Gao Ge Lao's return to Beijing this time brought many officials in Beijing the feeling that it was really like a mountain rain about to come and the wind was full of buildings, and it was like a black cloud pressing down on the city and wanting to destroy it. Therefore, the officials in Beijing, who have some status, no matter how they behaved before, at least today most of them choose to come to greet them, after all, no matter what, being polite is not worse than being rude.

Maybe he heard the voices of the people in front of him, Gao Pragmatic quietly lifted the corner of the car curtain, peeked at it, and was stunned for a moment, and then there was a burst of joy in his heart, and he turned his head and said to Gao Gong with bright eyes: "Third uncle, there are a lot of red-robed officials here!" Regardless of Gao Gong's answer, he poked out his head out of the curtain and glanced at it, adding, "Oh, there are still a group of people in green robes and green robes." ”

Gao Gong sat still, just smiled slightly, and said: "Those in red robes are my colleagues and subordinates above the fourth grade; The people in the green robe are only eight or nine grades, and I think they are all the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, as well as the subordinates when I was in the Guozijian; As for those wearing green robes, they are fifth, sixth, or seventh grades, and most of them are estimated to be the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate...... Hey! They also came to meet me? I'm afraid to see the direction of the wind, and I don't want to think about the situation I was in more than a year ago, and it was not all thanks to them! ”

Gao Gong's words are not untargeted, recall how tragic his situation was at the beginning, it can be said that everyone betrayed his relatives and his reputation was ruined. But at that time, the trend of Qi Kang's case was completely out of control, and it would be useless to entangle with Yan Lu any longer, it would only implicate more, and even the emperor who protected himself would be discredited. So Gao Gong had to go up for the last time, and no longer made any excuses for the various crimes he was accused of, only saying that he was seriously ill and asked to resign.

At that time, the emperor was greatly frightened when he saw the sparseness, and asked left and right: "Is Mr. Gao really sick?" Those who served on the left and right replied, "Very sick." The emperor was very sad to hear this, and he did not dare to risk the "crowd of people" to visit him personally, so he had to say: "Please ask the imperial doctor to treat my husband." "It was not enough to send a royal doctor, but also to send people to reward, hoping to comfort and save the high arch.

But Gao Gong was determined to suffer any more this time, and insisted on going. Only then did the emperor realize that it was irretrievable, and he approved it in despair, and the mood of the day was so bad that he was even exempted from the harem - for His Majesty the Emperor, who was nicknamed "Little Bee" by the outside world, this was really a very sad performance. Gao Gong's mood at that time, may really feel "relieved", for this resignation, Gao Gong before and after the resignation of as many as 12 ways, it can be seen how close the tug-of-war between Xu and Gao's two parties is.

Gao Pragmatic knew from the history books the tragic situation when Gao Gong left Beijing that day, so he had a rough guess about Gao Gong's mood when he returned to Beijing today, just like a child who had been looked down upon in his hometown when he was a child, and he always hoped to return to his hometown one day when he grew up.

In fact, Gao Gong left Beijing gloomily that day, and it was really extremely down, and almost all the protégés did not dare to send each other because they were afraid. There was only one protégé named Wu Dui, who sent him all the way to the boat on the Lu River and said goodbye with tears. And after this matter reached Xu Jie's ears, Xu Jie still held a grudge against this Wu Dui (recorded in history: "deep hatred"), and froze him in his original position for a long time and refused to be promoted. In addition, Gao Gong passed through a certain county on the way back, and the magistrate knew that he was angry with Xu Jie, the first assistant of the dynasty, so he deliberately despised him, not only did not treat the general high-ranking officials to see him off, but also deliberately found an excuse to make things difficult, and he was stranded for two days. When asked the reason for this, the official replied with a sneer: "This duke has offended the imperial court, do I have any reason to be polite to him?" "All this, the taste of the hot and cold world, Gao Gong tasted it all the way.

The dignified emperor and the cabinet ministers, who have suffered such a big grievance, can finally stage a "return of the king" today, Gao Pragmatic feels that with Gao Gong's upright and fiery temper, he can still make up his mind to choose "do things", which is quite rare. However, this does not mean that he will not give some people some looks today, but this is what Gao Pragmatic thinks is best not to do.

Gao Pragmatic said secretly in his heart: "The history books say that Gao Gong has a bad temper, and he has always spoken without much concern for the feelings of others. But now listening to his tone, shouldn't he still take the opportunity to exude the aura of a tyrant and shake the majesty of the emperor? This is not a good idea, just now this aura has scared one to death, but don't force this group of people who obviously want to wait and see to Liangshan directly. ”

But the trouble is that he is only a six or seven-year-old child now, and many words are obviously weightless, so he can only influence Gao Gong from the side, so that he himself realizes that "giving them a dismount" is not only unnecessary, but also likely to do bad things, so that he will not be able to "do things" in the future. After all, although Gao Gong's temper is poor, he is principled, and if he realizes this, I believe he will not mess around.

Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic did not hesitate anymore, and hurriedly laughed: "Look at the direction of the wind, look at the direction of the wind shows that they have the possibility of being soft!" Isn't this just as you hoped, Sanbo, to lead them to the right path? I see, after you get out of the car, you might as well let them see what the prime minister's bearing is—no matter what they did at the beginning, you don't care about them at all now! You know, these people may be majestic on weekdays, but now what are they in front of your old man? If you don't care about them, others will only say that you are elegant, who can be stupid enough to think that you can't cure these people? But if you don't care about it like this, not only can they be relieved and grateful to you, but when you do things in the future, they will not jump out of their hearts and make trouble; And you yourself, too, can get a good name by the way, isn't it the best of both worlds, and everyone is happy? ”

Gao Gong was slightly stunned, shook his head and scolded with a smile: "How can I be greedy for fame!" As he spoke, he subconsciously stroked his iconic beard, and said proudly: "But it's not wrong for you to think so, I naturally won't worry about those old things with them right now." Hey, on the way, I heard this little eunuch named Chen Ju say that Hai Gangfeng is doing a good job in Yingtian, Xu Huating has a bad headache for this impeccable Hai Qingtian, I still have to sing in this big drama of Ying Tianfu! At this time, I don't have time to fight with the people in front of me. Pragmatic, these people, talking and grinding their mouths, that is a top trick, but if you really want them to do something, I'm afraid most of them can only get in the way. So, these people are like knives, they can hurt others and themselves, and if one day, you are also in power as an official in the court, you must remember: the knife is very dangerous, you can only hold it yourself, and you have to make sure that you hold it steadily. Do you understand the meaning of this sentence? ”

Gao pragmatic smiled: "I probably understand a little." ”

"Well, it's not bad to understand at all, I'll talk to you about this later." Gao Gong nodded with satisfaction.

didn't wait for Gao Pragmatic to say anything, Gao Gong was already smiling, and suddenly lost the previous breath of his uncle's love for his nephew, and the graceful and dignified aura of dominating the world, and quickly returned to him.

It turned out that the carriage had stopped.

Soon, the respectful voice of the eunuch Chen Ju came into the carriage: "Gao Ge Lao, we have arrived!" Elder Li Ge, Elder Zhang Ge, Elder Chen Ge, and the princes of various ministries and institutes have come to greet each other in person, you see......"

"Got it." Gao Gong's tone was extremely calm, and after answering, he said to Gao Shishi: "Pragmatic, accompany me down to meet these Gongon princes who hold the power of the world." ”

"Yes, Uncle San." Gao pragmatic said, but there was a sudden feeling in his heart, and the secret way was wrong. It's not because of stage fright, I'm afraid of meeting so many court ministers, but Gao Gong's return to Beijing this time has such a great impact, but now the four scholars in the cabinet have one less Zhao Zhenji today, what does this mean?

It is said that Zhao Zhenji is Xu Jie's person, and now that he is not here, does it mean that Xu Dang still has a strong hostility towards Gao Gong? If that's the case, then I'm afraid that after the third uncle returns to the cabinet, he may not be able to do things with peace of mind. Could it be that the previous mutual tilting will continue? But...... Zhang Juzheng is also said to be a Xu party, why didn't he advance and retreat with Zhao Zhenji?