The feeling that Mr. Gao Ge's return to Beijing this time brought to many officials in the capital was like a storm approaching and the wind filling the buildings, and like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it. Therefore, as long as the officials in Beijing have some status, no matter how they behaved before, at least most of them chose to come to greet them today. After all, no matter what, being polite is not worse than being rude.
Perhaps because he heard the roar of people in front of him, Gao Pragmatic quietly lifted the corner of the car curtain and took a peek. He was stunned for a moment, and then he felt a burst of joy in his heart. He turned around and said to Gao Gong with bright eyes: "Uncle San." , there are a lot of red-robed officials here!" Regardless of Gao Gong's answer, he poked half of his head out of the car curtain and added, "Oh, there are also a group of people wearing blue robes and green robes."
Gao Gong sat still, just smiled slightly and said: "Those in red robes are my colleagues and subordinates of the fourth rank and above; those in green robes are only eight or nine ranks, and I think they are all concubines from the Hanlin Academy." , as well as my subordinates when I was in the Imperial College; as for those in green robes, they are fifth, sixth, and seventh grade, and most of them are probably the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate... Hey! Are they coming to welcome me too? I'm afraid they are Let’s see which way the wind is blowing, don’t think about the situation I was in more than a year ago, it was all thanks to them!”
Gao Gong's words are not without purpose. Looking back on how miserable his situation was at the beginning, it can be said that everyone has betrayed his family and his reputation has been ruined. However, the Qi Kang case was completely out of control at that time. Continuing to entangle with Yan Lu would not help at all. It would only implicate more, and even the reputation of the emperor who protected him would be damaged. So Gao Gong had to go to court for the last time. He no longer offered any defense for the various crimes he was accused of. He only said that he was seriously ill and asked to resign.
At that time, the emperor was greatly frightened when he saw the stranger. He asked several people around him: "Is Mr. Gao really sick?" " He took the risk to visit him in person, so he had no choice but to say: "Please ask the imperial doctor to treat you." Sending the imperial doctor was not enough, so he sent people to reward Gao Gong, hoping to comfort and retain Gao Gong.
But this time Gao Gong was determined not to suffer any more and insisted on going. Only then did the emperor realize that he could not stay, and he approved in despair. His mood was so bad that day that he even spared the harem. For His Majesty the emperor, who was nicknamed "little bee" by the outside world, this was really a sad performance. Gao Gong's mood at that time may have really felt "relieved". In order to resign, Gao Gong submitted as many as twelve resignation letters, which shows how stalemate the tug-of-war between Xu and Gao's two parties was.
Gao pragmatic knew from history books the tragic situation when Gao Gong left Beijing that day, and therefore had a rough guess about Gao Gong's mood when he returned to Beijing today. Just like a child who has been looked down upon in his hometown when he was young, he always hopes that one day when he grows up, The mentality of returning home in fine clothes and feeling proud is similar.
In fact, when Gao Gong left Beijing in disgrace that day, he was in such a state of desolation that almost all his disciples and old friends did not dare to see him off because they were afraid. Only one disciple named Wu Dui took him to the boat on the Lu River and said goodbye in tears. Moreover, after this incident reached Xu Jie's ears, Xu Jie still hated Wu Duiji (historical records say: "deep hatred"), and froze him in his original position for a long time and refused to be promoted. In addition, Gao Gong passed through a certain county on his way back to his hometown. The local officials knew that he had resigned from office because he offended Xu Jie, the chief minister of the dynasty, so they deliberately despised him. I was stuck for two days. When asked about the reason, the official replied with a sneer: "This man has offended the court, do I have any reason to be polite to him?" With all these things, Gao Gong had tasted the harshness of the world over and over again along the way.
The dignified imperial master and minister of the cabinet, having suffered such great grievances, were finally able to stage a "return of the king" today. Gao Jingshi felt that with Gao Gong's upright and fiery temper, he could still make up his mind and choose to "do things", which was quite impressive. It’s so rare. But this doesn't mean that he won't show some faces to some people today, but this is something Gao Pragmatic thinks it's best not to do.
Gao pragmatic thought to himself: "Historical books say that Gao Gong has a bad temper, and he never cares about the feelings of others when he speaks. I have started the 'trafficking' mode along the way. I have all the good words and deceived me all the way. I hope he will follow these Regardless of whether it is useful or not, the ministers in the same palace should not make too much of a quarrel. But now listening to his tone, shouldn't he still take the opportunity to exude the aura of domineering king and shake off the majesty of the emperor? This is not a good thing. Idea, this aura is enough to scare a person to death, so don’t push these people who obviously still want to wait and see."
But the trouble is that Gao Wuzhi is now only a six or seven-year-old child, and many of his words obviously have no weight. He can only influence Gao Gong from the side, making him realize that "giving them a blow" is not only unnecessary, but also very likely to Doing bad things will make it difficult for you to "do things" in the future. After all, although Gao Gong has a bad temper, he has strong principles. If he realizes this, I believe he will not act recklessly.
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic did not hesitate and laughed quickly: "It's good to look at the direction of the wind. Looking at the direction of the wind shows that they may be submissive! Isn't this just what you hope, San Bo, to lead them to the right path?" Let me see, after you get off the bus, San Bo, why not show them what it means to be a prime minister? No matter what they did at the beginning, you don’t care about them at all now! You know, these people may be very impressive on weekdays. Face, but what does it matter to you now? If you don’t care about them, others will only say that you are magnanimous and noble. Who can be stupid enough to think that you can’t cure these people? But if you don’t care about them, Not only will it make them feel at ease and feel grateful to you, but when you do things in the future, they will not jump out to make trouble when you do things; and you can also get a good name by the way, isn't it the best of both worlds and everyone is happy?"
Gao Gong was a little stunned, shook his head and cursed with a smile: "Am I a person who is greedy for fame?" After speaking, he subconsciously stroked his iconic beard, and said proudly: "But you are right to think so. Now I am naturally I won't argue with them about old things. Hey, on the way, I heard this little eunuch named Chen Ju say that Hai Gangfeng was doing a great job in Yingtian. Xu Huating had a severe headache over the impeccable Hai Qingtian. , I think there is still more to sing in this great drama in Yingtian Mansion! At this time, I don’t have time to fight with these people in front of me. Pragmatic, eloquent people, talking high-spirited and trying to talk, it’s just one person, but we really want to let them If you want to do something, most of the time you can only get in the way. So, these people are like knives, they can hurt others and themselves. If one day you become an official in the government and hold power, You must remember: the knife is dangerous and can only be held by yourself, and you have to make sure you hold it steady. Do you understand what this sentence means?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said, "I probably understand a little bit."
"Well, it's good to understand a little bit. I'll explain this to you in detail later when I have time." Gao Gong nodded with satisfaction.
Before Gao Pingshi could say anything else, Gao Gong's smile suddenly faded, and the aura of love that his uncle had for his nephew suddenly disappeared, and the graceful and solemn aura of ruling the world quickly returned to him.
It turned out that the carriage had stopped.
Soon, the respectful voice of the eunuch Chen Ju came into the carriage: "Mr. Gao Ge, we are here! Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Zhang Ge, Mr. Chen Ge, and other ministers have all come to greet us in person. Look... "
"I know." Gao Gong's tone was extremely calm. After answering, he said to Gao Yingshi: "Pragmatically, come with me to meet these Gonggun princes who are in charge of the world's power."
"Yes, Third Uncle." Gao pragmatically said, but there was a sudden thought in his heart that something was wrong. It's not because of stage fright and fear of meeting so many court ministers, but because Gao Gong's return to Beijing has such a great impact, but among the four bachelors in the cabinet today, Zhao Zhenji is missing. What does this mean?
It is said that Zhao Zhenji is from Xu Jie. Now that he is not here, does it mean that Xu Dang still has strong hostility towards Gao Gong? If this is the case, then I am afraid that after the third uncle returns to the cabinet, he may not be able to do things with peace of mind as he wishes. Will the previous mutual strife continue? But... Zhang Juzheng is also a member of the Xu Party, so why didn't he advance and retreat with Zhao Zhenji?
