At the same time that Gao Pangshi and Princess Yongning were coexisting with each other, there was a solemn atmosphere in Shen University's residence. The warm breeze of early spring seems to be unable to blow into this house. Everyone in the house has a tense face, carefully doing their own work. Most of them were packing all kinds of luggage, looking like they were preparing for their master to go on a grand trip.
Shen Yiguan himself stood in the courtyard of the backyard with his hands behind his hands, facing an osmanthus tree in the center of the nursery, and said lightly: "This year, I can't see the fragrant golden osmanthus. Speaking of which, I really like this tree." .”
Qian Menggao beside him sighed softly and said with force, "Don't worry, Master. Although Gao Rixin has a slight advantage this time, Master has at least kept his capital. The real loser is not Master." .”
Shen was always noncommittal and just asked lightly: "Really?"
"Why not?" Qian Menggao raised his eyebrows and said: "In this incident, it was Wang An who died in the end, Wang Duinan was resigned, and Concubine Zheng was demoted... As far as you are concerned, Master Xiang, this time But what’s the loss?”
Shen Yiguan snorted softly and said: "My arrangement in the palace was completely ruined, so I had no choice but to go to Gao Rixin to beg for peace. I thought I could just hide in Shandong, but he was not satisfied yet, and gave me another kick. Kicked to Nanjing...you think this is not considered a loss?"
Qian Menggao shook his head and said: "It is true that judging from the situation, the Prime Minister is indeed in a bit of a mess this time. However, with the wisdom of the Prime Minister, how can we not know that the worst situation in the officialdom is never whether it is embarrassing or not, but whether things have lost their chance of turning around. .”
Seeing that Shen Yiguan didn't answer immediately, he paused and said: "Master, you see, after Gao Rixin came to power, no one in the court can match him, so in terms of his style, he will definitely not follow the rules. It is inevitable that some reform measures will be introduced.
But the Prime Minister, although his past reforms have indeed proved to be quite meaningful in the end, but reform...heh, those who change first must be easy to change, and those who were delayed until now must be The kind that has a huge impact.
Any reform is bound to offend some people. In this regard, we can analyze his past reforms to see who he offended in the first place, and who he may offend if new measures are introduced now. "
Shen Yiguan became somewhat interested in Qian Menggao's words this time, nodded and said, "Okay, you can try your words."
Qian Menggao took a deep breath, then pondered slightly, and said: "The students will illustrate with the following examples: First, the private military industry. The reform of the private military industry seems to have a huge impact, but if we analyze it carefully, we will find that high Rixin mainly offended the eunuchs and local guards in this incident.
Eunuchs originally controlled yamen such as the Ordnance Bureau, which was the main manufacturing yamen for imperial ordnance at that time, especially firearms-related ordnance. As soon as Gao Rixin's private military industry was launched, he offended them first.
Secondly, there is the local defense station. They were originally able to produce all kinds of ordnance. However, once the private military industry came out, although their ordnance was still allowed to be produced, due to high price and low quality, they suddenly lost buyers. Within a year, they had withdrawn from this industry one after another, and at most they only produced some unprofitable low-end parts, such as bows, arrows, stirrups, etc.
However, during the advancement of this reform, the uncle and nephew of the Gao family encountered little resistance. Why? Because the eunuchs, who were supposed to be the most powerful opponents, were unable to oppose Gao Xuan, who was the only one in the holy family. The late emperor had complete trust in Gao Xuan and did not give the eunuchs any chance to make eye drops.
As for the local health department, if they could unite as one, they might be able to cause some trouble for the high school Xuan, but unfortunately they couldn't do that. In this case, Gao Xuan is the chief assistant and also the heavenly official. Naturally, no one else will get in trouble with him because of this matter, and the matter will continue like this. "
Shen Yigui nodded and said, "What's next?"
"The next step is to open the sea." Qian Menggao's face darkened and he said: "This incident originally had the most intense response. After all, many...many families in Jiangnan have been ruined by this incident. However, at first Gao Xuan only engaged in There was a pilot project in Yueyang, and everyone felt that it could be tolerated, so they chose to sit on the sidelines and wait for it to fail. Unexpectedly, not long after, Jinghua Sea Trade rose rapidly, giving Gao Xuan the confidence to open a private port.
This move was so good that Jiangnan maritime merchants had no choice but to follow suit. Originally, they could unite and not go to Yuegang, but there are more and more ships in Beijing. Especially after Gao Rixin united with the nobles of the capital, the size of the fleet grew rapidly like a snowball, and it was possible that they could defeat them just by their own strength. It can capture the entire shipping market.
At the same time, Gao Gaoxuan began to vigorously arrest smuggling. As a result, if Jiangnan maritime merchants still refuse to cooperate, then they will face the increasingly intensified anti-smuggling crackdown and the danger of being robbed of the shipping market. How can they persevere?
Therefore, the two uncles and nephews of the Gao family offended Jiangnan maritime merchants and related people in the matter of opening the sea. However, because they attracted nobles and enriched the treasury at the same time, they had the support of the emperor and honors below. Thanks to your support, the reform was finally implemented. "
Shen always got angry when he heard this, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry, so he could only take a deep breath, suppress his anger, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, this matter should not have been ignored in the first place... …But it’s too late to say anything now.”
Qian Menggao continued: "Then there is the post road reform. Few people were optimistic about this matter at first, because no matter how you look at it, this job should not be done well, but Gao Rixin did it. Student Later, after careful calculation, I finally understood how he accomplished this difficult thing."
Shen Yiguan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Tell me about it."
"Students are wise after the fact, but Gao Rixin did predict everything before taking action." Qian Menggao said: "Master, look at it, why did everyone think that the inn station thing couldn't be done at the beginning? Because There is a contradiction that seems to be impossible to solve, that is, the court wants to ensure that the post station is completely under control and will not cause problems in key matters such as delivering messages and transporting people. However, the expenditure is too large. The entire post station system costs the court a lot of money every year. , but the cost cannot be recovered at all.
The reason why Gao Rixin's post road reform was successful was that he actually handed over the daily operation of the post stations to the various post stations themselves. The imperial court was only responsible for regular and irregular inspections of roads, horses, carriages, ships and other tools in the relevant jurisdictions. Maintenance, while requiring the station to be responsible for the transportation of official letters and personnel.
In terms of the transportation that the post stations are required to be responsible for, Gao Rixin also set different quotas according to the scale of each post station. Within the quota, the post station must provide services free of charge; outside the quota, the court will allocate funds to pay. In this way, the post station will not only not lose money, but as long as it is managed properly, it will still make a profit. Then naturally there will be people willing to 'contract' the post station, and the reform will be successful.
However, this is not entirely a good thing, because in order to ensure that the quota he set would not be exceeded everywhere, Gao Rixin imposed the most stringent restrictions in history on officials' use of post stations.
For example, before the reform of Yilu, people with status like students could travel from their hometown to the capital without spending almost a penny, and they could even enjoy good food and drink along the way. Some stations will even prepare a gift for the students. Although it is not valuable, it can make the students feel happy.
But after the reform of Yi Road, not to mention gifts, it even cost twenty or thirty taels of silver to come all the way. In this way, although the post road reform was beneficial to both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the so-called "contractors" of the post stations, it was only detrimental to the officials. Therefore, students dare to say that the court officials were more or less dissatisfied with Gao Rixin for this reason - even officials from their own school of practical school. Of course, this dissatisfaction is limited in the end, especially when Gao Rixin is in power, it is impossible for hundreds of officials to yell at him for this. "
"Three feet of ice is not a day's cold. As long as you are dissatisfied, that's fine." Shen Yiguan snorted and said: "As the saying goes, 'Every time comes, heaven and earth are all the same force, and heroes are not free when they are transported.' Gao Rixinruo It has always been smooth sailing, and the resentment of Baiguan is indeed useless, but as long as he loses the power of the Holy Family in the future, these dissatisfactions that were originally silent under the iceberg will definitely explode, and then... hum."
Qian Menggao nodded, but did not continue the topic. Instead, he said: "The fourth important reform is the restructuring of the Beijing camp. This time... How should I put it? It seems to have a great impact, but in fact it is the simplest one. , and at the same time, Gao Rixin received the least pressure."
"Oh?" Shen Yiguan asked, "Why do you see it?"
"Because the nobles of Jingnan who should be dissatisfied with this matter have actually been wearing the same pants as Gao Rixin for many years." Qian Menggao sighed: "Moreover, sometimes even students have to admire Gao Rixin This man, he is able to do it without offending almost anyone during the restructuring of the capital camp, it is simply miraculous."
Shen Yiguan frowned slightly, but still held his temper and asked, "Really?"
"Yes." Qian Menggao said affirmatively: "Tell me, Prime Minister, why has the restructuring of the Beijing camp always failed in the past?"
Shen Yiguandao: "Who doesn't know this? Those nobles only know how to make money from it, and the emperor must protect them. Under such premise, who can manage this Beijing camp well?"
"That's it." Qian Menggao said: "Let's look at Gao Rixin's methods: Aren't the nobles and nobles of Jingnan only focused on making money? Well, let's create a Beijing-based production and construction corps for you, so that you can go on with your name. Making money - Has the problem of nobles making money through the Beijing camp been solved?
Then, he assigned tens of thousands of people to be responsible for fighting and guarding the capital, which were called the Imperial Guards. This army does not need any appropriation from the court, and the Production and Construction Corps is required to support them. We have just given the nobles a legal way to make money, and asked them to contribute a little money to support the troops. The nobles cannot be completely iron roosters, right?
So after he made such changes, the functions of the Beijing camp were divided. The nobles could earn money and just had to pay some taxes; the emperor got a coveted elite soldier, and the court did not need to allocate additional money; the Ministry of War finally got rid of the military officials. Gui has completely controlled the Imperial Guard, the best army in the world - are everyone happy? "
Shen Yiguan was silent for a moment, frowned and said, "Is there really no harm at all?"
"Nothing in the world can be without any harm. The same is true for Gao Rixin's restructuring, but the impact was not visible at the time." Qian Menggao sneered and said: "The restructuring of the Beijing Camp came from In his hands, a lot of the work of the Production and Construction Corps was obtained from the hands of the Ministry of Works, but this is still a small matter. The real big thing is the Imperial Guard.
This Imperial Guard is known as the best army in the world, but it is not controlled separately like the previous three battalions. Instead, it is concentrated in the hands of the commander of the Imperial Guard. Although it is said that the commander of the Imperial Guard only has the power to command troops and cannot be mobilized unless he has obtained the tiger talisman in the palace, but...hum, the commander of the Imperial Guard has been a lackey of Gao Rixin's family for two consecutive terms from Qinantang to Maxiquan. What is this? What does it mean?
When the emperor still trusted Gao Rixin, this was naturally nothing. But once the emperor became suspicious of Gao Rixin, it would be a big problem - whether the world's number one army guarding the capital could be trusted. , the importance of this issue is self-evident, how can the emperor remain indifferent? "
Shen Guanyi nodded, but pointedly pointed out: "What you said is reasonable, but the premise of your words is still the emperor's trust. In other words, as long as the emperor believes that Gao Rixin has the right intentions, then these problems will not matter. Existence. Only when the emperor begins to doubt him will this problem become prominent and even shocking."
"This is natural, but it is not complete." Qian Menggao sneered: "Whether the emperor believes it is important, but sometimes it is not possible to find some way to make the emperor have to doubt Gao Rixin."
"Oh, what's your opinion?" Shen Yiguan asked.
Qian Menggao shook his head first, and then said: "The student has not thought about it carefully for the time being, but if the conditions are suitable one day, then we can make a hypothesis: If an abnormality occurs in the palace on a certain day, the outer court will not know what happened in the palace. What happened, and the palace gates were closed and foreign officials were not allowed to visit, what would Gao Rixin do at this time?
Will he order the Guards to enter the city? Or even if he does not enter the city, as long as he orders the Guards to be on guard, what will the Emperor do to him ordering the Guards once it is later discovered that there is nothing abnormal in the palace? idea? "
Shen Yiguan suddenly opened his eyes wide, then rolled them around, and said: "Hey...don't tell me, if such a situation really happens, it will be difficult for Gao Rixin not to give orders to the Imperial Guards, because the three major forces in the capital The armed forces are nothing but the Royal Guards, the Imperial Guards and the Pure Army, and he cannot get involved in the latter two. So, in that case, he can only effectively deal with possible changes in the palace by controlling the Imperial Guards immediately..."
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PS: Let me tell you about some of my recent situations. Not to mention anything else in advance, the main reason is that my grandpa was hospitalized again due to the sequelae of COVID-19, and a serious accident occurred in the hospital. I mentioned before that my grandpa himself suffered from heart failure and was hospitalized once due to COVID-19 infection a year ago. This time he was hospitalized again due to lung problems. The family was already very nervous, but one night a nurse made a mistake and caused bleeding from the surgical wound on my grandfather's side without being discovered. When he was discovered, a large area of blood was stained on the side of the hospital bed.
My mother, aunt, and aunt were frightened and angry, and they ordered the relevant personnel of the hospital strictly, causing quite a scene. The men in the family first learned about their grandfather's real-time situation and found that there were no irreversible serious consequences, so they persuaded them. At first, the nurse who caused the mistake was too scared to come to work, and the hospital vowed to severely punish her. However, I felt that at least it could not have been intentional, and the worst outcome did not actually occur in the end, so the family discussed it and expressed tolerance. The nurse bought some nutritional supplements and came over to apologize, and we accepted it.
Anyway, I won’t go into too many details so as not to waste everyone’s time. Anyway, this is what happened, and the whole family was very nervous. I really couldn't concentrate on the plot in this situation, so the update had to be delayed. I'm very sorry. Wait a few days to see if the situation improves, and I will adjust my mood and resume normal updates as soon as possible. Apologize again.
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