Chapter 126: A knighthood in exchange for a promotion?
By the time Gao Pangshi came to Baiyulou to invite Liu Xin to have lunch with him, Liu Xin had already read through the boss's stack of files.
Looking at the high-spirited Gao Pragmatic, Liu Xin raised her eyelids and asked, "Is the eldest princess gone?"
"Uh..." Gao Pingshi's smile froze, and he laughed dryly: "Not yet, she... really likes seeing Shinzhai, and plans to stay a little longer."
Liu Xin suddenly sniffed, then looked at Gao Pragmatic, and said with a teasing expression: "Well, the incense on Her Royal Highness the Princess is indeed of high quality. After talking to her all morning, even you smell so good."
Gao pragmatic coughed and said: "This..."
Liu Xin stretched out her hand to stop her and continued: "But don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in your private life, Boss Gao. But as far as I know, there are nearly 300 maids in the entire Jianxinzhai Courtyard who were married to Huang Dutong.
, I am afraid that some clues cannot be hidden from them, and of course Huang Dutong cannot be hidden from them. Instead of thinking about how to tell me, you might as well think about how to explain to Madam."
Gao Pragmatic didn't say anything and just walked to a chair not far away and sat down.
Liu Xin waited for him to finish, and then said: "Besides, I don't understand something, and I suddenly want to ask you."
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Ask."
Liu Xin said with great interest: "I also met the fourth princess in that temple in the eighth year of Wanli. How can I put it... She was quite beautiful. She was beautiful and dignified at a young age at that time. I must be sure that she is now
She should be even more beautiful than she was back then. But I have also seen the maids who were sent to Shinzhai Villa personally selected by your Majesty. In terms of beauty alone, they are really top-notch and cannot lose to anyone.
This makes me very strange, why do you want to mess with the eldest princess instead of enjoying the beauty around you? You should know that if this matter spreads, it will be the most explosive news in the world.
, and the most important thing is that the consequences will be unimaginable.”
Gao Pingshi rubbed his eyebrows and sighed: "What you said makes sense, but what if this matter... is a hint from the emperor?"
As expected, Liu Xin looked surprised: "The emperor's hint?"
Gao pragmatically nodded affirmatively and said seriously: "Yes."
Liu Xin tilted her head, frowned slightly, thought for a while, nodded and said: "I understand. It seems that the emperor is deeply guilty about the eldest princess's surrender to Liang Bangrui, and his friendship for you may be really different.
, that’s why he acted like this. But I still have some doubts. The emperor was not looking for a consort for her when the eldest princess got married. Why is the emperor so guilty? They say that there is no family affection in the Tian family, and the relationship between their brothers and sisters is just like this.
good?"
"Of course there is family affection in the Tian family, but sometimes it has to be restricted by rules." Gao Pingshi sighed: "As for why the emperor was so guilty, there were some things you didn't know at the time, but I can tell you."
"I would like to hear the details." Liu Xin nodded. Then Gao Pragmatic briefly introduced the situation at that time.
After saying that, he spread his hands and said, "So whether it is me or the emperor, I feel guilty for the fourth princess."
Liu Xin couldn't help but shook her head and said: "I used to watch some girls on TV. Because so-and-so was very nice to her, or saved her life, etc., they promised to marry her. I couldn't understand it at the time:
You can just pay back whatever you owe. Why do you have to 'pay' yourself back? What's the truth?
Looking at the results today, it turns out that not only girls are like this, but also men have this kind of mentality? It is certainly pity that Princess Yongning's happy event turned bad, but firstly, it was not your fault, and secondly, you also avenged it for her.
Qiu, you really don’t owe her anything, why are you feeling guilty?"
"First, she and I are old acquaintances. Before what happened to her, if I didn't care about the consequences, I could actually destroy her. But because I was worried about the consequences of doing so, I didn't do it and instead let things happen.
Not to mention that, when things developed to a stage that I thought was appropriate at the time, I suddenly took action, promoted and exploited it from many aspects, and finally got Chen Hong, forcing Empress Dowager Li to hand over the power of the court and return power to the emperor.
In the final analysis, I sacrificed the lifelong happiness of an innocent girl out of political considerations. How can you say that I have no responsibility? With such a huge responsibility, is it any wonder that I always feel guilty for her? "
Liu Xin listened, but sneered: "Oh, because you think it has delayed her lifelong happiness, so now you personally make up for her? Ha, it makes so much sense, but I want to ask: Do you think this is what she should do?
Are you happy?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "There are still some things you don't know. Without me, in the original history, her situation would be worse than now. Firstly. Secondly, what will happen to her in the future? I really don't dare to do it now.
Guaranteed, but judging from the current attitude of the emperor, this matter may not turn around in the future, and I can try my best to find a way. In any case, it can always be better than the original ending."
Gao Pangshi's words were very sincere, and Liu Xin could feel it, so he stopped being sarcastic and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he nodded and said, "Okay, your words don't sound like excuses. I
I believe it for now. But I am still very curious, what was her original fate?"
Gao Pragmatic sighed: "Liang Bangrui died less than two months after getting married, and he did not consummate the marriage with the fourth princess until his death. The fourth princess herself accompanied the ancient Buddha of the Green Lantern in the palace, and finally died in depression at the age of only twenty-eight.
When she died, the maid who carried her body found that she was still in perfect condition."
Liu Xin's face immediately darkened, she remained silent for a moment, and said bitterly: "The Liang family really deserved their death." After a pause, she added: "Such a pitiful person, no wonder you can't bear it. Even if it were me.
, I will probably do the same thing as you... From now on, whatever happens between you and the fourth princess, I will pretend that I have not seen it."
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Liu Xin raised her eyebrows: "What? This is your housework, what are you asking me for? Didn't you say that Huang Dutong has always advised you to take concubines? You can accept concubines, and he even took the initiative to persuade you. Now
What does it mean to have an outer room?"
"Outer room?" Gao pragmatic frowned.
"What else? Can you still take over the fourth princess's house openly?" Liu Xin rolled her eyes: "I said, you must not be too arrogant. Even if the emperor has hinted at it, the hint must not be for the purpose.
You are thinking about how to get the princess into the house, or even 'marry' her back. It is impossible - the princess' wedding is called down-marrying.
It is not possible to remarry.
As for the emperor's intention, I think it is just to give his sister some psychological sustenance. In the emperor's mind, you are somewhat better than others. Plus... I heard that the fourth princess has been interested in you a long time ago. Your Majesty.
When I saw that this was a so-so thing, I just went with the flow and considered it a success - but that was all."
Gao pragmatic looked at her with great interest, pretending to be surprised and said: "I remember that before you came to Daming, you had just graduated from a normal college and were still working as a trainee teacher. Why do you seem to be quite concerned about this kind of emotional analysis?
Does it seem to work?"
Liu Xin rolled her eyes at him: "So what? Practice is not enough, theory is enough. I have watched so many emotional dramas with my mother, can't I have some experience? Besides, I also studied educational psychology, although
The main research directions are different, but the methodology... you understand, right?"
"Oh, that's a coincidence." Gao Pingshi smiled and said, "It seems that our majors finally have something in common."
Liu Xin said in surprise: "How do you say this? Aren't you studying economics and law?"
Gao pragmatic smiled, spread his hands, and said: "I am studying law at the police academy, and criminal psychology is a required course."
"Oh...that's it!" Liu Xin suddenly realized: "I'm just saying, how can you always do bad things and still make people grateful at the same time? Are you using your talents in a wrong way?"
Now it was Gao Pragmatic's turn to roll his eyes: "Why do you have to take the worst side? My profession is perfectly suitable for analyzing certain people's plots against me. I haven't been killed in all these years.
This professional contribution is very great, okay?”
Liu Xin couldn't help but laugh, looked helpless, and shrugged: "Okay, okay, this is a good major. No wonder Mr. Guo Anyang said that you were too calculating. I'm afraid it wasn't because you always targeted others for criminal motives.
analyze?"
Gao pragmatically talked nonsense seriously: "It's not just criminal motive analysis, there are many other things, such as investigation and counter-detection psychological analysis, etc."
"Come on, I'm not going to be poor with you. First tell me what happy event you have to say that you came here so happily - don't tell me that it's because Princess Yongning... is too tired to go back to the palace."
Liu Xin teased.
"Ahem..." Gao Pingshi said awkwardly: "Of course not, I invited the princess here because Cheng Guogong told me that the emperor had no comment on my refusal to be ennobled. My original intention was to know what the emperor was thinking.
What."
"Oh?" Liu Xin rolled her eyes and tilted her head slightly: "But if you ask the fourth princess about this, you might be asking the wrong person. Shouldn't you ask Chen Ju more?"
"But I dare not contact Chen Ju casually in the near future." Gao pragmatically said: "And with the emperor's shrewdness, I guess the fourth princess will definitely 'accidentally learn' something."
"Really? What's the result?" Liu Xin asked with interest, knowing what he knew about Zhu Yijun.
Gao pragmatically said: "The result is that the Queen went to see the Fourth Princess early this morning and deliberately mentioned something during the chat. The Queen said that the Emperor has been very dissatisfied with the performance of Hubu recently, even after she I have said several times in front of him that Shen Li should be moved. What's more important is that the emperor originally agreed to stay in Qianqing Palace to sleep in peace last night, but he changed his mind and went to Kunning Palace in the middle of the night without saying anything, and it was inexplicable. Mentioned this."
When Gao pragmatic said this, he paused slightly, fearing that Liu Xin would not know the rules of the palace, and added: "You may not know something. Not only does the emperor have to inform the queen where he goes to sleep every night, but he also needs to inform the queen. The Queen Mothers of the Two Palaces. In other words, it is already so late, and it is logically impossible for the Emperor to change his sleeping place at short notice, because this will disturb the rest of the Queen Mothers of the Two Palaces."
Liu Xin nodded and thought thoughtfully: "In other words, the emperor actually went out of his way to leak the news? He was dissatisfied with the Ministry of Revenue and wanted to change Shen Li's position? What does this have to do with you?"
Gao pragmatically said: "The relationship is that Shen Li is a member of our practical school. If he is transferred, and it is just when I have made great achievements and returned to the court, it should be unlikely that I will be demoted. Then Shen Li will have to occupy another position. It’s a trap, and it’s not too bad. At the same time, the vacant position of Minister of Household Affairs will probably still be given to us, the Real School.”
Liu Xin's heart stirred, and when she was about to speak, she seemed a little hesitant: "I remember that you, the Minister of the Ministry of War, have not been in office for a long time. Is it possible that the emperor is thinking of letting you fill the gap of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? ?
Although judging from your ability to manage money, it is not surprising that the emperor has such thoughts, but... given your age and qualifications, you have been serving as Minister of War for less than three years, and you are suddenly promoted to minister, are you not afraid of causing trouble? Are the courtiers dissatisfied?"
"I have thought about this just now." Gao Jingshi touched his chin and said: "Logically speaking, the imperial court has not stipulated how old you must be to be a minister, but according to convention, my qualifications are definitely not enough. There is no doubt about it. However, the current situation is very special, that is, I have great merits on my shoulders, but the whole court can't agree on how to reward me.
In this case, the emperor can usually only make the final decision. But the emperor’s original intention was to knight me. In fact, he could have ignored the voices of the officials and forcibly knighted me. However, I myself do not agree. If he is willing to respect my personal wishes, then he has to change his mind - since he is not going to be ennobled, how about being promoted to the head office?
In this way, although my promotion seems to be too fast, after all, I have made great achievements this time, and Ming Dynasty has focused solely on military merits since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so it is not completely unreasonable. And in this way, Shen Yuan The assistant considers the lesser of two evils, giving me a household secretary is better than giving me a title, so maybe they won't object too much."
Liu Xin thought for a while, nodded and said: "Your analysis is quite reasonable. The Hubu Yamen has been run by people from your practical school for more than ten years. Whether it is given to you or to someone else, it is not too big for Shen Shixing." The big difference - of course, I won't give it to you if I can. After all, if you continue like this, I'm afraid you will threaten him. As you said, now that this great contribution is here, the court has been slow to reward the president. It’s unjustifiable…”
Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "I'm not worried about whether I want to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Right now, I'm actually more interested in knowing where the emperor will transfer Shen Li to."
Liu Xin was still a little less pragmatic than Gao in terms of political sensitivity. After hearing this, she asked: "Is this more important than whether you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?"
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Of course. You can't just look at this from my personal point of view. The household department is originally the basic base of our practical school. As long as people from other factions are not replaced in power, it doesn't matter whether I am the superior or not. Important. But Shen Li was transferred as a minister, and even if the emperor is not satisfied with his work in charge of the household department, it is unlikely that he will be demoted at present.
In this way, the position he is transferred to is very important. If he is transferred to the yamen that is originally controlled by our Real School, then we will not gain much benefit from this matter, but if he is transferred to other yamen, the momentum of our Real School will be greatly affected. It will definitely be higher.”
Liu Xin finally understood and asked, "Do you have any judgment or guess?"
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