This is somewhat unexpected, although I know that Zhu Yijun now attaches great importance to the victory of foreign wars and regards it as an effective means to consolidate his authority, but I did not expect that the degree of importance he has reached such a point.

In addition, Zhang Siwei's words just now are also a little interesting: "The emperor is very optimistic about your foreign war ability."

It seems that this is a good thing, but Gao Pragmatic feels that it is not entirely a good thing.

Gao Pragmatic's long-term plan for himself is undoubtedly to join the cabinet, become the first assistant, and then write a book to criticize the world and dominate the world. Because only by becoming the first assistant can he implement his will to reform, but most of the key points in his reform are inseparable from the ancestral system, and if he can't become an iron-fisted first assistant, there is no hope at all.

For example, the matter of banning the sea and opening the sea is both an ancestral system and an ancestral system, because the "ancestors" had both forbidden and open the sea, some banned and opened, and some opened and banned. Gao Gong insisted on opening the sea at the beginning, and it was from this aspect that I stood on the side of the open sea, and I was also a "respectful ancestor".

However, some of the things that Gao pragmatic will do in the future are different, such as one of the priorities in his mind: reforming the entire fiscal system and strengthening the financial control capacity of the central government.

This incident fundamentally violated the "ancestral system" established by Zhu Yuanzhang back then-Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was redundant to allocate a lot of taxes to the local government after they came up, so he directly let the local government arrange it by itself. This system has been operating from the Hongwu Dynasty to today, and even Zhu Di has not thought about changing it, and it is a veritable ancestral system.

But this ancestral system is simply stupid in Gao Shishi's view: not only did the center of your court give up such a large amount of financial power, but also didn't even want the right to supervise, how to do it locally, you don't know what to do!

So if the local government imposes harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, increases the amount of taxes, or even indiscriminately collects and levies in the name of the imperial court, don't you know it? You still think that the local government is obediently following the imperial edict! At this time, the decision made by the imperial court is obviously impossible to conform to the local reality, no matter what the imperial court does, it has actually become a decision to pat the head, so how can the world not be chaotic?

Therefore, even if you take into account the traffic conditions and administrative losses at this time, some financial endowments do not have to be transported from the local government to the Beijing division for storage, and then allocated by the Beijing division and transported back to the local area, but at least you have to make an account, and you have to send someone to count and find out! How can you allow the localities to talk for themselves and do their own thing?

But this kind of reform at this level is not something that can be implemented by Gao Pragmatic through personal connections and influence on the emperor, he must personally take the lead, as the first assistant, take the initiative to stand in front of the stage and give orders, and then have the emperor's resolute support behind him, this can be done.

Because of this, even during the period when Gao Gong was in power, Gao Pragmatic did not consider promoting, because at that time the emperor was still young and could not give real support, but would be slandered by Gao Gong's opponents, saying that he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes and usurped power and disorderly government.

Even with Gao Gong's character, he may not be afraid of being pointed out by thousands of people, but Gao Pragmatic does not want to add such a "reputation" to the Gao family, because once this kind of reputation is golden, it will not only be a problem for the Gao family to recover, but the biggest possibility is that once Gao Gong dies, he will die immediately, and all reform efforts will be in vain.

Fiscal reform is only a microcosm of the real "big reform" in Gao Pragmatic's mind, and there are several major events that are similar in difficulty to this, so his goal can only be to sit in the position of first assistant himself, and there is no room for compromise.

But the system of the Ming Dynasty is very strange, what you need to see to become the first assistant is not what grassroots work experience, local work experience, or even the popular "work experience of major cadre positions" in later generations, but the work experience of the center, especially the work experience of the Hanlin Academy - in other words, the work experience of the "emperor's secretary".

In fact, the pragmatic "emperor's secretary" has a lot of work experience, but unfortunately he doesn't count, and the part that counts starts from serving as a Japanese lecturer.

As for Annan Dingbei, Governor Liaodong, etc., these resumes can only be regarded as a plus point to prove personal ability, but they are never a decisive item.

Just like what Gao Shishi had considered before he was appointed as a foreign minister in Liaodong Yuan, if it weren't for the fact that his grade would be raised as soon as possible, Zhu Yijun would not have sent him to a foreign post at all - stay in the Hanlin Academy for six or nine years, and he would be able to serve as a squire in a certain department as soon as his qualifications were in place.

Even, according to the foundation of his six champions, he directly made up a book of the Ministry of Rites, and found an opportunity to enter the cabinet.

This is the noble choice of the elders of the Ming Dynasty, the former first assistant Li Chunfang, Gao Gong, Guo Pu, the current first assistant Zhang Siwei, and even the possible first assistant Shen Shixing in the future, which is not the way to go?

Gao is still busy with "foreign wars", so this may be a good thing or a bad thing.

Fortunately, he can prove his ability through foreign wars, and he can also "unite" a large group of border ministers and border generals because of this.

The bad thing is that he doesn't have enough time in the center, and the reputation of "Qinggui" has been seriously dragged down - in Daming, how important a person's reputation is, there is no need to emphasize it again.

The only fortunate thing in the misfortune is probably that he was born in a high family of the Shixue sect, and it can be inferred that he did these things in order to practice the essence of Shixue. In addition, it can barely be regarded as a remedy, which is the identity of the champion of the six heads. Otherwise, according to the general situation, it is difficult to come back after a long time, and even if he comes back, he will usually be sent away by a military secretary.

Zhang Siwei was stunned when he saw Gao Shishi, and he was distracted for a while, and couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking, so distracted?" ”

"Huh?" Gao Pragmatic was woken up by Zhang Siwei, scratched his head, and said, "My nephew is wondering, should the emperor hand it over to me in the future?" This...... Is it a good thing, or a bad thing? ”

Zhang Siwei was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly, and said, "Are you afraid that you will not be able to return to Beijing if you have been in a foreign place in the future?" ”

Gao pragmatic coughed dryly: "It's not that you won't be able to come back, it's just that this time is ......."

Zhang Siwei shook his head and said: "You are too worried, if it is really what you think, this Yunnan war, the emperor will not let you secretly preside over it through such means." ”

"Why?" Gao Shishi was a little puzzled why Zhang Siwei said so surely, and he asked: "I always feel that if it weren't for the fact that the actual status of the governor of Yunnan is not as good as that of the governor of Liaodong, this Yunnan war, especially when the emperor made up his mind to fight this battle resolutely, maybe he would have sent me to Yunnan instead." ”

Zhang Siwei laughed, shook his head and said, "No, no." ”

"Why are you so sure?" Gao pragmatic can't help but wonder.

"There are two points." Zhang Siwei stretched out two fingers, retracted one more, and said: "First, your Liaofu itself has not long been in office, and as soon as the war in Yunnan started, he transferred you to Yunnan Fu, which will make people in the world wonder, does the emperor feel that you are the only one who can be used?" The world is so big, if there are two and three troops, what should the emperor do? Without your high truth-seeking, my Ming Dynasty can only sit in the city of sorrow?

Second, you said that the status of Yunnan Fu is not as good as that of Liao Fu, which is generally true, but if the emperor really wants you to preside over the war in Yunnan, it is not necessary for you to be Yunnan Fu. Give you a strategy of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, or even more exaggerated, count Guangdong and Guizhou, and give you a strategy of the five southwest provinces? You are now the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and you can also preside over the military affairs of several provinces, this 'strategy' is just a temporary dispatch, and you will be withdrawn as soon as the matter is over, so that you will go to the five southwestern provinces of the general system, and you are afraid that you will not be able to fight a single Burma? ”

Gao Pragmatic suddenly realized, and said in his heart: It turns out that the squire of the military department can go through a few provinces...... Oh, that's right, in history, when Yang Hao passed through Liaodong and North Korea, he was just the rank of the right squire of the Ministry of War, and it seems that the official title of the Squire of the Ministry of War is one of the members of the imperial court, and it is still very powerful.

Seeing that Gao pragmatically accepted his statement, Zhang Siwei smiled again and said, "So don't think too much, the reason why the emperor did this is actually not so complicated." First, he knows your ability best, and he will be more at ease if he secretly hands over the war in Yunnan to you to control. Second, the original intention of his move is to worry that you will not be available in the future, have you ever thought about this? ”

"Have you thought about it?" Gao Pragmatic didn't understand why Zhang Siwei's tone was obviously aggravated when he said this.

Zhang Siwei said: "I also suddenly thought of this after I talked to you about recommending candidates for the cabinet: Have you found that there is a possibility that there will be a situation where my Shixue faction will not be accepted?" ”

Gao pragmatic's eyes froze, and he pondered: "What Uncle means is that in addition to you, most of the main forces of the second generation are from the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, if you assume that the nephew is the third generation, judging from the gold list, it has reached the eighth year of Wanli......"

Zhang Siwei interrupted: "You can count it according to the eight years of Wanli yourself, but your 'generation' can't be counted according to the eight years of Wanli - the simplest point is, in addition to yourself, which other protégé of the real school of the Gengchen Kejin List in the eighth year of Wanli can be promoted to the rank of military squire in just three years?" I won't talk about the others, what grade is Taizheng now? ”

Zhang Taizheng, Zhang Siwei's second son, Gao Shishi's cousin and Gengchen Ke Jinbang in the same year. Wanli eight years Gengchen Ke gold list second class fourth Jinshi born, the museum was selected, for the eight months of Shu Jishi, after the dispersal of the museum for the six products of the Ministry of Rites, at the beginning of this year just because of the evaluation of excellence, the Ministry of Rites Ancestral Sacrifice Qing Officials Shi Lang, is the fifth grade of the official position.

The son of the first assistant of the dignified family, the fourth in the second class, was born as a scholar, and he only achieved the sixth grade in three years, and he was still in the "idle errand" of the Ministry of Rites and Ancestral Priests, which shows that the aura of the new science and technology jinshi has retreated, and it is not easy to be promoted.

Zhang Taizheng has such a background, can others be better than him?

Even Xiao Liangyou and Wang Ting, who were in the same rank as Gao Pragmatic at the beginning, are still mixed with seniority in the Hanlin Academy, and their positions have not moved a step.

The meaning of what Zhang Siwei said is here: your high pragmatic promotion speed is too fast, it is a special case, and it is impossible for normal people to catch up, so there is no problem for you to count yourself according to the eight years of Wanli, but it is unreasonable for your "current generation" to be counted according to the eight years of Wanli as a whole.

Or in other words, if your "current generation" is calculated according to the eight years of Wanli, then you can't count it yourself, and you have to push forward at least two or even three subjects.

But it is precisely because of this that if you enter the cabinet in the future and begin to provoke the pillars of my Shixue faction, your batch of peers may not be able to play their due role and give you wings.

According to Gao Shishi's current situation, Zhang Siwei estimates that he may enter the cabinet in the year he is established, and at that time, what position did his batch of people get to in the same year?

There are two kinds of people who stay in Beijing: one is to stay in the Hanlin Academy, and at this time they can probably mix with a waiter and a waiter, and a good one may be a bachelor and a lecturer, and they are in the state of "quasi-waiter".

The second is to stay in the Liubu and other Beijing officials and yamen, it is basically impossible for them to go up to the squire, but the squire below is still only Langzhong, and it is difficult to say whether they can go up to the squire. On the contrary, those who stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate may have the opportunity to be released to the Governor's Office, and those who are more lucky may be released to a certain province to be the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate, that is, the military preparation road, but generally speaking, it is unlikely that they will be promoted to the governor in ten years.

And directly released, it's hard to say, maybe when you are in office, you have been evaluated well, maybe you have made a great contribution when you encounter an opportunity outside, and then from the prefect to the prefect, from the prefect and the prefect, and even transfer back to Beijing as a squire, etc., but generally speaking, it is also difficult, it is a blessing to be able to go to the political envoy, in fact, it is good to be able to participate in politics and the like.

These official positions, in terms of rank and status alone, are not low, after all, the Jinshi background of the Ming Dynasty is still very popular, but if you compare it with Gao Shishi, who may have entered the cabinet at this time...... How much can they help him? No, I can't! At most, it will play a little "public opinion role" at some point.

At this time, most of the 44-year-old Jinbang protégés of Jiajing when Gao Gong was the chief examiner were in their sixties at this time, and the younger ones were in their fifties, and there were still a few years to mix?

That's how the green and yellow are generated.

But Gao Pragmatic was a little incomprehensible, and asked: "But uncle, for example, the Wanli two-year gold list is my mentor Guo Gong as the main exam, and the Wanli five-year gold list is your main exam, can't the Jinshi of these two subjects be used?" ”

Zhang Siwei shook his head and said, "You don't know what kind of character your teacher Guo Gong is?" He never makes an exception for his protégés, there are few Jinshi in the second year of Wanli who are decent, and the only name I can often see at the moment is probably Ma Yu and Fan Shouji, but Ma Yu is because I took care of it, Fan Shouji is because he is from Kaifeng Mansion, and I also take care of one or two.

In addition, there are really no characters in this subject, such as Li Sancai, Zhao Nanxing and others, they all have a chance to climb up, but unfortunately they are all people from 'over there'. Oh, by the way, there is also a Xu Yuanchun in this subject, who is Xu Huating's eldest grandson......"

Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but be silent, and said secretly: This is good, the teacher is decent, but the disciple will suffer because of this. Fortunately, the uncle is not pedantic, otherwise Ma Yu would not have played...... In other words, Ma Wei didn't seem to have done anything in the original history, is it because his uncle was in power for too short?

At this time, Zhang Siwei continued: "As for the fifth year of Wanli, although this subject is my main exam, this subject is only one subject earlier than you, what is the use of three years?" In ten years, if there are one or two squires, governors or something, I will burn high incense. ”

He sighed and said with a wry smile: "I won't tell you, I plan to let you take care of them in the future." ”

Uh, is that embarrassing......

Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but scratch his head.

"Therefore, the emperor's move has a deep meaning, but it is not as deep as you think." Zhang Siwei made a conclusion: "He is afraid that you will have no one to use in the future, and I don't know how to think that Chen Yuma is here, well, maybe it is because Chen Yuma has been a lecturer for a long time...... In short, if you don't believe it, our uncle and nephew will make a bet today: within a year, the emperor will definitely promote him, either to promote him to a bachelor's degree and take charge of the Hanlin Academy, or let him go out to a certain department. ”

Gao pragmatically smiled bitterly: "It seems that after the nephew is 'closed' into the Ministry of Rites in two days, he will have to communicate with Chen Yuanzhong." ”

Zhang Siwei got up with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You shouldn't need me to teach this kind of thing." ”

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