Guo Pu's departure, is indeed a successful retirement, as the only living Gu Ming auxiliary minister, his Zhishi has been highly praised by Shilin, when leaving Beijing, the Beijing officials have no faction, have spontaneously sent out, but let Gao pragmatic, this personal disciple have been ignored.

When he was in power, he didn't get such respect, but when he delegated power, he got it, which may be a certain characteristic of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Washington was praised in later generations is not necessarily how well his two presidents did, but more importantly, it was the courage to delegate power.

In fact, according to some unwritten rule, even if the assistant ministers of Gu Ming worked until death, it was not unusual.

Like Guo Pu, he is obviously still very healthy, and even looks tougher than Zhang Siwei, who is only fifty-five years old, but because he is seventy, he is already the age when he should retire, so he has to ask for retirement, and he can't keep it, which can really be described by the four words Gao Feng Liangjie - Yan Song entered the cabinet at the age of sixty-three and worked until he was over eighty years old, what is your seventy years old?

But everyone has their own insistence, Yan Songzhan loves power, and is bent on personal gain, so he sends food to the tomb before he dies, and there is no coffin to bury after death, and no one goes to mourn; And Guo Pu retreated bravely, brushed off his clothes, and hid his merit and fame, but he was sent off by hundreds of officials, and Shilin looked up.

Presumably, for a period of time, Guo Pu and Gao Pragmatic, a pair of masters and apprentices, will be Shilin Meitan: Gao Fengliang Festival as a teacher, and Kyushu as a student.

Life is like this, what more can a husband ask for.

Guo Pu is gone, and a new era is coming, waiting for the challenges of high pragmatism, and there will be more.

However, the challenge has not yet arisen, and the heavy task has come first.

After spending the New Year at his uncle's house, just after returning to duty, Gao Pragmatic received a holy decree to let him preside over the Shanxi Township Examination with Sun Jigao, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, as a waiter at the Hanlin Academy.

This is another situation where a person is more popular than a person, because Sun Jigao was originally a highly pragmatic predecessor - the champion of the second year of Wanli, and he was directly revised after entering Hanlin, but after eight years, he was still a revision, and Gao Pragmatic, the champion of Wanli for eight years, was already a scholar.

Of course, Sun Jigao's qualifications are already enough, it stands to reason that next year will be the end of the nine-year exam, even if it is useless, it should be promoted, and it is estimated that this will mean this when he presides over the township exam this year.

But Gao Pragmatic had just received the will, and before he went to the palace to see His Majesty, the big news came: King Shunyi and I replied!

The news came out of the palace that the emperor's reaction to my death was: Jiaqi was obedient, and he was specially ordered to ascend the seven altars, and the twelve tables were colored, and the cloth was one hundred to show mercy.

But this is just an official article, when the news came out, Chen Ju personally ran to Gao Shishi's mansion with sweat on his head and invited him to enter the palace, saying that the emperor had summoned him urgently.

Gao pragmatic did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly entered the palace to ask for a meeting.

When he arrived at the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yijun had just seen him, and said: "No courtesy, no courtesy, pragmatic, you hurry up." ”

Gao Pragmatic didn't even make a gesture to say goodbye, so he called him to him.

There was a map on the imperial case in front of Zhu Yijun, and he pointed to the map and said: "Pragmatic, you see, according to the situation map you submitted before, the core area of Tumut is now divided into two major forces, among them, the original Tumochuan Khan Court is controlled by Zhongjin Hatun, and naturalization, that is, the original Dabansheng City, is the territory of Hannaji.

To the east, up to the border with the left-wing Mongols, was the territory of Xin Ai's department. Now that I'm dead, what should Xin Ai do first? ”

Gao pragmatically said: "Generally speaking, it is natural to rush back to Tumochuan immediately to prepare for the succession. ”

Zhu Yijun looked at him with blazing eyes: "How did you do the things you explained last time?" What do you say about Hannaji and Jong Kim Hatun? ”

Gao pragmatically said: "As for Hannaji, he doesn't mind marrying Zhongjin Hatun, but he seems to be a little hesitant to transfer Xin's territory to Butashri. Zhong Jin Hatun didn't have any opinions, but repeatedly asked the ministers and others if they could guarantee to get Xin Ai's department. ”

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Why does Hannaji refuse to transfer the Xinai Territory?" That's not his, either...... I have heard that the Mongol fiefdom is different from my China, and even if he becomes the Great Khan, he will probably not be able to get this beloved territory. ”

"Although he can't get it, he may not be willing to give it to Bhutashri." Gao Shicheng frowned and said: "Zhong Jin Hatun marrying him, although it can stabilize his position, but the position of the Great Khan may not necessarily be in hand, if he announces now that Xin Ai's territory will be transferred to Butashri, I am afraid that Xin Ai will immediately turn his face and move troops." ”

Zhu Yijun was surprised: "Xin Ai dared to move first? Is his headquarters stronger than his father's? ”

"Surely not." Gao pragmatically said: "In terms of strength, Xin Ai's department is definitely not as good as my answering department, but I have at least three factions in this part, among which the strongest financial strength is the Hannaji department that controls Dabansheng City, and the most manpower is the Altan Khanting controlled by Zhongjin Hatun, but both of them have a big problem, that is, they have not fought any battles, and the ability to use soldiers and lead troops are all unknown...... And the most capable of fighting in the department of my answer is Chataiji. ”

Chataiji was the first general under my command, Gao Shishi had seen it ten years ago, although he did not see it with his own eyes, but it was not much different - at that time, his cavalry and Magui's Ma Jiajun briefly fought Chataiji.

Chataiji must be really able to fight, so there is no need to think about it.

"This Chataiji, is it an independent force?" Zhu Yijun frowned and asked: "But Jinyiwei's report said that he is a close confidant of Meda, and he takes my life as his responsibility in everything." ”

"That's right, but here's the trouble." Gao pragmatically said: "Now that I am dead, whether he left any legacy before he died, we don't know now." Since this Chataiji only listens to my answer, if I answer the throne if I give my will to let Xin Ai Huang Taiji succeed to the throne, the emperor said, who will Chataiji help? ”

Zhu Yijun's face really changed, and he frowned and said: "That's a little bad, although Xin Ai is old and sick, he is also a long-time battle-hardened person, and he has a reputation in the Mongolian army." If you add a Tumut first fighter to help, I am afraid that even if Hannaji and Jong Kim Hatun join forces, they will not necessarily be his opponents. ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Not only that, but there is also a trouble. ”

Zhu Yijun exclaimed: "Still in trouble? You said. ”

"Pullik is still in Chahar." Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "If the situation just mentioned happens, the Tumen family may interfere under the banner of Emperor Dayuan, and the consequences will be unpredictable at that time." ”

Zhu Yijun said with some skepticism: "Tumen have that strength and prestige?" ”

Uh, this ...... It's really hard to answer.

After Dayan Khan recovered the right-wing Mongols and rebuilt the 60,000-household system, the authority of the Great Khan was restored and promoted. Under the leadership of Dayan Khan's "Golden Family", all 10,000 households and tribes obeyed Dayan Khan's orders, and Mongolian society once again formed a unified situation.

After the death of Dayan Khan, the third son of Dayan Khan, who had been assigned to the right-wing Mongolia as Jinong, ascended to the throne of Khan. Although after he ascended the throne, "before he could take charge of political affairs, he was seized by the mandate of heaven", and his reign was extremely short, but from the perspective of the concept of primogeniture at that time, this was an usurpation of the Khan's throne after all. This incident illustrates that there was a gradual separation between the left and right wings of Mongolia at that time.

This trend of separation also occurs between households and even tribes. The most far-reaching impact was in the third year of Jiajing, when the Wuliang Hawanhu attacked the Khalkha Wanhu subordinate department and provoked a war.

At that time, when the news broke, Altan Khan immediately led an expedition to Uliangha, which opened the prelude to the 20-year war between the 10,000 households and the Uliangha 10,000 households.

The Mongol 10,000 households carried out a total of six military campaigns against Uliangha. Among them, the fourth conquest of Uliangha was jointly carried out by the 30,000 households of the right wing led by Murgen Jinong and Altan Khan and the left wing Chahar and Khalkha Wanhu led by Bodi Khan.

But the problem is that this conquest of the Uliang Hawan households was the result of the "agreement" of the 10,000 households participating in the operation, and not the decision of the Great Khan, the eldest grandson of Dayan Khan, Bodi Khan. In other words, already in that period, the power of the Great Khan had been weakened again, and Mongolia was once again in a position where there was no unified political authority to speak of.

In fact, during this period of history, the 30,000 households of the right wing were relatively in step with each other under the leadership of Murgen Jinong and Altan Khan, while they were in a kind of relationship with the left-wing 10,000 households.

In the twenty-first year of Jiajing, after the death of Morgen Jinong, Altan Khan became the de facto leader of the right-wing Mongols. Let's not talk about the achievements of the early years, just talk about the tribute during the Longqing period, the right-wing Wanhu such as Tumut under his command realized the Pinggong City with the Ming Dynasty, developed agriculture and handicrafts, and became stronger and stronger, and the relationship with the left-wing Wanhu led by the Mongolian Great Khan was naturally more alienated, and even sometimes there was competition and confrontation.

However, the reason why Zhu Yijun doubted the "leadership" of the Tumen was due to an incident in the second half of last year:

In July last year, "the barbarian side moved the wall with a gram of force, the Han force, and the speed of the Hai sacrifice, and set the 10th day of the first month of August to go straight to Ningqian, and those who did not arrive within the period will be punished." Later, the local barbarians thought that the chieftain Sihan had not arrived, and changed the agreement with the captives. On the twentieth day, he sent him to speed up, but he did not come. Those who are in the west are only one branch of the python ancient to each other. The barbarians are not captive and dare not enter. In September, the beginning of the ...... Parting ways. ”

When this happened, Gao Pragmatic was still on his way back to Beijing, and he only found out after arriving in Beijing.

What does this mean? It is said that Tumen Khan and other tribal leaders agreed that on August 10, they would join forces to attack the area under the pre-military preparation of Liaodong Ning, and punish those who "did not arrive within the deadline", but the chief Sihan did not arrive within the time limit, and after changing the date, after the urging of Tumen Khan, it was still better to come to meet the troops, and only one leader of the python Gulu arrived as promised, and Tumen Khan had no choice but to postpone the action for a month.

It can be seen that at this time, Tumen Khan, as the "Great Khan of All Mongolia", has declined to what extent, and Zhu Yijun doubts his authority, which is not without purpose.

But Gao Pragmatic is a person who is very good at "guiding", and he immediately said: "Attacking the Ming Dynasty, the orders of the Tumen are not good, this is not surprising, especially Ning Qian...... It is not only Li Chengliang's direct defense area, but also not very far from Jizhen, the Mongolian departments are afraid of the two of them, where are the good people willing to provoke these two people? ”

"But!" Gao pragmatically emphasized: "If you intervene in the civil strife in Tumut, the situation will be very different. ”

Zhu Yijun pondered and asked, "Because this is an opportunity to unify Mongolia?" ”

"No!" Gao pragmatic said categorically: "The other ministries will never help him because the Tumen have the opportunity to unify Mongolia, on the contrary, they will not be happy to see the Tumen unify Mongolia." ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned: "Why is that?" ”

"Because unifying Mongolia is only good for the Great Khan, not good for them!" Gao pragmatic spread his hands and said: "You think, Mongolia is unified, and the Great Khan is full of words, so what authority do they have over these various khans?" ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a while before he said: "Then in that case, why do you still think that when you meddle in the Tumut Ministry, Tumen Khan will have appeal?" Didn't the other Khan and that Khan refuse to help him? ”

Gao Shishi laughed and said: "These are two different things, for Tumen, he sees an opportunity to unify Mongolia, while for 'this Khan and Na Khan', what they see is an opportunity to carve up Tumut!" ”

"Oh...... I see. Zhu Yijun is not stupid after all, but he was just stunned by Gao Pragmatic just now, and now he came back to his senses and said: "That is to say, Tumen Khan feels that there is an opportunity to bring Tumut back under his command, or even directly control it, while the other 'this Khan and that Khan' are in the name of helping Tumen Khan, in fact, just to defeat Tumut, and then each grab a part of Tumut's tribes and territories, divide them, and make Tumen Khan happy?" ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled and arched his hand: "The emperor is sage." ”

I'm a, isn't this what you pointed out?

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "But this is very troublesome for my Daming, because ...... Tumut is now a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and his Great Khan is the Shunyi King of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Gao Pragmatic sighed: "That's right, the trouble is here, since the Great Khan of Tumut is the Shunyi King of my Ming Dynasty, no matter who inherits this throne, as long as my Ming Dynasty has not given up Tumut, then they are attacked by Tumen, and it is not easy for me to sit idly by." What's more, when the time comes, we are going to push Hannaji to be the Great Khan of Tumut, if Xin Ai or his son Tulik leads the Tutu to fight Tumut, can I ignore it? ”

Zhu Yijun realized that the matter was big, although he had been following Gao pragmatic ideas and wanted to completely control Tumut, but he had not considered fighting with Tumen - or even the whole of Mongolia in a daze at this time.

What should I do? Don't care about Tumert's business?

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Whether there will be another chapter today, I don't know now......