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After entering June, the atmosphere in Scholar Zhang's Mansion was particularly tense, and people who came in and out showed sad faces on their faces. Of Zhang Juzheng's six sons, the youngest Yun Xiu is also twenty years old. They all took turns on duty, waiting day and night in front of their father's sickbed, and they did not dare to leave. Although they kept their father's illness a secret from outsiders, they were secretly preparing for the future.

As soon as the guests arrived at Zhang's mansion, Zhang Juzheng's six sons heard the news and rushed to the sedan hall to greet them. As soon as Feng Bao got out of the sedan chair, he hurriedly asked Zhang Juzheng's eldest son, Zhang Jingxiu.

"How is Shousuke now?"

Zhang Jingxiu choked up before he could speak.

"My father has not eaten water and rice for three days, and he struggled to write a "Beggar to Survive Again" to the emperor in the morning, and he is asleep again at this time."

"Where's the Imperial Doctor on duty?"

"Yes."

The Imperial Physician squeezed forward from the back of the crowd.

The guest glanced at him and asked.

"Tell me, Shousuke's condition ......"

The Imperial Physician hurriedly reported:

"Fang just gave Shoufu a pulse, but it was already very weak. Press it hard, only to feel that the inch pulse seems to be nothing, the guan pulse is slippery, and the ulnar pulse is like dripping water in front of the eaves, which is already the image of the residual lamp. ”

After listening to it, he hurriedly went to Zhang Juzheng's sickbed in the backyard under the guidance of Zhang Jingxiu. At this time, Zhang Juzheng's eye sockets were deep-set, his face was charred, and his majestic body in the past shrunk into pieces of firewood, lying on the wide hospital bed, like a reed floating in a pond.

Looking at this look, although there is not much intersection, tears still come out of the eyes of the guests. It was only more than a month since they met, but he didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to change all five forms. It's already a summer day in June, but Zhang Juzheng is still covered with a big quilt, which shows that the vitality on his body has been lost. The guest stretched out his hands and tightly held Zhang Juzheng's hand exposed outside the quilt, as if he was holding a piece of ice. may have been disturbed, Zhang Juzheng's eyelids moved in a coma, and when Zhang Jingxiu saw this, he hurriedly leaned down and shouted softly:

"Father, the guest father-in-law has come to see you by holy order."

Zhang Juzheng's eyelids moved again, but he still couldn't open them. His lips moved with difficulty. Looking at him like this, the guest really can't bear to disturb him, but after all, he has a "holy order" in his body. Therefore, he had to be ruthless, stretched out his hand and shook Zhang Juzheng's shoulder, and shouted softly:

"Mr. Zhang, the miscellaneous family has come to see you by holy order."

Listening to the "Holy Order" Zhang Juzheng's body was shocked, he still opened his eyes, and the two unshiny eyes turned a few times with difficulty, and finally, his wandering gaze finally fell on the guest, and after a while, he finally struggled to speak, but his voice was weak:

"Father-in-law, thank you for coming to see me."

The guest replied with tears in his eyes.

"It was the emperor who ordered the miscellaneous family to come over, and the emperor received your "Again Pray for Survival"."

Speaking of the emperor, Zhang Juzheng's distracted eyes showed some anger.

"Is the emperor allowed to play?"

"The emperor wants you to recuperate in peace."

"Recuperate?"

Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly and said intermittently,

"After raising it for half a year, it didn't get better. As soon as I close my eyes, I see my father, alas, Zhang can't fulfill his filial piety during his lifetime, and I only hope to serve his old man under Jiuquan after death. ”

Listening to this, the guest secretly wiped a handful of tears with sadness in his heart, and quickly cut to the chase and asked:

"Mr. Zhang, the emperor knows that you are seriously ill, so he sent a miscellaneous family to come to condole, and the emperor has the heart to allow you to resign as the first assistant and let you return to your hometown. It's just that Mr. Zhang looks like this, how can he stand the bumps in the journey? At present, the gentleman can only recuperate in the house, and when his condition improves, it is not too late to make the way home. ”

"This disease is not curable. It seems that I am really going to die in the capital. ”

Zhang Juzheng struggled a lot to say these words, and the guest was worried that he would not be able to hold on, so he said directly. "Mr. Zhang, look at you like this, you can't preside over cabinet affairs for a while, do you think you want to increase the number of cabinet ministers?"

Zhang Juzheng, who had woken up temporarily, thought about it, then stared at the guest and asked in a daze:

"Is it the emperor's intention to increase the number of ministers?"

"Of course the emperor meant."

The guest hurriedly replied.

Seeing that the emperor did not send Feng Bao over, but let his henchmen and personal eunuchs come over, Zhang Juzheng knew that this must be the emperor's own will. After getting up and coughing up a mouthful of phlegm, his mind suddenly became clear. He figured out that the emperor had begun to arrange the future for him, and he felt desolate in his heart. After such a long period of suffering from illness, he has become indifferent to his life and death, but what makes him most reassuring is the selection of cabinet ministers. If the person who succeeds the first assistant is not selected well, the Wanli New Deal that he has spent ten years of hard work to implement may be ruined. During his serious illness, he thought about this issue again and again, and also wanted to complete the selection of ministers and the handover of the first assistant while he was still able to control the situation. Most of the reformist officials he fancied were too junior to be appointed to the cabinet, and even if a few of them had enough qualifications, whether they could become cabinet ministers or not depended entirely on the emperor's intentions, and now he wanted to select cabinet ministers according to his own requirements, I am afraid that it is no longer possible, and he can only depend on the emperor's intentions. Despite this, the names of several ministers swirled in his head like a marquee, and he licked his dry lips and said:

"Now Lu Tiaoyang is the oldest in the cabinet, and he is already in the position of second assistant, once I die, he will definitely take over the post of first assistant......

Although he was the emperor's personal eunuch, he didn't dare to express any opinions on the courtiers, he just listened to Zhang Juzheng say a few names, and then wrote down their names one by one.

"I also invited my father-in-law to tell Your Majesty that these people are the pillars of the country, and with them, they will definitely be able to continue to implement the new policy......"

Zhang Juzheng gasped as he spoke, and after a while, he said bitterly.

"Minister...... If the new deal can't continue, it will be difficult to turn a blind eye if you are subordinate to Jiuquan!"

Listening to such heartfelt words, the guest couldn't help but be greatly moved, and he was still thinking about state affairs in his heart, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty, except for Zhang Juzheng in front of him. Who else can do that?

"Don't worry about this,"

After his heart was agitated, the guest leaned his head over and whispered into Zhang Juzheng's ear.

"If Mr. Zhang makes any request now, the emperor will agree."

Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything, only stared at his eyes in surprise.

The guest continued to comfort.

"Mr. Zhang is not only the emperor's minister, but also the minister, and the emperor will definitely adopt your last advice......"

The guest who knew the emperor very well knew very well that the emperor would definitely adopt these suggestions, even if it was just to show them to everyone.

"The Emperor's ......"

Zhang Juzheng finally shouted tremblingly, and many past events came to his heart at once. At this time, he seemed calm on the surface, but deep down he was agitated. After a moment, he looked at the guest and said.

"I, the minister who cares for my life, have come to an end. In the ten years in power, I have been a member of the imperial court, and I have lived in the world, and I don't know how many lords and ministers I have offended, and I am a powerful and wealthy family. Now that I have run out of oil, maybe in a few days, I will be at peace, those who are hostile to me, will wait for the opportunity to fight back, but I am already discredited, as long as it is good for the Ming Dynasty, I am a broken body, so what's the matter? ”

After these words were spoken, Zhang Juzheng looked at his son on the side and said.

"Back then, the world corporal Lin for Zhang to exile Nanyang, although it is the law of the country, but private Zhang is guilty of the princes of Jiangnan, and then the national law is difficult to tolerate private feelings, Zhang can only handle it impartially, today I am the oil dry lamp, I have no other requests for personal, only ask the emperor to agree, let the Zhang family go to Nanyang, only in this way can comfort the world corporal Lin, to the world an explanation......"

Looking at Zhang Juzheng's increasingly gloomy eyes, the guest couldn't help choking up and comforted.

"Mr. Zhang, don't think nonsense, this, this and that have taken the initiative to exile their family to Nanyang. The emperor, the emperor will not allow it. ”

"Ask for an announcement, tell the emperor, please, the emperor agrees to this request......"

Perhaps because he was too excited, Zhang Juzheng's body shook violently, and he opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't spit out a word.

"Doctor, Doctor......"

The guest hurriedly called the imperial doctor in, and the imperial doctor hurriedly rescued him for a long time, Zhang Juzheng finally quieted down, but he couldn't speak anymore with his eyes open. The guest thought that staying any longer would be too stimulating for Zhang Juzheng, so he got up and said goodbye. But Zhang Juzheng looked at him with begging eyes, which meant that he wanted him to stay and sit for a while. Thinking of this, I am afraid that it is a farewell, and the guest's nose is sore, and tears are falling down. Zhang Juzheng's lips trembled, and he could see that he seemed to have something to say, but his voice was so small that he could barely hear it:

"Father-in-law, please tell the emperor, this, this is for the stability of the world, only if Zhang's family is exiled to Nanyang, will the world hate the new deal because of Zhang."

The guest's ear was almost on Zhang Juzheng's mouth, and when he heard him say this, he nodded and said.

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry, the miscellaneous family will tell the emperor as soon as he goes back."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Zhang Juzheng was excited, and his breathing became urgent again.

"Father-in-law, you ...... Tell the emperor that the implementation of this new policy is the first thing to employ people, and only in this way can the new policy continue, and now the merit of the new policy has begun to appear, and it must not be ......."

If you say the following words, you can't hear it clearly, there are tears in his eyes, even if he comes to this, he is still concerned about the world and the new deal in his heart. Watch as his pupils slowly dilate, his half-clenched fist slowly loosens, and then he doesn't breathe.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, Taiyi, Taiyi......"

When the imperial doctor came over again, he only took his pulse, and then shook his head and said.

"Shousuke is gone......"

"Daddy......"

Zhang Jingxiu, who was standing next to him when he heard this, could no longer suppress the grief in his heart, and suddenly knelt in front of the bed, held his father's hand, and let out a cry that tore his liver and bile, and a burst of crying immediately sounded around him......