Chapter 1043 Destiny
When Zhang Juzheng heard that Long Qing was back alone, he felt much more at ease and even shouted that he was lucky.
The talent in the world, in terms of power and strong power, no one can compare with Tang Yi. If the Prime Minister came back with His Majesty, Zhang Juzheng felt that he had no choice but to flee to the foreign vassals. However, Tang Yi did not come back, and there were very few people in the capital who deserved his care, including Gao Huzi and Zhao Dazhou!
Zhang Juzheng calmed down, but Concubine Li and Feng Bao were not aware of this, and they became even more anxious. Judging from their virtues, Zhang Juzheng really wanted to scold them, and with a little bit of a dog's head, he dared to rebel against the will of heaven. He was so ignorant and fearless!
There was no choice but to give them some advice: "Your Majesty hurried back to Beijing, which represents two meanings. First, Li Fang did not reveal anything that was fatal, and second, Your Majesty was concerned about his face and did not want to shame the royal family."
What is a fatal thing?
If Li Fang knew that Lu Wang was fake and told Longqing, what does that mean?
There was a problem with the second son of the prince's biological mother, so what about the first one? I remember that King Jing was insulting the royal bloodline and completely lost the qualification to inherit the throne.
When things go wrong, people will definitely doubt the identity of the prince. The lord of the Eastern Palace is the foundation of a country. Even if Longqing is unwilling, he must seek help from Tang Yi and be fully prepared. Otherwise, the prince will be deposed or bad news will be heard, which will shock the world and Longqing cannot afford it.
Longqing's hurried back shows that he feels that his strength is enough to solve the problem.
Zhang Juzheng quickly determined that he was at least safe at the moment, of course, the premise was that Concubine Li and Feng Bao should not talk nonsense! When he thought of these two people, Zhang Juzheng came to fight with him.
Concubine Li was born in a small family and was the imperial concubine. She was already a princess and her biological mother. She was already extremely noble. What else could she not be satisfied with? She actually kept the emperor and hooked up with her. If she had known that she was so crazy and ignorant, she would not have touched her back then, or handed the prince over to Queen Chen to raise her. It would not be a problem!
In a word, the bubbles on your feet are gone by yourself.
Zhang Juzheng closed his eyes and thought, Feng Bao peeked outside from time to time, his heart thrilled.
"Gei Lao Zhang, it's noon, and the cabinet has sent a memorial in the morning. If it doesn't promptly approve it, someone will come to pick it up in the afternoon. When Gao Beizi is coming, it will be troublesome."
Concubine Li Hua was wearing rain and stared at Zhang Juzheng, "You should make an idea quickly, otherwise our poor children..."
Zhang Juzheng felt chills and took a long breath, "I will find a way to deal with Mr. Gao. Now the gate is to settle Li Fang's affairs. You didn't kill him, right?"
Feng Bao scratched his head and said awkwardly: "Look at what you said, isn't you asking for death if you kill him?"
"It's not much better now!" Zhang Juzheng said angrily: "Is there any case in Li Fang?"
"This..." Feng Bao was speechless for a moment. Li Fang worked diligently and loyally, never greedy for money, nor encouraged the emperor to enjoy himself. Whether in the palace or among civil servants, he had a reputation. It would be difficult to frame him.
Seeing that Feng Bao was hesitant, Zhang Juzheng was angry and refused to hit him. "I dared to arrest someone, but I didn't even think about the charges. What is your head?"
Feng Bao was so scared that he shivered. Before he could speak, Concubine Li rushed to speak, "Li Fang made a proclamation."
"Oh, what's going on?"
Feng Bao finally remembered and said quickly: "Old Zhang Ge, this is true. Li Fang recognized one of his brothers a few years ago and adopted a son. In recent years, the old people always talked about going home to retire. A few days ago, he helped his adopted son find a position as a Jinyiwei Qianhu."
Since Gao Gong rectified the administration of officials, he has been rigorous in favor of officials. Unless he has made great contributions, especially fighting against the enemy and slept in blood and sacrifice, he can only obtain the officials. Including Tang Yi, several major cabinet masters took the lead in abolishing the officials of relatives.
Of course, there are exceptions in everything. The Great Guard in the palace has made contributions to serving the emperor, and they have no descendants, and once they leave the palace, life will be difficult.
Generally, one to two nephews, or two godsons, would be accepted as officials, and they would be allowed to support the elderly eunuchs. Compared with the Jiajing Dynasty, they would often protect ten or eight. As the chief supervisor of the inner court, Li Fang only had a mere Jinyiwei thousand household for one nephew, which was nothing.
He didn't take it seriously. A few days ago, the Ministry of Personnel asked for statistics. When the emperor was not there, Li Fang wrote a note casually. The rules must be inconsistent with the law, but there is nothing to say about this matter. Even if Longqing comes back, he will only agree.
It is really a bit of a dream to defeat Li Fang with this.
"Old Zhang Ge, this is not a big deal. I'm afraid I can't do anything, otherwise..." Feng Bao whispered.
But Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up and he actually smiled.
"How is the relationship between Eunuch Feng, Li Fang and his nephew?"
"It's really true. That old man doesn't know what kind of blessings he has. His brother is an honest countryman. He may not even know what Sili Guan seals do. Li Fang once sent him a gift, but he didn't want any gold, silver, treasures, silk and satin. He even asked the eunuch who gave the things if he could change a healthy cow? Later, when the autumn harvest was over, he asked his sons to walk more than a hundred miles and gave Li Fang a bag of millet he had grown himself. Many people in the palace were laughing at Li Fang for his brother's ignorance and laughing at his brother for his ignorance. There was nothing in the palace, and he still needed to give it to him."
Zhang Juzheng smiled disdainfully, "childish."
"The elder also thinks Li Fang's brother is childish?"
"Bah, I mean you! These days, traitors are stupid, and stupid is traitors! The Li family is hiding their weaknesses. Unlike some people, they are smart and clever, and they are trying to die by themselves!"
Concubine Li and Feng Bao both made a big fuss, and it was obvious that Zhang Juzheng was mocking them.
Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng knew that they were all people on the same boat and did not continue to say anything bad.
"Eunuch Feng, now you will send people from Dongchang to take down Li Fang's brothers and nephews."
Feng Bao was stunned, "Old Zhang Ge, they are all a bunch of farmers, what's the use?"
"Idiot!" Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but curse, "Don't you understand? Li Fang doesn't care about life and death, the case must be investigated. As long as it is investigated, you can't escape, of course, including me! So you must pry Li Fang's mouth open and let him take all the blame. That is, he privately drafted the imperial edict, you knocked it out, and told the Empress, the Empress scolded Li Fang. The old thing held a grudge and falsely accused the Empress. He just found a few concubines who were unwilling to be lonely and found evidence of their collusion with the outside, and finally fell on Li Fang. Before His Majesty came back, let Li Fang commit suicide fearlessly."
"Can Your Majesty believe it?" Concubine Li asked hesitantly.
"Does he still believe it? Li Fang's clues were cut off. If you continue to investigate, you will shook out all the scandals to see who is even less respectful?" Zhang Juzheng said confidently.
What is the talent of the prime minister?
Concubine Li and Feng Bao were completely convinced. A situation that would surely die was broken by Zhang Juzheng's words. I have to say that they were really clever.
Li Fang's relatives forced him to submit, and Li Fang took the blame and the matter came to an end. Of course, Longqing may not accept this result. So what if he doesn't accept it? Without evidence, who can touch the prince's biological mother? If you want to investigate, then just check it casually! Just let the horses come over, the harem beauties and 100,000 eunuchs and palace maids gathered around Longqing alone.
As the emperor, no matter how energetic he has, he can't care about one-tenth of the 10,000. Not to mention Longqing, all the dynasties, Qin Emperors and Han Wu, Tang Emperors and Song Zu, and many wise kings cannot control the palace. If they really open it up, who can stand it?
Concubine Li and Feng Bao knew countless secrets. In the past, they didn’t want to offend people or cause trouble. Now they have lost their lives and are not going to tear them apart!
If you want to investigate, then I will send you a lot of people to investigate, so that everyone in the world knows it, and the smoke of wars and public opinion is everywhere, and who will bear the consequences?
Longqing is an emperor and even more a man. Who would like to be the topic of conversation among the people after dinner and the jokes in the mouths of the people?
Even if Long Qing doubts no matter how much he is, he must endure this tone for the sake of royal face.
After figuring it out, Concubine Li and Feng Bao were so happy that they were crazy.
I had just walked around the gates of hell and finally came back to life.
"Old Zhang Ge, thank you for your advice!" Feng Bao lay on the ground and kowtowed.
Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath, "Don't be happy too early, just take down the inner minister casually. Although Tang Yi is not here, Gao Huzi will not give up. The Silijian must give up some more benefits, otherwise Gao Suqing will pursue him and make trouble until Tang Yi returns, and then the big thing will be over!"
From beginning to end, Zhang Juzheng was full of fear of Tang Yi. His methods were left to Tang Yi, which really made Tang Yi smell the sound of the wind and no one could escape.
Only by cutting the mess quickly and getting everything done, Tang Yi lost the excuse to pursue it.
After coming out of Zhong Cui Palace, the sun at noon was particularly dazzling. Zhang Juzheng stared at the sky, trembling all over his body.
He was not afraid, but excited!
That's right, it's just excitement!
After so many years, Zhang Juzheng finally found an opportunity to overtake.
Li Fang is finished, Feng Bao is the only big shot in the palace who can take action. The seal and the supervisor is unstoppable. Concubine Li is the prince's biological mother. In the future, the empress dowager will pass this level, and these two people will become their own hard-core allies.
In addition, King Lu may be his own son, Lu Buwei of the Ming Dynasty! How can he not make people excited with overwhelming power?
Especially in recent years, Tang Yi has made great fuss about the official system. At present, the six departments of the cabinet are extremely powerful. If they can use the hands of Concubine Li and Feng Bao to squeeze out Tang Yi and take down the cabinet, they can promote innovation and reform according to their own ideas. The real famous minister of Zhongxing is Zhang Taiyue, not you Tang Xingzhi!
Zhang Juzheng had already calculated that there was no need to mention the gap in strength between him and Tang Yi, but Tang Yi used Longqing's hands to encourage both rural and commercial enterprises to emphasize both rural and commercial affairs, elevate Wang Yangming, study hard and replace agents, and greatly change the official system, all of which touched the core interests of Neo-Confucianism.
In today's officialdom, Neo-Confucian ministers quickly formed cliques, and some people even ran around and called out, saying that they should not sit still and wait for death, and they should not watch the right path fall, and the Taoist system falls...
If no one takes the lead, this group of forces will not be able to shake Tang Yi. If they were brought to their own house, plus the strength they had accumulated over the years, and the remnants of the Xu Party and Jin Party, they might not be able to fight Tang Yi.
A real man cannot eat five cauldrons in his life, but he should cook five cauldrons in his life!
Chapter completed!