The meeting in the small hall of the household department was not open to the public, and even the secretary (Cong Jiupin), who usually acts as a "clerk", was not allowed to participate, and it was a completely closed-door meeting. In other words, unless the three Hubu Hall officials attending the meeting today leaked their secrets, it is impossible for the outside world to know the content of the meeting.

Such a degree of secrecy disappointed many people who had already planned to "toss and turn" on high-level pragmatic movements. But fortunately, there are more than one or two people who come to find out the news, and since everyone is now disappointed, it is not so disappointed in comparison.

However, the uncertainty of Gao Shi's movements still makes many people uneasy, and the atmosphere of the officialdom in Beijing is always a little depressing.

Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the cabinet, was a little uneasy today, although he tried his best to maintain his prime minister's bearing, so that he looked the same as usual. However, the cabinet room was still extremely quiet, not to mention the ordinary officials, even the officials who watched the politics were light-footed, one by one cautious, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of air, for fear of alarming the seemingly normal, but in fact, obviously distracted old man Yuanfu.

"Bo Xiu, how long will it take for Wang Taicang to arrive in Beijing?" Shen Shixing, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair and pretending to watch it seriously for a while, suddenly couldn't help but ask a political practitioner in his room.

Guan Zheng Jinshi, who is known as Bo Xiu, is quite young, and he looks only two or three years older than Gao Shishi, definitely less than thirty years, and he is proud of himself between his eyebrows and refuses to let people.

He was different from other Guanzheng Jinshi, and he didn't have much fear of the head, and when he heard Shen Shixing's question, he replied calmly: "Yuanfu asked the student yesterday, and the student said, 'It will take more than ten days', so after only one day, Yuanfu asked again, and the student had to say, 'It will take more than ten days'." ”

Shen Shixing frowned when he heard this, but he knew that the "Bo Xiu" in front of him had a good reputation among the scholars, and he was early in the middle of the test, so it was inevitable that he would be young. For the sake of being a junior in Nanbang, Shen Shixing usually doesn't bother to care about the occasional collision in his words.

"Hehe, it's the cabinet department, thank you Boxiu for reminding me." Shen Shixing is a heavy minister in the end, and he doesn't plan to say anything more.

However, "Bo Xiu" didn't seem to be able to finish his words, and continued when he heard the words: "This is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, although Gao Situ's soldiers are prosperous, Yuanfu doesn't have to be so depressed. ”

The smile that Shen Shixing habitually hung on his face couldn't help but stiffen, and couldn't help frowning: "What does Bo Xiu mean by this, how did this cabinet department lose its soul?" ”

Na Boxiu smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed to the music on the table of Shen Shixing, and said, "Yuanfu, you have been looking at the music for a while, I don't know what the meaning is?" If not, what is this not a lost soul? ”

Shen Shixing lowered his head violently, only to find that the music on the table was actually upside down, and he couldn't help but blush, and secretly scolded himself for really losing the city this time, and actually made such a joke. But soon, he was extremely dissatisfied with the Guan Zheng Jinshi named Bo Xiu in front of him - like you, who is so open-mouthed and very official, I don't think you should be called Bo Xiu, you should be called Dezu!

The ancestor of virtue, Yang Xiu's word also.

However, although Shen Shixing was annoyed, after all, he was the first assistant of the cabinet and a senior of Shilin, so it was inconvenient to be angry on the spot, so he just took out an ordinary appearance, laughed at himself, and sighed: "Bo repairs his eyesight, and the cabinet department is too worried, so much so." ”

Na Boxiu was a straight man, and when he saw that Shen Shixing was not annoyed, but seemed to be willing to consult for him, he asked: "If Yuanfu does not give up, the student is willing to listen to Yuanfu's worries." ”

Shen Shixing was even more unhappy in his heart, and said secretly: This son is rebellious, if he has become a disposition, I am afraid that his career will be hopeless in the future, and he will only be a hermit of Wei and Jin.

With this view, Shen Shixing's desire to woo him was almost gone, and he said lightly: "It's not a big deal." ”

"Hahahaha!" Bo Xiu laughed and said: "It's not a big deal, Yuan Fu actually holds the text upside down, if it is passed on, I am afraid that the world will make fun of it." ”

Shen Shixing is temper is good, he can't bear it at the moment, put away the last trace of smile, and said in a stiff tone: "In the past, Li Shilu thought that he was an old woman, and the people of the world did not laugh, and the cabinet department was worried about the government, and the people of the world laughed at me?" ”

Li Shilu is the former first assistant Li Chunfang, and the matter of "recognizing herself as an old woman" was originally caused by Hai Rui. At that time, Hai Rui was engaged in Xu Jie in Yingtian, and he could barely finish the scene, so he made a high arch and transferred Hai Rui to Nanjing.

This matter was originally Zhang Juzheng received the teacher's silver, and after interceding in front of Gao Gong, Gao Gong considered the principle of "being an official is to do things", thinking that since Xu Jie's submission was soft, there should be no major obstacles to his own proposal, so he agreed.

As a result, there are no problems in other aspects of this matter, but Hai Rui is a little under-thinking - Hai Rui is scolding.

This sparse text scolded more ruthlessly than "The people of the world are not straight for a long time", because he scolded in the sparse text: "The people who raise the dynasty are all women!" ”

This is awesome, the princes of the whole dynasty were beaten into women by his Haigangfeng.

Gao Gong was in the cabinet as a second assistant at the time, and his face turned black when he saw this, and the rest of the cabinet elders naturally didn't have a good face. It's just that although Gao Gong's temper is not good, he still adheres to the "principle" in the end, and this principle is - in this case, it is still necessary to let the first assistant express his position.

As a result, Li Chunfang smiled, laughed at herself, and said, "Haha, since we are all women, then I must be an old woman." ”

This is even more "awesome" than Hai Rui, he is the first assistant, and he actually recognizes it like this.

At that time, although Gao Gong and the others were stunned, since Shoufu did not pursue it, they naturally had to endure it.

This matter was actually ridiculed by some people at the time, because after Yan Song and then to Xu Jie, the cabinet power of the cabinet can be called extremely heavy, completely crushing the six ministries, Li Chunfang is so "self-blackened" with the respect of the first assistant of the cabinet, it is naturally ridiculed as no authority.

However, this matter reversed quite quickly, and after Li Chunfang resigned and returned to his hometown, many people were not used to the strength of Gao Gong, especially Gao Gong's examination method (proposed and implemented before Zhang Juzheng's examination method in the original history) has simply become a tight spell for many officials.

All of a sudden, many people began to miss the good old man Li Chunfang, and even this incident was said to be Li Chunfang's "prime minister's belly can support the boat". Shen Shixing took Li Chunfang as an example at this time, which is an analogy with Li Chunfang, which means that he is not the kind of person who arbitrates power.

It's hard to say whether Bo Xiu understood the meaning of Shen Shixing's words, anyway, Bo Xiu replied: "Li Wending (Note: Li Chunfang died in the twelfth year of Wanli, Zhen Wending. Loyalty, forgiveness, courtesy, and slackness, worthy of the title of 'Prime Minister of Peace'. However, when Gao Wenzheng was determined to be ambitious, when Ji Tingzhi re-entered, he shouldered a great responsibility and was indomitable, not only replacing Li Wending and ruling the world, but also ending up with Wen Zhengzhi. Why did Yuan Fu compare himself to Li Wending instead of Gao Wenzhengye? ”

Shen Shixing narrowed his eyes slightly, and said nonchalantly: "It seems that Bo Xiu, this jinshi, has to be early, if it is a few years late, when Gao Qiuzhen enters the cabinet, you go to him to watch the government, presumably it will be agreeable." ”80

Unexpectedly, Na Boxiu also shook his head: "Gao Qiuzhen is full of copper smell, not like Wenzheng, I disdain it." ”

Shen Shixing was quite surprised, and said secretly: Then you are really capable, not only did you hate me, but also dared to hate Gao Shipra, I'm afraid that this court doesn't want to stay?

Bo Xiu saw that Shen Shixing didn't speak, but he was not polite, and said to himself: "Gao Qiuzhen is famous for the six champions, but there are no good works to pass on since then. And from the student's point of view, this person is too ingenious and scheming. In order to win the favor of the saints, he did not hesitate to bewitch His Majesty to abuse the people's power and obtain the people's wealth, and to do that great deed, which is really not the right way. ”

Shen Shixing couldn't help but be surprised, thought for a while, and asked: "Although your words are a bit heavier, they are not without reason, but what the Cabinet Department wants to know more is why you say that he bewitched His Majesty to abuse the people's power and obtain the people's wealth, and why did he say that he wanted to do a good deed?" ”

If Gao Shishi was here, he must have known why this "Boxiu" thought so much about him.

In fact, this "Boxiu" and Gao Pragmatism are "incompatible".

Bo Xiu is his word, his name is Yupan, also known as Shipu, Hubei Public Security People, and the name Yuan Zongdao.

Although at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when people with the surname Yuan were mentioned, most people would probably think of Yuan Chonghuan first, but Yuan Zongdao really has nothing to do with Yuan Chonghuan, and this brother's reputation is not in officialdom, but in Wenlin.

Yuan Zongdao was born on February 16, the 39th year of Jiajing, and was born in Chang'anli, Huguang Public Security County. In the fourteenth year of Wanli, the Ministry of Rites will be the first, and the first Jinshi (Chuanlu) in the second class in the palace examination, the following year, that is, this year, he was awarded the Jishi, edited by the Hanlin Academy, and directly entered the cabinet to observe the government, and was "assigned" to the side of the first assistant Shen Shixing, which can be described as a promising future.

Guanzheng is an internship to some extent, and Guanzheng Jinshi is similar to the leading secretaries of later generations to a certain extent, which is amazing.

As we all know, "the people around the leader should be treated as leaders", because many times it is not easy to see the leader, and he can only see the secretary next to him. Whether the secretary's words and deeds are his own intentions or the instructions of the leader are unknown. I don't know, so I can only treat it as the meaning of the leader, otherwise what if something happens?

One of the worst things in officialdom is the inability to comprehend the intentions of the leader, so the status of the "secretary" has always been directly linked to the status of the leader.

Since Yuan Zongdao can watch politics by Shen Shixing's side, his status is of course very unique, although he has not been here for a long time, but many people outside have been optimistic about his future. However, what I want to talk about here is why Yuan Zongdao was able to come to Shen Shixing as a "secretary".

There are two reasons for this: First, he is the first in the second class. Because the whereabouts of the first class of the three tripods are clear, they all stay directly in the Hanlin Academy, and they are usually arranged to do things as soon as they enter, so the three tripings rarely come to the cabinet to watch the government, so the top two of the Ji Ji have become the first choice for watching the government. Yuan Zongdao is the first in the second class, and it is reasonable to "assign" it to Shen Shixing.

The second is Yuan Zongdao's Wenlin status. Don't look at Yuan Zongdao This year, he is not yet thirty years old, but his status in Wenlin is quite not low. The reason may be that it is relatively unique: when the retro school was at its peak, he single-handedly promoted Bai Juyi and Su Shi and became one of the representatives of the public security faction.

The Gong'an School is a literary genre that emerged in the late Ming Dynasty. "Public Security Three Yuan" is the leader of the public security faction, in the eyes of later generations, Yuan Hongdao has the highest reputation and the greatest achievements, followed by Yuan Zhongdao, and Yuan Zongdao is second.

But that's a later story, it's the evaluation of future generations, in this year, the fifteenth year of Wanli, Yuan Zongdao's reputation is the biggest among the three brothers. Not only because he is the eldest brother among the three Yuan, but also because he is also the first Jinshi among the brothers.

Yuan Hongdao, who was the most famous in later generations, could not be admitted to the Jinshi until the nineteenth year of Wanli, and Yuan Zhongdao's Jinshi road was even more bumpy, and he was only able to pass the examination in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, and Yuan Zongdao had been dead for eighteen years at that time - Yuan Zongdao died very early, and suddenly died in the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, and it is said that he "died of exhaustion" at the age of only forty. This may also be one of the reasons why his reputation in later generations was not as good as that of his two younger brothers.

The public security faction is a literary school represented by the three Yuan brothers during the Wanli period in history, and it is also named because the three people are Hubei public security people. The main generals of this faction also include Zeng Keqian, Jiang Yingke, Tao Wangling, Huang Hui and others edited by the Hanlin Academy.

Since Hongzhi, the Ming literary world has been controlled by the "first seven sons" headed by Li Mengyang and He Jingming and the "last seven sons" headed by Wang Shizhen and Li Panlong. They advocated that "the literature must be Qin and Han, and the poems must be prosperous in the Tang Dynasty" and "do not read books after the Great Calendar", which had a great impact, so that "the world pushes Li, He, Wang, and Li as the four great families, and all of them strive to follow their examples".

During this period, although there were writers of the "Tang and Song Dynasty" such as Gui Youguang who rose up to fight, it was not enough to correct their malpractice. And the "heretical thinker" Li Zhen put forward-for-tat: "Why should poems be selected from ancient times? Why should the article be preceded by Qin" and "the article cannot be obtained and the current situation is discussed in order", which can be regarded as deafening, and he, Jiao Hong, Xu Wei and others have actually become the forerunners of the public security faction.

Originally, the trend of the literary world was more fickle, after Gao Pragmatic became famous all over the world, many people thought that he would set off a change in literary style, who knew that Gao Pragmatic was not interested in this, that is, what Yuan Zongdao said just now, "Gao Qiuzhen is famous for the six champions, but there are no masterpieces to pass on after that."

Since the most promising Gao pragmatic person who is too lazy to interfere with the ancient style of the Seven Sons before and after, Yuan Zongdao's opportunity will naturally come. (Note: The focus of this book is not on literary history, so I won't bother to analyze it here.) )

Although he gained a great reputation by criticizing the first seven sons (there is not much criticism of the latter seven sons at present), as the so-called "martial arts have no second, literature has no first", Yuan Zongdao's attitude towards Gao Pragmatism is really not much better, and he thinks that Gao Pragmatism's contribution to the literary world is dispensable - but what kind of talent is he who has engaged in some Mongolian readings?

loves the house and Wu, hates the house and Wu, and this mood makes him dissatisfied with Gao Shi's usual style. He believes that Gao Pragmatic personally involved in business is to compete with the people for profit, instigating the emperor to send troops to Burma and other places is an abuse of people's power, and the collection of business taxes by the Shixue School is also exhausting the people's wealth, and the Great War of Monan and even the national policy of the West Huaidong system are all great achievements.

He said these words to Shen Shixing unabashedly, and Shen Yuanfu knew that although this son was unspoken, he could still be regarded as "his own person" ideologically, and he couldn't help but put aside the anger he had just given him.

Shen Shixing smiled and encouraged: "Bo Xiu is indeed insightful, but now that he is in charge, the emperor is also ...... Well, I also want to fulfill the wish of the two ancestors, although I am worried, but I still don't know where to start, just ...... You see it too. ”

Yuan Zongdao raised his eyebrows slightly: "If you want to criticize an article, this article must be completed first, otherwise how can you criticize?" If you want to criticize a person, you always need that person to do his thing first, if there is nothing to do, then there is no harm, so how can you criticize it? ”

Shen Shixing's eyes flashed, and he muttered, "You mean...... Wait and see what happens? ”

Yuan Zongdao smiled and said: "The new uncle and nephew can have today's momentum, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the word new deal, which is a new deal, and it is necessary to change the old law." Someone must be injured when changing the old law, although the injury is painful, but it is not bitter, how can we empathize with it, and how can we know the virtue of Yuanfu? Therefore, why should Yuanfu worry about Xinzheng's new policy? According to the students' opinion, Xinzheng does not have a new policy, or it can maintain today's prestige, once the new policy is introduced, it will be the beginning of its defeat! ”

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