Chapter 115: A Shocking Discovery!
If he wants to fight, let him fight, as long as we can make him lose this battle, then that's fine. β
Shen Shixing suddenly found that although these eunuchs had only studied in the inner study for a few years, and they didn't know if they were comparable to ordinary students in terms of knowledge, they all seemed to have a common advantage, that is, they were very able to delve into the extremely special problem of "holy family".
The high pragmatism of the saints is unparalleled in the world, and this is recognized within the heart school. If you want to make an analogy, it can be completely contended with Yan Song in the middle and late stages of the World Temple, and the high arch of the Mu Temple, or even surpassed.
Under the Ming system, it is really a very embarrassing thing to have such a person as an opponent, and there is almost no place to start.
It's not that the Heart School hasn't analyzed how to target Gao Pragmatism, on the contrary, they have analyzed enough, but the conclusion is very embarrassing - no way!
This person should not be greedy for money, because he is already rich in the world, and he even plays the role of a fortune boy or even the god of wealth at every turn, wanting to find his fault in terms of money, and he knows that it is a complete pipe dream with his toes.
This person doesn't seem to be lustful, although some people in the outside world deliberately promote Baiyulou as a wine pond meat forest, and compare Gao Pragmatic to Shi Chong in the Western Jin Dynasty, but one thing is well known: Gao Pragmatic has only one wife so far, and he has not even received a concubine. This makes it difficult for those rumors to penetrate people's hearts at all.
As for not accepting concubines, you can also use maids instead...... The truth is that this is true, and it is true in theory, but in fact there are differences. At least in the Ming Dynasty, although sleeping with a maid (the kind with a slave contract) is not illegal, it is usually accepted as a concubine, and it is extremely rare not to accept it.
And if you want to talk about this problem, if you look at the people Gao Pragmatic brought with him when he was on the other side twice, you will know that there are a lot of family members with him, but there are always very few maids.
Last time, Liu Shouyou somehow had a whim, wanting to prove that there was a personal affair between Gao Shixing and Princess Yongning, but in fact, Shen Shixing never believed it in his heart.
To say that Princess Yongning may fall in love with Gao Longwen, who has been famous all over the world since she was a girl, it is understandable that Shen Shixing is understandable. After all, the princess is just a girl without any social experience, and she usually doesn't see other young men except the emperor and King Lu, and it is not surprising that she thinks she has seen the love of her life when she sees Gao Longwen once in a while.
Shen Shixing felt that even if he changed to another man who was famous and good-looking, the princess would probably have this attitude.
It's just that although Shen Shixing didn't believe it at that time, Yu Youding thought that this was also a place where he could hit high pragmatism, and it was the best, and it wasn't a big deal if it didn't work, so he might as well give it a try.
Who knew that in the end, not only did he not succeed, but he also put Zhang Whale and Liu Shouyou into it, which is really a foot high and a foot high.
However, this fiasco also made Shen Shixing's pragmatic attitude towards Gao more cautious, and he even had a very negative idea at that time.
After all, Gao Pragmatic is still very young, although now the saint is extremely long, and the promotion is very fast, but as long as there are no major changes in the cabinet, it is still difficult for him to enter the cabinet - this place is very particular about seniority, no matter how good you are Gao Pragmatic, it can't change the fact that you were born in the Gengchen Gold List in the eighth year of Wanli.
Normally speaking, even if Gao Pragmatic promotes the "Eastern System" plan perfectly, it should be a book to the top, as for the cabinet...... In another ten years, he didn't know if he would be able to reach the next ten years.
Of course, the main premise here is that the cabinet cannot have a major incident, especially he Shen Shixing himself cannot have a major incident - the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty can barely be regarded as having an age limit, and there is no term limit. He Shen Shixing is only forty-nine years old this year, if nothing happens, even if he honestly insists on becoming a member at the age of seventy like Guo Pu, then there are still thirty-one years to do!
Thirty-one years is enough to train at least two generations of successors.
Secretly saying something heart-wrenching, it's hard to say whether the emperor can live until then, after all, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty ...... Well, there aren't many people who live long.
I thought that I could only rely on this method to stalemate the situation, but I didn't expect that today Zhang Cheng and his gang actually put forward another way of thinking, which suddenly made Shen Shixing understand the true root of Gao Shixing's peerless saint.
That's right! Although Gao pragmatic has a good background and a perfect resume, if he stops there, he will be raised by grace and show the world how benevolent His Majesty the Emperor is, but he will definitely not be reused.
If you don't reuse it, there will be no actual threat to the Xinxue faction, and the matter will be over!
However, Zhang Cheng pointed out one thing, the reason why Gao Pragmatic was relied on by the emperor was not because of his background, nor because he was "small", but because he was a real capable minister - I can solve the troubles that are rising, and I can find out and solve the troubles that are not coming.
Under this premise, coupled with his background and resume, can it still be reused? With him alone, the emperor can almost rule without asking about everything! Whoever is the emperor will definitely be reused for this kind of loyal and capable courtier.
However, for Zhang Cheng and Shen Shixing, if Gao Shixing really relied on the unexplainable saints to win the favor, then there was really no solution, but it was a "capable minister......
Hehe, a capable minister just has to keep doing things, and do everything properly, so that the emperor will rely on him. Once he starts to do bad things, and even messes up the things that the emperor values very seriously, won't this holy family collapse?
Of course, if you do a bad job, you don't necessarily have to be pragmatic and you will collapse, but since there is a failure, there can be a second, third, or even countless times. And the emperor's patience is always limited, after a few failures, can Gao Pragmatism's status in his heart still be the same as in the past?
Thousands of miles of embankment, collapsed in the anthill. Especially for a person who has never failed, this first failure must be the biggest blow to him. At the same time, in the emperor's mind, he will also change from a trustworthy minister who can rely on everything to an ordinary courtier who is no different from ordinary people.
It takes countless proofs for a legend to become a legend, but it is easy to break this legend, and it only takes one failure to do so.
The real difference between "one defeat" and "invincible" is not just a single defeat.
That's the huge difference between "have" and "nothing"!
It's just that how can we make high pragmatism fail?
Shen Shixing said very secretly and tactfully: "Gao Qiuzhen's peace and stability are invincible in the north and south, and the fault is not that he is only a weak champion, but I am afraid that he is already the head of the literary marshal of this dynasty...... Zhang Bingbi, it is not easy for him to fail. β
Zhang Cheng pursed his lips and snorted: "The word Annan Dingbei, our ears are going to hear the cocoon." Yuanfu, our family is wondering, which of these two battles do you say he didn't use the strength of others to make meritorious contributions to himself? β
Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment, and asked with some astonishment: "What do you mean by Bingbi?" β
Zhang Cheng spread his hands: "Look, let's talk about the Battle of Annan first, how did the Gao Party brag about him?" Oh, it didn't cost a single soldier of the imperial court, and it didn't cost Taicang a grain of rice and half a penny, and it was for me that the Ming Dynasty recovered Annam-right? β
Shen Shixing nodded and said, "Yes." β
Zhang Cheng sneered: "Then is he a high man who scatters beans and becomes a soldier, or is he a thousand horses and a thousand alone?" β
Shen Shixing frowned and said, "I just said that I didn't bother the imperial court, and I didn't say that I didn't need soldiers." β
"Ahh Zhang Cheng slapped the table: "What kind of soldiers did he use?" Yuanfu, do you really believe that he is more capable of fighting than the family of many military ministers in my court? β
Shen Shixing hesitated: "Bingbi means ......"
"Originally, our family didn't think about this, but this time the emperor gave him a marriage that reminded our family." Zhang Cheng was rarely solemn, and said to Shen Shixing: "Yuan Fu still remembers Gao Pragmatic's wife-Huang Zhiting, the deputy commander of Annan?" β
Shen Shixing said: "I met the court once, what's wrong with her?" β
"That's not what we said." Zhang Cheng waved his hand: "We mean, do you remember Huang Zhiting's record in Myanmar this time?" β
"Remember, the gods of the sea descended from the sky, easily took Bago Tuo for thousands of miles, and defeated the main force of the reckless thieves in a battle - what Bingbi said is this?"
"Yes, that's it." Zhang Cheng sneered: "Yuanfu will contact Annan again and think about it, that time Gao pragmatic took Annan, this deputy Huang Du was the main force under his command - the Battle of Langshan is her masterpiece." β
Shen Shixing suddenly understood, and asked in great surprise, "You mean...... The Battle of Annam was actually fought by Huang Zhiting? β
This statement was so shocking that Shen Shixing felt that it was really difficult for him to accept. But then again, according to Zhang Cheng's analysis, it doesn't seem to be completely unreasonable......
"Let's ask again, which war did Gao Pragmatic command?" Zhang Cheng added another sentence at this time, and then he snorted lightly and said: "Our family has read the battle report, and every time it is his turn to be pragmatic and pragmatic, the other party will either surrender directly or ...... The one who took the lead was Huang Zhiting! Motosuke, don't you think there's a big problem here? β
Shen Shixing thought about it carefully and found that Zhang Cheng seemed to have missed a person named Cen Ling, but that was no longer the point, the focus was on Zhang Cheng's conclusion, "Gao Shishi himself did not directly command any major battles in the Battle of Annam. β
This seems to be a fact.
Shen Shixing couldn't help but get a little entangled, and asked: "Even if the battle of Annan was fought by Huang Zhiting, then what can you say about the battle of Monan?" β
"Aha? The Battle of Monan? Zhang Cheng laughed: "Yuanfu, think about it again, where was Gao Pragmatic during the Battle of Monan?" β
Shen Shixing couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhang Cheng sneered: "Except for repairing a city, he has hardly been to the front line!" Who are the people who are fighting? It's the one who takes Hannaji and the Three Ladies and their Tumut elite horses, especially the one who really fights the war! We also have it here in Daming, such as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang father and son, and even Zhang ...... What's the matter, it's the father and son anyway - these people are the ones who fight! What did Gao Pragmatism do? β
Shen Shixing actually disagreed with these words.
As a civil leader himself, he felt that he couldn't say that he didn't do anything just because Gao was pragmatic and didn't go into battle directly. If it weren't for Gao Pragmatism's persuasion of Hannaji, Zhongjin Hatun and Chataiji, and uniting them, no matter how powerful the Tumut Iron Cavalry is, it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty!
Besides, commanding Xuanda, Shanxi, Jizhen, Liaodong and other towns in the center is not something that can be done casually.
As for saying that Gao Pragmatic did not rush to the front line, that is also normal! There are so many literary and handsome people in the Ming Dynasty, who will personally go to kill people? In the past, Wang Wencheng was fair to the rebellion of King Ning, and he didn't run to drag a knife and cut people, didn't he?
However, Shen Shixing also admitted that Zhang Cheng had discovered at least one thing: Gao Shishi really didn't seem to have directly commanded even one battle.
Is this his weakness?
Probably, at least doubtfully.
However, Shen Shixing thought about it carefully, and had doubts again, he asked: "Even if he did not command the battle in the two battles of Annan and Dingbei by himself, but mainly relied on the strength of the generals under his command, and each of them exerted their due combat power, but ...... What about the Battle of Liaonan? β
Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "The battle of southern Liaoning? Hehe, Yuanfu recalls, which famous generalβno, a famous marshalβwas summoned to Liaodong by him before the outbreak of the Battle of Southern Liaoning, and was with him? β
Well? And this kind of thing?
Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment, searched his stomach and thought about it carefully, and suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Ma Lanxi!" β
"Not bad! It's Ma Fang! Zhang Cheng was proud of his discovery, and said: "Ma Fang bravely crowned the three armies, and even when he was at the height of his military strength, he retreated, what kind of ability is this?" Yuanfu, you compare and see, Hannaji is the grandson of Alta, Chataiji is the general under Meta, and the third lady is Hatun of Meda - is Alda the most powerful one? β
Uh, you seem to have a problem with this comparison, huh?
But Zhang Cheng was in high spirits, he didn't care about Shen Shixing and didn't speak, he continued: "These three people joined forces and defeated Tumen and Xin Ai, but Ma Fang is even more powerful than my answer, doesn't that mean that Ma Fang must also be able to suppress the maps?" Isn't that the end of it? Gao pragmatic looked for Ma Fang, as long as he listened to Ma Fang, he couldn't lose this battle if he closed his eyes and beat him randomly! β
Shen Shixing was a little confused, there seemed to be something wrong with this, but it seemed to make some sense...... However, he is the same as Gao Pragmatism, as a civil servant, he still feels that Gao Pragmatism should have played a role.
All of the above shows that high pragmatism is at least able to employ people! Isn't it a skill to be able to employ people? That's a lot of skill, okay?
Of course, Zhang Cheng's words are not completely targetless, and Shen Shixing now also feels that the so-called invincibility of high pragmatism may really have water.
In other words, if Gao Shishi did not have these generals who were extremely capable of fighting under his hands, he would only be afraid of ...... Hehe, I'm afraid the ending is unpredictable!
We can think of a way to do this......
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