Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 242 Must Pay Attention (Part [-])
When Feng Bao heard Zhu Yijun's words, he was almost unhappy.

He served in Yu Wang's mansion a long time ago, and he has a very good understanding of the mentality of the superiors, especially for the temper of the young master Zhu Yijun, and he thinks he knows much more than Gao Pragmatic.

Zhu Yijun is indeed a very smart child, but no matter how smart he is, he is still a child. He has all the tempers that children are used to. Besides his temper, he also has an extremely noble status.

Therefore, most of the time, as the people around him, they can only speak and do things according to his wishes. It is not absolutely impossible to disobey him, but that requires someone "bigger" than him to do it. Backing—such as the emperor, such as the imperial concubine, otherwise how can it be held back?

Of course Feng Bao already knew that Gao Yushi was a smart person, otherwise, even if he was Gao Gong's nephew, he wouldn't be in the situation he is today.However, he knew better that Gao Wushi would face trouble if he followed the prince's lead and said that Xu Pengju and Liu Shiyan should be punished.

It's not that Xu Pengju and Liu Shiyan have the ability to influence the capital from thousands of miles away to accompany Gao Yushi, Gao Ge's nephew and prince. Although their status is prominent, they really don't have that ability.

The real problem is that this memorial, no matter what it actually contains, has now been officially approved by the Ministry of Officials, approved by the cabinet, and the Supervisor of Rites has also approved it on behalf of the emperor!

At this time, if Gao Wushi jumped out and said: "This is not handled correctly, Xu Pengju and Liu Shiyan should be punished!" What would that mean?It means that he is opposing the bureaucracy, the cabinet, and even questioning the emperor!

You are just a prince with no grades and no grades to accompany you, how dare you have reached such a point!

Oh, you said that civilian scholars can also discuss politics?Hehe, he is a civil scholar, and that is the reserve talent of the country, but what about you?
First of all, you are not a serious scholar; secondly, even if you are, but your current status is already an "official", and you are an academic officer rather than a speech officer. The nature of what you do is called "questioning the superior", or even "questioning Monarch"!
If you really question your superiors, you will be closely watched wherever you become an official in the future, and there will always be a pair of small shoes waiting for you; if you really question your father... Haha, change to a irascible emperor like Jiajing, that will be enough Move out the court staff directly, and the staff is dead!
In history, Gao Gong, in his capacity as the chief assistant of Gu Ming, said "the ten-year-old emperor, how to rule the world", which led to such a disastrous defeat. Isn't it enough for people to realize the truth of "disaster comes from the mouth"?A certain master in the Qing Dynasty who was very good at being an official summed up the six-character mantra for being an official-kowtow more and talk less?

The truth is nothing more than this.

However, Feng Bao didn't know Gao Yushi's "origin" after all, so he was wrong.

As soon as Gao Wushi heard it, he knew that Zhu Yijun dug a hole for himself unintentionally, and it was a huge hole.In addition to the reasons above, there is another very fatal one: if you speak according to the prince's will, you will also offend your real "backer" - Sanbo Gaogong.

He is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials!The "departmental refusal" of this memorial was given by the Ministry of Officials!
He is still the one who is really in charge of the cabinet!The approval of the cabinet is also his opinion!

It is conceivable that if Gao Gong knew that Gao Yushi was doing this, the first reaction in his mind would be: On the first day your kid became the prince's companion, you are going to slap me, the third uncle, in the face?Are you in debt?
But after all, Gao Yushi is an old fritter who has been around the leader for a long time. He just pretended to ponder for a while, and then spoke amidst the "earnest anticipation" on Feng's factory supervisor's face.

"Your Highness, in fact, these two have already been punished."

When Gao Wushi said this, his face was extremely serious, as if he was stating a major case with solid evidence.

"Ok?"

"what?"

It was Feng Bao who said "Huh?" His expression was dull.

It was Zhu Yijun who said "Huh?" His expression was surprised.

The reason for Feng Bao's sluggishness was that he himself was the number one eunuch Bingbi in the supervisor of ceremonies, and he had handled this matter from the beginning to the end. How could there be any punishment for Xu Pengju and Liu Shiyan?From the Ministry of Officials to the cabinet, no one mentioned it. After hearing the report, the emperor simply said "Got it"-this means to follow the cabinet's opinion.

So Feng Bao was stunned, he knew that Gao Yushi would definitely not lie to the king - the prince is also a king, you want to deceive the king?No matter how much Feng Bao hated Gao's uncle and nephew, he didn't dare to underestimate the mere "yellow-mouthed boy" in front of him. He knew that Gao Yushi would never be so stupid as to say something wrong in front of the prince. Something that exists and is readily apparent.

And Zhu Yijun's "ah?" was because he thought he had missed it, so he hurriedly picked up the memorials and bills on the desk and checked them carefully.

However, even if he checked again and again, and even turned over the blank reverse page, he still didn't see half a word of punishment for Xu and Liu, let alone punishment.

Zhu Yijun immediately raised his face: "Gao Shidu! Where did you see the punishment for the two of them? Why didn't Gu see it?"

Gao Wushi saw that Zhu Yijun began to formally call him "Gao Shidu" and changed his name to "Gu". He knew that this kid was already angry, but he still looked calm, but he replied respectfully: "Report to the prince. Your Highness, literally there is no punishment, but this... is actually punishment."

After all, he is still a child, and his curiosity is stronger than his temper.After hearing this, Zhu Yijun's first reaction was not "How the hell dare you fool me?" Instead, he blurted out: "Uh...why? What kind of punishment is this?"

Feng Bao's reaction was much faster than Zhu Yijun's. As soon as he heard Gao Yushi's words, he knew that this kid was going to use his words to send the prince away. , Why are you playing tricks! If there is no real evidence, then don't... talk nonsense!"

Gao Wu really despised Factory Supervisor Feng in his heart: You are planning to fall into the well, why don't I get up from the well quickly?Don't worry, you little ones, the battle between us has just begun!

There was no fear on his face, still serious, he cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I have an inappropriate metaphor to explain this matter."

Zhu Yijun frowned, and subconsciously felt that Gao Yushi was going to play some tricks, but he was still curious about what he wanted to say, so he said, "Yes, you are not guilty."

Gao Wushi smiled slightly, and said: "Suppose King Lu grows up in the future, and together with His Highness, he makes a mistake and does something wrong. Although this matter itself is not particularly serious, it is still wrong...but later , His Majesty severely punished His Royal Highness Lu Wang, but did not say a word to His Highness the Crown Prince, and even acted as if nothing had happened." When he said this, he cupped his hands again in a very formal way, and asked: "May I ask Your Highness the Crown Prince? What do you think in your mind?"

"How could this be? If my younger brother and I committed the wrong thing together, wouldn't I be ashamed to punish him instead of me?" Zhu Yijun waved his small hand and said decisively.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately stunned, and suddenly said: "Oh...you mean?"

Gao Yushi bowed solemnly, and said in his mouth: "The prince is wise, and this humble minister is exactly what I mean."

(End of this chapter)