Gao pragmatic recital, this time it was handed over by the Zhan Shifu and passed through the General Administration Department to the cabinet.

Going to the Zhan Mansion instead of going to the Hanlin Academy, the meaning of this is naturally that Gao Pragmatic deliberately showed that he was a close minister of the prince.

He did this to let outsiders not know the details: the prince has been watching politics for nearly a year, although he is still young, but he also has his own thoughts, and Gao Pragmatic is his companion, staying by the prince's side for a long time.

Since there may be a prince here, then you have to consider your own position, even if you oppose it, it is not easy to scold casually - here is a very amazing fact: civil officials in the Ming Dynasty scolded the emperor very commonly, but scolding the prince was rare.

The effect of scolding the emperor is immediate, and if the emperor adopts it, it means that your scolding is reasonable, and the emperor has to be convinced; If the emperor does not adopt it, or even reprimands, demotes officials or even court staffs, it is even better, and the names of ministers and ministers will come immediately.

But scolding the prince is not, no matter how old the prince is, he is only a prince after all, as long as he has not ascended the throne, he is still in the "learning stage", even if he puts forward some suggestions that do not seem to be very reliable during this period, the courtiers have to make it clear at most to oppose it, and it is really not the way to be a minister.

What's more, Emperor Longqing has a better temper today, even if he provokes him, it is just a demotion to the official, the court staff or something has never appeared at all, and it is an old thing when Emperor Shizong was killed directly in court, so everyone is not very afraid of the emperor.

And because of his special background, Gao Gong is the only nephew who stays by Gao Gong's side without his own son, and whether his upper sparseness is instructed by Gao Gong or not, everyone can't ignore it.

You must know that for officials, it is better to be afraid of tall beards than of the emperor. Being directly reprimanded or even demoted by the emperor can still make a good name for a courtier, but if he is targeted by a tall beard, it will be different. His old gentleman is now a heavenly official, if you don't like it, Sima Shang, the official of the Ministry of Officials, may invite you to drink tea, and then it will be over.

What is the purpose of the Meritorious Examination Division, it is so powerful? This department is in charge of the deliberations and punishments of civil officials, and when it is in charge of the three-year Beijing inspection and the general plan, it is in charge of the government decree and the approval of the Beijing inspection and the general plan. It also undertakes the provincial life theft and various deliberations and deliberations, and collects the merit books of officials in charge of various departments, as well as all incidents such as reporting illness, resuming, opening and resuming, donating and resuming, deputy vacancies, investigating cases, writing documents, and giving licenses.

Well, to put it simply: this department is mainly responsible for finding faults, and the target of finding faults is all civil officials in the country.

That's awesome.

For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, which department does the civil official like to pay attention to the most? Wen Xuan Qing Division, because the department is responsible for calculating merit, and then you are promoted; Which department is most afraid of being noticed by? Test the merit and clean up the department, because the department is responsible for finding faults, and then give you punishment.

This is like in the later life, if the regional leader is very satisfied with you, the person who talks to you is the organization minister, which means that you are about to be promoted; If you're not satisfied, it's Ji Wei Shuji who is talking to you, and that's a big bad thing.

Everyone wants to be promoted, and no one wants to be found faulty, so the deterrent power of the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Officials is even higher than that of ordinary ministers, and Gao Gong is now the first assistant and the heavenly official, basically unless there is no way to retreat, no one will have a brain convulsion to offend him.

Therefore, even people who have different opinions on Gao Pragmatic's "Shu Yi Lu Shu" have decided to wait for a while to see which direction the wind blows before deciding whether to express their attitude. Those who agree with Gao pragmatic opinions, let alone wait for the cabinet vote and the approval of the celebrant and supervisor, and then second, advocate, and sing praises.

But the cabinet's response seems to be a bit slow this time, and on the first day of receiving the dismissal, the cabinet did not react at all. The next day, when it was almost over, there was a ticket to be sent to the celebrant belatedly. And this ticket is also very intriguing, because the ticket is approved by the high arch, and only one sentence is approved:

"The matter is serious, and it can be discussed in detail before it can be dealt with."

Early the next morning, when the officials in Beijing were discussing in private, the celebrant was red, and the reply was:

"The officer's statement is very detailed, and it does not seem to be a lie, and the cabinet should send someone to verify it as soon as possible and discuss it as soon as possible."

At this moment, the officials in Beijing had a little bottom in their hearts, and subconsciously felt that this matter was only from the palace's instructions, and even the tall beard was caught off guard - otherwise why did the tall beard delay the time, and the emperor urged the cabinet to hurry up?

But is that really the case?

Of course not, Gao Pragmatic is such a big move, how can he not discuss with Gao Gong in advance? As soon as he returned to Beijing, he told Gao Gong in detail about the causes and consequences of this incident, including the various circumstances he investigated, and even told Gao Gong that he originally planned to investigate and calculate it carefully, and then find an opportunity to explain it, because Mr. Guo thought that now was a good opportunity.

Gao Gong naturally wanted to ask about the specific situation, and then thought carefully for a night, and the next day decided how to deal with this matter. To put it simply, Gao Gong needs to quietly release the news of Guo Pu's return to Beijing through this matter, so that the outside world will have one more suspicion of "Guo Pu" in addition to "things out of the palace" and "things out of Gao Gong".

The resumption of officials, especially the resumption of a senior cabinet elder, also needs a reason, usually speaking, there is a major matter that needs to be done by this official at the moment, and the reason is relatively sufficient. For example, he raised the arch to recover, that is, Xu Jie's resignation, and the lack of an important minister in the cabinet who had both qualifications and ability and was extremely trusted by the emperor - only he was completely satisfied with the high arch, so it was easy to recover.

Now Gao Gong wants to recover Guo Pu, and he also needs a reason. Of course, Guo Pu's qualifications are enough, but the emperor's relationship with him is not deep, and at present, several major events in the imperial court have almost been completed, and he is at the most relaxed and comfortable moment in several years, and there is no urgent matter that needs to be grasped by an old master.

But there is a saying in later generations, if you have the opportunity, you have to go up, and if you don't have the opportunity to create opportunities, you have to go up.

There is a reason to recover, and there is no reason to create a reason to recover!

This is the intention of the high arch.

The reform of the post station is not a joke, and it is completely worthy of the four words "the matter is big", but Gao Gong is currently focusing on the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and by the way, he also pays attention to the Ministry of War; Zhang Juzheng originally took charge of the military department, but now he also grasps the criminal department by the way; Yin Shidan nominally focuses on the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, but in fact, the ministers of these two departments are very old, and they don't take Yin Shidan very seriously-for example, Gao Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the same year as Gao Gong, and he has two subjects earlier than Yin Shidan.

By the way, Yin Shidan was a jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, and he was the same year as Zhang Juzheng.

In fact, to create conditions for Guo Pu's recovery, it may not necessarily start with the reform of the post station, but when Gao Gong thought carefully that night, he remembered that when Gao Pragmatic talked to him about the affairs of the post station, he emphasized several times that "the post station is under the management of the military department", and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly understood why Guo Pu asked Gao Pragmatic to make a fuss about the post station now.

The military department is Zhang Juzheng's supervisor! If Guo Pu is reinstated to manage the post station reform, it is equivalent to fighting with Zhang Juzheng for the right to do things.

Guo Zhifu knew that Zhang Juzheng and I were going to have a falling out, and expressed to me that he was willing to join forces to suppress Zhang Juzheng!

How could I brush off his kindness?