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Chapter 794 The Last Lunch (Part 2)

. "What's your intention?" With Gao Gong's loud questioning, a muffled thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, followed by a crackling raindrop as big as beans. It turned out that at some point outside, dark clouds were already overwhelming the city, and the sky was dark.

But none of the parents in the room looked out. Their eyes were on Xu Jie and Gao Gong who had completely torn their faces. They knew that the Ming Dynasty's court had changed irreversibly.

Xu Jie was still picking up food and delivering it to his mouth. After a long time, he stopped chopsticks, picked up the cloth to wipe his mouth, and then said in a deep voice: "It's wrong for Xinzheng to say this. You said I made a lot of talks and manipulated them to expel the old people of Yudi, but I recommended you Gao Xinzheng to the cabinet. Four of the five masters of Yudi now have become Grand Secretary. If I want to expel the old people of the vassal palace, why bother to invite you to the cabinet?" This was reasonable and Gao Gong was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that he was silent, Xu Jie rang the railway while the fire was hot: "Besides, there were many people talking, hundreds of censors, and everyone had their own ideas. How could I get it one by one? How could I get it to attack the Duke?" He paused, and said with a sarcastic tone: "If it can be done, why did you let me be beautiful? Let's make a good talk together!"

Gao Gong could not have imagined that Xu Jie's counterattack was so sharp, which was the only thing they saw since they worked together. Obviously, either Xu Jie had been hidden and only showed up at this critical moment; or he had been thinking about it for a long time and was waiting for him to ask questions.

However, no matter which one, it can explain one problem, that is, Mr. Xu, whose reputation is not false.

While he was stunned, Xu Jie also stood up. Although he was half a head shorter than Gao Gong, his momentum was completely overwhelming. He only heard him pursue the victory and said: "As for the last edict, the late emperor was as kind as a mountain. I, Xu Jie, would never betray the late emperor. "The reason I wanted to write that way" was just to win the hearts of the late emperor and to calm the troubles, it came out from the late emperor. It was offending the late emperor, but in the final analysis, it was still for the reputation behind the late emperor! Youyou couldn't stop everyone, so they could only have nothing to say!"

"It's such a lotus..." Gao Gong came to his senses and sneered and said repeatedly: "According to what you said, I'm afraid that the evil of the king back then would have become a false and impolite. I have to do it! It's ridiculous!"

"No," Xu Jie was not upset, but said calmly: "Duke Gao accused me of writing green poems for the late emperor and actively assisting the emperor in practicing. Yes, this is my mistake..." Everyone was amazed at why Mr. Xu suddenly admitted his mistake, but listened to him and said to Gao Gong with a strong mockery: "But have you forgotten? I also wanted to help the emperor practice, but I was not qualified to be squeezed down."

"All nonsense!" Gao Gong said in anger and shame: "Gei Master Xu, do you have any evidence to slander me?"

"Is there any evidence" seems to be really..." Xu Jie patted his head and said to Gao Gong with a faint joke: "When I was also the Minister of Rites, the late emperor once used a secret letter for me, saying: "Gao Gong wrote a letter to ask, I would like to serve in the veterinary work, can you please? This secret letter is still in my hands. Do you want to take it out and review it?"

Xu Jie's tone is still calm, as if he is telling a trivial matter of family matters, but the content of the words is the best fight against Gao Gong. In fact, there is a suspicion of changing the concept in his words. If you really want to "pick up people's hearts" for the late emperor, then don't make it known to everyone. Now everyone in the world knows that "the will is your Xu Jie's masterpiece. They will only thank you Xu Jie, how can you be grateful to Jiajing? So Gao Gong said that he relies on belittling the late emperor to save himself" and it is not unfair. However, Xu Jie has a superb verbal war

Skills, before the other party could react, he began to reveal Gao Gong's shortcomings again, and revealed a piece of old secret that Gao Gong thought he was unaware of, but he didn't realize it. As a result, Gao Gong was embarrassed, "I can't speak. I was afraid that he would say something that would ruin his face, so I could only lose... In this game, the close contact between the chief assistant and the chief assistant came with the chief assistant, and took the initiative to provoke first, but ended with the chief assistant defeating and fighting, and it was a complete victory. Obviously, the gap between the two was almost in all aspects...

Although a round of artillery fire broke Gao Gong into a scorchy outside and tender inside, Xu Jie also lost face... The chief minister of the cabinet and the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty were actually humiliated in public by his deputy. No matter what the result was, his reputation would be greatly damaged. So after Xu Jie knocked Gao Gong over, he turned himself into a bitter face and clasped his fists at everyone without saying a word, and walked out of the cafeteria without saying a heavy and slow step.

This quarrel, which is the highest standard in the Ming Dynasty, was too shocking, and as fierce and short as an explosion... After Gao Gong attacked, Xu Jie completed the reversal in a few words and locked in the victory, so that no one present had time to persuade him. When Xu Jie was about to walk out of the canteen, Zhang Juzheng and Li Chunfang hurriedly chased him out.

The remaining few people were one step late, and it was not easy to go out all of them, so they guarded Gao Gong there, fearing that something would happen to him... Gao Ge Lao has always been showing off his appearance as a straight minister and a Zheng Chen, but now he has been beaten up by Xu Jie. In people's hearts, he will inevitably become vulgar and hypocritical. This is called Gao Ge Lao who regards reputation as life. How can he feel? Gao Gong is not as fragile as they imagined, and he is not very excited. He sat on the chair, his eyes straight, and he looked ahead without any focus, muttering to himself, but no one can hear it clearly." ""

Shen Mo was also in a bad mood. He actually had expectations for today's meal. He really hoped that both parties could be matched by their colleagues at the emperor's request. Even if the two of them looked apart and had different dreams in the future, as long as Gao Gong was there, it would be better than not. So he tried his best to persuade him that day, and Gao Gong was also moved, and he was quite sincere in reconciliation... Besides, even if he didn't want to reconcile, he wouldn't completely tear his face!

You should know that the war between the big bosses has always been fought in front, and the big bosses sit in the back and plan... Just like what Xu Jie has done all the time, even if the fight is fierce, the big bosses will not go into battle in person. First, they cannot lose their dignity. "The clay pot will inevitably break by the well, and the general will always die in the formation." Once you go into the formation, you may be torn apart and lose face, "Just like Gao Gong and Xu Jie today; second, "stay a line of people" and meet in the future, and you will be in the officialdom.

There is nothing to fight, most of them aim to defeat the other party, and the situation is changing very quickly. Maybe they were still opponents at the last moment, but they became allies at the next moment. It is common for the enemy to change. So the big guys are out of the matter, and in the future, they will have ambitions together, and they will not be too embarrassed: In the end, if they don’t take action personally, even if they are defeated, they will have a decent ending. Now Gao Gong broke the rules and carried the explosive bag himself, so he could only explain with a dazed head...

, But why did he suddenly faint? Shen Mo frowned and asked Chen Yiqin aside in a low voice, saying, "What happened? I was fine the day before yesterday."

"How did I know... Chen Yiqin was also depressed and said in a low voice: "As soon as I arrived at his house, I was so arrogant. Gaoge said he would not come. I tried to persuade him, but he ignored me with a dark face. He was annoyed by me, so he hid in the backyard. I couldn't leave, so I could only waste my time there until noon." I thought to myself, I would definitely not come. So I asked the butler to bring him a message and come back first. Who knows that it would be different.

A moment later, Gao Fu came out and said that the master had already cleaned up. "You can set off at any time." He said, shaking his head and smiling bitterly, "Mr. Gao didn't feel awkward again this time. He came out to meet soon. Before getting into the sedan chair, I said, "We have to hurry up, otherwise it will be too late. But he sneered and said, "What are you going to be here? I was busy on the way." I didn't think about it elsewhere. Now I wondered, when is the time of noon? He clearly was going to work hard!"

Seeing Chen Yiqin winking at the depressed and hard, he patted his shoulder silently and said softly: "It's not your fault." You are not the worm in his stomach, "..."

Two people were talking, and Guo Pu also called Gao Gong's soul back. At this time, Li Chunfang came in from outside. In just a while, the corner of his mouth was blistered, which shows how angry he was just now. Li Chunfang looked at Gao Gong and bowed deeply and said, "Gei Master, you are my senior and boss. From which point of view, it's not my turn to talk about you, but now I want to say a few words. Today, this matter is yours, not the head of the court, and it will be in chaos for a day. You and Yuan Fu have been leaving the house for half a month. In the past half month, we have lived like a year for a few of us. Although we have worked hard, we still have a mess... "George, the country cannot be without a peaceful cabinet, and the cabinet cannot be without the zither of you and the chief minister!" After a pause, he said: "You often say that the emperor trusts the cabinet, and we should take responsibility and share the worries for the emperor. But now the cabinet not only cannot share the worries for the emperor, but has become the emperor's worries.

These days, more than a dozen handwritten instructions come down every day, all of which ask about the two of them’s current situation, which makes the Sacred Heart worry so much. The Master and the Official said something bluntly, and they have lost their duty as a minister!"

Gao Gong was already confused. He didn't know what medicine he had been given, so he even vented a slaughter of evil fire here. What was even more depressed was that after venting, he was not happy at all. Instead, his heart was like a bunch of weeds, making him want to scream loudly and tear everything in front of him... However, every word of Li Chunfang's words was like a big rock, pressing heavily on him, more and more, heavier, making him unable to move, and even breathing was difficult.

Seeing Gao Gong still was still there, Li Chunfang's face darkened, and she lifted the bottom of the official robe and knelt down for him: "Master Ge, can I beg you? Master Xu was persuaded by us, and Zhang Taiyue was with him in the room. You can go and apologize and accept it. At least we can pass this lock and talk for the time being..." As he said that, he burst into tears.

Everyone hurried to help Li Chunfang up and saw that he was already crying. This gentle college student had been tortured by the recent chaos and almost collapsed.

If the outsider is like this, let alone the depressed soldiers in the hearts of the person involved; and if the cabinet is like this, how impetuous and chaotic should the entire Beijing officialdom be?

Silently watched from the side. If he had been Gao Gong and had already broken up, he would definitely not lower his head and let the other party humiliate him again. If that happens, he really doesn't know what the meaning is except for humiliating himself...

However, Gao Gong was in chaos and nodded under Li Chunfang's persuasion, stood up and followed him out.

There was no reason for silence to stop him from going, so he could only stand there firmly, looking at the tall and hunched back, his heart was filled with sadness. Gao Suqing's heroic and great talent actually took this part to humiliate him! Failure.........is already destined.

Suddenly I felt a little cold on my face, and I felt a little silence," as if it was a raindrop that suddenly flew in, but why was it a little warm?

How did Gao Gong apologize to Xu Jie, what did the two say... Silence didn't even want to know at all. The other cabinet members were guarding outside the door of the chief minister's office, only he stood in the corridor opposite, looking at the live drama in front of him expressionlessly. He had always had fantasies before, but now he finally realized that Gao Gong had failed and his shield was gone!

There was no time to be sad about Gao Gong, and his brain began to spin rapidly. He had prepared several plans long ago. Which one should be adopted and whether to modify it? All this requires time to think about, so he temporarily became a bystander. It was not until Gao Gong and Xu Jie came out of the "room" that he walked over again.

The two old men's faces were still covered with clouds, and they just comforted everyone and said, "It's okay, it's okay..."

Several cabinet ministers had no choice but to echo: "It's okay, it's okay..."

Can it be fine? This is not a kid quarrel." I forget it when I look back, I am afraid I will never heal today's trauma for the rest of my life. Xu Jie and Gao Gong both felt that they had no face to stay, so they went home with their feet and Guo Pu followed them.

Seeing that the three cabinet masters were sent away, the four cabinet officials in the cabinet were still the original cabinet members. This painfully planned reconciliation banquet not only did not work, but instead made the situation worse. Li Chunfang was covered in fatigue and depression. She turned around and entered the yard without saying a word.

"What's the matter..." Chen Yiqin also shook his head and walked into the cabinet.

Under the Huiji Sect, only Chen Si and Zhang Juzheng were left. The two of them stood quietly in the gatehouse, and the rain kept falling. The atmosphere was not very harmonious... Zhang Juzheng couldn't stand this depressing atmosphere and was about to say that we should go back too. But seeing Chen Si staring at him with eyes, he said a little tantrum: "Why do you think of me like this?"

"You did a good thing..." Chen Si withdrew his gaze and looked back at the endless rain curtain.

"………………” Zhang Juzheng was startled and immediately looked around. He discovered that the silent guard had protected the surroundings at some point.

With the sound of rain all over the sky, there is no need to worry about the sound of the walls. He realized that "silence is not asking for verification, but has already been convinced." His hand chuckled and said, "I said, I don't want to see everything return to its original state." As he said that, he reached out and felt the coldness of the raindrops, saying, "Winter is too long, and a thunderstorm is required to make spring come soon!"

"Be careful that haste will not be achieved." Silently lowered his eyelids.

"Okay, don't pretend to be a good person, no one knows who..." Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "I'm afraid someone is behind Xu She's bulletin..."

"No." Silently said indifferently.

"You can refuse to admit it because no one will catch your evidence." Zhang Juzheng smiled and pointed to his head and said, "But I only believe here and there is no need for evidence."

"Whatever you think?" Silent sighed softly: "Anyway, end this dispute soon."

"Yes..." Zhang Juzheng nodded and said, "During this period, the officials of the Department have called out quarrels and slandered the flames, which has caused the government to stagnate, and the military wind is very bad, so they must return to normal immediately... That's why I ignite Gao Gong again." After that, he smiled and looked at the silent, "Do you feel that I am a little smarter than you?"

"Not necessarily." Chen Jian raised his lips and said, "You are fishing for troubled waters, and I am taking millet from the fire. The difficulty is different, let alone, are you sure to win?"

"Okay, let's take a look." Zhang Juzheng enjoyed this feeling of playing chess by a master. He was full of energy and smiled and said, "I want to see how you will make a move."

"I won't disappoint you." Chen Si stretched out his hand, took the umbrella handed over by the guard, and walked into the rainy curtain in the sky, and soon disappeared.

Looking at the direction where he disappeared, Zhang Juzheng looked a little solemn. It seems that if you don’t know, don’t do it unless you do it. He thought that through such a secret channel, Gao Gong knew Xu Jie’s determination and backup plan, which could not only make Gao Gong grateful to him, but also promote the results to come out earlier, but also be able to continue to be a good student with the teacher without knowing it.

But now it seems that I have underestimated others. I can guess the truth after being silent for a while. I am afraid the teacher can guess it too?

I thought about it again, it may not be. After all, silence is purely based on guessing. In this messy era of chaotic battles, everyone is a suspect and cannot die.

Thinking of this, he felt relieved and thought, "Did he do what Xu She did? Zhang Juzheng had no evidence, but he was a little suspicious. He was exposed by Chen Si and did not want to show weakness, so he said it out, but the silent reaction still made him unable to judge who did it.
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