Chapter 449: Things to Come
On the top of the main hall today, the atmosphere is very strange.
The edict that Feng Bao took out really shocked the people present, of course, the most shocked was naturally the high arch.
Gao Gong has great doubts about the authenticity of this edict, after all, the emperor's edict should be drafted by the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, but now, as the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, Gao Gong has not drafted an edict of any nature, let alone an edict.
Gao Gong wanted to accuse Feng Bao of forging the emperor's edict in person, this was definitely an opportunity to get out of Feng Bao's confidant at once, but Gao Gong never dared to do so, just as Feng Bao said, all the holy decrees and edicts in the palace, whether it was the emperor's handwriting or oral transmission, were all well documented.
As soon as Feng Bao said this, Gao Gong's heart suddenly had no bottom, first, he was not sure, whether this edict was true or false, although Gao Gong was sure that he had not drafted it, but it did not mean that this edict must be fake, after all, Longqing had been in a period of more than six years, and Gao Gong was not the only one who had been the first assistant of the cabinet, in case Longqing had prepared all this very early, let Xu Jie's draft edict, Gao Gong dared to say that it was fake at this time, it was better for Gao Gong to take a knife and wipe his neck quickly.
Second, Gao Gong didn't dare to bet, after all, no matter what, after Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, even if Feng Bao, the eunuch, really became an auxiliary minister, but his position of Gao Gong was definitely not able to run away, Gao Gong was confident, and he could beat Feng Bao, so what was born, that is, in his own generation, actually had a eunuch to become an auxiliary government, such a self-esteem issue related to fame, or rather, the name behind him.
In this field, Gao Gong lost, and there was no room for recovery, Gao Gong had to admit this, but it was just ...... It's just that since he returned to the court and served as the head of the cabinet, the high arch is no longer the high arch of the past.
In the past, the high arch was very bold, even if there was a loss, it could be laughed over, but now the high arch has long been different, the crazy high arch has used huge force to hit them against those who oppose him, and the process is even more extreme.
And because of this, on the contrary, Gao Gong can't admit his failure, and over the years, Gao Gong's attack on many people, most of them have been successful, and even if he didn't achieve his goal in the end, he still achieved something.
In the same way, Gao Gong's crazy behavior naturally attracted the revenge of many people, not because Gao Gong occupied the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, no one could shake him, or everyone was afraid of him, but these people either failed; Either they are only one step away from successfully defeating Gao Gong, and they are ended by many other reasons, and even the failure of these people will be used by Gao Gong to counterattack.
In short, during this time, even if the high arch wins less, it can always win every time, so to speak, it can be said that it only wins and does not lose.
However, this time, just today, Gao Gong lost his body, and he had no power to fight back, which made Gao Gong how could he be willing.
However, even if Gao Gong is no longer reconciled at this time, if he loses, he loses, and there is no room for recovery.
Gao Gong, who was speechless, and his face was flushed, but now it had turned purple, which made people worry about whether he would just hold his breath.
However, no one present would care about him at all, except for Guo Pu, everyone looked at Gao Gong indifferently, and even, many of them felt that if something really happened to Gao Gong at this time, it would be good.
However, this kind of dramatic thing did not happen in the end.
"I don't know if Lord Gao still has any questions," Feng Bao asked, "If not, please ask Lord Gao to retreat, after all, this is the place where the emperor was in the court, although Lord Gao is the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, but standing here, it is still too disrespectful," Feng Bao smiled, and reminded Gao Gong "kindly".
"......" for a long time, Gao Gong couldn't say a word, and in the end, he had to snort coldly, looked at Feng Bao with very resentful eyes, and walked back to the place where he should have been standing.
If it weren't for this time, the matter of persuading Zhu Yijun to ascend the throne had not yet been completed, and I am afraid that Gao Gong would have left directly.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Feng Bao saw that Gao Gong had already returned, so he continued, "Now, the edict of the first emperor has been issued, and I think all the adults have understood,"
Originally, it should be Gao Gong who took Feng Bao's words, but at this time, Gao Gong obviously wouldn't do this.
"Now that the matter has been decided, and the edict of the first emperor has also been issued," it was naturally Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant of the cabinet, who spoke, "Now should we choose an auspicious day and ask His Highness to ascend the throne?"
When Zhang Juzheng said this, the ministers standing below did not speak, obviously they all acquiesced, and Gao Gong was too lazy to say anything, and he couldn't say anything even if he said this matter.
"What Lord Zhang said is very true," Feng Bao replied, "Although the first emperor died not long ago, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and it is better for His Highness to ascend the throne earlier,"
Speaking of this, Feng Bao also looked at Zhu Yijun politely, as if he was asking for his opinion, but obviously, Feng Bao didn't take Zhu Yijun too seriously, and he had already turned his head before he saw Zhu Yijun say anything.
This scene was all watched by the ministers standing in the audience, but none of these people said anything.
Feng Bao dared to do this, he must have something to rely on, and now, not to mention Zhu Yijun, even Li Guifei, who was sitting in the back, the queen mother who will inevitably be regent in the future, did not say anything about it, and what did they have to say as ministers.
It's just that in the hearts of many people, especially some ministers who are extremely loyal to the imperial court, such as Ge Shouli, their eyes are full of melancholy, and they all understand in their hearts that if this development continues, it may evolve into a repetition of many historical tragedies in the future, but at this time, none of the people present said anything, or rather, they all understood that even if there was a person who dared to be loyal and outspoken, and did not care about his own life, stood up and pointed at Feng Bao and scolded, the situation would not change in the slightest, and in the end, It will only be that the person who stands up will be retaliated against by Feng Bao in the future, and there is nothing beneficial to the current situation.
And Zhang Fan, what he pays attention to is not these, as a person who has never been born again, even if Zhang Fan is extremely unproficient in history, he still understands some things.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were almost no eunuchs who could mess with the government, of course, like Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian, etc., who were very famous in history, in the final analysis, these people were just because of personal greed and misconduct, it is true that these people have caused a lot of trouble to the court and the country, but they have not reached the point of bringing disaster to the country and the people, on the contrary, these people, these eunuchs for various reasons, still have to pretend to be a "good person" for the people.
In the final analysis, this is just a problem between the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty, and the impact on the people is there, but it is not big.
As for Zhang Fanlai, he knew the names of the famous Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian in his previous life, and even Wang Zhen, who was also in trouble with them, didn't remember it too much, and Feng Bao's name was almost never mentioned in school, or in high school history textbooks.
In Zhang Fan's view, with Feng Bao's current powerful position, there can only be two reasons why future generations will treat him so coldly.
Or, Feng Bao was mediocre in the Wanli Dynasty, neither did he have any great achievements, but he also did not have any major faults, he did not do any great deeds, but he also did not do any major things that brought disaster to the country and the people, and the people and gods were angry, in short, it was mediocre and mediocre.
Either that, Feng Bao has preserved his evil intentions, but before he has time to succeed, he has already been suppressed by others, and even who this person is, Zhang Fan already has a candidate in his heart.
By that time in the future, Feng Bao must have gotten rid of the people who want to go against him, and also have the capital to fight against him, Gao Gong is not young, maybe this cabinet chief assistant will not be able to do it for a few years.
Although Ge Shouli has many people agree, but in the face of Feng Bao, those people may not be able to stand up, and Ge Shouli is also lonely, not to mention, Ge Shouli is much older than Gao Gong.
Zhang Juzheng, this is even more impossible, now Zhang Juzheng is already tied to Feng Bao, and it seems that the relationship between the two is still very good, this is also Zhang Fan's criticism of Zhang Juzheng, his own teacher, although Zhang Fan himself is now quite close to Feng Bao, but if you want Zhang Juzheng to be like that, I'm afraid it's still far away.
Then there is only one person left who hates Feng Bao, but has the capital and ability to overthrow Feng Bao, and this person is far away in the sky, close in front of him, on top of the current hall.
That's right, it is Zhu Yijun, the current Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who will be called His Majesty's person in a few days.
Zhu Yijun has hated Feng Bao to the extreme since this time, and in a few days, Feng Bao, who has become an auxiliary minister, will inevitably make Zhu Yijun even more annoying.
However, Zhu Yijun, the emperor, although he is very young now, he will always have to be in power one day, and at that time, it will naturally be Feng Bao's turn to be unlucky.
Maybe, maybe it won't come to that day, things will change.