Twenty-eight, let the dough be delivered.

The New Year atmosphere in Beijing is getting heavier and stronger, and the scattered sounds of firecrackers make people feel restless and unable to do things steadily.

At this time, the various yamen began to have a large-scale holiday. Although there were still some trivial matters to end, the big guys no longer needed to take charge.

Even if there is something wrong, the big guys are not at work today because they gathered in Shichang Street on the west side of Xiyuan to celebrate Gaoge's 60th birthday.

In fact, Gaoge's original intention was to keep it silent, so he asked a few friends to have a drink, and at most a few students were asked to accompany him.

But with his current status, how could he be low-key just by wanting to be low-key? There is no need for him to worry about, so naturally some people are worried about it.

The most difficult thing for this leading cadre to control is his family.

Although Mr. Gao Ge has no son, he has four brothers. The eldest brother Gao Jie, needless to say, Jiangnan Hospital is under treatment... However, Daxia Shao has already taken him back to Beijing, and I don’t know if he can catch up with the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The second brother Gao De, who relied on his ancestors to serve in Qianwu Guards, Jinwu. However, this person was not upright. When his father Gao Shangxian passed away, his family property was divided equally by five sons. At that time, his father's youngest son Gao Zhi was only seven years old, and he was the only concubine to give birth to a child.

Gao De kept disliked the mother and the two of them. Soon the concubine's mother died and the younger brother became an orphan. Gao Lao Er became a bad guy and wanted to kill Gao Zhuo and lose one person to separate the property.

Fortunately, the Gao family has always been kind-hearted, and the servants dare not act recklessly. While secretly protecting Gao Zuo, they quickly wrote to Gao Jie, the old man who is an official outside. Gao Jie rushed back at night and cut off his younger brother Gao Di and couldn't take care of himself. He drove him out of Gaojiazhuang and refused to enter the door again.

Gao Jie also divided the family property according to his father's will, took the concubine's brother away and raised him, protected him from growing up, taught him to be a juren, and now he is the magistrate of Fengyang Prefecture.

Now that Gao Gong is his fourth brother Gao Cai. Gao Cai got a military position with his father's support. During the Longqing period, he entered the Governor's Office. The next year, his brother made a comeback, and Gao Cai also followed the family and dogs to the sky. In just two years, he was promoted to the assistant of the Governor's Office. However, the Governor's Office was useless and he had no real work, so he moved his family to the back of Gao Gong's residence and lived next to his third brother.

Gao Gong was an honest official and was very strict in discipline. He was driven out by those who dared to come to ask for help.

But those who use relationships to walk on the road are like omnipresent muddy waters. The front door is blocked, so they look for the back courtyard. So they find Gao Cai’s door. Gao Cai was also afraid of Gao Gong and dared not agree without authorization. He also wanted to bribe a lot of money, so he found Gaoge’s close disciples such as Han Ji, Cheng Wen, Song Zhihan and other Gaoge’s confidant disciples to discuss.

Now Gaoge Lao is covering up the sky with one hand, and the promotion and punishment in the court are all within his mind. He has never heard of the great power. In fact, these guys have long been greedy, but they are afraid of Gaoge Laoge Lao and have no courage. But there is a Taoist law that does not blame the public. If there are many people joining, they will be brave.

Everyone hit it off and formed a small group of talented people responsible for accepting bribes and accepting requests; Han, Cheng, Song and others were responsible for completing requests and then sharing the spoils.

The energy of this small gang is really great. They do small things just by pretending to be powerful, while those with skills lobbying Gao Gong in big things. Because Gao beard has a straight temper, he can do it like a firecracker, and especially cannot tolerate disobedience. Therefore, it is easy to be used, especially those he trusts.

For example, if they want to seek an official for someone, they naturally have to let the original official move first. So they specifically take a lunch break at Gao Gong, and even come to the door to see him in the middle of the night. Gao Gong was very angry when he woke up and scolded them. They apologized for the first time, and then explained that the reason why they came to see the teacher was because, "So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So

That is to say, when we heard that someone was going to impeach the teacher, we quickly persuaded him for a while, and then we came to the teacher to call the police and discuss countermeasures.

Gao Gong would be angry and anxious when he heard this, because according to the rules, he would have to voluntarily suspend his post and wait for the resignation. Although he had been impeached many times, the feeling was really uncomfortable. It was a behavior that was not very hurtful but was more insulting... Gao Ge's anger naturally turned to the man when he woke up, and he would immediately order to notify Wen Xuanlang to do the work outside, without asking where he wanted to play him.

Because this position suddenly became absent, Gao Gong naturally did not think of a replacement candidate, so he would summon his confidant disciples to discuss. Those who had not participated in the complaint before could recommend their candidates. Gao Gong did not doubt that it would be true, and he would agree if he had given him a lot.

As a result, Gaoge's elders became more and more unpredictable in rewards and punishments, making China and foreign countries more afraid and disgusted, and no one dared to approach him. However, the small gangs around him could deceive their superiors and subordinates more easily and use him to accumulate money. They all suddenly became rich, with a family of millions of dollars, and Gaocai's mansion was crowded with people, and his hands were cramped when they received the money.

Once people start to embezzle and accept bribes, their appetite will grow bigger and they will not restrain themselves at all. How can these guys give up this opportunity to search for it? So they let go of the wind, and it will be known to everyone in the capital that Gaoge is about to celebrate his 60th birthday.

It is said that Gao Gong has been in the dark all the time. When he was 27 years old, he realized that they were going to have a grand ceremony and paid a lot of money to hire a Kunqu opera troupe. Although Gao Gong was not very happy at that time, who was not a little vanity? Moreover, Gao Gong valued fame very much. He fought for most of his life and finally reached the peak of his life. He even made a great cause that was famous in history. It is not an exaggeration to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Besides, the housekeeper complained to him all day long that he had to rely on subsidies from his hometown in Henan. It would not be an exaggeration to maintain the decent status of the prime minister’s mansion by taking a little gift on his birthday.

Then he nodded reluctantly and agreed...

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So on the twenty-eighth day, there were gongs and drums on Shichang Street on the west side of Xiyuan, and firecrackers were crackling.

Yang Bo, the Minister of Personnel, was in charge of the Ministry of War, Zhang Shouzhi, the Minister of Revenue, Pan Sheng, the Minister of Rites, Liu Ziqiang, the Minister of Justice, Zhu Heng, the Minister of Works, and Gao Yi, who was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, all came in casual clothes and in a sedan chair.

In addition, Wang Zhengguo, the new Minister of Dali Temple, Chen Yisong, and eight of the nine ministers came. Only the Zuodu Censor Ge Shouli did not join in the fun. First, as the general constitution of the court, he could not do anything that was inconsistent with his identity. Second, he never tempted the enemy.

Ge Shouli is qualified to do this, because during the Pavilion Tide, he would rather resign than attack Gao Gong with him. Now Gao Gong naturally would not hold a grudge against him.

But who dares not come? In the eyes of everyone, Gao Beizi is already a great dictator who will retaliate against the common people and fight against the differences. No one wants to be the target of his team.

So even the Duke of England and Duke Ding who attended Zhao Hao's wedding, and Duke Cheng who had a stroke, all prepared generous gifts to celebrate their birthday with the help of their eldest son Zhu Shitai.

The civil and military officials in the court were also very sensible to prepare birthday gifts and came to the door to congratulate them in person. There were too many people giving gifts. Gao Chao, the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion, started busy receiving gifts before dawn. At this time, the queues outside the mansion were still queuing back and forth in Shichang Street Alley for several times, just like a greedy snake that was about to finish the game.

Gao Chao was so busy that his back was sore and he didn't even have enough food and water to eat, but he was so happy. The gifts he received today were not used up in the mansion for a hundred years, and finally he no longer had to worry about family plans...

Gaogong's mansion is not as big as the Zhao family's house, and it is full of dozens of tables. Therefore, most officials presented famous posts and gift lists, kowtowed outside the mansion and turned back. Only high-ranking officials and nobles and the popular people in front of Gaogong are qualified to go to the mansion to have wine.

At this moment, the guests who arrived first had already joined the table for tea and started chatting enthusiastically.

"Yuan Fu's birthday is a great time. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Everyone is taking this opportunity to gather together, otherwise they would not be able to get together." On the main table, Yang Bo, who looked more and more old, smiled and said to Gao Gong and the ministers: "According to my old man's opinion, it is better to be a regular rule in the future. Let's gather together on this good day."

"Okay, I think it's OK!" Everyone applauded. Duke Cheng was speechless and could not speak, and he was still giving a thumbs up with difficulty.

"Oh, they caught me off guard this time. I just found out yesterday." Gao Gong was wearing a Yuan-green Songjiang cloth with the dark pattern of the word "Shou" and a square flat scarf, like an old man. But as soon as he opened his mouth, the room was quiet, and there was not even a cough. Everyone listened attentively, for fear of missing the word "Yuan Fu".

"I was unhappy at that time. Everyone was busy. Isn't this a mess? But at that time, I didn't have time to notify one by one and cancel one by one." Gao Gong said seriously: "I had to greet everyone with a shy face, and I won't be the example."

"There is no way to be Yuan Weng. We will come by ourselves on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar next year. Are you embarrassed to let the old guys turn aside?" Yang Bo laughed and his anger was already insufficient.

In fact, he retired two years ago, not only to give Gao Gong a seat, but also to the age of retiring. But who would have thought that his successor Zhang Siwei had a bad time to his grandma's house and was impeached twice for a low-level mistake. For the overall situation of the Shanxi Gang and to give Xiao Wei a third chance to get out of the mountain, Lao Yang had to reluctantly make it difficult and get out of the mountain again.

"Yes, we have to come." The ministers and ministers were foolish, and Duke Cheng also praised him.

"Hahaha, you guys... are forcing me to make a mistake..." Gao Gong smiled helplessly, but did not scold him as usual. Obviously, he also enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by the stars of civil and military officials in the court.

A real man should be like this!

This matter was settled.

The ministers chatted for a while, Gao Gong suddenly asked Zhang Rong beside him and said, "By the way, grandpa, do you think it's lively today or the wedding banquet that you ate the day before yesterday?"

"Wedding banquet? What kind of wedding banquet?" Zhang Rong was stunned for a while before he patted his head and suddenly said, "Yuan Weng is saying that Zhao Zhuangyuan's young master is getting married."

"Yes." Gao Gong nodded, obviously Gate had already arrived at Zhao Hao's demonstration. His eyes passed over the British Duke who was blinded and looked at the second chair on his left.

It was the only empty chair on the main table.
Chapter completed!