Gao Pragmatic's meeting with the three students lasted less than an hour and was interrupted due to temporary matters. This "temporary incident" was not unexpected, but expected - today's process of recommending cabinet ministers was extremely smooth. Gao Jinggong defeated the other two candidates who accompanied him in the recommendation with an absolute advantage. After expressing his agreement, he successfully entered the cabinet.
The two candidates accompanying him were Shen Li, the censor of Zuodu, and Xu Xuemo, the minister of rites. These two candidates are much older than Gao Pragmatic in terms of qualifications, but in fact they both know that they are included in this recommendation just to serve as a green leaf for Gao Pragmatic, so neither of them has any hope.
Xu Xuemo attended the court meeting at least, but Shen Li was more interesting because he was absent. The censor of Zuodu not only did not go to see off his friend Xu Guo of the same year, but also did not attend the court meeting. Instead, he took sick leave to recuperate at home. It is not known whether it was a physical illness or a mental illness.
In this way, the cabinet was successfully completed, and the emperor was extremely quick - even very fast - and immediately issued an imperial edict through the Supervisor of Ceremonies to readjust the titles of the ministers in the cabinet.
It is said that it is an adjustment. In fact, after Xu Guo, the second assistant, resigned, the other cabinet ministers took a step forward. Only Shen Shixing, who was ranked before Xu Guo, could not be promoted, so he had to add a false title, and was promoted by the crown prince and Taifu. For the crown prince and grand master.
However, it is worth mentioning that as the chief assistant, his virtual title of Prince and Grand Master has just caught up with Gao Jingshi, and will even be a little behind Gao Jingshi soon - because when Gao Jingshi entered the cabinet, his virtual title was also promoted again. .
After confirmation by the imperial edict, the current cabinet positions and rankings are as follows: Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the Zhongji Palace, Wu Dui, the second assistant of the Jianji Palace, Wang Jiaping, the Wenhua Palace, and Wang Xijue, the Wuying Palace. , Liang Menglong, a bachelor of Wenyuange University, and Gao Pragmatic, a bachelor of Dongge University.
Gao Pragmatism is relatively special here, because after he joined the cabinet, due to the emperor's insistence, his original position of Minister of Household Affairs was still concurrently held, and he became the only current cabinet minister who concurrently held the actual position of Minister. This point actually encountered some resistance when the court was pushing it, because some ministers believed that "there is no precedent".
As a result, the emperor said that since when the late emperor Mu Miao, Mr. Gao was appointed as the chief minister of the cabinet, he could also serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, then why should Gao Wuchen also serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue now? So despite all the opinions - well, actually not all opinions, just individual doubts - Gao Pragmatic continued to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Originally, the meeting was basically over at this point. Who would have thought that when they discussed the recent situation in North Korea, a big accident happened because of a small incident.
What happened was this: the emperor and his ministers talked about Korea, and by the way, they talked about the situation in Liaodong. Originally, everyone was mainly discussing whether there were hidden dangers in the defense of Liaodong. Who knew that when discussing whether the Jurchen tribes could play an active role in entering the DPRK, Xu Xuemo, the Minister of Rites, said, "Since Ye He is an old in-law in the high cabinet, he is naturally willing to serve for him." Effectiveness".
There was something strange about these words in his mouth, which angered Shang Bao Siqing, one of the Xiaojiu Qings - Gao Wuguan, Gao Wuguan's biological second brother who had been adopted by Gao Gong.
It has been said a long time ago that Shang Baosi is a Qingshui Yamen, and its main responsibility is to manage the emperor's various seals and seals. The most important one of the so-called real powers that Minister Shangbao really possesses is that he can participate in some court meetings and court recommendations as one of the minor nine ministers, and he can propose someone as a candidate at such meetings, or support a certain person proposed by other ministers. candidates cast a vote.
Of course, since Shangbao Siqing is only ranked last among the Xiaojiuqings, he actually does very little in "proposing candidates" and usually only has the right to vote.
However, no matter what, after today's court recommendation was completed, the meeting actually became a court meeting, and since the emperor did not let any ministers leave, he acquiesced that all ministers present had the power to discuss the matter, so Shangbao Secretary Gao Wu Of course, viewers also have the right to speak.
Gao Wuguan, as his younger brother, couldn't tolerate Xu Xuemo's strange marriage between Gao Pragmatic and Ye He. He asked on the spot: "According to what the great uncle said, in-laws cannot help each other in any matter, so Ye He has a daughter who is the great minister of farming." My concubine is just clinging to me, and how can I obey the command of the Great Sinong?"
He paused and sneered: "If the relationship between concubines is just like this, then the eldest uncle and Yuan Fu are the sons and daughters of the royal family, but I don't know who is clinging to whom, and who is. Whose orders are you willing to obey?"
Xu Xuemo was so angry at his words that his old face turned red, and he couldn't refute. In fact, everyone knows this. Before Xu Xuemo took office, he became the mainstream of the sect by currying favor with Shen Shixing and other big Xinxue leaders. After he took office, he felt that his position was unstable, so he hurriedly entered into a marriage relationship with Shen Shixing. Only then did he feel that Be grounded.
Originally, people didn't usually mention this matter. After all, marriages between civil servants and celebrities are actually very common. Although Xu Xuemo's move seems a bit too hasty and utilitarian, in any case, it is still a "popularity". Everyone is a civil servant, and there is no need to not open or lift any pot.
However, the bad thing about Xu Xuemo was that his strange behavior just now annoyed Gao Wuguan. In Gao Wu's view, although Ye He obviously had a desire to marry his daughter to his eldest brother Gao Jingshi as a concubine, Gao Jingshi's willingness to accept it was for the sake of the court's overall stability of Liaodong.
Under such circumstances, you still feel weird. Do you not understand the reason? Or is it because your butt is clean?
However, Gao Wuguan's retort also involved Shen Shixing, making Shen Yuanfu look extremely ugly. Zhu Yijun saw that the situation was going astray and could easily get into trouble, so he planned to change the topic.
Unfortunately, before the emperor could express his position, Shen Shixing couldn't stand it anymore and said that if the officials thought that the marriage relationship between him and Xu Xuemo was inappropriate, he himself should be responsible. At the same time, he also said that since the marriage was consummated, he must keep the names of his son and daughter-in-law (this marriage was the marriage of Xu Xuemo's daughter to Shen Shixing's son Shen Yongmao), so he was willing to resign and hold various positions to prove himself.
Shen Shixing's statement was actually a typical example of taking retreat in order to advance. Because he had contributed to the victory in the battle against Yuan Dynasty as the first assistant, and he had just been promoted to a false title because of it. How could the emperor immediately dismiss him because of his in-laws? Is he leaving?
What's more, now that Shin Shi-hang has left, the cabinet will no longer be able to adjust, and it will also lead to turmoil in the outer court due to the serious imbalance between practical and spiritual strength. Therefore, in Zhu Yijun's view, Shen Shixing's words were actually a rebellion against the general.
Of course other people also understood this truth, so they were even more dissatisfied with Shen Shixing and Xu Xuemo. But as mentioned just now, Shen Shixing is indeed unable to do anything now, so everyone vented their anger on Xu Xuemo and started talking about some of Xu Xuemo's bad things.
In fact, Xu Xuemo had no serious political faults, and as one of the great figures in the contemporary literary world, his reputation among scholars was not bad at first. However, his bad reputation was due to his wide network of friends.
Because of his prolific writings, this man had close relationships with many literary figures, which was originally a good thing. However, problems arose because he had too many friends and had too many friends. Sometimes the relationship between friends was very subtle. For example, Wang Shizhen originally had a very close relationship with Xu Xuemo. In the 17th year of Wanli, Xu Xuemo returned to Suzhou as a provincial relative, and Wang Shizhen even visited him in person.
However, Wang Shizhen has said before that although he is talented and knowledgeable, he is prone to extreme evaluations of people, and sometimes deliberately discredits others because his own views are contrary to others. Historically, he did this to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.
He was also average to Xu Xuemo. Historically, they had a very good relationship. However, the strange thing is that in the seventeenth year of Wanli, Wang Shizhen still took the initiative to visit Xu Xuemo. However, in the "Biography of Shoufu" written around the eighteenth year of Wanli, Wang Shizhen mentioned Xu Xuemo was written as an unscrupulous villain who sells out his friends, and his description of Xu Xuemo can be called vicious.
Wang Shizhen's reputation in the literary world is even louder than that of Xu Xuemo, and his evaluation is still very influential. This has caused Xu Xuemo's reputation to take a sharp turn, and some minor mistakes in the past have been repeatedly criticized. At this time, everyone's criticism almost cited the things mentioned by Wang Shizhen in "The Biography of Shou Fu", which made Xu Xuemo so angry that he even went to the King's Palace to disobey the emperor and roared at the Wenhua Palace.
Now the matter could no longer be suppressed. Shen Shixing couldn't say much because he was involved in the matter. Wang Xijue originally wanted to help Xu Xuemo, but he just said a few words and was pushed back, saying that he was shielding the township party - because Wang Xijue and Xu Xuemo is both from Suzhou. Oh, by the way, so does Shen Shixing.
Xu Xuemo was now completely alone, and there was no point in arguing anymore. What's more, the emperor has been at the peak of his power these past two days. You, Mr. Xu, dare to roar in front of the emperor. How can I tolerate you?
The final result was no surprise. Xu Xuemo argued for a while and then took the initiative to resign. Although the emperor did not want the matter to be so rigid, he planned to wait for him to "resign again and again" before approving it. Unfortunately, the ministers did not agree and all offered their resignation. As a result, Xu Xuemo became more and more insistent and refused to continue to be in power. As a last resort, the emperor had no choice but to agree.
This time the matter became more involved, especially for Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue. If they lost their position as Minister of Rites when the Practical School's reputation was rising, the Xin School would really be suppressed by the Practical School. Therefore, when they next recommended the Minister of Rites, they did not care about avoiding suspicion. Even if they went into battle in person, they would never allow someone from the Practical School to take this position.
There was a fierce debate in the court over the replacement of the Minister of Rites. In the end, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue did not fully achieve their goals, but they avoided the worst outcome: the candidate for the new Minister of Rites was determined to be Yu Shenxing.
Yu Shenxing was born in the Golden List in the second year of Longqing, and his teacher was Zhang Juzheng. Although the disciples left by Zhang Juzheng were not suppressed by Gao Gong, and even disciples like Liang Menglong joined the Practical School - in essence, Zhang Juzheng also believed in Practical School, so it is more accurate to say that Liang Menglong joined Gao Gong. party.
However, Yu Shenxing is a bit special. His characteristic is that he is "not party-minded". Yu Shenxing has always been known for his honesty, forbearance and frankness. Whether it is towards the emperor, the chief minister or his colleagues, they are all open-minded and sincere towards each other.
For example, once in the early years, after Yu Shenxing and others finished giving a lecture, Zhu Yijun asked them to bring out many calligraphy and paintings from past dynasties and asked them to write poems and inscriptions. Although Yu Shenxing was good at learning, his calligraphy was not good, so he had to compose his own poems, ask others to write poems for him, and admitted in public that he was not good at calligraphy. On the contrary, Zhu Yijun admired his honesty and immediately wrote four characters "blame Chen Shan" to him, which made Ci Lin a great event.
In fact, in the original history, Yu Shenxing's performance was even more outstanding. It was the early year of Wanli, when Zhang Juzheng was in power and made many contributions to the stability of the government. However, Zhang Juzheng's personal style was arbitrary, suppressing subordinates and suppressing hundreds of officials, which aroused widespread dissatisfaction among civil and military officials in the DPRK and China, and even caused a major incident in which students impeached the prime minister.
Liu Tai, the censor, impeached Zhang Juzheng for committing lawlessness and was imprisoned. All his colleagues were afraid of Zhang Juzheng's power and did not dare to see Liu Tai again. Yu Shenxing ignored this and visited Liu Tai personally, which aroused Zhang Juzheng's dissatisfaction.
In the sixth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness. He did not want to observe mourning, so he instructed his disciples to "seize love". Zhu Yijun approved it, which resulted in an uproar in the court. Yu Shenxing, together with other ministers, advised Zhu Yijun to withdraw his orders based on righteousness and father-son ethics, which made Zhang Juzheng even more unhappy.
So one time, when he saw Yu Shenxing, he said: "Ke Yuan, you are one of my most admired students. I usually treat you well, but I didn't expect you to treat me like this!"
But Yu Shenxing replied respectfully and solemnly: "It is precisely because the teacher is not kind to me that I have to do this!" In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng died, and all the problems in the past were exposed. After his mentor's character collapsed, Zhu Yijun became furious and ordered Zhang Juzheng's home to be searched.
However, Yu Shenxing did not avoid resentment in this situation. He wrote to Qiu Li, who was in charge of the matter, asking him to take care of Zhang Juzheng's 80-year-old mother and underage son. Finally, Qiu Li reserved a residence for the Zhang family. and enough land. Because of this incident, Yu Shenxing's high moral integrity and warm heart were praised by both the DPRK and the Central Government.
In this life, Yu Shenxing lacks the blessings of the above things, but he also has other aspects of performance. For example, he once presided over the Henan Provincial Examination, and happened to select Gao Pragmatic's paper and gave it to Xie Yuan, and even gave Gao Pragmatic the word "Qiuzhen".
With this relationship, after Gao Pragmatic's rise, he could obviously take advantage of the situation to join Gao Dang of the pragmatic school and receive special preferential treatment. However, Yu Shenxing never did so. Instead, he still maintained a neutral position and became a member of the DPRK. Centrist. However, because of this, when practical learning and spiritual learning are fiercely competing for the title of Minister of Rites, Yu Shenxing finally became the best candidate accepted by everyone.
The emperor thought about it and felt that Yu Shenxing was a good candidate, so he made the final decision. As a result, the court recommendation was originally conducted to recommend candidates for the cabinet vacancy after Xu Guo's death, but in the end, a minister of the Ministry of Rites was recommended. When the news reached the Nanning Marquis, Gao Pragmatic had to be a little surprised.
----------
Thanks to book friend "Cao Mianzi" for your reward and support, thank you!
Thanks to book friends "snakedman", "Cao Mianzi" and "KseeleK" for their monthly support, thank you!
Thank you to the book friend "Fuqin Zui Mengyao" for your support of 14 monthly tickets, thank you!
PS: This chapter was supposed to be updated last night, but when I was typing last night, I suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the cabinet adjustment and the arrangements for the subsequent six parts in the outline, so I re-deduce it and checked it again. It took a lot of time to get information about some relevant characters and the interpersonal relationships between them. After typing, I looked back and realized, oh, it's almost dawn...
