Chapter 1203 My Ming Dynasty is invincible!

Qianqing Palace, West Warm Pavilion.

Because Emperor Longqing had been addicted to pornographic films for a long time, his reactions had become a little slow.

After listening to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's reports, he sat there for a long time without saying anything.

Gao and Zhang looked at each other, wondering if the emperor didn't believe it?

Just as Gao Gong was about to explain why it was impossible to lie about military intelligence, Long Qing suddenly stood up from the Arhat Palace, raised his hands high, waved his arms several times and cheered:

"My Ming Dynasty is invincible!"

"My Great Ming is invincible!" Chen Hong, who had successfully squeezed out Teng Xiang and surpassed Feng Bao to take the throne through the relationship between Shao Daxia and Gao Gong, immediately shouted excitedly! "Your Majesty's martial arts are comparable to the Second Ancestor!"

"My Great Ming is invincible!" Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng could only shamelessly follow suit and shout: "Your Majesty's martial arts are comparable to that of the Second Ancestor!"

"Hahaha. Let the Ministry of War quickly commend the merits. From Qi Jiguang onwards, all the heroes will be rewarded generously!" Longqing was as happy as a child who had indulged himself too much.

"Yes." The two university scholars responded quickly. This was what the question implied.

Longqing was so excited that he suddenly felt dizzy. He hurriedly sat cross-legged on the bed and said excitedly, "This battle is a beautiful victory. It has swept away many years of bad luck! When we bring the fox Dong to the capital, I must ask him if the fox sheds its hair."

"Uh..." Even though the two university scholars were very knowledgeable, they didn't know how to respond.

"Oh, yes, you haven't seen that movie. It's a cartoon that Zhao Hao made for the prince. Haha, it's so funny." Long Qing didn't know what clip he was remembering, and he laughed again.

Zhang Juzheng would take over the conversation now. "Speaking of which, Zhao Hao also played a part in this great victory."

"Oh, really?" Long Qing couldn't help but laugh curiously, "He was playing in the mud in Jiangnan, how did it get involved with Jizhen?"

"It's his inventions..." Zhang Juzheng then told Emperor Longqing about Zhao Hao's inventions of the hot air balloon, telescope and Longqing rifle.

Longqing had seen the first two with his own eyes, and he even used a telescope to watch the palace maids taking a bath... I didn't expect that what he saw as two toys could be used in such a wonderful way by Qi Jiguang. It really makes people sigh, how can the gap between people be so big?

"What is the Longqing rifle?" The Emperor Longqing's language style was obviously distorted by the pornographic film... The pornographic film is named because the projected image is blurry and has many burr-like shadows. It is not what some people think.

"This is the bird gun that I commissioned Zhao Hao to improve. It has many improvements, especially the ability to install a bayonet, allowing General Qi to boldly equip all charioteers, infantry, and cavalry with muskets. Instead of needing half of the long spears, swords, and shields to protect the muskets as before."

After a pause, Zhang Juzheng continued to explain: "Moreover, Zhao Hao wrapped the gunpowder and projectiles together with paper shells, which greatly increased the firing speed... Although the flintlock device was too complicated, the military equipment bureau still used matchlock ignition during mass production, but the firing speed of the musket was also greatly improved. With multiple measures, the firepower increased several times, and with the cover of the chariot formation, the Mongolian cavalry could not rush to the front, allowing the soldiers to shoot calmly, which caused great casualties to the Tatars and made them collapse and surrender in the end..."

"Oh, so that kid can be rewarded?" Emperor Longqing was very happy. Now his expenses were all supported by Zhao Hao, and that kid also let him watch the animated version of "Jin Ping Mei". He had wanted to reward him for a long time. But he couldn't find a reason to reward him.

Now I finally have an excuse...

"Sure." Zhang Juzheng nodded.

"Okay, let's celebrate the achievements together!" Longqing clapped his hands, and a worry was relieved. He didn't want to owe favors to others. He ordered Chen Hong: "Hurry up and have someone prepare the meal in advance. I want to drink a celebratory wine with the two masters! By the way, I'm happy today, I can kill a donkey!"

"Yes." Chen Hong quickly responded and went down, and the two university scholars hurriedly thanked him.

Soon, lunch was ready. Although Longqing and his two masters were like father and son, the rules were the rules, and the emperor could not eat at the same table with his subjects.

So Longqing ate on the kang table, while Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng ate at the eight-immortal table under the kang. The meals at the two tables were basically the same, the only difference was that Longqing's table had an extra plate of steaming donkey intestine sashimi, neatly arranged in circles on a yellow dragon-patterned plate.

Oh, and the tableware is different. The tableware used by Emperor Longqing was "yellow plates and yellow saucers" with yellow glaze inside and outside. Only the emperor, empress and queen mother could use it. If an official dared to hide yellow plates and saucers, he would lose his head.

However, Longqing did not treat the two masters badly. He asked Chen Hong to take out his treasured talisman porcelain for them to enjoy.

Gao Gong had been so excited for a long time that he was actually a little hungry. But just as he picked up his favorite nine-turn large intestine with chopsticks, he saw two little naked people painted on the plate, doing something shameful.

Lao Gao's face turned red, he stared with wide eyes for a while, and immediately lost his appetite.

He secretly glanced at Zhang Juzheng and saw that on the rice bowl in his hand, there was a picture of a man and two women having sex, with vivid expressions and hairs visible... Zhang Juzheng was eating with gusto. It seemed that he could eat three bowls of rice with just this bowl.

Gao Gong opened his mouth, but seeing that the emperor was unusually cheerful, he held back his words so as not to spoil the mood.

The emperor was getting thinner and thinner, with sunken eye sockets and cheeks, and he looked like he had indulged himself too much. He was worried and angry, and he barely moved his chopsticks during the meal, and he was so angry that he was full.

After finishing his meal, he came out of the Qianqing Palace to express his gratitude. Before he even walked out of the Qianqing Gate, Gao Huzi couldn't help but start yelling.

"Taiyue, how can you eat this?"

“There is no banquet in the world better than the imperial banquet. Is there anything that cannot be eaten?” Zhang Juzheng gathered his beard that fluttered in the autumn wind.

"Don't play dumb, I'm talking about those evil-repelling porcelains!" Gao Gong glared and said, "Don't you think they're evil?"

"Food and sex are human nature. A gentleman likes sex but not sex." Zhang Juzheng said with a frank smile: "Your Majesty is now more wealthy and willing to show off his treasures to entertain his subjects. In the past, he kept them hidden and did not allow anyone to touch them."

"Don't play dumb here." Gao Gong glared at him again and lowered his voice, "Outside the palace, people say that your majesty is a little bee, and he is so lustful! You know that your majesty had the disease of the widower when he was in the palace. Now he indulges in women all day long. Can the dragon body bear it?"

"Your Majesty is still young, so it shouldn't be a problem to play with it for a few years." Zhang Juzheng put his hands in his sleeves and smiled faintly, "Besides, these erotic objects were prepared by Eunuch Chen, who was recommended by Mr. Xuan. Mr. Xuan might as well talk to him and tell him not to look for those weird and strange things to seduce the emperor."

"How could Chen Hong be recommended by me?" Gao Gong felt guilty. He did not do this right. According to the order, Feng Bao should take over after Teng Xiang. But he could not resist Shao's persuasion and helped Chen Hong to join the team.

He didn't know about the relationship between Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, and tried to distance himself from the matter by saying, "As the Minister of Personnel, I have no control over the inner court. It's just that last time when Your Majesty asked who would take over the Imperial Household Department after Teng Xiang left, I had no choice but to tell Your Majesty to use whoever is convenient for you. In the end, Your Majesty chose Chen Hong. I don't know how Chen Hong listened to me. He actually thought that I recommended him. Every time we met, he would bow to me, leaving me speechless."

"So that's how it is. Mr. Xuan is innocent and doesn't need to defend himself." Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly, but he was actually very unhappy. Feng Bao was a long-term investment that he had made when he was in Prince Yu's mansion. After years of hard work, he finally became the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department and would take over as the eunuch in charge as soon as Teng Xiang left.

This position is too important. The cabinet's bills need him to approve them with the seal before they can become official. This was originally to check and balance the cabinet. A strong eunuch holding the seal can compete with the chief minister of the cabinet. If a university scholar can join forces with the eunuch holding the seal, he will be the de facto prime minister.

As a result, Gao Gong let Chen Hong cut in line without warning. The eunuchs in charge of ceremonies were so grateful to him that his position was completely secure. But what about himself? He could only hold back his anger and comfort Feng Bao in private, wondering when he would be able to get ahead.

Therefore, although Zhang Juzheng had made up his mind to keep a low profile and follow the rules of others, he still couldn't help but make a subtle remark to Gao Gong.

But Gao Suqing never suffered injustice, and he immediately tried to make amends, saying, "Don't blame me. You suddenly asked for credit for the boy surnamed Zhao in front of the emperor. What was your intention?"

"Let's just talk about the facts. He was given a task in the first place, so of course he should show some appreciation after completing it. Otherwise, how can he speak in the future?" Zhang Juzheng said calmly.

Gao Gong squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, then laughed strangely and said, "Isn't it really the father-in-law who is flattering his son-in-law?"

"What do you mean by father-in-law and son-in-law?" Zhang Juzheng said in embarrassment, "Mr. Xuan loves to joke!"

"I heard from my daughter that she hasn't been in Beijing for two winters." Gao Gong laughed.

"She is a close friend of Princess Lanling, so she recognized the eldest princess as her godmother. She has been accompanying Your Highness to spend the winter in Jiangnan for the past two years." Now it was Zhang Juzheng's turn to explain.

"It seems that young Zhao is also in Jiangnan, and he is the eldest princess's adopted son, right?" Gao Gong said with a gossipy look on his face, "That's good, that's good."

"When did Mr. Xuan become so idle?" Zhang Juzheng felt a dull pain in his heart when he mentioned his disappointing daughter. He definitely didn't want to continue this topic, so he changed the subject and said, "It's not time for us to put our weapons away and let our horses go to the mountains, right?"

"Of course!" After all, he was his partner, so Gao Gong won the game and stopped while he was ahead. He stroked his needle-like beard and regained his smug look and said, "Xuan, Da, Ji and Liao are all in Jizhou. Jizhou is just the first shot. I will deal with Xuan and Da together soon!"

Wang Yangming once said that although the Ming Dynasty was large, its most important places were only four. If these four places were lost, the Ming Dynasty would surely perish.

The four places he mentioned were Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, and Liaodong. If the threat from these four towns was resolved, the northern border troubles could be basically ended...

But since Xuande, no one has been able to do this in the past 150 years.

Gao Gong refused to believe in evil, he was determined to do it! And he did it at the lowest cost and the fastest speed!

Otherwise, what's the difference between him and those mediocre fools?

p.s. I have to get up early again tomorrow, so I can only continue to update twice... Oh, there are too many things to do recently.

(End of this chapter)