Early the next morning, Gao Pragmatic got up early according to his usual habits, and then listened to the "black-topped" family report on the various news that came last night while having breakfast.

In addition to a large-scale "closed-door meeting of senior officials" on the side of the Mind School, there are also many officials who move around each other according to their own small circles, and the more important official contacts have left records on the Black Top side.

It's just that Hei Ding is not a factory guard after all, and he doesn't dare to insert eyeliner into the mansions of high-ranking officials in the imperial court at will, and most of them can only rely on lure to buy some news from the mouths of these officials' mansions.

These messages can sometimes be accurate to every word spoken by the officials, because those who are subordinate may happen to be close attendants; Sometimes, he can only let the black top know when Officer A visited Officer B and how long after he left, because this subordinate may just be a disciple.

In short, there is a difference between the shades and the details.

However, today's process of "listening to the report" was unexpectedly interrupted. At this time, although the time was early, but the angel sent by the celebrant to deliver the decree had arrived outside the gate of Shangshu Gao's mansion, in order to avoid "slow treatment", Gao pragmatic had to end breakfast in advance, and ordered the people to open the middle door to greet - the angel represents the emperor, and he cannot enter the door sideways.

Gao Pragmatic himself waited in the middle hall after setting up the fixed set of orders under Gao Mo's skillful command, waiting for the angel to announce the decree.

The will is very simple, it is nothing more than the same as before, warm words and encouragement, demanding high pragmatism and early out of the matter.

Gao pragmatically and respectfully accepted the order, Gao Mo quietly rewarded ten taels of silver, and the angel came out and returned to the palace to resume his life. Then Gao pragmatic waved his hand and shook his head slightly, and Gao Mo ordered the family in charge of the clerk in the mansion to draft the recital.

Naturally, he refused the emperor's request and insisted on staying in the palace. This kind of music is "Fan Wen", and these clerical writers are specially trained talents in Gao's private school, although there is no need to think about it, but it is also useful to imitate the pragmatic tone of Gao to write a simple note. Generally speaking, Gao Pragmatism only needs to take a draft and copy it (in principle, ghostwriting is not allowed in the music itself), at most with slight additions and deletions.

This song came back very quickly, of course, there was no oil and salt in itself, but it was just a repetition of the reason why he was reluctant to come out and look at things.

The reason why Gao Pragmatic did this was not only because he still needed to continue to "show his attitude" with this, but also because he was not in a hurry - he knew that the person who was most anxious at this moment was either Emperor Zheng's concubine or the emperor himself, and it didn't matter if he was properly put on the shelf.

After all, if the emperor himself is in a hurry, the emperor is familiar with these fixed routines and will not be angry with him for this. If Emperor Zheng was in a hurry, it would be even better, his unhurried performance would only make her more impatient, and even lose her sense of proportion, but at the moment, she would never dare to be angry with him, so this incident would make her even more jealous in her heart.

Ordinary people may be afraid of the emperor's "sole favorite" concubine, because jealousy can easily lead to deliberate attacks on him. However, Gao Pragmatism is not afraid - Zhu Yijun's "High Pragmatism Dependence" cannot be "cured" in the short term, his Gao Pragmatism is the only life-saving medicine, you have to eat it, you have to eat it, you have to eat it if you don't eat it.

Only indispensable abilities can make you an indispensable person. Throughout the ages, there is no exception.

Generally speaking, after the emperor receives such a recital, he will not have time to react at least tomorrow, so Gao Pragmatic took advantage of this gap to listen to the report that he had not listened to before, analyzed it in the room, and secretly guessed what the Heart School would do.

Then, he listened to some other reports, which were about the movements within the Shixue School, especially on Xu Guo's side, and learned that Shen Li had met with Xu Guo yesterday, and several of their protégés were present.

However, this meeting was not in Xu Guo's mansion, but in a high-end teahouse, where a protégé of Xu Guo took over a single floor, and the two sides held a meeting there. Often for nearly an hour and a half, the name is to appreciate a pair of Zhao Mengfu's works.

This made Gao Pragmatic a little unable to help but shake his head, it seems that Shen Li is also a little alienated from himself because of the transfer.

In fact, this matter is highly pragmatic and really wronged. It was not his own idea to let Shen Li be transferred, it was the emperor who really felt that Shen Li was not suitable to stay in this position. At this moment, the head of the household must have a new initiative that can significantly increase the income of the imperial court without provoking large-scale unrest, and this matter is something that the emperor can only do in the eyes of Gao Shishi.

But this kind of thing is useless just reasoning, because in Shen Li's view, such a transfer is like a slap in the face - the emperor's actions are equivalent to unmistakably telling the world: You are not as pragmatic and useful.

Who can stand this? Even if it is a fact, not everyone can accept it calmly, not to mention that Shen Li is already one of the seven secretaries of the imperial court, and his status is already very close to the elder of the pavilion, and he is suddenly slapped in the head by the emperor, and it is not easy for anyone to be replaced.

However, as the saying goes, "thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen", it is impossible for an official like Shen Li to blame the emperor for this, and he does not even dare to show any "resentment". As a result, Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to accept it on your behalf - who made you a party? Why are you better than me?

Oh, no, why should you make the emperor think you are better than me?

At this point, the "resentment" in Shen Li's heart is obviously not something that can be easily resolved in a few words, and a suitable opportunity is needed to solve this problem, but at this time, the opportunity has obviously not yet appeared, and Gao Pragmatic can only let it go.

As for whether Xu Guo's strength will increase greatly after receiving Shen Li's support, breaking the previous general pattern of "high strength and weak Xu" within the Shixue School, Gao Shishi is not very worried.

Whether it is Xu Guo or Shen Li, both of them are from the gold list of Jiajing's forty-fourth year, and this year is the most concentrated subject of Gao Gong students (the chief examiner of this year is Gao Gong), and most of them are now the mainstays of the real school in the same year.

However, because of this, most of them are now under the banner of Gao Pragmatic, recognizing Gao Pragmatic as the number one heir of Gao Gong. At the same time, the high pragmatism, power, and age advantage make them not easily choose to join others.

Needless to say, the age advantage is even more killer - Xu Guo is eight years older than Shen Shixing, and he is already sixty years old this year, but what about Gao Pragmatic? This year is only twenty-five (imaginary years). And according to the emperor's attitude of using him so seriously, coupled with the timeline that is expected to launch the war of exterminating the Yuan in the third to fourth year of middle school, once it goes well, Gao Pragmatic may even enter the cabinet before the age of thirty!

The elder of the pavilion who has not yet been established, this future is really speechless. Because theoretically, as long as he "doesn't get into trouble", it means that he will have at least forty years of life as a chief assistant (that is, according to the age of 70 insisting on retiring).

This...... This Zaifu's career is as long as hereditary, who can compare?

In the next 40 years, not to mention this batch of bigwigs of the Yi Chou family, even their children and nephews will be completely "taken care of" by high pragmatism, and even their grandchildren can enjoy the cultivation of high pragmatism.

People have no foresight and must have near-term worries, and the advantage of high pragmatism is obvious, who can not be tempted? What's more, if you follow him, your children and grandchildren will be taken care of, but what if you betray him? I'm afraid this "care" will make people miserable, right?

Generally speaking, officials who have already stood on the side of high pragmatism within the Shixue School are unlikely to change their courts easily, and situations like Xu Guo and Shen Li are more forced to be helpless - face is indeed too important for civil officials.

Thinking about Shen Li's matter clearly, it was almost time for lunch, but an accident happened - Menzi came to report: The angel is coming again.

Gao Pragmatic was slightly surprised, and said secretly: The efficiency of the celebrant is so high today?

The emperor's holy decree of comforting the ministers and persuading the ministers to come out and look at the matter did not need to go through the cabinet and the six departments, and could directly issue the decree, so the speed of the action only depended on two parts: first, the emperor's own oral edict came in time, and second, the celebrant and supervisor drafted the edict quickly, and sent people quickly. (This kind of edict does not need to be written in the Chinese book, and the celebrant sometimes directly writes the emperor's dictation into the holy decree, of course, in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, the celebrant usually still polishes it slightly.) )

However, the celebrant is actually an extremely busy inner court yamen, and the work efficiency has always been a bad thing, with only one exception - the emperor will clearly explain the matter, will be special.

In any case, Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to set up a full set of lines in the house again.

The meaning of this will is not much different from the first will of today, except that the wording has become much more elaborate and sincere.

For example, "...... What you look forward to, how can you bear it? It is advisable to look at things immediately, and do not make any more inferences, so as to meet my hopes. It can be said that he was moved by emotions in the holy decree.

And the eunuch who passed the decree was also changed - it was Chen Ju who came in person.

After Chen Ju finished announcing the decree, he pulled Gao Pragmatic aside and persuaded Gao Pragmatic not to delay any longer. He said to Gao Shishi: "Situ, it seems that the emperor has made up his mind today, and he doesn't even look at the sparse documents and votes submitted by the cabinet, and waits in the Xinuan Pavilion wholeheartedly, just to see your reply." Other than that...... Yesterday evening, the emperor Xingyikun Palace, once drove the palace maids out of the palace outside the palace to make two incense sticks, and discussed with Emperor Zheng's concubine. ”

Since it was a secret discussion, Chen Ju naturally didn't know what he said, but Gao Pragmatic talked about the emperor's current state from Chen Ju, and he could roughly guess most of it.

However, Gao Shi pondered for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "Even so, I can't come out immediately." Lin Gang, I won't hide it from you, this matter ...... Even now, it's not time for me to come out and see things. ”

Chen Ju was a little worried when he heard this, and frowned deeply: "Situ is the person who knows the emperor best in the world, since Situ thinks it's okay, presumably the emperor should be okay here, it's just ...... Emperor Zheng's concubine is now in holy grace, if she has a grudge for this, she is afraid that it will be unfavorable to Situ. ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head indifferently: "She can have today, and it will never be just because of something's jealousy, and Moth Mei refuses to let people; Cover up your sleeves and slander, and the fox can confuse the Lord'. Although I have not seen him, I also know that he must have extraordinary abilities, at least he can know how to advance and retreat, and he will avoid the edge, otherwise he cannot consolidate his favor. ”

Chen Ju pondered, pondered for a moment, and said, "Situ knows people, as it is. However, if the emperor asks for a while......"

Gao Shishi smiled slightly: "It's okay, if the emperor asks, you will say that I am worried that Wang Taicang will enter Beijing this time, and some people will be more courageous and will always spy on my movements." I really don't dare to come out easily, and when the wind is calm, I will naturally not sit idly by and watch the backlog of ministry affairs and the embarrassment of the government. ”

"This ......" Chen Ju glanced at Gao Pragmatic in embarrassment, and saw that Gao Pragmatic's face was resolute, so he had to reluctantly respond: "Okay, our family will return to life like this first." It's just that Situ had better be prepared, our family thinks that the emperor may not have achieved his goal this time and will not stop. ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled, did not answer directly, but bowed his head slightly: "There is Lao Lingang." ”

After Chen Ju went, Gao Pragmatic had lunch, walked in the backyard for a while and went to take a nap. I was woken up before I slept deeply, and when I asked, I realized that there was another holy decree.

Gao Shishi was stunned and secretly thought: The emperor is so anxious, could it be that there are any details of this matter that I haven't calculated, but the emperor attaches great importance to it? Or was the emperor more sensitive to the matter of the crown prince than I expected? Or maybe his dislike for Zhu Changluo exceeded my expectations?

According to the system and habits of the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince cannot threaten him, and even Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, is only a few years old, let alone a threat, he should not be too sensitive to this, this article can be ruled out.

Disgusted with Zhu Changluo? It is possible, but Zhu Changluo is his son after all, although his body is almost good, but after all, he is not extremely ugly or born with a disability, normally speaking, it should not be very strong. Zhu Changluo's real problem is nothing more than that his biological mother is not favored by the emperor.

But there is also a problem with this one, since the emperor was impatient to visit her in the palace of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, at least she is definitely not ugly, so why is she so disgusted afterwards?

Gao pragmatic thought about it, and suddenly a flash of inspiration. I am afraid that there is only one explanation for this incident: after the emperor was fortunate that day, there was a self-denial mentality. This kind of mentality is that he feels that he can't control his emotions and does something that violates normal morality - the emperor has no moral problems in the palace maid himself, but the problem is that he suddenly did it in the harem, which shows that his self-control is very poor.

This incident happened in the ninth year of Wanli, when Gao Pragmatic was not in Beijing, and now he recalls it carefully, and finds the problem by calculating the time of several things.

What's the problem? Less than a month after this happened, the imperial court ordered the selection of nine concubines, and in the following year, that is, in March of the tenth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun personally passed on the nine concubines in the imperial palace, and Zheng was named a concubine, ranking second among the nine concubines.

Gao Pragmatic thought about it again, before Concubine Lin Xing Wang Gong (who was only a palace maid at the time), Zhu Yijun only had one queen and one concubine, that is, the queen and Concubine Zhao. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE QUEEN'S STYLE IS NEEDLESS TO SAY, ALTHOUGH SHE IS VIRTUOUS, SHE IS A LITTLE TOO VIRTUOUS, AS IF SHE IS AFRAID THAT THE WORLD WILL SAY THAT SHE IS GOOD YIN, AND SHE IS VERY UNHAPPY TO BE INTIMATE WITH ZHU YIJUN. And Concubine Zhao ...... Women are obviously not always so "convenient".

At that time, Zhu Yijun's age was obviously the peak of desire, and he had already "opened meat...... That's easy to explain.

But Gao Pragmatic thinks that this is understandable, but Zhu Yijun himself may not be able to accept it. After all, his education is actually the most orthodox Confucian education, and this kind of sudden out-of-control behavior may cause him to fall into deep self-doubt, self-denial, and then lead to extreme disgust with Concubine Wang Gong - blame you, hurt me like this!

Of course, Concubine Wang Gong is not to blame for this in Gao Pragmatic's view, but as a unique and detached bystander, he can understand Zhu Yijun's mentality. It can only be said that this incident is actually a tragedy, in the final analysis, Zhu Yijun's education is problematic, his education, the debate between good and evil is too clear, and ignores the essence of human nature, and even ignores the internal factors of the body.

Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and it is actually normal for young people to be "lustful", which is not only due to psychological reasons, but also to physiological factors. The reason why ordinary people can be restrained is because ordinary people know that they are subject to various restrictions in this society, but the emperor ...... No one can restrict him, at least in the group of palace maids in the harem, he doesn't have any restrictions.

However, the emperor was screwed up afterwards because of his education, so he became angry with Concubine Wang Gong, and then angered at Zhu Changluo because of Concubine Wang Gong. As a result, the emperor simply ordered the selection of nine concubines soon after, which was actually to prevent such a "scandal" from occurring in the future - in fact, Zhu Yijun did not have a similar incident in his life after that.

No wonder he didn't like Zhu Changluo all his life, and his physical condition suddenly deteriorated soon after the queen was born, and before he died, he ordered the imperial court to prepare to canonize Emperor Zheng's concubine as queen - the root of all this was planted in the ninth year of Wanli.

The time when he "lost control" in the ninth year of Wanli not only made him "charmed", but he also probably had some kind of indescribable guilt towards Queen Wang.

Gao Pragmatic let out a breath of turbidity, and said in his heart: I finally figured this matter out, no wonder in history he even did not hesitate to engage in a dispute over the national capital in order not to crown Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, which then led to a cold war with the entire civilian group for decades......

Gao pragmatic took the decree again refreshed, but unexpectedly there were two people who came to deliver the decree this time: Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju actually came together.

At this time, you can't say hello, and you can accept the order honestly. Huang Mengyu stood in the main seat, and Chen Ju was by his side.

Huang Zhangyin opened the holy decree, looked at it and was stunned, and hurriedly glanced at Chen Ju, who was also stunned next to him, made eye contact with each other, and took a deep breath, and then finally read: "Gao Pragmatic, if you refrain again, I will invite myself, and I will come tonight!" ”

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