Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1297
This evening's "Shangshu Gaofu" is indeed full of high-ranking friends and winning friends like clouds - really "high-ranking", all of them are honorable, and everyone rests with the country, can this not be "high"?

Gao Wushi looked at the flower hall, good guy, there are nearly twenty honorables, from the grandfather to the marquis, from the marquis to the uncle, all the Jingnan honors and honors in Beijing today, I am afraid not all of them are here.Even Xu Wenbi, the Duke of Dingguo, who was rarely seen outside of Dachao standing at the head of the squad, came in person.

Xu Wenbi was the "class chief and important minister" in the line of military generals in the dynasty, and his status was out of the crowd. Standing face to face with him was the first assistant, Shen Shixing.

The Duke of the State has always been in poor health, but one thing is amazing. People who often get sick sometimes live longer. Gao Wushi remembers that he seems to have lived 30 years after Wanli in history.

Because of his illness, Xu Wenbi rarely showed up except for the imperial court. In the past, he also sent his eldest grandson Xu Xigao to discuss with Gao pragmatic (his eldest son died before him), but today is different, he came in person.

Xu Wenbi has come in person, which naturally means that the matter to be discussed today is "a big deal", and all the seniors of Jing Nan's honor and dignity will come to sit in the office.

As soon as Gao Wushi entered the flower hall, he smiled and gave a four-way bow: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, I'm very sorry for the pragmatists, Wan Qi Haihan."

There is no doubt about the noble status of Daming, but that is in normal times. At this moment, in front of Gao Wushi, the actual leader of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, the honorables are only small shareholders. How can they dare to accept this gift?
Everyone, including Xu Wenbi, stood up with a smile and bowed their hands to Gao Shishi.

Since Xu Wenbi was the leader of the class, he naturally wanted to be the first to speak.I saw him laughing and trying his best to say loudly: "Da Si Nong is taking a new job, and he is naturally busy with official duties, so he will not be able to relax for a moment. But I am waiting, but I am just a rich and idle person. Even if I sit here for a day, it is not a big deal. Farmers don't have to do that."

Hey, you are quite self-aware.Knowing that although he is the chief minister of the class, in the final analysis, he is really just a "rich idler".

Of course, Xu Wenbi can be humble about this, but of course Gao Pragmatism can't speak of the situation. He immediately "refuted" a few words, and then said: "Everyone is here today..."

"Naturally, it's for the sake of Dasinong's new appointment." Xu Wenbi continued: "One is to personally come to congratulate Dasinong on his new appointment, and the other is to ask Dasinong for the hidden worries after the vacancy of the Rongzheng Shilang. A surefire way."

Gao Wushi glanced at the Duke of Cheng, Zhu Yingzhen, Duke Zhang Yuangong, and the others beside him, and suddenly smiled: "What worries?"

Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong are two generations lower than Xu Wenbi. Hearing this, he just looked at Xu Wenbi, and Xu Wenbi smiled slightly: "Seeing how easy it is for the big farmer, you must have enough confidence in the recommendation of the military minister to allow the emperor to accept it?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "The rewards are simple and straightforward, and I have my own Sacred Heart. How can I be controlled by my ministers in my life? However, I believe that the world is like a river, and it has its own context. A move against the flow.

The regulations of the Beijing camp have been changed since before, and now all affairs are in a good state.If you are worried about this, I don't think it is necessary. "

Xu Wenbi smiled, as if he was not surprised by this answer, but he added: "Even if the system does not change, the Beijing Camp will still be divided into two points, but the production and construction corps used to rely on the big Si Nong to coordinate many things. In order to be free from external interference. Nowadays, Dasinong Gaosheng is naturally the joy of the world, but the construction of the Corps is like a rainstorm without an umbrella and no clothes for winter.

For example, now that the mausoleum construction is in short supply, if the Ministry of Industry wants to call the Corps for assistance, but cannot get the money needed to activate the Corps, it will be no problem when Da Sinong is still in the office of the Rongzheng Shilang, but now it is not a problem. Hard to say. "

Gao Wushi frowned slightly and asked, "What rumors did my husband hear?"

"I'm afraid it's not a rumor." Xu Wenbi's eyebrows trembled slightly, staring at Gao Shishi, and slowly said: "Although Shi Dongquan has not dealt with him much, he knows that he is a person who attaches great importance to saving money and food. .

Last month, the Production and Construction Corps was ordered by Da Si Nong (referring to Gao Wushi) to provide a sum of gunpowder money for Beijing Camp, the total amount was 7000 taels of silver. This matter was ordered by Da Si Nong before the expedition. Should you still remember? "

Gao Wushi nodded slightly: "Naturally remember. The last time I went on expedition, the Praetorian Guards I led carried a lot of firearms, and the Praetorian Guards armament warehouse was emptied a lot. It was filled by the following order - but I remember that it was done. Well, what, what's the problem?"

"Of course it was done, but there are some interludes in it." Xu Wenbi just said these words, and seemed a little uncomfortable. He stretched out his hand behind him, and immediately a servant handed a pot of something unknown to him. .

Xu Wenbi took it, opened it, took two sips, and returned it to him.Gao Wushi smelled some medicinal wine, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, thinking what the hell is this?Is it some kind of medicinal liquor?
But Xu Wenbi didn't explain, just cleared his throat and continued: "For this matter, Shi Xing secretly played to the emperor and persuaded the emperor to limit the financial expenditure of the Guards and the Production and Construction Corps."

Gao Wushi suddenly frowned: "Is the news true?"

Xu Wenbi spread his hands slightly and gestured to Zhu Yingzhen, who immediately replied, "This is the news of Jin Yiwei, it is sure to be true."

Gao pragmatically nodded and did not speak for the time being.

Zhu Yingzhen said that it was news from Jin Yiwei, which must be reliable.His uncle Zhu Xixiao was the governor of Jinyiwei back then. He worked for so many years after Lu Bing's death. I don't know how many people have been promoted. Since Liu Shouyou was overthrown, Jinyiwei now has no governor, only commanders and other officials. , and the North and South Zhenfu are in office.

In addition to Gao Wuben and Wang Zhizhen, who were arranged by Gao pragmatically, many of these people were closely related to the Chengguo government.There are some things, it is only natural to know Cheng Guogong a little bit - this is not the beginning of the founding of the country, do you really expect Jinyiwei to only listen to the emperor's greetings, without any other backing supporters?That was so naive.

If it was about conspiracy or something, Jin Yiwei might not dare to reveal it easily, but like what I said today, some people in Jin Yiwei might have no psychological burden if they leaked it.

But the question is, is Shi Xing so full that he is too busy, why is he secretly telling the emperor about this?

Gao pragmatic's consistent way of thinking is to consider "stakeholders" first. For example, if Shi Xing did secretly report something, then this matter must be related to his interests. It is impossible for him to be a dignified military minister. "Secret playing" for no reason - secret playing is not a common method in Daming officialdom.

As a civil servant, of course, you always pay attention to uprightness and uprightness in doing things, such as secret performances, that is what Dongchang and Jinyiwei like.

After thinking for a while, Gao pragmatic was still a little incomprehensible, and the frown deepened.Seeing that the heat was almost over, Xu Wenbi smiled slightly and asked, "Does Da Si Nong feel that this matter is strange, and he thinks 'it's impossible' no matter what?"

Gao Wushi was startled by him from his thoughts, hehe smiled: "It's a bit unusual."

Xu Wenbi twitched his beard and smiled, and said, "My father will tell Da Si Nong one more thing, and Da Si Nong will know something."

Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows slightly, showing some interest: "Pragmatism is all ears."

Xu Wenbi said: "Before this incident just now, Shen Yuanfu once called the right person alone."

Summoning the right, the word is "special", that is, the emperor asked him to ask the right.Calling the right person alone means that either the emperor took the initiative at that time, or Shen Shixing asked for it, so that the rest of the "idlers and others" left.

Gao and pragmatic have experienced this situation many times, and he is not new at all. In short: there must be extremely important and confidential things to discuss.

But Xu Wenbi said that this incident would not be aimless, it must mean that the dialogue that day was related to Shi Xing's secret performance later, at least Xu Wenbi thought it must be related.

Gao pragmatic did not make a decision, but he quickly calculated in his heart.

Shen Shixing and Shi Xing, the two of them are hooked up now?In theory this doesn't seem like it should.

Although Shi Xing is a neutral faction, since he was able to serve as the left servant of the Ministry of War, and he was still the "executive deputy" of the Ministry of War before his ranking was high and pragmatic, it means that he has obviously tended to the side of the practical school in the past few years. of.Not to mention that it is incompatible with the Xin School, at least most of the time it must have "drawn a clear line", otherwise how could the Shi School let him sit in this position?
In this way, Shen Shixing and Shi Xing should not collude easily - this is not a matter of young men and women falling in love at first sight without any reason.If two important figures from opposing factions want to join forces, they not only need to have the same interests in a certain matter, but also need to have a certain chance and coincidence to be able to connect the two of them together.Otherwise, they may not have private contact at ordinary times. At this time, who will contact whom first?Will the other party believe it?
Xu Wenbi was old and mature, and he had been observing Gao’s pragmatic expression carefully, and then he spoke again: “Two days after this incident, the emperor asked Director Chen Chang about Shi Dongquan. The question at that time was: ‘I heard that Shi Xing had previously He once presided over the construction of new castles in Gubeikou and other places, and it was quite effective. Chen Ju, do you know about this?'

Director Chen Chang didn't know the reason at the time, so he replied: 'Shi Dongquan is an experienced man, and he has always been stable in his work. It is said that he has done a good job in building a new castle. 'The emperor nodded slightly after hearing this, and said nothing else. "

Gao Wushi's eyes flashed brightly, and he said in a condensed voice, "It's interesting... My grandfather means that it was Shen Yuanfu who recommended Shi Dongquan as Da Sikong?"

Xu Wenbi laughed: "I'm so confused, how do I know this? What I said just now is all hearsay and may not be taken seriously. However, Da Si's magic tricks are known to the world, and presumably if there is any clue, Da Si Farmers can follow the vine."

Well, you old fox, for this sake, are you going to pluck yourself out?What's the matter, you always plan to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, pretending to be an expert in this world?
Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Shi Dongquan is quite competent for the position of Da Sikong. Although the students were a little surprised by the Sacred Heart's arbitrary decision before, they didn't get into it. Now, it seems that it is the old man who knows what he is doing at once. I found the root cause, which really impressed the students."

Xu Wenbi waved his hands again and again: "Eh, eh, don't want to hold me, the big minister, don't you know how much the old man has? It's just that he recognized a few idlers in the palace by relying on the shadow of his ancestors, what's the matter? ?"

He paused for a while: "However, there are still some strange things about this matter. The old man is a confused person, and he can't figure it out. I can only hope that the big Si Nong will think about it."

Gao pragmatically politely said a few words, thinking to himself: Of course, there is something strange about this incident, the key lies in how Shen Shixing and Shi Xing hooked up.If the two of them didn't have any "connection" before, Shen Shixing's chess move would have been a little thrilling, which was equivalent to betting against Shi Xing whether or not Shi Xing would remember him.

For politicians, especially such top politicians, this move is too dangerous.This kind of danger is not that Shen Shixing will suffer because of it, but that once Shi Xing does not remember his favor, Shen Shixing will not only do a white job, but it will be difficult to explain to the inside of the Xin School.

This is just like when Xu Jie recommended Gao Gong to enter the pavilion. Xu Jie thought that Gao Gong would remember his kindness, but he did not know that Gao Gong was the closest emperor in Longqing. After the new emperor Yuji, it was logical to enter the pavilion. It doesn't matter at all whether Xu Jie recommends it or not.

In this way, he naturally wouldn't take this recommendation as a kind of kindness. Instead, he thought that Xu Jie was opportunistic, using such small tricks to benefit others and build momentum for himself, and he looked down on Xu Jie very much.

The same is true for Shen Shixing's move today. If Shi Xing's idea is similar to that of Gao Gong at that time, then Shen Shixing's move is purely a "gift" for the Shi School - he took the Ministry of Industry and it is simply for himself. make enemies.

Judging from Gao Shixing's understanding of Shen Shixing, he is unlikely to engage in such dangerous actions.If he does, it means that he and Shi Xing have reached a consensus, or at least some kind of tacit understanding.

Since it is inconvenient for them to communicate directly, there must be a middleman among them, and this middleman is the key to making this happen.

If this is the case, then the Shi School has been tricked to a certain extent this time: the Shi School has always believed that Shi Xing is obviously inclined to their side, so Shi Xing was appointed as the Minister of Work for the "Sacred Heart arbitrary". Very welcome, in this event everyone raised their hands in favor.

And if Shi Xing and Shen Shixing were in a relationship, it is conceivable that he would "seek trouble" for the Shi School after he took office.

The reason why Xu Wenbi came to see him with so many honorable people, even in the face of obvious physical discomfort, he had to talk to himself about this matter, probably because he wanted to remind himself to pay attention. After all, he has a distinguished and special status.

As for why, it's very simple: Shi Xing's biggest job after he became Minister of the Ministry of Works is mausoleum work. The importance of this matter does not need to be explained, and even Gao pragmatically does not dare to delay.Therefore, once Shi Xing excused that the construction period of the mausoleum was too tight, it was difficult to complete it normally with the current construction efforts, and the Production and Construction Corps had to help, but the Ministry of Engineering had no money left, then... what should I do?
The emperor may "make an exception" and let the Production and Construction Corps help in vain, and as a result, he inadvertently broke the rules set by Gao pragmatism.

This incident does not seem to be a big problem, as if it was just a "special case". However, the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant's nest. If there is one, there will be two, and if there is two, there will be three. This time you can make an exception, why not next time?
In this way, the high-pragmatic Beijing-run reforms have been shaken from the ground up.
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