I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 506 This is the best ending

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, Gao Gong felt sad for a long time, and immediately expressed his approval.

"Hey, maybe what you said is right, just being an idle prince and living his life in peace and stability, for him, this is already the best ending!"

"If this continues, he will touch His Majesty's Ni Lin one day, and by then, it will be too late!"

"Your Majesty is not only ruthless to others, but also ruthless to himself. When he first came to the throne, he refuted all the officials in the grand ceremony, won honors for his biological parents, cut down the clan's expenses, and reopened the sea ban. His Majesty didn't care what others thought. He, as long as it is what he thinks is right, then he will do it!"

When Gao Gong said this, his eyes were full of sadness, and he spoke to himself.

"It must be because His Royal Highness King Yu has completely disappointed His Majesty that there is a child in the belly of Imperial Concubine Shen!"

After Zhang Juzheng listened, he was also quite moved. After picking up the teacup on the table and taking a sip, he turned to speak.

"Yes, maybe His Majesty's original intention was just to let His Royal Highness King Yu learn how to govern from Xu Jie, but who knows, it will become like this!"

After that, both sides fell into silence at the same time, and neither of them had the intention of speaking.

But even so, the two didn't feel any embarrassment, on the contrary, they had a feeling of finding a confidant.

Immediately, Gao Gong turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng, looked him up and down, and spoke very seriously.

"Zhang Juzheng, I have a hunch in my heart that in the future, your achievements will be immeasurable, and your name, Zhang Juzheng, will be recorded in the history books in the future!"

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng didn't show any superfluous expression on his face, he just spoke quite calmly.

"Elder Gao Ge was joking. I'm still very young, and my seniority is still inexperienced, so I can't be worthy of a big responsibility. Besides, the current government has to rely on Elder Yan Ge, Elder Xu Ge, and Elder Gao Ge!"

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's compliment, Gao Gong also smiled, and immediately said.

"Young, young is good, being young means having more time, and also means more cost of trial and error, accumulating a lot, just for a blockbuster!"

When Gao Gong said this, as if he suddenly remembered something, he immediately asked.

"By the way, I remember that you seem to be the 26th year of Jiajing, No. 9 Jinshi in the second class?"

"Well, that's right."

After getting Zhang Juzheng's answer, Gao Gong seemed to be quite emotional about it, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "I'm only 36 years old!"

"At the age of 36, he became Minister of the Ministry of War, and served as a cabinet assistant, and was highly valued by His Majesty. In the future, Zhang Juzheng will still have to take the position of cabinet chief assistant!"

Thinking of this, Gao Gong couldn't help taking another high look at Zhang Juzheng, who usually doesn't show much, but is extremely reliable in his work.

In his opinion, Yan Shifan, who entered the cabinet at the same time as him, was able to enter the cabinet smoothly because of the honor of his father Yan Song, but Zhang Juzheng did not have a father who was the chief assistant of the cabinet.

In other words, all of this was done by himself!

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng, who was on the side, saw that Gao Gong hadn't responded for a long time, so he couldn't help asking.

"What's wrong?"

"fine."

Hearing this, Gao Gong shook his head imperceptibly, and immediately changed the subject.

"According to what you said just now, His Royal Highness King Jing has already taken over, and His Royal Highness Yu Wang has lost hope of competing for the crown prince. Could it be that His Majesty plans to appoint the child in the belly of the imperial concubine Shen as the crown prince?"

Zhang Juzheng saw that Gao Gong brought this extremely sensitive topic to the table without any scruples, and a look of panic appeared on his face.

After looking around for a while and making sure that no one was eavesdropping, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Juzheng answered decisively after carefully considering the language.

"Well, that's right, based on the existing information, the child in the womb of Imperial Concubine Shen has a very high probability of being established as the heir apparent!"

"Not long ago, the Hall of Mental Cultivation where His Majesty lived was struck by lightning and needed to be repaired. Without further ado, His Majesty moved to live in Ganlu Palace where the Shen family lived. In addition, on weekdays, in addition to handling daily government affairs, His Majesty also I often go to visit the imperial concubine!"

"It can be seen from all this that His Majesty has extremely high expectations for the child in the womb of Imperial Concubine Shen!"

When Zhang Juzheng said this, as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned his gaze to Gao Gong and said in a low voice.

"Before this, there were rumors that if the child in Imperial Concubine Shen's womb was born, she would become the Empress of my Ming Dynasty!"

Before this, Gao Gong was extremely calm, because Zhang Juzheng already knew the news that he had inquired about.

However, when Zhang Juzheng mentioned that the imperial concubine Shen was likely to become the empress of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Gong still couldn't hold back his inner astonishment, and couldn't help but gasp.

You know, the empress position of the Ming Dynasty has been vacant for many years!
Since the death of Queen Fang, His Majesty has never registered a queen, but now, there are such rumors suddenly.

Although Gao Gong was very calm on the surface, his heart was already turbulent, and he could not be calm for a long time.

"Could it be that His Majesty really intends to..."

Suddenly, Gao Gong seemed to realize something, and suddenly turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng. The gazes of both parties met in the air for a moment, and then moved away.

Both of them realized that this topic could not continue any longer!

After that, Gao Gong got up from the seat, bowed his hands to Zhang Juzheng, and smiled.

"It's getting late, I should go back too!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Juzheng put on a belated look, got up from the seat abruptly, and said respectfully.

"Old Gao Ge, shall I see you off?"

"Ah."

Seeing this situation, Gao Gong did not reject Zhang Juzheng's kindness, and the two left the hall for receiving guests together.

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As night falls, the Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this time, there was no one else in the Qianqing Palace except Jiajing, and because of this, Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair and holding a book in his hand, looked quite lonely.

At this moment, I saw Lu Fang stepping silently into the Qianqing Palace.

After saluting respectfully to Jiajing according to the usual practice, he immediately came to Jiajing and lowered his voice.

"Your Majesty, here is the record of the conversation between Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng sent by Jin Yiwei!"

When Jiajing heard this, he nodded slightly, put the book in his hand aside, and gave instructions.

"Well, show it to me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Jiajing took over the transcript of the conversation, Lu Fang immediately added.

"Your Majesty, Gao Gong was invited to Zhang Juzheng's home today after he left Prince Yu's Mansion. In addition..."

While listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing focused on the conversation record in his hand.

After a long time, Jiajing put the conversation record aside, chuckled, turned to Lu Fang, and asked with great interest.

"Lu Fang, this Gao Gong, said that I am cruel to others, but also to myself, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, this servant feels...you...not..."

When Lu Fang heard this, he hesitated for a long time, but did not respond.

Jiajing didn't care much about Lu Fang's performance, he just picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.

Seeing this, Lu Fang took advantage of the situation and changed the subject. After careful consideration of his language, he mustered up the courage to ask Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Jiajing heard the words, glanced at Lu Fang, and responded quite casually.

"Forget it, let's pretend it never happened!"

Hearing Jiajing's words, Lu Fang's expression turned serious immediately, and he replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned his gaze back to the conversation record, and said silently to himself.

"Oh, this Gao Gong is quite good at flattering me!"

(End of this chapter)