Early the next morning, Gao Pingshi originally wanted to go to the imperial court, but as soon as he arrived in Beiying, he received news that the emperor was ill and would not attend the imperial court today. This news was not too surprising at first. After all, the emperor had coughed up blood and fainted just a few days ago. Given Zhu Yijun's consistent habit over the years, it was only normal for him to take the opportunity to leave the court.
I just mentioned the concept of "Beiying", and I may need to explain what it is.
As the most important activity of the ancient court, the court meeting usually consisted of three types: morning court, noon court, and evening court, of which the morning court was the core part. Since it was so important, the court meeting of course had a strict system. And because Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister, the court meeting system of the Ming Dynasty also had its own uniqueness.
The officials of the upper dynasty of the Ming Dynasty were called "chaoshanguan" and "jingchaoguan", and they all wore tooth tags for entering and leaving the palace. In order to facilitate going to court, most of them chose houses in the south of the city, such as East and West Chang'an Street, where most court officials lived.
Because there are too many officials, the houses here are lined up one after another. Of course, senior officials are not willing to live here. Therefore, officials of third rank and above often live around the east, west, north and west sides of the imperial city. For example, the highly pragmatic Nanning Marquis Mansion is located on the Shicha Sea north of Meishan Mountain, almost due north of the imperial city.
Dachao is a very troublesome thing. Before the morning dynasty, ministers must get up at midnight, and when ready, go to the Meridian Gate to assemble. At about three o'clock in the morning, the ministers arrived outside the Meridian Gate and waited.
The Meridian Gate is the main entrance to the Forbidden City. The middle is the royal passage, which is not open at ordinary times. The two gates on the left and right are used for the entry and exit of the generals on duty and the guards and flag masters. There is also a door on the left and right sides, called the left and right gates. These are the gates for all officials to enter the court. The upper floor of the Meridian Gate is named "Five Phoenixes" and has bells and drums, which are in charge of the eunuchs of the Bell and Drum Department.
In order to make it easier for officials to wait for court "waiting time" [note: waiting time], the imperial court built multiple court rooms in the imperial city, and officials sat here according to their rank, waiting for the palace door to open.
As a preferential treatment for close ministers, there are special direct rooms in Duanmen, among which the south of the right gate is the direct room of Jinyiwei, and the next three rooms are the direct rooms of Hanlin. When he was waiting for the court, the academicians lived in the north couplet, the other scholars lived in the middle couplet, and the rest lived in the south couplet. In addition, there are five straight rooms on the left side of Duanmen, also known as "board houses". They are the places where James's Mansion, Left and Right Chunfang and officials of the Economic Affairs Bureau lived.
All the ministers in the cabinet are all bachelors of the palace, so they are unified in Beiying to wait for the court, and Gao pragmatism is naturally here.
As for the rules after that, there are of course many rules, such as the number of classes to enter the DPRK, the route to the DPRK, the position of the station, the etiquette of performing events, etc., there are many details. But since I'm leaving the court today, I can't say anything about it for now.
What was unexpected at this time was that just when Gao Jingshi was about to go to the cabinet to wait for the reply from the Supervisor of Ceremonies to his memorial today, Xiao Huangmen, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, came to quietly inform him that Mr. Gao Ge would be working in the cabinet today. , there is no need to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs, because the emperor may summon you at any time.
These days have been eventful, and it is not surprising that the emperor would summon Gao Jingshi, but does he deliberately keep Gao Jingshi in the palace because of the distance between the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue? It's somewhat unexpected.
However, Gao Pragmatic didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, he didn't plan to do any business to lose his head. After all, the emperor didn't keep him just for the sake of breaking the cup and transferring 500 swordsmen from behind. Therefore, he didn't ask any more questions, just nodded calmly, and planned to leave Beiying and go to the cabinet.
However, he had just left Beiying Zhifang when Shen Yiguan's voice sounded behind him: "Mr. Rixin, please stay."
Gao pragmatic turned around, showed a gentle smile, cupped his hands and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Jiaomen, do you have any advice?"
"Mr. Ri Xin, people of the Ming Dynasty do not speak secretly. Today, I always ask for something." Shen Yiguan said straight to the point: "This is not a place for discussion. I wonder if I can ask Mr. Ri Xin to come to the room to talk to me?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "Why not? Mr. Jiaomen, please."
"I don't dare. I'm always the last person in the palace, so it's better for Mr. Rixin to invite me first." Shen Yiguan stretched out his hand and asked Gao Pragmatic to take the lead. Gao Pingshi was no longer polite this time. He nodded and moved forward, followed by Shen Yiguan.
The rest of the cabinet elders in Beiying saw this scene. Although their expressions were different, no one said anything. They just watched the two people go away quietly, and then went to the cabinet respectively.
Gao Yingshi and Shen Guanyi arrived at the cabinet. Shen Yiguan politely invited Gao Yingshi into his room and ordered Guanzheng Jinshi to serve tea and snacks.
Gao Pragmatic was unhurried, but neither drank tea nor ate snacks. He just looked at Shen Yiguan with a smile.
Shen Yiguan pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Our dynasty has been plagued with many ills for more than two hundred years. However, during the Hongzhi period, the first Emperor Xiaozong established laws and regulations for the country and managed the officials well. This was the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty. The only regret is that he , less than twenty years.
I have observed that the resurgence of China in the past dynasties only occurred once: Shaokang, Wu Ding, King Xuan, Zhaoxuan, Guangwu, Yuanhe... and even Hongzhi. The most unexpected and fortunate thing is that this dynasty can be revived for the second time.
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This second revival was the Second Longwan Dynasty. It started with Gao Wenzhenggong, was accumulated by Guo Wenzhengong [Note: Guo Pu, the original posthumous title in history was Wenjian, in this book he was named Wenzhen because of Gao's pragmatic persistence], and evolved from Zhang Wenzhonggong [Note: Zhang Siwei , posthumously named Wenyi in the original history, and Wenzhong in this book], Zhan Yu Shen Yaoquan Gong [Note: Shen Shixing is still alive]. But in my humble opinion, I will definitely be more prosperous than Rixin Gong in the future. "
Huh?
Gao Pangshi was a little surprised: What was Shen Guangxi doing? What purpose did he want to achieve by throwing out the definition of the second resurgence of the Ming Dynasty? In the end, he went out of his way to praise me, saying that this second revival would be the most prosperous in me. What was his purpose? Want to praise him?
Moreover, he cited seven examples of ZTE in his words, but he did not include all the ZTEs in history. Is there any other purpose?
Gao Pragmatic thought quickly, especially the seven ZTE examples before the "Longwan ZTE".
Shaokang Zhongxing was the first era in Chinese history to be named after the word "Zhongxing". Shaokang's father Sixiang was killed by the hostile Hanzhuo faction. Shaokang was a posthumous son. With his personal charm, he got the help of the Youyun and Youyu clans. He widely implemented good policies and won the support of the Xiahou clan's survivors. After careful planning, Shaokang defeated the weak and the strong by using time and assassination, and finally defeated Hanzhuo and his son, reviving the Xia Dynasty.
After Pan Geng moved the capital to Yin, the politics, economy and culture of the Shang Dynasty made great progress, and finally reached their peak in the Wuding period. Wu Ding Zhongxing made the country strong, so it continued to fight in all directions. With the continuous victory of the war, the power of the Shang Dynasty expanded rapidly in the west, north, east and south, reaching the highest peak of the Shang Dynasty, which was known as the "Wu Ding Zhongxing" in history.
After King Xuan of Zhou came to the throne, he eliminated the influence of King Li's tyrannical politics, alleviated domestic and international unrest, and appointed ministers such as Zhao Mu Gong, Zhou Dinggong, and Yin Jifu to rectify the government affairs, which temporarily revived the declining Zhou royal family and greatly improved the royal family. The prestige of the Zhou Dynasty revived the power of the Zhou Dynasty, and the princes returned to the dynasty. It was called "King Xuan's Zhongxing" in history. However, King Xuan's Zhongxing did not last long. In King Xuan's later years, the country's power went downhill again.
During the reign of Emperor Zhao and Xuan, they worked hard to implement the policies since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. They focused on rectifying the administration of officials, appointing talents, appointing talented officials in large numbers, and attaching great importance to official administration. Emperor Zhaoxuan abolished some harsh laws, repeatedly exempted and exempted land rents, oral taxes and other taxes, reduced farmers' labor burden, restored and developed agricultural production, and implemented a series of economic measures, such as appeasing exiles, stabilizing people's livelihood, etc., to restore social production. be restored and developed, and past policies will be continued in developing agricultural production.
Liu Xiu conquered the world by killing Wang Mang, ruled the world with "Judo", and adopted a series of measures to restore and develop social production and alleviate the social crisis since the end of the Western Han Dynasty. During his thirty-three-year reign, Emperor Guangwu took a series of measures to restore and develop the economy, which led to social stability, economic recovery, and population growth in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. Because Liu Xiu's posthumous title was Guangwu, this period was called Guangwu Zhongxing.
During the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, due to his good governance, the country's politics returned to the right track for a time, which was regarded as a period of resurgence. Because Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty used Yuan He as his reign name during his reign, it got its name. When Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty was in power, in order to correct the situation in which the power of the imperial court was gradually weakening and the power of the feudal towns was expanding, he increased the authority of the prime minister and quelled the rebellion in the feudal towns, which led to the "resurgence of discipline at home and abroad" and the grand occasion of "the resurgence of the Tang Dynasty".
As for the Hongzhi Zhongxing of this dynasty, it was a short but glorious "rumination" that occurred under the governance of Xiaozong Zhu Youtang. Xiaozong can be said to be a benevolent king in the mid-Ming Dynasty. Because of his generous and benevolent political conduct, the Hongzhi Dynasty had political characteristics such as many gentlemen and a harmonious relationship between monarch and ministers, which brought a good reputation to this dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, he "updated the common government and opened up new avenues of speech", which changed the situation where traitors and sycophants were in power since the Chenghua Dynasty.
However, Gao Pingshi looked at the above seven ZTEs and found that they were not completely consistent. In his opinion, there should be something in common between the seven ZTEs that Shen had always thrown out. , otherwise how to complete the "argument" step?
Viewed separately, Shaokang's resurgence was about regaining the ancestral heritage, and it was accomplished by inspiring the survivors of the old tribe with virtue, soliciting aid, and finally achieving what he wanted by plotting to kill the enemy leader;
Wu Ding Zhongxing relied on the accumulation of previous generations to conquer all directions, expand territory, and conquer a large territory. In the final analysis, the biggest feature is the prosperity of martial arts;
King Xuan Zhongxing is rather special. King Xuan himself learned the lessons from his father, King Li, and appointed talented people to restore the prestige of the Zhou royal family. He then conquered the Western Yi, conquered the Huaiyi, and conquered the Southern Kingdom... However, although King Xuan had outstanding military exploits in the early days, he defeated many Rong and Di and expanded his territory. , also improved the prestige of the Zhou royal family, but in the later period, it became more and more exhausted due to the consumption of national power.
For example, in the war against Shen Rong, Taiyuan Rong, Tiao Rong and Ben Rong, victory was only achieved in the battle against Shen Rong. During the expedition against Jiang Rong, the two sides fought in Qianmu, and King Xuan actually needed to mobilize the "Southern Division" to participate in the battle. The result was quite disastrous, as all the Southern troops were lost and they were defeated.
The Zhou royal family originally had heavy troops such as the Sixth Western Division and the Eighth Chengzhou Division, but in this war they used the Southern Division and were defeated in the end. This reflected the consequences of the national power being severely damaged.
Zhaoxuan Zhongxing needs to mention a background, that is, in the last years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, due to the long-term attacks on the Xiongnu and harsh punishments, class conflicts became increasingly acute and peasant uprisings continued.
When public dissatisfaction boiled over, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued the Luntai Edict, declaring: "Today's business is to prohibit cruelty and violence, stop excessive taxation, and strengthen local agriculture." He expressed that he would reform with the people, develop production, and rest with the people. After the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan came to power one after another, and the history of the Western Han Dynasty entered the Zhaoxuan period.
The ZTE achieved during the reign of Emperor Zhao and Xuan can be regarded as Huo Guang's ZTE to a certain extent...
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic was suddenly shocked.
Huo Guang?
Fuck, Huo Guang?
Gao pragmatic suddenly broke into a cold sweat. Well, Shen Yiguan, it turns out that the whole front is an ambush, only this Zhaoxuan Zhongxing is the true meaning you want to express!
Are you saying that I want to be Huo Guang, or that I must become Huo Guang?
As a latecomer, Gao Pragmatic believed that his understanding of Huo Guang was relatively comprehensive, and in fact he was mostly positive about it, but now... that is not the case!
The idiom "thorns on the back" is enough to make any emperor reluctant to affirm Huo Guang's achievements and only think of Huo Guang's terror.
Who is it now? Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun. There really is a little story between him and Huo Guang - although it was in his previous life.
What's that little story? Whenever Zhu Yijun was dishonest when he was a child, Queen Mother Li would take a book and hand it to him. What a coincidence, it was the same book every time: "The Biography of Huo Guang".
Who is Huo Guang? In the Ming Dynasty at that time, this Huo Guang could only be Zhang Juzheng. Therefore, whether Zhang Juzheng had many problems like in the original history, or he was as clean as Gao Gong and had not added an acre of land in his hometown for decades, or even more exaggerated, he wanted to grow vegetables at home like Hai Rui. , all of no use.
His fate after death will definitely not be better, because in Zhu Yijun's eyes, this Mr. Zhang is Huo Guang.
What happened to Huo Guang? Did he do a bad job? Did he betray the Han Dynasty? No, he did a good job and was completely loyal to the Han Dynasty, but he would still be dissatisfied by all emperors, be wary of all emperors, and be regarded by all emperors as a figure that would never be allowed to appear in their own dynasty.
Why? There is probably only one biggest reason: he once deposed the emperor.
Abolish Li, no matter what the reason is for abolishing Li, as long as you do this, future emperors will definitely not have a good look when they mention you.
The reason is very simple. I am the emperor, and I have the authority of Tian Xian. Only I can decide the fate of other people in the world, and there should be no one who can decide my fate. After all, you, Huo Guang, are just a minister. Why do you depose and establish the emperor?
However, what shocked Gao Wuchen was not that, but that he suddenly discovered that in the eyes of others, he was really very similar to Huo Guang, or even extremely similar!
The only thing missing is that "Emperor Wu" is still there!
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