The atmosphere in the study was getting colder, Gao Gong was sulking without saying a word.
Gao pragmatic knew that this matter involved a huge amount. Even a minister as upright as Gao Gong had to be limited by the overall situation and did not dare to move lightly. It makes me even more depressed and worried.
But the steward of the inner palace knocked gently at the door and whispered: "Master, Song Du is here, Han is here, Tu is here, Cheng is here, Luo is here, Gu Langzhong, Shen is there, Xu is here and so on Zhang Yuanwai and others have all arrived on orders, and have been waiting in the flower hall for half an hour. Look..."
Gao pragmatism was a little surprised. What was going on? Sanbo's disciples were having a meeting today? Huh... they were here on orders? It sounded like Gao Gong had summoned them. It seemed like there was something big to discuss.
Gao Gong exhaled a breath, composed himself, and replied: "Go and tell them that our department will be here immediately."
"Yes, sir." The house steward responded and carefully retreated.
After the steward left, Gao Gong looked at Gao Pangshi with complicated eyes and said slowly: "You are not inferior to Yang Sheng'an. I hope you will not be my Gao family's Sheng'an in the future."
Gao Pragmatic was startled for a moment, then nodded, but after thinking about it, he shook his head again.
Yang Shen'an was Yang Shen. He was the son of Yang Tinghe, an important minister of the four dynasties and the former Dongge scholar. He was known for his erudition and versatility. Later generations ranked him with Xie Jin and Xu Wei as the three talents of the Ming Dynasty, with Yang Shen as the leader. He was known as a child prodigy since he was a child. Later, in the sixth year of Zhengde, he passed the imperial examination and became the editor of the Hanlin Academy. He participated in the compilation of "Wuzong Shilu". After Shizong succeeded to the throne, Yang Shenfu edited and edited the Hanlin Academy and served as a lecturer on Jingyan. In the third year of Jiajing's reign, he was known as a child prodigy. , received the royal staff due to the "Great Ceremony" and was banished to the Yongchang Guard in Yunnan. In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing, Yang Shen died in the garrison at the age of seventy-two. After Longqing succeeded to the throne, Yang Shen was posthumously awarded the title of Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. .This posthumous gift cannot be said to be a vindication, but it can be regarded as representing that the court has forgiven him for his so-called mistakes back then.
When Gao Gong said this, he naturally reminded Gao Pragmatic not to imitate Yang Shen, who was arrogant about his talent. He was obviously a man of great potential, but he finally ended up old and dying in the borderlands. It was difficult to apply what he had learned, and he could only place his affection on literature and ink. It was extremely sad. .
Gao Gong asked: "He nodded and shook his head again, but why?"
Gao pragmatically answered honestly: "My nephew guessed that the third uncle was afraid that in the future I would outspokenly break the rules like Mr. Yang did and offend the emperor. My whole life's talents would not be able to be used in governing the country, so I had to waste decades in barbarian frontiers to write poems." Wen Ziyu means that the nephew nods his head, which means that he will definitely take this as a warning. Third uncle, although my nephew has the ambition to innovate and revitalize, he also understands the principle of hardness and easy breaking."
"That's very good, so...what does it mean to shake your head?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly: "My nephew cannot match Mr. Sheng'an's literary talents, so he shook his head."
Gao Gong was very happy when he heard this: "How old are you? You are naturally not far behind Yang Sheng'an at the moment. But judging from what you said to me tonight, who can predict your future achievements? Besides, I, the Gao family, have a pragmatic background and are not good at poetry. There is no need to spend much time on the small path - do you think I have ever done anything like singing spring and lamenting autumn?"
Hey, that's right. Gao Gong doesn't seem to like writing poems and lyrics very much. At least he is so pragmatic that he has never seen Sanbo write any poems. Basically, apart from sparse memorials, he only has academic writings. , in addition, he wrote more, and only the memorial poems were left - this was a helpless move by the officialdom. After all, in the same year as his master, his disciples and even his hometown had so many connections. When an important person died in his family, everyone wanted to have one. A person with such a high status as Gao Gong writes sacrificial texts. And speaking of it, Gao Gong is an upright official, but he can actually afford a medium-sized house in the capital. Isn't he just relying on the writing fees for writing sacrificial texts to make money? 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 had to support his family.
After Gao Gong finished speaking, he didn't wait for Gao Yingshi to reply, and directly ordered: "You come with me."
These words made Gao Jingshi stunned. Many of Gao Gong's disciples had come to pay homage to his master before. When some of them came, Gao Gong would also order Gao Jingshi to come forward with them. This was not only to support Gao Jingshi,
It is not unusual to show intimacy to the disciples. But the situation today is obviously different. After all, in the past, the disciples took the initiative to come to visit, and sometimes they would have a meal together when it was close to dinner time - in this magical land of China
, the meaning of eating is often not just eating, but more importantly, socializing. But today is different, it is the night after the meal, and it was Gao Gong who took the initiative to find them, and as soon as he found them, they were this group of people.
You must know that although these people sound like they do not have high official positions, the official system of the Ming Dynasty has always had the habit of "using the small to control the big". Kedaoyan officials have always been in a low position and their weight is not mentioned. Even the cabinet - in theory
It is said that the Grand Scholar is only the fifth grade, but the Grand Scholar actually exercises the power of the prime minister (Wu Feng's note: Of course, the Grand Scholar has other additional offices and titles).
But now that Gao Gong had already set off, Gao Jingshi could only suppress any doubts he had in his heart and follow San Bo to the Flower Hall step by step.
As the house steward who was waiting at the entrance of the flower hall said: "Here you are, Mr. Ge——" the conversation in the flower hall immediately fell into silence. When Gao Pragmatic walked in with Gao Gong, he saw a group of people already standing in silence with their hands lowered.
, but seeing Gao Gong come in, they all bowed their hands and saluted, saying: "Students have met their teachers."
Gao pragmatism noticed that Gao Gong's nephew Zhang Mengnan was also called this way. After thinking about it for a while, he remembered that Zhang Mengnan was also a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing's reign, so it was reasonable to call him a teacher.
According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, according to the Ming Dynasty's practice, almost all the Jinshi on the list of the Yichou Academy Examination in the 44th year of Jiajing can be called Gao Gong's disciples, because Gao Gong was the examiner of the examination that year.
Of course, it is impossible for Gao Gong to be the only person to examine papers in the highest-level central talent-raising ceremony such as the National Examination. There will also be more than ten fellow examiners. Under normal circumstances, only those Jinshi whose papers are selected by the examiner will be regarded as disciples by the examiner.
Vice versa. But no matter what, if a Jinshi in a certain subject is thick-skinned, there is no problem in calling the examiner "teacher" even if he was not selected by the examiner at the time.
It would be a big deal if the examiner later became an assistant minister in the cabinet. Almost all the candidates for the subject he took the examination would regard him as a "teacher". This is a manifestation of the need for the support of the "teacher" for the new scholars.
, is also a manifestation of the need of the "teacher and minister" for the new scholars to consolidate their talent pockets, and each typically has his or her own needs.
Today, there are only nine people summoned by Gao Gong. It does not mean that these are the only disciples under Gao Gong, but that many students have gone to serve as officials elsewhere, and a large part of them are in Gao Gong.
Those who were transferred away from the capital by Xu Jie before the resumption. For example, when Gao Gong was expelled last time, Wu Dui, the only disciple who went to see him off, is now the deputy military envoy of Jizhou. There are also Song Yingchang, Lu Shude, Liu Liangbi, and Du Hua.
Among them, Zhou Shixuan, Kuang Duo, Song Liangzuo, Guang Mao, Yang Jiaxiang, Li Chunpu, Chen Yide, Zhong Jiying, Wu Wenjia, Yang Xiang and many others are not in the capital at the moment.
Of course, the nine people who came today are already very scary - even if Gao Gong was defeated by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao in one fell swoop in the original history, there were still two pavilion elders among these nine people, and one of them was the emperor.
Shi (the top leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate), a Minister of the Ministry of War and Governor of Ji Liao, a Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs of Nanjing! There is also a person who although he was dismissed from office, his son later became a senior official...
