"Don't worry, although I can't give him a world, I can at least give him the greatest wealth."
Now that the matter has come to this point, Concubine Zheng knows that it is useless for her to linger any longer. The emperor's words are the final grace. If he accepts it, then Chang Xun can at least become a wealthy prince in the future, and may even be the number one wealthy prince in the world. But if he still dares to refuse, then what awaits him and Chang Xun's mother and son... is hard to say.
"Yes, your Majesty, I understand. Thank you for your grace." Concubine Zheng sighed quietly and replied in a calm tone. Although there was obviously some relief in his tone, it was still filled with an overwhelming melancholy.
Zhu Yijun looked at her and asked seriously: "Do you really understand?"
Concubine Zheng knew that she still had a deep relationship with the emperor. As long as she did not encourage Chang Xun to fight for the throne, the emperor's tolerance limit for her was still very high. Therefore, she was not very panicked, but showed some surprise and asked: "Why does the emperor ask this?"
Zhu Yijun looked into her eyes and found that she was indeed frank but a little confused. Knowing that she did not understand what he meant, he couldn't help but retract his gaze and shook his head, saying: "I promised to give Chang Xun the greatest wealth, but you also want to I know how big this 'biggest' can be. Apart from me, there is another person who can influence it."
Someone else?
Concubine Zheng's first reaction was the Cisheng Empress Dowager Li, but she immediately realized that she was wrong. Although the Empress Dowager Cisheng was the biological mother of the emperor, the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty was not the empress dowager of the Han Dynasty. As long as the emperor was in charge, she would naturally lose her actual power. Therefore, how rich Chang Xun could be was beyond the control of the Empress Dowager Cisheng.
Concubine Zheng suddenly came to her senses and asked somewhat unwillingly: "The emperor is saying... Mr. Gao Ge?"
"I know you are unwilling, but now that the matter has come to this, you should not have such a resistance mentality anymore, because not only will it not help the matter, but it will affect Chang Xun's future."
Zhu Yijun said half softly and half hardly: "You don't know who the Ming Dynasty has relied on to achieve a prosperous treasury in these years... No matter what mentality you have, you have to admit one thing: If I were not pragmatic, I would have been unable to do anything in the past few years. It’s not easy to repay the salaries owed to officials during the emperor’s time, so how can we be in such a situation now?”
Concubine Zheng also knew this, and she really had no choice but to admit it, so she could only gently nodded and said, "I know this."
Zhu Yijun suddenly smiled softly, and there was an indescribable meaning in his laughter: "The affairs in the world are complicated, but in the final analysis, the most important things are nothing more than the following: civil service, soldiers and horses, money and food. Military affairs and soldiers and horses It means power, and money and food are the basis for maintaining them.”
Because of the previous conversation as a basis, Concubine Zheng immediately grasped the key point of the emperor's words this time. Not only did Chang Xun's future as "the richest prince in the world" require the support of Gao Pragmatism, who was in charge of financial power, the emperor's words also vaguely reminded himself why he could not use Gao Pragmatism.
Civil service refers to personnel affairs, which is the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel. Since the late emperor ordered Gao Gong and Gao Wenzhenggong to concurrently hold the post of Minister of Civil Affairs with the title of Pavilion Elder, it has been controlled by the Shi School for thirty years.
Even though the current Tianguan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is Chen Yubi, the son of Chen Yiqin, one of the former emperor's teachers, and he did not originally belong to the Real School, in fact, Chen Yubi has lost his status as an independent faction since the War of Yunnan and Burma and has become A member of the Practical School - or in other words, even if he is not a Practical School, he must still belong to the "High Party".
It is true that the two ministers of the Ministry of Personnel are not all controlled by the Real School. Over the years, not only have ministers from the Neutral School often served, but sometimes there have even been ministers from the Heart School, but so what? Can it change the fact that Ming Dynasty Civil Service is deeply influenced by Gao Ge Lao? Obviously not.
Needless to say, money and food are also finances. Since Gao Jingshi took up the post of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, this local official has demonstrated his strong financial management skills while actively expanding the power of the Ministry of Revenue and completing the "restructuring of the large household department."
If the previous Ming Dynasty Household Department was a bureaucracy that seemed important but actually had limited power, and a lot of the world's financial power was divided up by bureaucracies such as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, then after the restructuring of the Dahu Department, the Household Department has really become a controlling It is not an exaggeration to say that the giant arm of wealth and power in the world covers the sky with one hand. Even... even more than 80% of the amount of money that can be collected from internal funds must be handled by the Ministry of Accounts first.
It can be said that the Ming Dynasty wants to do something, but if the Ministry of Household Affairs does not nod, let alone the Ministry of War cannot mobilize troops, the Ministry of Industry cannot start work, and even the various ministries and offices of the imperial court cannot afford pens, inks, paper and inkstones for issuing official documents!
There is no doubt that the power of the household department is in the hands of Gao Ge Lao, and all the members of the household department are his cronies, and there is almost no leakage. Let's put it this way, even if the emperor can dismiss Gao Jingshi from the post of Minister of the Ministry of Finance with an edict, as long as Gao Jingshi is determined to play against the emperor, then the Ministry of household is fully capable of playing the trick with the emperor, making the government order Don't leave Sijiu City.
There are not no solutions. For example, the emperor is determined and simply replaces all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue. That is not impossible. But what does such a huge change mean? I am afraid that the world's finances will be in chaos for at least a few years, which will then lead to other ministries and offices also being in chaos - "the Ministry of War cannot mobilize troops, and the Ministry of Industry cannot start work." Who knows what disaster this will cause? Therefore, the damage caused by this is immeasurable. No emperor would do such a stupid thing.
Soldiers and horses, of course, mainly refers to the Ministry of War, but not entirely. It also includes at least the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies (Note: The establishment of the Imperial Guard belongs to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but the Minister of Rongzheng of the Ministry of War also leads the Beijing camp) and Jinyiwei, etc. .
At some time in the past, the three main "soldiers", the Ministry of War, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Jinyi Guards, all had a close relationship with Gao Pragmatic. Later, under the emperor's hint, Gao Pragmatic took the initiative to withdraw most of his influence in Jinyiwei, and now only Wang Zhizhen, the left commander of Jinyiwei, remained.
[Note: The highest position of the Jinyiwei is the commander of the Jinyiwei. However, since it is often necessary to add more officers, the position of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army is added. Usually, the Commander-in-Chief is added first, then the Commander-in-Chief is added, the Commander-in-Chief of the Right is added, and finally the Commander-in-Chief of the Left is added. In official positions, it is generally referred to as "the guard in charge of a certain position in a certain governor's house".
And because Beijing is under the jurisdiction of the Houjun Dudufu among the Fifth Army Dudufu, the officials who are usually added to the posts are the senior officials of the Houjun Dudufu. In this way, Wang Zhizhen's position at this time was "The Zuo Dudu of the Houjun Dudufu is in charge of the security affairs", which can be referred to as "the Zuo Dudu of Jinyiwei". Sometimes the official name of the imperial court is "Tishuai". For example, there are many times in "The Record of Shenzong" Words like "Tishuai Wang Zhizhen".
There is a doubt here. I don’t know whether one can be called Tishuai after having the title of governor, or whether one can be called Tishuai as long as he becomes the commander of the Imperial Guards. However, judging from the order of records in "Records", I personally prefer the latter. ]
In other words, except for Wang Zhizhen, the left governor who was appointed by the emperor to be in charge of the guards, Gao pragmatically had nothing to do with Jin Yiwei. As for Wang Zhizhen, he also proposed to resign after that incident, but the emperor refused. On the one hand, Wang Zhizhen's ability to do things is still very strong, and Zhu Yijun is very easy to use. On the other hand, Zhu Yijun doesn't want to make it so obvious, as if the whole thing is just to target Gao Pragmatism.
Wang Zhizhen and Gao Pragmatic were only distant relatives, and because they were the uncle's family, they were not included in the Five Servers at all [Note: The Five Servers only focus on the father's line, which is why men in ancient times could marry cousins. ], so although Zhu Yijun knew that they were related, he didn't care.
According to the customs at this time, regardless of whether the family is related to the royal family or to ordinary people, because the uncle is the brother of the mother, he can be said to be very close, but that is not the case with the uncle's uncle. After all, only the paternal line can be traced back. There is no reason for the maternal line to be traced back. It is normal to have chaos.
The Imperial Guards are the emperor's personal soldiers and the emperor's hawks and dogs. They are not only tools to supervise and intimidate the officials, but also their last resort. Because of this, Gao Jingshi decisively chose to withdraw his influence in Jinyiwei. Because of this, the emperor knew that Gao Jingshi always controlled the bottom line and never exceeded the rules.
Ministers have their own rules, so the king has his own way. The reason why Zhu Yijun is willing to persuade Concubine Zheng today is largely because he and Gao Pragmatic have formed such a tacit understanding, not just because of their old feelings.
Beyond the Jin Yiwei is the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion, or in other words, the strongest force nominally controlled by the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion - the Imperial Guards. There is no doubt that the Imperial Guard was created by Gao Pragmatic, or that he and Qi Jiguang jointly created it. In any case, the Imperial Guard was deeply influenced by Gao Pragmatic, not to mention that the current commander of the Imperial Guard has been taken over by Ma Gui - no one can see the word "Gao" on Ma Gui's forehead.
Of course, Zhu Yijun is not worried that the Imperial Guards will do things such as rebellion. After all, half of the tiger talisman needed to mobilize the Imperial Guards has always been in the palace. No matter how much influence Gao Pragmatic has on the Imperial Guards, he cannot do it at will. Mobilize them.
However, this kind of influence may still play an unusual role at certain critical moments. For example, if there is a major change in the capital, the Tiger Talisman cannot leave the city, but the Imperial Guard's Beijing North Camp is on the outskirts of Beijing, and chaos can be seen in the city. . At this time, it cannot be ruled out that someone can persuade the Imperial Guard to do something.
No matter what he wants to do, as long as this person uses the banner of justice and orthodoxy, he may be able to persuade the Imperial Guards, and there is only one prerequisite: this person has a large enough influence on the Imperial Guards, and the Imperial Guards are willing to cause chaos in the capital. Take his word for it.
Who had such influence over the Praetorian Guard? Excluding Ma Gui's own brain convulsion, there are actually only two in the final analysis: Gao Pragmatic and Qi Jiguang.
However, Qi Jiguang has now been granted the title of earl. As a noble military minister, he must abide by some old rules, such as not commanding the army without war. Therefore, although his influence on the Guards is great, from a political point of view, even if his subjective wishes are excluded, it is objectively difficult for him to use this influence.
Only high pragmatism can possibly use this influence. He is a noble man, but he is also a civil servant. He is one of the people who will not be considered as a possibility of rebellion after the cabinet is formed. Therefore, once such a situation arises, Gao Pragmatism may be the only one who can mobilize the Imperial Guards. people.
Of course, of course, the premise of all this is that the capital is in chaos, and the tiger charms and edicts cannot leave the city. For Zhu Yijun, as long as there is no trouble in the capital itself, this kind of thing will never happen. That's why he said just now that the key issue is that he must live at least until the crown prince comes of age.
When the prince comes of age, it means that there will be no ministers who will take charge of the world. At this time, if the imperial guards and the pure army are here, the capital will not be in chaos, the imperial guards will not be taken advantage of, and everything will be as usual.
Finally, there is the Ministry of War. There is no doubt that the Ministry of War is still the key to controlling the world's troops. No matter how strong the Imperial Guard is, they only have about 70,000 people, while the towns surrounding the capital have hundreds of thousands, ten times the number of Imperial Guards.
However, from the emperor's point of view, although Gao Pingshi's influence on the Ministry of War was huge, the Ministry of War was the least to worry about, just as the late emperor taught him.
Long Qing was seriously ill at that time. He called the prince to him and told him some of his experiences as an emperor. Finally, he told the prince: "In the Ming Dynasty, no matter how powerful a civil official is, as long as you don't relax on two points, at least you don't have to We are worried that this person will become Wang Mang - the factory guard and the capital camp." [Note: See the last lesson in Chapter 053 of Volume 2]
Needless to say about the factory guards, Gao Pragmatic has fully withdrawn its influence and has been polite and not to interfere. The Beijing camp has been changed into the Imperial Guard and the Production and Construction Corps, of which the Imperial Guard is the combat part.
Gao Pragmatic did maintain influence on the Imperial Guards, but as early as the early stage of system construction, he divided the military symbols into two according to the old practice. One half remained in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion but was in charge of the Imperial Guards Commander, while the other half remained In the hands of the emperor.
In other words, he handed over the power to the emperor from the beginning, and he just maintained his influence. Even if Zhu Yijun views this situation from the emperor's perspective, this situation is normal. After all, the major battles in previous years were fought by highly pragmatic leaders. The person who can stand out as the commander of the Imperial Guard will obviously come from under his command. This is a matter of course and beyond reproach.
If this is the case, it means that Gao Jingshi has never coveted the imperial power. Although his own power has increased along the way, he has achieved it through frequent meritorious service - this is the result, not the purpose. The emperor can't do it if he wants to lose face. So how to be pragmatic about high and.
Does the emperor want face? Yes, the biggest difference between Zhu Yijun in this life and the original one in history is that he wants to lose face.
Zhu Yijun in the original history did not necessarily intend to lose face from the beginning, but fought with the civil service group to the point where he could not lose face, because there was no actual benefit in wanting face; in this life, Zhu Yijun has been pragmatically satisfied with his actual interests, so of course You have to think about losing face. Even to a certain extent, Zhu Yijun's biggest demand now is to have face - eternal fame has become his highest demand.
The words were spoken so clearly that Concubine Zheng finally understood the emperor's meaning completely. She closed her eyes resignedly and said with a wry smile: "I understand, I want Chang Xun to be rich and powerful in the future. Even if he is wronged this time, he can only fight." Losing teeth and swallowing blood, they even have to beg Mr. Gao Ge in turn..."
Zhu Yijun opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and finally calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Since you know, don't say angry words."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Concubine Zheng exhaled a breath and said, "I will ask my brother Guotai to pay a visit to Mr. Gao Ge later."
Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "That's very good." After a pause, he added: "Cathay is now the commander of the second-grade capital, right?"
Concubine Zheng said: "Yes."
"After the matter is completed, I will promote him to the left governor."
Concubine Zheng was astonished and said: "Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this in this dynasty... No relative has ever been appointed governor of the left."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "I'll go talk to pragmatic about this matter."
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