Teutonic Knights).
In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, 1391 A.D.
According to China's unique Ganzhi chronology, it is a late Xin year.
In this year, the German Teutonic Knights lost the Battle of the Moreah and withdrew from the Morea Peninsula, beginning their years of exile in Europe.
A feudal dynasty called Majapahit in the eastern part of Java conquered Singapore, and the local dynasty of Singapore came to an end.
Unwilling to accept the fall of the dynasty, the Singaporean Bairi Missoula fled all the way to make a comeback, and finally established a new Manchurian dynasty near the Strait of Malacca.
The world is changing, but the Central Plains presents an extremely peaceful and tranquil state.
From the defeat of Emperor Yuan Shun Timur to Mobei, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, a full 23 years have passed.
For more than 20 years, Emperor Taizu worked hard, repaired the people's livelihood internally, and expanded his territory externally, except for killing some ministers in a bad mood every day, the emperor spent most of his day working.
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang portrait).
The emperor is diligent, and the country naturally develops well.
During the Dragon Boat Festival this year, the emperor was more Yaxing, and personally appointed the prince Zhu Biao to inspect the Shaanxi area, first, to reward the army and the people, and secondly, to explore the road in advance for Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang and step on ideas.
This is something that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all know, and the emperor is not used to staying in Nanjing, and has always wanted to move the capital to the north.
It was also in this year that in Dongtai Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, a man named Gao Gu was born.
This is Comrade Takaya's first appearance in the history books, and since then, there is no record in the history books.
We don't know what his family background is, who his ancestors are, and we don't know how this benevolent brother spent his childhood and youth.
All we know is that after disappearing from the history books for a while, Takaya reappeared in the thirteenth year of Yongle, that is, in 1414 AD.
Emperor Taizu Gao, who wanted to move the country north, had turned into a handful of loess, and the crown prince Zhu Biao, who patrolled the north for his father, died young, and asked Comrade Zhu to send the white-haired man to the black-haired man.
Now, it is the era of the eloquent Emperor Chengzu, Zhu Di.
Portrait of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di).
In this year, Zhang Fu, the general of the Ming army, went to Annam (now Vietnam), and the people of Annam dug ditches and trenches on the spot, and built a bunch of fences on the marching road, thinking that the official road was the only one, and the Ming army could not fly, and there was no bulldozer, and they could not remove the roadblocks weighing thousands of pounds and hundreds of pounds on the road, and they wanted to attack, which was really a fool's dream.
This "turtle play" is not very decent, but to some extent, it is very effective.
As I said in a previous article, there are two kinds of victorious generals in this world.
One is to keep playing and always winning.
And the other is that he has never fought a war and has never lost.
But although the Ming army can't fly, all roads lead to Rome, and the Ming army can walk around.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty lit fires to cook during the day to ensure adequate sleep, and at night they crossed the mountains and mountains to find another way out.
The soldiers climbed over one mountain after another, and were lucky enough to run into the camp of the Annamite people, and the whole army rushed into battle, and soon exterminated the local reactionary forces.
General Zhang Fu passed on the good news, and Comrade Zheng He, who went to the West, also returned from Africa to Daming.
When you go on a trip, of course, you have to bring some souvenirs back.
Comrade Zheng He went to the West seven times, bringing things every time, whether it was melons, fruits, pears and peaches or rare treasures, the emperor had long been surprised.
Zheng He went to the West).
But this time, not only the emperor opened his eyes, but even the civil and military ministers were dumbfounded.
The reason is nothing else, but Zheng He got a giraffe from Africa.
The ministers are very good at coming to things, saying that this thing has a deer body and an oxtail, and is born by eating grass, isn't this the legendary unicorn?
The giraffe can't speak, but I think it must be very depressed, because fools know that even if there is a unicorn in the world, the unicorn is a unicorn beast, and the horns on its own head are probably not enough to count on one hand.
That said, it's been a great year.
In this year, Comrade Gao Gu was silent in the history books for many years, and finally reappeared, this time, he participated in the imperial examination, successfully passed the Jinshi, and became a formal civil servant of the Ming Dynasty.
Takaya's first position was a member of the middle school.
This official position is said to be small, but it cannot be considered small.
Although the power of the people in the cabinet is not as good as that of the cabinet scholars or the first assistant of the cabinet, they have the four powers of edicts, edicts, silver books, and iron coupons.
Of course, it's hard to understand the jargon or the complex historical endorsements, so I prefer to explain it in a more straightforward and simple way. That is, the Zhongshu people of the Ming Dynasty were equivalent to the emperor's exclusive secretary.
The Emperor's secretary, think about it, what does it mean?
But it is not very objective to say that the sheren is a big official, because although the sheren hold important positions, if they are determined from the rank, there are only seven grades, and they are still from.
Moreover, the number of the emperor's scholars is not fixed.
Sometimes fifty, sometimes a hundred, sometimes overcrowded, four or five hundred is also possible.
When there are more people, there are fewer opportunities to show your face by the emperor's side.
Diligent emperors like Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Zhu Di are okay, day long, there is a steady stream of edicts and edicts, and there is always work to be done.
But if there is an emperor like Jiajing who has not been to the court for twenty or thirty years, the people are useless and can only relax in the Hanlin Academy.
Portrait of Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi).
People often said at the time that the opportunity to study and become a scholar was very slim, and there were only three or four hundred people who crossed the single-plank bridge across the single-plank bridge and finally passed the Jinshi examination and became an official in the court.
But people don't know that even if they become officials, it is a very distant and ruthless thing to want to get out of the picture.
The Ming Dynasty is a big dye vat, this dye vat is not only complex, but also very profound, so deep that once anyone enters, it will become a drop in the ocean in an instant.
Regardless of the top two and three grades, even if it is a first-class Dengke and becomes the champion of this dynasty, if the times are not good, it is very likely that he will end up dying of old age and will not be reused by the court.
But our comrade Takaya was very lucky, although he was like those who were not reused by the emperor, it was difficult for him to get any important tasks, but Takaya still got his turn in ordinary work.
Although this ordinary work seems insignificant, it is also sent by the emperor after all, and it must be taken seriously and completed seriously.
What kind of work?
Copying Buddhist scriptures. What did the emperor ask Takaya to do when he copied Buddhist scriptures?
The author himself does not know, and I guess Comrade Takaya also knows a little about it.
But helping the emperor work is different from ordinary work, ordinary work is not understood, you can ask questions, but helping the emperor to do things, you can only serve, there can be no problems.
Whoever dares to ask the emperor what is going on, I think the emperor himself will be willing to help him grow his heart.
Copying Buddhist scriptures is boring, but it's also very beneficial.
Under the green lantern ancient Buddha, stroke by stroke.
Between the twilight drums and morning bells, one word and one book.
Under the forging of this environment and working atmosphere, Takaya has developed a very special character.
According to historical records, Comrade Gao Gu "despises flashiness and frugality", and in today's words, this person is more frugal.
Portrait of Takaya).
So to what extent has the valley been saved?
One of his court clothes when he went to the court, sewn and mended, wore and wore again, full of various patches, and his colleagues often teased him for "the icing on the cake of the tall man", but Takaya disagreed, and it has always been so.
The Ming officialdom was corrupt, as was the case since the founding of Hongwu.
* They work diligently and conscientiously, but they eat, drink and have fun in secret, but they don't delay either.
When Taizu, **we** became a trend, killing one, coming ten, killing ten, and a hundred stood up and continued to be greedy.
When Xuanzong, **they were excellent**, the Ming Dynasty ** industry was extremely developed, official prostitutes and private prostitution were repeatedly banned, and the emperor personally led the team to sweep away pornography, but it still had little effect.
There is nothing new under the sun, and since there is a good part in the Ming Dynasty, there must also be a shadow.
However, the five dynasties of Gaogu Lishi Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, Orthodoxy, and Jingtai are very low-key.
At the peak of his career, he had become the first assistant of the cabinet, but he had no field or acre, and his life was similar to that of ordinary people.
According to the author, although the history books do not record many deeds of Gao Ge Lao, he is still a generation of famous ministers.
In people's impression, celebrities should be very famous.
During the Yongle period, Xie Jin, the first genius of the Ming Dynasty, once edited the "Yongle Canon", which has been famous among scholars for eternity.
In the orthodox season, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, won the battle to defend Beijing when the country was in danger, and was called "the minister who saved the time" by later generations.
During the reign of Emperor Wanli, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, was carrying out reforms and changing the law, and it was the existence of the light of that era that overshadowed the emperor.
Portrait of Zhang Juzheng).
It seems that such a person can be called a "famous minister".
On the other hand, Gao Gu, who has been an official all his life, seems to have no merit at all except to leave some innocent good names.
Yes, he is ordinary.
But ordinariness is also a very valuable quality.
A lifetime of duty and fulfilling the responsibilities of a courtier is enough for Gao Gu.
In the seventh year of Jingtai, in 1456 AD, Takaya, who had been promoted to the rank of scholar of the Jinshen Temple, resolutely chose to resign.
He understood that after going through five dynasties, it was really not suitable for him to stay in the court.
Five dynasties, 42 years, it was countless days and nights.
On the few records in the history books, we can still see what people say about him:
Be honest and honest, diligent, and not blasphemous.
Although he does not have the heroic spirit of a hero, he is very sure that his sleeves are clean and spotless.
Takaya is not a dragon-phoenix figure among people, but more like a ploughing ox.
The ploughing cattle of the Ming Dynasty.
When the dynasty was strong, he did not fight for success, and when the dynasty was in danger, he never flinched a step.
Ming Dynasty) is like a ploughing ox, but also like a rock.
He always adhered to his post conscientiously and prudently, and contributed his own strength to the prosperity and development of the dynasty.
There are talented people in the country, and Gao Gu has not created his own era, but in the next era, he is ready to give up his position and leave it to future generations.
In the fourth year of Tianshun, Gao Gu died of illness in the township at the age of seventy.
On that day, it snowed heavily in Takaya's hometown.
The snow was without a trace, as if to tell everyone in the world that this elder of the Five Dynasties Pavilion had left this world, but it was as if he had never come to this world. **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan