"As soon as I go up to the high city, I am sad, and the willows are like Tingzhou. The clouds are just rising, the sun is sinking in the pavilion, the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is filling the building. The birds are green in the Qin Garden at dusk, and the cicadas are chirping with yellow leaves in the Han Palace in autumn. Pedestrians should not ask about the past, my motherland
The Wei River flows from the east."
Standing on the top floor of the main building of Jianxinzhai, looking at the fields in the suburbs of Beijing where the spring rain is approaching, Gao Pingshi chanted softly.
In front of him, Guo Pu was holding a cup of hot tea. Without even raising his eyelids, he sneered and said: "You kid, why do you pretend to be so emotional? The rain is about to come and the wind is all over the building? Ha...
… Wasn’t it you who stretched out the hand that stirred up the storm? Wasn’t this mountain rain planned by you for a long time?”
Gao Pragmatic said in astonishment: "Where is it?"
Without saying a word, Guo Pu grabbed the paperweight on the desk and prepared to fight. Gao Pingshi quickly put away his astonished expression, bowed with a smile on his face, and begged for mercy: "Teacher, please calm down, teacher... This mountain rain, eh
, it’s because of the students’ efforts.”
"Bang!" Guo Pu smashed the paperweight back on the table with a look of disdain: "A contribution? When you said this, didn't you feel guilty?"
Gao Pangshi smiled bitterly and said mockingly: "Okay, okay, let's work together and the students will take 80% of it. Isn't this settled?"
Guo Pu looked at him carefully, then suddenly sighed and said quietly: "Where did you learn these methods? I didn't teach you these, and Su Qing certainly can't teach you these, you..." At this point
, sighed again, put the tea cup on the table, and looked gloomy.
Gao pragmatic coughed dryly and said: "This is not taught by anyone, it is all forced out."
Guo Pu glanced at him but said nothing, apparently waiting for his explanation.
Gao Pragmatic then said: "Teacher, we have already discussed what Mr. Zhang Ge has done in these years, and there is no need to go into details. In short, he is by no means a person who wants to be inferior to others, and his temperament seems to be calm, but in fact
But he was so impatient that if he was asked to wait for him to take the position step by step, he would definitely refuse. Otherwise, how could Feng Bao and him hit it off so well?"
"As for Feng Bao, needless to say, this man used his power for personal gain, arranged for his brothers and nephews to be officials, and accepted bribes wantonly. He even sent a calligraphy to Mr. Zhang Ge last time, and Mr. Zhang Ge had to give it to him later.
He gave back five thousand taels of silver, which can be said to be insatiable... Of course, eunuchs are greedy for money. As long as they don't disrupt the government, we can tolerate it. But he misused public weapons and secretly sent out Dongchang fans without the emperor's permission.
Investigating a court minister who has been honored for generations is tantamount to treason!"
Gao Pragmatic's face turned cold, and he said coldly: "Right now, he has not yet obtained the power, but he is so courageous. In the future...hey, it's easy to call a deer a horse."
Isn't it? In history, Gao Gong has been framed and returned to his hometown. Feng Bao also created a case of Minister Wang out of thin air and insisted on putting Gao Gong to death. Isn't that case a typical case of false accusation? Even Zhang Juzheng
He was almost cheated by his pig teammate - later Zhang Juzheng's students rebelled and broke with Zhang Juzheng one after another. Some of them took Zhang Juzheng's unfair attitude in the case of Minister Wang as an excuse.
Guo Pu stopped talking. He knew what Gao Pingshi meant - it was already certain that Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng had joined forces, so Feng Bao used the power of Dongchang to investigate the "Gao Party" and various nobles.
There may be no trace of Zhang Juzheng, and it is not unreasonable for Gao Pingshi to say that he was forced to fight back.
In addition, Feng Bao may have even planned the assassination of Gao Pragmatic, which made Guo Pu even more angry - a mere eunuch, so daring to do this!
In Guo Pu's eyes, or even in the eyes of any civil servant, Feng Bao's behavior was absolutely intolerable.
If you dare to assassinate Gao Pragmatic today, you will dare to assassinate Gao Gong tomorrow! How dare you, a rootless slave!
Although he only assassinated Gao Pragmatic, a non-staff civil servant, in the eyes of the civil servants, this was a direct provocation to the majesty of the entire civil servant group!
Therefore, Guo Pu nodded at this time.
Then he remembered something again and asked: "By the way, there is one thing I forgot to ask you before - whose idea was it to let the Ministry of War investigate Qi Jiguang on its own? You or Su Qing?"
Gao pragmatic did not hesitate and answered directly: "My third uncle also agreed to the student's idea."
Guo Pu frowned: "You should know that Qi Jiguang is the most trusted military official of Zhang Juzheng. If you ask the Ministry of War to investigate him, can Zhang Juzheng not protect him?"
Gao pragmatic asked with a smile: "Does the teacher think that the students are doing something unnecessary?" He paused, but without waiting for Guo Pu's answer, he continued: "Let the students guess: the teacher may think that for Qi Jiguang, we either
Just don’t move him at all, so as not to make Mr. Zhang Ge nervous; or just beat him to death with a stick, so as not to make him even more determined to surround Mr. Zhang Ge?”
Guo Pu didn't speak, but judging from his expression, it was clear that Gao Pragmatic's guess was correct.
Gao Pingshi showed a rare hint of embarrassment and thought for a while before saying: "Qi Jiguang is... very contradictory."
"Oh?" Guo Pu was actually not very interested in Qi Jiguang, but he was very interested in Gao Pragmatic's expression. This student who he evaluated as "overly calculating" rarely seemed embarrassed - he was really
He is overly calculating and does not let go of any possibility when making calculations. He must prepare a plan as detailed as possible for every possibility, so he rarely has such "embarrassed" moments.
Gao pragmatically said: "In fact, the students did not send anyone to investigate in detail about Qi Jiguang's cash collection, but nine times out of ten it is true."
Guo Pu said innocently: "Then arrest him. What's the point of admonishing him?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said seriously: "But the money he collected did not end up in his own pocket."
Guo Pu frowned, hesitated, and asked, "Is it all for Zhang Juzheng?"
"That's not the case." Gao Pingshi explained: "He must often give gifts to Mr. Zhang Ge, needless to say, but that's not all, and it doesn't even account for his 'accepting bribes' and 'pretending to receive military pay'
most."
"How to say?"
Gao pragmatic scratched his head and said: "Students heard that as early as in Zhejiang, Qi Jiguang once recruited two thousand people, but reported to the court and received military pay for 4,500 people - in fact, he received 4,500 military pay.
"
Guo Pu's face darkened and he asked seriously: "Is there such a thing? Isn't anyone impeaching me?"
"It's not easy to impeach." Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "He didn't keep a penny of the 2,500 soldiers he 'falsely received', and he spent all of it to support the troops."
Guo Pu was startled: "He only supported 2,000 of the 4,500 soldiers? Does that mean that the people under him were corrupt and deceived him? This guy can't even calculate this.
?”
Gao Pragmatic chuckled and waved his hands repeatedly: "Teacher misunderstood, this has nothing to do with arithmetic, but it is really so expensive to raise soldiers."
At that moment, Gao Pragmatic briefly told Guo Pu about Qi Jiguang's training and raising of troops and even the construction of ordnance. After listening to this, Guo Pu suddenly realized: "I see, this means spending a lot of money to raise elite soldiers. I understand." But.
He immediately asked again: "But this doesn't explain what you did."
Gao Pragmatic sighed: "Qi Jiguang is still capable, and when it comes to military training, Qi Jiguang is irreplaceable. Since he did not do these things for personal gain, it is finally excusable. As for...asking the Ministry of War to conduct self-examination, is it possible to alert the enemy?
In fact, it was done on purpose.”
"Did you do it on purpose?" Guo Pu frowned: "Did you deliberately let Zhang Juzheng know that you were going to touch him?"
Gao pragmatically spread his hands again: "Even if he doesn't do this, wouldn't Mr. Zhang Ge be able to see it? The student just wants him to be more sure."
Guo Pu's frown deepened and he muttered: "What you said may not be untrue. With Zhang Juzheng's tactics, it is natural to see how dangerous he is already in, but what is the point of doing this?
?Let him make sure... hmm? Wait!"
Guo Pu's expression changed, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly said: "Sound in the east and attack in the west?"
Gao pragmatic laughed and said, "Teacher, his discerning eye is like a torch, and he can see thousands of miles clearly."
