.Chapter 876: Prelude to the Great Coup (Central)

At the end of the ceremony, all officials congratulated the new emperor. On this day, officials in all the yamen in Beijing had to pay homage to Tianyan. Because there were too many people, they had to obey the arrangements of the officials of the Honglu Temple, enter the Zhongji Temple in stages and batches to pay homage, and bow down after kowtowing, and receive a considerable reward... The Ming Dynasty has had good weather in recent years, and the national treasury has also become rich. The Ministry of Revenue is a rare generous one to win some prizes for the new emperor and the new dynasty.

It is said that it is a good thing for everyone to be happy, especially after the national mourning that tortured people into ghosts for more than ten days, everyone should relax and go home to take a shower and have a good sleep. However, the officials from Zhongji Palace seemed to have eaten flies, and there was no one with good faces. The young censors were even more angry and discussed in a low voice, and then a few censors who were more outstanding on weekdays went straight to Huijimen on behalf of everyone.

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In the backyard of Wenyuan Pavilion, in the straight hut of the cabinet chief, Gao Gong had just escaped from the heavy errand and was lying on the chuáng to take a nap. Although Gao Gong had always had super energy, he felt a little unable to hold on for more than ten days from the late emperor to the new emperor's ascension to the throne... National funeral and ascension were both great gifts for the country, and the etiquette procedures were complicated and every link was in sloppy. Gao Gong also had the thought of reassuring the late emperor, and he had to grit his teeth and do his best, so he had to ask about everything in detail. In addition, the state affairs that he was extremely busy, he was so busy that he could not put his feet on the ground and his clothes were not untied. Now, he had finally handled both gifts successfully, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and prepared to take a rest and adjust.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he closed his eyes, the figures of Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng appeared in his mind. The alternation of the old and new throne forced the already imminent duel to temporarily suppress the duel. However, the string in Gao Gong's mind did not relax for a moment. He knew that what he was facing was the most sinister battle in his life. Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, a pair of embarrassed people, were a cunning man, who was hidden in secret, and he would never let go.

A little bit of a horse; a bold and dark heart, and a close heart, and a moon first... It is said that Empress Li obeyed Feng Baoyan. When the late emperor left, this guy was like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, jumping up and down, and was arrogant. This kind of political alliance, inside, outside, bright and dark, once they became a climate, the consequences would be unimaginable. So when Gao Gong was empty, he began to think about how to cut the mess quickly and eliminate future troubles when they were not yet stable.

After having a worry, he naturally tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. At this time, the voices sounded outside again. It seemed that several of his students asked to see him, but were stopped by his Changsui. He whispered: "Yuan Weng has been busy these days and has just been able to close his eyes. You should come back in a while."

"Let them come in." Anyway, I can't sleep, so I might as well find someone to make up. After Gao Gong finished speaking, he went down to the floor to put on his shoes, simply combed his messy hair and beards, and went to the outside to meet them.

The person who came was Gao Gong's confidant disciple. Han Ji, Hu Ke, and Luo Zun, and the censor Song Zhiwen. Gao Gong did not have so many rules. After the three of them gave the ceremony of teachers and students, they asked them to sit down. They saw that they were blushing and sweating on their faces. They asked someone to lift two watermelons from the well to relieve their heat.

As soon as the servant quit, Song Zhiwen couldn't wait and said whistling: "Teacher, today, something sensational and insulting the country's body happened in the Golden Palace!"

"What's the matter?" Gao Gong saw that they were all angry, and knew that things must be small.

So the three of them said and told Gao Gong what had happened before... It turned out that when they entered the palace to pay homage, the officials found that there was a man standing beside the little emperor's throne - Feng Bao, the eunuch of the Silijian, the pen! The censors bowed the great ceremony, but Feng Bao did not avoid it, but looked proud and received the great ceremony of the emperor from all officials.

"Is this really a matter?" Gao Gong immediately turned his face. Their cabinet ministers and Dukes and Queens were in the first group to worship, and then returned to the cabinet, so they did not see it.

"Can you still lie? All the officials who participated in the court can prove it." Han Ji took the conversation and said indignantly: "Sir can be killed but not humiliated. On the first day of the new emperor ascending the throne, all the officials were subjected to such a great humiliation. It is really sensational and sensational!"

"As soon as we came out of Zhongji Palace, the colleagues of Kedao yelled to impeach Feng Bao and show him goodbye. The three of us were suppressed," Luo Zun, who was next to him, then said: "At this sensitive period, it is necessary to get an idea from the teacher first and then make a decision."

"Well..." Gao Gong nodded in approval, picked up the teacup and took a few sips before putting it on the table and sighed casually: "What you said reminds me of someone. The ancients said that the way of heaven is reincarnated for sixty years, and this is true."

"Sixty years..." Luo Zun, who was carefully studying classics and historical stories, responded the fastest and immediately said: "Sixty years ago, it was the early years of Zhengde. There was a big eunuch who was much more famous than Feng Bao."

"You mean..." The other two suddenly said: "Liu Jin!"

"Who isn't him?" Luo Zun said jokingly: "At that time, Emperor Wuzong was a naughty and ignored state affairs. The eunuch of the rituals Liu Jin stole the national ranks with the emperor's trust. He decided to make decisions on all the major issues of military and political affairs. Even the cabinet ministers and the Minister of Personnel became his lackeys. His arrogance was naturally extremely arrogant! When he was on behalf of the emperor to sacrifice to the Taimiao, he actually dared to walk on the imperial road. When the emperor accepted the ministers' court, he stood beside the imperial throne and never avoided it. All civil and military officials dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Therefore, the court and the people said at that time that there were two emperors in the Ming Dynasty, one was the emperor and the other was the emperor. The emperor was just a decoration, and the emperor was the one who kept his word."

"Liu Jin's huge slippery sloppy is born in response to the oppression of heaven and earth. In the next life, this is to disrupt the court, make the court chaotic, ruin the people, and ruin the emperor's reputation. Even if he has completed the task." Although this topic was high, when he heard Luo Zun criticize Liu Jin's sins, just like Feng Bao's previous life, he was still so angry that he could not help but scold: "Now in the cycle of reincarnation, this kind of disgusting thing is entrusted to Feng Bao. Compared to his previous life, he has sores on his head and pus flowed from the bottom of his feet, which is extremely damaged! Moreover, Emperor Wuzong was at least fifteen or sixteen years old, but he is only ten years old now. How can the ten-year-old emperor govern the world? He is not what the people around him say."

"And Feng Bao was cunning and tolerant, and had a deep scheming. He actually made him become the emperor's companion and was deeply trusted by Empress Li. If he had made him stand firm and became a climate, he would definitely follow Liu Jinshi, manipulate the national affairs, and act as a blessing. Even the three ministers and nine ministers, the ministers of the department would have to take his breath and let him drive it. Who would have seen such a situation!" "The more Gao Gong said, he became more angry, which surprised the three of them. He thought that a mere eunuch who was not worthy of being the chief minister's life and death enemy, right?

Little did they know that Gao Gong only said half of his words, and half of them were hidden in his heart, which was hard to say to others. As a minister of Han Mo who had been dealing with Dianzhang stories for most of his life, Gao Gong thought of Liu Jin and thought of the court in the Zhengde period of Wuzong. At that time, the cabinet was also the head of three ministers. One was Liu Jian from Henan, the other was Xie Qian from Zhejiang, and the other was Li Dongyang from Chu. The origins of the three cabinet ministers were exactly the same as those of him, Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng. Moreover, at that time, Liu Jian was the chief assistant, Xie Qian was the second assistant, and Li Dongyang ranked third, and the ranking of the three of them was exactly the same as those of them. Do you think this was a coincidence or fate?

What's more coincidental is that the Chu man Li Dongyang was also hypocritical on the surface, but in fact he was full of yin and cunning, and he had no bottom line for scholars and officials... You should know that civil officials have always been incompatible with eunuchs, and they are a pair of fateful enemies. Senior officials should not say that they collude with eunuchs, but even if they are good-looking for eunuchs, they will be looked down upon by others if they don't actively suppress them. Therefore, any senior official who colludes with eunuchs will undoubtedly become a typical example of betrayal conscience and personality in the minds of everyone. Whether it is at that time or later generations, they will make this judgment, and there will be no second possibility.

Therefore, high-ranking officials with a little moral integrity avoid the middle officials like snakes and scorpions... Although it will cause many inconveniences, it is still worth it compared to the loss of personality and reputation. However, there are always some "unrighteous people" who try to take the shortcut in Zhongnan when there is no hope of breaking through the front and achieve their goals by flattering the emperor.

Li Dongyang is such a villain in the eyes of such a gentleman. He colluded with Liu Jin inside and outside, and was in a mess. Within a year, he actually excluded the chief assistant Liu Hui'an and the second assistant Xie Muqi from the cabinet, and finally realized his long-cherished wish and became the chief assistant.

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The cycle of reincarnation in the way of heaven has passed sixty years, and the current situation is even more dangerous than that. There are three reasons. First, when Emperor Wuzong ascended the throne, he was fifteen years old, and he was half an adult. When his son was only ten years old and he didn't know anything, he was naturally more likely to be blinded by me. Second, the combination of Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng was more dangerous and more difficult to deal with than the combination of Liu Jin and Li Dongyang; Third, and the most critical point, the current biological mother, Concubine Li, is not as timid as the mother of Emperor Wuzong, Empress Dowager Zhang, and never interferes in the government affairs. When he was in the secret residence, Gao Gong saw that Concubine Li was a woman who was scheming, had a deep mind, and had a heart that was unwilling to be lonely. Once she got involved, the iron triangle formed with Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng would be really solid and unbreakable.

'The longer it drags on, the greater the danger...' Thinking of this, Gao Gong finally made up his mind and looked up at his three students. Han Ji and the other two had been waiting for him to make a decision, and they all stared at the teacher with light in their eyes. Gao Gong gritted his teeth and asked, "This evil slave has committed the crime of deceiving the king. What should you do about it?"

"If you don't take the opportunity to get rid of this guy, you will have endless troubles!" He wrote all his thoughts on his face, and the students naturally would not guess wrong, and said in unison: "While he has not yet established a firm foothold, he will completely defeat him!"

"That's the reason!" Gao Gong said murderously: "Before the late emperor Bintian, he held my hand and asked me to assist the young master to protect the Ming Dynasty and keep the imperial edict forever! Since I have been to Gu Shi, I have no choice but to eliminate harm to the country!" Another reason why he was so anxious was that once Feng Bao became the boss, he would be much more difficult to deal with with with Gu Shi's blessing.

"We have thirteen six disciplines, so let's go back and impeach this guy separately!" Song Zhiwen was the most anxious and stood up and said, "Let him know the consequences of contempt for national law!"

"Sit down!" Gao Gong shouted, "I'm so impatient, how can I entrust my big deal!"

"Shi Prime Minister..." After a moment of stalemate, Song Zhiwen said in dissatisfaction: "You are the prime minister of the current dynasty, the chief guard, what is Feng Bao? He is just a dog. It's not easy to crush him to death."

"Idiot..." Gao Gong cursed and ignored him. Luo Zun, who was beside him, couldn't bear to see him embarrassed, so he whispered: "You are right. Feng Bao is indeed a dog, but the owner of this dog is the current emperor. To put it bluntly, it is Empress Li. As the saying goes, beating a dog depends on the owner. If it weren't for this level, could the master keep him until today?"

"Yes." Han Ji, who was next to him, also said: "Although the ancestors had laws, eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics, and the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, but to this day, the rules and regulations were abolished and famous tools were not available. The Lijian had long been in strife with the cabinet and interfered in the government affairs openly. Now if Empress Li was also on Feng Bao's side and was determined to interfere in the government affairs, we really couldn't move this incitement."

"It's right..." He glanced at Han Ji with praise, worthy of being his number one strategist, and every sentence came to the point. Gao Gong said slowly: "Just just Feng Bao is on the throne, Feng Bao cannot be moved." Concubine Li favored and protected Feng Bao, and the emperor would not mind. This kind of incident that seemed as big as the sky in the eyes of the young emperor and his son was probably not worth mentioning, and he also complained that the officials took the opportunity to cause trouble and had bad intentions...

"What are you good ways?" Gao Gong threw the question to Han Ji and Luo Zun, his pair of think tanks.

"Students are foolish in their opinion, there is a saying that if you untie the bell, you must tie the bell." Luo Zun said: "Since Feng Bao is difficult to deal with, it is the favor of the emperor and Empress Li. The emperor is still young, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is the backer of Empress Li. We have to find a way to move this backer away and let Empress Li support us, and then we can naturally get it."

"What do you think of Botong?" Gao Gong frowned slightly, refused to comment, and looked at Han Ji.

"The students do not agree with Brother Luo's statement," Han Ji shook his head and said, "The teacher is a great hero who stands tall and upright. It is not your strength to flatter you. If you insist on learning from them for a moment, you can only use your own shortcomings and hit others' strengths, which is not a wise move."

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