In the Ming Dynasty, both governors and governors were dispatched, not permanent official positions stipulated in the ancestral system. Therefore, even though some governors were in charge of two or three governors, there was no distinction between the two positions themselves.
However, the specific officials who serve as governors and governors can still be distinguished. The way to distinguish is very simple, just look at their duties. Similarly, two governors of different provinces or regions also distinguish their "levels" based on their positions.
For example, Gao Wuzhen's current official title is "Censor of the Du Cha Yuan You Qian Du, who patrols the Liaodong region and manages military affairs." Here, his official title is "Censor of the Du Cha Yuan You Qian Du," and his official title is "Governor the Liaodong region." Approval of military affairs."
And what about Zhou Yong? When he first came to Liaodong and took office, his official name was exactly the same as the current Gao Jingshi. However, in the sixth year of Wanli, because of "his achievements in recording Liao Town... Zhou Yong, the governor of the capital, was promoted to the right deputy of the capital, and was rewarded with fifty silver coins." Two, four pieces of silk are on the outside and inside", so he has been promoted since then, and his position is "right deputy censor of the capital".
Theoretically speaking, he is equivalent to the fourth person in the Metropolitan Procuratorate - of course, this tie is a bit much.
But this time when Zhou Yong took office, his official name was changed again, and now he became "Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and Right Deputy Capital Censor, Governor Ji Liao, Baoding and other departments, military affairs and food and salary management".
In other words, in addition to changing his position from governor to governor, his official position became "left minister of the Ministry of War", while the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate became a part-time official.
Folks may not be aware of the difference, but in fact the difference is real:
The governor, generally speaking, is the so-called "governor's imperial envoy" [Note: The governor's position is often described in this way in Ming Dynasty records]. Under normal circumstances, his characteristic is that he is assigned to the governor's place based on his duties as the governor. The connotation of this is that the governor's main duty is to supervise local administration, justice and other civilian tasks, and the military tasks are only his auxiliary duties - auxiliary, auxiliary and auxiliary. However, because the governor's dispatch clearly states "approval of military affairs", the military power still exists , so it is also commonly known as Fujun.
The governor-general usually takes the title of Minister of the Ministry of War as his official position. In some cases, he even holds the title of Minister of the Ministry of War. This indicates that the main task of the governor-general is military affairs (military affairs of one or several local places). The powers and responsibilities in judicial and other aspects are lighter - but like the governor, since he also has a part-time job with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he can still intervene in these civilian tasks.
The "uneven and intertwined" local power under the Ming court system can also be seen here. In short, the governor and the governor have their own priorities, but they cannot act arbitrarily. This kind of thinking, even if the general soldiers are included and compared with the governor, it is the same style.
Why did no civil servants rebel in the Ming Dynasty? Mutual checks and balances in the system are also a key factor, and may even be the biggest factor - the "system" here not only includes checks and balances between governors and governors, but also includes mutual checks and balances composed of various aspects such as patrols, censors, etc. Make a university and so on.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic would not think that Zhou Yong was here to "check and balance" with him.
Sure enough, when Zhou Yong saw Gao Pangshi appearing at the city gate in person, he quickly got out of the carriage and hurried forward to meet him. Zhou Zhijun didn't put on any airs. When Gao Pragmatic called himself "the student serving as a student," he also called himself a student serving as a student. It was just that Gao pragmatic said "I don't dare".
The polite greetings at the city gate were only superficial and will not be mentioned here for now. Gao Pragmatic introduced a group of subordinates from Yuanma Temple in Liaodong and several generals who had to come today to Zhou Yong. Everyone came forward to greet him.
Zhou Yong actually knew several of these people, such as Jiang Enyuan, the commander of the Gaizhou Guard. However, this was the first time Zhou Yong met Ma Dong, and he praised Ma Dong very much, saying that he was very successful in the Battle of Liaonan. Excellent performance.
Ma Dong thanked him without feeling sad, and Jiang Enyuan was quite flattering to Zhou Yong. However, the main reason why Zhou Yong came to Gaizhou today was obviously not for them - logically speaking, Zhou Yong did not need to come to Gaizhou when he was going to Miyun to resume his new job. It would take at least a day to come to Gaizhou - so after meeting the civil and military officials in Gaizhou, Gao pragmatically invited him to his study for a chat under the hint of his eyes.
Without outsiders, Zhou Yong, an important figure in the township party and high-ranking party, did not need to pretend to be a newly appointed military official. He asked: "To be honest, this time the seven ministers (the six ministers and the censor of Zuodu) each There have been a lot of job changes. Our practical school seems to have occupied a few good positions, but the Xinxue side has occupied more Nanjing and foreign positions. I always feel that something is wrong. Do you know the inside story? "
Gao pragmatic shook his head slightly and said: "Brother Siyang, although Yuan Fu has exchanged letters with me, he did not explicitly state the key. However, there is something that I don't know if brother Siyang has paid attention to - Nanzhili is trying to recruit businessmen. Tax."
The first time Gao Pragmatic met Zhou Yong, the two actually called each other cousins, which shows that there must be other ties between them. Otherwise, perhaps Zhou Yong's age and rank could call him "Qiu Zhen" directly. ", but Gao Pragmatic will definitely have to change his name to Zhou Yong as "Mr. Lexuan".
This year is the year when Zhou Yong knows his destiny. His courtesy name is Siyang and his nickname is Lexuan. He is from Yanjin, Henan. In the past year, he ranked 35th in the Henan Provincial Examination, and later participated in the general examination and won 184th. In the 41st year of Jiajing's reign, he ranked third and fifty-seventh as a Jinshi. He was granted the same background as a Jinshi and was granted the title of Magistrate of Wei County.
Although he did not do well in the exam, failed to pass the Shujishi exam, and did not get the opportunity to work in Beijing, Zhou Yong's luck was actually good, not for other reasons, but mainly because his room master was Zhang Siwei. .
In the last few years of the Jiajing Dynasty, Zhang Siwei had an average life. To put it bluntly, he was still struggling with his qualifications. Therefore, as Zhang Siwei's disciple, Zhou Yong had no choice but to be his county magistrate. There was not much room for progress.
But after Gao Gong's resurrection, Zhang Siwei, as a latecomer that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were both optimistic about, was regarded as a key training target. In addition, Yang Bo and Wang Chonggu, the two leaders of the Jin Party, were almost reaching their age, and they also began to slow down the Jin Party. He slowly handed it over to Zhang Siwei, who then walked onto the broad road.
At this moment, as Zhang Siwei's protégé who passed the test in person, Zhou Yong's career immediately took a turn for the better. When Zhang Siwei was serving as the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Zhou Yong was transferred back to the capital, joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and served as the censor of Fujian Province (not the inspector).
In August of the second year of Wanli, Zhou Yong also invigilated the martial arts examination that year with another Shanxi Taoist censor.
In March of the third year of Wanli, Zhou Yong was promoted to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple; in March of the fourth year of Wanli, Zhou Yong was appointed as the Cheng Zuosi of Dali Temple and was promoted to Zuo Shaoqing.
In April of the fifth year of Wanli, Zhou Yong changed the imperial censorship to become the censor of the capital, and patrolled Liaodong. In total, it has been five years since he Fu Liao.
By the way, in the original history, when Zhang Siwei and Ding You returned to his hometown, Zhou Yong, who had been promoted to governor of Jiliao, was impeached and resigned. It can be seen that the teacher-student relationship in this era was such that both prospered and suffered losses.
In this case, Gao Pragmatic is of course Zhou Yong's "peer", and to some extent even his junior brother. It is natural to call him "Brother Siyang".
At this moment, Zhou Yong listened to Gao Pragmatic's reminder, rolled his eyes, and suddenly understood, and asked: "It seems that the teacher has to make some compromises with the Xinxue lineage? It's just that Brother Yu is a little confused, what is the compromise?" After that, we have not seen any progress at the central and senior levels, but the Nanjing area (he is the area under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Six Ministries) has made more concessions. Doesn't this further confirm the current situation of 'North is solid and South is heart'?"
Gao pragmatic sighed and nodded: "It is true, but there is nothing we can do about it. Xinxue has become more and more popular since Wang Wenchenggong. In the past few years, it even almost suppressed Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which affected the imperial court's recruitment of scholars. And I actually learned it. Xing was after Duke Wang Sumin. Later, because my third uncle, Duke Gao Wenzheng, and my mentor, Duke Anyang Guo, came to power one after another, we gained an advantage in the center. Now, it is not easy to form a situation where "the north is strong and the south is strong"... …”
Zhou Yong nodded. Of course he knew the situation, but he was still a little unwilling. He frowned and said: "The court's focus is now on Liaodong, or Ji Liao. At this time, the prime minister decided to use Brother Yu as the governor, and Brother Yu was very grateful. "Yes, it's just that Brother Fool is ignorant and dull, and he is afraid that he may not be able to understand Master Xiang's foresight. I don't know that Brother Fool is leaving to resume his new career in the dark clouds. I wonder if my true and wise brother can teach me some good advice?"
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: I knew you came to see me for this matter...
As subordinates, you must always pay attention to the leader's thoughts, think about what the leader thinks, and be anxious about what the leader is anxious about. This is an essential quality for future generations to be in politics. But the problem is that sometimes the leader's level is indeed higher than yours, and you may not be able to understand the leader's intentions, which is troublesome.
At this time, you need to learn another trick: be good at detecting the leader's intentions from the people around him, so as to avoid misunderstanding the leader's intentions, making mistakes and doing stupid things.
Zhou Yong himself is already a close disciple of Zhang Siwei. It is not easy for him to find someone who is closer to Zhang Siwei than him, but Gao Pragmatic definitely meets this condition.
No matter how close the disciple is, it is obvious that he will not have a close nephew, not to mention that this close nephew is also the future leader recognized by the entire high-level party or, to be honest, the school?
If you ask your teacher directly, you will look too stupid, but if you ask Gao Xiangpang, it doesn't matter. If you don't mention anything else, at least we are of the same generation, so you can talk freely. As for age...that's not important. If it were important, how did this young junior become the governor?
Gao pragmatic said a few words of modesty casually, and then stopped being polite. He did have something to say to Zhou Yong.
To be honest, Gao Pragmatic is not sure about Zhou Yong's military ability, because in the past five years, except for the battle of southern Liaoning, the rest of his military achievements in Fu Liao were all done by Li Chengliang. No one can see it. We don't know what his level is, which was the main reason why Zhu Yijun was worried about Zhou Yong's ability before.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic tried his best this time to quietly teach Zhou Yong some workarounds without irritating him.
Gao Pragmatic first said: "Due to the Monan War, the focus of the imperial court's border defense has been completely changed from 'Western Huai East System' to 'Eastern System'. This is certain and there is no need to doubt it. Therefore, as long as the imperial court uses troops, the focus must be In Jiliao."
Zhou Yong nodded and said nothing. He agreed with this conclusion and knew that Gao Pragmatic's words must not have been finished yet.
Gao pragmatic continued: "Actually, when it comes to using troops in Jiliao, we civil servants only need to do two things well, and that's about it."
Zhou Yong asked: "What two things?"
Gao pragmatically said: "First, ensure that Ji Liao has sufficient weapons and adequate pay; second, use the generals from the opposite side."
Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Brother Yu must ensure that Ji Liao's weapons are fully paid, and using the other side's generals... Brother Yu guessed that Brother Xian probably meant to use them freely in Jizhen." Qinantang?"
Gao Pragmatic was not shy and nodded directly: "Qi Nantang's ability, if you talk about a Ji Town, even if you add two towns, it can still control the scene."
Zhou Yong stared at Gao Jingshi carefully, and suddenly laughed: "Brother Yu, I understand." Then without waiting for Gao Jingshi to speak, he asked again: "What about Liaodong? Li Yincheng?"
Gao pragmatic said deeply: "I have something in my heart, but I don't know whether to say it or not..."
"Hey, brother Xian said that, you are out of touch. You and I are not only brothers, but also governors of the same town. Is there anything else you should not say to brother Yu?" Zhou Yong said decisively: "Just say it, Brother Yu is all ears."
Gao pragmatically said: "If Brother Siyang is concerned about the war in Liaodong, Brother Siyang might as well communicate with me more..."
If you say this to other people, I'm afraid it will be bad, because although it sounds quite polite, it ultimately means the same thing: The war in Liaodong will be done according to my wishes.
Even Zhou Yong frowned subconsciously after hearing this, but he adjusted quickly and smiled immediately: "You are Fujun, and it is your duty to support and manage military affairs. Brother Yu naturally wants to talk to you more. It’s for communication and discussion.”
Then he said with some worry: "But Brother Yu still wants to remind Brother Xian about Li Yincheng..."
"Brother Siyang, please speak." Gao pragmatically said.
Zhou Yongdao: "Li Yincheng is good at fighting. Although he is a bit domineering, he actually understands the official rules. What can I say about him... His utilitarianism may be a little stronger, but his talent is not bad. If you look at it from a calm perspective, , Brother Yu thinks it’s best to be stable.”
Gao Jingshi was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "What if someone thinks that Li Yincheng is too powerful in Liaodong and may not be able to lose it in the future?"
Zhou Yong frowned and said: "Although Li Yincheng has many servants, the reason why he can support them is because he is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Once he leaves his post, he cannot afford to support these 40,000 servants."
Gao Pragmatic said nothing.
Zhou Yong felt even more surprised. He looked at Gao Pragmatic, slowly frowned, and asked with an extremely cautious look, "Brother Xian, please forgive Brother Yu for talking too much, but who is this person you are talking about?"
Gao Qingshi sighed softly, pointed his index finger at the sky, but said nothing.
Zhou Yong was shocked, and immediately retracted his probing eyes, lowered his head slightly, and sighed: "Brother Yu, I know, thank you for reminding me, Brother Xian."
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