Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 800 Nephew on hidden worries

"Seeking truth is here, sit down."

In the study, Zhang Siwei saw Gao Wushi come in, his face looked a little better, and he squeezed out a smile and said.

Of course, Gao Wushi couldn't just sit down. After smiling, he stepped forward to salute, and then sat down amidst Zhang Taizheng's voice of "please sit down" again.

Zhang Siwei saw that he had made great achievements and came back, he was still neither arrogant nor impetuous, he was polite, he laughed, and said: "Qiuzhen has done a great thing in Guangxi! Originally, you went to Guangxi just as an expedient measure, unexpectedly... …Haha, I can’t think of it.”

That is, don't say you never thought of it, I didn't think I would do such things before I went to Guangxi.

"Uncle, to tell you the truth, my nephew didn't expect such an opportunity."

Zhang Siwei waved his hands and said with a smile: "It can be seen that although the world is unpredictable, the successful person will always be the one who can seize the opportunity the most."

Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows slightly with a smile: "Mr. Shen Ge is also very good at seizing opportunities, what do you think, uncle?"

"As expected of Gao Qiuzhen of 'Partial Teacher Ding Annan'. Why, you just heard Tai Zheng say that the old man was impeached, and you know what Shen Rumo wants to do?"

Zhang Siwei seemed to know the way here, so there should be another reason for his displeasure.

However, what is the saying of "partial teacher Ding Annan"?In order to take the credit for this, the imperial court now counts the credit for beating Annan as a "partial teacher"?It doesn't matter, the wolf soldiers are chieftain soldiers, so it's not too much to say that they are biased.

In fact, he misunderstood this. This statement is a folk rhetoric-the people also hope that this is the court's strategy.

Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes slightly, and said, "Boss Shenge, it's just a test to see what kind of style you, Xin Yuanfu, will be after taking power... Tough or gentle."

"Is it just like that?" Zhang Siwei shook his head and said, "Also, keep talking."

Gao Yushi was slightly surprised. It seems that he had underestimated his uncle before. In the original history, he was first valued by Gao Gong, promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and raised by his side; The leader of the Jin Party, an ally of the Party, was actually highly regarded by Zhang Juzheng and recommended as his second assistant.

Originally, Gao Wushi didn't think there was anything strange about it, Gao Gong didn't say anything, just Zhang Juzheng, Gao Wushi just thought it was Zhang Juzheng who wins over the Jin Party.But looking back now, when Zhang Juzheng was in power, he himself said that he was "not an assistant, but a photographer", so why is it necessary to win over a mere Jin party?
It can be seen from this that Zhang Siwei must be capable. Not only can he see what the leader thinks, but he can also do things for the leader that he thought about but can't say.

Therefore, Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Uncle's eyes are as bright as a torch, and my nephew thinks that apart from probing, Elder Shen Ge probably wants to hit your prestige first before you take over."

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Siwei laughed loudly, and said, "Okay, okay, it seems that there are indeed successors in the line of real learning, and Gao Wenzhenggong should also rest in peace under Jiuquan. To tell you the truth, when the old man just heard the news , extremely furious, and after coming back and getting angry, I slowly realized the true taste of it, it is terrifying for young people."

Gao Wushi cupped his hands and said: "Otherwise, if my nephew is in the position of uncle, I'm afraid he will be even more furious, and he may not be able to calm down and think about the key point."

Zhang Siwei waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be too modest. In the past ten years, you can be regarded as the old man who has watched you grow up. Does the old man know what kind of temper you are? In ten years, the old man has never seen you get angry."

As he spoke, he couldn't help revealing a trace of inquiry, and said, "Speaking of which, the old man is a little curious, how did you develop your temper?"

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said, "Nephew just always calculates things to the worst. In this way, no matter how bad the situation is, it is usually not worse than expected, so it is very difficult to get angry."

Zhang Siwei laughed, and said: "Is this considered to be not thinking about victory, but thinking about defeat first? This is also the truth."

Then he didn't wait for Gao Yushi to answer, and continued to ask: "Speaking of victory or defeat, since you like to consider the worst situation first, then tell me, this time Yuanfu will retire, what is the worst situation for the real school in the future?" ?”

Gao Wushi said: "There are two points: In the long run, I'm afraid that I won't be accepted; in the short term, I'm afraid that my uncle will be framed."

"I am not afraid of the oblique shadow. If I am wronged, they can use only a few reasons, but the emperor knows it very well, and it won't be of much use." Zhang Siwei looked at Gao Yushi and said, "But you don't accept it What do you mean? Not to mention that Yuanfu and the old man both have their own students, but only Gao Wenzhenggong’s students back then, there are already some people in the ministry hall now, how can they not accept them?”

This is not easy to explain, because according to normal people's thinking, after Zhang Siwei succeeds the chief assistant, there are still more than ten years to take his time. By that time, not to mention his own students, they should all be promoted to relatively Gao's position, the key is Gao Gong's students back then, I am afraid that some people have been able to join the cabinet.

Even Xu Guo, who is going smoothly, is Gao Gong's student, and he has already entered the cabinet now.

But in history, Zhang Siwei's official career was interrupted by his parents, that is, his grandparents. The two elders passed away one after another, and Zhang Siwei had to stay at home with Ding You. Then, due to the successive deaths of his parents, he was so sad that he died of illness.

Gao Wushi had no choice but to say: "I heard from the teacher that before he leaves, he will recommend Mr. Pan Shuilian to join the cabinet. At that time, there will be two real scholars in the cabinet and two elders in the Xinxue cabinet. They seem to be evenly matched, but since we are planning for the worst, we have to assume The other party is fine, but we have an accident, such as Ding You going to the cabinet... May I ask uncle, if you or Mr. Xu Ge are not in the cabinet, can the successors of my school of practical learning beat the ministers of the school of mind learning in the past few years? Get into the cabinet first?"

This statement is a bit unlucky, and generally speaking, it should not be said like this, but Gao Yushi has already explained it just now, it is "preparing for the worst", so Zhang Siwei is not good at saying anything, just pondering, a lot of practical knowledge , The minister who succeeded in learning from the mind came to his mind.

After a while, Zhang Siwei's face became ugly, and he said, "I'm afraid it's not very good."

Gao Wushi asked, "Why is it not good?"

"If the situation you mentioned occurs in three or four years, the most promising ones are probably Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping. If it is pushed back two or three years, there will be Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Chen Yubi, Shen Yiguan, and Zhu Geng. And so on. Of course, Wu Dui also has a chance." Zhang Siwei said with a livid face, "There is only one Wang Jiaping here who is from the north, and the rest are from the south. Although Wang Jiaping is from Shanxi, he always seeks fame and has an aggressive temper. , not to my liking."

Gao Wushi spread his hands: "Look, this is a big trouble."

In addition to Wu Dui, the hard-core practical school, Chen Yubi is the son of Chen Yiqin, a former academician. Chen Yiqin has always been neutral, and his son basically has this style, so I won't talk about it for now.

The remaining Wang Xijue is from Suzhou, Nanzhili, Zhao Zhigao is from Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zhang Wei is from Nanchang, Jiangxi, Shen Yiguan is from Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Zhu Geng is from Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

These places are the headquarters of Xinxue, and their political attitudes are self-evident.

Wang Jiaping, a man from Datong, Shanxi Province, is still a loner. Even the Jin Party refuses to accept him, and he refuses to join the "Party". When things happen, his style is just one word: spray.

In history, Wang Jiaping has a slight impression of high pragmatism. It only took him two years to transfer from the Japanese lecturer to the sixth department, and then to join the cabinet, which is the most in Ming history.After he entered the cabinet, he was originally the last in the cabinet. In addition, everyone else is from the south. He is a Shanxi native and has little say.But the cabinet members died one after another, and the remaining Xu Guoshen Shixing resigned at the same time. The dutiful son Wang Xijue went home to visit his relatives, and Wang Jiaping somehow picked up a first assistant.

However, Wang Jiaping did nothing in the position of chief assistant, but kept annoyed with the emperor, and handed in his resignation to scold the emperor.But after Wang Jiaping stepped down, the "gentlemen" couldn't stop thinking about it. When Gu Xiancheng would push cabinet members in the future, it was because he insisted on writing Wang Jiaping's name, which made Zhu Yijun so angry that he was so angry that he immediately told Gu Xiancheng to pack up and go back to his hometown— —So Daming gave birth to an organization called Donglin Party.

Therefore, although Wang Jiaping is from Shanxi, he must be unreliable. This person's only interest is to hate the emperor and work?nonexistent.To be honest, this kind of person just wants to join the Real School Party, and Gao Yushi doesn't agree, even if he has the chief assistant.

Wang Xijue is a great man, but it has been introduced in the previous article, so I won't mention it.

As for Zhao Zhigao, Gao Yushi has a good impression of him. The main reason is that although this person may not have much ability, he is not a bad person in general. However, this person lacks responsibility and means. It doesn't matter.

Of course, during Zhao Zhigao's tenure in history, Daming did something that future generations will talk about - resisting Japan and aiding Korea.This may be the most glorious and praiseworthy thing in the Wanli Dynasty, but Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant, is known for being old and useless.Perhaps it was because the planning and coordination of the expedition to North Korea was too difficult and there were too many changes that exposed the weaknesses of the cabinet ministers.So the emperor despised the cabinet ministers, and because of the emperor's contempt, the power of the cabinet was even more despised.

In the era of Gao Gong in power and Zhang Juzheng in history, the words and deeds were basically honest.Relying on this inertia, when Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were in the country, they were still somewhat cautious in their speech, but in the era of Zhao Zhigao, everything changed.He wrote himself a couplet as his motto and code of conduct:
Return to the Lord with prestige, return the power of affairs to the six ministers, excuse relatives and friends with excuses, and pay Taiwan's advice with public opinion.

Accumulate sincerity to put matters first, purify oneself to be courteous officials, break the integrity of the loyal and virtuous, and depose selfishness to avoid dangerous sycophants.

In other eras, this may have been just a political gesture. The former cabinet ministers made such high-level alliances openly, secretly desperately grasping for power, and then shouted "the power of the cabinet is getting weaker" and "everything will be resolved by itself" to escape the aftermath. responsibility, but Zhao Zhigao clamored to return the power, and just as soon as he made a gesture, the power was snatched away, it was amazing.

Because Zhao Zhigao returned the power to Liu Qing, so he has no power, he has no power, why should others ignore him?It's already extremely kind without stepping on him, okay?

Of course, the way of speaking in the late Ming Dynasty did not produce kind people.

So Zhao Zhigao said angrily: "The same cabinet ministers used to be powerful and have power, so they will be attached to each other to make progress. Today, the power is light and power is divided, and they will be famous by attacking each other!"

It's a pity that Zhao Zhigao was caught and questioned even when he said such angry words: the cabinet ministers are the assistants of the emperor, how can they care about power?

Zhao Zhigao was old and frail, Zhang Wei was the one in charge and Shen Yiguan was the one who was really in charge, both of them were recognized as sinister.The two of them fought for power with the officials all day long, calculated their opponents, and made countless enemies.In the end, Zhang Wei was dismissed by Wanli as a civilian, and Shen Yiguan almost capsized because of the Chu Zong case.So from this perspective, Zhao Zhigao's weakness is also a way to protect himself.

When Zhao Zhigao became the first assistant, he was already old and sick. Du Men was sick and had to beg for countless beggars, but Zhu Yijun ignored him.

In fact, it is difficult to be an emperor. If you agree, there will be gossip about you driving people away.In the early years, Zhu Yijun had happily approved the retirement of senior officials, and the cabinet always asked the emperor to stay a few more times to show the lord's continual grace, which annoyed him, and then he simply ignored him when he got the resignation.This is a good time, the cabinet minister's retribution has arrived.This Zhejiang chief assistant had no way to ask for resignation, no matter how he asked to resign, the emperor just refused to talk, and finally suffered from illness internally, and was reviled by speech officials externally, and died in office.

Afterwards, there were Shen Yiguan and others, but he came to power too late, and Gao Yushi didn't bother to pay attention to it for the time being. In history, although Shen Yiguan entered the cabinet in 22 years of Wanli, it has been 30 years since he became the first assistant in Wanli. , Gao Pragmatic has absolute certainty, at that time he was already on stage, so now he is too lazy to think about this insidious villain.

As for Zhang Wei, this person's problem lies in seizing power and ostentation, and the complete end of his political career stems from the Yaoshu case, which need not be mentioned for the time being.However, Gao Wushi was very interested in one thing about him. After the outbreak of the Japanese Invasion in Imjin, Ming Dynasty sent troops to rescue.

But Gao Wushi was very interested in this proposal. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's eventful Emperor Taizu listed North Korea as a country that would not be conquered. The country's military, political, and financial powers—yes, it's the "Annan plan."

He always felt that if Zhang Wei also held such an attitude towards the DPRK in this life, he could cooperate with him a little bit at that time, even if the two sides were not comrades in the same trench, but politics...

Gao Wushi thought a lot, but Zhang Siwei didn't have time to think so much now, he just woke up.

Don't look at Guo Pu's resignation now, and he will replace him as the chief assistant, but as Gao Wushi said, if there is any problem with him or Xu Guo, the situation of the cabinet will change drastically.

Of course, relatively speaking, Xu Guo's resignation may be a little less of a problem, but what if he, Zhang Siwei, goes to the cabinet by himself?
Although he didn't want to think this way, Gao Wushi mentioned the word "Ding You" just now, which really made him a little nervous.Both of his parents are not in good health. Although Gao Wushi asked Li Shizhen to take a look at it last year, Li Shizhen said that their health was caused by poor living habits in the early years, especially eating habits—too Eating in a fastidious family will cause problems. For example, washing rice until the water becomes completely clear is actually a bad habit.

So Li Shizhen just prescribed some warming and tonic medicines, and then advised them to "eat in the same way as ordinary people". I don't know if they would listen to it or not.

Zhang Siwei became nervous, and suddenly turned his head to Zhang Taizheng and said, "How long will it take for you to leave the museum? After the museum is over, go back to Puzhou immediately to see how your grandparents are in good health. If there is any problem... Be honest, Li Can you please move around the lake?"

(End of this chapter)