What is the imperial history of the patrol does not need to be explained, but the "patrol" needs to be explained, and the patrol is the meaning of "sub-patrol according to governance". This post was set up from the seventeenth year of Hongwu, its identity was to supervise the imperial history, and the "patrol" was sent by it, according to the importance of the provincial highway location, it was called "big difference", "middle difference", "small difference" three kinds.

Generally speaking, each difference lasts for one year, calculated from the time of arrival and the time of departure, regardless of the cost of travel. When the mission is full of returning to Beijing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will inspect whether it is competent, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will make a difference in front of the Imperial Procuratorate, and each time two people are selected to the Imperial Palace, one person will be appointed by the emperor, and when the errand is completed, he will return to Beijing directly to the Son of Heaven and not report to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Therefore, although the imperial history is inspected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is not counted as a subordinate official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and has a high degree of independence.

And the reason why Gao Pragmatic was so surprised when he heard that he was promoted by Wang Guoguang as the imperial historian of Guangxi, and even worried that he would provoke the anger of the public, was because the power of the imperial historian has been expanding from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the present.

In particular, as the governor gradually became the supreme chief executive of a province, and the governor had the authority to supervise the governor at the same time, some powerful governors could even force the governor to retreat.

In fact, the official title of the governor is the governor of the imperial history, generally speaking, they are high-ranking officials of the third or fourth grade, and in terms of name, they are the superiors of the imperial history. Therefore, the official document of the governor to the governor is called "subdivision", while the official document of the governor to the governor can only be called "submission". Fu, according to the meeting of political affairs, the governor of the main seat, patrol according to the side seat. This kind of relationship between superiors and subordinates was still affirmed by the imperial court during the Hongzhi Dynasty.

However, in the Jiajing period, there began to change, at first the governor called himself "sitting", and later even began to intersect with the governor on an equal footing, calling each other "acolytes", and often produced much lower rank inspectors to impeach the governor, and the governor had to obey orders.

Therefore, the current patrol press is majestic in the locality, from the second grade of the political envoy to see the seventh grade patrol press, and even many of them are subordinate to themselves, the Ming Dynasty's "small to big" principle was waved to the extreme at this moment. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic was very shocked that he would be selected as a candidate for the Imperial History, and I was really demoted

He had a faint feeling that Guo Pu's recent performance was somewhat different from the past, and he had always taken stability as a prerequisite for doing things in the past, but recently, his actions were obviously a little radical, and he seemed to be impatient to push himself to a high position.

Could it be that the teacher really made up his mind to be a teacher?

"General Xian, if the junior has a bad sentence, ask Yuanfu directly, I don't know if I can ask you a question or two" Gao Pragmatic finally couldn't help asking.

Wang Guoguang saw that his face was solemn, and he gradually restrained his smile, nodded and said, "If you don't understand anything, just ask, and the old man who can answer will try his best to answer you." ”

"Has Motosuke already decided to give birth to seventy?"

Wang Guoguang sighed and said with a wry smile, "No wonder Yuan Fu said that he might not be able to hide it from you, you can really see it"

Gao Pragmatic's face changed.

Wang Guoguang shook his head and said, "Not only Yuanfu, but the old man will also start handing over the beggar's bones next year, and the old man is only one year younger than Yuanfu." He looked into Gao Shi's eyes, "Now do you know why Yuanfu and the old man pushed you to the position of governor of a province?"

Gao Shishi's heart was a little chaotic, Mr. Guo refused to let his reputation be damaged for many years, and he had to reach the age of 70 to follow the routine, which had a big impact. Although he was routinely succeeded by his uncle after his death, his uncle's foundation lies in the Jin Party, and the Jin Party is only a branch of the Gao Party, and it is difficult to say how much support he will be able to get from the Gao Party at that time.

And there is also a hidden worry that Zhang Siwei's health has not been very good, Li Shizhen said that he "has been sick for a long time", unless he rests and slowly recuperates, and there can not be too many emotional ups and downs, so that in a year, he may be able to recover his vitality.

But how could Zhang Siwei stop and raise the year now

Therefore, Gao Shishi was very worried that if Zhang Siwei died at that time, Gao Dang would be directly at a disadvantage in the cabinet.

At present, in addition to Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei in the cabinet, the remaining three are Shen Shixing, Yu Youding and Xu Guo, among which only Xu Guo is a Gao Party, but he is a native of Nanzhili She County, and he is deeply affected by Xinxue, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not simply vote for the Xinxue Party because of the deterioration of the situation.

And now Wang Guoguang also said that he will also be Zhishi in two years at the latest, and the key position of Zuodu Yushi may also be lost

Under the prosperity of the Gao Party, there are such big worries

Gao Pragmatic felt a little headache, it seems that the plan he made back then can be managed for more than ten years, even if Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei temporarily recommend one or two Gao Dang to join the cabinet before they retire, I am afraid that Shen Shixing and others will have to hold power for at least a few years.

Guo Pu must have seen this problem, so he will find ways to improve his status recently and be a patrol according to the imperial history, not to mention being a governor in the next step, it will definitely be more than enough to be a soldier.

Mr. Guo and Mr. Wang are paving the way for themselves in the last days of their political careers.

What else can Gao Pragmatic say, he can only respectfully salute Wang Guoguang, and said, "The younger generation knows, thank you for the importance of the general constitution, entrust the important task, and the younger generation dare not do their best"

Wang Guoguang said with relief, "Originally, Yuanfu and the old man didn't want you to have too much pressure, so they decided not to explain the reason to you, but since you can see it yourself, then forget it." However, the old man still hopes that you can calm down and don't act too much in order to prove yourself.

You are demoted to the third level this time, although because of the decree of the Empress Dowager Rensheng, Yuan Fu and the old man have used it to allow you to hold one side of the power, but now you really can't find a better difference Guangxi has been chaotic for more than ten years, and the people have risen and fallen one after another, and even King Gui's palace has been lost twice. After you go, you must stabilize the situation, don't raise troops indiscriminately, even if you want to raise troops, don't lead the troops yourself, anyway, you are a patrol, a supervising army, and you can't run away from your credit if you win, but if you lead the troops to attack by yourself, it will be difficult to explain if you lose. ”

In the battle of the whole province, the patrol will definitely be a supervising army, and it can only be a supervising army. But that is only a theory, in fact, with the current prestige of the provincial governors, if they have to order the transfer of troops, how dare those commanders and generals not listen to their evaluations, whether they are talking about merit or fault, the comments of the inspectors are more important than the governor's comments.

Because the governor has been in office for a long time, the imperial court is worried that they will form a combination of interests with the local generals, and the governor is generally only in office for one year, so the imperial court is of course much more relieved and trusted.

Gao Pragmatic didn't know much about the situation in Guangxi now, so he could only agree first.

Wang Guoguang said: "Tomorrow, the old man will take you to His Majesty to see you, in fact, this matter is just a formality, the emperor will definitely pick you, maybe there is something to say to you." ”

Gao pragmatically smiled and didn't speak.