Gao pragmatic fights the grass and scares the snake, and Zhang Juzheng also scares the snake.

This is not a novel of Gulong martial arts, the two of you and I have been talking for a long time, and the result is to seal the throat with a sword. Gao Zhang knows the roots, in the current situation, everyone is not fully sure that one blow will kill, so no one will fight as soon as they come up, both sides are constantly making temptations, hoping that the other party will deal with the wrong way and expose flaws.

But this temptation came to an abrupt end because of an event.

On March 12 of the sixth year of Longqing, the emperor fainted again when he summoned Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Juzheng to learn about the recent government affairs in the Wenhua Palace, and this time unlike the last time, the emperor fell into a deep coma, and did not wake up until he was close to the son that night.

The three cabinet elders who made an exception to stay in the cabinet to rest and did not dare to go home were accompanied by a large number of eunuchs to visit the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor's face was pale, and he summoned Gao Gong to the couch, grabbed the teacher's hand and asked, "Sir, the prince is still young, how is it good?" ”

Gao arched his nose was sore, his throat moved, he looked at the emperor's eyes that were almost desperate, took a deep breath, and comforted himself: "The emperor don't think too much, the so-called illness is like a mountain, and the illness is like a thread, although His Majesty is sick urgently this time, as long as he doesn't mess up with himself and slowly raises it, he will always get better." ”

Emperor Longqing smiled bitterly, let go of his right hand that was holding Gao Gong, and raised it with difficulty to show Gao Gong, and said, "Sir, look." ”

Only then did Gao Gong notice that his hands were swollen as a student of the emperor, and his fingers were almost as thick as usual, and the color was not right, obviously a little dark red.

Even if Gao Gong doesn't understand medical theory and doesn't know what is going on, he can at least see the seriousness of the situation.

Seeing Gao Gong's face change, the emperor put his hand down with a wry smile and whispered, "The imperial doctors said that this is qi and blood stasis...... I don't think they're telling the truth, or they just haven't finished speaking. Ha, the emperor ......" Long Qing sneered, "How many people in the Manchu Dynasty are willing to tell the truth to the emperor?" ”

Gao Gong only felt that his throat was stuck by something, and coughed before he said, "Xu is for His Holiness." ”

"For His Holiness?" Long Qing didn't care, but sighed and said quietly: "Yes, for the sake of His Holiness, I don't know when I will die." ”

Gao Gong was taken aback and was about to speak, but unexpectedly, the emperor shook his head slightly and said, "Sir, don't worry, I can see everything now, and I won't worry about them." ”

Originally, Gao Gong didn't want to be too sad, but he was indeed a person in temperament, listening to the emperor say this, it was clear that it had reached the point of "people are dying, and their words are also good", and finally couldn't help the old tears, grabbed the emperor's hand and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, and the old minister has not fulfilled the responsibility of admonishing......"

"Don't say that, sir." Long Qing showed a gentle smile, patted Gao Gong's hand hard, and comforted: "No one in the world can do ......better than Mr. I can't complain about Mr. ”

Gao Gong was even more sad in his heart, grabbing the emperor's hand, but he choked up for a moment and couldn't speak.

Long Qing's gaze passed over Gao Gong's side, glanced at Guo Pu and Zhang Juzheng, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. and Mr. Zhang are both long-term colleagues, like-minded, and they have helped each other to teach me a lot, but what has happened recently ......" The emperor hesitated slightly, and looked at Gao Gong's gaze with a look of hope, "Can it still be eased?" ”

Gao Gong was caught off guard by the emperor's question, but in this situation, his conscience could not allow himself to say those undesirable words to perfunctory the emperor, so he had to say: "The old minister only obeys His Majesty's orders." ”

The emperor stared at the arched eyes, looked at them carefully for a while, and finally smiled, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That's good, then I'll rest assured." ”

Gao Gong didn't know what it was like in his heart, and he stopped talking, and finally there was no sound of the pit.

When the emperor saw that he did not speak, he seemed to understand something, and said, "Sir, do you know why the student said this?" ”

This sentence of "student" made Gao Gong couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, the old minister deserves it." ”

Long Qing wanted to wave his hand, but he felt that it was difficult, so he shook his head slightly: "Why is it worthy?" Mr. is my teacher, when I was the king of Yu, I also did a teacher salute to Mr., is it impossible to say that I am the emperor? ”

Gao Gong didn't know how to answer for a while.

If you want to be reasonable, with his grandmaster-level knowledge, of course he can talk eloquently, but at this time, the emperor is obviously not speaking to reason with him, and he knows this.

Seeing that Gao Gong no longer defended, the emperor continued: "Sir's birthday this year is the year of Ershun (60 years old), and I don't know if I can hold on until then. In case of...... At that time, the prince will be young, and he will ask Mr. to take care of everything...... I don't hide it from Mr., I have a few words in my heart that I want to say to Mr. ”

Gao Gong immediately knelt down, knocked his head on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty has any orders, but please speak bluntly, although the minister is dull and old, but there is still a breath left, I will do my best, and I dare not disobey it slightly." ”

Guo Pu and Zhang Juzheng, who were not far behind him, didn't know what was going on, and when they saw Gao Gong suddenly kneeling, and the emperor showed a look of hope, the two subconsciously glanced at each other, and they only thought that the emperor was self-confessed and was already going to be orphaned.

The two of them suddenly didn't dare to slack off, and they also knelt down together, slamming their heads on the ground, not daring to raise their heads and move slightly.

Who knew that Long Qing spoke in a very small voice, and the two of them were behind Gao Gong, and they couldn't hear what the emperor was saying at all.

At this time, only Gao Gong could hear the emperor's deliberate whispering: "According to the rules of the dynasty, Mr. can still rule the world for eleven years, but at that time, the crown prince was only weak, although he was an adult, but ...... We are all from the past, and we know that children of that age are probably still very impulsive in doing things, but they think they all understand, just like I did back then, I have to have an old minister by his side to regulate him. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang are as old as they are today...... What I mean is that Mr. Zhang will be able to take care of the prince for another ten years. After ten years, the crown prince will be established, and if I don't know anything anymore, I won't be able to manage so much......"

Gao Gong understood that the arrangement in the emperor's heart was very similar to his previous thoughts, and he planned to let Zhang Juzheng take over after he worked until Zhishi.

The difference is that the starting point of the two is different:

Gao Gong thought about it before, mainly because he felt that Zhang Juzheng, like himself, advocated reform and had good ability. In the position of the first assistant, he worked until he was seventy years old, which is equivalent to pushing the reform forward for 16 or 7 years, and then Zhang Juzheng took over for another 11 or 2 years, and the reform was almost 30 years old...... I think I should probably be able to fulfill my and Zhang Juzheng's grand wish to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty through reform.

But the emperor's consideration was from another angle, that is, from the fact that the crown prince could succeed smoothly.

In the eyes of the emperor, succession is not the same as succession, and he is not worried about whether the crown prince can succeed to the throne smoothly, after all, the rules of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years are here, and the prince's position is unshakable, and there is no possibility of any accidents.

The emperor is worried that the crown prince is young, and his father and emperor will die too early, if the prince is too young and vigorous when he is in power, and there is no one to supervise and assist, he may become the same as Yingzong and Wuzong in their early years, making a good mess of the world, and also ruining the good situation that he has worked hard to manage in the past six years.

All in all, the emperor is seeking stability.

This is of course understandable, and Gao Gong fully understood the emperor's intentions.

It's just that in this way, Gao Gong's attitude is embarrassing.

How to treat Zhang Juzheng?