The prerequisite for self-protection is to turn the blame and not let dirty water touch yourself. In fact, with Gao Gong's current power and the emperor's unconditional trust in him, as long as he can stay out of the matter, he can easily calm the bad influence of the matter.

"But someone always has to take responsibility..." Gao Gong was silent for a long time, his voice as if it was coming from the caisson above his head, tired and distant.

"It's very simple, whoever makes mistakes will be responsible." Zhang Juzheng turned the railway decisively: "Brother Suqing knows that there is still a turning point for a hero to cut off his arm. If he keeps breaking, he will be all done!"

"But..." Gao Gong wanted to say that the Shanxi Gang had a chrysanthemum deal with him, and Yang Bo gave up his position as the Heavenly Official to himself. How could he not save his junior?

This is impossible to say, but he believes Zhang Juzheng can understand it.

"Brother Suqing, after such a big mistake, the person involved will definitely not be able to get out of here. Now he is asked to take the blame for his own good. At least how to deal with him, the initiative is still in the hands of Brother Suqing. When things get bigger, even the King of Heaven will not be able to protect him..."

Zhang Juzheng advised earnestly: "He can protect Wang Jianchuan if he takes the initiative. If Governor Xuanda is defeated, what else can he discuss?"

"Well..." Gao Gong let out a long breath of turbid air. He had already figured out the pros and cons, but he couldn't say it. He just wanted to speak out through Zhang Juzheng's mouth.

"You have to take the initiative in your own hands, otherwise you will be passive and passive!" He seemed to have a fierce struggle and nodded slowly. "You are not a child anymore, you have to accept punishment if you do something wrong."

"Brother Suqing is wise." Zhang Juzheng hurriedly offered today's flattery.

"But he is alone, I'm afraid he can't bear the blame." Gao Gong said frowningly: "He is just a Hanlin bachelor. How can he secretly contact Wen Zhong? You have to make it clear, who told him?"

"He has to think about it himself." Zhang Juzheng said decisively: "Anyway, you must not go out of the cabinet."

"Of course." Gao Gong frowned and said, "The will was only handed over to the Sixth Corridor today. If it was not leaked by the cabinet, then there was only the Silijian..."

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty generally did not review the memorials in person, but handed the work to the cabinet and the Sili Supervisor for completing the work together. The cabinet first reads the memorial, drafts the decree for the emperor, and writes it on a small piece of paper and pastes it next to the memorial. This is called "Pietuan"; the Sili Supervisor then copied the content of the pie, and the eunuch Bingbi copied it on the memorial with a red pen for the emperor, and finally sealed the eunuch with a jade seal, which completed a complete decree.

Therefore, the Silijian has the conditions for leaking secrets, and the civil servants have serious discrimination against eunuchs, which is the best target to blame.

"But although Eunuch Chen's ability is mediocre, he is still very popular with the emperor's heart. It is impossible not to be wronged." Gao Gong's only concern was that if he failed to get rid of the blame, Chen Hong would reveal the matter of helping him recover, which would be difficult to see.

"This is indeed a problem." Zhang Juzheng sighed, as if there was no good way.

"Well..." Gao Gong anxiously put his hands behind his back and kept a circle in the duty room for a while. Fang said in a muffled voice: "Sitting here can't solve the problem. You can also think of a solution. I will also think of a way to see if you can shut up Chen Hong!"

"Yes." Zhang Juzheng responded and reminded Gao Gong: "You must be fast, the later you are, the more passive it is!"

"I know." Gao Gong nodded and waved impatiently.

Seeing him chasing flies, Zhang Juzheng twitched the corners of his mouth and bowed his hands silently.

When Mr. Zhang went out, Chen Yingkui came in with a broom and dustpan and cleaned up the broken jade pieces on the ground.

"Leave it to the people below to clean it. You should go back quickly. I have something to bring to your father-in-law and Zhang Taishi..." Gao Gong lowered his voice and ordered this.

"Yes." Chen Yingkui's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He quickly put down his broom and left in a hurry.

"Oh..." Gao Gong held his hands behind his back, looked at the jade shattered on the ground, and felt a burst of pain in his skin.

Even if the problem can be solved, the price he paid is too high - he will lose two important allies.

It hurts a hero who cuts his arm!

There is no solution to find...

In other words, if a hero cuts his arm and does not affect the overall situation, he will burn the incense.

"What the hell is this? Why is it so unsatisfactory?" Gao Gong cursed and kicked the dustpan away.

"Ouch!" He heard a thud downstairs, and then Zhao Zhenji's roar sounded: "Who the hell did this? I almost opened it!"

"I deserve it, it hurts people!" Gao Gong spat hard and closed the door with a bang.

~~

In that room, Shao Daxia was holding a banquet at home to entertain Mr. Zhao who was visiting him.

Although Shao Daxia has now climbed to a high school and is more than his top, even the Minister of the Shangshu doesn't take it seriously. However, Shao Fang still looked at this fellow disciple who was still in the last moment.

What's more, Mr. Zhao also prepared a very generous meeting gift...

"Brother, it's not easy to enter the door of my brother now. Do you know? Even the six ministers, the Duke and the Marquis of the State have to send a post to ask for a meeting first. It depends on my mood if I see you." He was drunk and spoke with his tongue wide. He put his arms around Zhao Hao's shoulder and showed off:

"That is, the old rain in Jiangnan with similar intentions like us. How long do you come and I will see you later!"

"Is that right?" Zhao Hao's face was also flushed, with a look of surprise. "A such a big figure still has to pay homage to my brother?"

"Of course, it depends on my mood if I don't see you. If I'm in a bad mood, it's common for them to stay for ten or eight days." Shao Fang was stunned when he saw the shocked expression on his face. "If you don't believe me, I'll call the minister to pour us wine now! Why don't we make a bet, if you don't have anyone within one stick of incense, I'll eat this wine with a big top!"

"No, no, why would I not believe me? Besides, they are all old men, and I feel unpleasant to pour wine for me." Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"Hahaha, too." Shao Fang nodded with a smile: "Then let's have another day. Let's have a few old men to go to the Bada Hutong to have a drink!"

"It's easy to say." Mr. Zhao responded vaguely.

He was indeed very surprised, either because he was surprised by Shao Fang's current status—or if he had known that he would become Gao Gong's most respected right-hand man, that Mr. Zhao would have been very enthusiastic about burning the cold stove.

Zhao Hao was surprised that Shao Fang was so arrogant. With his current status in Jiangnan, Mr. Zhao did not dare to neglect any of his parents, let alone those of the officials of Hai Rui and Cai Guoxi.

Even Zhang Dongguan, the magistrate of Shangyuan who had already worn a pair of pants, had a three-day life and two-year-old life, and was constantly filial. He would come to visit him every time he returned to Nanjing. Mr. Zhao was not born to be a shameless person, nor was he willing to go to show off, but the officials were just good at this. Especially when he was used to being a prefectural official hall, he was held and offered sacrifices all day long, and they were all very swelling. He had to do all the etiquette before he could talk about things well...

Shao Fang actually pretended to be a dignified minister. Isn’t this offending people to death?

Zhao Hao understood a little why Gao Gong would become the chief minister and the heavenly official in the future, and he was also the entrusted minister of orphanage, but he was defeated so fragilely.

Grandpa Mao once said that if you want to make friends more and make enemies fewer. If you make friends less and make enemies more and make enemies more and make them more and make them more and make them more and more, then there is still a truth to be invincible?

But the more this happens, the more respect he becomes. "I am really flattered by that little brother."

"Oh, how could I, Shao Fang, be the kind of person who is rich and easy to change my wife and noble and easy friends? I would treat him more well when I was good to me back then!" Shao Fang laughed generously and said, "What's more, we have trained together in military training, so we have become a fellow student."

"Then I will call you senior brother." Zhao Hao smiled and climbed along the pole, pouring wine for Shao Fang.

"Hahaha, it's easy to say." Shao Fang clinked him with satisfaction and asked again: "Speaking of it, how is the old man now?"

Of course, the old man he mentioned was not Zhao Liben, but Gao Gong's brother Gao Jie.

"The situation is much better, and you will be cured in the end of the year. I will come to Beijing to reunite with the Prime Minister." Zhao Hao said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I am worthy of my mission. I want to say a few more beautiful words to you in the Prime Minister."

"It's easy to say." Shao Fang agreed, "Brother, don't worry, brother. I often advise the Prime Minister to let go of his past grudges and recruit you under my command. Isn't it a pleasure for us brothers to drive the Prime Minister together?"

"It's a pity that the prime minister will think of my grandfather when he sees me..." Zhao Hao said with a giggle: "I can't hold this thigh anymore, so I'd better hold my brother's thigh tightly."

"Hahaha, don't be anxious, please slowly unwind, and it will be activated." Shao Fang burst into laughter again.

The two were fighting fiercely, and the door of the living room was opened, and Shen Yingkui walked in with a cold air on his body.

"Hey, you no longer serve in the cabinet. Why do you come back and do it?" Shao Fang asked in surprise.

"There is something important." Shen Yingkui bowed to Zhao Hao and gave Shao Fang a wink.

Shao Fang knew that Gao Gong had something important to him, so he quickly stood up and apologized to Zhao Hao: "My brother sit down, brother will come when he goes."

"Brother, you're busy with your work, otherwise I'll go back first." Zhao Hao said tactfully.

"Sit for a moment." Shao Fang tried to keep him and took his son-in-law into the study and into the secret room that outsiders were not allowed to enter.

Zhao Hao sat alone at the Eight Immortals table, eating tea quietly.

Although he could not hear the sound in the secret room, he could guess the content of the conversation between the father-in-law and son-in-law.

Because Zhang Siwei's two letters were told by him to secretly put into the crack of Cao Daguo's house.

In fact, the communication system of Shanxi merchants has not been penetrated. The traffic between Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu is even transmitted at the highest security level, and there is no possibility of leakage at all.

But I couldn't resist the books I read in my previous life, and they were engraved in my mind word by word. In "The Complete Works of Emperor Ming Jingshiwen", Zhang Siwei's "The Fifth Book on the Conferred Tribute with Wang Jianchuan" and the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Books. Moreover, it has always been an important historical material for studying Altan's Conferred Tribute, and as long as I have studied this topic, I can't avoid it.

As for why Mr. Zhao was trying to make this bad, did he forget that during the maritime transportation proposal last year, the grandson instigated the Shanxi Gang to vote against the idol, forcing him to force his grandfather to go to Gaojiazhuang together and asked Gao Gong to come out of the mountain?
Chapter completed!