Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 342 The Trip to Anyang ([-])
Gao Wushi was relieved that Guo Pu agreed to accept him as his disciple, but his coming to apprentice was only a superficial task, and the more important thing was to invite Guo Pu back to the capital and wait for his recovery at any time, so this matter is not over yet.

Gao Wushi took advantage of Guo Pu's smile at this moment, and quickly proposed to ask the teacher to go to the capital first. After returning to his hometown for a small test, he would go to the capital to ask the teacher for advice.

Guo Pu looked at him with a half-smile, and suddenly asked, "Have you read the palace newspapers of the imperial court these days?"

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I've been on my way recently, and I had some troubles when I was in Ansu, and I was delayed for a few days, and I didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the court and China along the way, what happened?"

"Your third uncle probably wants to cut off Zhao Dazhou's wings." Guo Pu's crouching eyebrows twitched slightly: "The imperial court launched the Jingchao, and the focus of the Jingchao this time is on scientific research."

Gao Wushi was startled, and hesitated, "Before the student left Beijing, he hadn't heard of this."

Guo Pu chuckled, pointed at Gao Yushi with his finger, and said, "But this matter has something to do with you."

"Related to students?" Gao Wushi was surprised: "But why?"

Guo Pudao: "The matter of asking Hanaji to surrender, is it you who made it? Later, the imperial court appointed an official to send Hannaji, including your head and tail, not to mention that I asked for tribute and canonization again after that, but Even more disregarding your lack of rank and rank, relying on the appointment of an imperial envoy, you will keep your words and things in order to raise your eyes for the tribute."

"The things that the teacher said are indeed related to the students, but what does this have to do with Jingcha?" Gao Wushi frowned and said, "It's irrelevant!"

"Otherwise, it has a lot to do with it." Guo Pu said seriously, "Do you know Ye Mengxiong?"

When Guo Pu mentioned Ye Mengxiong, Gao Wushi realized it all at once.

It turned out that the direct conflict between Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji was caused by the censor Ye Mengxiong Shangshu's opposition to the correct decision of accepting the surrender and appointing Hannaji as an official, saying that "the surrender of Hannaji should not be accepted by the frontier officials, nor should the imperial court award it." Officials and nobles will lead to enmity and disaster."The result was "Shanglanshu, angry at his false words to shake things up, and ordered him to be demoted to a second level and transferred to a foreign post."

The next day, the imperial edict Gao Gong said: "The pilgrimage is here, and you should impeach Mr. Yi. Four years since I came to the throne, the officials of science and Taoism have been reckless and bullied the court. They are treacherous and incompetent. The Qing and others have strictly investigated and heard about it in detail. "

After Gao Wushi returned to Beijing, he didn't have much time to meet Zhu Yijun, but the two discussed this matter a few words.At that time Zhu Yijun mentioned that when he and Gao Yushi met for the first time, he said that the emperor was dissatisfied with Ke Dao. This time, Ye Mengxiong and others made a lot of nonsense about I Da's tribute. The emperor was very dissatisfied and decided to rectify Ke Dao.

At that time, Zhu Yijun just said it casually, and he didn't put his pragmatic mind on it, so when Guo Pu mentioned it just now, he couldn't think of it all at once.

It now appears that the reason for this inspection was that the emperor believed that it was necessary to eliminate the interference of the officials in the tribute payment to Alta, and ensure the smooth progress of the "Longqing Peace Negotiation".Longqing's original intention was to order the Ministry of Officials to investigate, but the rumors of later generations, especially in Wang Shizhen's "Shoufu Biography", said that Gao Gong "knows what he wants" and asked for an investigation of the science and way, so as to take personal revenge.

Gao Yushi hadn't read the residence newspaper recently, and didn't know what was going on, so he asked Guo Pu for confirmation. He was the elder of Zhishige, so of course he had the residence newspaper to read, so he could understand the dynamics of the court.

Guo Pu told him: "Your third uncle knows that Zhao Dazhou will be dissatisfied with the inspection of the science, so although His Majesty meant that the official department should do the inspection alone, but he still went to the next day to request the cooperation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Participate in Jingcha together."

Gao Wushi was surprised and said: "Since this is the case, Mr. Zhao should be able to understand and accept it."

"There was a mistake in time." Guo Pu sighed, "It was afternoon when Zhongxuan received the imperial edict. You know that he worked in the cabinet in the morning and in the Ministry of Officials in the afternoon, so he planned to go to Shushu on the next day. This matter. Who knew that Zhao Dazhou waited in the cabinet that afternoon, but he couldn't wait for your third uncle's response, so he thought that your third uncle interrupted and took over the Beijing inspection alone. Request to stop Jingcha.”

Guo Pu combined the information in the mansion newspaper with his own analysis and told Gao Wushi that Zhao Zhenji went to Shu in a fit of anger and said: "Because of Ye Mengxiong's investigation of the science and road four years ago, "people's hearts are broken, and everyone is in danger." "Today, they are all charged with presumptuous deception, treachery and negligence", "it is inevitable that both loyalty and evil will be condemned, and jade and stone will be burnt", "unknown group of hundreds of people will investigate thoroughly and catch them all in one go".Ask the emperor to "take back his life".Longqing was very dissatisfied with the sparse entry, thinking that Zhao Zhenji misinterpreted the imperial edict and criticized the government, so he directly rejected it.

So this time the Beijing inspection was arranged by the Ministry of Officials alone, and Gao Gong worked quickly. After he came to power, the Ministry of Officials established a new type of personnel file, which was very convenient to check and quickly came to a conclusion.Some of Zhao Zhenji's disciples and old officials always talk about the Tao without any actual achievements. There are a few who usually dance very happily, and they are all included in the list of reprimands - so the trouble came.

Zhao Zhenji was furious, and ordered his disciples to discuss wantonly, saying that Gao Gong's relegation of Wei Shiliang and Chen Zan in the name of investigation was revenge for personal gain.

From his or their point of view, all officials of the science and road who have shot down Gao Gong can only be promoted and cannot be reprimanded. s reason.

After listening to Gao Yushi, his face was troubled, and he sighed: "If it is true, even if the third uncle can bear it, his disciples may not be able to bear it."

Guo Pu looked surprised, and said: "Your third uncle said that you know people's hearts quite well, and now it seems that it is true."

Gao Wushi didn't care about self-effacing, and hurriedly asked, "Did something happen?"

Guo Pu nodded and said: "The investigation is over, and the officials have all told Han Ji to comment on Zhao Dazhou's mediocrity. Please stop. Zhao Dazhou argued that Han Ji is a private party of Zhongxuan and repelled dissidents. Zhao Shu defended himself as 'yongheng', and turned to attack Zhongxuan as a 'hengchen', because please release the power of Zhongxuan's official department."

Gao Wushi was a little nervous at first, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then said with a sneer, "Mr. Zhao's move is not a crime against my third uncle, but His Majesty's. It is expected by students that the third uncle will ask himself to resign. And His Majesty will insist on keeping him, and maybe even order Duke Zhao to become an official... Duke Zhao is retired."

Guo Pu was silent for a while, looked at Gao Yushi with piercing eyes, and asked, "Why do you know that?"

Gao Wushi shrugged and said: "Mr. Haojiao learned that Sanbo has always felt that he has too much power. Since the student left Beijing, Sanbo has asked to resign as a heavenly official three times. His words are sincere, but His Majesty insists on refusing. Mr. Zhao What is the nature of what Shang Shu said about this matter in His Majesty's view? It is nothing more than that Zhao Gong is dissatisfied with the power of the third uncle and has resentment in his heart, so he blames His Majesty and has the intention of coercion."

Gao Wushi paused, then sighed: "If Mr. Zhao had done this three or four years ago, His Majesty would have dealt with it carefully and persuaded each other, but this time it is different. Your Majesty's foundation has been solidified, and he will be a tribute to me. The answer is at a critical moment, how can you tolerate Mr. Zhao like this? Mr. Zhao's resignation has been decided, needless to say."

Guo Pu stared at Gao Wushi for a long while, and then quietly said: "I know why Zhongxuan asked you to worship me as a teacher."

Gao Wushi was a little taken aback, subconsciously asked: "Why?"

Guo Pu sighed: "Although your writing is majestic and talented, but it is too delicate and scheming. Your third uncle is afraid that you will be biased, lose your integrity and heart, and go wrong in the way of tricks and ingenuity. He knows that I am a human being. Count Fangzheng, let you learn from me as a teacher, not to learn the art of writing, it is really awe-inspiring."

(End of this chapter)