prosperous age

Chapter 819 908 Ginseng

"Gao Shoufu, Zhang Ge Lao."

Outside the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Feng Baochong, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng held their fists together.

When Gao Gong saw Feng Bao here, he raised his eyebrows and asked with disdain, "Is the prince in the palace?"

"Hearing that the emperor was in poor health, His Royal Highness hurried over."

Feng Bao scolded Gao Gong half to death in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face.

There was a flash of contempt in Gao Gong's eyes just now. Feng Bao was not blind, so how could he not know it.

If this had to be the case in the palace, everyone would have someone, so they would get the news so quickly.

Not long after Emperor Longqing got up today, he felt a little dizzy, so he sent someone to urgently recruit an imperial doctor.

Even before the imperial doctor arrived, the news had already reached Feng Bao's ears.

Ever since he felt that Emperor Longqing was in poor health, Feng Bao secretly sent his godson and godson to serve the emperor in Qianqing Palace, which was actually to inquire about information.

He had sent them before, but not many people.

Feng Bao was the one who sent the news from his godson. As for Gao Gong, it was naturally the bitch Chen Hong who informed him.

How could the great eunuchs in the palace not arrange people around the emperor like them?

Not to mention anything else, when there is something to attend, you can tell whether the emperor is in a good mood or not by just looking at the people serving around him.

"How is your Majesty now? Has the imperial doctor come?"

Gao Gong didn't notice the change in Feng Bao's expression. He just looked at Feng Bao with his nostrils at this time. He only cared about Emperor Longqing's body, so he asked directly.

"The imperial doctor is inside. After the prince went in, the emperor asked us to come out."

Feng Bao didn't waste any time and answered immediately after Gao Gong asked.

Gao Gong only had a good look towards Chen Hong, but he didn't even look at others like Meng Chong, so Feng Bao was just unhappy in his heart but didn't dare to show it.

When Teng Xiang was still there, he gave Gao Gong eye drops, but Emperor Longqing obviously trusted Gao Gong, so instead of telling Gao Gong, he scolded Teng Xiang.

Gao Gong didn't know about these things and still carried Chen Hong, but Meng Chong and Feng Bao did.

At this time, the young eunuch who had gone in to pay homage came out. The one who walked in front was Prince Zhu Yijun. As soon as he went out, he saw Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, and hurriedly walked a few steps forward to salute.

"Hello, Chief Executive Gao, hello Master Zhang."

"Meet His Highness the Crown Prince."

The three of them saluted each other almost at the same time. In public, Gao Gong still had different attitudes towards people with different identities.

"How is your Majesty's health?"

Gao Gong stood up and asked.

"Father is in good health. He just said he was a little dizzy before, but he's fine now."

Zhu Yijun said.

"Can the imperial doctor tell you why?"

Gao Gong continued to ask.

"It was said that he was overworked. The imperial doctor asked my father to pay more attention to rest."

Zhu Yijun replied with a serious face.

"Shou Fu Gao, Mr. Zhang Ge, the emperor invites you to come in."

While the three of them were talking, the little eunuch stepped forward and interjected with a flattering smile.

"The prince should go back to the palace to rest first. He will be leaving the pavilion to study soon, so the prince should make preparations early."

Gao Gong nodded to the little eunuch and said to Zhu Yijun.

"Yes."

Zhu Yijun lowered his head slightly, agreed, and then took Feng Bao out of the palace and said, "Feng Banban, follow me back to the palace."

Feng Bao first rushed to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, and then quickly caught up with Prince Zhu Yijun and walked out behind him.

However, the moment he passed by Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, he turned his head and glanced at Zhang Juzheng, who had not spoken much since he came here.

In fact, there was no need for Wei Guangde to remind Feng Bao that the only person who could compete with Gao Gong in the capital was Zhang Juzheng. Although he was only the second assistant, in fact, in all aspects, the two had the same say.

It's just that there is a distinction between superiority and inferiority in the cabinet, so in the cabinet, Gao Gong can speak louder.

But the effect of the notes sent out is actually the same, and there is no difference between them.

As for the yamen receiving notes from Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng at the same time that they had different opinions, whoever's instructions should be followed depends on whose person the person who took the note was.

That is to say, the neutral faction will feel in a dilemma. Those who have their own faction will naturally help their masters.

Even if someone raises objections afterwards, they can still come up with another note to talk about the matter. The left and right are just arguing in the cabinet and have nothing to do with the outside world.

It's a pity that Zhang Juzheng now feels as if he is dwarfed when he walks outside. He has no intention of competing with him. This makes Feng Bao a little disappointed.

Such Zhang Juzheng is not an ally that can be cooperated with.

Although Gao Gong occupied the great righteousness of the cabinet and placed many of his own people in the six departments, Zhang Juzheng inherited most of Xu Jie's political legacy, and with the help of veterans like Yang Bo, Feng Bao couldn't figure out why Zhang Juzheng acted like this. .

In fact, Zhang Juzheng is also in trouble now. Xu Jie is like Zhang Juzheng's weakness, now being controlled by Gao Gong.

He could only choose the same strategy as his teacher Xu Jie used against Yan Song, hiding first and waiting for the opportunity to kill him with one blow.

You can only wait until the opportunity arises and capture Gao Gong directly. Otherwise, if you act rashly, there is no telling who will capture whom.

Today at the cabinet, I heard Gao Gong say that Emperor Longqing was in poor health, so he followed Gao Gong over, but didn't think much about it.

In his eyes, Emperor Longqing was only in his thirties, so nothing could possibly happen to him. Even if he fell ill by chance, it would not be a serious problem. At most, he would recover after resting in bed for a few days.

Unless Gao Gong made a mistake that Emperor Longqing could not let go of, he found it difficult to make Gao Gong fall out of favor in front of the emperor.

If the emperor has always trusted Gao Gong, then naturally he can only continue to wait for the opportunity.

He believed that a conceited person like Gao Gong would show up sooner or later, preferably by making a treasonous mistake and making a mistake that Emperor Longqing could not forgive.

Following Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng also walked into the Qianqing Palace. Feng Bao naturally didn't know what happened inside. At most, the two cabinet ministers were concerned about Emperor Longqing's health and exchanged pleasantries to ask the emperor to take care of himself.

"Your Majesty still needs to pay more attention to your health. If there are no urgent matters in the past two days, you should put aside state affairs first. Your Majesty's body is the foundation of the country."

After Gao Gong asked the imperial doctor, he found out that Emperor Longqing's body was just in serious deficiencies and could only rest and recuperate, and he felt relieved.

As long as he doesn't have an emergency, the treatment is a trivial matter, just looking for some precious nourishing herbs.

These things are very difficult for ordinary people, but not so difficult for the royal family.

"Your Majesty, in addition to coming here to see your body this time, there is something else that needs to be handled by Your Majesty."

At the end, Gao Gong took out a memorial from his sleeve as he spoke.

Emperor Longqing was actually well now. He was just dizzy before, so he called the imperial doctor to take a look. He knew that he just needed treatment, so he didn't take it to heart.

"Who wrote the memorial?" Emperor Longqing asked, leaning on the couch.

"Du Huazhong, the censor of Fujian Province, impeached General Wang Rulong of Fujian South Road. The Fujian Guerrilla General Office commanded the Qianshi Jinke, the Dusi Military and Political Bureau commanded the Qianshi Zhu Jue, the left minister of the Ministry of War Gu Zhongxu, the minister of Dali Temple He Kuan, Fujian's inspector-general Mo Rushan, Fujian's transportation envoy Si Yun-guan Li Tingguan, Fuzhou Prefecture's promotion officer Li Yizhong, and Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of the prime minister's military training affairs and guarding Jizhou and other departments."

After the emperor asked the question, Gao Gong quickly read out a series of names and their official positions.

"What is impeachment about?"

Upon hearing that so many people were involved, Emperor Longqing frowned and asked.

"According to the report of Du Huazhong, the imperial censor, Wang Rulong invaded the army's food supply, accepted bribes of more than three thousand taels of silver, accepted heavy bribes from the Guang bandits, raped good women, and was corrupt and cruel.

Jin Keke reduced the reward for his merits and military rations, and defrauded him of more than 7,000 taels of silver.

Zhu Jue expropriated military pay, demanded more than 5,000 taels of silver, and executed innocent people.

Jin Ke and Zhu Jue asked Qi Jiguang to bribe Gu Zhongxu with 2,000 taels of silver in order to indulge themselves in the Ministry of War inspection and minimize the major incident.

Gu ordered the governor of Fujian to inquire about the case. Jin and Zhu sent 700 taels of silver and silk cloth to the governor He Kuan. He ordered Li Tingguan and Li Yizhong to inquire about the case.

Jin and Zhu also sent them to the court to watch, and one of them got 700 taels, and each took it lightly.

The envoy Mo Rushan listened to his dance skills. Wang, Jin and Zhu each donated thousands of gold to bribe their relatives, and went to Beijing to listen to them on behalf of Xing Xing.

Du Huazhong begged his generals Wang, Jin, and Zhu to return to Fujian to strictly study the rules. He also begged the officials and soldiers to order Qi, Gu, He, and Li to be punished. "

There are a lot of eloquent stories, but the main point is actually that those generals in Fujian embezzled military pay, and after the incident, they bribed the Ministry of War and the officials handling the case to get away with it.

Zhang Juzheng actually didn't care much about the people involved. He only frowned slightly when Gao Gong said Qi Jiguang's name, but he was relieved immediately.

After Gao Gong forced Tan Lun away and installed his cronies to take over Jizhen, he vaguely felt that Qi Jiguang might not stay in Jizhen for long, but he did not expect to deal with Qi Jiguang in this way.

In fact, there are many ways to transfer Qi Jiguang. After all, the Prime Minister has done military training. If he were to directly transfer Qi Jiguang back to the Beijing camp and let him be responsible for the training, it would be difficult for the Ministry of War to refuse.

Unfortunately, Gao Gong planned to remove Qi Jiguang.

He should also be replaced by his people and take control of the Jizhen army.

Zhang Juzheng thought in his heart, after all, Qi Jiguang's army is the closest to the capital, and if there are any bad signs, it will indeed be a great threat.

However, this is actually more about political influence. There is no soil for rebellion in the Ming Dynasty. If Qi Jiguang intends to rebel, the soldiers below may not follow him.

It's okay to make a fuss over pay, but to rebel is a serious crime that kills him.

"Qi Jiguang?"

He and Zhang Juzheng thought of going together. Emperor Longqing didn't pay much attention to other officials because of their different official positions. However, Qi Jiguang left a deep impression on him, and he was very good. He knew that he was an army general supported by Wei Guangde.

This impression is naturally related to Longqing Dayue.

Although Qi Jiguang had already been released during that grand parade, Emperor Longqing often heard this name from the eunuchs and Wei Guangde.

In addition, it was difficult for Emperor Longqing not to remember the great reputation he had achieved in suppressing Japanese invaders in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places.

"Other matters should be handled according to the rules after verification. Regarding Qi Jiguang's matter, let the Ministry of War investigate first and then report it."

Emperor Longqing said.

Gao Gong was somewhat dissatisfied with Emperor Longqing's explanation, but he did not express it.

Now that the emperor was in poor health, it was inconvenient to delay his rest. Fortunately, most of the people had done so, and only one Qi Jiguang was left to review, and it was clear that he wanted to guarantor.

Thinking about it, Qi Jiguang's reputation is still very great. It makes sense that Emperor Longqing hoped that this general would help suppress Ji Zhen.

"According to the order."

Gao Gong could only accept the order and said, there is no need to say more now. If you really want to take action, then think of some way and use your hands and feet during the verification by the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, what needs to be done over there?"

On the way back to Qingning Palace, Feng Bao had learned about Emperor Longqing's illness from Zhu Yijun and knew that it was caused by those medicines.

When you are in your thirties, even if you are in the prime of life, if you take too many medicines and do too many things, your body will not be able to withstand it.

"It's just some nourishing herbs. There should be a lot of them in the palace."

Prince Zhu Yijun said casually without thinking too much.

"Nourishing herbs?"

When he heard Zhu Yijun said he wanted this thing, Feng Bao's mind immediately thought of the high-quality ginseng collected in Wei Guangde's home. They were all good things.

The ginseng that Wei Guangde speculates on is all aged. The ginseng that is one or twenty years old is not worth mentioning at all. All the ginseng is more than a hundred years old.

Feng Bao had a wild ginseng in his hand that was said to be 200 years old. He had also asked the doctors at the Imperial Hospital about it, and they all said it was a good thing and could be used to save lives in critical moments.

That ginseng plant was given to him by Wei Guangde when he was planning to purchase it for the palace. Although he didn't ask for any money, the ginseng purchased by the palace was of the highest quality, and the price was much higher than on the market.

"Prince, I remember that your Master Wei's house has a lot of good ginseng, which should be good tonic medicinal materials."

Feng Bao didn't understand medical science and only thought that ginseng could prolong life, so it must be a high-quality nourishing medicine.

"Really? Then let Master Wei give me some to play with next time."

Prince Zhu Yijun didn't know what ginseng was, so he just said it casually.

"Prince, that's what I mean. I wrote a letter to your Master Wei, asking him for the best ginseng, saying that it would be donated to His Majesty for his health care.

When you get the ginseng, you can send it to the emperor. The emperor will be very happy to know that you asked your master for it. "

When Feng Bao thought about this idea, he naturally wanted to see if he could mention Wei Guangde in front of Emperor Longqing, so as not to let the emperor forget about him.

"Oh, that's it, not bad."

Zhu Yijun was very happy at first when he heard this, but his face fell instantly, "Feng Banban, I can't write, how do you want me to write a letter to Master Wei."

"The old slave will write it, and the prince will stamp it with his seal."

Zhu Yijun was named the prince, and naturally he was also rewarded with a gold seal, something that represented his status.

"Okay, you write it."

Zhu Yijun suddenly became happy and asked for something for his father. He felt it was right to let his father know his filial piety.

Even though Zhu Yijun didn't study, it doesn't mean he was ignorant. He knew that the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety.

In fact, no one in the past dynasties would not say this as a matter of fact, but if they are not really filial, they can only say that it is just that.

However, since China deposed Confucianism, filial piety has been widely spread because of its important position in Confucianism.

When he wrote the letter, Feng Bao was still thinking about this in his mind. If he had known that the emperor would have a minor health problem so soon, why would he have written to Wei Guangde in the first place.

To be honest, it is really taboo to do this.

What a good thing it is to contact Wei Guangde in the name of the prince.

Even if someone finds out and talks about it, he is not afraid.

(End of this chapter)