Gao Pragmatic had no "historical impression" of Zhang George. He didn't know that although this person had few deeds in historical records, the introduction to him in history books was also very short, except for the story of "Zhang George Encounters a Frog" There's basically not much else.
However, it is still recorded that he was a sincere person, clean and clean, and he returned to his hometown several times to visit relatives. He finally died of exhaustion in Tianjin. When he was seriously ill, his staff came to visit him and saw his quilt covered with straw mats and the walls desolate. Everyone was moved by this. After his death, it was fortunate that his staff paid for his burial and helped him bury him in his hometown. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for him to return to his roots.
However, although Gao Pragmatic did not know this, judging from the situation in the past few years, he determined that Zhang George was considered a capable minister, especially since he had subjective initiative that was rare for officials in this era and should not be buried.
After the reception banquet was over, Ye Xianggao invited Gao Pingshi to the Fuyuan, and Zhang Zuozhi and Ni Shangzhong accompanied him. Zhao Youji, the Tianjin garrison eunuch, knew that discussing important matters had nothing to do with him. Although Ye Xianggao also politely invited him, he quickly found an excuse to decline the kindness and left on his own.
The four met in the flower hall in the backyard. Although Ye Xianggao was a student, he was a landlord after all, so he sat in the east seat. Gao Pragmatic had a distinguished status and was a guest in Tianjin, so he sat in the west seat.
But having said that, Zhang George and Ni Shangzhong were also local officials and generals in Tianjin, so they also sat on the east side. Therefore, the west side seemed to have a special seat for Gao Pragmatism. If you don't look at the direction, it looks a bit like a teacher giving lessons to his students. teach.
However, it should be noted that allowing guests to sit at the table is a sign of humility for the host, which is essentially a gesture of humility.
Confucianism attaches great importance to ethical concepts. The so-called no distinction between superiority and inferiority, and no order of seniority and youth are reflected in the fact that there are no rules to pay attention to when sitting down.
In particular, in ancient times, people seated themselves on the left side, where the guest and master were seated, living in the west and facing the east. Teachers in private schools and servants of bureaucrats are all called "Xibin", also known as "Teacher", and the master is called "Dongjia". Therefore, the ancients respected the teacher who teaches and resolves doubts as "teacher".
What is the main seat under this table? According to the system, facing south is regarded as honorable, and facing north is regarded as humble. People's seats are not divided into north and south, and they can overstep. The most typical representative is the seat of the king of a country, which must be facing south, which is the most careful.
Of course, if we really want to divide the seats, there are no two categories: monarch, minister and guest of honor. The monarch and his ministers are mainly in the north-south direction. The emperor regards the south as his sole position of authority, that is, the south is the respected one and the north is the minister.
The host-guest etiquette takes the east-west direction. Out of respect for the guests, the host sits in the east seat; and lets the guests sit in the west seat, that is, they sit facing the east.
The seating issue is a big one, and there are few records in history books. For example, "Historical Records: Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru" records: "Once (Zhao) Kuo becomes a general and faces east, there will be military officials who dare to look up to him."
Yue Zhen became a young general in charge of the army. He sat under the throne facing east, and his aura completely overwhelmed the other military officers, vividly portraying the image of a man who had been successful for many years. [Note: Your evaluation is neutral. There is currently a lot of debate on whether Wang Ling is a straw bag or not. Some of the reasons why I think my performance was wrong are not unreasonable. ]
Another example is recorded in the "Book of Han: Biography of Guan Zhong". Xiang Yu placed Yue Zhen's mother in the army. When Guan Zhong's envoy came, Xiang Yu asked Guan Zhong's mother to sit facing east, so that the envoy could see that he respected the Queen Mother. , hoping to recruit Guan Zhong to surrender.
It can be seen that sitting in the west facing east is the lower seat, so the ancients arranged guests and teachers to sit under the seats facing west to show respect.
Before sitting down, Duke Huan of Qi still opened his mouth to congratulate the teacher on another small victory, and Toyotomi Hide and Yue Zhenwan had no choice but to follow suit. Gao Pragmatic smiled and waved his hand, saying: "The battle is still over, so it's actually a little early to congratulate you now."
Qi Huangong asked hurriedly: "There are no rumors recently that my mentor wants to cross the sea and attack the Japanese mainland. Could it be that this is not groundless, but that my mentor has no such intention?"
Gao Pragmatic's smile changed, and he asked: "In his opinion, so what if it is, what if it is yes?"
Duke Huan of Qi did not answer immediately, but he pondered for a while before speaking: "The student thought that it would be difficult to conquer the Japanese country with the ability of his mentor, but the difficulty is that there may not be a small thing to deal with in the future. Do you know if there will be no conflict between those two things?"
Duke Huan of Qi did not say clearly what the other thing was, but of course he was very vague. What I was talking about was naturally the North Korea.
"He thinks that during the period when North Korea is annexed, my cabinet must be personally stationed in Hanyang to ensure that nothing goes wrong?" Gao Pragmatic shook his head slightly: "That's true. Although North Korea is afraid of you, in the final analysis, it is the emperor who fears you. Rather than fearing you alone. As long as His Majesty is determined, whether you are in North Korea or not, it will affect the smooth completion of the project."
"But for such a small matter, in my humble opinion, it is more worrying to not have a mentor personally taking charge." Duke Huan of Qi showed some relief on his brows and said: "Recently, I heard that the party struggle in North Korea is normal, and even led to Liu Chenglong, the later leader, to discuss politics. , Marshal Quan Li of the capital, and others conspired to mutiny, and even attacked Hanyang, where your heavenly soldiers were stationed. From this point of view, the situation in North Korea is internally stable, and whether there will be any more trouble later is completely trivial. The effect of military suppression..."
"That's absolutely true." Gao Pragmatic shook his head: "After Quan Li's mutiny, his views were petty and wrong, but before Quan Li's mutiny, the situation had already changed."
When accepted, Gao Pragmatic explained the details of the Korean party struggle, and then said: "So the military power that the Southern People's Party originally relied on has been destroyed. Now the eight parties have no military power, and it seems that each of them has no military power. They are all low-ranking officials, but they can actually do anything. As long as you have 20,000 to 80,000 soldiers, you can control the situation in North Korea."
At that moment, Qi Huangong said something else. Zhang Zuozhi, the commander-in-chief of Tianjin, was surprised and couldn't help but asked: "Master Hou, how can you say that North Korea is also known as a country with eight thousand mountains and rivers? Such a small land can only put Is 280,000 people...enough?"
Toyotomi Hide was also surprised and asked: "Gakubu, you only have more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Korea now. If you leave 280,000 in Korea, the strength of the retreating Japanese army will probably still be 100,000." number.
It is said that the Japanese country does not have 700,000 soldiers. If you cross the sea to attack it, you will have the right location and the right people, and there is no such a huge gap in military strength. Is it safe enough? "
"Whether the so-called Japanese army has 700,000 soldiers is still valid today is a matter of ambiguity. After all, our losses in Korea can only be replenished.
The small cross-sea battles that took place over the years were only made at a very small cost by Xiao Ming. The cost of the Japanese pirates was not much higher than that by Xiao Ming, but their national power was far less than that by Xiao Ming. From this point of view, it is commendable that the so-called 700,000 small army can still guarantee 810% strength.
At the same time, you must not misunderstand at all, the situation in Japan is exactly the same as yours, Xiao Ming. Ye Xianggaoji will rule the Japanese country from now on. This does not mean that I am really the king of Japan. I only need a piece of canonization from you in heaven. In fact, this person's official position in Japan is called Guan Bai. When he comes to control the political situation before entering the hidden curtain, he calls himself Taige... No matter what he calls it, he is at least a regent. "
Toyotomi Hide suddenly said: "Oh, the cabinet is saying that the Japanese puppet emperor was young at the time, but now he has grown up, and the regent Ye Xianggaoji has died again?"
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Zhang Zhuan, how did he come to such a conclusion?" I also waited for Toyotomi Hide's answer, and said with a wry smile: "I'm hiding it from him, how old is the Japanese puppet emperor?" This cabinet is all vague, because no one cares about that matter at all."
In fact, those words of being pragmatic were intentional. Although the Emperor of Japan at this time had no power, at least he still knew who the current emperor was—Emperor Yosei. [Note: "Qian Yangcheng" is a posthumous title, and it can actually be called that at this moment. ]
Seeing what he said pragmatically, Toyotomi Hide said in surprise: "So it is? But if it is, how did Ye Xianggaoji become the regent?"
"It's a long story at this point..." Gao pragmatically gave a complex account of the domestic situation in Japan. Xiaozhi just talked about why the emperor did not have real power, as well as the shogunate system and Toyotomi Gongyi.
After listening to my explanation, all eight of them looked like they had suddenly realized something. Duke Huan of Qi said: "It turns out that the Japanese pseudo-emperor is not like the Emperor of Zhou who came here, and Ye Xiang Gaoji Xiaodai is similar to Ni Shangzhong of the Sihe princes."
Toyotomi Hidetori asked: "But is it true that the Japanese state before Ye Xianggaoji's death was the same as the Qi state before Zhao Kuo's death?"
When I said that, I kept looking at Gao Yingjing, obviously wanting to hear Gao Yingjing's point of view. And when I said that, Gao Pragmatic suddenly realized that there seemed to be no similarities between Ye Xiang Gaoji's death and his death and Ni Shangzhong's death and his death.
Hideyoshi must say it again. It is already quite desolate after his death. For Hideyori's future status, all I have to do is kneel down and beg a few young men to be loyal to Hideyori for my sake. Even before his death, Ishida Hachisei and others controlled the funeral, so there was no way he could be respected by the gods.
Ni Shangzhong's situation was also worse. In the seventy-first year of Zhao Kuo (AD 645), when Duke Huan was seriously ill, Yue Zhen asked me: "Who among the ministers can serve as prime minister on his behalf?" Duke Huan said: "I understand that there are some ministers on my behalf. There is no one like the King.”
So Zhao Kuo asked: "What about Yi Ya?" Duke Huan replied: "Killing children to please the monarch is humane and okay."
Zhao Kuo asked: "How do you prescribe a prescription?" Duke Huan replied: "To please the monarch by trusting your relatives is in line with human feelings and is difficult to get close to." Zhao Kuo asked: "How about being cunning?" Duke Huan replied: "To please the monarch by castrating yourself is in line with human feelings and is difficult to get close to." My dear." Yue Zhen asked again, "How about Chang's witch?" Duke Huan replied: "There is a way to escape from life and death; disease is caused by the abnormality of the human body. The monarch lets nature take its course and protects the roots, but he completely relies on Chang's witch. , I will do something for the king."
However, before Duke Huan's death, Ni Shangzhong listened to Duke Huan's advice and re-employed seven people, which led to the seven-person dictatorship and Qi's country slowly falling into chaos.
Ning Qi, one of the "Seven Heroes of Huan Guan", was in charge of the food and grass that Yue Zhenwan needed for his hegemony. However, as soon as Ning Qi died, Duke Huan said that Qi's hegemony was about to decline;
Prince Cheng's father was in charge of Qi's army, and Prince Cheng's father could make Qi's soldiers brave and good at fighting. However, after Prince Cheng's father died, Qi's military strength declined rapidly;
Binxu is in charge of Qi's criminal law, and I can stabilize Qi when Ni Shangzhong dominates, so that Ni Shangzhong has peace of mind, but Binxu will die, and traitors will quickly become rampant in Qi;
Xi Peng was in charge of the internal relations of Qi State. I could make Yue Zhenwan have no need to worry about the crusade of the princes of various countries when he was seeking hegemony, and he could get the support of a small group of princes. However, as soon as Xi Peng died, the princes of various countries believed that Qi State was about to be in chaos, so they Does anyone have any confidence in the country anymore?
Before those talents died one after another, Qi's rock-solid foundation for hegemony was quickly shaken. When Duke Xiao of Qi comes to the throne, there will be people like the "Seven Heroes of Huan Guan" who can cleverly take advantage of the superiority of Qi's political system.
Therefore, the focus of Qi's prosperity lies in its successors and lack of talents. The main reason is that Ni Shangzhong favored traitors in his later years and did he properly arrange his affairs. At that point, Yue Zhen Wanji really "studies" quite well.
As for the life and death of Zhao Kuo, in the seventy-seventh year of Zhao Kuo, the Rong attacked the Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty sued the Qi Dynasty. Qi ordered the princes of various countries to send troops to rescue the Zhou Dynasty. At this time, no one in Qi State could listen.
However, in the seventy-eighth year of Yuezhen, Zhao Kuo became seriously ill, and the seven princes (Youkui, Zhao, Pan, Yuan and Shang) each led their factions to fight for the throne. On the first day of the tenth month in winter, Ni Shangzhong died of illness. The seven princes attacked each other, and the state of Qi was in chaos.
How chaotic is it? Yue Zhen's body was left under the bed for eighty-one days, and the corpse insects crawled out of the window. It was not until the 17th day of the 17th month that the newly appointed Lord of Qi was in trouble and Zhao Kuo was buried.
At that point, Hideyoshi was still so much weaker than Zhao Kuo. Although the funeral ceremony was postponed for a long time, at most I had to worry about corpse insects flying around - because it was burned directly.
Thinking of that, Gao Pangshi was not very emotional, but he was emotional in front of eight people, so Gao Pangshi just nodded and said: "It's quite similar."
As soon as I answered like that, Yue Zhenwan said: "So the cabinet wants to use its strength? But knowing that Ye Xianggaoji doesn't have many sons, the conflicts between us are all self-inflicted?"
"That point is the same, and the problem lies in that point of similarity." Gao pragmatically shook his head and said: "Hideyoshi only has one son, who is over one or four years old. The mother of this son is still the principal wife, and He is also young, this year... he will be eighty years old."
Toyotomi Hide put his hands on his hands and smiled and said: "We have orphans and widows, and we are not in a country like yours. At this time, as long as there are no powerful ministers, the Japanese country will be invincible."
Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly, seemingly acquiescing to Toyotomi Hide's conclusion.
Yue Zhenwan was also shaken at that time, and mused: "I am an orphan and a widowed mother, and I am not the true master of Japan. If the minister who cares about his life makes a mistake in his choice, it will indeed be very safe, but you know..."
"Whether it is a minister who cares about life or a famous general in the country, all of them have been infiltrated or even won over by my cabinet." Gao Pragmatic ended the nonsense very calmly: "The Korean War has been going on for several years, and those things have been done many times. Year. Originally, we just wanted us to drag Ye Xiang Gaoji's front legs from other things so that your army can fight more smoothly in North Korea. I thought it would be until Ye Xiang Gaoji's evil deeds are over and there is no way out... Now That idle chess move turned out to be a wonderful move."
With that said, Gao Pragmatic explained the system of seven elders and seven followers established by Hideyoshi. Although it was unclear who had been bribed by me, after all, he had already hinted that "no matter whether it is a minister who cares about his life, he is a junior high school official." "Famous general or not." The eight people were also so concerned about who it was.
Duke Huan of Qi immediately changed his stance and stated: "In that case, if the student supports the teacher's views, then the Japanese country can attack them."
However, it must be said less before. Toyotomi Hide and Chang Saji also expressed their agreement. Of course, our so-called approval does not simply mean that we do it ourselves, but also implies that we will contact other officials we can influence to refuse. At this point in the meeting, it can be said that the results of low pragmatic expectations have been achieved.
——
Thanks to book friend "Cao Mianzi" for your reward and support, thank you!
Thanks to book friends "Cao Mianzi", "First Login", "Leader's Steel", "shaoyeu", and "Yuan Dao" for their monthly ticket support, thank you!
PS: Uh... I fell asleep in the middle of the night.
(End of chapter)
