Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1318 Pillow Wind (Part [-])
With the arrival of Wang Xijue, the dispute over the foundation of the country overwhelmed the slander case that had been in the limelight before, and suddenly became the new focus of all officials in the capital.

For this reason, new trends have naturally appeared in the situation in the capital.Officials of the Pragmatic School began to disregard the usual "rules" and visited Gao Yushi or Xu Guo again and again.Among the highly pragmatic officials who visited, there were even two cabinet ministers, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui.

The officials of the Mind School were not idle either, including Shen Shixing, they all went to Wang Xijue's mansion to pay a visit. The name was to celebrate his recovery and return to Beijing, but in fact it was naturally to hold an internal meeting on the recent situation.

Although Wang Xijue was ranked last in the cabinet, he had a special status after all, and he stole the limelight when he came. Shen Shixing was also willing to give him this face, and gave him most of the opportunities to speak during this meeting. It looks like an intimate and happy relationship.

In fact, although the relationship between Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue was good, it was not so good in the past.But just like the evaluation of the personalities of the two of them in "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Ran Shi's behavior is soft, while Xi Jue's nature is strong."

Wang Xijue had a good reputation when he was young, and he often made amazing remarks, and because he was a top student, he had a very good reputation.After Gao Gong came to power in the past, he gradually attracted Gao Gong's attention because of his integrity and integrity.

Later, because Wang Xijue had behaved normally for a period of time, under the auspices of Gao Gong, he was promoted to the post of Jijiu of the Imperial College and Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu.

In particular, we should mention the position of the Imperial Academy for Jijiu, which Gao Gong himself had done at the beginning. He attached great importance to this position and appointed him very cautiously.If it weren't for someone with a good reputation and solid knowledge, Gao Gong would never give it indiscriminately.

However, Guozijian Jijiu is considered to be one of the Xiaojiuqing, and Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi is the same.At this point, Wang Xijue probably felt that his wings had hardened, and began to reveal that he was completely an official of the School of Mind. He suddenly impeached and impeached the cabinet. The Hanlin Academy is in charge of the affairs of the academy.

At that time, Gao Gong had already defeated the alliance of Zhang and Feng with the help of Gao Shishi, and completely controlled the cabinet. No one from the Xin School dared to help Wang Xijue, so Wang Xijue became honest, and he also understood that he could not be tough with Gao Gong, and his attitude softened. .

So in the past two years, Gao Gong believed that Wang Xijue should have "figured it out". After checking the files of the Ministry of Officials, he also performed very well in the Nanjing Imperial Academy, so Gao Gong transferred him back to Beijing.

After returning to Beijing this time, after only "exercising" for about a year, Wang Xijue was promoted by Gao Gong to the position of a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and he was still appointed as a lecturer at the feast of scriptures. This is how the highest-ranking academic official in the Hanlin Academy came to be a dignified imperial teacher.

Originally, if the time ended here, Wang Xijue would almost be considered to be in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han. Although he was an official of Nanbang who held the position of the school of mind, he was still very respectful.

It is a pity that at this time, it has been the sixth year of Wanli, and Gao Gong passed away suddenly. Although Guo Pu took over the power of the Real School, he had to stabilize his position for a while and didn't care too much about other things.

So Wang Xijue came out to speak again. He seemed to be very fair and wrote a short article, saying that when Gao Gong was in power, he was the chief assistant and in charge of the affairs. The power was too great, which did not meet the wishes of the ancestors.However, considering that Gao Gong was Gu Ming's first assistant and the emperor was young, it was feasible to do so. However, now that Gu Ming's first assistant has passed away and the emperor is getting older, this concurrent role should not continue.

Therefore, Wang Xijue said that Guo Pu, the chief assistant, should resign as Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Wang Xijue's move was actually very thoughtful. Not only was the reasoning reasonable, but he also had a good grasp of the timing. Although Guo Pu was also a veteran, he was not as upright as Gao Gong.

However, Wang Xijue still missed some things.

Although the emperor is getting older, he is actually only 16 years old, and Empress Dowager Li didn't think the emperor could do well at the time. What she said at the time was to wait for the emperor to be 30 years old before delegating power to the chief assistant—this is probably not true , but at least it reflects Empress Dowager Li's concern about the emperor's "immaturity".

Under such circumstances, Guo Pu is one of the "Gu Ming Fuchens", so why can't he also serve as Minister of the Ministry of Officials?Mr. Gao has served concurrently for eight years, did something go wrong?No!
So the order from the two palaces was directly issued to Guo Pu, asking him not to resign from the part-time job.

Wang Xijue's idea fell through, but after this incident, he completely broke away from his ties with the Real School, and was officially regarded as one of the big men of the Heart School.

Shen Shixing was well aware of this scene at the time, and also thought that Wang Xijue was a very thoughtful person, so he began to pay attention to him, and soon planned to promote it to make a good story. (Because Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding were all in the same year, and they were the best of the three tripods.)
It's a pity that Guo Pu's position had been consolidated at that time, and as the only Gu Ming minister who was still in office, Shen Shixing had only a submissive role in front of him, so Wang Xijue was stuck in the Imperial Academy, unable to move his position at all.

Wang Xijue waited and waited, feeling that his father was seriously ill, so he resigned forcibly under the pretext of going back to his hometown to take care of his father.

This time he went, one was to avoid the edge of the real school and the suppression of him, and the other was to take the opportunity to support him.This trip was quite effective, and Wang Xijue's reputation had risen sharply—if it wasn't for the fact that his daughter's promotion to immortality had a slight influence on him, he might have been even more successful.

Yangwang, coupled with changes in the situation—for example, Jiangnan officials and big businessmen became more vigilant against high pragmatism, and Liu Shouyou’s defeat, Yu Youding’s death, etc., made Shen Shixing more and more want to bring Wang Xijue into the cabinet Aid, finally came to today.

Since Shen Shixing desperately hoped that Wang Xijue could share the firepower for him, coupled with the difference in personality between the two, there was a magical scene in this meeting where Wang Xijue talked eloquently and Shen Yuanfu nodded repeatedly.If someone who doesn't know the details sees them, I'm afraid they will have to reverse the identities of the two of them.

On the whole, the top executives of the Heart School are very satisfied and optimistic about Wang Xijue's attack this time.With this action, he not only reversed the embarrassment of being led by the nose by Gao Yushi for the slander case, and was stunned by the emperor's stick, but also turned passive into active, and instead led Gao Yushi to the army of the Real School.

The most subtle point is that if Gao Yushi continues to refuse to come out, I am afraid that many Gao parties will waver and will instead favor Xu Guo's side.

Although Xu Guo is also a leader of the practical school, and even the theoretical party leader, everyone knows that he is at a disadvantage in the competition of high pragmatism.It would be great if this incident can play a role in balancing the internal forces of the Real School.

The reason is very simple: one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.If Gao Pragmatism is still able to overwhelm Xu Guo as he did after the last Double Ninth Conference, then even if the Practical School is not very united, at least they are still kneaded together, which is too much of a threat to the Heart School.

And once Xu Guo's forces can compete with Gao Yushi, the life of the Xin School will be much easier under the two tigers' rivalry, and some follow-up plans will be able to be carried out more conditionally.

Even Shen Shixing felt that with the means Wang Xijue showed this time, he might be able to make another surprise attack and shake Xu Guo himself's position.

Although Xu Guo is Gao Gong's disciple, the difference between him and the other big brothers is that he is from the south - Shexian County, Huizhou, Southern Zhili Province, and Gao Gong is not his house teacher, but simply a teacher.

Room teacher, seat teacher, no matter what the teacher is, as long as the teacher accepts it with the disciple worship after passing the exam, this is the relationship between the teacher and the student, which is beyond doubt.However, the relationship between a simple teacher and a student is still a little weaker. In addition, Xu Guo is from the Nanbang and is in a competitive relationship with Gao Wushi. Shen Shixing always feels that he can still find an opportunity to win him over.

It's just that Xu Guozhong's style is quite late, and he is relatively "mature". Over the years, Shen Shihang has not found a good opportunity. Now that Wang Xijue is here, maybe... the stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade?
In short, Shen Shixing enjoyed Wang Xijue's limelight.

No matter how capable you are, even if you knock down Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui of the Real School, or even Wang Jiaping, it won't hurt. My first assistant is still as stable as Mount Tai.Even compared to his age, Shen Yuanfu is not afraid - he is one year younger than Wang Xijue.

Therefore, being an official is the same as being famous, you have to start early, the younger you are when you become an official, the higher the possibility of making it through, and the more stamina you will have.Gao Yushi was able to stabilize him in the competition with Xu Guo. In addition to the political assets left to him by the three generations of Yuanfu, the age advantage is also an unavoidable hurdle.

Xu Guobi was seven years older than Shen Shixing, and it was basically impossible to expect him to survive Shen Shixing's death, but what about Gao Yushi?Unless he died accidentally, he could have survived all the elders in this group to death, or survived until they went home to retire.

Those with qualifications older than him either died or retired, even if he didn't rely on the holy family, this chief assistant should be determined.As an official, who do you rely on if you don’t rely on him?Unless the official himself is not too young, he thinks he can't wait for that day.

There are not many topics discussed by the School of Mind here. In addition to matters related to the national dispute, there are also the aftermath of the slander case. As for how to unite Nanbang officials to resist the invasion of Beijing, this will not be discussed tonight. Discussion at this time can only be done in private.

The Practical School was not idle, especially the highly pragmatic Shangshu Mansion, and many people came to see them tonight.But Gao Yushi was very firm and only invited a few real high-level people in.

People, most of them are old faces, besides Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, they are Minister of War Liang Menglong, General Envoy Zhang Mengnan, Minister of Taipu Temple Luo Zun, Minister of Guanglu Temple Tu Menggui, Imperial Academy Attendant Lecturer and Guozijian Jijiu Zhang Yigui, Cheng Wen, the left servant of the Ministry of Households, Han Ji, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, Song Zhihan, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Gao Yongchun, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry.

Compared with the Double Ninth Festival, Xu Guo and Shen Li were missing, and they didn't come; Yang Zhao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was also missing, which means they have retired.In addition, Han Ji changed his position. He used to be a scholar of the Imperial Academy in charge of the academy. This position was later taken up by Chen Yumai, and Han Ji himself was transferred to the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

Zhang Mengnan, Luo Zun, Tu Menggui, Han Ji, Cheng Wen, and Song Zhihan are all Gao Gong's disciples, and Zhang Mengnan is not only a disciple, but also Gao Gong's wife and nephew.Zhang Yigui and Gao Yongchun were students of Guo Pu.

Since Zhang Siwei came to power relatively late, he has no disciples at the central level. He used to have a good friend Yang Zhao, but unfortunately he retired, so no one from him was present today.

However, the disciples of Gao Gong and Guo Pu are enough to support the facade of the Gao Pragmatic Department. The outside world has already called them "Gao Dang" - the Gao Dang within the Pragmatic School.

Zhang Xueyan has the highest status and the oldest qualifications here, so she was the first to speak: "To be honest, Wang Taicang has something to say... You still stick to your original intention, do you have to wait for the empress to give birth to a son?"

When he opened his mouth, he went straight to the point, and everyone fell silent, staring at Gao Yushi.

Gao Wushi replied calmly: "Yes."

Zhang Xueyan asked again: "But now it seems that the emperor's family is with the noble concubine, if he loves the house and wants to make the second son of the emperor the crown prince, then we have lost our position?"

"My position is still to wait for my son-in-law, how can I say that I have no position?" Gao Wushi asked back, and added: "As for the imperial concubine, she may be favored, and may even persuade the emperor, but Shen Yuanfu I will never let it succeed, why should I worry?"

Zhang Xueyan frowned, but didn't speak immediately.At this time, Wu Dui took over the conversation and said, "I'm afraid that if I stay silent, Shen Yuanfu and the others will not be able to warn the emperor. So what if the emperor forces the canonization?"

Gao Wushi didn't think this would happen, but he replied simply and directly: "Then cooperate with Shen Yuanfu and return the imperial edict."

Wu Dui frowned: "Going to this point? This is not the consistent purpose and style of our practical school." Zhang Xueyan also looked at Gao Yushi with a burning gaze, waiting for his answer.

Gao Wushi sighed: "Of course not, so to deal with Wang Taicang's move, and to stick to our established principles, we have to come up with another plan."

Zhang Mengnan asked: "To be honest, I think you have already prepared this conspiracy?"

Gao Wushi smiled slightly: "This afternoon, my younger brother has already made a move."

"Really?" Zhang Mengnan was a little surprised: "From where? Oh, could it be the palace? Are you asking Huang and Chen to persuade the Holy One?"

Gao Wushi shook his head: "Now is not the time to ask them to help, and even if you ask them for help, you can't do it. Otherwise, if the operation is improper, I'm afraid even they will get involved."

Han Ji also interjected and asked: "If it's not them, then who else can influence the emperor?"

Gao Wushi sighed slightly: "Pillow wind."
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