Gao pragmatically's last stop before leaving the capital was to visit his uncle Zhang Siwei and his teacher Guo Pu. The two had serious talks with Gao pragmatically respectively.
Early the next morning, Gao pragmatic left Beijing and headed south, heading to Guangxi to take up his post.
This time when he went south to Guangxi, he obtained the emperor's permission to bring armed servants, so he specially mobilized 300 well-trained servants to accompany him.
The servants he brought this time were different from the past few times. Since this time he was going to Guangxi, which is densely populated by mountains and forests, he did not bring cavalry. The three hundred people were all foot soldiers, but they were still equipped with horses. It was somewhat similar to Qi Jiguang's arrival Horse infantry trained after Ji Town.
The other biggest difference is that this time all the three hundred servants carried muskets openly, and the accompanying baggage team also carried enough gunpowder and projectiles, as well as some cash.
Gao Jingshi does not have much power in the south. The deepest tentacles in the south are the original Guangzhou official port that he bought or replaced from the Ministry of Household Affairs. After Gao Jingshi arrives in Guangxi, if he wants to use money, food or other materials, the nearest channel is Transferred from Guangzhou.
However, the provincial capital of Guangxi at this time was not in Nanning, but in Guilin, which was relatively far away. And since Guangxi was in trouble, it was naturally dangerous to mobilize supplies, so before he went south, he sent Gao Mengnan to Guangzhou to take charge.
Gao Mengnan is the adopted son of his uncle Gao Jie. He has been operating the port and building a fleet with Shuai Jiamo in Tianjin Port. He is already relatively experienced in port management and scheduling, as well as understanding of the fleet, so he was selected by Gao Pragmatic. to Guangzhou.
Of course, the northern fleet is dominated by sand ships, which is somewhat different from the mainstream sea-going ships in the south. However, Gao Pragmatic's transfer to Guangxi was an emergency, and he had no better way. In fact, he originally thought that Shuai Jiamo was from the south and it might be better to be transferred to Guangzhou Port. However, after all, Gao Mengnan bears the Gao surname, and it would be easier to open up the situation in Guangzhou. Of course, there are also high-ranking party officials in Guangdong. They may give Gao Mengnan a little face. But it would be hard to say if Shuai Jiamo was replaced.
Fortunately, Gao Mengnan went to Guangzhou this time mainly to prepare for the cooperation with Gao Pragmatic, who was in Guangxi, so what he really needed was not a sharp-bottomed sea-going ship, but an inland river ship. This was much simpler, and it was easy to do if you had money. Therefore, when Gao Jingzhi sent him to Guangzhou, he also conveyed an order within Beijing. From the day he received the order, all proceeds from Guangzhou Port would be temporarily stopped from being deported to the capital, and would all be retained in Guangzhou, waiting for new orders. At the same time, Gao Mengnan will be able to use these funds.
Gao Mengnan took the sea route south to Guangzhou, which would theoretically be faster than Gao Pragmatic's arrival in Guangxi, so he also received some instructions from Gao Pragmatic in advance, and there were many things that he had to take care of immediately after arriving in Guangzhou.
Gao Pangshi, together with Liu Xin and Liu's 200 servants, a total of more than 500 people, took the 6th route south and settled in Xinzheng 12 days later.
Gao's mother, Mrs. Zhang, had already learned about her son's recent situation in advance. As soon as Gao pragmatic arrived in Xinzheng, she sent people to take him back to Longwen Yayuan.
The gate of Longwen Yayuan was originally built at the level of a castle and should have been expensive. However, this time Gao Jingshi came back and found that the gate seemed to have been rebuilt again.
He looked around and saw at a glance a majestic and exquisitely carved stone archway outside the gate, with four gilt characters "Six Number One Scholar" written on it, and a pair of couplets on the two main pillars in the middle. The first couplet says, "Six yuan and the third place, two hundred years of true leadership", the second couplet says, "I have served you for ten years, and I have written and written elixirs for you."
The font of the signature is smaller, and Gao pragmatism is far away, so it is not very clear. It seems that there are words such as "I was ordered to bestow Zhuangyuanfang". There is also a tall flagpole standing in front of the gate of Longwen Yayuan. The flag is fluttering and the words "Six Yuan and Di" are written on it.
Liu Xin and Gao Pingshi walked side by side, and when they saw this scene, they said with envy on their faces, "Gao Zhizhi, your number one scholar, even if it cannot be said to be unique, must be unprecedented."
Zhizhi is an elegant name for the censors in the Ming Dynasty. Its origin is the "Xiuyi Zhizhi" in the Han Dynasty. "Xiu Yi Zhizhi" is also known as "Zhi Zhi Messenger" and "Xiu Yi Censor". In the second year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Fan Kun, the official of Guanglu, and Zhang De, who had served as Jiuqing, to wear embroidered clothes, hold festivals and tiger charms, and use military methods to suppress the peasant uprising. Hence the name. This informal official name, and the embroidered clothing itself represents being favored by the monarch. As for direct pointing, he quoted Yan Shi's ancient annotations from the Book of Han as saying, "Just follow the instructions and act without selfishness."
Therefore, using the embroidered clothes to point directly to the title of the patrol censor is not only an affirmation that the patrol censor is trusted and favored by the emperor, but also implies the power of the patrol censor to "supervise the army".
After hearing Liu Xin's words, Gao Pingshi smiled and said, "My recent encounters are quite unprecedented."
Liu Xin didn't know the real reason why Gao Jingshi was demoted to the third level, so in her opinion, Gao Jingshi suffered an unreasonable disaster. She comforted her and said, "From what I can see, this matter is just an act by the Empress Dowager Cisheng, and its original intention should be I just warned the emperor not to forget the ancestral system, and the direct accusation was just to be angered. Moreover, Yuan Fu and Zong Xian clearly understood the right and wrong. Although they were demoted, Taishi was the direct one, which can be said to have been lost in the east and gained in the end."
Taishi is a general and elegant name for the officials of Hanlin Academy and Zhanshifu.
Gao pragmatically smiled and said no more. In fact, although Liu Xin didn't know anything about the two princesses, her analysis was spot-on. The biggest reason for Queen Mother Li's sudden action was to warn Zhu Yijun.
As Zhu Yijun grew older, didn't Empress Dowager Li know that sooner or later he would have to rule independently? However, she had always been strict in disciplining her son. She was afraid that her son would behave like some of the previous emperors who came to the throne at a young age in the Ming Dynasty, so she would find an opportunity to beat him up. .
In fact, even though she said that she wanted to abolish the emperor and establish a new king, it was actually just a threat, just like a parent asking "should I spank" when disciplining a child?
When she persuaded Queen Wang to return to Kunning Palace, she had already hinted to the queen that she should go back to Kunning Palace to "stay at peace." If the emperor was deposed and a new king was established, could the queen still stay in Kunning Palace?
It's just that Zhu Yijun was too confused at the time and didn't hear it. As for whether the queen understood the meaning, outsiders don't know.
As for Gao pragmatic being unlucky, rather than taking the blame for the emperor, it is better to say that he took the blame for the two princesses. The incident of the princess's love poem must not be spread, and the root cause of this incident is that Zhu Yijun took them to Gao pragmatic's house against the rules. , so Zhu Yijun took the main responsibility and punished himself by issuing an edict. Gao Pragmatic failed to dissuade him. He was jointly and severally liable and was demoted to the third level.
As for the seriousness of the sinner's edict, it is actually not as high as many people imagine. If you look through various historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, you will find that not to mention that the emperor himself would be forced to issue an edict to blame himself if he did something wrong. It was even like "a comet appeared in a certain place, and the superiors and subordinates issued edicts to blame themselves" and "thunder struck the Emperor's Palace, and the superiors and subordinates were punished." "The edict is to sin against oneself."
Not to mention that Emperor Chongzhen, who later worked conscientiously to bring chaos to the world, once issued six edicts to sin against himself.
But so what, your father is no longer your father, and your father’s order is not an imperial edict.
Issuing an edict to blame oneself is nothing more than the strength of the civil service group as a whole, forcing the emperor to make such a gesture. That does not mean that the emperor's authority is greatly affected. Although I cannot deal with all the literati in the world, I can deal with a small group of them. That's no problem
You know, even an extremely violent and moody emperor like Emperor Jiajing had to issue edicts when it was time to punish himself. For example, in the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, a fire broke out in the palace and burned down three palaces. Jiajing was not the Roman Emperor Nero. If he plays with it by burning it, he will still punish himself.
"Looking forward to the coming of benevolence and love, it is all my fault. I am writing this article of sin against myself to show to all my subjects."
Even an iron-fisted emperor like Grandpa Jiajing couldn't handle it. What's so strange about the little emperor Wanli who made a mistake and was punished by his mother?
When Empress Dowager Li asked Zhu Yijun to issue an edict to punish him, she did not mean to tell him that he "cannot disobey his mother". She did not need to tell him this. She was actually telling Zhu Yijun not to fight against the ancestral system recognized by the entire civil service group.
Of course, Emperor Wanli in history did not believe in evil, so there was the later "Struggle over the Country" and the following twenty years of not going to court, but did he win?
No, he lost, and the prince is still Zhu Changluo.
It can be seen that for the entire civil servant group, the struggle must have more sophisticated methods, and force will not work unless he has the ability to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and rebuild it.
But how could tearing down and rebuilding be something that the emperor would consider? Only Li Zicheng would consider it.
If it is not pushed to reconstruction, we can only follow a highly pragmatic approach and slowly replace it beam by column, brick by tile, not only to ensure that the house will not fall down, but also to ensure that the materials are gradually replaced.
This is the reason why Gao pragmatism always feels that it cannot be solved within a few decades.
People who have been ill for a long time cannot undergo major surgery such as disembowelment, so they must first strengthen their roots. He had been adhering to this idea when he persuaded Zhu Yijun to "break down the three major problems and deal with them" outside the Nanshahe Royal Village.
In the final analysis, Gao Pragmatic never felt that he was here to demolish the house. He always regarded himself as a repairer and renovator, who would definitely make more noise than Li Hongzhang and less than Sun Dapao.
Liu Xin didn't know the inside story, but she was able to analyze the matter so closely that Gao Pingshi couldn't help but take a high look at her. He even thought for a moment that if this woman were a man, she would be even more powerful than Liu Wei. I am determined to win over him vigorously.
What a shame.
Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly, "Ms. Liu is right, but this mulberry elm may not be ripe yet, and it may be poisonous. It's hard to say whether it can be eaten happily."
Liu Xin suddenly smiled and said, "Zhang Taiyue hasn't even become an assistant. Is there anything else that can stump Gao Zhizhi?"
As soon as these words came out, Gao Pragmatic's face suddenly changed and he said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
Liu Xin blinked, "Who are you?"
