With the arrival of Wang Xijue, the battle for the national capital overwhelmed the previous blasphemy case, and became the new focus of the hundred officials in Beijing for a while.

For this reason, the situation in Beijing has naturally also seen a new trend. The officials of the Shixue School began to ignore the ordinary "rules" and repeatedly visited Gao Shishi or Xu Guo. Among the officials who visited Gao Pragmatic, there were even two cabinet ministers, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui.

The officials of the Xin School were not idle, including Shen Shixing, they all went to Wang Xijue's mansion to pay a visit, in the name of celebrating his return to Beijing, but in fact, it was natural to hold an internal meeting on the recent situation.

Although Wang Xijue is ranked last in the cabinet, after all, he has a special status, and he has stolen the limelight as soon as he came, and Shen Shixing is also willing to give him this face, and he gave him most of the opportunities to speak in this meeting, looking intimate and happy.

In fact, although Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue have a good relationship, they were not as good as this in the past. But just like the evaluation of the personalities of the two of them in "History of the Ming Dynasty", "However, the time is soft, and Xijue is rigid and negative." ”

Wang Xijue was famous when he was young, and he often had amazing words, and because he was a scholar, his name was not small. In the past, after Gao Gong was in power, he gradually attracted Gao Gong's attention because of his upright and Duanfang name, and transferred him from Nanjing Guozijian to Beijing Guozijian Siye, and soon promoted to Youchunfang Youzhongyun.

After that, because Wang Xijue had behaved normally for a period of time, he was promoted to the position of Guozi Priest Wine and Zhan Shifu under the auspices of Gao Gong.

In particular, it is necessary to mention the position of the priest of the country, which Gao Gong himself did at the beginning, and he attaches great importance to this position and appoints it very carefully. If it is not a person with a good reputation and solid learning, Gao Gong will never give it indiscriminately.

However, even if the Guozi Priest Wine is one of Xiao Jiuqing, the same is true of Zhan Shi of Zhan Mansion. When Wang Xijue reached this point, he probably felt that his wings had hardened, and began to expose his side of being a completely Xinxue official, and suddenly went up to impeach the cabinet for being busy with political disputes and slacking off government affairs, and finally succeeded in angering the first assistant Gao Gong, and was demoted to the head of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy.

At that time, Gao Gong had already defeated Zhang and Feng Alliance with the help of Gao Pragmatic, and completely controlled the cabinet, and no one in the Heart School dared to help Wang Xijue, so Wang Xijue was honest, and he also understood that he could not be tough with Gao Gong, and his attitude softened.

In the past two years, Gao Gong thought that Wang Xijue should have "figured it out", and checked the files of his ministry, and his performance in Nanjing Hanlin Academy was also very good, so Gao Gong transferred him back to Beijing.

After only "exercising" for about a year after returning to Beijing this time, Wang Xijue was promoted by Gao Gong to the position of a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, and still let him serve as a lecturer at the feast - at that time, Wang Xijue was the official of the Hanlin with the highest official position among the Japanese lecturers, and this is how his serious imperial status came.

Originally, if the time had come to an end, Wang Xijue would have almost been in Cao Ying's heart in Han, although he was a Nanbang official who held the position of the Heart School, but he was still quite high.

It's a pity that at this time, it has been the sixth year of Wanli, Gao Gong died suddenly, although Guo Pu of the real school has taken over the authority, but for a while, he must stabilize his position first, and he can't take care of too many other things.

So Wang Xijue came out to speak again, and he seemed to be very fair and made a sparse text, saying that when Gao Gong was there, he was in charge of affairs with the first assistant and the first assistant, and the power was too great, which did not conform to the wishes of the ancestors. However, considering that Gao Gong was Gu Ming's first assistant and the emperor was young, it was okay to do so, but now that Gu Ming's first assistant has passed away and the emperor is getting older, this kind of part-time service should not continue.

Therefore, Wang Xijue said that he asked the first assistant Guo Pu to resign as the secretary of the ministry.

Wang Xijue's hand is actually very thoughtful, not only the reason is reasonable, but also the timing is very good, although Guo Pu is also an old minister, after all, he is not as upright as Gao Gong, so it is possible to persuade him to be reasonable.

However, Wang Xijue still missed something.

Although the emperor is getting older, he is actually only sixteen years old, and the Empress Dowager Li didn't think that the emperor could do a good job at that time, and her statement at that time was to wait for the emperor to be thirty years old before letting Shoufu release power - this is probably not true, but at least it reflects Empress Dowager Li's concern about the emperor's "immaturity".

In such a situation, Guo Pu is one of the "assistant ministers", why can't he also serve as the secretary of the ministry? Mr. Gao has been working part-time for eight years, is there something wrong? Not really!

So the two palaces directly issued an edict to Guo Pu, so that he was not allowed to resign from his part-time job.

Wang Xijue's idea fell through, but after this incident, he completely cleared himself of his relationship with the real school and was officially regarded as one of the big men of the heart school.

Shen Shixing knew this scene well at the time, and also thought that Wang Xijue was a very thoughtful person, so he began to pay attention to him, and soon planned to push it and achieve a good story. (Because Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding are the same year, and they are Sandingjia.) )

It's a pity that Guo Pu's position has been consolidated at that time, as the only Gu Ming auxiliary minister who is still in office, Shen Shixing only has a submissive share in front of him, so Wang Xijue was also stuck in the Hanlin Academy, and he couldn't move his position at all.

Wang Xijue waited left and right, feeling that it was not the road, and it happened that his father was seriously ill, so he simply resigned under the pretext of returning to his hometown to take care of his father.

He went, firstly, to avoid the sharp edge of the real school and the suppression of him, and secondly, to take the opportunity to raise hope. This has also been a remarkable achievement, and Wang Xijue's reputation and status have risen sharply - if it weren't for the slight impact on him about his daughter's immortal ascension, I'm afraid he could have been more successful.

Raising hope, coupled with the changes in the situation - such as the increasing vigilance of Jiangnan officials and big businessmen against Gao Pragmatic, as well as the defeat of Liu Shouyou and the death of Yu Youding, etc., made Shen Shixing more and more eager to bring Wang Xijue into the cabinet as a support, and finally came to this day.

Since Shen Shixing desperately hoped that Wang Xijue could share the firepower for himself, coupled with the difference in the personalities of the two, there was a magical scene of Wang Xijue talking eloquently and Shen Yuanfu at this meeting. If someone who doesn't know the details sees it, I'm afraid they will have to rebel against the identities of the two of them.

On the whole, the high-level leaders of the Heart School are still very satisfied and optimistic about Wang Xijue's move. With this hand, he not only reversed the embarrassment of being led by Gao Pragmatic by the nose because of the slander case and being beaten by the emperor with a stick, but also turned the passive into the active, but instead turned the high pragmatic of the Pragmatic School into an army.

One of the most subtle points is that if Gao Shishi continues to refuse to come out, I am afraid that many Gao parties will waver and favor Xu Guo's side.

Although Xu Guo is also a big man of the practical school, and even a theoretical party leader, everyone knows that he is at a disadvantage in the competition of high pragmatism. If this incident can play a role in balancing the internal forces of the Shixue School, it will be even better.

The reason for this is very simple: one mountain does not tolerate two tigers. If Gao Pragmatism is still able to overpower Xu Guo as he was after the last Chongyang Conference, then even if the Shixue School is not very united, at least it is still pinched together, and the threat to the Heart School is too great.

And once Xu Guo's forces can compete with Gao Shipra, under the competition between these two tigers, the life of the Heart School will be much better, and some follow-up plans will be more able to be implemented.

Even Shen Shixing felt that with the means that Wang Xijue showed this time, it was not possible for him to make another surprise attack, and it was impossible to shake Xu Guo's position himself.

Although Xu Guo is Gao Gong's protégé, he is different from the rest of the bigwigs in that he is a southerner - a native of She County, Huizhou, Nanzhili, and Gao Gong is not his house master, just a seat teacher.

Master Fang, Master Za, no matter what teacher, as long as the disciple worships and the teacher accepts after passing the examination, this is the relationship between teacher and student, there is no doubt about this. However, the relationship between the simple master and the protégé is still slightly inferior, coupled with the fact that Xu Guo is from the South List and is in competition with Gao Pragmatic, Shen Shixing always feels that he can still find an opportunity to win over.

It's just that Xu Guo's Chinese style is quite late, people are relatively "mature", and Shen Shixing has not found a good opportunity for so many years, and now that Wang Xijue is here, maybe ...... Can the stone of the mountain attack jade?

In short, Shen Shixing was happy to make Wang Xijue show off.

No matter how capable you are, even if you bring down Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui of the real school, and even kill Wang Jiaping, it won't hurt, and my first assistant is still as stable as Mount Tai. Even if he is older, Shen Yuanfu is not afraid - he is one year younger than Wang Xijue.

Therefore, becoming an official is the same as becoming famous, you must be early, the younger you are when you become an official, the higher the probability of getting ahead, and the more stamina you have. Gao Pragmatic was able to stabilize him in the competition with Xu Guo, in addition to the political assets left to him by the three generations of Yuanfu, the age advantage is also an unavoidable hurdle.

Xu Guo is seven years older than Shen Shixing, and it is basically impossible to expect him to survive Shen Shixing, but what about Gao Shixing? Unless he dies unexpectedly, he can completely survive this old vote to death, or survive until they go home to retire.

Those who are older than him either die or retire, even if he doesn't rely on the Holy Family, this Shoufu should be decided. As an official, who does not turn to him? Unless this official himself is not too young to think that day.

There are not many topics discussed here by the Heart School, in addition to the various matters related to the dispute over the national capital, there is also the aftermath of the slander case, etc., as for how to unite the officials of Nanbang to resist the southern invasion of Jingnan, this will not be discussed at a time like tonight, it can only be placed in private.

The Shixue School was not idle, especially the highly pragmatic Shangshufu, and many people came to see him tonight. But Gao was very resolute and only invited a few real high-level officials into the door.

As for the people, most of them are still old faces, in addition to Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, that is, Liang Menglong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhang Mengnan, the envoy of the General Administration, the secretary of the Taifu Temple, Tu Menggui, the secretary of the Hanlin Academy, and the priest of the country, Zhang Yigui, the left waiter of the household department, the left waiter of the criminal department, Han Ji, the right waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Song Zhihan, and the right waiter of the Ministry of Works, Gao Yongchun.

Among them, compared with the Chongyang Conference, Xu Guo and Shen Li were missing, and the two of them did not come; There is also a lack of Yang Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, which is Zhishi. In addition, Han Ji changed his position, originally he was a bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and this position was later taken by Chen Yu, and Han Ji himself was transferred to the left waiter of the Criminal Department, which was regarded as a handful of sand mixed with the heart school.

Zhang Mengnan, Luo Zun, Tu Menggui, Han Ji, Cheng Wen, and Song Zhihan are all Gao Gong's protégés, among which Zhang Mengnan is not only a protégé, but also Gao Gong's wife and nephew. Zhang Yigui and Gao Yongchun are Guo Pu's protégés.

Zhang Siwei came to power relatively late, and there is no protégé at the central level, and he originally had a friend Yang Zhao, but unfortunately he was gone, so there was no one from him today.

However, the protégés of Gao Gong and Guo Pu are enough to support the façade of the department of Gao Pragmatism, and the outside world has already called them "Gao Dang" - the Gao Party within the Shi School.

Zhang Xueyan has the highest status and the oldest qualifications here, so he was the first to speak: "Truth-seeking, Wang Taicang said something in this hand...... Do you still insist on the original intention, do you have to wait for the queen mother to give birth to a son-in-law? ”

He just went straight to the point, and everyone fell silent and stared at Gao Shishi.

Gao replied calmly, "Yes." ”

Zhang Xueyan asked again: "But now it seems that the emperor's holy family is in the concubine, if he loves the house and Wu and wants to make the emperor's second son the crown prince, then we will not have a position?" ”

"Our position is still waiting for my son-in-law, how can I say that I have no position?" Gao asked rhetorically, and added: "As for the imperial concubine, she may be favored, and she may even be able to move the emperor, but Shen Yuanfu and the others will not let her succeed, so why should I worry?" ”

Zhang Xueyan frowned and did not speak immediately. At this time, Wu Dui took over the conversation and said, "I'm afraid that once I don't say a word, Shen Yuanfu and the others will not be able to form a ...... to the emperor Warning, so what if the emperor forcibly canonizes it? ”

Gao Pragmatic didn't think that this would happen, but he still replied simply and directly: "Then cooperate with Shen Yuanfu and return the holy decree." ”

Wu Dui frowned: "To come this far?" This is not the consistent purpose and style of our school. Zhang Xueyan also looked at Gao Pragmatic with burning eyes, waiting for him to answer.

Gao Pragmatic sighed: "Naturally not, so if you want to deal with Wang Taicang's hand, you must adhere to our established principles, and you can only come up with another trick." ”

Zhang Mengnan asked: "Tell me the truth, I think you have already made up your mind for this trick?" ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly: "This afternoon, the little brother has already moved. ”

"Really?" Zhang Mengnan was a little surprised: "From where?" Oh, could it be the palace? Did you ask Huang and Chen to persuade the saints? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head: "Now is not the opportunity to ask them to help, and even if you ask them to help, you can't do it, otherwise if the operation is not done properly, I'm afraid even they will have to get in." ”

Han Ji also interjected and asked, "If it's not them, then who else can influence the emperor?" ”

Gao Pragmatic sighed slightly: "Pillow wind." ”

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