Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 418
Gao Pragmatism scares the snakes, and Zhang Juzheng also scares the snakes.

This is not Gu Long's martial arts novel. The two of you talked for a long time with each other, but in the end, they sealed their throats with a sword.Gao Zhang knew the bottom line. In the current situation, no one is fully sure that one blow will kill, so no one will break the boat and fight to the death as soon as they come up.

But this temptation came to an abrupt end because of one incident.

On March [-]th of the sixth year of Longqing, the emperor fainted again when he summoned the elders Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Juzheng to understand the recent government affairs in the Wenhua Hall. This time, unlike the last time, the emperor fell into a deep coma. I didn't wake up until it was close to midnight that night.

The three cabinet elders who made an exception to stay in the cabinet to rest and dared not go home were accompanied by a large number of eunuchs to visit the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor's face was pale, and he summoned Gao Gong to the couch, grabbed the teacher's hand and asked, "Sir, the crown prince is still young, what should I do?"

Gao Gong's nose was sore, his throat moved, looked at the emperor's almost despairing eyes, took another deep breath, and comforted himself: "Your Majesty, don't think too much. The so-called illness comes like a mountain, and it goes like a thread. Although His Majesty is in a hurry this time, as long as you don't get flustered and take care of yourself slowly, you will recover."

Emperor Longqing smiled wryly, released his right hand that was holding Gao Gong, lifted it up with difficulty to show Gao Gong, and said, "Look, sir."

It was only then that Gao Gong noticed that the emperor's student's hands were swollen, each finger was almost twice as thick as usual, and the color was not right, it was obviously dark red.

Even if Gao Gong doesn't understand medical principles and doesn't know what's going on, he can at least see the seriousness of the situation.

Seeing Gao Gong's expression changed, the emperor put down his hand with a wry smile, and said in a low voice, "The imperial physicians said it was stagnation of qi and blood...I think they were not telling the truth, or they just had something to say. Ha, the emperor ..." Long Qing mocked, "How many people in the court are willing to tell the truth to the emperor?"

Gao Gong only felt that something was stuck in his throat, coughed, and said: "Perhaps it is for the sake of the venerable."

"For the sake of the venerable?" Long Qing actually didn't care about it, but sighed, and said quietly: "Yes, for the sake of the venerable, so much that I don't even know when I will die."

Gao Gong was taken aback, and was about to speak, but unexpectedly the emperor shook his head slightly, and said: "Sir, don't worry, I can take everything seriously now, and I won't care about them."

Originally, Gao Gong was quite upright and didn't want to be too sad, but he is indeed a man of temperament. Hearing what the emperor said, it was clear that he had reached the point where "a person who is about to die has good words", and finally couldn't help crying. Grabbing the emperor's hand, he said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, and the old minister has not fulfilled his duty of persuasion..."

"Sir, don't say that." Long Qing showed a gentle smile, patted Gao Gong's hand with difficulty, and comforted him: "No one in the world can do better than Mr. It's me who doesn't live up to it, it's me... ...I can't blame Mr.

Gao Gong was even more sad in his heart, he grabbed the emperor's hand, but was choked up for a while, unable to speak.

Long Qing passed Gao Gong's side, glanced at Guo Pu and Zhang Juzheng, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. ..." The emperor hesitated for a moment, looking at Gao Gong with hope in his eyes, "Can you still relax?"

Gao Gong was caught off guard by the emperor's question, but under the circumstances, his conscience could not allow himself to say those inappropriate words to perfuse the emperor, so he said: "The old minister only obeys your majesty's orders."

The emperor stared at Gao Gong's eyes, looked carefully for a while, finally smiled, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "That's good, then I can rest assured."

Gao Gong didn't know what it was like, he hesitated to speak, and finally there was no embarrassment.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the emperor seemed to understand something, and said again: "Sir, do you know why the student said this?"

The word "student" made Gao Gong startled, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, the old minister deserves it."

Long Qing wanted to wave his hand, but felt it was difficult, so he shook his head slightly: "Why should I be ashamed? Mr. is my teacher. When I was King Yu, I also taught him the teacher's ceremony. Is it a big deal to be an emperor?" ?”

Gao Gong didn't know how to answer for a moment.

If he wanted to reason, with his master-level knowledge, he would certainly be able to talk eloquently, but at this time the emperor was obviously not trying to reason with him, and he knew it well.

Seeing that Gao Gong no longer defended himself, the emperor continued: "Sir, this year's birthday will be the year of Er Shun (sixty years old), and I don't know if I can persist until then. In case... the prince will be young at that time, and everything will go wrong." Please ask your husband to take care of you... I will not hide it from you, but I have a few things in my heart that I want to express to my husband."

Gao Gong immediately knelt down, knocked his head on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty has any orders, but please speak frankly. Although I am dull and old, I still have a breath. I will do my best and dare not disobey."

Guo Pu and Zhang Juzheng who were not far behind him didn't know what happened. Seeing Gao Gong suddenly knelt down, and the emperor looked hopeful, the two subconsciously looked at each other. up.

The two of them didn't dare to neglect immediately, they also knelt down together, knocking their heads on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

Who knew that Long Qing's voice was very low, the two of them were more than ten feet behind Gao Gong, and they couldn't hear what the emperor was saying at all.

At this time, only Gao Gong could hear the emperor's intentionally whispered words: "According to the regulations of the state, sir can rule the world for 11 years, but at that time the crown prince will only be weak. Although he is an adult, but... we are all People who have been here know that children at that age are mostly impulsive in doing things, but they think they understand everything, just like me back then, and they must have veterans by their side to regulate them. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang Today's age seems... I mean, Mr. Zhang will still be able to take care of the prince for another ten years. After this ten years, the prince will be in his thirties. If I don't know anything, I can't control so much... "

Gao Gong understood that the arrangement in the emperor's heart was very similar to his own previous thoughts, and he planned to let Zhang Juzheng take over after he retired.

The difference is that the starting points of the two are different:
Gao Gong thought this way before, mainly because he felt that Zhang Juzheng, like himself, advocated reform and had good abilities.In the position of chief assistant, working here until the age of 70 is tantamount to advancing the reform for 30 or [-] years, and then Zhang Juzheng takes over for another [-] or [-] years. This reform has been carried out for almost [-] years... I think it should be possible He and Zhang Juzheng have fulfilled their ambition to rejuvenate Daming through reforms.

But the emperor's consideration is from another angle, that is, from the smooth succession of the prince.

In the eyes of the emperor, succession is not the same as succession, and he is not worried about whether the crown prince can succeed smoothly. After all, the rules of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years are here, and the position of the crown prince is unshakable, and there is no possibility of any accidents.

What the emperor was worried about was that the prince was young, and his father died too early. If the prince was too young and energetic when he came to power, and there was no one to supervise and assist him, he might become like Yingzong and Wuzong in their early years. He made a mess of a good world, and ruined the good situation he had worked so hard to manage for the past six years.

In a word, the emperor is seeking stability.

This is of course understandable, Gao Gong fully understands the emperor's intentions.

Only in this way, Gao Gong's attitude became awkward.

How to treat Zhang Juzheng?
　By the way, why do you keep urging me to put it on the shelves?Is it because it is justifiably reminded to update after it is put on the shelves?Then you are too bad...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)