Zeng Xingwu suddenly nodded his head: "The teacher's words are reasonable, but the students are confused." After a pause, he said: "Then this matter cannot be analyzed, it can only be thought that His Majesty feels sorry for the prince, so there is this one." ”

Zhang Juzheng pondered a little and said, "If you want to know who did it, it is better to see who benefits from this matter in the end." At the moment, the warriors and nobles have the upper hand, but there is a reason why I expected that this matter was not promoted by them. ”

"First, there is a high school Xuan in the cabinet at the moment, this public is not only in the cabinet affairs, but also in charge, he is a person who uses his talents, and he has always looked down on the military ministers, especially those nobles, in his eyes, they are mostly mixed and waiting for death, if this matter is promoted by the nobles, it is very easy to be disgusted, and it is impossible for His Majesty not to pay attention to the opinions of the high school Xuan...... Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, is a serious person, and now he is old, and he will not do such a thing that is jealous of civil officials. ”

"Second, sending the noble children to the crown prince is a long-term plan, and now that Your Majesty is in full bloom, with their eyes, how can they think so far? Besides, there are only so many noble and military ministers in the Communist Party, even if the crown prince succeeds to the throne in the future, the noble and military ministers who can be used at that time have naturally been replaced by their children, so why bother? ”

Zeng Xingwu thought for a while and said, "Could it be that Zhao Dazhou's reform of the Beijing camp has stimulated them, so they want to gradually turn back the situation in the future?" ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he couldn't help but pay attention to it, and after a moment of silence, he said: "The dynasty has its own system, and these nobles have long since lost the courage of their ancestors, and their hearts are mostly drifting with the flow...... Besides, the restructuring of Beijing is not this time, why has there been no change before, and this time I can't bear it? ”

"That's exactly what the protégé couldn't figure out." Zeng Xingwu frowned and said: "But according to the idea of who benefits and who is the mastermind, no one in Wenchen has this motive......"

Zhang Juzheng's heart moved, and said, "What about the eunuchs?" ”

"Eunuch?" Zeng Xingwu was stunned: "Why did the eunuch do this? ”

Zhang Juzheng stretched out his hand to stop Zeng Xingwu's words, thought carefully for a while, and then said: "Fang just said that Feng Bao's current position is not very stable, if this matter is originally his friendship with the nobles and the promotion of it, is it also possible?" ”

Zeng Xingwu pondered: "But what help can he do if he does this?" ”

The teacher and student suddenly said in unison: "Prince! ”

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he didn't say much, but Zeng Xingwu was busy saying: "Feng Bao probably thinks that as long as the prince is happy, His Majesty will be happy, and if His Majesty is happy, he will naturally look at him differently!" ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "In addition, those noble and military ministers will naturally be grateful for the benefits of this matter, although for Feng Bao, this gratitude may not be of much help, but it is also a benefit after all." ”

"Yes, one more friend is better than one more enemy." Zeng Xingwu nodded: "Master, if this is the case, the money we spent today can be regarded as a waste." ”

"That's not the case." Zhang Juzheng snorted, half-narrowed his eyes, and said: "Since the Huating Gong went to the throne, most of the old people in the palace have gone to work and have leisure, and the cabinet department is in the palace, as if they are blind, and Gao Gao Xuan has recommended two successive master of ceremonies to palm seals, and no one in the inner court dares to compete with Gao Gao Xuan." Now, whenever the high school Xuan has a vote, as long as the saint has not spoken out to stop it, the celebrant will approve the red according to the permission, and he will not even dare to change a word. In the long run, I am afraid it will not be a blessing for the world. ”

Zeng thought to my heart: It's hard to say whether it is the misfortune of the world now, but it must be the misfortune of the teacher and my misfortune.

So he nodded and said: "The master is very worried, but at the moment, the old saint of the high pavilion is unparalleled, and although Meng Chong is incompetent, he doesn't have too much notoriety, and it is not easy to get rid of him." ”

Zhang Juzheng snorted coldly: "The Spring Palace porcelain in the palace printed with 'Made in the Year of the Ming Dynasty', aren't they made by this Gonggong Meng?" The previous time the prince suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask His Majesty, but he was bumping into His Majesty having dinner, and His Majesty forgot about this stubble, and was asked by the prince, 'Why is this porcelain painted with men and women naked and playing with each other', which made His Majesty very embarrassed, and ordered the prince not to look for him when he was dining in the future...... Look what has come of this! ”

Cao Dayu, who was next to him, couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, and then he was startled again, and hurriedly said: "Pavilion Elder, the lower official...... Xia Guan's nose itched for a while......"

Zeng Xingwu was just about to reprimand, Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, but what the cabinet just said, you must not make a noise, you can only rot in your heart, understand?" ”

"Yes, yes, the lower officials understand, the lower officials understand."

Zeng Xingwu glared at him, and said to Zhang Juzheng: "What the master said is indeed reasonable. Meng Chong has no talent, he is a chef, and before he was the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, he was only in charge of the food supervisor. He suddenly came out to take charge of the celebrant seal, thanks to the recommendation of the elder Gaoge. But the difficulty is also difficult at this point, if it is said that the porcelain of the Spring Palace can be counted as a crime, but it is not enough to remove it from the position of the palm print. ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "But there is Gao Gao Xuan speaking for him, this crime is indeed not enough to punish it, and this matter involves Your Majesty, if you are too careful, it will be a bad thing." However, that Feng Bao considered himself a Confucian eunuch, so he must look down on Meng Chong because of this, and at the same time, he was even more dissatisfied with his failure to successfully take charge of the seal of the celebrant eunuch......"

Zeng Xingwu knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and said with a wink: "What does the master mean, since we have nothing to do with Meng Chong for the time being, why don't we start with Feng Bao first?" ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "Being good at burning cold stoves is also a science. ”

Of course, Zeng Xingwu understood this sentence, but he still joked: "Please give me advice." ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "Just now you said that the silver was lost tonight, so I thought it was otherwise. Regardless of whether this 'prince's playmate' is promoted by Feng Bao or not, this money is not a waste. Three provinces, think about it, if you give a lot of silver to Meng Chong, this is a hot stove for burning, he has high school Xuan to help him, and the flames are blazing, do you still need this fire? You rushed to throw firewood, and people didn't appreciate it. It's those cold stoves, if you rely on your fire, fluttering and burning hot air, people will remember you. ”

"Naturally, this is the reason." Zeng Xingwu smiled bitterly and said slowly: "It's just that people's hot stoves can do things, if it's a cold stove, it may not be cheap." ”

"The three provinces are not right." Zhang Juzheng smiled coldly and said: "Being an official is a lifelong career, how can you care about the success or failure of a moment." You burned the cold stove for three years, and it seems that you have suffered a loss, but in the fourth year, maybe it will come to run from time to time, or when the time is ripe, the cold stove will be burned into a hot stove, at this time, will you also follow the carp to jump into the dragon gate and fall into the golden hole? Back then, Yan Song's family was so prosperous, but I always followed the cold stove of Huating Gong, what was the result? ”

Zeng Xingwu suddenly woke up, isn't his teacher a master of burning cold stoves?