Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 45: Huating's Old Story ([-])
Gao Yushi can understand Han Ji's thoughts, and he even estimates that most of the nine students present may agree to conduct a serious and thorough investigation, but doing so is really not in Gao Gong's interest.

What are the benefits of a high arch?Stabilize the position and carry out reforms.

Fighting against Xu Jie's party may have helped the reform, but the great thing is that some fields have been taken back and some official positions have been vacated, which has no special significance, but on the other hand, it has considerable disadvantages for Gao Gong's reputation.It stands to reason that most of the reforms will offend people, and if you want to reform, you should not be afraid of this. But in the eyes of others, there is a big difference between offending people simply because you want to reform, and offending people with personal revenge.

In Gao Gong's heart, he may think that destroying Xu Jie's party is necessary for the reform, and this can show people his determination to reform-clean Zhang Tianmu, you see, Xu Huating's family has been re-cleared, and you still make trouble for others What?
But in the eyes of others, this is not the case. They will only think that this is Gao Gong's selfish revenge, that he is narrow-minded, and that he is a mad dog that even the old man who has become an official will not let him go.

So this pot can't be messed with.

However, Han Ji and his group of Gao Gong students—especially the officials among them, although their overall interests are consistent with Gao Gong’s, their specific personal interests are obviously not unified: if they want to be promoted, they have to vent. How can you prove that you are capable of work by spraying a few big bosses?How can you be qualified to move up?After all, trolling people is their job!
But Gao Wushi knew that Gao Gong could not directly ignore their interests, because although Gao Gong was no different in the Longqing Dynasty, even if he was covered in iron, how many nails did he drive?These disciples represent his power, his wings and even minions.If he doesn't take good care of him, his feathers will fall off and his minions will break. When he becomes a loner himself, who will really take him seriously?You can't ask him to end everything in person as the old man, right?

Judging from the current situation, everyone would think that Gao Gong is fully capable of beating Xu Jie with a stick, and Hai Gangfeng can handle it without Gao Gong himself. In the end, after the investigation of the case, Hai Rui must go to the court. At this time, Gao Gong only needs to affirm the ruling of the case on behalf of the cabinet, and that's it.

Easy, beautiful, and hugely rewarding.

It's a pity that the ending may not be so good: after Gao Gong's return to Beijing, the situation of "letting go of the past" that he painstakingly created has come to an end, and he has since been labeled as a private revenge and a villain.

But how to persuade?Gao Yushi was lost in thought.

At this time, Song Zhihan sent another cannonball, and he said: "Master, we are not waiting to defeat Xu. In fact, people like Xu Jie have opened a fire for officials all over the world since they were cabinet ministers." Bad head, had to fall."

Gao Gong stared at him intently, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"This crime is: omission." Song Zhihan explained: "Xu Jie served Emperor Sejong for 18 years before and after, and the gods, civil engineering, etc. were all approved by Xu Jie; Yes. Xu Jie and Yan Song have been together for 15 years, and they have established friendship and marriage, but they have not said a word against each other; and Yan's old illness, gradually losing his family, but immediately betrayed and attacked him. It can be seen from this that Xu Jie is not a minister. Loyalty, making friends with others can be said to be untrustworthy, and it has been a long time. In addition, after he became the chief assistant, all the borders were in a hurry, and His Majesty repeatedly issued orders, but Xu Jie turned a deaf ear and did nothing. , who is good at being a blessing. Let me ask, if such people are acting as Yuanfu, isn't it a bad start for the world?"

Gao Yushi was startled, and thought to himself: This Song Zhihan has a much more vicious vision than Han Ji. He said this, which means that he has seen that his master, Gao Gong, is pragmatic and hates being in his position the most. Xu Jie served as the chief assistant after Yan Song's downfall. Although most civil servants thought Xu Yuanfu was really a good person, in fact Xu Jie had no outstanding achievements at all, while Gao Gong was a person who valued his achievements. You have worked as a chief assistant for several years, but you have no political achievements at all. What does the world want you as a chief assistant?What's more, he is still focused on securing favor, and even the reason why he recommended Gao Gong to enter the cabinet earlier is essentially for securing favor - he knows that Gao Gong is the number one confidant of the new emperor, so he just wants to sell his favor.It was only later that Gao Gong found out that Gao Gong was not in the same way as him, so he turned from wooing to suppressing.

This kind of person is obviously not what Gao Gong likes.

But Gao Gong doesn't like it, and it doesn't mean that he will chase after him after he goes to the position. After all, Gao Gong can't ignore his reputation at all. After all, if he is an official in Daming, especially a civil official, if his reputation is so bad, this official will not be able to do it. go down.

At this time, Song Zhihan sent a cannonball that was enough to make Gao Gong angry: criticizing Xu Jie for his inaction.

His subtext is: You need all the officials to "do something" now, so it is necessary to get rid of Xu Jie, a typical figure of "inaction", because Xu Jie is still powerful, and he still has great influence. Get rid of him, and all the officials in the world will naturally know that they must do something.

Sure enough, after saying these words, Gao Gong nodded slightly, and then fell into deep thought.

Although he has a quick temper, he won't fight his temper like a young man, and he will definitely have to weigh the pros and cons.

At this time, Han Ji also realized that he had fallen behind, and hurriedly made up his sword: "Brother Yuanqing's words are very true, and another point is that Xu Jie's resignation is actually because of such inaction that he lost his holy family. Seeing that Gao Gong was really looking at him, he was excited, and continued, "Master, you still remember that in September of the first year of Longqing, I was trapped in Shizhou, killed Zhizhou Wang Liangcai, and plundered Jiaocheng and Wenshui. Also, The local barbarians invaded Jizhen, plundered Changping, Lulong, and Luanhe. At this critical moment when the two captives invaded the east and west, His Majesty personally selected generals and dispatched troops. Jie, however, acted as if nothing had happened and ignored him. Later, under His Majesty's repeated urging, Xu Jie convened a meeting of civil and military officials, but in the end it was delayed until November before he presented the so-called strategy of preventing captives Thirteen things. It can be seen from this that Xu Jie, as the chief assistant, did not fulfill the responsibility of the military and state affairs in the slightest. He did not act or spread, and thus lost the favor of His Majesty, which led to his tentative resignation being directly approved by the Holy Majesty. "

He finally emphasized and concluded: "It can be seen from this that the Holy Majesty is also dissatisfied with Xu Jie. Half of this dissatisfaction is because Xu Jie suppressed the master, which caused the master to lose his position, and half is because Xu Jie is high and incompetent! "

This make-up finally showed that Han Ji is not an easy person, and the make-up was extremely precise: You see, His Majesty is also very dissatisfied with Xu Jie!
Seeing that he would lose his chance if he didn't speak, Tu Menggui hurriedly said: "Since he was in charge of the world today, Xu Jie has served as the chief assistant for a year and a half, except for dealing with officials and alchemists related to Zhaijiao according to the edict, as well as those who do not discriminate. , In addition to offending the ministers in the previous dynasty, those who hold arguing are often banned, and those who pay attention are just like what Brother Yuanqing said, "raising friends and solid favors", but those who ignore it are mostly military and state affairs. Such selfishness is a waste of consideration for the prime minister. His responsibility and the responsibility of the world, it is inevitable for him to become an official. Now, he broke out these corruption scandals again, it is really self-inflicted, and those who have a clear teacher will clear themselves, why worry about it?"

When Gao Gong heard it, he was obviously moved.

At this time Gao Wushi had no choice but to speak, he said: "Sanbo, all the senior brothers have already analyzed this matter quite clearly, but there is one thing that my nephew is worried about."

Gao Gong hardly treats him like a child now, so he asked, "Where does the worry come from?"

"Come from Zhang Ge." Gao Wushi explained: "Although Taiyuegong and Sanbo have always been friends, my nephew thinks that because of their friendship, Sanbo should know Taiyuegong's attitude on this matter. Make a decision later. In any case, Lord Taiyue is a disciple of Lord Huating. Although the two men act very differently and have very different interests, the relationship between master and apprentice is always known in the world. My nephew is worried that if the third uncle suddenly launches an attack Duke Huating's attack may put Taiyuegong in a dilemma. Even if it doesn't affect Taiyuegong's attitude in dealing with affairs in the court, he will feel slighted by his third uncle...my nephew thinks that this kind of situation should be avoided .”

Gao Gong's complexion changed, he nodded, and said: "This statement is reasonable." After thinking for a while, he said: "Let's put this matter aside for now, and make a decision after I discuss it with Uncle."

(End of this chapter)