Zeng Shengwu suddenly understood and nodded: "What the teacher said makes sense, but the student is confused." After a pause, he added: "Then this matter cannot be analyzed. I can only think that it is because your Majesty feels sorry for the prince. This time out."
Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and said: "If you want to know who is responsible for this, it is better to see who benefits from this matter in the end. At present, it seems that the military ministers and nobles have the advantage, but the reason why I had assumed that they were not responsible for this matter is that There’s a reason for that too.”
"First, there is a senior high school official in the cabinet. In addition to the cabinet affairs, he is also in charge. He is a person who uses his talents according to his ability. He has always looked down upon military ministers, especially those nobles. In his opinion, Most of them look at people who are just eating and waiting to die. If this matter is promoted by nobles, they will easily be resented. And it is impossible for His Majesty not to pay attention to Gao Xuan's opinions... Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, is a prudent person, and he is old now. Not to mention doing things that would be hated by civil servants."
"Secondly, it is a long-term plan to send the noble disciples to the prince. Now that His Majesty is in the prime of life, how can they think so far ahead? Besides, there are only so many noble military ministers in total. Even if When the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, the noble military ministers who can be used by then will naturally be replaced by their descendants, so why bother?"
Zeng Shengwu thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that Zhao Dazhou's move to reform the capital camp has stimulated them, so they want to gradually restore the situation in the future?"
When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he couldn't help but pay attention to it. He pondered for a moment and then said: "The country has its own laws and regulations. These nobles have long lost the courage of their ancestors, and most of them follow the trend... Besides, the restructuring of the Beijing camp is not this time. , why has there been no movement before, and now can’t bear it any longer?”
"This is what the disciples can't understand." Zeng Shengwu frowned and said, "But according to the idea of who benefits and who is the mastermind, no civil servants have this motive..."
Zhang Juzheng was moved in his heart and said, "What about the eunuchs?"
"Eunuch?" Zeng Shengwu was startled: "Why would the eunuch do this?"
Zhang Juzheng stretched out his hand to stop Zeng Xingwu's words, thought about it carefully for a while, and then said: "I just said that Feng Bao's position is not stable at the moment. If this matter was originally caused by him making friends with nobles and promoting it, is it possible?"
Zeng Xingwu thought about it and said, "But if he does this, how will it help him?"
The teacher and student suddenly said in unison: "Prince!"
After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he didn't say much, but Zeng Shengwu said hurriedly: "Feng Bao may think that as long as the prince is happy, his majesty will be happy. If your majesty is happy, he will naturally treat him differently!"
Zhang Juzheng nodded: "In addition, those noble military ministers who benefited from this matter will naturally feel grateful. Although for Feng Bao, this gratitude may not be of much help, but it is still a benefit after all. "
"Yes, one more friend is better than one more enemy." Zeng Shengwu nodded: "Master, if this is the case, the money we spent today will be wasted."
"That's not the case." Zhang Juzheng snorted, half-squinted his eyes, and said: "Since Hua Tinggong passed away, most of the old people in the palace have left their jobs and are idle. The ministers in the palace are as if they are blind, while Gao Xuan is continuously No one in the inner court dared to compete with Gao Xuan in recommending the two terms of being the Chief of Ceremonies. Nowadays, whenever Gao Gao Xuan has a proposal, as long as the Holy One has not spoken to stop it, the Chief of Ceremonies will approve it without even daring to say a word. Change it. If things continue like this, the world may not be lucky."
I once thought to myself: It’s hard to say whether it’s the world’s misfortune, but it’s definitely my teacher’s misfortune, and it’s also my misfortune.
So he nodded and said: "The concerns of the Master are very reasonable, but at present, the old sage in the high pavilion is Wushuang, and although Meng Chong, the chief minister of rituals, is incompetent, he does not have much bad reputation. It is not easy to get rid of him. "
Zhang Juzheng snorted coldly: "Aren't the erotic porcelains in the palace with the words 'Made in the Longqing Year of the Ming Dynasty' printed on them donated generously by Eunuch Meng? Last time, the prince suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask His Majesty, but unexpectedly he ran into His Majesty having a meal. , His Majesty forgot about this again, and the prince asked him, "Why are men and women naked on this porcelain depicting men and women interacting with each other?" This made His Majesty very embarrassed, and ordered the prince not to look for him when he was dining in the future... You see Look what has happened!"
Cao Daye, who was next to him, couldn't help hearing it. He chuckled, and then he was startled again, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Ge, I am... I have an itchy nose for a moment..."
Just when Zeng Shengwu was about to scold me, Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, but you must not make it public about what I just said. You can only keep it in your heart. Do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand."
Zeng Shengwu glared at him and then said to Zhang Juzheng: "What the Prime Minister said is indeed reasonable. Meng Chong has no talent. He was born as a cook. Before becoming the Chief of Ceremonies and in charge of the eunuchs, he was only in charge of the Shangshang Supervisor. That’s it. His sudden appointment as the head of the ceremonial seal was all due to the recommendation of Gao Ge Lao. But the difficulty is also difficult at this point. If it is said that offering porcelain to the erotic palace, it can be counted as a crime, but it is not enough to expel him. Lower the palm seal position."
Zhang Juzheng nodded: "But with Gao Xuan speaking for him, this crime is indeed not enough to punish him, and the matter involves His Majesty. If he cares too much, it will be a bad thing. However, Feng Bao considers himself a scholar, so he must look down on him. Meng Chong, at the same time, was even more dissatisfied with his failure to successfully seal the Ceremony Supervisor..."
Zeng Shengwu knew the elegant meaning after hearing Xian Ge, blinked and said: "Master Xiang means, since we have nothing to do with Meng Chong for the time being, why not start with Feng Bao?"
Zhang Juzheng said: "Being good at burning a cold stove is also a skill."
Of course Zeng Shengwu understood this sentence, but he still joked: "Please give me some advice."
Zhang Juzheng smiled and said: "Just now you said that the money tonight was wasted, but I thought otherwise. Regardless of whether Feng Bao promoted the 'Prince's Playmate' matter or not, the money is not wasted. Three Provinces , think about it, if you give Meng Chong a lot of money, this will be a hot stove. He has a high school Xuan to help him, and the flames are already raging. Do you still need your fire? You rush to invest. People don't appreciate firewood. But if those cold stoves start to get hot with your fire, then people will remember you."
"Of course this is the truth." Zeng Shengwu smiled bitterly and said slowly: "It's just that people can get things done with a hot stove, but if they are a cold stove, they may not be able to get a bargain."
"Three provinces are wrong." Zhang Juzheng smiled coldly and said: "Once you become an official, it is your life's career. How can you care about temporary success or failure? You have been burning the cold stove for three years, and it seems that you have suffered a loss. By the fourth In the year, maybe the time will come, or when the time is right, the cold stove will be burned into the hot stove. At this time, wouldn't you follow the carp and jump over the dragon gate and fall into the golden cave? In those days, Yan Song's family was full of people, but I always followed Duke Huating. What's the result of this cold stove?"
Zeng Xingwu suddenly realized that he, his master, was a master at burning cold stoves.
