The long historical novel "Guo Pu, the Renyi Zai Chancellor of the Ming Dynasty", 48

In the sixth year of the Wanli Calendar (1578), the new governor of Zhangde, Chang Cunren, came to visit Guo Pu in Chai Village, but was also turned away. Although the "three noes" notice posted outside the gate had already been blown away by wind and rain, Guo Pu had strictly observed this rule for more than ten years, and the local government was also aware of it.

Chang Cunren insisted on coming, and there was really a big news to tell Guo Pu. The family went in again to communicate, and Guo Pu agreed to make an exception and made an exception to receive it in the study. It turned out that Chang Cunren had brought the bad news of Gao Gong's death.

After Xu Jie's appointment, he entered the cabinet with a high arch and served as the first assistant as an imperial master, strengthening border defense, reforming maladministration, and exerting great efforts to govern, and within a few years, the political achievements were outstanding. But he was a little self-righteous, domineering, and tyrannical, which caused him to be at odds with his colleagues, which led to controversy. In July of the fourth year of Longqing (1570), Chen Yiqin, a scholar of the Old University of Yuwangfu, had a slight suspicion with Gao Gong and retreated from the rapids, causing him to resign. Soon, Zhao Zhenji, a scholar of the Imperial Academy of The Imperial Household, impeached Gao Gong for personally regretting The way of examination, and Gao Gong instigated the impeachment of Zhao Zhenji to Han Kai, and Emperor Mingmuzong Zhu Zaiyuan protected Gao Gong, and even ordered Zhao Zhenji to be a soldier. Li Chunfang, a university scholar who had been attached to Xu Jie, was also ordered to return to the field. After the yu wangfu instructor Yin Shidan entered the cabinet, he was repeatedly suppressed for not bending the matter. Yin Shidan couldn't bear it, and scolded Gao Gong in front of the cabinet: "You first chased Chen Gong, then Zhao Gong, and then Li Gong, and now you chase me." Can you stay in this first place for a long time? "After saying that, he even swung his old fist to hit the high arch." In November of the fifth year of Longqing (1571), Yin Shidan was also deposed. At this time, except for the old auxiliary Zhang Juzheng, He was rejected by the high arch.

When Zhang Ju was serving as a siye in Guozijian, because Of guo Pu introduced him to Gao Gong, an instructor of the Yu King's Mansion, Later, Guo Pu recommended Gao Gong to be the Guozi Supervisor of the Sacrifice of Wine, and Xu Jie arranged For Zhang Juzheng to enter the Yu King's Mansion. Because of their similar interests with Zhu Zaiyuan, the king of Shuyu, the two had a deeper relationship, and they expected to enter the cabinet kuangfu sheji in the future. However, on the day of Ming Shizong's death, Xu Jie only summoned Zhang Juzheng to jointly write Jiajing's will, and even concealed it from other cabinet ministers, and Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were at odds. After Xu Jie sent a letter, Zhang Juzheng conspired with the eunuch Li Fang to raise a high arch and enter the cabinet, and the two were released from their previous suspicions. In the fifth year of Longqing, Gao Gong's cronies rumored that Zhang Juzheng accepted a bribe of 30,000 taels of silver from Xu Jie to secretly rescue his three sons, and the misunderstanding between the two deepened.

The eunuch Feng Bao, the superintendent of ceremonies, was dissatisfied with Gao Gong's recommendation of Meng Chong to be the eunuch of palm printing, and Zhang Juzheng secretly formed an alliance with him and joined forces with Ke Dao Yushi to besiege Gao Gong, but Ming Muzong did not listen.

On May 22, the sixth year of Longqing (1572), Emperor Mingmuzong Zhu Zaiyuan was critically ill and summoned the cabinet gao gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Yi as his ministers. Ming Muzong shook the hand of the high arch and said, "Mr. Tired of the world!" Gao Gong heard the words and cried, "How can the ten-year-old prince rule the world!" ”

Gao Gong was also sad and sad, and did not care that behind the curtain of the bed sat Empress Chen and the crown prince's biological mother Li Guifei, and the ten-year-old crown prince Zhu Yijun also stood on the right side of the imperial bed.

On May 26, Emperor Mingmuzong collapsed at the Qianqing Palace. On the tenth day of the first month of June, crown prince Zhu Yijun officially took the throne, and the following year changed the Yuan Wanli calendar.

After Emperor Mingshen Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, Gao Gong immediately submitted the five matters of the New Deal, asking the new emperor to listen to the government, personally answer the request, meet with the auxiliary ministers, discuss important matters, and send the cabinet to read the detailed draft votes after the chapter was played, and put an end to internal approval.

Zhang Juzheng instructed the eunuch Feng Bao to come to Empress Li and said: "Gao Gong once said that the ten-year-old prince could not rule the world, and now he is doing so, it is precisely the dictatorship that has taken the imperial court weifu and deprived the emperor of his own dictatorship. ”

On the second day, the palace issued a decree, ordering the high arch to return home and stay, not to stay! The position of first assistant was replaced by the cabinet minister Zhang Juzheng.

Gao Gong returned to Xinzheng's home, and Feng Bao, a eunuch who had been promoted to the position of Si Li Supervisor Bingbi, still did not let go, and created the Wang Chancellor incident to frame Gao Gong, wanting to put him to death, fortunately, thanks to the help of the officials Shangshu Yang Bo and Yushi Ge Shouli, Gao Gong was spared.

On July 2, 1578, the sixth year of the Wanli Calendar, Gao Gong died at the age of sixty-five in poverty and illness. The family followed the rules of the Cabinet and requested an official funeral ceremony for them. The Myōshin Sect did not allow it, and refused to give it a title, always treating it as a vassal. It was not until the thirtieth year of the Wanli Calendar (1585) that he was rehabilitated, and only wenxiang was given.

Chang Shouren brought back the "Last Words of the Sick Bed" written by Gao Gong before his death, and Guo Pufang learned that Zhang Juzheng colluded with Feng Baoyin to seize the position of first assistant, sighed, and sighed: "Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were officials in the same dynasty, and they also had deep friendships, and for the sake of power and reputation, they had such a deep grudge!" ”

Chang Shouren asked, "Gao Gong holds that he is an imperial master and holds power and respects himself, but after all, he is loyal to the emperor and says that he is a second-in-command, which is really ruined." ”

Guo Pu said, "The words of the second minister should be Feng Bao's doing. But Zhang Juzheng is in the first place, the edict is from the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng should not be on the wall! ”

Chang Shouren also sighed and asked, "Guo Gong, what do you think of Zhang Juzheng?" ”

Guo Pu pondered for a while and said slowly: "Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong are both talented and ambitious, but they are also arrogant and arrogant, and they are extreme in their work. At that time, Zhang Juzheng was not accustomed to Yan Song's dictatorship, and Xu Jie was patient, and even said that he was sick and returned to his hometown, and it took three years before he was recalled by Xu Jie. It is also from this experience that Zhang Juzheng can also be considered to have undergone tempering before he can suppress his heart, but once he has great power, he will become a generation of powerful ministers like Xu Jie. ”

Chang Shouren nodded and said, "Guo Gong's words are reasonable. After Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant, he rectified the administration of officials, reformed local taxes, implemented a whip law, and was a minister of Zhongxing. But one thing is unclear, I heard that Zhang Juzheng took the opportunity of rectifying official studies to ban the destruction of the Tianxia Academy, this is not an act of burning books and pit Confucianism? ”

Guo Pu shook his head: "Since the Song Dynasty, the rise of privately founded academies has to a certain extent supplemented the lack of official learning, and my dynasty has also encouraged and advocated it. When Jiajing was in charge of the Hanlin Academy, according to the reports of various local academics, there were more than 1,200 private academies, especially the rise of Lu Wangxinxue, Wang Shouren, Zhan Ruoshui and other masters of science to give lectures in various academies, and the style of lecturing was prevalent in the sea. At that time, the sage Cui Milling said to me that Lu Wang's heart study was only an empty word of clear mind and insight, and the practical study of self-cultivation and self-governance on behalf of others deviated from the way of confucius and Meng's self-cultivation and governance of the family and the world. Up to now, the academy is full of fish and dragons, and even uses lectures to amass wealth and harass the people, which really should be rectified. ”

Chang Shouren said: "We should pay attention to practical learning and strive to apply it to the world, and I also think that this is the right way for the academy." But it is really inappropriate to ban the destruction of the academy! ”

Guo Pu sighed, "This is also the common disease of the powerful ministers!" ”

According to historical records, the destruction of the academy was forbidden to be destroyed in sixty-four places below the Tianfu. Although Zhang Juzheng forbade the destruction of all the academies that affected the teaching of the people and disturbed the people and harmed the country, at that time, famous academies such as Ziyang, Chongshan, Jinshan, Shimen, and Tianquan remained as before, and they were only a very small part of the private academies, but later generations destroyed more and less reputation, becoming one of Zhang Juzheng's fourteen major sins. In the tenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1582), Zhang Juzheng became ill from overwork and died in office at the age of 57. Emperor Myeongshin threw himself out of the dynasty and gave him the title of "Wen Zhong" (文忠). The following year, Xu Jie spent the rest of his life in fear due to the storm of retreat from the field arising from Hai Rui, and died unexpectedly at the age of eighty-one, and the imperial court gave him the title of Master, Yuwen Zhen. Before xu jie died, he instructed his family to sell fields and make rice in Huzhou, and after his death, he was buried in a foreign land, which shows how ashamed he was to his hometown because his descendants were not virtuous and filial piety.

Chang Shouren talked with Guo Pu speculatively, stood up, gave a deep salute, and said: "Since ancient times, the sages and good government have all been heavy farmers, rejuvenating culture and religion, and settling the people. Cun Ren came to zhangde, and he also knew that for the sake of an official, he would benefit one party. However, he also hoped that Guo Gong would condescend and praise him. ”

Guo Pu quickly stood up and supported Chang Shouren. "You are an official of the imperial court, and I am a grass dweller, and I cannot bear your great gifts, let alone condescend." As long as it benefits the people and benefits the villagers, I am duty-bound! ”

"It has been sixty years since Da Ru Cui Mill compiled the Chronicle of Zhangde Fu in the last year of Zhengde. The three dynasties of Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli have many huizheng and virtuous sages, not to mention that the name of Kegong, the history of construction, and the powerful endowment are related to politics and religion, and they have the intention to continue to write the "Chronicle of Zhangde Province". But I was only shallow in learning, and I still hoped that Guo Gong would take charge of it. ”

"The Great Confucian of the Enshi Wen Mingong Generation, the Chronicle of Zhangde Fu is called Shanzhi in Hainei. I was worried that I was shallow and uneducated, old-eyed, and had the good intentions of the negative prefect. However, there are both the old zhi style examples, and the help of the changzhifu, and then please select all the students from the prefectural school to participate in this move, so I will not measure my own strength and continue to do the mink mixing beads. ”

The "Continuation of The Chronicle of ZhangdeFu" was written in the mid-summer of the ninth year of the Wanli Calendar from the sixth year of the Wanli Calendar, and was divided into three volumes: the upper, middle and lower volumes, and the upper and middle volumes were divided into front and back volumes, so it was actually five volumes. Guo Pu himself wrote the "Preface to the Continuation of the Chronicle", which described this grand event.

After that, with the support of the prefect Chang Shouren, he collected and sorted out the fifty volumes of the Anyang Collection and the More than ten volumes of the Han Qi Family Biography of han Qi, the sages of the Three Dynasties of the Song Dynasty, and reprinted them, so that the works of the sages of Anyang could be passed on to future generations.