Wang Yan knew his shortcomings, but Gu Yanwu's words made him a little incomprehensible.

If he wants to carry out reforms, get rid of the malpractices of the government and the opposition, and restrict the imperial power, he must grasp the power of the imperial court step by step, so that he can carry out his policies and realize his political ideals, and in this process, he will inevitably have to constantly fight for power and constantly expand the territory of his power, that is, he must be the enemy of the diehards, that is, he must be the enemy of the imperial power, and he must continue to struggle, and the whole process will inevitably be sharp.

Confucianism has a saying, "Where righteousness lies, do not lean into power, disregard its interests, the whole country does not change its eyes, and it is the courage of a gentleman to uphold righteousness without being resolute." ”

The ancestors and reformers who have eliminated the evils of the past generations have no way back.

Wang Yan couldn't help but ask, "Does Mr. mean that the lonely edge is too strong?" But in the lonely situation, if you advance, you will live, and if you retreat, you will die, and if you relax a little, you will definitely lose power, and you will still be slaughtered, how can you let go of power and forbear? ”

"I suggest to Your Highness, first consolidate the fundamentals, not to let Your Highness delegate power, but to let Your Highness grasp the existing rights first." Gu Yanwu paused slightly, and then solemnly bowed his hand to Wang Yan, "Your Highness, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; Do not accumulate small streams, can not become rivers and seas, the tree is big and deep, the wind is difficult to destroy, and today His Royal Highness seems to be powerful, but in fact it is like taking root in the sand, many officials in the two Guangzhou, not all are like-minded people, the land of Huguang is not in the control of His Royal Highness, the foundation is extremely unstable, rather than fighting with the factions in the court, aggressive, it is better to temporarily withdraw from the court, concentrate on the management of the five provinces, and wait for the foundation to be stable, His Royal Highness wants to build the system in the five provinces first, after accumulating enough strength, why worry about ambitions can not be realized! ”

After Wang Yan listened, his heart shook slightly, what Gu Yanwu said and his previous thoughts can be said to be two completely different routes, he wanted to control the central government and achieve reform from the top down, but Gu Yanwu asked him to start from the local level and reform from the bottom up.

"What do you think, brother, do you think the same way?" In a short period of time, Wang Yan's thoughts could not be sorted out, so he asked.

Wang Fuzhi listened, nodded and said, "Your Highness, I have discussed this matter with Counselor Gu, and I also agree with Counselor Gu's opinion. The momentum of party struggle in the court has been going on for a long time, and His Royal Highness does not occupy much advantage in the court, so it is better to simply withdraw from it than to be caught in the party struggle. There are several advantages to this, the first of which is that His Royal Highness can alleviate the contradiction with the emperor. The second point is that Zuo Ge Lao and others have been hiding behind His Royal Highness before, once His Royal Highness withdraws from the court, the forces in the court will only be left with civil officials and eunuchs, Zuo Ge Lao and others will have to face the eunuchs, and the contradictions in the court will inevitably change, and His Royal Highness can temporarily leave the whirlpool of party disputes and concentrate on running the place. The third point is that His Royal Highness can resign from the post of secretary of the military department, and only hang the vacant title of scholar, please let Dufutai enter the cabinet to take over, and then transfer He Gang from Fujian to the governor of Hunan, and connect Xiang, Guangxi, and Guangdong. The fourth point is that His Highness can take the lead in the five provinces to carry out innovations. With these points, I think Counselor Gu's strategy is feasible. ”

The strategy of these two people, generally speaking, is to jump out, fight in the mountains and tigers, no matter how the emperor tosses, ignore it, and develop their strength on the side with peace of mind.

In the battle between the emperor and Wang Yan, the civil official group has never expressed its position, and basically does not help each other, and it is precisely because of their inaction that Wang Yan is sometimes very passive.

If Wang Yan suddenly withdraws, perhaps the situation between the DPRK and China will become more exciting.

Wang Yan pondered for a while, he seemed to be a little anxious for quick success and quick profit, eager to grasp the power of the court, and the Wang family also seemed a little restless, wanting to seize power and protect themselves, so Wang He married, and he kept installing henchmen in the court, and even applied his hands to Fujian and Jiangxi, but the foundation was always too thin, even if he laid such a big stall, he could not occupy an absolute advantage in the court.

During this period of time, Wang Yan really hated the intrigue of the imperial court, and if he continued to fight like this, I am afraid that he would fall into it without ending, and it is possible for the imperial court to embark on the old road of the Hongguang Dynasty from the beginning.

After listening to Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi's words, Wang Yan realized that he might really be on the wrong path, but he had been laying out for so long before, and it was not easy to make a temporary turn, and the most important thing was that he also had doubts about the views of the two.

Wang Yan thought for a long time, and Chen Bangyan on the side was also pondering, and after half a sound, Wang Yan asked: "Brother, Mr. Gu, if Lone is withdrawn and runs the place, but the right to appoint officials is in the hands of the imperial court, how can Lone consolidate the five provinces from being infiltrated by the imperial court?" ”

This is a problem, officials are selected by the imperial examination, and then appointed by the imperial court, if he does not maintain power in the court, how can he influence the appointment of officials and install henchmen?

When Gu Yanwu heard this, he immediately said: "Your Highness can use this to expand the shogunate by establishing the governor of the five provinces in Wuchang, and concentrate all the power to appoint officials with financial and military power in the five provinces in the hands of the shogunate, and select talents by himself to replace the functions of the imperial court." ”

These words made Wang Yan startled, "Isn't this just another imperial court?" ”

Gu Yanwu hurriedly explained: "No, if you don't have a number, how can you be regarded as setting up a separate court, at most, it can only be regarded as building a domain." His Royal Highness wants to reform the five provinces first, and it is just right to use the shogunate as an attempt, and once the reform is successful, the shogunate can directly replace the imperial court in the future. ”

If this was the case, Wang Yan would in fact have established a separate administrative system and a central agency under the guise of the shogunate, establishing a vassal state.

Chen Bangyan, as the secretary of the shogunate, also spoke at this time: "Your Highness, I also agree with Counselor Gu's words, rather than being held back by many forces in the court and achieving nothing, it is better to go through the five provinces first." ”

This is equivalent to Wang Yan's chief staff, and he also approves of him starting a new team and playing with the Guangjing Imperial Court.

Obviously the latter faces much less resistance when it comes to making changes in one system and starting another.

Wang Yan was already a little tempted when he heard this, and he was really tired of Guangjing's intrigues, and he really didn't have much advantage in the struggle of the imperial court.

So many Wenchen, none of them are his people, they can't mutiny and kill them all, what is the difference between that and the Manchu Qing and Mengyuan.

Every massacre, the erasure of the national identity, the damage to the entire nation, is immeasurable, after the Song Dynasty, the Ming people no longer have the Tang and Song dynasties, after the Qing Dynasty, even the wind and bones are gone.

Wang Yan thought for a while, and already agreed with Gu Yanwu's words in his heart, but he wanted to pass through the five provinces, and the emperor and the imperial court would definitely not agree to him holding the human rights and military power of the five provinces in one hand, which was equivalent to the emergence of a vassal state larger than the central government out of thin air.

However, since he decided to change his strategy and jump outside the circle, Wang Yan's thinking has also broadened a little, he was in the center before, and he had to maintain the entire market from collapsing, so he was in the emperor's compromise to maintain the stability of the imperial court, but after jumping outside the circle, whether the central government collapsed or not was not his business, but the emperor's business, and then the emperor should think about how to maintain the central government, how to stabilize him, and compromise with him.

Wang Yan suddenly brightened: "Okay, Gu will arrange it in the next few days, transfer the officials of the Gu faction to Huguang, and then operate to transfer Du Yinxi to the cabinet, you also have to make more preparations, take back the forces, and consolidate the foundation first." ”

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