Tianshou Mountain, in the side hall of the Thanksgiving Palace.

Shen Shixing had just put down the letterhead and was about to think about it, when he suddenly heard a report from the accompanying housekeeper outside, saying that Zhang Bingbi, the master of ceremonies, had come to visit and asked the master if he had seen it.

At this moment, there is only one person in the Ming Dynasty, "Zhang Bingbi", that is, Zhang Cheng, who came to Tianshou Mountain with him to overthrow the Emperor's Shou Palace.

Shen Shixing's heart moved, and he asked, "Has the Duke of Dingguo ever come with him?" ”

"Back to the master, no."

Shen Shixing nodded slightly and said, "Please come in with Zhang Bingbi...... Don't be too ostentatious. The latter sentence was obviously instructed by the butler, and the butler answered.

However, as soon as Zhang Cheng came, Shen Shixing realized that his confession just now was completely meaningless, because Zhang Cheng did not mean to hide people's ears at all, and wore a big red silk flying fish suit in the style of an eunuch, and came in with a swagger.

Shen Shixing inevitably felt a little disdain in his heart when he saw him acting like this, but he didn't show half of it on his face, but got up and took two steps forward.

Fortunately, Zhang Cheng finally remembered that the person in front of him was the first assistant of the dynasty, and took the initiative to give his hand and said: "Yuanfu didn't have a lunch break?" ”

Shen Shixing returned the salute casually and smiled slightly: "At the beginning of the big responsibility, I am afraid that the auxiliary government will fail, how can I have time to take a lunch break?" ”

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Yuanfu works hard, and the emperor and our family are all in the eyes." ”

Shen Shixing smiled and didn't speak, just waved his hand and asked Zhang Cheng to sit down. He secretly sneered in his heart: You are also worthy of thinking with the emperor? Do you see in the eyes? What's the use of it in your eyes?

Zhang Cheng didn't think there was anything wrong with his words, he was the emperor's close attendant, which meant that he could blow the wind in his ears to the emperor at any time, and this ability itself was enough to make anyone in the outer court dare not underestimate him.

However, Zhang Cheng forgot the particularity of Mr. Shen in front of him, Mr. Shen was not only the "head teacher" when Zhu Yijun was still the prince, but also the first assistant of the court. According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how powerful the eunuch is, he can't prevent Mr. Shen's voice from reaching the emperor's ears, and it is still very difficult to frame Shoufu by blinding the emperor.

Because of this, Shen Shixing didn't think that Zhang Cheng had anything great, and he was even more embarrassed by Zhang Cheng's big arrogance. It's just that Mr. Shen is a mental science boss after all, and he pays attention to a graceful bearing, even if he looks down on a million people in his heart, he usually doesn't show it directly on his face.

"I don't know what to learn here? But for the sake of His Majesty's Shou Palace? Shen Shixing's housekeeper sent the tea at the most opportune time, and Shen Shixing asked appropriately.

Zhang Cheng immediately waved his hand: "What can happen to Shou Palace?" How can there be something wrong with so many high-ranking people who have been surveying the place that they have chosen for several years? And if that's true...... Hehe, can we still see what is famous? Our family just followed Yuanfu for a while. ”

Shen Shixing said secretly: Even if you are still a little self-aware.

"Then Bingbi is here......" Shen Shixing asked suspiciously.

Zhang Cheng pointed to the bookcase beside Shen Shixing and said, "In this letter in Yuan Fu's hand, it must also be the right thing to call the platform, right?" ”

Shen Shixing smiled slightly: "There is something in the court, and it is inevitable that someone will have to inform the cabinet." ”

Zhang Cheng chuckled lightly and said, "It is worthy of being the old man of Yuanfu, this is really a weighty thing to say - don't you think this thing is a little strange?" ”

Shen Shixing looked surprised: "Oh, is it? I want to ask Bingbi, why is this matter strange? ”

Zhang Cheng didn't even hear that Shen Shixing was tricking him, and when he heard the words, he thought that Shen Shixing, the former champion, was stupid in reading, and he couldn't even see this problem, so he couldn't help but be a little proud, and said: "Yuanfu should know that this platform is called to put it bluntly, and almost all of them let the feudal vassals answer the emperor's questions...... However, this high truth-seeking is not a feudal territory, he is an official of the military department! ”

Shen Shixing smiled and nodded: "Although Gao Gongbao is a young Sima now, a month or two ago, wasn't he also a feudal territory?" What Feng Jiang knows, he also knows. What's more, since the emperor announced that he was summoned to the platform, nine times out of ten it was to know the situation in Liaodong. At present, Zhou Yanjin (Zhou Yong, from Yanjin County, Kaifeng Prefecture) and Li Dacheng (Li Song, from Dacheng County, Bazhou) are not in Beijing, and it is natural for the emperor to consult the high palace to protect the government, what is the strange? ”

Zhang Cheng finally felt that something was wrong, and frowned: "It seems that Yuanfu is not very comfortable with our family, and he refuses to tell the truth......" He frowned, shook his head and said: "Yuanfu doesn't have to be like this, although our family and Yuanfu may not be the same, but one thing is the same: there are people who stand in the way of our road." ”

Shen Shixing laughed: "Bingbi said this, but the cabinet department didn't understand it, please Bingbi make it clear, how about it?" ”

Zhang Cheng pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Yuanfu, our family is indeed not afraid to tell you clearly: although the person who stopped on the road of our house was not Gao Gongbao himself, but if he was not there, those who stood in the way would not be more than Erer in the eyes of our family." As for Mr. Shen, although it seems that you have reached the top of the ranks, you might as well ask yourself, the current situation...... Do you really have the ambition and pride of 'being at the top of the mountain and seeing the mountains at a glance'? ”

When he said this, he smiled: "Yuanfu, let's just ask two words: Now that you are in the cabinet, can you still have even one helper?" Now that you are in the inner court, do you have even one helper? ”

The smile on Shen Shixing's face finally couldn't be maintained, and he muttered: "So Bingbi is here to seek allies?" ”

Zhang Cheng smiled: "Doesn't Yuanfu need an ally in the inner court?" ”

Shen Shixing's smile was a little cold, and he said lightly: "Zhang Whale also used this rhetoric to cooperate with my brother Bingzhong before, but what his ending is, Bingbi should be very clear." ”

"Of course we know, it's all too clear." Zhang Cheng snorted lightly, shook his head and said, "The reason why Zhang Whale didn't succeed is not because he chose the wrong ally, but because he found the wrong helper. ”

Allies and helpers?

Shen Shixing secretly savored the meaning of these two words.

However, Zhang Cheng seems to be very "sincere", he doesn't need Shen Shixing to taste it by himself at all, but gives a straightforward conclusion: "Although it is better for him to find Yu Ge Lao directly, it is better to find Mr. Shen directly, but it is still right after all, what is wrong is that he also found Liu Shouyou at the same time." Mr. Shen, do you know what he is wrong about? ”

Shen Shixing frowned and said, "I want to ask Bingbi for advice." ”

Zhang Cheng smiled, shook his head and said, "Zhang Whale thought that Liu Shouyou had the Jinyi Guard, so he could secretly check Gao Gongbao's black material, but he didn't know how thoroughly the emperor's trust in Gao Gongbao was. Let's put it this way, in the emperor's heart, even if the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military forces lose him, Gao Gongbao will not fail him! ”

Shen Shixing was shocked.

Zhang Cheng didn't seem to be enjoying it, and still continued: "Liu Shouyou found some arrangements of Gao Gongbao in Annan at that time, and then took them to be alarmist in front of the emperor - Mr. Shen didn't see the emperor's expression at that time, but it happened that our family was waiting for the emperor at that time - the emperor looked disgusted at that time, and only asked Liu Shouyou to go down." But after Liu Shouyou left, the emperor looked at his back and said two words: 'stupid'. ”

Shen Shixing's face became more and more solemn.

"Alas......" Zhang Cheng looked embarrassed, and seemed to shake his head a little gloatingly: "Liu Shouyou has received this evaluation, our family thinks it is really appropriate." ”

Shen Shixing really didn't understand how this was appropriate, and frowned: "How can you see it?" ”

Zhang Cheng snorted and smiled, and said, "Yuan Fu doesn't know, Gao Gongbao never lies in front of the emperor. ”

Shen Shixing's brows furrowed even deeper: "This is the duty of a human minister. ”

"Is it my duty?" Zhang Cheng laughed: "How many people can do such a duty?" ”

Shen Shixing's complexion was even more difficult to look at, but he no longer spoke up.

Zhang Cheng waved his hand and said: "But our family hasn't finished talking yet-although Gao Gongbao never lies in front of the emperor, but from our family's observation over the years, we found that although he doesn't lie, there are many times when he doesn't finish speaking." ”

Shen Shixing secretly said in his heart: Isn't this also nonsense? Who dares to say everything to the emperor? It is human nature to avoid the important and light, and this is true of high pragmatism, but is it not the case with other people? Even if I am Shen Rumo, do I dare to really know everything and say everything?

Who knew that Zhang Cheng hadn't finished speaking, Shen Shixing could only hear him and continued: "And Gao Gongbao has a particularly powerful way of doing things, that is, no matter what happens, he can always find a reason that is particularly in line with the emperor's mind to persuade the emperor to support him, instead of using big reasons to force the emperor to agree with his approach - Mr. Shen, do you know the difference between the two?" ”

Shen Shixing could understand the difference, but for some reason, he suddenly felt very angry, and couldn't help but say: "This is what the minister did!" ”

This made Zhang Cheng a little displeased, because he actually felt that Gao Shishi's hand was very exquisite, and he was like their predecessors who were eunuchs secretly mastering the emperor, and let the emperor accept his opinions quietly, instead of being like those self-righteous scholars and scholars, who put on a big show all day long and used Confucius to suppress the emperor.

If you were the emperor, you don't like this kind of person, do you? Who likes to be lectured all day long when their brains are having a convulsion? Even ordinary people and ordinary people are not happy, let alone the emperor!

But Zhang Cheng is also not here to talk to Shen Shixing about learning and Taoism now, so he put aside this dislike and turned the topic back: "If you are a minister or not, it doesn't matter if you say it, so we won't mention it." In short, Gao Gongbao used this set of methods, plus he and the emperor grew up together...... The little thing Liu Shouyou was looking for was not enough to see! Let's make it clear, Liu Shouyou wants to shake Gao Gongbao's status in the eyes of the emperor in this kind of matter, it is completely impossible. ”

Shen Shixing narrowed his eyes: "Then in Bingbi's opinion, what kind of thing can shake Gao Gongbao's holy family?" ”

"Yuansuke's sentence is to the point." Zhang Cheng laughed: "But what our family said just now hasn't finished - about the origin of the high palace protector." ”

"Oh?" Shen Shixing bowed his hand slightly: "Please ask." ”

"The Son of Heaven is small, the nephew of Wenzheng, and the champion of the six heads...... These world's well-known advantages of our family will not be said. Zhang Cheng suddenly stretched out a finger and said: "The real root cause of Gao Gongbao's immortality lies in one sentence: he can always solve problems for the emperor." ”

When Shen Shixing heard this, he couldn't help but get upright.

It seems like...... Is that really the case?

Zhang Cheng said again: "And Yuanfu, you see, Gao Gongbao solves the problem of trouble for the emperor, he doesn't have to wait for the trouble to appear before solving it, sometimes even if the trouble has not appeared, or when the trouble is still covered up, he may take the initiative to find out the trouble and then solve it!" ”

Shen Shixing pondered and asked, "For example? ”

"Annan, for example!" Zhang Cheng said solemnly: "Our family remembers that when he was in Guangxi, no one in the imperial court cared about Annan's affairs at that time, but what about Gao Gongbao?" He was just a Guangxi patrol at the time, and it stands to reason that Annan's affairs had nothing to do with him, but he took the initiative to intervene - why did he say? ”

Before Shen Shixing could speak, Zhang Cheng first added: "This may seem like nothing to others, but ...... Hehe, it's nothing to be able to find out the matter, and if you can solve it cleanly after finding it out, that's amazing, and the emperor can't help but be unhappy. ”

"Let's just talk about the incident in Annan, Xuanmiao has already pressed the matter down, everyone is used to it, but occasionally when I think about it, I still feel sorry - so Gao Gongbao stood up, he not only stood up, but also solved the matter without using a single soldier of the imperial court, without spending a penny on the imperial court!

Tell me, in this case, he has some backhands in Annan, what will the emperor say? No, because this Annan is for the emperor, it is picked up on the road! In the emperor's heart, the biggest benefit of the so-called recovery of Annan is not what benefits Annan can bring to the imperial court, but that he is in a happy mood without losing money - abandoned by his ancestors, he is taken back by me today! Think about it, what should the emperor's opinion of Gao Gongbao be at that time? ”

Shen Shi's face was as heavy as water, but he was thoughtful.

Zhang Cheng said again: "Next, Gao Gongbao just returned to Beijing, and immediately went to Tumut - there is no need to go into detail about this, Gao Wenzheng made a good start back then, and Gao Gongbao gave him a complete success." This Mongolian disaster has harmed the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and their uncle and nephew have actually solved it in this way in more than ten years, and even gave the emperor hope to completely solve the Mongolians! Motosuke, you can imagine how strong the emperor's trust in Gao Miyasu was after the Battle of Monan, right? ”

Shen Shixing said with a gloomy face: "In my opinion, this is also 'something good at the top, and it will be very bad at the bottom', and there is a way that 'although the country is big, the warlike will die', like him, ......"

"Eh, Motosuke, it's not interesting to talk about this now." Zhang Cheng waved his hand and said: "What we need to focus on now is not these truths, but how to break the holy family of Gao Gongbao!" Now that we know how his favor is maintained, shouldn't we think about it from this point of view? ”

Shen Shixing frowned and said, "What do you think about this?" He instigated the emperor to fight the Mongols, can the cabinet still say that Mongolia is a friend of my Ming Dynasty, and it is not appropriate to impose it on the sword soldiers? Joke, the Yuan Court is my Ming feud, the Yuan Court is not destroyed, and the Ming hatred is not stopped! ”

Well...... Gao Pragmatic may not agree with this. Of course, it doesn't matter, at least the Ming people at this time basically think so, no one would have expected that in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty actually bribed Lin Dan Khan to fight with the Jurchen Tartars, and the feud could turn into an ally.

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "He instigated the emperor to fight the Yuan Court, this will definitely not be stopped, after all, the emperor also wants to fight." However, we can think about it from another angle. ”

"Oh? Which angle? Shen Shixing asked.

Zhang Cheng smiled more and more happily, raised his eyebrows and said: "If he wants to fight, let him fight, as long as we can let him lose this battle, then it's fine." ”

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