It was already March 12th when Zhao Hao and his party arrived in the capital.

After settling the two miracle doctors in Zhaojia Hutong, he immediately went to Shamao Hutong to report.

However, his father-in-law was not at home, so Zhao Hao could only ask You Qi to quickly pass the news to the cabinet.

It has been twenty days since the emperor fell ill on the 22nd of last month. The two ministers who shoulder the responsibilities of the country cannot always be doormen in Ximen Mansion in Qinghe County. What should they do about the state affairs?

Therefore, soon after Emperor Longqing regained consciousness, he sent eunuchs to comfort the two ministers, ordering them to go home and rest, appease all officials, and ask them to return to their positions and not neglect state affairs because of his illness.

Therefore, the two Grand Secretaries had already returned to the Cabinet to work. In the subsequent greeting letter to the Emperor, Gao Gong asked again whether the ceremony for the Crown Prince to leave the throne, originally scheduled for this month, should be held as scheduled?

Emperor Longqing was very regretful at this moment. Why didn't he let the prince go out to study a few years earlier as requested by his ministers? Now that he was seriously ill and bedridden, he naturally realized that time was running out, so he ordered a ceremony for the prince to go out to study as soon as possible.

The little fat boy was very reluctant to end his carefree life as a fat houseguest, but the ten-year-old child also knew the seriousness of the situation. He knew that his father was seriously ill and he could not get away with it by throwing tantrums or acting cute. He had no choice but to attend the marriage ceremony held in Wenhua Hall on the third day of March with a sad face, and began his dark student life.

The teachers who teach the prince are of course an all-star lineup, led by the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and the big names of the Hanlin Academy serve as readers and lecturers!

In fact, teaching a kid to read and write is not a big deal, why would so many academicians be needed? The academicians are busy with all kinds of affairs, and they don't have time to spend in this elementary school. Therefore, according to the rules, the cabinet ministers only symbolically look after the school for three days at the beginning, and they don't need to come again in the future.

Gao Gong was planning to do as usual, but people around him reminded him that the emperor was ill and would recover sooner or later, even though he was in his prime. But as the chief minister, he had to be on guard against villains taking advantage of the opportunity. So at this time, he should take good care of the crown prince!

When Gao Ge Lao heard this, he petitioned the Emperor to allow him to "visit the lecture hall once every five days to fulfill his duty as a loyal minister in persuading the Crown Prince to ascend the throne," on the grounds that the Crown Prince was young and the lecturer was a new and unfamiliar figure, and that he would feel uneasy if he was not around to look after him.

Now Meng Chong is guarding Jujing Pavilion, and Feng Bao is on duty in the Silijian. When Eunuch Feng saw this memorial, he was immediately stunned.

The little fat boy was his forbidden lover, and Gao Huzi wanted to get involved? What if he controlled the prince as well? Wouldn't he be completely in the dark?

Eunuch Feng panicked, remembering Zhang Xianggong's instructions to inform others of important matters, so he quickly asked his eunuch to report to Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Xianggong took the news very seriously. He couldn't defeat Gao Huzi under the current emperor, so how could he lose to the crown prince? That would mean he had no hope at all.

As a veteran and a beneficiary, he knows very well that this position cannot be lost.

After thinking hard for a moment, Zhang Xianggong came up with an idea. He asked Feng Bao to teach Concubine Li a few words, and then the prince would say them to the emperor before leaving the palace.

Concubine Li was completely obedient to Feng Bao at this moment. And Feng Bao kept saying bad things about Gao Gong in her ear. The most cruel thing was that Gao Gong supported Meng Chong, a cook, to be the eunuch in charge of ceremonies in order to gain power. Meng Chong, who could do nothing except cooking donkey intestines, could only rely on the emperor to seek pleasure and go out to keep the emperor's favor...

Li Caifeng finally found the culprit who made her lose favor, made the emperor sick, and caused the hens in the palace to crow. She hated Gao Gong and Meng Chong so much that she nodded in agreement on the spot.

The next day, before the prince left the palace, when he kowtowed to the emperor, Longqing, as Zhang Juzheng had expected, told the prince that Master Gao would come to supervise him once every five days, and ordered the prince to respect Master Gao and listen to Master Gao's words, etc...

Li Guifei took the opportunity to repeat Zhang Juzheng's words and said, "The prince is naughty and stubborn. It is too rare to come in once every five days. Please ask the Grand Secretary to take turns to come in and look after him every day."

The fat boy was heartbroken after hearing this. Damn, it’s not enough to be supervised once every five days, he has to be supervised every day... This life is unbearable.

Longqing, however, thought it was a good idea. He now wished he could use one day as if it were two days. He wanted to teach the prince to become a talented person as soon as possible so that he wouldn't have to worry about the succession of the throne.

In addition, the man was seriously ill and his brain was not very sharp. The emperor was unable to appreciate the meaning of the dish and thus approved the imperial concubine's request.

Then the Imperial Household Department issued a report, "Imperial decree, the Grand Secretaries are ordered to take turns to go to the Wenhua Palace every day to look after the prince's studies. This is decreed!"

Upon hearing the imperial edict, Gao Gong felt ashamed and his face burned like fire.

The reason was simple, because the emperor wanted a university scholar to supervise the prince's studies every day, but Gao Huzi only wanted one to come once every five days.

In the eyes of the emperor, he was being careless. The ministers could not help but speculate whether the emperor was dissatisfied with him. At least this time, he was definitely not on the same page as the emperor... This was a very dangerous signal for a prime minister. Perhaps his political enemies would think they had found an opportunity and would not be able to resist attacking him.

Although Gao Gong didn't know what Zhang Juzheng was doing behind the scenes, based on the principle that whoever benefits is guilty, he discovered that the biggest beneficiary in this matter was Zhang Shuda - not only did Zhang Juzheng have the same opportunity as him to have close contact with the prince, but also because the two grand secretaries took turns every day and did not go together, it was easier for him to do something small.

The latter point was reminded by his student and fellow villager Shen Li, the lecturer of the Eastern Palace he selected. Shen Li reported to Gao Ge Lao that whenever Zhang Xianggong entered the Wenhua Palace for his shift, Feng Bao would definitely be there. The two of them would talk in a small room in the east of the palace, and no one else could hear them. Moreover, the two of them would only come out of the small room when the prince was about to finish his class. It was obvious that they were plotting something!

This made Gao Gong very alert. Although he and Zhang Juzheng continued to be brothers on the surface, he secretly ordered his disciples to keep a close eye on this traitor, ordered Meng Chong to send people to keep a close eye on Feng Bao, and ordered Shao Daxia's people to secretly monitor Zhang Juzheng's house.

At the same time, the old fighter realized that the war was coming, and finally chose to forgive the Paw Patrol. In order to better prevent sneak attacks, he also promoted Han Ji to the position of Right Tongzheng of the Tongzhengshisi and the Superintendent of Transcription.

The so-called "Yellow Transcription" means copying the imperial edict issued by the Imperial Household Department on yellow paper and distributing it to various government offices. Gao Gong asked Han Ji to hold this position in order to prevent Feng Bao from taking advantage of the emperor's serious illness and confusion to forge the imperial edict!

At this time, the city of Beijing was already shrouded in war clouds, with the sound of wind and thunder faintly audible!

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Today, Zhang Juzheng happened to go to Wenhua Hall to watch the little fat boy's class. So he had not heard the news of Zhao Hao's arrival in Beijing, but Gao Gong in Wenyuan Pavilion had already received the report from Shen Yingkui.

"Oh my god, he came really fast this time!" Gao Gong immediately became alert upon hearing this. He pulled his steel-like beard and said sarcastically with a gloomy face, "Mr. Zhang's son-in-law is really as quiet as a virgin and as agile as a rabbit!"

"Yes, it has only been 20 days since the emperor fell ill during the morning court session." Han Ji, who had already changed into the scarlet robes of a fourth-rank official, still regarded the prime minister's duty room as his home, actively serving as a military advisor. "He was able to rush here from Jiangnan so quickly, I think he is probably a night owl - good people don't come here!"

Another student of Gao Gong, Luo Zun, the new official who replaced Han Ji, also agreed and said, "Big Brother is right. It must be the people of Jing who summoned him to the capital to help in the war!"

Now that Gao Gong sees Zhang Juzheng as a challenger, his disciples have lost the most basic respect for Zhang Xianggong and privately call him "Jingren". It's similar to "Lao Xier" and "Yuren"...

"The man surnamed Zhao is not an official, how much help can he provide to the people of Jing?" Song Zhihan, the Left Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, asked in confusion. People in the system have always looked down on people outside the system, and this is especially serious for these censors who think they are the ones who speak the law.

They even looked down on Shao Fang, the number one contributor to Gao Ge Lao's comeback, and had already excluded Shao Da Xia from the core circle. Now Shao Fang could only do the things he was best at, which were not worthy of being shown on the stage. Of course, this was also because Shao Da Xia loved to brag too much and did not understand the rules of officialdom, which gave them too many excuses to discredit him in front of Gao Ge Lao...

"Of course they can help a lot." Han Ji said in a deep voice: "Since he has arrived, Li Lunming and Li Shizhen must have come with him. The so-called 'Li Lunming's prescription, Li Shizhen's medicine', these two miracle doctors are not just talking nonsense, if they can cure the emperor's illness. What do you say?"

"Then the emperor will definitely be grateful." Song Zhihan said, touching his chin.

"More than grateful. The richer and more powerful people are, the more they fear death. The emperor, who is richer than anyone else in the world, is the most afraid of death. Whoever can cure the emperor will be invincible!" Luo Zun lowered his voice and said, "If the people of Jing and the eunuch attack the prime minister at this time, will their chances of winning be much greater?!"

"They are dreaming!" Before Song Zhihan could speak, Gao Ge Lao, who was sitting behind the desk, said angrily, "The relationship between me and your Majesty is as strong as gold. Don't you see how much the emperor loves me? Who can sow discord?!"

"Teacher, calm down. I made a slip of the tongue." Luo Zun quickly corrected himself and said, "What I meant is that the possibility of them passing safely is much greater, right?"

"That's true..." Gao Gong would never admit that someone could defeat him in terms of the emperor's love. Apart from that, he could still think rationally.

He could naturally see that Longqing was terrified, and whoever could heal the emperor would be favored by him... at least for a period of time. With the emperor's temper, no matter what they did, they would be forgiven.

And they don’t need to win!

As long as Gao can get away with impeachment, it means that Gao's party will no longer be the only one in power in the court! The era of Gao and Zhang competing against each other has arrived!

Gao Ge Lao is very confident in his popularity, and half of them will switch to Jingren by then...

I have just touched the benefits of officials, and I am afraid that it is more than half, but at least a large half.

"No, we can't let them succeed!" Gao Gong gritted his teeth, had someone call Shen Yingkui in, and asked in a gruff voice, "Where is the doctor we hired?!"

p.s. Write another chapter.