The idea of asking Chen Yiqin to help was came up with Li Chunfang, he is an average talent, and his original political ambitions are not great, but Shoufu is the chief of a hundred officials after all, and after sitting in this position, no one will want to take the initiative to give way.

Of course, Li Chunfang is the same, not to mention that he feels that the position of the first assistant is best not done by a person with a character like Gao Gong - it is not bad to be aggressive, but it is not necessarily a good thing to be too enterprising, after all, under the clear policy of the imperial court, it is the truth that hundreds of officials are in harmony.

is also for the same reason, in fact, Li Chunfang is not very satisfied with Zhao Zhenji and Zhang Juzheng, but in contrast, Zhao Zhenji still remembers that everyone is the old disciple of Xu Ge and respects himself, but Zhang Juzheng actually turned his back on his teacher and ran to get involved with Gao Gong, which made Li Chunfang unhappy.

And relatively speaking, Li Chunfang doesn't like Gao Gong, and just thinks that his personality is not suitable for being the first assistant, Zhang Juzheng's side, Li Chunfang doesn't like another reason: he feels that Zhang Juzheng's mind is gloomy and vicious, and this kind of person will be a disaster to be the first assistant.

Thinking about Xu Jiezhi at the beginning, Li Chunfang was promoted to the first assistant as the second assistant. When Xu Jiezhi was a scholar, "the affairs of the family and the country" were entrusted to his protégé Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng was eyeing the prime and coveting the phase, and promptly presented the policy program "Chen Liushi Shu" in order to win the first seat. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng, who is the last assistant, never takes the first assistant Li Chunfang in his eyes, and "treats Chunfang as contemptuous".

"The first step stopped with human words, and Chunfang sighed: 'Xu Gong Shang'er, I can be safe for a long time, and I can get up and hear at night!' Ju Zhengyu said: 'So, Shu Bao Lingming! Chunfang was stunned. Soon, Li Chunfang begged for rest with his second child, but the emperor did not allow it. In this way, Zhang Juzheng's hope of waiting for the position of first assistant was disappointed, but what he was waiting for was another senior and vigorous Zhao Zhenji to enter the cabinet.

Zhao Zhenji "conceited his elders and materials, and occasionally called Juzheng 'Zhang Zi', and said something about the court, then said, 'Alas, it is not understood by the younger generations'." Gangneung hated it and didn't answer. Zhang Juzheng felt deeply isolated in the cabinet and regarded Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji as the biggest obstacles to his career. So Zhang Juzheng took the inner line again, "conspired with the nobleman Li Fang, summoned the high arch, led the ministry, planned to strangle Zhenji, and seize Li Chunfang's government." At this time, Longqing felt that there was no high arch in the court, and many things were unsatisfactory to him, so he summoned Gao Gong to return to the cabinet as a second assistant, and was also in charge of the ministry, so Gao Gong recovered.

After the recovery, Gao Gong actually did not have a direct conflict with Li Chunfang, if there was anything to say, it was that Gao Gong's attitude towards some major matters was relatively tough, especially on the issue of official governance, which has been very strict. However, in Li Chunfang's view, since he is also a heavenly official, it is understandable that he should be strict in the governance of officials, but he does not speak very well when the cabinet is deliberating, after all, it is not a big deal.

And Zhang Juzheng is different, although Li Chunfang has no temper, it does not mean that he has no eyesight, Zhang Juzheng's private actions, he saw them in his eyes and remembered them in his heart. Li Chunfang actually regretted Zhang Juzheng's actions, feeling that Zhang Juzheng was under Xu Jiemen, and only learned "Yin is heavy and does not leak", but he did not get the essence of it, and as a result, he embarked on the evil road.

Of course, he would not think that Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong were close because they had similar interests, but would only think that they smelled the same. In his opinion, as long as all the officials in the world insist on self-cultivation, not to mention the gentlemen of the whole country, under the gentlemen of the Manchu Dynasty, there is nothing bad in the country, and there is no need to make any effort to build those famous halls.

Zhao Zhenji listened to Li Chunfang's idea, and also felt that it was urgent to contact Chen Yiqin.

At present, the situation is getting more and more serious, although Gao Gong has taken the initiative to go up twice after returning to the court, saying that he has too much power and asks to resign from the Ministry of Shangshu, but twice in a row, Emperor Longqing did not hesitate to "not allow", which is very troublesome.

Zhao Zhenji is also a scholar of the heart, like Li Chunfang, he also feels that the unity within the court is greater than everything, as long as everyone cultivates the way of a gentleman, why be so strict? To put it mildly, in the early years of Taizu, how strict was the rule of officials? At that time, will the world be peaceful and happy?

Therefore, Zhao Zhenji always felt that some of Gao Gong's reforms to the rule of officials were idle and nothing to do, just to show off his prestige, except for making hundreds of officials frightened, there would be no effect.

As for why Li Chunfang just came up with an idea and asked Zhao Zhenji to contact Chen Yiqin, the reason is actually very simple: Zhao Zhenji and Chen Yiqin belong to the "Township Party", that is, both of them are from Sichuan.

When the fellow saw the fellow, his eyes were full of tears. This situation is not unique to later generations, and those who have been officials in previous generations can easily form a township party because of their fellow villagers.

Li Chunfang said to Zhao Zhenji: "Gao and Zhang have today's momentum, which is nothing more than the old love of Yudi in the past, and the saint misses the old. And Songgu Gong (Chen Yiqin's name Songgu) was also an old minister of Yudi in the past, looking at our weakness today, what is lacking is in the old love. Therefore, if we can say that Matsutani and we are in agreement, the cabinet will be able to rebalance. ”

Zhao Zhenji nodded, of course he knew that Chen Yiqin had also served as a lecturer of King Yu for a long time. And he also knew that Chen Yiqin had a great merit in fighting Yan Song and Yan Shifan's father and son in order to protect King Yu.

At that time, only two sons were still alive, so there were two royal residences, but he refused to make a prince, so the competition for the crown prince of the East Palace was fierce. Yan Song's father and son also had a conspiracy to replace King Yu's position as the "actual prince" at that time. One day, Yan Song sent his son Yan Shifan to ask Chen Yiqin: I heard that His Royal Highness has been a little confused recently, and I don't know what to say to his Lao Tzu?

Chen Yiqin replied with a very serious attitude: "The country has long been tacitly decided. King Yu was born to take the name of Zaiyuan, and the person who was born from the soil was the first to come out of the Nine Domains, and this monarch also willed. ”

Because the word is a queen on the soil character, it is the title of the monarch in ancient times (no wind note: the monarch of the Xia Dynasty is called "Hou", so it is also called the Xia Hou clan. ), and then on the earth, it means that you have the earth. The land of China was idealized by the ancients as Kyushu and Nine Regions. Therefore, Chen Yiqin made the above explanation of the word.

At that time, Chen Yiqin went on to say: "The lecturers of the other princes are all reviewers, and the lecturers of King Duyu are also editorial, which is the meaning of complementarity." His Royal Highness King Yu often said that the current Shoufu (that is, Yan Song) is a capable minister who governs the country. Where do you receive these gossips. Chen Yiqin's words made Yan Shifan speechless, so he had to leave quietly.

In the eyes of Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji, Gao Gong is certainly the most recognized teacher of Longqing, but Chen Yiqin has also been a teacher for nine years, and has done his best to protect King Yu, and with the character of Emperor Longqing, he will definitely take care of his face, if he is willing to stand on his side, the cabinet will inevitably re-form a balance of power.

But unexpectedly, after Zhao Zhenji visited Chen Yiqin, Chen Yiqin's face became very ugly as soon as he heard him explain his intentions, and he restrained his smile and was speechless for a while.

Zhao Zhenji was anxious in his heart, and under the questioning, Chen Yiqin suddenly looked sad, smiled, and said: "Dazhou Gong, you and I are the township party, Gao Zhang and I are old bureaucrats, and now that the matter has come to this, Yiqin has no way to do it, but to go." ”