"Does Duke Liyang think that your son's future depends entirely on Gao Rixin's thoughts?"
This is really a clear question, and the question is direct enough. If Zhao Zhigao could have a heart-to-heart relationship with Shen Guangyuan, he should have replied at this moment: "I'll be honest with you, Brother Jiaomen, Yu really means this."
However, it is a pity that Zhao Zhigao is not willing to have a heart-to-heart relationship with Shen Guangyuan. He had just stopped Shen Yiguan, not so much because he had changed his mind and hoped to restore the friendship between the two, but rather because he hoped that the two sides would at least not quarrel with each other, so as to give the Xin School and himself some dignity. That's all.
As for the relationship between him and Shen Guangshi, in fact it had broken down when he decided to show goodwill to Gao Pragmatic, and it was difficult to repair it.
After all, for Zhao Zhigao, although Shen Yiguan was his ally, this ally has always been a great threat to his status. I didn't say anything before. That was because Shen Yiguan already had many fans within the Xin School at that time, and he took the initiative to fight against the Practical School headed by Gao Pragmatic. This could at least attract some firepower for himself and avoid being coerced into returning from a great victory. of high pragmatism as the first clearing target.
Besides, at that time, Zhao Zhigao also felt that he could not defeat Gao Jingjing anyway. If Shen Yiguan really had the ability to deal with Gao Jingjing, then considering the interests of the entire Xin School, it would not be completely unacceptable for him to let him come from behind.
However, what Zhao Zhigao never expected was that Shen Yiguan's actions became increasingly larger and more dangerous. When the emperor coughed up blood and fainted, Zhao Zhigao gave up decisively - Shen Jiaomen, Shen Jiaomen, let's just have a fight with the Shi School. After all, party disputes have existed since ancient times, and we are not lacking this time. .
However, you are now so bold that you have implicated the emperor, and even risked "conspiracy to kill the king", then don't blame me, Zhao, for cutting ties with you.
At that time, Zhao Zhigao had already made up his mind that he must remove himself from this incident and must not have even the slightest connection with "regicide". However, there must be an opportunity for this kind of thing. You can't think of it as happening all at once. It would be too abrupt and would arouse people's suspicion.
So, he waited for two things: first, Wang Jiaping warned him about Zhao Fengwei's impeachment; second, Shen always refused to listen and rejected Zhao Zhigao's proposal for peace on the spot.
These two things became Zhao Zhigao's betrayal... Oh no, in Zhao Zhigao's view, this was not a betrayal, but a suitable reason for him to cut ties with Shen Yiguan.
However, now that things have happened, Shen Yiguan's question just now proves that he does not feel that he is wrong at all, nor does he think that Zhao Zhigao betrayed him because he rejected his proposal first.
Shen has always believed that Zhao Zhigao should support him politically no matter what. The reason why he did not support him and chose to betray him instead was not a matter of political stance, but because his son's future was threatened.
It should be said that although Shen Yiguan is shrewd, his pattern is really affected by his character. There is no doubt that he is a selfish person, and this selfishness is reflected on two levels: one is selfishness of a small group nature, and the other is selfishness of a personal nature.
Due to the selfish nature of his small circle, he subconsciously believed that Zhao Zhigao should support him unreservedly politically, because they were representatives of the Xin School in the cabinet, and the current situation was already very bad, and the two of them had to Only by joining forces can we compete with high pragmatism.
We are natural allies, how could you sell me out?
However, reality is reality, and the reality is that Zhao Zhigao did sell him. At this time, Shen Yiguan must of course reflect on what caused Zhao Zhigao to do this.
The reason Shen always found was that Zhao Fengwei was impeached.
Selfish people often think that everyone is as selfish as themselves, and the same is true for Shen Yiguan. Since he thinks that Zhao Zhigao should not betray him, he must find a justifiable reason for him. Obviously, Shen always judged others by himself and believed that Zhao Zhigao could only do this because of a more selfish thing.
Then it could only be because of Zhao Fengwei's future.
Why is Zhao Fengwei so important? Even Shen Guanyi thinks that Zhao Zhigao did not hesitate to break with him because of him? Now we have to talk about Zhao Zhigao’s children.
Zhao Zhigao gave birth to four sons, namely Fengwu, Fengchong, Fengwei and Fengge.
But before talking about Zhao Zhigao’s four sons, we can first review another family. Historically, Wang Xijue was the second-ranked father and son, and his son Wang Heng did not take the examination when Wang Xijue was in office, but waited until Wang Xijue became an official before taking the examination, and he got the second-ranked examination in one fell swoop, which can be said to be a real talent.
This "real material" is no joke. Not only did Wang Heng get second place in the imperial examination, he also made great achievements in the fields of culture and art. He was a famous Zaju master in the Ming Dynasty and wrote famous Zaju works such as "Yulun Pao", "True Puppet" and "No Way".
He had extensive contacts and had frequent contacts with celebrities at that time, such as Tang Xianzu, Chen Jiru, Tu Long, etc. He often had poetry and artistic exchanges. Wang Heng was also good at calligraphy, and his style was modeled on that of Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi. The great calligrapher Dong Qichang even believed that his calligraphy "circled between the Tang and Jin Dynasties, with both skills and abilities. He might have thought that he was imitating Su Zizhan, but Zizhan was not as good as Chen Yu."
However, compared to Wang Xijue's family's thousand-mile horse, Zhao Zhigao probably wanted to scold his four sons who were only worthy of dying in a stable.
Look at these talents: the eldest son, Zhao Fengwu, was awarded the title of Shangbao Sicheng with his kindness; the second son, Zhao Fengchong, was given the experience of the Governor's Mansion with his kindness, and was promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, Shaanxi Qing Li Division, and transferred to the governor of Guangnan Prefecture, Yunnan; the third son, Zhao Fengwei, He was sent to prison as a student of Tongzhou Prefecture School in Shuntian Prefecture. He was first taught as a continuation class in Guanglu Temple, and later promoted to deputy envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department. His fourth son, Zhao Fengge, was awarded Shangbao Sicheng with his kindness.
I found out that Zhao Zhigao's eldest son, second son, and fourth son were appointed officials directly as a favor and did not take the imperial examination at all. Only the third son, Zhao Fengwei, finally became a scholar when he followed his father as an official in Beijing, and was admitted to the Imperial College to study.
However, although Zhao Fengwei entered the Imperial Academy, he still seemed to have no chance of taking the imperial examination, so in the end he had to make up for the continuation class at Guanglu Temple as a supervisor.
What is class extension? That is to say, we originally have enough people in our yamen, but for the sake of "backup", we will first give a candidate position to some people with sufficient qualifications. From this, you can be considered as having the establishment of my yamen. This is similar in nature to the so-called "substitute" that often appears in Qing palace dramas. Your qualifications are recognized, but sorry, there is no actual work for you now.
Fortunately, Zhao Fengwei is different from the candidates who mainly spend money to buy officials. He has a good father, so as long as the most difficult staffing problem is solved, the follow-up matters will be easier to handle. For example, there was a great opportunity for him to be promoted - so he was "later promoted to deputy envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department".
To be honest, Zhao Zhigao couldn't help it. Those three brothers of his four sons were not good at studying. Even scholars were embarrassed to get one - why did they say "get one"?
If you look at Gao Jingshi's exams for the scholar exams, you will know that if you come from a family with important officials from the imperial court, unless the county magistrate happens to be your family's sworn political enemy, even if your level is really low, you will not be able to take the exam. They will always be generous and give you the status of a student, which makes everyone look good.
What should I say about this... The status of a scholar is indeed very noble for ordinary people, but for the children of high-ranking officials in the imperial court, it is really just that. If it is difficult for them to handle it, then it must be at least the level of Juren - because Juren can really be a candidate for county-level officials. The court will strictly investigate and the officials will keep a close eye on them.
Looking at it from the other side, Zhao Zhigao's three sons are too embarrassed to even get one of them. This only shows that not only are their academic standards so poor that everyone in the village is looking at them with suspicion, but their reputations can also be said to be "well-reputed." So much so that Zhao Zhigao didn't have the shame to give them a student status, so as not to be poked in the spine and ridiculed and cursed all day long.
With these three brothers as foils, although Zhao Fengwei only passed the examination as a student, he was already regarded as the "hope of the whole village" of the old Zhao family. Zhao Zhigao could only devote all his efforts to this son.
Of course Shen Yiguan knew these things, but Shen Yiguan had always scorned them before, and his treatment of his son was completely different from Zhao Zhigao.
Shen Yiguan's eldest son is named Shen Taihong. Unlike several scumbags in Zhao Zhigao's family, he is a good student with both good character and academic performance. He is very famous in the circle of scholars and is among the best.
Not only did he read well in the examination books, but he also inherited the family education of his great-uncle Shen Mingchen, wrote quite good poems, and left many poems handed down in history.
However, it was a good thing that his son had good grades, but Shen Yiguan became worried: If his grades are so good, if I accidentally get too ambitious and get the top prize, wouldn't I be criticized by the world?
Shen Yiguan then thought of Wang Xijue and Wang Heng and his son. He thought to himself that Wang Xijue only ordered Wang Heng to wait until he became an official before taking part in the imperial examination, which had already been praised by many people. So what should I do to be better and gain a good reputation? As a father, he started to care, and the result of his care was scheming, and he actually schemed against his own son.
In the year of the examination, Shen Taihong came to the capital from his hometown in Zhejiang to visit his father, Shen Yiguan. Shen Yiguan began to deceive his son. He said: "My child, your father is the elder of the pavilion. I used to be a favored figure before, so why not I recommend you to be a member of Shushe, and then you take part in this year's imperial examination as a member of Zhongshushe. This is equivalent to taking the imperial examination with the household registration of a candidate in the capital. It will be included in the northern list, which is better than the southern list in Zhejiang. If there are more, why not do it?”
How could a son be suspicious of his father's caring feelings? Of course, Shen Taihong happily obeyed. Unexpectedly, Shen Yiguan's selfishness is completely beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. After he deceived his son, he turned around and reported to the court, recommending his son to be the Shangbao Sicheng of the court.
Shangbao Sicheng and Zhongshu Sheren are completely different. The former is a formal enyin position, but the latter is a nominal position. That is to say, once Shangbao Sicheng holds the position, he will not be able to take the imperial examination.
Shen's consistent ruthlessness was because he wanted to "prevent him from entering, but he was detached and exempted from comment" - blocking his son's path to the imperial examination and preventing the world from talking about him.
The unlucky guy Shen Taihong was caught off guard by his own father and cut off his path to fame. However, what he cared about was not whether he would become an official or not, but that he would lose the opportunity to prove himself outstanding.
He never dreamed that his father would actually plot against him, so he refused to serve as an official and angrily returned to his hometown. From then on, he "regarded his father as if he had a deep hatred" and regarded his father as an sworn enemy, and he would not be with him for the rest of his life. The father's contact is regarded as severing the relationship between father and son.
This incident had a huge impact on Shen Taihong. In addition to destroying the relationship between father and son, it also destroyed the relationship between brothers. When Shen Taihong returned to his hometown, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He vented all his resentment, anger, and injustice on his father's bastard, and abused his half-brother in every possible way.
However, what is interesting is that people at the time did not blame Shen Taihong very much. On the contrary, scholarly public opinion did not agree very much with Shen's consistent act of "killing relatives for the sake of justice". Almost everyone thought that he went too far and was just "taking advantage of others". His son became a city official", sacrificing his son's future to gain a good reputation for himself.
Because this matter was handled so uglyly, Shen Guanyi not only failed to gain a good reputation, but actually made his already bad reputation even worse.
In short, no matter what, Shen Yiguan and Zhao Zhigao can be regarded as "every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite", but Shen Yiguan still understands Zhao Zhigao's expectations for Zhao Fengwei to some extent.
After hearing his question, Zhao Zhigao couldn't help but think of Shen Guangyuan's old story of sacrificing his son's future to preserve his own reputation, and he couldn't help but feel sick.
Confucianism pays attention to "kissing, respecting and honoring". Let's not talk about respecting respect for the moment. This so-called "kissing and respecting" actually requires a very simple requirement. To put it bluntly, it means that a father is kind and his son is filial and his brothers and sisters are respectful.
It is precisely because you, Shen, have always been unkind as a father that made Shen Taihong unfilial as a son, and then as an unfriendly brother. It is estimated that your concubines' harsh treatment of their brothers will inevitably be disrespectful to their brothers.
Your family's disobedience is all caused by you. What's the matter, now you want to ridicule me for being too good to my son?
Zhao Zhigao originally didn't want to break up, but he couldn't bear it after thinking about this incident. He couldn't help but asked sarcastically: "What is human justice?"
Shen Yiguan's face suddenly darkened.
We are all old readers. How could Shen Yiguan, Zhao Zhigao, not know the source of his words? "Book of Rites" says: "What is human righteousness? Father is kind, son is filial, brother is good, brother is brotherly, husband is righteous, wife is obedient, long-term benefit, young child is obedient, king is benevolent, minister is loyal."
Zhao Zhigao used this sentence to answer Shen Yiguan's sentence: "Does Mr. Liyang think that his future depends entirely on Gao Rixin's thoughts?" It seems that his thinking is a bit out of the ordinary, but in fact, it is not the case. The cause and effect are very clear.
Zhao Zhigao meant "that's right" and asked Shen Yiguan in the "Book of Rites", saying that I, Zhao, adhere to the teachings of the saints and uphold the basic principles of life, which is my father's "fatherly kindness", then you Shen How about Jiaomen?
Shen Yiguan's face turned dark immediately because he knew that Zhao Zhigao's words were not actually a question, but rather pointing at his nose and scolding: "You Shen Yiguan are not worthy of being a human being at all!"
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