Gao Gong showed a strange smile and said slowly: "Why do you say that? The governor and the inspector have spoken, but a few county magistrates still dare to stand still?"
"My nephew actually thinks that maybe they really dare!" Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows, patted the document on the table, and sneered: "Shuai Jiamo's idea is of course beneficial to She County, but it is not good for the other five counties. As far as the counties are concerned, that is completely bad news. Think about it, San Bo, once this matter is negotiated, they will have to pay a lot more taxes for "no reason". Therefore, regarding this proposal, no matter who was born in these five counties The officials and subordinates, as well as the local gentry and common people, must be firmly opposed to it. To a certain extent, this is also a public opinion, and even Ying Tianfu and Ying Tianfu have to have some concerns."
Gao Gong was silent for a moment and asked, "Is there more?"
"Yes, of course." Gao Pingshi snorted, and added: "It's also hard to say about the position of the Huizhou magistrate. Because from the standpoint of the Huizhou magistrate, no matter whether this 'Ren Ding Silu' is under his rule How the six counties are distributed does not make any difference to the government. After all, he only needs to collect 8,780 pieces of raw silk every year and hand it over to Nanjing. If this silk silk tax is not changed, the situation will remain calm. At most, it's just a few complaints from She County, so that's no big deal - you guys have been paying each other for more than two hundred years. This can be regarded as an ancestral law, so don't change it at will! But on the other hand, if you support Shuai Jiamo's idea, you should pay taxes Evenly distributed among six counties, Huizhou Prefecture will not get any benefits, but it will cause commotion in the other five counties, which is completely harmful and no benefit... In this way, it is unclear what Huizhou Prefecture will choose. "
Gao Gong smiled and nodded: "That makes sense. That's why Shuai Jiamo wanted to go to Ying Tianfu and submit a submission to the two houses instead of directly reporting it to the Huizhou government. He was just thinking about the prestige of Haihai Pen Holder. Forcefully suppressing Huizhou Prefecture and the other five counties, because he knows that he has no support at all in Huizhou."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said, "Fortunately, Hai Rui has a good reputation and a tough temper. As long as he is around, this matter will eventually be resolved."
At this time, Gao Gong's face turned a little dark, and he was a little embarrassed at the same time. He coughed dryly and then said: "Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed."
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Did Hai Rui change his temper and stop caring about this problem?"
"He didn't say he didn't care, it's just that he couldn't control it anymore." Gao Gong said with a stern face: "The Xu party's backlash is very strong. The General Secretary receives memorials impeaching Hai Rui every day, and these memorials have become more and more serious recently. Many people have even hinted in the memorial, openly and secretly accusing me of pursuing personal grievances for an old minister who retired and became an official. His feelings are hateful and his heart is worthy of death."
Gao Pingshi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise: "San Bo, are you going to withdraw from Hai Rui?"
"It's not about withdrawing." Gao Gong waved his hand and sighed: "I have to find a place for him... You don't know that although this person has good intentions, his methods are too rough and direct, and he can't listen. Come in and persuade!”
When he said this, he suddenly became a little angry, snorted coldly, and said: "Ha, when it comes to rectifying the officialdom, I, Gao Suqing, can only be more concerned about it than him, but Haibijia is not a leisure guest in a teahouse. He is a feudal official of the imperial court. I really think that Just killing a few casually can rectify the government? Childish! Think about those days, when I was still King Yu, in order to give Prince Yu a regular reward from the palace, didn’t I have to praise Yan Shifan’s bad feet? Oh, you said I would rather break it than bend it? Yes, you folded it, but what happened after you folded it? Was the matter done? No! Since the matter was not done, you just broke out a flower and it is useless! "
After Gao Gong said this, he may have vented a lot and calmed down a little. He exhaled a breath and said: "So I have officially transferred him to be the governor of water transportation and governor of Yingtian. This matter cannot be left to him anymore." Just go ahead with it as you like, otherwise... you'll get into trouble."
Gao Pragmatic knew that in history, Hai Rui, the governor of Yingtian, was not able to continue his job and seemed to have been transferred to the post of Chief Cao. Unexpectedly, after a full circle in this life, he still ended up at this point.
"It's just that..." Gao Pragmatic frowned and did not continue to worry about Hai Rui's matter, but said: "The 'Human Ding Silk' case in She County will be very difficult to handle. This kind of strenuous effort Only a person like Hai Rui, who insists on being serious about everything, is willing to deal with unpleasant things without regard to right or wrong, regardless of pros and cons."
Gao Gong didn't answer, and with a sullen expression, he found a document from the desk and handed it to him.
Gao pragmatic took it and took a look, and suddenly there was only a wry smile on his face, because the situation there was really explained by his crow's mouth.
It turned out that Ying Tianxun ordered the six counties to hold a collegial meeting on the 14th of the first lunar month, and the Huizhou government immediately issued a card to urge it. But after half a month, there was no response from below, as if nothing had happened. Not to mention the five counties of Yi, Xiuning, Wuyuan, Qimen, and Jixi, even She County, which is the master of suffering, is silent.
Upon inquiring, Shuai Jiamo found out that at this time, Fang Huan, the magistrate of She County, was catching up with Ding You, and there was no one to handle county affairs. The magistrates of the other five counties all announced that they were busy preparing for the Hajj and had suspended their offices as usual, so they were no longer in office.
Here is an explanation: In the Ming Dynasty, starting from the 18th year of Hongwu, it was stipulated that local officials should go to Beijing for pilgrimage once in the Chen, Wu, Chou, and Wei years - that is, every three years - to receive official reports and inspections. Inspection of the hospital. This is a major event for officials, related to evaluation and future career.
But there is an obvious problem here, that is, the fourth year of Longqing is the year of Gengwu, and the fifth year of Longqing is the year of Xinwei. In other words, next year is the year of Hajj... Why is it that Hajj is not until next year? You stopped working before the first month of this year? What do you mean, you have to stop working for a year in order to perform Hajj next year?
Oh, it’s not you, it’s you—because it wasn’t just one magistrate who said this, but five magistrates who all responded this way.
This is very interesting. It shows that the five counties have already discussed it privately and adopted a passive and non-cooperative attitude toward this collegial meeting. They will try to delay it until they forget it, delay it until it becomes obsolete, delay it until it ends without any problem, and then naturally the world will be at peace. What happened in the beginning is what happened in the end. Thinking about the two appeals filed by She County during the Jiajing Dynasty, wasn't this how they were delayed?
Gao Jingshi was so angry that he could only snort and couldn't even curse.
"Now do you know that it is difficult to clean up officials? Look at these people, they only have eyes for the area below their buttocks." Gao Gong also smiled, waved his hand and said, "I think you have some thoughts on this matter. You You just said... this matter is very representative, but after talking for a long time, you didn't say what it means. Why, don't you want to tell me, Third Uncle?"
