According to Gao's pragmatic analysis, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng have basically the same purpose, which is to reverse the trend, but their specific interests are not exactly the same.
For Zhang Juzheng, the so-called "inverted arch" means to pull down the high arch. It is best to pull down the horse and then step on it with ten thousand feet. After all, if the arch is too high to fall, the first and second position will never be his turn. Now Gao Gong is becoming more and more suspicious of him. The two of them have transformed from close comrades-in-arms to political enemies in a short period of time. The only way to resolve the conflict between them is to fight to the death - no, to eliminate it.
This is not the case with Feng Bao. Although he and Gao Gong have been "enemies" for much longer than Zhang Juzheng, in fact the conflict between them is not absolutely irreconcilable.
In fact, as long as Gao Gong doesn't mind letting Feng Bao sit on the throne of his superior's ceremonial supervisor, there is no conflict between Feng Bao and Gao Gong at all, because for Feng Bao, who sits in the chief assistant position is Gao Gong or Zhang Juzheng, or There is actually no essential difference among other ministers.
Of course, Gao pragmatic knew that it was impossible to make Gao Gong not mind. Although Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were both practical reformers with roughly similar political goals, their understanding of eunuchs was by no means the same.
Relatively speaking, Gao Gong's political attitude was firmer than Zhang Juzheng's. He would not tolerate Feng Bao, the crown prince's companion, sitting on the throne of the superior's ceremonial supervisor, and having the opportunity to disrupt the government and harm the country and the people like Wang Zhen and Liu Jin.
Zhang Juzheng is not the case. History has proven that he would rather use various methods such as monetary bribes and reputation to ensure his administrative power than risk failure to compete with Feng Bao.
In this way, since Gao Gong could not let Feng Bao control the inner court, the different interests between Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng were meaningless.
But Gao Pragmatic thought about it and found some areas between the two of them that might be used.
For example, because of their different identities, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng must have different ways of "inverting the arch", which may be exploitable.
For Zhang Juzheng, he was a civil servant of the outer court and an assistant minister of the cabinet. If he wanted to reverse the throne, he had to follow a certain method - such as instructing his subordinates to impeach Gao Gong, which was the most common method. This time Liu Fenyong criticized Shang Shu like a mulberry tree and scolded a pagoda tree, which is a typical example.
However, Liu Fenyong was not courageous enough, and he was too timid in his superiority. He could only be regarded as the first shot of Zhang Juzheng's reverse arch, but he was definitely not the main offensive force, so Zhang Juzheng must have a back-up plan.
But for this type of backhand, Gao Pragmatic is not worried. According to his idea, Zhang Juzheng was eager to form an "Anti-Gao Alliance" before Long Qing's death. Although it was strategically correct, it actually violated Long Qing's taboo, because Emperor Long Qing's idea of entrusting the emperor was to Gao Gong for ten years. ten years.
Now Zhang Juzheng wants to jump over Gao Gong and directly ascend to the throne. This not only ruined Emperor Longqing's plan, but also slapped the emperor in the face - I just made peace for you in front of Mr. Gao, and now you come to tear me down? Mr. Gao and I have known each other for twenty years, and now we are counting on a posthumous reputation as a monarch and minister. How can I allow you to destroy it?
I have bowed ninety-nine times, and all I need is this last tremor. How dare you not let me have a beginning and an end?
It was precisely because he had anticipated Long Qing's thoughts that Gao Pingshi kept persevering in persuading Gao Gong to be patient. Everything would depend on the emperor's decision.
The trouble now lies with Feng Bao, because he is an eunuch and his method of doing things is completely different from Zhang Juzheng.
Feng Bao didn't need to have any principles at all, and he didn't need to explain anything in front of the world. All his actions were impeccable as long as they met one condition - after the emperor's death, the harem only needed to believe in him.
As long as the emperor is gone, the invincible holy family will no longer be there. By that time, the so-called holy family has actually become the favor of the two palaces - the prince or the new king is too young, so he must listen to his mother. , whether it is the nominal mother or the actual mother.
Of course, if you have to choose, the biological mother must be the more irresistible.
In other words, as long as the emperor dies, Li Guifei's meaning is basically regarded as the holy will.
The defeat of Gao Gong in history was ultimately due to the failure to understand this point.
At that time, Gao Gong explained from various aspects the absurdity of the theory that Feng Bao and the three cabinet ministers "suffered the same orders", and also questioned that Feng Bao's appointment as the Chief of Ceremonies did not come from the "last emperor's order" at all, etc., etc., the truth Very sufficient. Not only that, most of the ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government also stood on his side, and the officials from the Sixth Section to Shizhong and the Thirteenth Level Censor also expressed their unequivocal support for him.
However, these were of no use. Zhang Juzheng just quietly gave an idea to Feng Bao, who was already panicking. Feng Bao immediately turned the corner and killed Gao Gong with one blow. , not allowed to stay".
Gao Gong could only drive the officials to attack Feng Bao's crimes; Feng Bao could instigate the two palaces to doubt Gao Gong's loyalty.
No matter how great his crime is, as long as he is mine and listens to my words, it is not a great evil and can be forgiven; no matter how capable you are, but your loyalty is doubtful and your motives are unclear, then your crime is extremely heinous and cannot be forgiven!
Only by understanding the weaknesses of human nature can you kill with one strike.
Zhang Juzheng is indeed Xu Jie's close disciple. Even though he may not have learned everything else, he learned the most vicious killing move perfectly!
When Xu Jie defeated the Yan family and his son, the final analysis was not about how capable he was, but because he had figured out the psychological weakness of Emperor Jiajing at that time!
So now, although Gao Pragmatic is prepared in all aspects, his most important energy still remains in the palace, and the final killing move also remains in the palace!
At this time, after thinking for a while, he walked back to his desk, took out a piece of paper and laid it out. Instead of grinding the ink, he took out a short and slender charcoal pen from his sleeve and wrote quickly on the paper. got up.
After a while, he wrote a few lines and checked it again. Then he quietly rolled up the paper, held it in his hand, walked to the door, and called: "Come here, add some ice."
After hearing this, several young eunuchs outside planned to come over. One of the young eunuchs in young eunuch clothes immediately stopped them and said with a smile: "You guys, don't be busy, I will go in person."
The young eunuchs turned around and looked around. They stopped one by one and said with an apologetic smile: "It turns out to be Eunuch Liu. How can I help you with such a trivial matter? If I know about it, why don't you reprimand us for being ignorant?"
The "old man" Liu Eunuch, who was only in his twenties, waved his hands carelessly and said: "There is nothing we can do. My uncle said that Gao Shidu is an old acquaintance of his. Please wait carefully. No matter what you say." , you can’t disobey uncle Yao’s orders, right?”
All the young eunuchs had a look of surprise on their faces, and they all smiled apologetically and said, "It turns out it was Huang Bingbi's order, then... Mr. Liu, please, please."
It turns out that this Eunuch Liu is none other than Liu Ping, Huang Mengyu's nephew, who was the prison officer with outstanding professional ability when Gao Pangshi went to Datong to inspect the defense.
Liu Pingjian persuaded the young eunuchs around him, and with satisfaction, he personally asked someone to bring a large piece of ice and put it in a bucket, and personally brought it to Dongnuan Pavilion.
When Gao pragmatic saw him coming in with ice, he deliberately said loudly: "Put it next to me, it won't be cool if it's far away!"
Liu Ping also echoed him loudly. But as soon as he approached, Gao Pingshi reached out and handed him a tightly rolled paper tube, and said in a low voice: "Do you know who to give it to?"
Liu Ping also lowered his voice and replied: "I know."
Gao pragmatic nodded, and immediately said loudly: "Okay, just leave it here, thank you for your hard work... I will take a nap before His Highness comes back, and ask them not to disturb me if I have nothing to do."
Liu Ping also responded loudly: "Yes, yes, Gao Yude, don't worry, I will explain it to you personally, and there will definitely be no mistakes."
