The child who was pulled in front of Gao Pangshi by Cao Gan was probably only about six years old. Just from his eyes, it could be seen that this child was definitely not the same thing as the monster-like little loli from Liu Xian's family. Dodge and avoid, refusing to look directly at Gao Xiangpang.
Cao Gan became angry as soon as he saw it, for fear of upsetting Gao Jingshi, and his son would have little chance to study in his life. In the past, he couldn't study because of his status, and he couldn't take part in the imperial examination if he did. Now it's still because of his status, Gao Gan Pragmatism is the master of their father and son. If the master does not allow it, what kind of imperial examination will you, a servant or a son of your family, take?
The child finally lowered his head and looked at Gao Jingshi: "Cao Ke has met the young master."
Fortunately, this sentence is quite clear. Gao Qingshi was afraid that a child of such an old age would not even be able to speak clearly, which would be a bit troublesome, because normally, it would not be enlightened. Since he was just timid, he could still speak clearly, so Gao Pragmatic felt relieved.
Then he smiled gently and said: "Your father asked you to study with me. This is for your own good. Only after studying can you become an official or a high-ranking official in the future. Even if you don't become an official, people who have studied will be more respected. Understand?"
Cao Ke nodded in understanding.
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "Okay, you can play by yourself today, and I will start teaching you how to read words tomorrow. You only need to read five words every day."
Cao Gan felt in his heart that he could only learn five words a day. How could he learn anything? However, he had never read a book and had no confidence in this matter. He did not dare to question the young master of the Gao family. He had no choice but to scold his son quickly: "Did you hear that? Why don't you thank the young master quickly?"
The kid Cao Ke was probably scared to death of his father, so he quickly said: "Thank you, young master."
Gao Pragmatic wanted to tell Cao Gan that there was something wrong with your education method, but then he thought that it was not a good sign to say that to his father in front of his children, so he held back and just said: "Okay, you go and play first. , your father and I still have something to discuss."
Cao Gan quickly said to his son: "Go, look for your mother outside. Do you remember the way?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Just let Manager Shen take him there."
Shen Li'an, who had been waiting at the door, quickly responded and led Cao Ke down.
Cao Gan thanked Shen Li'an first, and then turned to wait for Gao's pragmatic instructions.
However, Gao Pragmatic actually didn't want to give orders, but had a question to ask: "Cao Gan, to be honest, I didn't know that your Bailixia could have such a scale before... Not only did the population exceed my expectations, but the power also exceeded my expectations. , financial resources have exceeded my expectations. However, you can rest assured that my third uncle has already replied to my letter, and I should be able to successfully take over your Bailixia people, including your industry."
Gao Pragmatic did not explain why he was "able to take over smoothly" because Zhang Juzheng was involved.
The thing is like this. On the night when Gao Pragmatic's letter was delivered to Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Feng also sent a letter after the confidentiality meeting. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they actually hoped that Gao Gong would take it for his sake. Let Xu Jie go and stop putting pressure on the Songjiang land withdrawal case, because the news that Zhang Juzheng received at that time was that Hai Rui had used Xu Jie's younger brother Xu Zhi Shangshu to impeach his brother Xu Jie's old story, which was slowly involved. Regarding Xu Jie's three sons, they have even been "invited" to Suzhou (Wufeng's note: Governor Yingtian is stationed in Suzhou, not Nanjing), and investigation and evidence collection are ongoing.
Zhang Juzheng was well aware of the situation in his old benefactor's family. It's hard to say whether he directly accepted bribes or took advantage of others, but his three sons must have something to do with it. These three yamen are now in the hands of Hai Rui. Hai Rui is an insufferable person, so if we continue to investigate like this, nothing will happen?
Gao Gong himself was in a bit of a dilemma. If he didn't investigate, it was not his style of governing. If he did, just as Gao Pingshi had advised him before, it would only attract ridicule and doubt from others, who thought he was taking revenge for personal gain.
Finally, considering that Zhang Juzheng was now his most important ally in the cabinet, Gao Gong held his nose and wrote a letter to several Wuzhong officials who were specifically handling the case, especially Su Song, the deputy envoy for military preparations and grain storage and water conservancy. Cai Guoxi.
Gao Gong said this in his letter: "Cun Lao (Wufeng's note: refers to Xu Jie, because Xu Jie is also known as "Cunzhai") is responsible for your son's affairs. There is a book in front of the servant to check the sleeping place. Recently I heard that the deacon The arrest is urgent, but the servant's intention is not so. This old man belongs to the family of an auxiliary minister. When he saw that his three sons were guilty of the crime, he was quite unsightly, so he hoped that the deacon would be more lenient. This old man used to be an enemy of his servant, and his servant Those who do the opposite now are not being hypocritical. A servant maintains balance for the country, and the affairs of the world should be handled according to the justice of the world. How can he care about his own selfishness?"
The reason why I wrote specifically to Cai Guoxi, Su Songbingbeidao, is mainly because of two reasons: First, Su Songbingbeidao is the largest official in charge of Suzhou and Songjiang under Governor Yingtian, and Bingbeidao manages litigation prisons. The judicial power of affairs belongs to the "current management"; secondly, although Cai Guoxi himself was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Jiajing Dynasty, and is logically a disciple of Xu Jie, he had fallen out with the Xu family because of an incident before, and the personal feud was very unpleasant. Xiao, so I need to explain the truth to him specifically.
Cai Guoxi served as the prefect of Suzhou in the first year of Longqing. He was honest and caring for the people, practiced good governance, and had a good official reputation. At that time, Xu Jie was the prime minister and had great power, but Xu's servants were tyrannical in Suzhou. Although Cai Guoxi was a disciple of Xu Jie, he punished him severely without showing any dignity. This matter was learned by the censor who was in favor of Xu Jie in the court, and he impeached Cai Guoxi many times. Cai Guoxi had no choice but to beg for retirement. Recently, he was reinstated by Gao Gongqi, who was in charge of the official department, and was promoted to Su Songbing Beidao. This is one of them. It was precisely because of Cai Guoxi's resurrection and his appointment as Su Song's military commander that Gao Gong was rumored to be reorganizing Xu's ranks.
There was another incident. When Cai Guoxi was the magistrate of Suzhou, Xu Jie's eldest son Xu Fan sent a servant to his government office. The servant was so arrogant and rude that Cai Guoxi beat him angrily. Later, Cai Guoxi passed by Songjiang on a business trip. A group of servants of the Xu Mansion actually drove dozens of small boats and surrounded the boat he was riding in, shouting and insulting, making it difficult for Cai Guoxi to move forward. It was not until the Songjiang Prefect came to mediate in person that the Xu Mansion family gave up.
The dignified prefect of Suzhou was so insulted by a group of slaves. Naturally, Cai Guoxi couldn't bear this tone, so he made a grudge.
After Gao Gong finished writing the letter, in order to show his sincerity, he sent the letter to Zhang Juzheng first and asked Zhang Juzheng to read it. He knew that Zhang Juzheng knew him well enough, and the most he could do in this matter was this. Let him tell the world clearly that Xu Jie was not guilty of committing a crime. That was obviously impossible, and Zhang Juzheng also Understandable.
Sure enough, Zhang Juzheng was relieved after seeing it. The next day at the cabinet, he went to Gao Gong's signing room to express his gratitude in person. Gao Gong was still very friendly and polite to Zhang Juzheng. Then the two chatted for a while, and Gao Gong casually mentioned what Gao Jingjing had told him about bringing Baili Gorge under the name of Sanshen Garden. Who was Zhang Juzheng? Liu Zhongcheng will be happy to praise this great contribution to disaster, and there is no reason why he should not agree to it."
Of course Liu Zhongcheng was referring to Liu Yingjie, the governor of Shuntian, and since Zhang Juzheng said so, he would of course go to work for Liu Yingjie and ensure that he would "happyly praise him and never refuse".
At this time, when Cao Gan heard the good news, a big stone fell in his heart. He thanked him repeatedly and said secretly: The young master of the Gao family is very capable. No wonder my mother-in-law immediately agreed to defect to him when she heard that he was the nephew of Mr. Gao Ge. . Now it seems that the third uncle of that family really meant what he said in the court. Although I lost everything this time, it was not a bad thing that I gave everyone a decent way out.
