Zhang Juzheng has always been good at burning cold stoves, when Yan Song was in power before, Xu Jie was submissive in front of Yan Song, and even did not hesitate to marry Yan Song, in the cabinet is completely a small point under Yan Song's light, and he did not dare to mention the slightest point of view that is contrary to Yan Song, and the outside world is not optimistic about him at all, and even thinks that this person is spineless.

Only Zhang Juzheng saw Xu Jie's forbearance, like a dragon (Yangtze crocodile) lurking in the water, he would not move lightly until the last moment, once he opened his bloody mouth, it was the time when he wanted people's lives.

Sure enough, when Yan Song was dying of old age and the saint's family was declining, Xu Jie launched a seemingly inconspicuous but actually thrilling killing, which led to the fall of Yan Song, the first minister of the Jiajing Dynasty who had been in power for decades!

Xu Jie then succeeded as the first assistant, Zhang Juzheng won the trust of Xu Jie because of his unwavering standing by Xu Jie's side for many years, and soon he was recommended by Xu Jie, and went straight to the cabinet from the Hanlin Academy, "90,000 miles of people who are swaying up"!

If Gao Gong burned Yuwang's cold stove back then, it was somewhat due to luck - he was "assigned to work" to Yuwang's mansion, but because of his conscientious work, he won the trust of Yuwang; Then Zhang Juzheng is the path he chose, followed Xu Jie, and obeyed Xu Jie's arrangement to be a lecturer of Yuwang.

From this point of view, Zhang Juzheng is convinced that his gaze is more than the high arch, and he believes that the high arch is just luck. Of course, Zhang Juzheng still has some convincing spirit for Gao Gong's talent and ambition, otherwise he would not have become friends with him back then, and he expected each other to be in the same industry.

It's just that when the two of them really entered the cabinet and became the "Xianggong" in the actual sense, Zhang Juzheng's mentality was a little unbalanced.

What Gao Gong wants to do is so similar to what he wants to do, but he is the real "emperor" in the emperor's mind, but as long as he is one day, how can there be a day when he has his own grand plans? Could it be that he also has to learn from the teacher back then, who has been working hard all the time when he was young, until he is old and old, and he has lost his holy favor, so that he can stand out from the light of others?

Zhang Juzheng was a little hesitant and a little entangled.

Gao Gong still trusts himself for the most part, and judging from the current situation, he will most likely be happy to recommend him as the successor to Shoufu before he comes to Zhishi, but ...... Gao Gong is only fifty-seven years old this year, even if he does not delay a day as a regular seventy-year, there are still thirteen years!

Yes, he is only forty-five years old this year, and even after thirteen years, he is only fifty-eight years old. However, if Gao Gong has been working for more than ten years, if he does everything he should do and can do, what will he do in the future?

Xiao Gui Cao followed? Joke! Xiao He or Cao Shen, who is more admired by future generations?

I, Zhang Taiyue, am not willing to live under the people!

What I want is to criticize the four seas, to judge the world, and to prosper in the Ming Dynasty...... It is in my hands!

Both Shengyu and He Shengliang? Zhongxuangong, Brother Su Qing, I, Zhang Juzheng, must be separated from you!

What's more, you already have a peerless saint in the world, but now you still have to lay the groundwork by the prince's side, don't you still want to do it to that age like Yan Song did back then, and then directly hand over the power to your nephew?

Ridiculous! As long as I, Zhang Juzheng, am still here, I will never allow this kind of situation to happen!

It's just that it's easy to make a decision, but it's hard to get things done. You Qi sent back the news this afternoon that the national abbot Li Weiwei banquet guests, privately passed out a piece of news, saying that he had previously returned to Beijing to face the saint to restore his life after sweeping the tomb of Emperor Jing, and chatted with the saint and found that the saint felt that the selection of the prince from the three civil officials in Beijing to accompany him was too wide.

This statement cannot be said to be unreasonable, after all, the previous batch of sons and daughters of the lords were all from the top families of the Jingnan department, and the scope of the three rank civil officials in Beijing is indeed a bit too large.

But the question is, if the scope is narrowed, to what extent? Six parts of the nine qing? Or is it just a few old people who can pick and choose?

However, it is better to say that it is limited to six ministries and nine secretaries, but if it is limited to the cabinet, what reason is used? You must know that the development of the cabinet system to the present, although in practice it is based on "the court pushes the three grades and above the ministers", the rank of the cabinet scholars themselves is very low, but the power is getting heavier and heavier with the passage of time.

In the Ming generation, the scope of the cabinet's responsibilities is said, specifically, there are the following: "Whether it is possible to offer replacement, follow the old rules, check the questions, and approve the votes, so as to make the government fair." ”

"Substitution" is the main way for the cabinet to help the monarch reduce his political affairs. Cabinet ministers express their opinions based on the emperor's inquiries, which is called "dedication". The monarch gave his approval and instructed that it could be carried out, which was called "consecration". If the ministers have a different opinion on the emperor's plan, it is called "yes or no". Simply put, it will be the right to refute.

"Feng Chen Gui Zhi", "Chen" is the four books and five classics of Confucian classics, the political achievements of the Ming lord of the previous dynasty and the legacy of the ancestors of the emperor, "Gui" is the rules and methods, used to educate and train the emperor. In the form of lectures, the cabinet scholars used the form of lectures to teach the emperor the Four Books and the Five Classics and the art of stabilizing the country.

"Spot check question", although everyone to the emperor is sparse, often collectively referred to as the upper chapter, but strictly speaking, because of official affairs on the book is called "question", because of private matters on the book is called "play". The Cabinet has the right to preview the various recitals of the Divisions.

"Vote to be approved" began in the Yingzong Dynasty, and it was also the main form of the cabinet to help the emperor in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Isn't it because all officials have to go through the cabinet first, and the cabinet will attach the disposition to the original report in the form of a draft to the emperor? How can the emperor be so familiar with many government affairs, the vast majority of them are nothing more than how to write the ticket, and the emperor approves a "according to" or "can" thing? Even the emperor himself probably didn't even bother to write the word "Ke", and handed it over to the celebrant to write - this is a batch of red.

In addition to the above-mentioned functions and powers, the Cabinet also has the right to draft decrees, participate in the discussion of state affairs, and compile and revise the records of the emperor. But in any case, the cabinet ministers are only in the center of power, so "although they have no name, they really have power", just looking at the grade, but they really can't do it.

The actual rank of the ministers actually comes from the ranks.

For example, Gao Gong, he is a young master and a prince, from a literary minister, and at the same time, he also has a unique style and serves as a secretary of the ministry.

But the trouble is that if you count the title, there will be a group of idle pensioners who will also be counted.

Zhang Juzheng frowned, and scolded in his heart: This Li Wei is really incompetent, since you are passing the word on behalf of the emperor, you can accurately express the emperor's meaning, and if you say it so unclearly, how can you deal with it? Recommend your nephews, you may say that you are flattering; I don't recommend it, if you don't make a fuss, you will be called "contemptuous of the Holy Bow".

But after thinking about it, Zhang Juzheng still decided to let his fourth eldest Zhang Jianxiu go with him tomorrow.