Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 423 The Upside Down (Part [-])
When Gao Yushi walked into Gao Gong's value room, Gao Gong was holding a piece of paper and was fascinated by it. At this moment, his complexion seemed a little gloomy and even a little bit lost. He didn't even respond to Gao Yushi calling him.

Somewhat surprised, he walked to Gao Gong's side, and Gao Yushi took a look, but saw that the handwriting on the paper was quite familiar, with iron and silver hooks, and the elegance implied strength.

Gao Wushi became interested, looked carefully, and saw that it read: "Today, Zi Ji ordered you to be secret, which one is Cheng Wangxian?" Singing praises to Shengde. That is to say, Yu Yu, who was fortunate to join the state affairs after being a prince, participated in the state affairs for five years. Every time the prince surrendered his heart, he consulted him about the affairs of the palace. Reward the royal family, this god knows."

He had just seen this place, Gao Gong had discovered his existence, and suddenly said: "This is the "Preface to the Sixtieth Birthday of Master Xuan Gao" written by Zhang Taiyue for me on my [-]th birthday last year. At that time, you had already returned to Xinzheng for the exam, didn’t you read it? Here, take a look.”

Gao Wushi's heart moved, he took the manuscript and read it.After a while, he put down the manuscript and smiled: "Mr. Zhang Ge compared Sanbo to Duke Zhou, and himself to Duke Zhao? Interesting..."

Gao Gong felt that there was something in his nephew's words, he frowned slightly, and asked: "Zhou and Zhao Ergong assisted the king to become king, made an indelible contribution, praised for thousands of years...why, do you think it's inappropriate?"

Gao Wushi stretched out his hand and flicked the manuscript paper lightly, and said: "The merits of Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhao are well known in the world, and at that time last year, it happened that only you two assistant ministers were in office in the cabinet. He has this comparison. Ordinary, but..."

Gao Gong's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "But what?"

"It's just that there is a saying in the "Shangshu": 'The Duke of Zhou is the teacher, the Duke of Zhao is the protector, and the king of Xiangcheng is the right and left, and the Duke of Zhao is not to say (Tongyue)'..." Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows lightly, showing an indescribable expression Laughter: "The Duke Zhao was displeased in the past, and the Duke Zhao is probably even more displeased today, right? Why does the third uncle only think about the achievements of the second Duke assisting the king, but ignore the dissatisfaction of the Duke Zhou?"

Gao Gong was silent for a while, then sighed suddenly, and said: "I've been thinking recently, Taiyue and I have been friends for many years, and each other's mutual karma, what kind of friendship is that... When did you gradually get to where you are today?"

In fact, Gao Yushi already had an answer to this question in his heart, but he didn't want to show it, he pretended to think about it, and said, "Does the third uncle remember the edict drafted by Duke Xu Huating for the late emperor?"

Gao Gong's face darkened, and he said coldly: "Of course I remember."

"The edict drafted by Mr. Huating was contrary to what the previous emperor did during the Great Ritual Discussion, and all those who were demoted because of the Great Ritual Discussion were restored to use. Later, when the third uncle came back to power, he reversed this matter... …San Bo, don’t forget that the person who drafted the imperial edict was not only Xu Huating, but also Zhang Jiangling.”

Gao Gong was stunned, and then lost.

In the past, Sejong demoted many people because of great ceremonies. After Sejong died, Xu Jie appointed these people with his will. Later, when Gao Gong came to power, he opposed Xu Jie's disposition and dismissed them again.

At that time, Gao Gong said, "The Minglun Grand Ceremony has been promulgated for a long time. Today, the ministers who discuss the affairs, pretend to entrust the decree. Anyone who offends the ceremony will be commended and displayed. He will make the spirit of the emperor in the temple. How can we enjoy it? The spirit of the first emperor is in heaven. Why do you care about it? And when your majesty entered the temple at the age of one, why did you treat the two sages of Yue? I think it is not acceptable." The emperor here refers to Jiajing's father and Longqing's grandfather. This is the big gift.As for the first emperor, it naturally refers to Jiajing.

What Gao Gong said was that before Sejong died, because he believed in the so-called elixir provided by Wang Jin, Tao Fang, Tao Shien, Liu Wenbin, and Gao Shouzhong, a group of alchemists, they were promoted one by one.After Shizong's death, Xu Jie announced the so-called Jiajing edict and blamed them, so the group of people were imprisoned together, waiting to be executed.

From the first year of Longqing to the fourth year of Longqing, the situation continued. After Gao Gong returned to the pavilion, he said: "The king died in an accident, and he could not die. His name is not beautiful. The first emperor lived in the imperial court for 45 years, and he was six years old. More than ten years ago, he was sick at the end of his life, he was a guest at the end of the year, and his life and examination order ended. There was no violence. Now it is said that the late emperor was killed by Wang Jin, and he was falsely accused of not being able to die. Why do future generations regard the late emperor as the master? I beg the judiciary to change the opinion!"

It means that although the first emperor favored alchemists, he didn't die at a young age. He was over sixty years old at that time. Who can prove that he died of eating elixir?According to what you said, then the late emperor must bear a stigma. What is your intention in doing this?

Indifferent, Long Qing believed in Gao Gong's judgment as always. Although he had no feelings for his father, he had no feelings any more. what is the benefit?No.Therefore, Longqing immediately approved what Gao Gong said, so Wang Jin and others were spared from death, and adapted the words to the people.

Gao Wushi saw that Gao Gong understood what he was referring to, and said again: "San Bo, we all know that such things as the edict are actually just the opinions of the ministers, but at the beginning, besides Xu Huating, there was also Zhang Taiyue who presided over the edict of Sejong. This will was later overturned by you, we don't care about Xu Huating's feelings at that time, but Zhang Taiyue's feelings are not very good."

He said, paused for a while, pointed to the manuscript in his hand, and said, "Look at what he said in this article, 'Emperor Su (Sejongmiao name) gave Gu orders with a jade table, everyone in the world hears about it, and the one who discusses it is a crime." And the alchemist, slandering the former emperor, escaping his own responsibility, distinguishing between the public and the others, the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, father and son, if you expose the sun and the moon'-this is from your standpoint, slapping him in the mouth! Three Uncle, you know Mr. Zhang Ge best, in your opinion, he is a person who can swallow his anger?"

"Of course he isn't." Gao Gong already fully understood Gao Yushi's meaning, sighed and said, "You are right, it seems that when I rebelled against the edict, he already felt resentful towards me... Now that I think about it, I'm a little surprised that with his personality, he can bear me for so long."

Unexpectedly, Gao Yushi shook his head at this time and said: "My nephew thinks that this is not due to character, but due to the overall situation. The third uncle has the emperor's spare no effort to support him. Zhang Gelao thinks that he has no chance of winning, so naturally he will not act rashly. He would rather control himself A slap in the face will not jump out of a dead end."

"What about now?" Gao Gong showed a sneer, picked up a memorial from the side, and said: "If no one instructs people like Liu Fenyong, how dare they point fingers at me like this?"

Liu Fenyong was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Jiajing and was born in Yudi.In the early years, he was appointed as the head of the Ministry of War, and soon he was transferred to the Ministry of Rites.Longqing came to the throne, and because of Yudi's old favor, he was promoted to Shang Baoqing.Since then, the old ministers of the mansion have been granted powers and reused one after another, but Liu Fenyong has not been promoted for a long time.

Liu Fenyong didn't have any promotion, one is that the ability is average, the emperor didn't have a deep impression of him, and the other is that his qualifications are too shallow - even Zhang Juzheng was a Jinshi in Jiajing 26 years, but he was only a Jinshi in Jiajing 38 years, which is too late There are as many as four subjects in footwork, and they are simply the juniors in the juniors, so it is actually very common that there is no promotion.

But Liu Fenyong was very dissatisfied in his heart, especially after Gao Gong took power, he was not promoted, so he was even more dissatisfied.

Gao Pragmatically reckoned that the reason why Zhang Juzheng spent three or four days trying to persuade Liu Fenyong to come forward to find Gao Gong's fault was also because Liu Fenyong was a flawed egg, but he was a little afraid of Gao Gong.

He was dissatisfied with Gao Gong, so he called him a cracked egg; he was a little afraid, so Zhang Juzheng needed to spend a few days to convince him.What's more, in the end, Liu Fenyong didn't dare to name him—although it was meaningless, anyone with a discerning eye knew that he was referring to Gao Gong in the essay.

Gao Wu said sincerely: "It seems that you are really incompetent if you are so timid with a small mind and a great mind."

However, Gao Wushi is too lazy to comment on Liu Fenyong now. Faced with Gao Gong's question, Gao Wushi just replied: "Now, Mr. Zhang Ge probably feels that the emperor's body is not good enough. I'm afraid there will be unbearable changes in the near future, so I plan to go first. Set off a wave."

He saw that when Gao Gong heard "I'm afraid there will be unbearable changes soon", his body trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but also paused a little, and then continued: "He bet that the emperor doesn't have the energy to take care of these things now, and Sanbo Worried that the emperor...will be in danger, and he doesn't dare to counteract too much at this time. In this way, he can gradually change his position, take off the hat of "high party ally" on his head, and stand on the side of the third party instead. The opposite of Sanbo, unite those who are dissatisfied with Sanbo, and form a group that can compete with Sanbo."

A bright light flashed in Gao Gong's eyes, and he asked sharply, "I dare not fight back?"

Gao Wushi smiled: "Dare to be brave, but my nephew still insists on the view that night: yes, but not necessary."

"Why?" Gao Gong stared at him: "You also said that the emperor's body is not in good condition, and he may not have the energy to take care of it. But I, hehe, can deal with mere Liu Fenyong with one word."

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "It's just Liu Fenyong, how can you use a sledgehammer to kill chickens? Like Liu Fenyong who accuses others and scolds Huaihuai, he doesn't even dare to call a war in an open and honest manner, how can he get things done? So my nephew thinks that Zhang Ge's method is by no means so simple ——We'd better wait, it's better... to lure the snake out of the hole."

(End of this chapter)