Daming Yuanfu

Zhu Yijun was not joking when he said, "If I don't invite Rixin back today, I will sleep at his place." However, this does not mean that he wants to catch up with Gao Jingshi and have a late night talk, but that he wants Gao Jingshi to know the seriousness of the matter and put pressure on Gao Jingshi.

Does the fact that the emperor sleeps in the palace of his ministers increase pressure? Of course, it's a lot of pressure. The civil servant group of the Ming Dynasty had long since established many rules for the emperor because they wanted to compete with the emperor. These rules not only restricted the imperial power, but also had a negative impact on the civil servants.

For example, after Emperor Zhengde, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty could no longer run around. At the beginning, the late Emperor Longqing just wanted to go back to Yu Mansion for a visit. It was just a matter of reminiscing about the past, and the journey together was only a few miles away. The civil servant group said that everything was like heaven and earth falling, which is proof.

Therefore, if Zhu Yijun went to see Gao Jingshi under the pretext of "the emperor personally asked Yuan Fu to return to the pavilion to take charge of matters", Gao Jingshi would not give him face after the matter was completed, forcing the emperor to "sleep at his place." Then, this matter became a boomerang, and the dart hit Gao Pragmatic, the nominal leader of the current civil servant group.

There is no doubt that this is something that even a minister with such prestige and pragmatism cannot withstand. After all, everyone always talks about "lord, minister, minister". If you force the emperor to be unable to return to the palace or sleep well, this is a huge sin!

Not to mention how the emperor arranged it, about half an hour later, Gao Pragmatic, who was in Jianxinzhai Courtyard, received the news that the emperor had ordered the Jin Yiwei to arrange secret guards along the way. He himself drove Jian Cong out of the palace and headed towards Xiangshan. Coming.

However, there seemed to be special arrangements for this trip - to put it simply, the emperor planned to leave the palace quietly and would not disclose his identity and itinerary until he arrived at Jianxinzhai and met Gao Pragmatic.

Therefore, he secretly leaked the news to the highly pragmatic Jinyiwei official and repeatedly warned Jian Xinzhai not to make any preparations to meet him, but to pretend to be caught off guard by the emperor. Otherwise, not only him, but also many people in Jinyiwei will be implicated.

Gao Jingshi fully agreed to this, but turned around and found Gao Mo and Gao Qi, asking them to immediately let Jian Xinzhai make some preparations and hide some nuisance things that were not suitable for the emperor to see with his own eyes, but Don't make any formal preparations. It's okay to find Gao Qi. After all, he is Gao Mo's successor, and these matters should be under his control now.

Gao Mo is different. The old man has been allowed to retire for a month now and has been staying at Jian Xin Zhai for retirement. Most of the work in hand has been handed over to Gao Qi, and the remaining tasks are trivial matters - for example, the internal affairs of Jian Xin Zhai, a place called Bieyuan, which is actually some kind of base, have not yet been dealt with. transfer. It is precisely because of this that he still has to trouble his old man about this matter.

Originally, Gao Jingshi was in Jianxinzhai today to meet with executives from various ministries in Beijing, including military personnel from southern Xinjiang - such as Gao Jing, who was punished by Gao Jingshi for the Chittagong incident. Of course, there are more people who come to the capital to perform their duties pragmatically according to the rules.

Now that the emperor is coming, Gao Pragmatic must try his best to arrange for them to leave. Otherwise, the "civilian officials" will be fine, but the appearance of a large group of southern Xinjiang "military generals" in front of the emperor will be somewhat inappropriate.

These people have all killed people and seen blood in southern Xinjiang. They have commanded or participated in the suppression of countless local riots and disturbances. Who among them does not have tens of thousands of dead souls under his command? For such a group of people, Gao Jingshi can control them. After all, they are all servants sent by Gao Jingshi himself, so they are naturally afraid of Gao Jingshi, the head of the family. What's more, when it comes to wars, no one these days dares to say that they have seen more big scenes than Gao Pragmatic.

However, although the emperor is the supreme emperor and the lord of the world, he may not make these people feel much fear. As servants, they don't really have much idea about the "emperor". After hanging around in southern Xinjiang for a long time, they lose awe even more - it's like the sky is high and the emperor is far away, in a literal sense.

It's not that they will be disrespectful when meeting the emperor. They will definitely have the proper etiquette. The main problem is that they probably won't restrain themselves in front of the emperor and let the emperor see the problem from various expressions, actions and eyes. , and then gave rise to the feeling that "this person is a rebellious and unruly person".

It’s okay to pay off one or two. If he meets a few more of these people, no matter how rational the emperor is, and he is sure that Gao Pragmatism will not contradict him, he will inevitably feel unhappy when he sees this situation, and even thinks, "Even if pragmatism has no other intention, However, most of his subordinates are members of this generation, so there is no guarantee that the yellow robe will not change..." - That would be a big trouble.

After Gao Mo and Gao Qi went to urgently supervise Xinzhai to "eliminate hidden dangers," Gao pragmatic thought about it and suddenly had an idea. He called Meng Guzhezhe over and said with a smile, "How have you been in Jianxinzhai these two days?"

Meng Guzhe was in high spirits and said, "Thank you for your concern, Master. I always like to live in Jianxinzhai."

"Oh? Is it because you studied here for a while?" Gao pragmatically asked. Meng Guzhezhe replied: "This is one of them, but actually there is another point that is more important... Jian Xinzhai can ride a horse and shoot arrows, which reminds me of my childhood." After she said this, she seemed to be afraid of Gao Pragmatic's misunderstanding, and He quickly added: "Master, I have no intention of complaining that I am not used to living in the capital. As long as I can stay with you, I will be happy wherever I am."

If she hadn't added this sentence, Gao Jingshi wouldn't have thought much about it. Her addition made Gao Jingshi think that she seemed to be the most sensitive among his wives and concubines, as if she was worried all the time.

But what exactly is she worried about?

Falling out of favor? It seems that it shouldn't be the case. Meng Guzhezhe is not a woman who is good at competing for favors, whether it is described in the history books of her previous life or what she has seen with her own eyes over the years. The biggest feeling she gives people is that of obedience. She can do whatever she is asked to do. There is no need to worry about her doing anything that is not told to her. The whole person is like a little transparent person with a social fear, as if she is deliberately lowering her sense of existence. .

In this case, what is she sensitive to? Gao Pragmatic couldn't figure out the reason for a while. Considering that he had to perform a play for the emperor, Gao Pragmatic was too lazy to think about it for the time being. He smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. I'm usually too busy and haven't taken care of your feelings... But I have some free time today. It's better to hurry than to catch up." , since you like riding and shooting, let me accompany you to the racecourse."

As expected, Meng Guzhezhe was greatly surprised. Her eyes were wide open, full of disbelief, and she nodded repeatedly. However, she was sensitive after all, and immediately became a little worried. He hesitated and said: "I have so many things to do, how can I delay my business because of my body?" …”

These words made even Gao Pragmatic feel a little ashamed. If his face had not been tempered many times, he would have become famous by now.

"I've closed the door to thank guests, how can I talk about taking care of everything? Maybe one day the emperor will agree to my resignation, and I will retire early." Gao pragmatically laughed and walked towards the racecourse. He smoothly grabbed Meng Guzhezhe's waist, forcing her to follow him.

Perhaps because she was extremely uncomfortable with such an overly intimate behavior in front of others, Meng Guzhezhe immediately blushed, but she did not dare to make any move to resist the master, so she could only walk at a high and pragmatic pace while whispering for mercy. : "Master, there are many servants watching."

Gao Pragmatic didn't care, and said smoothly: "So what?"

These words made Meng Guzhezhe question - yes, so what? They are all servants of the Gao family, who dares to say anything about the master? But the truth is this. Meng Guzhezhe still couldn't get used to this kind of being too intimate in front of others, and his body became stiff for a while.

Because Gao Pragmatic held her waist, he felt very intuitively and made a judgment in his heart. Then he smiled and said, "But since you're not used to it, I'll leave it to you." Then he let go and walked side by side with Meng Guzhezhe. Of course, even though they were said to be side by side, Meng Guzhezhe would actually be half a step behind quietly, but she did it very cleverly. It looked like she was falling behind because of the smaller steps of the woman, and Gao Pragmatic would not notice.

Gao Pragmatic usually wouldn't notice it, but today he paid special attention to it, so he also discovered it.

He nodded secretly in his mind: the history books of his previous life were true, Meng Gu Zhezhe was indeed both well-behaved and smart. However, maybe it was this kind of attention to details that influenced her son Huang Taiji, so Huang Taiji was so powerful... Hey, by the way, wouldn't Mu'er and Wei'er be taught to be like Huang Taiji by her, right?

Gao Mu and Gao Wei, these are the two sons born to Meng Gu Zhezhe. Among the Gao pragmatic disciples, they are Xing San and Xing Qi respectively (sons and daughters are counted separately).

Now that he thought of it, Gao Pragmatic asked casually. Meng Guzhezhe did not doubt that he was there, so he answered Gao Pragmatic's questions one by one. Gao Wei was still young and had nothing to ask, but according to Meng Guzhezhe, Gao Mu was good at reading and also liked reading miscellaneous books. Gao Pragmatic was moved in his heart, but didn't say much.

Not long after, the racecourse arrived.
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PS: It’s so funny. In the last chapter, I talked about restoring the update speed, but it turned out that resuming work after the year was a mess. Now I'm a little envious of Mr. Gao who refuses guests behind closed doors...