"This establishes authority... Do you want to exercise authority?"
When Guo Pu asked this question, Gao Pragmatic immediately laughed, shook his head and said, "What are you talking about, teacher? The student is just a new imperial examination candidate, how can he have any authority?"
When Gao Pangshi said this, his face suddenly straightened: "This is the authority of the 'Gao Party'."
Guo Pu looked at him and said nothing for a long time, and finally sighed: "You are criticizing me for Su Qing... But you have to know that I am not Su Qing after all. This so-called 'high party' is him It was made with one hand, so when he was here, he could control the 'Gao Dang' like an arm and a finger, but I couldn't. It is already very rare to be able to maintain the current situation."
"Uncle, the students will go and communicate with him. Teachers don't have to worry." Gao Pragmatic said confidently.
Guo Pu frowned slightly and thought for a while before saying: "Don't you think that the reason why Zhang Fengpan formed another faction in the Gao Party was simply because he wanted to seize class and power?"
"Although the students are dull, they are not so superficial." Gao Pragmatic laughed dumbly and said: "Although my uncle is also a man with great ambitions, he is also a smart enough person, and he will not fail to see that the third uncle was in those days. Arrangements and intentions. He knows that he must be the next generation leader of the Gao Party. In fact, he does not need to fight for this. The third uncle has already made arrangements."
"Well... in your opinion, what is Zhang Fengpan's situation now? Do you know that Ling Yunyi's original arrangement was to be the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing? Why did he change his order and let him be appointed before he arrived in Nanjing to take up his post? Became the Minister of the Ministry of War in Beijing? This matter was your uncle Zhang Fengpan’s idea."
This is somewhat unexpected. Although Zhang Siwei is one of the bosses of the Gao Party and is well known to everyone as the "successor of Gao Gong," his fundamentals are different from Gao Gong's. There are three major points: first, the absolute support from the palace (early Longqing, and later Lianggong and Zhu Yijun); second, having been an academic official for many years, his disciples and former officials are all over the world, especially after he came back to power at the end of the third year of Longqing. A large number of students were forced to enter the academic field to gain control of the commanding heights of public opinion; thirdly, he also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was a third-level official.
But Zhang Siwei's base is different. He was originally a rising star of the Jin Party. After Yang Bo and Wang Chonggu, the Jin Party was centered on him, so his base is actually the Jin Party.
As for the original foundation of Gao Gong, in fact, most of them are temporarily under Guo Pu's banner. Of course, some of them are temporarily invested because of Gao Gong's close relationship with Guo Pu, and the other part are temporarily invested because of Gao Pragmatic's support for teachers. ——In the eyes of these people, Guo Pu is actually just the temporary leader of Gao Party, and Gao Pragmatic is the real successor of Gao Gong.
So in this case, Zhang Siwei's approach was a bit strange. Ling Yunyi was a typical Xu and Zhang lineage. He was neither a direct descendant of the Gao Party nor the Jin Party. Zhang Siwei's insistence on transferring him to the capital was completely unreasonable.
Gao pragmatic frowned slightly and thought for a while, then asked: "Teacher, since the death of Duke Ma Gan'an (Ma Ziqiang) last year, has there been no additional cabinet ministers in the cabinet?"
Guo Pu didn't know why Gao Pragmatic's thinking jumped again, because this issue didn't seem to be directly related to Zhang Siwei's appointment of Ling Yunyi as his own soldier, but Guo Pu still nodded: "I once asked the emperor to add ministers, but The Emperor believes that the current three cabinet ministers are enough and there is no need to add more."
The current three cabinet ministers are Guo Pu, the first assistant, Zhang Siwei, the second assistant, and Shen Shixing, the group assistant.
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Students speculate that my uncle may want to add cabinet ministers, but the person he wants to add to the cabinet is also the so-called Gao Dang, but his qualifications may be somewhat insufficient... In this way, I My uncle promoted Ling Yunyi first, which is to appease the Xinxue school."
Guo Pu frowned and muttered: "But he didn't mention this to me." This matter naturally refers to Zhang Siwei's desire to recommend someone to the cabinet - in theory, it is not a matter of time to recommend someone to the cabinet. The assistant has the power, but only the chief assistant can do it.
Gao pragmatically said indifferently: "Perhaps my uncle feels that recommending this person to the cabinet will not embarrass the teacher. He may think that if he mentions it to the teacher then, the teacher will agree."
Guo Pu's frown deepened: "Really? Can you guess who he wants to recommend to the cabinet?"
A person's name actually came to Gao Pangshi's mind, but in the end he shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, but the student plans to visit his uncle tomorrow, so we can just ask him then."
Guo Pu nodded and asked: "Since you think that Ling Yunyi's transfer of soldiers is Zhang Fengpan's method to appease the Xinxue lineage, and the purpose is to attract someone to join the cabinet, do you still insist on forcing Ling Yunyi to withdraw? "
Gao pragmatic smiled slightly, but there was no smile in his words: "Yes, this minister cannot be allowed to do it."
Guo Pu frowned: "Are you so insistent just because of what happened today? Or does it mean that the Queen Mother and the Emperor have an explanation?"
"The emperor is indeed very dissatisfied with Ling Benbing, but the emperor's words are not very clear, and it does not necessarily mean that he must be dismissed from office or anything." Gao pragmatically told the truth, but added: "It was the student's own idea to force him to become an official. .”
"I'm still saying the same thing, why?" Guo Pu frowned deeply: "Aren't you doing this to embarrass your uncle?"
"No." Gao Pragmatic said calmly: "Ling Yunyi has his own way of taking death, and he can't blame others. As for whether the Xinxue group will provoke a fight because of this, there is no need to worry, the students have their own ways to appease him."
Gao Pangshi's words obviously had two meanings, and Guo Pu understood it immediately.
"So you still have to exercise authority." Guo Pu sighed: "You want people to know that Gao Dang is very united. Anyone who offends Gao Dang will have to pay the price - and offending you means offending Gao Dang. "
Gao pragmatically smiled and said nothing.
Guo Pu added: "If I guess correctly, your way of appeasement is to wait until you force Ling Yunyi to serve... Well, even after Zhang Fengpan recommends a new assistant minister to join the cabinet, you will recommend a Xin Xue Yi. Is the minister who wants to join the cabinet?"
Gao Pingshi laughed and said, "The teacher is still great. A student's thoughts cannot be hidden from the teacher at all."
Guo Pu sighed: "You are the best at doing business, but now you trade the position of a cabinet minister for a minister of the Ministry of War. Isn't this a loss in business?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "If you look at it this way, it will naturally be a loss. But this kind of thing can't just look at the location, but also depends on who is sitting in the seat."
Guo Pu's eyes narrowed and he asked: "Then who do you want this new minister of the Heart School to be?"
