Chapter 282: Inside and outside the palace () was an accident?
Gao pragmatic calmed down and thought seriously, and even entered a state of selflessness, not caring that the emperor was still waiting for his answer.
There must be a purpose behind all conspiracies, and these purposes are ultimately some kind of huge interests. Now all forces have their own purposes, and thus form their own conspiracies. In these conspiracies, I am among you, and you are among me.
This resulted in what appears to be a chaotic situation today.
However, behind all of this, the purpose is very clear - the position of prince. Or it can be said that it is to finally obtain imperial power.
Who are the people or forces involved?
In terms of the outer court, there is no doubt that the Xin School is a faction and they support Zhu Changluo; the Practical School is also a faction and supports the Queen and the Emperor's legitimate son; the Neutral School is officials who adhere to traditional Neo-Confucianism, and they can also be regarded as
One group, but their attitudes are not fixed and change as the situation changes.
To put it simply, their attitude is not only the most traditional, but also probably the simplest. Their principle is just eight words: "If there are direct descendants, there will be direct descendants, and there will be no direct descendants."
It doesn't matter who the "director" is. It doesn't matter who the "eldest brother" is.
From the perspective of maintaining the inheritance system of the Ming Dynasty, this attitude may be the best, because the principle is the principle, and it should not change with the changes of specific people. However, in the real world, many things are often not based on simple
Subjective will is the transfer.
Because, some people will find ways to change "direct" and "eldest", and once such an operation is successful, the neutral faction will automatically become a force that can become allies without the need to win over.
Therefore, the neutral faction cannot be regarded as a stakeholder in the entire incident, but is more like a weight, which will automatically be added to a certain side of the scale as the reality of "direct" and "eldest" changes.
Originally, one faction of the outer court supported the adult Zhu Changluo, while the other supported the newly born emperor's legitimate son. The two sides seemed to be evenly matched.
But this evenness is nothing but an illusion. The truth is that the power of the Real School in the outer court has almost completely overwhelmed the Xin School. In the inner court, the identity of the emperor's legitimate son is obviously much more valuable than that of the emperor's eldest son, so it is equivalent to the fact that the Real School is overwhelming the Xin School.
It is precisely because of this that Gao Jingshi previously judged that if the Xin School wanted to make a comeback, they could only resort to conspiracy, which was the three steps previously expected: murder the emperor's legitimate son, force Gao Jingshi away, and then kill Zhu Yijun.
This plan is obviously very crazy. Gao Jingshi once doubted whether the Xin School really had such courage. It wasn't until he discovered some of Shen Yiguan's actions that Gao Jingshi decided that the speculation was true - not necessarily that the entire Xin School was contributing to this, but at least
Shen Guanyi should be actively advocating for this matter.
Of course, if Shen Yiguan failed to do what he did, or even if the incident came to light, the Xin School officials who were not involved in the matter would definitely cut ties with him immediately, stating that what Shen Yiguan did was entirely a personal act and could not be elevated to the level of the entire school.
But if Shen Yiguan really accomplishes this great thing, then other officials of the Xin School will definitely be happy to see it, and it is very likely that they will immediately praise him as the leader of the party. This situation is very common in officialdom, even
It's not shameless - anyway, the world is as dark as crows, so don't laugh at the older brother.
Now that the Heart School is completely at a disadvantage, in addition to becoming more difficult to refuse assassinations by deviant swords, the Heart School may also look for another ally.
At this moment, there are not many people who can become allies with them. Allies must have some common interests, but this common interest does not necessarily have to be long-term interests. Short-term interests can still make people join forces temporarily.
For example, the mother and son of Emperor Zheng's concubine have common interests with the Xin School and Zhu Changluo under the current situation - the existence of the emperor's legitimate son is a fatal enemy to them, and they must be eliminated quickly.
Therefore, even if both of them ultimately want to compete for the crown prince's position, as long as the emperor's legitimate son is still there, they will have a common enemy, and removing the emperor's legitimate son will naturally be their common interest.
However, Gao Pangshi knew very well that although the two groups could temporarily join forces under a common threat, they would not be able to establish a "high degree of mutual trust" between them.
Do something evil to yourself...
Wait a minute, wait a minute... The person in charge of the Heart School is the conspirator Shen Yiguan. It's not surprising that he would guard against Concubine Zheng, but is there anyone on Concubine Zheng's side who is at the same level as Shen Yiguan who can think of ways to guard against Shen Yiguan?
?
It’s hard to say, maybe it’s really possible!
Gao Pragmatic refreshed his mind and thought to himself: Is there a possibility that Shen Yiguan and Concubine Zheng's political methods are not at the same level at all, so the two sides said they were joining forces, but in fact Shen Yiguan made perfect use of Concubine Zheng to make Emperor Zheng
The imperial concubine did things that he couldn't do originally, and she also took the biggest risk.
At the same time, Concubine Zheng didn't expect that Shen Yiguan might want to kill two birds with one stone. Instead, she believed that at least before getting rid of the emperor's legitimate son - or even before getting rid of the empress, the interest alliance between herself and Shen Yiguan would be over.
unbreakable?
I'm afraid this possibility is not only possible, but even very high!
Gao Pragmatic has always believed that the reason why Concubine Zheng was favored in front of Zhu Yijun was not because her methods were clever enough to coax the emperor around, but because her personality just matched the emperor's spiritual needs.
Only in this way can we explain that in the original history, the emperor pampered her all his life, but she was still unable to successfully achieve her political goal - to send her son to the throne of the prince despite having such a holy scroll.
The reason is simple. She is favored not because of her clever methods, but because she has no ability to turn advantages into victory.
In this case, why is it so strange that she was taken advantage of by an old yinbi like Shen Yiguan? And there is evidence from the emperor - Zhu Yijun grew up under his high and pragmatic personal guidance, and his political wisdom is definitely not bad.
The judgment of people is also online. But for such a person, he still insists that Concubine Zheng will not harm him, so... Concubine Zheng will really not harm him.
Although Gao Pangshi didn't answer the emperor's question "Do you believe me or not?", he believed it at least 90% of the time. To put it bluntly, based on the political level of Concubine Zheng, if she really had the intention to harm the emperor,
Even if it can be hidden for a while, it certainly cannot be hidden for too long. It is impossible for Zhu Yijun not to be able to detect any clues.
Moreover, from Concubine Zheng's point of view, it would not make sense if she really harmed the emperor, because her status and power came from the emperor. Without the emperor, who would care about her? Even if her level is worse, this will always make sense.
See it clearly!
In this way, Zhu Yijun's previous judgment was actually very accurate, that is, "If she really did something, it must be that she was deceived and had no idea that doing so would hurt me."
Therefore, what happened today can only be due to Shen Yiguan's arrangement?
However, Gao Pragmatic recalled Shen Yiguan's performance today and felt that the situation still seemed unclear, because Shen Yiguan was obviously surprised at first, and even a little shocked, and then he seemed very anxious.
If everything was arranged by Shen Yiguang, he certainly shouldn't be surprised, let alone shocked, and he shouldn't look so anxious after confirming that it really happened.
So is there a possibility that Shen Yiguan has indeed been planning things behind the scenes, but things did not develop exactly as he expected, but some accidents occurred for some reason, for example...the steps were messed up.
This is very possible. After all, Shen Yiguan's plan is divided into three big steps, and each step is a big event. Under such circumstances, if you want to push the leaf cards, they will be linked together.
It is very difficult, and often as long as there is an accident in one of the steps, the entire plan may be completely disrupted.
So, how did this confusion arise?
First of all, there must be something wrong with the medicated diet that Concubine Zheng gave to the emperor. However, this medicated diet can be verified by the Shang Food Bureau, which means that at least there is no poison in the formula. After it was made, it must have been checked by Shang before it was given to the emperor for consumption.
During the food tasting at the Food Bureau, none of the female officials or maids in the Food Bureau showed any discomfort, which further proves that there is nothing wrong with the medicinal diet itself.
However, Gao Pragmatic noticed that there was a hidden bug here: the emperor coughed up blood after drinking alcohol, and the female officials of the Shangshi Bureau and the palace ladies did not have a high status in the palace. It was obviously impossible for them to go there after trying the medicinal diet.
Drinking alcohol.
So if this medicated diet was specially arranged by the conspirator, this person must have expected this scene a long time ago: If drinking is the switch that triggers the harm of medicated diet, then because only the emperor has the opportunity to drink alcohol after consuming the medicated diet, the female official of the Shangshi Bureau
As the only group of people besides the emperor who can consume medicinal food, they cannot trigger it, so this arrangement will be buried under the emperor's feet like landmines without being noticed.
Gao pragmatic thought that maybe Shen Yiguang's original arrangement was to make the emperor who had been taking medicated food drink at a certain point in time, triggering poisoning and coughing up blood, thus achieving his desired goal. However, an accident happened today. The emperor was
The emperor's son drank alcohol at his full moon ceremony...
But there seems to be something unreasonable here, that is, the emperor is a good drinker, and Shen Yiguan must know this. If the emperor wants to drink, who in the palace can prohibit him now? Shen Yiguan could not have imagined that this would be so easy."
It is a trigger mechanism for "gun misfire", so he should not think that only he can control such a trigger.
Gao Pragmatic thought again about the discussion results that the emperor reported among the imperial doctors. The imperial doctors obviously believed that the emperor's sudden change of cold and heat today was an important reason for coughing up blood. So is it possible that this "sudden change of cold and heat" is also one of the trigger switches?
Judging from common sense, today's accident should not be the emperor's drinking - what's so strange about a father drinking a glass of wine during the full moon ceremony of his legitimate son? It's simply normal. However, the "sudden change of heat and cold" is very important to an emperor.
But it is by no means a normal phenomenon, it is obviously an accident.
Unless Shen Yiguan could really count, how could he have expected that the emperor would accompany the empress for a walk at that time? The empress felt a little chilly again, the emperor gave the empress the cloak, and the empress dowagers of the two palaces happened to come again, and the emperor and empress again
I walked directly to the front hall...
There are too many "again"s, and none of them could have been predicted by Shen Guanyi in advance. If "sudden change of heat and cold" is really one of the necessary conditions for the onset of medicated diet, then today's situation is
All I can say is that it was a complete accident.
However, this matter requires certain verification...
"Your Majesty." Gao Pingshi suddenly looked up from his thoughts and asked Zhu Yijun: "In recent days, have you ever drank alcohol while dining in Yikun Palace?"
Zhu Yijun seemed to be in a daze just now, or deep in thought, so he was a little slow to react by his sudden question. He was stunned for a moment before shaking his head and replied: "No, I haven't drank in Yikun Palace for a long time.
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Seeing Gao Pragmatic's suspicious look on his face, Zhu Yijun blushed and said hesitantly: "Well... once I lost my temper while drinking in Yikun Palace and vomited all over Concubine Zheng. After that, I stopped drinking at her place."
Gao Pragmatic narrowed his eyes slightly.
This action made Zhu Yijun misunderstood, and he thought Gao Pragmatic didn't believe it, so he solemnly said: "This matter is absolutely true, Chen Ju and the others know it."
"You are not joking, how can I doubt what the emperor said." Gao pragmatic shook his head, but did not continue the topic. Instead, he interrupted: "Your Majesty, has the imperial concubine been particularly concerned about the emperor's dragon body recently...especially Han Liang Wen?
Hot aspect?”
"What do you call your question? Concubine Zheng has always cared about me. It has long been a habit to ask questions and ask questions. What is 'recently' and not 'recently'?" Zhu Yijun was obviously a little confused.
"You really don't care more than before?" Gao Pragmatic still asked.
This time it was Zhu Yijun's turn to feel unconfident. He obviously recalled it carefully, and then his eyes began to wander a little, and he asked: "Pragmatically, you don't still suspect that Concubine Zheng wants to harm me, do you?"
"It's okay if the emperor doesn't want to answer. I've already roughly got an answer." Gao Pragmatic nodded slightly.
Zhu Yijun opened his eyes wide: "You have an answer? What answer? Come and tell me."
Gao pragmatic curled his lips,
Said: "The imperial concubine may not have any intention of harming the emperor. Even after the emperor starts taking the medicinal diet, she still has the responsibility to ensure that the emperor will not be harmed... However, she may know that there are some taboos about this medicinal diet."
Zhu Yijun was confused after hearing this, and frowned: "What does this mean? Why can't I understand it? Pragmatically, do you mean that Concubine Zheng wants to harm me or protect me?"
Gao pragmatic sighed and said: "What I mean is that the imperial concubine may know that there are some taboos about this medicinal diet, but she did not say it clearly because she thought that the emperor would not encounter these taboos, but with her in the emperor's presence
Around me, even less so.
However, the person who arranged the plan obviously believed that he had the ability to make the emperor touch taboos, and this person might have concealed something from the imperial concubine, or he was minimizing the possible consequences of this taboo... But this person did not expect it either.
, this kind of taboo that was unlikely to be touched by the Emperor happened to be touched by the Emperor today."
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