According to Wang Xijue, this poem "I'm afraid it was written to the two of me", if this is the case, then this is indeed a bit "too deceitful", especially in the eyes of Shen Shixing Shen Yuanfu.

Gao pragmatic wants to levy business taxes in Jiangnan, Shen Yuanfu can't talk about being very angry, let alone angry, why is he angry when he sees a mere word?

Because this poem just hit the nail on the head of Shen Yuanfu.

However, this poem is not original and pragmatic, and its origin is the two ministers during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.

During the Jiaqing period of the Tatar Qing Dynasty, there was a couplet circulating in the capital: "The mediocre and mediocre Cao Cheng Prime Minister, crying and crying Dong Taishi." At first glance, the superficial meaning of this couplet should refer to Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Because, Cao Cao was the prime minister in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Dong Zhuo was also an official to the Taishi, both of whom were famous figures, especially among the people.

However, in fact, Prime Minister Cao Cheng and Dong Taishi in this couplet refer to two important ministers of the imperial court during the Jiaqing period: Cao Zhenyong and Dong Huan.

Cao Zhenyong is a veteran of the Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang dynasties.

Cao Zhenyong is an official, and he is famous for his six-character secret: "Kowtow more and talk less". Later, he died of illness at the age of 81, and after his death, he was given the nickname of "Wenzheng", becoming one of the only eight "Wenzheng" in the Tartar Qing Dynasty in the past 300 years.

Dong He was an important minister of the imperial court during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, and the official was a scholar of Wenhuadian University and a minister of military aircraft. Since Qianlong, the scholars of the Baohe Temple were no longer conferred, and the scholars of the Wenhua Palace became the de facto chief assistant of the cabinet, so there is no need to say much about Dong Huan's status at that time.

Dong He died of illness at the age of seventy-nine, and after his death, he was given the nickname of "Wen Gong", and Emperor Jiaqing came to pay tribute in person, and wrote him an imperial mourning poem, "Only the article is passed on to the son and nephew, and there is no currency to buy the grange". This is to praise Dong He's honesty and integrity, only the article has been handed down, and there is no money left to buy the grange.

In this way, these should be very powerful two people, so where does the source of the couplet "mediocre and mediocre Prime Minister Cao, crying and crying Dong Taishi" come from? Speaking of which, this is related to the attack on the Forbidden City by the Tenrikyo Sect at that time.

In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing, the Tianli Sect that spread in Zhili and Henan launched uprisings one after another. In September of that year, one of the Tianli sects, about 200 people, was sent by the leader Lin Qing to infiltrate the capital, and with the cooperation of several eunuchs, they attacked the heavily guarded Forbidden City, and fought as far as the vicinity of Longzongmen.

However, Emperor Jiaqing was not in the Forbidden City at that time, because before that, he happened to visit the Rehe Chengde Summer Resort in the name of hunting.

The emperors of the Tatar Qing Dynasty were not like the emperors of the middle of the Ming Dynasty, especially after Zhengde, who were almost confined to the capital. They are constantly running around, and there are all kinds of reasons. The Ming Dynasty Wenchen often used excuses to restrict the emperor's travel, such as huge spending, backlog of state affairs, and invading the people, etc., but the Qing Emperor was always dismissive.

Such a major event occurred in the capital, and the news came quickly. When Emperor Jiaqing received the news, he was on his way back to the capital from Rehe, and when he heard that the capital had changed dramatically, he panicked for a while, and he didn't know what the situation was in the capital.

There were many princes and ministers who accompanied Emperor Jiaqing to the summer resort in Chengde, Rehe, and most of them suggested staying for the time being and waiting for the next development of the situation. Only Dong Huanli asked Emperor Jiaqing to set off and return to the capital: "It's a disturbance, and the prisoners are coming!" When Dong He said that he was excited, he burst into tears...... This level of performance will definitely be able to win a little golden man in the future, and Gao Pragmatic may not be able to act like this.

So at this time, where is Cao Zhenyong?

Jiaqing visited the Rehe Chengde Summer Resort this time, and did not take Cao Zhenyong with him, Cao Zhenyong stayed in the capital at this time, responsible for handling important military and political affairs.

However, although this official is responsible for handling important military and political affairs, his ability to respond to emergencies may not be very reliable. When some Tianli disciples suddenly attacked the Forbidden City, Cao Zhenyong was surprised and panicked, and did not come up with an effective solution. Unexpectedly, Jiaqing's second son Min Ning and a group of princes and grandsons were quite calm, carrying shotguns and waist knives and rushing out of the upper study to meet the battle, which won valuable time for the Qing army's counterattack and avoided greater losses.

Soon, the Qing army quelled the uprising of the Tianli cultists, Cao Zhenyong calmed down, and the entire capital was restored to stability.

Everyone knows the performance of Cao Zhenyong and Dong He, two important ministers of the imperial court, in the Tianli Religious uprising. Therefore, not long after, an anonymous person in the capital compiled a couplet to satirize them: "The mediocre and mediocre Prime Minister Cao, crying and crying Dong Taishi." ”

At that time, Cao Zhenyong served as a co-organizer of the university and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, and Dong He was promoted from a scholar of Wenhuadian University to a prince and a teacher.

This couplet spread widely in the government and the opposition, and finally reached the ears of Cao Zhenyong and Dong He. Interestingly, these two may have been possessed by Li Chunfang, or they had cultivated their own supernatural powers, but they were not angry, but said half self-deprecating and half self-justifying: "It's not easy to be mediocre and cry at this time." ”

After this incident, if someone sees Dong He and respectfully calls him "Taishi" in person, Dong He will definitely smile and excuse himself, saying: "The cheap surname is not good." ”

This sentence is very easy to understand: the reputation of "Dong Taishi" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is really rotten, who wants to be related to him? It's like the truth of "people are ashamed of their names after the Song Dynasty, and I am ashamed of my surname Qin when I go to the grave".

It wasn't until Dong He died of illness that he was promoted to Taifu, and the saying of "crying and crying Dong Taishi" gradually disappeared. However, the old couplet is gone, and the new one comes out again. With the death of Dong He and Cao Zhenyong one after another, there was another word plate "One Cut Plum" in the capital, which is the one that appeared in the previous article.

Cao Zhenyong received the nickname "Wenzheng" after his death, and Cao Hao received the nickname "Wengong" after his death. However, because "Wen Gong" is not as good as "Wen Zhong", Gao Pragmatic changed the "Wen Gong" in the original text to "Wen Zhong".

This change is even more deliberate to ridicule the "two of us" - they are divided into one point, just one "Wenzheng" and the other "Wenzhong", which is simply pointing at the nose and mocking.

Shen Shixing was angry, and the practices mentioned in this poem could be deducted from his head almost word by word, especially when he and Wang Xijue both guessed that it was a pragmatic handwriting, and there was a sentence that particularly stimulated him.

"The minister's economy is calm, don't show miraculous achievements, don't say loyalty."

The "economy" here refers to "helping the people through the world", which is exactly what the "minister" should do, and the minister is "calm" and moderate, which is also Shen Shixing's consistent style, and often says it to the people around him.

Just looking at the first half of the sentence, there is actually no problem, and the back eight words are bad: don't show miraculous skills, don't say loyalty.

In the past two years, Shen Shixing has often consciously or unconsciously talked to people about the truth that "those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements", although Wang Xijue is not in Beijing, but he is a famous man in the world, often discussing Taoism with others in Suzhou, and often expressing similar views.

If the two of them said such things just because they were jealous of Gao Pragmatic's "miraculous achievements", it was actually a bit wronged, jealousy is not nothing, but it is indeed not all.

As the pillars of the Heart School, when Gao Pragmatic repeatedly performed miraculous feats, of course they had to exhort and comfort the officials within their own faction, so as not to be stimulated by Gao Pragmatic, otherwise whether they were jealous or even messed around, or ashamed of themselves and gave up the struggle, it was not what they wanted to see.

It's just talking internally, and you don't have to bear any responsibility, what is it? But Gao Pragmatic's move today put this article on the table, not only implying that these things are not secret at all, but also announcing them to the world.

It's like being hurt in my privacy, and I'm ashamed to say it, but now it's still being shown in public, is it tolerable?

Even a prime minister like Shen Yuanfu couldn't help but scold the "shaft", which shows how ruthless he was humiliated.

Gao pragmatic's move, to put it vulgarly, is like showing off the "Ten Daughters of Lao Tzu Night" in front of the eunuch, not to mention that it can anger people, it can simply make the dead so angry that they can crawl out of the coffin and cheat the corpse.

You are not "no miracles", you can't make miracles. This kind of thing is as easy and comfortable for me as drinking cold water, but for you it is as difficult as heaven, so you can only say that grapes are sour because you can't eat them.

It's not too much deception, what is too much deception?

Wang Xijue was probably angry yesterday, but he didn't jump like thunder at this time, he waited for Shen Shixing's angry snort to be a little lighter, and said: "Yuanfu endures humiliation and burden, and the plotter is big, Xijue understands it." However, once this word is sung, I am afraid that everyone in the world will misunderstand, and it is especially worrying...... I'm afraid that when the young people who have learned from my heart hear about it, they won't be able to understand Motosuke's good intentions, and when the time comes, ......"

When the time comes, the foundation will be shaken, and Shen Shixing can naturally hear such a simple meaning. Not only could he hear this meaning, but he could also hear another meaning.

Wang Xijue is dissatisfied with his current "bearing the burden of humiliation", at least he disagrees, but after all, he is the first assistant, and he has just recently entered the cabinet, so he doesn't want to behave too loudly.

Shen Shixing sighed and asked, "Then according to Yuanyu's opinion, I can only accept this time?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Xijue's face was unusually solemn: "Take a step back yesterday, take a step back today, and take a step back tomorrow...... Step by step, when is the end of retreat? I mean, only by competing with each other and not giving an inch, can the children of the Gao family know that I have someone in my heart, and he is worthy of half a point. In this way, as long as he does not succeed in his treacherous plan this time, he will have to consider the consequences and think twice if he wants to encroach like this in the future. ”

This is not unreasonable, Shen Shixing also agrees, and the reason why he does not agree to be tough is that his concern has always been another issue.

The civil power in Gao Shishi's hands is not superior to the Xin School, but he still has a helping hand: Xungui and the emperor are on his side.

Xungui usually can't participate in these national policy issues, but they can be ignored for the time being, but the emperor factor must not be ignored, and even in fact, this factor is still a decisive factor - as long as the emperor insists, no one can do it.

Yang Tinghe was so powerful at that time, wasn't he finally driven home by Sejong to retire? Once the emperor no longer cares about face, there is no limit to what the ministers can do to him—especially if he has other ministers at his disposal.

If it weren't for Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao and others, Sejong might have had no way to take Yang Tinghe back then, but since there was - and there would definitely be - so the emperor still kept his word.

Today's court is not what it was back then, the real school has always played the role of Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, and it is far more powerful than Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao.

Therefore, Shen Shixing has always been worried about the problem of loss. Fighting with Gao Shishi, it seems that the fighting style between the two sides between the government and the opposition will most likely be dominated by the heart school. But so what? Gao Pragmatic launched this Dinghai Jingcha offensive for the sake of the emperor, and once he may face defeat, the emperor may be even more unable to sit still than himself.

No matter what the outcome of Jingcha is, the final decision is in the hands of the emperor, is it expected that the emperor will choose to cut off his own arm? Don't even think about it.

Therefore, even if you listen to Wang Xijue's opinion and have a hard encounter with the real school, the final result is most likely a loss for the heart school, which is nothing more than a question of suffering a big loss or a small loss. Of course, this is not expected to be seen by Shen Shixing, the de facto party leader of the current heart school.

However, Wang Xijue's words are also reasonable, it is indeed not possible to retreat step by step, and it is necessary to curb Gao Shishi's aggressive momentum now. Otherwise, he has no one to control before he enters the cabinet now, and he will have to join the cabinet in a few years? Wouldn't the spectacle of the cabinet officials countering the first assistant when the high arch was restored again?

After wandering and pacing for a long time, Shen Shixing sat back in his place and asked Wang Xijue, "In addition to those arrangements that have been made before, what other good strategies does Yuan Yu have to teach me?" ”

Wang Xijue said: "There is no good plan, and there is no need for a good plan. He said in a deep voice: "What we do this time does not necessarily win, and it does not necessarily have to win, just not give an inch, and let Jingcha fall into a huge controversy can be regarded as achieving the goal." ”

Shen Shixing was a little surprised, and after thinking about it, it seemed that his previous words had changed Wang Xijue's opinion. He no longer insisted on ending Jingcha quickly and overpowering Gao Pragmatism in Jingcha, but lowered his expectations, as long as he showed the attitude of the Xinxue School that was unwilling to give in.

Wang Xijue's change is appreciated by Shen Shixing, which is also in line with what he said before, "erect a monument and a banner for the right way in the world, and don't let people with lofty ideals think that their hearts will not be learned, and they want to invest in it but have no way".

"In that case, Yuanyu let it go." Shen Shixing nodded solemnly: "Your Majesty, I will say what I should say and do what I should do." ”

Wang Xijue let out a breath of turbidity, stood up, shook his body, and said no more, but said: "There is Lao Yuanfu, Xijue will go." With that, he turned and walked away.

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