"The right minister of the Ministry of War, the right censor of the capital procuratorate, and the governor of Liaodong, a high-ranking official in charge of military affairs, came to the audience——"
Outside the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, following the loud announcement of the Han general on duty, Gao Pragmatic, dressed in a red silk python robe and wearing a python robe, walked into the pavilion with a solemn expression.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a fat young man with a smile standing in front of the imperial court. It was Zhu Yijun who was wearing a bright red emperor's uniform.
"A high-ranking minister is pragmatic, and you should participate in..."
"No gifts, no gifts." Zhu Yijun chuckled and waved his hand to interrupt Gao Pragmatic's words. He also walked over and grabbed Gao Pragmatic's arm, preventing him from bowing down smoothly. At the same time, he said: "What, isn't the winter in Liaodong great? Is it colder than the capital? I heard that the spring cold there is quite severe right now, you are so tired from all the travels, are you not sick?"
After all, we have been classmates for ten years, so we don’t even mention “I”.
Gao pragmatic couldn't bow, so he had to stop and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, if you want to talk about the weather, Liaodong is indeed a bit cold, but if you really want to say it, it's not much colder than the capital. However, the Fuyuan in Liaoyang was originally a bit crude. After I arrived, I spent some money to install earth dragons in the flower hall, study room, north room, etc., and it stopped being cold."
The earth dragon that Gao pragmatic mentioned is of course not a kind of dragon, nor is it the Chinese herbal medicine with the same name, but a relatively luxurious way of heating. To put it simply, some fire tunnels are dug under the house, and a furnace is set up outside the fire tunnels to burn the fire. The heat flows through the fire tunnels to increase the temperature in the room.
This heating method not only requires a large amount of construction and renovation work, but also consumes a lot of fuel due to its low energy efficiency. In ancient times, earth dragons were generally only used in top wealthy places such as palaces and royal palaces. However, this thing itself is not illegal. As long as you have money and are willing to spend money, anyone can wear it.
Gao Pragmatic naturally does not lack this little money, and it is actually cheap for him to burn the earth dragon - the coal mine in Anshan has started construction, and his is just a Fuyuan, how much can he burn from morning to night? negligible level.
Zhu Yijun was not annoyed at all after hearing this. Instead, he laughed and scolded: "As expected of Xinzheng Gaolongwen who 'waved his hand with three hundred thousand taels'. If I had known this, I shouldn't have included your name in the Zhu batch I just made."
Gao Pragmatic said in astonishment: "What Zhu Pi?"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand casually: "It's just a small thing. Originally, I was giving some hand stoves and other things to keep out the cold for ministers, officials and other ministers. But I thought you should go back to Beijing today, so I gave your name to him as well." Added in."
Gao Pingshi hurriedly said seriously: "I thank the emperor for your concern."
"Well... when it comes to caring, I'm not being humble. I really care about you." Zhu Yijun suddenly winked and said to Gao Pragmatically: "Guess I asked you to come back this time because I have something good for you to do. ?”
Gao pragmatically said: What, a good thing? Are you sure you're not kidding me? These two messes are in front of us. Are you telling me that this is a good thing?
Seeing Gao Pragmatic's surprised look, Zhu Yijun thought he couldn't figure it out, and pointed with a smile: "Think about it, what major events have happened in the court recently, and you are very suitable to have a hand in it?"
Gao Pragmatic was so eager to roll his eyes when he heard this, that I am a good candidate for getting involved? It’s true that I’m quite rich, but damn, I’m not a charity person, and besides, I spend a lot of money!
However, the emperor's words still had to be answered and could not be ignored directly. Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Well, could it be that the emperor is talking about the Kingdom of King Lu?"
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and then immediately shook his head: "Yixi is only sixteen years old this year, and the affairs of the country are not in a hurry. How can the queen mother be willing for him to go to Weihui now? Besides, my wallet is worried now, and I can't wait for a while. If we can’t gather enough vassals, I’m afraid this matter will have to wait for a few more years… You can guess again.”
Huh?
King Lu has no plans to become a vassal yet? Then why did you accumulate wealth so early and attract the attention of the world?
"Could it be that the emperor is talking about the war in Yunnan?" Gao pragmatically tried to ask again.
"How can you get involved in Yunnan affairs? It is in the southwest and you are in the northeast. This is too far! Besides, the temple in Yunnan is too small to accommodate your giant Buddha now." Zhu Yijun looked disgusted. As if to say: "Why are you so stupid all of a sudden?"
Isn’t it about King Lu or Yunnan?
Gao Jingshi was suddenly confused. He couldn't help but touch his nose and said: "This...I can't guess it at the moment."
Zhu Yijun chuckled, then looked at the door with a guilty conscience, lowered his voice slightly and said, "Chun Wei!"
Spring? Will you try?
I passed this exam three years ago, and I was still the top scorer! Why are you bringing this up? You can't say that the previous test results will be invalid and let me take the test again, right? Is there any more royal method?
Fortunately, this time Zhu Yijun did not let Gao Pangshi continue to guess. Instead, he continued: "I heard that you accepted two disciples, but one is an Annan and the other is a Mongolian? Is this the case?"
"Oh, this is true. One of the two children is the son of Ruan Huang and the other is the son of Bahan Naji. However, I accepted them as disciples mainly to appease their father..."
"Of course I can see your intention." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "However, you are the sixth number one scholar in my Ming Dynasty, you can't only have two disciples from the vassal country. This is too shabby! So what I mean is , taking advantage of the fact that spring this year is still two days away, I want you to come back as an examiner as soon as possible, so that you can recruit a few disciples to prop up the facade and boss around."
Uh... let me be the examiner? Or will you test the examiner?
Gao Pragmatic opened his eyes wide and asked: "Your Majesty, are you kidding me? I am on the Gengchen Gold List in the eighth year of Wanli, and the Chinese style is only three years old. How can I test the examiner?"
"Why can't you do it?" Zhu Yijun snorted: "You have compiled the "Da Ming Huidian". Now tell me: Which of the ancestors in the past has stipulated that the Jinshi on the previous list cannot be the next one? Examiner?"
"Well, there is no such thing, but the country has its own conventions. For example, examiners have qualification requirements for examiners..."
"Aren't you qualified enough?" Zhu Yijun interrupted Gao Pragmatic's words and asked: "It is our practice that examiners must have served or are currently serving as Hanlin historians - have you ever served?"
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Nonsense, I was born as a scholar in the Imperial Academy, and my first position must be as a compiler for the Hanlin Academy. This is an unshakable rule. I must have been a historian of the Hanlin Academy.
But Gao Pragmatic continued quickly: "In the early years of the Chinese Dynasty, the only rule for examiners to be examined was that they were from the Hanlin Academy, but later there were other requirements. For example, in the selection of examiners, there were one or two chief examiners. From the Jia and Long years onwards, , the appointment is limited to bachelors, and the eight examiners must also be ministers or above, while ministers are no more than... Huh?" At this point, Gao Pragmatic suddenly became speechless.
Zhu Yijun laughed, then blinked and asked, "It's just what? Don't you, Gao Aiqing, hold the title of minister?"
Gao Pangshi was stunned at first, and then asked rather suspiciously: "Your Majesty, you can't tell me that when I was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War, I had already considered that this spring, I would have to 'meddle' in it. Is it okay?"
Zhu Yijun raised his chin triumphantly: "What, does this move of mine count as far-sighted and extraordinary intentions? Can it be considered as 'caring'?"
Well, I think you can only be called premeditated... Of course, caring is very caring.
In the Ming Dynasty, the unity of teachers and students was a relationship where both prospered and suffered losses. Originally, due to Zhang Juzheng and Ding You's love affair, there was a drama in which Liu Tai impeached Zhang Juzheng as a disciple, so that "teachers and students are one." It took a bit of a blow, but at this time in history, Zhang Juzheng was overthrown by Gao Pragmatic, and the drama was naturally over.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the relationship between teachers and students is still strong in Ming Dynasty. In other words, if Gao Pragmatic really serves as an examiner and selects a few Jinshi, these Jinshi will have to live with the label of "Gao Longwen's disciples" for the rest of their lives and will never be able to take them off.
Of course, the label of "Gao Longwen's disciple", at least for now, is still a very good political bonus, and no new scholar would refuse to wear it.
On the other hand, these Jinshi will naturally be Gao Jingshi's future political resources. Let's not talk about the daily benefits for now. Let's just say that if Gao Jingshi has the opportunity to join the cabinet in the future, each of these people will be his after joining the cabinet. Direct lineage.
The so-called political resources are one of them, and a very important one.
In this way, Zhu Yijun claims to have special care for Gao Jingshi, but he is really not bragging, because his idea is to look for opportunities to add more capital to Gao Jingshi's political arena.
However, Gao Pragmatic still had something to say. He asked: "I wonder who the examiner is this year?"
Zhu Yijun said: "The examiner of the Gengchen Section in the eighth year of Wanli was Shen Cifu. This year it was supposed to be the examiner of Yuge Lao, but Yuge Lao declined - he is currently ill, and I heard that his illness is not serious. From now on. I have been on leave continuously since last month, and the last time I came to the cabinet for duty was half a month ago."
"So, this year's examiner is Mr. Xu Ge?" Gao pragmatically asked.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Yes." Then he added: "This is another reason why I asked you to return to Beijing quickly. Although Mr. Xu Ge is a cautious person, he is Gao Wenzhenggong's disciple after all. You will grade your papers under him. Fang, the possibility that the paper you selected will be rejected should be very small - of course, with your literary name Gao Longwen, it is unlikely that the paper you selected will be rejected."
Gao pragmatic knew that Zhu Yijun must have some reservations in his words, because Xu Guo not only had the identity of "Gao Wenzhenggong's disciple"? He is still the second-largest figure in the Gao Party today, besides Zhang Siwei, the first assistant, and he is also Gao Pragmatic's senior brother. Did he reject Gao Pragmatic Point's paper because he was full, or was he having a brain convulsion?
Zhu Yijun took advantage of Xu Guo's opportunity to serve as the examiner and asked Gao Yingshi to be a co-examiner (a total of eight co-examiners). This made it clear that Gao Jingshi would choose the future team.
It seems strange that the emperor clearly asked his ministers to build his own team, but under the political system of the Ming Dynasty, it is not strange at all for Zhu Yijun to do this.
Because the elders of the Ming Dynasty, even the chief assistant, can't actually accomplish much if they are just a solitary person. They must have a large group of people willing to follow him.
Not to mention Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and even Zhang Juzheng in the original history, which of the powerful chief ministers is not full of talents in the world?
To put it bluntly, even a good gentleman like Li Chunfang actually has a large number of disciples and disciples. The reason why Li Chunfang seems "powerless" is that firstly, the holy family is far inferior to Gao Gong, and secondly, his personal character is too soft and too "sloppy" ”, so that the disciples and disciples were afraid that if there was a problem after helping the master, they would be abandoned by the frightened master.
And now? Zhu Yijun regarded Gao Jingshi as his first assistant in the future many years ago, but Gao Jingshi cannot be the first assistant without any helpers except the holy family, so helping Gao Jingshi get a group of disciples early is not only Taking care of Gao Pragmatic is also helping Zhu Yijun himself.
As for Gao Dang, it seems that there are many talents now... Yes, Gao Dang or the pragmatic school is indeed very strong now, but the foundation of this strength was laid many years ago. None of Gao Gong, Guo Pu, Zhang Siwei, etc. Big ticket disciple?
Especially Gao Gong, who not only served as a co-examiner several times, but also as chief examiner, and also served as head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for many years. He had so many students and disciples that they could be arranged from the capital to Tianjin Port. How could such a high-ranking party not be strong?
But after all, they are all left by the older generation. Gao Pragmatic is much younger than his senior brothers. In a few years, I am afraid that there will be no one available under him. How can we not lay the foundation in advance?
For Zhu Yijun's sake, what else could Gao Pragmatic say? I had no choice but to express gratitude.
"Thank you, please don't go outside." Zhu Yijun finally stopped smiling at this time, and said with some distress: "I asked you to come back to Beijing, although it was mainly because of the Chunwei incident, but there are indeed several troubles. I need you to give me some advice."
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: It seems that the two matters of King Lu and Yunnan still cannot escape, but from his tone, it seems that he is not planning to ask me to come forward, but that he is really undecided and wants to ask me for reference.
He said seriously: "It is the duty of a minister to share the emperor's worries. If the emperor really has something difficult to resolve, I will naturally do my best to make suggestions for the emperor."
Zhu Yijun nodded, his face became solemn, he frowned, paced, and said thoughtfully: "The first thing is the war in Yunnan that you mentioned before. Yunnan said that Myanmar sent an army of 200,000 to invade. This time The war was started by others. Even if we don’t want to fight, we still have to fight, but the treasury is really empty right now. This battle..."
Seeing that Zhu Yijun stopped here, Gao Pragmatic asked, "Does the Emperor want to ask whether the scale of this battle should be controlled, and even if it is to be fought, it should be settled as soon as possible?"
Zhu Yijun's face looked a little ugly, but he still nodded solemnly: "That's more or less what it means... In fact, I really want to teach Burma, which has become increasingly dishonest in recent years, a lesson, but the current major affairs of the court are in Jiliao, and the government The treasury is empty, and it is really beyond the power to fight a war in Yunnan..."
Gao pragmatic pretended to ponder for a moment, and then slowly said: "I think Myanmar should not only be beaten, but also beaten hard."
"As expected." Zhu Yijun smiled bitterly and said: "I knew you would have this attitude... But the problem now is not that I refuse to fight, but that we have to defeat the opponent's army of 200,000 people. We have to mobilize more than 100,000 people no matter what. Right? Where can I get the money to support this hundred thousand army?"
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