Chapter 2 Undercurrent Surge II

The next morning, Xu Jie was absent.

Back to the harem last night, Emperor Longqing didn't get a good night's sleep, he could sit on this dragon chair, how could he be a simple character, and his mind could not be completely figured out by the courtiers, he was at the mercy of the ministers on weekdays, it was just that he didn't want to care, what the courtiers did he knew in his heart, but he was too lazy to care about these little things, after all, a big Ming Dynasty didn't know how many things were going to happen every day, if he had to deal with the courtiers about everything, he would not be tired to death!

But when he did this, the courtiers thought that he had no opinion and could fiddle at will, which more or less hurt Emperor Longqing's self-esteem, so Emperor Longqing would choose an inconsequential thing to do every once in a while, so as to show his authority as the Ninety-Five, so that the ministers did not dare to be too presumptuous in their behavior.

But the long-term dormancy, but made the Manchu courtiers more and more arrogant, especially the cabinet chief assistant Xu Jie, this court has almost become his hall, this Emperor Longqing is absolutely not allowed, whenever Xu Jie's disagreement and Xu Jie's upper hand, he will involuntarily think of Gao Gong, who has returned to his hometown, if Mr. Gao is here, he will never allow Xu Jie's to be so arrogant.

During this period of time, Emperor Longqing has been pondering the promotion of a person to check and balance Xu Jie, lest he alone destroy the current good situation of general stability in the world.

The first person that Emperor Longqing thought of was Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng was only forty years old, but he had outstanding ability and general knowledge, and he was really a rare prime minister, as long as he used it well, his ability was not much better than Xu Jie, and it was not impossible for the blue to be better than the blue, but he was a student of Xu Jie, just by virtue of this, Zhang Juzheng was excluded from the selection of the Longqing Emperor, if they were in charge of the master and apprentice, then Xu Jie's would not take his emperor seriously.

Just when Emperor Longqing racked his brains to think about who to promote to balance Xu Jie, a great news came from Zhejiang, Shen Chongming, the general soldier of the Qin Mission, was wiped out by the Japanese who had been in trouble for many years.

As a disciple of Gao Gong, Emperor Longqing has always regarded Shen Chongming as his own apprentice, and in the eyes of Emperor Longqing, Shen Chongming is still a loyal and commendable courtier, so it is inevitable to take more care of him.

After doing so many errands, Shen Chongming's ability has been completely recognized by Emperor Longqing, coupled with Emperor Longqing's secret report on the wide publicity and access to the carriage and horse shop, Shen Chongming is simply a civil and military all-rounder, except for the lack of age and qualifications, it is not impossible for him to enter the cabinet to be the head of the cabinet.

Therefore, when Emperor Longqing heard that Shen Chongming led his troops to annihilate all the Japanese Emperors, he gave birth to the idea of promoting him to fight against Xu Jie, pondering for a few days, this idea became stronger and stronger, but he rashly gave Shen Chongming an excessively high position, but he was afraid that the ministers of the court would not agree, so Emperor Longqing thought of the method of transition, and prepared to let Shen Chongming mix with the court step by step, and the command of the guards was the first step.

From the command of the upper guards of the second grade, it is reasonable to be promoted to the rank of the third rank of Shen Chongming, and Emperor Longqing also believes that no one will object, as long as Shen Chongming makes another contribution, no matter how big or small, the military department of the second grade will be his.

As the leader of the Ministry of War, it will be simple to operate to other positions at that time, such a step by step, Emperor Longqing believes that under his own arrangement, Shen Chongming's errand in the cabinet within two years is not a problem, even if he can't enter the cabinet because of his lack of qualifications, but with the identity of the sixth department, he can participate in the major affairs of the imperial court, so that Emperor Longqing has his own sounding board above the court, and he will not be as lonely as now, and he is helpless to Xu Jie.

But Emperor Longqing thought about it thoroughly, Xu Jie was not a vegetarian, Shen Chongming, the remnant of the high-arched party, made him really panic, he had to be rewarded for his merit, this is the rule of the court, Xu Jie did not have any handle with Shen Chongming, and there was no excuse to prevent Shen Chongming from being promoted.

After pondering for a while, the experienced Xu Jie thought of a way, that is, to raise Shen Chongming high and raise him with an idle one, and this position, the most suitable is the position of the governor of the Five Armies.

In this way, the emperor's courtiers who were each calculating were on the bar above the court, one insisted that Shen Chongming be promoted to the second grade, and the other was not allowed to give Shen Chongming to the position of the first grade, and the courtiers had a deep understanding of official positions at all levels, otherwise they would definitely think that Shen Chongming was a person from Xu Jie, and Emperor Longqing was bent on suppressing Shen Chongming in order to suppress Xu Jie's power.

After arguing for a day yesterday and not coming to a conclusion, Longqing insisted that Qingshan would not let go, and decided to use imperial power to suppress people in the court today to set the position of Shen Chongming, the commander of the guards, but sitting on the dragon chair and sweeping downward, he didn't see any trace of Xu Jie.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music!" Li Chunfang, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, saw Emperor Longqing's doubts, and hurriedly walked out of the column and bowed down and said.

"Speak!" Because of Shen Chongming's matter, Emperor Longqing was in a particularly bad mood, and he was full of anger when he spoke.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xu's family came to the cabinet this morning and said that Mr. Xu Ge was unwell due to the cold and was unwell, so he couldn't come to the court, and asked the emperor to forgive him for the crime of disrespect!" Li Chunfang hurriedly said, as she spoke, she was muttering in her heart, this Xu Ge Lao is too bold, he actually played a petty temper for such a thing, and he was not afraid of completely annoying the emperor and causing trouble.

Emperor Longqing's face became darker, this Xu Jie's illness was clearly coercing himself, you must know that the world doesn't know how many major events are going to happen every day, he picks on his son, the cabinet is half paralyzed, and many major events can only be delayed without his decision.

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Longqing endured the anger in his heart and did not explode on the spot, Xu Jie was not present, and this matter of Shen Chongming could only be put aside for the time being.

However, Emperor Longqing is not afraid, Xu Jie can avoid it for a while, after all, the first assistant has a great responsibility, where can he be sick at home for a long time, if this is the case, he can remove his position as the first assistant because of this matter, but it is also simple and trouble-free.

Thinking about this section, Emperor Longqing smiled slightly, put aside the topic and asked the courtiers what they had to say, Xu Jie couldn't be an errand, so he had to go out in person, and he must let him take a good look, this court can still turn his sword and read it all the way without him.

"Slave Feng Bao, see the master!" Just after going down to the court, before Emperor Longqing could sit down and take a breath, Feng Bao walked in with a smile on his face.

Since entering the palace, the palace has been managed by Li Fang in advance, and then Chen Hong has been temporarily replaced, this Feng Bao has been staying outside the palace to take care of the affairs of the East Factory, but he does not often enter the palace.

Despite this, the relationship between master and servant for more than 20 years is still deep, looking at his smiling face, Long Qing, who was originally angry for Xu Jie's coercion of himself, couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Xiao Fengzi, it's blowing that gust of wind today, why did you think of going into the palace to see me!" Long Qing asked with a smile, raising his hand and ordering someone to give Feng Bao a seat.

Feng Bao was not polite, bowed down to thank him, and sat there with half an ass: "Master, the slave and maid want to come to see you every day, but you also know that our Dongchang is burdened with heavy responsibilities, and the slave and maid dare not relax for a moment, and they can't wait to cut themselves into eight parts to deal with things, for fear that they will not be able to do the errand and live up to the trust of the master!" ”

"Hehe, cut it into eight parts, then you still don't come to see me, I have to be scared to death by you!" Emperor Longqing said with a smile, his mood was much better.

"The slave and maid don't dare, if it's really so terrible, just stay outside the master's door and let all the little ghosts detour!" Feng Baoshun climbed up the pole and patted his chest to show his loyalty.

Emperor Longqing smiled and nodded, agreeing with his loyalty: "Since you are so busy, it is impossible for you to come to the palace without anything, let's say it!" What do you want to tell me this time! ”

"Hehe, master, the slave can't hide anything from you!" After a sycophant, Feng Bao said cautiously: "Master, the slave heard that you were worried about how to settle Shen Chongming, and she had a shallow opinion in her heart, so she thought about saying to you to see if she could do some meager help!" ”

Long Qing frowned: "What do you think!" "Back to the master's words, the slave maid feels that this Shen Chongming has made such a great contribution at a young age, it is really a rare talent, you should vigorously use it, this direct guard commander is really a little wronged by him, according to the slave maid's shallow opinion, it is appropriate to give a first-class official, Xu Ge Lao wants to arrange him in the position of the governor of the Chinese army, he must think so too!"

"Smack!" Slammed the table, Emperor Longqing glared and said, "Feng Bao, are these words in your heart?" ”

Feng Bao trembled vividly, and stumbled and said: "It's the slave's heart, and I also ask the emperor to see it!" ”

"Hmph, you know a fart!" Emperor Longqing was obviously really angry, and even burst into a foul mouth: "Just your brain, you can think of these things, don't lie to me!" ”

"The master is angry, these things are really the slave and maid pondering by themselves!" Feng Bao couldn't sit still, knelt on the ground and said pitifully, with his understanding of Emperor Longqing, the more he was like this, the more he didn't believe it.

glaring at him fiercely, Emperor Longqing said helplessly: "Feng Bao, you have been following me for twenty years!" You are the old man next to me, and I have never hidden anything from you in my heart for so many years, are you planning to deceive me with others now? Wouldn't you think about what Xu Jie was doing this for? ”

"Master, the slave is at fault, the slave is guilty, the slave and the maid should not listen to other people's words to lie to you, these words are all said by Xu Jie to the slave maid, the slave and the maid feel that he is here for the good of our tomorrow, so he came to see you!" Feng Bao said pitifully.

Emperor Longqing couldn't help but sigh, Feng Bao he understands, he can only say that he is so-so, and he loves vanity, and he also loves to be greedy, but his nature is not bad, and he is even more loyal to himself, the reason why he became Xu Jie's lobbyist this time is that he is likely to be fooled by him, and he also said that he is doing this for the good of tomorrow and for his own good.