The atmosphere in the study was getting colder, and Gao Gong was sulking without saying a word.
Gao pragmatic knew that this matter involved a huge amount. Even a minister as upright as Gao Gong had to be limited by the overall situation and did not dare to move lightly. It makes me even more depressed and worried.
But the steward of the inner palace knocked lightly at the door and whispered: "Sir, Song Du Giushi, Han Gieshi, Tu Gieshi, Cheng Gieshi, Luo Gieshi, Gu Langzhong, Shen Jiaikai, Xu Jiaikai and others Zhang Yuanwai and others have all arrived on orders, and have been waiting in the flower hall for half an hour. Look..."
Gao Pragmatic was slightly surprised. What's going on? Sanbo's disciples are having a meeting today? Hey...here on command? It sounded like Gao Gong had summoned them. It seemed like there was something important to discuss.
Gao Gong exhaled a breath, composed himself, and replied: "Go and tell them that our department will be here soon."
"Yes, sir." The house steward responded and carefully retreated.
After the steward left, Gao Gong looked at Gao Pragmatic with complicated eyes and said slowly: "You are not inferior to Yang Sheng'an. I hope you will not be my Gao family's Sheng'an in the future."
Gao Pragmatic was startled for a moment, then nodded, but after thinking about it, he shook his head again.
Yang Sheng'an is Yang Shen. He was the son of Yang Tinghe, an important minister of the four dynasties and a former scholar of Dongge University. He was known for his erudition and talents. Later generations ranked him with Xie Jin and Xu Wei as the three talents of the Ming Dynasty, headed by Yang Shen. He was known as a child prodigy since he was a child. Later, he became the number one scholar in the sixth year of Zhengde, served as editor of the Hanlin Academy, and participated in the compilation of "Wuzong Shilu". After Shizong succeeded to the throne, Yang Shenfu compiled and compiled for the Imperial Academy and served as a lecturer in Jingyan. In the third year of Jiajing's reign, he was banished to Yongchang Guards in Yunnan Province because of his "Great Ceremony". In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing's reign, Yang Shen died in the garrison at the age of seventy-two. After Longqing succeeded to the throne, Yang Shen was posthumously given the title of Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. This posthumous gift cannot be said to be a vindication, but it can be regarded as representing that the court has forgiven him for his so-called mistakes back then.
When Gao Gong said this, he naturally reminded Gao Pragmatic not to be like Yang Shen, who was arrogant about his talent. He was obviously a man of great potential, but he finally ended up old and dying in the borderlands. It was difficult to apply what he had learned, and he could only place his affection on literature and ink. It was extremely sad. .
Gao Gong asked: "He nodded and shook his head again, but why?"
Gao pragmatically replied honestly: "My nephew guessed that the third uncle was afraid that in the future I would outspokenly break the rules and anger the emperor like Mr. Yang did. My whole life's talents would be difficult to use in governing the country, so I had to waste decades in the barbarian frontier to write poems." Wen Ziyu means that the nephew nods his head, which means that he will definitely take this as a warning. Third uncle, although my nephew has the ambition to innovate and revitalize, he also understands the principle of hardness and easy breaking. "
"That's very good, so...what does it mean to shake your head?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly: "My nephew cannot match Mr. Sheng'an's literary talents, so he shook his head."
Gao Gong was very happy when he heard this: "How old are you? You are naturally not as good as Yang Sheng'an at the moment. But judging from what you said to me tonight, who can predict your future achievements? Besides, I, the Gao family, are good at learning and not good at poetry. There is no need to spend much time on the small path - do you think I have done those things that make me sing about spring and lament about autumn?"
Hey, that's right. Gao Gong doesn't seem to like writing poems and lyrics very much. At least he has never seen Sanbo write any poems. Basically, apart from sparse memorials, he only has academic writings. In addition, the only thing he wrote more was the memorial text - this was a helpless move by the officialdom. After all, he had a wide network of teachers, peers, disciples and even his hometown. When an important person died in his family, everyone wanted to have someone like him. A person of such high status as Gao Gong wrote a memorial to him. And speaking of it, Gao Gong was an upright official, but he could actually afford a medium-sized house in the capital. Didn't he just make money from the writing fees for writing sacrificial texts? This money was completely legitimate income in the Ming Dynasty, and there was nothing to criticize - besides, Mr. Ge was also a human being and had to support his family.
After Gao Gong finished speaking, he didn't wait for Gao Yingshi to reply, and directly ordered: "You come with me."
These words made Gao Jingshi stunned. Many of Gao Gong's disciples had come to pay homage to his master before. When some of them came, Gao Gong would also order Gao Jingshi to come forward with him. This was not only to support Gao Jingshi, It is not unusual for him to show his closeness to his disciples. But the situation today is obviously different. After all, in the past, students would take the initiative to visit us, and sometimes we would have a meal together when it was almost time for dinner. In this magical land like China, the meaning of eating is often not just eating, but more importantly, communication. But today was different, it was the night after dinner, and it was Gao Gong who took the initiative to find them, and as soon as he found them, it was this group of people.
You must know that although these people sound like they do not have high official positions, the official system of the Ming Dynasty has always had the habit of "using the small to control the big." Speaking of which, the Grand Scholar is only of the fifth rank, but the Grand Scholar actually exercises the power of the Prime Minister (Wu Feng's note: Of course, the Grand Scholar has other additional offices and titles).
But now that Gao Gong had already set off, Gao Jingshi could only suppress any doubts he had in his heart and followed San Bo to the Flower Hall step by step.
As the steward of the inner palace who was waiting at the entrance of the flower hall said: "The elder is here——" the conversation in the flower hall immediately fell into silence. When Gao Qingshi followed Gao Gong in, he saw that everyone was already standing in silence with their hands lowered. But when Gao Gong came in, they all bowed their hands and bowed, saying, "Students have seen their teacher."
Gao pragmatism noticed that Gao Gong's nephew Zhang Mengnan was also called this. He recalled for a while before he remembered that Zhang Mengnan was also a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing's reign. This shout of "Master Xiang" was reasonable.
According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, almost all the Jinshi on the list of the Yichou Academy Examination in the 44th year of Jiajing period can be called Gao Gong's disciples, because Gao Gong was the examiner of the examination that year.
Of course, in such a central high-level talent promotion ceremony such as the National Examination, it is impossible for only Gao Gong to examine the papers, and there will be more than ten fellow examiners. Normally, only those candidates whose papers are selected by the examiner will be regarded as disciples by the examiner, and vice versa. But no matter what, if a Jinshi in a certain subject is thick-skinned, there is no problem in calling the examiner "teacher" even if he was not selected by the examiner at the time.
It would be a big deal if the examiner later became an assistant minister in the cabinet. He would almost always be regarded as a "teacher" for the subject he was taking the examination for. This is a manifestation of the need for the support of the "teacher" for the new scholars. , is also a manifestation of the need of the "teacher and prime minister" for the new scholars to consolidate their talent pockets, and each of them typically has his or her own needs.
Today, there are only nine people summoned by Gao Gong. It does not mean that these are the only disciples under Gao Gong, but that many students have gone to serve as officials elsewhere, and a large part of them are in Gao Gong. He was transferred away from the capital by Xu Jie before he was resurrected. For example, when Gao Gong was expelled last time, Wu Dui, the only disciple who went to see him off, was now in the position of deputy military envoy of Jizhou. In addition, there are a large group of people including Song Yingchang, Lu Shude, Liu Liangbi, Du Huazhong, Zhou Shixuan, Kuang Duo, Song Liangzuo, Guang Mao, Yang Jiaxian, Li Chunpu, Chen Yide, Zhong Jiying, Wu Wenjia, Yang Xiang, etc., who are not in the capital at the moment.
Of course, the nine people who came today are already very scary - even though Gao Gong was knocked down by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao in the original history, among these nine people there were still two Pavilion Elders and one Du Yu. Shi (the top leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate), a Minister of the Ministry of War and Governor of Jiliao, and a Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing! Although there was another person who was dismissed from office, his son later became a pavilion elder...
