Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 40 The Disciple's Gathering (Part [-])
The atmosphere in the study was getting colder, and Gao Gong was sulking without saying a word.

Gao Wushi knew that this matter involved a huge amount, even if he was as upright as Gao Gong, he had to be constrained by the overall situation and dare not move lightly. As far as it is concerned, it is even more annoying and worrying.

But the steward of the inner palace knocked lightly on the door, and said in a low voice: "Master, Song Duge, Han Geishi, Tu Geishi, Cheng Geishi, Master Luo, Gu Langzhong, Shen Xianxian, Xu Xianqian and others Zhang Yuanwai and others have all been ordered to arrive, and they have been waiting in the flower hall for half an hour, look..."

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, what's going on, Sanbo's disciples are having a meeting today?Huh... came here by order?It sounded like it was Gao Gong who summoned them, and it seemed that there was something important to discuss.

Gao Gong breathed out a turbid breath, collected himself, and replied: "You go and tell them, and they say that the Ministry will arrive in no time."

"Yes, master." The steward of the inner palace responded, and retreated cautiously.

After the manager left, Gao Gong looked at Gao Yushi with complicated eyes, and said slowly: "You are not inferior to Yang Sheng'an, I hope you will not be my Gao's Sheng'an in the future."

Gao Wushi was startled for a moment, then nodded, but after thinking about it, he shook his head again.

Yang Sheng'an is Yang Shenye.He is the son of Yang Tinghe, an important minister of the four dynasties and a former scholar of Dongge University.He was known as a child prodigy since he was a child, and later became the number one scholar in the sixth year of Zhengde. He served as the editor of the Imperial Academy and participated in the compilation of "Records of Wu Zong".After Sejong succeeded to the throne, Yang Shenfu compiled and compiled for Hanlin, and served as the lecturer of Jingyan.In the third year of Jiajing, he was banished to Yongchangwei, Yunnan Province by the imperial staff because of the "great ceremony".In the 38th year of Jiajing, Yang Shen died in the garrison at the age of 72.After Longqing succeeded to the throne, he posthumously presented Yang Shen as Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple.This posthumous gift can't be called rehabilitating, but it can barely be regarded as forgiving his so-called negligence on behalf of the court.

When Gao Gong said this, he was naturally reminding Gao Yushi not to be as arrogant as Yang Shen. He was obviously a promising person, but he ended up in the end of old age and dying. .

Gao Gong asked: "Nodding again, shaking his head again, why?"

Gao Wushi replied honestly: "My nephew guesses that the third uncle is afraid that I will be like Yang Gong in the past. I will break the ban and offend the emperor. My talents will not be used for governing the country. Wen Ziyu is nodding with his nephew, which means that his nephew will definitely take this as a warning. Sanbo, although my nephew has the ambition to innovate, he also understands the principles of rigidity and fragility."

"It's so good, then... what's the meaning of shaking your head?"

Gao Wushi smiled wryly: "Mr. Sheng'an's literary talents are beyond my nephew's, so I shook my head."

Gao Gong was amused when he heard it: "How old are you? Naturally, you are not as far behind Yang Sheng'an at the moment. However, judging from what you said to me tonight, who can predict what you will achieve in the future? Besides, my Gao family is based on practical learning, and poetry and prose are no more Xiaodao, there is no need to spend much effort—do you see that I have done those things that recite the spring and mourn the autumn?"

Eh, that’s right, Gao Gong doesn’t seem to really like writing poems and lyrics. At least he Gao Yushi has never seen Sanbo write any poems. Basically, except for the essays, there are only academic writings. In addition, he wrote a lot more, leaving only sacrificial texts—this is a helpless move by the officialdom. After all, the master, the same year, the disciples, and even the hometown have too many contacts. People of high status like Gao Gong wrote sacrificial rites.And speaking of it, Gao Gong was an upright official, but he was able to afford a modest mansion in the capital. Didn't he just make money from the pen fees for writing sacrificial texts?This money was completely legitimate income in the Ming Dynasty, and there was nothing to criticize—besides, Mr. Ge was also a human being, and he had to support his family.

After Gao Gong finished speaking, he didn't wait for Gao Yushi to reply, and directly ordered: "You go with me."

This remark made Gao Yushi stunned. Many of Gao Gong's disciples had come to pay homage to their master before, and when some of them came, Gao Gong would also order Gao Yushi to come forward together. This was to support Gao Yushi, It's also not uncommon to show intimacy to students.But the situation today is obviously different. After all, in the past, disciples would come to pay their respects on their own initiative, and sometimes they would have a meal together when the meal was approaching. In this magical land of China, the meaning of eating is often not just eating, but more importantly, communication.But today was different, it was the night after dinner, and it was Gao Gong who took the initiative to find them, and when he found them, it was this group of people.

You must know that although these few people do not sound like high-ranking officials, the official system of the Ming Dynasty has always had the habit of "controlling the big with the small". In other words, the Grand Scholars are only fifth-rank, but the Grand Scholars actually exercise the power of the prime minister (Wufeng Note: Of course, the Grand Scholars have other officials and titles).

But now that Gao Gong has already left, Gao Yushi can only suppress any doubts in his heart first, and follow Sanbo to the flower hall step by step.

Following the voice of the steward of the inner palace waiting at the entrance of the flower hall: "The old man—" the conversation in the flower hall immediately fell silent.When Gao Yushi walked in with Gao Gong, he saw a group of people standing with their hands down, but when Gao Gong came in, they all bowed their hands and saluted, saying: "The student has seen the master."

Gao Wushi noticed that Zhang Mengnan, Gao Gong's nephew, was also called that way.He recalled it for a while before he remembered that Zhang Mengnan was also a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing.

In the 44th year of Jiajing's Yi Chou Kedian Examination Gold List, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, almost all Jinshi on the list can be called Gao Gong's disciples, because Gao Gong was the main examiner of the examination that year.

Of course, it is impossible for Gao Gong to review the papers alone in the highest level of talent competition in the central government, and there will be more than ten fellow examiners.Under normal circumstances, only Jinshi whose papers are selected by the examiner will be regarded as a student by the examiner, and vice versa.But no matter how you say it, if a Jinshi of a certain subject has a thicker skin, even if he was not selected by the examiner at the time, it is no problem to call the examiner a teacher.

If the chief examiner later became a cabinet minister, it would be a big deal. The gold list of the subject he was the chief examiner at the beginning almost always regarded him as a "teacher". , It is also a manifestation of the need for "teachers" to consolidate their talent pockets, and the typical ones have their own needs.

Today, only nine people were summoned by Gao Gong, not to say that there were only these few disciples under Gao Gong's gate, but many students had been released as officials elsewhere, and a large part of them were in Gao Gong's school. He was transferred from the capital by Xu Jie before recovery.For example, when Gao Gong was expelled last time, Wu Dui, the only protégé who went to see him off, is now in the position of deputy envoy of Jizhou military equipment.In addition, Song Yingchang, Lu Shude, Liu Liangbi, Du Huazhong, Zhou Shixuan, Kuang Duo, Song Liangzuo, Guangmao, Yang Jiaxiang, Li Chunpu, Chen Yide, Zhong Jiying, Wu Wenjia, Yang Peng and a large group of people are not currently in the capital.

Of course, the nine people who came today are already very scary-even if Gao Gong was knocked down by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao in the original history, there are still two Ge Laos and one Du Yu among the nine people. Shi (the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate), a minister of the Ministry of War and governor of Jiliao, and a minister of the Nanjing household department!There is another person who was dismissed from office, but his son later became a elder...

(End of this chapter)