Regarding Yuan Zongdao's words, Shen Shixing actually did not completely agree.

If it really follows Yuan Zongdao's meaning, that is, waiting for Gao Pragmatic to implement the New Deal, and in the process of implementing the New Deal with Gao Pragmatic, as long as there are no serious problems, he can only stand by and watch.

Not to mention how violent the financiers behind the Heart School would be in the face of this situation, let's just say that he, Shen Yuanfu, couldn't bear it himself. After all, there is not only a difference of interest between the Heart School and the Shi School, but also a competition in Taoism.

Ren Gao is pragmatic to engage in? How can it be!

Shen Shixing himself understands in his heart that although many things that Gao Pragmatic has done are "excessive" at first glance, people just have the ability to do things properly every time. Many places that originally thought that there would be chaos were inexplicably honest in his hands, even if there were a few people who were unwilling to be honest, Gao Pragmatic could always suddenly suppress them with lightning speed and eliminate the crisis invisibly.

Although Shen Shixing refused to admit that this was the right way for the pragmatic school's governance, he had to admit that his ability to do things in a pragmatic manner was indeed outstanding and extraordinary. Such a person can easily clean up even the mess that has become a big trouble, how dare Shen Shixing let him "play freely"?

What if his new deal was done like many of the things that had come before? Can this school of consequence mind afford it?

Although Shen Shixing didn't even know what the "Xinzheng New Deal" was now, he knew that Gao Pragmatic would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, but he didn't dare to gamble on the future of the entire Heart School in such a desperate gamble.

In fact, the more high-ranking people are, the less they dare to take a desperate gamble, because the responsibility he has to bear is not just his own success or failure, honor and disgrace, he is now shouldering the future of the entire Heart School.

In his view, the foundation of high pragmatism lies in the north, and the north was originally unable to compete with the south in commerce, and the reason why it seems to be evenly matched now is because of Jinghua. This situation is viewed from another angle, that is, the northern business is headed by Jinghua.

Shen Shixing is a typical old-school bureaucrat, his thinking on financial issues is just old-fashioned, and he will not "do addition", so in his opinion, the commercial interests of the Ming Dynasty are so much, the north takes more, and naturally the south takes less. What is the idea of liberating the productive forces, developing the productive forces, or opening up new business routes and creating new business circles, Shen Shixing is obviously impossible to understand.

Therefore, in his opinion, no matter what kind of new deal Gao pragmatic wants to carry out, and no matter how his slogan is shouted, in the final analysis, it is to exploit the southern businessmen and fatten the northern businessmen.

In a word: never credible, never feasible!

However, Yuan Zongdao's words still reminded Shen Shixing in another aspect, that is, Gao Pragmatic will not only promote the new policy, but also will definitely launch it as soon as possible.

Yuan Zongdao's words just now did not mention this, which was suddenly thought of by Shen Shixing when he heard him mention "Uncle and Nephew of Xin Zheng".

Gao pragmatic is now the respect of the ministry, according to the consistent tradition of the past dynasties, it can be completely referred to as "Gao Xin Zheng", but at this time people in the world mention the word "Gao Xin Zheng", they will definitely think of Gao Gong first, and then they will find that Gao Zheng is already "Gao Xin Zheng" - of course, in order to distinguish, he will probably be called "Xiao Gao Xin Zheng".

The uncle and nephew are both "Gao Xin Zheng", and Gao Gong has now closed the coffin and is extremely upright, so what kind of eyes will people in the world use to look at Gao Pragmatic at this moment? Naturally, it is to see if he can inherit Gao Gong's legacy and continue to be brilliant for the Xinzheng Gao family.

If the scope of "people in the world" is narrowed down to only the officials of the practical school, what kind of mentality will they have in the face of high pragmatism, or what kind of expectations will they have for him?

The answer is obvious, many years ago, Gao Pragmatic was already regarded as the "first successor" of Gao Gong - although the official position of the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty could not be inherited, but because Gao Pragmatic's "education" was hard enough, he was already a "prince" (Hanlin) before the weak crown, and the Shi School was naturally waiting to see the day when he completely "took over" Gao Gong.

However, Gao Gong's "stick" is not only the position of the first assistant, but more importantly, his spirit of reform, it is precisely because of this spirit and ideals that the Gao Party can emerge, and the Shixue School can become a real political force.

As the "heir to the mantle", Gao Shixing himself must be well aware of this, so Shen Shixing judged that after Gao Shixing became the "minister" in charge of government affairs, he would definitely - and must show his side of inheriting Gao Gong's legacy and implementing reforms with a strong and even iron fist as soon as possible.

This time, I am afraid that he will put away the gentle and elegant style of the past, and change the habit of being able to "move a thousand pounds in four or two" in various things, and become more radical and more like a high arch!

This is like the edict of Emperor Daxing, which always said that the prince who is about to succeed to the throne will "bow deeply".

It's not just about recognition, it's about giving it "legitimacy".

Of course, Gao Gong is not the emperor, and he left very suddenly, obviously there will be no will, so as the "legitimacy" needed to inherit the power of the entire Shixue School, Gao Gong has to rely on himself to obtain the rest except for his bloodline.

The simplest and most effective means of obtaining this kind of acquisition is nothing more than another kind of "deep bowing" - acting in the same way as Gao Gong.

Only in this way will the Shixue School regard him as the "second high-arched", and the officials of the Shixue School, who were originally a little unfamiliar with him, will unconsciously become closer, and at the same time respect him more - this is the so-called "Yu Wei".

With Gao Gong's prestige in the past, once his residual power is applied to Gao Shishi's body, it may even have an impact on some neutral officials.

Gao Pragmatic's temper was a little too good at the beginning, except for the incident when Princess Yongning was deceived into marriage, in the past, unless the matter directly provoked him, he did not take the initiative to find trouble with anyone, even if it happened to involve him, he would turn big things into small things, and he was extremely generous.

Gao Gong is different, his style is: If you offend me directly, you will be finished, but even if you just stand in my way...... I'm sorry, it's going to be over.

The nickname "High Beard" is not only because Gao Gong has a big beard, but also because "Beard" is another name for bandits, and "High Beard" means that although he is a Zaifu, he acts a little domineering.

In his first year in office, he handled an average of nearly three major corruption cases every month, and within a year, 169 officials were brought to justice (historical facts).

Referring to the number of officials in the Ming court (the Ming Dynasty belonged to the "small government" structure), this means that during the ten years of his reign (in this book), almost all of the Ming officialdom up and down, from the center to the locality, was rectified by him.

Of course, as a top politician in the Ariake Dynasty, although the iron-hearted and greedy Gao Gong had a tough temper, his methods were more than simple and rude. During this "barbaric and severe crackdown", Gao Gong also performed three "gentle" tricks, each of which remained silent, but the corrupt officials of the whole country couldn't help but complain.

These three methods are: the national officials should build files, the recommended officials should be held accountable, and the recovery of stolen goods should not be spared. The establishment of official files has been mentioned before, so I will not expand on it here, and let's talk about the last two items as an example, and see where the "aftermath" of the high arch comes from.

In the middle and late Jiajing period, when corruption intensified, the trend in the officialdom that could be compared with the bad ones who sold official positions was the trend of indiscriminate acts. It has basically become the norm for superiors to recommend subordinates and for officials to recommend each other.

Of course, this is not a recommendation for nothing, every time an official is recommended, there are countless transactions behind it. Which official position is used by whom, all about interests, and what does it matter for the country and the people? Especially the imperial history posts that were once known as the "anti-corruption artifact", these imperial historians who are known as impeaching lawless, and the evaluation and promotion of officials are often like playing - a large number of mediocre and lazy officials have successively ascended to key positions.

Why is there such a bad trend? In terms of the lament in Gao Gong's "Palm Quan Inscription", the key is that the cost of crime is too low. Niuniu Chinese Network

For example, the triennial assessment is basically a confused account, even if the elected officials make mistakes, it will become a rip-off after checking, and in the end, they will not be held responsible.

Although the loser was unlucky and punished, the referrer had already received the benefits, and he was not held accountable anyway, so he made persistent efforts to continue to recommend the pit goods.

The heart-wrenching high arch finally gritted his teeth and said the countermeasure in the four years of Longqing: If the person who lifts the case, he tries to fail to do his job, and the master sits together! (Historical facts)

This means that in the future, as long as an official makes a mistake, the person who recommended him will be held accountable, regardless of his position. As for the amount of responsibility, it depends on the size of the mistake of the erring official and the extent of the impact. You say you can't check it? I have 180 volumes of "booklets" in hand, and the promotion resumes of officials are accurate at a glance! If you make a mistake, you should do it immediately, and you should catch it immediately.

Not long after these cruel words, Gao Gong proved with practical actions that there is no cap on this matter: Wu Shilai, the right capital of Nanjing, became an unlucky egg. This person recommended more than 50 people a year, but there were several cheats. As a result, Gao Gong immediately punched hard and demoted Wu Shilai and transferred him.

With such an important person appearing to say, the indiscriminate behavior was suddenly stopped. In the original history, many of the famous ministers in the later Wanli period came to prominence in the fourth to sixth year of Longqing, and it was not without reason, the reason came from this zero-tolerance system.

However, at that time, the cost of crime was lower than that of "indiscriminateness".

Although it shows that at the beginning, Taizu had punished corruption with severe punishments, but by the time of the Jiajing period, this matter had long been a thing of the past. On the contrary, "those who are greedy and cruel should stop for the people" has become a law.

In other words, ordinary officials who make the mistake of embezzlement and corruption, as long as the relationship is strong enough, the worst and worst is only to cut their posts for the people, and even their family property will not be touched.

It's that magical! But in this way, even if the official goes home, at least he can be a rich man. With such a "generous" policy, the officials are still not open to fishing?

And this article is also what Gao Gong has always hated, and before he became the head of the cabinet, he scolded on various occasions. When he took office as the head of the cabinet, he didn't scold, but quietly changed a rule: the greedy still asked questions to recover the stolen goods.

As soon as this order came out, there was an immediate uproar. Even a fierce man like Gao Gong was once scolded by the officials. But the high arch under heavy pressure starts from the case in front of you, and every case is this hard rule.

The accounts don't match? Don't know where to spend your money? Sent to the top? Chase where you go, and if you can't catch it, you will be shoeed from your home. It doesn't matter if you are a minor official in a state or county, a feudal official, or even a hereditary prince, as long as you break the law, you will do so!

Just looking at the first year after Gao Gong took office, there were Sichuan Governor Wang Tingzhan, Baoding Governor Zhu Daqi and other high-ranking officials who successively bumped into Gao Gong's "muzzle", each of which was even dismissed from office with loss of money, which was a lot.

Spend all day drinking, lose business costs, and can't pay for it in the end? It doesn't matter, Gao Gong said, if you lose money every year, Lao Tzu can't finish paying for his son, and his son can't pay for his grandson, anyway, until he pays with interest.

Do you want to be a rich man after being corrupted? Be your mother's spring and autumn dream!

It is precisely because Gao Gong is so violent, so "domineering", and so "not following the old system", but his own style is excellent, and he has not increased an acre of land in his family for decades, and the Manchu officials can only be anxious when they look at him.

This is how prestige is generated.

If many people are afraid of Gao Pragmatic because his background is too big and his saint is too long, then more people are afraid of Gao Gong because Gao Gong's means are too hard and his work is too desperate.

And now Shen Shixing was reminded by Yuan Zongdao's words, and found that Gao Shixing was very likely to change his style now and become the second Gao Gong, and he was shocked and then happy.

What is surprising is that since Gao Pragmatic wants to learn Gao Gong, and he is a household secretary, the suppression of southern merchants must be extremely strong in the future; The good news is that Gao Gong only dealt with officials in the past, and there was a limit to the impact surface, and if Gao Pragmatic suppressed the entire southern businessmen this time, then the opposition to him would be even greater.

As a financier, the official I invested in before was brought down, of course, it was a loss, but this was bearable, because the next thing I chose to reinvest was that the lost money was "wool out of the sheep" anyway, just transfer and graft it.

But if the pragmatic blow directly involves the financiers themselves, or even their wool in turn, how can this be endured? Even if you spend a lot of money to build momentum, you must suppress this matter, and you must restore the old system!

Shen Shixing suddenly rejoiced in his heart, maybe under the pressure of the high-pragmatism new policy, the entire Nanbang officials would become the Xinxue faction, fighting against the Gaodang and Shixue factions who planned to steal their wool.

Once the matter is big and the world is in chaos, it will inevitably affect the "great cause" in the emperor's mind. In this way, will the pragmatism of the saints be maintained?

Shen Shixing even thought that Gao Gong had "offended" so many people when he was in power, even if those people were overthrown, but his teachers, peers, protégés, in-laws, etc. may not all fall, didn't these people accumulate resentment against Gao Gong? Won't these grievances be transferred to Gao Pragmatism, the "heir to the mantle"?

In the past, these people may not dare to show anything, but as the so-called wall falls down and everyone pushes it, and the drum is beaten by thousands of people, once his holy family is shaken, are you still afraid that these people will not rush up and want to avenge the old hatred of the past?

Shen Shixing is expected that Gao Shixing will definitely show the three fires of his new official in the near future, and this fire must be very strong. And judging from the emperor's favor to him, he will probably not be able to get the emperor's support in the debate, and the fire will still burn down in the end.

But it doesn't matter, now that Shen Yuanfu has figured it out. If the fire is burned, it will be burned, and you don't have to worry too much about it, as long as you always express your opposition.

As long as he has always clearly expressed his opposition in the DPRK as the first assistant, then the officials who have been burned by the fire of Gao Pragmatic and the big businessmen behind him will continue to gather under his great power and become his strong backing for Shen Yuanfu, and will never die with the practical school and Gao Pragmatic!

The current situation is that Yuan Zongdao persuaded Shen Shixing to wait for Gao Shixing to make mistakes and expose his flaws, but Shen Shixing did not agree, he thought that it was okay for Gao to make pragmatic moves, but he could not do nothing, but should show his banner and make himself the only savior in the eyes of the entire southern businessmen and even the officials of the Southern List!

Shen Shixing narrowed his eyes slightly, and muttered to himself in a low voice: "Xin Nai makes ten thousand people go first, go out, and carry the water to Chen." Zhao Jun saw it and laughed. ”

Yuan Zongdao didn't really hear it, and asked, "What is Yuan Fuyan?" ”

Shen Shixing glanced at him, suddenly smiled, and said: "The cabinet department said that Bo Xiushi is the prime minister, easy to do, easy to do." ”

Yuan Zongdao's heart was hot, and he was rarely humble, and bowed: "Yuanfu is wrong to love, and the student is ashamed." ”

Shen Shixing smiled slightly, but did not speak, but secretly thought in his heart: wrong love? Hehe......

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