Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 127 Cao Gan Returns (Part [-])
The child who was dragged to Gao Yushi by Cao Gan was probably only about six years old, and it could be seen from his eyes that this child was definitely not the same as that enchanting little loli of Liu Xian's family.Dodging and dodging, refusing to look directly at Gao Yushi.

Cao Gan became angry when he saw it. He was afraid that Gao Shishi would be displeased. His son would have no chance to study in this life. In the past, he was unable to study because of his status, and he couldn’t take the imperial examination. Pragmatically, they are the masters of their father and son. If the master's family does not allow it, what kind of imperial examination will you take as a servant or a son of your family?

The child finally bowed his head and looked at Gao Wushi: "Cao Ke has met the young master."

Fortunately, this sentence is quite clear.Gao Yushi was afraid that such a big child would not even be able to speak clearly, so it would be a bit troublesome, because normally speaking, he would not be able to enlighten him.Since he was only a little more courageous and could still speak clearly, Gao Pragmatism felt relieved.

Now he smiled gently and said: "Your father asked you to study with me. It is for your own good. Only after studying can you become an official or a high-ranking official. Even if you don't become an official, people who have studied are more respected. Understand?"

Cao Ke nodded half understanding.

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "That's fine, today you play by yourself first, and tomorrow I will start teaching you how to read, and you only need to recognize five characters a day."

Cao Gan thought in his heart that he could only read five characters a day, when would he learn something, but he himself was an uneducated person, so he didn't have any confidence in this matter, and he didn't dare to question the young master of the Gao family. I had no choice but to quickly scold my son: "Did you hear that, why don't you thank the young master?"

The child Cao Ke was probably afraid of his father, so he hurriedly said, "Thank you, young master."

Gao Wushi originally wanted to tell Cao Gan that there was something wrong with your education method, but then he thought it was not a good sign to say that about his father in front of the children, so he held back and said, "Okay, go play first. , I still have something to discuss with your father."

Cao Gan hurriedly said to his son, "Go, go outside to find your mother, do you remember the way?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "It's okay, just let Guanshi take him there."

Shen Li'an, who had been waiting at the door, quickly responded and led Cao Ke down.

Cao Gan thanked Shen Li'an first, and then turned his head to wait for Gao Pragmatic's order.

However, Gao Pragmatic does not want to order anything, but has a question to ask: "Cao Gan, to be honest, I didn't know that your Bailixia could have such a scale...not only the population exceeded my estimate, but the power , financial resources have exceeded my expectations. However, you can rest assured that my third uncle has already written me back, and I should be able to successfully take over your group of people in Bailixia, including your property."

Gao Wushi did not explain why he "was able to take over smoothly", because Zhang Juzheng was involved.

The thing is like this, on the night when Gao Gongshi's letter was delivered to Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Feng also sent a letter after the confidential meeting. Let Xu Jie go, and don't put any more pressure on the Songjiang case of retiring land, because Zhang Juzheng got the news at that time that Hai Rui had already used Xu Jie's younger brother Xu Zhishangshu to impeach his elder brother Xu Jie's old incident, and gradually got involved. Xu Jie's three sons have even been "invited" to Suzhou (Wufeng Note: Governor Yingtian is stationed in Suzhou, not Nanjing), and they are being investigated to collect evidence.

Zhang Juzheng is well aware of the situation in his old benefactor's family. It's hard to say whether he has directly accepted bribes or plundered, but his three sons must have something to do. These three yamen are now in the hands of Hai Rui. Hai Rui's guy is a reckless guy, so if he checks it out, can there be no accidents?

Gao Gong himself was in a bit of a dilemma. Don't investigate, it's not his style of governing; investigate, just like Gao Pragmatically advised him before, it will only attract ridicule and doubts from others, thinking that he is taking personal revenge.

In the end, considering that Zhang Ju is his most important ally in the cabinet now, Gao Gong pinched his nose and wrote letters to several officials in Wuzhong who were in charge of the case, especially the Deputy Envoy for Su Song's military preparation and grain storage and water conservancy. Cai Guoxi.

Gao Gong said this in his letter: "Cunlao (Wufeng Note: Refers to Xu Jie, because Xu Jie is also known as "Cunzhai") son-in-law, there is a book patrol in front of the servant, and he is going to bed. I heard recently that the deacon It is very urgent to issue arrests, but the servant's intention is not the same. This old man is in the family of the assistant minister, and seeing that his three sons have all committed crimes, it is not good to look good, so I hope the deacon will be more lenient. This old man used to hate the servant, but the servant Those who do the opposite today are not hypocritical. The servant side maintains the balance for the country, and the affairs of the world should be dealt with according to the justice of the world. How can you care about your own selfishness?"

The reason why I wrote to Cai Guoxi, Su Song’s Bingbei Dao, is mainly because of two reasons: first, Su Song’s Bingbei Dao is the most important official in charge of Suzhou and Songjiang under Governor Yingtian, and Bingbei Dao has the authority to manage lawsuits and prisons. The judicial power of affairs belongs to the "current management"; secondly, although Cai Guoxi himself was a Jinshi in Jiajing 38 years ago, it is reasonable to say that he is a student of Xu Jie, but he had a falling out with the Xu family because of this incident, and his personal enmity was not small. So you need to make it clear to him.

Cai Guoxi served as the magistrate of Suzhou from the first year of Longqing. He was honest and caring for the people, practiced good governance and had a good official reputation.At that time, Xu Jie was the prime minister with great power, and Xu's family member was domineering in Suzhou. Although Cai Guoxi was Xu Jie's high-ranking student, he punished him severely without showing his master's face.This matter was learned by the court censor who was fawning on Xu Jie, so he impeached Cai Guoxi many times to embarrass Cai Guoxi.It was also because of Cai Guoxi's recovery and serving as Su Song's military preparation, so Gao Gong was rumored to punish Xu Jie.

There is another incident. When Cai Guoxi was the magistrate of Suzhou, Xu Jie's eldest son, Xu Fan, sent a servant to his government office. The servant was so arrogant and rude that Cai Guoxi beat him up angrily. Later, Cai Guoxi passed by Songjiang on a business trip. One day, a group of servants in the Xu Mansion drove dozens of small boats to surround the boat he was on, shouting and insulting Cai Guoxi, making it difficult for Cai Guoxi to move. It was not until the prefect of Songjiang came to mediate in person that the family of the Xu Mansion did not give up.

The dignified magistrate of Suzhou was so insulted by a group of slaves, Cai Guoxi naturally couldn't bear this tone, so he formed a grudge.

After Gao Gong finished writing the letter, in order to show his sincerity, he deliberately sent the letter to Zhang Juzheng first, and asked Zhang Juzheng to read it.He knew that Zhang Juzheng knew him well enough, and he could only do this at most in this matter. It is obviously impossible for him to tell the world that Xu Jie can be innocent of breaking the law. can understand.

Sure enough, Zhang Juzheng was relieved after reading it, and the next day in the cabinet, he specially went to Gao Gong's signing room to thank him in person.Gao Gong was still very friendly to Zhang Juzheng and was more polite.Then the two chatted for a while, and Gao Gong casually mentioned that Zhang Juzheng, who Gao Gongshi had told him about bringing Baili Gorge under the name of Sanshen Garden, immediately praised him, saying, "This is the first step in removing one from the capital. Liu Zhongcheng will be happy to praise the great merit of the disaster, and there is no reason why he will not allow it."

Of course, Liu Zhongcheng was referring to Liu Yingjie, Governor of Shuntian, and since Zhang Juzheng said so, of course he would do work for Liu Yingjie to ensure that he would "happyly praise him, without any objection".

When Cao Gan heard the good news, his heart fell to the ground. He thanked him again and again, and at the same time secretly said: Mr. Gao's ability is great. No wonder my wife immediately agreed to join him when she heard that he was the nephew of Mr. Gao Ge. .Looking at it now, the third uncle of the family really talked about everything in the court. Although I went bankrupt this time, I have earned a decent way out for everyone, which is not a bad thing.

(End of this chapter)