Why did this submission, including the details of the incident, appear in Gao Gong's hand together, and it is necessary to talk about the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

As we all know, the auxiliary ministers of the Ming cabinet are not the prime ministers. Officially speaking, the entire cabinet is only the emperor's secretary team, but due to the needs of government affairs, the secretary team gradually improved its status and power in the process of actual operation, and finally reached the point where "there is no name of prime minister, but the reality of prime minister".

However, due to its own deformity, the way of exercising power is also different from that of previous dynasties, and many cabinet ministers need to indicate how local officials should handle local affairs through a method similar to private messages. For example, Gao Gong had written to several local magistrates in Yingtian not long before, asking them to put Xu Jie's affairs aside, which is a typical performance.

This kind of handling is not a government letter, and theoretically has no legal effect, but in fact, this kind of private message is equivalent to a note from a leader in later generations - you may dare to turn a blind eye to the government's letter, but do you dare to turn a blind eye to the leader's direct handing over a note? So the miraculous thing happened: this way of governance is actually more efficient.

However, since the cabinet leaders often instruct the local government in this way, which is similar to private letters, the personal ties between the local officials and the cabinet ministers are bound to be strengthened, and the specific situation in each place will also converge into the hands of the ministers along with this contact.

Although Gao Gong is temporarily named second second, he is actually the first person who really grasps the direction of the government, and Li Chunfang, the first assistant, seems to be a nominal person. As a result, in key areas such as Nanzhili, various situations will be written in detail without presumptuousness and presented to Gao Gong for knowing. The reason why Gao Gong learned about this so quickly was, of course, because of this.

Seeing Gao Pragmatic holding the scroll and muttering silently, without the slightest childlike look, Gao Gong showed a satisfied smile on his face, and he didn't interrupt his nephew's thoughts, just picked up the tea and drank it.

After another half an hour, Gao Shishi shook his head and said, "Third uncle, my nephew thinks this matter is very representative. ”

"Oh?" Gao Gong smiled slightly and asked rhetorically, "What does it mean?" ”

Gao Pragmatic did not answer directly, but analyzed: "Third uncle, you see, in fact, if this matter is more serious, Shuai Jiamo's move is forcibly promoted. Because the core of this 'human silk silk' controversy is the attribution of the tax burden! In other words, should this tax be paid by She County alone or by the six counties at the same time? As for the physical conversion that he emphasized, it was actually only a secondary issue, and had little to do with a whip law. ”

Gao pragmatic said, and explained: "It's like I go out to buy something, let's say buy a piece of cloth." When I buy this cloth, it makes no difference whether I give it silver, copper money, or treasure money, as long as the actual value is the same. But I had to give the treasure banknote, and I also took out Emperor Taizu to talk about things, saying that the treasure banknote was customized by Emperor Taizu and issued to the world, so giving treasure money is a sign of respect for Emperor Taizu - is this so? ”

Gao Gong laughed, pointed at Gao Shishi, and said, "What kind of example are you citing, don't joke about Emperor Taizu casually." But at the end of the day, he didn't say that the pragmatic example was wrong.

Gao Pragmatic also smiled, and continued: "But under Shuai Jiamo's brilliant pen, this logical error has been cleverly covered up, not only will it not make people feel wrong, but it will appear righteous and awe-inspiring, and the ideological height will rise all of a sudden." Coercing Hairui to deter Huizhou, this is the fundamental intention of Shuai Jiamo! ”

The smile on Gao Gong's face was slightly retracted, nodded, and sighed: "The name of Haigang Peak can indeed scare many people." He replied like this, but he thought in his heart: Otherwise, how could Xu Jie submit to me so easily? How could Zhang Taiyue have the opportunity to receive the 30,000 taels of silver from the Xu family? Isn't it all Haigang Peak's fame?

Gao Pragmatic laughed instead, flicked the scroll in his hand, and said: "What's even more interesting is that this Shuai Jiamo not only appealed, but even gave a solution. I think he may have been in the yamen for a long time, and he is well versed in the temperament of some bureaucrats, and knows that the most impatient thing about them is that the people below are arguing and arguing, but they can't come up with a practical solution. Therefore, at the end of the submission, he was anxious about what he was anxious about, and put forward such a solution very intimately: either according to the principle of the "Ming Huidian", the six counties should be apportioned according to the people; Either according to the "Huizhou Prefecture Chronicle", the six counties are apportioned according to the fields, and the wheat is folded and then the silver is folded and the silk is folded. You see, in this way, it is equivalent to telling the Yamen of the Governor of Yingtian or the Yamen of the Governor of Huizhou, I have done a good job for you to deal with this matter, and you will approve it with a stroke of your pen, and there will be no trouble at all. And the result? No matter which level of Yamen Yingtian or Huizhou made a decision, and finally chose to count by head or by field, Shexian County could reduce the burden by at least half anyway. ”

Gao Pragmatic said this, smiled, and said: "This kind of subordinate is good, if I were the governor of Yingtian or the prefect of Huizhou, after reading such a submission, I would probably think that this matter should be done like this...... The only thing to worry about is probably the reaction of the other five counties in Huizhou after learning the news. ”

After hearing this, Gao Gong silently picked up a scroll from the desk and handed it to Gao Shishi, saying, "Hai Rui, they do have a reaction, you see." ”

"Oh?" Gao pragmatic took the scroll and looked at it, only to see that it really recorded the reaction of Hai Rui and others.

On the fourteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Longqing, before the Lantern Festival had even passed, Hai Rui gave instructions in time: "Yangfu investigates and reports the seizure." "It means that I attach great importance to this matter, and your Huizhou Mansion should investigate it carefully.

Subsequently, Liu Shihui made more detailed instructions: ask the Huizhou government to convene the responsible officials, squires, elders and other representatives of the people in the six counties to investigate and discuss this matter.

Ying Tian Xun and Ying Tian Xun are both superiors of Huizhou Mansion, the former is in charge of local government affairs, and the latter is in charge of picketing and adultery. So after receiving the documents, Duan Chaozong, the prefect of Huizhou, looked at it, and the two courts were under the order, and he was trembling at the moment, and then he looked at the name of Haigang Peak, and knew that this matter was afraid that it would not be good, so he didn't dare to delay at all, and immediately issued a card to urge the six counties to send people to come over to discuss.

Hai Rui's name swung there, but he was afraid that it was even more frightening than the sword of the Son of Heaven hanging over his head.

Gao Pragmatic smiled after reading it and asked, "Did you discuss something?" ”

"Huh?" Gao Gong looked at Gao Shi's pragmatic expression and asked, "Looking at your expression, it seems that you can't discuss anything?" ”

Gao Shishi suddenly snorted coldly for no reason, and stretched out his finger again to flick the scroll in his hand: "My nephew is sure that the other five counties will definitely find all kinds of reasons to prevaricate, and even threaten to say that if you really want to do this, I am afraid that the place will be unstable!" ”