Chapter 1480: Brainstorming is the most terrifying

"Mr. Yuan, don't let the gossip of the scoundrels disturb your mind!" Seeing Gao Ge Lao like this, his confidants hurriedly advised:

"That's right. These are all shameless frame-ups. They can always find excuses to accuse someone of something!"

"Yes, for example, Minister Cao is the same age as Jing Ren. Now Jing Ren has been a cabinet minister for six years. He was just promoted to Minister, so it is a crime to appoint a personal friend? How can this be justified?"

"At last year's birthday party, Master returned all the birthday gifts right there." The crowd became more and more angry as they talked, and soon they started shouting, "Why didn't that Cao guy say a word? He has fabricated all sorts of stories and his intentions are vicious! If we don't kill him, it won't be enough to serve as a warning to others!"

Gao Gong waved his hands dejectedly, and slowly sat down with the help of his disciples, and asked in a low voice: "What did the emperor say?"

"This..." Everyone was immediately stunned. Han Ji said with a chuckle, "This morning I saw a comment in red that said 'Cao Daye made a false statement and was transferred to another post.'"

"Yes." Gao Ge Lao nodded and listened to him continue talking, but Han Ji didn't say anything. He asked in disbelief, "That's it?"

"It's gone..." Han Ji nodded, and saw that Gao Gong's face was pale and his lips were blue, as if he had been struck by lightning, and he had completely lost his energy.

If the emperor's ambiguous attitude towards Liu Fenyong before was still because of their old relationship in the palace, now Cao Daye is a rookie who has never been in Prince Yu's mansion. The emperor doesn't even know where he comes from, so why does he just transfer him out? He doesn't even demote him!

Why is the punishment so light? Do you not love me anymore?

Gao Ge Lao was in a great panic, wondering if the emperor still believed those slanders.

Han Ji hurriedly said in a hoarse voice: "Master, the emperor is still ill and may have difficulty speaking. You must not nitpick at words at this time!"

"Yes, Mr. Yuan, the emperor has always been kind and soft-hearted, and now he has just recovered from a serious illness. Perhaps he should do some good deeds to accumulate virtue..." Tanyu also advised.

But everyone glared at him. Luo Zun said angrily: "What kind of bullshit is this!? If we don't punish evil, how can we promote good? Tolerating evildoers will only encourage evil tendencies!"

Although Liu Ziqiang was a high-ranking official, he had no status in the Gao Party. He was so embarrassed by the scolding that he had no choice but to shut up.

"Okay, stop arguing." Gao Gong calmed down and said with all his strength, "You go back and do three things. First, find out if Cao Daye and Liu Fenyong have any connection with each other since they came forward one after another."

"And there's Wang Wenhui!" Han Ji said in a hateful voice, "I carefully compared the memorials submitted by the three of them last night. They were all submitted one after another, layer by layer. No one would believe that there was no one to connect them!"

"That's right, especially Cao Daye. He has a gang behind the scenes giving him advice. He can't reveal so much explosive information!" Cheng Wen also echoed.

"Hmm." Gao Gong nodded and said, "I thought about it all night last night. This matter is indeed strange. Who is behind this?"

"Who else could it be? Whoever benefits the most is the most suspicious!" Han Ji shouted immediately.

"Don't be so arbitrary, show us the evidence!" Gao Gong waved his hand again and said, "Stop doing stupid things that will make your loved ones sad and your enemies happy!"

"Alas, Master..." Han Ji was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. Isn't this just a louse on a bald head? We, the jealous party, leaked the news to Zhang Juzheng, and soon someone started to impeach you. Who else could it be but him?

Unfortunately, he didn't dare to tell the truth and could only worry.

"Secondly, thank the gentlemen outside on my behalf and apologize to them." Gao Gong gave another order, and then paused, "Tell them that I will repay their kindness double in the future."

"Yes." Everyone nodded in understanding. Let's see what kind of favor Gao Ge Lao has? He submitted a petition to retain him, and submitted it in the name of his own government office, which is a real favor.

"There is a third thing, expel Feng Bao!" Gao Gong whispered again: "Now the emperor has no idea how long he will be tired of working, and Meng Chong, that idiot, has been kicked out of the capital. Feng Bao's position is too important. Especially at this critical juncture, we must not let him deceive his superiors and ruin our plans!"

"Master, this is the truth!" Han Ji's eyes lit up. It was an indisputable fact that Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng colluded with each other. Only Master, who was drugged, would think that there was nothing wrong with Zhang Juzheng.

First getting rid of Feng Bao would be equivalent to cutting off one of Zhang Juzheng's arms, and then blinding his eyes, making it much easier to deal with him in the future.

"But what's the excuse?" Luo Zun asked timidly, "That guy is in charge of the Jinyiwei of the East Factory. Although he has been keeping a low profile in recent years, the biting dog doesn't bark. Be careful not to kill the snake, which will only harm you!"

"Isn't the reason ready-made?!" Cheng Wen shouted, "Isn't it these damn eunuchs who offered their prostitutes to the emperor and seduced him into playing around that caused the emperor to become seriously ill?"

"This reason doesn't work. If you don't know, don't talk nonsense!" Gao Gong's face turned red and he stopped Cheng Wen. He knew very well that Feng Bao had never done that kind of thing. On the contrary, Chen Hong and Meng Chong, who he recommended successively, all rose to prominence in this way.

It's not that Feng Bao has a lot of moral integrity, but he follows the path of the crown prince and Li Guifei. Empress Li hates these dead eunuchs the most for leading the emperor to learn bad things and making her a widow.

In order to avoid being disliked by the Empress, Feng Bao was forced to "keep himself clean".

Han Ji knew something about the inside story and immediately responded, "Then find another crime. He has been in charge of the East Factory for more than five years. Do you think he has no bad records?"

"Yeah." Everyone nodded. However, if they couldn't start right away, they would need time to collect evidence.

"As soon as possible!" Gao Gong ordered in a deep voice, "The sooner the better. We should try to drive him out of the palace within the first half of the year!"

"Yes." Han Ji breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there were still two or three months left.

"Go ahead, go through the back door." Gao Gong waved his hand tiredly and said, "Don't come to my house in broad daylight in the future, and don't come with so many people, so that people won't know that you are my trusted confidants."

"Everyone is worried about the Master, so we won't do that again in the future." The trusted disciples bowed and left together.

When they left, the huge mansion suddenly felt empty. Gao Gong also felt empty inside. He couldn't remember the last time he was not surrounded by people in broad daylight.

"Alas, I was looking forward to quiet time every day, but now it's really quiet, and it doesn't feel right." He smiled bitterly and shook his head at his wife, preparing to go back to the room to catch up on some sleep.

At this time, the butler Gao Chao came in with a notice, saying that it was sent by Prime Minister Zhang.

"Oh?" Gao Gong quickly took it and opened it.

Zhang Juzheng only said three things. The first was to tell him that the emperor had issued an edict to retain him, and that the edict would arrive at his mansion tomorrow at the latest, so he asked him to rest assured.

The second is to say that he has submitted a petition to retain Gao, saying that "the cabinet cannot be without Gao for a day." Without you, the world will be difficult to move forward. Please come back soon, I can't bear it without you.

Finally, Zhang Xianggong said that he had a psychological struggle all night last night and decided that even if he was not gentlemanly enough, he would report Zhao Zhenji to Yuan Weng - he said that Zhao Zhenji had persuaded him to join forces to deal with Yuan Weng, but he flatly refused.

It is also said that after Zhao Zhenji retired, he did not return to his hometown in Sichuan, but lived in exile between the two capitals, interacting with the arrogant people of the Taizhou School who "fought dragons and snakes with bare hands" all day long, and often slandered Yuan Weng. It is said that his disciples were also unwilling to accept this...

What Zhang Juzheng said was completely true, and he was not afraid even if Gao Gong confronted Zhao Zhenji face to face.

But Zhang Xianggong deliberately blurred the time - Zhao Ge Lao did want to join forces with him at the beginning, but that was in the fourth year of Longqing! He didn't say the specific time, and Gao Gong combined the context and naturally thought that this incident happened after he retired, and the nature of the incident changed immediately.

After reading this passage, Gao Gong believed that Zhang Juzheng was saying that after Zhao Zhenji was defeated, he was unwilling to give up and wandered around the two capitals, colluding with a group of rebellious guys from the Taizhou School to plot to overthrow him and take revenge!

The more Gao Ge Lao thought about it, the more he felt it was reliable. Because among the four kings he had driven away, although he had fought with Yin Zhengmao, he actually fought the most fiercely and for the longest time with Zhao Zhenji. It is not an exaggeration to say that the two sides have a deep hatred!

Moreover, Cao Daye was Zhao Zhenji's fellow townsman and disciple, and had once served as Zhao Zhenji's vanguard.

He also knew that Liu Fenyong was a disciple of Luo Rufang, the current leader of the Taizhou School. He was mysterious all day long and said nonsense, so Gao Gong disliked him very much.

"As for Wang Wenhui, uh, he is my student..." Lord Gao suddenly remembered that the evil disciple was from Nanzhili.

Speaking of Nanzhi, he thought of Lord Xu...

Gao Gong couldn't help but shudder and began to ponder the notice over and over again.

"Living between the two capitals...Did he really go to Nanjing just to associate with people from the Taizhou School? I heard that Li Zhi opened a girls' school in Suzhou and He Xinyin opened a collective farm in Songjiang..."

Gao Gong cried out and slammed the table. He felt that he understood what Zhang Juzheng was hinting at!

Zhao Zhenji must have gone to find Xu Jie! How could I have forgotten about that old man!

Zhao and Xu are both disciples of Wang Xueba, and the former was promoted by the latter!

Because Zhang Juzheng had little interest in the School of Mind, Xu Jie wanted Zhao Zhenji to serve as the protector of the School of Mind in the court in the future. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhao Zhenji is another successor of Xu Ge Lao.

And don't think that Xu Jie is completely worthless now that he has been treated like a ghost. His students and former officials are still there, and there are still many people who remember his old friendship. It's just that because he is in power, no one dares to stand up for him.

But these people can do other things! Especially those Xu Party officials who were retaliated by me and exiled by me, I am afraid they have been waiting for such a person to take them to revenge, right?

He also thought that most of the high-ranking officials in the court today were promoted by Xu Gelao in the past. If Zhao Zhenji really succeeded in the "Second Overthrow", these people would either add insult to injury or remain neutral, which would make him lose face and even seriously shake his foundation.

Thinking of this, Gao Ge Lao couldn't help but sweat and his heartbeat accelerated. He felt an iron curtain slowly descending from the darkness, and a large net enveloped his head from the void...

The unbearable scenes from the cabinet crisis in the first year of Longqing kept appearing before his eyes, making Gao's breathing more and more rapid, like pulling a bellows.

"Master, please don't scare us!" Gao Chao quickly helped him sit down and let him breathe. Gao Gong calmed down, grabbed Gao Chao's hand, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and call Han Ji and the others back!"

ps. Post first and revise later, and try to get to your majesty's life and death tomorrow...

(End of this chapter)