The gatehouse of the Wei Mansion is the feeling of the big flower hall of ordinary people, and it looks like a scarlet robe, or a servant of the court, Jingqing, or a governor and Taoist outside, although the Sipin Huangtang is a scarlet robe, but it is not allowed to wait in such a flower hall.

The officials in the hall have a kind of arrogance, and they talk about it mostly in praise.

Only then did Gao Di know that there were quite a few officials in the hall who recognized Wei Zhongxian as his godfather or godfather.

Even if he can't cling to Wei Zhongxian, he clings to Wang Tiqian and other eunuchs, or clings to Xu Xianchun and others.

A soldier said: "Why don't you flatter Lord Shoufu, Xia Guan feels that Lord Shoufu is also very close to Gonggong Wei." ”

A political participant showed disdain and said coldly: "Of course, the elders of the cabinet also cling to Gonggong Wei, otherwise there is no place to stand." However, Gonggong Wei only used them, not to believe them, and the real believers were Lord Xu and others, so how could we be willing to seek the near and far. ”

All the officials agreed, and they all said that this participation in politics was extremely true.

Gao Di also knew that Wei Zhongxian had a group of quite loyal henchmen, represented by Wang Tiqian, Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun, who were either eunuchs or Jinyi Weitang officials, and were not civil officials who had won the imperial examination.

In Wei Zhongxian's core power circle, these non-mainstream eunuchs and military officials are his most trusted henchmen, as for Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei and other civilian officials, they originally had their own circle of interests, such as the original members of the three parties, they defected to Wei Zhongxian in addition to being forced by the Donglin Party to have no way out, and the other consideration was to seek more benefits for themselves, of course they regarded Wei Zhongxian as the co-master, but the co-owner also had his own small circle of interests, such as Xu Dahua, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, In addition to being loyal to Wei Zhongxian, he also has other thoughts, a while ago he wanted to persuade Wei Zhongxian to invite Fang Congzhe back, his mind is quite strange, this kind of thing also makes Wei Zhongxian deeply understand, civil officials have their own thoughts, and there are still a lot of scruples about doing things, and the eunuchs who can really rely on the palace are still dependent on themselves, as well as the military ministers who control the brocade guards outside.

For these foreign officials who come to see them, it is better to find Gu Dafo than to find Xu Xianchun, for the latter, as long as they come to the door with silver, they must do things for them, unlike the cabinet elders who also pay attention to their image, and their appearance should not be too ugly.

Gao Di didn't say anything, but he felt a sadness in his heart.

When did the officials of the Ming Dynasty become like this?

When Gao Di was a showman, the Ming Dynasty was a high arch in power, the tall beard was upright, he acted impatiently, and the style of doing things was fair and had a cool style, so the official style was quite clean, and people were afraid of the strict and impatient Gao Ge Lao.

At that time, it was the reign of the Emperor of Longqing, the sea ban had long been abolished, the influx of silver gradually increased, the people gradually became rich, people's incomes increased, and there was no serious inflation, and the life of the people was quite good...... Gao Di still remembers that his family is not rich, sometimes he will go to the city as a force, although he is tired at the end of the day, he can earn forty or fifty yuan, at that time a pound of pork is only more than ten dollars, on the way home he will buy half a pound of pork burritos, chew and eat slowly walk home, when the road meets the honor guard of the county, rush to avoid the road, and his heart is full of awe and yearning for the officials.

At that time, the officials were serious and acted in accordance with the rules and regulations, the civil official system of the Ming Dynasty had been completely established, and in fact they had mastered the country's major policies, the eunuchs were restrained, and the relatives could not intervene in political affairs.

To put it bluntly, Longqing Tianzi knows in his heart, although he is the Son of Heaven, but he grew up in the deep palace and the palace, and succeeding to the throne as the Son of Heaven is only his bloodline and not ability, compared with Gao Gong, who is a smart person who has been killed in the imperial examination and has to be in a high position, the Son of Heaven has nothing to do except blood, since his ability is far inferior to these powerful ministers, why should he compete for power and profit with his subordinates?

Although the rule of the Son of Heaven in Longqing is only a few years, the Ming Dynasty is really in the middle of the phase, the ministers live in peace, the upper and lower decrees are smooth and smooth, the people are rich and stable, since the two years of Longqing, due to the imperial court measures to obtain the law, the north is not allowed to invade the Great Wall again, the south has no trouble in the north, the world is safe, the four seas are peaceful, it can be called the golden age of the Ming Dynasty.

Born in Jiajing, grew up in Longqing Gao Di, in his youth and youth left enough good memories, that is, later in the early Wanli period, there was Zhang Juzheng, then Zhang Siwei, Wang Xijue, Shen Shixing, are strong and capable of the first assistant, or have different selfish intentions, such as Zhang Siwei with Wanli liquidation Zhang Juzheng, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue too much care of the interests of the Jiangnan gentry, but before the fifteenth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty was still thriving, the Son of Heaven once walked dozens of miles to pray for rain, when Gao Di was studying in Beijing and waiting for the spring of the people, Seeing the slightly obese emperor walk from the royal road to the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, the morale of the military and the people at that time was really boiling to a peak.

In the seventeenth year of Wanli, Gao Di passed the Jinshi examination, and it seems that the Ming Dynasty began to decline after that.

Today, Gao Di already feels that he is not in the Ming Dynasty, and these court officials in front of him are not his colleagues.

"Tall man, please."

A small fireman walked over, stretched out his hand and shook his head, and asked Gordy to go inside.

Only then did the officials know that the old man who seemed to be a little out of energy in front of him, and who did not participate in the discussion of everyone's discourse was the newly appointed Liaodong Economic Strategy, so they all stood up and said hello to Gao Di.

"There are some things that you should not say lightly." Gao Di looked at a soldier who had just shouted that he wanted to worship Xu Xianchun as his godfather, and said with a smile: "I still have to leave a little dignity." ”

Bing Beidao looked disappreciative, and hurriedly gave his hands perfunctory: "Yes, thank you for the teachings of Da Sima." ”

Gao sighed first, and walked in with the others to meet Wei Zhongxian.

In the study, Wei Zhongxian was waiting in a big red python suit, and the eunuch seemed to love this suit the most, just like the military officials in Beijing liked to wear a unicorn mending suit, and the eunuch's favorite was this big red python suit.

"I've seen the factory."

Gaudy stepped forward, bowed and bowed, but did not kneel.

Recently, the civil officials at the level of the squire have all bowed and saluted when they see Wei Zhongxian, and some relatives and military attaches have all bowed and saluted when they see Wei Zhongxian, and all the civil officials below the squire are also kneeling, and only the squire and above can be regarded as maintaining the dignity of civil officials.

"Please be seated, sir." Wei Zhongxian glanced at Gao lightly, feeling that this was a more traditional veteran civil bureaucrat, self-righteous, with some self-esteem and arrogance, but because he had experienced too much and had passed the age of sixties, he had more concerns about acting, and he could suppress this person without too much effort.

"Before Lord Gao leaves, let's invite the boss over, mainly because I want to hear how to deal with the military affairs of Liaodong after the boss takes office?"

Gao Di said frankly: "There is no clear conclusion yet, Sun Gebu has been in western Liaoning for several years, and the situation is still stable. ”

Wei Zhongxian said slowly: "There must be something more." Don't hide it from Lord Gao, we are still quite dissatisfied with the situation in western Liaoning. ”

"Please speak up."

"You see, the most silver used in Liaoxi is nearly five million a year, after more than a year of reduction, tens of thousands of guest soldiers have been transferred, and the pressure on the transfer of military salaries has been reduced, even so there are still more than three million expenses a year, and the imperial court has only eight million silver in the first two years, and five million have been used in Liaoxi alone. Now it is said that there are tens of millions a year, and Liaoxi still has to take nearly half of it, plus the silver used in the nine sides, the expenses of hundreds of officials in the imperial court, the use of the palace, and the cost of military salaries are so huge, would you rather have no worries? ”

Wei Zhongxian actually dragged the sentence, knowing that the bottom line was fine, but Gao Di, who knew a few words, also secretly felt funny.

"Please make it public." Although Gao Di despised him, he knew that the great plan of Liaoxi was still in front of him, and the eunuch could decide in a word, he was not his disciple, and he did not have to listen to his opinion in everything, but from a realistic point of view, it was better to listen to what Wei Zhongxian said.

"Can Lord Gao know what the king is talking about?"

"My father-in-law is saying that he will establish a heavy pass, abandon the Jinzhou Right Tun Qiantun Ningyuan, and only guard the mountains and seas to enrich the law of Jizhen?"

"Yes!" Wei Zhongxian's voice increased in pitch and appeared a little sharp, and only then did he show his eunuch side, otherwise his appearance was dignified, his chin was green, he seemed to have a beard, and he was tall, sitting on it, like a cabinet minister who was a very human minister, not a eunuch of Dongchang.

"The subordinate officials have also heard about this law and have considered it." Gao Di said: "If you talk about saving military salaries and military supplies, then this method is the best, only need to garrison the heavy pass, hundreds of miles outside the pass do not need to build cities and forts, and there is no need to transfer the food and salary of the army, at least two million military resources can be saved a year, and the saved wealth can enrich Jizhen...... To be honest, Xia Guan agreed with what Wang Zaijin said. ”

"Is it feasible now?"

"I can't do it now." Gao Di said: "In the past three years, Sun Gebu has used tens of millions of silver, repaired eight cities, more than 60 forts, and more than 200 miles of Forte, collected hundreds of thousands of Liao people, reclaimed hundreds of thousands of acres, and trained more than 100,000 soldiers...... The lower official means that the court has paid so much, and the military and the people are also accustomed to the practice of the court to recover the Liao land, if the proposal is given up at this time, not to mention the uproar of the people in the world, even the vast majority of the court officials will not agree, and the emperor will definitely be very dissatisfied. ”

Wei Zhongxian sighed, forget about other things that Gao Di said, what kind of official heart and people's heart, Wei Zhongxian has already seen it, in the face of absolute power, those can only be regarded as farts. Emperor Shenzong Xian is still not ruthless enough, and there is no way for the people of Suzhou to make trouble, but he Wei Zhongxian will never do this, and some people will make trouble when he goes to Suzhou to arrest criminals, and finally arrests the officials in Suzhou, and beheads all the leaders of the trouble.

Power is to be used, but if you hold power but dare not use it, what is the use of power?

What Wei Zhongxian really cared about was the idea of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the emperor directly approved the appointment of Gao Di, a big man who was not a member of the eunuchs, and the emperor directly approved it, which shows that Gao Di's ability and experience are also recognized by the emperor. Like his ancestor Emperor Wanli, the Emperor of the Apocalypse often listened to ordinary government affairs, and then said: "The factory ministers will do it as appropriate, and then I will know about it." ”

The normal government affairs are handed over to Wei Zhongxian to do, unless it is a major military matter, especially the post of Liaodong Economic Strategy, how many times Wei Zhongxian jumped up and down, half a year ago he wanted to replace Sun Chengzong to calm his heart, and it took so long to really succeed, all kinds of details show that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is still satisfied with Sun Chengzong's various measures in Liaoxi. The only dissatisfaction and suspicion is the ability of the Ming army in western Liaoning, so far Jianyu has not attacked in a big way, whether the camps of the Ming army in western Liaoning can really pass the severe test, it is still difficult to say.

Remember the mobile version URL: m.