Originally, Gao Pragmatic felt that Gao Gong was so eager to send a secret letter, maybe something big had happened in Jingshi, or even a great change, and he was ready to welcome bad news. However, unexpectedly, when Gao pragmatic opened the envelope, he only saw a very ordinary letter from home.

This letter is too ordinary, and after reading the letter, Gao Pragmatic even wondered if Gao Gong used some black technology such as invisible ink. He took the letter and looked at it over and over again, even looking through the sunlight, but no matter how he looked at it, it was such a letter home.

Did you send the wrong letter? This is impossible, if Gao Gong is so careless in doing things, I am afraid that the government affairs of the world will not be chaotic immediately.

Black technology? That's even more a dream whisper, even if there is really black technology in the Ming Dynasty in this era, nine times out of ten it can only come from his highly pragmatic hands.

Gao pragmatic thought in his heart: In this way, the true intention of the third uncle can only be hidden in this ordinary family letter? It's just that he's doing this because he's worried about leaks, or is he going to test me, or is it both?

He picked up the letter and read it carefully again. The letter is not long, but it is not short, and the words are plain and straightforward, similar to the usual spoken language.

In the letter, Gao Gong briefly recounted what had happened in Jingshi in the past six months, and his position was relatively neutral, with no obvious tendencies. Even for the confrontation between Gao Dang and Zhao Zhenji, it was expressed in a neutral tone that was almost a bystander, not only did not say anything to Zhao Zhenji, but even expressed regret at the end.

In addition, Gao Gong also said some things in government affairs, judging from the tone, it was just a simple "inform", but most of them were related to Gao Pragmatic.

For example, the southwestern capital was faintly unstable, and Zhang Juzheng's protégé Zeng Xingwu was temporarily transferred to Sichuan as governor, and when Zeng Xingwu passed through Guizhou, he met with Liu Wei as an ally of the Gao Party, hoping that Liu Ling would be prepared, train soldiers and horses, and prepare to quell the chaos.

For example, the case of Ding Sijuan, a native of Huizhou, has been basically closed, and the general conclusion is that the tax itself has indeed been manipulated, but in view of the age, it is very difficult to investigate, and the local customization has been formed, so it is difficult to change, so the imperial court decided to reduce the tax by half as a whole, and the remaining half will be shared by She County and the rest of the counties according to the proportion of taxes paid by the local people last year, and a handful of mud, and at the same time ordered the Huizhou government to seriously rectify the tax law, and try to implement a whip law.

For example, Xuzhou, Pizhou and other places have been yellow again this year, resulting in the interruption of Cao Yun, the rise of displaced people, and local erosion, Gao Gong then took advantage of the momentum of fighting Zhao Zhenji's rainbow, and forcibly passed a resolution in the cabinet, and thirty percent of the annual Cao Yun was transported to Beijing by sea. However, due to the temporary suspension of the Jingshi shipping and the cramped port, the imperial court decided to give a one-year buffer period to negotiate and determine the temporary docking points for supplies and shelter from the wind and waves along the way, and by the way, let Tianjin Wei renovate and expand the original port.

There is also Gao Pragmatic once suggested to Gao Gong, about the flood control and diversion of the Yongding River, Gao Gong also told him some recent corresponding measures in the letter.

However, the two items that Gao pragmatic pays the most attention to are put last.

One is that Gao Gong told him that the matter of Alta tribute had been basically negotiated, and that the court angel had set off for Datong with the edict, and that after reaching the agreement between Datong and Xuanda Governor Wang Chonggu, Altan Khan would hold an alliance in a few days.

According to the results of the discussion, Altan Khan swore to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty in the presence of the nobles of the right-wing Mongol tribes and the leaders of other tribes controlled by the right-wing Mongols, and swore that the Mongol right-wing would never offend Bian Yunyun from now on.

At the end of this story, Gao Gong said very simply, "...... In this way, the tribute will be completed, and the emperor is very pleased, and the ministers who have made meritorious contributions should be rewarded. ”

When Gao Pragmatic read it before, he only regarded this sentence as a "casual remark" and ignored the past, but when he looked at it again, he suddenly understood: there were several layers of meaning here!

First of all, the tribute was defined as a success by the emperor in advance - those who had obstructed the tribute before were "nailed to the pillar of shame in history" in advance; At the same time, those who advocated tribute before should be regarded as meritorious officials, and everyone can rest assured and don't have to tremble.

Secondly, the emperor should reward the meritorious heroes. In other words, before Li Chunfang retires, he can still get a reward for presiding over the tribute, and it is estimated that he can at least get a glorious tribute; Gao Gong himself undoubtedly wants to go to the next level, and rightfully take over as the first assistant, maybe he can get a wave of titles, such as what to add a pillar country, from the prince to the prince and the prince, or even simply enter the young master, and even from the Jianji Temple to the Zhongji Palace, etc., it is also possible, the key depends on the emperor's mood.

In the end, Gao Pragmatic himself may also get a reward, but it is best to return to Beijing as soon as possible - after all, when the emperor does this kind of thing, you are not in Beijing, there is really a difference, and Gao Gong, as Gao Pragmatic's third uncle, it is inconvenient for him to bring it up, and even his protégés should not mention this stubble, otherwise there will be a suspicion of inviting merit and rewarding, so Gao Pragmatic himself can only appear in front of the emperor and let the emperor think of himself: Oh, yes, Xiao Gao Qing's family has also made great efforts in this matter, and he will be rewarded!

This one is about the reward for the success of the tribute, which is a good thing, and the other may not be so good.

Gao Gong vaguely mentioned that once Li Chunfang went to the throne, only he, Zhang Juzheng, and Yin Shidan were left in the cabinet. Yin Shidan has always been very close to him, but it doesn't matter, because this person is not an old minister of Yudi, and he has no old friendship with the emperor, plus he took the inner court route to enter the cabinet, and he is quite despised by the government and the opposition, and he can't make any big waves.

The problem is that since Yin Shidan is not of great use, Zhang Juzheng's importance has increased. Gao and Zhang were originally under the checks and balances of Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji's alliance, and they have always joined forces to fight the enemy, and they seem to be one and one in the eyes of the outside world, but in fact, both of them know in their hearts that because of the relationship between the previous Songjiang retreat case, Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong have already had a disagreement, once the Li and Zhao alliance disintegrate, the external pressure of the two of them will disappear, and they are afraid that most of them will turn from allies to passers-by, or even simply hostile.

Zhang Juzheng is different from others in the previous cabinet, he is also an old minister of Yudi, and he is only a little worse than Gao Gong in terms of intimacy; At the same time, he was a disciple of Xu Jie, and in the Songjiang Retreat case, no matter how much he collected money and confiscated the money, he finally came forward to pull Mr. Xu anyway. Now Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji, the two obstructors who have taken half of Xu Jie's political legacy, are gone, and the rest of the Xu Party can only find Zhang Juzheng if they want to hug their thighs; In the end, Zhang Juzheng's governance ability is not at all comparable to Mr. Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji.

If Zhang Juzheng had no ability and ambition, how could he be valued by Gao Gong back then, relying on him as his right-hand man, and even hoped that he would become the successor of his own career and carry forward his reforms?

Gao pragmatic put down the letter, and felt a little excited and a little emotional: The battle of Gao Zhang is finally about to start.