At that time, Yan Song, the first-class cabinet official, and Xu Jie, the second-class cabinet official, were at loggerheads. To the point where the sky were to fall, the high arch shuttled back and forth between them with equanimity, regardless of thickness. Because of their high arch, Yu Wang became an official and made a fortune in the future, so they also valued him very much, and sometimes even avoided him. When Yan Song was so powerful, he didn't blame anyone at all, but he didn't care much about the high arch. On one occasion, he laughed at Yan Song's arrogance when he saw his hometown. Instead of blaming him, Yan Song slapped him in the face. On the recommendation of Yan Song and Xu Jie, in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing (1558), Gao Gong was transferred to Hanlin as a lecturer.
Gao Gong spent nine spring and autumn periods in Wang Yufu. In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing (1560), he was promoted to Taichang Temple and was in charge of the wine festival in imperial academy. In the past nine years, I have taught the classics with high arch, applied ancient teachings and used things with caution. Yu Wang is deeply educated. They have established a deep relationship between teachers and students in Wang Chen. After Gao Gong left the palace, "No matter how big or small things are at home, (Yu Wang) will make the Chinese ambassador ask questions", and Yu Wang also wrote gifts such as "Li Hongduo", "Huai Xian" and "Loyalty" in calligraphy. In the second year, King Jing entered the vassal state, and Yu Wang's position as heir became clear. Therefore, Gao Gonghe's relationship not only made his boss and colleagues sit up and take notice of him, but also laid the foundation for him to play a huge role in politics in the future. In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing (1565), King Jing disappeared from the vassals and Yu Wang's position was established. Gao Gong was promoted to be the minister of rites, and was called to Lu Zhi. He was favored by Qing Ci, so he was given a flying suit. In the 45th year of Jiajing (1566), in March, he was recommended by Xu Jie and was appointed as a college student in Wenyuange. Just entered the cabinet, Gao Gong wanted to show his ambition and talent. At that time, Sejong lived in Xiyuan for a long time, and the minister rate was proud of being called into Lu Zhi, and the cabinet affairs were not satisfactory. Sejong said, "The government in the cabinet could have gone alone." . Records of Xu Jie and "Prime Minister of Qing Dynasty" Wei Yuan refused to work in the cabinet on the grounds that they could not live without Sejong for a moment. Gao Gong said to Xu Jie, "When you are old, you can go straight on. Bucai and Li (Chunfang) and Guo (Park) would like to spend one day learning stories in the pavilion. " In the same year1February 14, Emperor Sejong Jiajing died, and Zhu Zaihou succeeded to the throne, making Gao Gong the Prince of Shaobao and Taibao, and was appointed as a scholar in Wenyuange of the Cabinet. Soon, Gao Gong and Xu Jie turned against each other, even attacking each other, and were pushed back by Hu Yingjia and Ouyang Yijing.
In July of the second year of Qin Long (1568), Xu Jie was demobilized and went home. In the third year of Qin Long (1569), Zhang and eunuchs conspired to summon Gao Gong. In that year1February, after being left out in the cold for more than a year, Gao Gong went straight to Beijing day and night, regardless of the cold of the twelfth lunar month, and re-entered the stage as a university student and official minister. There is a gap between the road and the high arch, so many people are uneasy. When Hu Yingjia heard that Gao Gong was back, he was surprised by the death of trapp, a tourist, and Ouyang Yijing died of depression on his way back to the field, which caused panic for a while. Gao Gong spread his remarks through his protege, appeasing officials and saying, "Xu Jie was kind to me in those days, but later he didn't resent me enough because of trivial matters." "I want to completely change my bad thoughts and ideas in the past and run the country with you." . This is eloquent and generous, so people's hearts are a little safer. At that time, Xu Jie was appointed as the world record holder by Li Chunfang. Li Chunfang is a generous man. He adheres to the principle of equality in politics and does everything carelessly. Although he doesn't lose his mind, he always looks verve and incompetent. Gao Gong, relying on himself as Zhu Zaihou's confidant and taking the world as his own responsibility, played a role that Li Chunfang could not play. In August of the fourth year of Qin Long (1570), there were policemen in the north, and the high arch was headed by Shang Shuchen, Cao Bangfu and assistant minister Wang Lin. Protect Shanling with Silent Li Yonglu and Du Nan Shi Yu; Suggestion Liu Tao kept grain in Tianjin, and the governors Wang Chonggu and Tan Lun were able to suppress it. Leave it to assistant minister Dai Cai. Due to careful arrangements and strict precautions, Mongolian soldiers dare not invade. 10, the grandson of an Dan Khan led ten people, including Alig, to seek surrender because of the conflict between Hanajin and his grandfather. The governor is timely; Governor Wang Chonggu advocated surrender. When it was broadcast, there was a lot of controversy in court. Most people think that the enemy's situation is unpredictable and they can't rashly take Han Naji in. Gao Gong and Zhang unanimously supported the opinions of Wang and Fang, demanding that Han Nanji be appointed as the viceroy, "giving him food and clothing", treating him sincerely, winning his heart and allowing him. Then Gao Gong ordered the minister of border administration to let Hua Zhi put on a brocade suit, ride a fancy car, ride a good horse, crowding round and take a walk in the market. I was deeply moved by Xiao Mingting's kindness to his grandson, so he decided to make peace with the Ming Dynasty and asked for a tribute. This discussion caused an uproar in the imperial court, and the opposition cited the example of making peace in the Song Dynasty. Gao Gong first took advantage of the opportunity of inspecting science and technology to "demote Ye Mengxiong, who has a good relationship with An Dan Khan, to another post" to avoid objections. He also sent the cabinet to collect the stories of Wala and King Tatar named by Emperor Cheng Zu of the Ming Dynasty, and selected the Ministry of War to advocate Anda Khan as the title of king. This concept of treating Mongolia and the Central Plains as a whole is better than the concept of only seeking border security. Gao Gong criticized the opposition: "You people talk endlessly. Is the national planning serious? This is a big idea. I'm afraid it's invalid. I'll leave it for later! " No one dares to reply. In the same year, Chen Fu told local officials that An Guoheng had rebelled, so please come in and suppress it. Gao Gong didn't believe what he said. After an in-depth investigation, he learned that "Guo Heng was not a traitor, but the governor acted rashly because he listened to rumors", so he sent someone to appease the suspects and avoided a military confrontation.
In the fifth year of Qin Long (157 1), in March, the Ming court made Anda Khan the king of Shunyi, and the leaders of other ministries were also made commanders, with thousands of households. In August, Mingting was allowed to trade with Anda again. At that time, the governor of Shaanxi announced that the borders were different and large, and he did not want to communicate with tributes. High arch is meant to be responsible. Soon, Shaanxi Trilateral will also open Gongshi. For several months, there was no Mongolian invasion in the border areas. The people in the border area lost their spears and picked up hoes to plow the fields, and Guancheng put out the bonfire to rest in peace. Since then, the struggle between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolian Tatar ministries for nearly 200 years has basically ended. In the case of the Manchu-Korean dispute, it is inseparable that Mu Zong can solve this legacy of the first dynasty so quickly and successfully. In the process of discussing tribute, Wang Chonggu, the governor in charge of tribute trade, begged in human words. When Gao Gong learned this, he urged him to respect the ancient proposal in the court, and at the same time respected the ancient proposal when he was ill: "As long as the public security is open-minded, don't mind your own business", which greatly encouraged and comforted him. Fang personally met with his servants for paying tribute and was impeached, saying that he "needs to communicate with messengers, screen people's words, lead them eastward and frame neighboring towns." Gao Gong rebuked his fallacy and said, "How can you vent your anger when you help the minister?" This protected Fang Feng from relegation. Zhu Zaihou entered Gaogong Shao Shi with his "loyalty, foresight and commendable achievements", and rebuilt the Great Hall University with the name of Prince and Minister.
I'm afraid that the border guards will be lazy and steal security guards, so the border guards will be miserable. He has always advocated "don't rely on others not to commit crimes, but rely on me not to commit crimes;" Don't rely on others, don't bully me, don't bully me, and emphasize self-improvement. So I went to Shu again. "Please ask the task force to read the minister's book every year, so as to see the past, Qian Gu wins geometry, military forces increase geometry, instruments adjust geometry, other salt reclamation methods, and everything expands geometry", and understand that if newspapers are published, if they are better than in the past, they will be rewarded with the same work as in the past wartime; If you just keep the previous level, you will be punished like a missed opportunity. " Zhu Zaihou appreciated and adopted these opinions, and the Ministry of War formulated specific measures one by one. In the next few decades, the northwest border has been stable without major turmoil, which is also a big policy.
High arch has also made great achievements in the border areas of South Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan-Guizhou. At the beginning of Qin Long, Guangxi Gutian Zhuang, Wei and others rebelled against the Ming Dynasty according to their strongholds, and tried several times to appease them, but to no avail. Gao Gong once again recommended Yin Zhengmao as the governor. Zhengmao is strict with self-discipline and good at using troops, but he is greedy by nature. Gao Gong said, "I donate one million yuan to Zhengmao. If there is no one, things can be done." . In fact, while using Zhengmao, he has devoted himself to the promotion and training of talents in this province, and guided people's livelihood in various counties of Guangdong and Guangxi. Soon, as expected, "the folk music world is in chaos." At that time, people regarded high arch as a good way of employing people. High arch, a few years, outstanding achievements, naturally. However, he is arrogant and arrogant. "Sex is urgent, we can't hold things, and we can't hide and store things, so we have to be patient. Every eye glows, followed by an ugly voice, which is changeable from left to right. Very overbearing, this is the other side of him. It is this aspect that caused the feud between him and his colleagues, led to the discussion of things, and also led to the tragedy of being fired in the future.
First, in July of the fourth year of Qin Long (1570), Chen Yiqin, a college student and a veteran of the imperial government, was a little suspicious of the high arch. Seeing that it was too arrogant in the cabinet, he was afraid that he would be at a loss, so he bravely withdrew and led the disease away. Soon, Zhao Zhenji, a college student in charge of Duchayuan, regretted taking the exam because of his high arch and had to stop. Gao Gong was unhappy and inclined to it, so he ordered his protege to serve China and South Korea to disintegrate Zhao Zhenji Yongheng. Also resisted Zhang's illegal arch. Zhu Zaihou's high arch made Zhao Zhenji an official as soon as possible. Zhao Zhenji was in charge of the official department of the Cabinet because of his high arch, and his power was no less than that of the Prime Minister. He asked Li Chunfang to find and take charge of Douchayuan to curb the high arch, and Li Chunfang agreed. After leaving, I was uneasy. Because there was a gap between Xu Jie and Gao, I took a leave of absence and returned to the field in May of five years (157 1).
Gao Gong took over the first slap and became more and more arrogant. At that time, Yin Shizhen entered the cabinet to assist the government. Yin Shizhen was also a colleague of Gao Gong when he was in Yufu. Because he did not compromise with Gao Gong, he could not be promoted for a long time. After joining the cabinet, Gao Gong was unhappy. After someone illegally Zhang Siwei, the confidant of Gao Gong, Gao Gong suspected that it was directed by Yin Shizhen and threatened Han. Yin Shizhen couldn't bear it, and criticized Gong Dao in front of the Cabinet: "If you chase Chen Gong first, then Zhao Gong, then Gong Li, then me. If you can grow this seat? " Say unexpectedly fist hit high arch. In November of the fifth year of Qin Long (156 1), Yin Shizhen was also deported. In this way, except for Zhang, Lao Fu was completely excluded from the high arch. High arch ranks among the best, bossing around, specializing in national hands. When Gao Gong worked with Zhang, imperial academy met and shared the same interests, hoping to join the cabinet to assist the country in the future. But on the day of Emperor Jiajing's death, the court records at that time showed that Xu Jie only asked his favorite pupil Zhang * * * to write Jiajing's testamentary edict, but he did not tell the high arch, which was already the opponent of the cabinet minister, that Gao and Zhang were at odds. In addition, the confidants who stayed for five years rumored that Zhang had accepted a bribe of 32,000 pieces of silver from Xu Jie in order to save his three sons, and the misunderstanding between them was increasing day by day. Zhang secretly formed an alliance with eunuchs who were dissatisfied with the high arch.
In the first month of the sixth year of Qin Long (1572), he entered the polar palace with high arch as the pillar of the country. However, he is more bossy. In addition, his favorite students, such as Han Ji and Wen Cheng, are running around outside the door day and night, which simply adds fuel to the fire and specializes in opera, which everyone hates. At the beginning, Gao Gong still held the Qing Dynasty. But then he became extravagant. He often says to people, "What can I do if I don't give it for daily use?" Disciples and subordinates heard about it and rushed to offer it, "take it and gather it", so there was a lot of discussion. Wang Wenhui, the suggestion, sneered at current events, saying that the words were high and high, so as to make up for Ningxia's troubles. Shang and Liu Fenyong also tried to correct Gao Gong and gave Uncle Cao ten things to resist Gao Gong's disloyalty. Among them, Gao Gong had no authority to retaliate, refused kindness, overstepped his relatives and old friends in the countryside, and opened the door to bribery. Zhu Zaihou wouldn't listen. Both of them were appointed outside the office.
In May of that year, he was critically ill and called Gao Gong, Zhang, Gao Yi and other ministers to take care of his life. Mu Zong held Gao Gong's hand and said, "Let the world get tired." . After Zhu Zaihou's death, due to the testamentary edict, Gao Gong planned to launch Liao Bai to expel Feng Bao, and the two sides formally fought a decisive battle.
After Ming Shenzong acceded to the throne, the "big companion" instructed by Zhang was a sentence that the eunuch once said in the cabinet in front of Li Guifei and Empress Chen, "How can a ten-year-old prince rule the world!" Change it to "how to be a master for a ten-year-old child." Claiming that Gao Gong had established a captaincy, the imperial concubine and Empress Chen were stunned. In the early morning of June 16, Gao Gong was accused of being in power without a monarch. At the gate of the meeting, eunuch Wang Zhenxuan read a message: "Today, a university student Gao Gong enjoys the exclusive right to govern, and the imperial court Fu Wei usurped the throne for himself, but the emperor was not allowed to take charge. I wonder what he wants. My mother and son were frightened and fidgety. Go back to your hometown and be idle, don't stay! " After hearing the news, Gao Gong was as pale as dying embers and sweaty, so he couldn't get up. Zhang lifted the handle up from behind. He also created the Wang incident in an attempt to murder Gao Gong. Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of Ge Shouli, an official minister, Zhang's "comfort the book and stop" high arch was spared.
In the fifth year of Wanli (1577), Zhang went back to his hometown in Jiangling, Hubei Province to bury his father, passed by Gao Gong's hometown and made a special trip to visit Gao Gong. When they met, they hid their faces and wept bitterly. On his deathbed, Gao Gong wrote four volumes of Last Words on His Sick Bed, describing Zhang's collusion with Feng to seize the position of Huiji, describing Zhang as a sinister and vicious figure, and denouncing Zhang's "playing the lute with his fingers pinched".
On July 2nd, the 6th year of Wanli (1578), Gao Gong died in Xinzheng's home and was buried in Lao Fen Village, Jinge, the northern suburb of the county. In the seventh year of Wanli (1579), it was presented to the restoration officials with the title of "Great decline, Hokuriku as a vassal, and great contribution". After Zhang's death, his dying words were published and circulated in Beijing and Guangzhou, which catalyzed the liquidation of Zhang by Emperor Wanli.
In the 30th year of Wanli (1602), Gao Gong was offered as a surname, Wen Xiang, posthumous title, and his son Gao Wu Guan was the treasurer.