Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 339 Trip to Anyang ([-])
Mr. Dongye does not refer to Meng Dongye from Mengjiao in the Tang Dynasty, but Guo Pu who joined Gao Gong in the first year of Longqing.

Guo Pu, whose name is Zhifu, is known as Mr. Dongye in the world, and he is from Anyang.In the 14th year of Jiajing, he was a Jinshi, selected a good scholar, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and entered Zhixiyuan. In the winter of the 40th year of Jiajing, Guo Pu served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. In March 42, he resigned and returned home to watch his father's funeral. In April 44, Sejong called Pu back to Beijing to take up the post. Guo Pu was unwilling to take up the post because the system had not yet expired. .

In March 45, Guo Pu concurrently served as a bachelor of Wuyingdian, and entered the cabinet at the same time as Gao Gong. At that time, the first assistant of the cabinet was Xu Jie.In December of that year, Jiajing died and Longqing ascended the throne.When Xu Jie was drafting the will, he deliberately did not discuss with Gao Gong and Guo Pu, which aroused dissatisfaction between Gao Gong and Guo Pu, and the estrangement deepened day by day.In May of the first year of Longqing, Xu Jie set off a wave of "manchu dynasty inverted arch" by means of his words, and Gao Gong became angry and resigned from office.In September, Guo Pu was angry with Xu Jie for being good at it, and he also retired from his official post.After retiring and returning to his hometown, he returned to his hometown Anyang and lived in seclusion in the eastern suburbs of Anyang, living the life of ordinary people.

Guo Pu and Gao Gong have a very good relationship, and their governance philosophy is relatively similar, but before Gao Gong wanted to get Guo Pu back, he privately negotiated with him, but Guo Pu refused because of his mother's filial piety.

After Gao Gong and Gao Wushi talked about this matter, Gao Yushi's nephew felt that the reason for Guo Pu's refusal to resign might not only be his filial piety for his mother - he was a Jinshi in Jiajing for 14 years, and his qualifications were more than Gao Gong's, but In Longqing's eyes, he is definitely not comparable to Gao Gong. If he uses Gao Gong's power to return to Beijing and join the cabinet again, will he be under Gao Gong or above Gao Gong?
Guo Pu is two years older than Gao Gong, and he was awarded Jinshi two subjects earlier, and he entered the cabinet at the same time. Normally speaking, he should be ranked ahead of Gao Gong, but once he recovers, it may not be so, so this is a very embarrassing thing. Well, not only will it not achieve the effect that one plus one is greater than two, but it may cause conflicts with Gao Gong.

So Gao Wushi thought of a way to invite Guo Pu back to the capital under the pretext of being a teacher. As for the recovery, he can slowly think of a way.Gao Gong agrees.

As for why Gao Yushi objected to Gao Gong's recommendation of Gao Yi to join the cabinet, but insisted that it was more appropriate to restore Guo Pu, apart from Gao Yi's lack of responsibility, there was another point: longevity: in history, Gao Yi died on his own shortly after Long Qing's death. He was also frightened by Gao Gong's downfall, and soon died of coughing up blood; Guo Pu was different. He lived to the 21st year of Wanli and died at the age of 83.

If Guo Pu can get up and return to the cabinet, and there are no accidents later, he can take care of Gao Yushi until his thirties.

Even his uncle Zhang Siwei couldn't compare to this advantage.

Of course, in addition to this, whether the relationship between Gao Gong and Guo Pu can always maintain harmony is also a very important one.However, Guo Pu is known as an "elder" and does not have a strong desire for power. As long as Gao Gong can maintain the respect he deserves, it should not be a big problem.

But what Gao Wushi didn't expect was that he was ridiculed by Guo Pu as soon as he met Guo Pu.

Gao Yushi begged to see Guo Pu respectfully according to the rules.The Guo family is poor, and Guo Pu has only a couple of old servants here, after leading Gao Yushi and Zhong Gu into the small courtyard, Guo Pu didn't put on any airs, and met Gao Yushi and the two in the main room.

But just after Gao Wushi met him, Guo Pu looked at Gao Wushi and Zhong Gu expressionlessly, and said: "In the past, the Zhongxuan Zhiyan Mansion once quoted two lines of Han Yu's poems, can Gao Shi read it? "

Gao Wushi was startled for a moment, and nodded when he realized it, but he didn't know what Guo Pu meant by this sentence.

At that time, Yan Song was in power and served as the chief assistant for many years. Because of his old age, he often served as director at home.Once Gao Gong went to Yan Song's house to report to him, because there were so many people hugging Yan Song's thigh at that time, Yan Song's housekeeper also met many high-ranking officials, and seeing that Gao Gong was only a fifth-rank official, he didn't take him seriously. He ignored him and called Gao Gong to wait.

Of course Gao Gong's temper was not faulted, but he was too lazy to argue with a servant.When Yan Song came out to meet him, he deliberately laughed out loud.Seeing him laughing suddenly, Yan Song was surprised and puzzled for a moment, and asked him why he was laughing.

Gao Gong said: "When I saw Yuanfu coming out just now, the officials present were all very respectful, and I couldn't help but think of Han Yu's poem, 'The big chicken comes boldly, the little chicken waits with fear'."

As soon as this remark came out, the scene naturally became awkward immediately, because Gao Gong compared Yan Song to a big chicken, and compared all the officials present to chickens, scolded everyone, and the faces of the officials present were all ugly.

Seeing Gao Wushi nodding, Guo Pu said calmly, "Today is different. The little chickens come boldly, and the big chickens follow suit."

County magistrate Zhong was suddenly embarrassed, and he wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to take Gao Pragmatic's words, so he lost ground.

Gao Wushi was also surprised, and thought to himself: What's going on, why is Mr. Guo so shameless, scolding me and Zhong Gu?Or does he think I'm a playboy, relying on my third uncle's power to pretend to be a tiger in the local area?
However, Gao Wushi still has a good way of dealing with this kind of old man. Not only did he not explain, but he took it by himself and excused Zhong Gu: "Shi Bo taught you the lesson, it is the kid who is reckless. But Zhong Xianzun just At the request of the boy, I just came to lead the way, this is all the fault of the boy, Wang Shibo will clearly observe." Saying this, he stepped forward and bowed.

Guo Pu was a little surprised by Gao Yushi's reaction, but his face did not change. He glanced at Zhong Gu lightly and said, "In this case, Mr. Zhong County, since the end of the year is approaching, you must be busy, so there is no need to delay here gone."

Zhong Gu was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to get angry in front of Guo Pu. His face turned blue and white, forced a smile, and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Guo, for your understanding. I won't bother you when I'm born that night. I'll have time to ask for advice later. .”

Guo Pu nodded slightly: "The county lord, go slowly. Old Huang, see off the guests for me."

The old servant came to Zhong Gu and made a false gesture of stretching out his hand: "Master Zhong County, please."

With a tense face, Zhong Gu turned around and left without saying a word.

Gao Wushi didn't seem to see him, he bowed his hands to Guo Pu, and was about to speak.

Guo Pu waved his hand, and said calmly, "Zhongxuan has already told me in the letter about your intention for coming."

The corners of Gao Yushi's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he asked in a respectful voice, "I don't know if the kid has this honor?"

Guo Pu didn't answer, but just looked at Gao Yushi for a while, and said slowly: "I heard that Gao Shi studied in Beijing for half a year, founded Jinghua Soap, supplied it to Da Nei, and sold it in both Beijing; he also opened Jingxi Shitan to make honeycomb coal, which became popular in auxiliary Ji; then encircle the lands of Kaiping, force the guards to move the town, mine and smelt iron... Now that you are making money today, it can be said that you have a good way of making money."

Gao Wu said honestly: Could it be that he wants to accuse me of being greedy for money?

However, for an old official like Guo Pu, who lives in poverty and lives in peace, such accusations are not unexpected. He admitted it without changing his face, and said: "This is a convenient move for the government and the people, and the boy has spent a lot of time thinking about it." .”

Guo Pu laughed, and his face turned cold: "So, you are quite complacent? Well, I will not argue with you. Since Zhongxuan brought you here, I have been a minister with him for many years. If you just send you away , it would be impolite. Since you are ordered by him to worship me as a teacher, I have to take an exam, how dare you accept it?"

　Thanks to the book friend "fengjiyue" for the reward, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)