Gao Pu would not dare to take Guo Pu's words seriously.
Wu Dui was not Gao Gong's student who took the imperial examination. He donated money to enter the Imperial College in his early years. Gao Gong was in charge of the Imperial College at that time and took a fancy to him. He devoted himself to training and personally trained him. This is how he became Wu Jinshi - this is easy to understand. , he had to donate money to enter the Imperial College before. How high can his level be?
This is very different from other students of Gao Gong, so when Gao Gong was forced to resign by Xu Jie, so many students did not dare to send Gao Gong to him at that time. Only Wu Dui Sent all the way to the suburbs.
This is not because Wu Dui is not afraid of death, but because he is well aware of Gao Gong's kindness to him. It can be said that without Gao Gong, Wu Dui would not be a Jinshi. Others have not received Gao Gong's teachings, but he has, so if he does not send Gao Gong to him, his conscience will be too condemned.
Of course, this only shows that Wu Dui is close to the Gao family, but it does not mean that Gao Pragmatic, the "eldest brother", will definitely "dare not take the role". The reason why he "dare not take the role" is mainly because Wu Dui is too senior and too young. Da is a Jinshi in the 38th year of Jiajing reign. He is already fifty-six years old this year.
Although according to the rules of this era, when they met in a private capacity, Wu Dui would call Gao Jingshi "Brother", but given his seniority and age, how could Gao Jingshi dare to pretend to be a "brother"? Being able to be a junior junior disciple honestly is already a great honor for Gao Gong.
Gao Pingshi didn't even dare to say it, but Guo Pu just teased, and then said: "The matter between Liu Wei and Deng Zilong is easy to handle. Whether you go to Wu Junze or simply go to the emperor, it can be solved. However, this It's best for the cabinet to come forward and let me help you handle this matter. This is almost the last thing I can do for you."
Gao Pragmatic was startled: "Do you want to resign?"
In fact, Guo Pu has resigned almost ten times, but the resignations of important ministers in this era are often just to express their attitude. Whether they can succeed depends on whether the emperor approves it. Obviously, the emperor does not intend to approve it now, or maybe two The palace did not agree with the emperor's approval.
But Guo Pu's words showed that he was really determined to resign. There were other ways to confirm his resignation, such as going to see the empress dowager or the emperor in person, or talking to his parents.
Guo Pu's father is no longer here, but his old mother is in much better health and can still go out for a walk every day. Guo Pu has always wanted to go back to support his old mother, which Gao Pragmatic knows.
After all, although the old lady is in good health, her age is always there. It is not certain when she will leave. She may be fine in the morning, but sitting there at noon, she may leave in the blink of an eye. People are like this sometimes when they get older, so Guo Pu hopes that he can accompany his old mother on her last journey.
The pragmatic teacher Guo is definitely not as talented as his predecessor Gao Gong, but in terms of personal conduct, he is as good as anyone, and he is truly a filial son.
Sure enough, Guo Pu said: "Yes, I am seventy this year. I am already in my seventies, so I should retire. Besides, Jia Ci will have his ninetieth birthday next year. This octogenarian son will not go back. How can he still wait for Qi Yi's death?" Longevity?"
Qi Yi refers to a centenarian. It is almost unthinkable in this era, so Guo Pu’s reason is very tough.
Gao pragmatic knew that there was nothing he could do to persuade him, so he had no choice but to say: "The old lady will have her birthday next year, and the students will definitely come in person."
Who knows, Guo Pu waved his hand and said: "What are you doing here? My place is a small place, and it can't accommodate the hundreds of servants you take with you everywhere. When the time comes, you won't even have a place to stand, so don't treat my few servants with you." Mu of thin farmland has been trampled to pieces. Although it is not worth a few dollars, it has been passed down from our ancestors and cannot be destroyed in my hands."
Gao Pragmatic was a little embarrassed, so he had to change the topic and said: "Speaking of which, students also have a lot of industries in Henan. Weihui is not far south of Anyang. Why don't you let Shixiong..."
Guo Pu waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't interfere in these things! Although the descendants of the Guo family are incompetent, they can still be teachers in Anyang and teach calligraphy to others. They will not starve to death on the streets."
That's true, and although Teacher Guo is not greedy, his salary and allowances are high. Moreover, retired officials in the Ming Dynasty were paid according to their pre-retirement level, and Guo's family is relatively small. Guo Pu's "retirement pension" alone "You can feed your whole family, there's no way you'll starve to death.
As for the future after Guo Pu passes away... I'll have to look at the situation and help him out. Anyway, it seems that with Teacher Guo here, he won't charge me a tael of money.
But Gao Pragmatic was still a little depressed and said sadly: "The students have just come back and have to say goodbye to the teacher. It's really sad..."
Guo Pu taught him for seven or eight years, so he naturally had feelings. Moreover, Gao Pragmatic was indeed his most successful student - even the six top scholars could not become more successful. He sighed after hearing what Gao Pragmatic said. In his tone, he said: "There is no banquet in the world that never ends. As long as you remember the teachings of your teacher, you will be an innocent official in this life, and you will serve the government with your heart in the future, and you will be satisfied as a teacher."
After all, he was open-minded. When he said this, he smiled and comforted Gao Pingshi: "Besides, Anyang is the only way for you to return to Xinzheng. When you go back in the future, if your teacher is still alive, you can also go to me." How many days will we be here - but we have agreed to leave it to a few hundred servants, but I cannot entertain you as a teacher."
Gao Pingshi was amused by him and laughed, and said: "Okay, okay, tomorrow the student will ask the people below to buy land not far from the teacher's house and build several large rooms on it, so that the family can stay in the future."
"It's all nonsense." Guo Pu knew he was joking and waved his hand: "Let's not mention these for now. Before my teacher leaves, if you have anything else that you need my help with, you might as well tell me. listen."
"Well..." Gao Jingshi really couldn't remember what he needed Guo Pu's help with now. It's not that there was nothing, but there seemed to be few things that Guo Pu could help with before leaving, because Gao Jingshi was so big Some things need to be planned, rather than done temporarily.
Seeing that he was hesitating, Guo Pu said: "Since you can't remember, there's no need to worry. Although I have to leave as a teacher, it probably won't be decided in a day or two. You should think about it carefully after you go back today. I'll tell my teacher later."
But at this time, Gao Pragmatic remembered something important and hurriedly asked: "Teacher, after you leave, will the cabinet need to add a minister?"
Guo Pu heard the elegant meaning of Xian Ge and said, "Are you worried about Feng Pan?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Although my uncle should be the chief minister after you leave, there will only be four people left in the cabinet. Although Mr. Xu Ge is my third uncle's disciple, he is from Huizhou..."
North and South were not originally a big issue, but it has to be said that in this era, because of the separate rankings of Jinshi, the Jinshis on the South list looked down on the Jinshi on the North list - except for Gao Pragmatic, because they were taken together in the end - so when they were officials, Township parties will also appear.
The smaller township parties are those in the same county, prefecture, and province, while the largest township parties are those in Tongnanbang and Tongbeibang. Xu Guo's hometown is one of the fundamental places of Xinxue.
Moreover, Xu Guo, as a whole, was a bit sloppy - that is, a bit slippery. He was not the kind of strong-willed person like Gao Gong and Guo Pu who had extremely clear and firm political attitudes.
Guo Pu shook his head and said: "This matter is difficult to deal with now. Shen Rumo, don't think he is usually amiable and quiet. In fact, he is a bit like Xu Jie back then. He seems to be giving in all the time. In fact, he just made some concessions on some corners, which is not the key point at all, but his concession will make it difficult for us to break up with him...
However, you don’t have to worry. Let me tell you this, my teacher. If Wang Xijue had not returned to his hometown to take care of his old father, after my teacher left this time, Ting Tui would probably be led by him. But he went back to his hometown and heard that his father was seriously ill and might not survive this year. So Wang Xijue didn't have to worry about it within three years. "
Gao Pingshi went through the senior officials in Beijing in his mind and asked, "Who could that be? Senior Brother Wu must have some qualifications, right?"
Of course Wu Dui has sufficient qualifications to serve as an official outside the country, but the problem is that his qualifications to be a Beijing official are very insufficient. The Grand Sima has only served for more than a year, so it is estimated that Ting Tui will not be very successful.
Sure enough, Guo Pu shook his head repeatedly and said: "Where can I get Wu Junze's turn? Even if everything goes well for him, he will probably have to survive for another two or five years, during which time he will probably have to change yamen. In this way, when he is about sixty years old, maybe There is still a chance to join the cabinet.”
This is the disadvantage of being appointed as a foreign official. The qualifications of Beijing officials are insufficient, and the disadvantages of court recommendation are too great - most of the ministers who are qualified for court recommendation, such as the cabinet elders and Jiu Qing, have been officials in the capital for a long time. You, a foreign official, How can we get acquainted with them? How can I get my turn to recommend you? I know a lot of Hanlin academicians, so I don’t just recommend anyone, but of course I recommend those I am familiar with.
"Who could that be?"
Guo Pu smiled: "Pan Shuilian has been the Minister of Rites for a while, and his qualifications are sufficient. He was a Jinshi in Jiajing for 20 years, and more importantly, he has been leaning towards the practical school in these years, but he is also a Zhejiang scholar. People, so it’s even, we can be considered neutrals. Let him fill the cabinet, we don’t have to worry, Shen Rumo and the others don’t have to worry, everyone is happy.”
Oh, Pan Sheng... It's not impossible, but this is not a happy ending. This is just a neutral candidate that both parties can barely accept.
But Pan Sheng was pretty good to him. No matter what his reasons were, this was still good news.
It seems that with the departure of the teacher, the cabinet will enter a roughly evenly matched situation.
Zhang Siwei and Xu Guo are the two housekeepers of the practical school, while Shen Shixing and Yu Youding of the face-to-face school are joined by Pan Sheng, who will probably remain neutral.
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Tomorrow is the 70th birthday of the motherland. I wish our great motherland more prosperity, strength and beauty! ~
