Gao Gong laughed and said, "Compared to Tai Daxia, you haven't had dinner yet, right?" ”

Tai Fang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed and said, "Not bad!" ”

Gao Gong frowned and said, "This Gao Fu, prepare a banquet, and make it for most of the night, where did the banquet go?" "Master, the banquet is here!" As soon as the words fell, Gao Fu and the warden pushed the door in, and several jailers behind them walked out of the cell with a table of wine. It turned out that the banquet had already been prepared, and Gao Fu saw that the two were talking happily and couldn't bear to disturb him, so he waited in the cell with the warden. At this moment, I heard the pager, and hurriedly pushed the door and walked in.

Tai Fang looked at a table of wine and food that had already been cold, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there was such a sumptuous banquet in this cell, and it was the first time Tai had seen it in his life?" "This is specially prepared by my master for Tai Daxia!" Gao Fu interjected.

Gao Gong picked up the wine glass and said: "Come, Tai Daxia, the old man is here to catch the wind for you today, and it is also for you to practice, we will drink happily tonight!" "About Tai Fangqi and Tai Fang, speaking of this person, it is really remarkable, and he is definitely a rare legend of the Ming generation. But there is not much ink in history, and even the only twenty-four histories have not been able to describe it. , "The Biography of the Daughters of the Ming Dynasty" mainly records the glorious deeds of his maidservants, and by the way, I just mention a few words about this master. The real record of Tai Fang is "Wanli Ye Observed".

"Wanli Ye was compiled" is known as "the crown of the wild history of the Ming Dynasty", although it is mostly listed as notes, but the historical materials of the times it provides are very detailed, and the book is recorded in the eighth volume of Shao Fang. But we can also see Tai Fang's true deeds through this description.

According to the "Wanli Ye Ed.", Shao Fang's name is decaying, and he is a native of Danyang, Tianfu, who has been quite strategic since he was a child, and is good at dancing with long sleeves, and has learned a body of martial arts, known as "Danyang Hero". It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a chivalrous man. The most creative part of his life was the second year of Longqing. According to the "Wanli Ye Ed.", in the third year of Mu Zongzhi, Huating and Xinzheng are all suing the family. When the princes were abandoned, the Shao of the merchants, and wanted to rise to the official, and each entropy amounted to tens of thousands, so that those who were looking for the master. Shao first used the strategy to dry Huating, no. It is to go to the new Zheng to tell Gao Gong, it is still difficult at the beginning, and he sees the corner of the place, the language is slightly negotiable, tall and happy, and he is introduced as a guest and called a comrade. Shao Sui and Mou Fuxiang, went to Beijing, and gathered gold. The wonders of the city are different, in order to win all the great joys, and for a long time it is a cloud: "This Gao Gong's relics are also." Gao Gong is poor, and he does not let this strange treasure be cured. I plan for the world, do my best, and live on behalf of this public. 'Shi Da Xuan Chen Hong, so Gao is thick, because of the bribery of the palm seal of the celebrity, the new Zheng Yu family, and also the head of the ministry. The abandoners posted the notice for the second time, and Chen Hongzhi also used Shao Mou to take charge of the ceremony. That is to say, in the third year of Longqing, Xu Jie, Gao Gong both resigned at home, and he lobbied the two of them with the intention of reinstating them. Go to Xu Jie's place first, Xu Jie's is too cautious and has not agreed! Later, he went to the high arch, and the high arch began to be unmoved, but just treated it politely. Over time, the conversation between the two gradually became harmonious, and Gao Gong treated Shao Fang as a guest and called him a comrade. Shao Fang then went to Beijing to carry out activities for the high arch, scattering gold and silver all over the place, and buying people's hearts! Gao Gong rejoined the cabinet and was also in charge of the ministry.

Regarding Tai Fang's death, according to the "Wanli Ye Won Edition": "At that time, the second prime minister Jiangling, Minoru was disgusted, and his country instructed Zhang Jiayin in Jiangnan to futai to induce him to be imprisoned and dismembered. At that time, Zhang did not want to kill his heir, Shao had a son-in-law Shen Zhanyuan, a man named Ying Kui, a scribe and a lot of power, from the siege of his family, coerced Shao's two young sons on both arms, and went out of the wall, and the defender did not realize it. Shen Yiqishi, now with the B list as the national museum, and Yu Shan. At the beginning, Shao was sitting in Geng Situ Chutong, smelling that there were guests, avoiding the soft screen, and sneaking into it. After coming out, he asked Geng said, "Who is the visitor?" Geng said: "This Jiangling Zhang Taishi also." Shao Changhuan said: "This person should be the prime minister, and his power will shock the world." At this time, Yu should be killed. The consequences are as they say. In addition, Jintan Yu Zhongfu is Yu Yan, Shao Yu is in the study, and another hut is set up, and the list says: "This discussion is a secret place, and no one can trespass." 'Such a move, undefeated?' ......" that is to say, after the death of Emperor Longqing, Zhang Juzheng defeated Gao Gong with the strength of Feng Bao, the eunuch of Bingbi at that time, and Zhu Yijun, the ten-year-old son of heaven at that time. became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhang Juzheng was very dissatisfied with Tai Fang's behavior of assisting Gao Gong to ascend to the position of first assistant. In the early years of Wanli, after Zhang Juzheng defeated Gao Gong, soon after ascending to the position of first assistant, he ordered the governor of the Heavenly Patrol to hunt and kill Shao Fang, and affected Shao Fang's young son! When the pursuing officers and soldiers arrived in Danyang, it was already dark, so they surrounded Shao Fang's house and waited for dawn. At that time, the maid of the Shao Fang family was raising their young son at home, and Shao Fang's son-in-law Shen Yingkui rescued Shao Fang's young son at night. After dawn, the pursuing officers and soldiers saw the lost young son, so they beat and tortured the maid Shaw Brothers, the Shaw Brothers were unyielding, the officials and soldiers failed to succeed, and the matter was over! Later, the Shaw family raised Shao Fang's young son to die of old age, and because of his valuable conduct, he was named in "The Biography of the Daughters of the Ming Dynasty"! Shao Fang finally got a tragic end because of deliberate competition, traffic between the government and the opposition, and interference in government and politics, and "Danyang Hero" has also been recorded in history and has become synonymous with crime! ”

On May 22, the sixth year of Longqing, the news of Mu Zong's critical illness came out of the palace. Three days later, on the 25th, the cabinet scholars Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Yi were summoned to the palace. Gao Gong and others entered the east room of the dormitory, and saw Mu Zong sitting on the imperial couch, the queen and the imperial concubine sitting behind the curtain on the side of the couch, and the 10-year-old prince Zhu Yijun stood on the right side of the imperial couch. Mu Zong grabbed Gao Gong's hand and entrusted Gu in danger: "Mr. Tired of the world", "Discuss with Feng Bao." Then, the eunuch Feng Bao read out the edict to the crown prince Zhu Yijun: "The edict and the crown prince." I don't hesitate, you do it, emperor. First, the etiquette has its own department, please do it. You must follow the guidance of the three auxiliary ministers and the celebrant supervisor, study and cultivate virtue, use the virtuous to enable you, have nothing to do, and protect the imperial industry. "The three auxiliary ministers are Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Yi. The status of the celebrant is also very important, and the eunuch and commander of the East Factory, Feng Bao, is actually among them. After the three scholars were entrusted, the trombone came out. The next day, Emperor Longqing died in the Qianqing Palace. On the tenth day of the first month of June, the crown prince Zhu Yijun officially ascended the throne and changed to Wanli.

According to Mu Zong's arrangement, Gao Gong was the first of the ministers of the outer court; In the palace, the little emperor naturally had to rely on Feng Bao. However, Feng Bao's relationship with Gao Gong was very bad. Previously, the position of the eunuch of the palm seal was vacant several times, and Gao Gong successively recommended Chen Hong and Meng Chong, but he was unwilling to let Feng Bao be the eunuch of the palm print. Feng Bao is a well-read person, and he loves piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is very well-cultivated, so he is very popular with Mu Zong. Feng Bao took advantage of the power vacuum between the changes of imperial power, easily passed an edict, drove Meng Chong away, and became a palm seal eunuch himself. However, as far as Gao Gong is concerned, Feng Bao is naturally bound to get rid of it quickly. Under the instruction of Gao Gong, Cheng Wen was given to the engineering department, Cheng Wen was given to the middle of the matter, and Lu Shude was given to the middle of the matter, and Lu Shude began to impeach Feng Bao. As a result, a ******** is inevitable. In the struggle, the two sides of the conflict were Feng Bao and Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng ostensibly helped Gao Gong. However, in fact, Zhang Juzheng had a very close relationship with Feng Bao, and had already planned to get rid of Gao Gong. According to Gao Gong's later recollection, every time Zhang Juzheng took care of the little emperor's study, he always went to the east room of the Wenhua Hall with Feng Bao to talk secretly until the little emperor finished speaking. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng both belong to the former ministers of Mu Zongyudi, and their relationship is very harmonious, "the two get along happily, they are like brothers." However, Zhang Juzheng was obviously a typical duplicitous, on the one hand, he agreed with Gao Gong's proposal to expel Feng Bao, and on the other hand, he conspired with Feng Xin on how to expel Gao Gong. Gao Gong thinks very highly of himself, underestimating the complexity of things, and has a rough and straight personality, so he is easy to be grabbed by braids. Feng Bao remembered what Gao Gong said to his colleagues in the cabinet when Mu Zong had just died-"How can a ten-year-old prince rule the world?" Feng Bao knew that this sentence was enough to bring down the high arch. So, Feng Bao went to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine and said, "Gao Gong reprimanded the prince for how to be the master of the ten-year-old child. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were shocked when they heard this, and the little emperor of Wanli immediately changed his face when he heard it. On the morning of June 16, a word came from the palace: "There is a decree to summon the cabinet, the five governments, and the six ministries." Gao Gong was elated, thinking that an edict would be issued to expel Feng Bao. Zhang Juzheng's face was as pale as water, and he knew it in his heart. When he arrived at the Jimen, the eunuch Wang Zhen had already issued a holy decree and said, "Mr. Zhang takes the decree!" Then read out: "Today, there are scholars and scholars who are dictatorial and arbitrary, and they forcibly seize the prestige and fortune of the imperial court, and the emperor is not allowed to dominate the dictatorship." I wonder what he wants? My mother and son were terrified. Gao arched back to his hometown to live idle, and was not allowed to stay. This passage can be so shocked that the high arch is like dead ashes, sweat is like rain, the whole body is paralyzed, and he can't get up from the ground. The next day, Gao Gong left the capital in a mule cart, and because the servants and maids had escaped, he had little money on him, so he could only eat in some small shops. It wasn't until he arrived in Liangxiang that he got the post survey that Zhang Juzheng invited for him, and he could return to his hometown by the government's post pass. As soon as Gao Gong left, Gao Yi couldn't sit still, and was so shocked that he vomited blood and died for three days. So far, among the three cabinet ministers, only Zhang Juzheng is left, taking on the important task of assisting the little emperor. From then on, in the first 10 years of the Wanli Dynasty, the life of the little emperor was basically regulated by three people: one was his mother Empress Dowager Cisheng Li, the other was Feng Bao, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, and the other was Zhang Juzheng, a cabinet scholar.

Source: "Mingshenzong Records" early morning, Yuegang Yamen.

"Who's under the door?" Early in the morning, one of the guards of the Yuegang Yamen yelled at several officials outside the gate.

"Below is Shen Tianhao, the guard of the Admiral's Mansion, who was ordered by the Admiral to arrest the traitor, and the acquaintance should hurry up and get out of the way for me, otherwise don't care about me Shen Tianhao is welcome!" Shen Tianhao said with a sneer.

The guards gave Shen Tianhao a lot, and seeing that the guard clothes on his body were indeed the Admiral's Mansion, he didn't dare to be careless at the moment, so he turned his face to the ear of a guard beside him and whispered: "Go and tell your lord!" ”

"Yes!" The guard responded and ran towards the palace. Only then did the guard turn his face and slap Shen Tianhao and said: "Shen Guards are really joking, our government is my Ming official uniform, how can it be a place to harbor the traitorous party, I think the joke of Lord Admiral is too big, right?" ”

Shen Tianhao laughed, and then his face sank and said: "Just kidding, hum, Lao Tzu is not in this mood, get out of the way of me quickly, delay Lao Tzu's arrest of the rebel party, Lao Tzu looks good with you!" Without waiting for the guard to answer, he turned his face and shouted behind him: "Everyone rush in for me, catch the rebellion, and the Admiral will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver!" ”