The desire for power is not a desire for the power to do good, but a desire for the possession of power itself. It can be said that among all kinds of greed in people, the desire for power is the most tyrannical and the most criminal. In order to gain power, people will be willing to take risks, willing to do whatever it takes, and of course, people will do anything to consolidate power.

For a person who once had power and lost it, his desire for power is often far greater than ordinary people, at least for Zhang Siwei, he is exactly like this, although he has written three times in a row for physical reasons, but deep down, he knows very well what he wants.

What he wants is power under one man and above ten thousand. But now, because of his son's misdeeds, they have all come to naught, and what is more deadly?

It's Zhang Juzheng's jealousy of him!

Zhang Juzheng has never been a generous person!

He's even a grudge-holder!

This is Zhang Siwei's understanding of him, and because of this, what he has always been most worried about is Zhang Juzheng's revenge, after all, he has a killing hatred with him!

This is a secret that only the two of them know, even now, when facing Shen Xing, who hurried to the post station, Zhang Siwei did not come, he just drank tea silently, chatting with Shen Xingshi with half-truths. In fact, from the time Shen Xing came in disguise in the middle of the night, Zhang Siwei had basically guessed his intention.

They couldn't help it!

But what do they want to do?

"Ziwei,"

Staring at Zhang Siwei, Shen Xingshi said earnestly.

"The reason why Ziwei is the only one this time is probably because of Shoufu!"

"Hey, Ru Mo, look at what you said, I asked Zhishi to return to my hometown because I was sick for a long time."

"Oh? Seriously? ”

Shen Xing's rhetorical question made Zhang Siwei silent, and after a long time, he sighed, but did not say another word.

"Does Ziwei think Zhishi can protect himself?"

Facing Zhang Siwei's silence, Shen Xingshi sneered.

"In the past, the Jiangling reform relied on Ziwei and other Shanxi officials, and Ziwei and others suppressed my Jiangnan Shieun, since he can now use an excuse to assassinate Qincha, he will definitely be able to find other excuses to suppress Shanxi, after all, once my Jiangnan Shilin is heavily damaged, Shanxi officials may not be able to support it alone!"

Seeing that Zhang Siwei still didn't speak, Shen Xingshi said directly.

"What? Ziwei doesn't believe it? Since Gangneung was the first assistant, he has blindly cleared the land and implemented reforms, and the people in Jiangnan are all complaining, and what is Jiangling trying to do? It is nothing more than Tian Fu tax silver, and when the Jiangnan matter is decided in the future, Ziwei thinks that Jiangling will let the Jin merchants control the official salt! ”

Everyone has his weakness, and Zhang Siwei's weakness lies in salt, and the reason why he and his uncle will fully support Zhang Juzheng's reform back then is precisely because he has no intention of changing the salt law. But at that time, he was concentrating on "Tian Fu", but once this goal was completed, then the next goal must be salt.

"How much should I get from the Daming salt tax every year? The annual income of the imperial court is only more than a million taels, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that if it is collected in full, it will probably not be less than a million taels, and in comparison, how can it ......be compared to Tian Fu."

Staring at Zhang Siwei, Shen Xingshi sneered.

"In the past, he didn't touch the salt law because he needed your support to suppress Jiangnan, but now...... Ziwei thought that after Jiangnan was tamed by Jiangling, who would be next? ”

Faced with such a question, Zhang Siwei just pursed his lips, and then asked rhetorically.

"So, what do you want to do?"

When his words fell, he wrote a few words on the table casually, staring at those words, Zhang Siwei's eyes widened, and his eyes were full of surprise.

"This, this...... How can this be ......?"

"Ziwei, do you think there is any other way besides?"

Shen Xingshi asked rhetorically, and then said.

"Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, as long as Ziwei is willing to help me, this matter will definitely succeed!"

When Shen Xingshi's words fell, Zhang Siwei did not agree, but weighed it repeatedly in his heart, occasionally he would cast his eyes on the table, staring at the three words written with tea on the table, and his heart was beating for a while......

As the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty under one person and above ten thousand people, Zhang Juzheng always carefully controls the cabinet and the imperial court, and he does everything possible to avoid repeating the fate of Gao Gong and others, so for him, the biggest threat is that he may be replaced by a cabinet minister at any time.

From Zhang Siwei to Shen Xing, Zhang Juzheng carefully let the second assistant in his control, and once he was out of his control, he would not hesitate to replace him. And now, unexpectedly, he realizes that the situation is developing towards a situation that is out of his control.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Juzheng was silent for a long time after putting down the secret letter sent by Xia Qi, and only after a long time did he say with a sigh.

"You Qi, do you say that the old man is a traitor?"

"If the lord is a traitor, I'm afraid there will be no more loyal ministers in this world!"

"But many people think that the old man is a traitor!"

Zhang Juzheng's voice became colder and colder, and even his face was still angry.

"Not only did those people think so when they applied for it, but even Zhang Siwei of Zhishi also thought so......"

Shaking the secret letter in his hand, Zhang Juzheng sneered.

"He Zhang Siwei did not go back to Shanxi, but fell ill and recuperated in the post station less than 100 miles away, a good Zhang Ziwei, the old man does not remember the hatred of killing women with him, he wants to join forces with those people!"

When he said this, Zhang Juzheng moved for the first time to kill, since becoming the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, in order to implement reforms, he connived at Zhang Siwei and others to corrupt the salt law, for no other reason, he needs the support of Wang Chonggu, Zhang Siwei and others, and they are all from the salt merchant family, so the imperial history official in charge of salt affairs has folded up and said that the destruction of salt affairs in the world is because of Zhang Siwei's family.

But Zhang Juzheng has always turned a blind eye to this, because he needs Zhang Siwei's obedience and the obedience of Shanxi officials, and those officials have a certain relationship with Shanxi salt merchants. This is also the key reason why he would rather sacrifice the salt method.

Even when Zhang Siwei's son tried to ruin his reputation, he still opened his face, even if the price was his daughter! But Zhang Juzheng never thought that his magnanimity was finally exchanged for Zhang Siwei's betrayal.

The reason why Zhang Juzheng is so angry is because he knows very well what Zhang Siwei will do!

In order to kill people and protect himself, he even did not hesitate to set fire to a few streets, and thousands of people died in the fire.