"The truth is here, sit down."

In the study, Zhang Siwei saw Gao Shishi come in, his face looked a little better, and he squeezed out a smile and said.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic couldn't sit down directly, and after smiling and stepping forward to salute, he sat down in Zhang Taizheng's "please sit" again.

Zhang Siwei saw that he had made great contributions and returned, but he was still not arrogant or impatient, and he was thoughtful, laughed, and said: "Seeking truth has done a great thing in Guangxi!" Originally, when you went to Guangxi, it was just an expedient measure, and you couldn't think of it...... Haha, it's unexpected. ”

That is, don't say you didn't expect it, I didn't expect to do such things before I went to Guangxi.

"Uncle, I'll tell you the truth, my nephew didn't expect such an opportunity."

Zhang Siwei waved his hand and said with a smile: "It can be seen that although the world is unpredictable, the successful person is always the one who can seize the opportunity the most." ”

Gao pragmatic smiled and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Elder Shen Ge is also very good at seizing opportunities, uncle, do you say yes?" ”

"It is worthy of the high truth-seeking of 'partial teachers and Annan'. Why, just listen to Tae Zheng say that the old man was impeached, and you know what Shen Rumo wants to do? ”

Zhang Siwei seems to know the doorway here, so his displeasure should be due to another reason.

However, what is the saying of "partial teacher and Annan"? In order to take this credit, the imperial court now counts the credit for beating Annan as a "partial teacher"? It doesn't matter, the wolf soldiers are Tusi soldiers, and it's not too much to say that they are partial teachers.

In fact, he misunderstood, this statement is a folk rhetoric - the people also hope that this is a strategy of the imperial court.

Gao pragmatic's eyes rolled slightly, and said: "Elder Shen Ge, it's just a test to see what kind of style you, the new Yuanfu, will probably be after taking power...... Tough, or mild. ”

"Is that all?" Zhang Siwei shook his head and said, "Also, you continue." ”

Gao Pragmatic was slightly surprised, it seems that he underestimated his uncle before, in the original history, he was first valued by the high arch, promoted to the servant of the ministry, and cultivated by his side; After Gao Gong stepped down, he was the head of the Jin Party, an ally of the Gao Party, and he was able to be valued by Zhang Juzheng and recommended as a second assistant.

Originally, Gao Pragmatic didn't think there was anything strange, Gao Gong didn't say it first, just Zhang Juzheng, Gao Pragmatic only thought that Zhang Juzheng was encircling the Jin Party. But now that I think about it, when Zhang Ju was in power, he himself said that he was "not a supplement, but a photographer", so why is it necessary to entrap a mere Jin Party?

It can be seen that Zhang Siwei must have the ability, not only can see what the leader thinks, but also can do what he thinks but is not easy to say for the leader.

So, Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Uncle's eyes are like a torch, and my nephew thinks that in addition to temptation, Shen Ge Lao probably wants to take advantage of your prestige before you take over." ”

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Siwei laughed loudly and said: "Okay, well, it seems that there is indeed a successor in the line of practical learning, and Gao Wenzheng should also be blind under Jiuquan." To tell you the truth, when the old man first learned the news, he was very angry, and after coming back and sending a fire, he slowly realized the true flavor of it, and the future was terrifying. ”

Gao pragmatic arched his hand: "Otherwise, if my nephew is in the position of an uncle, I am afraid that he will be even more angry, and he may not be able to calm down and think about the key to it by now." ”

Zhang Siwei waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be too modest, in the past ten years, you have also watched the old man grow up, what kind of temperament are you, the old man will not know?" In ten years, the old man has never seen you angry. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but show a hint of inquiry, and said, "Speaking of which, the old man is a little curious, how did you develop this temperament?" ”

Gao Shishi smiled bitterly: "My nephew just always calculates things to the worst, so that no matter how bad the situation is, it will usually not be worse than expected, so it is difficult to get angry." ”

Zhang Siwei laughed and said, "Is this considered a failure to win, a defeat first?" That's the same thing. ”

Then he didn't wait for Gao to answer pragmatically, and continued to ask: "Speaking of victory or defeat, since you like to consider the worst situation first, then tell me, this time Yuanfu will retire, what is the worst situation in the future?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "There are two points: in the long run, I am afraid that the green and yellow will not be accepted; In the near term, I am afraid that my uncle will be falsely accused. ”

"I'm not afraid of shadows, if I'm false, the reasons they can use are nothing more than a few, but the emperor knows it very well in his heart, and it won't make a big difference." Zhang Siwei looked at Gao Pragmatic and said, "But what do you mean by saying that Qinghuang is not accepted?" Not to mention that Yuanfu and Lao Fu have their own students, just to say that Gao Wenzhenggong's students back then, there are already people in the ministry now, how can they not be accepted? ”

This is not easy to explain, because according to normal people's thinking, after Zhang Siwei succeeds as the first assistant, there are still more than ten years to take his time, and by that time, not to mention that his own students should have been promoted to a relatively high position, the key is that Gao Gong's students back then, I am afraid that someone will be able to enter the cabinet early.

Even if he goes smoothly, Ru Xu Guo, isn't he a student of Gao Gong, and now he has entered the cabinet.

But in history, Zhang Siwei's official fortune was interrupted by his parents, that is, his grandparents - the two elders passed away one after another, Zhang Siwei had to worry at home, and then due to the death of his parents one after another, he was too sad and died of illness.

Gao pragmatic had no choice but to say: "I heard the teacher say that before he left, he would recommend Pan Shuilian Gong to enter the cabinet, and at that time, there will be two people in the pavilion and two old people in the heart of the pavilion, which seem to be evenly matched, but since we are planning for the worst, we have to assume that the other party is fine, and if something happens to us, such as Ding Wei going to the pavilion...... May I ask my uncle, if you or Xu Ge Lao are not in the cabinet, the successors of my Shixue faction, in the past few years, can you beat the ministers of the Xinxue faction and enter the cabinet first? ”

This statement is a bit unlucky, generally speaking, it should not be said like this, but Gao Pragmatic has already explained just now, it is "to plan for the worst", so Zhang Siwei is not easy to say anything, just groaned, and a large number of practical and mental successors appeared in his mind.

After a while, Zhang Siwei's face turned ugly, and he said, "I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Gao pragmatic asked, "How is it not good?" ”

"If there is a situation like this you said in three or four years, the most promising ones are probably Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping, and if it is pushed back two or three years, there will be Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Chen Yuma, Shen Yiyi, Zhu Geng and other generations. Of course, Wu Dui also has a chance. Zhang Siwei's face turned pale, and he said: "There is only one Wang Jiaping here who is from the north, and the rest are from the south." Although Wang Jiaping is from Shanxi, he has always sold his reputation and temperament, which is not what I like. ”

Gao pragmatic spread his hands: "Look, this is big trouble." ”

In addition to Wu Dui, a hardcore school, Chen Yuma is the son of Chen Yiqin, a former university scholar, Chen Yiqin has always been neutral, and his son is basically in this style, so let's not talk about it for the time being.

The remaining Wang Xijue is a native of Suzhou, Nanzhili, Zhao Zhigao is a native of Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zhang Wei is a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, Shen has always been a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Zhu Geng is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

These places are the strongholds of psychology, and their political attitudes are not known.

Wang Jiaping, who is a communist in Datong, Shanxi, is still a recluse, and even the Jin Party refuses to accept him, and he refuses to join the "party".

Wang Jiaping in history, Gao Shishi has a slight impression, he was transferred from a Japanese lecturer to six departments, and then it took only two years to enter the cabinet, which is the most in the history of the Ming Dynasty. After he entered the cabinet, he was originally at the bottom of the cabinet, and everyone else was from the south, so he was a Shanxi native and didn't have much right to speak. But the cabinet members died one after another, and the remaining Xu Guoshen Shixing resigned at the same time, and the filial son Wang Xijue went home to save his relatives, and Wang Jiaping inexplicably picked up a first assistant.

However, Wang Jiaping didn't do anything in the position of first assistant, but kept getting angry with the emperor, plus handing over his resignation and scolding the emperor. But after Wang Jiaping dismissed the prime minister, the "gentlemen" thought about it, and when Gu Xiancheng promoted the cabinet members in the future, it was because he had to write Wang Jiaping's name that Zhu Yijun was half angry, and he immediately asked Gu Xiancheng to roll up and go back to his hometown in anger - so Daming gave birth to an organization called the Donglin Party.

Therefore, although Wang Jiaping is from Shanxi, he must be unreliable, and this person's only interest is to scare the emperor and do things? Inexistent. To tell the truth, this kind of person just wants to enter the party and learn from the party, and Gao Pragmatic does not agree, even if he has the first auxiliary life.

Wang Xijue is a cow, but it has been introduced before, so I won't mention it.

Zhao Zhigao, Gao Pragmatic's impression of him is okay, mainly because although he doesn't have much ability, he is at least not a bad thing overall, but this person lacks responsibility and means, whether it is friend or foe...... Actually, it doesn't matter.

Of course, during Zhao Zhigao's tenure in history, Daming did something that future generations will talk about - resisting Japan and aiding Korea. This may be the most glorious and commendable thing in the Wanli Dynasty, but the first assistant Zhao Zhigao is known for his uselessness in aging. Perhaps it was precisely because the planning and coordination of the expedition to Korea was too arduous and there were too many accidents that the weaknesses of the cabinet ministers were undoubtedly exposed. So the emperor despised the ministers, and because of the emperor's contempt, the power of the cabinet was even more despised by the people.

In the era when Gao Gong was in power and Zhang Juzheng was in power in history, his words and deeds were basically honest. With this inertia, when Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were in power, they were still a little jealous of their words, but in the era of Zhao Zhigao, everything changed. He wrote himself a couplet as a motto and code of conduct:

Return to the Lord with Weifu, return the six secretaries with the power of affairs, ask for excuses from relatives and friends, and pay Taiwan with public opinions.

Accumulate sincerity to the master, clean oneself to the wind and officials, break the following loyalty, and dethrone the selfish to be in danger.

In other eras, this may just be a political gesture, the former cabinet ministers hung this kind of Qinggao alliance in the open, secretly desperately grabbed power, and then shouted "the cabinet power is getting lighter" and "everything is self-decided" to evade responsibility afterwards, but Zhao Zhigao shouted to return power, just put on a posture, and the power was taken away, it was simply a god.

Because Zhao Zhigao returned the power to Liuqing, he has no power, he has no power, why should others bird him? If you don't step on him, you're already very kind, okay.

Of course, the words of the late Ming Dynasty did not produce kind-hearted people.

So Zhao Zhigao said angrily: "The same cabinet minister, in the past, was powerful and had power, so he took the lead to seek progress." Today's power is light and the power is divided, and the rate is to attack it with a good name! ”

It's a pity that Zhao Zhigao was caught and questioned even when he said such angry words: The cabinet ministers are the assistants of the Son of Heaven, how can they care about the weight of power?

Zhao Zhigao is old and frail, and the real person in charge of affairs is Zhang Wei in the front and Shen Zheng in the back, all of whom are recognized as sinister people. The two of them fought with the officials all day long, calculating their opponents, and making countless enemies. In the end, Zhang Wei was reduced by Wanli to the people, and Shen was almost about to capsize because of the Chu Zong case. So from this point of view, Zhao Zhigao's weakness is also a way of self-preservation.

When Zhao Zhigao became the first assistant, he was already sick and old, Du Men was sick, and he was begging for countless people, but Zhu Yijun ignored him.

In fact, it is difficult for the emperor to do it, if you agree, there will be gossip about you driving people. In the early years, Zhu Yijun once happily approved the retirement of senior officials, and the cabinet always asked the emperor to keep it a few more times to show that the lord's favor was long, which made him very annoyed, and later he simply ignored the resignation. It's good now, the retribution of the cabinet has arrived. This Zhejiang Shoufu had no way to retreat, no matter how he resigned, the emperor just didn't talk, and finally suffered from illness internally, was scolded by the official outside, and died in office.

Later, there were Shen Zheng and others or something, but he was too late in power, and Gao Pragmatic didn't bother to pay attention to it for the time being - although Shen Zheng entered the cabinet in the twenty-second year of Wanli in history, it was already thirty years after he became the first assistant, and Gao Pragmatic was absolutely sure, he had already come to power at that time, so he was too lazy to consider this sinister villain now.

As for Zhang Wei, this person's problem lies in his power grabbing and swaggering, and the complete end of his political career is due to the demon book case, which does not need to be mentioned for the time being. But he has a point that makes Gao pragmatic quite interested, after the outbreak of the Renchen War, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to rescue, at that time Zhang Wei advocated the establishment of officials in the Korean Eight Provinces, Tuntian stationed, because this move is suspected of annexing Korea, was not adopted.

But Gao was interested in the proposal, and although Zhu Yuanzhang's troubled Emperor Taizu listed Korea as a non-conquest country, Gao had recently pioneered a new line of thinking: to retain the country's government and control its military, political, and financial power — yes, the "Annam Plan."

He always felt that if Zhang Wei also held such an attitude towards North Korea in his life, he could cooperate with him a little at that time, even if the two sides were not comrades-in-arms in the same trench, but politics......

Gao Pragmatic thinks a lot, but Zhang Siwei doesn't have time to think so much now, he just wakes up.

Don't look at the current situation, even if Guo Pu goes to the throne, there will still be him as the first assistant, but as Gao Pragmatic said, once there is a slight problem on his or Xu Guo's side, the situation in the cabinet will change greatly.

Of course, relatively speaking, Xu Guo's removal may be a little less problematic, but what if he Zhang Siwei goes to the cabinet by himself?

Although he didn't want to think like this, Gao Pragmatic just mentioned the word "Ding Wei", which really made him a little nervous. His parents are not in good health, although last year, Gao Shizhen asked Li Shizhen to help him see it, but Li Shizhen said that the health of their two elders was caused by poor living habits in the early years, especially eating habits - too particular about family eating will have problems, such as washing rice and water to become completely clear is actually a bad habit.

So Li Shizhen just prescribed some warm medicine, and then persuaded them to "eat in the way of ordinary people", I don't know if they can listen to it.

Zhang Siwei became nervous, and suddenly turned his head to Zhang Taizheng and said, "How long will you be gone?" After the museum is over, immediately go back to Puzhou to see if your grandfather and grandmother are in good health, if there is any problem...... Truth-seeking, can you still move Li Weihu there? ”