Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 424 The Upside Down (Part [-])
Gao Yushi left the cabinet and went to Zhongcui Palace.

Although he has the special decree of Emperor Longqing, he can walk in the harem, but with his prudence, he usually only goes to three places: the cabinet, the Wenhua Palace, and the Zhongcui Palace. Under special circumstances, he will go with the prince to meet the queen and Concubine Li. .

Of course, no matter where you go, there must be a little eunuch leading the way, and you will definitely not run around.

Going to Zhongcui Palace, there were also two young eunuchs who came to lead the way, one leading the way in front, and the other walking with Gao Yushi a step behind Gao Yushi.

Gao Yushi had just walked not far, when he turned around a palace gate, the little eunuch who was walking behind him suddenly stretched out his hand in front of Gao Yushi, Gao Yushi's face remained unchanged, he also extended his hand, and the two of them clasped their hands together.

Not to mention that no outsiders saw it here, even if there was, from outsiders' eyes, it was just the little eunuch reaching out for Gao Yushi to help, no one would find out that a note was transferred from the little eunuch's hand to Gao Yushi's.

Gao Wushi took the note but was not in a hurry to open it. He folded his hands behind his back, looking like he was idling, but stuffed the note into the secret pocket of his cuff and put it away.

When they arrived at Zhongcui Palace, the crown prince was not there. After Gao Wushi asked, he found out that Zhu Yijun accompanied Concubine Li to visit the emperor, and not only their mother and son, but also the queen.

Gao Yushi was not too surprised, after all, such situations are not uncommon these days.He went straight to the East Nuan Pavilion of Zhongcui Palace, claiming to rest for a while, and when His Royal Highness came back, he would accompany the prince to discuss history.

But that’s all to say, he and Zhu Yijun’s so-called discussion on history is basically based on what he said, and Zhu Yijun’s state is roughly between listening to lectures and listening to stories.

This is actually an idea that Gao Pragmatism came up with, because discussing history can quietly carry private goods, on the one hand, it will affect Zhu Yijun's thinking mode, and on the other hand, it will deepen the friendship between the two—if there is some kind of friendship between monarchs and ministers words of something.

The East Nuan Pavilion in Zhongcui Palace is basically equivalent to the prince’s study, and ordinary people are naturally not allowed to enter at will, but Gao Yushi, the prince’s companion, is obviously not an ordinary person. Not only can he come in, but he almost uses it as his own study. Here There are even books and other things specially for his use.

Speaking of which, he is also a person who sits in the palace and works every day-fortunately, he is not the kind who has been tortured.

After sitting down behind his desk, Gao Wushi looked around and confirmed that he was the only one in the Nuan Pavilion—this was easy, because the East Nuan Pavilion of Zhongcui Palace was not that big, and he didn’t know if it was to prevent someone from being assassinated or something else. The reason is that the furnishings in this warm pavilion are very characteristic: it can be seen at a glance, and there is absolutely no place for people to hide.

He took out the note he had just received from his sleeve, and unfolded it to read.This piece of paper is not too big, but there are quite a lot of words written on it in petite lowercase letters.

Gao Wushi looked carefully, sometimes frowned, sometimes showed his face, and finally picked up a torch with no expression on his face, went to the incense burner and lit the note.

Then he started pacing in the warm pavilion, carefully thinking about the few messages on the note, both inside and outside the palace.

Among them, the ones related to the palace are as follows: Feng Bao readjusted the eunuchs and maids in the palaces where the empress and concubine Li lived, and put in at least three to five of his cronies, and we took the opportunity to make arrangements; Chong, Feng Bao, Chen Hong and others secretly placed people in Qianqing Palace. The specific situation is unknown, but we also have arrangements; , Meng Chong, Feng Bao, Chen Hong, etc. have all deployed manpower, and so have we; Feng Bao has been going to Dongchang more recently, and the big pens in Dongchang have been quite active recently, but it is difficult for us to check; the governor of Jinyiwei Zhu Xixiao has been called three times recently Face-to-face saint, his brother Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong was also called to face-to-face saint, but both of them were face-to-face saints alone, so it is impossible to find out why...

There are also several pieces of information related to the outside of the palace: there are people visiting Zhang Dashi’s mansion every night, or one or more people. We meet almost every day; Cao Daye visited Zhang Dashi’s mansion for three consecutive days during the affairs of the household department, all late at night; Dongchang fans often appeared outside Gaoda’s mansion; Dongchang dispatched to Kaiping to investigate the third group Fanzi returned to Beijing, and Feng Bao had personally received him; Dongchang sent Datong’s fanzi back to Beijing, and was also received by Feng Bao in person; among the cabinet servants on duty, there may be Feng Bao’s cronies, the details are unknown...

The source of this information was not from one place, and it was sent to him after being aggregated.

The news is quite disorganized, some places are repeated, some places are contradictory, and of course some places are ambiguous.

However, Gao Wushi did not show any dissatisfaction. He knew how hard-earned the information was. After all, he had neither Dongchang nor Jinyiwei, so he could only rely on other means to obtain the information. The level is already the result of some people risking their lives to work for him.

Therefore, not only is Gao Pragmatism not dissatisfied, but on the contrary, he feels that his "investment" is quite valuable.

Wealth boy?

Gao Wu said honestly, I just did some unusual business, and time will prove the value of my business.

But right now, in the face of all these pieces of information, even if they are highly pragmatic, they seem a bit overwhelmed.

In addition to "our side", there are at least five parties involved here: Feng Bao's side, Zhang Juzheng's side, Meng Chong, Chen Hong and other inner court bosses' side, Li Guifei, Li Wenjin's side, and... the emperor's side.

Among the five parties, some cooperate with each other, and some hate each other; some use each other, and some guard against each other;

"Fighting with others is a lot of fun." Gao Yushi muttered: "Taizu sincerely does not deceive me."

He calmed down and stroked carefully.

The main purpose of these actions by Meng Chong and Chen Hong is to focus on how to keep their power in case the emperor dies.People like them don't necessarily have any political integrity, but Gao Yushi believes that at least from the current situation, they should still be more inclined to Gao Gong's side at the moment, so although they have a lot of actions, they can be put aside for the time being. Let it go, don't worry about it.

On Li Guifei's side, it was the first time that her younger brother was transferred to her side without being pregnant, but this time it should not be to protect herself, but to transfer him to her side to advise her, or also to protect the prince.

It is worth noting that there is no news that Concubine Li Gui and Feng Bao have strengthened their ties. Instead, Concubine Feng Baoan stepped in by Concubine Li Gui’s side—this means that the connection between them may not be as close as I thought before. Concubine Li Gui The closest person in the palace, apart from her husband and son, is only her younger brother Li Wenjin.

The emperor's actions are very interesting. His most trusted minister is Gao Gong, and his most trusted eunuch is Chen Hong.Under the current situation, it is understandable that he left the government affairs to Gao Gong, but he did not give Chen Hong any special instructions. Instead, he summoned brothers Zhu Xizhong and Zhu Xixiao one after another, which is very interesting.

Zhu Xizhong is the No. 1 nobleman of the Jingnan Department, and theoretically he is still the top leader of the Beijing camp. No matter what the emperor summoned him, the root cause should be to stabilize the situation in the capital.It is impossible for Gao Gong to rebel, and the emperor would not think that Gao Gong had such intentions, so there is no need to pay too much attention to this one.

Zhu Xixiao is the governor of Jinyiwei. He not only has some military power, but also has a lot of independent supervision power, among which independent supervision power is more important.But Dongchang also has the right to supervise. The emperor summoned Zhu Xixiao instead of Feng Bao, who was closer to him. Obviously, he trusted Zhu Xixiao more.It seems that Zhu Xixiao may have some special missions at hand, probably someone who is being watched, but although Cheng Guo Gongfu has close contacts with Gao Yushi, Gao Yushi will never go to Zhu Xixiao to ask about this matter - after all, as long as Zhu Xixiao has no brains, He will definitely not say it.

It would be better to ask Zhu Yingzhen than to ask him, but unfortunately Zhu Yingzhen will probably be kept in the dark.But in any case, Gao Wushi didn't really believe that the emperor had any suspicions about Gao Gong, so Gao Wushi thought that he could basically ignore it on the side of the emperor and the two brothers of the Chengguo government.

The most worthy of attention are Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng.

(End of this chapter)