Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1285 Titled and promoted?
By the time Gao Wushi came to Baiyulou and invited Liu Xin to have lunch with him, Liu Xin had already read the boss's stack of files.

Looking at the high-spirited and pragmatic, Liu Xin raised her eyelids and asked, "The eldest princess is gone?"

"Uh..." Gao Wushi's smile froze, and he said with a dry smile: "Not yet, she... likes seeing Xinzhai very much, and plans to stay for a while."

Liu Xin suddenly sniffed, then looked at Gao Pragmatism, and said with a teasing expression: "Well, the incense on Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is really of high quality. I talked with her all morning, and even you are so fragrant."

Gao Wushi coughed and said, "This..."

Liu Xin stretched out her hand to stop it, and continued: "But don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in your private life, Boss Gao. It's just that as far as I know, there are nearly [-] maids in the entire Jianxinzhai Courtyard, all of whom are dowry by Huang Dutong. , I'm afraid some clues can't be concealed from them, and of course, Huang Dutong can't be concealed. Instead of thinking about how to tell me, you might as well think about how to explain it to Madam Zun."

Gao Wushi didn't speak, he walked to a chair not far away and sat down.

Liu Xin waited for him to finish, and then added: "And I don't understand a bit, and suddenly I want to ask you."

Gao pragmatically nodded and said, "Ask."

Liu Xin said with great interest: "In the eighth year of Wanli, I also saw the Fourth Princess in that temple. How can I put it... She was very beautiful, yes, she was beautiful and dignified at a young age. It should be even more beautiful than in the past. However, I have also seen the maids personally selected by the Lord Lingtang and sent to see the Xinzhai Courtyard. In terms of beauty, they are really top-notch, and they are not lost to anyone.

This is very strange to me. Why do you leave so many beauties around you not to enjoy it, but you want to provoke a princess?You should know that if this matter spreads out, it will be the most explosive news in the world, and the most important thing is that the consequences are unimaginable. "

Gao Wushi rubbed his brows and sighed: "What you said makes sense, but what if this... is a hint from the emperor?"

Liu Xin really looked surprised: "The emperor's hint?"

Gao pragmatic nodded affirmatively and said earnestly, "Yes."

Liu Xin tilted her head and frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, she nodded and said, "I understand. It seems that the emperor feels a lot of guilt for the eldest princess' surrender to Liang Bangrui, and his friendship with you may be really different. , that's why such a move is made. But I still have some doubts. The eldest princess was not the concubine that the emperor looked for for her when she got married. What did the emperor feel guilty for? They all say that the Tian family has no kinship, and the relationship between their brothers and sisters is just like this. it is good?"

"Of course the Tian family also has family affection, but sometimes it has to be restricted by the rules." Gao Wushi sighed: "As for why the emperor is so guilty, you didn't know some things at the time, but I can tell you."

"I would like to hear the details." Liu Xin nodded.So Gao pragmatic briefly introduced the situation at that time.

After speaking, he spread his hands: "So whether it's me or the emperor, I feel guilty for the fourth princess."

Liu Xin couldn't help shaking her head and said, "I used to watch TV when there were always some girls who were very kind to her, or saved her life, etc., so they promised her. I couldn't understand it at the time: You can repay what you owe. Why do you have to 'repay' yourself? What is the rationale?
As a result, today I saw it, it turns out that not only girls have this kind of mentality, but even men have this kind of mentality?It's true that Princess Yongning's happy events turned bad, but it's not your fault, and secondly, you also avenged her. You really don't owe her anything. What do you feel guilty about? "

"First, she and I are also old acquaintances. Before her incident happened, if I didn't care about the consequences, it could actually be destroyed, but because I was worried about the consequences of doing so, I didn't do it, and instead let it happen.

That's not all. When things developed to a stage that I thought was appropriate at the time, I suddenly took action, promoted and utilized them from various aspects, and finally got Chen Hong, forcing Empress Dowager Li to hand over the power of the imperial court and return to the emperor.

In the final analysis, I sacrificed the lifelong happiness of an innocent girl for political reasons. How can I say that I have no responsibility?With such a big responsibility, why is it strange that I always feel guilty about her? "

Liu Xin listened, but sneered: "Oh, because you feel that you have delayed her lifelong happiness, so you make it up for her now? Ha, it really makes sense, but I want to ask: Do you think this is what she should do? Are you happy?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "There are still some things you don't know. Without me, in the past, her situation would have been worse than it is now. First, what will happen to her in the future? I really don't dare now. Guaranteed, but judging from the current emperor's attitude, this matter may not have a chance in the future, and I can try my best to find a way. No matter what, it will always be better than the original ending. "

Gao Wushi's words were very sincere, and Liu Xin could feel it, so instead of sarcasm, he was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Well, these words of yours don't sound like excuses, I I believe it for now. But I'm still curious, what was her original fate?"

Gao Wushi sighed: "Liang Bangrui died less than two months after getting married, and he did not consummate the marriage with the fourth princess. The fourth princess herself was accompanied by the ancient Qingdeng Buddha in the palace, and finally died of depression. She was only 28 years old. The court ladies who collected her body found that she was still perfect."

Liu Xin's face turned gloomy immediately, she was silent for a while, and said bitterly: "This family surnamed Liang really deserves to die." After a pause, she added: "It's no wonder you can't bear to be such a poor person. Even if it were me , I'll probably do the same thing as you... From now on, I'll just pretend I didn't see anything that happened between you and the fourth princess."

"Where is Zhi Ting?"

Liu Xin raised her eyebrows: "Why? This is your housework, what are you asking me to do? Didn't you say that Huang Dutong has been persuading you to take a concubine? Even concubines can accept it, and even take the initiative to persuade you, now What is a mere outer room?"

"Outer room?" Gao pragmatic frowned.

"Or else? Can you still get the fourth princess to repossess the house?" Liu Xin rolled her eyes: "I said, don't be too inflated, even if the emperor has hinted, that hint must not be let down. You are pondering how to take the princess' house, and it is impossible to even 'marry' it back - the princess' big wedding is called a marriage, and it is a gift, how can it be given to a married man? Even if the princess herself is No remarriage either.

As for the emperor's meaning, I think it should be just to give his sister a psychological sustenance, and you are still somewhat better than others in the emperor's mind, plus... I heard that the fourth princess was interested in you a long time ago, the emperor. At first glance, this matter is so-so, and it is a success to follow the flow - but that's about it. "

Gao Wushi looked at her with interest, and pretended to be surprised: "I remember that before you came to Daming, you just graduated from a normal college and were still working as an intern teacher. Why do you seem to have a good analysis of this kind of emotion? Like?"

Liu Xin rolled his eyes at him and said, "So what? There is not enough practice, and theory comes together. I watched so many emotional dramas with my mother, so I can't talk about experience? Besides, I have also studied educational psychology, although The main research directions are different, but the methodology...you understand?"

"Yo, that's really a coincidence." Gao pragmatically smiled: "It seems that our majors finally have something in common."

Liu Xin said in surprise: "How do you say this, didn't you study economics and law?"

Gao pragmatically spread his hands with a smile and said, "I'm studying law at the police academy, and criminal psychology is a compulsory course."

"Oh...that's the case!" Liu Xin suddenly realized: "I just said how can you always do bad things while still making people thankful, co-authoring, are you using it right?"

This time it was Gao Wushi's turn to roll his eyes: "Why do you have to understand the bad side? My profession is so suitable to analyze some people's conspiracy against me. I haven't been killed for so many years, This profession deserves a lot of credit, isn't it?"

Liu Xin couldn't help laughing, looked helpless, and shrugged: "Okay, this is a good profession. No wonder Mr. Guo Anyang said you were too calculated, I'm afraid it's not because you always target others for criminal motives. analyze?"

Gao pragmatic nonsense: "It's not just criminal motive analysis, there are many more, such as investigation and anti-reconnaissance psychological analysis, etc."

"Detto, I won't be poor with you. First, tell me what's the happy event that you came here so happily - don't tell me it's because of Princess Yongning... too tired to go back to the palace." Liu Xin teased.

"Cough..." Gao pragmatically embarrassed: "Of course not, I invited the princess to come here because Duke Cheng told me that the emperor was not complacent about my rejection of the title, the original intention was to know what the emperor was thinking. what."

"Oh?" Liu Xin rolled her eyes and tilted her head slightly: "But if you ask the fourth princess about this, you're probably asking the wrong person, shouldn't you ask Chen Ju more?"

"But recently, I don't dare to contact Chen Ju casually." Gao pragmatically said: "And with the emperor's shrewdness, I guess the fourth princess will 'accidentally learn' something."

"Really, what's the result?" Liu Xin asked with great interest, knowing what he knew about Zhu Yijun.

Gao pragmatically said: "As a result, the Empress went to the Fourth Princess early this morning and deliberately mentioned something in the small talk. The Empress said that the Emperor was very dissatisfied with the performance of the Ministry of Household recently, even in her I have said several times before that Shen Li should change positions. More importantly, the emperor originally agreed to stay in the Qianqing Palace and sleep peacefully last night, but he changed his mind. He went to Kunning Palace in the middle of the night and did not say anything, and it was inexplicable. brought this up."

When Gao Wushi said this, he paused slightly, for fear that Liu Xin might not know the rules in the palace, and added: "You may not know, where the emperor goes to sleep every night, not only does he have to inform the empress, he even needs to inform him. The queen mother of the two palaces. In other words, it is so late that it is logically impossible for the emperor to temporarily change his mind and change the sleeping place, because this will disturb the rest of the queen mother of the two palaces. "

Liu Xin nodded and said thoughtfully: "In other words, the emperor actually deliberately leaked this news? He was dissatisfied with the Ministry of Household and wanted to change Shen Li's position? What does this have to do with you?"

Gao pragmatically said: "The relationship is that Shen Li is a member of our Shi school. If he is transferred, and it is when I make a new contribution and return to the dynasty, it should be unlikely to be demoted. Then Shen Li will have to occupy another share. A pit, and this pit is not too bad. At the same time, the vacated position of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance will probably still be given to us by the Shi School."

Liu Xin's heart moved, and just as she was about to speak, she seemed a little hesitant: "I remember that you, the Minister of Military Affairs, have not been in office for a long time, so the emperor will not be tempted to ask you to fill this gap in the Ministry of Household's Book. ?
Although judging from your financial management ability, it is not surprising that the emperor has such thoughts, but... given your age and qualifications, you have not been in the post of Minister of the Ministry of War for less than three years, and you are suddenly promoted to Shangshu, are you not afraid of causing trouble? Courtiers dissatisfied? "

"I thought about this just now." Gao pragmatically touched his chin and said, "It stands to reason that the imperial court has not stipulated how old you must be to be a minister, but according to convention, my qualifications are definitely not enough. There is no doubt, but the current situation is very special, that is, I carry great merit on my back, but the court has always been unable to argue about how to award the reward to me.

In this case, the emperor can only make the final decision.But the emperor's original intention was to give me a knighthood. In fact, he could completely ignore the voices of the officials and forcibly seal me. However, I don't agree. If he is willing to respect my personal wishes, then he has to change his way of thinking - since If you don't have a knighthood, then you will be promoted to the head office, right?
In this way, although my promotion seems to be a little too fast, after all, this time I have a great foundation, and Daming has been dedicated to military merit since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is not completely unreasonable.And in this way, Shen Yuanfu's side considers the lesser of the two evils, and it is always better to give me a minister of the household than to give me a title, so maybe they won't be too opposed. "

Liu Xin thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Your analysis is quite reasonable. For more than ten years, the yamen of the Ministry of Housing has been presided over by people from your real school. It's not too much for Shen Shixing. The big difference - of course, if I can give it to you, I will definitely not give it to you. After all, if you go on like this, I am afraid that you will threaten him. If you don't give it, as you said, now this great merit is here, and the imperial court has not rewarded the president for a long time. It's unreasonable..."

Gao Wushi nodded and said: "I'm not in a hurry if I want to be the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. Right now, I actually want to know where the emperor will transfer Shen Li to."

Liu Xin is still a little less pragmatic than Gao in terms of political sensitivity. Hearing this, she asked, "Is this more important than whether you are the minister of households?"

Gao pragmatically nodded and said: "Of course. You can't just look at this from my personal point of view. The Ministry of Households is the basic plan of our Shi school. As long as people from other factions are not in power, it's not like me. Important. But Shen Li was transferred as a minister, and even if the emperor was not satisfied with his work in presiding over the Ministry of Households, it was unlikely that he would be downgraded.

In this way, the position of his transfer is very important.If he is transferred to the yamen that is already under the control of our Shi school, then we won't get much benefit in this matter, but if he is transferred to another yamen, our Shi school's momentum is bound to be higher. "

Only then did Liu Xin understand and asked, "Do you have any judgment or guess?"
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