Zhu Yijun's words surprised Gao pragmatically. Every "hole" in Xuanda Shanxi has a "carrot", and it is impossible to leave a position for Gao Pangshi to take the lead. Then the meaning of "you go" can only be to go and preside over this matter as an imperial envoy.
But there is a problem here, that is, Gao Wuzhen already has an assignment, which is to preside over the Shanxi Provincial Examination.
In the eyes of future generations, the importance of presiding over the provincial examination cannot be compared with Anda's death, let alone its impact. But in fact, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, presiding over the provincial examination was much more important than being an imperial envoy who conferred the title of King Shunyi.
For the rural examination, the examination venues were located in the provincial capitals of each province, where the Chief Secretary's Yamen was located. The examination venues for the North and South Zhili were located in Yingtian and Shuntian respectively, which later became Beijing and Nanjing. Before the examination, each Chief Secretary and the two capital offices hired two chief examiners and four co-examiners.
The chief examiner is responsible for setting questions, reviewing papers, deciding on the admission list, ranking, and reporting to the etiquette department. The co-examiner is responsible for assisting in setting questions and reviewing papers.
The examiners of this year's Shanxi Provincial Examination are Gao Pragmatic and Sun Jigao.
This is a somewhat unexpected arrangement, because with the emergence of this arrangement, there have been some institutional changes in the appointment of examiners for the rural examination.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Hanlin officials were used as examiners for the rural examinations in the northern and southern capitals, while instructors and senior scholars were used in each province. In the third year of Jingtai, Hanlin was still used as the examiner for the rural examinations in the two capitals, but the examiners in the provinces no longer used "senior scholars". Only the chief secretary and the censor, together with the censor, recommended the provincial instructors under the age of fifty and over thirty. , "Those who are proficient in literature and are modest and modest" will be appointed.
The original intention of this regulation is to recruit candidates by examiners, but since examiners are recommended by Bu, Yin Ersi and Xunjian Yushi, and instructors have a humble position, they have to pay attention to the instructions of their superiors, and some even take the initiative to be attentive. , causing the candidates to have different opinions. Therefore, some people kept suggesting that officials from the capital be sent to various provinces to take charge of the provincial examinations in order to avoid asking for help.
So in the seventh year of Jiajing, Emperor Shizong adopted the opinion of Zhang Cong, a bachelor, and sent two officials from the capital or Jinshi from each province to take the exams. However, they only took two subjects and stopped due to etiquette disputes with the invigilators. From then on, they stopped sometimes. , not necessarily.
In the original history, it was not until the eleventh year of Wanli that the Ministry of Rites raised this issue again, and finally made a customization: Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Huguang, the four provinces with more scholars, would be compiled, reviewed and examined by Hanlin, while other provinces would send The six subjects are examined by the directors of Shizhong and the Ministry of Etiquette. The examiners are also required to be prefecture officials and county magistrates who were born in Jinshi. The instructors are only used "occasionally" to embellish.
However, what happened in the eleventh year of Wanli in history is now advanced to the tenth year of Wanli, and the steps are even greater.
If you think about it carefully, it is not surprising, because Zhang Juzheng died in the tenth year of Wanli in history. In the following year, Zhu Yijun began to counterattack and reckon, and at the same time he also put some things on the agenda that he thought should be reformed. When later generations mentioned that Zhu Yijun liquidated Zhang Juzheng, they said that he was against the New Deal. In fact, this statement obviously reflects the political atmosphere of a certain period.
In fact, at this time, Zhu Yijun had already acquired sufficient political insights under Zhang Juzheng's extremely strict and even harsh imperial education. He was able to judge for himself which measures were necessary and which measures were problematic. So when he was disillusioned with Zhang Juzheng, he began to use various actions to prove: Without you Zhang Juzheng, I can still manage the Ming Dynasty!
But soon, Zhu Yijun discovered that the reality was different from his imagination. The civil service group did not cooperate with him at all, especially the dispute over the country, which escalated this lack of cooperation into confrontation and conflict.
Zhu Yijun began to try to find a good way to deal with it from his father and two generations of emperors. In the end, he was disappointed to find that he could not simply imitate his father or grandfather.
His father, Emperor Longqing, had always been known for his benevolence. His philosophy of governing the country was very simple, just as he confessed before his death: If you have any difficulty, just ask Mr. Gao.
But since what happened to Zhang Juzheng - the imperial master who usually taught him to respect frugality and avoid extravagance, he himself was extravagant to a level that he, the emperor, could not imagine - Zhu Yijun couldn't believe those ministers who looked even worse than Zhang Juzheng They are.
My father has a Mr. Gao, who will be my Mr. Gao? Can't learn.
So, Grandfather Xue Huang? Wanli shook his head again. The emperor's power skills were not unskilled, but what was his posthumous name? The world only remembers Hai Rui's words: The people of the world have not been loyal to Your Majesty for a long time, and the ministers and workers at home and abroad know nothing about it!
Everyone in the world thinks you are not a good emperor! Both internal and external ministers know this!
When Hai Rui wrote this "Public Security Essay", Jiajing had not yet "closed the coffin", but this sentence was the "final conclusion"!
It can be seen that the emperor’s grandpa cannot learn the power, otherwise sooner or later he will be condemned as "the people in the world have not been your majesty for a long time." In the future, when he lives in Tianshou Mountain, how can he talk to his ancestors?
Zhu Yijun is as smart as Jiajing, but not as headstrong or even selfish as Jiajing, but he is not as open-minded as Long Qing to be able to "wear the world down, sir", so in the end he can only choose to be an ostrich - do whatever you want , I will deal with things that I think are necessary, and I will not reply to things that I think are unnecessary.
In later generations, people often say that Wanli did not go to court and did not manage politics. Even officials in the court were short of a large number of people, and the central institutions almost came to a standstill.
This is amazing. The central agencies have come to a standstill, but they can still win the three major conquests?
In fact, most of the officials who are lacking in the central government are academic officials and idle officials who have little difference between those who have them and those who do not have them. To fill the vacancies, it is just a matter of multiple people receiving salaries.
Did the central court of the Wanli Dynasty ever "come to a standstill"? For major events such as border police dispatches and domestic disasters, Zhu Yijun's imperial edicts were always approved and issued as soon as possible. They were often delivered to the General Affairs Department on the first day, and Zhu Yijun's approval came down the next day - how can it be efficient?
In fact, Zhu Yijun is very similar to King Philip II of Spain at about the same time. They both said, "I'm sorry that I don't have time to meet you. Please write to me to explain what you want to express, and please try to be concise in your words." .
The only difference is that Philip II would get angry and complain when he saw some useless letters, but Zhu Yijun couldn't even find anyone to complain to.
In this life, there is no such thing as Zhang Juzheng's imperial master who "respects others but not himself". Instead, he has the more "protective" Gao Gong and the extremely upright Guo Pu. Zhu Yijun has not experienced the taste of betrayal. He is now focused on the past. Gao pragmatically mentioned the words he mentioned that day: Now is the real Wanli era!
It is precisely because of this that what happened in the eleventh year of Wanli in original history was advanced to the tenth year of Wanli.
Now, it is unprecedented in history for a high-ranking official like Gao Pangshi, a member of the Hanlin Academy, to preside over the Shanxi Provincial Examination. How can it not be a big deal?
Even for Zhu Yijun, this was an important task to sublimate the "Gaogong Reform" to the "Wanli New Deal". The imperial edict has been issued, how can it be changed at will?
At this time, Zhu Yijun saw Gao Pragmatic's expression was different, and thought that he might have misunderstood, so he quickly said: "If you don't delay the provincial examination, it's better for you and Sun Jigao to go. I will send someone to Sun Jigao to tell him and let him work more. What do you say?" , is responsible for setting the questions, getting the results, and ranking.”
"Then what did the emperor say when he asked me to go to Mongolia?" Gao pragmatically asked.
"I'm dead. For such a big thing, the Mongols will definitely hold a Kuritai conference. This cannot be gathered in a short while... You can see from Anda's territory over the years. Yongxiebu in the east, His Tumut headquarters is in the middle, and there are Dongtao, Xitao and Qinghai in the west. These are all territories and tribes controlled by Anda. Since the Kuritai Conference is going to be held, they will definitely send people here. Normally, it would take about two months, and the provincial examination would have been completed by then."
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: This is a good time. It has only been half a year since I returned to Beijing, and I have been "transferred to another country" again. After these two things are done, I guess at least half a year has passed...
However, the emperor trusted him so much that he could not refuse, so Gao pragmatically had no choice but to accept the order and thank him.
After talking about the business, Gao Pingshi was about to end the meeting, say goodbye and leave, but Zhu Yijun stopped him and hesitated to speak.
Why do you look like you're constipated?
Seeing his expression, Gao Pangshi couldn't help but feel a little amused, and joked: "Your Majesty, if you are not a noble person, just by looking at your expression, I would have to think that you are planning to borrow money from me."
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment. It was obvious that he was unfamiliar with the term "borrowing money". Then he realized it and cursed with a smile: "That's nonsense. What am I borrowing money for?"
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: That's not necessarily the case. Your Spanish colleague has borrowed so much money that he has become insolvent several times. I think if you are in need of money when you fight for the three major levies in the future, come to me. It doesn't matter if you borrow some, or even if you don't come out yet, just bring me some edicts and seal some barren land for me. What's more, you don't need to take out the wild land yourself, just give it a name and I'll go there myself.
Zhu Yijun didn't know that Gao Pragmatic was distracted and was thousands of miles away. When he saw him smiling and saying nothing, he had no choice but to look down and said with a bitter smile: "Yao Lao is about to get hairpins. I have already made a plan to name her Princess Yongning. The Empress Dowager Cisheng has already begun to look for a prince-in-law for her... She wants to meet you."
She wants to meet me? Which one, please tell me clearly, the princess or the queen mother?
Gao Jingshi couldn't ask directly, so he turned around and asked with a surprised look on his face: "The Queen Mother wants to see you?"
"It's not the Queen Mother. Why does the Queen Mother see you? It's Yao who wants to see you." Zhu Yijun said angrily.
Gao Pingshi was startled: "Her Royal Highness the Princess wants to see me...meet the minister?" He quickly confirmed: "Does the Queen Mother know?"
Zhu Yijun's face turned even more disgusting: "How could the Queen Mother know? Who dared to tell her? Yao Yu came to me quietly and said that she must meet you before the wedding. I...well, I really don't want to agree. But she begged so hard, what can I, my brother, say?"
Gao Pragmatic's face fell, and he said in his heart: So you sold me? Last time this little princess wrote a poem, I was sent to Guangxi to feed mosquitoes for a year, and now she’s here again?
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