Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1556 Knowing
While the two ministers in Shen University's scholar's mansion were discussing how to deal with the high pragmatism, the atmosphere in the Shangshu Gao's mansion was also quite unusual.

It is unusual because the atmosphere in the mansion is polarized.

The Rixin Building located in the core area is as peaceful as ever, even Gao Yuan's immature laughing and crying sounds, as well as Gao Yuan's pragmatic laughter can be heard from time to time.

Except for the Rixin building, there are densely covered posts and posts. In the entire Shangshu Gaofu, there are now as many as 390 armed servants alone, and this is not counting the secret posts arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The flower hall in the front yard was transformed by Huang Zhiting into an existence that was close to the former enemy's command post. The military deployment maps of the capital and even the entire Hebei plain were directly hung on the wall of the flower hall. The Miaobi Danqing has already been transferred to the Rixin Building for storage.

Not only the defense map, but also the family backgrounds, factions, ability assessments, personal characteristics and even their historical contacts with high-level pragmatism of the guarding generals in various places. Levels are marked in different colors.

At the same time, Jinghua's armed forces and quasi-armed forces within this range are also marked.In addition, the remaining berthing formations of the Beiyang Fleet within the Bohai Rim and Yellow Sea have also been integrated into this map.

In just a few days, Huang Zhiting, with the cooperation of Gao Mo's Ministry of Internal Affairs, has worked out an escape plan that she thinks is the most reasonable and surefire - of course, the protagonist in this plan is not her, but her husband Highly pragmatic.

The plan is not just one path, one choice.In fact, Huang Zhiting estimated various dangers separately, and formulated up to seven branch plans to adjust to cope with possible changes. Just the boarding place where she finally escaped and went to sea, there are three places in Tianjin, Kaiping, and Laizhou. .

The flower hall itself is also listed as a forbidden area. Gao Mo has sent one of the most elite teams from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to guard it, and authorized it to be poured with kerosene in times of crisis, and quickly set on fire to burn it down to ensure that it is safe and absolutely impossible to leak secrets.

It was getting late at this moment, Huang Zhiting took a map drawn in charcoal and shrunk many times out of the flower hall, and went back to Rixin Building to find Gao Yushi.

When she entered, Gao Wushi was admiring the snow by the window, and on the tea table not far away was a small bowl of medicinal soup, exuding a strong bitter fragrance.

Seeing the medicinal soup, Huang Zhiting was obviously very surprised, and even forgot the business, and asked a little nervously: "Is the master sick? Didn't you feel well during dinner?"

Gao Wushi turned his head and smiled, and said, "Did you take this as medicine? Hahaha, this is not a medicine, but a drink. The Nanyang Fleet got it from the Arabs years ago. It seems that I haven't had time to give you a copy yet." .”

Huang Zhiting was worried that Gao Wushi was just comforting her, walked over to take a look suspiciously, frowned and said, "Although it has some fragrance, I can smell the bitterness just by smelling it. Is this a drink? Is it something like tea?"

"Well, this thing is called coffee, and it is... a product of Kunlun slaves. It is a drink made from the fruit of a plant in East Africa in the map I drew, which is dried and ground."

"Bitter?" Huang Zhiting asked.

"It's originally bitter, but tea is also bitter, and coffee can be drunk with sugar, which is different from tea." Gao Wushi smiled: "But you know I rarely eat sugar. There is no sugar in it, if you want to try it, you have to ask them to prepare another cup for you."

Huang Zhiting shook her head: "No need, I don't dare to be so leisurely now."

Gao Wushi seemed a little helpless, and said, "Still preparing that escape plan? I've said it all, I'm very safe now, and the emperor will never have the slightest intention to kill me. He just struggled in the conflict between reason and emotion. , so at the end of the entanglement, I wanted to test it out and see how I would react.

In this case, I just need to hand over some power and influence that ordinary people seem to be more dangerous without saying a word. Not only will the emperor not be dissatisfied with me, but he will even secretly regret it afterwards, thinking that I did a stupid thing that was very unreasonable, and then felt guilty towards me. "

Huang Zhiting said: "So what about guilt, once these powers are transferred, the master's influence will always weaken, and he can turn these powers back to the master?"

"Even if he returns it to me again, I won't accept it." Gao Wushi took a sip of the cup of coffee and said with a smile, "Sometimes, it's better to let people owe you than to ask them to pay you right away." It is much smarter and more profitable. Of course, the premise is that the debt is not too large, because if the debt is too large, it is easy to prompt the debtor to take risks—when the creditor dies, the debt will of course be written off.”

"Master, can you be sure that your judgment on the size of this 'debt' is the same as the emperor's judgment on the size of this 'debt'?" Huang Zhiting sighed: "If the master thinks it's not a big deal, but the emperor thinks This is a thorn in his heart, so what should we do?"

"Based on what I know about him, he will find ways to compensate me in other places." Gao Wushi still smiled: "It's just that it may take a while."

"Perhaps the master is right, but the concubine can't sit idly by like this." Huang Zhiting said: "It's not a bad thing to be extra prepared, even if you don't need it now, in the future, if the master's status is higher and his reputation is higher, this kind of crisis may happen again. Appear...to be prepared."

"Since the worry is about the future, why is the action so big now?"

Gao Yushi said mildly: "University said: 'Knowing the end, then you can be calm, and then you can be calm, and then you can be peaceful, and then you can worry, and then you can gain." My delegation of power can also be regarded as "stop". .Since you know the cessation, you need to be still and calm, and you will be at ease when you are still.”

Huang Zhiting said: "After the peace, the master has gained something, so he counterattacked?"

After listening to Gao Wushi, he didn't feel complacent. Instead, he pondered for a while, and then smiled slightly: "Zhi Ting, your so-called backhand attack must be referring to my promotion of Li Wenquan's promotion to the noble?"

Huang Zhiting just blinked and didn't speak, but it was obvious that she admitted it.

Seeing this, Gao Yushi shook his head helplessly: "Actually, if I hadn't carried the banner of practical learning, I would never have made this so-called counterattack.

As I said just now, my best choice at this moment is to take the initiative to delegate power immediately, and never take any other actions or say any unnecessary words.The more well-behaved and honest I am, the deeper and heavier the emperor's guilt towards me will be, and the more compensation and respect he will give me in the future.

Any counterattack I have made now—even if I have tried my best to push Uncle Guo out—can't change the impression in the emperor's mind that I am not unconditionally obedient to this matter.In other words, he will think that my loyalty is reserved, and at some point, I may still go against his wishes. "

"Isn't this human nature?" Huang Zhiting frowned and said, "Even if the native people under our chieftain's rule, if the chieftain is too innocent, they will resist."

"That's the truth, but as a gentleman, it's one thing to be sensible, but another thing to think about it." Gao Wushi said: "The current emperor and the former emperor Mu Miao are actually not the same kind of people, Mu Miao... In terms of knowledge and ability, it is far from what it is today. However, Mu Miao has one of the greatest advantages, that is, he not only knows people well, but also never takes power himself. He is willing to entrust him with things that he is really not good at. The person who thinks it is suitable will take full control of it.

When I was young, I was the close servant of the emperor and his son. I am afraid that there are few people in the world who know them well.Today, he learns from Mu Miao in many aspects and takes his emperor father as a role model, but his knowledge is far more solid than that of Mu Miao, and relatively speaking, he is more assertive.Therefore, he is not only more willing, but indeed more inclined to insist on carrying out his own will.

Although he also seemed willing to accept advice, at least for my advice, he almost everything.However, Zhiting, you have to understand that his acceptance is completely different from Mu Miao's acceptance of my third uncle Wen Zhenggong's advice.

Mu Miao accepted my third uncle's advice, because Mu Miao thought from the bottom of his heart that no matter what my third uncle said, it must be the most correct and perfect, so his acceptance was really happy to accept; To adopt my advice, firstly, I need to clarify the truth, and secondly, I need to prove the actual effect.

Three times... He also has a mentality, that is, because I am his most trusted subject relatively speaking, and the close relationship between him and my monarch and ministers is known to everyone in the court, so he subconsciously thinks that if I reject my offer Admonitions will be considered mean and ungrateful by the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty and even the whole world, and will damage the name of the sage.

With such a mentality, as long as my advice does not seriously violate his wishes and will, he will not be able to object.Not only is it difficult to object, but he even has to publicize with great fanfare that he accepts my advice without hesitation. "

Huang Zhiting suddenly realized, and said: "Oh, I understand, a large part of this is actually for the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and even for the whole world. , and still Ren Jun!"

"So do you understand why I don't want to fight back now?" Gao Wushi sighed, and said, "It seems that such a king, I have accompanied him to watch politics since he was a child, and I have guided him to analyze many important things long ago. He has learned about it countless times, so he knows almost all the government affairs of the court.

He also knows very well what will happen after some decisions are made. As for these intrigues in the court, he is even more insightful.Such a person, such a king, how do you think he could completely trust someone like Mu Miao?

Even if he really trusts in his heart, he will definitely compare this person's actions according to his own understanding to analyze whether this person is completely loyal to him.This kind of practice is not like Mu Temple, but anti-Modern Temple. "

"Master, you..." Huang Zhiting heard him say that the emperor was suspicious, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and a look of worry appeared on his face again.

"How about me? I'm still safe." Gao Wushi shook his head: "Because he's smart, even very smart, so he's more worried than he is, and he's more suspicious than he is, but he can definitely see that I don't care about his status No threat, no coveting of his imperial power.

His current temptation was originally made because he was puzzled by it. As long as I resolutely delegate power, he will immediately understand and affirm his own opinion.He will think that my ideal is to be a famous figure who can be praised through the ages, and for this ideal, I can give up any seemingly extremely prominent prestige. "

Huang Zhiting interrupted at this time and asked: "Wait a minute, master, you said that today you are 'confused about this', what exactly does this puzzle mean?"

Gao Wushi said: "His puzzlement, in the final analysis, is why I am indifferent to imperial power, that is, why I have no interest in being emperor. After all, it is the supreme power, it is the constitution of the sky, and it is the law. Follow."

Huang Zhiting observed Gao Yushi carefully, and asked as calmly as possible: "Is the master really not interested?"

"If you're asking about the emperor of Ming Dynasty, of course I'm not interested." Gao Yushi seemed to lose his usual ability to observe words and demeanor for a while, and said calmly: "Da Ming was founded on the great righteousness of expelling the Tartars, and it won the justice of the country. No one in the past dynasties, orthodoxy has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

What's more, today's emperor has not done anything unethical, and the people everywhere have never felt that the Zhu family's emperor is not worthy of virtue.Under such circumstances, no matter who covets the throne, it is wishful thinking, and they treat all people as nothing for their own selfishness, and will not get any response.

And... Let me give you an example, why did the Sui Dynasty die for the second generation?Although there are reasons for Yang Guang's abuse of people's power, one of the root causes is that his father, Emperor Wen Yang Jian, won the country's injustice.The hearts of all the people in the world are not attached, and the Guanlong clan is not convinced... Originally, they were just like us, so why did they suddenly become our lord?Under such circumstances, the conquest of Goryeo was defeated, and the authority of the emperor was lost. How could the world not turn against it?
But the Ming Dynasty was completely different from that time. At the time of the Mu Temple, Alda was granted tribute. Shang Junwei has long been consolidated.

At this moment, the people's hearts are stable and the army's prestige is extremely strong. It's not because these victories are almost all won by me, so the emperor doesn't have to worry about it. "

"What about now?" Huang Zhiting asked.

"Now...the emperor will show his trust in me as always, and even more care." Gao Wushi said calmly: "However, this kind of belief now is different from the belief a few years ago."

"Is the whole crisis over this time?" Huang Zhiting asked again.

"How can there be any crisis?" Gao Wushi smiled: "You are always worried that the emperor will be unfavorable to me. This may be because you have stayed in southern Xinjiang for too long and have been wary of the sequelae of those kings.

The real crisis here is not with the emperor at all, but someone will take advantage of my decentralization to poach the corners of my practical school and try to damage my prestige.Even if I can't be defeated once, at least I, Xu and Shen should be brought closer to each other, and when the time comes to practice internal fighting, they will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman. "

"The master is so godly, could it be that he has already made arrangements?"

Gao Wushi curled his lips and said, "It's not that the old gods are there, but I can probably guess some directions where they may exert their strength, so... I plan to fall into the trap and make them happy."

"Ah? What did the master say?"

"Let me tell you, I'm a younger generation, and if I suffer a little to make them happy, it's a virtue of respecting the elders!" Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Besides, if I don't suffer now, I will suffer in the future. It's not worth it."

Huang Zhiting put her hand on her forehead, looking like I was having a headache, and said, "It's okay if the master doesn't want to say it, but the master is not allowed to put aside the arrangements made by my concubine to arm the servants."

"Well, well, it's all up to you, it's all up to you." Gao Wushi smiled, then shook the coffee that was almost finished in his hand, and said: "This thing can be grown in southern Xinjiang and Yunnan, are you interested? "

"Thank you, master, you'd better enjoy it by yourself." Huang Zhiting was obviously not interested in thinking about this at the moment.

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "This thing can be sold to Hongyi for silver...but forget it, there is no rush now anyway."
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