However, Shen Shixing did not agree with Wang Xijue's opinion, he shook his head and said: "Even if it is assumed by Fang Cai, the emperor will summon Gao Qiuzhen to enter the cabinet, it is impossible to directly use him as the first assistant. After all, Gao Qiuzhen is only Gengchen Gold List, and his qualifications are too shallow, and he is used for officials, or it can be said to be applied according to his aptitude, but if he is promoted to the head of the government in one fell swoop, it is bound to be difficult to convince the public. Since he can't be the first assistant, why should he worry about whether the imperial concubine was in power at that time? ”

When Wang Xijue heard this, he thought about it a little, and also felt that Shen Shixing's concern was reasonable, so he had to change his mind again, and muttered: "As Yuan Fu said, Gao Shishi is so serious now, there should be other reasons." ”

Shen Shixing sighed and said, "Yuan Yu, you say...... Could it be that the two of us are thinking too deeply? ”

Wang Xijue couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and there was obviously some disapproval in his eyes, but it was just inconvenient to speak directly.

It's no wonder that he doesn't agree with Shen Shixing's statement, Shen Shixing and Gao Shixing have not had no experience before, both indirect and direct, and so far there has been no time to win, just the difference between a small loss and a big loss.

Of course, Shen Shixing's level is not bad, and Wang Xijue also knows him well enough, since he has already suffered every time, it can be seen that high pragmatism is not simple. In this way, you Shen Yuanfu still wonder if you are thinking too deeply, which is a bit too much, right?

Shen Shixing also saw Wang Xijue's doubts and explained: "Yuan Yu don't misunderstand, I don't mean that Gao Qiuzhen is not thoughtful, but there is some factor that makes him unable to act completely according to his own will, so he made such an unreasonable move." ”

Oh, I see. Wang Xijue was stunned, and then immediately thought about it, and after pondering for a while, he said slowly: "Yuan Fu's words, I'm afraid it's just to the point. ”

"Oh?" Shen Shixing immediately asked, "What is the solution to this?" ”

Wang Xijue said in a deep voice: "There is only one person in the world who can force Gao Qiuzhen to change his original intention and do such a reckless act. ”

Shen Shixing's pupils dilated suddenly, and he blurted out: "Your Majesty!" ”

"Yes, only the emperor can do this." Wang Xijue's eyes were blazing, and he said in a condensed voice: "It seems that I still underestimated the pressure on the emperor from the Zhengguo Ben incident...... It was precisely because this pressure was too great for him that he transferred this pressure to Gao Qiuzhen, hoping that his fellow hairie could help him. As a result, this forced Gao Qiuzhen to create an incident in this Beijing inspection, and this incident had to be as big as possible. ”

Shen Shixing suddenly realized, took a deep breath, nodded vigorously, and said, "Yes, yes, this matter can only be explained like this." ”

Wang Xijue twisted his beard and smiled, quite looking forward to being proud.

Shen Shixing saw his expression in his eyes, but he didn't care, but instead complimented him: "Yuan Yu Dacai, if I had entered the Feng Pavilion to help me in the past, how could I have today's predicament." "Fengge refers to the cabinet, which is referred to by the Zhongshu Province in the Wu Zetian period.

Wang Xijue smiled reservedly, shook his head and said: "The world is impermanent, and there is nothing to say about the past. ”

Shen Shixing saw that the effect of his words had been achieved, so he continued: "Although Gao Qiuzhen was forced to create an incident, as far as we are concerned, wouldn't this be difficult to do? ”

Wang Xijue was still immersed in pride, and when he heard Shen Shixing's words, he didn't react, and subconsciously asked, "Why is it so difficult?" ”

Shen Shixing sighed: "Yuan Yu thinks, since Gao Qiuzhen was forced by the emperor to create an incident, then his purpose is divided into two: first, he wants to shift the focus of our desire to correct the country, and leave time for the emperor to think of a way; Second, he took the opportunity to put the matter of commercial taxes on the table.

In this way, if we were to contend with him over the matter of commercial taxes, his purpose in creating an incident would have been achieved. On the other hand, if we don't give him a chance to create an incident, then we can only choose not to argue with him, no matter what happens to the Jingcha incident in the end, as long as it passes earlier. But in this way, he wants to collect business taxes in Jiangnan, and I am afraid that we will not be able to stop it. ”

Wang Xijue's face changed greatly, and soon a look of anger appeared, and he said: "What a high truth-seeking, sure enough, he will not suffer a loss in death, and between advance and retreat, there will always be something for him to gain!" ”

Shen Shixing sighed, looking quite helpless, but secretly said in his heart: Now do you know how difficult this kid is Gao Shixing? This guy is a hedgehog as agile as a tiger, and he rolls at you at every turn, and you can't touch him yet, and if you touch it, it hurts. But if you are afraid of getting hurt, you can only avoid it, but then you give way to him.

The so-called rat trap is in such a situation.

However, Wang Xijue refused to admit defeat so easily, and quickly proposed a method, saying: "Many of my previous private letters have been sent, and now they have to be sent. It's okay to say that there must be an uproar in Nancha, and it is impossible to stop abruptly.

For today's plan, the only way to do this is to unite righteous people with lofty ideals, and quickly break through his policy of levying commercial taxes with the momentum of thunder. and then brought the attention of the government and the opposition back to the matter of Zhengguoben, so that he couldn't take care of both ends, and the left and right sides collapsed. ”

In all fairness, Wang Xijue's idea does look good, if Shen Shixing has a deeper understanding of the art of war, he may be able to find that this hand is somewhat similar to the "internal maneuver" tactic: that is, to concentrate forces, first destroy one part of the enemy, and then rely on the advantage of the inner line to quickly maneuver, non-stop, to fight fast and slow, and then to break the other enemy.

In the original history, Nurhachi used this tactic in the Battle of Sarhu.

But tactics are tactics, and the most critical thing about this tactic is that after you concentrate your forces, you can really quickly break through the enemy. If you are unable to break down a single part of the enemy's army, or even just fail to break it quickly, then this tactic can only be declared bankrupt.

Shen Shixing did not "tacticalize" this matter, but he still understood the reasoning, and the key points were also very clear, so he immediately expressed his doubts: "How to quickly break through its policy of levying commercial taxes?" ”

Wang Xijue frowned and said, "Didn't Fang just say it?" Unite righteous people with lofty ideals......"

Shen Shixing rarely took the initiative to interrupt Wang Xijue's words, stretched out his hand to stop it, and said, "I'm afraid this is difficult." ”

Wang Xijue frowned, and even looked a little dissatisfied, frowning and asked: "My heart has been in the same vein as his real school for decades, although it can only be equal to it above the temple at the moment, but it is an overall advantage below the fourth or fifth grade, not to mention in Jiangnan and other places, our winning side is even greater...... Forgive Xijue for being stupid, I don't know what is difficult about this? ”

Shen Shixing sighed: "The difficulty of this matter lies with the 'ministers', but the difficulty lies with the emperor." ”

Wang Xijue was stunned when he heard this, and then his face changed slightly, and he said a little ugly: "Yuanfu is saying...... The emperor is going to pull the bias frame? ”

"You can imagine it." Shen Shixing sighed again, shook his head, and said, "Gao Qiuzhen's move was originally to ease the pressure on the emperor, and the emperor naturally knew this. In this case, if Gao Qiuzhen is deflated in the court, or is impeached in a large number of ways, does Yuan Yu think that the emperor will not protect him? ”

Wang Xijue was furious in his heart, although he couldn't criticize the emperor in his mouth, he still couldn't help but say: "If the world is full of discussion, like a river pouring in, won't the emperor ...... Don't you think deeply? ”

Shen Shixing was silent for a while, and after a while, he calmly asked, "What if the emperor doesn't?" ”

Wang Xijue's eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of disbelief.

Shen Shixing's face was still unwavering, and he asked calmly again: "If the emperor is unwilling, what can I do?" Resign? ”

Wang Xijue said angrily: "If you resign, you will resign!" If the Holy Majesty can even turn a deaf ear to the public opinion of the world, then what can I do as an auxiliary minister? What a good thing to keep like this! ”

Shen Shixing sighed again, and then asked softly: "It's easy to resign, even if the emperor doesn't allow it, we can hang up the crown and return to the house." It's just that Yuan Yu has ever thought about where the court will go if I wait for this to go? In the future, all the courts will learn, my generation has worked hard all my life, but in the end it can only be like this, so how should I explain to the younger generations of students after a hundred years? ”

Wang Xijue was speechless for a while, and Shen Shixing said: "Besides, it's easy for me to wait for this time, but don't you still have to collect the business tax?" Isn't the country still in vain? After I return to my hometown, how should I explain to the Jiangnan gentry? ”

Wang Xijue's nostrils were a little hot, his teeth were bitten and bitten, and after a long time, he said angrily: "I just don't believe it, in the past, Huating Gong could cause the world to fall into the arch, even if Mu Miao was pro-arch, he had to let Gao Xinzheng return to his hometown." I expect that today's trend will be better than in the past, how to fight undefeated and seek truth! ”

"This time and that time." Shen Shixing shook his head and said: "When the Duke of Huating fell into the arch, he overthrew the power of Yan, the benefits of the road, the convenience of the first emperor, and the superiority of the Gao Party, so that he was able to force back Gao Xin Zheng Ye." Today's situation is very different, in addition to Shi Xingxi's position as the first assistant, what advantages do we have?

The emperor has been in power for fifteen years, and even the queen mother has returned to power for several years. In the past few years, the imperial court has recovered Annan, controlled and strangled Youmeng, pacified southern Xinjiang, and looked down on the remnants of the Yuan. However, if you take a closer look, whose work is this? This is not only the emperor's work, but also the work of seeking truth! In terms of power, we may compare with it? ”

Shen Shixing shook his head, looked at Wang Xijue, who had a calm face and didn't speak, and continued: "Let's talk about Yanlu, when the Duke of Huating went to the throne, I had an advantage in Yanlu. Even if Gao Xinzheng mixed a lot of sand into his words later, we can barely maintain this advantage, at least the position of Zuodu Yushi has always been firmly in hand.

And now? The imperial history of the left capital had to change hands, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate may still be able to rely on a slightly more manpower and barely maintain a slight advantage, but the rising star of the real school gradually controls the six subjects, such as that Xiao Liang has peers, and it is a high-seeking private party. In the middle of the science and technology, it is difficult to say that I am still able to overwhelm them.

As for the high party's popularity, it is needless to say that although the number of the Shixue faction is not as large as mine, they occupy important positions everywhere, and even in the places in Jiangnan where my generation is dominant, they have also installed a lot of important members. Although the number of people is small but the effect is very large, in addition, such as Hai Gangfeng, although they claim to be a gentleman and not a party, their actions are mostly biased towards practical learning. Alas, I think that although this trend is easy to rise, it may be difficult to ......"

Wang Xijue knew that Shen Shixing had been embarrassed to support the crisis alone, don't look at him as a dignified Yuanfu, it seems that one person is above ten thousand people, but in fact, there are constraints everywhere, he can't let go of his hands and feet at all, and he will be stopped from doing anything he wants.

Especially the most troublesome point here is that many of the concepts of the Heart School do not match the emperor - this is not right, Wang Xijue thought about it, it should be said that Gao Pragmatic instilled some extremely wrong ideas in the emperor! As a result, it created an embarrassing situation that no matter what the Heart School did, it seemed to be singing against the emperor.

But is there something wrong with that? As a minister, should he obey the emperor in everything and be indiscriminate? The more Wang Xijue thought about it, the more angry he became.

"According to Yuansuke, what else can I do? Or just admit defeat and give in, and let Gao Qiuzhen do nonsense! Anyway, no matter how much he does it, he will still be a civil servant, and he can't send someone to my house to arrest me and cut me down when the time comes. Hmph, if he really wants to do this, my Wang Xijue's head is here, but he is not afraid of his knife. ”

Shen Shixing smiled bitterly and said, "Why does Yuan Yu need to say such angry words? The national affairs are difficult, our generation is just working together, erecting a monument and a banner for the right way in the world, don't let people with lofty ideals think that their hearts will not learn, and they want to vote for it but have no way. How can you be depressed, and when you encounter some setbacks, you will give up on yourself, abandon reason and avoid the world? ”

Shen Shixing's words were very enduring, and Wang Xijue was speechless for a while after listening to it.

After a long while, Wang Xijue silently took out a note from his arms and handed it to Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing didn't know what it was, so he took it and asked, "What is written?" ”

Wang Xijue said expressionlessly: "The nursery rhyme that suddenly came out last night...... In fact, it's not a nursery rhyme, it's a poem, "A Cut of Plums" - I think, this poem is probably written for the two of us. ”

Shen Shixing was quite surprised when he heard this, but it is not a good sign to regard a poem as a "nursery rhyme", and this kind of "nursery rhyme" that suddenly appeared since ancient times is almost not good.

He opened it with some concern, only to see that the note was indeed a song "One Cut Plum":

Shitu drilling to Seiko, Jingxin Changtong, charcoal respect Changfeng. Don't talk about current affairs and be heroes, blindly mellow and humble. The minister's economy is calm, don't show miraculous achievements, don't say loyalty, all kinds of personnel should be hazy, there is no mediocrity in refutation, and there is no mediocrity in discussion.

There is nothing to do in all directions, the national fortune is long, the official fortune is passing, everyone praises the harmony, the good is also filled, and the bad is also filled. There is no disaster and no difficulty to the three dukes, the wife is honored, the son is in the shade, and the future generations are even more endless.

"Smack!"

Shen Shixing slapped the note on the table and said angrily: "Shaft! It's too much of a deception! ”

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PS: This poem was originally from the Qing Dynasty, and you can check the specific deeds if you are interested.