Different from the previous time when he returned to his hometown on the road, this time Gao Pragmatic escorted the coffin of the high arch back to his hometown, not to mention the fanfare along the way, and when he met a local official gentry, he also met them one by one with a smile, even if the other party was engaged in the world, he also accepted it calmly.

It's not that Gao Cheng is floating, but the situation of returning to his hometown this time is different from last time, now that Gao Gong has passed away, he has also resigned, and he is not afraid of someone who has the ability to impeach you You said that I was so highly praised because of my cheap father.

This is really an unofficial and light.

Moreover, the visit of the gentry along the way also has a role for him, that is, to let some people not misjudge, thinking that Gao Gong is not there, they can do things casually, and the tiger is dead, and Gao Gong is dead, but it does not mean that Gao Dang is dead.

Before Gao Shishi left Beijing, according to the edict of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and the Emperor, the cabinet had completed the adjustment, in fact, everyone moved forward, with only one exception.

Guo Pu was promoted from the second assistant position, that is, the scholar of Zhongji Hall University Lu Diao Yang Gang was promoted to the second assistant, so he resigned due to illness, and Zhang Siwei returned to his hometown to enter the second assistant, that is, Jianji Hall University Shi Ma Ziqiang from Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar to Wu Yingdian University Scholar Shen Shixing from Dongge University Scholar to Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar.

Of the six official bachelor's seats in the cabinet, four are now accounted for, and two are still vacant, with the third-ranked Muryoungjeon Fellowship and the sixth-ranked Dongkaku Fellow vacant.

Lu Tiaoyang's entry into the cabinet before was a bit of a compromise, because he was also a mental student. At that time, after the fall of Zhang Juzheng, the ministers of the central school of the court were more nervous, although Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong had been close before, but he was still a disciple of Xu Jie, and when Gao Gong was in power, he was barely able to pinch his nose and talk to Zhang Juzheng.

As soon as Zhang Juzheng fell, these people were quite frightened, so for the sake of overall stability, Gao Gong recommended Lu Tiaoyang to join the cabinet to fill a position. Although Lu Tiaoyang is a disciple of Cheng Wende, the boss of the Yongkang faction of Xinxue, he is at least relatively honest and upright.

However, Lu Tiaoyang has already submitted his resignation several times earlier, this time Gao Gong died, he didn't know what to consider, but he was very resolute in his resignation, Zhu Yijun after discussing with Guo Pu, and asked the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and finally approved.

Zhang Siwei entered the cabinet in the third year of Wanli, in fact, after Lu Tiaoyang entered the cabinet, Gao Gong intended to recommend Zhang Siwei to enter the cabinet, but Zhang Siwei's body has been a little good and bad in those years, and it was only good in the second half of the second year of Wanli, so it was delayed until the third year of Wanli before he was finally promoted to the Ministry of Rites, and the scholar of Jiadong Pavilion entered the cabinet.

Zhang Siwei is, of course, a hardcore high party, and a core member, while Ma Ziqiang is similar. Ma Ziqiang is a native of Shaanxi, and his family is also a big businessman, Zhang Siwei, Wang Chonggu, and Ma Ziqiang's three families basically control at least half of the salt industry in the north.

In addition, Ma Ziqiang's youngest son Ma Yu and Gao Pragmatic also have a lot of friendship, when Mu Zong selected the prince to accompany the two of them to read, and later after I answered the tribute, Gao Pragmatic expanded the trade network of the Jinghua caravan, and began to Shaanxi, Gansu Exhibition, as the head of the snake Ma family also made a lot of efforts in it, Ma Wei even personally rushed back to Shaanxi to help, so Ma Ziqiang is not only a high party, even in the Wanli era, can already be regarded as a core member.

It's just that Ma Ziqiang is not the same age as Gao Gong, he is sixty-five this year, and from the usual physical condition, he is actually not as good as Gao Gong, and he also died in the sixth year of Wanli in history, but Gao Zheng can't remember the month clearly.

Before Gao Shishi left Beijing, he discussed with Guo Pu about Ma Ziqiang's physical condition, and gave some suggestions on what Gao Dang should do in case Ma Ziqiang also died.

Now it's a little troublesome for Shen Shixing. Shen Shixing is also a member of the Xinxue Sect, but Gao Gong still introduced him to the cabinet in March this year, for two reasons: one is that Lu Tiaoyang was not in good health at that time, and he had to take a leave of absence every three or five days, and the Xinxue people were very worried that Lu Tiaoyang would die at any time, in fact, although this person was sick, he still lived for two years after he became a scholar in history, so I very much hope that a young minister of the Heart School will enter the cabinet.

The second is that when Shen Shixing was the prince of Zhu Yijun, he was "the same knowledge of the prince's feast", which was regarded as Gao Gong and Zhu Xizhong's nominal deputy, and in fact the head of the prince's feast, in a sense, he was Zhu Yijun's teacher. Now that the student has been the emperor for six or seven years, he has enough qualifications as a teacher, and it is indeed time to enter the cabinet.

In this way, the four auxiliary ministers of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet, now have three schools of real school, all of whom can be regarded as high-level party bosses, and Shen Shixing of one school of heart school is used as a phoenix tail.

However, although Shen Shixing is a scholar of the heart, it is not easy to simply turn him into the opponent of the Gao Party, because he is a relatively moderate person, and his political position is not particularly clear and firm.

Of course, although Shen Shixing is a little less ruthless, it cannot be said that he is a complete bureaucrat, he also has his political philosophy, that is, the court should be united.

He didn't say this to anyone else, the reason why Gao Shixing was clear was entirely because he knew Shen Shixing's performance in history, and Shen Shixing's impression in history was the impression that Shen Shixing left for future generations in history, but in fact, that was what he had to do in order to ensure the unity of the imperial court.

In the post-Zhang Juzheng era in history, the two factions of Baozhang and the downside of Zhang fought happily, and few people considered the major affairs of the court and government from the right and wrong of the matter, but from the standpoint of both sides.

Shen Shixing was supplemented by Zhang Siwei, who replaced Ding Wei who returned to his hometown and then died of a violent illness, struggling between the two factions for seven or eight years, and only took a stand in the last two years when he was really unable to do so, and was forced to die. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic feels that Shen Shixing actually has a bit of a big picture, but his authority and personality make him unable to be a strong assistant.

Since you can't be strong as an assistant, you don't have to worry about being a group assistant.

Therefore, even if Gao Gong has died now and Gao Pragmatic has left the center, he is not at all worried that the opposition of the Gao Party will provoke Shen Shixing to jump out and become enemies of the Gao Party, and the Gao Party reformers still completely control the overall situation in the imperial court.

What's more, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the Gao Party collapses in the cabinet, Gao Pragmatic is not very worried. Because in addition to the two palaces and the emperor, as well as Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, Gao Pragmatic had already made other arrangements at the beginning of the fifth year of Wanli and left a back hand.