Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 389 Undercurrent under the Ice (Part [-])
This time, the high-practical memorial was handed over by Zhan Shifu, who left, and passed through the Secretary of State to the cabinet.

Going to the Zhan Shifu instead of the Imperial Academy meant that Gao Yushi made it clear that he was serving as a close minister of the prince.

He did this to make outsiders confuse the details: the prince has been watching politics for nearly a year, and although he is still young, he has his own thoughts on how to keep things in order. This homecoming exam was a triumphant return. The two boys got together, and maybe they came up with some ideas.

Since the meaning of the prince may be here, you have to consider your own position. Even if you object, it is not easy to scold. Here is a very amazing fact: it is very common for civil servants in the Ming Dynasty to scold the emperor. Princes are rare.

Because the effect of scolding the emperor is immediate, if the emperor adopts it, it means that you are justified in scolding, and the emperor has to be convinced; Names follow.

But scolding the prince is not the case. No matter how old the prince is, he is still the crown prince. As long as he has not ascended the throne, he is still in the "learning stage". It is really not the way to be a minister if you object with reason.

What's more, Emperor Shang Longqing has a good temper today, even if you offend him, it's nothing more than demoting the official. There has never been a court stick or something, and it was an old thing when the first emperor killed people directly in court, so everyone They are not very afraid of the emperor.

Because of Gao Yushi's special background, Gao Gong is the only nephew who stays with Gao Gong, who has no biological son. Whether Gao Gong instigated his Shangshu or not, everyone can't ignore it.

You must know that for officials, it is better to be afraid of tall beards than to be afraid of the emperor.Being directly reprimanded or even demoted by the emperor can still gain the reputation of a good minister, but it will be different if you are targeted by the tall beard.The old man is now a heavenly official. If he doesn't like you, the Ministry of Officials may invite you to drink tea immediately, and that's the end of the calf.

What is the purpose of the examination of meritorious officials, so powerful?This department is in charge of the discussion and punishment of civilian officials. During the three-year Beijing inspection and major planning, it will be in charge of its government orders and review the Beijing inspection and major planning.It also undertook the task of life and robbery in various provinces, as well as various discussions and settlements, and compiled records of merits and demerits of officials in charge of various places, as well as all matters such as sickness, recovery, recovery, donation, vacancy, case investigation, writing, and issuance of photos.

Well, to put it simply: this department is mainly responsible for finding faults, and the object of finding faults is all civil servants across the country.

This is bullshit.

Regarding the Ministry of Officials in the Ming Dynasty, which department did the civil servants like to be paid attention to the most?Wenxuan cleans up the official department, because this department is responsible for counting meritorious service, and then you will be promoted; which department is most afraid of being noticed?Examine the merits and clean up the official department, because this department is responsible for finding faults and then punishing you.

This is like in later generations, if the head of the region is very satisfied with you, the person who talks to you is the head of the organization, which means that you are about to be promoted; It's not good.

Everyone wants to be promoted, and no one wants to be found fault, so the deterrent power of the official ministers is even higher than that of ordinary cabinet ministers, and Gao Gong is now the chief assistant and heavenly official, basically unless there is no way to retreat, no one will Brain twitch to offend him.

Therefore, even those who have different opinions on the highly pragmatic "Shu Yi Lu Shu" decided to wait and see the direction of the wind before deciding whether to express their attitude.Let alone those who agree with the high-level practical opinions, they are gearing up and waiting for the cabinet votes to be drafted and the director of ceremonies to approve the redemption, and then they will go to the school to second, advocate, and sing their praises.

But the cabinet's response seemed a bit slow this time. The cabinet didn't respond at all when it received the letter on the first day.The next day was about to drop off, and there was a ticket to be sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies belatedly.Moreover, this draft proposal is also very intriguing, because the draft proposal was approved by Gao Gong, but there was only one sentence in the reply:

"This is a big matter. It can be dealt with after careful investigation and discussion."

In the early morning of the next day, when the officials in Beijing and China were discussing in private, the supervisor of ceremonies approved the award, and the reply was:

"The officer's description is very detailed, and it does not seem to be false. The cabinet should send someone to verify it as soon as possible, and discuss it early."

At this moment, the officials of the Beijing Central Committee had a little bit of confidence in their minds. They subconsciously felt that this matter was probably ordered by the palace, and that even Gao Huzi would be caught off guard—otherwise, why did Gao Huzi delay the time? Instead, the emperor urged the cabinet to do it quickly?

But is it true?

Of course not, Gao Yushi made such a big move, how could he not discuss it with Gao Gong in advance?As soon as he returned to Beijing, he told Gao Gong the ins and outs of this matter, including the various circumstances he had investigated, in detail, and even told Gao Gong that he originally planned to investigate carefully and do some calculations. , and then look for an opportunity to tell the whole story, because Mr. Guo thinks that now is a good opportunity.

Gao Gong naturally wanted to ask about the specific situation, and then thought carefully all night, before deciding how to deal with this matter the next day.To put it simply, Gao Gong needs to quietly release the news of Guo Pu's return to Beijing through this incident, so that the outside world can add another "thing happened to Guo Pu" in addition to "it happened in the palace" and "it happened in Gao Gong". suspicion.

Recovering an official, especially a senior cabinet elder, also needs a reason. Generally speaking, there is a major event that needs this official to handle at the moment, so the reason is relatively sufficient.For example, when he returned from Gao Gong, it meant that Xu Jie was resigned, and the cabinet lacked an important minister who was both senior and capable and trusted by the emperor-only Gao Gong was fully satisfied with these three points, so he recovered easily.

Now that Gao Gong wants to stand up for Guo Pu, he also needs a reason.Of course Guo Pu's qualifications are sufficient, but the emperor doesn't have a deep relationship with him, and at present, several important affairs of the court have almost been completed, and it is the most relaxed and comfortable moment in the past few years, and there is no urgent matter that needs to be attended to by an elder .

But there is a saying in later generations that is good, if you have the opportunity, you should take it, and if you don't have the opportunity, you should take it.

There is a reason to recover, and there is no reason to create a reason to recover!
This is what the high arch is intended to do.

The reform of post stations is no joke, and it fully deserves the words "this is a big deal", but Gao Gong is currently focusing on the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and by the way, the Ministry of War; Yin Shidan is in charge of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites in name, but in fact the seniority of the masters of these two departments is very old, and he doesn’t take Yin Shidan very seriously—for example, Gao Yi, the Minister of Rites, was Gao Gong’s same year , earlier than Yin Shidan's two subjects.

By the way, Yin Shidan was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing, the same year as Zhang Juzheng.

In fact, to create conditions for Guo Pu’s recovery, it is not necessary to start with the reform of the post station, but when Gao Gong thought about it that night, he remembered that when Gao Wushi talked to him about the affairs of the post station, he emphasized several times that "the post station is managed by the Ministry of War." ", with a flash of inspiration in his mind, he suddenly understood why Guo Pu asked Gao Wuzhen to make a fuss about the inn.

The Ministry of War is Zhang Juzheng's supervisor!If Guo Pu is reinstated to manage the reform of the post station, it is equivalent to competing with Zhang Juzheng for power.

Guo Zhifu knew that Zhang Juzheng and I were going to have a quarrel, and expressed his willingness to join hands to suppress Zhang Juzheng!

How could I brush off his kindness?
　Hey, I seem to like writing this kind of play... How boring is it to write about brain damage.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)