Gao Shixing's performance really stunned several cabinet elders, and they looked at each other in the council hall for a long time before they heard Shen Shixing cough lightly and said, "What do you think my cabinet should do with this recital?" ”

Xu Guo hesitated for a moment, but did not say a word, Zhang Xueyan couldn't help frowning secretly when he saw it, and then said: "How can the cabinet be so good at drafting such a sparse text, it must be handed over to the emperor to decide." However, it is the responsibility of the cabinet to regulate the world, and if there is a major event, it is not appropriate to have no opinion, and it is always necessary to show an attitude. ”

Shen Shixing was so easy to meet someone who dared to talk to him, where was he willing to let go, and immediately asked: "What Xin Zhai Gong said is extremely true, such a matter of the overall situation of the world, the cabinet can't help but show an attitude - I don't know how Xin Zhai Gong thinks of Gao Qiuzhen's negligence?" ”

He thought that Zhang Xueyan was just using "the cabinet must always have an attitude" to force himself, the first assistant, to express his position first, so he seized the opportunity to quickly oppose the first army, but Zhang Xueyan was not afraid to express his position.

I saw Zhang Xueyan suddenly arch his hand in the direction of the military department, and said: "Although Gao Qiuzhen is a junior of Shilin, from today on, I will not dare to respect him in person." ”

Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment, and before he could figure out what Zhang Xueyan meant by suddenly praising and pragmatism, he saw Zhang Xueyan concentrating in a deep voice, and said slowly: "It is worthy of the six champions, and it is really courageous." ”

Shen Shixing was shocked when he heard it, and the six champions were just that, it was originally a highly pragmatic honor, but this day was bold...... Can this be said casually?

Originally, the word "Wengu" had several meanings, and its use and usage were also different, but once it was prefixed with "Tianxia", there were usually only two situations: one was the leader of Shilin, and the other was the chief assistant of the imperial court.

Which one is Gao Pragmatism?

Although Shen Shixing still had a smile on his face, this smile was stiff no matter how he looked at it.

However, in the end, he did not speak out against it, because he also knew that it was really courageous to say these words in a high and pragmatic position.

What did Gao Pragmatic say in this essay, so that Shen Shixing would think the same way?

In this essay, Gao Pragmatic gave an example at the beginning of the article: the ancestral system is not inviolable, and under the change of time, there is no ancestral system that must not be violated, and everything must be determined according to the situation at the time. Moreover, the ancestors and ancestors did not unconditionally abide by the ancestral system, and even Emperor Taizu Gao himself made relevant adjustments many times after determining the "ancestral teachings".

Since Taizu himself has also adjusted, and the later Chengzu and other "saints" have also made many adjustments according to the national conditions at that time, why can't we adjust it now?

After explaining the reasons why the ancestral system can also be adjusted, Gao Pragmatic began to "prescribe medicine". There are five ways to "adjust" him.

The first issue is the issue of knighthood. Gao pragmatic proposed that the number of knights should be strictly limited, such as the eldest son of the prince and the prince as usual, and the second son of the prince is only allowed to be crowned with four at most, a total of five can be knighted. The eldest son of the county king attacked the county king as usual, and the second son of the concubine was only allowed to be crowned with two of them at most, and a total of three could be knighted. If the town, auxiliary, and Fengguo generals have sons-in-law, they are allowed to be sealed, and those who do not have a son-in-law are only allowed to be entitled. As for the lieutenants of Zhen, Fu, and Fengguo, then I'm sorry, no matter what the concubine is, he is only allowed to have one son.

However, knighthood is the most critical issue, and it has not been finished here, and Gao Pragmatic continued to make requests.

The clansmen other than the above clansmen, because they are not allowed to be canonized, are arranged as follows: among them, those who are interested in studying will be enrolled in school with the handsome children of the people. Among them, those who should be named in the first class should be awarded officials, but there is a requirement, that is, they can only serve as officials outside the country - in other words, they cannot be Beijing officials, and they cannot go to the center.

Other clans that can't study and choose to farm or work can just let them do it, and the court doesn't have to worry about it. If one considers that some of these clans may not have the means to earn a living, then it is advisable to consider having the imperial court give him an "initial fund".

For example, if the son of the prince is not allowed to be sealed, when he reaches the age of sixteen, the court will give him a crown and belt, and another six hundred taels of silver; and if the son of the king of the county shall not be crowned, he shall be given a crown and a belt and four hundred taels of silver; If the son of a lieutenant general is not allowed to be entitled, he shall be given a scarf and two hundred taels of silver with each son. In this way, whether it is studying to become an official or doing other things to make a living, I am not afraid that I will not take care of it and make a mistake.

And if there are some of them that are completely unsuccessful...... Gao pragmatic said that every family in the world has unscrupulous sons, which is helpless - in other words: the court does not raise waste, you can die wherever you love to die, Lao Tzu did not consider you waste here.

After that, he solved two other related problems by the way: First, the clan could not go out of the city. Gao Pragmatic thinks that the clan is not in the way of going out of the city, and there is actually no such article in the "ancestral training", as for why this statement was formed later, Gao Pragmatic doesn't care - in fact, that is after the Jingjing, and it is only an unspoken rule, so Gao Pragmatic simply does not admit it here.

The other is that he and Zhu Yijun talked about "the punishment is not in the clan", here Gao pragmatic gave an opinion: the clan that has not been canonized is all transferred to the jurisdiction of the legal department, which is no different from the people. Incidentally, he also argues that this is "the way of the great duke."

After the knighthood problem is solved, the second thing is the heir issue. This is relatively simple, Gao pragmatic does not agree with the succession of all kinds of brothers, he thinks that only the level of the prince can be brothers and brothers - this is considering that the prince is considered a "country", and it is not good to give people a "country" at every turn. Of course, if there is no one to inherit the brother and brother, or even the own nephew, then it is the heir, and the "national division" is still the "national division".

The third article is very powerful, Gao Pragmatic directly abolished the "low guarantee" of the clan knighthood - the original clan, after reaching the lowest level of Fengguo lieutenant, will not be lowered again, because that is the lowest level of the clan. Lieutenant Bong-guk gave birth to a son, and he is still Lieutenant Bong-guk, and his grandson is the same, in short, the push is endless.

In fact, the population explosion of the clan is mainly due to this, so Gao Pragmatic asked Fengguo Lieutenant and below this time not to be sealed again, and his eldest son was given one hundred taels of silver as capital, and the court that was reborn later did not care. Moreover, this policy only governs five generations, and after five generations, the imperial court does not care at all.

According to a highly pragmatic point of view: give you one hundred taels each of the five generations of eldest sons, if you are still defeated, it is because your family is too incompetent, anyway, my court has exhausted its benevolence and righteousness, you should starve to death.

Article 4 is not very important, mainly because the knighthood has been handled, then the relevant treatment of the county lords, county lords and their families, of course, must be adjusted accordingly, which is basically the opposite of the adjustment of the knighthood, and there is no need to go into detail.

Article 5 is a proposal related to strict law and discipline, and Gao pragmatic requires a thorough investigation of the children of concubines, children of unauthorized marriage, children of the Emperor, etc., anyway, the so-called clans whose status is not qualified must all be found out and eliminated.

Of course, considering that the most of them are "children who marry without permission", Gao Pragmatic is still very kind to give them a certain ration first, and then let them choose their own path.

Gao Pragmatic is actually quite familiar with the above handling methods, because he had in-depth contact with similar things in his previous life - the bankruptcy and buyout of state-owned enterprises.

At that time, he came into contact with these when he was the secretary of the county party committee, and he had participated in nearly 100 meetings with his leaders, and traveled to more than 20 enterprises in the county that were about to go bankrupt.

Gao Pragmatic feels that the current clan problems of the Ming Dynasty are similar to those loss-making state-owned enterprises back then, and they can't be saved by saving them alone.

Moreover, the clan problem is actually more serious than the loss problem of state-owned enterprises, because no matter how much the state-owned enterprises lose, at least the products are still there, but the trouble is very great such as insolvency and unsalable products.

And the problem of the clan is simply a net loss for the imperial court, and the more it loses, the more it loses. You can afford it this year, next year, and there will always be a day when you can't afford it. At that time, your court will lose so much money that you will have no money to do anything, and the clan itself will starve to death because you can't get the money, so why bother?

It's better to change it early.

However, the reason why Shen Shixing did not object to Zhang Xueyan's praise of Gao Pragmatic as "the courage of the world" is not only because Gao Pragmatic put forward these, because although the methods proposed by Gao Pragmatic are relatively centralized and comprehensive, but there are actually some officials who have mentioned some of them before him, such as strict review and clan crimes should be handed over to the legal department as a whole, which have been mentioned before.

Gao Shipra's power lies in the fact that he not only gathered together to finish talking at one time, but most importantly, he was the first person to propose these reforms as a "non-science and Taoist official", and he was the first member of the imperial court to raise these questions.

This is amazing, because the speech officials are "not punished by words", and the court officials do not have such "preferential treatment".

In other words, to say these things in a highly pragmatic capacity is to take huge political risks, and if you don't get it right, you may anger the emperor, and then it's over.

Although Gao Shixing has a special relationship with the emperor, Shen Shixing's attitude on this matter is very conservative, and he believes that no matter how close the relationship between the monarch and the minister is, it cannot change the fact that "the monarch and the minister are ministers".

As long as the emperor is still the emperor and Gao Pragmatic is still a minister, the emperor's scales are still untouchable.

Is the problem of the clan the emperor's rebellion? No one can guarantee it, but it is very likely, because the emperor himself must also put on an attitude of caring for his relatives, which is always advocated by Confucianism, and no one can take it seriously.

Therefore, Gao Shipra's proposal of these restructuring methods, in any case, is taking huge political risks.

In particular, if you do this, you are not afraid of angering the clans of the world and finally causing a "rebellion of the seven kingdoms"?

Aren't you afraid that you will end up making a mistake?

Because of these reasons, after Shen Shixing was silent for a long time, he finally nodded reluctantly and said, "Gao Qiuzhen is bold, I might as well do it." ”

Zhang Xueyan was silent.

Wu Dui immediately said: "Since Yuanfu also thinks so, then the cabinet might as well vote to approve it." ”

Shen Shixing hesitated a little, groaning and not speaking. In fact, from his point of view, he is indeed more difficult.

First, the problem of Zong's vassal affairs has indeed become a big trouble, and he, as the first assistant, should support such a reform, after all, once this reform is successful, the burden of the imperial court will suddenly be much lighter.

But secondly, this matter was proposed by Gao Pragmatic, if it is done, the first credit will definitely go to Gao Pragmatic, and there are not many achievements of his heart school, but if he expresses his support as the first assistant, he will definitely attract a lot of firepower for Gao Pragmatic, which is equivalent to helping Gao Pragmatic in vain.

For the sake of high pragmatism, but he can't get much benefit, if this is a deal, then it is really how to see how to lose.

In addition, in case of a mess, just like the reason why he just felt that Gao Pragmatic and bold, once this matter is not operated carelessly, it will be troublesome to cause a few vassal kings to rebel.

Although judging from the military prestige of the Ming Dynasty over the years, he should not be afraid of a few feudal kings rebelling, but who knows if this young son of heaven is brave enough? In case he is also like Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, with a twitch in his brain, he feels that he can rely on "punishing Chao Wrong" to make the princes stop their troops, who will he choose to kill at that time?

Is it to kill Gao Pragmatic, the initiator, or to kill himself, the first assistant?

Maybe that's true.

Shen Shixing felt extremely embarrassed, and suddenly glanced at Xu Guo, who was speechless, and suddenly felt blessed in his heart, and immediately asked, "Brother Yingyang, what do you think?" ”

He originally thought that Xu Guo, as the nominal leader of the Shixue School, since he didn't speak just now, he was afraid that Gao Shishi didn't even discuss such a big matter with him, and he was probably very unhappy in his heart, so he didn't say anything, so under his own question, Xu Guo was afraid that he would say something that he Shen Yuanfu liked to hear.

Who knew that Xu Guo's performance was beyond his expectations, Xu Cifu just said lightly: "The harm of Zonglu has long been there, and I, as a minister, have not worried about the monarch earlier, and I have been derelict in my responsibility." Now that there is a truth-seeking initiative, I am naturally willing to join the tail and participate in the grand event. ”

Shen Shixing was stunned in his heart, but his face was not easy to show, so he could only smile reluctantly: "Although Brother Yingyang blames himself, it is tantamount to blaming me, if you say who is the first to do this matter, you must do it in time." ”

This is actually a polite remark, or something that will only be said when forced to do so, but since it has been said, it cannot be taken back.

Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui glanced at each other, and were about to agree together, but who knew that they were preempted by another person.

Wang Jiaping, a scholar of the East Pavilion University and the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, gently patted the armrest of the Taishi chair and said loudly: "The second assistant said that it is extremely true, such a major event, my cabinet should not have taken the initiative, and now since there are important ministers of the imperial court solemnly proposed, how can we wait for the king's luck and loyalty to the king, how can we be willing to be the queen and not say a word so far?" In order to relieve the people's hardship, enrich the country, and pro-clan families, I would like to second: Please open the ban! ”

When Shen Shixing heard this, he immediately looked at Wang's screen, and at the same time, his heart tightened, and he secretly said: It's broken.

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PS: After yesterday's chapter was posted, some readers and friends said that they didn't understand a few sentences of classical Chinese, and they felt very lost, so today's chapter deliberately used Shen Shixing's thinking and narration to sort out the gist of "Please Open the Domain", and now there should be no reading difficulties.