Wanli looked at this final question, silent in thought. He knew what Zhu Yidao's words meant, and he also knew that he still had pride and ambition in his heart. But he still didn't want to face those ministers, those ministers who only knew that you fight me and I fight you. In all fairness, these people still have some ability, and it is already a miracle that the entire Ming Dynasty can still operate normally when the cabinet has been short of several members and there are many fewer officials in the six ministries.

No, you have to find someone to be a shield for yourself, and sometimes you can occasionally carry the black pot! Anyway, he is the emperor, and some inconvenient things can still be done by that brother! Shen Shixing, this guy, on the surface, looks like humans and animals don't commit crimes, but in fact, there are still a lot of ghosts.

Since the forty-first year of Jiajing, Shen Shixing won the champion and became a Jishi in the Hanlin Academy, it is all kinds of princes and nobles who are constantly attracting ah! But he was not moved at all, closed his door, and only buried himself in reading. The comrades of the Hanlin Academy unanimously recognized that this benevolent brother is an extremely honest nerd, and this diligent spirit of learning is worth learning and emulating!

However, a common saying in ancient China still proves the rich philosophy it contains: honest people do not suffer.

In those years, the days of the imperial court were not as easy as they are now, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng were fighting back and forth. Even with the courtiers, he was unlucky, he was promoted today, and he hasn't been happy for a few days, the stool under his buttocks hasn't been hot, and the black gauze hat on his head hasn't been put on yet, maybe he will be exiled to the frontier tomorrow; In the northwest, where chickens don't lay eggs and birds don't poop, the half-pulled steamed buns were recalled to the imperial court for reactivation before they were finished; After coming back, I didn't dare to say much, and I didn't dare to get involved in things, and suddenly I went home to farm inexplicably.

The world is impermanent, the world is impermanent. When you come out to mix, you have to find a good boss, right? It's a pity that in those years, it was not easy to mix with anyone. Those bigwigs themselves don't know if they will have food tomorrow, so how can they cover the little brother below? In such an environment, the Hanlin Academy is naturally unavoidable, and the comrades are scrambling to compete for each other in the officialdom, and they are inextricably killed.

Only Shen Shixing, no one will follow, no one will touch, and no one will be offended; In a place like Hanlin Academy, where the water is as deep as the sea, he first became a cultivator, and then inexplicably became a zuo concubine - who helped, he didn't know, and he didn't care, as long as he didn't get involved in those things.

During this time, Shen Shixing's daily work was to read and write documents, and presided over several lectures. The general response was not bad, and this person gave lectures in a stable manner and was very dedicated. Then he took a student out of the sea of suffering, this person was not grateful to Shen Shixing, but he could finally get rid of Zhang Juzheng! Finally liberated! From this point of view, Shen Shixing still has merit.

This student's name is Zhu Yijun, which is now Wanli.

Charles Darwin once said that human beings evolved through constant struggle. Survival of the fittest is the law of nature, and no one can escape this supreme law.

In the constant fighting, only one person had the last laugh. That is, this person has become the boss of Shen Shixing. There is no way, whoever can have the last laugh will be the winner, and whoever is qualified to be their own boss; Only by mixing with such a character can you make a name for yourself.

He is Zhang Juzheng.

Since following Zhang Juzheng, he really has food, drink, status, and official positions. Shen Shixing is indeed honest, but he is definitely not stupid. Wanli has known since he became his student that this person will never be willing to be lonely, and the reason is very simple - dogs that can bite people don't bark.

In just a few years, Shen Shixing was first promoted to the Ministry of Rites - that is, the current deputy ministerial-level cadre, and then transferred to the Ministry of Officials in the fifth year of Wanli - this position is incredible, although the level is also at the deputy ministerial level, but the real power is in hand, it is definitely a fat difference!

In the sixth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng strongly applied to go home to handle his father's funeral because of the death of his old man, although he had been allowed to take the favor. But the affairs of the court can't be let go, the power in your hands can't be lost, and the happiness of your future life can't rely on that deceased father!

So he elected Shen Shi to the cabinet and appointed him as a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion - this man was obedient enough, and he was the only one who could be called by himself when he looked at the entire court.

This year, Shen Shixing was only forty-three years old.

The cabinet is the highest decision-making body of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the history of the Ming Dynasty or the record of the Ming Dynasty, for the cabinet, it is only a few words, and the language is unknown. The biggest difference between it and the celebrant is that it makes policy, while the celebrant implements policy.

This was extremely rare in the imperial court. The big guys who partnered with him were all old goblins who had lived for most of their lives. He soon discovered that he was nothing more than a shadow of Zhang Juzheng in the cabinet - in essence, he made up the numbers. Not only do you have to do things yourself, but no one listens. This can't blame him for not having the ability, but only for Zhang Juzheng's ability.

For Zhang Juzheng, it is enough for the cabinet to have one person of his own, and others only need to cooperate with him to work, and there is no need to have their own ideas and opinions. Whoever has an opinion, yes, but they must keep it. Therefore, for Shen Shixing, in front of such a short-tempered and invincible Shoufu, any praise and respect is better than obediently listening to him.

Zhang Juzheng does not need capable people in the cabinet, he only needs obedient people in the cabinet.

In such a situation, Shen Shixing rose like a rocket, and in the ninth year of Wanli, he was already a scholar of the Ministry of Officials and a scholar of the Jianji Palace, a young master and a prince.

At that time, the fashionable and young Wanli was clear about all this. He has lived in court struggles since he was a child, and he is very sensitive to these natures. Shen Shixing has no more choices, and he also has no more choices. Zhang Juzheng needs not only an obedient minister, but also an obedient emperor.

The only difference is that he can be promoted if he is obedient, but he is already an emperor, and he can't be promoted, and when Zhang Juzheng no longer needs an obedient emperor, I'm afraid he should be on the throne - that's what the queen mother taught him, although in front of Zhang Juzheng, the queen mother praised him like a flower.

In the cabinet at that time, in addition to Shen Shixing, there were also Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang and Lu Tiaoyang. These three people, both in terms of qualifications and in all aspects, are not comparable to him. So his daily job is to clean up, organize documents, and run errands - he is also a cabinet scholar, but in fact he does the work of a follower.

But Shen Shixing still has no regrets. I've been waiting for twenty years, and I care about waiting a few more decades? When you're all down or dead, it's time for me to take the throne.

God still blessed Shen Shixing very much, and in less than a year, Zhang Juzheng died.

As soon as Zhang Juzheng died, Zhang Siwei began to open his business. He is Zhang Juzheng's descendant and confidant; Everyone knows that as soon as Zhang Juzheng dies, he should be the first assistant of the cabinet.

What is this doing? Continuing to run errands as his sidekick, of course, is at the level of a university scholar - no different from the current college undergraduates working as security guards and the like. When everyone impeached Zhang Juzheng, he didn't speak; When the emperor deprived Zhang Juzheng of his title and reward, he did not speak; When copying Zhang Juzheng's house, he was even more silent.

Silence does not mean inaction.

He did a lot of things, which was exactly the same as what Zhou Enlai did during the ** period - after copying Zhang Juzheng's house and copying out people's lives, he immediately found a way to write a book to stop the situation from deteriorating further, and also got a house and some thin land for Zhang Juzheng's descendants to live; quietly asked the relationship to find someone, and tried his best to avoid the tragic ending of Zhang Juzheng being killed and his body being chopped and killed.

Zhang Siwei wanted to clean him up, but unfortunately, this guy did everything without leakage, he didn't have any handle, and Lao Zhang didn't have any way. It doesn't matter, let's continue to consume, we have time to wait, who made us already the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty?

However, as the saying goes, people are not as good as heaven. Zhang Siwei's father died. As is customary, he has to go home, but he can't go, and once he goes, it's hard to come back. In three years' time, who knows what will happen?

However, Zhang Juzheng's experience is still there, and Brother Siwei thinks about it and thinks that he can't compare with him, so he still regrets going home. Unexpectedly, before three years of going back, Xiao Zhang Shoufu died of illness in his hometown.

When the people at their heads are dead, it's their turn. Shen Shixing was elected as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty without any suspense.

So everyone should remember in the future, if you hate someone, don't panic, try to live longer than him, and when he dies or falls, your revenge will be avenged, and the hatred will be resolved.

The Ming Dynasty thus entered the era without Zhang Juzheng and began the era of Shen Shixing.