for being decisive at that time, I don’t think it is a problem. At that time, you chose to reorganize the remnants of Xin Ai first. It was a move to seek stability. Ming Dynasty is not Meng Yuan, so seeking stability is the right thing. "
Gao Pragmatic was very pleased. Although Zhu Yijun was a young emperor, his character was completely different from that of Zhengde back then. He was also different from his imperial grandfather Jiajing. He was already the type that civil servants liked.
Zhengde may not be bad, and Jiajing may not be bad, but such an emperor will lead to a complete separation of imperial power and ministers. From the perspective of the entire country, it will be serious internal friction, which is very bad.
Just like Wanli in history, his "rebellion" was actually far inferior to Zhengde and Jiajing. However, the troubles caused by the "national dispute" were still great. This was a typical internal friction.
There were many reasons for the death of the Ming Dynasty, and internal friction was definitely one of them.
Unity is strength. This sentence is definitely not a simple slogan, but the truth.
Of course, this does not necessarily mean that the emperor must obey the mercy of the civil servant group and become its puppet.
In fact, politics should not be a zero-sum game in the first place. It should and can only be the product of compromise. Politicians who do not know how to compromise cannot achieve anything.
Unless you can really defeat the whole world by yourself, unfortunately that can only be fantasy.
In history, no one has been able to do this. Even with the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, they could not defeat the whole world. Although Temujin was strong, he died in the conquest of Xixia.
When the British Empire was at its most powerful, it was just an "offshore balancer"; Napoleon traversed Europe, but he also defeated Moscow...
Moreover, strength itself first comes from internal unity.
Like righteousness, the emperor and his ministers are separated, and the emperor and his ministers are in different beds. How can we expect to have a prosperous age?
Even though the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can do whatever he wants as long as he dares to be "shameless", but your ministers can't oppose you openly, so why can't they just obey you and disobey them secretly? In the final analysis, Zhengde's approach is just that the means are not enough.
Jiajing was originally better, but unfortunately he was more than smart but not ambitious enough. He never really thought about becoming a wise king. Instead, he fell into the wrong path. He only wanted to live forever, and finally became a joke.
Wanli... evaluations in history have been polarized. Most people in later generations only looked at the surface, or were influenced by certain works, and only saw the bad side; some people found many records to prove that he was an emperor who actually did a great job. good.
But no matter what, he failed to solve some deep-seated problems, such as the conflict between the emperor and the civil servants, the conflict between the ancestral system and reality, etc.
What Gao Wuzhi is now gratified about is that under his influence, Zhu Yijun is now significantly more mature than in history. At least he will not look at problems so simply, and he will not be so impatient in doing things. This is for a man who wants to prove himself. It is not easy for the young emperor.
"With the Emperor's words, I have nothing else to worry about." Gao Pragmatic sighed.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "I originally wanted you to go to Shanxi to preside over the provincial examination, but now it seems that I have complied with your original words: the plan cannot keep up with the changes. With such a big change in the situation in Mongolia, the focus of the court must turn to When it comes to Chahar, but Liang Menglong is okay, Zhou Yong, I always feel that his abilities are somewhat lacking..."
Liang Menglong was Zhang Juzheng's protégé, but he was very capable. Gao Gong did not touch him back then and promoted him along the way. Guo Pu also inherited Gao Gong's management and still kept him in high regard. This person is now the governor of Jiliao.
In fact, Zhang Juzheng did not tell his sons about the old grudges after he stepped down. It may also be because Gao Dang did not completely "clean up" his disciples - of course, not completely cleaning up does not mean that there is no cleaning up.
As for Zhou Yong, he is the current governor of Liaodong and used to be Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple. On the whole, this person has basically made no achievements or faults in Liaodong.
In fact, there are merits, but they are all Li Chengliang's military exploits. As governor of Liaodong, he will definitely share the benefits - just like the leaders of later generations. But in fact, everyone knows that if any governor of Liaodong comes there, as long as Li Chengliang is not held back, these achievements will be fully deserved.
But officialdom has its own rules. Since the person made no mistakes, even the emperor had no reason to masturbate the person for no reason.
When Zhu Yijun said this, Gao pragmatic knew what he meant - did he want him to be the governor of Liaodong?
Gao Pragmatic felt that the position itself was good. If he went to Liaodong, he would be able to do a lot. But there is a big problem here. How can he be the governor of Liaodong if he has a higher qualification than someone else?
A year ago he was only a seventh-level official! Two years ago he was still white!
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "Does the emperor hope that I will go to Liaodong to help Zhou's army? If so, maybe we can see if Ningqian's Deputy Envoy of Bingbei, Liaohai Bingbei's political participation, or Liaodong Yuanmasi Minister have any lack."
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "Military Preparation Road? You commanded soldiers in several towns not long ago. If you go to Liaodong now and just serve as a military preparation road... it's not appropriate, it's unjustifiable."
The deputy envoy of Ningqian Bingbei, Liaohai Bingbei Shenzhen, or Liaodong Yuanmasi Minister are all at the same level as Bingbei Dao. The first two can be understood by looking at their names and do not need to be explained. The latter can be explained.
Yuanma Temple in Liaodong sounds like it is a department responsible for managing military horses. This... it was indeed the case before, but later there were some changes unique to the Ming Dynasty, so that this position was combined with another position in the Military Beidao, and there was He was given a new position, the full name of which was "Deputy envoy for the rectification of Haigai and in charge of military preparations of Tuntianyuan, Masi Temple".
Judging from the name, this military equipment manages Haizhou and Gaizhou.
In fact, it's more than that. In the 31st year of Jiajing, Daibei, or Yuanmasi Qing of Liaodong, was already in charge of the three states of Jin, Hai, and Guai. By the eighth year of Wanli, Fuzhou was also added. , became the military road to manage the entire four states of Jin, Fu, Hai, and Gai. How big is this area?
Well, to put it simply, the entire "peninsula" area of the Liaodong Peninsula is under his control.
If we must calculate it based on area, the jurisdiction of the military preparation road can probably account for about two-fifths of the entire Liaodong.
The most important thing is that most of the coastal part of Liaodong is in his hands.
Gao Yongshi considered it carefully and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Yong has no fault but has merit. Yi Zhi is afraid of being criticized, and the minister is a laggard in learning. How can he suddenly reach a high position? Even if we talk about the military exploits in Monan, it can only prepare a soldier. This is the ultimate. In addition, I have done some research on sea routes. If I go to Liaodong and work at the seaside, I may be able to spread my knowledge."
Zhu Yijun still frowned and asked: "But if you just prepare for the army, what will happen to Li Chengliang?"
Well, Li Chengliang has just made great achievements under me, and you are still determined to make him remember it? However, this is not impossible. After all, if he does what he did in history, Liaodong will deteriorate sooner or later.
As for me going to Liaodong to prepare troops, there is nothing I can do about Li Chengliang... Hehe!
