As expected, Wang Jiaping spoke bluntly, and his words really went straight to the core of the problem: If you make him a count now, in two years we will definitely have to use him in the war. Once Chahar is captured by then, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed. Can Yuan gave an explanation to the "Second Ancestors".
According to people's thinking at the beginning of the country, such a great contribution would not be an exaggeration even if it were given to a prince. Now, although it is impossible to give it to a prince according to the system, it is not just a first-level nobility, right? Well, if you advance to two levels of nobility and the earl skips the marquis, wouldn’t he become the Duke of the country? This reward has reached the extreme!
Yes, it is not impossible to reach the extreme. Anyway, people who can accomplish such a big thing are generally young. After becoming the Duke of the country, he rested at home for a few years and then went to meet the Taizu. It didn't matter.
But he is different from being highly pragmatic! According to the court's current plan, this matter will not be delayed for another five years.
What does it mean to defeat Chahar within five years? It means that Gao Pragmatism is not even thirty years old!
He was granted the title of Duke when he was less than thirty years old. He was not knighted by a relative or a consort, which meant that his position in the court would not be affected. No matter what official he was at the time, he had to continue to work.
Can you believe that a minister of this age and ability will not achieve any other achievements in his official career for the next forty years? If he is established, what will you give him as a reward? He even reached the top of the knighthood!
Since Taizu, our court has never taken advantage of a meritorious official. Could it be that you, Emperor Wanli, want to break this rule?
Sorry, this idea will definitely not work.
Why?
Because no civil servant in the world would agree! You can operate on the hero Gao Pragmatic "today", but can you operate on any hero tomorrow?
My court's tradition of raising scholars for two hundred years has been ruined by you?
It is tolerable, but what is unbearable!
Although Wang Jiaping didn't say this, the meaning was very clear: Instead of killing the master because of your high pragmatic merits and lack of rewards, it is better to take precautions now and reward the high pragmatic ones first. Press it.
I'm not jealous of Gao Jingjing, I'm doing this for his good, for the good of the emperor, for the good of the court, and for the good of the world!
Zhu Yijun was very moved when he heard this, and thought to himself: Although Mr. Wang has not been in the cabinet for a long time, it is indeed rare for him to be honest and speak out. Regardless of whether I agree with this or not, at least he is indeed thinking about me.
He also recalled a previous secret report from Jinyiwei, saying that Wang Jiaping once mentioned in a letter to his colleagues that as an official, he "did not dare to seek knowledge from eunuchs and concubines, and did not dare to offend wise men and officials." To be an unselfish guest, to dismiss an official position but to turn against him, to live in poverty all over the world, and to be a humble scholar, this is worthy of one's heart and a confidant."
He also said that he believed that the most important thing to do as an assistant minister was to "hide the superiors and guard against the slightest desire", "to guide the secret rules and guard against the budding desires of the king; to make clear the objections and remonstrances, and to support the generals." The hub of danger."
Of course Zhu Yijun knew that he had canceled Sutra feasts several times before due to "foot illness". Although Wang Jiaping no longer served as a Japanese lecturer, he would criticize him every time.
Speaking of which, Zhu Yijun was very dissatisfied at the time - I didn't cancel the feast because I wanted to be lazy, I was "violating the Holy Eucharist", why didn't you show any consideration?
But now, Zhu Yijun suddenly felt that an assistant minister like Wang Jiaping was quite cute. At least every word he said could be regarded as "serving the public interest wholeheartedly."
Thinking of "serving the public wholeheartedly", Zhu Yijun couldn't help but think of Gao Pragmatism, and couldn't help but compare Gao Pragmatism with Wang Jiaping.
In terms of talent, of course, being highly pragmatic is better. Zhu Yijun compared the civil servants and military generals of this dynasty for two hundred years, and even believed that no one who was versatile in civil and military affairs could be more pragmatic.
But if we only talk about criticism and remonstrance, I am afraid that Wang Jiaping must be more pragmatic. Wang Jiaping has no worries at all, no matter how big or small. Whenever he feels that what he, the emperor, has done is wrong or not good enough, he will do it. explain.
This is not the case with Gao Pragmatism. He does not seem to care about some small things that "prevent the slightest change". For example, he would definitely not elevate this matter to the point where the emperor canceled a sutra feast today, saying that the reason why all the scholars in the country did not study hard was because the emperor failed to set an example for the world. Being highly pragmatic pays more attention to the matter-of-factness.
However, no matter what, the two of them are "wholeheartedly serving the public good."
Gao Jingshi did not want to receive a knighthood now because he was afraid that it would affect the stability of the court and then affect the subsequent battle to destroy the Yuan Dynasty, so he would rather give up such a good opportunity.
Wang Jiaping did not agree with Gao Wushi being rewarded now, because he was worried that after the battle to destroy the Yuan Dynasty went smoothly, Gao Wushi would have a tendency of "exalting the dragon but regretting it" in which he had more achievements than the master but no reward, which would affect both the king and his ministers. It is not good for the court and the world.
Although the starting points of the two people are different, they are both "serving the public interest" and not for their own selfish interests, which is particularly rare.
Of course, Zhu Yijun himself doesn’t believe in any high merit that can defeat the master—no matter how high the merit is, it can’t defeat the master! Gao Pragmatic explained this truth to Zhu Yijun more than ten years ago, and Zhu Yijun completely agreed.
At that time, Gao pragmatic gave Zhu Yijun two examples, one was Wang Jian and the other was Guo Ziyi.
One is to help the First Emperor conquer the world and sweep across Liuhe; the other is to help Li Tang pacify Anshi and return the capital to the old capital. When it comes to extraordinary feats, both of these two people can be said to be worthy of it.
In 236 BC, Wang Jian led his army to capture Zhao in only eighteen days, and also captured nine other cities. In 222 BC, he attacked Zhao again and met Zhao general Li Mu. The two were in a stalemate for more than a year. Li Mu was eliminated by Wang Jian's counterintuitive plan, and Wang Jian successfully took over the State of Zhao.
At first, Jing Ke's attempt to assassinate the King of Qin failed, so Ying Zheng used this to send Wang Jian to send troops to Yan. Wang Jian didn't agree. He knew the principle of hiding the bird behind the bow. In 225 BC, under the command of Wang Jian, the Qin army finally defeated the Chu army. In 222 BC, Ying Zheng unified the princes.
The world was finally unified, and Wang Jian naturally contributed a lot. But Wang Jian felt uncomfortable because he knew that his status was too high, he could not be promoted, and he would not be rewarded. He knew that this was the so-called meritorious service, and he was afraid that the emperor would be afraid of him, so he begged the emperor to go home and farm.
Wang Jian said to the First Emperor, I am already old and long for the pastoral life in the countryside. I want to return to my hometown and enjoy the happiness of family.
However, the First Emperor was the First Emperor after all. He did not take this trick at all and refused directly. How could a wise man like Ying Zheng not know what Wang Jian was thinking about doing this? However, Ying Zheng would not be afraid that Wang Jian would threaten him. After all, Qin's military power was still firmly in his hands. Therefore, even after the reunification of the six kingdoms, he will use Wang Jian in the future.
So after rejecting Wang Jian, in order to appease him, the First Emperor said to him bluntly: "If you stay, I won't kill you."
No one knows whether Wang Jian was relieved or not, but the emperor's attitude was clear enough, so Wang Jian no longer asked to return to his hometown, and he ended up living a peaceful life. 16
Gao Jingshi was discussing history with Zhu Yijun at that time. When talking about this point, he especially emphasized the ambition of the First Emperor and told the emperor: The supreme being in the world should have the magnanimity to encompass the whole world.
Zhu Yijun deeply believed it, and from then on he demanded of himself with such magnanimity. This is a change brought about by high pragmatism, and it is also due to Zhu Yijun's own personality - in history, Zhu Yijun dared to delegate power, which has been explained many times before.
If the case of Wang Jian focuses on the magnanimity of the First Emperor, then the case of Guo Ziyi was made known to Zhu Yijun from the side of the courtiers.
When Guo Ziyi was forty years old, he was appointed as the governor of Shuofang, with a hundred thousand elite soldiers in his hands. After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, he served as "Deputy Prime Minister" and Minister of War. After regaining Chang'an, he was granted the title of Situ and became the Duke of the country. In 758 AD, he ascended the throne and became the real prime minister. In 762 AD, Guo Ziyi was granted the title of Fenyang County Prince for his meritorious service. In 779 AD, Guo Ziyi was honored as "Shangfu" by the emperor, and was given the title of Taiwei. In 781 AD, when Guo Ziyi died, the imperial court gave him the official title of Taishi and the posthumous title of "Zhongwu" (a posthumous title for military officials, equivalent to Wen Zheng). And later history books praised: "The master has no doubts about his great achievements, and the power is overwhelming to the court and the ministers."
When Wu Zetian was in power, in order to eliminate opponents, the army was purged and all replaced by cronies. Wu Zetian's cronies failed more than they succeeded. As a result, the Tang Empire suffered repeated defeats in foreign wars, and the combat effectiveness of the army was seriously reduced. In view of the sharp increase in border defense pressure, Wu Zetian established a martial arts department based on the imperial examination system to select talents to enrich the army and stabilize border defense.
Guo Ziyi's legendary and glorious life began when he ranked first in the martial arts examination during the Wu Zetian period (the martial arts examination was not called the number one scholar at that time).
Guo Ziyi was born in a scholar-bureaucrat family in Zheng County, Huazhou. Because of her family's financial difficulties, Guo Ziyi did not participate in liberal arts but took martial arts. After becoming the "Wu Zhuangyuan", Guo Ziyi went to serve in Shan Yu's Protectorate as the chief historian of the left guard. After years of hard work, Guo Ziyi accumulated merit and became the Tiande military envoy and the prefect of Jiuyuan. Later, due to the jealousy of his boss, Guo Ziyi was left idle and has never been reused. The idle life has developed Guo Ziyi's magnanimous and generous character.
However, as the saying goes, gold always shines. Guo Ziyi stayed in the position of Tiande military envoy and Jiuyuan prefect until the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion. After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the Tang Empire's problem of emphasizing foreign affairs over domestic affairs and enduring peace completely broke out. Because An Lushan was also the governor of Hedong and controlled the northern part of Hedong Road, he posed a serious threat to Taiyuan, the northern capital. The Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty hurriedly remembered Guo Ziyi, who had been idle for many years, and appointed him as the governor of Shuofang to make every effort to eliminate the threat of Anlu Mountain to Taiyuan.
Guo Ziyi lived up to the court's expectations of him and regained Hedong effortlessly. After recovering the lost land in Hedong, they began to recover the lost land in Hebei. An Lushan has been operating in Hebei for many years and its power is relatively stable. In addition, there are a large number of grassland Hu people in Hebei, and these Hu people fully support An Lushan, making Guo Ziyi's plan to regain Hebei very difficult.
At this time, the Yan Zhenqing brothers raised troops in Changshan County, Hebei Province to resist An Lushan. At one time, 17 counties and counties in Hebei Province responded, and the situation was excellent. Faced with such a good situation, Guo Ziyi seized the opportunity, went deep into Hebei, and severely damaged the Anshi rebels, which shocked the world for a while.
Just when Guo Ziyi was powerful in the world and was about to wipe out the rebels, Tang Suzong believed the slander and forced Guo Ziyi to stop the attack. After Guo Ziyi stopped attacking, the Anshi rebels immediately seized the opportunity to take a breather, and the situation began to reverse. However, Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty also sent out eunuchs to monitor the army in the early stage to contain Guo Ziyi.
In addition, Suzong also allowed the eunuchs to command randomly, causing heavy losses to the Tang army. In this bad situation, Guo Ziyi endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden. He first managed the business in a miserable manner, and then recovered the two capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang. Then he worked with Li Guangbi to finally defeat the Anshi rebels and restore the Tang Dynasty.
After the Anshi Rebellion was put down, in view of the fact that Guo Ziyi had made too many contributions and posed a threat to the imperial power, Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty adopted the method of promotion and surrender secretly to deprive Guo Ziyi of his military power. Guo Ziyi had no complaints about this and accepted it calmly. Guo Ziyi's plain performance dispelled Tang Daizong's wariness against him.
Therefore, when Tubo and Uighurs joined forces to invade, Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty once again sent Guo Ziyi to lead the army. The Tubo and Uighur forces were so powerful that the Tang generals did not dare to advance. However, Guo Ziyi showed no fear and rode into the Huihe camp alone, relying on his prestige to prompt the Uihe troops to retreat. After Huihe withdrew his troops, Tubo was greatly frightened and also withdrew his troops. In this way, Guo Ziyi relieved the foreign troubles without spending a single soldier.
The above are what Gao Pingshi said in a serious history lecture for Prince Zhu Yijun as his attendant. In addition, he also told a few short stories that are familiar to future generations (Note: I will not list them one by one, I think everyone knows them) Know).
In short, this is what happened: Tang Suzong felt that Guo Ziyi's prestige was too high and wanted to take back his military power, but Lao Guo obediently handed over his military power;
Tang Suzong messed up the situation and needed Lao Guo to come out to pick up garbage. Lao Guo came out obediently;
His old subordinate Wang Yuanzhen and others missed him and did not like the new commander, who was causing trouble. Tang Suzong asked Lao Guo to deal with it, but Lao Guo did not protect his own shortcomings and would kill without mercy;
Guanzhong was empty, Tubo marched straight into Chang'an, and Tang Daizong called again. Lao Guo, who had been put aside by the imperial court, was summoned again and hired twenty cavalry from his own pocket to go to the country during the national calamity;
The old subordinate Pugu Huai'en was forced to rebel. Tang Daizong summoned him again, and Lao Guo came out to help the emperor wash the ground again...
This is a super old scalper who is hard-working and loyal. When the emperor meets such a minister, it is like he saved the galaxy in his previous life, right?
Li Shimin and Li Zhi don’t have such old scalpers!
In his early years, Li Jing planned to inform Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty about Li Yuan and Li Shimin's plan to rebel against the Sui Dynasty; Li Ji was once Li Tang's enemy and got involved with Wu Zetian in his later years; Su Dingfang was Li Tang's sworn enemy for the first half of his life; the Xue Wanche brothers, They are all Li Jiancheng's buddies; Qibi Heli is not like Guo Ziyi, who can kill everyone just for the emperor's pleasure; even Pei Xingjian can be killed for Ashina Funian and pretend to be ill with Li Zhi.
Therefore, any emperor who has a minister like Guo Ziyi under his command must burn incense to celebrate!
The question is, why did Gao Pragmatic give this example?
Zhu Yijun, who was still the prince at the time, didn't think so much, but now he understands more and more, because he discovered that what Gao Wuchen is doing now, isn't it the reincarnation of Guo Ziyi?
Needless to say, let’s just say that the “true leader for two hundred years” who was the leader at the time was demoted three levels to Guangxi just because he took the blame for the emperor.
But Gao Pragmatic didn't complain at all, he left as soon as he said it, and two years later he brought back an Annan enclosure.
Not to mention the next few years, Gao Pragmatic is simply a firefighter. He goes wherever there is difficulty, never refuses, and never fails. All tasks assigned to him by Zhu Yijun, Gao Pragmatism ensured that they were handled properly, even better than the emperor expected.
Isn't this the reincarnation of Guo Ziyi? No, he did a better job than Guo Ziyi. After all, Guo Ziyi was just fighting, but she was also pragmatic and could manage politics! For example, if it weren't for his high pragmatism, who would be able to do such a messy job in Jingying? Only high pragmatism! He even did it calmly!
Am I afraid that this kind of minister will outshine his master?
joke! I'm just afraid that it won't be used enough and won't be praised highly enough!
If it weren't for respecting and pragmatically making my own choice, how could I not be awarded the title today!
However, Zhu Yijun was indeed determined to respect Gao Pragmatic's decision. Therefore, since Wang Jiaping found such a good reason, he certainly would not use it.
"Mr. Wang has grown up to seek the country. Although I have no doubts about employing people and will reward meritorious service, in order not to make the world suspicious, I will suppress the merit of seeking truth for the time being. I must be magnanimous in pursuing truth. Because of this, there will be resentment." Zhu Yijun said calmly: "This meritorious service was originally based on seeking truth. Now that I have suppressed the reward, how do you gentlemen and Yang Qing think I should reward you so that people in the world will not laugh at me? Divide and accommodate people infinitely?"
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