On the way to see the emperor, Meng Chong asked Gao Pingshi with a worried look on his face: "Gao Shidu, how can I explain this to Grandpa Long Live? Well, we are talking about how Cao Gan escaped.
Went to the Fengzhouchuan Khan Court."
"What did Cao Gan do in the past? He will naturally do whatever he wants now." Gao pragmatically replied with a smile.
"Ah?" Meng Chong was shocked and said in a panic: "That's impossible to say! Gao Shidu, Cao Gan accepted the 'recruitment' six months ago, but he was recruited in the name of Liu Zi and Liu Gong as governor of Shuntian, and the officials of the capital
Who doesn't know that there is a drama here where "Young Master Gao borrows his servants for his righteousness, and Governor Liu shows his power to defeat the giant bandits"? If you tell Grandpa Long Live directly that Cao Gan is going to take care of his old business outside the country, at the very least it's smuggling, but at the most serious level it's a serious matter.
It has access to foreign countries!”
Gao pragmatic shrugged his shoulders and said: "Otherwise, how can we take the opportunity to break into the Tatars, take advantage of my family disputes, and persuade Dacheng Taiji to take the initiative to surrender to our country?"
"Uh..." Meng Chong was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Gao Shidu, was this Cao Gan sent out specifically by you to find out the inside story of the enemy and to create chaos within him?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "What else? Wen has the governor of Xuanfu, the governor of Datong, etc., Wu has the generals of Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi and other generals. In addition, there are Jinyiwei who have been responsible for the Tatars.
With the help of Zi's intelligence spying, is it possible that none of the Gonggun princes knew about Cao Gan's out-of-mouth transaction with Anda? Why didn't any of them react at all? They couldn't all have been bribed, right?"
After all, Meng Chong, the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, was only a cook, and his skills were really limited. Even someone like Feng Bao was embarrassed in front of Gao Pragmatic by accident, let alone Meng Chong? He was immediately attracted by Gao Pragmatic.
I was stunned by the rhetorical questions.
His train of thought was indeed too easy to be led astray, and he subconsciously followed Gao's pragmatic train of thought: Yes, even if Gao Shidu was the nephew of Mr. Gao Ge, he couldn't bribe all the civil servants and generals in Xuanda and Dazhou.
Right? How much money did it cost to get it done? Besides, isn’t there a Jinyiwei? Jinyiwei has always been responsible for external intelligence. Regarding Cao Gan’s matter, didn’t they find even a little bit of doubt? You know,
They are supervised by Dongchang. If they discover anything, how dare they not report it?
So Meng Zhangyin finally felt relieved, patted his chest, and breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's okay, it's okay. Gao Shidu, next time you speak, you must finish it at once. Say it step by step, it's really
It scared our family to death.”
Gao pragmatic laughed, pointed at Meng Chong, and smiled without saying anything. Meng Chong had a good temper, and besides, he regarded the Gao family's uncle and nephew as an ally in his heart, so he just laughed and was not angry when he saw him.
As they were talking, they arrived at the Wenhua Hall not long ago - the emperor generally did not go directly to the cabinet, but visited the Wenhua Hall, a hall relatively close to the cabinet, and waited for cabinet members to come to see them if they had something to do, or simply announced their presence.
This place is where Gao Pragmatic "works" every day, and it couldn't be more familiar. However, since the prince is studying in the Wenhua Hall when he is out of the palace, the main hall has been given to the prince, and the emperor who dotes on the prince is not too arrogant. Today
He quickly summoned Gao Pragmatic in the Jiyi Hall of the West Wing Hall.
However, when Gao Pingshi entered, he discovered that the emperor had not just summoned him alone, because several bachelors in the cabinet, including the Duke Zhu Xizhong, the British Duke Zhang Rong, and the Imperial Guard Commander Zhu Xixiao were all present—perhaps they also had to stand carefully before the emperor.
Feng Bao, the admiral of the East Factory next to him.
"The humble minister Gao Pragmatic has met the Holy Emperor." After six months of training with the crown prince, Gao Pragmatic has become completely comfortable in front of the emperor. The ministers in the cabinet and the palace also know that this boy is "young and mature", and upon seeing this
No surprise at all.
Long Qing was already used to this, so when he saw this he just waved his hand and said: "Gao Aiqing, there is no need to be polite, I came to you because I have something to ask you. It just so happened that Duke Cheng and others lived far away, and they had just been summoned into the palace by me.
, I still don’t know the details... Feng Bao, please tell your ministers the news you got today."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Feng Bao responded and walked half way forward: "In the early hours of last night, Dongchang received a summons from the Jin Yiwei, saying that my most favored grandson, Han Biji, led dozens of his men and his wife Han Biji was in high service.
Under the guidance of Cao Gan, the family member who was reading, the defeated Hubao under the jurisdiction of the Pinglu Guards seized the pass and asked for surrender. Early this morning, the governor of Datong sent a report to Shu at the right time. At the same time, the governor of Xuanfu, Wu Dui, reported that he had already sent troops to the west.
The Anda army that went there has given up traveling westward and is returning eastward, and is expected to return to the Toyoshu River area within ten days."
Feng Bao said with an expressionless face: "Now there are several things that all ministers need to discuss: first, whether to accept Han Naji's surrender; second, if you accept, how to arrange Han Naji's surrender? If you don't accept, how to deal with it?
Ba Han Na Ji? Thirdly, I asked the army to return eastward. Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty will launch an invasion because of the Han Na Ji incident? If possible, are the towns in our border army already or can be prepared to respond to the enemy? "
This news was already known to the cabinet due to reports from Fang Fengshi and Wu Dui, and Zhu Xizhong also knew it in advance because his younger brother Zhu Xixiao was the Commander-in-Chief of the Jinyi Guards. Only the British Duke Zhang Rong had been staying because he had caught the cold a few days ago.
I was resting at home, so I just found out that something like this happened.
However, in fact, it was Gao Pragmatic who was the first person present to learn about this matter. He was the only person who knew about Han Naji and made a response plan before he arrived at the Hubao Pass. Of course, the news
It was jointly sent by Gao Mo and Cao Gan, who sent a man and three horses to escort him back to the capital overnight through the well-established trade route.
However, no one responded immediately.
There was an awkward silence.
Long Qing frowned slightly and glanced at Li Chunfang.
Who would have thought that Li Chunfang looked at her nose and her nose, looking at her heart, looking like she was thinking carefully about the key, so it seemed like she was hopeless.
Long Qing's eyes subconsciously looked directly at Gao Gong. Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhenji's voice suddenly sounded: "Your Majesty, I have something unclear."
Longqing said: "Mr. Zhao, please tell me something." Although Zhao Zhenji was not an imperial teacher like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, he did a period of time after Longqing ascended the throne as a lecturer on the Jingfengri, explaining the meaning of the scriptures to the emperor, and then
In addition, he was now the most senior cabinet minister on the Golden List, so Long Qing respectfully called him "Sir".
Zhao Zhenji coughed lightly, stepped forward and asked Gao Pragmatic, who was standing in the corner: "Just now Factory Supervisor Feng mentioned that Anda's grandson guided Han Najishi to Gao Shi's servant.
When I came down to Hubao to ask for surrender, I was a little confused about this: Gao Shidu's servant was not in the capital or Xinzheng, so how could he escape outside the country? How could he follow Han Naji, my grandson?
Are they mixed up together? Gao Shidu, should you give an explanation to His Majesty and the ministers?"
