On the afternoon of July in the sixth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor passed out in the palace to summon the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, the six Shangshu and the squire, the left and right imperial history, the political envoy, the Dali Temple, and the six departments were given to discuss the matter with the marquis in Beijing and above to the Wenhua Palace.

At two o'clock in the morning, the cabinet office location was the closest, and the three auxiliary ministers had already rushed to the Wenhua Hall in advance.

Gao Gong saw that Zhang Juzheng's face was pale and he had two big bags under his eyes, and he knew at a glance that he hadn't slept well. Although this matter was made by Gao Pragmatic, Gao Gong is a straight gentleman, seeing that Zhang Juzheng, who has always paid attention to appearance, actually looks like this today, he feels a little guilty, and takes the initiative to come forward to say hello, "Taiyue, why are you here too, I heard that you are in a coma from heat stroke, why don't you recuperate in the house today?" ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly, and said with a little lack of energy, "Yuanfu is blaming me, Juzheng was in a coma from heat stroke yesterday, but he didn't expect the family in the house to be so bold, knowing that I was burdened with a heavy responsibility, he actually drove me back to the capital without authorization, alas, this is a negative act of holy grace, even without the call of today's face king, I also have to be guilty of negligence, how dare I stay at home?" ”

Gao Gong said, "Although the saint is young, he is not an unreasonable person, you have worked so hard that you fall ill, how can he be held responsible?" There will be a reward and a reward later. ”

Zhang Juzheng's eyes darkened, and he shook his head, "How can there be a reward, today is probably the last time I will enter this Wenhua Palace." ”

"Taiyue, what do you mean?" Gao Gong frowned.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Gao Gong and asked, "Yuanfu, you and I have been colleagues for decades, and we have always cherished each other, who knew that there was today?" Now that I am in great trouble, I don't dare to ask for forgiveness, but there is one thing that has been pressed in my heart for a long time, and it is really unbearable to ask, and I hope that Yuan Funian has been friends for many years and can solve my doubts. ”

Gao Gong looked at him and sighed, "If Taiyue has any questions, just come here, I will be blunt." ”

Zhang Juzheng said, "This time, is it Yuan Fu's strategy or Guo Gong's plan?" Or is it someone else? ”

Gao Gong saw Zhang Juzheng's eyes blazing, knowing that he remembered this matter very deeply, or that he was very dissatisfied with today's defeat, he couldn't help but sigh again, and said, "It's not me, it's not my husband, it's really my stubborn little nephew." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng was not too surprised, but showed a hint of relief. Then I saw him look up to the sky and sighed, and said slowly, "At the end of the third year of Longqing, Yuanfu took him to Jingshi, and that was the first time I saw him. At that time, he was only seven or eight years old, and he should have never been out of Henan Province, but when he saw the princes of the imperial court, he coped with it freely, and he did not see any timidity. At that time, I felt that this son must be a man who manipulated the clouds and rain, and now it seems that my vision of seeing people is not bad, but ha, who knew that this different day would come so early. ”

At this time, Guo Pu also came over and also asked Zhang Juzheng how his body was. Zhang Juzheng dealt with two sentences casually, and said to the high arch, "Yuanfu, farewell today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet again in this life, Juzheng has no other wishes in this life, I only hope that Yuanfu can spread the ambitions of you and me that day one by one, and give Daming a Wanli Zhongxing." If this can be done, there will be no regrets about dying. ”

With that, he turned around and left, and went directly to the main hall of the Wenhua Palace.

Guo Pu frowned, turned to Gao Gong, and wondered, "Su Qing, Zhang Juzheng, what's wrong?" ”

Gao Gong looked at Zhang Juzheng's forcibly straightened back, sighed, shook his head and said, "Brother Qianfu, what's going on with Zhang Juzheng, you will know in a while." Alas, you don't know if your student has done a good thing or a bad thing. ”

Guo Pu's brows furrowed even deeper, but he didn't ask again.

At two o'clock, all the ministers were summoned, regardless of whether they had asked for leave or reported illness before, but all those who were in Beijing had all gathered in the main hall of the Wenhua Hall to wait for the emperor's arrival.

At three o'clock, the eunuch Chen Hong, the eunuch of the celebrant Xi Bingbi, came and preached loudly, "The queen, the imperial concubine and the emperor have arrived!" The ministers kneel to welcome! ”

After the ceremony was completed, many ministers who were completely confused looked towards the main hall of the Wenhua Palace, but saw the queen and the imperial concubine sitting expressionlessly on the left and right sides of the Dan Majesty, and the little emperor was also solemn, sitting on a carved dragon gold chair set up separately, and the position was slightly lower.

The Ming Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, there is no problem with this seat, the problem is that the person who accompanies the driver seems to be a little wrong!

Standing on the side of Empress Chen is the celebrant and supervisor Bingbi, the governor of Dongchang Huang Mengyu and Li Guifei, and on the side is the celebrant and supervisor Xi Bingbi Chen Hong, and on the emperor's side, there are people on the left and right, the right is the celebrant and the eunuch Bingbi, the imperial horse supervisor palm print, Chen Ju on the left is the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the Zhan Shifu Zuo Chunfang, the left is highly pragmatic.

Huh? What kind of routine is this?

Where did the eunuch Feng Bao go?

There are definitely not many people who can stand here at this moment, even those grandfathers and marquis are all characters who have become refined in the officialdom, and they can see at a glance that this posture is wrong.

After looking at the three above His Majesty Dan, everyone's eyes quietly looked at the three auxiliary ministers who were standing in the front position under His Majesty Dan.

However, the expressions of the three ministers were surprisingly unanimous and expressionless.

If there was any difference, it was that Zhang Ge Lao's face seemed to be too pale. However, everyone is well-informed, and most of them already know that Zhang Ge was sent back to the capital overnight by his family because of a coma caused by heat stroke in Tianshou Mountain yesterday, so it is understandable that his face is ugly.

But you three elders don't have an attitude, what should we do next?

But they were all overwhelmed, because they didn't seem to have to do anything but listen.

I saw that the queen and the imperial concubine sat solemnly and did not move, and the emperor didn't say a word, and directly ordered, "Chen Hong, declare the decree." ”

Chen Hong came out on order and preached loudly, "The Empress Yi's decree, the emperor's concubine's decree, and the emperor's holy decree were assassinated the day before yesterday's eunuch Feng Bao, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei were ordered to investigate, but it was found that this case was planned by Jinyiwei's commander and Tongzhi Xu Jue on the order of Feng Bao. Dongchang and Jinyiwei investigated again, and found out that Feng Bao deceived the monarch and the country, and the crime was serious!

Feng Bao should have been killed, thinking of the old slave of the first emperor, serving for a long time, let alone be lenient. Descended to Fengyu and went to Nanjing Xiaolingwei to plant vegetables

Xu Jue was originally a fugitive, but because he joined Feng Bao's disciples, he had to abuse his military position, bully the king from slaves, and be strictly tried in prison

In addition, Feng Bao Xu Jue's premises were found account books, logs and other items, and Zhang Juzheng, a scholar of the university, was deeply involved in this case, and bribed Feng Bao with seven famous pianos, nine night pearls, five pearl curtains, 30,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, and the rest of all kinds of treasures are innumerable. He also had many secret discussions with Feng Bao, his words were wild, he insulted the heavenly family, had ill intentions, and fell into Yuanfu. should have been sent to prison together, the rest of the party should be strictly investigated, and the former ministers of the emperor's palace and the cabinet officials of the first emperor should be lenient. He is exempted from all his duties, and he is not allowed to stay when he returns to his hometown. ”

After Chen Hong finished reading, the whole hall was shocked!