"The old minister will reply that if the old minister is twenty years younger, he will definitely help His Majesty kill all the people who should be killed, and depreciate all those who should be degraded, and try to use state funds for state affairs and internal funds for internal affairs, but Your Majesty, the old minister is too old to do anything about it."

Zhao Zhigao removed half of his buttocks from the brocade and fell to the ground with a sophisticated kneel.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent and can't help His Majesty sort out state affairs, and please ask Your Majesty to depose the old minister as the first assistant and let the old minister go back to his hometown to retire!"

Zhao Zhigao's voice couldn't hear a trace of trembling, and Zhu Yijun believed that this was his true words.

Zhao Zhigao has completely lost control of the cabinet, and he has also completely lost control of the government, not to mention Zhang Juzheng, even Wang Xijue is not as good as him.

What can be compared is probably that the three pavilions of paper paste in the Chenghua period are old, but they are hollowed out by the emperor, Xianzong is in power, and the government is still in control, not now!

The imperial power is not what it used to be, Zhu Yijun can no longer control the country handily, so he pointed to the cabinet to produce a few ministers who have the same heart as him, and it is easy to produce a Zhao Zhigao, but he was vacated by the rest of the ministers.

Zhao Zhigao is old and has no energy, even if he is as strong as Yan Song, at this age, he needs his son's back, and Zhao Zhigao can be said to be fighting alone without foreign aid, the only thing that can support him is probably his own attitude, but can he change the corruption status quo of the Ming Dynasty with a word?

Impossible......

As Zhao Zhigao lost control of the cabinet, Zhu Yijun also had a premonition that his situation would get worse and worse, if he didn't step up the cultivation of eunuch forces and Jinyi guard forces, it was estimated that he would really be hollowed out, and the internal money would be at the mercy of those bastards.

With four or five million silver on one side, these bastards are not enough, Zhu Yijun can figure out how much greasy there is here even with his toes.

It's just that he can't lose Zhao Zhigao at the moment, even if Zhao Zhigao has lost control of the cabinet, but as long as he is still in the position of the first assistant, those people can't do things without scruples, Zhao Zhigao is still sitting in this position, how much can he use this position to do something.

So, Zhu Yijun stood up and walked to Zhao Zhigao's side to help Zhao Zhigao with his own hands.

"What did Elder Ge say? I just wanted to entrust the big matter to the elder of the pavilion, how can the elder of the pavilion say that the old man has returned to his hometown? The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty still needs a respected person like the elder to call the shots, and no one else is qualified. ”

Zhao Zhigao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized the emperor's intentions.

The emperor wants to use the matter of cabinet additions to divert the attention of the ministers, let the courtiers of various factions kill each other for a while, so that he has a chance to take a breath, by the way, he has to investigate who is the most in line with his heart among the several people who have been replaced, and then he can decide who will be the first assistant.

Zhao Zhigao remembered that he once recommended Shen Li to the emperor and asked Shen Li to be the first assistant, because he knew that Shen Li was one of the few officials in the decision-making circle who still had a conscience.

Such an official can take care of the emperor's mind a little, and maybe he can do a little good thing, but Shen has always been an absolute party stick, and he doesn't know how much chaos he will make when he is in power.

According to Shen Zheng's cronyistic character, he may have to set off a new wave of party disputes in the imperial court, and maybe he will set some very bad precedents, so Zhao Zhigao feels that at least he can't let Shen Zheng be the first assistant, otherwise it will be the same as Zhang Siwei as the first assistant, and I don't know how much trouble it will cause to Daming.

But the emperor's meaning is that he would rather let himself, a bad old man in his last years, continue to occupy the position of the first assistant and not do things, and not let Shen Li take the position, it is estimated that even if he goes down by then, it will not be Shen Li's turn to come up.

Even the second assistant is estimated to have no place for Shen Li, and in order to make room for others, the emperor will even abolish Shen Li.

Of course, Zhao Zhigao also knew the reason, it was nothing more than that Shen Li used too much force during the battle for the country, and like Zhang Wei, he hurt the emperor's heart, and the emperor didn't trust him and didn't allow him to be the first assistant.

Zhang Wei's charges have basically been reviewed, just waiting for the emperor's order, the best result is to travel three thousand miles, and the normal way of execution is to directly behead and exile his family, Zhang Wei is finished, and the interest faction group behind him has given up on him and began to seek a new spokesperson.

If nothing else, this time the Jiangxi faction will also elect a new spokesperson during the cabinet member competition and then promote him into the cabinet, anyway, Jiangxi lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of Hanlin and Jinshi.

At this moment, I don't know what kind of result it will cause, the ministers hurt the emperor too much, so that the emperor's rebellious psychology broke through the sky, and he didn't need to go with his wishes, even if he still had a conscience, he didn't need to follow his wishes, it was estimated that even Shen would use it.

When will this kind of battle of wills that pervades the Ming Dynasty end?

National events are the most intolerable disputes!

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks, not to mention the matter of adding cabinet ministers, but the cabinet deputy should be selected, and now the two cabinet ministers except the old minister are not second assistants, and the position of the second assistant is vacant, which is not conducive to the operation of the cabinet, even if Your Majesty wants to add cabinet ministers, it is best to wait for the second assistant to be determined."

Of course, Zhu Yijun knew what Zhao Zhigao meant by this, and he wanted to do his best to recommend Shen Li to the emperor.

"That old man thinks that among the two current ministers, who can be the second assistant?"

Zhao Zhigao took a deep breath.

"Shen Li."

Zhu Yijun nodded, this kind of answer was not what he expected, although Zhao Zhigao said this, but Zhu Yijun's will became more and more resolute.

"Shen Li's entry into the cabinet was later than Shen Yiyi, but he was a secondary assistant before Shen Zhengyi, isn't this unreasonable?"

Hearing Zhu Yijun say this, Zhao Zhigao's heart sank directly, but even so, he had to fight for the last glimmer of hope.

"Shen Li is known as a clean and honest person in the foreign court, and has influence on the foreign court, compared to the old ministers, he is more young and strong, and he has more courage to do practical things for the Ming Dynasty, I hope Your Majesty will not scruple to enter the cabinet successively, the first assistant Zhang Xuan in the Jiajing period is only a top three jinshi but can also be the first assistant, Your Majesty has always revered Jiajing Ye, think twice to Your Majesty!"

This is Zhao Zhigao's last effort.

However, in Zhu Yijun's view, this is nothing to do at all.

Shen Li has a good reputation in the foreign dynasty and can unite the ministers, and then what? What do you do with the Unite Ministers? Still not firing at me? And Shen has always had a bad reputation abroad, and the relationship with the speaker group is not good, he got rid of several speech officials when he entered the cabinet, and it was at that time that he formed a grudge against Shen Li.

A Shoufu who has a bad relationship with the ministers can rely on the emperor to block the emperor's guns, and a Shoufu who has a good relationship with the ministers will lead the ministers to fire at the emperor, and Zhu Yijun, who has suffered from several first assistants, will not be fooled again.