"The right minister of the Ministry of War and the right censor of the capital procuratorate, the governor of Liaodong Province, praised the management of military affairs and paid a pragmatic meeting——"
Outside the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, following the loud announcement of the Han general on duty, Gao Pragmatic, dressed in a red silk python robe and wearing a python robe, walked into the pavilion with a solemn expression.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a fat young man with a pleasant smile standing in front of the imperial court. It was Zhu Yijun who was wearing a bright red emperor's uniform.
"A high-ranking minister is pragmatic, and you should participate in..."
"No gifts, no gifts." Zhu Yijun chuckled and waved his hand to interrupt Gao Pragmatic's words. He also walked over and grabbed Gao Pragmatic's arm, preventing him from bowing down smoothly. At the same time, he said: "What, isn't the winter in Liaodong great? Is it colder than the capital? I heard that the spring cold there is quite severe right now. Are you not sick, you are so tired?"
After all, we have been classmates for ten years, so I don’t even mention “I”.
Gao pragmatic couldn't bow, so he had to stop and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, if you want to talk about the weather, Liaodong is indeed a bit cold, but if you really want to talk about it, it's not much colder than the capital. However, the Fuyuan in Liaoyang was originally a bit crude. After I arrived, I spent some money to install earth dragons in the flower hall, study room, north room and other places, so it wasn't cold anymore."
The earth dragon Gao pragmatically mentioned is of course not a kind of dragon, nor is it a Chinese herbal medicine with the same name, but a relatively luxurious way of heating. To put it simply, it is to dig some fire tunnels under the house and set up fire tunnels outside the fire tunnels. When the furnace is lit, the heat flows through the fire channel, causing the temperature in the room to rise.
This method of heating not only requires a lot of construction and renovation work, but also consumes a lot of fuel due to its low energy efficiency. In ancient times, earth dragons were generally only used in palaces, royal palaces and other top wealthy places, but the thing itself It's not against the rules. As long as you have money and are willing to spend money, anyone can pretend.
Gao pragmatic naturally has no shortage of money, and it is actually cheap for him to burn earth dragons - the coal mines in Anshan have already started construction, and he only has a Fuyuan. How much can he burn from morning to night? It is a negligible level.
Zhu Yijun was not annoyed at all after hearing this. Instead, he laughed and scolded: "As expected of Gao Longwen of Xinzheng who 'waved his hand with three hundred thousand taels'. If I had known this, I shouldn't have included your name in the Zhu batch I just made."
Gao Pragmatic said in astonishment: "What Zhu Pi?"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand casually: "It's just a small thing. Originally, I was giving some hand stoves and other things to keep out the cold to the ministers, officials and other ministers, but I thought you should go back to Beijing today, so I gave it to you with your name." Added it."
Gao Pingshi hurriedly said seriously: "I thank the emperor for your concern."
"Well... when it comes to caring, I'm not being modest. I really care about you." Zhu Yijun suddenly winked and said to Gao Pragmatically: "Guess I asked you to come back this time because I have something good for you to do. ?”
Gao Pinggong said honestly: What, a good thing? Are you sure you're not kidding me? These two messes are in front of you, and you tell me it's a good thing?
Seeing Gao Pragmatic's surprised look, Zhu Yijun thought he couldn't figure it out, and pointed with a smile: "Think about it, what major events have happened in the court recently, and you are very suitable to have a hand in it?"
When Gao Pragmatic heard this, he wished he could roll his eyes and think that I'm a good candidate for getting involved? It's true that I'm quite rich, but damn, I'm not running a charity, and besides, I have a lot of expenses. !
However, the emperor's words still had to be answered. He could not ignore them directly. Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Well, could it be that the emperor is talking about the Kingdom of King Lu?"
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and then immediately shook his head: "Yixi is only sixteen years old this year, and the affairs of the country are not in a hurry. How can the queen mother be willing for him to go to Weihui now? Besides, my wallet is worried now, and I can't wait for a while. If we can’t gather enough vassals, I’m afraid this matter will have to wait for a few more years... You can guess again.”
Huh?
King Lu has no plans to become a vassal yet? Then why did he amass wealth so early and attract the attention of the world?
"Could it be that the emperor is talking about the war in Yunnan?" Gao pragmatically asked again.
"How can you get involved in Yunnan affairs? It is in the southwest and you are in the northeast. This is too far! Besides, the temple in Yunnan is too small to accommodate a giant Buddha like yours." Zhu Yijun looked disgusted. As if to say: "Why are you so stupid all of a sudden?"
It’s not King Lu’s business, nor is it Yunnan’s business?
Gao Pangshi was suddenly confused. He couldn't help but touch his nose and said: "This...I can't guess it at the moment."
Zhu Yijun chuckled, then looked at the door with a guilty conscience, lowered his voice slightly and said, "Chun Wei!"
Chunwei? Will you try?
I passed this exam three years ago, and I was the top scorer! Why do I bring this up? You can’t say that the previous exam results are invalid and let me take the exam again? Is there any other method?
Fortunately, this time Zhu Yijun did not let Gao Pangshi continue to guess. Instead, he continued: "I heard that you accepted two disciples, but one is an Annan and the other is a Mongolian? Is this the case?"
"Oh, this is true. One of the two children is the son of Ruan Huang and the other is the son of Bahan Naji. However, I accepted them as disciples mainly to appease their father..."
"Of course I can see your intention." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "However, you are the sixth number one scholar in our Ming Dynasty, and you cannot have only two disciples from the vassal state. This is too shabby! So what I mean is , taking advantage of the fact that spring this year is still two days away, I want you to come back as an examiner as soon as possible, so that you can recruit a few disciples to prop up the facade and do everything around you."
Uh... let me be the examiner? Or will I be the examiner?
Gao Pragmatic opened his eyes wide and asked: "Your Majesty, are you joking? I am on the Gengchen Gold List in the eighth year of Wanli, and the Chinese style is only three years old. How can I do it well enough to test the examiner?"
"Why can't you do it?" Zhu Yijun snorted: "You have compiled the "Da Ming Huidian", and now you tell me: Which of the ancestors in the past has stipulated that the Jinshi on the previous list cannot be the next one? Examiner?"
"Well, there is no such thing, but the country has its own conventions. For example, examiners have qualification requirements for examiners..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Aren't you qualified enough?" Zhu Yijun interrupted Gao Pragmatic's words and asked: "It is our practice that the examiner must have served or is serving as a Hanlin historian—— Have you ever accepted it?"
"This is natural."
Nonsense, since I was born in the imperial examination, my first position must be as a compiler for the Hanlin Academy. This is an unshakable rule. I must have been a historian of the Hanlin Academy.
But Gao Pragmatic continued quickly: "In the early years of the Kingdom of China, the only rule for examiners to be examined was that they were from the Imperial Academy, but later there were other requirements. For example, for the selection of examiners, there were one or two chief examiners, starting from the Jia and Long years.
, the appointment is limited to bachelors, and the eight examiners must be ministers or above, while ministers are no more than... eh?" At this point, Gao Pragmatic suddenly became speechless.
Zhu Yijun laughed, then blinked and asked, "Nothing but what? Don't you, Gao Aiqing, hold the title of minister?"
Gao Pangshi was stunned at first, and then asked rather suspiciously: "Your Majesty, you can't tell me that when I was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War, I had already considered that this spring, I would have to 'meddle' in it.
Is it okay?"
Zhu Yijun raised his chin triumphantly: "What, does this move of mine count as a far-sighted and extraordinary intention? Or does it count as 'caring'?"
Well, I think you can only call it premeditated... Of course, caring is very caring.
In the Ming Dynasty, teachers and students were united, and there was a relationship where both prospered and suffered losses. Originally, because of Zhang Juzheng and Ding You's love affair, there was a drama in which Liu Tai impeached Zhang Juzheng as a disciple, so that "teachers and students are one."
He suffered some blows, but at this time in history, Zhang Juzheng was overthrown by Gao Pragmatic, so the drama was naturally over.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the relationship between teachers and students in the Ming Dynasty is still strong. In other words, if Gao Pragmatic really serves as an examiner and selects a few Jinshi, then these Jinshi will have to live with the hat of "Gao Longwen's disciple" for the rest of their lives.
, can't even be picked off.
Of course, the label of "Gao Longwen's disciple", at least for now, is still a very good political bonus, and no new scholar would refuse to wear it.
On the other hand, these Jinshi will naturally be Gao Jingshi's future political resources. Let's not talk about the daily benefits for now. Let's just say that if Gao Jingshi has the opportunity to join the cabinet in the future, each of these people will be his after joining the cabinet.
direct lineage.
The so-called political resources are one of them, and a very important one.
In this way, Zhu Yijun claims to have special care for Gao Jingshi, but he is really not bragging, because his idea is to look for opportunities to add more capital to Gao Jingshi in the political arena.
However, Gao Pragmatic still had something to say. He asked: "I wonder who the examiner is this year?"
Zhu Yijun said: "The examiner of the Gengchen Section in the eighth year of Wanli was Shen Cifu. This year it was supposed to be the examiner of Yuge Lao, but Yuge Lao declined - he is currently ill, and I heard that his illness is not serious, so from now on
I have been on leave continuously since last month, and the last time I came to the cabinet for duty was half a month ago."
"So, this year's examiner is Mr. Xu Ge?" Gao pragmatically asked.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Yes." Then he added: "This is another reason why I asked you to return to Beijing quickly. Although Mr. Xu Ge is a cautious person, he is Gao Wenzhenggong's disciple after all. You will grade your papers under him.
Fang, the possibility that the paper you selected will be rejected should be very small - of course, with your literary name Gao Longwen, it is unlikely that the paper you selected will be rejected."
Gao pragmatic knew that Zhu Yijun must have reservations about his words, because Xu Guo not only had the identity of "Gao Wenzhenggong's disciple"? He was also the second-ranking figure in Gao's party after Zhang Siwei, the first assistant, and he was also Gao pragmatic.
As a senior fellow student, did he reject the paper with a high pragmatic point because he was full or had a brain convulsion?
Zhu Yijun took advantage of Xu Guo being the chief examiner and asked Gao Yingshi to be a co-examiner. This made it clear that Gao Yingshi would choose the future team.
The emperor clearly asked his ministers to build his own team, which seemed strange, but under the political system of the Ming Dynasty, it was not surprising at all for Zhu Yijun to do this.
Because the elders of the Ming Dynasty, even the chief minister, can't actually accomplish much if they are just a solitary person. They must have a large group of people willing to follow him.
Not to mention Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and even Zhang Juzheng in the original history, which powerful chief minister is not full of talents all over the world?
To put it bluntly, even a good gentleman like Li Chunfang actually has a large number of disciples and disciples. The reason why Li Chunfang seems "powerless" is that firstly, the saintly family is far inferior to Gao Gong, and secondly, his personal character is too soft and too "sloppy"
”, so that the disciples and disciples were afraid that if something went wrong after helping the master, they would be abandoned by the frightened master.
But what about now? Zhu Yijun regarded Gao Jingshi as his first assistant in the future many years ago, but Gao Jingshi couldn't be the first assistant without any helpers except the holy family, so he helped Gao Jingshi get a group of disciples earlier.
, not only taking care of Gao Pragmatic, but also helping Zhu Yijun himself.
As for Gao Dang, it seems that there are many talents now... Yes, Gao Dang or the real school is indeed very strong now, but the foundation of this strength was laid many years ago. None of Gao Gong, Guo Pu, Zhang Siwei and others have the same talent.
Big ticket disciple?
Especially Gao Gong, he not only served as a co-examiner several times, but also as chief examiner, and also served as the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for many years. He had so many disciples that they could be arranged from the capital to Tianjin Port. How could such a high-ranking party not be strong?
But after all, they are all left by the older generation. Gao Pragmatic is much younger than his senior brothers. In a few years, I am afraid that there will be no one available for him, so how can we not lay the foundation in advance?
Zhu Yijun had already said this, so what else could Gao Pragmatic say? He could only express his gratitude.
"Thank you, please don't go outside." Zhu Yijun finally stopped smiling at this time, and said with some distress: "I asked you to come back to Beijing, although it was mainly because of the Chunwei incident, but there are indeed several troubles.
I need you to give me some advice."
Gao Pingshi said in his heart: It seems that King Lu and Yunnan still can't get away with these two things, but from his tone, it seems that he is not planning to ask me to come forward, but that he really can't make up his mind and wants to ask me for reference.
He said seriously: "It is the duty of a minister to share the emperor's worries. If the emperor really has something difficult to resolve, I will naturally do my best to make suggestions for the emperor."
Zhu Yijun nodded, his face became solemn, he frowned, paced, and said thoughtfully: "The first thing is the war in Yunnan that you mentioned before. Yunnan said that Myanmar sent an army of 200,000 to invade. This time
The war was started by others. Even if we don’t want to fight, we still have to fight. But the treasury is really empty right now. This war..."
Seeing that Zhu Yijun stopped here, Gao Pragmatic asked: "Does the Emperor want to ask whether the scale of this battle should be controlled, and even if it is to be fought, it should be settled as soon as possible?"
Zhu Yijun's face looked a little ugly, but he still nodded solemnly: "That's more or less what it means... In fact, I really want to teach Burma, which has become increasingly dishonest in recent years, a lesson, but the current major affairs of the court are in Jiliao, and the government
The treasury is empty, and it is really beyond the power to fight a war in Yunnan..."
Gao Pragmatic pretended to ponder for a moment, and then slowly said: "I believe that Myanmar should not only be beaten, but also beaten hard."
"As expected." Zhu Yijun smiled bitterly and said: "I knew you would have this attitude... But the problem now is not that I don't want to fight, but that we have to defeat the opponent's army of 200,000. We have to mobilize more than 100,000 no matter what.
Right? Where can I get the money to support an army of one hundred thousand?"
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