Gao Pragmatic can understand Han Ji's thoughts, and even he estimates that most of the nine protégés present may agree with a serious and thorough investigation in their hearts, but it is really not in the interests of Gao Gong to do so.

What are the benefits of the high arch? Stabilize the position and carry out reform.

Fighting the Xu Jie's party may be helpful for reform, but the great thing is that it has recovered some fields and vacated some official positions, which has no special significance, but on the other hand, it has considerable disadvantages for Gao Gong's reputation. It stands to reason that most of all reforms will offend people, and if you want to reform, you naturally can't be afraid of this, but in the eyes of others, there is a big difference between offending people simply because they want to reform and offending people by taking revenge for personal gain.

Gao Gong may think that it is necessary to defeat Xu Jie's party for reform, which can show people his determination to reform - Qingzhang Tianmu, you see that Xu Huating's family has been re-cleared, what are you doing with other people?

But in the eyes of others, this is not the case, they will only think that this is Gao Gong's personal revenge, that is, the small energy, and the mad dog that even the old man refuses to let go.

So this pot can't be messed around.

But Han Ji and their group of high-arch protégés, especially the science and technology officials, although they are consistent with Gao Gong in terms of overall interests, but when it comes to personal interests, they are obviously not unified: if they want to be promoted, they have to spray, and if they don't spray a few bulls, how can they prove that they are doing their job well? How can you be qualified to move up? After all, it's their job to spray people!

But Gao Pragmatic knew that Gao Gong could not directly ignore their interests, because Gao Gong was undoubtedly unrivaled in the Longqing Dynasty for a while, but even if he was covered in iron, how many nails did he hit? These protégés represent his power, his wings and even his minions. If he doesn't take care of himself, his feathers will fall off, his claws will break, and when he becomes a loner, who will really take him seriously? You can't just ask him to end up with the dignity of the elder, right?

Judging from the current situation, people will think that Gao Gong is fully capable of beating Xu Jie with a stick and can't turn over, and he doesn't even need Gao Gong to do it himself, Hai Gangfeng can do it, what Gao Gong has to do is to let Hai Rui play, and finally after the case is investigated, Hai Rui will inevitably go to the court, and at this time, Gao Gong only needs to affirm the ruling of this case on behalf of the cabinet.

Relaxed, beautiful, and hugely rewarding.

It's a pity that the ending may not be good: the "past is not to blame" situation that Gao Gong painstakingly created after returning to Beijing came to an end, and since then he has been labeled as a personal revenge and an immeasurable villain.

But how to persuade it? Gao pragmatic fell into thought.

At this time, Song Zhihan sent another cannonball, and he said: "Master, we have to fall Xu for the sake of falling Xu, but Xu Jie's people have made a bad start for the officials of the world since they were cabinet ministers, and they have to fall. ”

Gao Gong looked at him intently and asked, "What's the bad head?" ”

"The sin is: omission." Song Zhihan explained: "Xu Jie's eighteen years before and after serving Emperor Shizong of the ancestors, the gods, civil engineering, etc. were all approved by Xu Jie; When Sejong died, he just drafted the edict with his own hands, and he counted his mistakes. Xu Jie and Yan Song have been together for fifteen years, and they have made a marriage, but they have not said a word; and Yan's old age, gradually losing his holy favor, but he immediately betrayed and attacked him. It can be seen that Xu Jie's being a minister can be called disloyal, and making friends with others can be called unbelievable, and he has lost a lot of money for a long time. In addition, after he was the first assistant, all sides were in a hurry, and His Majesty repeatedly proclaimed, but Xu Jie turned a deaf ear and did nothing, and he only knew how to raise friends and pets wholeheartedly, and he was good at doing prestige. Let's ask, these people are actually Yuanfu, aren't they making a bad start for the world? ”

Gao Pragmatic was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: This Song Zhihan is a lot more vicious than Han Ji's vision, he said this, which means that he has seen that the teacher Gao Gong is a person who pays attention to seeking truth and pragmatism, and hates his position and does not seek his own politics, Xu Jie served as the first assistant after the fall of Yan Song, although most of the civil officials think that Xu Yuanfu is really a good person, but in fact, Xu Jie has no political achievements at all, and Gao Gong is a person who values political achievements very much. What's more, he is also bent on fixing his favor, and even the reason why he recommended Gao Gong to join the cabinet earlier was essentially to consolidate his favor - he knew that Gao Gong was the number one cronie of the new emperor, so he wanted to sell his favor. It was only later that he found out that Gao Gong was really not the same person as him, so he turned to suppression.

This kind of person is obviously not liked by Gao Gong.

But Gao Gong doesn't like it and doesn't necessarily have to chase after him goes to the throne, after all, Gao Gong can't ignore his reputation at all, after all, he is an official in the Ming Dynasty, especially a civil official, if his reputation is bad, this official can't do it.

At this time, Song Zhihan sent a cannonball that was enough to make Gao Gong angry: criticizing Xu Jie's inaction.

His subtext is: You need all the officials to "make a difference" now, and it is very necessary to defeat Xu Jie, a typical figure of "inaction", because Xu Jiehu will not be able to die, and now his influence is still very great, if you beat him, all the officials in the world will naturally know that they must make a difference.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Gao Gong nodded slightly, and then fell into thought.

Although he is anxious, he will not be as fierce as the young man, just one point, and there will definitely be a trade-off of pros and cons.

Han Ji also found that he had fallen behind at this time, and hurriedly mended his sword: "Brother Yuanqing's words are very true, and another point is that Xu Jie's removal from the throne is actually because of such inaction and the loss of the Holy Family. When he saw Gao Gong really looking at him, his heart was excited, and he continued: "Shi Xiangke still remembers that in September of the first year of Longqing, I fell into Shizhou, killed Wang Liangcai of Zhizhou, and plundered Jiaocheng and Wenshui. In addition, the barbarians committed Jizhen, plundered Changping, Lulong, and Luanhe. At this critical moment when the two captives were attacking the east and west, His Majesty personally selected the generals to transfer troops, and repeatedly announced that he would defend with intent on defense, but Xu Jie, who had the responsibility of auxiliary, was silent and ignored. Later, under the repeated urging of His Majesty, Xu Jiecai convened a meeting of civil and military ministers, but in the end, it was delayed until November before the so-called thirteen things to prevent capture were presented. It can be seen from this that Xu Jie, as the first assistant, did not fulfill the responsibility of the military affairs of Pingzhang at all, did not act or spread, and thus lost the favor of His Majesty, which led to the later tentative resignation being directly approved by the saint. ”

He finally emphasized and concluded: "It can be seen that the saint is also dissatisfied with Xu Jie. This dissatisfaction is partly because Xu Jie's suppression of the teacher's minister, which led to the dislocation of the teacher, and half because Xu Jie's high position is incompetent! ”

This mending knife finally shows that Han Ji is not an easy person, and this mending knife is extremely accurate: You see, Your Majesty is also very dissatisfied with Xu Jie!

Tu Menggui saw on the side that he would have no chance if he didn't speak again, and hurriedly said: "Since the reign of the world today, Xu Jie's tenure as the first assistant for a year and a half, in addition to the disposal of the relevant officials and scholars of Zhaijiao according to the edict, as well as the indiscriminate records and the use of the previous dynasty to offend the ministers, the people he holds are forbidden to do many palaces, and the people he pays attention to are just like what Brother Yuanqing said'Raising friends and pets', while the people who ignore them are more militaristic and political. Now, he has broken out these corruption scandals, but he is really self-inflicted and cannot live, and those who are clear are self-purifying, so why bother about it? ”

When Gao Gong heard it, he was obviously moved.

At this time, Gao Pragmatic had to speak, and he said loudly: "Third uncle, all the senior brothers have analyzed this matter quite clearly, but there is a little nephew who is worried. ”

Gao Gong now almost didn't see him as a child, so he asked, "Where does the worry come from?" ”

"Coming from Zhang Gelao." Gao pragmatically explained: "Although the prince of Taiyue and the third uncle have always been friends, the nephew thinks that because of the friendship, the third uncle should know the attitude of the prince of Taiyue on this matter before making a decision. In any case, Taiyue Gong is a disciple of Huating Gong, although these two dukes act very differently and have very different interests, but the relationship between master and apprentice is always known to the world. The nephew is worried that if the third uncle suddenly launches a blow to Hua Ting Gong, Taiyue Gong is afraid that he will fall into a dilemma, and even if it does not affect Taiyue Gong's attitude in the court, he will feel despised by the third uncle...... The nephew thought that such a situation should be avoided. ”

Gao Gong's face moved, nodded, and said, "This is reasonable." After thinking about it, he said, "Let's put this matter aside for a while, and then make a decision after I discuss it with my uncle." ”