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Chapter 155: A good meal is not afraid of being late

When Zhao Hao received the news that Sebastian had arrived in Yongxia City safely, it was already April of the seventh year of Wanli.

He hasn't appeared for more than a year, so why not briefly review it:

At the end of the fifth year of Wanli, he solved the love affair between his father-in-law in Beijing and pushed his father into the cabinet.

But we can't let go immediately. We have to take a trip if we help the horse on it. So after the 10th anniversary meeting was held on Danluo Island, he returned to the capital to celebrate the New Year. Then, three months before the sixth year of Wanli, he helped his father learn how to be a good Grand Secretary in Beijing.

In the spring of the sixth year of Wanli, the biggest thing was Emperor Wanli's wedding. On the eve of the emperor's marriage, Empress Dowager Li retreated to Cining Palace and issued an imperial decree to end the power behind the curtain.

But she was still worried about her son who was only sixteen years old, so she still refused to allow Wanli to take power, and completely handed over the responsibility of guarding the emperor to Zhang Juzheng.

For this reason, she specially issued a charitable edict to Zhang Juzheng:

'The emperor's wedding is around the corner, and I should return it to my palace. I cannot always take care of it as before, for fear that the emperor will not be as diligent as before, and will have great virtues. I have been deeply concerned about this. The teacher personally received the entrusted by the emperor and had the responsibility of the teacher to protect him. This is different. Now I am very particular to submit the entrusted instructions to the teacher to help him receive his teachings day and night to assist him. The emperor's entrusted to him and he will always rely on the entrusted powers of the emperor. The country and the people will always rely on him. The teacher respectfully accepted it, so he ordered him.'

Therefore, after the love-taking storm and the emperor's wedding, Zhang Xianggong's power was not weakened, but instead strengthened. He is not only a regent of a country, but also the emperor's guardian, so it is not an exaggeration to call him "Asian Father".

During the wedding in Wanli, if Mr. Zhang should avoid it as usual, he also submitted a memorial to request it. However, Empress Dowager Li ordered him to wear auspicious clothes during the ceremony and preside over the wedding for his students.

At the wedding ceremony of Wanbang Xianqing, watching the young emperor who had reached the peak of his age, who had grown up and became a heroic young emperor, Zhang Juzheng was so relieved that he was crying. He was even more relieved than seeing his own son get married.

Because the combined effort he devoted to all his sons was far less than that in the emperor alone!

After the wedding, Mr. Zhang successively requested to return home and bury his father in accordance with the previous agreement.

It was not until the third book that the emperor was sure, but he only gave him half a year off after taking it.

On March 13, Mr. Zhang finally set off.

Before leaving, he went to the Ganqing Palace to resign to the newly married emperor.

"Sir, come closer." Wanli on the imperial throne ordered.

Zhang Juzheng moved forward a few steps. Wanli looked at Mr. Zhang, who had been assisting for many years. His beautiful beard was already gray, and his whole body looked more than ten years older than before he had lost love.

Although he felt very relieved, he still reluctantly took the upper hand when he parted. "Sir, take care of yourself for a long distance, don't be sad when you get home. Go and come back early, and I and my mother are waiting for you to return day and night."

Zhang Juzheng was so moved that he whimpered and couldn't help but cry.

"Sir, don't be sad..." Wanli also said sadly: "I have something better to say to Mr., I choked up and said so much."

Because Mr. Zhang was unable to keep food during the mourning, Wanli asked the eunuch to divide the imperial meal into half and put it in a food box for Zhang Juzheng to take it home.

Empress Dowager Li also sent her younger brother to give Juzheng a hu of golden beans for rewards on the way. He also passed on the empress dowager's oral instructions:

'After the sir, the emperor has no support. Since the sir, he is reluctant to leave the emperor, he will come early after the family business and don't wait for others to urge him to take it away.'

After Xie Rong left the palace, Mr. Zhang set out for the capital. Zhao Hao, who was halfway through the palace, had to go to Jiangling with him. He saw his father-in-law's majesty as he was at his peak.

Eunuch Feng, on behalf of the emperor and the empress dowager, went to the suburbs to see him off. All the officials and civil and military officials also went out to see him off.

Along the way, in addition to the insurgent who was ordered to escort Yuan Fu back home and Jinyiwei, Ji Town General Qi Jiguang also sent one hundred musketeers and one hundred archers to escort them.

Wherever they went, there were loess mattresses, clean water sprinkled on the streets, and civil and military officials were dispatched to show sacrifices to welcome and see off. The officials knelt on the ground and shouted at the sky and the earth, as if they were bereaved, which was really ugly. Even the kings of various vassals came to the world to welcome and see off, and gifts were presented together, and no one dared to neglect them.

Mr. Zhang only received the gifts along the way, and returned all the gifts. He only accepted the "Ruyizhai" given to him by the prefect of Zhending Qian Pu.

Because Zhang Xiang had to deal with state affairs on the road, he could not waste time. He also had severe hemorrhoids, and he might recur after being bumped in an ordinary sedan chair for a long time. So Qian Pu specially spent a huge amount of money to build a "Ruyizhai" with a study, bedroom and bathroom for him.

This Ruyizhai is nearly fifty square meters in size, and it is a small apartment without a cattle and horse. Instead, it is carried on the road by thirty-two strong sedan chairmen, and the speed is not slow at all.

When crossing the Yellow River and passing by Zhengzhou, Zhang Juzheng specifically instructed Ruyizhai to take a detour to Xinzheng and visit his former close comrade Gao Gong.

Zhao Hao remembered that in another time and space, Lao Gao was already very ill at this time, and he could only come out to greet him with the help of his nephew.

Therefore, the visit of Mr. Zhang did not have a good effect. In Gao Huzi's opinion, the big house surnamed Zhang was sitting in the thirty-sixth house to demonstrate to him. Therefore, he held hands with Lao Zhang in front of him and was speechless. Mr. Zhang began to write materials to criticize him as soon as he left...

But this time Zhang Gao met a little differently. First of all, Lao Gao looked good and didn't get sick. He looked much younger than six years ago.

Mr. Zhang was very curious and asked Brother Suqing how he maintained such a good maintenance?

Lao Gao couldn't help but feel shy, not knowing how to explain it. Then he saw a five or six-year-old boy running out from behind, hugging Lao Gao's legs and acting coquettishly: "Dad, I want to ride a horse..."

"Hey, okay, ride a big horse." Gao Gong raised the little boy high and put it on his neck, looking doting, completely different from the previous one.

"Dad, I want to ride a horse too." But another two or three-year-old girl ran out...

"Looking in line, my dad is just one neck." The boy grimaced at his sister.

Gao Gong had to pick up his crying daughter with laughter and tears, and finally coaxed her with candy. Then he laughed at Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Hao and said:

"I'm just playing with my grandchildren, but when I was old man, I became a child. It's just a joke."

Mr. Zhang wanted to talk to Lao Gao about national affairs, but when he saw this, he changed his mind and smiled: "You don't worry about having a good meal. Brother Suqing is dedicated to the country and should enjoy the blessings in the future."

"Hahahaha..." Gao Gong burst out laughing, and after laughing, he thought of something, and said to his son on his neck: "Wuben, why don't you come down and kowtow to you Mr. Zhang."

"Wuben..." Zhang Juzheng knew that Gao Xianggong was reassuring himself when he heard this name. He would not compete for anything anymore...

Gao Beizi was injured when she became an official and was unwilling to get it easily. She was in trouble when she was old and went to that dangerous place again.

Isn’t it delicious to be a landlord who eats and waits to die?

Mr. Zhang stayed in Gaojiazhuang for one night and was preparing to set off again the next day.

Zhao Hao asked the old butler Gao Fu to take him to the Gao family's ancestral grave to kowtow to the Gao family's uncle.

Gao Jie also passed away last year at the age of 76.

When Gao Gong heard about it, he actually took him there himself.

Zhao Hao placed sacrifices in front of Gao Jie's tombstone, lit incense, and kowtowed four times. Then he stood up slowly, looked at the tomb behind the tombstone, and sighed a long time.

The heroic figure of the Gao family wielding the Daguan sword was still vivid in my mind, but he also became an ancient person...

Gao Gong stood behind him, looked at Zhao Hao's side face for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you."

"Why did Mr. Xuan say this?" Zhao Hao was stunned.

"If I don't say it, it doesn't mean I don't know. Without you, my elder brother wouldn't live to this age. I'm still an old family." Gao Gong looked at Zhao Hao deeply and said, "Don't say that he has both children, I'm afraid he's gone now..."

Only then did Zhao Hao realize that he was talking about the case of Minister Wang and Minister Wang in the early years of Wanli.

It was the first month of the first year of Wanli. An unemployed vagrant named Wang Dachen, wearing the clothes of an eunuch, sneaked into the Ganqing Palace and actually met Emperor Wanli. Only then were the guards noticed and arrested and imprisoned.

Feng Bao then bribed the minister of the king and asked him to falsely accuse Gao Gong and Chen Hong of resentment for his resentment. The latter used his disciples and grandchildren to send him into the palace and asked him to assassinate the emperor.

After obtaining the fake confession, Feng Bao sent the Ti cavalry to surround Gao Gong's mansion and arrested Gao's slaves forcing confession, intending to obtain Gao Gong's crime. He also put Gao Gong under house arrest, which was panic for a while, and Gao Gong also believed that the disaster was coming.

But a few days later, the Tiqi retreated. It is said that Eunuch Feng had found out that Minister Wang had falsely accused the elders. At that time, people in the capital said that Mr. Zhang had stopped Feng Bao.

Gao Gong knew Zhang Juzheng and expected that he might not be willing to speak for him. He finally knocked his political opponent to the ground, and it was time to make up for him and teach him that he would never turn over. How could he let him go at this time?

It was only a few years later that Gao Gong heard that it was when Mr. Zhao came to Beijing at night and persuaded Mr. Zhang to not only not blame Gao Gong for the case, but also that he would not lose the rice.

At that time, there were still old ministers such as Yang Bo, Ge Shouli, Zhu Heng, etc. in the court, and Zhang Xianggong could not cover the sky with one hand. Sure enough, the next day when Zhao Hao persuaded, these old men went to the prime minister's house to plead with each other, saying that ministers like Gao Gong would never do such stupid things. Zhang Juzheng saw that people were in a favor, as his son-in-law said, and finally persuaded Feng Bao.

Of course, Zhao Hao tried hard too much. Eunuch Feng let go of Lao Gao, who had no power to fight back, and only sent Chen Hong to Jingjun to humiliate him...

Therefore, the case of Minister Wang, who had a profound influence in another time and space, did not cause any waves at this time and place, and it was just a story.

Even though Gao Gong didn't mention it, Zhao Hao forgot about it.

He couldn't help but smile and said, "Xuan Weng Yan is so serious, I didn't help me, it's just that good people are rewarded."

"Oh, young master, no matter what you say, I, Gao Gong, will bear your love." Gao Gong bowed to him and said, "Zhao Liben has a good grandson like you. It is really a blessing he has cultivated in eight lifetimes!"

"Oh yes, what kind of grudges do you have? Can you tell me?" Zhao Hao asked curiously.

"No!" Gao Gong said decisively.

"Can Mr. Xuan let go of his grudges with my father-in-law?" Zhao Hao flicked a fake shot and asked the real question.
Chapter completed!
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