"I'm here to ask you, are there any officials in the Hanlin Academy that are suitable for the Gao Qing family to take office now?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Shen Shixing, but the other six lecturers were all startled, including several protégés of Gao Gong, they all looked at Emperor Longqing with wide eyes, looking incredulous.

Shen Shixing hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Hanlin Courtyard is the most noble place in the country, and most of the officials are from the Jinbang Jinshi, and even the subordinate officials of the eight or nine grades in the courtyard must also come from the Guozijian, and after strict selection, they can be appointed to Hanlin." Gao Gongzi's talent, there are books and texts to prove it, and the ministers are also happy and heartbroken, but the country has its own regulations, and this Hanlin noble official should not be awarded at will. ”

When Shen Shixing said this, he glanced up at the three in the palace, and found that not only Longqing's face was unhappy, but the crown prince was also unhappy, and even the concubine frowned a little. He smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still had to explain: "Your Majesty, the minister said this, in fact, it is also for the sake of Gao Gongzi. ”

Before Long Qing could speak, the crown prince Zhu Yijun couldn't help it, and asked with a sullen face: "Mr. Shen, the lonely gentlemen are all important ministers of the country, which is very good." But the lonely companion reading, should it be a white body? ”

Gao Shishi scratched his head a little when he heard it, although Zhu Yijun, this kid, has seen his own Lao Tzu being scolded by the civil officials and has nowhere to send it, but after all, he still hasn't really eaten the head of the civil officials, and it is inevitable that he will be a little oppressive when he speaks, and he doesn't know if he will be directly pushed back by Shen Shixing?

But fortunately, Shen Shixing's temper was finally in place, and after hearing these words, he only replied calmly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives his sins, how dare the minister think like this?" In fact, because the prince went out of the cabinet to study, how to arrange his lecturers, the court has long had a precedent, and all the lecturers have official positions. However, the position of accompanying reading was not regulated by the imperial court, only in the early years of Hongwu, Taizu had selected Gao Cai as the companion of Prince Yiwen (Prince Zhu Biao's nickname) in the Guozijian. However, His Majesty should know that after the martyrdom of Chengzu, the system of the dynasty became more and more perfect, and institutions such as the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion also made corresponding arrangements for the prince to go out of the pavilion to study...... Therefore, the minister thought that no matter where he looked at it, there was no need for the prince to accompany him to establish a new official. ”

After all, Shen Shixing is a scholar and not a speech official, and this is quite polite, but politeness is polite, and the reason is still clear - the dynasty has its own system!

Zhu Yijun was suddenly dumbfounded, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Concubine Li sighed secretly on the side, but this time she did not criticize the crown prince, but just looked at the emperor.

Long Qing is a darling madman in the end, originally he thought that Shen Shixing's words were very reasonable, if it was in normal times, he would definitely choose to accept it humbly. However, in front of his son, especially after his son was pushed back, some fathers were dignified for a while, and felt that they had to find a place for their son, otherwise where would I put my face as Lao Tzu?

But after all, he is not as young as Zhu Yijun, although he is usually easy to speak, but good talking does not mean that he is easy to fool - if he is really a stupid emperor who is easy to fool, can he kick off the prelude to the "Longwan Great Reform"? Can you use such a large group of capable ministers?

So Emperor Longqing instead restrained the dissatisfaction in his heart before, and said lightly: "The dynasty set up officials such as bachelors and bachelors to teach scriptures and lectures. I specially selected Gao Aiqing to be the prince's companion today, but it is for other purposes. What's more, Shen Qing's family also said that Gao Aiqing's talent, you, the predecessor of the champion, were also happy and heartbroken when they saw it. ”

Shen Shixing is naturally not so easy to refute, and when he hears the words, he wants to answer, but Longqing naturally has his reliance-

He didn't give Shen Shixing a chance to continue talking, and then continued: "As for saying that the imperial court does not have the position of the prince's companion at the moment, that is easy to do. In the past, I listened to Mr. Gao's lectures, and Mr. Gao once said, "The scriptures are definite rights, and the right is indefinite scriptures", which is based on the principle of "things are displaced, and things are easy to be in place; The law changes with the times, and the law moves with the times', I think it is the most reasonable. Therefore, since there is a need for a prince to accompany the study, the imperial court should of course also 'change the law and keep pace with the times' and create a new position. ”

I have to say that the level of Longqing's words is a hundred times higher than Zhu Yijun's, and taking out Gao Gong's words to talk about things is even more implicit killing - you Shen Shixing is a scholar, but Gao Gong is not only your predecessor Jinshi and senior scholar, but also your main leader. Although you civil officials are not afraid to refute the emperor, do you dare to bear the charge of "disrespecting your predecessors"? Do you have the courage to argue with Gao Gong about his words that are clearly reform-minded?

Sure enough, this time it was Shen Shixing's turn to sit on wax a little. Shen Shixing's personality was not very strong, otherwise why did Wanli pay less and less attention to the advice of civil officials after Shen Shixing became the first assistant in history? Although part of the reason for this is that Wanli saw through the powerlessness of the civil official group in some matters, it cannot be denied that Shen Shixing himself is indeed not a "strong order" type official.

Therefore, as soon as Long Qing's words came out, Shen Shixing could only use the "superior leader" to prevaricate: "If Your Majesty has this idea, the minister really has no right to put his beak, but the new official position is a matter of great importance, and it must be discussed by the cabinet......

Long Qing showed a hint of satisfaction, glanced at the prince, and sure enough, he saw the prince looking at him with a look of adoration. The dignity of his father in Long Qing's heart was greatly satisfied, and then he glanced at Concubine Li.

Li Guifei then spoke directly for the first time about the prince's companionship: "Mr. Shen." ”

Shen Shixing saw that it was the concubine who called him, so he didn't dare to raise his head, but just looked down at his toes, and bowed slightly: "The minister is here." ”

Li Guifei said: "This palace just heard you discuss the book "Longwen Whip Shadow" presented by Gao Shishi, and they all said that it is very well written, if the prince can read this book well, it will be of great benefit, yes or no?" ”

Shen Shixing didn't raise his head: "Back to the concubine, yes." ”

"Well, in that case, he has to talk about his dedication to books, right?" Concubine Li Guifei smiled and glanced at Gao Shishi, and said: "I see that although this child is young, his knowledge and character are the best choice, and the emperor and the palace have the intention to keep him to study with the prince, this is also for the prince, and it is for the Ming Dynasty to consolidate the country's foundation, this truth should be the most understood by the Shen Qing family." Even so, you can't just ask people to do things, but you don't even have a reward, if it is passed out, you can't say that the emperor and the palace don't know what? ”

Shen Shixing couldn't help but secretly complain when he heard it, he knew that the words of the concubine Niangniang were already soft and hard: on the one hand, he said softly that this matter was related to the country, and on the other hand, he said hard that if he did not give an official, it would make the government and the opposition and the people criticize the emperor and the concubine for being stingy. In this way, if you continue to insist, not only is the reason insufficient, but also seems to disregard human feelings, and you may even directly offend Gao Gong.

That's it, it's not that I don't want to persuade it, I really can't persuade it!

"Since the saint, the crown prince, and the concubine all insisted on it, and the minister did not dare to hold a dissenting opinion, the minister agreed to the new position of the prince's companion, or by another name. It's just that whether this official belongs to the Hanlin Yuan or the Zhan Mansion, the minister thinks that he still has to ask the cabinet to discuss, and then the vote is to be submitted, so that it can be decided. ”

But Long Qing shook his head and said: "Don't be so troublesome, Meng Chong, Feng Bao, you remember: Gao Pragmatic is the prince's companion, there is no grade, and the official returns to the Hanlin Academy." In addition, with his dedication to books, he pretended to lecture on bachelors, but because he was not a real person, he did not care about it for the time being. ”