The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

The so-called "coincidence" has always been irresistible. Generally speaking, things that can be called coincidence basically happen naturally and are not manipulated by people.

Of course, this is just the meaning explained by the word, but in the real society, or in the shopping malls, let alone in the court, almost no one would believe the word "coincidence". As far as the wind and waves are concerned, they never believe in coincidences, but only believe that there must be reasons behind everything.

Gao Gong is such a person. He still remembers that when he first stepped into the official career, he was like many people in his heart, holding the idea of ​​serving the court and the emperor wholeheartedly, and benefiting the people. His personality is also very forthright, and his thoughts at the time were also a little naive.

But now if you ask Gao Gong about this issue again, he will tell you that there is absolutely no such sentence as "people plan things, but heaven makes things happen". From Gao Gong's point of view, as long as you If you have made complete preparations in advance and considered all aspects of the problem, then naturally there is no problem, and if there is really something that must be done according to God's will, he will tell you and ask you to forcibly tamper with God's will , the current Gao Gong is so simple and straightforward.

In fact, to put it bluntly, his temperament was also brought out by Xu Jie. Before Jiajing took the throne, although he became lazy because of his years of official career, but at that time Gao Gong was still relatively casual, until that time, when Xu Jie impeached him for dereliction of duty, Gao Gong could be regarded as having tasted the most difficult days in his life, and because of this, his originally bold personality became Now that the appearance has not changed, but the heart is in a more Shencheng state, this is actually the most dangerous person.

Today's morning court, Gao Gong got up very early to start preparations. For today's morning court, he went to bed early last night. This also made his family feel very weird, although Gao Gong did not ask Dealing with affairs every day until late at night, but I will not rest so early.

Gao Gong's plan was to impeach Zhang Fan and Qi Jiguang during the morning court today. The content of his impeachment was naturally that the two of them faced the tens of thousands of Fusang enemy troops occupying Suzhou City. The enemy has even more powerful firearms, but has no intention of attacking for a long time. In short, this is to impeach them for being unfavorable in commanding operations, allowing foreign troops to occupy a large city in the Central Plains, and has yet to send troops to take it back.

After all, Zhang Fan is the one that Gao Gong wants to impeach. After all, according to the current development of the court, if nothing else happens, the person who will cause trouble for Gao Gong in the future will be Zhang Fan. He is really not afraid What can Zhang Juzheng do? After all, he is the chief minister of the cabinet at the moment, and there is Guo Pu by his side to help, and Zhang Juzheng is just a person, and his voice is not very loud , and the rest of Li Chunfang can still say a few words when there is nothing wrong; During important events, Li Chunfang would never make any noise, unless the emperor asked him directly, otherwise he would keep wandering in vain.

The only person Gao Gong was worried about was Zhang Fan. Of course, his reasons for worrying about Zhang Fan were very good. First, Zhang Fan was a student of Gao Gong's deadly rival Zhang Juzheng, and now Zhang Fan was deeply trusted by Long Qing. The current Prince Zhu Yijun's Taifu also has a very good relationship, in Gao Gong's view, this will of course hinder him.

Secondly, Zhang Fan's current status is now. Now Zhang Fan is in charge of Jinyiwei. Although he was born as a champion and has the status of Lianzhong Sanyuan, he is a literati after all. Let a literati be in charge of Jinyiwei. In the history before the Ming Dynasty, there was no It's not that they didn't do it, but those people didn't last long, and Zhang Fan was a little different. He had almost won the favor of the current and next generations of emperors. It would be very difficult for him to be dismissed from office, and A few days ago, Long Qing announced the news that Zhang Fan had cracked a difficult and extremely serious corruption case. Seeing Long Qing's excitement at that time, Gao Gong knew that Zhang Fan was about to command the real power in Jinyiwei. I stayed in the position for a long time.

And this matter is not what he is most worried about. What he is worried about is that, as the commander of Jinyiwei, Zhang Fan has the right to have an exclusive audience with Long Qing. This right can be said to be the dream of all courtiers. Expressing one's own ideas, but not having one's own enemies to disturb and oppose, this kind of thing is really the best.

And what Zhang Fan made Gao Gong worry about was that he didn't know this. Another person, another person who had the right to have an exclusive audience with the emperor, the current factory supervisor of the East Factory, Feng Bao, had a good relationship with Zhang Fan, and now Feng Bao is not very old. You must know that the factory supervisor of the East Factory was replaced because he did something that the emperor forbade, or it was because of his own reasons, such as getting old or dead, or almost Not going to replace this guy.

In addition, Gao Gong also understood very well that the Meng Chong whom he recommended to his superior, the supervisor of ceremonies, to hold the position of eunuch was not that kind of material at all, and he probably didn't have much time, but when that time came, Gao Gong would never I couldn't find a eunuch who could compete with Feng Bao to recommend. In that case, Feng Bao would be the eunuch with palm seal. In this way, there would be two people who could meet the emperor alone, and one of them Zhang Fan, his teacher Zhang Juzheng had a gap with him; and Feng Bao, who was the only one of the two, had a direct grudge against him, how could Gao Gong not be worried about this.

So Gao Gong planned for so long. If Jiangnan did not attack Suzhou for a long time, he would impeach Zhang Fan and Qi Jiguang for delaying the battle. If Qi Jiguang ordered a strong attack, many people would be killed and injured. In his opinion, Qi Jiguang would never agree, and even if that was the case, he could impeach the two of them for using troops indiscriminately, and there would be countless deaths.

Moreover, he has considered the reaction of the court. He knows that Long Qing will definitely object, and he has already made up his mind to use the great cause of his ancestors to suppress Long Qing. Facing the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, there is no way to cover Zhang Fan. Some punishments must be imposed on Zhang Fan. Regarding those punishments, Gao Gong has already made plans to insert a few words. He knows that Long Qing He will definitely be merciful, and he will never allow such a thing to happen.

However, what he has to deal with is only Zhang Fan, and Qi Jiguang is just a victim. After all, if he impeaches one alone, his intention is too obvious. In this way, it will appear that you are "selfless". In fact, anyone who is an official can do it, and everyone has done it.

All in all, the flattered Gao Gong went to court in a sedan chair.

The early dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was actually quite characteristic, either the courtiers were arguing endlessly with each other, like a shocking battle; won't be there.

And since Long Qing ascended the throne, in the past few years, the officials have gradually understood the emperor's mind. Although Long Qing is very lustful and spends extravagantly on weekdays, but after all, Long Qing's heart He has always wanted to be a wise emperor, and the officials below naturally want to cater to the emperor's desire.

It sounds absurd and a bit weird, but this matter is very simple, that is, in the early court, no matter what trivial matters, they all come out and talk about it, and let Long Qing come up with ideas to satisfy his kind Thoughts are fine, but after four years of baptism, the officials have also mastered Long Qing's character, and most of the things they say are trivial but related to national affairs, and they are all things that Long Qing decides at will, and it is harmless things.

Today's morning court is no exception. From the very beginning, someone reported that what happened in the country recently, such as agriculture, is not a problem. After that, it will naturally be abroad. The situation in the north is now stable. Of course, stability is for Daming. Said, the Tartars are now in a chaotic situation, I said that with the help of Daming, it is a little bit like killing the Quartet.

"By the way, there is news about Jiangnan, how is it going there now?" Long Qing suddenly remembered this matter and asked.

Although it was a war, but because there has been no news about it for a long time, everyone has somewhat forgotten it.

"Your Majesty, I have a book to play," Gao Gong saw the opportunity and hurriedly stood up.

"What does Ai Qing want to play?" Long Qing asked in a calm voice, he didn't expect Gao Gong to say something shocking.

"My minister impeached Zhang Fan and Qi Jiguang, stood still, delayed the opportunity of the war, and sat back and watched the enemy occupy Suzhou," Gao Gong said sonorously.

At this moment, the officials below exploded in an instant, and discussions arose. Gao Gong's impeachment came too suddenly. Although what he said was reasonable, none of the officials thought that he would take This incident came to impeach Zhang Fan, and the people present were not fools, and they knew very well that Qi Jiguang was just a victim.

"This..." Hearing what he said, Long Qing didn't know what to say for a while.

"Your Majesty..." Gao Gong knew that it was time for him to play again, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by a shout from outside the palace.

"Report..." Following the shouts from far to near, a palace guard walked in.

On the spot, Gao Gong felt uncomfortable when he interrupted his speech, and when he wanted to ask a question, the man spoke first.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the Jiangnan Battle Report has come," said the guard kneeling in front of Long Qing.

"Hurry up," Long Qing said hastily.

"Great victory in the south of the Yangtze River, General Qi only lost less than a hundred people, but he wiped out six thousand Youyou and captured more than a thousand enemies," the guard also said excitedly.

Now, the discussions in the hall became louder, and more people looked at Gao Gong with the eyes of seeing a joke, and Gao Gong's face became even more livid,