With the arrival of Wang Xijue, the dispute over the country's origins overshadowed the previously popular slander case, and suddenly became the new focus of the capital officials.
For this reason, new trends naturally emerged in the situation in the capital. Officials of the pragmatic school began to ignore the ordinary "rules" and visit Gao Pragmatic or Xu Guo again and again. Among the officials who visited Gao Pragmatic, two cabinet ministers, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, even appeared.
Officials from the Xin School were not idle either. Including Shen Shixing, they all went to Wang Xijue's house to pay a visit. It was called to celebrate his return to Beijing, but in fact it was naturally an internal meeting on the recent situation.
Although Wang Xijue ranked last in the cabinet, he had a special status after all, and he grabbed the limelight as soon as he arrived. Shen Shixing was also willing to give him this face, and gave him most of the opportunities to speak during this meeting. They looked intimate and happy.
In fact, although Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue had a good relationship, they were not as good as this in the past. But just like the evaluation of their two personalities in "History of the Ming Dynasty", "However, Xi Jue's behavior is gentle, while Xi Jue's character is strong and negative."
Wang Xijue had a good reputation since he was a child, and he often said amazing things. And because he was a top student, he had a very good reputation. After Gao Gong came to power in the past, because of his reputation for integrity and discipline, he gradually attracted Gao Gong's attention. He was transferred from Nanjing Imperial College Secretary to Beijing Imperial College Secretary, and was soon promoted to Youchunfang Youzhongyun.
Later, because Wang Xijue had behaved normally for a period of time, under the auspices of Gao Gong, he was promoted to the positions of Jiu Jiu of the Imperial Academy and Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu.
In particular, I would like to mention the post of minister of wine in the Imperial College. This was something Gao Gong himself had done. He attached great importance to this position and appointed it very carefully. If he is not a person with a good reputation and solid knowledge, Gao Gong will never give it randomly.
However, even if the person who holds the Imperial Academy's wine ceremony is one of the Xiaojiu Qings, the same goes for Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu. When Wang Xijue reached this stage, he probably felt that his wings had hardened, and he began to reveal that he was completely an official of the Xin School. Suddenly, he impeached the cabinet for being busy with political disputes and neglecting government affairs. He finally succeeded in angering the chief minister Gao Gong and was demoted to Nanjing. Hanlin Academy is in charge of affairs.
At that time, Gao Gong had already defeated Zhang and Feng Alliance with the help of Gao Pragmatic and completely controlled the cabinet. No one from the Xin School dared to help Wang Xijue. Therefore, Wang Xijue became honest and understood that he could not be tough with Gao Gong, so his attitude softened. .
In the past two years, Gao Gong thought Wang Xijue had "figured it out" and checked his official records. He also performed very well in the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, so Gao Gong transferred him back to Beijing.
After returning to Beijing this time, after only "training" for about a year, Wang Xijue was promoted by Gao Gong to the post of bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he was still asked to serve as an official at the Imperial Academy - at that time, Wang Xijue was an official official at the Imperial Academy. This is how he came to be the highest-ranking Imperial Academy official and the official imperial master.
Originally, if time had ended at this point, Wang Xijue would almost have shown that he was in the Cao camp and his heart was in the Han Dynasty. Although he was an official of Nanbang who upheld the position of the heart school, he was still highly regarded.
Unfortunately, it was already the sixth year of Wanli, and Gao Gong died suddenly. Although Guo Pu took over the power of the Shi School, he had to stabilize his position for the time being and could not worry about too many other things.
So Wang Xijue came out to speak again. He seemed to be very fair and wrote a few words, saying that when Gao Gong was still there, he was the chief assistant and also in charge of the affairs. He had too much power and was not in line with the wishes of his ancestors. However, considering that Gao Gong was Gu Ming's first assistant and the emperor was young, it was still feasible to do so. However, now that Gu Ming's first assistant has passed away and the emperor is getting older, this concurrent position should not continue.
Therefore, Wang Xijue said that he would ask Guo Pu, the first assistant, to resign as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Wang Xijue's move was actually very thoughtful. Not only did the reasoning make sense, but the timing was also good. Although Guo Pu was also an old minister, he was not as upright as Gao Gong. It was possible to convince him with such upright reasoning.
However, Wang Xijue still missed something.
Although the emperor was getting older, he was actually only sixteen years old, and Empress Dowager Li didn't think the emperor could do a good job at all at that time. What she said at the time was to wait until the emperor was thirty before letting the chief minister delegate power - which was probably not true It was true, but at least it reflected Empress Dowager Li's concern about the emperor's "immaturity."
Under such circumstances, Guo Pu is also one of the "Guo Mingfu ministers". Why can't he also serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel? Mr. Gao has served concurrently for eight years, has something happened? No!
So the two palaces directly issued an edict to Guo Pu, telling him not to quit his part-time job.
Wang Xijue's idea came to nothing, but after this incident, he was completely freed from his relationship with the Reality School and was officially regarded as one of the leaders of the Heart School.
Shen Shixing was well aware of this scene at the time and thought Wang Xijue was a very thoughtful person. He began to pay attention to him and soon planned to promote him and create a good story. (Because Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding are of the same year, and they are the first three of them.)
It was a pity that Guo Pu's status had been consolidated by that time. As the only Gu Mingfu minister who was still in office, Shen Shixing had only a submissive role in front of him, so Wang Xijue was stuck in the Hanlin Academy, unable to move his position at all.
Wang Xijue waited around, but felt that there was no way to go. His father happened to be seriously ill, so he simply resigned from his job on the pretext of returning to his hometown to take care of his father.
He went there, firstly, to avoid the sharp edge of the Reality School and its suppression, and secondly, to take advantage of the opportunity to raise his hopes. This move has achieved remarkable results. Wang Xijue's reputation and status have increased significantly - if his daughter's promotion to immortality had not slightly affected him, I am afraid it would have been more successful.
Raising hopes, coupled with changes in the situation - such as Jiangnan officials and big businessmen becoming increasingly wary of Gao Pragmatism, as well as the defeat of Liu Shouyou and the death of Yu Youding, Shen Shixing became more and more eager to introduce Wang Xijue into the cabinet as Aid has finally come to this day.
Since Shen Shixing desperately hoped that Wang Xijue could share the firepower for him, and due to the personality differences between the two, there was a magical scene in this meeting where Wang Xijue talked eloquently and Shen Yuanfu nodded repeatedly. If someone who doesn't know the details meets them, they may have to betray their identities.
Overall, the senior leaders of the Xin School are very satisfied and optimistic about Wang Xijue's move. His move not only reversed the embarrassment of being led by Gao Pragmatic and being beaten by the emperor with a stick because of the slander case, but he also turned passivity into initiative, and instead defeated Gao Pragmatism of the Practical School.
The most subtle point is that if Gao Pragmatic continues to refuse to come out, I am afraid that many Gao Party members will be wavered and prefer Xu Guo's side.
Although Xu Guo is also a leader of the pragmatic school and even the theoretical leader of the party, everyone knows that he is at a disadvantage in the highly pragmatic competition. If this incident can play a role in balancing the internal forces of the Real School, that would be great.
The reason is very simple: there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If Gao Pragmatic can still defeat Xu Guo as he did after the last Double Ninth Festival Conference, then even if the Practical School is not very united, at least it is still together, and it will be too much of a threat to the Heart School.
And once the forces of Xu State can compete with Gao Pragmatic, the life of the Xin School will be much easier under the fight between these two tigers, and some subsequent plans will be able to be implemented with better conditions.
Shen Shixing even felt that with the methods Wang Xijue showed this time, he might be able to make another surprise attack and make Xu Guo himself shaken.
Although Xu Guo is Gao Gong's disciple, the difference between him and the other big guys is that he is from the south - from She County, Huizhou, South Zhili, and Gao Gong is not his room master, just a seat master.
Room master, seat master, no matter what the master is, as long as the disciple pays homage to the disciple after passing the exam and the teacher accepts it, this is the relationship between teacher and student. There is no doubt about this. However, the relationship between a simple teacher and his disciple was still a bit inferior. In addition, Xu Guo was from Nanbang and was in a competitive relationship with Gao Pragmatic. Shen Shixing always felt that he could still find opportunities to win over him.
It's just that Xu Guozhong was quite late and his people are relatively "mature". Shen Shixing has not found a good opportunity for so many years. Now that Wang Xijue is here, maybe... stones from other mountains can attack jade?
In short, Shen Shixing enjoyed Wang Xijue's limelight.
No matter how capable you are, even if you knock down Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui from the Practical School, or even Wang Jiaping, it won't do any harm. I, the first assistant, will still be as stable as a mountain. Shen Yuanfu is not afraid even if he is older than him - he is one year younger than Wang Xijue.
Therefore, becoming an official is the same as becoming famous. You must start early. The younger you are when you become an official, the higher the possibility of surviving and the more stamina you will have. Gao Pragmatic was able to stabilize him in the competition with Xu Guo. In addition to the political assets left to him by the third generation of Yuanfu, his age advantage was also an unavoidable obstacle.
Xu Guo was seven years older than Shen Shixing. It was basically impossible to expect him to survive Shen Shixing's death, but what about Gao Pragmatic? Unless he dies accidentally, he can definitely survive all these elders until they die or go home to retire.
Those who are more qualified than him are either dead or have retired. Even if he does not rely on the Holy Family, he will still be the first assistant. As an official, if you don't take refuge with him, who can you take refuge with? Unless the official himself is too young and thinks he cannot wait for that day.
There are many topics discussed by the Xinxue School. In addition to matters related to the dispute over the country, there are also the aftermath of the slander case, etc. As for how to unite the officials in Nangbang to resist Beijing's southern invasion, this will not be discussed tonight. When the time comes, we can only discuss it in private.
The Practical School is not idle either, especially the highly pragmatic Shangshu Mansion. Many people came to see them tonight. But Gao Pragmatic was very determined and only invited a few real senior executives to come in.
As for the people, most of them are old faces. Except for Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, they are Liang Menglong, the minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Mengnan, the general affairs envoy, Luo Zun, the minister of Taipu Temple, Tu Menggui, the minister of Guanglu Temple, and Zhang Yigui, the minister of the Hanlin Academy and the minister of the Imperial Academy. Cheng Wen, the left minister of the Ministry of Finance, Han Ji, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, Song Zhihan, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Gao Yongchun, the right minister of the Ministry of Works.
Among them, Xu Guo and Shen Li were missing compared to the Double Ninth Festival meeting, because they did not come; there was also missing Yang Zhao, the Minister of Industry, who had become an official. In addition, Han Ji changed his position. He was originally a bachelor's student at the Hanlin Academy in charge of affairs. This position was later taken over by Chen Yubi, and Han Ji himself was transferred to the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, which was regarded as adding a handful of sand to the Xin School.
Zhang Mengnan, Luo Zun, Tu Menggui, Han Ji, Cheng Wen, and Song Zhihan were all disciples of Gao Gong. Among them, Zhang Mengnan was not only a disciple, but also Gao Gong's wife and nephew. Zhang Yigui and Gao Yongchun were Guo Pu's disciples.
Because Zhang Siwei came to power relatively late, he had no disciples at the central level yet. He used to have a good friend, Yang Zhao, but unfortunately he retired, so no one from him was present today.
However, the disciples of Gao Gong and Guo Pu are enough to prop up the facade of Gao Pragmatic School. The outside world has already called them "Gao Dang" - the Gao Dang within the pragmatic school.
Zhang Xueyan has the highest position and the most seniority here, so he was the first to speak: "To be honest, Wang Taicang's move is somewhat telling... Do you still insist on your original intention and insist on waiting for the Queen to give birth to a legitimate son?"
He went straight to the point when he opened his mouth. Everyone fell silent and stared at Gao Pragmatic.
Gao pragmatically replied calmly: "Yes."
Zhang Xueyan asked again: "But now it seems that the emperor's holy family is in the imperial concubine. If he loves the house and crows and wants to make the emperor's second son the prince, wouldn't we lose our position?"
"Our position is still waiting for our legitimate son, how can we say we have lost our position?" Gao Pragmatic asked back, and added: "As for the imperial concubine, she may be favored, and she may even be able to persuade the emperor, but Shen Yuanfu If we won’t let him succeed, why should we be anxious?”
Zhang Xueyan frowned and did not speak immediately. At this time, Wu Dui took over the conversation and said: "I am afraid that if we remain silent, Shen Yuanfu and others will not be able to form a... warning to the emperor. So what if the emperor forcibly canonizes me?"
Gao pragmatic didn't think this would happen, but he replied simply and directly: "Then cooperate with Shen Yuanfu and return the imperial edict."
Wu Dui frowned: "To go to this point? This is not the consistent purpose and style of our pragmatic school." Zhang Xueyan also looked at Gao Pragmatic with burning eyes, waiting for his answer.
Gao pragmatic sighed: "Of course not, so if we have to deal with Wang Taicang's actions and adhere to our established principles, we can only come up with another cunning plan."
Zhang Mengnan asked: "To tell you the truth, do you think you already have this plan in mind?"
Gao pragmatic smiled slightly: "This afternoon, my little brother has already taken action."
"Really?" Zhang Mengnan was a little surprised: "Where? Oh, could it be the palace? Are you asking Huang and Chen, two great ministers, to convince the Holy One?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head: "Now is not the opportunity to ask them to take action. Besides, even if you ask them to help, you can't do this. Otherwise, if the operation is improper, they may even get involved."
Han Ji also interjected and asked: "If it's not them, then who else can influence the emperor?"
Gao pragmatic sighed slightly: "Pillow wind."
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