Chapter 017: Clearing Your Mind (Part II)
Concubine Li will be the Empress Dowager Li in the future, generally speaking, this identity has already determined that this person can only be wooed, but it is unlikely to fall, because she can't fall - in the future, as the emperor's biological mother, she will inevitably be respected as the queen mother, unless she does the ugly thing like Qin Shihuang and his mother back then, what reason will she have to fall? In other aspects, even if people really do something wrong, in order to maintain his face as a "pure filial piety", Emperor Wanli will never be able to attack his own mother, and then it will inevitably be a big thing and a small matter.
Of course, although Concubine Li Guifei will be respected as the Empress Dowager of Cisheng in the future, there is actually another one in front of her, that is, the current empress and the future Empress Dowager Chen. If you can resolutely say that the Empress Dowager Chen will stand on her side as internal aid, and the outer court will arrange some more means, although the "down" Empress Dowager Li will not be able to "fall", but there is still a chance to force the Empress Dowager Li to be unable to intervene in political affairs. For example, Empress Dowager Li, the father and father-in-law Li Wei, who had a bad reputation in later generations, is a time bomb, and it cannot be said that it is completely useless to use it. But this method may not have a high chance of success, because Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Ci'an, who were originally ranked before Cixi in the Qing Dynasty, seem to have similar personalities, and are the kind of benevolent and gentle people, not to mention that she is very kind to Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijun, and it is not easy to find reasons to win her over against Empress Dowager Li's mother and son. Besides, even if the Empress Dowager Chen is co-opted, this matter is not without the possibility of failure, once this kind of thing fails, the consequences are too serious, and Gao Pragmatic will never choose it as a last resort.
As for why Gao Pragmatic considered the disposal after the death of Emperor Longqing, the reason is worthless: the emperor's two sons are from Li Guifei, who has made great contributions to the country, and she is a mother who lives in the deep palace, and she has not done anything blatantly jealous and jealous to compete for favor, even if it is a favored minister like Gao Gong, he can't find a reason to bring her down.
From this point of view, in the trio, Li Guifei is basically the one who can only be wooed and close, and she resolutely cannot act in reverse.
So, what about Feng Bao?
Gao Pragmatic thought about it carefully, if it was based on the original history, of course Feng Bao could be killed. Historically, he had a deep grudge against Gao Gong, and it was the person who framed Gao Gong that was responsible for moving him, and there were good reasons for him. And it's not difficult to move him, although this person is not particularly bad among eunuchs, but he is really not a good person. Even if he is not the most powerful eunuch at the moment, and he may not have a bad deed, but this is the Ming Dynasty, and it doesn't even make sense for civil officials to trouble eunuchs. For example, Gao Gong's status, even if he said to the emperor, "Such a eunuch dares to be disrespectful to me", Feng Daban's fate may be quite bad, although the head does not fall to the ground, but it is a complete opportunity to be assigned out of the palace to be a eunuch guarding a certain place.
However, Gao Pragmatic knows that it is better not to kill this person than to kill, and it is better not to move if he can not move.
Why? Because he is Li Guifei's person.
As the saying goes, if you don't look at the face of the monk, you can see the face of the Buddha, and you have to look at the owner to beat the dog.
Although now that Long Qingye is alive, it is very simple for Gao Gong to deal with a mere Feng Bao, but it is easy to kill a Feng Bao, and it is difficult to grasp the attitude of Li Guifei.
Besides, if Feng Bao is moved today, Li Guifei will not be able to use Zhang Bao and Wang Bao tomorrow? So Feng Bao's head is not important, what matters is Feng Bao's position. Feng Bao's really important position for Gao Gong is not the official position of the inner court that he can really get outside at the moment, but the identity of the prince's "great companion".
According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the prince's companion was basically the new monarch's most trusted eunuch after the prince ascended the throne. What is the status of the emperor's most trusted eunuch? There is Liu Jin in the front and Wei Zhongxian in the back.
Although in history, Wanli took matters into his own hands soon after the pro-government, but before he was pro-government, he didn't dare to deal with the eldest companion that his mother arranged by his side. In case Emperor Longqing still dies young as in history, then Concubine Li will still be the final speaker on behalf of the royal family! And this representation is ten years!
Then, it is best to adopt a wooing attitude towards Feng Bao.
After all, for Gao Gong, as long as there is no Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao alone cannot pose a fatal threat to him, and after Longqing's death in the future, he will be the number one minister, what he needs is not to fight this or that, on the contrary, what he needs most in that time period is stability.
Similarly, as long as there is no Zhang Juzheng, or as long as there is no figure like Zhang Juzheng who can replace Gao Gong at any time, how can Empress Dowager Li move Gao Gong? How does the high-arch court work? If there was no opposition like Zhang Juzheng hidden in the shadow of the Gao Party at that time, and the words of the hundred officials and the Empress Dowager Li were not stupid, how could she move the high arch?
What's more, in history, Empress Dowager Li moved the high arch not as Ye Shili said, why did she have a leg with Zhang Juzheng - what are you kidding, what chance did Zhang Juzheng have to meet her before Longqing died? Even if there is a rare opportunity to meet, can there still be no outsiders present? Under the extremely strict harem system set by Zhu Yuanzhang, can a noble concubine and a cabinet scholar still have the opportunity to meet alone?
So she was purely because of Feng Bao's false accusations, and really thought that Gao Gong had two hearts - Wanli's imperial grandfather Jiajing was found out by Yang Tinghe, the first assistant at that time, to inherit the throne after the death of Emperor Zhengde! Although Zhu Yijun is undoubtedly the bloodline of Longqing, and he is justifiably succeeded by the crown prince, it stands to reason that Gao Gong does not have any legal reason to abolish the emperor and replace it with a new monarch, but ...... What if? When Emperor Longqing was alive, he relied on Gao Gong for everything, and he was simply indecisive to ask Gao Gong, and Empress Dowager Li would think that Gao Gong was very powerful even subconsciously. Since it is powerful, if such a powerful person has bad intentions and really wants to abolish the emperor and establish a new establishment, I am afraid that he will not be able to find a reason?
This is what she can't tolerate as a mother and a queen mother, and she will never dare to take risks!
In history, Gao Gong fell, to put it bluntly, Zhang Juzheng came up with the idea and Feng Bao carried out the false accusation, which finally led to the eagerness of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and the Little Emperor and the little emperor, and they couldn't care about any consequences under the anger, and directly ordered to completely get rid of Gao Gong's book and various positions, so that he could return to his hometown as soon as possible - that is, it is usually said that he will be beaten to the end.
Gao Gong's side didn't expect such a result at all, he didn't really have two hearts, so he was naturally caught off guard, what else could he do except take the order home?
In the final analysis, it was Gao Gong who was careless, and at the same time, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao's blow hit the nail on the head!
Therefore, Gao pragmatic believes that as long as Zhang Juzheng is removed, Feng Bao is stabilized, and then Gao Gong is persuaded to stabilize the situation first when Long and Wan are handed over, and the next situation will naturally be wide.
If you can also arrange the layout in advance, so that the Empress Dowager Li and even the little emperor have enough trust in Gao Gong, it will be more stable.