With the arrival of Wang Xijue, the dispute over the country's origins overshadowed the previously popular slander case and suddenly became the new focus of the capital's officials.
For this reason, new trends naturally emerged in the situation in the capital. Officials of the Shi School began to ignore the ordinary "rules" and visited Gao Pragmatic or Xu Guo again and again. Among the officials who visited Gao Pragmatic, there were even two people, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui.
The figure of a cabinet minister.
Officials from the Xin School were not idle either. Including Shen Shixing, they all went to Wang Xijue's house to pay a visit. The euphemistic name was to celebrate his return to Beijing, but in reality it was of course an internal meeting on the recent situation.
Although Wang Xijue ranked last in the cabinet, he had a special status after all, and he grabbed the limelight as soon as he arrived. Shen Shixing was also willing to give him this face, and gave him most of the opportunities to speak during this meeting.
It looks like they are intimate and happy.
In fact, although Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue had a good relationship, they were not as good as this in the past. But just like the evaluation of their personalities in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", "However, Shi Xing's behavior was gentle, while Xi Jue's character was stubborn and negative."
Wang Xijue had a good reputation when he was young, and he often made shocking remarks, and because he was a top student, his reputation was very high. After Gao Gong came to power in the past, he gradually attracted Gao Gong's attention because of his reputation for being upright and upright.
After paying close attention to him, he was transferred from the office of the Imperial College in Nanjing to the office of the Imperial College in Beijing, and was soon promoted to Youchunfang Youzhongyun.
Later, because Wang Xijue had behaved normally for a period of time, under the auspices of Gao Gong, he was promoted to the positions of Jiu Jiu of the Imperial Academy and Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu.
In particular, I would like to mention the post of Jiuzijian, which Gao Gong himself had done. He attached great importance to this position and was very cautious in appointing him. If he was not a person with a good reputation and solid knowledge, Gao Gong would never give it randomly.
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However, even if the imperial minister was one of the Xiaojiu Qings, the same could be said for Zhan Shifu. When Wang Xijue reached this point, he probably felt that his wings had become hardened, and he began to reveal that he was completely an official of the Xin School.
The impeachment cabinet was busy with political disputes and neglected government affairs. Finally, he succeeded in angering the chief minister, Gao Gong, and was demoted to the Nanjing Hanlin Academy to take charge of the affairs.
At that time, Gao Gong had already defeated Zhang and Feng Alliance with the help of Gao Gong and completely controlled the cabinet. No one from the Xin School dared to help Wang Xijue. Therefore, Wang Xijue became honest and understood that he could not be tough with Gao Gong, so his attitude softened.
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In the past two years, Gao Gong thought Wang Xijue had "figured it out" and checked his official records. He also performed very well at the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, so Gao Gong transferred him back to Beijing.
After returning to Beijing this time, after only "training" for about a year, Wang Xijue was promoted by Gao Gong to the post of bachelor's degree scholar at the Hanlin Academy, and he was still asked to serve as an official at the Imperial Academy - at that time, Wang Xijue was an official official at the Imperial Academy.
This is how he came to be the highest-ranking Hanlin academic officer and the official imperial master.
Originally, if the time had ended at this point, Wang Xijue would almost have shown that he was in the Cao camp and his heart was in the Han Dynasty. Although he was an official of the Nanbang who upheld the position of the heart school, he was still highly regarded.
Unfortunately, it was already the sixth year of Wanli, and Gao Gong died suddenly. Although Guo Pu took over the power of the Shi School, he had to stabilize his position first and not worry about too many other things.
So Wang Xijue came out to speak again. He seemed to be very fair and wrote a few words, saying that when Gao Gong was still in power, he had too much power and was not in line with the wishes of his ancestors. However, considering that Gao Gong was Gu at that time,
It was still feasible to do so when the emperor was young, but now that the chief assistant Gu had passed away and the emperor was getting older, this concurrent role should not continue.
Therefore, Wang Xijue said that he would ask Guo Pu, the first assistant, to resign as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Wang Xijue's move was actually very thoughtful. Not only did the reasoning make sense, but the timing was also good. Although Guo Pu was also an old minister, he was not as upright as Gao Gong, so it was possible to convince him with such upright reasoning.
However, Wang Xijue still missed something.
Although the emperor was getting older, he was actually only sixteen years old, and Empress Dowager Li didn't think the emperor could do a good job at all at that time. What she said at the time was to wait until the emperor was thirty before letting the chief minister delegate power - which was probably not true
It was true, but at least it reflected Empress Dowager Li's concern about the emperor's "immaturity".
Under such circumstances, Guo Pu is one of the "Guo Mingfu ministers", so why can't he also serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel? Mr. Gao has served concurrently for eight years, is there any trouble? No!
So the two palaces issued an edict directly to Guo Pu, telling him not to resign from his part-time job.
Wang Xijue's idea came to nothing, but after this incident, he completely eliminated his relationship with the Reality School and was officially regarded as one of the leaders of the Heart School.
Shen Shixing was well aware of this scene at the time and thought Wang Xijue was a very thoughtful person. He began to pay attention to him and soon planned to promote him and create a good story. (Because Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Yu Youding were in the same year.
And it’s Sandingjia.)
Unfortunately, Guo Pu's position had been consolidated by that time. As the only Gu Mingfu minister who was still in office, Shen Shixing had only a submissive role in front of him, so Wang Xijue was stuck in the Hanlin Academy, unable to move his position at all.
Wang Xijue waited around, but felt that there was no way out. His father happened to be seriously ill, so he simply resigned from his job on the pretext of returning to his hometown to take care of his old father.
His departure was, firstly, to avoid the edge of the Realistic School and its suppression, and secondly, to take advantage of the opportunity to raise his hopes. This move was quite effective, as Wang Xijue's reputation and status increased significantly - if not for him
If his daughter's plan to ascend to immortality had a slight impact on him, I'm afraid it would be more successful.
In addition to the changes in the situation - for example, Jiangnan officials and big businessmen became increasingly wary of Gao Pragmatism, as well as the defeat of Liu Shouyou and the death of Yu Youding, Shen Shixing became more and more interested in introducing Wang Xijue into the cabinet.
Aid, finally arrived today.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since Shen Shixing desperately hoped that Wang Xijue could share the firepower for him, and due to the personality differences between the two, Wang Xijue talked eloquently at this meeting,
The magical scene where Shen Yuanfu nodded repeatedly. If someone who didn't know the details saw it, I'm afraid they would have to betray their identities.
On the whole, the senior leaders of the Xin School are very satisfied and optimistic about Wang Xijue's move. His move not only reversed the situation of being led by Gao Pangshi because of the slander case, but also being beaten by the emperor with a stick.
The embarrassment, and the change of passivity into initiative, on the contrary, transformed the pragmatic school into a whole series and an army.
The most subtle point is that if Gao Pragmatic continues to refuse to come out, I am afraid that many Gao Party members will be wavered and prefer Xu Guo's side.
Although Xu Guo is also a big boss of the Practical School and even the theoretical party leader, everyone knows that he is at a disadvantage in the highly pragmatic competition. If this incident can play a role in balancing the internal forces of the Practical School,
That couldn't be better.
This reason is very simple: there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If Gao Pragmatic can still suppress Xu Guo as he did after the last Double Ninth Festival Conference, then even if the Pragmatic School cannot be said to be very united, at least it is still together, and it will be too much of a threat to the Heart School.
Big.
Once the forces of Xu State can compete with Gao Pragmatic, the life of the Xin School will be much easier under the fight between these two tigers, and some subsequent plans will be able to be implemented with better conditions.
Shen Shixing even felt that with the methods Wang Xijue showed this time, he might be able to make another surprise attack and make Xu Guo himself shaken.
Although Xu Guo was Gao Gong's disciple, the difference between him and the other big men was that he was from the south - from Shexian County, Huizhou, South Zhili, and Gao Gong was not his room master, but simply his seat master.
Room teacher, seat teacher, no matter what the teacher is, as long as he pays homage to the disciple after passing the exam and the teacher accepts it, this is the relationship between teacher and student. There is no doubt about this. However, in the end, the relationship between a simple teacher and disciple is
It was still slightly inferior. In addition, Xu Guo was from Nanbang and was in a competitive relationship with Gao Pragmatic. Shen Shixing always felt that he could still find opportunities to win over him.
It's just that Xu Guozhong was quite late and his people are relatively "mature". Shen Shixing has not found a good opportunity in these years. Now that Wang Xijue is here, maybe... stones from other mountains can attack jade?
In short, Shen Shixing enjoyed Wang Xijue's limelight.
No matter how capable you are, even if you knock down Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui from the Practical School, or even Wang Jiaping, it won't do any harm. I, the first assistant, will still be as stable as a mountain. No matter how old you are, Shen Yuanfu is not afraid.
——He is one year younger than Wang Xijue.
Therefore, becoming an official is the same as becoming famous. You must start early. The younger you are when you become an official, the higher the possibility of getting ahead and the more stamina you have. Gao Pragmatic can stabilize Xu Guo in the competition with him.
In addition to the political assets left to him by the third generation of Yuanfu, the age advantage is also an unavoidable obstacle.
Xu Guobi is seven years older than Shen Shixing. It is basically impossible to expect him to survive Shen Shixing. But what about Gao Pragmatic? Unless he dies unexpectedly, he can definitely survive all the elders in the government, or he can survive until death.
They go home to retire.
Those who are older than him have either died or retired. Even if he does not rely on the Holy Family, he will still be the first assistant. As an official, who should he rely on if he does not rely on him? Unless the official is not young himself and thinks about himself.
Can't wait for that day.
There are many topics discussed by the Xinxue School. In addition to matters related to the dispute over the country, there are also the aftermath of the slander case, etc. As for how to unite the officials in Nangbang to resist Beijing's southern invasion, this will not be discussed tonight.
When the time comes, we can only discuss it in private.
The Practical School was not idle at all, especially Gao Jingshi's Shangshu Mansion. Many people came to see him tonight. But Gao Jingshi was very determined and only invited a few real senior officials to come in.
As for the people, most of them are old faces. Except for Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, they are Liang Menglong, Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Mengnan, Minister of General Affairs, Luo Zun, Minister of Taipu Temple, Tu Menggui, Minister of Guanglu Temple, and Zhang Yigui, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy and a wine minister of the Imperial Academy.
Cheng Wen, the left minister of the Ministry of Finance, Han Ji, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, Song Zhihan, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Gao Yongchun, the right minister of the Ministry of Works.
Compared with the Double Ninth Festival, there are fewer Xu Guo and Shen Li, who did not come; there is also missing Yang Zhao, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who has become an official. In addition, Han Ji has changed his position. He was originally a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
In charge of court affairs, this position was later taken over by Chen Yubi, and Han Ji himself was transferred to the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, which was regarded as adding a handful of sand to the Xin School.
Zhang Mengnan, Luo Zun, Tu Menggui, Han Ji, Cheng Wen, and Song Zhihan were all disciples of Gao Gong. Among them, Zhang Mengnan was not only a disciple, but also Gao Gong's wife and nephew. Zhang Yigui and Gao Yongchun were Guo Pu's disciples.
disciple.
Because Zhang Siwei came to power relatively late, he had no disciples at the central level yet. He used to have a good friend, Yang Zhao, but unfortunately he retired, so no one from him was present today.
However, Gao Gong, a disciple of Guo Pu, is enough to prop up the facade of the Gao Pragmatic School. The outside world has already called them the "Gao Dang" - the Gao Dang within the pragmatic school.
Zhang Xueyan has the highest status here and is the oldest, so he was the first to speak: "To be honest, Wang Taicang's move is a bit of a saying... Do you still insist on your original intention and insist on waiting for the Queen to give birth to a legitimate son?"
He went straight to the topic when he opened his mouth. Everyone fell silent and stared at Gao Pragmatic.
Gao pragmatically replied calmly: "Yes."
Zhang Xueyan asked again: "But now it seems that the emperor's holy family is in the imperial concubine. If he loves the house and crows and wants to make the emperor's second son the prince, wouldn't we lose our position?"
"Our position is still to wait for our legitimate son, how can we say we have lost our position?" Gao Pragmatic asked rhetorically, and added: "As for the imperial concubine, she may be favored, and she may even be able to persuade the emperor, but Shen Yuanfu
I won’t let him succeed, so why should we be anxious?”
Zhang Xueyan frowned and did not speak immediately. At this time, Wu Dui took over the conversation and said: "I'm afraid that if I wait silently, Shen Yuanfu and others will not be able to form a... warning to the emperor, so that in case the emperor forcibly canonizes
, then what should we do?”
Gao pragmatic didn't think this would happen, but he still replied simply and directly: "Then cooperate with Shen Yuanfu and return the imperial edict."
Wu Dui frowned: "To get to this point? This is not the consistent purpose and style of our pragmatic school." Zhang Xueyan also looked at Gao Pragmatic with burning eyes, waiting for his answer.
Gao pragmatic sighed: "Of course not, so if we have to deal with Wang Taicang's actions and adhere to our established principles, we have to come up with another cunning plan."
Zhang Mengnan asked: "To tell you the truth, do you think you already have this plan in mind?"
Gao pragmatic smiled slightly: "This afternoon, I have already taken action."
"Really?" Zhang Mengnan was a little surprised: "Where? Oh, could it be the palace? Did you ask Huang and Chen to persuade the Holy One?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head: "Now is not the opportunity to ask them to take action. Besides, even if you ask them to help, you can't do this. Otherwise, if the operation is improper, they may even get involved."
Han Ji also interjected and asked: "If it's not them, then who else can influence the emperor?"
Gao pragmatic sighed slightly: "Pillow wind."
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