Since Yuebin Lou for a while, a subtle tacit understanding has been formed between Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng, although they both regard each other as future opponents, but they both realize that at the current moment when the big guy is fierce and the waves are raging, the best choice for each other is to put aside the contradictions for the time being, cooperate with each other, and tide over the difficulties together.

First, because they have a clear understanding of their own strength~ Compared with those deep-rooted old men, the strength of the two is still ...... weaker, Zhang Juzheng does not mention it, even silent, although there are many henchmen, but the foundation is still shallow, and everyone under his command has potential, but no strength, usually looks good, but when it comes to this kind of competition of internal strength, it is really not enough to see.

Second, because of their common situation, Xu Jie's promotion of the two into the cabinet actually hoped that they could help deal with Gao Gong, but both of them had a good impression of Gao Gong, and they didn't want to offend the emperor because of this. At the same time, for different reasons, they felt strong pressure from Xu Jie, which made them have to think about what their way out was and when they could achieve their ambitions?

Under strong pressure, the two formed an alliance to a certain extent, but both of them are the heroes of the world, and neither of them will be willing to occupy a subordinate position, which leads to this kind of alliance, which is loose and independent, and it is basically based on guessing that each has a ghost and even connects the alliance itself, which is tacit, and neither of them has ever said that they want to join forces with each other, and so on, and can only guess and judge their true intentions from the words and deeds of the other party.

The complex and delicate relationship between the two determines that this is a game between geniuses. You must maintain the same wisdom as the other party, in order to achieve common advance and retreat, take care of each other, if your mind is not as good as the other party, you may be led by the nose, become a stepping stone for others, a shield, or even be sold, and will help others count money"......

Now, Zhang Juzheng showed his attitude for the first time~ For the battle between Xu Jie and Gao Gong, he didn't think it was troublesome. On the contrary, "it is likely that in Zhang Juzheng's view" this is a great thing. Because the two tigers are fighting, it is inevitable that one will be killed and one injured. To put it bluntly, it's best for the two of them, along with their respective comrades, to roll up and go home! In this way, there is no need to bother us, and the two mountains in front of us have been moved away at once.

In Zhang Juzheng's view, this is not harmful, but only brings benefits...... Xu Jie's resignation, he needs to take care of his old age, and he must transfer most of his strength to himself, so that he, the last pavilion elder, "relies on Ding Weike's help in the same year, and has the ability to wrestle with Shen Mo, and when the time comes, whether it is war or peace, it will be closer to the final victory!"

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, Shen Mo just smiled faintly, and sat back in the sedan chair before he frowned...... Zhang Juzheng's statement is actually seven points true, three points false, and even half-truths" He didn't believe that Zhang Julou could naively think that the emperor would let Xu Jie and Gao Gong leave at the same time............ Does Daming still want to govern the country? Take 10,000 steps back, even if the two of them leave at the same time, "There is no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey is the king, it will not be his turn to be the two little monkeys...... Zhao Zhenji, Ge Shouli and other old ministers, but they are eyeing them there, and I am afraid that they will be the ones who will benefit the most.

Jin Ran was silent and would not feel that Zhang Juzheng was unrealistic, after all, as the heir of Xu Jie, he had the right to think about everything for the better. But his situation is much more difficult than his, if he can't find a way to improve his impression in Xu Jie's heart as soon as possible, then waiting for Gao Gong to go, "he is likely to become the target of Xu Jie's next plot............ And with his judgment of the situation, this possibility is very high.

What to do? There are ways to be silent, some he has already done, some he has not done, and he wants to wait and see......

In the blink of an eye, March has arrived.

Although the cabinet has entered a busy period, he still deliberately took a half-day holiday, so that all the cadres and the people of the middle school could go home and stay, so that the two national elders could happily "strive to solve all the problems...... In Li Gelao's view, at present, there is nothing more important than the cabinet to restore order.

This morning, he didn't do anything, and personally finalized the menu with the kitchen, half of Songjiang cuisine and half Henan cuisine, ensuring that the two elders were their hometown dishes in front of them. He also supervised the handymen to rearrange the canteen...... the original red tihuā carpet was rolled up and replaced with a calming lake blue carpet, and more pleasant fresh huā green leaves were placed on the table, racking their brains to create the best objective conditions for this important dinner.

As soon as the hour passed, he urged Shen Mo a few times, and went separately to invite Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Guo Pu to the banquet. About half an hour later, Shen Mo invited Guo Pu here. Li Chunfang and Guo Pu have a good relationship, the two met and joked a few words, and then Li Chunfang started mother-in-law's mother-in-law, please Guo Pu will be sure to help say the two pavilion elders later...... implication, don't coax the seedlings, just help it!

Listening to Li Chunfang's request, Guo Pu smiled bitterly: "Gao Ge Lao's temper, you still don't know?" If it really starts, the gods can't persuade it! ”

"Then don't give him a chance to attack" Li Chunfang looked at Shen Mo and said, "Let's all work together to suppress his anger." ”

Guo Pu was not happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Why don't you press Xu Ge Lao for the well?" ”

"Xu Ge is always good-tempered." Li Chunfang smiled: "So we have to take care of the acute child"

Saying this, Guo Pu also had a seizure, so he sat there drinking tea and chatted with Shen Mo: "I heard that Jiangnan has been getting along well with Wang Guoguang recently? ”

"Hehe......" Shen Mo lowered his head and blew the heat of the teacup, his heart quickly changed, and he felt that Guo Pu's words had a deep meaning, so he said vaguely: "Alas, Wang Butang has not been going well recently, but I often enlighten him." ”

"yes." Guo Pu nodded and said: "He is a good hand at managing the government, but he has never touched Rong Zheng, and it is strange if he is not awkward if he is placed in the military department." ”

Li Chunfang glanced at Guo Pu and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, with Wang Chonggu's assistance, I believe that Wang Shu'an will get started soon." Today's theme is "Harmony is precious", and he didn't want Guo Pu to sneer at Xu Gelao.

Guo Pu pursed his lips, looked at Shen Mo and said, "Yes, I'll be there in the sky another day, let's talk casually behind closed doors." ”

Shen Mo smiled and nodded, Li Chunfang shook her head helplessly.

As soon as it was noon, Li Chunfang couldn't sit still, and went to the gate of the meeting to wait for "Shen Mo and Guo Pu had to follow" The three of them waited for a quarter of an hour, and saw Zhang Juzheng walking slowly from the palace gate with a shoulder.

Li Chunfang was stunned, and his lips trembled: "Why hasn't Gao Ge Lao arrived yet?" How good is that? Let Xu Jie see that Gao Gong is bigger than himself, and he must be unhappy.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Shen Mo coughed lightly and said, "Let's welcome it." ”

"Hmm." Li Chunfang had no choice but to put away her thoughts, put on a smile, and greeted the two of them with silence.

"Humble rank greetings to Yuan Weng!" Far away, Li Chunfang arched his hand: "How are you doing lately?" ”

"Okay, good ............" Xu Jie had already seen that "among the people who came out to greet him, there were no Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared halfway, and he smiled a little: "I can't die for the time being." ”

"Look at what you said." With a silent smile, he helped Xu Jie down the ladder and said with a sincere smile: "Long live the emperor, and the pavilion is a hundred years old." You still have to serve the emperor for 20 years............"

"If I have been working for 20 years, some people will hate me to death." Xu Jie stood still with a smile.

"How can it be, these days you are not here, we all want to lose our souls......" Shen Mo smiled and answered: "Everyone in the world is looking forward to the teacher's eternal health and well-being" The people have a few years to live in peace. ”

Hearing this, Xu Jieda felt useful, patted his silent hand and said: "In the future, we will have to rely on you young people to ......" The implication is that now it depends on the old man.

The group entered the cabinet while talking, sat down in the cafeteria, drank tea and talked, because it was to coax Xu Jie's laughter, "Several cabinet ministers put aside their faces, sang and sang and told jokes, but they were also happy." Xu Jie has been holding back at home for a long time, and when he returned to the cabinet today, he saw that the cabinet members flattered him more than usual, "He is really like a fish in water, happy and happy." Listening to other people's jokes, he also itched: "Recently, I listened to a four-joy poem, which is quite interesting." When he saw that everyone was listening to this, he said, "Yes, the first is happy, and the long drought is sweet and rainy; The second joy is to meet the old acquaintance in a foreign land; The third joy, the night of the candle in the cave room; The fourth joy, when the gold list is named............" After finishing speaking, seeing everyone's blank faces, he was a little scratched and said: "What, isn't it funny?" ”

"Uh, hahaha............ everyone laughed and said, "It's so funny...... but they mourned in their hearts: These four happy poems have been popular for more than ten years, why did this old man hear about it?

Seeing that Xu Jie was a little embarrassed, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly came out of the round and said: "I also heard that there is a "four more happy," ”

"How?" The crowd was interested.

"Add two words to the end of every sentence." Zhang Juzheng said: "Said, ten years: said, Wanli: said, monk; Said, instructor. "The so-called instructor is the position that Hai Rui originally held, which has always been held by veteran people who have failed many times, and he is still qualified to participate in the examination.

"Oh......" Li Chunfang said according to Zhang Juzheng's words, and said again: "The first joy, ten years of drought and sweet rain: the second joy, thousands of miles away from home; The third joy, the monk cave room huā candle night, the fourth joy, the instructor gold list is named. Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this, but this time there was a lot more laughter than last time.

"I've also heard that one, four favorites,." Shen Mo also smiled and joked: "It seems to be a step further than Brother Taiyue's." ”

"Speak quickly, speak quickly." Everyone urged together.

"Say it's under those seven words, add five more words." said silently: "Said, ten years of drought and sweet rain, sweet rain and beads; Thousands of miles away from home, so know is happy; The monk cave room huā candle night, Jiao Niang is the princess; When the instructor was named on the gold list, he won the top prize in one fell swoop......"

"It is indeed the most joyful, and it cannot be more joyful." Everyone laughed so hard that tears came out of their eyes.

"What are you laughing at, so happy?" The cafeteria was full of joy, and Chen Yiqin's voice came from the door.

Everyone stopped laughing, followed the prestige, and saw Chen Yiqin standing at the door with a tall beard.

Except for Xu Jie, they all quickly got up to greet him, invited Gao Gong into the room, and sat down on the left.

After Gao Gong came in, he kept his face strained and did not have a trace of smile, and the atmosphere was naturally weird, and there was no longer any joy in the square.

"What kind of joke are you telling?" In order to liven up the atmosphere, Chen Yiqin asked again.

Li Chunfang retold the three poems to him.

"It's really interesting...... Chen Yiqin laughed so hard that he asked Gao Gong, "Is it true, Xin Zheng Gong." ”

"It's really interesting," Gao Gong said with a smile that "I seem to have heard a version too." ”

"Oh? Could it be more joyful? Everyone wondered.

"That's not it, but to change the four joys to the four sorrows." Gao Gong said lightly.

"Just as interesting" to listen to. The crowd urged.

"It's too sad" let's not say. Gao Gong sold Guan Zidao.

"Speak, just speak." The more he said this, the more willing everyone was to listen.

"Okay, listen." Gao Gong said in a deep voice: "The first sorrow, the hail in the rain damaged the seedlings. ”

"It's really sad enough" everyone laughed: "What about the second sorrow?" ”

"Therefore it is known that it is a debt claimant." High arch and road.

"Hahaha......" Everyone laughed very happily and nodded: "Not bad, good enough, sad enough, what about the third sorrow?" ”

"Huā candle marries a stone girl." Gao Gong continued.

"Hehehe......" everyone's smiles suddenly became ambiguous, and they said with a smile: "There is no more sorrow in the world than this." ”

The first three sorrows of "no" add up, and they can't compare to the fourth sorrow. Gao Gong took a sip of tea and glanced at Xu Jiedao.

"Speak quickly, speak quickly." The interest of the crowd was hoisted high. Xu Jie's pupils shrank, feeling a little bad, but he couldn't help but say nothing.

Listen, the fourth sorrow is, Gao Gong said slowly: "The main examiner is my brother." ”

Everyone was stunned at first, and then their expressions became weird, clearly wanting to laugh but not laughing, and they endured it and felt uncomfortable.

Xu Jie's face was cloudy and his expression was very ugly.

Gu said a sentence that made the atmosphere yellow" Gao Gong said with a low expression: "Look, I don't want to say it, you don't like to listen to it." ”

Sound......... Xu Jie snorted, expressing serious dissatisfaction, but he respected his identity and would not turn his face with Gao Gong on the spot.

"Hehe, it's funny" It's funny, but you can't really do it. Li Chunfang hurriedly called to pass the dishes and didn't let Gao Gong say any more.

When the dishes came up, Li Chunfang toasted: "Today is the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West, and our cabinet also takes the opportunity to sit idly" Don't look at us meeting all day, but there are really not many opportunities to sit down and talk, and drink......... This first cup of wine, to the emperor's holy bow and health, longevity without borders. And they drank the cup to their heart's content.

In the second glass of wine, Li Chunfang proposed to wish Xu Jiesonghe a long life and a hundred years old.

In the third cup, I wish the cabinet harmony and family together.

After he received three glasses of wine, Shen Mo, Zhang Juzheng and others also toasted, all expressing their wishes for peace in the cabinet and reconciliation between the two bigwigs.

Waiting for everyone to toast" All the ministers were a little drunk, and Gao Gong's face was even red, and even his eyes were red. But he still poured wine cup after glass, and couldn't help but sneer when he heard his colleagues scrambling to slap Xu Jie's words with beautiful words.

"Gao Xiang has a few words." Li Chunfang also had wine, and asked with a smile: "How did you say that..., and smiled when we met...... What's the well? ”

Everyone set their eyes on the high arch, and said that you should be soft when you are old, and hurry up and pass this level.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Gao Gong grinned and said, "I said, don't be too harsh." ”

, the feelings of everyone in vain? , everyone was frustrated for a while, and said in their hearts that you will let go of Gao Suqing if you have a fart, and if you don't say a few words of, you can suffocate your belly?

But the earthlings couldn't stop Gao Gong anymore, so I saw him stand up with a wine glass, walk in front of Xu Jie, and say: "These days, Xia Guan often sleeps at night, gets up in his clothes, draws his sword and looks around, thinking of what Your Majesty has done in the past few months since his ascension to the pole, Yuan Weng, I can't suppress the injustice in my chest!" ”

Xu Jie sat there, unable to see his face at eye level, and looking up was too cheap, so he could only pretend to be calm and said, "What are you unhappy about." ”

"If you want to go to the death of the first emperor, Duke Xu, you actually pretended to be the "Edict", pretending to be the mouth of the first emperor, and denying all the acts of the first emperor for decades, especially slandering Zhai! However, when the first emperor was there, you wrote green words all day long, invited the first emperor to favor and flatter, and wore Taoist robes in Xiyuan all day long, barefoot, wearing a fragrant leaf crown, and Yan Song competed with Yan Song to protect the first emperor. But as soon as the first emperor was driving, your attitude immediately changed greatly, and you actually wanted to use the method of whipping the first emperor to clear your name! Aren't you all behind those things? Who are you to accuse the emperor? ”

Seeing that Gao Gong used the strength of the wine to reveal the words that had been held in his heart for a long time, everyone changed their faces and hurriedly persuaded: "Gao Ge is drunk, let's say a few words." ”

"Fart, I'm not guilty!" Gao Gong glared at Li Chunfang and said: "You are not a good thing, you pretend to be confused all day long, a turtle egg!" ”

"......" Li Chunfang shrunk her neck and muttered in a low voice: "I'm a bastard." His original intention was to laugh at himself and give a high arch to the bottom of the steps.

"Who cares about you bastard!" Gao Gong didn't even look at Li Chunfang, stared at Xu Jie, and then said: "Now, you are talking about the road, and you want to curry favor with Kedao at any cost, in order to take it as an eagle dog, and then use it to expel the old ministers of Yudi, Yuan Weng, the elder of the pavilion, and the good ministers of the hundred officials to save the time, what are your intentions?!" ”