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 originally? Now he will naturally do whatever he wants." 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 scene here where "Young Master Gao borrows his servants out of righteousness, and Governor Liu shows his power to defeat the giant bandits"? If you directly tell Grandpa Long Live that Cao Gan is going to take care of his old business, at the least it is smuggling, but at the worst it is... It has access to foreign countries!”
Gao pragmatic shrugged and said: "How else can we take the opportunity to break into the Tatars and persuade Dacheng Taiji to take the initiative to surrender to our country while I am dealing with family disputes?"
"Uh..." Meng Chong was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Gao Shidu, was this Cao Gan sent out by you specifically to find out the inside story of the enemy and to wait for an opportunity to create chaos within him?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "What else? Wen has the governor of Xuanfu, the governor of Xuanfu, the governor of Datong and other generals, Wu has the generals of Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi and other generals, and there are also Jinyiwei who have been responsible for the Tatars With the help of Zi's intelligence spying, does it mean that none of the Gonggun princes knew about Cao Gan's secret transaction with An Da? Why didn't any of them react at all? They couldn't all be 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 accidentally, let alone Meng Chong? Immediately, I was stunned by Gao Pragmatic's rhetorical question.
His thinking was indeed too easy to be led astray, and he subconsciously followed Gao's pragmatic thinking: Yes, even if Gao Shidu is the nephew of Mr. Gao Ge, he can't bribe all the civil servants and generals in Xuanda and Dazhou. Already? How much the hell did it cost to do that? Besides, isn’t there a Jinyiwei? Jinyiwei has always been responsible for external intelligence. Didn't they discover even a little bit of doubt about Cao Gan? 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, 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. It's really hard to say this section by section. It scared our family to death.”
Gao pragmatic laughed, pointed at Meng Chong, smiled and said nothing. Meng Chong had a good temper. Besides, he regarded his uncle and nephew of the Gao family as an ally in his heart. When he saw him, he just laughed and was not angry.
As they were talking, they arrived at the Wenhua Hall not long ago - the emperor usually did not go directly to the cabinet, but visited the Wenhua Hall, which is relatively close to the cabinet. If there is something to do, he would wait for the cabinet members to come to see him, or simply invite them to come.
This place is where Gao Pragmatic "works" every day, and it couldn't be more familiar. However, since the prince was studying in the Wenhua Hall when he was out of the palace, the main palace had been given to the prince, and the emperor, who was very doting on the prince, did not show any airs, so he easily summoned Gao Pragmatic to the Jiyi Hall in the West Wing Hall today.
However, when Gao Pingshi entered, he discovered that the emperor had not just summoned him, because several cabinet ministers, 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. Next to him was Feng Bao, the admiral of the East Factory.
"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 had long been accustomed to this. 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 don’t know the details yet... 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 message 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 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 expressionlessly: "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? Bahannaji? Thirdly, I asked the army to return eastward. Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty will be invaded because of the incident of Bahannaji? If possible, have the towns in our border army been or can they be prepared to respond to the enemy? "
This news was already known to the cabinet due to the report by Fang Fengshi and Wu Dui. Zhu Xizhong also knew it in advance because his younger brother Zhu Xixiao was the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guard. 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 Pass of Hubao. Of course, the news was sent by Gao Mo and Cao Gan jointly. They sent one person and three people through the already familiar business route. The horse's elite cavalry escort was sent back to the capital overnight.
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 carefully thinking about the key, and it seemed that she had no hope.
Long Qing subconsciously looked directly at Gao Gong, but 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 serve as a lecturer at the Jingfengri for a period of time after Longqing ascended the throne, explaining the meaning of the scriptures to the emperor, and then In addition, he was now the most senior cabinet minister on the gold 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'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?"
