After leisurely writing a letter to Zhang Ren, the governor of Liangguang, asking about the sublease of Macao, Gao Pragmatic read the book casually for a while and went to bed early.

I got up early the next morning, exercised in the yard for a while, took a bath, used it too early, and was thinking about how to pass the time, when suddenly Gao Mo hurriedly ran in, and when he saw Gao Shishi, he said: "Master, you have been impeached." As he spoke, he handed a note to Gao Pragmatic.

Tiao Chen is a copy, that is, a copy of the note that impeached him.

Gao Pragmatic was a little confused, but he didn't bother to guess, so he just took it and looked at it. After a look, I realized that I was actually impeached because I entered the palace yesterday to meet Princess Yongning.

There is not only a signature on the copy, but also a few sentences that are obviously deliberately added, which introduce the identity of the impeacher: this person's name is Huang Zhaolong, who was born in the fifth year of Longqing, and was the superintendent of Shandong Province in the Imperial Court of the Imperial Procuratorate, and a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang.

Gao Pragmatic knew that these words should have been specially written by the celebrant to remind him, as for Huang Mengyu's person or Chen Ju's person, it didn't matter.

Wong Siu Lung? Gao pragmatic thought about it, and didn't seem to have any impression of this person, he was the governor of Shandong Province, and it was not surprising that he "cared" about his actions as the governor of Liaodong, after all, the administration of Shandong and Liaodong was almost integrated.

At the central level, the supervision of the imperial history of a certain province and the external patrol of the imperial history are not the same thing, the patrol of the imperial history is one place, and the power is huge, and there is usually a group of such and such a supervising imperial history - for example, there are a total of ten supervising the imperial history of Shandong Province.

There are more than 100 people in this kind of supervision of the imperial history of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and it is normal for Gao Shi to be pragmatic and not complete.

But...... It is really a bit strange that Xin Weike's superintendent of Longqing impeached him for being pragmatic and pragmatic, not because that year was already the period when Gao Gong was in power, nor because the chief examiner that year was Zhang Juzheng, but that it has been twelve years since Longqing was five years ago.

Twelve years! After this guy was admitted to the Jinshi, he had been mixed in the center for twelve years, and he was still just an ordinary imperial history? A small exam in three years, a major exam in nine years, even if you can't get a good evaluation, you should get a promotion if you get a middle evaluation?

Gao Shishi couldn't help but mock: "After twelve years of standing still, I finally found a good deal that could become famous immediately, and I was impeached with great interest." Amazing, amazing, this vision is really no one. ”

Then he turned to Gao Mo and asked, "Has this person's resume been checked?" ”

Gao Mo couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "You don't have to check—the celebrant gave it, and it was sent by Governor Chen along with Tiao Chen." As he spoke, he handed another note to Gao Shipra.

Gao Pragmatic took it and looked at it a few times, and was amazed: "This prince was born in the fifteenth year of Jiajing, and he was thirty-six years old (imaginary age) when he was a junior sergeant, which is quite normal." However, Liang Mingquan Gong (Liang Menglong), who is in the same department as him, is now the head of the ministry, and this Duke is now almost fifty years old, but he is still supervising the history of the imperial family.

I thought that this duke might be similar to Hai Gangfeng back then, he was upright but didn't understand the way of being an official, who knew that he would always only take these things lightly. ”

He stretched out his finger, flicked the Chen, and said: "You see, in the first year of Wanli, he said that the two palaces had several 'secret meetings' with the first assistant and the second assistant, which was 'misconduct and disrespect', and as a result, he was severely reprimanded by the emperor's decree, and by the way, he was demoted and released to the judge of Shangzhou - I think the emperor was still too polite at that time, and he didn't get the court rod when he said this kind of death, and Huang Yushi was probably very disappointed." ”

"In the fourth year of Wanli, he had a good evaluation, and he was transferred back to Beijing, this time he was honest for two years, and there was no big move. Who knows that it will be almost three years old, it happens that my third uncle died, the emperor insisted on chasing Wenzheng, this Huang Yushi is good, and he wrote three notes a day to express his opposition.

As a result, although the emperor ignored him, he offended my senior brothers severely. So less than a month later, Senior Brother Xu (Xu Guo) personally took it upon himself to pit him again: he was transferred to Ningzhou Tongzhi, and he rose and descended secretly. ”

"At the end of the ninth year of Wanli, his brother actually returned to Beijing again, this time he was lucky, and he was promoted.

But it's a pity that it didn't take long for me to lay down Annam, and Mo Maoqia sent people to Beijing to pay tribute, and this Huang was in charge of the reception. Unexpectedly, this reception was actually in trouble, and just after arranging people into the residence, the house actually went to water, burning an Annan envoy and attendant. So this old man was demoted back to the seventh rank and continued to supervise the imperial history.

He may feel that he is in conflict with my Gao family's life, and from this time on, he has begun to oppose me: I have made meritorious contributions to pacify Annan, and the emperor has decreed a reward, but he has objected, saying 'this is not a righteous war'; I have taken full power to command the battle, and he has said that I have 'exceeded my authority and provoked'; after the battle of Monan, the emperor ordered to reward me, and he said that I had 'exhausted the treasury'; I became the governor of Liaodong and killed the two chiefs of Yehe with the plan of the city circle, and he said that I 'punished without teaching'......"

Gao Pragmatic looked helpless and said with a smile: "I suspect that this benevolent brother may be eager to search his intestines and find some problems to scold as long as he sees my name now, but I really don't understand where I offended him." ”

He said that, but his demeanor was very relaxed, and he obviously didn't take it seriously at all.

But Gao Mo reminded: "Master, this time is a little different from the previous ones. ”

"Really?" Gao was slightly stunned: "What's the difference?" ”

Gao Mo said: "The previous impeachments, such as 'this unrighteous war', 'ultra vires provocation', 'exhaustion of the treasury', 'punishment without teaching', etc., the emperor approved it as soon as he went up, and every time it was severely reprimanded. But this time it was different, the emperor saw this impeachment this morning, but he did not approve it, but left it in the center. ”

Hey?

Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly, and his face gradually became solemn.

In some dynasties, the meaning of staying in the middle is probably that the emperor feels that it is not important, or hesitates for a while, and does not know how to approve it, so he plans to "let it go first", and the officials below will not have a more special understanding because of this.

But the Ming Dynasty is different, the Ming Dynasty's stay, especially for the impeachment of important ministers, is often considered to be suspicious of the emperor - because if there is no suspicion, the emperor will immediately issue a strict reprimand, which in itself is also a manifestation of the emperor's protection of important ministers.

On the other hand, the emperor did not immediately issue a strict reprimand, but chose to stay in the center, which is usually equivalent to giving a signal flare to some people in the outer court - come, continue to impeach, I want to see how bad this guy is.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic knew these routines well, so he also restrained his smile, frowned, got up and paced, thinking about where he had done something that made the emperor seriously dissatisfied, and he was so angry that he left the impeachment note in the middle.

But after thinking about it, he really couldn't think of anything. I have handled several things very well recently, and Zhu Yijun's performance a few days ago was completely normal, and he did not mean to be dissatisfied with himself at all.

Why did you suddenly come up with such a move? Is it really because I saw Princess Yongning? But it's not right, seeing that Princess Yongning has the queen's will, that is to say, the queen knows and nods, which is not a problem at all in terms of "legal principles".

Even if Zhu Yijun didn't know beforehand, the queen should have told him afterwards, and even if he was dissatisfied, he should first reason with the queen.

What does this matter to me? I'm just a doer!

"This matter is very weird, and I can't figure it out for a while...... Gao pragmatic muttered: "In this way, I will deal with it at two ends: I will first write a self-defense here, and resign by the way; You go and contact Huang and Chen Ergong to learn about the details of the palace, especially the emperor's situation, and it is best to know the specific reason why the emperor did not send it. ”

Gao Mo nodded in response, and didn't talk nonsense, saying goodbye to Gao Pragmatic and going out. Gao pragmatic asked people to polish the pen and prepare ink, and planned to write the self-defense first, anyway, writing the self-defense is a regular task of the Ming high-ranking officials, familiar with the way, and he has written a lot of high pragmatism.

As for the self-defense and having to close the door or something, it doesn't matter, it's just right that no one is bothered, and I don't know about spring sleep.

However, the accident happened, and before he could start writing, Gao Mo actually came back again, and as soon as he came, he said: "Chen Dugong sent someone to invite the master to meet, and the location was in his outer house, the one in Jiaozhongfang." ”

The eunuchs in the palace have foreign residences in Beijing, and most of them have more than one place, and some of them are given by the emperor, and the sources are varied, but most of them are mainly recovered from the stolen goods of the criminals.

Chen Ju is the more honest type of eunuchs, but he also has a foreign house, and Jiaozhongfang is very close to Zhaohui Jinggongfang, where Gao Shishi lives, and a street to the east, and the British Mansion is also there.

However, when Gao pragmatic heard the news, his mood became heavier and heavier.

If Huang Mengyu's personality is coarse and fine, then Chen Ju has always been cautious, similar to Gao Pragmatic himself. The impeachment matter is now only a morning in the past, and Chen Ju is so anxious that he comes out of the palace to meet him in person?

Could it be that Zhu Yijun thinks I insulted his sister? Damn, this misunderstanding can't be there.

The situation was urgent, and Gao Pragmatic didn't dare to think about it, so he quickly changed his clothes and left. Speaking of which, in ancient times, this was not good, doing different things, meeting different people, always having to change clothes.

But this time, not only did he not dare to wear his python robe or three-grade official uniform, but he didn't even dare to wear the half-public and half-private Zhongjing crown uniform, so he directly put on a navy blue robe and went out. The Taoist robe is not exclusively worn by Taoist priests in Daming, in fact, as long as you are a scholar, you can wear it, and even some countrymen who can't even pass the test for children like to wear it, and it is the most inconspicuous.

When I arrived at Jiaozhongfang, I passed by the British Mansion, and happened to meet Zhang Yuande, the younger brother of the British Duke Zhang Yuangong, going out.

Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Chengguo, and Zhang Yuangong, the Duke of the British, are the two main assistants of Gao Pragmatic in the Jingnan system, and Zhang Yuande is Zhang Yuangong's younger brother, so he is naturally very familiar with Gao Pragmatic. Gao Pragmatic changed into civilian clothes, and only took Gao Mo and another guard to go, but they were all seen by Zhang Yuande.

Zhang Yuande also only brought two family members, and when he saw Gao Shishi's dress, he hurriedly ran over, grabbed him, and asked with a surprised face: "Why does Brother Qiuzhen wear a white dragon fish suit?" ”

Gao Pragmatic was anxious and didn't want to talk to him, but he had already come to the door, and it was not good not to give face, so he had to say: "I was just invited to meet a friend." ”

Zhang Yuande suddenly looked left and right with a strange expression, and then lowered his voice and said: "This friend of Brother Qiuzhen is a woman with a national surname?" ”

Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a moment, then shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Where do you start with this?" ”

The so-called national surname is the surname Zhu, and the national surname is a woman, that is Miss Zhu.

What Lao Tzu is afraid of now is Miss Zhu!

Zhang Yuande grinned, waved his hand to let his two family members step back, and then squeezed his eyebrows and said: "It's all my own brothers, what do you want to hide from me?" We all know about the fourth princess, she was already devoted to you before she surrendered, but it was only because of the ancestral system...... Not to mention the rest of the story, I remember she didn't even have sex with that damn leper, and now she's an orphan again, you two ......"

"We don't have anything!" Gao Shishi's eyes widened: "Where did you hear that the fourth princess has anything to do with me?" ”

Zhang Yuande still didn't do anything right, with a look of you who know and I understand, waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, I'm not that Huang Zhaolong Huang Yushi, are you afraid of what I will say?" Even if you move to Changchun Palace, I will only applaud loudly. ”

"You don't talk nonsense, and if you are so open-mouthed, this year's dividends will be directly deducted."

For this kind of character who almost wears a death-free gold medal around his neck, there are very few places that can threaten him, and Gao Pragmatic can only talk about dividends, but fortunately, the effect of this threat is obvious.

"Eh, there's something to say, there's something to say!" Zhang Yuande hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I won't say okay, aren't you in a hurry to see her?" Go, go, go, I...... Uh, I'm in a hurry to see the weaving, see you later. ”

"Stop!" Gao Pragmatic immediately stopped him, and regardless of Zhang Yuande's constipated expression, he asked with a calm face: "I asked you just now, where did you hear these rumors, and you haven't answered me yet." ”

Zhang Yuande smiled bitterly: "This is really embarrassing, I said, you want to deduct dividends again, I won't say it, you are holding on to let me say it...... You're finding fault. ”

Gao pragmatic said angrily: "Less hippie smiley!" Originally, it was just a small misunderstanding, but I didn't think it was a big deal, but now it seems that I'm afraid that my head is a little unsafe. The stakes are high, so hurry up and tell the truth. ”

Zhang Yuande looked at Gao pragmatically suspiciously, and said incredulously: "It's not so serious, right?" Judging from my observations, if it weren't for the limitations of the ancestral system, the emperor would be quite happy to be your brother-in-law. ”

Gao pragmatic lowered his face: "Still talking nonsense? ”

"Okay, okay, no nonsense." Zhang Yuande sighed: "But what do you want me to say?" Now the whole of his mother knows that you went to the palace to see the fourth princess yesterday, and the two of them stayed in the room for a few hours, and the eunuchs and palace maids were all sent outside to wait...... Anyway, you're in good health, didn't you eat any sea cucumber seahorses or something like that in advance? There should be quite a lot of these things in Liaodong. ”

"Get out!" When he encountered such a heartless thing, Gao Shishi's face turned green with anger, and he turned around and left without saying a word.

Gao Mo hurriedly followed, and said worriedly: "Master, this situation is not right......"

"Nonsense, I'm not blind yet!" Gao Pragmatic's temper had already come up at this time, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This shows that someone is deliberately spreading rumors!" ”

But after saying this angry remark, he stopped, took a deep breath, and exhaled a long cloudy breath to force himself to calm down.

After a while, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly: "It seems that my opponents finally know what angle to attack me, which is really a gratifying progress." However, this guy has calculated a lot, and I'm afraid that there are still some places missing...... Hmph, we'll see. ”

He took another step and said, "Don't worry, I'll go see Chen Ju first." ”

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