There is no Zongren Order in the Zongren Mansion at the moment, and Zuo Zongzheng is actually the first person in the Zongren Mansion, and it is natural that he is in charge of the government. But this is not the key, the key is that Hou Gongchen suddenly became Zuo Zongzheng and took charge of the government at this moment, if it has nothing to do with yesterday's high and pragmatic Shangshu, I am afraid that a three-year-old child will not believe it.

However, this decision was actually made by Zhu Yijun himself, and Gao Pragmatic did not recommend it in front of him. It's just that if anyone believes it, it's hard to say.

After all, the whole dynasty knew that Hou Gongchen, the master of the horse, was selected by Gao Shi to help Princess Shouyang by secret order, and for this reason, he even took Hou Gongchen to his house to live for a period of time.

If the selection of horses and the examination can be compared, Gao Pragmatic is equivalent to Hou Gongchen's seat teacher and house master, and may also be regarded as a recommended official.

Therefore, in the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, it can be simply expressed that Hou Gongchen is a highly pragmatic person.

Of course, no one will say this explicitly, because Hou Gongchen can only be regarded as a member of the Heavenly Family now. And on the other hand, it is also quite interesting, that is, Hou Gongchen is now more "big" than Gao Pragmatic.

According to the setting of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Zongren Mansion ranks first among all the officials in the world, and it is the first in the civil service, so the titles of the five officials of the Zongren Mansion are particularly noble - all of them are a product.

Hou Gongchen has now become Zuo Zongzheng, he is a dignified first-grade master, and he looks much more powerful than Gao Pragmatic, a third-grade waiter, how can he be regarded as a highly pragmatic person!

It's just that the officials of the Ming Dynasty can't often be judged by their rank alone, just as the strong seven-rank patrol can make the second-rank political envoy call himself a subordinate official, although the rank of the official in this sect is high, but if it is about real power, then hehe.

Except for Zhu Zhang, the first Zongren of the Taizu period, the real power of the subsequent Zongren Mansion was not very good, because most of the actual affairs it was responsible for were slowly transferred to the Ministry of Rites.

Of course, there are many reasons for this, but the main reason is actually very simple: after Yongle, the clan has no real power, since this is the case, then why do you still have real power in this sect?

The decline in the status of the clan led to the decline of the status of the clan as a matter of course.

Therefore, there are almost only a few main tasks left in the Zongren Mansion, such as taking charge of the emperor's nine clan clan rosters and writing the emperor's genealogy, recording the descendants of the children of the clan members, the name and title, the succession to the throne, the years of birth and death, marriage, funeral titles, etc. - note that the Zongren Mansion is only a record, and the decision is in the hands of the emperor, but in fact, these tasks are first agreed by the Ministry of Rites, and then reported to the emperor, and the Zongren Mansion is just a document.

So what is the real power of the Zongren Mansion? Well, it's probably similar to the Party History Office.

Therefore, Hou Gongchen's appointment as Zuo Zongzheng is indispensable for Gao Pragmatic, but his sudden appointment must be a signal to the outside world.

The emperor was moved by Gao Pragmatic's opinions.

This is the most basic political consciousness, because if the emperor is really just thinking very carefully, then he should calm down now, at most, let the Zongren Mansion send people to contact the various clans, and make secret visits to understand the attitudes of the clans and clans towards the opening of the feudal clan, is it support, opposition, or hesitation? Only by understanding these things can we make a judgment.

However, the emperor was not like this, but without saying a word, he first pushed out Hou Gongchen, a concubine who was very closely related to Gao Shishi, and directly appointed Zuo Zongzheng.

What does that mean? It is nothing more than that the emperor thinks that Hou Gongchen is the person who knows Gao Pragmatic the most among his relatives, and he is very close to Gao Pragmatic, and when he implements the suggestions in Gao Pragmatic's "Please Open the Domain" in the future, he can even go directly to Gao Pragmatic for advice.

As for why it is a relative, this is simple: after Yongle, almost all of the people in charge of the affairs of the sect were relatives, and it has become a convention - the relatives are not only relatives of the emperor, but also not real blood relatives, and their management of the clan is theoretically the most suitable.

Gao Pragmatic thought for a while, nodded and said, "It seems that Hou Duwei - oh, Hou Zongzheng will be busy in the future." ”

Wu Dui looked at him carefully, and suddenly asked: "Truth-seeking, you and I have a confession, how determined is the emperor to do this matter?" ”

Gao Pragmatic groaned a little and replied: "As long as the emperor wants to settle the remnants of the Yuan in a war, this matter must be done." ”

Wu Dui's face was pale, and he nodded, but immediately frowned again, and muttered: "Listen to what you mean, if you want to take down the Tumen, it will be impossible for at least a year or two?" ”

Sure enough, it was the person who had been the big Sima, and he immediately noticed the abnormality in Gao Shishi's words.

Because the opening of the feudal ban itself is to reduce the burden on the imperial court, but such a thing cannot be completed in a year or two, and even because of the highly pragmatic "Please Open the Feudal Ban" gives a lot of preferential policies, especially to give initial funds to the clans that fend for themselves, so once the number of clans who are willing to fend for themselves is larger, then the sudden expenditure of the imperial court may increase.

In this case, how could the imperial court have the money to make pictures?

Sure enough, Gao Shishi nodded calmly: "Yes, according to my estimate, within three years, it will be impossible for the imperial court to make up this salary and reward - unless the emperor is willing to borrow money from Jinghua." ”

When Wu Dui heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

Three years, isn't that too long? You, the Praetorian Guard, have also trained, and the personnel arrangements in all aspects are almost in place, but when the matter comes to an end, the court has no money, and the war can't be fought?

But if you want to say that you are against it, Wu Dui can't oppose it, because Gao Pragmatic's practice itself is also taken care of from far and near - if you don't open the ban on the feudal court, you can't save silver, and it's also uncertain when this battle will be fought, and after the ban is opened, at least you can have a more accurate estimate.

What's more, after the ban was lifted, the burden on the imperial court was suddenly much lighter, and if there were other accidents in the future, it would no longer be as stumbling as in the past, and it would be overstretched to do anything, and in the end, it would be too timid to do anything.

Therefore, it is the right time to open the ban at this time, which not only solves the immediate trouble, but also avoids more troubles in the future. The only problem is time, and the time to start a big war will definitely have to be delayed.

"Why do you have to do it for three years?" Wu Dui couldn't help but ask in the end.

Gao pragmatically said: "The first year is a pilot, the next year is a big one, and the third year is a sweep - I mean if everything goes well." ”

Well, that means that if it doesn't go well, it may not be able to last for three years.

Wu Dui said with some apprehension: "Can you ensure that everything goes well?" You know the person Xu Xuemo of the Ministry of Rites, he is the kind of person who has more things than less......"

Gao Shishi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then it depends on how he understands the holy will." ”

Wu Dui's heart moved, and he asked with some surprise: "You want to do something to the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"Hands-on? What do I do? Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "If the Ministry of Rites can't properly implement the holy will, it will delay the important task of opening the ban on the feudal domain, and then affect the final battle of the Xihuaidong system...... I don't think I need to do anything, naturally some people will be in a hurry to clean up the Ministry of Rites, so as not to miss the national policy. ”

Wu Dui was stunned at first, then laughed out loud, and said: "If you want to say that this is the way to take advantage of the situation and use the situation, I don't think anyone in the world can match your high truth-seeking right." ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled and humbly said a few words, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Senior brother came here today just for this matter?" ”

Wu Dui slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot to get down to business - there was a dispute in Liaodong, did you get the news here?" ”

Gao pragmatic frowned and said, "What news?" ”

"That's not it." Wu Dui thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right, this matter is the Liaofu route, and it was directly handed to the cabinet, and it may not have been sent to the military department yet." ”

Li Song?

Gao Pragmatic didn't speak, quietly waiting for Wu Dui to explain.

Wu Dui really continued: "That guy named Nurhachi has completely defeated Nikan Wailan, and Nikan Wailan was desperate and went to vote for Qi Jin. ”

"Qi Jin?" Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it, nodded and asked, "What should Qi Jin do?" ”

Wu Dui said: "You asked Cao Yan to keep Nikan Wailan before, and Qi Jin naturally did it according to Cao Yan's previous order, so he left Nikan Wailan behind." However, it is precisely because of this that Nurhachi led his troops to wander outside Fushun Pass, and Liaodong was shaken, so Qi Jin personally led his troops to Fushun Pass, and reported to Cao Yan that he would fight as much as Nurhachi came. ”

Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, Qi Jin is quite courageous, if he knew Nurhachi's achievements in the original history, I don't know if he would have such courage.

But then again, when Qi Jin went to Shenyang guerrilla, although his official position was only a guerrilla general, he led 3,000 Qi family troops, which was the strongest force in the world. It would not be too much to say that he is now stronger than the average general soldier, so it is not surprising that he is bold.

Wu Dui didn't laugh, but said seriously: "But Qi Jin is not afraid, Cao Yan is not afraid, but some people are 'afraid'." Li Song sent someone to ask Cao Yan at the first time, so that he would not easily provoke Nurhachi. As for the reasons, there are no more than two reasons: first, the Liaodong side has now shifted its focus back to Liaoxi, and it wants to prepare for an attack on the Tumen; The second is that the battle between Nurhachi and Nikanwailan itself is what I am happy to see, and now that Nurhachi is in full swing, it is not appropriate to fight him at this time. ”

Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "Who said that the confrontation between Nikan Wailan and Nurhachi is what I am happy to see?" ”

Wu Dui was stunned for a moment and hesitated: "Isn't it a consistent strategy to let them fight in the civil war?" ”

"It depends on timing." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "If my Daming is fine, I can naturally sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and then help the weak and fight the strong, so that the strength between them can be maintained in a balance, so that I can control it." But now that we may have something to do, how can we keep them fighting at this time? What's more, now that Nurhachi's advantage has been achieved, Nikan Wailan's defeat is imminent, if my Ming Dynasty doesn't help, if Nikan Wailan dies, it will be Nurhachi who has the final say in Jianzhou. ”

Wu Dui was a little surprised: "But didn't you raise Nurhachi?" Besides, he's pretty obedient. ”

Gao pragmatic smiled bitterly: "This time and that time." Nurhachi is not my son, and I helped him at the time, but it was because I wanted to share Yehe's power. At present, Qing Jiatong and Yang Jitong are dead, Ye He is being severely hit, at this time, Nurhachi has completely defeated Nikan Wailan, if he continues to grow bigger, maybe he will become the second Ye He, and at that time, I am afraid that I will be distracted to fight with Tumen, and I will definitely not take care of Nurhachi, in case he continues to expand, then how is it good? That's not what I need. ”

Wu Dui came to his senses and said suddenly: "So you asked Cao Yan to take in Nikan Wailan, not because he had served for many years, but because he still had use value?" ”

Gao pragmatic nodded, but still added: "However, this is also for the face of Da Ming - Nikan Wailan is completely on the side of Da Ming, if he dies like this, it will also be a big blow to Da Ming's prestige." Our policy is to make sure that the Jurchens understand that as long as you are a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not watch you die. ”

Wu Dui frowned, groaned for a while, and said: "Then the current situation is complicated, Li Song ordered to prohibit Cao Yan and Qi Jin from continuing to provoke Nurhachi, asking them to release them and hand over Nikan Wailan to Nurhachi for disposal." However, Cao Yan seemed to refuse to listen, and Shangshu defended that this was done according to the instructions you gave when you left office, and asked the court to investigate it carefully and re-order. ”

Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, and said secretly: Cao Yan, this guy really regards him as my descendant, and he dares to directly refuse the governor's order?

But to be honest, he was still very happy with Cao Yan's reaction, which at least showed that he didn't get him out of prison in vain.

Thinking of this, Gao pragmatic and decisively said: "This matter should support Cao Yan - of course, the method can be a little more exquisite, such as letting Zhou Lexuan (Zhou Yong, the governor of Jiliao) express his position first, and then supporting his opinion." ”

Of course, Wu Dui understood this technique, and Gao pragmatic meant that there could be no such bad incident as "the deputy general army confronting the governor", and that Zhou Yong, the governor of Jiliao, must be pulled out to fight against Li Song, and the nature of this matter must be changed.

The governor and Fu have different opinions, and the military department supports the governor of Jiliao, which is very common, and will not be pulled out for criticism. Otherwise, if the deputy commander-in-chief could be justified and not take the governor of Liaodong in his eyes, and the military department actually went to support this deputy commander-in-chief, the military department would soon be condemned by the heavenly officials.

As long as Zhou Yong is brought out, Cao Yan's previous behavior will be understood as his secret support from Zhou Yong, which is not a matter of nature, but a dispute of political opinions.

Wu Dui hesitated for a moment and asked, "It's easy to let Zhou Lexuan speak, he was originally our person, but he ...... So Nurhachi won't really dare to mess around, right? If he really sent troops to attack Fushun Pass, this matter would not end well. ”

Let's not talk about whether it will end or not, at least if such a thing really happens, Li Song will have the evidence in his hands - you see, as I expected, Nurhachi was really angered by them, and it was all Cao Yan and Qi Jin's fault.

Will Nurhachi be so bold, Gao Pragmatic actually thinks that he will not, but it is better not to rely on his heart to feel this matter alone, he thought about it and said, "Nurhachi over there...... I personally repaired a letter to him and ordered him to withdraw from the army. ”

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