In the Ming Dynasty, both governors and governors were sent and were not permanent official positions under the ancestral system, so even if some governors were in charge of two or three governors, there was no distinction between the two positions themselves.

However, the specific officials who serve as governors and governors can still be distinguished from each other, and the way to distinguish them is very simple, just look at his own position. Similarly, two governors of different provinces or regions also distinguish their "ranks" according to their own positions.

For example, Gao is pragmatic now, his official name is "the right of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, the governor of Liaodong and the military affairs", here his own job is "the right of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace", and the dispatch is "the governor of Liaodong and the military affairs".

And what about Zhou Yong? When he first came to Liaodong to take office, his official name was exactly the same as the current Gao Shiji, but in the sixth year of Wanli, because of "the merits of recording Liao Town...... Zhou Yongsheng, the governor of the imperial envoy, was promoted to the right deputy capital of the imperial history, rewarded fifty taels of silver, and four tables of silk", so since then he has been promoted, and his own position is "the right deputy capital imperial history".

Theoretically speaking, it is equivalent to the tied number four person of the Metropolitan Procuratorate - of course, this tie is a bit too much.

And this time Zhou Yong took up his new position, the official name was changed again, and now he has become "the left squire of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and the military affairs and food and salary of the governor Jiliao Baoding and other places".

In other words, in addition to being sent from the governor to the governor, his own position became the "left squire of the military department", and the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate became a part-time job.

The common people may not be very aware of the difference, but the difference is real:

The governor, generally speaking, is the so-called "governor of the imperial envoy" [note: the position of governor is often expressed in the Ming Shilu], and under normal circumstances, it is generally characterized by the fact that the governor is sent by the governor in his own position. The connotation of this is that the governor is mainly responsible for supervising civilian tasks such as local administration and justice, and military tasks are only his auxiliary duties - auxiliary and auxiliary, but because the governor sent to write "praise and manage military affairs", the military power is still there, so it is also commonly known as Fujun.

The Governor, on the other hand, usually takes the position of the Governor of the Ministry of War, and in some cases even holds the title of Secretary of the Ministry of War, which indicates that the Governor's main task is military affairs (the Governor has military affairs in one or several places), and relatively speaking, the powers and responsibilities in the administration and justice are lighter - but like the Governor, because he also has a part-time job in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he can still intervene in these civilian tasks.

The local power under the Ming court system is "uneven and intertwined", which can also be seen here. This line of thinking, even if the general soldier is also put in and compared with the governor, it is the same style.

Why didn't there be a civil rebellion in the Ming Dynasty? The mutual checks and balances in the system are also a key factor, and may even be the biggest factor - the "system" here not only includes the mutual checks and balances of the governors and governors, but also includes the mutual restraint of various aspects such as patrolling the imperial history, and controlling the large with the small.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic would not feel that Zhou Yong was here to "check and balance" with him.

Sure enough, when Zhou Yong saw Gao Pragmatic appear at the city gate in person, he hurriedly got out of the carriage and walked quickly to greet him. Zhou Zhijun didn't put on any show, and when Gao Pragmatic called himself a "waiter", he also called himself a waiter, which was nothing more than Gao Pragmatic replied "Don't dare, don't dare".

The greetings at the gate of the city are just superficial efforts, not to mention here for the time being, Gao Pragmatic introduced the subordinates of the Liaodong Yuanma Temple and several generals who had to come today to Zhou Yong, and everyone stepped forward to salute.

Among these people, Zhou Yong actually knew several, such as Jiang Enyuan, the commander of Gaizhou Wei, etc., but Zhou Yong met Ma Dong for the first time, and praised Ma Dong very much, saying that he performed well in the battle of southern Liaoning.

Ma Dong thanked him without sadness or joy, Jiang Enyuan was quite stammered with Zhou Yong, but the main reason why Zhou Yong came to Gaizhou today was obviously not for them - it stands to reason that Zhou Yong did not have to come to Gaizhou to take up his new post in Miyun, but it would take at least a day to delay coming to Gaizhou - so after meeting the civil and military officials in Gaizhou, Gao Pragmatic invited him to his study to talk under the hint of his gaze.

Without outsiders, Zhou Yong, an important figure in the township party and the high party, did not need to hold the shelf of the new army, and asked: "Truth-seeking, this time the Seven Qing (Six Shangshu and Zuodu Imperial History) have changed a lot, and our practical learning seems to occupy a few good positions, but the mental study side occupies more Nanjing and foreign positions, I always feel that something seems wrong, do you know the inside story?" ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head slightly, and said: "Brother Siyang, although Yuanfu and I have correspondence, he did not explicitly say the key to this, but there is one thing I don't know if Brother Siyang can pay attention to - Nanzhili is going to try to levy commercial taxes." ”

Gao Pragmatic and Zhou Yong met for the first time, and the two of them actually called each other each other, which shows that there must be other relationship ties between them, otherwise, maybe with Zhou Yong's age and level, he can call him "truth-seeking", but Gao Pragmatic must change his name to Zhou Yong "Le Xuan Gong".

Zhou Yong This year is the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, the word Siyang, the number Lexuan, Henan Yanjin. In the past, he was the 35th place in the Henan Township Examination, and later participated in the examination and won the 184th place. In the forty-first year of Jiajing, he was ranked 57th in the third class of Jinshi, and was given the birth of Jinshi and awarded the magistrate of Wei County.

Although he didn't do very well in the exam, he didn't get into Shu Jishi, and he didn't get the opportunity to stay in Beijing, but Zhou Yong's luck was actually good, not because of other reasons, mainly because his house master was Zhang Siwei.

In the last few years of the Jiajing Dynasty, Zhang Siwei was mixed up in general, to put it bluntly, he was still boiling his qualifications, so as Zhang Siwei's protégé, Zhou Yong had to be his county lord honestly, and there was not much room for improvement.

But after the recovery of Gao Gong, Zhang Siwei, as a backward person who Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng are optimistic about, was regarded as a key training object, plus Yang Bo and Wang Chonggu, the two Jin Party bigwigs, were almost old, and they also began to slowly transfer the Jin Party to Zhang Siwei's hands, and Zhang Siwei embarked on the broad road.

At this moment, as Zhang Siwei's protégé who personally ordered the examination papers, Zhou Yong's career immediately ushered in a turning point. When Zhang Siwei served as the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, Zhou Yong was transferred back to Beijing, entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and served as the inspector of the Imperial History of Fujian Province (not a patrol).

In August of the second year of Wanli, Zhou Yong also invigilated the martial arts of that year with another Shanxi Provincial Inspector Yushi.

In March of the third year of Wanli, Zhou Yongsheng was promoted to Shaoqing of Taifu Temple; In March of the fourth year of Wanli, Zhou Yong was the left temple of Dali Temple, and he was promoted to Zuo Shaoqing.

In April of the fifth year of Wanli, Zhou Yong changed the imperial history of the capital and governor Liaodong. Counting up, it has been five years since he Fuliao.

By the way, in the original history, Zhang Siwei returned to his hometown with Ding Wei on the front foot, and Zhou Yong, who had been promoted to the governor of Jiliao, was impeached and removed from office, which shows that the relationship between teachers and students in this era is so prosperous and lossy.

In this case, Gao Pragmatism is of course Zhou Yong's "peer", and to some extent, he is even a junior brother, so it is natural to call him "Brother Siyang".

At this moment, Zhou Yong listened to Gao Shishi's reminder, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly understood, and asked, "It seems that the teacher has to make some compromises with Xinxue?" It's just that the foolish brother has a little doubt, after this compromise was made, we didn't necessarily make any progress at the top of the center, but the Nanjing region (he meant the places under the jurisdiction of the six departments of Nanjing) retreated more, doesn't this more confirm the current situation of 'the north is solid and the south is the heart'? ”

Gao Pragmatic sighed and nodded: "It's true, but it's also impossible." The study of mind has spread widely since Wang Wenchenggong, and in the past few years, it even almost suppressed Cheng Zhu Lixue, which affected the imperial court. Later, because of my third uncle, Gao Wenzhenggong and his teacher Anyang Guo Gong, who successively served as the government, this was able to gain an advantage in the center, and now it is not easy to form a situation of 'North and South Heart', which is not easy to ......."

Zhou Yong nodded, of course he knew the situation, but he was still a little unwilling, and frowned: "The imperial court's focus is now on Liaodong, or Jiliao." At this time, the teacher decided to use the foolish brother as the governor, and the foolish brother was very grateful to him, but the foolish brother was obscure and obtuse, and he was afraid that he had not been able to comprehend the teacher's foresight. ”

Gao pragmatically said: I knew that you came to see me for this matter......

As a subordinate, we must always pay attention to the ideas of the leaders, think about what the leaders think, and be anxious about what the leaders are anxious about, which is the necessary quality for future generations to engage in politics. But the problem is that sometimes the level of leadership is indeed higher than yours, and you don't necessarily understand the intention of the leader, which is troublesome.

At this time, we must learn another trick: be good at finding out the leader's intentions from the people around the leader, so as not to misunderstand the leader's intentions and do stupid things by mistake.

Zhou Yong himself is already Zhang Siwei's confidant, and he wants to find someone closer to Zhang Siwei than him, which is not easy, but Gao Pragmatic will definitely meet this condition.

No matter how close the protégé is, there will obviously be no pro-nephew, not to mention that this pro-nephew is still the future leader recognized by the entire Gao Party or the real school?

If you ask your teacher directly, you will look too stupid, but it doesn't matter if you come to ask Gao Pragmatic, don't mention anything else, at least everyone is the same generation, you can let it go. As for age or something...... This is not important, if it is important, how did this little junior brother become the governor?

Gao pragmatic casually said a few words of modesty, and he was not polite, he did have something to say to Zhou Yong.

Zhou Yong's ability to govern the army, to be honest, I am not sure, because in the past five years, his military exploits in Fuliao, except for this battle in southern Liaoning, the rest of the part was fought by Li Chengliang anyway, and no one can see what his level is, which is also the main reason why Zhu Yijun was worried about Zhou Yong's ability before.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatic tried his best to quietly teach him a little workaround without stimulating Zhou Yong this time.

Gao pragmatic said: "Because of the relationship between the Great War in Monan, the center of gravity of the imperial court's border defense has now completely changed from the 'West Huaidong System' to the 'East System', which is certain, and there is no doubt at all, so as long as the imperial court uses troops, the focus must be on Jiliao." ”

Zhou Yong nodded and didn't speak, he agreed with this assertion, and knew that Gao Shishi's words must not have been finished.

Gao pragmatic continued: "Actually, in terms of Jiliao, we Wenchen only need to do two things well, and that's about it. ”

Zhou Yong asked, "What are the two things?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "First, to ensure that Jiliao is fully paid; Second, use the right side. ”

Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Ensuring that Ji Liao is fully paid is what a foolish brother should do, and he will use the right side...... The foolish brother guessed that the meaning of the virtuous brother probably meant that in Jizhen, let go of Qi Nantang? ”

Gao Pragmatic was not taboo, and nodded directly: "Qi Nantang's ability, talking about one Ji Town, even if you add two more towns, you can still control the scene." ”

Zhou Yong stared at Gao Shi carefully, and suddenly laughed: "Brother Fool understands." Then, without waiting for Gao to speak, he asked again: "What about Liaodong?" Li Yincheng? ”

Gao pragmatic muttered: "The little brother has a sentence in his heart, but I don't know whether to say it or not......

"Eh, Brother Xian said that, I am not only a senior brother, but also the governor of the same town, what else should you not say to Brother Yu?" Zhou Yong said decisively: "You just have to say, the foolish brother listens." ”

Gao pragmatic said: "If Brother Si Yang is relieved of the little brother, the war in Liaodong, Brother Si Yang might as well communicate with the younger brother more, it will be a ......."

If this is said to other people, I am afraid that it will be a bad thing, because although it sounds quite polite, it comes down to one meaning: the war in Liaodong is good according to my meaning.

Even Zhou Yong subconsciously frowned when he heard this, but he adjusted quickly, and immediately smiled: "You are Fujun, and it is your duty to praise military affairs, so Brother Fool naturally wants to communicate and discuss with you more." ”

Then he said a little uneasily: "But about Li Yincheng, the foolish brother still wants to remind the virtuous brother ......"

"Brother Si, please speak." Gao pragmatic Dao.

Zhou Yong said: "Li Yincheng can fight habitually, although he is a little arrogant, but he actually understands the rules of the official, what does he say...... The utilitarian heart may be a little stronger, but the talent is not bad, if you look at it from the calm ground, the foolish brother thinks it is best to stabilize it. ”

Gao Shishi was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke: "If someone thinks that Li Yincheng's power in Liaodong is too great, and he is afraid that he will not be able to lose it in the future, what then?" ”

Zhou Yong frowned and said: "Although Li Yincheng has a lot of families, he can support these many families, and it is also because he is the general soldier of Liaodong, as long as he goes to work, he can't afford to support the scale of these 40,000 families." ”

Gao pragmatic did not speak.

Zhou Yong was even more surprised, looked at Gao Shishi, slowly frowned, his expression was extremely cautious, and asked: "Brother Xian, forgive Brother Yu for talking too much, who is this person you are talking about?" ”

Gao Shishi sighed lightly, stretched out his index finger to the sky, but did not speak.

Zhou Yong was shocked, and immediately retracted his searching gaze, bowed his head slightly, and sighed: "Brother Fool knows, thank you Brother Xian for reminding me." ”

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