Qi Jiguang is worthy of being a military general who was convenient for the center to bury wire reports when he was a border marshal in the field, and he could actually guess that the person who made the idea behind Empress Dowager Li was Li Wenjin. Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard it, just with this political vision, even if Qi Jiguang was a civil servant, I am afraid he would not be too bad.

Of course, Qi Jiguang in the original history can be said to be the most reliable one of his contemporaries and famous generals, the so-called Yu Long, Qi Hu, North Man, Nan Liu, isn't he the best? As for Wanli's transfer to Guangdong ten years later, so that he died depressed, it is really no wonder that his political vision - who could have known that Zhang Juzheng died so early? Qi Jiguang is not Li Shizhen, how can he have this ability.

Speaking of which, Qi Jiguang is a person who has found it particularly interesting since Gao Shiji's crossing. People who don't study history much in later generations think of Qi Jiguang, and they only have the words "fighting against the Japanese and national heroes" in their minds, but in fact, Qi Jiguang is far from being such a "simple" person, he is very complicated.

In Gao Pragmatism's view, Qi Jiguang, who was born and raised in the Ming Dynasty, actually has similar qualities to himself as a traverser, which is the most interesting.

Putting aside the well-known situation of national heroes, the most "contradictory" point of Qi Jiguang is that he has been corrupt all his life but has been honest all his life.

This seems to be a joke, and it seems that there should be no such contradiction between history and reality. But unfortunately, all kinds of strange things will happen in China's history, especially in a system like the Ming Dynasty with its own distorted ancestral system, if you want to be an official or a general, if you never embezzle or take bribes, and you want to make a career, it is actually really impossible.

The only exception is the hard-boned Hai Rui, who is the first Qing official established by the Ming Dynasty. Judging from the records, I am afraid that he is also the first Qing official in Chinese history. But in addition to Hai Rui, it is really difficult to find a few such clean officials, and although Hai Rui has done a lot of official work, it is difficult to define whether he has achieved a career or not.

And Qi Jiguang, a national hero who has indeed made a career, definitely does not belong to the ranks of Qing officials, but he is indeed an honest life.

Mingyue commented on Qi Jiguang in the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty": "Qi Jiguang - a person who is good at making relationships, catering to leaders, entertaining and giving gifts, and forming gangs. In countless historical books, Qi Jiguang is the embodiment of heroism and fearlessness, he can make good decisions and be invincible, all of this is true, but he also has another side, for example, every time he goes to a place, he has to go to the pier first, treat and give gifts, eat and drink, and then identify with the clan to find the ancestors, everyone is considered brothers, but according to his salary, it is impossible to afford such a high expense, so the conclusion is: Qi Jiguang is a person who both accepts gifts and bribes. ”

Although Mingyue used a very popular term to evaluate Qi Jiguang back then, and she didn't really come up with evidence, just "because of it", but this evaluation is basically true.

A system like the Ming Dynasty has never been engaged in any "high salaries to support honesty", it can only be "low salaries to support corruption", because the officials of the Ming Dynasty are very low.

If you are an official in the Ming Dynasty and do not intend to use your own money to fill the hole, then you will not be corrupt, do not accept bribes, and even accept all kinds of filial piety, and in the end there will only be one result: not only can you not maintain all kinds of relationships in officialdom, but even support your family will feel difficult.

As an official in the center of the imperial court, such as when Gao Pragmatic was in the Hanlin Academy, if he was not the old man of the small pavilion and the future star of the Shixue faction, in fact, he could save more money. It's just that it is also based on not needing too much entertainment, and in fact, except for the Hanlin Academy, there are very few officials in the Ming Dynasty who don't need too much entertainment.

A military general like Qi Jiguang, if he does not embezzle, does not accept bribes, or even accepts filial piety, not to mention that he can't muster an elite soldier under his hands, and even can only be like Hai Rui, not only becoming an official called Huazi, but also letting his family live a life called Huazi. is so poor that he can't even afford a pound of pork all year round, and occasionally buying a pound of pork will become a sensation in the city.

In fact, a clean official like Hai Rui can only become a figure who is vigorously commended by the imperial court, and his officialdom status can not be shaken. But there are always exceptions to such figures, and there can be no universality, just as the high arch finally "hangs Hai Jui high" - you are only suitable for being a role model, and you are never suitable for real use.

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is complex and sinister, which has been explained before. As an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you don't have factional support, no teachers to take care of, no help in the same year, and not enough money to dredge up contacts and open up relationships, you still want to be prosperous and safe in official luck, safe and sound, and be able to protect your official life, which is basically impossible.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang has long lost his ancestral teachings, followed the customs of the villagers, and sang whatever song he went to. Since he has entered the Ming officialdom, he has no choice but to be a corrupt official.

However, Qi Jiguang really doesn't want to be corrupt or take bribes, because he is indeed an ambitious person, as he said in his own poem: It is not my intention to be a marquis, but I hope that Hai Boping will be peaceful. In fact, this is also true.

Qi Jiguang has served as an official in his life, and he has fought in most of the Ming Dynasty, from Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan in the south, to Mongolia, Liaodong, poor places, and rich lands in the north; The young general, the big handsome, he has done it all. However, every time he left a place, he was penniless and clean, and he did not even leave any legacy for his descendants.

It can be seen that Qi Jiguang is corrupt or bribery, but basically he enters with his left hand and goes out with his right hand. He is not going to be a miser, he embezzles the money he takes bribes, in addition to raising soldiers, it is used to pave the way for his officialdom career.

It's like Gao Pragmatic is not short of money at all, but Qi Jiguang has never missed a gift on any important holiday, including Gao Pragmatic's birthday - even if he knows Gao Pragmatic's family background and personality, the gift given to Gao Pragmatic doesn't care about the value of the gift itself, but he never gives it less than once.

Why did he do it?

Looking at the fate of his boss, Hu Zongxian, who is also a hero of the anti-Japanese war, it is not difficult to understand that the relationship between officialdom is very complicated and delicate, and if he is not careful, not only will he not be able to do it, but he will even have to move his head.

Hu Zongxian wanted to be an official and wanted to make a career, and there was almost no way to take refuge in Yan Song's father and son. And for the sake of his own future, Qi Jiguang first befriended his own Shangguan Tan Lun, and after his status was improved, he relied on Zhang Juzheng, who had just become a cabinet elder, and finally after Zhang Juzheng was ousted by Gao Pragmatic, he completely threw himself into the Shixue School.

If it is only in terms of personal discipline, Qi Jiguang does not meet the standards of praise in Chinese dynasties, and his official style is also blowing on both sides, who is strong and who is mixed with whom, but Gao Pragmatic understands his approach very well.

Because Gao Pragmatic feels that Qi Jiguang is the same as himself, "as long as my ambition has not changed, the specific means are negotiable, and there is nothing wrong with a phased compromise."

What is pragmatism, this is pragmatism. Many things in the world are not transferred by personal will, otherwise how could there be a dispute over the national capital in the original history? There are many things that the emperor can't stick to his intentions, let alone those who are courtiers.

It is precisely because of the "original intention" that Gao Pragmatic did not pay too much attention to Zhu Yijun's practice of constantly adding favor to King Lu, and did not even deliberately interfere.

Why? Because Zhu Yijun's constant encouragement is not necessarily his original intention, he actually has to do it only because of the triple identity of the emperor plus his son and brother.

Do it for the queen mother, and do it for the people of the world.

Who made the Ming Dynasty pay attention to ruling the world with filial piety, and pay attention to brothers, friends and brothers? Why did he keep emphasizing in his edict that "the vice-presidents are friendly and love the same spirit"? The reason is: even if he is the emperor, he is afraid that the world will say that he is not filial.

In Daming, no one can bear the charge of "unfilial piety", once you are labeled as "unfilial", no matter how much ability you have, ten thousand changes, waiting for you can only be despised, ridiculed and even condemned.

Yang Wei was invited back to the court by Zhang Siwei as a heavenly official, mainly because his filial piety moved the world, so when he returned to the court, no one objected; The reason why Wang Xijue was previously appointed to replace Pan Sheng by the Heart School was mainly because of filial piety and fame.

Now that it has been replaced by Zhu Yijun, there is actually no essential difference.

Nine times out of ten, his favor to King Lu comes from the fact that he must follow the will of the Empress Dowager Li. There is an obvious evidence of this: in the original history, as soon as the Empress Dowager Li died, King Lu was shocked and sad, and he himself died of illness not long after—he knew that once he lost the protection of his mother, his imperial brother would probably change his attitude.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatic felt that what Zhu Yijun did was not necessarily out of his original intention, he just had to put on a show, even if the cost of doing this show was very high, there was no way not to do it.

As long as you eat the bowl of politics, who in the world doesn't put on a show? Not only does Zhu Yijun want to do it, Qi Jiguang wants to do it, can he not do it if he is pragmatic?

Gao Pragmatic said lightly: "Li Wenjin knows that the Queen Mother loves her young son, and he himself has always relied on the Queen Mother to have today's scenery, so he naturally wants to follow the Queen Mother's wishes and try his best to leave King Lu behind." As for King Jing's legacy, that is the tool he used to block the mouths of people all over the world. ”

Qi Jiguang opened his mouth, as if he had something to say, but hesitated for a moment, and finally fell silent.

Gao pragmatic glanced at him and asked, "What does Nantang Gong want to say?" ”

Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly: "The last general is just worried that the affairs of this country of King Lu will not be done, and I am afraid that the imperial court will never have the capital to launch a final blow against the Tumen." ”

Gao Pragmatic knew that he still had reservations about this, so he said calmly: "If the emperor has to make up enough real numbers of King Jing's legacy to King Lu, I don't think it will be impossible to do it, and when the time comes, we will still be able to complete the final blow to the Tumen in our hands." ”

Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly: "Young Sima has just passed the year of the weak crown, so naturally he can wait for that day, but the age of the last general is not young. If you look at the situation of the two marshals in North Manan and Liu, in another three or four years, I am afraid that the last general should also resign from his position and return to his hometown to travel in the forest. ”

Oh, so you're worried about this.

Gao Shishi nodded in his heart, and said secretly: This is very "Qi Jiguang", he is worried that he will not be able to catch up with this last battle against Beiyuan. Also, how could he, a person who wants to do great things, be willing not to leave a strong mark in such an important war?

It's just the matter of King Lu...... Zhu Yijun is unlikely to compromise.

Perhaps seeing that Gao Pragmatic seemed to be thoughtful, Qi Jiguang ignited some hope, and asked in a low voice: "Shao Sima has always been one step at a time, what kind of difficult things have been in your hands over the years, there is nothing that you can't do, you see this matter...... Is there still a chance to change? ”

The corners of Gao Shishi's mouth twitched slightly, and he said secretly: Well, sure enough, it's Qi Jiguang himself, this rainbow fart is about to into the sky.

However, he really didn't want to refuse Qi Jiguang, after all, Qi Jiguang's starting point was not bad, and it was also reasonable for him to want to show himself in the war against Tumen - the "West Huaidong System" for so many years, he had been letting Li Chengliang kill all sides in Liaodong, but he could only guard the gate of the Beijing Division, and he would not be willing to change anyone.

Besides, Gao Pragmatic himself also thinks that he should hurry up and let Qi Jiguang perform, because now Li Chengliang seems to have turned to Shen Shixing, if Qi Jiguang doesn't show it again, then don't fight a battle and the first merit really returns to the Heart School, then wouldn't I have to sit on wax?

Finally he couldn't sit still, stood up, and paced. Qi Jiguang never was rude, and immediately got up, stood aside respectfully, and waited for Gao Shishi to think of a way.

I don't know how long it took for Gao Pragmatic to suddenly stop, as if he was talking to Qi Jiguang, and he seemed to be talking to himself: "The reason why King Lu's country can't be made seems to be because King Jing's legacy can't be held, but in the final analysis, it still lies in the interests themselves." ”

Qi Jiguang was thinking about it himself just now, and he didn't keep up with the pragmatic train of thought for a while, and subconsciously said: "The interest itself? ”

"Yes, the benefits themselves." Gao pragmatically affirmed: "Actually, whether it is King Lu or the Queen Mother, what he really cares about is not necessarily whether he gets King Jing's legacy, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that the benefits he gets cannot be less than the amount of King Jing's legacy." ”

Qi Jiguang frowned and said: "But isn't this still the same, King Jing's legacy has been returned to the people, and now the court can't take it out, and if you want to give another 'King Jing's legacy' wealth, I'm afraid the household department will also be blind." ”

Gao pragmatically shook his head and said: "Otherwise, as long as it can be flexible here, there is still hope that things will change." I'm afraid that the emperor or the queen mother will admit death, and if you have to hold on to King Jing's legacy and not let go, that's a headache. ”

When Qi Jiguang heard that there was hope, he didn't bother to ask Gao Shishi anything else, and asked directly: "Shao Sima, but there is a way?" ”

Gao pragmatic groaned: "There is an idea, but I am afraid that this method will be 'the first to open the atmosphere', I don't know if I can convince the Queen Mother and Queen Lu...... It seems that I have to talk to the Queen Mother and King Lu in person. ”

Qi Jiguang immediately presented a rainbow fart: "With Shao Sima's shot, what else is difficult in the world?" At the end of the general, I wish the young Sima Ma success! ”

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