The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

The first one to stand up was not Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Fan. To be honest, no one thought of this, Gao Gong didn't, Feng Bao didn't, Zhang Juzheng didn't. I'm afraid even Zhang Fan didn't think that he would be the first Stand up and dismantle the high-arch platform.

When Empress Dowager Li asked the ministers present to speak freely, no one dared to move at first. After all, such a big thing has happened now, and none of these uninformed people can see what changes will happen soon. Dare to speak without authorization, so as not to cause any disaster to oneself.

However, Zhang Juzheng, who knows the matter very well, and he played a very important role in this matter, Zhang Juzheng, who understands the meaning of it, naturally doesn't care about those things.

It's just that just now, when he wanted to be the first to speak out, Zhang Fan who was not far from him used his eyes to keep him still.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng thought that Zhang Fan didn't want him to participate in this matter. After all, what Zhang Fan said to him outside the palace gate just now meant that Zhang Juzheng should stay out of it.

Zhang Juzheng can naturally understand Zhang Fan's good intentions, and also knows that what he does will have some impact in the future, but Zhang Juzheng, who has already made up his mind, doesn't care about that at all, and is planning to ignore Zhang Fan's good intentions and move his feet. But he found Zhang Fan walking over.

Zhang Juzheng, who was surprised, stopped his movements, and Zhang Fan just stood up first and started talking.

"Zhang Aiqing," Empress Dowager Li seemed a little puzzled when she saw Zhang Fan stand up and speak.

In fact, yesterday Feng Bao said a lot of bad things about Gao Gong in front of her and Zhu Yijun, and then two more people said a lot of things about Gao Gong in front of her, Empress Dowager Li already had a plan in mind.

Who is Empress Dowager Li? How could she not be able to tell? There are many unreasonable things in Feng Bao's complaint against Gao Gong. For this reason, last night, she asked Feng Bao to speak again, and challenged the matter in front of Feng Bao. clear.

Seeing that she said that, Feng Bao stopped pretending, and also made his words clear.

After hearing what Feng Bao said, Empress Dowager Li didn't say anything about him. Obviously, Empress Dowager Li agreed with Feng Bao, or in other words, she didn't want to see Gao Gong making such a fuss anymore.

In short, after thinking about this, she and Feng Bao also discussed how to act today, and there is Zhang Juzheng's role in this.

At this time, if the ministers were to stand up and say that Gao Gong was wrong, maybe no one else would take the lead in doing so, there must be a leader, and this task naturally fell on Zhang Juzheng.

But now, the negotiated plot was not played out as originally planned. Zhang Juzheng was not the first to stand up, but Zhang Fan, whom they didn't even know was related to this matter, was the first to stand up.

"This minister wants to impeach the chief minister of the cabinet, Gao Gong, a scholar of Zhongji Palace," Zhang Fan said calmly in the face of Queen Mother Li's doubts.

As soon as he said this, there was an uproar immediately below. It is said that Zhang Fan is the governor of Jinyiwei, and he is the person who knows the private affairs of the ministers in the court. If he wants to stand up and impeach someone, then What is said is definitely based on factual evidence, and it must be some wild speculation.

Therefore, although Zhang Fan has taken up this annoying official position, because of his background as a scholar and his actions in the past two years, the ministers in the court have been very polite to him. , but after all, many people are still a little afraid of Zhang Fan.

But there is one person who is not afraid of him, and even dares to scold him in front of him in such a formal occasion, and it is none other than Gao Gong.

Originally thought that no one would dare to stand up and speak ill of him, and Gao Gong, who could escape today's incident, was secretly complacent, but he didn't expect that as soon as Queen Mother Li's voice fell, someone stood up and spoke. This is definitely something that makes Gao Gong angry from embarrassment, not to mention that the one who stands up is Zhang Fan, who is at odds with him.

"Zi Zi Er dare," Gao Gong didn't care that he was on the brink of crisis, he jumped up and pointed at Zhang Fan's face, his face was flushed, "How can you tolerate the matter of the old man?" You're babbling again,"

"Nonsense," Zhang Fan seemed to have heard something funny, and looked at Gao Gong teasingly, "Master Gao, you are a cabinet scholar, the chief assistant of the cabinet, the head of all officials, and the example of the imperial court. Do you know where this is?"

Hearing what Zhang Fan said, Gao Gong, who was already in a state of confusion at the moment, didn't even think about why Zhang Fan said this to him, and was about to open his mouth to continue arguing, but Zhang Fan spoke first.

"This is the Great Hall of the Emperor. It is the place where the officials of the court go to court, and it is also the place where His Majesty is in charge of the court." Zhang Fan changed his teasing expression just now and said with a serious face, "Although Zhang Fan is young, But it is also an official of the imperial court. Since he is qualified to stand in this Huangji Palace, and the Queen Mother has spoken again, then he is qualified to speak. If Mr. Gao thinks that I am talking nonsense, commenting on this alone will allow His Majesty to rule. The sin of the tall man, "

Gao Gong was choked by Zhang Fan's words, but on the contrary, Zhang Fan's words made sense, and Gao Gong couldn't refute them at all. Now Gao Gong's complexion is three points redder than before, look at him Holding it in like this, Zhang Fan was afraid that he would be too old to hold his breath.

"Your Majesty, the two empress dowagers," Zhang Fan immediately stopped asking about Gao Gong and turned to the three people on the high platform, but the main one was the empress dowager Li, and said, "I impeach Gao Gong, corrupt the law, accept bribes, "

"Oh, there is such a thing." Since Zhang Fan stepped forward to cooperate with them, the Empress Dowager Li completely agreed, and there was no reason for Zhang Fan to keep his mouth shut. "Isn't Gao Gong always famous for his incorruptibility? And this matter, these Aijia really don't know about it, Zhang Aiqing hurry up and listen to it."

"Mother... Empress Dowager, this is slander, this is..." Gao Gong became flustered again after hearing what Empress Dowager Li said, and hurriedly argued, but...

"Presumptuous," Empress Dowager Li sternly shouted, "Aijia asked Zhang Aiqing to speak, but didn't ask you to speak high. As Zhang Aiqing said just now, you have to remember your identity and where you are now. Don't be too concerned. too presumptuous,"

Empress Dowager Li's scolding was really very useful. Gao Gong immediately shut his mouth and didn't dare to speak anymore, but the way he looked at Zhang Fan became more resentful.

"Zhang Aiqing, tell me," Empress Dowager Li said to Zhang Fan when she saw that Gao Gong no longer refuted.

"Qizou Empress Dowager, Your Majesty," Zhang Fan bowed solemnly, and said, "At the beginning of this year, when the late emperor was in power, Gao Gong was promoted to the Zhu Kingdom and entered the Zhongji Palace as a scholar. However, Gao Gong tried every means to prevent himself from seeking personal gain, and his behavior became more domineering. In addition, his disciples Han Ji and Cheng Wen ran around his door day and night, pretending to be powerful, just to win Gao Gong's Headed by Huanxin, all the officials in the court hate it very much.

"At first, Gao Gong was able to clear himself up, but within a month, he gradually began to become extravagant, and often said to people, "If you don't pay for your daily necessities, what can I do?" This is clearly a need for money. His disciples and officials were also trying to do what they liked, and they were vying to donate property to Gao Gong. Especially for this matter, at the beginning Gao Gong collected property in private and kept it secret. However, in March, the late emperor During the days when he fell ill and recuperated in the harem, and did not come to court, Gao Gong acted even worse, and no longer concealed it, almost all of which were on the bright side. During those days, the palace was gloomy, and Gao Gong's house In the past, it was full of people, even more lively than during festivals.”

As soon as Zhang Fan said these words, everyone present gasped, especially Gao Gong, who was so terrified that he was about to pass out.

It is too common for ministers to be corrupt. Speaking of which, except for the two empress dowagers and the emperor Zhu Yijun, all the people standing on the Great Hall of the Emperor have probably had similar acts. dark history.

Of course, even as Zhang Fan said just now, there are many people who openly accept bribes, but when it comes to such people, the probability of being convicted is actually only half to half. And most of them are victims of political struggles. After all, there are a lot of corrupt and perverted people in this world. If they were to be liquidated one by one, there would still be a few people in this world who are as clean as Hai Rui and Ge Shouli. Officials, isn't this world going to be messed up?

However, it happened that Zhang Fan said what he said, and he wanted to say the time as well.

It can only be said that Gao Gong's arrogance has brought him the troubles he has now. Zhang Fan compares the time when he was so bold with the time when Long Qing was sick in the palace. Gao Gong beat him to death.

Look, Long Qing is sick in the palace, the palace is gloomy and gloomy, but the gate of Gao Gong's house is full of people, extremely lively, the door is wide open, and the wealth is abundant.

The emperor is sick, but you Gao Gong, a minister, is like this. As a role model for all officials, he dares to accept the money given to him by his disciples openly at home. This is definitely a crime of disrespect.

"Gao Gong, what Zhang Aiqing said is the truth," Empress Dowager Li asked Gao Gong with a cold face.

"This... this..." How can Gao Gong speak out now, what Zhang Fan said is naturally true, Gao Gong can't understand this point, at this moment, Gao Gong can only regret it in his heart , I regret why I was so careless at the beginning, and I would do such a stupid thing.

It's just that there is no medicine for regret in this world. After all, the matter has already happened, and there is no room for redemption at all.

But Zhang Fan didn't stand back, he seemed to have something to say,