Zhu Yijun's holy decree was written with a royal pen, not to mention that he did not use any official format, not even a treasure, but only used a private seal after the holy decree, and wrote "Zhong Cui Palace Seal".

Zhong Cui Palace is Zhu Yijun's bedroom when he was the prince, and this "Zhong Cui Palace Seal" has rarely been used after his imperial pole, and it has never been used as a signature of the holy decree. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, this decree did not actually have any legal effect.

The format does not match, the treasure is wrong, and the tone is plain and straightforward, but it is the royal pen himself, and the one who came to announce the decree is the palm print of the celebrant and the first pen.

Obviously, although this "holy decree" does not have "legal effect", it must have a special meaning.

In fact, after Gao Pragmatic saw the "Zhong Cui Palace Seal" on the holy decree, he already understood what Zhu Yijun meant. It's a little unbelievable, but Gao Pragmatic really thinks that although Zhu Yijun's holy decree seems to be very angry, it is actually a holy decree for help.

Zhu Yijun felt that things had reached the point where Gao Pragmatic needed to be saved immediately.

It's salvation, not anything else.

As for who to save, this may be up for debate, but as long as it is proposed by Zhu Yijun, Gao Pragmatic cannot continue to ignore it.

Zhu Yijun regards Gao Pragmatic as a classmate, or even as a small hair, Gao Pragmatic is not grassy, wood, mountain, and stone, and naturally he will not be emotionless, and when Zhu Yijun begins to ask for help, he naturally can't sit idly by.

For a holy decree that is not considered a holy decree, there is no need for a written reply, so Gao Pragmatic just sighed after reading it, and said to Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju: "The two of you can return to the emperor, and say, 'The minister will return to the ministry tomorrow'." ”

Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju both breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at each other.

"Go out and wait." Huang Mengyu and Gao Pragmatic had the strongest friendship, and with a wave of his hand, he sent away the little eunuchs who followed him, and then said to Gao Pragmatic: "Situ, this matter seems to have a deep relationship with Emperor Zheng and Concubine Zheng, do you say it will be ......?"

"She's taking advantage of me?" Gao Pragmatic didn't wait for Huang Mengyu to finish asking, so he interrupted in advance and asked rhetorically.

"Ah, what our family means, is Emperor Zheng Guifei borrowing the emperor's hand and using the power of Situ."

Isn't that the same?

Gao pragmatic glanced at him, shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter. ”

Huang Mengyu was a little surprised, and frowned a little worriedly: "But in this way, the queen mother's side?" ”

"Are you worried that I will abandon my original position of supporting the Empress?" Gao Shishi continued to shake his head: "Why did I do this? ”

Huang Mengyu glanced at Chen Ju and said, "Old Chen, it's better for you?" ”

Chen Ju nodded, and bowed his hand to Gao Shishi: "Situ may still know that this afternoon, there has been a new rumor in Jingshi, saying that the queen mother was fundamentally injured when giving birth to the eldest daughter of the emperor, and she will no longer be able to get pregnant in the future." ”

Gao pragmatic stared: "Where did it come from?" ”

"It has not been identified, and it ...... I'm afraid I can't find out either. Chen Ju's face remained unchanged.

Gao Shi snorted coldly: "That's right." ”

However, although it is "impossible to find out", everyone knows where this rumor came from.

Chen Ju no longer spoke, and Huang Mengyu asked worriedly: "Everyone is golden, and the three of them become tigers, as soon as this rumor comes out, it is difficult to curb the claim that the eldest son of the emperor worships the queen as his mother and is raised by the queen." ”

Gao pragmatic thought about it, but he didn't say anything, only said: "I know, you go to persuade the emperor about these things, let him be relieved, and leave them to me." ”

Although Huang Mengyu still had something to say, he was a person with vision, and he knew that Gao Pragmatic didn't want to talk about it now, and it was estimated that he wanted to discuss it with a major minister of the Shixue School, so he didn't dare to disturb, so he arched his hand with Chen Ju and quickly left.

As soon as they left, Gao Pragmatic went to the West Wing to find Liu Xin.

Liu Xin, the confidential secretary, could not help him much in these officialdom struggles, because he had been doing other work for a long time, and these jobs mainly had three aspects.

The first is to draw a more detailed map of the distribution of resources in Southeast Asia, which is divided into a general map and a detailed map of each kingdom. This matter has a lot of work, because Liu Xin has been in this world for more than 20 years, and it is not easy to rely on memory to draw, and sometimes it is necessary to combine the exploration news sent by Jinghua to determine whether there is or not, or determine the specific location.

The second is that she is ready to set up a staff group for Gao Shishi, which will mainly play a role in military affairs, including military affairs in southern Xinjiang. In peacetime, it mainly works for military training, logistical planning, strategic direction, and tactical deduction of various countries in southern Xinjiang, and is equivalent to a highly pragmatic and personal "general staff."

The third is that she is considering helping Gao Pragmatic to sort out the organizational structure of Jinghua Group again, which is still under research and does not have a specific reference. The only thing that is certain is the motive: Jinghua is already too large, even if it is divided into several major industrial departments, but the power under the jurisdiction of each department is too large, and the span of "jurisdiction" is equally huge - from Tumut to Malacca. This during the Ming Dynasty, with the existing level of transportation convenience, will reduce administrative efficiency.

Of course, this is also conducive to the liberation of highly pragmatic individuals. Liu Xin felt that Gao Shishi's current working hours were too long, he had to deal with the affairs of the household department during the day, and as the de facto party leader of the Shixue School, there were many other things that he needed to distract and arrange. So at night, I have to work overtime to deal with Jinghua's internal affairs, often go to bed in the middle of the night, and get up before dawn, which is obviously not a scientific schedule of work and rest.

Now that he is young, maybe he can still persevere, how about waiting another ten or twenty years? Iron men are exhausted.

Therefore, in Liu Xin's view, it is necessary to learn from Cheng Zu's method and create a "cabinet" for Gao Pragmatic, as a senior staff department that handles Jinghua's internal affairs, and share Gao Pragmatic's own workload, especially those parts that can be "implemented according to routine".

These three tasks are very heavy, and Liu Xin is also very busy, and she doesn't have too much time to talk to Gao Pragmatic every day. When Gao Pragmatic came to the West Wing, Liu Xin was also working on the desk full of official documents, writing hard.

"There's something to do, it's okay...... Cough! Gao Pragmatic found that his thinking was off track, and coughed lightly at the door.

Fortunately, Liu Xin wrote it well, and it wasn't until Gao Shi coughed heavily that he found out that he was coming.

She raised her head and saw that she was really pragmatic, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Didn't you just say that you went to receive the order again, why did you have time to come to me?" ”

Gao Shishi sighed and said, "The emperor forced me to make a statement." ”

"What do you mean?"

There is no need for Gao Pragmatic to hide it from her, and tell her the situation just now.

Liu Xin frowned and said, "You know that these things are not what I am good at, why do you still want to tell me?" I can't give any good advice. ”

"I just hope that you will help me refer to it from the perspective of Emperor Zheng Guifei: If you were Emperor Zheng Guifei, what would you think and do at this moment?"

"Oh, I see. Do you think that in this kind of thing, my level is probably similar to that of Emperor Zheng Guifei, you are used to fighting with a group of old foxes, for fear that you will overestimate her, so you asked me to 'put yourself in her shoes' and think about what she will do, right? ”

Gao pragmatic pouted: "If you have to think so......"

"Okay, let me think about it." Liu Xin didn't seem to mind being "underestimated" by Gao Pragmatic, waved her hand, and thought about it seriously.

Gao Shishi didn't interrupt, just walked over and looked at what she wrote, who knew that Liu Xin rolled up the manuscript paper, shook his head and said: "I don't like to show the 'preparation textbook' to others." ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled dumbly, so he had to give up and sit honestly on the other side and wait for her reply.

After a long while, Liu Xin said: "If it were me, first of all, I would make it clear: I can't be your enemy, at least not now." ”

"Why? Do you think what happened last time is enough to give her a warning? Although Gao pragmatic used a questioning tone, in fact, there were not many "questions" in it when he said this, and it seemed that he expected this.

"That's one thing." Liu Xin replied.

"And what about the other side?" Gao asked again.

"On the other hand, your use value is very high and irreplaceable."

Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly: "What aspect?" ”

"In many ways." Liu Xin said, pursed her mouth slightly, and said, "I have a sentence that you may not like to listen to......"

"Good medicine is good for disease, you and I don't have to be like this, there is nothing to say but it doesn't hurt."

Liu Xin shrugged her shoulders and said: "From my understanding of women in this era, the vast majority of them will not think about how to solve their problems at the first time, but will focus on the men around them, hoping to use the power of these men to solve their problems." Considering the identity of Emperor Zheng's concubine, she will most likely think like this. ”

Gao Pragmatic didn't look surprised, and asked calmly, "So what?" ”

"So, of course, her first target is the emperor, but because the emperor will be restricted by the ancestral system in this matter, she also urgently needs a help, and the biggest role of this help is to help the emperor break through the shackles of the ancestral system - who do you think this person is?"

Gao pragmatic laughed, and arched his hand: "Thanks to the wrong love, I am terrified." ”

Liu Xin didn't laugh, but supported her chin with one hand, tilted her head slightly, and thought: "I'm quite sure that she will think like this, but what will she do...... I'm a little unsure. ”

Gao pragmatic put away the ridicule and asked, "Why?" ”

"I'm not her after all, and I don't know much about her, so I don't know how different my personality is from her." Liu Xin spread her hands: "For something like this, generally speaking, the most direct way is to buy you, but you ...... I couldn't think of a moment how I could buy her as her. ”

There is one of the simplest and most direct ways for a woman to "buy" a man, but the identity of Emperor Zheng's concubine determines that this method is impossible.

In addition to this tacit method, there are only two remaining means of bribery: power or money.

The money can be crossed out in advance, how can Emperor Zheng have so much money to buy Gao Pragmatic? It's almost as good as Gao Pragmatic to buy her.

So, what about the right? Theoretically speaking, as the emperor's favorite concubine, although the Ming ancestral harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, finding some opportunities to blow the pillow wind around the emperor should actually be effective for many officials.

The problem is that with the status of high pragmatism in the emperor's mind, this pillow style is really dispensable. The emperor's trust in Gao Pragmatic can already be said to be incomprehensible, and Emperor Zheng's concubine helps or not, it has no impact at all. And she can't threaten Gao Pragmatic with the "reverse pillow wind" - she was only educated a few days ago.

Gao pragmatic thought for a while and reminded: "The word buying, judging from the current situation, is itself very problematic. ”

Liu Xin was stunned: "What's the problem?" ”

Gao pragmatic said lightly: "The so-called bribery is probably above and below, but I want to ...... Emperor Zheng Guifei may not dare to have such an attitude towards me now. ”

Oh, that's what it means. Liu Xin nodded: "Makes sense." ”

Gao pragmatic said: "So you might as well 'substitute' from a different angle: if she wants to cooperate with me, what might she do?" ”

Liu Xin thought for a while and muttered: "Since it is cooperation, it has to be mutually beneficial, what can be mutually beneficial with you?" She hesitated for a moment and asked, "If her son becomes the crown prince, will you benefit from this?" ”

Gao Pragmatic did not answer positively, but said: "Are you saying that I can benefit from supporting Zhu Changxun as the prince?" Then let me ask you, how much difference is there between me supporting Zhu Changxun and supporting Zhu Changluo? ”

"I think there's a difference." Liu Xin frowned and said: "Zhu Changluo has the support of the people of the Heart School behind him, but there is probably no one else behind Zhu Changxun except for her Emperor Zheng Guifei." In this way, once you support it, I mean on behalf of the Shixue school to support him, with the joint efforts of the internal and external forces, will this matter almost be decided? If you count it like this, won't you be a dragon in the future...... Oh no, it's a meritorious service? This should be a big benefit. ”

"You're only counting the good, not the bad." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "If I do this, it will be morally untenable, which is equivalent to me standing on the opposite side of Shilin, and even bringing the entire Shixue school to the opposite side of Confucian orthodoxy." You know, even I can't accurately predict the level of danger involved. ”

Liu Xin really didn't take this into account, and suddenly realized when she heard the words. So she thought about it and said distressedly: "This is difficult......

Who knew that Gao Pragmatic himself suddenly had a flash of inspiration, opened his eyes wide and said, ", I thought of a possibility." ”

Liu Xin was stunned: "What is possible?" ”

Gao Pragmatic gasped: "In turn, use the method proposed by Wang Xijue!" ”

"Uh, you mean ......"

Gao Pragmatic Huo Ran got up: "Didn't Wang Xijue propose to ask the emperor's eldest son to worship the queen as his mother-in-law, so as to solve the biggest problem of the difference between concubines and concubines?" But since Wang Xijue can support Zhu Changluo as his mother-in-law, why can't I support Zhu Changxun to worship Queen as his mother-in-law? The so-called establishment of the long-term will be the first in the establishment of the successor, and the growth will be established without the successor. If I can support Zhu Changxun to worship the queen as his mother-in-law, then at least in principle, the question of him being younger than Zhu Changluo is no longer important! ”

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