After leisurely writing a letter to Zhang Ren, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, asking about the subletting of Macau, Gao pragmatically read a book for a while and went to bed early.
I got up early the next morning, exercised in the yard for a while, took a shower, had breakfast, and was thinking about how to pass the time. Suddenly Gao Mo ran in in a hurry. When he saw Gao Pragmatic, he said: "Master, you have been impeached."
With that said, he handed a note to Gao Pangshi.
The article is a copy, that is, a copy of the memorial to impeach him.
Gao Pragmatic was a little confused, but he didn't bother to guess, so he took it over and took a look. Only after taking a look did he know that he was impeached because of his meeting with Princess Yongning in the palace yesterday.
The copy not only contains a signature, but also a few sentences that were obviously added deliberately. These sentences introduce the identity of the impeacher: this person's name is Huang Zhaolong, who was born as a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing's reign and was the censor of Shandong Province of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the time.
, from Yuyao, Zhejiang Province.
Gao pragmatic knew that these words should have been written by someone from the Supervisor of Ceremonies as a reminder to him. It didn't matter whether it was Huang Mengyu's person or Chen Ju's person.
Huang Zhaolong? Gao Pragmatic thought about it and seemed to have no impression of this man. He was the supervisory censor of Shandong Province. It was not surprising that he was "concerned" about himself, the governor of Liaodong. After all, the administrations of Shandong and Liaodong were almost integrated.
The supervisory censor of a certain Tao at the central level is not the same thing as the patrolling censor from outside. There is one patrolling censor in each place and has huge power, while the supervisory censor of a certain Tao usually has a group - such as Shandong Taoism.
There are ten supervisory censors in total.
There are more than 100 such supervisory censors in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. It is normal for people to be pragmatic and not recognize everything.
However... in the fifth year of Longqing's reign, Xin Weike's supervisory censor impeached Gao Pragmatic. This was really strange, not because that year was already the period when Gao Gong was in power, nor because the examiner that year was Zhang Juzheng, but because
It has been twelve years since the fifth year of Longqing.
Twelve years! After this man became a Jinshi, he stayed in the central government for twelve years, and he was still just an ordinary censor? After three years, he took a small test, and in nine years, he took a big test. Even if you can't get a good evaluation,
If you get the mid-level qualifications, you should also wait until you get promoted, right?
Gao pragmatic couldn't help but sarcastically said: "After twelve years of standing still, I finally found a good deal that can make me famous immediately. I am excited to impeach me. It's amazing, it's amazing. No one else has such vision."
Then he turned to Gao Mo and asked, "Have you checked this person's resume?"
Gao Mo suppressed his laughter and nodded, "There's no need to check - the Director of Ceremonies gave it to him. It was Du Gong Chen who sent it along with the statement." After saying that, he handed another statement to Gao Pangshi.
Gao pragmatic took it and looked at it for a few times, exclaiming: "This man was born in the 15th year of Jiajing, and he was thirty-six years old when he was admitted to the Jinshi. This is considered normal. But the Duke Liang Mingquan (Liang Menglong) in the same class as him
) is now the head of the ministry, and this man is almost fifty now, but he is still messing around supervising the royal family.
I originally thought that this gentleman might be similar to Hai Gangfeng back in the day, he was upright but didn't know how to be an official. Who knew he would always only talk about these things?"
He stretched out his finger, flicked the piece of paper, and said: "Look, in the first year of Wanli's reign, it was said that the two palaces had 'secret meetings' with the first and second assistants several times, which was 'disrespectful behavior and disrespect for the superiors'.
’, but he was severely reprimanded by the emperor, and was demoted and sent to be a judge of Shangzhou. I think the emperor was too polite at the time, and he didn’t get a stick for saying such a thing. I’m afraid Huang Yushi was very disappointed.”
"In the fourth year of Wanli, he did well in the examination and was transferred back to the capital. This time he stayed honest for two years without making any big moves. Who knew that he was about to complete the examination in three years. It happened that my third uncle died, and the emperor insisted on pursuing the posthumous title Wenzheng.
It was good for Huang Yushi, who wrote three memorials in one day to express his opposition.
As a result, although the emperor ignored him, he offended my senior brothers severely. So less than a month later, senior brother Xu (Xu Guo) personally took advantage of him and tricked him again: he was transferred to Ningzhou to serve as colleagues.
Know, light rises and dark falls.”
"When he passed the examination in the ninth year of Wanli, his brother actually returned to Beijing again. This time he was lucky and was promoted to an official position. He was appointed as the head of the Department of Hosts and Guests of the Ministry of Rites and the Chief of the Qing Li Department, and was promoted to the sixth rank.
But it's a pity that not long after I captured Annan, Mo Maoqia sent people to Beijing to pay tribute, and this chief Huang was responsible for the reception. Unexpectedly, the reception turned out to be troublesome. Just after we arranged for people to move into their residence, the house actually had water leaks and suffered burns.
He became an attendant of the Annan envoy. So this old man was demoted back to the seventh rank and continued to be the supervisory censor.
He may have felt that I was in conflict with the Gao family's destiny, so he started to oppose me from this time on: I contributed a lot to pacify Annan, and the emperor issued a decree to reward me.
When the imperial envoy with full power went out to command the battle, he said to his superiors that I had "overstepped my authority and started a provocation." After the battle in Monan, the emperor issued an order to reward the merits, but he again said to his superiors that I had "exhausted the treasury." I became governor of Liaodong, and since then
The market circle planned to kill the second chief Ye He, but he wrote in the book that I would 'kill without teaching'..."
Gao Pragmatic looked helpless and said with a smile: "I suspect that this dear friend may be eager to find something wrong to scold him as soon as he sees my name, but I really don't understand where I offended him."
That's what he said, but his expression was very relaxed, and it was obvious that he didn't take it seriously at all.
But Gao Mo reminded: "Master, this time is a little different from the previous ones."
"Really?" Gao Pragmatic was slightly startled: "What's the difference?"
Gao Mo said: "For those previous impeachments, such as 'this unjust war', 'overstepping one's authority to cause provocation', 'exhausting the treasury', 'executing without teaching', etc., the emperor approved it as soon as he came to the meeting."
, every time it was a severe rebuke. But this time it was different. The emperor saw this impeachment this morning, but he did not approve it, but kept it in place."
Huh?
Gao pragmatic frowned slightly, and his face gradually became serious.
In some dynasties, the meaning of "Liuzhong" was that the emperor felt it was not important, or he hesitated for a while and didn't know how to approve it, so he planned to "let it go first", and the officials below would not have a special understanding because of this.
But the Ming Dynasty was different. The Ming Dynasty's stay in China, especially the memorial to impeachment of important ministers, was often considered to be that the emperor was suspicious - because if there was no suspicion, the emperor would immediately issue an order to severely reprimand, which itself was a sign of the emperor's suspicion.
Protect the performance of important ministers.
On the other hand, if the emperor did not immediately issue a severe reprimand, but chose to stay in China, it is usually equivalent to giving a signal bomb to someone in the outer court - come on, continue the impeachment, I want to see what this guy is like
So bad.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic knew these tricks very well, so he also suppressed his smile, frowned, stood up and walked around, thinking about what he had done to make the emperor seriously dissatisfied, and he was so angry that he even left out the impeachment memorial.
Sent.
But after much thought, he really couldn't think of anything. He had handled the recent incidents quite well. Zhu Yijun's behavior in the past few days was completely normal, and he had no intention of being dissatisfied with himself at all.
Why did you suddenly do something like this? Is it really because of meeting Princess Yongning? But that's not right. Meeting Princess Yongning was under the Queen's decree, which means that the Queen knew about it and nodded. This is not a problem at all in terms of "legal principles".
Even if Zhu Yijun didn't know beforehand, the queen should tell him afterwards. And even if he was dissatisfied, he should first reason with the queen.
What does this have to do with me? I’m just following orders!
"This matter is very strange, and I couldn't figure it out for a while..." Gao Pingshi mused: "In this way, we will deal with it in two ways: I will write a self-defense here first, and then I will resign;
You should contact Mr. Huang and Mr. Chen to find out the details of the palace, especially the situation of the emperor. It is best to know the specific reasons why the emperor is staying in China."
Gao Mo nodded and said no nonsense. He said goodbye to Gao Jingshi and went out. Gao Jingshi asked someone to polish his pen and prepare ink. He planned to write his self-defense first. Anyway, writing self-defense was a regular task for senior officials of the Ming Dynasty.
, he is very familiar with the world, and he writes a lot in a pragmatic way.
As for having to close the door to thank guests after handing in self-defense, that doesn't matter, it's just a good thing that no one will bother you, and you won't wake up from your spring sleep.
However, an accident happened. Before he started writing, Gao Mo actually came back. As soon as he came, he said: "Duke Chen sent someone to invite the master to meet him. The place will be at his outer residence, the one in Jiaozhongfang."
The great eunuchs in the palace all had outhouses in the capital, and most of them had more than one residence. Many of them were given by the emperor, and they came from various sources, but most of them were recovered stolen property from criminal officials.
Chen Ju was one of the more honest eunuchs, but he also had an outhouse. Jiaozhongfang was very close to Jinggongfang, Zhaohui, where Gao Pingshi lived. It was just across a street to the east, and the British government palace was also there.
side.
However, after hearing the news, Gao Pragmatic felt even heavier.
If Huang Mengyu's personality is both coarse and fine, then Chen Ju is always cautious, similar to Gao Pragmatic himself. The impeachment matter has only been in the past morning, but Chen Ju is so anxious that he comes out of the palace to meet with him in person?
Could it be that Zhu Yijun thought I had molested his sister? Damn it, there can be no such misunderstanding.
The situation was urgent, and Gao Pragmatic didn't dare to think too much. He quickly changed his clothes and left. Speaking of ancient times, this was not good. When doing different things and meeting different people, you always had to change clothes.
But this time, not only did he not dare to wear his sitting python robe or the third-level official uniform, he even did not dare to wear the semi-public and semi-private Zhongjing crown uniform. He simply put on a navy blue Taoist robe and went out. Taoist robes are not popular in the Ming Dynasty.
It is not exclusively worn by Taoist priests. In fact, anyone who is a scholar can wear it. Even some country officials who cannot even pass the boyhood examination also like to wear it. It is the least conspicuous.
When I arrived at Jiaozhongfang, I passed by the British Duke's Mansion and happened to meet Zhang Yuande, the younger brother of the British Duke Zhang Yuangong, when he was out.
Zhu Yingzhen, Duke of Cheng, and Zhang Yuangong, Duke of England, were the two main assistants to Gao Jingshi in the Jingnan clan. Zhang Yuande was Zhang Yuangong's younger brother, so naturally he was very familiar with Gao Jingshi. Gao Jingshi had changed into casual clothes.
He only took Gao Mo and another guard servant away, but Zhang Yuande saw them all.
Zhang Yuande only brought two servants with him. When he saw Gao Pingshi's appearance, he ran over quickly, grabbed him, and asked with surprise on his face: "Brother Qiuzhen, why do you wear the white dragon fish suit?"
Gao Pangshi was anxious at first and didn't want to chat with him, but he already came to his door, so he had no choice but to give him face, so he had to say: "I was invited to meet a friend."
Zhang Yuande suddenly looked left and right with a strange expression, and then lowered his voice and said: "Is this friend who is seeking true brother a woman with a national surname?"
Gao Pingshi was stunned at first, then turned pale with shock, and asked hurriedly: "Where do you start talking about this?"
The so-called national surname is Zhu, and a woman with the national surname is Miss Zhu.
What I am afraid of now is Miss Zhu!
Zhang Yuande chuckled, waved his hand to his two servants to step back, and then winked and said: "They are all brothers, what are you trying to hide from me, brother? We all know about the fourth princess. She was already devoted to you before she surrendered.
, just because of the ancestral system... Needless to say what happened later, I remember that she didn't even consummate the marriage with that damned tuberculosis man, and now she has become a widow again, and you two..."
"Both of us have nothing!" Gao Pingshi's eyes widened: "Where did you hear about the relationship between the fourth princess and me?"
Zhang Yuande still had no integrity. He looked like you understand and I understand, and waved his hands and said: "Okay, okay, I'm not that Huang Zhaolong and Huang Yushi. What are you afraid of me saying? Even if you move to Changchun Palace, I
I will only shout loudly."
"Stop talking nonsense. If you continue to talk so openly, this year's dividend will be directly deducted."
For a person like this who almost has a gold medal hanging around his neck to avoid death, there are very few ways to threaten him, and Gao Pragmatic can only use dividends to persuade him. Fortunately, this threat has obvious effects.
"Hey, hey, if you have something to say, you have something to say!" Zhang Yuande said quickly: "Okay, okay, okay, I won't say it. Aren't you in a hurry to see her? Go ahead, go ahead, I... uh,
I'm going to see you soon, see you later."
"Stop!" Gao Jingshi immediately stopped him. Regardless of Zhang Yuande's constipated expression, he asked with a stern face: "I just asked you where you heard these rumors, but you haven't answered me yet."
Zhang Yuande smiled bitterly and said: "This is really embarrassing. Let me tell you, you want to deduct bonuses again. I won't tell you, but you insist on making me say... you are looking for trouble."
Gao Pragmatic said angrily: "Stop smiling so playfully! Originally it was just a small misunderstanding, and I thought it was no big deal. But now it seems that my head is a bit unsafe. It's a big deal, so hurry up and tell the truth."
Zhang Yuande looked at Gao Pragmatic doubtfully and said in disbelief: "It's not so serious, right? From my observation, if it weren't for the restrictions of the ancestral system, the emperor would be quite happy to be your brother-in-law."
Gao Pingshi's face sank: "Are you still talking nonsense?"
"Okay, okay, no nonsense." Zhang Yuande sighed: "But what do you want me to say? Now the whole damn capital knows that you went to the palace to meet the fourth princess yesterday, and the two of you stayed in the room for how long.
For an hour, all the eunuchs and maids were sent outside to wait... By the way, you are in good health. Did you eat something like sea cucumber and seahorse in advance? There should be quite a lot of these things in Liaodong."
"Get out!" Gao Qingshi was so angry that his face turned green when he encountered such a heartless thing, and turned away without saying a word.
Gao Mo quickly followed up and said worriedly: "Master, this situation is not right..."
"Nonsense, I'm not blind yet!" Gao Pingshi's temper was already rising at this moment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This clearly shows that someone is deliberately spreading rumors!"
But after saying these angry words, he stopped, took a deep breath, and exhaled a long breath, forcing himself to calm down.
After a while, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly: "It seems that my opponents finally know from which angle to attack me, which is a gratifying progress. But this guy has calculated everything, and I'm afraid he still missed it.
We’ve visited some places...hum, we’ll see.”
He stepped forward again and said, "Don't worry, we'll go see Chen Ju first."
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