Wang Yangming's highest official position in his life should be the Nanjing Bingbu Shangshu, but unfortunately this official position is actually equivalent to an idle post, the real power is not large, it looks very good, but in actual operation, it is restricted by others everywhere, and many people are looking at Wang Yangming.
Originally, according to Wang Yangming's achievements and ability to deal with people, no matter what, he should be awarded a higher or more powerful official position, why is Wang Yangming's career so unsuccessful? In fact, all this is inseparable from two people.
Wang Yangming's military exploits
Wang Yangming himself was a civilian official, and under the recommendation of Wang Qiong, he served as the governor of the Inspectorate, specifically responsible for leading the patrol of Nan'an, Ganzhou, Zhangzhou and other places, and the main purpose of his inspection was to see what problems existed in various places, so as to solve them and let the people live and work in peace and contentment.
After Wang Yangming went to the Nanzhong region, he found a more serious problem, at that time, the thieves in the Nanzhong region were rampant and had no king's law, these thieves were fighting with their own people and often harassing the local people, people can be said to be frightened, and when encountering such a serious problem, Wang Yangming certainly could not stand by and watch.
Wang Yangming gave full play to his wisdom and wisdom, thought of a variety of ways to suppress the bandits, and under Wang Yangming's efforts, the local bandits were soon eliminated by him in more than forty places, killing and capturing more than 7,000 bandits; after these achievements, some bandits were already deterred, but for a small number of bandits, they still held a fluke attitude and continued to do evil.
Wang Yangming was well aware of the nature of these bandits, he understood that if he did not continue to take advantage of the victory to pursue, when he left, the bandits would still make a comeback, in order to take them down in one fell swoop and completely stabilize the lives of the local people, Wang Yangming also applied to the imperial court for some soldiers, continued to suppress the bandits, at Wang Yangming's insistence, he suppressed more than eighty bandits, so that the bandits heard the name Wang Yangming and fled into the wilderness.
To this extent, the bandits definitely did not dare to come out again to harm the people, they saw Wang Yangming's strength, they called him a god, and from then on they did not dare to make a mistake, Wang Yangming's purpose can be regarded as achieved, after this incident, the people also have more respect for Wang Yangming.
If it were put on an ordinary official, Wang Yangming's achievements in suppressing bandits would have been enough to blow up for a lifetime, but for Wang Yangming all this was completely worthless, because he did not care in his heart how many achievements he had achieved, and the credit for the suppression of bandits was all recorded on Wang Qiong, who recommended himself that year, and Wang Qiong was deeply appreciated by Zhu Houzhao.
After the suppression of the bandits, Wang Yangming went to the Jiangxi area and prepared to continue to rectify Jiangxi so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment, that is, during his time in Jiangxi, Wang Yangming encountered another important thing, which was the rebellion of King Ning. Before King Ning had officially rebelled, Wang Yangming had already seen some clues, and after King Ning formally rebelled, Wang Yangming quickly dispatched troops and caught King Ning by surprise.
This rebellion lasted for more than forty days in total, and was put down by Wang Yangming, Zhu Houzhao always wanted to drive the imperial conquest, and finally had the opportunity to go out of the city to clean up the King of Ning after overcoming all difficulties in the imperial court, and as a result, Zhu Houzhao was only halfway there, and Wang Yangming handed him a successful report of victory in the counter-rebellion, which disappointed Zhu Houzhao.
Wang Yangming saw Zhu Houzhao's disappointment, and once again attributed the credit for the suppression of the rebellion to the king of Ning, and he himself said that he had returned home on sick leave, and after Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing, he did not reward Wang Yangming, and Wang Yangming's counter-rebellion was thus shelved until after Zhu Houzhao's death, and the Jiajing Emperor took the throne to reward Wang Yangming for his merits, thus sealing him as the Shangshu of the Nanjing Army.
Why did Wang Yangming have a bumpy career
Judging from the fact that Wang Yangming has made meritorious achievements all the way, but has not received the reward he deserves, we know that there must be mysteries behind this matter, and these mysteries are actually closely related to two people, these two people are Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty and Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, why do you say so? And listen to me continue the detailed analysis.
First of all, Yang Tinghe, this person played a very important role in Wang Yangming's career, it can be said that he is the biggest stumbling block that Wang Yangming is difficult to rise, and the reason why he has been suppressing Wang Yangming is related to Wang Qiong. Wang Qiong was serving as the Bingbu Shangshu in Beijing at that time, and Yang Tinghe was the first assistant of the cabinet, and the two were purely opposed from the position, because if the Bingbu Shangshu had great power, it was bound to lead to the small power of the first assistant of the cabinet.
It just so happens that Wang Yangming recommended by Wang Qiong is just like the existence of Kaihang, the key is that after each military merit, he does not take it for himself, but hangs it on Wang Qiong, so that Wang Qiong is deeply appreciated by Zhu Houzhao in the imperial court, which seriously affects Yang Tinghe's status and real power, in order to suppress Wang Qiong, one of the things that Yang Tinghe must do is to suppress Wang Yangming, which is the essential reason why Yang Tinghe always suppresses Wang Yangming.
With Yang Tinghe obstructing from it, Wang Yangming's position and career will inevitably have ups and downs, and it is at this critical stage that Wang Yangming encountered the second stumbling block in his life, this person is The Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao's life is very playful, but in the military aspect is still quite accomplished, such as his victory in yingzhou is the most brilliant battle in his imperial career.
Since the great victory in Yingzhou, Zhu Houzhao has always wanted to show himself again, he has been waiting for the opportunity to wait until the King of Ning rebelled, Zhu Houzhao was excited when he heard that the King of Ning rebelled, because he finally had the opportunity to go out of the capital and lead the regular army to Jiangxi to suppress the rebellion, who had thought that only halfway to the King of Ning was put down by Wang Yangming, Zhu Houzhao was quite depressed.
Zhu Houzhao believed that Wang Yangming had stolen his own limelight, and at the same time affected his mood, so Zhu Houzhao, at the instigation of the traitorous villains around him, actually had the idea of letting King Ning go and re-arresting him, fortunately, Wang Yangming stopped the loss in time, and the general credit was attributed to Zhu Houzhao, and the matter was not resolved.
At that time, some of the people who advised Zhu Houzhao to let King Ning go and be arrested were Yang Tinghe's people, and from this move, we can see how serious Yang Tinghe's suppression of Wang Yangming was at that time. Fortunately, Wang Yangming was a Qianguqi person, and after seeing this, he also understood the reason, and after attributing the merits of the general to Zhu Houzhao, he said that he was sick and went home to recuperate.
Since Wang Yangming's military merits were all given to Zhu Houzhao, naturally there was no mention of rewarding Wang Yangming for his merits, so In order to ensure his own face, Zhu Houzhao never mentioned the promotion of Wang Yangming during his lifetime, and it was not until after Zhu Houzhao's death that the Jiajing Emperor began to reward Wang Yangming for his merits and made him the Shangshu of the Nanjing Army.
According to military merit, Wang Yangming should have the opportunity to be given a higher position, or the Jiajing Emperor could have let Wang Yangming hold a position with real power, but why only let Wang Yangming take up the position of Nanjing Bingbu Shangshu, who sounds tall and tall, but in fact has little real power? It is obvious that behind this matter is still related to Yang Tinghe.
Emperor Jiajing was not Zhu Houzhao's son, he was considered to be Emperor Xiaozong's succession to Emperor Dazong, so when he first ascended the throne, there was not much real power to speak of, since there was no real power, the Jiajing Emperor's right to speak naturally was not much, Yang Ting and the head of the cabinet who held real power would naturally have restrictions on Emperor Jiajing's every move, he did not want Wang Yangming to have real power, and Jiajing naturally could not completely ignore Yang Tinghe's face.
In order to regain real power, the Jiajing Emperor spent decades engaging in the "Great Ceremonial Controversy", and from this move alone, it can be seen that the Jiajing Emperor did receive a lot of restrictions when he rewarded Wang Yangming, otherwise Wang Yangming's position would definitely be higher. Of course, even As Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department, Yang Tinghe was opposed, so wang Yangming, who had been targeting Wang Yangming and seeing through the essence of the officialdom, could only use the excuse of Ding You's excuse to go home and start lecturing, and no longer had too many expectations for the affairs of the officialdom.
After Wang Yangming returned home to DingYou, he had been lecturing, but his mental studies were also limited by Yang Tinghe and others, who found various reasons to attack Wang Yangming, but never knocked Wang Yangming down, and later after the Guangxi rebellion, the imperial court once again remembered Wang Yangming, appointed him as the governor of Liangguang, and led troops to quell the rebellion, at that time Wang Yangming was already terminally ill, after the rebellion was put down, Wang Yangming returned to his hometown to continue to study psychology, and never asked about political affairs again.
epilogue
Wang Yangming's life, can be called an absolute legend, he obviously established a prominent merit, but because the villain blocked the way, has not been reused, if replaced by another person, may be depressed and end, fortunately, Wang Yangming, he is not interested in fame and fortune at all, relying on Mingzhe to protect himself to die well, it is also a great miracle!
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