Ming politicians

The death of Sun Chengzong was also a great blow to Yang Sichang. He was able to serve as the chief assistant of the cabinet because he relied on Sun Chengzong. Although the emperor also meant this, but his qualifications were not enough. They are all stronger than him, especially Tang Shiji, the second assistant of the cabinet, who is of course the first assistant of the cabinet.

After Sun Chengzong's death, Yang Sichang rushed to Sun's Mansion immediately to express his condolences to Sun Chengzong.

The adjustment of the chief assistant of the cabinet means that the policies of the imperial court have to be adjusted accordingly. This is a very natural thing. The responsibilities of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty determine this necessity.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the cabinet responsibility system. In the Ming Dynasty, when the game between the imperial power and the power of the ministers became increasingly fierce, the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet played a very important role. Many times, the proposals made by the emperor would be strongly opposed by many ministers. For example, Opening the sea ban, such as opening up Huangzhuang, etc., the emperor needs to rely on the cabinet to implement his own ideas, and the ministers in the middle of the court need the cabinet to protect their own rights and interests. Under such circumstances, the cabinet is becoming more and more powerful.

Of course, the emperor is aware of this. In the cabinet, different forces will be supported. When the cabinet’s opinions were truly unified, it was during the Wanli period when Zhang Juzheng was the chief assistant of the cabinet. At that time, the top and bottom were unified. Since Zhang Juzheng , The cabinet has never been completely unified, and this is what the emperor does not want to see. If the important ministers below have exactly the same opinion, wouldn't the emperor be emptied. [

Since Yang Sichang became the chief assistant of the cabinet, he soon faced many impeachments from Shizhong and Yushi.The main target of these people's impeachment is Su Tiancheng.They thought that after Sun Chengzong passed away, Su Tiancheng lost his support, and many things in the past would have to be settled.

Scholars all have their own backbone, which can also be said to be scholarly.

I don't know if it's good or bad about scholarly anger, so I don't know how to define it.Someone once specifically summed up the spirit of the book business, why it comes to spirit.I always point to scholars, and after all, probably only scholars are able to act impulsively, and politicians cannot act impulsively. If they do this, the world will be in chaos, or they will kill themselves.Businessmen can’t act impulsively, otherwise they might spend all their time with them. Farmers can’t act impulsively, struggling for food and clothing, farming honestly, and unable to work together.As for the soldiers, the military orders are falling like mountains, let alone follow one's own will, if the officers act on their will, blood will flow like rivers.He even destroyed his own country.

In this way, it seems that bookishness is not a good thing.But not necessarily, in the scholarly spirit, there is the most precious thing, that is truth, not being moved by interests, not being trapped by worldly sophistication, not being swayed by worldly arguments, and still maintaining one's nature, even if it is bumping heads Broken blood, even if the head is in a different place, I don't care.

In the imperial court, Gishizhong and Yushi are regarded as more typical scholarly spirits. They have their own independent understanding. They are dissatisfied with whom and what they do, no matter what your status is, no matter what you are It's not that they are in power, but they must be impeached. It is precisely because of the role of Shizhonghe Yushi that the emperor always values ​​it very much, and he also works hard to protect Shizhonghe Yushi so that they dare to speak boldly.

This is a very good system, but unfortunately, the biggest problem with the book business is that it is ignorant of world affairs.

The so-called insight into the world is an article, and understanding of human feelings is an article. The morals of the world are complicated, and it will never come from the spirit. Once the scholarly spirit is kidnapped by the powerful, the damage will be huge.

In the imperial court, there is such a problem. No matter what happens to those Shizhong and Yushi, they will have to argue. Sometimes, the policy needs to be more and more clear. Unfortunately, they got into a corner , Blindly arguing, blinded by one leaf, because of a small drawback, the entire policy is negated.

This is the sad part of scholarly spirit, the pursuit of perfection, but unfortunately, there is no perfect thing in the world.

The impeachment of Su Tiancheng by Shizhonghe Yushi is mainly aimed at the old things, that is, Su Tiancheng abolished the guards in Shaanxi, restricted the interests of the powerful in Jiangning County and Henan Province, and exploited the interests of the gentry and wealthy households. Of course, they They won't say it clearly, but just point out that Su Tiancheng has encroached on the interests of the common people. As for the many achievements Su Tiancheng has made, in their opinion, they are nothing. Destruction, they are standing at the height of defenders, collectively crusade against Su Tiancheng.

Yang Sichang knew very well that these censors and censors were completely nonsense. If they asked these censors or censors to go to Jiangning County, Henan Prefecture or Shaanxi Province, it would be a mess, not to mention extermination. The rogues and the aftermath of resisting the invasion of the Golden Tartars.

Although Yang Sichang was born as a scholar, after many years of tempering, he no longer has the spirit of a scholar, otherwise he would not be the chief assistant of the cabinet.

When receiving these impeachment memorials, Yang Sichang was very embarrassed.

Needless to say, Su Tiancheng's role in Daming, whether it is Liaodong, Border Pass, or Dengzhou and Laizhou that are being rebuilt, Su Tiancheng is very important. To put it bluntly, if something happens to Su Tiancheng The problem is, the advantages of Liaodong and the frontier customs are likely to disappear in a short period of time, and the Ming Dynasty will also fall into a predicament in a short period of time. Regardless of Su Tiancheng's important role, in their view, if you fulfill your own responsibilities, if you, Su Tiancheng, do something wrong, you will be punished, even beheading is not too much.

Yang Sichang was very disgusted with such bookishness. If the imperial court was influenced by bookishness, it would be a matter of self-destruction.

But Yang Sichang is very smart, he will not deny these accusations easily.

The reason is also very simple. There must be a reason why these impeachment memorials appeared one after another after Sun Chengzong died of illness, or after he became the chief assistant of the cabinet.

After entering the cabinet, Yang Sichang noticed that the cabinet was not monolithic, and the concepts between the first and second assistants were somewhat different, and the attitude of the emperor was very strange. When discussing the matter of Su Tiancheng, he always There is no clear statement, and after a long time, Yang Sichang will naturally know, the master of meritorious service, no matter who you are, no matter how much credit you have made for the court, but your power is too great, it is a problem.

Today's Su Tiancheng encountered such a problem. [

Su Tiancheng is the governor of Jiliao, and the army in his hands exceeds 60 people. Although some abolitions have been made, there are still about 40 people. This is a huge team that can threaten the imperial power at any time. , especially the Jiangning battalion, was exceptionally brave. If there was any trouble, no army in the imperial court could compete with the Jiangning battalion.

From this aspect, it is normal for the emperor to have some worries.

One is Su Tiancheng's important role, and the other is the emperor's worry. Faced with such a situation, the emperor is very tormented. Yang Sichang, who is the chief assistant of the cabinet, of course has to look at the direction of the wind.

Having been in contact with Su Tiancheng for so long, Yang Sichang felt that Su Tiancheng had extraordinary wisdom and had seen through many things. The most important thing was that Su Tiancheng had no intention of rebelling, and he never showed such intention from the beginning to the end. He is trying to maintain the imperial power and suppress the power of the ministers. From this point of view, as long as the emperor thinks about it a little, he will not be suspicious.

It's a pity that there are always some ideas that will influence the emperor.

Therefore, Yang Sichang, who had just taken office, quickly understood that he was at a crossroads, and he had to make a choice, whether to follow Sun Chengzong's previous practice, or slowly change direction and start to limit Su Tiancheng's power. What must be decided is also what the emperor is waiting for.

After becoming the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Sichang also had great ambitions, thinking that the Ming Dynasty would become stronger, that it would be able to destroy the Houjin regime, and that the common people would be able to live a better life, so that his name would go down in history. Therefore, when it comes to how to deal with Su Tiancheng, he is biased towards Sun Chengzong's approach.

But whether such a choice of his own can be appreciated by the emperor, and whether he can display his ambitions are still unclear.

The sudden appearance of these impeachment memorials explained the problem. It is impossible for the emperor not to know that Lord Sun Chengzong's bones were not cold, and such a voice appeared in the court. Presumably, Lord Sun Chengzong was unwilling. This is obviously a way of self-destruction of the Great Wall. If we followed the impeachment memorials given to Shizhonghe Yushi, dismissed Su Tiancheng from his official position, or even put him in prison, it is conceivable that Houjin would immediately take advantage of the turmoil and attack aggressively. The mutual market between Fort and Jingbian, and the construction of Dengzhou and Laizhou will all fall into chaos, and even have devastating consequences.

Could it be that those Shizhong and Yushi are so naive and can't understand the reason, why are they submitting the memorial of impeachment at this time.

After analyzing many situations, Yang Sichang felt that it was probably because the emperor was in a conflicted heart and didn't know how to deal with it next. It might also be that the situation of temporary peace appeared in Daming, and the emperor hesitated and wanted to change. The direction is up.The next step is your choice.

After thinking about it for a few days, Yang Sichang made an important choice. In any case, he is the chief assistant of the cabinet. If he is also impulsive and leads to the devastating end of the Ming Dynasty, then he is a sinner through the ages. And Yu Shi, patted his ass, and started impeaching him instead. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)