Today's evening's "Shangshu Gaofu" is really full of friends - it is really "high friends", all of them are nobles, everyone is resting with the country, can this not be "high"?

Gao pragmatic flower hall at a glance, good guys, nearly 20 nobles, from the grandfather to the Hou Ye, from the Hou Ye to the uncle, all the Jing Nan nobles who are in Beijing today, I am afraid that not all of them have arrived. Even Xu Wenbi, the rare Duke of Dingguo, except for the Great Dynasty standing at the head of the class, came in person.

Xu Wenbi was the "head of the class" in the column of military generals in the Great Dynasty, and his status was transcendent - standing face to face with him was Shoufu Shen Shixing.

This grandfather has not been in good health, but there is one thing that is very magical, people who are often sick sometimes live longer, Gao Pragmatic remembers that in history he seems to have lived to the thirty years after Wanli.

Because of his illness, Xu Wenbi rarely showed up except for the Great Dynasty, and in the past, when he had something to discuss with Gao Pragmatic, he always sent his eldest grandson Xu Xizhen to come forward (his eldest son died in front of him), but today is different, he came in person.

Xu Wenbi came in person, which naturally means that the things to be discussed today are "very important", and the old-timers of the Jingnan family have to come forward to take charge.

As soon as Gao Pragmatic entered the flower hall, he smiled and made a quartet: "You have been waiting for a long time, and you are very pragmatic and you don't want to go, Wan Qi Haihan." ”

There is no doubt that the noble status of the Ming Dynasty is noble, but that is in normal times, at this moment, in front of Gao Pragmatic, the actual leader of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, the nobles are just small shareholders who meet the chairman, how dare they accept this gift?

Even Xu Wenbi, everyone stood up with a smile and bowed to Gao Shishi.

Since Xu Wenbi is the head of the class, he naturally has to be the first to speak. I saw him laughing and saying as loudly as possible: "Dasi Nong is in a new position, and he is naturally busy with official business, so he must not be idle." It's just that I'm waiting, but it's just a rich idler, even if I sit here for a day, it's not a big deal, and Dasi Nong doesn't have to be like this. ”

Hey, you're pretty self-aware. knows that although he is the head of the class, he is really just a "rich idler" in the final analysis.

Of course, Xu Wenbi can be humble in this statement, but of course Gao Pragmatic can't be in terms of situation, so he immediately "refuted" a few words, and then said: "You are here today to ......"

"Naturally, it's for the sake of Dasi Nong's new appointment." Xu Wenbi continued to speak: "One is to personally come to congratulate Dasi Nong on his new appointment, and the other is to ask Da Si Nong for a perfect plan for the hidden worries after the vacancy of Rong Zheng's servant. ”

Gao pragmatic glanced at Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Chengguo, Zhang Yuangong and others beside him, and suddenly smiled: "What are the hidden worries?" ”

Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong are two generations lower than Xu Wenbi, and when they heard this, they just looked at Xu Wenbi, Xu Wenbi smiled slightly: "Seeing that Dasi Nong is so relaxed, I think I have enough confidence in the recommendation of Rong Zheng Shilang for the emperor to accept?" ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "The reward is simple, and the Sacred Heart is arbitrary, how can it be controlled by my courtiers?" However, I mean that the general trend of the world is like a river and waves, with its own context, and the emperor will naturally not do that counter-current.

The regulations of the Beijing camp have been changed since before, and now that all affairs have entered a good situation, the emperor has seen everything clearly, and naturally it is also recognized, how can he allow people to be easily shaken? If you're worried about that, I don't think there's a need. ”

Xu Wenbi smiled, as if he was not surprised by this answer, but he said: "Even if the system is not changed, the Beijing camp is still divided into two parts, but many things in this production and construction corps originally relied on Dasi Nong to coordinate from it, so that it could not be interfered with by the outside world." Now Dasi Nong's ascension is naturally a joy in the world, but the construction corps is like a rainstorm with an umbrella, and there is no clothing for wintering.

For example, now that the mausoleum work is tight, if the Ministry of Industry wants to call in the corps to assist, but it can't get the money needed to activate the corps, this matter is naturally fine when the big Si Nong is still in office as a servant of the Rong government, but it is difficult to say now. ”

Gao Shishi frowned slightly and asked, "What rumors did my husband hear?" ”

"I'm afraid it's not a rumor." Xu Wenbi frowned slightly, stared at Gao Shishi, and said slowly: "Shi Dongquan, although the Duke of China has not dealt with him much, he knows that he is a person who attaches great importance to saving money and food.

Last month, the Production and Construction Corps was ordered by Dasi Nong (referring to Gao Pragmatic) to provide a sum of gunpowder money for the Beijing camp, with a total amount of 57,000 taels of silver. ”

Gao pragmatic bowed slightly: "Naturally remember." On the previous expedition, the Praetorian Guards under my command carried a large number of firearms, and the Praetorian Guard armament warehouses were emptied quite a lot, and they were ordered to make up for them - but I remember that this thing was done, why, what are the problems in it? ”

"Of course, it was done, but there were some episodes." Xu Wenbi seemed to be a little uncomfortable when he said these words, and stretched out his hand behind him, and immediately a servant handed over a pot of unknown things to him.

Xu Wenbi took it, opened it, took two sips and returned it to him. Gao Shi Shi smelled some medicinal wine, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said in his heart, what is this? Could it be some kind of medicinal wine?

But Xu Wenbi didn't explain, just cleared his throat and continued: "For this matter, Shi Xing secretly played the emperor and persuaded the emperor to restrict the use of money and property by the Praetorian Guard and the Production and Construction Corps. ”

Gao Shishi suddenly frowned: "The news is true?" ”

Xu Wenbi spread his hands slightly, and gestured to Zhu Yingzhen, and Zhu Yingzhen immediately said: "This is the news of Jinyiwei, it is confirmed to be true." ”

Gao pragmatic nodded and did not speak for the time being.

Zhu Yingzhen said that it was Jinyiwei's news, which must be reliable. His uncle and grandfather Zhu Xixiao was the governor of Jinyiwei back then, and he worked for so many years after Lu Bing's death, and I don't know how many people have been promoted, and since Liu Shouyou was overthrown, Jinyiwei now has no governor, only commanders and other officials, as well as the north and south towns.

Among these people, in addition to Gao Wuben and Wang Zhizhen, who were arranged by Gao pragmatically, many of them were people who were closely related to the Chengguo Mansion. What is it, a little bit of notice to Cheng Guogong, it is simply a matter of course - this is not the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, do you really expect Jinyiwei to only listen to the emperor's greetings, and not have any other backstage backers? That's naïve.

If it is a matter of rebellion or something, Jinyiwei may not dare to leak it easily, but like today's thing, some people in Jinyiwei are afraid that there is no psychological burden at all when it is leaked.

But the question is, is Shi Xing full of food and is in a panic, why is he secretly playing this matter to the emperor?

Gao pragmatic's consistent way of thinking is to consider "interests" first, for example, if Shi Xing does have something to do, then this matter must be related to his interests, and it is impossible for him to engage in "secret music" for no reason - secret music is not a common means in the Ming officialdom.

Wenchen gentleman, of course, do things in a dignified and upright manner, secret play or something, that is what Dongchang and Jinyiwei like to do.

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Pragmatic was still a little incomprehensible, and his brows were furrowed deeper and deeper. Xu Wenbi saw that the heat was almost over, so he smiled slightly and asked: "Does Da Si Nong think that this matter is weird, no matter how you think about it, you feel that it doesn't make sense?" ”

Gao Pragmatic was shocked by him from his thoughts, and smiled: "It's a little unusual." ”

Xu Wenbi twisted his beard and smiled, and said: "If the national prince tells Dasi Nong one more thing, presumably Dasi Nong will understand." ”

Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly, and came with some interest: "Pragmatic and listening." ”

Xu Wenbi said: "Before this incident happened just now, Shen Yuanfu had summoned the right person alone. ”

The word "exclusive" means that the emperor asks him the right question. Summoning the right person alone means that at that time, either the emperor took the initiative, or Shen Shi asked for the question, so that the rest of the "idle people" left.

This situation has been experienced many times, and it is not unfamiliar at all, in a word: there must be something extremely important and confidential to discuss.

But Xu Wenbi said that this matter would not be untargeted, it must mean that the conversation that day had something to do with Shi Xing's secret performance later, at least Xu Wenbi thought it must be related.

Gao pragmatic did not say anything, but he quickly calculated it in his heart.

Shen Shixing and Shi Xing, the two of them are on board now? In theory, this doesn't seem like it should be.

Although Shi Xing is a neutral faction, since he can serve as the left squire of the military department, and he was still ranked before Gao Pragmatic at that time, he was the "executive deputy of the military department", which means that he has obviously leaned towards the side of the practical school in the past few years. Not to mention that he is incompatible with the Heart School, at least most of the time he must have "drawn a clear line", otherwise how could the Real School let him sit in this position?

In this way, Shen Shixing and Shi Xing really shouldn't collude easily - this is not something that young men and women don't need any reason to fall in love with at first sight. If two important figures from opposing factions want to join forces, they not only need to have the same interests on something, but also need to have a certain amount of chance to be able to connect the two of them. Otherwise, they may not usually have personal contact, and who will contact whom first? Will the other party believe it?

Xu Wenbi was old and refined, and he had been carefully observing Gao Pragmatic's expression, and then spoke again: "Two days after this incident, the emperor asked Governor Chen about Shi Dongquan, and the question at that time was: 'I heard that Shi Xing had presided over the construction of new castles in Gubeikou and other places before, and it was quite effective. Chen Ju, do you know about this? ’

Governor Chen did not know why, so he replied: "Shi Dongquan is an old man, and he has always done things steadily, and it is said that he has done a good job in building the new fort. When the emperor heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and said nothing else. ”

Gao Shishi's eyes flashed, and he said in a condensed voice: "It's a little interesting...... What does the old man mean is that it was Shen Yuanfu who recommended Shi Dongquan as the chief priest? ”

Xu Wenbi smiled: "I'm all confused, how do I know this?" What I just said is also hearsay, and it may not be taken seriously. However, Da Si Nong's clever calculations are well known to the world, and as long as there is any clue, Da Si Nong can touch the melon along the vine. ”

Okay, you old fox, when it comes to this, you're going to take yourself out? What's the matter, in this fight, you always plan to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, pretending to be a master in the world?

Gao Pragmatic smiled: "Speaking of the position of Da Sikong, Shi Dongquan is also competent, although the student was a little surprised by the Sacred Heart's arbitrariness before, but he didn't delve into it. Now it seems that the old man still knows the slightest thing, and he has found the root cause at once, which really makes the students admire. ”

Xu Wenbi waved his hand again and again: "Eh, eh, Dasi Nong doesn't want to hold me, don't you know how many catties and taels you have?" That is, relying on the shadow of the ancestors, I just knew a few idlers in the palace, what is the matter? ”

He paused slightly: "However, there are still some strange things in this matter, the old man is a foolish person, and he can't figure it out, so he can only hope that Dasi Nong will think about it." ”

Gao Shishi said politely, and secretly wondered in his heart: Of course, there are strange things in this matter, and the key lies in how Shen Shixing and Shi Xing hooked up. If the two of them didn't have any "connection" before, Shen Shixing's move would inevitably be a bit thrilling, which was equivalent to betting on whether Shi Xing would remember his kindness.

It's too dangerous for politicians, especially those at the top. This danger is not that Shen Shixing will suffer because of this, but once Shi Xing does not remember his kindness, Shen Shixing will not only do a day job, but it will also be difficult to explain to the heart school.

This is just like when Xu Jie recommended Gao Gong to enter the cabinet, Xu Jie thought that Gao Gong would remember his kindness, but he didn't know that Gao Gong was the closest emperor in Longqing, and after the new monarch Yuji, it was a natural thing to enter the cabinet, and it didn't matter if Xu Jie recommended it or not.

In this way, he naturally did not regard this recommendation as any kindness, but thought that Xu Jie, a person who was opportunistic, engaged in such a small means to favor others and build momentum for himself, and looked down on Xu Jie.

Now Shen Shixing's hand is the same reason, if Shi Xing's idea is similar to the high arch at that time, then Shen Shixing's hand is purely to "give people heads" to the real school - to catch up with the Ministry of Industry, it is simply to make enemies for himself.

Judging from Gao Shixing's understanding of Shen Shixing, he is unlikely to engage in such a dangerous move. If he did, it meant that there was already a consensus between him and Shi Xing, or at least some kind of tacit understanding.

Since it is inconvenient for them to contact each other directly, there must be an intermediary among them, and this intermediary is the key to facilitating this matter.

If this is the case, then the Shixue School has been tricked to some extent this time: the Shixue School has always believed that Shi Xing is obviously inclined to its side, so it is very welcome to let Shi Xing take the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry by the "Sacred Heart", and everyone raised their hands in favor of this incident.

And if Shi Xing hooked up with Shen Shixing, it is conceivable that he would "make trouble" for the Shixue School after he took office.

The reason why Xu Wenbi came to see him with so many nobles, and even risked obvious physical discomfort to talk to him about this matter in person, probably also meant to remind himself to pay attention, after all, he has a noble status and a special status.

As for why, it's very simple: Shi Xing's biggest job after he became the secretary of the Ministry of Industry is Linggong, and the importance of this matter does not need to be explained, and even Gao Pragmatic does not dare to delay. Therefore, once Shi Xing excused the construction period of the mausoleum to be too tight, it was difficult to complete it normally with the current construction intensity, and he had to ask the production and construction corps to help, and the Ministry of Industry had no money to spare, so ...... What to do?

It is possible that the emperor "made an exception" to let the Production and Construction Corps help this in vain, and as a result, he inadvertently broke the rules set by Gao Pragmatic.

This matter doesn't seem to be a big problem, as if it's just a "special case", but the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill, there are one and there are two, and there are two and three, this time you can make an exception, why can't you next time?

In this way, the reform of the high-level pragmatic Beijing camp has been shaken from the foundation.

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