Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 521

Gao Wushi said: "The reason why the queen mother is involved in this matter is actually quite unexpected. Normally, the third and fourth princesses should not leave the palace at a time like today, but the queen mother's longevity is approaching. The Buddhist temple was donated by the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager hoped that the Buddhist temple would be completed before the Wanshou Festival..."

He then conveyed to Guo Pu the inside story that Zhu Yijun told him, but he didn't talk about the attitude of the queen mother and the emperor first.

Guo Pu's expression didn't change much after hearing this, and he said calmly, "It's really against the rules for the princess to go out of the palace, but since she's running for the Queen Mother's longevity, it's okay—this is filial piety."

Gao Wushi said: "But the Empress Dowager does not want too much publicity about the princess leaving the palace."

Guo Pu frowned: "The Jing army dispatched and arrested more than two hundred servants and servants who accompanied the Minister of the Ministry of War. How can this matter not be 'publicized' too much? The people of the capital always like to watch the excitement and gossip a lot , Now I don’t know what it is like, it is estimated that all kinds of ridiculous and strange words have filled the streets and alleys.”

Gao Wushi sighed slightly, and said, "So we have to find a way to lead things in another direction."

"Another direction?" Guo Pu's eyes were fixed: "Which direction, party struggle?"

Gao Wushi didn't answer directly, but frowned slightly, and asked, "Ling Benbing was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing. Whose student is he?"

Guo Pu said blankly: "The chief examiner for that class was Xu Huating, and Ling Yunyi's scripture was "Book of Rites", so his tutors were Chen Nanchong (Chen Yiqin) and Wu Xiaofeng (Wu Weiyue)."

Gao Yushi immediately understood that Ling Yunyi had a good family background. Zhang Juzheng, Yin Shidan, Wang Daokun, Hu Zhengmeng, and Lu Guangzu were all of the same age and came from the same house.

Not to mention Zhang Juzheng and Yin Shidan, they are the old officials at the end of the court;
Wang Daokun, Zuo Shilang of the final military department, was a famous minister against Japan, a giant in the literary world, a master of drama, and it is said that he may be the author of "Jin Ping Mei";
Hu Zhengmeng was Tanhua in that year. He used to be Zhan Shifu Zuochunfang Zuoyude, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and presided over the 44th Jiajing Examination together with Gao Gong. Unfortunately, he died early;
Lu Guangzu is a typical Xu party. When Hai Rui was the governor of Yingtian, Xu Jie was miserable. Lu Guangzu thought it was Gao Gong who ordered him to impeach Hai Rui. By the way, he talked about Gao Gong with fierce words.

However, he had a good relationship with Zhang Juzheng. At that time, Gao Gong considered Zhang Juzheng's face, so he didn't do anything to him. After Guo Pu succeeded him as the chief assistant, he saw that Lu Guangzu was keeping a low profile, so he didn't move him. Instead, he was promoted normally. The right servant of the Ministry of Industry.

Seeing that Gao Wushi was silent, Guo Pu added another size to him: "In addition, although Ling Yunyi and Yin Zhengmao did not live in the same room, they were also in the same year. I heard that they have a close relationship. Plus recommendation, this time Ling Yunyi can serve as the soldier, and there is also this factor in it."

Gao Wushi's heart moved. He knew that Guo Pu's addition was not just to introduce Ling Yunyi's "another friend". In fact, the meaning of this sentence was: Among the people left by Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, Ling Yunyi is one of the very important figures—in other words, Ling Yunyi is one of the big bosses left behind by Xu Dang and Zhang Dang.

In other words, he is one of the giants among the disciples of Chaozhong School.

Gao Wushi couldn't help curling his lips: It really can involve party disputes, no wonder the teacher asked this question just now.

There is no party outside the party, and the emperor thinks; there is no faction inside the party, and there are all kinds of strange things.Although Gaodang currently has an advantage in the court, it is not that there is no room for other schools to survive besides the Gaodang based on practical learning. Xinxue still has a large market and fans.

At the same time, within the Gao Party, it is not monolithic. Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei also have their own supporters. The successor of the family's mantle and banner, even whether Guo Pu's family or Zhang Siwei's family, will more or less sell high and pragmatic face.

Of course, having said that, it's just selling some face. As long as he fails to pass the Jinshi exam for a day, this face can only be regarded as the shadow of Gao Gong.

Since it involved party struggle, Gao Yushi couldn't answer casually, so he began to think carefully.

Guo Pu didn't urge him, let alone question him, and started to close his eyes to rest his mind.

After an unknown amount of time, Gao Wushi finally spoke slowly: "Teacher, I want to force Ling Yunyi back."

Guo Pu opened his eyes calmly, not particularly surprised, but looked at Gao Yushi and asked, "Why?"

Gao Yushi said coldly: "The dispute between practical learning and mental learning is ultimately a dispute over the major policies of the country. And the direction of the country's major policies, whether it is 'pragmatic' or 'practice', is it self-improvement, man can conquer nature, or mediocrity, disasters and blessings God, it all depends on this."

A sharp light flashed in Guo Pu's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "You want to start a party struggle? Do you know that the court is no longer what it was when Su Qing was here?"

When he said this, he sighed slightly: "The old man is nearly seventy years old, and as a rule, there are only one or two years left in the court, even if the old man is willing to go out and support you with all his strength, it may not be possible This matter, on the contrary, may cause more troubles.”

Gao Wushi shook his head slightly, and said: "The students didn't say that it is impossible to completely eradicate Xinxue, and they didn't even say how far they would suppress Chaozhongxue... This is just to make an example."

"Kill the monkey to scare the chicken?" Guo Pu's eyelids drooped, "Which monkey is Ling Yunyi? What about the chicken?"

"Those who violate the examination law are all chickens, and they should see how this monkey died." Gao Wushi said coldly: "The new policy has been implemented for a long time, although some results have been achieved, but it is not enough. The Jiangnan area is still It is mainly based on land tax, and the business tax is very little - some prefectures and counties used to pay 20 taels of business tax a year, but now they have finally paid 25 taels after five years. According to the examination method, they are indeed The commercial tax has been added, but is this data meaningful? Even if it is a hundred prefectures, how much is actually added?"

"The road has to be taken step by step, and the meal has to be eaten at one bite." Guo Pu shook his head slightly: "There are many things in this dynasty, not only to look at the data, but also to see whether there is a convention. As long as the convention is formed, the general direction will be determined. For example, what you said just now, counting 500 prefectures, now each prefecture has added [-] taels of business tax, which means an extra [-] taels a year."

Guo Pu sighed: "Of course, 500 taels is an insignificant small amount, but as long as the practice of the examination method is formed, they will have to continue to increase every year on the basis of the previous year. If you can dominate the world, then the commercial tax can be seen at that time."

Gao Yushi is only 17 years old this year, and 20 years later he will be less than 40 years old. To be able to dominate the world at that age, in Guo Pu's view, is already very remarkable.

But Gao Wushi seemed too lazy to think about this, and still insisted: "Ling Yunyi must leave."

Guo Pu narrowed his eyes: "This Liweier... you want to exercise authority?"

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