Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1167 Double Ninth Festival (Part [-])
Wang Xijue?Wang Xijue!
Shen Li's words exploded like thunder in the minds of all the participants.

That's right, compared to Xu Xuemo, Wang Xijue is the one who should be worried the most.

Although Xu Xuemo is also one of the current leaders of the Mind School, just like everyone present at the meeting today, the leaders are also divided into different ranks. What is Xu Xuemo in front of Wang Xijue?
Yes, Xu Xuemo's qualifications are far superior to Wang Xijue's, but the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is not only about seniority!If we only talk about seniority, how did Gao Yushi, a number one scholar in the eighth year of Wanli, become the left servant of the Ministry of War in a few years?
Wang Xijue was No. [-] in Shen Shixing's ranking, and has been working as a historian of the Hanlin since then, but he has not done anything in his job as a historian.

As early as the Longqing period, he had supervised many students in the Southern and Northern Imperial Colleges, and in the fifth year of Longqing, he became a co-examiner of the general examination, and he was also in charge of the court affairs in the Nanjing Imperial Academy.

In the Wanli era, he not only continued to serve as the same examiner, but also actually compiled "Mu Zong Shilu" as the vice president of "Mu Zong Shilu", and the president of "Mu Zong Shilu" at that time was the chief assistant Gao Gong.

In fact, Gao Gong didn't have a good impression of Wang Xijue at that time, because Wang Xijue was different from Shen Shixing, he was never a low-key and forbearing person.Since he is neither low-key nor forbearing, but he is also an important figure in the School of Mind, Gao Gong's impression of him is obviously not much better.

However, Wang Xijue's scholarly prestige forced Gao Gong to use him as the vice president of Shilin, otherwise this "Mu Zong Shilu" might be severely criticized by the imperial court and Shilin. .1, Do you still want to control the compilation of "Mo Zong Shilu"?Then I and other honest gentlemen will definitely not believe a word of what you say and record here!Not only do you not believe it, but you also want to criticize it, and criticize you, the chief assistant of the Mu Zong Dynasty, as well!
So this incident alone shows the importance of fame and prestige in the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't that how Gao Yushi became the decision-making level of the imperial court so quickly?He used "Longwen Whip Shadow" and his triumphant songs all the way to win six champions, plus compiled "Daming Huidian" to become famous all over the world, and used "Annan Dingbei" two decisive victories to gain prestige in the government and the public.

When the reputation and prestige are enough, plus the emperor's recognition of his ability, other people will not be able to sing against the "work", and he will naturally be able to rise to the top.

And Wang Xijue actually presided over the compilation of "Shizong Shilu" after the compilation of "Mu Zong Shilu" (editing and supplementary compilation), so his achievements are not bad. He is not good enough, but his literary skills are completely comparable to Gao Pragmatism.

Well, I have to say that something is missing, and it is probably because the title of the champion of the six poems is indeed a bit too awesome.Even though Wang Xijue was born at the second place in the list, and he is also full of peaches and plums, he still falls short of being a high-level pragmatist in this "study".

But he also has places that are unmatched in pragmatism, for example: he is a well-known filial son in the world.

The significance of filial piety in the Ming Dynasty is no longer necessary to repeat, and Gao Yushi has not had a chance to show his filial piety so far, so he is far behind Wang Xijue, who resigned and went home when his father was sick. .

This is also a major advantage of Wang Xijue.

Even the wealth of his Taicang Wang family may be second only to Gao Pragmatism, and it is not inferior to the Zhang family in Puzhou.

Since it is not far behind Gao Yushi, then compared with Xu Xuemo... what is the need?
Among the core figures of the Jingshi School present today, whether it is Guozijian Jijiu or Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, they are all officials that Wang Xijue has served before. If Ding You is recalled after the end of the Dingyou system, he will definitely not continue to work in these positions. , must go further.

"If Wang Taicang is recalled, at least one of the left servants of the Ministry of Rites will be required to dismiss him." Song Zhihan, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, pondered, "However, in terms of his popularity in the court, the public and scholars, it would be unreasonable if he fell behind Xu Jiading. ...In my opinion, if he returns to court this time, the emperor may only consider letting him replace Pan Xinchang."

Song Zhihan's words completely affirmed Shen Li's opinion: If Pan Sheng wants to retire, he will not be replaced by Xu Xuemo, but Wang Xijue, who is about to return to court.

Lu Shusheng, who was 75 years old but was still recalled to the court, spoke for the first time today: "Wang Yuan has both ability and integrity, and he is a rare and promising person in the school of mind and learning. Although he has a high academic reputation, he doesn't give much lectures. ;Although the article is good, it doesn't make much sense. If he returns to the court, he should be a great uncle. But now Xu Shuming has been given the position of great uncle...I thought it was just an accident, but now it seems But I'm afraid not."

Lu Shusheng is old and has a high seniority, so he calls Wang Xijue and Xu Xuemo by their names, not by their places of origin.

At this time, Xu Guo also gradually realized that something was not quite right. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Old Quan (voiced by Lu Shu, Hiraizumi) means that all of this was planned from the beginning, and everything is linked together. Huan, in order to completely eat into their mouths the two important positions that Pan Xinchang left behind?"

Lu Shusheng nodded, but didn't say any more.

Seeing this, Xu Guo took a deep breath, once again feeling the pressure on himself.Just after Zhang Siwei left, the chief assistant of the school of mind learning actually made such a big move as soon as he took office?Does shishi really want to provoke an all-out struggle between the two factions?But this... It doesn't seem like Shen Shixing's style.

Gao Yushi is always the best at observing words and expressions. He found that Xu Guo seemed to be a little shaken, but he was still a little bit not fully made up his mind, so he finally took the initiative to speak and said: "The world knows that gods are good, but fame can't be forgotten. Where are the ancient and modern generals? ?The pile of grass in the barren mound is gone. The world knows that gods are good, only gold and silver can't be forgotten. In the end, I only regret that there are not many gatherings, and I will close my eyes after a long time. The world knows that gods are good, only my wife can't forget. Jun's birthday Every day you talk about your kindness, the king will go with others after death. Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, only children and grandchildren will never forget them. There have been many infatuated parents since ancient times, who has seen filial children and grandchildren?"

Everyone was startled when they heard it, Xu Guo was even more confused, and asked in surprise: "Why are you so emotional?"

"It's just unreasonable emotion." Gao Wushi smiled: "But then again, it's not completely unreasonable... People, sometimes what you think in your heart and what you do are always very different. Especially when you are in a high position. As a human being, there are many things that you can’t help yourself, many things you want to do, and you have to do if you don’t want to do it.”

Lu Shusheng said with great interest: "To be honest, it seems that you shouldn't have these emotions in terms of your academic and political success. If the old man expected it, you should use this to say that Shen Rumo's move was a last resort. Of?"

Gao Wushi smiled: "Lao Gao Quan read it, the younger generation is just talking nonsense, it can't be taken seriously."

That's what he said, but no one thought that Gao Yushi would talk nonsense on such an occasion. He must have meant something, and the most reasonable guess was exactly what Lu Shusheng asked just now.

Han Ji suddenly thought about it and said, "Seeking the truth, I may have guessed something."

When everyone looked at him, Han Ji said calmly: "To be honest, those Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime merchants have united to put pressure on the local officials. The pressure was passed on layer by layer, and finally it all fell on Shen Yaoquan's shoulders." Therefore, he, the first chief assistant of the Mind School after Xu Huating and Li Xinghua, had to change his past style and become tough and eager."

When everyone heard this, they all felt reasonable, but Tu Menggui added: "Another possibility cannot be ruled out, that is, Shen Yaoquan is like Xu Huating back then. Cowardly, trying to save. But I don't know that once he has power in his hands, he will carry out orders..."

It seems that Tu Menggui's impression of Master Gao Gong being forced to retreat by Xu Jie was so deep that he now thinks of Xu Jie when he looks at Shen Shixing.

But speaking of it, Shen Shixing and Xu Jie are indeed quite related, and they are both from the Su Song area, not only from the same school, but even from the township party.

Of course, Wang Xijue and Xu Xuemo are also from this area.

At this point in the discussion, no matter how everyone thinks about Shen Shixing himself, at least this time everyone has basically reached a consensus on the actions of the Mind School, and there are only three words left.

How to do?
Xu Guo looked around the crowd in embarrassment, and sighed: "Everyone, if Pan Xinchang asks himself to resign and recommend Wang Taicang, who is about to return to the court, to join the cabinet, if brother Ziyu and Junze and I object, there must be a real reason However, Wang Taicang has been in the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu all the time, and it is not easy to say that he is not in office."

It seems that Xu Guo now also feels that at least most of the people present at the meeting do not agree with the idea of ​​calming down, so he had to remind them from another direction.

Wang Xijue has always been a Hanlin official, which means that unless he himself offends the emperor by speaking out, it is basically unlikely that there will be any cause.

Everyone thought about it separately, and after a while, Zhang Yigui, the Imperial College sacrificial wine, spoke up. He asked tentatively, "Wang Taicang has served as several examiners. I don't know if any of them have engaged in malpractice?"

Everyone couldn't help shaking their heads slightly after hearing this, especially Lu Shusheng, who said directly: "Firstly, Wang Yuanyu should not be that kind of person; secondly, even if there is, the matter is too far away. Now go back and check, and you can still find out. what flower?"

Han Ji, who is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, also said: "What Elder Quan said is very true, and there is another point, Wang Taicang is the same examiner as the examiner, and he is not the chief examiner. It should be noted that the chief examiner in the fifth year of Longqing and the second year of Wanli Examiner..."

Well, the chief examiner for the fifth year of Longqing was Zhang Juzheng in the original history, but due to the influence of high pragmatism, in this world, Guo Pu was the chief examiner, Zhang Juzheng was the deputy chief examiner, and Wang Xijue was You Zhongyun at that time, and he was the middle examiner of the "Eighteen Houses". The room examiner of the second room.

As for the examiner in the second year of Wanli...it was Zhang Siwei.

Therefore, to use the fraudulent case in the examination room to mess with Wang Xijue is to kill three thousand enemies and lose eight hundred... No, it is to kill eight hundred enemies and lose three thousand, a completely bad idea.

Only then did Zhang Yigui realize that his thoughts almost involved Guo Pu, the teacher who had already retired and returned to his hometown, and he couldn't help shrinking his head subconsciously, and dared not say more.

Next, everyone tried to find out Wang Xijue's "bad deeds" in the past to beat him, so that he would not have a chance to join the cabinet, but after discussion and discussion, no one was reliable.

Even at the end, Wang Xijue's daughter who claimed to be a fairy was brought up as an argument, thinking that it could be used to say that Wang Xijue did not follow the teachings of Confucius, did not "respect ghosts and gods and stay away", even his daughter was not disciplined well, and even contributed to the flames , I think I have a different kind of brilliance.

At this point, Gao Yushi finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Where is it all?Wang Xijue's daughter claimed to have attained the Tao, although this matter is indeed very speechless, but because of the early death of the beloved she promised, her daughter kept her chastity and never married.From the outside world, this is the so-called "chaste and strong woman", but from a high-level point of view, this kind of thing may be too much mental stimulation for a young girl, maybe her mind is not clear... In his In the original era, this was mostly something like schizophrenia, just a poor pathology.

Blame Wang Xijue for this?What's the matter, Wang Xijue didn't see that the other man's man might have some hidden disease, so if his lifespan is not long, then he is not worthy to be an elder?
What's the point of this!

His royal family's married daughter is not the emperor's married princess, how can you tie her back for a pre-marital medical examination?

Finally, Gao Wushi couldn't help coughing lightly, and waited for everyone to look at him, before he said: "Everyone, in my humble opinion, it is better to look over Pan Xinchang's old accounts than Wang Taicang's. Wang Taicang's old accounts are not easy to open up." , but Pan Xinchang’s old accounts are much easier to turn over. Moreover, even if Wang Taicang’s old accounts are successfully resolved, he can only be restricted. Join the cabinet. But if I change my mind and just dig out Pan Xinchang's old accounts and get him out... At this time, can he still recommend someone to join the cabinet?"

These words are simply enlightening!

Everyone suddenly realized: That's right, this was a dead end just now, why do you have to trouble Wang Xijue?Since people are interlocking, then instead of following their train of thought, I directly killed Pan Sheng. The links, buckles, etc. behind this are all useless?Why hang on Wang Xijue's tree?
A group of people immediately expressed their support. Among them, Zhang Mengnan, a highly pragmatic cousin, spoke for the first time today: "Seeking the truth is very true! Wang Taicang has not done well at present, but Pan Xinchang is different. This person can enter the The cabinet itself had its own problems, but it had to be done at the beginning, and it was not invulnerable in terms of operational means. If I remember correctly, when he was promoted to the cabinet, there was a lot of controversy, and the more important point was that , Even though there was a lot of controversy at the time of Ting’s push, he accepted it without even asking for resignation, which can be used as an argument.”

Well, it was obvious that Guo Pu presided over Pan Sheng's entry into the cabinet, and Shen Shixing also expressed his approval, so there was a lot of controversy when the court pushed, but the cabinet's opinions were always unified, and the emperor recognized it.

Logically speaking, this is obviously nothing, after all, no matter how controversial it is, his court push was passed.But when it comes time to settle accounts after autumn, I don't care too much: even though Ting Tui reluctantly approved you, but you didn't take the initiative to resign under such a controversy, then there is something wrong with your character!How do you match up as an old man?

As for why I didn't say it before... I didn't pay attention at the time, what's the matter, dissatisfied?
A faction is a faction, no matter how high-sounding it is, it is still a faction.Although it is necessary to compromise when it is time to compromise, but when it is time to fight, there is no need to say, just fight!
Xu Guo sighed in his heart, turned his head and asked Gao Yushi, "Seeking the truth, what do you think?"

Gao Yushi nodded slightly, and replied: "The cabinet ministers are role models for all officials. If there is someone who has misbehavior, I think the one who should be impeached...they should be impeached."
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