Chen Hong and Feng Bao knew that Long Qing had been living deep in the palace. Since he did not care about government affairs and was not good at politics, he had almost no sources of information from the outside world.

But now that he saw that Long Qing actually knew the name of the knight who was drinking with Meng Chong, he couldn't help but look up at Long Qing in surprise and found that Long Qing seemed to be pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, but he actually knew everything about the capital.

"How do you know?"

When Long Qing heard Meng Chong's shocked response, his fat face actually smiled, but his eyes showed rare self-mockery and sadness, and he immediately turned to say angrily: "I... guessed it!"

ah?

Meng Chong couldn't help being dumbfounded. He thought Long Qing knew the situation and asked such a question, but he didn't expect it to be a guess. It was his own fault that he admitted it foolishly.

this……

Chen Hong and Feng Bao couldn't help but be stunned, realizing that they had really scared themselves just now. After all, Long Qing was still a lazy and lustful emperor, and there was no other source of information.

Long Qing's mouth was clumsy, and he realized that his words had lost their dignity, but his hands and feet were still nimble, so he slammed the memorial in his hand at Meng Chong.

Meng Chong faced the flying memorial, but he did not dare to dodge. He stood there with his eyes closed, preparing to take the hit.

Long Qing's accuracy was a bit off, and the memorials suddenly dispersed in the air, but flew towards Feng Bao's feet on the other side. Feng Bao was so frightened that he stood there nervously, not daring to breathe heavily.

Chen Hong was calm and composed. He glanced at the memorial on the ground and seemed to have understood everything.

"Master, please calm down!" Meng Chong saw that the memorial did not hit him. He opened his eyes and saw the angry look on Long Qing's face. He immediately knelt down and admitted his mistake.

Long Qing was still angry, but he asked bitterly: "If I remember correctly, it was you who first encouraged me to recall Master Gao!"

"Exactly! As long as Mr. Gao Ge returns to the cabinet, the harmony in the cabinet can be broken. At that time, the emperor can reap the benefits, and even take the opportunity to confer the eldest son as the prince!" Meng Chong's eyes were bright, and he immediately started to claim credit.

road.

Although he took money from Xu Jie and Shanxi merchants to handle the matter, his starting point was naturally to consider Long Qing, so that the matter could be handled flawlessly.

Chen Hong looked at Meng Chong who was eager to take credit, and found that this man was as stupid as a pig, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Long Qing took a deep breath and accused with great regret: "I was really deceived by lard. I actually listened to your nonsense and was deceived by you!"

"Master..." Meng Chong realized something was wrong and couldn't help but look at Long Qing in confusion.

Long Qing no longer concealed his teasing, but directly revealed: "Mr. Gao Ge will not come back! It's a shame that I trust you so much, but I didn't expect you to deceive me like this!" After a pause, he shouted to the door.

: "Someone, drag this bastard down with a stick of thirty boards!"

As the words fell, two Han generals immediately came in to arrest the man.

"Your Majesty, have mercy on me! Your Majesty, have mercy on me!" Meng Chong didn't know what went wrong, so he couldn't help but beg for mercy with snot and tears.

Long Qing was originally an indecisive person, but this time he seemed to have become determined. However, he ignored Meng Chong's painful pleas for mercy and sat there with his fists clenched with a heavy face.

Chen Hong and Feng Bao exchanged silent glances, speculating on Long Qing's state of mind at this time.

Long Qing was in a bad mood, even in anger, but he pointed at the memorial on the ground and ordered: "Send this memorial to the cabinet as well!"

"Follow your orders!" Feng Bao, who was responsible for delivering memorials to the cabinet every day, said respectfully.

Today is a good day, and the bright sunshine dyes the entire Forbidden City like a golden light.

It’s just that this day is destined to not be peaceful! Unlike many people who expected Gao Gong to come back and stage a fight with Lin Haoran, this time Gao Gong did not go to Xie Enshu, but refused Long Qing’s recall.

The reason why Gao Gong was not called up is currently unknown, but many people thought that Gao Gong would be able to compete with Lin Haoran when he returned. This view is actually wrong.

Although Gao Gong is full of passion, his "group foundation" is not strong, his ability to govern is no longer as good as Lin Haoran's, and his ability to fight politically is not outstanding.

Throughout the original history, although Gao Gong had the greatest merit in following the dragon, even Long Qing once obeyed Gao Gong's words. However, Gao Gong was defeated by Xu Jie first, and then successfully came back with the help of the eunuch's power, but only in the most glorious period.

Then he was defeated by Zhang Juzheng.

Even if he does come back, even if he can get Long Qing's full support, it would be a fool's errand to compete with Lin Haoran, who has firmly established himself as the leader of the civil service group and has the mission of supporting the emperor's legitimate son.

Just like this, even if Gao Gong does answer the call and return, it will actually be difficult to change the current situation of the court. If he doesn't call now, there will be fewer hidden dangers.

As Gao Gong's memorial reached the cabinet, and as news of Meng Chong's punishment spread, the specific content of Gao Gong's memorial soon spread.

"I would like to thank you for your kindness, but I have been experiencing many physical inconveniences since I returned home... Your Majesty is a wise man, and people in the world are doing good things every day. Local corruption has been curbed, and taxes have been reduced. All people praise you... Today

There are three people in the pavilion, Li Chunfang, Guo Pu and Lin Haoran, who complement each other. A prosperous age can be expected, and these three people will definitely be able to assist the emperor in creating a prosperous age. I am currently suffering from many illnesses, and my old and disabled body is not strong enough for the emperor to serve, so I dare not accept the order!"

In fact, Xu Jie misjudged Gao Gong. It was true that Gao Gong wanted to monopolize power, but he was not a pure politician, but a traditional good official who cared about the people.

The reason why he fought for power with Xu Jie was not because he was obsessed with power, but mainly because he saw Xu Jie's corpse lying on a vegetarian diet, so he wanted to squeeze out Xu Jie's position and try to use his own talents to govern the country and create a prosperous age.

Nowadays, the cabinet formed by Li Chunfang, Guo Pu and Lin Haoran shows extraordinary ability to govern the country. With measures to benefit the people such as the cancellation of the three-year tax increase and the promotion of the book of unruly people, the lives of the people have been significantly improved.

No matter how conceited Gao Gong is, he doesn't think he can do better than the current cabinet, so he has no motivation to come back and fight for power with Lin Haoran.

As he had expected before leaving, it was enough to have Guo Pu and Lin Haoran in the cabinet, but Gao Gong was no longer needed.

The most important thing is that Wu Daoxing made it clear when he moved his ancestral tomb that if Gao Gong continues to occupy a high position and is obsessed with power, the price will be that the incense of the Gao family cannot be continued.

He only had a son when he was over 50 years old. Not to mention how much happiness Xiaohu had brought him over the years, he would not have taken this risk even for the sake of his Gao family perfume.

Because of this, Gao Gongda had no plans to come back from the beginning. The reason why he accepted Shao Fang's olive branch was because he had other plans.

It was a beautiful day with bright sunshine just now, but as a group of dark clouds covered the scorching sun, the whole capital seemed to suddenly lose its color.

"It has been more than two years since I retired and returned to my hometown. I no longer care about the affairs of the court and do not dare to bother His Majesty. I only hope to maintain my health and live long so that I can see the peaceful and prosperous era under the Emperor's rule... However, some traitors think that

I am a greedy man and a hero

The guest Shao Fang claimed that he had been sent by Xu Jie to help me come back to life! I entrusted him with a snake at the wine table and learned that he had an old relationship with the palace official. He could slander me and help the emperor to come back.

When I come back, I only need to protect Xu Ying!"

Gao Gong was already a fool, and when Xu Jie and others thought they could use Gao Gong to counter Lin Haoran, little did they know that the clown turned out to be themselves.

Facing this great enemy who had kidnapped him in the past, how could Gao Gong hold back? He was already using his "remaining heat" and stabbed Xu Jie fiercely.

Gao Gong naturally revealed the whole incident, which was regarded as revenge for Xu Jie's expulsion from the capital, and also dropped a heavy bomb to the capital.

"I know very well that the outer court must not have relations with internal officials, let alone the internal officials who dare to interfere with the residence of an old man! I didn't believe it at first, but Shao Fang's words were conclusive, and there were letters from Xu Jie to prove it, so I decided to find out what happened.

I agreed. However, less than a month later, the emperor really issued an order to recall me. I was very grateful, but I was also very frightened when I thought about it."

As the dark clouds covered the scorching sun in the depths, the entire capital became gray, as if a big storm was about to hit at any time.

After Gao Gong revealed the whole matter and the conspiracy, he pointed the finger at the eunuch and Xu Jiedao: "The world is not strong today, so the emperor cannot slack off. I taught the emperor when I was in hiding: a good minister is a good minister, and a villain is far away.

This is why the Han Dynasty prospered in the early days; it was because people loved villains and respected ministers who were far away from them. This is why the Han Dynasty fell into decline after that. Most of the internal officials were greedy for money.

, was easily driven by traitors, so he asked the emperor to stay away from him and guard against him. Xu Jie wanted to save his son, which was human nature. It was just that Jie colluded with internal officials, intending to help the minister come back and exonerate his son. This move has some

Losing the harmony of heaven and earth is not tolerated by the law of the country. I sincerely request to reprimand Xu Jie and order his retired people not to serve as the prime minister of the family and not to interfere with the conduct of the court!"

It's no wonder that Long Qing, who had always been lazy, would be furious. If it weren't for Gao Gong's memorial, it would have been deceived by the memorial in Songjiang and the ministers around him without knowing it.

If Long Qing's recall of Gao Gong was a hand grenade, then Gao Gong's memorial was like a deep-sea bomb that blew up the entire capital.

Looking at Gao Gong's resurgence this time, it is undoubtedly a far-reaching "political scandal".

"These eunuchs really deserve to be killed!"

"The dignified old man is back, but it's the eunuch who's working hard behind his back!"

"The late emperor was still wise. How can the great affairs of the country be influenced by eunuchs?"

…

When the news spread to the outside world, everyone pointed their fingers at the eunuch group. Not to mention the passionate scholars, even the civil servants hated this matter deeply.

In particular, the civil servant group and the eunuch group have always been incompatible. They finally suppressed the arrogance of the eunuchs in the Jiajing Dynasty. Now that they see that the eunuchs in the Longqing Dynasty have grown vigorously, the civil servant group naturally has a strong hostility.

Many officials immediately chose to go to the eunuch to point out the dangers of reemploying eunuchs with quotations. However, they went to the eunuch one after another to request Long Qing to rectify the eunuchs around him and reiterated the ancestral rule that eunuchs should not interfere with politics.

"Xu Jie is really a Machiavellian man, and he can drive away tigers and devour wolves!"

"It's rare to be single-minded in court now, but I don't want to give up and still be so uneasy at home!"

"When he was in power, he was just a corpse, but now he still wants to influence the government. What a virtuous prime minister!"

…

It is no longer possible for the incident to end with the eunuch, and as the initiator of the entire incident, Xu Jie will also be criticized unanimously by everyone.

Xu Jie served as the second assistant for ten years and the first assistant for six years, but he could achieve very few achievements. He also followed the high tax policy of his predecessor in increasing taxes and personnel, which even damaged the foundation of agriculture.

The "iron ban".

If it weren't for Lin Haoran's intervention, his tenure would have made the people's lives even worse. Now, compared with the new cabinet, Xu Jie is not even worthy of carrying someone's shoes.

But now, he intends to disturb the court through Gao Gongfu. He also has contacts with internal officials and intends to protect the evil son. How can everyone tolerate him?

Faced with Xu Jie, who had committed many evil deeds, officials no longer cared about Xu Jie's power, but went to court one after another to impeach Xu Jie.

"It's a good move, but it's a pity that Mr. Gao Ge is not a man who covets power!"

"Haha... Even if all his mechanisms are exhausted, Xu Ying will not be able to escape the crime of ordering people to destroy embankments and flood fields!"

"Earlier, people said that Xu Ying's story of destroying embankments and flooding fields was a fabrication, but now I believe it!"

"Isn't this already obvious? If Xu Ying hadn't done such an evil thing, why would Xu Jie need to help Mr. Gaoge come back?"

…

As the matter further escalated, many people began to re-examine the case of Xu Ying instructing Xu Guangnian to destroy embankments and flood fields, and expressed their own opinions.
To be continued...