Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1023 Meet the governors (two in one)
In the Ming Dynasty, both governors and governors were dispatched, not permanent official positions stipulated by the ancestral system, so even if some governors were in charge of two or three governors, there was no distinction between the two positions themselves.

However, the specific officials who serve as the governor and governor can still be distinguished. The method of distinction is very simple, just look at his own job.Similarly, the governors of two different provinces or regions also use their own positions to distinguish "levels".

For example, Gao Wuzhen is now, his official name is "Youqian Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Governor of Liaodong Region to support military affairs", here his original job is "Youqian Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate", and his dispatch is "Governor of Liaodong Region Appreciate military affairs".

And what about Zhou Yong?When he first came to Liaodong to take office, his official name was exactly the same as the current Gao Yushi, but in the sixth year of Wanli, because of "recording the achievements of Liao Town... Governor Zhou Yongsheng, the governor's imperial envoy Zhou Yongsheng, the right deputy capital censor, rewarded 50 taels of silver , 纻丝 four appearances", so he has been promoted since then, and his job is "the right deputy capital censor".

Theoretically speaking, it is equivalent to the No. [-] figure in the Metropolitan Procuratorate—of course, this tie is a bit too much.

But this time when Zhou Yong took office, his official name was changed again, and now he is "the left servant of the Ministry of War and the right deputy capital censor, the governor Ji Liao Baoding and other departments of military affairs and food and payment".

That is to say, in addition to being dispatched from the governor to the governor, his own job has become "the left servant of the Ministry of War", and the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has become a part-time job instead.

The common people may not be aware of the difference, but the difference is real:
The governor, generally speaking, is the so-called "Governor Du Yushi" [Note: The post of governor is often expressed in this way in the Ming Dynasty Records], usually, its characteristic is that it is dispatched by the governor's place in its own role as the Metropolitan Procuratorate.The connotation of this is that the governor’s main duty is to supervise local administrative, judicial and other civilian tasks, and military tasks are only auxiliary duties—auxiliary and auxiliary. However, because the governor’s dispatch clearly states "appreciate military affairs", military power is still limited. Therefore, it is also commonly known as Fujun.

The governor usually takes the position of Minister of the Ministry of War as his job, and in some cases he even takes the title of minister of the Ministry of War as his job. This is to point out that the main task of the governor is military affairs (the governor’s military affairs in a certain place or in some places), relatively speaking. Judiciary and other aspects of power and responsibility are lighter-but like the governor, since he also has part-time jobs in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he can still intervene in these civil tasks.

The local power under the Ming Dynasty court system is "uneven and intertwined", which can also be seen here.This way of thinking, even if the general soldier is included and compared with the governor, it is the same style.

Why didn't civil officials rebel in the Ming Dynasty?The mutual checks and balances in the system is also a key factor, and may even be the biggest factor-the "system" here not only includes the mutual checks and balances of the governors, but also includes the mutual checks and balances composed of various aspects such as patrols, presses, and censors. University and so on.

Of course, Gao Wushi would not feel that Zhou Yong came here to "check and balance" with him.

Sure enough, when Zhou Yong saw Gao Wushi appearing in person at the gate of the city, he quickly got out of the carriage and hurried forward to greet him.Zhou Zhijun didn't put on airs either. When Gao Yushi called himself a "student attendant", he also called himself a student attendant. Gao Yushi simply replied "I dare not dare".

The greetings at the gate of the city were just superficial, so I won’t mention them here, but Gao Yushi introduced a group of subordinates from Liaodong Yuanma Temple and some generals who had to come today to Zhou Yong, and everyone came forward to greet him.

Among these people, Zhou Yong actually knew several people, such as Jiang Enyuan, the commander of the Gaizhou Guard, etc., but Zhou Yong met Ma Dong for the first time, and he praised Ma Dong a lot, saying that he was in the battle of southern Liaoning. And so on.

Ma Dong thanked him with neither sadness nor joy, but Jiang Enyuan flattered Zhou Yong, but Zhou Yong's main reason for coming to Gaizhou today was obviously not for them—it stands to reason that Zhou Yong didn't have to come to Gaizhou to take up his new post in Miyun. It would take at least a day to delay Gaizhou - so after meeting the civil and military officials of Gaizhou, Gao Wushi invited him to his study for a chat under the hint of his gaze.

Without outsiders, Zhou Yong, an important figure in the township and high-ranking party, does not need to put on the airs of a new military commander, and asks: "Seeking the truth, this time the Qiqing (Six Ministers and Zuodu Yushi) are all different. There are quite a lot of job changes, our real school seems to have occupied a few good positions, but Xinxue has occupied more Nanjing and foreign posts, I always feel that something seems wrong, do you know the inside story?"

Gao Wushi shook his head slightly, and said: "Brother Siyang, although Yuanfu has correspondence with me, he didn't express the key to it, but there is one thing that I don't know if Brother Siyang should pay attention to it--Nanzhili wants to try out merchants. tax."

The first time Gao Wushi and Zhou Yong met, the two of them actually called each other Biaozi, which shows that there must be other bonds between them, otherwise, maybe given Zhou Yong's age and level, he could directly call "seeking truth". ", but Gao Yushi must have changed his name to Zhou Yong "Lexuan Gong".

This year is the year of knowing the fate, Zhou Yong, whose name is Siyang, nicknamed Lexuan, is from Yanjin, Henan.In the past year, he was the No. 30 fifth in the Henan provincial examination, and later participated in the general examination and won the 180th fourth.In the 41st year of Jiajing, he was awarded the seventh place in the third and third ranks of Jinshi.

Although he didn't do well in the exam, failed to be admitted to the Shu Jishi, and didn't get the opportunity to stay in Beijing to work, Zhou Yong's luck was actually good, not for other reasons, but mainly because his room teacher was Zhang Siwei .

In the last few years of the Jiajing Dynasty, Zhang Siwei was so-so. To put it bluntly, he was still struggling with his qualifications, so as Zhang Siwei's disciple, Zhou Yong had to be his county lord honestly, not too much. room for improvement.

But after Gao Gong's recovery, Zhang Siwei, as Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's favorite latecomer, was regarded as a key training target. In addition, Yang Bo and Wang Chonggu, two Jin Party bosses, were about to reach the end of their age, and they also began to slow down the Jin Party. After slowly handing it over to Zhang Siwei, Zhang Siwei walked on the Kangzhuang Avenue.

At this moment, as a student of Zhang Siwei who passed the exam papers himself, Zhou Yong's official career immediately ushered in a turning point.When Zhang Siwei was serving as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, Zhou Yong was transferred back to the capital, joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and served as the supervisory censor of Fujian Province (not the inspector).

In August of the second year of Wanli, Zhou Yong and another Shanxi Taoist censor supervised the martial arts exams of that year.

In March of the third year of Wanli, Zhou Yong was promoted to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple; in March of the fourth year of Wanli, Zhou Yong was promoted to Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

In April of the fifth year of Wanli, Zhou Yong was changed to be the censor of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and governor of Liaodong.Counting it, he has been in charge of Liao for five years.

By the way, in the original history, Zhang Siwei's predecessor Ding You returned to his hometown, and Zhou Yong, who had been promoted to the governor of Jiliao, was impeached and resigned. It can be seen that the relationship between teachers and students in this era is so prosperous and damaged.

That being the case, Gao Yushi is of course Zhou Yong's "peer", to some extent even a junior, so it is only natural to call him "Brother Siyang".

At this moment Zhou Yong heard Gao Wushi's reminder, rolled his eyes, and suddenly understood, and asked: "It seems that the master has to make some compromises with the Xinxue lineage? It's just that Brother Yu is a little puzzled. What is the compromise? After that, we did not see any progress at the top of the central government, but the Nanjing region (he refers to the regions under the jurisdiction of the six ministries of Nanjing) has made more concessions. Doesn’t this further confirm the current situation of “North is solid and South is heart”?”

Gao Wushi sighed, nodded and said: "That's true, but there is nothing we can do about it. Mind learning has been widely spread since Wang Wencheng, and it even almost suppressed Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism a few years ago, which affected the imperial court's selection of scholars. Xing, it happened after Wang Sumin. Later, because of my third uncle Gao Wenzheng and teacher Anyang Guogong successively took over the government, I gained an advantage in the center. Now it is not easy to form a situation of "North is strong and South heart"... ..."

Zhou Yong nodded. Of course he was aware of the situation, but he was still a little unwilling. He frowned and said, "The imperial court has now shifted its focus to Liaodong, or Ji Liao. At this time, the master decided to use Brother Yu as the supervisor, and Brother Yu is very grateful Yes, it’s just that Brother Yu is ignorant and dull, and I’m afraid that I will not be able to comprehend the foresight of the master, I don’t know that Brother Yu will go to Miyun to take up a new post, can you teach me a good strategy?”

Gao Wu said honestly: I knew you came to see me for this matter...

As a subordinate, you must always pay attention to the leader's thoughts, think what the leader thinks, and be anxious about the leader's urgency. This is an essential quality for future generations to engage in politics.But the problem is that sometimes the level of the leader is indeed higher than yours, and you may not be able to comprehend the intention of the leader, which is troublesome.

At this time, you need to learn another trick: be good at detecting the leader's intentions from the people around the leader, so as not to misunderstand the leader's intentions and do stupid things by making mistakes.

Zhou Yong himself is already Zhang Siwei's confidant student. It is not easy for him to find someone who is closer to Zhang Siwei than him, but Gao Yushi must meet this condition.

No matter how close the student is, he obviously won't have a close relative, let alone this close relative is the future leader recognized by the entire high party or the truth school?

If you ask the teacher directly, you will look too stupid, but it doesn't matter if you ask Gao Yushi, if nothing else is mentioned, at least everyone is of the same generation, so you can let it go.As for age...it doesn't matter, if it is important, how did this little junior become the governor?
Gao Yushi said a few words of modesty casually, and then he was not too polite. He did have something to tell Zhou Yong.

Zhou Yong's ability to govern the army, to be honest, he is not sure because he is highly pragmatic, because in the past five years, his military achievements in Fuliao, except for this battle in southern Liaoning, the rest are all fought by Li Chengliang anyway, no one can see. I don't know what his level is, which is the main reason why Zhu Yijun was worried about Zhou Yong's ability before.

So this time, Gao Wushi tried his best to quietly teach Zhou Yong some workarounds without irritating him.

Gao Wushi first said: "Because of the Monan War, the focus of the imperial court's frontier defense has completely shifted from the 'West Huaidong System' to the 'Eastern System'. In Jiliao."

Zhou Yong nodded and didn't speak. He agreed with this conclusion and knew that Gao Pragmatic's words must not be finished yet.

Gao Wushi then continued: "Actually, to use troops in Jiliao, we civil servants only need to do two things well, and that's about it."

Zhou Yong asked, "Which two things?"

Gao Yushi said: "First, ensure that Ji Liao has enough equipment and wages; second, use the generals from the opposite side."

Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "Guaranteeing that Ji Liao has enough weapons and wages is what Brother Yu should do, and using the generals on the other side... Brother Yu guessed that the meaning of Brother Yu probably means that in Ji Town, let him use it freely." Qi Nantang?"

Gao Yushi was not shy, and nodded directly: "Qi Nantang's ability, if you talk about one Ji Town, even if you add two more towns, you can still hold the scene."

Zhou Yong stared at Gao Yushi carefully, and suddenly laughed: "Brother Yu understands." Then, without waiting for Gao Yushi to speak, he asked again: "What about Liaodong? Li Yincheng?"

Gao Wushi murmured, "My little brother has something in his heart, but he doesn't know whether to say it or not..."

"Hey, Brother Yu is offended by saying that. You and I are not only senior brothers, but also the governor of the same town. What else do you have to say that you should not say to Brother Yu?" Zhou Yong said decisively: "Just say, Brother Yu is all ears."

Gao Wushi said: "If Brother Siyang is worried about my younger brother, about the war in Liaodong, Brother Siyang might as well communicate more with my younger brother..."

If I say this to other people, I'm afraid it will be a bad thing, because although these words sound polite, in the final analysis, they have one meaning: the war in Liaodong should be done according to my wishes.

Even Zhou Yong frowned subconsciously when he heard this, but he adjusted quickly, and immediately smiled: "You are the Fujun, and it is your job to praise the military affairs. Naturally, Brother Yu wants to spend more time with you." exchanged and negotiated."

Then he was a little worried and said: "But about Li Yincheng, brother Yu still wants to remind my good brother..."

"Brother Siyang, please tell me." Gao Wushi said.

Zhou Yongdao: "Li Yincheng is used to fighting. Although he is a bit domineering, he actually understands the official rules. How can he say it... Maybe he is a bit more utilitarian, but his talent is not bad. If you look at it from a peaceful perspective , Brother Yu thinks it’s best to keep it steady.”

Gao Wushi was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "If someone thinks that Li Yincheng is too powerful in Liaodong, and that he might end up in trouble in the future, what then?"

Zhou Yong frowned and said, "Although Li Yincheng has many servants, the reason why he can support many servants is because he is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. As long as he resigns, he can't afford to support the [-] servants."

Gao Yushi didn't speak.

Zhou Yong was even more surprised, looked at Gao Yushi, slowly frowned, with an extra cautious expression, and asked: "Brother Yu, forgive me for talking too much, who is this person you are talking about?"

Gao Wushi sighed softly, stretched out his index finger to the sky, but did not speak.

Zhou Yong was shocked, and immediately retracted his searching gaze, lowered his head slightly, and sighed: "Brother Yu knows, thank you for reminding me."
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