Gao Pragmatic doesn't mind being an ordinary soldier, but that doesn't mean Zhu Yijun agrees with this view.
The young emperor shook his head and said: "No, a mere military preparation is not enough to reward you for Monan's contribution. If I do this, not to mention being unfair to you, it will definitely chill the hearts of all the officials."
The contribution to Monan this time was indeed great. Not to mention that after the Battle of Monan, the situation in northern Xinjiang became extremely favorable to the Ming Dynasty. Just talking about the harvest of heads was unprecedented in a century.
If Gao Wuchen was now the governor of a town, he might be able to gain a title for his merit.
In the Ming Dynasty, it is no longer a joke for civil servants to be ennobled, even if they are just a homeless person. After all, this is not a time of great chaos in the world.
It's a pity that Gao Pragmatic's current grade is too low. Moreover, he is only a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli. According to the formal time of joining the officialdom, it is only a little more than two years ago. This qualification is too young. It is not possible to expect to be knighted. possible.
Then only promotion can reward merit.
If promoted, it would involve a problem unique to the Ming Dynasty: Hanlin historians were transferred to foreign officials, which was rare in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, since Hanlin historians were close ministers of the emperor, they were always characterized by low rank and high status. When they were transferred to foreign officials, When you are a foreign official, you must be "highly matched".
Gao Wuzhen is currently the concubine of Zuo Chunfang in Zhanshi Mansion and the minister of Hanlin Academy. The concubine Zuo is the fifth rank, and the minister is the sixth rank. Obviously, he is counted as the fifth rank.
Generally speaking, if you transfer normally, you should be promoted from the fourth grade. If you are lucky, you will be promoted to the fourth grade. However, the transfer of historians to foreign officials is definitely not a normal transfer. The fourth rank is a guarantee, and it is not unusual to move from the third rank. Even the third rank is considered reasonable.
why?
Because of the two positions that Gao Wuchen currently holds, regardless of whether one is only a fifth-rank official, and the other is only a sixth-rank official, it must be noted that it is an extremely common operation to move directly from these two positions to the sixth rank as a minister. Not to mention the distance, this is how Xu Ge Lao went up.
What is the rank of the Sixth Minister? Genuine third grade.
The particularity of the Hanlin historians of the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
Of course, generally speaking, it is not possible to just serve as a Zuo Shuzi or a scholar in the Hanlin Academy for a year, and then be directly sent to work as a minister in the Sixth Department. How can such a good thing happen? Therefore, most of them have to pass the exam for at least six to nine years before they have such an opportunity, and they must be recommended by the chief minister and approved by the emperor.
The emperor's approval and high pragmatism are naturally not lacking, but the recommendation of the chief minister is impossible - Zhang Siwei is of course his uncle, but the more uncle he is, the less he dares to do such an unusual move! Their uncle and nephew are not eunuchs, so they dare to be so shameless.
Therefore, if Gao Jingshi stayed in the capital with mixed qualifications, the emperor could only promote him in the Hanlin Academy, for example, from serving as a scholar to serving as a bachelor, but that has no practical significance. In other words, he is just a minister. Unless he is a bachelor's student who is in charge of the affairs of the court and is senior enough, then he has the opportunity to let the Minister of Rites and others join the cabinet.
Qualifications have now become a rigid indicator that blocks Gao Pragmatic's promotion. Gao Pragmatic knows it, and the emperor certainly knows it too.
Therefore, the emperor's attitude has obviously changed this time, and he has begun to tend to delegate high pragmatism to others. Although it seems alienated from the central government when others join the cabinet, Gao pragmatism is not worried about this.
Zhu Yijun felt that no matter how outgoing Gao Pingshi was, he would never forget him. Moreover, foreign appointment can solve this seniority problem to a large extent-for foreign officials, especially officials in border towns, promotion and transfer mainly depend on merit.
Merit?
Gao Jingshi first took advantage of his troops to secure Annan, and then Monan defeated Tumen. Now Zhu Yijun is not worried at all about Gao Jingshi's ability to achieve success!
Therefore, by being high-minded and pragmatic, we have the opportunity to promote him faster and enter the central government in a legitimate manner, instead of leaving him idle in Zhanshifu and Hanlin Academy and drinking their tea for ten years.
In the final analysis, Zhu Yijun planned to send Gao Pragmatic to Liaodong. Of course, part of the reason was because of Li Chengliang, but Li Chengliang was not something that Zhu Yijun valued so much. He mainly wanted to promote Gao Pragmatic quickly.
In this case, how can a mere military preparation be enough?
You know, the way of military preparation is just to inspect deputy envoys and ministers, and it is the fourth and fifth grades. Even if it is calculated as the fourth grade, if it is high and pragmatic, it is almost a "low match". Isn't this a joke? Is the battle of Monan unpaid?
At this time, Gao pragmatic figured out Zhu Yijun's thoughts and said with a smile: "It turns out that the emperor is worried about this, but it is easy to handle."
"Oh?" Zhu Yijun asked: "What should we do? Liaohai Dongning Branch Patrol Road (centered on Guangning) and Liaohai Dongning Branch Guard Road (centered on Liaoyang) are only fourth-rank officials."
Zhu Yijun's rhetorical question requires a brief explanation: the above two areas, one is divided into patrol roads and the other is divided into guard roads. Although they are both prefixed with "Liaohai Dongning", they are actually divided from east to west with the Liaohe River as the boundary. The Fenxun Road is centered on Guangning, while the Fenshou Road in the east is centered on Liaoyang.
And why did Zhu Yijun only mention these two places and not the Ningqian Bingbei Road, Liaodong Yuanma Temple and Kaiyuan Bingbei Road? That's because the Liaodong general military officers of the Ming Dynasty had been stationed in Guangning before. In the late Longqing period, they began to be divided according to seasons, stationed in Guangning for half a year and stationed in Liaoyang for half a year.
Since Zhu Yijun wanted Gao Jingshi to beat Li Chengliang, of course he subconsciously thought about the direct intersection between the "work unit" assigned to Gao Jingshi and Li Chengliang.
However, Gao Pingshi didn't see it that way. He smiled and said, "Have you forgotten, Your Majesty? Qing Yuanmasi of Liaodong is from the third rank."
"How could I forget this?" Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "But the jurisdiction of Liaodong Yuanmasiqing is the Liaonan Peninsula. Nothing will happen there, and it has nothing to do with Li Chengliang. What can you do there?"
Today's Liaonan is not the Liaonan of later generations. Dalian, which is not known as the "Pearl of the Northeast," is not a developed area in Liaodong in terms of economy or population. When compared to the Ming Dynasty, it is almost considered desolate.
It’s okay to be a little behind. After all, Gao Pingzhi can do such big things in Guangxi, but Liaonan is just like what Zhu Yijun said just now: Nothing will happen.
The northeast of this place is Liaoyang and the northwest is Guangning. They are like huge "two wings" that completely cover it. Neither the Mongols nor the Jurchens have anything to do with it. They don't even border on the Koreans.
If we really go here, we won't be able to achieve anything - we can't really raise horses, right?
However, Gao Pragmatic didn't seem to think so. Instead, he suddenly changed the topic and asked: "This time Princess Yongning gets married, how much land will the emperor grant? How much does the princess mansion cost?"
Zhu Yijun was stunned and said: "The land given is the same as that of Yao'e, 2595 hectares, and the princess mansion spent more than 20,000."
Gao Pragmatic asked again: "Prince Lu's wedding next year, how much is it expected to cost?"
Zhu Yijun's face darkened slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Why, do you want to persuade me to spend less money on Prince Lu?"
Gao Pragmatic was not afraid of his anger, but said with a smile: "I previously compiled the "Da Ming Hui Dian", which clearly stated that the prince's betrothal gift was only fifty taels of gold and twelve taels of pearls... The emperor should not be embarrassed. .”
"Don't do this." Zhu Yijun said angrily: "I am just a biological brother, fifty taels? Do you think I, the emperor's brother, can handle it?"
Gao Pragmatic said with a smile but not a smile: "Although I have heard that the budget for building Prince Lu's Mansion alone is already over 670,000 taels, but if the Emperor thinks of brotherhood and is willing to give more, of course it will set an example for the world... This Just take the money from internal funds, I’m sorry the foreign court has nothing else to say.”
Zhu Yijun's face turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think my internal funds are your family's treasure trove, and you can take out six to seven hundred thousand taels at the drop of a hat?"
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