No matter what its original role and significance were, to this day, it is just a face-saving project for the ministers of the imperial court, and the emperor will not really depose people because he sees which minister's self-declaration and negligence.

Since this is the case, "self-declaration and resignation" will naturally form a certain practice. For example, when he declares his resignation, he only talks about his own shortcomings and never mentions others, which is one of them.

One of the reasons why Gao pragmatic's self-declaration and negligence caused an uproar in the foreign court was that he violated this unspoken rule. Although he did not directly say that those colleagues who could not "forgive" him were wrong, it was self-evident that he openly expressed the contradiction in his self-confession and negligence.

When he got the news, Wang Xijue was on cabinet duty.

Unlike other officials of the Heart Sect, who were furious when they heard this, Wang Xijue did not show an angry expression, but was only surprised first, and then frowned and pondered.

Wang Xijue had already heard of the power of Gao Pragmatism, and Gao was only a teenager at that time, so Wang Xijue didn't think that those rumors about Gao Pragmatism were true. In particular, Gao Pragmatic's works at that time, such as "Longwen Whip Shadow" and "Xinzheng Rhyme", although they were all only Mengshu, Wang Xijue also thought that most of them were ghostwritten by others, and Gao Pragmatic himself was just a vain name.

Later, there was a rumor in Shilin officialdom that things including Guo Pu's recovery and the fall of Zhang Juzheng were planned by Gao Shipra, but Wang Xijue did not believe it at all. He thinks that this is either someone guessing wildly, or Gao Gong and others deliberately build momentum for Gao Pragmatism.

When Gao Pragmatic won the top six titles, Wang Xijue's attitude changed slightly. At that time, Gao Shi's reputation was important, and because the examination papers of the Ming Dynasty were to "publicize the world" to show fairness, Wang Xijue took the articles of Gao Shi's previous examinations and read them.

He felt that there were indeed no obvious flaws in the high-level and pragmatic articles, and that it was impossible to find fault with the high arguments and correct intentions, and it was indeed understandable that they did well in the examination. However, Wang Xijue was a little disdainful of Gao Shiting's attempt to win the championship.

This is not only because Wang Xijue opposed Gao Shishi's policy of advocating the collection of commercial taxes from his point of view, but also because that article had caused huge controversy in the government and the opposition. The reason why he was able to become the leader of the court examination, in Wang Xijue's view, was completely the result of the emperor's exclusive opinion, so this is an unfair achievement.

Merely...... The court test was originally the emperor's hall, and even if everyone (the officials of the Heart School) opposed it, it couldn't change the result.

Wang Xijue really began to think that Gao Pragmatism was "really good", after Annan was attached. How difficult Annan is, Wang Xijue, who is a scholar, knows it very well.

During the heyday of the Ming Dynasty's national power, it was exhausted by a mere Annan, and no matter how you look at it, it was a huge loss-making business, so I had to give up. But it was such a powder keg, and Gao Pragmatic actually recovered it easily without spending a single soldier of the imperial court, a grain of rice and half copper.

This...... It's a bit awesome. Of course, at this time, Wang Xijue still believed that of course he had high pragmatic ability, but the reason why he was able to accomplish this feat was really relying on his own wealth - family and fleet. In Wang Xijue's view, this is like Li Chengliang's prestige in Liaodong relying on his 40,000 family dings.

It wasn't until Gao Pragmatism won the battle of Monan that Wang Xijue really regarded Gao Pragmatism as a "big trouble" of the Heart School. After all, in this war, Gao Pragmatic didn't use much of his family, and purely relied on various means to control Tumut's elite forces, set up tricks in many ways, and laid out a series of schemes to defeat Xin Ai and Tumen successively.

Wang Xijue asked himself, even if he replaced Gao Pragmatic with himself, he couldn't do a better job than Gao Pragmatic.

Therefore, since then, Wang Xijue has never underestimated Gao Pragmatic. In Wang Xijue's view, the subsequent battle of southern Liaoning was nothing more than a normal level of high pragmatism - the results were indeed good, but in fact, there were no surprises.

After that, it is highly pragmatic to use the treasure money of the Yunnan War to solve the battle of Yunnan and Burma, this method really made Wang Xijue breathtaking, thinking that it was as wonderful as an empty glove white wolf.

In the recent battle to pacify the northwest, Wang Xijue didn't think it was very powerful - probably because Gao Pragmatic's previous military exploits were too brilliant, and Wang Xijue himself was not specialized in military affairs, so he didn't notice several key highlights of Gao Pragmatic in this battle.

However, it doesn't matter anymore, Wang Xijue has already regarded Gao Pragmatic and steady as a strong opponent, even if the other party just plays normally? The normal level of people is already very high!

It is precisely because of this mentality of great importance that Gao Shishi's original design of "slandering the monarch and taking the initiative to jump into the pit" did not appear, and Wang Xijue was unmoved and launched the "Zhengguoben" war.

Who knew that Gao Pragmatic did not accept the offer, but instead used some means that Wang Xijue could not know well but could guess, instigating the emperor to respond with Ding Hai Jingcha and divert the attention of hundreds of officials.

So far, Wang Xijue has the most direct understanding of high pragmatic ability.

In Wang Xijue's view, Gao Pragmatic is neither like his uncle Gao Gong, who is straight and straight, sharp and difficult to hide, and has the risk of being rigid and easy to break; is not like his teacher Guo Pu, who is honest and frank, and a gentleman can be bullied.

Gao Pragmatism is like a poisonous snake, usually lurking in the shadows, making it difficult for people to detect, but if it does not move, it will devour people, and it is the most difficult to deal with.

Since he is a "poisonous snake", it is already very surprising that he openly appeared in "Take and Use Shu" before, and now he is openly provoking disputes in his self-dereliction of duty, what is the reason? Could it be that this poisonous snake suddenly does not want to rely on poison, thinking that it has turned into a giant python, and wants to convince people with its strength?

Wang Xijue always felt that it was not so simple.

After thinking about it, Wang Xijue still got up and went to Shen Shixing's duty room.

Shen Yuanfu was also thinking hard about the motive for Gao Xijue's move at this time, seeing Wang Xijue's arrival, he understood it, and Yuan Zongdao and others, invited Wang Xijue to sit aside, put on a heartfelt attitude, and took the initiative to ask: "Yuan Yu is here, but is it for Gao Qiuzhen's self-Chen Shu today?" ”

Yuan Yu is Wang Xijue's word, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue are the same year, although it is more respectful to be commensurate with its name, but it is inevitably rusty, and it is much more affectionate to be commensurate with the word, which is more in line with their close relationship with the same year, fellow villagers, comrades, and the same party.

Wang Xijue frowned and nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Presumably Yuanfu has also noticed that there is something wrong with Gao Qiuzhen's move, right?" ”

"It's not right, it's unbelievable." Shen Shixing sighed, shook his head and said in distress: "It's not that this omission is indeed due to Gao Qiuzhen, I thought it was Hai Gangfeng's self-declaration negligence." ”

Wang Xijue nodded and said: "Yes, ignoring the rules like this and accusing colleagues in Shuwen is indeed more like something that Hai Gangfeng can do." Judging from Gao Qiuzhen's past performance, his hand is really a bit paradoxical. ”

Shen Shixing was still in the old style of the past, climbed up along the pole, and immediately asked, "What is Yuan Yu's opinion on this?" ”

"Takami, there's really no one at the moment, but there are a few suspicions, and I want to sum up with Yuansuke."

"Yuan Yu said that it doesn't matter, Shi Xing listens."

Wang Xijue frowned deeply, and pondered: "The thing I don't understand the most at the moment is that there are obviously different opinions within the Shi School, Gao Qiuzhen didn't hurry up to unify his views, persuade Xu Guo, and pull Shen Li back, but instead provoked trouble at this time and put on a posture of waiting with me endlessly...... Motosuke, do you think this is reasonable? ”

Of course, Shen Shixing also felt that it was unreasonable, very unreasonable. But the words can't be said so bluntly, so he twisted his beard and said: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon." Although Gao Qiuzhen is young, he has never done anything meaningless. However, judging from the recent situation, his purpose is nothing more than to collect the Jiangnan commercial tax......"

Wang Xijue's brows moved slightly.

Shen Shixing's sentence has no other problems, and the use of this "nothing more" makes Wang Xijue a little dissatisfied.

Nothing more than that? There is such a big thing as levying business taxes in Jiangnan, do you Shen Rumo think it's just that?

Shen Shixing is such a sleek person, Wang Xijue's expression naturally fell in his eyes, he stopped talking, smiled, and said: "Yuan Yu is a little restless, this matter is naturally not trivial, but it also depends on what it is compared with." The Shixue School regards itself as a reformist, and it is certainly its 'long-term ambition' to promote reform, but you also understand that if you can't even solve your near-term worries, you can't talk about your long-term ambition at all. ”

Wang Xijue was silent for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Having said that, it can't explain what Gao Qiuzhen's purpose is. Although it has been his long-cherished wish for many years to levy the Jiangnan commercial tax, but for this reason, he has clearly set up a war with us on the premise that there are still hidden worries inside. ”

Shen Shixing did not object to his words, but said: "That's right, this is exactly what is strange, so I think there must be other reasons for this, which prompted Gao Qiuzhen to fight." ”

"Have to fight?" Wang Xijue narrowed his eyes slightly, and muttered: "Just to divert the attention of hundreds of officials to the 'Zhengguoben'? ”

Shen Shixing was also a little not very confident, and said with a frown: "I also know that this reason doesn't seem to be very sufficient, after all, even if the matter of Guoben is completely completed according to Yuan Yu's plan, it is ...... Anyway, at least in the short term, the impact on Gao Qiuzhen is not very big, and it seems that there is no need for him to react so violently. ”

Of course, Wang Xijue knew what Shen Shixing meant by saying that "at least in the short term, the impact on Gao Qiuzhen is not very great". It's nothing more than saying that he is still very young, but he is only twenty-five years old, and his body seems to be fine, even if the eldest son of the emperor is given the position of crown prince, it will not affect the overall situation of Gao Pragmatic. In this case, it is certainly unreasonable for Gao Pragmatic to react so violently.

Wang Xijue pondered: "Gao Qiuzhen still advocates waiting for the queen's concubine? ”

Shen Shixing nodded and replied, "Judging from the information I have received so far, this is indeed the case. ”

Wang Xijue said with some annoyance: "I haven't figured this matter out, even if the queen had some 'friendship' with him in the early years when he was released, but so what? The queen has been infertile for several years, and now the favored concubine in the palace is the imperial concubine, even if Gao Qiuzhen refuses to stand with us, he should choose to support the third son of the emperor.

If he supports the third son of the emperor, then the imperial concubine must be happy in the palace, blowing the pillow wind in front of the emperor. But he was reluctant to go near and far, and wanted to burn the cold stove of the queen's mother, but he didn't know if the stove had already been broken. I'm surprised, this queen mother and him ...... between it."

"Yuanyu!" Shen Shixing stopped in time and glared at him slightly: "Shen Yan, how can we leave this matter at will?" Besides, the queen is in the middle palace, cautious and dignified, and there is nothing suspicious, so I am a courtier......"

"Okay, okay, Brother Ru Mo doesn't need to say it anymore, Fang is Xijue's mistake and trespassing." Wang Xijue changed the conversation and said: "I mean, if we can't understand Gao Qiu's true intentions, many of our things will be like a blind man touching an elephant, seemingly understanding, but in fact, he will never be allowed to enter the door." ”

Shen Shixing was thoughtful and muttered: "Yuan Yu, you see...... Gao Qiuzhen refused to help the imperial concubine, was it because he was worried that the imperial concubine would inherit the favor? ”

Wang Xijue was slightly stunned, and then understood what Shen Shixing meant, and his eyes lit up: "Yuan Fu is saying that Gao Qiuzhen is worried that once the third son of the emperor is made the crown prince, the future situation of the imperial concubine will be unstoppable?" ”

Shen Shixing was not very sure, but said: "This is one point, and one more point: the imperial concubine seems to be far more enthusiastic about power than the queen mother, if-I am just assuming: if the emperor has an unspeakable change in the future, will the imperial concubine ......?"

Wang Xijue gasped and blurted out a sentence: "The regent is in power? ”

Shen Shixing didn't speak, but Wang Xijue quickly regained his composure, shook his head and said, "No, no." ”

"What's wrong?" Shen Shixing asked rhetorically.

Wang Xijue pondered: "It is not without precedent for the empress dowager of this dynasty to come to the dynasty, but the regulations of this dynasty are different from those of Liu Han and Li Tang. Second, if the first emperor is about to collapse, he will also entrust the world to the auxiliary ministers to take care of their lives. If...... I also assume: If the emperor has an unspeakable change, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that he will immediately summon Gao Qiuzhen into the cabinet with the middle decree, and then entrust him with his life.

In this way, even if the imperial concubine becomes the queen mother, if she wants to do it in the world, she has to ask for the truth and approve it, what does he have to worry about? ”

Wang Xijue had this idea because he didn't know that Gu Ming's first assistant Gao Gong in the original history had been directly dismissed and repatriated by the empress dowager of the two palaces and the little emperor.

In Wang Xijue's eyes, the authority of Gu Ming's first assistant is unshakable - theoretically speaking, he is the person who was "entrusted to the society" by the first emperor. Just like Yang Tinghe back then, he was also a strong Gu Shoufu who was able to refute the holy decree of Shizong several times.

Dowager? At least before, the Ming Dynasty did not have such a strong queen mother who could take care of the first assistant. This kind of psychological stereotype has caused Wang Xijue's thinking shackles.

----------

Thank you for the monthly ticket support of "Disrepair NN", "Reading Books, Drinking Tea and Listening to Songs", "Dongguan Bald King", "Riding Alone to Shine on Bixin", "Sprite Immeasurable", thank you!