Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1320 Three Invitations to Gao Situ

In the morning of the next day, Gao Wushi got up early according to his usual habits, and then while having breakfast, he listened to the servants of "Black Top" report various news from last night.

In addition to a large-scale "closed-door meeting of senior officials" in the School of Mind, there are also many officials who walk with each other according to their own small circles. Among them, the contacts of more important officials have been recorded on the black top.

However, after all, Hei Ding was not a factory guard, and he didn't dare to place eyeliner in the high-ranking officials' mansions at will. Most of them could only rely on lures to buy some news from the mouths of the servants of these officials' mansions.

Sometimes these messages can be accurate to every word the officials said, because those servants may happen to be close servants; sometimes they can only let Hei Ding know when Official A visited Official B and how long after he left, Because this servant may be just a doorman.

In short, the depth is different after all, and the details are very different.

However, today's highly pragmatic "listening to the report" process was unexpectedly interrupted.Although it was early at this time, the angel sent by the Supervisor of Rituals had already arrived at the gate of Shangshu Gao's mansion. In order to avoid "slowly waiting for Shangyi", Gao Wushi had to end his breakfast early and ordered the People's University to open the middle door to welcome—— The angel represents the emperor, and it is not allowed to go by the wrong door.

Gao Wushi himself waited in the middle hall after Gao Mo's skillful command of his subordinates arranged the fixed outfit to receive the order, waiting for the angel to announce the order.

The purpose is very simple, it is nothing more than the same as before, with warm words and comfort, demanding high pragmatism and coming out early to see things.

Gao Wushi received the order respectfully, Gao Mo quietly rewarded him with ten taels of silver, and the angel came out and returned to the palace to return his orders.Then Gao Wushi waved his hand and shook his head slightly, and Gao Mo ordered the servant who specialized in clerical affairs in the Fuzhong to draft the memorial.

This memorial naturally declined the emperor's request and insisted on continuing to stay in the mansion.There are "model essays" for this kind of memorials, and these scribes are all talents specially trained by Gao's private school. Although it is unnecessary to take the Jinshi exam, it is still useful to write simple memorials in a high-practical tone.Generally speaking, high-level pragmatism only needs to copy a copy of the draft (in principle, ghostwriting is not allowed in the memorandum itself), and at most there are slight additions and deletions.

This memorial came back very quickly, of course, there was nothing interesting in itself, it just repeated the reason why he didn't want to come out before, just depending on the matter.

The reason why Gao Wushi did this was not only because he needed to continue to "show his attitude", but also because he was not in a hurry - he knew that the person who was most anxious at this moment was either the imperial concubine Zheng or the emperor himself. It doesn't matter if you end up shelf properly.

After all, if the emperor himself is in a hurry, the emperor is familiar with these fixed routines and will not blame him for it.It would be even better if Concubine Zheng Huang was in a hurry. His unhurried performance would only make her more impatient and even lose her sense of proportion, but right now she never dared to vent her anger on him, so this The incident will make her more jealous in her heart.

Ordinary people may be afraid of the emperor's "single favorite" concubine, because fear can easily lead to deliberate attacks on him.However, high pragmatism is not afraid - Zhu Yijun's "high pragmatism dependence" cannot be "cured" in the short term. His high pragmatism is the only life-saving medicine. You have to eat it, or you have to eat it.

Only the ability to be indispensable can make you indispensable.Throughout the ages, there is no exception.

Generally speaking, after receiving such a memorial, the emperor would have time to react at least tomorrow, so Gao Wushi took advantage of this gap to listen to the report he hadn't heard before, analyzed it in the room, and secretly Guess what the Mind School will do roughly.

Then, he listened to some other reports, which were about the movement within the Practical School, especially Xu Guo's side, and learned that Shen Li met with Xu Guo yesterday, and several of their disciples were present.

However, the meeting this time was not at Xu Guo's mansion, but in a high-end teahouse, where a student of Xu Guo booked a single floor, and the two sides held a meeting there.Often for nearly an hour and a half, the name is to appreciate a piece of Zhao Mengfu's work.

This made Gao Wushi couldn't help shaking his head, it seemed that Shen Li was also a little alienated from himself because of the transfer.

In fact, this matter is really unfair.It was not his own idea to transfer Shen Li, it was the emperor who really felt that Shen Li was not suitable for this position.At this moment, the Minister of the Household Department must take new measures to significantly increase the court's revenue without causing large-scale turmoil. In the eyes of the emperor, only Gao Yushi has the ability to do it well.

But it's useless to just reason about this kind of thing, because in Shen Li's view, such a transfer is like a slap in the face-the emperor's actions are equivalent to telling the world unmistakably: You are not as useful as Gao Pragmatic.

Who can stand this?Even if it is a fact, not everyone can accept it calmly, not to mention that Shen Li is one of the seven ministers of the imperial court, and his status is very close to that of Ge Lao. Suddenly being hit in the head by the emperor like this would make it difficult for anyone else.

However, as the saying goes, "thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king", it is impossible for an official like Shen Li to blame the emperor for this, and he dare not even show any "resentment".Therefore, Gao Yushi had to take the blame on his behalf—who made you the party?Why are you better than me?
Oh, no, it should be why do you make the emperor think that you are better than me?
The matter has come to this point, the "resentment" in Shen Li's heart is obviously not easy to resolve with a few words, and a suitable opportunity is needed to solve this problem, but at this time the opportunity has obviously not yet appeared, and Gao Yushi can only let it go.

As for whether Xu Guo's strength will greatly increase after receiving Shen Li's support, breaking the previous pattern of "high strength and Xu weak" within the Real School, Gao Pragmatism is not very worried.

Whether it is Xu Guo or Shen Li, both of them were born in the gold list of Yi Chou in Jiajing 44. This year is the most concentrated subject of Gao Gong's students (this year the examiner is Gao Gong), and most of them in the same year are now They are the mainstay of the real school.

However, because of this, most of them are now under the banner of Gao Yushi and recognize Gao Yushi as Gao Gong's number one heir.At the same time, the highly pragmatic family members, power and age advantages prevent them from easily choosing to join other people.

Needless to say, the holy family and power, the age advantage is the killer - Xu Guo is eight years older than Shen Shixing, and he is already sixty-one (false) this year, but what about Gao Yushi?This year is only twenty-five (false years).Moreover, according to the attitude of the emperor who put so much emphasis on him, and the estimated timeline of the possible launch of the war to destroy Yuan in three to four years, once things go well, Gao Yushi may even join the cabinet before the age of 30!
Ge Lao, who is less than 40 years old, has nothing to say about his future.Because in theory, as long as he himself "doesn't have an accident", it means that he will have at least 70 years of career as a prime minister (that is, if he insists on asking for a retreat at the age of [-]).

This... This Zaifu's career is as long as hereditary, who can compare?

In the next forty years or so, not to mention these big bosses of the Yi Chou Branch, even their nephews and nephews will be fully "taken care of" by Gao Pragmatic, and maybe even their grandchildren will be able to enjoy the high pragmatic cultivation.

People without long-term considerations must have near-term worries. The advantage of high pragmatism is obvious. Who can not be tempted?What's more, if you follow him, your descendants will be taken care of, but what if you betray him?I'm afraid this "care" will make people miserable, right?

Therefore, generally speaking, officials in the Pragmatic School who have already stood on the side of high pragmatism are unlikely to change their families easily. In the case of Xu Guo and Shen Li, they are more forced to help - face is indeed too important for civil servants some.

After thinking about Shen Li's matter clearly, it was almost time for lunch, but an accident happened—the door came to report: the angel came again.

Gao Yushi was a little surprised, and thought to himself: How efficient is the Supervisor of Ceremony today?

The imperial decree of the emperor to comfort the ministers and persuade the ministers to take matters into consideration does not need to go through the cabinet and the six departments, but can be directly issued. Therefore, the speed of the action only depends on two parts: one is the timely arrival of the emperor's own oral decree The second is that the supervisor of rites drafted the edict quickly and sent people quickly. (This type of decree does not need to be drafted in the Chinese script. The supervisor of ceremonies sometimes directly writes the original words of the emperor's oral instructions into the imperial decree. Of course, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the supervisor of rites usually added a little bit of embellishment.)
However, the Supervisor of Ceremonies is actually an extremely busy inner court yamen, and things like work efficiency have always been poor, with the exception of one situation—the emperor's expressly confessed matters will be handled specially.

In any case, Gao Yushi had no choice but to set up a full set of outfits in the mansion again to receive the order.

In terms of meaning, this time’s will is not much different from today’s first will, but the wording has become more refined and sincere.

For example, "...the expectation is so high, how can you bear it? It is better to see the matter immediately, don't push it anymore, so as to meet my hope." It can be said that he was emotionally moved by the imperial decree.

And the eunuch who passed the decree also changed—it was Chen Ju who came directly.

After Chen Ju announced the decree, he pulled Gao Yushi aside and advised Gao Yushi not to delay any longer.He said to Gao Wushi: "Situ, the emperor seems to have made up his mind today. He didn't even read the briefings and proposals submitted by the cabinet, and waited wholeheartedly in Xinuang Pavilion just to read your reply. In addition... Yesterday evening, the emperor Xing Yikun Palace once drove the maids and servants out of the palace for two incense sticks, and had a secret discussion with Zheng Huangguifei."

Since it was a secret discussion, Chen Ju naturally didn't know what was said, but Gao Yushi could roughly guess most of the emperor's current state from what Chen Ju said.

However, Gao Wushi pondered for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "Even so, I can't leave immediately. Lingang, I won't hide it from you. This matter...even at this point, it's not me who just came out to see things." time."

Chen Ju was a little worried when he heard this, and frowned deeply: "Situ is the person who knows the emperor best in the world. Since Situ thinks it's okay, it should be okay for the emperor to be here, but... the imperial concubine Zheng is now with the holy favor. , if you feel resentment for this, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous for Situ."

Gao Wushi shook her head indifferently: "She is able to be what she is today, and it is definitely not because of something like 'I am jealous at the beginning, but the eyebrows refuse to let people; If you know that you must have the ability to surpass others, at least you can know how to advance and retreat, and you can avoid the edge, if you don't, you can't strengthen your sacred favor."

Chen Ju thought for a while, pondered for a moment, and said: "Situ knows people, it is true. However, if the emperor asks about it later..."

Gao Wushi smiled slightly: "It's okay, if the emperor asks, you can say that I am worried that Wang Taicang will enter the capital this time, and some people will be more courageous and will always spy on my movements. It is necessary to tell the truth, I really dare not come out easily , stay calm, naturally will not sit back and watch the backlog of ministries and the embarrassment of the government."

"This..." Chen Ju glanced at Gao Yushi in embarrassment. Seeing Gao Yushi's resolute face, he had to reluctantly agree: "Okay, our family will return to the order like this first. It's just that Situ had better be prepared. Our family thought I am afraid that the emperor will not give up until he achieves his goal this time."

Gao Wushi smiled, did not answer directly, but nodded slightly and said: "There is Lao Lingang."

After Chen Ju left, Gao Wu had lunch, took a walk in the backyard for a while, and then went to take a nap.He was woken up before he fell asleep, and after asking, he found out that another imperial decree had arrived.

Gao Wushi was stunned, and thought to himself: The emperor is so impatient, is there any detail in this matter that I haven't counted, but the emperor attaches great importance to it?Or is it that the emperor is more sensitive to the matter of opposing the prince than I expected?Or maybe he hates Zhu Changluo more than I expected?

According to Daming's system and habits, the crown prince cannot threaten him, and even Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, is only a few years old, so there is no threat. He shouldn't be too sensitive about it, and this can be ruled out.

Hate Zhu Changluo?It's possible, but Zhu Changluo is his son after all. Although he is in poor health, he is not extremely ugly or born with a disability. Normally speaking, it should not be so strong.Zhu Changluo's real problem was that his biological mother was not favored by the emperor.

But there is also a problem with this one. Since the emperor was in the Cisheng Empress Dowager's palace, he couldn't wait to visit her. At least she must not be ugly, so why did he hate it so much afterwards?

Gao Yushi thought about it, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration.There is probably only one explanation for this incident: after the emperor was fortunate that day, he developed a self-denying mentality.This kind of mentality is that he feels that he can't control his emotions and does something that violates normal moral values-the emperor's court lady herself has no moral problems. Poor self-control.

This incident happened in the ninth year of Wanli, when Gao Wushi was not in the capital. Now that I think about it carefully, I found the problem after calculating the timing of several events.

what is the problem?Less than a month after this happened, the imperial court ordered the selection of Nine Concubines, and in March of the tenth year of Wanli in the following year, Zhu Yijun personally made the book Nine Concubines in the Emperor's Palace, and Zheng was named Shu Concubine. Ranked second among the nine concubines.

Gao Pragmatically thinks again, before Linxing Wang Gongfei (only a court lady at the time), Zhu Yijun had only one empress and one concubine, namely the empress and concubine Zhao.Needless to say about the queen's style, although she is virtuous, she is a little too virtuous, as if she is afraid that people in the world will say that she is good at sex, and she is very unwilling to make out with Zhu Yijun.As for Concubine Zhao... women are obviously not always so "convenient".

At that time, Zhu Yijun's age was obviously at the time when his desires were at its peak, and he had already "opened up"... This is easy to explain.

But Gao Yushi thinks this is understandable, but Zhu Yijun himself may not be able to accept it.After all, his education is actually the most orthodox Confucian education. This kind of sudden loss of control may cause him to fall into deep self-doubt and self-denial, and then lead to extreme disgust for Wang Gongfei—it’s all your fault, it’s all your fault. I do!
From Gao Yushi's point of view, of course, Concubine Wang Gong is not to blame for this matter, but as a unique and detached bystander, he can understand Zhu Yijun's mentality.It can only be said that this incident is actually a tragedy. In the final analysis, there is a problem with Zhu Yijun's education. The education he received, the debate between good and evil is too clear, and ignores the essence of human nature, and even ignores the internal factors of the body.

People have seven emotions and six desires. It is actually normal for young people to be "lustful". It is not only a psychological reason, but also a biological factor.The reason why ordinary people can restrain themselves is because ordinary people know that they are subject to various restrictions in this society, but the emperor... no one can restrict him, at least among the group of maids in the harem, he has no restrictions.

However, the emperor was twisted because of the education he received afterwards, so he blamed Concubine Wang Gong, and because of Concubine Wang Gong, he blamed Zhu Changluo.Therefore, the emperor simply ordered the replacement of the nine concubines shortly afterwards. This move was actually to avoid such "scandals" in the future-in fact, Zhu Yijun did not have similar incidents in his life since then.

No wonder he didn't like Zhu Changluo all his life, and his physical condition suddenly deteriorated shortly after the Queen's death. down.

The time when he "lost control" in the ninth year of Wanli not only made him writhe about being "charmed", but he also probably felt some kind of unspeakable guilt towards the Queen.

Gao Wushi let out a sigh of relief, and thought: I finally figured this out. No wonder in history, he even went so far as to engage in a foreign dispute in order not to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince, which in turn led to dozens of cold wars with the entire civil servant group. year……

Gao Wushi received the decree again refreshedly, but unexpectedly there were two people who came to deliver the decree this time: Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju unexpectedly came together.

It is not possible to say hello at this time, so Gao Wu will accept the order honestly.Huang Mengyu stood at the main seat, with Chen Ju beside him.

Huang Zhangyin opened the imperial decree, and was stunned after a glance. He quickly looked at Chen Ju who was also stunned beside him, made eye contact with each other, took a deep breath, and finally read: "Gao Yushi, if you Decline, I will invite myself, and I will come tonight!"
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