Gao Pu was relieved when Guo Pu agreed to accept him as his disciple. However, his coming to become a disciple was only a superficial task. More importantly, he wanted to invite Guo Pu back to the capital and wait for his return at any time, so the matter was not over yet.
Gao pragmatic took advantage of Guo Pu's smile at this moment and quickly asked the teacher to go to the capital first. After returning to his hometown for a small test, he would go to the capital to ask the teacher for advice.
Guo Pu looked at him with a smile but not a smile, and suddenly asked: "Have you read the imperial newspaper in the past few days?"
Gao pragmatic was startled for a moment, shook his head and said: "I have been on the road recently, and I got into some trouble when I was in Ansu. I was delayed for a few days. I didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the DPRK and China along the way. What happened?"
"Your third uncle is probably going to cut off Zhao Dazhou's wings." Guo Pu's eyebrows twitched slightly: "The imperial court has launched a Beijing inspection, and the focus of the Beijing inspection this time is on science and technology."
Gao Pingshi was startled and said hesitantly: "The students didn't hear about this before they left Beijing."
Guo Pu chuckled, pointed at Gao Pingshi with his finger, and said, "But this matter has something to do with you."
"Is it related to students?" Gao Pragmatic was surprised: "But why?"
Guo Pudao: "You were the one who brought Han Naji down, right? Later, the imperial court appointed Han Naji as an official, including your head and tail. Not to mention that I asked for tribute and canonization again, and You even ignore your own lack of rank and rank, relying on the imperial envoy's order to talk about things and pay tribute."
"These things the teacher said do have students' beginnings and ends, but what does this have to do with Jingcha?" Gao Pingshi frowned and said, "It has nothing to do with it!"
"Otherwise, it doesn't matter." Guo Pu said seriously: "Do you know Ye Mengxiong?"
As soon as Guo Pu mentioned Ye Mengxiong, Gao Pragmatic suddenly understood.
It turns out that the direct conflict between Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji originated from the fact that the censor Ye Mengxiong Shangshu opposed the correct decision of surrendering and conferring Han Naji as an official, saying, "It is not appropriate for border ministers to accept the surrender of Han Naji, and it is inappropriate for the court to grant it." Officials and nobles will lead to enmity and disaster." The result was that "the official was sent to the top of the list, and he was angry with his nonsense and stirred up chaos. He was demoted to the second level and transferred to foreign posts."
The next day, Gao Gong sent an edict saying: "The pilgrimage is here, and I want to impeach Duke Yi. Four years since I came to the throne, the officials of the Department of Science and Technology have been unruly and deceived the imperial court. They are treacherous and neglectful of their duties. Your Majesty and others will investigate carefully and hear the details." "
After Gao pragmatic returned to Beijing, he didn't meet Zhu Yijun for much time, but the two still discussed the matter a few words. At that time, Zhu Yijun mentioned that the emperor was dissatisfied with Ke Dao when he and Gao Pangshi met for the first time. This time, Ye Mengxiong and others spoke loudly about Anda's tribute. The emperor was very dissatisfied and decided to improve Ke Dao.
At that time, Zhu Yijun just said it casually, and Gao Pragmatic's mind was not focused on this matter, so when Guo Pu mentioned it just now, he couldn't think of it immediately.
It now appears that the reason for this inspection was that the emperor believed that he wanted to eliminate the interference of Yanguan's tribute to Anda and ensure the smooth progress of the "Longqing Peace Conference." Longqing's original intention was to order the officials to investigate, but later generations of rumors, especially Wang Shizhen's "Shou Fu Zhuan", said that Gao Gong "knows what his superiors want" and requested to inspect the science and technology in order to take revenge.
Gao pragmatically hadn't read the Di newspaper recently and didn't know what was going on, so he asked Guo Pu for confirmation. He was the elder of Zhishi Pavilion. Of course, he could read the Di newspaper and understand the dynamics of the court.
Guo Pu told him: "Your Third Uncle knew that inspecting the science and technology would make Zhao Dazhou dissatisfied. Therefore, although His Majesty meant that the Ministry of Personnel should conduct the inspection alone, he still went to court the next day and requested the cooperation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Participate in the Beijing inspection together."
Gao Pragmatic said in surprise: "In this case, Mr. Zhao should be able to understand and accept it."
"There was a mistake in time." Guo Pu sighed: "It was in the afternoon when Zhongxuan received the edict. You know that he worked in the cabinet in the morning and went to the Ministry of Personnel in the afternoon, so he planned to go to the Shuhuo again the next day. This matter. Who would have known that Zhao Dazhou was waiting around in the cabinet that afternoon. Unable to wait for your third uncle's reaction, he thought that your third uncle had interrupted and took over the Beijing inspection alone. He was furious and went straight to the police. Demand an end to Beijing inspections."
Guo Pu combined the information in the Di newspaper with his own analysis and told Gao pragmatically. It turned out that Zhao Zhenji wrote in a book in anger: "Because Ye Mengxiong inspected the science and technology merger four years ago, "people's hearts are in trouble, and everyone is in danger." "Today they are all charged with wanton bullying, treachery and neglect of duty", "it is inevitable that both loyal and evil will be condemned, and both the good and the good will be burned", "the hundreds of people in the unheard group will be inspected and caught in one sweep". Ask the emperor to "take back his orders." Longqing was very dissatisfied with Zhao Zhenji's alienation. He believed that Zhao Zhenji had misinterpreted the imperial edict and criticized the government, so he rejected it outright.
Therefore, this time the Beijing inspection was handled solely by the Ministry of Personnel. Gao Gong was very fast in doing things. After he came to power, the Ministry of Personnel set up a new type of personnel file, which was very convenient to check and concluded quickly. Some of Zhao Zhenji's disciples and old officials always sit back and talk, with few actual achievements. Some of them who usually dance happily are among the denigrations - and then trouble comes.
Zhao Zhenji was furious and ordered his disciples to talk loudly, saying that Gao Gong used the name of the inspection to relegate Wei Shiliang, Chen Zan and others for personal revenge.
In his or their view, all the officials who have been demoted to Gao Gong can only be promoted and cannot be demoted. If they are demoted, it must be "retaliation", and they do not care about the opinions given by the officials who demoted these people. s reason.
After hearing this, Gao Pingshi looked troubled and sighed: "If this is the case, even if the third uncle can bear it, his disciples may not be able to bear it."
Guo Pu's eyes showed surprise and he said: "Your third uncle said that you know people's hearts well, and now it seems that it is indeed true."
Gao Pingshi couldn't care less about being modest and asked hurriedly: "Surely something happened?"
Guo Pu nodded and said: "After the investigation is over, the officials and officials will tell Han Ji that Zhao Dazhou is mediocre and arrogant. Please let it go. Zhao Dazhou said that Han Ji is a private party of Zhongxuan and attacks dissidents. Zhao Shu defended himself as "yongheng" and turned to attack Zhongxuan as "hengchen", because he asked Zhongxuan to relieve him of the power of the official department."
Gao Pangshi was a little nervous at first, but after hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then sneered: "Mr. Zhao's move is not a crime against my third uncle, but actually against your majesty. The student expected that the third uncle would definitely ask himself to resign. And His Majesty will insist on staying, and maybe he will rebel and order Duke Zhao to become an official... Duke Zhao has retired."
Guo Pu was silent for a moment, looked at Gao pragmatically with bright eyes, and asked, "Why do you see that?"
Gao pragmatic shrugged and said: "Mr. Haojiao learned that the third uncle has always felt that he has too much power. Since the student left the capital, the third uncle has asked to resign as a heavenly official three times. His words were sincere, but your majesty insisted on not doing so. Mr. Zhao What is the nature of the matter mentioned above in Your Majesty's opinion? It is simply that Duke Zhao is dissatisfied with the power of the Third Uncle and harbors resentment, so he blames Your Majesty and has the intention of coercion."
Gao Pangshi paused for a moment and sighed: "If Mr. Zhao had done this three or four years ago, your Majesty might have dealt with it carefully and tried to persuade both sides. However, it is different now. Your Majesty's foundation has been solidified, and he should be granted tribute to me." At the critical moment, how can we tolerate Duke Zhao to be like this? It goes without saying that Duke Zhao will leave his post."
Guo Pu stared at Gao Pingshi for a long time, and then said quietly: "I know why Zhongxuan wants you to worship me as your teacher."
Gao Pragmatic was a little stunned and subconsciously asked: "Why?"
Guo Pu sighed: "Although your articles are generous and your talents are high, you are too sophisticated and scheming. Your third uncle is afraid that you will deviate from the other side, lose your integrity, your original intention, and take the wrong path of power and tact. He always knows that I am a human being. "Fang Zheng, I asked you to become a disciple of me, not to learn articles and power, but to have a solid aura of awe-inspiring power."
