Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 111 Taiyue Stove (Part [-])
Zeng Xingwu was stunned, and nodded: "Master's words are reasonable, but the students are confused." After a pause, he continued: "Then there is no way to analyze this matter, I can only think that it is because His Majesty loves the crown prince so much that it happened. This is out."

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a while, and said: "If you want to know who did it, it's better to look at who will benefit from it in the end. Right now, the military officials and nobles have the upper hand, but the reason why I guessed that this matter was not pushed by them, There is also a reason."

"First, Gao Gaoxuan is in the cabinet right now. Apart from cabinet affairs, he is also in charge of the government. He is a man who can use his talents. He has always looked down on military officials, especially those nobles. In his eyes, most of them are people who eat and wait to die. If this matter is promoted by nobles, they will easily be disgusted by them, and it is impossible for His Majesty not to pay attention to Gao Gaoxuan's opinion... Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong is a prudent person, and he is old now. I will not do such things that are hated by civil servants."

"Secondly, it is a long-term plan to send the honorable children to the prince. Now that His Majesty is in the prime of his life, from their point of view, how can they think so far? Besides, there are only so many honorable military officials, even if In the future when the crown prince succeeds to the throne, the honorable military officials who can be used at that time will naturally be replaced by their children, so why bother?"

Zeng Xingwu thought for a while, and said: "Could it be that Zhao Dazhou's reform of the Beijing camp in Shangshu has stimulated them, so they want to gradually restore the situation in the future?"

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he couldn't help paying attention to it, pondered for a moment, and then said: "The country has its own rules and regulations, these nobles have long lost the courage of their ancestors, and their temperament is mostly following the trend... Besides, the reform of the Beijing camp is not the same Why can't I bear it this time when there was no change before?"

"This is exactly what the students don't understand." Zeng Xingwu frowned and said, "But according to the idea of ​​who benefits and who is the mastermind, no civil servant has such a motive..."

Zhang Juzheng's heart moved, he said: "Then what about the eunuch?"

"Eunuch?" Zeng Xingwu was startled: "Why did the eunuch do this?"

Zhang Juzheng reached out his hand to stop Zeng Xingwu's words, thought carefully for a while, and then said: "Just now I said that Feng Bao's current position is not stable, if this matter is about him befriending nobles and promoting it, is it possible?"

Zeng Xingwu thought about it and said, "But if he does this, how can it help him?"

The teacher and the student suddenly said in unison: "Prince!"

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he didn't say much, but Zeng Xingwu hurriedly said: "Feng Bao may think that as long as the crown prince is happy, His Majesty will be happy, and if His Majesty is happy, he will naturally look at him differently!"

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "In addition, those honorable military officials will naturally feel grateful for the benefits of this matter, although for Feng Bao, this gratitude may not be of much help, but it is a benefit after all. "

"That's right, one more friend is better than one more enemy." Zeng Xingwu nodded: "Master, if that's the case, the money we spent today is a waste of money."

"That's not the case." Zhang Juzheng snorted, half-closed his eyes, and said: "Since Duke Huating left the throne, most of the old people in the palace have left their jobs and idled. The whole cabinet is in the palace, as if they were blind, while Gao Gaoxuan continued No one in the inner court would dare to compete with Gao Gaoxuan for recommending the palm seals of two chief inspectors. Nowadays, whenever Gao Gaoxuan has a proposal, as long as the Holy Majesty does not stop him, all the chief inspectors will approve it, not even a word Change. If things go on like this, I’m afraid it’s not the luck of the world.”

Zeng Xingwu said in his heart: It is hard to say whether it is the misfortune of the world, but it must be the misfortune of the master, and it is also my misfortune.

So he nodded and said: "Master's worry is very reasonable, but now Gaoge's elder sage is Wushuang, although Meng Chong, the supervisor of ceremonies, is incompetent, but he doesn't have much reputation, it is not easy to get rid of him. "

Zhang Juzheng snorted coldly: "Isn't this Eunuch Meng generously donating all those erotic porcelains in the palace that are printed with 'Made in the Year of the Great Ming Dynasty'? Last time the prince suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask His Majesty for advice, but unexpectedly, he caught His Majesty having dinner However, His Majesty forgot about this again, but was asked by the Crown Prince, "Why is this porcelain painted with men and women naked and flirting with each other", which made His Majesty very embarrassed, and ordered the Crown Prince not to look for him when he was having meals... You see Look what it's all about!"

Cao Daye next to him couldn't help it, he chuckled, then he was startled again, and hurriedly said: "Mr.

Just as Zeng Xingwu was about to reprimand, Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, but you must not remember what the cabinet said just now, you can only rot in your heart, understand?"

"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand."

Zeng Xingwu glared at him, then said to Zhang Juzheng: "What Master said is indeed reasonable. Meng Chong has no talent, but he was born as a cook. That's all. It is all thanks to the recommendation of Mr. Gao Ge for his sudden appearance as the supervisor of ceremonies. But the difficulty lies in this point. If it is said that the offering of erotic porcelain can be counted as a crime, but it is not enough to expel him The position of the next palm print."

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "But Gao Gaoxuan spoke for him, this crime is really not enough to punish him, and this matter involves His Majesty, if it is too fussy, it will be a bad thing. However, Feng Bao must look down on him because he considers himself a Confucian official Meng Chong, at the same time, feels even more dissatisfied with his failure to take over the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies..."

Zeng Shengwu heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, blinked his eyes and said: "Master, what you mean is, since we have nothing to do with Meng Chong for the time being, why not start with Feng Bao first?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "It is also a kind of knowledge to be good at cooking cold stoves."

Of course Zeng Xingwu understood this sentence, but he still said jokingly: "Please guide me, Master."

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said: "Just now you said that the money was wasted tonight, I thought otherwise. No matter whether Feng Bao promoted the 'Prince's playmate' or not, this money is not considered as a waste of money. Three Provinces , think about it, if you give Meng Chong a lot of money, it will be a hot stove. He has Gao Gaoxuan to help him, and the flames are already blazing. Is there any need for this fire? You rush to invest in it. People don’t appreciate the firewood. But those cold stoves, if they rely on you to thump and heat up, people will remember you.”

"That's the reason." Zeng Xingwu smiled wryly, and said slowly, "It's just that people can get things done with a hot stove, but if it's a cold stove, it may not be cheap."

"Three provinces are wrong." Zhang Juzheng sneered, and said, "Since becoming an official is a lifetime career, how can you care about temporary success or failure. You have been burning cold stoves for three years, and you seem to be at a disadvantage. In the fourth In the beginning of the year, it may run on a regular basis, or when the time is ripe, the cold stove will be turned into a hot stove. At this time, don’t you also follow the carp to leap over the dragon gate and fall into the golden cave? Yan Song’s family was full of people back then, but I always followed Mr. Huating What's the result of this cold stove?"

Zeng Xingwu suddenly came to his senses, isn't he the master of cooking cold stoves?
(End of this chapter)