Chapter 37 Chapter 10: Eunuch Feng Reads and Plays with Tricks

At this time, even though the official circles in the capital were screaming and panting over the matter of paying off the salary of pepper and sumac, all the people from all walks of life were full of energy and ready to go.But in the Forbidden City in Da Nei, it was still as calm as usual.Every morning, the little emperor, accompanied by his mother, Empress Dowager Li and others, listened to the memorials submitted by Feng Baonian in various prefectures and counties, and in the afternoon he studied and practiced calligraphy.Just after the hour of the morning that morning, Feng Bao stepped into the gate of the Qianqing Palace with his hands scissored, and saw from a distance on the promenade in front of the palace, the little servant was pressing the little emperor's head and tiptoeing to look at his ears Sun Hai stood aside with a smile and joined in the fun.Feng Bao felt that the two servants were too presumptuous, so he immediately put his face down, picked up his dog's face, ran over quickly, and shouted: "Bold!"

The two servants trembled and turned to see Feng Bao. The guest hurriedly let go of his hand, and stepped aside with Sun Hai, hooking their heads and lowering their hands, their bodies were as if they were sifting through chaff.Although these two little adults are the emperor's attendants, seeing Feng Bao is still like a mouse meeting a cat.Because the sound of drinking was so sudden, not only Sun Hai and Ke Yong were frightened out of their souls, but also the little emperor Zhu Yijun was so frightened that his back was chilled, and he couldn't help shouting in horror: "Big companion!"

Feng Bao hurriedly gave Zhu Yijun a bow, and said apologetically, "Your Majesty, this old servant has frightened you." Then he turned to the two servants and cursed viciously, "You two little bastards, you don't know what's going on. Long Live Lord’s head, you can touch it?”“What are you arguing about?” Suddenly a woman's voice came in and asked, everyone looked up, and it was Empress Dowager Li who came out from the Qianqing Palace.  "Queen," said Feng Bao hurriedly, saluting, "the servant just came in, and when he saw these two little bastards pressing the head of Long Live Lord, he ran over and reprimanded him." , They walked over slowly. 

Feng Bao yelled at the two servants again: "Quickly kneel down!"  Concubine Li Gui approached, looked at the two little servants, and asked, "You two little slaves, why do you want to touch the head of the Long Live Lord?" "Yes, yes..." The guest's language was not complete, and he did not dare to lift his hooked head.Seeing his earthy complexion, Zhu Yijun couldn't bear to look at him, so he hurriedly stood up and spoke: "Mother, it's not their fault." "Why?" Queen Mother Li asked.  Zhu Yijun replied: "It's because our ears are itchy. It seems that a bug flew in. Let's let the customer take a look.""Long live Lord, this old slave is going to correct you again," Feng Bao squinted his eyes He laughed and said, "In front of your slaves, you can't call me, you have to be majestic and majestic, call me! Zhen, this is what you call yourself."  Empress Dowager Li nodded slightly: "Jun'er, your big companion is right, Do you remember?"  "Remember, queen mother," Zhu Yijun looked at the two personal servants kneeling on the ground, and said, "I asked the guest to see if there are any bugs in my ears. " "Ah, that's right." Empress Dowager Li expressed relief. 

Seeing that Queen Mother Li wanted to forgive, Feng Bao hurriedly said: "Long Live Lord, your ears are itchy, you can sit down and let the guest kneel on the stool to show you, how can you stand in the corridor like this, anyone You are the lord of ten thousand chariots!" After Feng Bao made such a gesture, Empress Dowager Li suddenly came to her senses, and murmured: "Yes, there are rules here." "The rules are big." Look at it!" Feng Bao said with a serious face, hiding a mysterious and mysterious look, "When I first entered the palace, I heard a story told by the old man in the palace. The purpose of private visits in low clothes is to gain insight into people’s feelings. One night, I stayed in a barren village inn, sleeping on a straw mat with a stone as my pillow. In the middle of the night, two people were talking, one was in the yard, the other In the next room, Long Live Xiaozong listened to what they were saying. He only heard the man in the courtyard say to the people in the room, "Tonight, the old man of the emperor has come out again. Let's look at the astrology. We should be among the people. Sleeping on a straw mat with a stone pillow on top." The people in the room laughed, "Did you read that right?" Long live Xiaozong felt strange when he heard it, so he turned his head and feet upside down and fell asleep. People also came to the yard, looked at the sky for a while, and said, "Your brother is indeed wrong. The emperor's old man is not resting on a stone. He is obviously kicking a stone." Sweating. When I returned to the palace the next day, I ordered people to visit those two people, but they were never found. From this, Long Live Xiaozong firmly believed that, as the Supreme Lord of the Ninth Five-Year, every move was watched by gods. Even if There is no sloppiness in the trivial matters. It must be known that a word of the Long Live Lord is an imperial decree, and a single action is a role model for all generations. Today, let the guest use this servant to press the head of the Long Live God. It is a big event that the dog eats the sun." Please take a look at the itchy ears, this is a very common and trivial matter among the common people, but after Feng Bao moved the scriptures, it turned out to be committed the unforgivable crime of deceiving the king.Empress Dowager Li suddenly lost her mind and asked, "According to Eunuch Feng, should these two young servants be punished?" No matter how you use the little beasts to get cheap, you have to cut one hand, but since what happened today was called by the Lord Long Live, the punishment will be lighter. Let these two little beasts kneel on the brick floor in the yard and bask in the sun all morning. " "The sun is too old, what should I do if I get dizzy?" Zhu Yijun looked at the white sunlight on the brick floor, and asked worriedly. Feng Bao immediately replied: "Long live, life and death in the world are all in your hands. If you are blindly merciful, how can you be emperor!" , let's go to the East Pavilion."  Queen Mother Li made a final decision, took Zhu Yijun's hand, and under the guidance of two maids, she moved to the East Pavilion, followed by Feng Bao. At this time, the East Pavilion had already been wiped clean by the eunuch on duty, and in the gilt Xuande furnace inlaid with dozens of emeralds, special sandalwood was also lit, filling the room with a strange fragrance, and everyone who heard it was refreshed .Between the little emperor's throne and the embroidered chair where the Empress Dowager Li sits, there is a small and exquisite single-pot flower stand, on which is placed a emerald green six-hole lotus petal flower plug, which was originally an old item from the Longquan kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty.There are six scarlet roses on the flower plugs, which are also very eye-catching.The master and servant sat down, and Empress Dowager Li took a look at the dozen or so memorials that had been put away before the little emperor's case, and asked Feng Bao: "Eunuch Feng, have the memorials not been opened yet?" According to the rules, all are presented to the emperor. The memorials were first concentrated in the Department of General Affairs, and then transferred from the Yamen to Da Nei.When the memorial was sent, it was sealed and sealed, and the Secretary of General Administration received it and sealed it with a fire seal.Only when it is presented to the imperial court can the emperor decree that it can be opened, and no one can hear about it before.At the beginning of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, Feng Bao told the Queen Mother Li and her son about this rule.These days, it has always been like this.Today Empress Dowager Li suddenly asked such a question, seemingly unintentionally, but on purpose, Feng Bao felt that this was Empress Dowager Li deliberately testing whether he would be loyal to the little emperor, so he replied respectfully: "Without the emperor's will, how dare a slave open the seal."  "Ah!" Empress Dowager Li cocked her lips slightly, and said with a slight smile, "Then take it down, what do you think, Jun'er?""Teardown."

Zhu Yijun uttered a word stiffly, his mind was still on those two servants who were forced to kneel. Feng Baoxiu stepped forward, took apart the memorials one by one and read the titles, Empress Dowager Li asked: "Is there anything important?" Feng Bao replied: "There are three papers, and the emperor and the queen mother must be willing to listen to them.""Where did they come from?" "One is a secret letter from the magistrate of Xinzheng County, Henan Province, reporting in detail Gao Gong's behavior in the past two months when he returned home." Upon hearing this, he quickly sat upright, and asked eagerly: "This stubborn old man, will he be honest when he returns home?"

Feng Bao squinted his eyes, read the secret letter, and roughly stated that after Gao Gong returned to his hometown, he stayed at home and thanked guests behind closed doors.As soon as he finished reading, Empress Dowager Li frowned slightly and asked: "Is this county magistrate's words reliable?" "Generally reliable," Feng Bao glanced at Queen Mother Li, and said flatteringly, "Last time, the Queen Mother asked the servant to keep a close eye on Gao Gong, so the servant sent someone to Xinzheng to tell the county magistrate, Gao Gong When Gong returns to his hometown to live alone, the magistrate should keep a tighter watch on him. Regarding Gao Gong's words and deeds, he must regularly write secret letters to report to the emperor. In order to be safe, besides the county magistrate, the slave also sent another person to monitor him."  "How is the situation?"

"As the county magistrate said, Gao Gong does stay at home on the surface, but he always has a talking tube outside.""Who?" "His butler Gao Fu."  "Ah, is there any deviant behavior?"  "This Gao Fu was trained by Gao Gong a long time ago, and he slipped like a loach. He left Gaojiazhuang every three days, went to the temple to burn incense, and went to the county town to buy things. It seemed that he was busy. Gao's chores, in fact, he still met a lot of people. Two days ago, two people whom Gao Fu met went to the capital, and met with Wei Xuezeng and Wang Xilie at the Xunfengge Restaurant on Miaoyou Street. One."  "Isn't this the high arched Second General Hum Ha?"

"Exactly, so the slave is guessing that there may be a conspiracy.""What are those two people doing?"  "The two jugglers in the rivers and lakes are father and son. The father is called Hu Xun, and the son is called Hu Xunzi.""Caught it?" "These two guys are skilled in martial arts, they grabbed and ran away." Empress Dowager Li raised her eyebrows and complained, "What are you doing?" Feng Bao hurriedly rolled off the stool and fell on the ground repeatedly Self-reproach: "Damn the slave, it's the slave's ineffectiveness." Seeing Feng Bao's terrified look, Queen Mother Li shook her head and sighed, and ordered Feng Bao to sit up and answer, and asked: "Feng Gonggong , last time you said that there was a man named Li in the Tang Dynasty who lived on Hengshan Mountain but controlled the government in the capital. What was the name of this person?" The prime minister in the mountains, isn't he?"

"Yes." The Empress Dowager Li suddenly pulled out a rose from the flower socket, broke it in half and threw it on the ground, and said viciously: "When our Emperor Wanli was in power, no chancellor in the mountains was allowed to appear. Jun'er, what do you think? "Zhu Yijun listened carefully to the conversation, and when he thought of the appearance of a black evil star with a tall beard and stern eyes, he couldn't help but feel palpitations, so he replied: "The empress is right, big companion, those two people must be Grab it."  "Yes, the servant complies with the order." Feng Bao bowed his head to answer, and said, "The reason why the prime minister in the mountains can call the wind and rain is because he has many party members in the court. If he cuts off at one stroke, he will be safe forever. "The Empress Dowager Li nodded frequently, and pondered: "Gao Huzi relies on the trust of the late emperor, and has cultivated a large number of party members in the past few years in charge of the government. This is the biggest worry." "Mr. Zhang proposed the Jingcha. The "Precepts to the Officials" read out by the emperor during the court yesterday can be described as an excellent strategy to eliminate Gao Gong's buddies."  Empress Dowager Li smiled, and a clothed figure flashed in front of her eyes Playing the image of a minister with tidy facial features and regular advances and retreats, there was unavoidable agitation in her heart, but she quickly restrained her smile and asked Feng Bao: "Where did you submit the other two important documents? ""The letter was submitted by Huang Lijie, the censor of Huguang Road, recommending Hai Rui to the emperor who has been home for four years, saying that he is a well-known upright official in the ruling and opposition parties, and I hope the court can re-enable him."

The Empress Dowager Li asked: "Is this Hai Rui the one who carried the coffin to the Emperor Jiajing?" "Exactly, he accused the Emperor Jiajing of favoring alchemists who were obsessed with pills and slack in government affairs. The emperor was furious and threw him into death row." "Didn't the late emperor let him go when he was here?" “Not only was he released, but he was also promoted two ranks and became the prefect of Suzhou.”“Why did you return to your hometown?” "I heard that Mr. Hai is too lonely. Although he has a good character, he can't be an official. His colleagues and local gentry have a lot of complaints against him.""Ah, Juner, you think this book should How to deal with it?" Queen Mother Li asked.  "Issuing a cabinet proposal." Zhu Yijun replied.  Feng Bao picked up the third memorial, shook it and said, "This is from Yin Zhengmao from the front line of suppressing bandits in Qingyuan, Guangxi.""Yin Zhengmao, did he catch the leader of the bandits?" asked.  "No, but he has surrounded the rebels in the mountains." Feng Bao then read the book again.When I heard that "Chen Xun has moved the governor's office to Libo County a few days ago. The rebel leaders Huang Chaomeng and Wei Yinbao have been encircled in the water mountain. The current minister is deploying military forces and devising a good strategy to win, in order to destroy the bandit's lair and capture the rebel leader before the winter solstice." , to make the southwest demon atmosphere clean. For the development of the Wanli Shunshi, I will offer my heart..." In this passage, the Empress Dowager Li gave a satisfied "Yes" and asked: "Gao Gong will give him two more The one hundred thousand taels of silver, was it spent or not? Why didn’t I see his memorial?” “Yes,” Feng Bao said casually, “If the two hundred thousand taels of silver were used to support the crisis, Mr. Zhang would not So passive." "Why is Mr. Zhang passive?"  "It's not a matter of paying for the pepper sumac!" Feng Bao cleverly brought the topic to this topic, which was originally painstaking.After Zhang Dalang accidentally killed Wang Song, Zhang Juzheng just wrote a note to inform the emperor, and did not submit any documents after that.Concubine Li and the emperor didn't know how much impact this matter had and how many people it involved, so they didn't investigate and investigate this matter deeply, and they didn't even know who Zhang Dalang was.Regarding this matter, Feng Bao could have watched from the sidelines.But because Qiu De ran over to beg him every three days or so, Feng Bao also felt that there was always something in his heart.He originally thought that Zhang Juzheng would come to him about this matter, to find out what Queen Mother Li had to say.Unexpectedly, after waiting for more than ten days, they did not get a single word from Zhang Juzheng.As a result, the chief executive was digging his head to think about what Zhang Juzheng was thinking and what tricks he had.His disposition was originally like licorice in a pharmacy, sometimes cold and sometimes hot.When the days passed without incident, he was bored.After much deliberation, he decided to take the opportunity to "confide some truth" to Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor, not only to not hurt Zhang Juzheng, but also to let the chief assistant drink a little bit of spicy soup.  However, after hearing Feng Bao's words, Empress Dowager Li was startled, and immediately asked: "Will the Beijing officials react very much to the discount of pepper and sumac?" Feng Bao replied: "It can be said to be a complaint."  "Say what?"  "Some say that this is Zhang Juzheng's selfishness, in order to separate the friendship between the monarch and his ministers. Some say that it's not that Taicang is running out of money, but that there are too many sundries in the treasury. For example. This matter has been aroused in the yamen of the two capitals."  "Why didn't Mr. Zhang report such a big matter to the emperor, and there was no memorial from the officials of the two capitals."  "Zhang Shoufu didn't report it. According to the slaves, he didn't hide it on purpose." Feng Bao swallowed a mouthful of saliva as he spoke, and looked eagerly at the stern-looking Queen Mother Li. Seeing that Queen Mother Li raised her hand to signal him to continue, he continued, "Mr. Zhang is different from Gao Huzi. There is no doubt that he is loyal to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. According to my slaves' guess, the reason why he didn't report such a big matter is because Mr. Zhang doesn't think it is a big deal." Empress Dowager Li suddenly raised her voice and said: "This is not a big deal, so what is a big deal?" "In Mr. Zhang's opinion, the Beijing inspection is a big deal." "Ah?" Empress Dowager Li was taken aback, paused for a while, then frowned and said, "Mr. Zhang is a good character, capable, and you can let him do things big and small. But when it comes to big things, you can't let us The mother and the son were kept in the dark."obedient and listening, Feng Bao had already heard some kind of worry hidden in the Queen Mother Li's words, and at the same time he was proud of himself, but felt that he could no longer provoke him, so he changed his words and said: "Actually, Mr. Zhang didn't report it in time, and there are other secrets."  "Really?" The Queen Mother Li, who was tired from sitting, motioned to the maids waiting on the side to help her beat her back, squeeze her waist, and asked, " What's the secret?" "It's because of Zhang Dalang who was arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice." "Zhang Dalang, who is Zhang Dalang?" Queen Mother Li asked.  Zhu Yijun, who had been listening to the conversation quietly, interjected at this moment: "It's the person Mr. Zhang mentioned in his last post, who accidentally killed Wang Song, the ambassador of Chujicang." "Jun'er has a good memory, look Mother, I forgot." Empress Dowager Li smiled at her son, and then asked Feng Bao, "Isn't this Zhang Dalang an official of Beizhen Fusi? Why does Mr. Zhang care about him?" Feng Baogang wanted to speak, Suddenly, he found that the little emperor's pair of shining eyes were staring at him firmly.He felt something hidden in those eyes that he had never seen before, and he couldn't help being startled, and he was extra cautious when answering: "The queen mother and the emperor don't know something, this Zhang Dalang is Eunuch Qiu's nephew." "Eunuch Qiu, you said it was Qiu Deyong?" Empress Dowager Li's eyes widened all of a sudden, and the little emperor also straightened up abruptly. The East Pavilion was so quiet that one could hear each other's breathing.This kind of reaction was expected by Feng Bao. He continued to act, and sighed again and again: "Oh, I never thought that Eunuch Qiu would have such an unworthy nephew. At these times, Eunuch Qiu was very worried. It's swollen."  "However, Eunuch Qiu never mentioned it." Empress Dowager Li murmured.  "Borrow ten leopard guts to him, he dare not mention it," Feng Bao plausibly said, "Eunuch Qiu has served the Empress Dowager for many years, and the Empress Dowager also thinks Eunuch Qiu is a rare and good slave, and now he is promoted to be a steward of the Qing Palace. After many months, such a scandal has happened. Where can I put his face."  "This is also..." The Empress Dowager Li stopped after a half-sentence, but Feng Bao couldn't understand what was going on, and said, "Zhang Dalang is the key to deal with the dispute over the loss of salaries in pepper and sumac.""Talk about it." Li Queen Mother said.  Feng Bao went on to say: "To tell the truth, the officials of the major yamen in the two capitals dared to complain because they saw that Zhang Dalang would not be punished. , all of a sudden dumb."  "Why didn't Mr. Zhang do that?" Zhu Yijun asked.  "Shocking rat!" Feng Bao moved his body, the sunlight coming in from the window sill just fascinated his eyes, he rubbed his eyelids with his hands, and then said, "Mr. The post on the Internet said that Zhang Dalang was killed by mistake, and the word 'mistake' shows that he intended to save Zhang Dalang's life."  "Is it accidental injury?" Queen Mother Li asked.   "This... this, the old slave can't tell." "Mr. Zhang, you can hide thousands of mountains and rivers in your chest." After a long pause, Queen Mother Li said slowly, "Jun'er, you have to learn from Mr. Zhang."Zhu Yijun glanced at Glancing at the rose branch that had been folded in two on the ground, he stretched out his hand to sort out the memorials on the cases in front of him, and replied, "Queen Mother, I have something to ask Mr. Zhang." to see him."  "How about you, queen mother, you can accompany your son to the interview." When Zhu Yijun said this, he was almost coquettish.  "Is this... okay?" The Empress Dowager Li looked sideways at the silk curtain hanging down to the ground on the south wall, and a beautiful red tide suddenly appeared on her dignified and beautiful cheeks. At the end of the day, Zhang Juzheng walked into the Huiji gate, and walked along the east corridor through the three halls of Huiji, Zhongji and Jianji.Although the summer season has passed, the summer heat is still steaming under the big sun.Therefore, when Zhang Juzheng came to the entrance of Yuntai after walking the corridor, there was already a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead.While he was wiping away his sweat, the eunuch leading the way said in a low voice: "Mr. Zhang, please stop for a moment, the servant will go in and report." Come out, this is the little emperor Zhu Yijun speaking personally: "Please come in, Mr. Zhang." Zhang Juzheng straightened his official robes habitually, and stroked his long beard, which was already flattened, before lifting the corners of the robes and walking in the door.As soon as he entered the house, he found that Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao were both inside.The sitting positions of the three people are roughly the same as when they met last time.He immediately knelt down to perform the ceremony of the emperor and his ministers, and said in a loud voice: "My minister Zhang Juzheng kowtowed to the emperor, and to the empress dowager Li."  Little Emperor replied: "Sir, please sit down and talk." A waiter brought a stool to Zhang Juzheng. As soon as Zhang Juzheng sat down, Zhu Yijun spoke: "I want to see you, sir. I have something to ask for advice." , If the Emperor has any inquiries, please let me know." Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao, Feng Bao pointed to his sleeve, Zhu Yijun understood, and took out a few small notes from his sleeve, which were all the questions he wanted to ask today.This was Feng Bao's idea for him. He was afraid that his child would be nervous and forget all the questions he wanted to ask, so he wrote them down on a piece of paper first.Zhu Yijun flipped through a few notes in his hand, picked one up and asked: "Excuse me, Mr. Zhang, the Secretary of General Administration sends me a lot of memorials for review every day. These official documents are numerous and in different forms. How should we treat it differently?" Upon hearing this question, Zhang Juzheng was overjoyed for a moment, the little emperor had already made up his mind to practice political affairs and was familiar with anecdotes, which is really a good thing.Then he replied: "The matter the emperor asked is the way of transferring texts between palaces. Mr. Feng has been in the court for many years, and he is very familiar with it."  What Zhang Juzheng said meant that the little emperor should be close Ask Eunuch Feng for advice, this is a sign of friendship.Feng Bao understood immediately when he heard it, he squinted his eyes and replied with a smile: "Although this old slave has been in the Ritual Supervisor for many years, he does all the specific things. How to approve which papers, there are drafts from the cabinet outside, There is the emperor's will above, and the inspector of ceremonies just looked at the sample and criticized it, which is a matter of peace of mind. Yesterday the emperor asked, but the servant couldn't explain it completely. He only remembered Mr. Zhang's answer to the matter of "the dragon gave birth to nine sons" last time. Seeing that the master has profound knowledge, I suggest that the emperor ask the master himself." After speaking, he shrank his neck and winked, looking more and more like a boneless dough. Compared to the first meeting more than ten days ago, Zhu Yijun was much more courageous, following Feng Bao's words, Zhu Yijun said: "The question I asked just now, sir, please answer quickly."Zhang Juzheng Sitting upright all the time, at this time, he let out a "hmm", thought for a while, and replied: "Although the emperor's approvals or imperial articles in various chapters are collectively called imperial decrees, due to different genres, they can be roughly divided into ten categories: The first is called edict, the second is called imperial edict, the third is called system, the fourth is called , the fifth is called booklet, the sixth is called edict, the seventh is called book, the eighth is called talisman, the ninth is called decree, and the tenth is called call to action... As for the memorials published by various government offices, The system is also divided into ten categories: one is the title, the other is the memorial, the third is the note, the fourth is the sermon, the fifth is the statement, the sixth is the document, the seventh is the post, the eighth is the meeting, the ninth is the dew, and the tenth is the translation. ..."Next, Zhang Juzheng gave a detailed introduction to the ten styles of top-down and bottom-up styles. He listened very carefully, and asked questions in time if he didn't understand or had doubts. In this way, more than half an hour passed unconsciously.As soon as the two of them finished their conversation, Feng Bao quickly interrupted and said: "Long live, it's time to take a break."  "Ah, yes, sir is tired." Zhu Yijun looked at the sunlight shining through the white soft curtain of the west window on the pillars wrapped around the dragon couplet, looked at Queen Mother Li, smiled apologetically at Zhang Juzheng, and commanded jerkyly. Said, "Looking at the tea." Immediately, several servants brought up four tables of refreshments, one table for each of four monarchs and ministers.On the small table in front of Zhang Juzheng, there were three to five kinds of drinks and more than ten kinds of refreshments. He only drank a small bowl of iced white fungus soup, ate a small piece of snack, and rinsed his mouth. While Zhang Juzheng was slowly tasting the refreshments, the careful Concubine Li Gui had been observing secretly from the side. She found that Zhang Juzheng was very careful. Keeps from getting crumbs.What's more, he didn't make any noise when he chewed, he just swallowed slowly and gracefully.Such details inevitably reminded her of her husband, Emperor Longqing who had already passed away. Every time he ate a meal, his beard would inevitably be stained with food crumbs and soup. Big and ugly.Comparing the two, she admired Zhang Juzheng's gentleness more.According to a woman's intuition, she felt that this kind of man would think twice before doing anything. Seeing that Zhang Juzheng stopped eating, she persuaded: "Sir, eat more."  "Thank you, Empress Dowager, I have used it well." Empress Dowager Li pointed to a plate of snacks on the table and said: "This is the honey-made mangosteen fruit that the late emperor liked to eat most when he was alive. Mr. Zhang might as well taste a few."Zhang Juzheng nodded and reached out to pick it up One was about to be put into the mouth, but suddenly it was put back into the plate.  "What's wrong?" Queen Mother Li asked.   Zhang Juzheng let out a long sigh and said: "The first emperor and his ministers have an eternal friendship between monarch and minister. He is a dragon, and he can't eat Luo Han Guo, which he loves most in his life. How can the ministers swallow it?" As Zhang Juzheng spoke, his hair choked up in his throat, and he sighed.Empress Dowager Li was greatly moved, tears welled up in her eyes, she pretended to be dazzled by the sun, wiped her eyes with silk, pointed to the dining table, and said to the eunuch waiting at the door: "Remove! "