Jingxuan Accord, carved railing and jade masonry, under the cover of winter snow that has not yet melted, it seems to be particularly literate.

Although there are many mansions in Sijiu City, there are few such as Zhang Juzheng, a university scholar's mansion, with a bit of southern atmosphere.

It's just that at this time, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Daxue rarely stood by the window of Xiaoxuan, where the cold wind was particularly strong, with his brows tightly locked and his face heavy.

It stands to reason that the current overall situation is as Zhang Juzheng expected, he shouldn't look like this: since he tried every means to lead the government to the point where he had to invite Gao Gong back, Gao Gong really recovered smoothly, Zhao Zhenji has an opponent, and it has become a luxury to put his old qualifications in front of him like before; Gao Gong was also roughly as Zhang Juzheng expected, although he did not clearly break out a conflict with Zhao Zhenji, almost everything that could be done was disliked by Zhao Zhenji, and the contradiction between the two would break out sooner or later.

As for Li Chunfang, this Yuan Fu, who has no responsibility, has an empty stomach of ink, but he has neither practical talent nor ambition, but he is just dry bones in the mound, once Gao and Zhao Doufa are over, his good days will definitely come to an end, and he only needs to watch from the sidelines, and there is no need to worry at all.

Chen Yiqin, a colleague of his for many years, still wants to abide by neutrality, and seems to want to call himself a lonely minister, but his situation is similar to his own, and he really wants to be impartial, but in fact, there is no possibility at all. Although Gao Gong can most tolerate this old colleague who will at least not take the initiative to do bad things in his heart, Zhang Juzheng is sure that as long as Gao Gong becomes the first assistant, he will inevitably try to cure many of the chronic diseases of the country in his eyes, and Chen Yiqin, who has always been conservative, will not be able to stand it. However, how could Chen Yiqin compete with Gao Gong, or jump out to oppose it and be forced away by Gao Gong; Either take the initiative to resign and be honored...... I can't escape a word.

Not only did these things that were closely related to his position in the cabinet develop as expected, but even the unexpected Matsue retreat case, Gao Gong also changed his mind according to his own persuasion, and had already sent a letter to the south, presumably he should be able to suppress the teacher's troubles...... This can be regarded as repaying the teacher's kindness back then, right?

It seems that everything is working well and everything is going well.

But Zhang Juzheng has not been in vain for so many years, he has been an official for so many years, and he has always disliked to talk more, but he likes to figure it out. Not only do you think about almost everything you have experienced and observed, but you also think about everyone you have come into contact with and observed.

Zhang Juzheng sensitively discovered that there was one thing that was not quite right - I am afraid that there is something inside the story of the prince's playmate that he does not know.

This incident seems to have just started on a whim of the emperor, and the root cause is that the emperor dotes on the prince and thinks of his loneliness back then, so he has a whim and finds a few young men of the same age as the prince to play with the prince for more than ten days.

If the matter only comes to this point, according to past experience, the next step must be to scold the official, admit the emperor's intimidation, and then withdraw the order and give an explanation. Even what the emperor can say is nothing more than what Zhang Juzheng can expect seven or eight times out of ten: the prince has been depressed recently, and I am worried that the prince will be depressed for a long time, so I want them to accompany the prince to play for a few days, this is a special case, and there is no need to worry about it.

The emperor seems to have done so, but in one point: the emperor seems to have recognized it so thoroughly that he not only withdrew his playmates, but also said that he would select a young man of good character, outstanding learning, and the same age as the prince from the homes of civil officials above the third rank in Beijing to accompany the prince to study.

Speaking of this alone, it seems that the emperor was scolded and scared, so he made overtures to the civil officials. However, after Zhang Juzheng quietly sent You Qiduo to collect evidence, he keenly noticed that there was something wrong with it.

First of all, the current emperor is not as good as he was at the beginning, he already has Gao Gong again, a teacher who can shelter him, and with Gao Gong's current power in Beijing, it is enough to complete this task, even if the emperor considers his own prestige and does not want to completely tear his face with the officials, then he only needs to send that group of children home, why rush to post a study with the prince?

Secondly, there is something wrong with Gao Gong's performance in this incident. It stands to reason that with Gao Gong's personality and holy family, when the emperor first ordered those children to enter the palace to play with the prince, he should have directly stood up and admonished. But he didn't, not only didn't, but even seemed to acquiesce in such behavior. This is too abnormal, Gao Gong himself is also a Wenchen, and he is actually the first Wenchen of the Longqing Dynasty, he actually has no reaction to such a thing, what is he thinking? It can't be that he wants to take the opportunity to win over the nobles - Gao Gong may look at some of the really capable and talented generals differently, but he will never take those nobles seriously, let alone those few little hairy children.

But at that time, Zhang Juzheng put himself in Gao Gong's shoes and thought carefully for a long time, but he couldn't figure out the reason why Gao Gong remained silent.

It wasn't until the emperor said that he would select children from the homes of civil officials above the third rank to accompany the prince as the prince, that Zhang Juzheng suddenly thought of the Gao family boy he had seen on the day Gao Gongqi returned to Beijing that day.

Don't...... Gao Gong intended to let his nephew enter the palace to be this accompaniment?

However, even if he had this thought at this time, when the emperor didn't mention this stubble before, he had already chosen to remain silent, why is this?

Unless, the matter itself is what he is pushing behind the scenes!

Maybe this matter is not because of the whim of the emperor at all, but a strategy that Gao Gong has long set, and its only purpose is to send his little nephew to the crown prince!

Zhang Juzheng suddenly felt that the wind blowing on his face was a little colder, and his always solemn and majestic face turned a little pale.

When did Gao Gong learn to use these tricks that are not on the table? What about his position? What about his reserve? What about his integrity? Where have they gone!

Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and brushed through the messy thoughts.

According to the inquiry, everything was normal during this period of time, except for the habitual meeting with Gao Gong alone, whether it was the respect for the cabinet vote, or the habits of daily life, even including the small details such as eating donkey intestines the most, there was no change in the slightest.

But Zhang Juzheng still thought of a key point: his disciple of the emperor has always been bold, and for some old systems, unless Gao Gong insisted, he could not move resolutely, and he could not change resolutely. Because doing this kind of thing is rarely seldom sprayed by the officials, saying that it is against the ancestral system. Historically, only Gao Gong insisted, and he would have the courage to do it because he had his teacher as a shield.

So there are only two possibilities for this:

First, this matter was indeed done because of the emperor's whim, and later Gao Gong privately advised and mixed some private goods by the way. If that's the case, it's a blessing in misfortune.

I'm afraid of the second possibility: this matter was pushed by a high arch from the beginning, and the purpose was to let his nephew get close to the prince!

If so, it's terrible.