Chapter Seventy-Six: The Storm Rises Again

"Lord Zhang, when the judgment is constantly suffering, you don't know Shen Chongming's human nature, compared to the high arch of the eyes will be repaid, he is more than that. "

Looking at the silent Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao was so anxious in his heart that he almost lifted the other party's skull and stuffed his brain into it to make him think.

Zhang Juzheng sighed and said with a wry smile: "Father-in-law, it's not that the official doesn't care. It's just that now the first emperor drove the crane west to the world to mourn, just when people's hearts are moving, if the world is disturbed by some personal grievances, you and I are guilty. ”

In the past few days, Zhang Juzheng has lived in a simple place, precisely because Shen Chongming returned to the capital. This guy has stirred up the rebels with hundreds of thousands of soldiers in one go, and now although the first emperor has also died, but this feat will not be wiped out with the change of dynasty, even if the little master is young, but the people and officials of the world see it in their eyes and remember it. At this time, it is not impossible to say that he is like a pillar of heaven in the sun.

Because of this, at such a busy time, Zhang Juzheng chose to call himself sick at home, otherwise Shen Chongming, who has always been not very stable, would be very red when he saw that he was coming to meet with an enemy, but he would have a lot of trouble.

And for such a period of time, Zhang Juzheng gradually gave birth to the heart of retreat, not that he was willing to admit defeat, just because Emperor Longqing not only identified Gao Gong as the minister of Gu Zhi before his death, but also followed him.

You must know that the rebel rebellion this time is huge, and the suppression of bandits in the previous stage is extremely unfavorable, if it is really investigated carefully, it is all your own responsibility.

But even if he made such a big mistake, not only did the first emperor not pursue it when he was alive, but he also entrusted such a big task to himself when he was dying, how much trust he had in himself. If he still caused some trouble at such a time with Feng Bao for his own selfish interests, how could he be worthy of the first emperor.

Feng Bao has been treacherous all his life, and his favorite thing is to figure out other people's thoughts, and when he heard Zhang Juzheng say such words, he immediately cleared his worries.

His eyes rolled to his heart, and he pretended to be sad and said: "Master Zhang, we don't know how your heart is, but this time I begged you to come forward, and it was really helpless." Do you know why the old horseman of Gao Gong insisted on supporting the queen mother as the queen mother? ”

"Father-in-law, the rules have been like this since ancient times, could it be that Lord Gao has other plans?" Zhang Juzheng raised his head and asked, but he felt a little funny in his heart, this Feng Bao didn't know what to think about every day.

"Of course." Feng Bao had such an expression on his face, and couldn't wait to explain: "Lord Zhang, if you think about it carefully, you must know that the emperor's biological mother is alive, and the little master has always been personally carried by the concubine, although in the palace, the queen must be honored as the queen mother, but don't hide it from your lordship, this is just a rule, and there is no family affection between the two at all." If Empress Chen is really allowed to be the queen mother, he will bow and rely on his support, how can Empress Chen be towards the little master in many things? ”

"This ......" Feng Bao said, but Zhang Juzheng hesitated, it's really like this.

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng's expression had changed, Feng Bao couldn't help but feel happy and hopeful.

Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, Feng Bao hit the railroad while it was hot: "But it will be very different if the concubine Niangniang becomes the queen mother, as the biological mother of the little master, naturally everything is considered for the little master." This is for the sake of the little master, isn't it also the consideration of the ancestors. ”

Listening to Feng Bao's words, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but fall into thought, no matter what Gao Gong's intention was to support Empress Chen as the queen mother, Feng Bao really had to worry about this matter, once it really became like this, it would be very unfavorable to Jiangshan Sheji.

"We also know that you don't want to get involved in these things, but now there is no other way but to come and bother you. If not, the high arch will not succeed. Feng Bao sighed again and again, but when such words came out of his mouth, Zhang Ju didn't believe it at all.

After being silent for a while, Zhang Juzheng raised his head and asked, "In that case, why doesn't the father-in-law choose Shen Chong's name to start with?" ”

When this question came to the key point, Feng Bao's old face couldn't help but turn red, and he sneered: "Don't hide it, my lord, our family and Gao Gong have been trembling for so many years, and I know that I am not his opponent." And this time the high arch is both offensive and defensive, there is no flaw left at all, and our family also thought about it for a long time before thinking of starting with Shen Chongming, which is the only weakness of the high arch at the moment. ”

As he spoke, Feng Bao told Zhang Juzheng the reason that Song Qingyang had given him word for word. Then he said: "Qingyang has sent someone to collect the relevant criminal evidence, as long as you come forward, now without the emperor's favoritism, we will definitely be able to win Shen Chongming in one fell swoop, and Gao Gong will definitely fall into our plan because of this incident, and this matter will be completed." ”

"After all, Shen Chongming has made a great contribution to the imperial court, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for us to do this." Zhang Juzheng was a little worried, but in fact, he also felt that Feng Bao's words made sense.

After all, Shen Chongming was able to have such achievements at a young age, in addition to his natural intelligence, ability, and the trust of the first emperor was also inseparable. Now without the protection of the first emperor, once he really has some evidence of his crimes, even if he has great credit, it will be difficult to resist the fault.

"Lord Zhang, the big thing is important, how can you take care of so much now? And think about it, with the previous festival, even if you want to calm things down, I'm afraid that Shen Chongming won't be happy. Once the day when the high arch is completed, who can help them get their master and apprentice today? At that time, this court will be what they say, this will be against the original intention of the first emperor, my lord, how can you be worthy of the first emperor as a minister? ”

Feng Bao's words were like a hammer hammer in Zhang Juzheng's heart, but it made him feel ashamed, maybe he really had too many concerns.

"Lord Zhang, this is not a party dispute, it is for the interests of the emperor and the court." Zhang Juzheng has loosened, how can he escape Feng Bao's eyes, even if he puts on a righteous posture.

"This ...... Alas, then what do you say the official should do? Zhang Juzheng asked with a sad face.

Seeing him like this, Feng Bao couldn't help but feel a little complacent in his heart, and finally persuaded him. "Don't hide it from Lord Zhang, you don't need to bother too much about this matter, just wait for Qing Yang to impeach Shen Chongming in the court, Lord Zhang can bring all the adults to help him, and don't give Gao Gong a chance to breathe. In addition, I hope that the adults can write a few handwritten letters to send to the border generals, you must know that Shen Chongming is now in the palm of his hand, once he makes trouble, our family is afraid that it will not end well. ”

Listening to only these two points to make his contribution, Zhang Juzheng was also relieved in his heart. To be honest, after going through so many things, it is really difficult for him to be dissatisfied with Shen Chongming at all, and it is really a little difficult to do it because of some speculation that is not good for him. So when he nodded and said, "In this way, this official can help one or two." But please forgive my father-in-law, whether it is Gao Ge Lao or Shen Chongming, they have made great contributions to the imperial court, if it succeeds this time, let's not force people too much. According to the official's opinion, after Li Guifei ascended to the position of the queen mother, there was still a senior cabinet elder serving as the first assistant of the cabinet, in charge of the affairs of the imperial court. As for Lord Shen, he can be his prince with peace of mind. After all, the external troubles of the imperial court have not been eliminated, and with this general, it will definitely be able to deter the Quartet. ”

If you want to say Zhang Juzheng's words, Feng Bao is extremely reluctant to listen to it, he has always been a person who likes to kill everything, especially when dealing with powerful opponents like Gao Gong and Shen Chongming, he can't tolerate the slightest mercy.

But now that he finally said that Zhang Juzheng would help him, he didn't dare to make Zhang Juzheng angry and stop helping because of his thoughts. So as soon as his heart turned, he said: "What your lord said is very true, this time we are doing this just for the sake of the court, and we will definitely not embarrass the two of them too much, so we will do what you say." ”

It sounds good, but the idea in Feng Bao's heart has not changed at all, as long as it is at that time, the whole situation is not something that he Zhang Juzheng can control, this time he must kill the two of them, it is best to destroy the family and eliminate the future troubles forever!

Affirmed by Zhang Juzheng, Feng Baodang ordered Song Qingyang to go all out to collect the evidence of the crime or not, whether the evidence was real or out of nothing, as long as he could control the situation in the court, it would be conclusive evidence!

Song Qingyang had a plan in his heart, and secretly went to the heavenly prison at the first stop, where an almost forgotten figure was imprisoned - Wang Siming.

It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that all the things they did reached Shen Chongming's ears without dropping.

The transfer of the throne has been a time of instability since ancient times, and the competition and games of various forces have emerged in endlessly, and to put it more seriously, that is the moment when the evil is the most rampant.

Shen Chongming knows this very well, although he has never seen his colleagues in the court since he returned to the capital, and he has not paid attention to the affairs of the capital, but the Jinyi Wei spies in the capital have already gathered the information from all parties to his hands, and Chen Xiao, the hottest in the Jinyi Guard, has also lurked back to the capital to preside over this matter without the knowledge of others. And Liu Shouyou, a character on the bright side, stayed in the palace all day long to guard the spirit of Emperor Longqing.

In this way, many people relaxed their vigilance against Jinyiwei, and they only regarded Jinyiwei as the person who was in charge, and they couldn't care about these details for a while.

Now listening to Chen Xiao tell the details of what has happened in the past few days, Shen Chongming knows that this time someone is pointing the finger at him.

Shaking his head, Shen Chongming said with a smile: "I wanted to calm things down, but I didn't expect that the good intentions of the official became a donkey's liver and lungs in their eyes, and they had to force the official to stew them in a pot." ”

Chen Xiao smiled, knowing that Shen Chongming had made up his mind, and asked, "My lord, what should we do now?" ”

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