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Chapter 832 The so-called friends (Part 2)

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July is also called the Ghost Month, and July 15th Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival. In this era when people were still very convinced, there were various taboos in this month, for fear that when the underworld would open, they would annoy those bull-headed and horse-faced faces, impermanence in life, and be dragged down by them to introduce them.

On this day, a bad news that made the officialdom in the capital feel that it was nothing, spread in the capital - 'Gaoge is back again!'

In fact, the news had been rumored before, but before the final conclusion, those officials who had offended him would inevitably be lucky... Everyone wishfully thought that almost half of the officials in the capital had committed guilt over Gao Gong, and thought that those officials would definitely resist to the end and not let the matter come true. Later, they heard that the imperial edict was in Xinzheng, but Gao Gong refused. Although they knew that he was pretending to behave so that they would not speak any more, everyone would still comfort themselves... Maybe Gao Gong understood that Beijing would not welcome him and retreated due to the difficulties.

But today, the news that Gaoge Lao had left home and would arrive in Beijing soon came, which finally made them completely cut off their thoughts, and replaced them with a bleak cloud of sorrow.

Everyone knows what it means to come back this time. It is to be a tiger out of the cage and to eat people! People are in panic for a while and do not know whether their future is bad or good.

It seemed as if God thought Gao Gong's return was not strong enough, so he even came out to add luàn... On the same afternoon, when the city was approaching, a group of knights in mourning clothes rode into the capital in dust and came to the Tianguan Mansion located in the east of the city.

Before the sky was dark, the mansion had just hung up a red lantern when he saw the team of knights approaching from a distance and strangled their horses in front of the mansion.

Ménzi was about to say, who is so despairing? But when he looked at the person in charge, he couldn't help but fall and said, "Oh, isn't this the second young master?"

The man was Yang Du, the second son of Yang Bo, who had always stayed in his hometown in Puzhou to take care of the grandmother. The housekeeper who came with him, while holding the overly tired second young master off the horse, cried to the son: "Go and report to the master, there is a funeral..."

Ménzi shivered in fear and asked in a trembling voice: "Who, who is gone?"

"Madam..."

The red lantern that had just been registered in the Tianguan Mansion was taken off and replaced with a white lantern that represented the funeral of the family...

At first hearing the bad news, Yang Bo was overly sad and fainted, and cried in the house.

When he woke up, his sons were all gathered in front of the chuáng to wipe their tears. A little behind, Wang Guoguang, Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang and other core members of the Jin Party were also there, each with Qi Rong in front of him, as if they had lost their parents.

Yang Bo burst into tears and said, "After the death of his ancestor, the grandmother's health has been bad, but she couldn't imagine that she would be gone." As he said that, he forced himself to go to the ground, pushed away the descendants who were supporting him, knelt down southwest, kowtowed hard, and cried bitterly, "My mother, my son is unfilial..." He cried heartbrokenly, and felt sad.

Everyone finally helped him up, and Wang Guoguang advised: "Mr. Yu is so sad that the grandmother is not sick or disaster, and she died at the age of 84. This is what many people cannot cultivate."

"Yes, this is a joyful demise..." Ma Ziqiang, the secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion, was not the direct line of the 'Yang Bo-Wang Chonggu' alliance, but was on the same path with Wang Guoguang. Although he was not close to the former, he would still be united in the external world and advance and retreat together when encountering problems. At this juncture of changing circumstances, Yang Bo's old mother suddenly passed away, and the soul must return to his hometown immediately. For the Jin Party, this naturally concerns the rise and fall. So the two advised Yang Bo to calm down and come up with a countermeasure.

Yang Bo cried for a while before stopping and said, "I will come to this place tomorrow to ask for a return home to observe the system."

"Then..." Wang Guoguang asked: "At this pass..."

"Otherwise, what else can it do." Yang Mu was not very interested in Wang Guoguang. This guy was too closely with Zhang Juzheng. In his opinion, this was a manifestation of political failure: "Did my father be drowned by the Temperma?"

"I don't mean that," Wang Guoguang explained embarrassedly: "It's just that Gao Suqing sets off for the front, and you are about to leave Beijing. In this case, what should the Ministry of Personnel do? What should we do? "

"Yes..." Zhang Siwei also sighed deeply: "The bad news was too sudden, and we were all arranged." Originally, the Jin Party, the Shen Party and the Xu Party had already divided the courts before Gao Gong's future. They each had no needles in their respective territory and could not penetrate the water. They were only going to leave a short chief minister for Gao Gong so that they could stand in front of them and do some reforms without harming the interests of the three families. But now, the wooden barrel that had been tightly closed has been removed from the thickest and tallest wooden board. How much water can be stored in it?

Looking at the gangsters with a worried face, Yang Bo said hoarsely: "Man cannot fight with the heavens... We can no longer act as planned."

"It depends on your old instructions." Everyone said in a solemn manner.

"Three things," Yang Bo stretched out three fingers and said, "First, I originally wanted Ziwei to be stable in the Ministry of Rites and not to enter the cabinet so anxiously, but now I have to go ahead..." As he said, he looked at Zhang Siwei and said, "You have to be prepared."

Zhang Siwei said worriedly, "Uncle, the child is really not ready." There is only one Shen Mo in the world, and no one can replicate his experience, so most officials, no matter how talented you are, have to endure the qualifications and wait until the right time to sit in the right seat. The result of the storm forcing growth... Zhang Juzheng is an example. This Grand Secretary, who was two subjects before him, has been restrained everywhere since he entered the cabinet. He wanted to turn over but was almost wiped out. After realizing the situation, he was ready to be low and do not have any part of the dignity of the prime minister?

People are more likely to know themselves. Although Zhang Siwei cannot resist you who became the prime minister, he definitely does not want to go there now, otherwise he will not be able to escape Zhang Juzheng's misfortune. It would be better to wait and get some experience. This is what Yang Bo means.

However, now that such a change has occurred, the situation cannot tolerate him to follow the steps. He must force himself to enter the cabinet first... Otherwise, Yang Bo will have been away for three years. I don’t know what changes will happen in these three years. In short, it’s better to be safer in the cabinet.

"Since you have experienced it, it's the same wherever you go." His answer is always extremely comfortable.

"It's best for you to have this awareness," Yang Bo's expression relaxed a little, "But don't worry too much, you are our Shanxi Feng, how can you compare to the nouveau riche like Zhang Taiyue? There are your uncle and Uncle Huo outside..." As he said that, he looked at Wang Guoguang and Ma Ziqiang and said, "And you, Brother Wang and Brother Ma..."

Wang Guoguang and Ma Ziqiang knew that this was asking them to express their opinions, so they nodded and said, "Yes, we will only follow Ziwei's leader."

Zhang Siwei waved his hand quickly and said, "How dare you, how dare you..."

"Don't lift him up," Yang Bo said lightly: "He can't suppress the situation now, just don't let someone bully him." Seeing that the two of them responded, he said again: "The second thing is that Lao Ge must be brought back. If I don't live, he or she will not be there, you will not be able to defend the country."

"It's great if Mr. Ge comes back." When everyone heard this, he was excited. When talking about the backbone of the Jin Party, except Yang Bo, there was only Ge Shouli. Zhang Siwei couldn't help but say: "It's just that he just returned to the throne last year. Is it convenient for him to come back this year?"

"Don't worry, although he is a square man, he knows that the overall situation is the most important thing," said Yang Bo. "When I pass by his house, I will talk to him, and I believe he will come back to take charge."

"What official position should Mr. Ge hold after he comes back?" Ma Ziqiang asked.

"..." Yang Bo said sadly: "As soon as I leave, the Ministry of Personnel will probably fall into Gao Gong's hands. Now he is like a tiger with wings. I'm afraid it's no longer realistic to try to pinch him."

Everyone nodded when they heard this, which was also the most worried about... The two pillars of the Jin Party were the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War. Among them, the Minister of Personnel was the Minister of Personnel. As the head of the nine ministers, they were in charge of the appointment, removal, promotion and demotion of officials. Any relatively powerful Minister of Personnel could compete with the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and be on par with the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, so they were known as the "Heaven Official".

Now Yang Bo, who is the two ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, returned to his hometown. No one in the Jin Party can fill the vacancy after he left. This is not someone else’s fault. Who made him Yang Bo feel intent and wanted his confidants to take over these two yamen? As a result, the Ministry of War had been taken away by Shen Mo, and the Ministry of Personnel was suddenly killed and there was no one with enough weight to take over... So it was taken away by Gao Gong, who returned strongly, and it was almost a foregone conclusion.

"My position must be temporarily changed." Yang Bo said slowly: "But the Ministry of Personnel is really important and must be in our hands. So you must help Gao Gong together and become the chief assistant in one go. The condition is to let Lao Ge be the heavenly official."

"But no matter how I do it, no one can completely protect you when I am away... Yang Bo closed his eyes tiredly and said, "So you must fully support the plan to send troops to Hetao. If the war is won, we will benefit the greatest. And it can also highlight the importance of Jianchuan and others, so that no one dares to act rashly... I don't mind fighting for three years."

Except for Wang Guoguang, everyone nodded and said yes.

When Yang Bo saw his expression strange, he said a little displeased: "Southeast has promised to bear all the military expenses of their soldiers. Can you, the Minister of Revenue, still cry poor?"

"Even if the military expenditure, food and fodder of the guest army is not worried about, there are also the capital army and the border army, and half of the military capital has not yet been settled." Feeling Lao Yang's displeasure, Wang Guoguang quickly explained: "These troops have to be maintained by the Ministry of Revenue. It is still difficult to maintain them, so how can we fight?"

"If you ask me this, please let Zhang Juzheng get upset," Yang Bo said lightly: "Don't he have many ways? Let him take action as he pleases."

"What if he harms our interests?" Yang Mu couldn't help but ask.

"..." Yang Bo glanced at his son dissatisfiedly and said lightly: "Then you have to calculate. Is this a good deal more than what we will win?" The Shanxi Gang's enthusiasm for regaining Hetao is definitely not due to national self-esteem and patriotism, but has their very clear strategic purpose.

If everything goes well, this will be another pillar of theirs besides the salt industry, breaking away from their dependence on the government and making them truly grow stronger.

Wang Guoguang didn't understand the truth in this, but he nodded and said, "I understand..."

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If the news of Gao Gong's return only worried the people in the officialdom in the capital; then the bad news that he was appointed as the Minister of Personnel by Emperor Longqing before he even entered Beijing completely put them in a nightmare.

Although everyone was shocked, they always felt that the court had been divided up. Even if Gao Gong came back, he would just be under the air position of a cabinet master. It would be not that easy to mess with people. But now, Emperor Longqing has put the power of life and death of the fourth-rank official in his hands... And Gao Gong's enemies, those quarrels, were all under the fourth-rank. If they could spare them, it would not be Gao Suqing.

So a shocking scene appeared... Gao Gong's decree as Minister of Personnel issued three orders, and more than fifty resignations were sent to the cabinet, begging to resign and go home to farm, so as not to be eaten by Gao Bei's slaughter. Looking at their names, Qing Yishui's censors who impeached him at the time.

If so many censors resign at the same time, if the court approves it, wouldn’t that mean that the emperor also believed that Gao Gong would settle these miscellaneous fish when he came back? What’s more, this is not a family, so how could so many people leave at the same time? Therefore, most of the resignations were rejected.

However, there are exceptions. Several censors who had a serious conflict with Gao Gong and had reached the point of death were still released. Among them, there was the famous God of Scream Ouyang Yijing. Speaking of which, he was a great man, was a God of Scream. He was a great man and was quick to flash off. He immediately resigned when he saw that the situation was not good. After being rejected, he wrote a blood letter... Of course, he would not say that he was afraid of Gao Gong, but he used the most high-sounding reason to go home to serve his mother, and I don’t know what he had done earlier.

Fortunately, the court also understood his situation and was worried that he would lose too much blood, so he did not try to keep him again. In order to avoid the long nights and dreams, Ouyang Yijing packed his bags and took his servant's family to leave the capital on the day he received the approval.

In his impeachment career of less than ten years, this man killed more than 20 civil and military officials of the third rank or above, and accompanied by one marquis and two counts, a generation of scolding gods. Sitting in the ox cart away from Beijing, looking back at the palaces of the nine cities that were getting farther and farther away, his heart was filled with bitterness and unwillingness... How glorious and dazzling he used to be, but now, without long pavilions to say goodbye, no bold words, he was on the road in a hurry like a dog with a broken family...

There were uneven earthen roads all the way, and it had not rained for many days. The road surface was harder than copper. The ox cart was bumping heavily when walking on it. Ouyang Yijing leaned forward and backward, tilted around, and his bones seemed to be about to fall apart. In addition, the spicy sun was shoveling straight down without any cover, making the ground look like a soldering iron. He felt like fire was on his body, but he was lost in boundless depression. When he reacted, he was already suffering from heat.

At this time, I happened to be walking in a place where there was no village in front and no shop behind. My family quickly fed him water and washed his face. After finally reaching the inn, I found a doctor to see him, but it was not good. I couldn't afford it, my high fever did not go away, and I also started hysteria. From time to time, I shouted at the dusk: "Hao beard is here..." Don't kill me!" So a few days later, I was discovered by my family one morning and was completely dead.

At this time, Gao Gong was almost here in the capital. After hearing the news of Ouyang Yijing's death, he was stunned for a while before saying angrily: "This is a good way to hide from debts... But it doesn't matter, he is just an accomplice, and the culprit is still there!" As for who is the culprit, he naturally recommended Hu Yingjia, who had been tainted by him several times and caused an overthrow of the government.

‘xiǎo Hu, wait, I’m here!’ Gao Gong thought so. Who knew that he received another message two days later... that Hu Yingjia was dead too.

Gao Gong was completely shocked now. Why did he hate anyone who died? Those who know that I have a strong aura and can kill people with my intentions. But those who don’t know that I am cruel and ruthless, and want to destroy their bodies?

However, no matter what he thought, Hu Yingjia was indeed dead... This top-notch censor who was afraid that the world would not be able to do anything was protected by Xu Jie. After being protected by the rebellion, he was safe and sound and was sent to Shandong as a senator. He was already promoted. Unexpectedly, after two days of good days, he heard about Gao Gong's return. Hu Yingjia was sick at that time. He was shocked and frightened after hearing this news, and died... It was probably because of excessive psychological pressure.

Two people who were inverted to the banners who died suddenly after learning about his resumption. How could Gao Gong not be worried about not being able to explain it clearly... But in fact, he was too worried, because both in the officialdom and the people generally believed that these two people were... scared to death.

Since then, a proverb that has been left forever: "A tall beard comes out of the mountain - scares someone to death"!

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The scorching sun is like fire.

The carriage was galloping on the official road. In front were soldiers guarding the four horses, behind them, and behind them, there were two rows of Jinyiwei on both sides of the carriage, which made the trip very impressive. According to regulations, this is a show that first-rank officials can only use it when they leave Beijing.

But at this moment, this team did not leave Beijing, but returned to Beijing!

The old man wearing a cloth dress on the carriage, with a firm expression and a beard dancing in the wind was Gao Gong. With his style, he actually chose to travel lightly and return to Beijing in a low-key manner. But the emperor insisted on making arrangements like this, to compensate the teacher for the grievances he suffered in the past, and to announce to the people of the world that Longqing wanted to ting his determination to the end this time!

So Gao Gong could only bear it, but the feeling was not uncomfortable - he ran across several provinces along the way, and replaced the horses at each station. Before he arrived in Beijing, the momentum was enough to declare that my grandson Gao was back again!

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