The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"I don't know what your Majesty's summoning ministers are doing here," Gao Gong, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, asked first.

Long Qing drank a lot of tea and felt better. He didn't know whether it was because of the hot weather or because he read Zhang Fan's book. Anyway, he just felt uncomfortable. Now when Gao Gong was questioning, Long Qing's mood was also a little bit calmed down a bit.

"Here we come," Long Qing said without any emotion in his voice, so that no one in front of him could guess what was going on, "Guess what I asked you to come here for, out of the five of you, four are cabinet ministers , and the other is the left servant of the Ministry of War, they are all extremely smart people, guess, there is no punishment for guessing wrong, of course, there is no reward for guessing right, "Maybe it is to extinguish the little anger left just now , Long Qing suddenly played a riddle with several people.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay. They were able to climb to their current positions, naturally, as Long Qing said, they were extremely intelligent people, and they were best at observing words and expressions. However, even if the four of them saw that Long Qing's words were mostly jokes, Still no one dared to speak up first.

"What's the matter, why is no one talking?" Long Qingwei closed his eyes and glanced at a few people, and said in a slightly mocking tone, "everyday in the court, everyone is eloquent like a sutra feast. Trying hard, even a small word can be held on for a long time, why are they all silent now, "

After listening to Long Qing's words, the five people didn't even look at the people next to them, and all lowered their heads. Isn't this nonsense? When they were in the court hall, there were many people and they were very courageous. Even if they said something wrong, the emperor They might not blame the emperor, but at this time, with just five people facing the emperor, if they said something wrong, the emperor would hear it clearly, and the most important thing is that although they all had a general idea psychologically, they still I'm not sure, if I said something wrong, or said something that Long Qing didn't want to hear, it would be terrible. After all, the emperor is also a human being, and as the saying goes, people's hearts are unpredictable. Companion tiger, guess the result yourself.

"No one is willing to say anything," Long Qing looked at the five people who had bowed their heads and said nothing, and even had a smile on his face. "Since the five people are willing to volunteer, then I will." After finishing speaking, Long Qing stretched out his finger, Back and forth on five people.

Gao Gong, Guo Pu and Tan Lun immediately became nervous. Every time Long Qing pointed at one of them, that person was extremely nervous. Only Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang remained unmoved. Zhang Juzheng It's still the look of not rejecting anyone who comes, as for Li Chunfang, hehe, he looks like an immortal who is about to ascend.

Looking at the different expressions of several people, Long Qing felt that it was very interesting. Although there were many opportunities to play tricks on the court ministers like this, there were not many opportunities to play with such interest. Long Qing looked at Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang. He felt a little bored with his expressionless face, and immediately let the two go, and turned his gaze to the remaining three.

Guo Pu is Gao Gong's follower. Maybe he had some opinions before, but since Gao Gong became the first assistant of the cabinet, this Guo Pu has been completely silent and only knows to follow Gao Gong.

As for Tan Lun, this man is quite talented, and he has repelled Japanese pirates many times in the east. He is worthy of the same name as Qi Jiguang, and they were called "Tan Qi" at the time. The Governors of Ji, Liao, and Baoding are responsible for military training together with Qi Jiguang. If Zhao Bingran, Minister of the Ministry of War, hadn’t returned home to recuperate from his illness, he would probably be still in northern Xinjiang. Tan Lun was afraid that Long Qing would call him just now. Yes, it's just that since he became an official, he has been an official outside the country, and he has very little time in Beijing. Now he has not had much time as the Minister of the Ministry of War, so he doesn't know how to talk to the emperor.

So in the end, only Gao Gong is left. Gao Gong has a very bold personality, but now he has been cultivated by Xu Jie to be cunning. It is not that Xu Jie cultivated his cunning. Gao Gong is also a scholar. Well, the ability of a civil servant to be a cabinet minister shows that there are two brushes. Xu Jie just picked up his inner character.

With Long Qing's fingers and the gazes of the other four people cast on him, Gao Gong now can be regarded as the most direct experience of what it means to have prickly eyes. The situation was so serious that he had to speak out by himself, and without waiting for Long Qing to speak, he stood up on his own initiative.

"Your Majesty, as the chief minister of the cabinet, I should be the head of all officials. Let me guess," Gao Gong said with a smile, but anyone can see the helplessness in his smile .

Long Qing was also happy to hear what he said. It was his turn to talk, and he couldn't run away, but this Gao Gong beat him back, and took the initiative to stand up and turn against the guest.

Long Qing didn't point it out, and said: "Since Gao Aiqing recommended herself, I am also the beauty of an adult, and Aiqing is allowed to guess."

"Thank you for your majesty's permission, and please forgive me for your boldness," Gao Gong said unambiguously, "It is just now that the court has just come down, and it is almost noon, and your majesty is calling the ministers to come here at this moment, there must be something important, presumably What news did your Majesty get just now?"

Long Qing couldn't help but nodded when he heard this, but the other four people below, even Guo Pu, who wore a pair of pants with Gao Gong, couldn't help casting contemptuous glances at Gao Gong, "This news was obviously told to you by the eunuch who led the way just now. Yes, you actually used it to play tricks," everyone thought in unison.

Gao Gong naturally saw other people's gazes and the meaning contained in them, but he was thick-skinned and didn't care, and continued: "I didn't know why Your Majesty asked me to come here, especially to see When the other four cabinet ministers came together, apart from knowing that something big happened, Wei Chen had no clue about it, and it wasn't until Mr. Tan arrived that Wei Chen saw a clue, "

Long Qing was very interested, and couldn't help urging: "Go on."

"At that time, I thought, Mr. Tan is the left servant of the Ministry of War. Now that the Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhao Bingran, Mr. Zhao has not returned to his post, then Mr. Tan is also in charge of the Ministry of War. Since Mr. Tan is here, it must be that your Majesty is looking for ministers and others to do something. It must have something to do with the war," Gao Gong said, but there was nothing special about it, and everyone present knew it very well. It's not that Gao Gong's qualifications are mediocre and he can't guess anything special, but something " Very "special", Gao Gong just thought about it in his heart and immediately forgot it, for fear that he would say it when he was dreaming.

But how did Long Qing know this, he was happy for a while when he heard Gao Gong's words, at least Gao Gong made a good guess.

But before Long Qing was happy for a while, he saw the embarrassed expression on Gao Gong's face, and couldn't help but be very puzzled: "Gao Aiqing, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I am very puzzled," Gao Gong said, "Although what I just said seems to be reasonable, it is completely wrong. Now that the world is peaceful, under the wiseness of the emperor, how can there be any disasters caused by swords and soldiers in the vast rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty?" Let’s just say that the Yuanmeng remnant party in northern Xinjiang is now trading tribute with me in Ming Dynasty, isn’t it?”

When the four people on the side heard Gao Gong's words, their contemptuous gazes on him became more serious. Even Guo Pu had an expression of "I don't know him, I need to draw a line with him", and even Long Qing was also amused when he heard it. With a fly-like expression, he didn't know what to say for a while.

But then Long Qing laughed: "You Gao Gong, you have learned to be smooth-tongued now, anyway, I won't tease you anymore, the reason why I called you here is because I want to talk to you about some military matters. a discussion, a discussion,"

After hearing Long Qing's words, several people looked at each other again. Although they had already guessed that it was close to ten, but Long Qing said it so clearly, it still made you a little confused.

Tan Lun, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the governor of northern Xinjiang, naturally thought of going there: "Your Majesty, is it because the Tartars in the north are not keeping their promises, and you think that it will be impossible for soldiers to invade my border?" Puzzled, although he is now in the middle of Beijing, he has never let go of matters in northern Xinjiang. He often exchanges letters with his subordinates, and he has not seen any movement in the north in recent correspondence.

"Governor Tan Aiqing's heart is attached to the three places in northern Xinjiang, which is very comforting to me," Long Qing praised Tan Lun a little, and then said, "But this matter has nothing to do with the north. Now that the mutual market has opened, everything is very stable. This matter is just like what Gao Aiqing said just now, it is not about the inside of my Ming Dynasty, but about the outsiders. Speaking of it, this matter is very small, but I don’t think so. This is the note that Zhang Fan handed me, you guys Take it and have a look yourself," Long Qing said, pointing to a notebook on the desk.

After hearing this, everyone except Li Chunfang looked at Zhang Juzheng again. Zhang Juzheng pretended he hadn't seen anything about it. Gao Gong saw that he couldn't see anything, so he went forward, picked up the booklet, came back, and looked carefully.

There were not many words on the booklet, and several people read it quickly, but some people's expressions remained the same as before, without any change; some people had an indifferent expression, as if they didn't take this matter seriously ; while some people were excited by Xie.

Tan Lun was the one who was a little excited. He put the booklet back on Longqing's desk, and after standing back, he still couldn't calm down.

Looking at Tan Lun, Long Qing asked, "What do you think, all my loves?"

This time it was Zhang Juzheng who stood up first: "Return to Your Majesty, Zhang Fan was appointed by His Majesty to inspect Jiangnan as an imperial envoy, but went to Fujian without authorization. This is really disrespectful to Your Majesty, and please punish him."

The few people next to him looked at Zhang Juzheng, and thought at the same time: "This is the beginning of impeaching my own students, do you want to get rid of the blame?"

Long Qing didn't care at all: "Although I asked Zhang Fan to inspect Jiangnan, I didn't say that he had to stay in Jiangnan and he was not allowed to leave there. What's more, Zhang Fan's actions were also for the safety of my people in Ming Dynasty. Zhang Aiqing, don't Let’s nitpick, let’s get down to business.”