The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Master Gao, Master Gao," Guo Pu hurried to Gao Gong and said anxiously.

"What's the matter, what happened?" Gao Gong looked at him with a little boredom and said, "Could it be that because General Qi is not in Jizhou for the past few days, the Tartars came to attack?" To be honest, Gao Gong I feel a little helpless towards Guo Pu. It is true that this person does not have his own opinions, but he is his most loyal supporter. He can support him in whatever he wants to do or do, but he is a little too careless. He is irritable, and can make him yell at a little thing.

"No, no, if it's really what your lord said, I wouldn't have the heart to tell you these things, so I just drag you away," Guo Pu said.

Hearing his words, Gao Gong couldn't help but rolled his eyes, this Guo Pu is really a bit heartless, he can say this kind of words, if it wasn't for Gao Gong's home and no one around, I'm afraid he would It is also inevitable to be ruthlessly participated in the last book.

"Then what happened, if it's not something important, then don't bother me, I have other things to do," Gao Gong said a little impatiently.

"It's like this. A few days ago, when the war in Jiangnan just started, didn't your lord tell me to always pay attention to the situation there," Guo Pu said with a smile on his face, "Now there is news from there ,"

"Oh," Gao Gong immediately became interested when he heard Guo Pu's words, "What's the situation over there now?"

"Didn't Qi Jiguang's army march to Yangzhou a few days ago? How could those Fusang people be Qi Jiguang's opponents? They were defeated as soon as they fought, and immediately retreated to the city of Suzhou, closing the gates tightly." Guo Pu said, "Qi Jiguang took his men and horses to surround the city of Suzhou, but he never attacked, probably because he was afraid of causing too many casualties by storming the city of Suzhou. That Zhang Fan is also in Qi Jiguang's camp now. There's absolutely no way around it."

"Hmm..." After listening to Guo Pu's words, Gao Gong gently stroked the beard under his chin with his right hand, and began to think in his heart.

Earlier, when he knew that Zhang Fan had ordered Long Qing to go to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate and deal with corruption, Gao Gong felt a little uncomfortable. Although there was no gap between him and Zhang Fan, he and Zhang Juzheng could It just means that there is a sense of incompatibility, and as a student of Zhang Juzheng, although Zhang Fan has not made a clear statement, but from the few face-to-face conversations with Zhang Fan, Gao Gong understands that as long as he goes to war with Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng Fan will definitely stand on the opposite side of himself, and at that time, Zhang Fan has already become the commander of Jinyiwei. Although this position cannot move him as the chief minister of the cabinet, it can move those under him who agree with him. It will definitely cause him a lot of trouble in the future.

At that time, Gao Gong knew the reason why Long Qing sent Zhang Fan to Jiangnan to thoroughly investigate the corruption. To put it bluntly, the first purpose of Long Qing was for money, and the second was to reward Zhang Fan. He knew very well in his heart that as long as Zhang Fan If he can come back victorious, and it is almost inevitable for him to win, then Long Qing will definitely reward Zhang Fan again for the sake of Zhang Fan's face that he has acquired so much money for him to squander. Too bad.

However, there is nothing he can do about this matter. Zhang Fan was ordered by Long Qing to go to Jiangnan as an imperial envoy of the emperor. As long as Zhang Fan didn't make any major mistakes in principle, he would move Not Zhang Fan.

But later, Zhang Fan said that there might be Japanese pirates attacking Jiangnan on a large scale. All the officials in the court scoffed at this and didn't take it seriously. Gao Gong also wanted to use this matter to launch an offensive. Zhang Fan's status cannot be touched, as long as it can deal a little blow to him, he is willing to see it.

However, the so-called good things never come. In the eyes of Gao Gong’s party, Feng Bao, who wears the same pair of pants as Zhang Fan, would suddenly report that it was the Jiangnan branch of Dongchang that captured a Japanese pirate and He also asked about the upcoming attack on Jiangnan this time, which simply gave Gao Gong an urge to tear Feng Bao into pieces.

But in the end, he couldn't do anything, even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty could tell that Feng Bao was deliberately trying to help Zhang Fan, but no one could produce any evidence that what Feng Bao said was a lie , Dongchang has always acted like this, no matter whether you believe what they say or not, there is no evidence to prove that they are right or wrong. Some people even gave Gao Gong an idea to ask Feng Bao to come up with the The Japanese pirates they captured had someone to confront them on the spot.

However, it is even more impossible for Gao Gong to agree to this idea. It is simply a joke to find a criminal in Dongchang, or this kind of criminal who is planning to invade the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of whether Dongchang has caught that person or not, Feng Bao Just say that the person can't stand the punishment, if he dies, he can be done. Dongchang torture, hehe, although not all of the characters have rarely seen it, but it doesn't mean they don't know.

Although the people who were tortured in the Jinyiwei were close to death, they were still released alive, but those were only a very small number of people who were extremely lucky, but they were just hanging on their breath. It may be the death of Huangquan, but even the people in Jinyiwei have publicly stated that the punishment they use is far less vicious than that of Dongchang. It wasn't that there was an oracle sent down immediately to let Dongchang release people, otherwise it would be just a big punishment, and his life would be ruined.

If Gao Gong played Longqing and insisted on Feng Bao taking someone out, Feng Bao would immediately throw out a corpse that was so horrible that he couldn't see his face clearly, pointing at him and telling Gao Gong that that was the person he wanted to see, and then Even if Gao Gong wants to refute, Feng Bao will immediately present countless evidences to prove that this person is the one he is looking for. At that time, even if Gao Gong doesn't believe it, he can't help it.

And when the Battle of the South of the Yangtze River began, the more than ten thousand Japanese pirates divided into three parties and captured the three coastal cities with lightning speed. After Gao Gong got the news, he immediately felt that he had his chance. When this matter was reported to Zhang Fanyi, the crime was of course dereliction of duty, which caused the three cities to be captured by Japanese pirates.

But his plan was aborted. When Gao Gong played Longqing, many people stood up to oppose him on the spot. Of course, those who opposed were people who had nothing to do with Gao Gong, but even among Gao Gong's own party members, there were some Many people felt that what Gao Gong said was wrong.

At that time, the imperial court had just affirmed the news that the Japanese pirates were about to invade on a large scale from the evidence "proposed" by Feng Bao, and had not made any inconsistencies, and the position of Zhang Fan, whom Gao Gong sued, was only an imperial envoy at the time. Minister, all you have to do is to thoroughly investigate the corruption found in Jiangnan, and you can't manage the war or defense, so why are you negligent in your duties?

Gao Gong saw that his method would not work, so he immediately changed his method. He played Longqing on the spot, saying that the situation is urgent and he should respond earlier to avoid greater losses. He suggested that Zhang Fan should temporarily Assuming the post of general who coordinated the war, let him be in charge of the torso Japanese pirates.

At first, many people didn't understand why Gao Gong had such a big change before and after, but soon, many people understood.

Zhang Juzheng immediately went up and said that Zhang Fan had only gone out twice with the army and was not qualified for the post of general, but Gao Gong immediately retorted, saying that the situation is urgent now, and that is what is called power in a hurry. Fan's status is the highest, who else can be the general if he is not.

But Zhang Juzheng strongly opposed it, and in the end it was Li Chunfang, a good old man, who stood up and spoke. He agreed with Gao Gong's method, but he also felt that this matter was slightly inappropriate, so he also proposed to send Qi Jiguang, who is currently stationed in Jizhou, to lead an army Go to Jiangnan for rescue.

Now, Gao Gong has no objection. Although Qi Jiguang is now shouldering the important task of defending the north of the capital and resisting the Tatars, the Tatars are now fighting internally, and the court has even sent many people to help. There is nothing for now matter.

The main reason why Gao Gong agreed was that although Qi Jiguang was extremely good at fighting, and especially at attacking Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates had taken the lead now. Moreover, the most important point was that although Qi Jiguang had a strong army, they were far from the Japanese pirates. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is really too far away.

In Gao Gong's view, now that the Japanese pirates have taken the leading position, Zhang Fan wants to keep Jiangnan from being invaded by the Japanese pirates at the same time, and at the same time keep the Japanese pirates from occupying any place. Said that he had no confidence in Zhang Fan.

However, after that, Fusang native actually sent a large army to attack. This was something Gao Gong had never thought of before, but he was not worried. He just wanted to make Zhang Fan make mistakes. Today's Gao Gong is no longer the same as before. He has a bold temper, and all he thinks about is how to eliminate dissidents and consolidate his position.

But what Gao Gong did not expect was that Zhang Fan actually defended Yangzhou City for two days and two nights with the city guards of more than 500 people, and did not allow the enemy to break through, and waited until Qi Jiguang's reinforcements arrived. Arch is really not expected at all.

Several calculations failed, and now Gao Gong has a new idea. Now that the enemy army in Fusang is occupying Suzhou City, he is going to make a fuss about it. If it takes a long time, he will join Zhang Fan Qi Jiguang missed the opportunity of the battle and let the enemy ravage the land of Ming Dynasty for a long time; if there were too many casualties in a strong attack, he would take one to join Zhang Fan. In the end, Zhang Fan was the one he was going to deal with. It's just bad luck.

But will things really make Gao Gong get what he wants?