Since the new Minister of Rongzheng has not yet been appointed, Gao Jingzhi is not in a hurry to give up his duty at the Ministry of War. At least it will be okay for him to talk to Qi Jiguang and Ma Chengxuan for a while today.
After the two of them said goodbye, Gao Pragmatic also went to say goodbye to Liang Menglong and his colleagues and subordinates in the Ministry of War.
Now that Gao Pragmatic was the chief agricultural officer, he was the target of all the ministries to fawn over. Naturally, he received an enthusiastic response when he came to say goodbye. They all half-jokingly expressed to him that they hoped that the Ministry of Revenue would take more care of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War in the future.
Gao Pragmatic was different this time, and he agreed very happily. Everyone was a little surprised, because generally speaking, Da Sinong would be very reserved on this issue and would not easily agree to give special care to a certain yamen, but they didn't know if Gao Pragmatic said what he said casually today or if he really meant it. .
However, he couldn't explain, and no one dared to ask more questions. Only Liang Menglong twisted his beard and smiled, knowing that Gao Pragmatic's words were definitely not fake. Gao pragmatic has always attached great importance to military affairs. In the past, he did not care about the household department and could not directly intervene. Now that he has become a big agriculture minister, many things will naturally be arranged according to his own wishes.
Today, the situation between the cabinet and the seven ministers of the imperial court has undergone new changes. As one of the seven ministers, Gao Pragmatic has officially entered the decision-making level of the imperial court - he often participated in decision-making in the past, but that is obviously different from today's situation.
Today's cabinet has a total of six cabinet ministers. In order of order, they are Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the Zhongji Palace, Xu Guo, the second assistant of the Jianji Palace, Zhang Xueyan, the Wenhua Palace, Wu Dui, the Wuying Palace, Wen Wang Jiaping, a bachelor of Yuange University, and Wang Xijue, a bachelor of Dongge University.
Although Sir Wang Xilin has a high status, his status as a scholar cannot be brought into the cabinet after all. Once in the cabinet, he still has to follow the order honestly. At present, he can only replace Wang Jiaping, who was the last one in the past.
In most cases, the ranking of the cabinet is just like this step by step. Only in rare cases will there be differences. For example, the cabinet minister is not a new minister but a new minister, or the emperor has clearly designated the ranking in the edict - Gao Gong was designated. .
The designated ranking is not the same thing as Zhongzhi's appointment to the cabinet. The latter will be despised by scholars, but the former will not. This is because the cabinet minister passed the court meeting before the emperor designated the order, so no one will question his qualifications.
The relationship between Wang Xijue and Zhu Yijun was obviously not good enough for Zhu Yijun to specifically designate a position for him, so he had to be the last member of the group.
The changes in the seven ministers of the imperial court are also not small. They are now Yang Wei, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Gao pragmatic, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Xu Xuemo, the minister of the Ministry of rites, Liang Menglong, the minister of the Ministry of war, Shu Hua, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, Shi Xing, the minister of the Ministry of industry, and Shen Li, the censor of Zuodu.
However, although it is customary for the "Seven Ministers of the Imperial Court" to place Zuodu Yushi last, please do not misunderstand. This does not mean that Zuodu Yushi's real status is ranked after the six ministers.
Zuodu Yushi is the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is known as the General Constitution, the Metropolitan Constitution, and the Asian Prime Minister. His status is very special, but it is difficult to clearly rank. Because the duty of Zuodu Yushi is to supervise all officials and discipline the world, his authority is closely related to the personality and style of the person in charge.
Generally speaking, if the Censor of Zuodu is a person who can't get rid of the dirt in his eyes, then the General Xian is probably afraid of everyone and worried about ghosts, and it is difficult to think about his status. On the contrary, if the Censor of Zuodu is He is a good gentleman. Although the General Constitution is certainly praised by people everywhere, his actual status is very worrying, and he may even have no sense of existence at all.
What kind of censor of Zuodu is Shen Lihui's plan? No one knows, including Gao Jingzhen.
In addition, Shi Xing's transfer to Minister of Industry was also influential. Shi Xing was born in Dongming County, Daming Prefecture. From a geographical point of view, it seems natural that he should be close to Gao Dang or the current real school.
In fact, this was not the case. In his early years, Shi Xing's tutors were not from the Gao Gong or Guo Pu faction, and he left politics very early. As a result, when he was young, he was outspoken and had the arrogance of a new Jinshi. He did something stupid and was suppressed by Gao Gong. .
The thing is this: In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing, Shi Xing, who was only 22 years old, passed the Jinshi examination (as mentioned above, most Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty were around thirty years old), and his results were relatively high, so he entered the cabinet. He was worthy of observing politics and was later awarded the title of Pingren.
In October of the first year of Longqing, Shi Xing was promoted to an official in Shizhong. After Emperor Mu Zonglongqing came to the throne, Shi Xing didn't know which string was wrong, so he issued an inexplicable admonishment and put forward six suggestions, namely, cultivating holy skills, teaching holy knowledge, diligently observing the court, speeding up Yu Yun, listening widely, and observing. Slander.
Originally, this kind of memorial could be written in a very "formatted" way, and the emperor would basically not take it seriously after reading it. However, Shi Xing did not. His position in the memorial was somewhat problematic, as if he was treating Emperor Longqing as a villain first, and his choice of words Very aggressive again.
This is bad news. Emperor Longqing was originally very good-tempered, but after seeing this, he became furious. He gave Shi Xingchen a "slander", sentenced him to sixty sticks, and demoted him to the people.
Although Gao Gong, the emperor's master, was not the first assistant at the time, judging from the general situation, he could and usually should come forward to defend Shi Xing. Unexpectedly, Shi Xing's memorial also contained some implicit accusations, as if It means that Emperor Longqing was so unbearable, Gao Gong, the emperor's master, should be fully responsible.
Gao Gong originally thought that this was just Shi Xing being confused about the situation and wanted to endure it. Unexpectedly, his disciples checked and found that this was not the case at all.
What is the actual situation? It was Xu Jie who controlled the way of speech and Gao Gong's fighting skills at that time. Although Shi Xing was not Xu Jie's direct descendant, as a young Yanguan, he really thought that Gao Gong was the ignorant and evil person Xu Jie said under the public praise. Those who repaid kindness with hatred became angry and sparse, openly scolding the emperor, but actually scolding Gao Gong. This immediately pissed off the high arch.
Gao Gong has a bad temper to begin with, and at the critical moment of his battle with Xu Jie, Shi Xing, a young boy, jumps out to be cannon fodder. Can Gao Gong just help him? Therefore, Gao Gong no longer cared about Shi Xing's "Beibei Ranking Lagging", let alone supported him, and directly signed the emperor's imperial edict of condemnation.
So Shi Xing received sixty imperial sticks, was dismissed from office on the spot, and was demoted to the people.
Think about the concept of a scholar receiving sixty imperial sticks under normal circumstances - twenty imperial rods are enough to kill a person seriously. Shi Xing received sixty imperial rods and actually just passed out.
In fact, this was Gao Gong's greeting to Meng Chong, the eunuch who was the chief eunuch at the time, and asked him to make arrangements and teach him a lesson, but no lives would be lost. Meng Chong was recommended to the position by Gao Gong, so he naturally did not dare to disobey Gao Gong's wishes. He did this very well.
As for Shi Xing himself, under the protection of his friend Mu Wenxi from the same hometown, he finally regained consciousness after a day and night of care.
At this time, Shi Xing thought that he should be a promising talent in Xu Jie's eyes, but who knew that Xu Jie had no reaction at all and simply ignored it.
When Shi Xing heard the news, he felt chills on the spot and almost died of anger. However, he was indeed very temperamental at that time. Although he was seriously injured, he refused to stay in the capital and returned to his hometown with Mu Wenxi. Later, Gao Gong was confused by Xu Jie and returned to his hometown for more than a year before returning to Beijing. After returning to Beijing, he served as a cabinet minister and a heavenly official and was so busy that he forgot about Shi Xing. Rehabilitate Shi Xing or something.
In June of the sixth year of Longqing, Longqing died and Wanli came to the throne. According to custom, the Ministry of Civil Affairs proposed to appoint officials who had been convicted for their speeches during the Longqing period, and Shi Xing was among them. Gao Gong only remembered him after looking at him, but did not stop him, so Shi Xing was reinstated. Second Chinese Network
In August of the same year, Shi Xing arrived in Beijing. By this time, Gao Gong had already lost his temper. Instead, he "compensated" Shi Xing by promoting him from his original official position to Shaoqing of Shangbaosi.
In August of the second year of Wanli, Shi Xing began to change his attitude towards Gao Dang because he had smoothed his edges and learned that the internal contention of Xu Jie's dispute with Gao Gong was not what he imagined. Si Shaoqing was promoted to the position of Prime Minister of the Right Temple of Dali Temple, and soon he was promoted to Prime Minister of the Left Temple of Dali Temple.
This is of course a manifestation of Gao Gong's will, because Shang Baosi is a Qingshui yamen, but its level is not bad. Gao Gong placed Shi Xing in Shang Baosi, partly to compensate for his grade, and partly to observe Shi Xing's manner. If Shi Xing is still stubborn and unrepentant, Gao Gong certainly has a way to rectify it.
However, since Shi Xing had "acknowledged his mistake", Gao Gong of course still adhered to the principle of supporting the younger generation and used him again.
However, Shi Xing may not be completely relieved of the previous suppression. Although he later tended to favor the Practical School as a whole, he did not completely side with the Practical School at certain times, especially after Gao Gong's death.
For example, when he was in the Ministry of War, he impeached Gao Jingshi, the former governor of Liaodong: Gao Jingshi planned to kill Ye He Erbeile, and Shi Xing impeached him for being provocative. Shi Xing believed that Ye He's matter was not so serious that he needed to kill people in this way. Gao Pragmatic's killing had the meaning of "killing without teaching".
This impeachment was of no use. Zhu Yijun neither agreed nor dealt with Shi Xing directly. He just let the bullet go.
Gao Pragmatic was aware of this matter, but he knew what Zhu Yijun meant at that time: Shi Xing did a pretty good job overall, but after he was suppressed, although he occasionally still had some enthusiasm for book business, his views on major political affairs were not the same. It seems that some have turned to "doves", and they are famous for not liking to see "unnecessary wars".
At that time, the Ministry of War was all composed of the main war faction. Zhu Yijun thought that leaving a main peace faction would be somewhat of a wake-up call, so he did not deal with the matter. He just talked about the matter with Gao Jingshi in private, so that Gao Jingshi would not understand the holy will.
Later, Gao Jingshi joined the Ministry of War and found an opportunity to talk to Shi Xing about this matter. Shi Xing said that he was not blindly advocating for peace, but that he was afraid that this battle would lead to the Liaodong War and the Jurchen tribes would completely rebel. Everyone knows the premise here - the court ran out of money that year, and there would be big problems if there was another big war.
Generally speaking, Gao Pragmatic felt that Shi Xing was basically a neutral official who was slightly leaning towards the pragmatic school of thought, but deep down he might still have some concerns about the Gao family. It’s not a big deal, nor is it nothing.
Now that Shi Xing has become Minister of the Ministry of Works, whether it will have any impact on the court situation still needs to be discussed within the Real School. Neither Gao Pragmatic nor Liang Menglong was very sure about this.
The only good news is probably that the emperor's longevity palace (Wanli Dingling) is now at a critical juncture. Shi Xing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, will definitely be added as the "governor's mausoleum engineer" soon. Before the construction of the longevity palace is completed and accepted, he probably has nothing to do. Time to get involved in other things.
Let’s stop with Shen Li and Shi Xing’s questions for now. Next, there are two “Old Qi Qings” who also need to pay attention.
As mentioned before, Yang Wei, the official of the Ministry of Personnel, is a neutral faction. Because he has a very good relationship with Zhang Siwei, he always behaves like an official of the practical school.
However, the age of Lord Tianguan is a problem - he will reach the age where he should be officially appointed as an official in two years. However, it seems that there is currently no suitable candidate for the Ministry of Personnel within the Practical School.
Originally, such an embarrassing thing would not have happened, because the previous plan within the Real School was to let Shen Li serve as the Minister of Household Affairs for a long time, and he would fill this gap when Yang Wei took office. Who knew that although Shen Li was an upright man, he really wasn't good at managing money. When a large amount of money was needed at the same time as the vassal ban and the rebellion in the northwest, he couldn't come up with any constructive suggestions, so he was disliked by the emperor.
If it were not for taking care of the face of the Real School, it is doubtful whether Shen Li could "calmly adjust" Zuodu Yushi this time. If he wants to take over as Tianguan in two years, it seems that it is not very safe at present.
The last person who needs attention is Shuhua, the Minister of Punishment. Shu Hua's problem is relatively simple. The main reason is that his physical condition is really worrying. At present, a minor illness can turn into a serious illness. He almost died when he caught a cold. The emperor was worried that he would die without giving up. At present, They were quietly observing who could succeed him - this was what Chen Ju had quietly informed Gao Pragmatic before, but Chen Ju didn't know the results of the emperor's observation or who the emperor was interested in.
The Ministry of Punishment is not originally the main position of the Real School, and Gao Pragmatic and the others do not insist on getting this position, but for this kind of thing...it doesn't matter if I can't get it, but it's best not to get it either from the Shi School.
This is always a definite idea, so Gao Pragmatic has to think about it.
When we came out of the Ministry of War, it was already getting late, and there was no point in going to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Anyway, today was just the handover of the powers and responsibilities of the Ministry of War, and it was not the day when he, the chief agricultural officer, took office, so Gao Pragmatic went directly back to Zhao and Jinggongfang. .
Gao Jingshi's residence in Zhaohui Jinggongfang has been renamed many times over the years. After today's imperial edict, Jinghua, with its efficient operation, actually changed the plaque before Gao Jingshi came back.
Now the plaque at the gate has been replaced by the four characters "Shang Shu Gaofu".
The characters were written in Guange style, square and smooth. Gao Qingshi was a little confused when he saw it at the door. He took a closer look and found that it was his own handwriting. He couldn't help but be startled.
The elusive Gao Mo suddenly came out and saw the master staring at the door plaque in a daze. He quickly explained: "This is the master's original work. It was just copied by the calligrapher from the master's calligraphy. No wonder the master is suspicious."
Oh I got it. Gao pragmatic nodded and asked, "Are there any guests in the house?"
Gao Mo smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, the boss has a bunch of princes, marquises, and uncles. I almost couldn't greet them."
Gao pragmatic put his hand on his forehead and sighed: "These people... well, I know what they are afraid of, so I will go and comfort them."
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