Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Fanwaiji

Although Ye Xianggao (1559) was one year younger than Gong Nai, his personality was completely different from that of Gong Nai with a straightforward personality.Compared with Gongnai's happy childhood, success at a young age, and later imperial examinations, jealousy like hatred, and only being a Jinshi at the age of 44, Ye Xianggao is the opposite.

Ye Xianggao's ancestors were born in Fujian.When his mother was pregnant with him, it was the most rampant period of Ushida Japanese pirates.In order to avoid Japanese pirates, his mother had to give birth to him in a dilapidated toilet by the roadside.When he was young, Ye Xianggao took refuge with his family and lived a miserable life of being homeless and starved of food.

It was not until the 41st year of Jiajing (1562), after Qi Jiguang pacified the Japanese pirates in Fujian, that Ye Xianggao's family was able to return home.

Ye Xianggao's career went smoothly, and he was No. 11 in the second class of Guiwei Branch in the 1583th year of Wanli (12).The number one scholar in the same discipline is Zhu Guozuo, and Fang Congzhe is No. 30 in the second class.Their Guiwei subject has produced many capable people, not only in the Wanli Dynasty, but also in the early years of the Tianqi Dynasty, it became a subject that attracted much attention.

Among the six ministers and seven ministers, Cui Jingrong, No. 20 and No. 40 who was born as a Jinshi, ranked third, and was the first to be trusted by Emperor Tianqi.In the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, he has been working for more than ten years.The second is Zhang Wenda, the No. [-] who was born as a Jinshi in the third class, and also won the trust of Emperor Tianqi.And Zhu Guozuo, the number one scholar, was treated differently by the emperor, and even said that he had blue eyes and extra care.

Only Ye Xianggao——

As long as he thinks of the cold reception he received when he first returned to the court during the Taichang period, Ye Xianggao will always feel bitter in his heart.That would remind him of his youth when he first entered the official career.

All the way from Shu Jishi, editor, Nanjing Guozijian Siye, Zuo Zhongyun, the spring breeze is proud, and the official career is smooth.In the 26th year of Wanli, he was promoted to Zuo Shuzi, served as the official of the eldest son of the emperor, and became the leader among Jinshi in the same discipline.However, in the following year (1599), he was expelled from Beijing by Shen Yiguan, a scholar of the cabinet, to work in the capital because of the cancellation of the mine tax and the removal of the mine supervisor.

Although he was the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and the right servant of the Ministry of Officials in Liudu, he was also the first person to ascend to the third rank in the same year.

But later, because of the incident caused by the demon book case, I wrote a letter to cabinet scholar Shen Yiguan, strongly urging him to thoroughly investigate the demon book case, and not to let the villain spy on the country.But because of this, Shen Yiguan was offended, and he was left idle in Liudu for nine years.

It was not until the 35th year of Wanli that he was promoted to Minister of Rites and Bachelor of Dongge University.I am also the No. 11 in the Jinshi class in the 1th year of Wanli, a 40-year-old cabinet minister and chief assistant.

It was not until I became a cabinet minister that I realized how difficult it is to deal with political affairs.Due to the successive deaths of Zhu Geng and Yu Shenxing (in 1608), Li Tingji ignored the government affairs behind closed doors, and had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of handling all government affairs by himself.

Only I know the hardships and hardships inside: the knot that cannot be untied, one rope represents the emperor who competes with the courtiers and wants to make the son of Concubine Zheng the crown prince, and the other rope represents the emperor who is determined to follow the ancestral precepts, The courtiers who are old and young cannot be abolished.

Under the rivalry between the two parties, no one is willing to back down.

Ye Xianggao understands that if colleagues with imperial examination backgrounds give in, what awaits all scholars is a bottomless abyss.

The emperor who does not give up until he achieves his goal cannot take the court as a threat.No one cares about the important affairs of the court, and there is a lack of suitable officials in important positions. Even if I report it, the emperor does not need to seal it for approval.The courtiers formed various gangs and began to turn against each other.The smoky court makes people frustrated and has to try their best to adjust the courtiers' resentment towards the emperor and comfort the emperor's fragile childish mentality of either-or competition.

On the surface, the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to himself, but he often neglects ten items, and only two or three items can be adopted.Working painstakingly between the emperor and courtiers, all the suggestions for serving the country are empty talk on paper

Tired, very tired, very tired!

After persisting in such a depressed feeling until the 37th year of Wanli, he sincerely proposed to Emperor Wanli to serve in the spring and autumn of each year as usual.

It wasn't until the 42nd year of Wanli that after 62 memorials, it finally got the permission of the emperor.At the same time, he ordered himself to recommend a suitable candidate for the chief minister of the cabinet.

After much deliberation and consideration, he recommended Fang Congzhe, who was acceptable to all parties.

He had to do everything he could to get Emperor Wanli to accept him.

Thinking of Fang Congzhe, Ye Xianggao inevitably felt guilty first.Fang Congzhe's pressure in those years was no less than when he was a "solitary minister".When I first became a cabinet minister, Jiannu had not yet become a force. Although it was difficult in every way, it was much better than Fang Congzhe's internal and external difficulties.

But then feel proud again.If it wasn't for his recommendation, Fang Congzhe would never be able to be a cabinet minister in this life, and he would never die with the honor of a bachelor in the end.Without his own help, Fang Congzhe would not have entered the tomb with the name of Prince Taifu.

But if Fang Congzhe hadn't helped him in the first year of Taichang, thinking about those talented people who were rejected by the emperor and lost the opportunity to re-enter the officialdom, and those powerful opponents, Ye Xianggao would not only be thankful for himself, but also for Fang Congzhe, who handles political affairs. In the same year of mediocre ability, I am full of gratitude from the bottom of my heart.

The day when I formed an alliance with Fang Congzhe was really the happiest and happiest in my life!

In order to take care of Fang Congzhe's "disaster", he had to come forward to lobby the important officials of the court.Every time he thinks about it, Ye Xianggao sweats for himself and at the same time wants to applaud himself loudly.

Being able to persuade the stern and selfless Zhang Wenda to consider things from the perspective of the same year, and being able to persuade the upright Cui Jingrong, the mature Zhou Jiamo, and the court-minded Huang Kezuan, etc., I should have fallen into the eyes of Emperor Tianqi at that time, and I should have been able to Only by mobilizing the courtiers well to act for one purpose did he gain the honor of being the chief assistant again later.

Good or bad, I really can't tell.

When Fang Congzhe became an official, he had to gather all his energy, try to figure out what the emperor was thinking, try to keep up with the emperor's march, and deal with the resistance that might come from the court for the emperor.

Think about things from the perspective of the emperor.Even Zhou Jiamo, who has always been tolerant and prudent, said behind his back that he carried the head of the emperor on his shoulders.

So what?

I have firmly established my position as chief assistant, and once again won the title of Minister of Rites and Bachelor of Dongge University. This also means that I can hold clean money, which is the salary given by the emperor, and become a rich man after I become an official. .

Can do something to build bridges and pave roads to accumulate virtue.

By the way, you can also shade your son as a fifth-rank official.

Ye Xianggao was full of thoughts when thinking of the emperor's grandson who made an exception and became an official.How many second-best Jinshi will be fifth-rank officials throughout their lives.But his grandson, who was born in a tribute prison, could listen to his persuasion, give up the spring threshold that he could not successfully cross for 20 years, even in this life, and chose Enyin to become an official, and established a foothold in the Ministry of Households with the advantage of numerology.

Immediately, he became the fourth-rank doctor who was valued by Guo Yunhou and Yang Sichang in the household department.

The eldest son of Yin's eldest son was the preferred fifth-rank official, and the eldest grandson of Yin's eldest son became an official.Ye Xianggao felt a dull colic in his heart, just like the day when he was separated from the eldest son Ye Chengxue by yin and yang.It hasn't abated in the past 30 years.

"It's reasonable for a son to bury his father, but if a father buries his son, can it not hurt?"

Every word engraved on the epitaph of the eldest son is a heart-piercing wail, like a heartbroken ape in Bashan, echoing repeatedly in his heart sadly.

What a good boy you are.It was his own father who treated him badly.When he was born, I was busy making money for the future, so I didn't hug him a few times.When he was able to run all over the place, he had to go all out for Chun Wei again.You can only keep it at home, not take it with you to teach.Even such a smart child finally got tired of starting a career and became an official of Shangbaosi Sicheng by relying on Enyin Guozijian.

You must be wronged.A man of good character like him, filial to his parents, Zhongjie himself, and Xiashu family, did not become a dude like Fang Congzhe's eldest son when he first served as the chief assistant. The wish that was fulfilled, but was ridiculed because of Enyin's official career, how could he not be depressed.

Alas, now that I have retired, I will go back to my hometown and take a few more walks on the Longshou Bridge; Quan Dang is walking hand in hand with my son.I went to Ruiyun Pagoda, where Ru Xi majored in, to take a few more glances, and I should take my son to enjoy the scenery; such a beautiful Ruiyun Pagoda, but my son did not see the beauty of its final completion.

Also go to the Xiajiang Ferry for more walks.That is also the testimony of his son and himself for the benefit of the people.

Building bridges and paving roads to benefit the people is a matter of accumulating virtue, but why didn't you get good rewards?

I want to go to the tomb of my eldest son and tell him that it has become a rule to change the color of the granary and remove the salt whistle, and the people of Fuqing will no longer be blackmailed by the soldiers.

Ruxi, I am ashamed of you for my father.

Every time Ye Xianggao saw that the emperor brought the three brothers of the prince to grow up in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, every time he saw the clever prince, he grew up day by day, and asked questions about political affairs without understanding, and he caught a glimpse of the emperor while explaining With concerned eyes, he will inevitably think of the eldest son again afterwards.

To be an official, to be an official, to watch the father-son interaction between the emperor and the three princes, that is to open up the unhealed serious heart wound again, that is to peel off the scab that is still fresh, it is still bloody, and it is still painful.

I was the only Jinshi who was still in court in the 11th year of Wanli.His own departure also marked a complete farewell to the court of Daming for the Jinshi of Guiweike.First Fang Congzhe, then Ye Xianggao, and then Zhu Guozuo, never thought that Cui Jingrong would come ahead of him.

He is ten years younger than himself.

Is it really what the emperor said is too rigid and easy to break?

Ye Xianggao packed the last of his things into the carry-on cage.Looking back at the study that belonged to me for more than ten years, I bid farewell to this room in my heart. When I go back to Fuqing, there are Furong Garden and Douqu Garden.

As for the eldest grandson who stayed alone in the capital and dealt with others like himself, he didn't have to worry about it.With the elders Yang Jingchen, Zhou Yanru and Fan Jingwen taking care of him, and with the emperor who values ​​talents around, he will live a very good life.

Thinking of Fan Jingwen who he had helped up, Ye Xianggao smiled.In the past, he would definitely become the right-hand man of the emperor, and also the right-hand man of the prince.

The author has something to say: I didn’t expect that there would be a special episode by Ye Xianggao

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Ye Chengxue, the eldest son of Ye Xianggao.

(Transfer to the Internet) There is a folk jingle in Fuqing, Marquis of Fujian, saying: "The number one scholar has no son Weng Zhengchun, and the prime minister has no cotyledon Ye Xianggong." The eldest son, Ye Cheng, died at the age of 36. In the feudal era that valued the eldest son, Ye Xianggao was also counted as childless.

(I personally think that the person who wrote the cover-up rhetoric is envious of Ye Xianggao being the chief assistant for the second time.)

Ye Xianggao wrote in the epitaph of his eldest son Ye Chengxue: "It is reasonable for a son to bury his father, but if a father buries his son, can it not hurt?"

Ye Xianggao's eldest son can be regarded as a child of other people's family except that he is tired of starting a career.

It is a pity that in February of the 42nd year of Wanli (1614), Ye Xianggao wrote to resign many times, and was finally approved. After sorting out the whole thing, he could return home. He traveled day and night and arrived home on the third day of December.Regrettably, Ye Chengxue died of illness on the first day of December, and the father and son never had the chance to see each other for the last time.

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Fan Jingwen (1587-1644), an official martyred in the late Ming Dynasty.Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli (1613), official to Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Bachelor of Dongge University.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng's army broke through the Xuanfu, and the report came that the striker was approaching the capital.Some ministers proposed to let Chongzhen abandon Beijing and flee to the south to avoid the edge. Fan Jingwen firmly opposed this.

On March 17th, the 1644th year of Chongzhen ([-]), the city fell, and the rebel army rushed into the capital and surrounded the official residence.Hearing this news, Fan Jingwen hurried to the palace gate.The palace man said: "The emperor has gone out." He hurried to the court room, and the thieves had already blocked the road.The attendants asked him to change his clothes and go home. Fan Jingwen said: "The emperor has gone out, how can I go home?" He drafted the obituary in the temple beside the road, and wrote in large characters: "As a minister, don't go home." If you can exterminate the thief and avenge your shame, you will have more regrets when you die. So you went to the tomb of Cique in the Yanxiang Institute, jumped into the ancient well next to the Shuangta Temple and died.

When Fan Jingwen died, he still thought that the emperor had fled to the south, but he didn't know that the emperor had hanged himself to death.

After his death, he was given to Tai Tuo with the posthumous title of Wenzhen.The Qing Dynasty bestowed the posthumous title Wenzhong.

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I personally think that when Chongzhen went to Nanjing, the six departments in Nanjing were complete, and building slaves was no better than destroying the Jin Kingdom of Song Dynasty, and there was still room for Ming Dynasty to stand up.

Fan Jingwen misunderstood the country and Chongzhen.