Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 480 Farewell to the Capital
"So lightly I leave, just as lightly I came; softly I wave, and transform into a cloud in the western sky."

In the sixth year of Wanli, on July [-]th, Gao Yushi escorted Gao Gong's coffin back to his hometown for burial.Zhu Yijun tried his best to protect the spirit and send it out of the city. Unexpectedly, he was secretly praised by many people—the public opinion is not allowed, just because this is not the ancestral system; the secret praise is to thank the emperor for respecting his ministers. .

Gao Gong's reforms were not small, and he actually offended many people, but the emperor still insisted on giving such courtesy, which would naturally comfort and inspire the reform-oriented ministers.

Of course, there are always two sides to the world, some people are happy, and some people are sullen, but that is not what Gao Wuzhen needs to consider now.

Because he has already resigned from Guanzheng and the fake Hanlin Academy's bachelor's degree, and the fake Zhan Shifu Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude.

Regarding Gao Yushi's resignation, Zhu Yijun originally disagreed at first, because he has not yet taken charge of the government, and according to Emperor Mu Zonglongqing's will, Gao Yushi should accompany him until he took office.

Although Gao Gong passed away, the empress dowagers of the two palaces, especially the empress dowager Li, believed that Zhu Yijun was still not good enough to take charge of the state affairs, so she and the empress dowager Chen jointly issued a decree. He ordered his identity to assist the government.

However, the high-level pragmatism, which is as powerful as the internal minister, has already increased its influence on the "Tian Family Trio" through "continuing struggle" in the past few years.He performed in front of the two palaces and the emperor with great emotion, saying that Gao Gong has no other relatives of his nephews and nephews in Beijing. It is also a requirement of filial piety.

At the same time, because I had previously stated that Sanbo would not participate in the tribute examination before he became an official, he did not take the exam after obtaining the status of a student.Now that seven years have passed, and Sanbo has passed away, it's time for him to prepare well and take the exam.As long as he passed the exam, wouldn't he be able to come back and continue to serve the emperor?

This statement is both reasonable and reasonable. After the two palaces discussed it, they thought it was worth considering.Zhu Yijun had no choice but to summon Gao Yushi alone again. The two of them had a secret discussion for a long time in the Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, but they didn't know what they said. Anyway, Zhu Yijun finally agreed to Gao Yushi's resignation.

Before leaving the capital, Gao Wushi went to the former Zhang University Scholars' Mansion and the current Guo University Scholars' Mansion to pay a visit to his teacher Guo Pu.

I would like to add that this house is very interesting. At first, after the emperor seized it, he planned to give it to Gao Gong, but Gao Gong didn’t want it, so he wanted to give it to Guo Pu, but Guo Pu refused to accept it.The emperor had no choice but to retain the "property rights" and licensed Guo Pu to live in - the reason was that Guo Pu had no house in Beijing, and he always lived in the high-level Jianxinzhai Courtyard, which was easy to be criticized by officials and far away. For the young Gu Ming Fuchen, it was really inconvenient.

Guo Pu was an official poorer than Gao Gong. Gao's family was still a family of officials and eunuchs, and he was born in a poor family, and he was the kind of official who refused to accept donations, so naturally he couldn't make a fortune.He has been an official all his life, and only saved a few pennies thanks to the students' respect and charcoal respect. He bought more than 200 mu of land in his hometown, which can be regarded as used for the elderly. Renting a house, this may also explain why he only got along with Gao Gong in the cabinet at the beginning, and they have similar temperaments.

So Guo Pu couldn't afford to buy a house in the capital now. Seeing that the emperor said so, he agreed.Now, the only thing in Guo Dashi's mansion is the plaque at the door that belongs to him, and even the servants in the mansion are all hired by Zhu Yijun out of his own pocket for the imperial supervisor to help.

Gao Wushi came to discuss with Guo Pu, mainly in two aspects.One of the aspects is of course government affairs. Although Gao Yushi is only 16 years old this year, Guo Pu, as his mentor, does not know the influence of Gao Yushi, a former observer of politics?He, this monstrous student, was privately called "Old Xiaoge" a few years ago!

In terms of government affairs, there are two main principles discussed by their teachers and students. One is to continue to promote Gao Gong's unfinished reform cause, and the other is to always pay attention to whether anyone takes advantage of Gao Gong's death to make troubles.

Gao Wushi also took special care of Guo Pu, asking him to keep in touch with Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju in the inner court, and tell him the contact information. As for Chen Hong, the chief inspector of ceremonies, he just needs to look good, but don't be hostile at will.Guo Pu knew that he had many arrangements in the inner court, so he agreed to them one by one.

In addition to government affairs, it is a highly pragmatic private matter.The most important thing for personal matters is Gao Gong's funeral, but in fact this is the best way to do it - the etiquette standards are fixed, and other things only need to spend money, but Gao Gong is practical... there is no shortage of money.

So what really matters is the next exam for High Pragmatism.

In the sixth year of Wanli, there was no high-practice exam that he needed to take. Originally, he was just a student. As a rule, he had to take the Taoist exam held every year by Henan Xuezheng. But because of Mu Zong’s death, he had to accompany the emperor to study, so this routine The exam was made an exception by Xia Yizhi of the two palaces.

So the first exam he has to face is actually next year—that is, the Henan Provincial Examination in the seventh year of Wanli.Only after passing the Henan Provincial Examination and obtaining Juren status can one participate in the Wanli eight-year general examination.

In fact, for the exam itself, Gao Pragmatism is quite confident. Although he is often "obsessed" in the eyes of others, in fact, he is only in charge of those matters in business, and he rarely intervenes in specific affairs. Just give a strategic plan.Most of those "plans" were written by him many years ago. It was only because of some discrepancies between the situation and the plan when some things were handled in detail that he needed to take them out and modify them slightly, and then confessed to others to do it. .

In short, it can't delay too much.

And he usually studies very hard.Not only is he hardworking, but he also has an advantage that ordinary students can't match - he is a Hanlin official!Although he is a nominal one, the officials in the Imperial Academy are all his colleagues in name!
Not to mention that he also has a lot of brothers who are Jinshi. He can learn a lot of experience in studying and taking exams by casually communicating with these two types of people!

Of course, for things like exams, ability is one aspect, confidence is one aspect, and luck is also one aspect.

However, high pragmatism can reduce the proportion of "luck" as much as possible, especially in the rural examination stage.Because he can find all kinds of information about Henan Admiral Xuezheng, including what style of articles he likes.

Although writing articles for the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty can generally be summed up in one word, that is "blowing".But there are also different styles of blowing: some people like to blow big, some people like to blow delicately, some people like to blow aggressively, and some people like blowing arrogantly... where are most of the talents? Do you know what kind of "blowing" the great masters in this province like to watch?
But you can know it with high pragmatism!

(End of this chapter)