Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 198 The audacity to hook up with the eunuch! The emperor's secret edict to complain!

Guo Zhengyu was stunned, but soon he began to suspect that Zhang Chonghui was still deceiving him!
Just when Guo Zhengyu was about to question Zhang Chonghui in turn, what the other party said next made him dumbfounded!
"Why, do you think I'm still deceiving you?" Zhang Chonghui saw it through and said with a smile:
"At the beginning, I really didn't know that the emperor was going to call Wang Xijue back to the capital and resume his role as the chief minister of the cabinet.

This is just a wild guess on my part. Who knew you had something up your sleeve, so you really just fell into the trap and came to 'give a gift'?
Guo Zhengyu, you are so brave, you actually dare to collude with the eunuchs in the Li Jian!

What, you want to imitate Zhang Taiyue's collusion with Feng Bao and become the next chief regent? "

"Shut up!" Guo Zhengyu was completely shocked this time. Being exposed so nakedly, he immediately became angry and retorted loudly:
"What nonsense are you talking about? I am the teacher of His Highness the Crown Prince. What is your intention in slandering me like this!"

Guo Zhengyu knew very well that at this time, even if he was bitten to death, he would never admit it!
However.
"Hey, don't get excited." Zhang Chonghui smiled and picked up the langhao pen again, writing something while saying:
"If I wanted to complain to the emperor, I would have gone there long ago. How could it be your turn to come and visit me in person?"

After hearing these words, although Guo Zhengyu breathed a sigh of relief, he also became more and more nervous. He knew very well that Zhang Chonghui wanted to use this matter to blackmail him!

"What exactly do you want to do?" Guo Zhengyu didn't want to beat around the bush and asked directly.

"Don't you always know what I want to do?" Zhang Chonghui said in a rather strange tone:

"I want to get close to the prince and lead him astray so that the emperor can depose the prince and replace him with King Fu."

"I'm too lazy to play riddles with you. The Emperor wanted Shen Shixing to come back, but Shen Shixing was ill and couldn't resume his duties. That's why the Emperor asked Wang Xijue to come back.

"Guo Meiming." Zhang Chonghui also interrupted Guo Zhengyu and threatened directly:
"I hope you can understand one thing clearly. I am not negotiating terms with you now, but I am 'proposing' terms with you!
This time, no matter what you say, even if it breaks your head, you have to send Yu Shenxing to the cabinet!

"I can promise you the first point, but I can't guarantee the second point.

As for the other accomplices, they are all thousand-year-old foxes who have become spirits. If he takes the initiative in this matter, he may follow in the footsteps of Shen Li and become a stepping stone for these people!
It was precisely because of these many concerns that Guo Zhengyu did not speak out about the 'secret edict'.

But now that Shen Li has returned home as an official, Gu Xiancheng is also eager to go back to teach at Donglin Academy.

"You shouldn't have realized it until now, right? I appear to be the emperor's man, but in fact I am here to help the prince consolidate his position."

It’s true that Uncle Gu was already rushing back to teach before the matter was settled! The current situation is so difficult, but he is still in the mood to teach! "

"Yes. Such a truth can be understood by a person with a little bit of brain. How could a person like Zhang Chonghui not know it?"

Although he was a bit treacherous, what Guo Zhengyu said was true. However, after he finished speaking, he was stunned and couldn't help but think:

"Ha." Zhang Chonghui chuckled and asked strangely:

And these two people will also give him ideas and advice.

The emperor made it clear that he saw that the conflict between the DPRK and the Central Party was too chaotic, and he wanted Shen Shixing to come back and make peace with him. But if Shen Shixing couldn't come, he wanted Wang Xijue to come back and do something cruel.

Among the remaining comrades, only Zou Yuanbiao, Zhao Nanxing and Li Sancai he dared to truly trust.

"Hey, don't slander me. Why am I not feeling well?" Zhang Chonghui said:

"The conditions are okay, but I've also told you first that you don't want to have any thoughts on the prince!"

"No! Why are you being unreasonable!" Guo Zhengyu said anxiously:

"But you must agree to three conditions first."

"I do have my own purpose, which is to rehabilitate my grandfather, but isn't it human nature to redress the injustice of my ancestors? Isn't this also called having bad intentions?"

It’s not like you don’t know how much the Emperor hates Yu Shenxing. He has been recommended by the Ministry of Civil Affairs many times, but he has not been selected into the cabinet by the Emperor. I’m afraid..."

Guo Zhengyu was not surprised that Zhang Chonghui could find a way. After all, he had already learned the other party's methods.

"Don't worry, I won't pester the prince." Zhang Chonghui didn't lie. After all, he still had to rely on Guo Zhengyu's 'over-protection' of the prince as an excuse to deal with Emperor Wanli in order to delay time. Purpose!
"First, I just want to see the prince in private." Zhang Chonghui began: "Second, Yu Shenxing must join the cabinet this time, and third..."

This time, if Yu Shenxing still fails to join the cabinet, I will go to the emperor to expose your involvement in the eunuchs! "

Hearing such "straightforward" and despicable words, Guo Zhengyu couldn't help but get angry and cursed:
"Stupid! Do you really think that if you help the emperor to establish a prince, the emperor will be grateful to you?

Guo Zhengyu was just afraid that Zhang Chonghui would open his mouth, so after nodding and thinking for a moment, he said:

"With this time, you might as well think more about your current situation. Wang Xijue is coming back soon. If he comes back, your dream of joining the cabinet will be completely shattered."

As soon as these words came out, Guo Zhengyu, who was still thinking about everything, had no time to think about anything else.

Guo Zhengyu was speechless for a moment. Although he felt that what Zhang Chonghui said was reasonable, he always felt that this person was not a good person. He also felt that letting such a scourge stay with the prince would not only harm the prince, but also Guo Zhengyu himself. !
"Okay, you'd better stop doubting me." Zhang Chonghui pulled Guo Zhengyu out of his thoughts and returned to the original topic, saying:

But now Zou Yuanbiao is not in the capital, Zhao Nanxing is a stubborn person, and Li Sancai is a profit-seeking person who only cares about money.

In the past, when Shen Li and Gu Xiancheng were around, Guo Zhengyu, who was always impatient and unable to hold back his words, could still complain to these two people.

"What can I do if Wang Xijue comes back?" Guo Zhengyu didn't bother to argue anymore. He simply sat on the chair opposite Zhang Chonghui and complained:

"Wait!" Guo Zhengyu interrupted Zhang Chonghui and said:

After all, it is true that for Guo Zhengyu, joining the cabinet is the top priority at the moment, and if he wants to lead the Donglin Party to a high position, Wang Xijue must not come back!

"You are stupid, but you are really not smart." Zhang Chonghui put down his pen again and said:

"I already said it's not that we don't want to help you, it's the Holy Will. You can't let us force the emperor, can you?"

This time, Guo Zhengyu’s face froze. After a moment, he stopped complaining and asked:
"What's the third condition?"

Guo Zhengyu complained naggingly. He had been holding these words in his stomach for a long time.

"I don't believe it!" Guo Zhengyu retorted immediately:
"Don't think that I don't know, there must be nothing good in your belly! Even if you really want to protect the prince, you must not have good intentions!"

"Don't you have enough things to do to force the emperor? I know that your Donglin Party has a way, but it's just a waste of a few 'abandoned coins', isn't it?"

He wanted to wait and see, although he didn't know what he was waiting for...

"Actually, it's very simple to prevent Wang Xijue from coming back. I have a way." Zhang Chonghui's voice sounded, and the next moment he put forward conditions:

To put it bluntly, as long as the emperor is still here! You, the descendants of the Zhang family, will always be the queens of the guilty ministers! "

Obviously, Guo Zhengyu agreed. Whether he can really let Yu Shenxing join the cabinet is one thing. We need to deal with the troublesome Wang Xijue first!
"The third condition is the simplest." Zhang Chonghui said with a smile: "The weather is hot now, please ask the prince to put more ice cubes in the palace to keep us cool."

Hearing such an 'insignificant' condition, Guo Zhengyu couldn't help but frown and said in disbelief: "That's it?"

"Well, that's it." Zhang Chonghui said seriously: "You old guys are old and frail and may not be able to withstand the heat, but we young and energetic young men can't."

Being ridiculed like this, Guo Zhengyu was a little unhappy. After muttering "I'm not old," he hurriedly asked:
"Tell me, what can you do to prevent Wang Xijue from coming back?"

"First tell me what is contained in the secret edict written by the emperor to Wang Xijue, so that I can make specific measures." Zhang Chonghui said.

"You really don't know anything..." Guo Zhengyu's mouth twitched speechlessly. He originally thought that Zhang Chonghui should know some inside information, but he didn't expect that the other party really relied on 'guessing' to get it. his……

By now, it was too late to know. Guo Zhengyu could only tell Zhang Chonghui truthfully:

"Actually, the emperor didn't say anything in the secret edict. He just said some superficial remarks, saying that the imperial court lacks talents and hopes that Wang Xijue can return to Beijing to assist Yunyun."

"What else? Be more detailed, such as personal topics." Zhang Chonghui asked carefully.

"This, let me think about it." Guo Zhengyu fell into memories. After all, he had never seen the secret edict with his own eyes. He only heard Zhang Cheng's general content, so he could not recall much. He quickly continued:
"I remember that the emperor seemed to have said in his secret edict that he has not been able to sleep well recently because of the chaos in the court.

The emperor also said that it was not easy for him to be the emperor, but the officials always refused to let him go and accused him of his faults as the emperor every day.

Finally, the emperor seemed to ask Wang Xijue if there was any way to deal with the pressure and impeachment from the officials. That's all I can think of, nothing more. "

After Guo Zhengyu finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Chonghui closely, eager to know what solution the other party could come up with.

However, Zhang Chonghui did not give an answer immediately. He stood up with a thoughtful expression on his face, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. His right index finger, which was behind his back, tapped the palm of his left hand gently as if rhythmically.

Guo Zhengyu couldn't help but believe that Zhang Chonghui was really thinking and giving advice for him this time.

People who are thinking are most afraid of being interrupted by others, so Guo Zhengyu did not make a sound to disturb the other person.

But for some reason, Guo Zhengyu always felt that the behavior of the person in front of him seemed a bit familiar...

"Yes." Zhang Chonghui suddenly stopped. After he returned to the desk and sat down, he said:
"Since the Emperor wrote a letter to Wang Xijue, Wang Xijue will definitely reply! It doesn't matter what content he replies to, what matters is what content we want him to have!"

"You mean to change the letter?"

"Yes, we changed the letter he sent back to the emperor, and we made up the content ourselves!"

"But... how to change it? Who will change it? It's easier to talk about the post station, but I'm afraid that Wang Xijue will send someone to deliver the letter, and if there is a confrontation..."

"Oh, don't be so nagging and worry so much! Why do you think so much? Have you forgotten Wang Yangming's principle of integrating knowledge and action? Just do it!"

"The question is how to do it, what to do first, you should make it clearer!"

"First of all, you should find some copybooks of Wang Xijue and bring them to me so that I can imitate his calligraphy. To be on the safe side, you'd better find some copybooks of his son and grandson and give them to me."

"Ah...ok, it's not difficult to find copybooks, but time is so tight, can you...be able to imitate so many people's calligraphy?"

"Don't worry about this. I have my own way. I will practice calligraphy in the East Palace next, so just don't bother me."

"Okay! What's next? What else do you want to do?"

"Next, you send someone to keep an eye on Wang Xijue's situation. If he uses the post station to deliver the letter, that would be great. If he sends a special person to deliver the letter, then..."

"Then what should we do? We can't kill people and silence them! If the emperor finds out about this, it won't end well!"

"Why are you so anxious? I remember that your accomplice Li Sancai seems to be Wang Xijue's favorite disciple, right?"

"No. Do you even know this?"

"Why don't I know? I also know that you, Guo Meiming, are Shen Yiguan's student."

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……

Zhang Chonghui and Guo Zhengyu chatted in the study for a long time. When they came out, it was almost dark.

"Today is my birthday, so I won't let you come down to eat. You can go back to your own home to eat."

Zhang Chonghui had no intention of keeping Guo Zhengyu for dinner, and just saw him off like this.

Guo Zhengyu had no intention of staying and left with a flick of his sleeves.

From the perspective of others, this scene clearly indicates that the relationship between the 'teacher and student' is not harmonious.

Yang Chunyuan even said bluntly to Zhang Chonghui: "Brother Zhang... Brother Zhang, even if you can go back to the East Palace tomorrow, I'm afraid it will be difficult. Mr. Guo is so petty, he will definitely come to find trouble with you." of!"

"It doesn't matter. By the way, you can just call me Minghe from now on."

"Huh? You finally have a word? Who picked it up for you?"

"My grandfather brought it to me in a dream last night."

"Well...it's quite evil...but...Minghe? What does it mean? What's the meaning? Is there any allusion?"

"It's just a title, do you need an allusion?"

"That's right... just like Mr. Guo's words. To be honest, this is the first time I've heard such a sexy word, "Blessed Life, so beautiful!"

……

Things proved that Yang Chunyuan had miscalculated.

It should be said that everyone miscalculated.

Everyone thought that after Zhang Chonghui returned to the East Palace after missing school for a day, the stern Guo Zhengyu would definitely make things difficult for him.

However, the reality surprised everyone!

This time, Zhang Chonghui arrived without incident, but Guo Zhengyu asked for leave!
You know, Guo Zhengyu is famous for being a diligent lecturer. Unless he has a day off, at other times, even if he is sick, as long as the illness is not serious, he will insist on going to the East Palace to supervise the prince's studies!
In addition, something even more surprising happened!
The prince didn't know if he had encountered something happy today, but he suddenly became generous!

On weekdays, I was searching for a few small basins of cold ice cubes, but suddenly, there were jars after jars all over the hall!

Everyone was stunned. Yang Chunyuan, who knew something, even blurted out to Zhang Chonghui:
"Minghe, why did the East Palace change so much just after your birthday?
Moreover, Mr. Guo went to give you a birthday gift yesterday, but today he has taken leave!
You...you shouldn't have bewitched him, right? Or... did you poison him? "

Zhang Chonghui was speechless and held his forehead, saying: "You are so good at imagining, it would be a pity not to write a storybook."

"I'm writing!" Yang Chunyuan said happily: "I forgot to tell you, yesterday I went to the book store to look at it again, and someone finally bought my book! This is the hundredth book I have sold. a book!"

"Oh, congratulations then." Zhang Chonghui could only congratulate verbally.

After all, he remembered that this time, Yang Chunyuan waved his hand with great confidence and printed thousands of books at once.

However, after looking for people to help him promote the book, and with friends and relatives joining in to support it, only a hundred copies were sold.

Oh, it’s already the 101st one.

What a tearful sales, same as this book.

……

The first day without Guo Zhengyu passed, just when everyone thought they would see Guo Zhengyu scolding Zhang Chonghui the next day!
The next day, Guo Zhengyu also took leave!
This was not over yet. On the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day... until the eighth day, Guo Zhengyu was actually asking for leave!

The reason is—sickness.

For eight days in a row, no one in the East Palace saw Guo Zhengyu.

Yang Chunyuan, who had always been careless, didn't know if he really cared about Guo Zhengyu this time, so he asked Ye Xianggao loudly in public:
"Mr. Ye, it's been so long, why hasn't Mr. Guo come yet? Isn't he already dead?"

Ye Xianggao: "..."

……

It turns out that Guo Zhengyu is not dead.

However, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was almost angry to death!

Because Wang Xijue replied!
however……

(End of this chapter)