Chapter 267: Emperor Hongzhi's thoughts
Continuing to listen to Li Huayuan's narration of the gossip, Ren Taixu also slowly began to clear the thoughts in his mind.
Just when Ren Taixu was thinking, what did the party struggle in the Great Liang Dynasty mean?
What kind of role did the Hongzhi Emperor who sat on the throne play in it, and what kind of goal did he want to achieve through this party struggle?
What is the benefit of this party struggle for you?
In the palace at this time, Princess Yongle had a detailed information about Ren Taixu in her hand, describing Ren Taixu's origin and other information.
Looking at Ren Taixu's background, Princess Yongle also frowned slightly, after seeing Ren Taixu that day, seeing the demeanor of that body, the breath of dust, and the extraordinary conversation, she was originally thinking about which family's son?
It is definitely a family with inheritance heritage, and most of the human temperament needs three generations of inheritance to be cultivated.
I don't know which one can cultivate such a character?
When I heard that Ren Taixu reported that he was born in Yuanzhou,
For a while, she didn't think that Yuan Zhou had any wealthy family surnamed Ren.
I didn't think that there was a minister surnamed Ren who was born in Yuanzhou now?
But she didn't think so, she was the princess of Daliang, and she had been active in Bianliang City for a long time, so she didn't know much about the world after all.
It was only 60 years since the founding of the Great Liang, and at the same time, the turbulent times of the last decades of the previous dynasty, and the countless families of the previous dynasty have not eased up.
So it's not a big deal that there are no representatives in the official face now, after all, the heritage still exists.
originally thought that Ren Taixu might have been born in a big family of the previous dynasty, and the family has not yet eased up, so it is not allowed to become famous.
Unexpectedly, after reading Ren Taixu's information, she was suddenly surprised, Ren Taixu was actually from a poor family!
That's right!
Don't look at Ren Taixu's first two generations have some achievements, but in this era, the family conditions that can afford to read are not bad, but the accumulation of the first two generations of Ren Taixu's family is too shallow.
It can't even be called a wealthy family in the local area, let alone a big family!
In the eyes of the people of the world, this is the cold door, there is no historical inheritance, and the ancestors who have not been able to produce big people are called the cold door, and Ren Taixu is the cold man.
After Princess Yongle saw Ren Taixu's introduction, she was also a little suspicious, such an outstanding character could actually be from a poor family?
This is somewhat out of the norm, after all, temperament and temperament need to be cultivated by the environment, and some people have said that three generations of wealth is to cultivate aristocrats.
For a while, Princess Yongle couldn't think clearly, and it could only be attributed to Ren Taixu's talent, after all, in the weak crown years, she said: "A great man who has a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, and a great man who continues to learn for the saints should naturally be special, and should be different from the rest of the world's laymen!" ”
Thinking like this, Princess Yongle appreciates Ren Taixu even more, because it is not easy to be cold.
At the same time, at this time, she also believed in Ren Taixu's words, she could clearly see that Ren Taixu described in this record of Ren Taixu was a person who did not like to be famous, and he almost never participated in poetry meetings and word meetings, and had no chance to become famous.
Although he was a high school student at a young age, he was a little unrenowned in his own countryside.
This satisfies the kind of cold man who has been cold for ten years and no one asks, and once he became famous and known to the world!
At this point, Princess Yongle is more willing to believe that Ren Taixu is not the kind of person who can only talk nonsense.
At the same time, not far away, from the desk of Emperor Hongzhi on the palace, there was also a document with Ren Taixu's name written on it!
"Pifu is the law of the world!"
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, and continue to learn for the saints! What a big breath! What a bookish atmosphere! ”
Not long after, after Emperor Hongzhi read the record of Ren Taixu's identity information, he was also a little admired, and said: "The three generations of the Hanmen have risen, this is what I want!" ”
Just after Ren Taixu came into contact with Princess Yongle in the evening, Ren Taixu was recorded by the secret guards protecting Princess Yongle, and then his information was sent to Hongji.
Emperor Hongzhi has always been a man who pays attention to the princess of his own family, not only to prevent people with bad intentions, but also to recruit horses for his eldest princess.
Ren Taixu naturally entered his eyes by accident, with Ren Taixu's background, it is impossible to have bad intentions, except for accidents, it is impossible for Ren Taixu to have the opportunity to contact Princess Yongle.
There is no foundation in the cold family, there is no source of news, and even the whereabouts of Princess Yongle are not clear, how to get in touch?
So this was a misunderstanding, and Emperor Hongzhi obviously knew that it was his own initiative to go to talk.
Since there is no ill intention, Emperor Hongzhi is also relieved.
As for the horse, Emperor Hongzhi still has to consider the meaning of his daughter, so he won't mention it for the time being.
It's just that I have to say that Emperor Hongzhi at this time has a lot of good feelings towards Ren Taixu, not only because of Ren Taixu's two sentences, but also because of Ren Taixu's background - Hanmen!
He has always wanted to expand the influence of the Hanmen in the court to balance the rest of the forces.
It's just that he gave him a chance, and those poor scholars are useless!
Therefore, the current ministers of the Han family in the DPRK are still just a force attached to the big families.
During this time, Emperor Hongzhi was a little troubled, precisely because of the lively party struggle!
Daliang is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the country, but there is also a problem that has existed since the founding of the country - the power of the noble is not lost!
At that time, Liang Taizu was originally the most inconspicuous person among the many heroes, and he also had great achievements in the first half of his life, and he could even be said to be displaced, until he was middle-aged and had his own foundation, and he was close to his later years to achieve the emperor's business.
Less than a few years after ascending the throne, Liang Taizu died.
Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for Daliang Taizu to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang and directly kill a group of founding heroes to clear all obstacles for his descendants.
At the same time, he is not as ambitious as Zhu Yuanzhang, he has iron-blooded means, and he can kill a river of blood!
It can be said that this Liang Taizu has a strong personality, and at the same time, his methods are not ruthless, but he is a little like Liu Bei!
In the first half of his life, he was exiled upside down, and the civil and military ministers around him did not give up, and he followed him for most of his life, and finally enjoyed wealth and nobility, he naturally couldn't bear it.
The problem that Taizu of Great Liang failed to solve, and the two generations of emperors that followed naturally failed to solve it, and they did not have the same prestige as Taizu, so the problem dragged on until Emperor Hongzhi here.
In this case, it is natural to accumulate a large number of founding fathers, these fathers are passed down from generation to generation, and there are one by one noble families, who control more than half of the military power of the Great Liang with their hands, so they can't be afraid of Emperor Hongzhi.
Of course, these nobles are also sensible, although they are in charge of military power, there are still many contradictions inside, which is to show that the entire noble collective is not monolithic, and wants to reassure the emperor.
But it is clear that the emperor can't let go!
Although he knew that Xungui could not be an iron plate inside, Emperor Hongzhi was even more worried about what if all this was done to deceive himself?
That's a big problem!
And even if it's not monolithic, but they are all noble, the bottom is the same, the position of the butt is the same, and the bias of the head is the same!
The military power is too strong!
Absolutely not allowed by the emperor!
Compared with Xungui, Emperor Hongzhi likes those Wenchen even more, not because Wenchen is incorruptible, but simply because Wenchen is the easiest to control, he has no power in his hands, and at the same time there is no threat to this position under him!
As for the family behind Wenchen, the squire is strong, this is unavoidable.
No matter who it is, even if it is a poor scholar or an ordinary person, as long as he has all his strength in his hands, he will become a family in a few generations.
Emperor Hongzhi saw clearly that the problem could never be solved, and it could only be continuously postponed.
The object of this postponement is also exquisite, the poor family is the best, there is no foundation, the latest to become a trend, it can be postponed for a longer time, those who were from the family family that declined in the previous dynasty were slightly worse, and then the family family.
And Xungui is already too big to postpone it
In this case, Emperor Hongzhi also brought out his own courtiers to fight against these nobles.
And Prime Minister Li Jishi is this person!
Li Jishi is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and the old people are all over the world, and it can be said that he is one of the leaders of the literati.
Li Jishi also realized the reality that the power in the hands of Xungui was too great.
In his eyes, this is not only not conducive to the stability of the imperial power, but also to the system of the entire imperial court.
This is an encroachment on the interests of the Wenchen collective!
Therefore, when the first two generations of emperors were in the past, he had written about this problem, but he did not get the emperor's attention, or the emperor understood it in his heart, but he did not have the courage to solve this problem.
Therefore, Li Jishi at that time not only did not get the support of the emperor, but was hostile to the nobles.
Of course, the civil and military forces in the court were originally two systems, opposed to each other, and this effect was needed both for the needs of interests and for the pandering to the emperor.
Emperor Hongzhi doesn't need to do much, as long as Li Jishi is pushed out, Li Jishi is naturally willing to fight with the nobles, and even think of ways to win a certain amount of military power from those nobles.
Li Jishi is a smart man, although he knows the emperor's thoughts, but he is willing to be this knife, because it is also in the interests of the entire Wenchen collective.
Turning a knife on the Xungui group is completely in line with the needs of its own political interests!
And in this process, Emperor Hongzhi doesn't need to do much, he just needs to show that he is in a dilemma and doesn't help each other, and he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Of course, he just needs to have a slight bias in the key places to be able to achieve his goal.
Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi's imperial skills are good, and the use of political means is also skilled.
To provoke the contradictions of his subordinates is to control the scope of the contradictions and prevent them from expanding.
Be able to solve their own problems within a suitable range, so as to achieve their own goals.
Set up a Li Jishi as a target, let all the attacks hit the target, and withdraw himself.
In the end, he achieved his own goal by setting up the target, and took himself out perfectly!
As for the later, although the estrangement between the military generals of Wenchen was deeper, it was not in the scope of Hongzhi's consideration, or he was happy to see it.
Most emperors like to fight, fight with the sky, fight with the earth, fight with people, and have endless fun!
Ren Taixu has been an emperor and knows the psychology of the emperor, to be precise, this is because of a psychological problem.
The emperor means the respect of the ninety-five, he may be lonely, he feels that everything in the world is at his fingertips, and it is a little challenging to fight with others, and there can be some fun watching others fight!
When his subordinates fight, as long as they can not get out of control, he is also happy, after all, this is a balanced way that is beneficial to the emperor
Obviously, a few years ago, with the virtuous son-in-law of Li Jishi, who was born in Wenchen, becoming the governor of Northern Xinjiang, the military power in the hands of the nobles was reduced, which was a manifestation of Emperor Hongzhi achieving his goal.
It's a pity that in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, this should be just the beginning, and the next thing is to continue to slowly disintegrate the power and military power in the hands of these nobles!
But I didn't expect that Li Jishi's virtuous son-in-law was actually a waste, and he actually defeated Temur and lost Jiayuguan, giving you an excuse for the Xungui group to fight back.
In addition, there was also chaos in the south at that time, and in order to continue to control the situation, Emperor Hongzhi decisively gave the Xungui group a date.
The veteran who went to suppress the south is an old qualification in the current Xungui group, and Emperor Hongzhi tried his best to encircle him, not only to stabilize the situation in the south.
It is also to show an attitude, to show the attitude of the noble.
Let the nobles know that he still reuses the nobles, and he still needs the support of the nobles!
This party struggle is that the nobles are wrapped in the military department and then take the initiative to attack Prime Minister Li Jishi!
Emperor Hongzhi was willing to watch them fight before, provided that they could achieve their goals, but this party struggle obviously failed to achieve this goal.
So at this time, Emperor Hongzhi was also a little troubled!
At this time, looking at Ren Taixu's identity as a poor family, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but feel a little happy, thinking that if it was true, the ministers of the court and the central government were all from a poor family.
Now there is not so much trouble, or this big end can be delayed for a hundred years!
After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help muttering: "Maybe you should really bet a little more on the Hanmen, if you can support the Hanmen, the current situation will be much better, the three-legged stand is always much better than the confrontation between the two countries, it is also more stable, and it is not easy to get out of control!" ”
At this time, Ren Taixu naturally didn't know the blessing of Princess Tuo Yongle, and he had already entered the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, and even indirectly made Emperor Hongzhi make up his mind to bet on Hanmen.
Maybe Ren Taixu will become one of the beneficiaries, after all, he is a complete poor man!
And it is the root of the sprouts, with the establishment of the girder, it is the slowly rising cold!