Guo Pu agreed to accept him as a disciple, Gao Shishi was relieved, but his apprenticeship here was only a superficial task, and the more important thing was to invite Guo Pu back to Beijing and wait for recovery at any time, so this matter is not over yet.

Gao Pragmatic took advantage of Guo Pu's smile at this moment, and hurriedly proposed to ask the teacher to go to Beijing Normal School first, and after returning to his hometown for a small test, he would go to Beijing Normal School to ask the teacher for teaching.

Guo Pu looked at him with a smile, and suddenly asked, "Have you read the imperial court's newspaper in the past few days?" ”

Gao was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "I've been in a hurry recently, and I had some trouble when I was in Ansu, I was delayed for a few days, and I didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the DPRK and China along the way, what happened?" ”

"Your third uncle, probably going to cut off Zhao Dazhou's wings." Guo Pu's lying silkworm eyebrows moved slightly: "The imperial court has launched the Jingcha, and the focus of the Jingcha this time is in Kedao." ”

Gao was stunned and hesitated: "Before the student left Beijing, he hadn't heard of it. ”

Guo Pu smiled, stretched out his finger and pointed at Gao Shishi, and said, "But this matter has something to do with you." ”

"Student-related?" Gao was surprised: "But why?" ”

Guo Pu said: "You made it up to ask Hannaji to demote this file, right?" Later, the imperial court awarded Han Naji, which also has your head and tail, not to mention that I replied and asked for tribute and canonization again, and you even ignored your own quality and rank, relying on the order of the Qincha, on the negligent matter, for the tribute. ”

"It is true that these things that the teacher said have the beginning and end of the students, but what does this have to do with Jingcha?" Gao pragmatic frowned and said: "The wind and horses and cows are not compatible!" ”

"Otherwise, it matters." Guo Puzheng said: "Ye Mengxiong, do you know? ”

As soon as Guo Pu mentioned Ye Mengxiong, Gao Pragmatic suddenly came to his senses.

It turned out that the direct conflict between Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji stemmed from the correct decision of Yushi Ye Mengxiong Shangshu to oppose the surrender and confer the official Hannaji, saying that "the surrender of Hannaji should not be accepted by the border ministers, and the imperial court should not be awarded the official title, which will lead to enmity and disaster." As a result, "the upper reading was sparse, angry at his vain words and waver, and he was ordered to be demoted to a second-level foreign post." ”

The next day, the edict Gao Gong said: "The Hajj is here, and the impeachment is appropriate." Since I ascended the throne for four years, the Taoist officials have been presumptuous, deceiving the dynasty, and they have treacherous and evil dereliction of duty. ”

After Gao Shishi returned to Beijing, he didn't have much time to meet Zhu Yijun, but the two still discussed a few words about this matter. At that time, Zhu Yijun mentioned that when he and Gao Shishi met for the first time, he said that the emperor was dissatisfied with Kedao, and this time Ye Mengxiong and others made a big fuss about my answer to the tribute, and the emperor was very dissatisfied, and he had decided to rectify Kedao.

At that time, Zhu Yijun just said it casually, and Gao Shishi's mind was not on this matter, so when Guo Pu mentioned it just now, he couldn't think of it all at once.

Now it seems that the cause of this investigation was that the emperor thought that it was necessary to eliminate the interference of the officials in answering the tribute and ensure the smooth progress of the "Longqing Peace Conference". Longqing's original intention was to inspect the Ministry of Edicts, but later rumors, especially in Wang Shizhen's "Shoufu Biography", said that Gao Gong "knew the will" and asked to inspect the science and road, so as to take revenge for personal gain.

Gao Pragmatic hasn't read the Di Bao recently, and he doesn't know what the matter is, so he asked Guo Pu for confirmation, he is the old man of Zhishi Pavilion, of course, there is a Di Bao to read, and he can understand the dynamics of the imperial court.

Guo Pu told him: "Your third uncle knows that the investigation of the science and road will cause Zhao Dazhou to be dissatisfied, so although His Majesty intended that the officials should investigate it alone, he still went to the court the next day and asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to cooperate and participate in the Beijing inspection together. ”

Gao Shishi was surprised: "Since this is the case, Zhao Gong should be able to understand and accept it." ”

"Something went wrong with the timing." Guo Pu sighed: "When Zhongxuan received the holy edict, it was in the afternoon, and you know that he was in the cabinet office in the morning and went to the ministry in the afternoon, so he planned to talk about it the next day." Who knew that Zhao Dazhou waited left and right in the cabinet that afternoon, and couldn't wait for your third uncle's reaction, so he thought that your third uncle interrupted the Jingcha alone, and he was furious, and went directly to the court, demanding that the Jingcha be stopped. ”

Guo Pu synthesized the information in the newspaper and informed Gao Pragmatic of his own analysis, and it turned out that Zhao Zhenji was angry and said: Because Ye Mengxiong inspected Kedao and four years ago, "people's hearts are slandered, and everyone is in danger", "now they are all guilty of reckless deception, treachery and dereliction of duty", "it is inevitable that loyalty and evil will be reprimanded, and jade will be burned", "I have not heard of hundreds of people and investigated them all, and they are all in a net". The emperor was asked to "take back his mandate". Alienated, Longqing was very dissatisfied, thinking that Zhao Zhenji misinterpreted the holy edict and criticized the government, and rejected it outright.

So this time the Jingcha was handled by the Ministry of Officials alone, Gao Gong did things quickly, and after the Ministry of Officials came to power, he established a new type of personnel file, which was very convenient to check, and soon came to a conclusion. Some of Zhao Zhenji's protégés and former officials have always sat down and talked about it, and there are few actual achievements, and a few of them usually dance happily are among the derogatories - so trouble came.

Zhao Zhenji was furious and instructed the disciples to talk about it, saying that Gao Gong reprimanded Wei Shiliang and Chen Zan in the name of investigation for personal revenge.

In his or their opinion, all the officials of the science and road who have been shot too high can only be promoted, not reprimanded, and if there is a reprimand, it must be "revenge", and the reasons given by the officials to reprimand these people are not at all.

Gao Shishi listened, his face was embarrassed, and he sighed: "If this is the case, even if the third uncle can bear it, his disciple may not be able to bear it." ”

Guo Pu looked surprised and said, "Your third uncle said that you are quite familiar with people's hearts, and now it seems that it is true." ”

Gao pragmatic couldn't take care of himself, and hurriedly asked: "Sure enough, something happened?" ”

Guo Pu nodded and said, "After the investigation is completed, the officials will give Han Ji Shu to talk about Zhao Dazhou's mediocrity, please stop." Zhao Dazhou argued, saying that Han Ji was a private party in the middle of the Xuan, and he attacked dissidents. Zhao Shu defended himself as 'Yongheng', and turned to attack Zhongxuan as 'Hengchen', because he asked for the power of the Xuan's ministry. ”

Gao Pragmatic was originally a little nervous, but when he heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then sneered: "Zhao Gong's move is not a crime against my third uncle, but also a crime against Your Majesty." The student expected that the third uncle would definitely ask for his post, and His Majesty would insist on retaining, and maybe he would also rebel against Zhao Gongzhishi...... Zhao Gong is retired. ”

Guo Pu was silent for a moment, looked at Gao Pragmatic with blazing eyes, and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Gao Shishi shrugged his shoulders and said: "Mr. Haojiao learned that the third uncle has always felt that his power is too heavy, and since the student left Beijing, the third uncle has resigned from the heavenly official three times, and his words are sincere, but His Majesty insists on refusing. What is the nature of Zhao Gongshang's negligence in talking about this matter in the eyes of His Majesty? It is nothing more than that Zhao Gong is dissatisfied with the power of the third uncle, and he has resentment, so he blames His Majesty, and has the intention of coercion. ”

Gao Shishi paused for a moment and sighed: "If it was three or four years ago, Duke Zhao had this move, His Majesty might have dealt with it cautiously and persuaded each other, but at this time it is different, Your Majesty's foundation has been solidified, and when it is the critical moment to pay tribute, how can you tolerate Duke Zhao like this?" Zhao Gong's resignation has been decided, needless to say. ”

Guo Pu stared at Gao Pragmatic for a long time before he said faintly: "I know why Zhongxuan wants you to worship me as a teacher." ”

Gao was a little stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Why?" ”

Guo Pu sighed: "Your article is atmospheric and talented, but it is too ingenious and scheming. He knows that I am a square person, so you can learn from me, not to learn the art of writing, but also to be heroic. ”