Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1073 Subduing Chen Dang
Huang Zhiting left in a hurry, because Tianjin Port replied overnight that the current wind direction is just right, and a spring rain may come in a few days—spring rain on land is of course very good, but it may not be so at sea—— Therefore, Huang Zhiting didn't even wait for the farewell ceremony from the Ministry of Rites, and went directly to Tianjin to board the ship overnight, and only sent someone to explain the situation to the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites is really looking forward to it. After all, the Chunwei meeting is coming soon, and the yamen of the Ministry of Rites are busy with all their efforts to deal with this matter. Although only a few officials of the Ministry of Rites are needed to bid farewell to Annan's deputy governor, you are always needed for the yamen servants. The ostentation that propped up the celestial dynasty, but now everything is excused, of course it couldn't be better.

Gao Wushi had already received the notice of the dispatch arrangement, and he had to report to the Ministry of Rites tomorrow morning, so after Huang Zhiting left, he went to bed early on a rare occasion.

Early the next morning, Gao Wushi went to the Ministry of Rites to report.

The street between Chengtianmen and Damingmen is often called Yujie. The most important civil and military government offices in the Ming Dynasty were set up on both sides of this north-south Yujie.

On the west side are the Governor's Mansions of the Fifth Army, Jinyiwei Yamen, Taichang Temple and General Secretary; on the east side are the six ministries of the imperial court and the clan's mansion, Hanlin Academy, Honglu Temple, Taiyuan Hospital, Qintianjian, etc.

The Ministry of Rites is located in the southwest corner of Dongfang, close to Yujie Street. To the north is the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, and to the north is the Ministry of Officials.

Among the six ministries, the Yamen that Gao Yushi was most familiar with was the Ministry of Officials, followed by the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households occasionally went there a few times, but the Ministry of Rites seldom visited.

However, when Gao Wushi arrived at the Ministry of Rites, he found out that although the Ministry of Rites is a Qingshui yamen, the yamen of the Ministry of Rites is very luxurious. It looks more majestic than the gate of the official yamen, and even the wood used is higher than that of the official yamen, which is a perfect proof There is a truth: China has been talking about noodles since ancient times, but noodles belong to noodles, and most of the people who really make a fortune are those who are silent.

When Gao Yushi came to the Ministry of Rites, there were already many people in the main hall, but Xu Dashi, the chief examiner of the undergraduate course, had not yet arrived, not to mention the other named examiner Yu Youding. It's hard to say that you can't get out of bed.

The examiner system in the Ming Dynasty was not static. Its history is too complicated to describe here. In short, since the Jingtai period, there have always been two examiners—but in fact, one of them is actually in charge.

As for the other examiner, whether you understand him as a "deputy examiner" or as a pure name, it all depends on the examiner's personal intentions and the "comparison of strength" between him and the real examiner. .

Under normal circumstances, the emperor will hint who is the real examiner, and at this time the other examiner will try to avoid interfering as much as possible.

Anyway, in the final analysis, two examiners are needed by the ancestors, the purpose is to prove the fairness of the talent ceremony, but in actual operation, if there are examiners with the same status, many things may become nonsense, and in the end, the problem will be even bigger. So it evolved into what it is now.

In addition to the chief examiner who is usually a senior scholar (the rule after the Zhengde Dynasty), the most important examiner is the chief examiner who must be appointed by the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the official of the Zhigong (in rare cases, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites will be the official) , this is not much introduction.

Among the real examiners, the most important thing is to be the same examiner.The scale of the same examiners is very large, usually there are as many as 18 people, and the name is "Eighteen Rooms".

In the early Ming Dynasty, whether the chief examiner or the same examiner, most of them were dispatched from the Imperial Academy, and a little later they were allowed to choose from the academic officials from other provinces.In the fourth year of Jingtai, this regulation changed a lot. According to the request of the Minister of Rites at that time, the edict: "The examiners of the general examination, Hanlin and Chunfang specialize in their work. Charge, the instructor won't allow it."

Gao Yushi was unexpectedly selected as a co-exam this time, but it did not cause much disturbance, because Zhu Yijun cited this "ancestral system" as an excuse-of course, Gao Yushi "learned" and "had practice", no If you are convinced, you can also take the top six exams, and let me show you how to settle down in the north and south?

As for the "Beijing official", Gao Wushi is really a Beijing official.As I said before, the governor is only temporarily dispatched in nature, and Gao Wuzhen's current official position is the right servant of the Ministry of War and the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate—both officials of the capital.

It can be seen from this that His Majesty the Emperor is still willing to delve into it. At least for the various systems of the Ming Dynasty, he is really familiar with it. Years ago, he encouraged the late emperor Mu Miao to let him start "observing politics" as the prince.

Of course, the examiners are full of talents. At a glance, they are almost all acquaintances, and most of them are senior scholars who met in the Imperial Academy. Those subjects are also the same examiners.

Gao Yushi, as a younger generation, is obviously not the time to put on airs. Even if he is a third-rank official in a boa robe, it is useless. He must take the initiative to meet him.

When he saw Chen Yubi, Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Mr. Yulei, this junior is in the "Yi" room with you, and I would like to ask Mr. Yulei to give me advice."

Gao Yushi's book is "Book of Changes", as is Chen Yubi. Both of them are arranged to review candidates whose book is "Book of Changes", which is the so-called "Yi" room, so Gao Yushi said this.

Chen Yubi didn't have much time dealing with Gao Yushi, but he had heard that Gao Yushi was quite a humble person, so he was not surprised by Gao Yushi's greetings and remarks. Your Majesty should ask you more advice."

"It's just a fluke, how dare you take it seriously." Gao Wushi said modestly, "It's still early at the moment, Mr. Xu Ge may not be here until a while later, Wansheng happens to have something to ask, can I ask Mr. Yulei to speak? "

In fact, Chen Yubi's perception of Gao Yushi is a bit complicated. He has a similar personality to his father Chen Yiqin, and his style is more "decent", or somewhat conservative.

But apart from this incident, Gao Pragmatism's other performances are more in line with his standards for judging people.In particular, Gao Wuji not only persuaded the emperor to withdraw the land, but also forced the nobles in the capital to withdraw a large number of fertile land by pinching their noses. This matter especially appealed to Chen Yubi.

In contrast, Gao Pragmatic's small faults of handling those "merchants' trivial affairs" did not make him so angry.Therefore, since Gao Wushi has an invitation, he will naturally not refuse, and said with a smile: "There is a small pavilion in the backyard, and there are a few willows beside the pavilion, which were planted by Jiayan when he was Xiao Zongbo in the past. View?"

Xiao Zongbo is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Chen Yiqin was the right minister of the Ministry of Rites in 44 years of Jiajing, and soon changed to the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. He served in the Ministry of Rites for about a year.

Gao Wushi didn't know that the old man actually planted a few trees in such a short time in the Ministry of Rites, and he didn't know if it was Chen Yubi's nonsense. Anyway, Chen Yubi said it, so he took it as true and smiled. Said: "Then I really want to see it, Lord Yulei, please."

"Please." Chen Yubi stretched out his hand to pretense, waited for the high and pragmatic move, and the two walked side by side. Chen Yubi said again: "Young Sima is my peer, just call me by my name, there is no need to be so polite."

It is of course polite to call him by his first name, even if he is of the same generation, he can only call him by his first name. Gao Wushi laughed and said, "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders. Brother Yuan Zhong, I'm taking the liberty."

Chen Yubi smiled and waved his hands. When he got to the backyard, he saw a small pavilion. There was a small lotus pond next to the pavilion. There were a few willow trees beside the pond, and now they were growing many tender green shoots. Zhuang Zhong added a little anger.

Gao Wushi said with a smile: "In the past 18 years, the willows planted by Mr. Songgu have become so green and beautiful."

Chen Yubi said with a smile: "It's been a long time for 18 years. Not only can trees become useful, but people can be more capable—to be honest, you were also at this age when you were the number one scholar in high school."

Gao Wu said sincerely: You are also the No. 7 top student in the top two, why do you seem to care about my status as the number one scholar?
Although Chen Yubi has been an academic officer in the Imperial Academy and Zhan Shifu for more than ten years, the problem is that Gao Wushi didn't intend to discuss any knowledge with him, so he had to change the subject and said: "Yes, I used to be an examinee, but today I am a student. Examiner, time flies so fast..."

Chen Yubi was about to speak, but unexpectedly, Gao Wushi continued: "By the way, if my younger brother remembers correctly, in the 41st year of Jiajing, Lord Matsugu was just like you and me. He was a co-examiner for that class?"

Chen Yubi obviously didn't know why Gao Wushi brought up this old incident, but his father was a fellow examiner, and now he is also a fellow examiner, which seems to be a good story, so he couldn't help laughing, nodded and said: "Yes, there is indeed such a thing , Seeking the truth really has an excellent memory.”

Gao Wushi waved his hands with a smile, and suddenly asked: "In the 41st year of Jiajing... Oh, Mr. Songgu seems to be Liu Yinfu's room teacher?"

Yinfu is the word of Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan.

When Gao Wushi mentioned Liu Shizeng, Chen Yubi's expression was not as natural as before. He seemed to have thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed: "Speaking of which, Yu Bi would like to thank you for the precious banknotes of the Yunnan War." Really helping. Although Yu Bi is only an idle official in the Imperial Academy, he also knows that the imperial court could not spend so much money on Yunnan..."

Gao Yushi just smiled, but did not speak, while Chen Yubi continued: "To tell you the truth, Senior Brother Liu is a rare talent among my father's disciples, but as the saying goes, a good woman can't cook without rice, and that's the case in Yunnan. Not to mention Ma Shiduo, even the Han army in Yunnan, many of them only obeyed the Duke of Guizhou. The governor of Yunnan...is difficult.

Especially when there is going to be a war again, and the court can't provide money, it will be even more difficult for the governor to do it.Brother Liu sent me a private letter before, in which he was quite worried about the situation of the war. These days, if you don’t give me money, who will help you? "

Gao Wu said honestly: Don't say "this year", what year is it, if you don't give money, people will do things for you?Even if the common people were so supportive when the Red Dynasty took over the world, the premise is that "dividing the land is really busy", isn't it?
"The matter of military pay and rewards has already been discussed when the emperor called the younger brother into the palace." Gao Wushi did not deny his relationship with Zhu Yijun. Anyway, it is impossible to hide the truth from Chen Yubi, who is a Japanese lecturer, so he was straightforward. Authentic: "The current part of the Dian War Treasure Banknote is only the first installment. If the war really requires it, the younger brother will continue to raise the required silver for the emperor."

Chen Yubi said gratefully: "It's really troublesome to seek the truth. This move is actually saving the people from fire and water. If the people in Yunnan know about it, they must ask you to set up a shrine to write a biography for the truth."

The ancients probably yearned for the biography of the temple, but Gao Yushi, an atheist, obviously didn't care about it. He just sighed: "To tell the truth, brother Yuan Zhong, I don't really care much about these things, but just as brother Yuan Zhong said, at present Yunnan The situation in Yunnan is complicated, with the Burmese army pressing down on the border, and the internal and external propaganda are full of suspicions, and it is difficult to predict how the chieftains in Yunnan will think about it..."

Chen Yubi was taken aback: "Is the chieftain not stable?"

Gao Wushi said: "If the chieftain is not unstable, why does Duke Qian just sit in Erhai Lake?"

If this was said to Huang Zhiting, Huang Zhiting would immediately understand the meaning of high pragmatism, but Chen Yubi didn't understand military affairs at all, so he was taken aback when he heard the words: "Is there anything wrong with sitting in Erhai Lake?"

Erhai, at this time, actually refers to Dali.

Gao Yushi was almost at a loss for words when he asked him, so he had to explain: "The Burmese army came from the southwest. Duke Qian, as Yunnan's Dinghai magic needle, should go to the southwest of Yunnan to sit and defend. For example, Shunning, no matter how bad it is, he should be in How can there be any reason to set up defenses in Menghua instead of occupying Northwest Yunnan?" (Northwest Yunnan here refers to Northwest Yunnan, which refers to the "Great Yunnan" in the ancient times.)
Chen Yubi thought about it carefully, and then suddenly realized: "Northwest Yunnan is the old nest of chieftains such as Heqing and Lijiang!" Then his face changed drastically: "The [-]th army from Burma is coming, and the Duke of Guizhou needs to treat the chieftains of western Yunnan as the first place." The primary object of prevention?"

As he said that, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Brother Liu Shi is in danger, what if we lose this battle?There are not many of my father's disciples who are decent. If Senior Brother Liu is resigned, I am afraid that I will only be able to stay in the Imperial Academy until I become an official?
Chen Yiqin didn't want to intervene in cabinet disputes, especially he didn't want to be caught between Gao Gong, a former colleague, and Zhao Zhenji, a township party member, as a mouse in a bellows, so he simply resigned from office, but Chen Yiqin had the capital—he had already achieved cabinet When he is old, no one will disrespect him if he takes the initiative to return to his hometown.

But Chen Yubi couldn't be as free and easy as his father was back then. He has been in the Imperial Academy for more than ten years, and seeing that all his qualifications are almost mixed up, it depends on when the emperor's attention is caught and he is released. Minister, after a few years of training, you will be able to join the cabinet.

And what relationship did Liu Shizeng have with him, wouldn't the emperor know?

Not to mention that if Liu Shizeng himself was held accountable because of this battle, it would already be a serious blow to the Chen party. The key is that if something happened to Liu Shizeng, he, Chen Yubi, would probably be implicated as well. off the chain!

While in a panic, Chen Yubi suddenly noticed that Gao Yushi's face was indifferent, and he looked confident. He couldn't help but move in his heart, and coughed dryly: "Seeking the truth, you are a national scholar who can Annan Dingbei. Although the Yunnan War is dangerous, you must definitely There is a perfect plan... and I also ask for real guidance, Yu Bi is very grateful."

Gao Wu said honestly: Although you are not good at fighting, fortunately you are not too stupid...

"I don't dare to take a perfect strategy." Gao Wushi showed a slight smile: "However, if Brother Yuanzhong and Brother Yinfu are willing to cooperate with the younger brother in a few arrangements, this battle can still be won."

Chen Yubi's heart widened, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what is your order, but please make it clear, Senior Brother Liu and I must obey!"
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