What does Tall Beard want to do? Of course, Zhang Juzheng was also suspicious of this question in his heart, but he didn't want to show it to Feng Bao.

Zhang Juzheng's attitude towards Gao Gong, to be honest, is difficult for even himself to define in a few words.

Both of them used to be "engaged in education", from the Hanlin Academy to the Guozijian, from the Guozijian to the lecturer of Yuwang, the two have always been colleagues, and at the same time, Gao Gong has always been Zhang Juzheng's predecessor and leader, until he entered the cabinet and auxiliary government. The academic views of the two of them are very close, or Gao Gong has a great influence on the establishment of Zhang Juzheng's academic views.

Although Gao and Zhang both pretended to be Confucian ministers, what they actually admired was Legalism. Of course, this is not surprising, after all, the Chinese dynasties have often been "Confucian skin bones", wearing the skin of Confucianism, doing what Legalists love to do. From the imperial education and Hanlin education proposed by Gao Gong in "Benyu", to Zhang Juzheng's "Xin Weihui Trial Cheng Ce", "Answering Chu Xuedao Jin Shengwu on Learning and Politics" and other articles, we can see that the two people's thoughts are extremely similar.

Gao Gong advocates practicality and "noble modernism", which is very different from the class of corrupt Confucians who often talk about the three generations of Tang Yu, and the "Queen of Law" that Zhang Juzheng admires is also the same reason. It can be seen that the two of them have the same political philosophy and value orientation.

Moreover, both of them are opposed to lecturing. Historically, the Jia, Long, and Wan dynasties were the heyday of Yangming psychology. Xu Jie had lectured at the Lingji Palace in Beijing with the famous Wang scholar Nie Bao and Ouyang De, and the audience was sometimes as many as 5,000 people, which can be seen in the prosperity of the lecture.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng grew up and worked in such an atmosphere, so naturally they could not be affected by it, and because Zhang Juzheng was a disciple of Xu Jie, he also had a lot of dealings with a group of Wang scholars (no wind note: this has Zhang Juzheng's many letters as evidence). However, he often accused the lecturers of just talking falsely, "using false views as tacit evidence", and "shrimp and toad Zen". He often advised these people to be "down-to-earth" and "advocate the essence", and opposed "giving up their abilities and opening a different course to learn".

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that in history, Zhang Juzheng later destroyed the academy, killed He Xinyin, and stood in complete opposition to that class of lecturers.

Gao Gong, on the other hand, because he was a scholar himself, had little contact with those lecturers, but strangely enough, from his writings and letters, I did not find how fiercely he opposed these people. His practical learning belongs to his own set of activities, standing outside of Cheng, Zhu, Lu, and Wang, and he did not follow the popular Wang Xueran at that time, but he did not return to Cheng and Zhu, but insisted on starting from the current reality, and he would do whatever kind of knowledge is needed to govern the country well.

It is precisely because the views are almost completely unanimous that in the current cabinet, Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji are more like Xu Jie's personal disciples, while Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng are the other faction. Therefore, although both of them may have been influenced by Yang Ming Xinxue to a greater or lesser extent, anti-lecturing is an academic stance they both adhere to.

This position made Zhang Juzheng stand on the opposite side of his teacher Xu Jie, and it was also an important factor in Zhang Juzheng's failure to accept the huge political resources left by Xu Jie. In turn, this is also the reason why Zhang Juzheng tried every means to build momentum for Gao Gong after Gao Gong Zhishi - Zhang Juzheng also wants to do practical things after all, he knows that if Gao Gong can't come back, he is the last student with the least qualifications, and he really can't deal with Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji, an alliance in the actual sense. This is the first point that Zhang Juzheng hesitates about his relationship with Gao Gong: without Gao Gong to attract firepower, will he become cannon fodder?

So the high arch is back, and it is still the high arch that does what he says, which is definitely different from the Xu Jie, and he has to get by, and he takes maintaining his reputation and status as the first priority.

Zhang Juzheng himself is in the cabinet, although he is mainly in charge of the military department, he is still very aware of the reform measures taken by Gao Gong since he was also the secretary of the ministry: break the "theory of restraint" and use both jinshi and people; Whoever abuses an official shall sit with the Lord; Establish a personnel file system and form an echelon of alternate officials; State and county officials are younger, and "those over 50 shall not be the head of the state and county"; Shadow officials, according to the merits of the government; adjust the employment policy and improve the regional avoidance system; Reducing redundant personnel, streamlining the organization, and improving morale; And so on and so forth.

These measures are all what he Zhang Juzheng himself is eager to see, and even wants to do it himself.

This is also the second point of Zhang Juzheng's hesitation about the relationship between himself and Gao Gong: if there is no Gao Gong, with his qualifications and prestige, can he do these things well? Will it be subject to various constraints and finally unable to carry it out?

Because of these two doubts, Zhang Juzheng felt that at least when Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji were still in the cabinet, he still needed to maintain a good relationship with Gao Gong.

What's more, who is he Zhang Juzheng, he doesn't know why Feng Bao came to the door to get close to him? It's just because Gao Gong recommended two successive celebrant seals, Chen Hong and Meng Chong, but he never refused to recommend him!

But doesn't Zhang Juzheng know what Gao Gong thinks in his heart? It's just that I don't want to see another Wang Zhen or Liu Jin from Daming!

However, he thinks so with Gao Gong, and I don't think so Zhang Juzheng? I, Zhang Juzheng, am not a civil official? I, Zhang Juzheng, want to see the eunuchs mess up the government? Joke!

But the sneer in his heart returned to the sneer in his heart, Zhang Juzheng's personality is not like Gao Gong's after all, his joy and anger are directly on his face, so he is willing to cooperate with Feng Bao's performance: "Forgive Juzheng for being stupid, I don't know what Zhongxuan Gong's plan is." ”

Feng Bao laughed, and then lowered his voice and said, "I heard that Old Xiangye Xu sent someone to visit Taiyue Xianggong today, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

said so, but as the commander of Dongchang, it was obvious that Feng Bao was sure enough to identify this.

So Zhang Juzheng didn't bother to defend himself, and directly admitted: "You Qi is about to talk to me about this matter...... However, I have only been back for a short time since I was on duty in the Cabinet today, so the person sent by the teacher was not able to meet with me, and I don't know why the teacher sent him. ”

"What else could it be, isn't it the trouble caused by the land return case?" Feng Bao snorted and said, "Hai Rui's side is no longer satisfied with letting Old Master Xu retire from the field, and now he has begun to deal with several sons of the Xu family...... After all, Old Xiangye Xu is no longer in the center, so he can only send someone to Jingshi to find a way, Taiyue Xianggong, you are the most important protégé of Old Xiangye Xu, if he doesn't come to you, who else can he find? ”