Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1316 Don't be in a hurry

"...The minister is clumsy, foolish and self-preserving, quite capable of cleanliness. Since he became an official in Gengchen, he has paid his respects selflessly and refused to enter even a piece of paper. This move is well known to the gentry and the world. After dozens of battles, he was known as Guo Yi, and he was recommended by the minister as a general in southern Liaoning. The rest, Ma Chengen, etc., were all ministers and commanders who had supervised during the Monan war. They fought bravely and loyally, and their meritorious service was recorded. And call.

Today, Li Minzhi, the censor, impeached his ministers for accepting bribes, saying that Ma Dong bribed his ministers with 3000 liang and white jade horses.What did you see, what did you hear, and you didn't say it clearly?Kuangchen's family has always been rich. Since the fourth year of Longqing, the first emperor, because of his family's achievements, he has accumulated millions of dollars, which is well known throughout the world.Can the 3000 taels of fruit be bribed?What is the basis for sincerity?These are all famous festivals in Xiaguan, and I would like to state that this is actually the case. "

"...Your Majesty Lai knew the minister, so he did not move him, and then comforted him with warm words, and relieved the minister's doubts. Wouldn't the minister be grateful for the holy grace? However, as far as the minister knows, Li Minzhi and other four people all came out of Guiwei (11th year of Wanli ) Jinbang. I think that they are still young, young and sharp, and they are also officials, so it is not enough to blame them."

"...Your Majesty is now furious. Among the four, two were sent to the township governor, one was dismissed and repatriated, and the other was demoted to external use. This is the truth of Your Majesty's rewarding meritorious deeds and punishing demerits. Gratitude and self-respect, it is also an act of selfish revenge."

"...Their actions are either out of ignorance, or out of instigation. No matter what, let's face it now, and forgive them for self-examination, and don't waste their hard work of studying for ten years. Besides, this not only demonstrates your majesty's benevolence, but also serves as a tribute to People in the world cherish talents. If so, although I hesitate to go home, I will be very grateful."

The above is the main content of Gao Yushi's memorial to the next day.Obviously, this is a prose to save people, and the objects he rescued were four people, including Yushi Li Minzhi, who was severely punished by the emperor for impeaching him.

Gao Yushi didn't explain much about "slandering the emperor" in this essay. After all, the first assistant said that he would not accept it, and the emperor himself expressed his position, and they didn't agree with this statement.

His essay mainly explained some of the crimes being accused, such as calling Ma Dong and others to Liaodong. Li Minzhi and others said that he accepted bribes of 3000 taels and white jade horses. The two can't get into Lao Tzu's eyes at all.

Officials all over the world like to show their poverty, except for Gao Pragmatism, who often says that his family has millions, which is really the only one for Scorpion Baba.

But this move is indeed suitable for him. After all, Jinghua is there. Pigs know how huge this family business is, and they can't hide it anyway.Lao Tzu's money is earned in an open and honest manner, and it is a proof of practicing the doctrine of our real school. Are you jealous?Then you also start a family, I'm not jealous!
However, explaining these are trivial matters. The greatest effect of this essay is to persuade the emperor to withdraw his order and not to deal with Li Minzhi and other four people too much.The reason Gao Pragmatism also said, "They are still in the official career, young and sharp, and they are also officials, and they are not deeply to blame."

Moreover, although it was the emperor's legitimate reward and punishment to do so, if it goes on like this, people in the world will say that this is his high-practical "revenge with kindness and self-respect".Then, he raised his profile again, dragging this matter to the point of "not only showing His Majesty's benevolence, but also being a person who cherishes talents in the world".

Just like what he said to Liu Xin yesterday, this essay is to "show my generosity, my broad mind, and my broad mind of repaying grievances with virtue"—anyway, the emperor will have his own understanding, and it doesn't matter how pragmatically he says it.

Hypocrisy?Of course hypocrisy, but this is officialdom.

An official like Hai Rui is said to be a role model for all ages, but in fact, it is mostly only used when posterity flaunts it, because if you really look at what great things Hai Rui has done, it will be... embarrassing up.

Some of his memorials are indeed very famous, and they also created conditions for other people to do great things, but if you really want to count how many great things he has done by himself, there are really only a handful of them, and the timeliness is very short—— Just cool.

A truly "useful" "good official" is one who can make correct decisions worthy of his position in office, and ensure that they are carried forward smoothly, thereby generating good social benefits.Like Hai Rui, his name has been left in history, but how much did the common people really benefit from?Even a small number of people who benefited at that time, after Hai Rui left, did they spit out their capital and profits?
Therefore, the hypocrisy of officials is just a means, just as execution by shooting is murder, and execution by stick is also murder. In fact, there is no need to distinguish so carefully. The key lies in why people kill people, whether they kill good people or bad people, and what kind of results are caused after killing—— — that's what it means.

When presenting this memorial, Gao Yushi still stayed at home behind closed doors, and did not receive visitors.

There are actually a lot of people who come to visit, but when they come, they know that Gao Yushi will not open the door, but...whether the door is opened or not is a matter of Gao Yushi, and whether they come to visit is their business. This is a matter of attitude, even position question.

For example, the ministers of the Pragmatic School sent people to visit those whose official positions were higher than those of high pragmatism; those at his level not only sent people, but also brought their own letters to comfort them; He went to the door, and was politely sent away by the door.

The big group of nobles and even Qi Jiguang and others are different. Even if the rank is lower than Gao Yushi, they can only send people to come, and they cannot come by themselves-there are internal conflicts among civil servants, and you, a military official, come to comfort?What do you want to do?
But there are also special people who can be "reluctantly" opened the door for them by high pragmatism. These people are not particularly distinguished, but purely "special": students of high pragmatism.

Li Tingji, Ye Xianggao, and Fang Congzhe were allowed to enter by their teachers.Of course, Gao Yushi would not talk about this matter with them, but just talked about some academic things, and then cared about their respective work status.

In fact, there is nothing to ask about the current situation of the work. Chen Yubi is in charge of the Imperial Academy now, and the "Chen Party" left by Chen Yiqin was not big at all. After the Battle of Burma, Chen Yubi had already turned to Gao Pragmatism is now regarded as a collateral branch of the Practical School.In this way, the life of Li Tingji and the other three in the Imperial Academy would not be too bad.

The noble yamen of the Hanlin Academy usually has nothing important to do, it is nothing more than history compilation and the like, and occasionally goes to the cabinet to be a Jinshi to observe politics-of course Li Tingji will not go, he is one of the top three, and stays in the hospital You can mix up your resume.

Gao Yushi was not in a hurry to appoint the three of them, and planned to follow the most "popular" method at the moment, throwing them in the Imperial Academy for a while, and then directly entrusting them with important tasks when they had enough qualifications—but he would not give them to the master. As an official, Gao Yushi doesn't trust this "no work experience" official appointment and removal system. He still trusts his method of training cadres through the former Red Dynasty.

"Start from the grassroots" is definitely not something that can be learned in Ming Dynasty, after all, he is already a noble in the Imperial Academy, and he is a "prime minister".However, the experience of "exercising in multiple positions" and "presiding over comprehensive work in multiple places and departments" is still highly valued by high pragmatism.

As for how long they will be allowed to stay in the Hanlin Academy, this is not certain, there is only an approximate timetable: they will enter the cabinet on their own when they are high and pragmatic.Before entering the cabinet, Gao Wushi didn't plan to use the three of them.

Well, anyway, today's Practical School is not short of three usable people, and it is only short of really usable high-ranking officials.

The three of Li Tingji also know the importance. Although they stayed in the Hanlin Academy for three or four years, the experience of the seniors in the Hanlin Academy is there, and they are not in a hurry-after all, not everyone can experience the experience of a mentor. Yes, he is too special.

The three masters and apprentices chatted for nearly half a day in the Shangshu Mansion, discussing the scriptures and Taoism in the morning, and talked for a few rounds after lunch.Li Tingji is older and was born in Sandingjia, so he plays chess with Gao Yushi, while Ye Xianggao plays chess with Fang Congzhe.

Highly pragmatic chess skills are commonplace, but Li Tingji seems to be proficient in it. Li Tingji won the next three rounds, but the result made him break out in sweat.

However, Gao Pragmatic's "magnanimity" is big enough. No matter how ugly the loss is, he is very leisurely and doesn't care at all.This actually made Li Tingji suspicious, and he thought to himself: Did my mentor use the opportunity of the conversation to imply something to me?
Are you blaming me for not knowing how to restrain my edge?Or teach me to be bearish about the outcome?or...

His distraction was unexpectedly brought back by Gao Yushi.Li Tingji quickly conceded defeat, Gao Wushi shook his head with a smile, and said, "You think too much."

Li Tingji immediately admitted his mistake, but his heart was unavoidably slandering: I remember Guo Gong once said that Teacher, you "calculate too much", but now I say that I think too much.

Who knew that Gao Wushi seemed to have learned his mind, and while reaching out to mess up the chess game, he said indifferently: "Too calculating and thinking too much are not the same thing."

Li Tingji was quite upright, but his face turned red immediately after hearing this, but he didn't know how to answer, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe next to him glanced at this side at the same time, but immediately looked away at the same time.

Gao Wushi laughed again: "I'm not blaming you, but I just want you to know that 'too much calculation' doesn't mean that it should not be calculated, but 'overthinking' is useless work. You can go back and think about this sentence .”

Li Tingji had no choice but to agree, and at the same time, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe pushed the chess game tacitly, saying it was a tie.

Gao Wushi asked them, "How have Ruan Fuyuan and Erde Mutu learned recently?"

The three looked at each other, and Li Tingji came forward to answer: "Ruan Fuyuan is clever, but he is clever, and his writing is gorgeous but his foundation is not solid. Erde Mutu's talent is limited, but this son is sincere and generous, and he is also very good at reading. Work hard, the three students like him very much."

The reason why Gao Wushi asked this was because he was busy with his own affairs, so he became the shopkeeper again, and handed over these two disciples to his three disciples, and asked them to teach them their knowledge and "teach art on behalf of teachers". .

Hearing Li Tingji's words, Gao Wushi nodded slightly, and asked again: "If you don't care about the identities of the two of them, you should just regard them as students of my Ming Dynasty, and assuming that they have passed the level of knowledge... Do you think that the second son will be able to be a teacher in the future?" Officer He?"

This question was obviously about the school exam, and Li Tingji and the other three didn't speak immediately.

After a while, it was Li Tingji who spoke first, saying: "The students think that Erde Mutu can be used as a frontier, and as for Ruan Fuyuan... maybe he can be a minister."

Fengjiang means governor; Ci ministers can be big or small, "Qing Ci Prime Minister" is also a Ci minister, and Hanlin editors are also Ci ministers.However, what Li Tingji said here probably meant something. It probably meant that Ruan Fuyuan was more flattering and suitable to be a "close minister".

Gao Wushi smiled without comment, and then asked Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe, "What do you two think?"

Ye Xianggao said: "Students think that Erde Mutu can be in charge of the army, and Ruan Fuyuan can join the cabinet."

What he said was very different from Li Tingji's opinion, but Gao Yushi was still noncommittal, and looked at Fang Congzhe again.

Fang Congzhe shook his head and said, "Students are dull and have no knowledge of people, so they dare not speak falsely."

Good guy, the three students have different standards for judging people, even their personalities are so different.

But Gao Wushi didn't criticize, just smiled and said: "Okay, I know what you mean." Then he stood up and said: "I'll go and change clothes, you can wait."

The three of them quickly stood up, each made an excuse to leave, Gao Yushi didn't do much to keep them, and let them go with a few polite words.

This was a very timely walk. Although Gao Yushi's "changing clothes" was just an excuse, he was just about to go back to the backyard to take a nap, but he was told that the holy will had come down.

After Gao Yushi asked, he realized that the emperor really refused to agree and "adhered to the original judgment", but because he wanted to give Gao Yushi face, another imperial edict was issued to him to explain the reason.

The reason is of course nothing else, nothing more than Zhengfaji and so on.Of course, although the imperial decree was written for a long time, it is estimated that the emperor did not dictate the full text, but only said one meaning, and then drafted by the Zhongshu.The whole article is written in parallel, with a lot of reasoning, but the meaning is just one: You can't agree to what you want, those four people who should be sent to prison will be sent to prison, those who should be beaten will be beaten, those who should be dismissed, and those who should be dismissed should be dismissed. If you surrender, you must surrender, otherwise you will open a bad mouth to slander important ministers.

There is nothing wrong with high pragmatism, just give orders to let people pay attention to the direction of public opinion in the capital.

After such a delay, Liu Xin came out again after taking a nap. Knowing the result, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Now you have done everything you should do, your reputation is preserved, and the unlucky ones will continue to be unlucky. Hearing the emperor's consolation, 'come out and see what happens'?"

Who knew that Gao Yushi still shook his head: "There is no rush."

"Not in a hurry?" Liu Xin said in surprise, "If you wait any longer, Wang Xijue will soon arrive in Beijing. By then, Shen Shixing will have a strong helper. Maybe there will be another disturbance in this matter."

Gao Wushi thought that he would not be able to sleep this afternoon, so he simply sat down on the grand teacher's chair, leaned back, raised Erlang's legs without the demeanor of a minister, tilted his head and said: "It's good that Wang Xijue is here, he will come back together." Just be the old man, and I don't have any good gifts for him... Isn't it just right to make him suffer?"

Liu Xin was even more surprised: "You can still involve Wang Xijue in this matter?"

"It's not that I got involved with him, but he will definitely jump in." Gao Wushi smiled: "Just wait and see."
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