On this late spring and early summer night, in the midst of rolling thunder, some people were as enthusiastic as fire, and some people were angry. Some people are violating taboos and enjoying the inexplicable pleasure that this taboo brings, while others are angry that others have violated taboos.

Zhang Juzheng, who has always been moody, lost his temper for the first time and drove Gu Shi, who had always been regarded as a son-in-law, out of his study. Looking at the appearance of the honest man fleeing in embarrassment in the rain, many family members secretly wondered in their hearts, what did this famous noodle melon do to make the master so angry? It's not going to wilt people out of leopards, what happened to Miss, right? But when I think about it, I have denied my thoughts, how can I do that kind of man's thing with such a weak chicken?

In the room, Zhang Juzheng's face was still ugly, and Yao Ba, who was the chief confidant and full-time doctor, hurriedly stepped forward to check Zhang Juzheng's pulse, but was waved and refused.

"It's okay. In the past few days, I have heard too many similar words, and I have long lost my anger. It's just that I didn't expect that I had always treated Gu Shi as my own son, but what did he do to me? He actually advised me to leave Beijing and return to my hometown immediately, so as not to be misunderstood. What is the misunderstanding? Misunderstanding Zhang's greed for power and waiting for the third decree of love in long live? Bastard, if it weren't for Donghua Gong's face, I would have kicked him out of the house now! ”

Yao Ba hurriedly calmed Zhang Juzheng's emotions, "Gu Gongzi is a real person, he thinks and says what he says, he doesn't use his brain, Xiangye shouldn't be like him." ”

"Just because I knew that this was what he was talking about, I felt angry. originally thought that he was just a little stupid, and he didn't want to get too close to Zou Yuanbiao and others, and he learned their pedantry and prejudice. It's okay for a person to be stupid, but if you add stubbornness, it's incorrigible! I'm a little worried about Qingqing now, if I really marry him, will I be by such a fool! ”

Seeing that the old man was really angry, Yao Ba hurriedly persuaded a few words, and said carefully: "In fact, there are many talented people in the world, and there may not be only Gu Gongzi. The marriage was mentioned casually, but now it is too late to regret it. ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned, under the anger, he did have a hint of a plan to change people. But now that Yao Ba is speaking, he has to think about it carefully. Although there is no marriage contract with Gu Shi, everyone is already tacit, just waiting for time, and now the replacement is no different from regretting marriage for Gu Shi.

Of course, he can't sue himself for this, but for Donghua Gong, the old man, it seems a little difficult to explain this. Besides, there are many talented people, and it is rare to be as loyal as Gu Shi, but staying a little is conducive to the daughter's control, and the daughter must be in charge at home.

Now it is a mourning period, and the wedding can't be discussed, so he decided to put this matter down for a while, waved his hand and said:

"Forget it, let's not talk about him. You go to the front and give me the documents handed over by Chu Yintai, the secretary of the General Administration, today, and the old man wants to see how many people are bent on driving the old man out of the court. ”

The Son of Heaven's first decree to win love has been rejected by Zhang Juzheng, but just as resignation requires a process, winning love is not something that can be done overnight, and it also needs to go through a procedure. The two rejections of the three holy decrees are also the proper meaning of the question. Under the premise that Zhang Juzheng has never left Beijing, anything can happen.

It was when the emperor's decree was issued, and at the same time the edict was issued in the court, requiring the hundred officials to start discussing this issue, the conflict between the love faction and the Ding Wei faction broke out. Since the whole thing was picked by the Son of Heaven, the war did not affect Zhang Juzheng for a while, mainly on the side of the Son of Heaven.

The one who supported Zhang Juzheng's love was regarded as a chaotic minister and thief by the conservative faction, and Hou Shouyong was used as the person who first played the chapter, and some people shouted and shouted to kill, and they wanted to get rid of it quickly. Those who supported the seizure of affection were headed by Li Youzi, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, and some key members of the Gangneung Party followed up.

The official position of these people is not low, but the main reason why they do not have an advantage in public opinion is that they cannot be reasonable. After all, it is the duty of a person to mourn for his parents, even if the rebellion of the Qianguo Mansion is not serious enough to be imminent, and the severity is far from seizing love. Li Qu is short of breath, and at present, it seems that he is being pressed and beaten by the conservative faction.

Most of the neutrals among the hundred officials are now also involved. Under the influence of various factors, such as maintaining the Confucian Taoist system, or the opinion of Zhang Juzheng on the basis of the closure of the academy, or the disgust with the examination method, the mainstream voices in the court were all against seizing affection and supporting the system. It's hard for everyone to say that the emperor is blindly directing and talking nonsense, but they just explain to the emperor that it is not in line with etiquette to seize affection, and the situation today is not so serious, so it is completely unnecessary.

Chu Jiangchuan is in charge of the political envoys, and he is Zhang Juzheng's confidant, so he will not change his camp just because he went to Lu Mansion to congratulate him. The expulsion of Lu Tiaoyang was successful before, and his contribution cannot be erased. At this time, he took the initiative to copy a copy of the corresponding names of all the defenders' recitals and send them to Zhang's mansion, so that Zhang Juzheng knew what he wanted. is because Zhang Juzheng ostensibly holds funerals at home and does not ask about foreign affairs, but in fact, he has a good grasp of the movements of the imperial court, which is not inferior to outsiders.

Yao Ba carried the transcription and the index documents written by Chu Jiangchuan into the room, and said: "The young lady has already read these documents, and she has also listed a catalog for the master, and they are classified according to the level of official position and the degree of speech. The lord said that the young lady has the talent of a prime minister, and it is true. ”

"This girl, she is not in good health and has a good rest, these things are done by her own staff, she just refuses to embroider female red like other women." Although Zhang Juzheng's mouth fell, there was a hint of relief in his heart, and he finally got a trace of comfort in the indignation for two or three days in a row.

I didn't look at the index written by Chu Jiangchuan, but only opened the document written by my daughter and saw that it listed the names and official positions of the officials of the conservative faction, and sorted them according to their importance. At the top of the list of the conservative faction is Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry.

Because of the mastery of the promotion and transfer of civil officials, the officials are known as the head of the six departments, and the book is called the heavenly official. Zhang Han is a scholar who has been picked up with one hand, and he has always been obedient to Zhang Juzheng and has no resistance. Although he can't be counted as the Gangneung Party, everyone thinks he is Zhang Juzheng's own person.

At present, the question of Zhang Juzheng's whereabouts and stay has gradually evolved into a question of taking sides. Those who have achieved the ministry level in the officialdom are basically human spirits. Although Zhang Juzheng did not make any statement, this kind of non-statement itself is the biggest attitude.

If he really wants to win the love, he should have an indication that he doesn't restrain his subordinates now, most of them really intend to stay. At this time, he came out to support the system, no matter what he really thought in his heart, it was not wronged to be regarded as an anti-Zhang Jiangling person. What's more, the ministry is related to the future of officials, and this Shangshu stood up against the system, so naturally, a large number of officials launched an attack on Zhang Juzheng in order to attach themselves to Zhang Han.

Unfolding Zhang Han's manuscript, Zhang Juzheng glanced at it a few times and snorted coldly. "To protect Zhang's reputation, this Zhang Ziwen thinks about the old man everywhere. He still wants to hide that little bit from me? Now that the cabinet is short of people, if the old man is worried, he Zhang Ziwen can naturally be added to the cabinet as a heavenly official, and maybe he can still be in charge, so naturally he will look at me as an eyesore. He didn't want to think about it, Ge Shouli and Zhu Heng were far above him Zhang Ziwen regardless of their identity and qualifications, if there was no old man to support him, how could he be a heavenly official? Now that he has turned his face, he wants the old man to win his love, I think he Zhang Ziwen is ungrateful and shameless! If you talk about fame, what is the reputation of those who betray their benefactor! ”

His gaze saw the end of the cantata, and at the end of the manuscript, there were a few more lines of juanxiu writing, which were the pen of his beloved daughter. Looking down, there are all kinds of bad deeds and crimes when Zhang Han supervised Shaanxi, and the end part says that Xie Siqi and Zhang Han have a grudge, Wang Daocheng was reprimanded when he was inspected, and Zhang Han hated him for a long time, and it was used properly.

Zhang Juzheng's face improved slightly, and he nodded: "Qingqing mistakenly reincarnated as a daughter, otherwise, the old man in the court will have a successor." Yao Ba, you write something to Xie Siqi and Wang Daocheng, you know what to write in your own heart. ”

"The slave obeys."

Zhang Juzheng's gaze swept over the names of the remaining conservative factions, and suddenly asked, "Has Fan Jin been on the concert?" ”

"Back to the master, Fan Gongzi's recital has been passed."

"He is not as good as Hou Shouyong, he is still a political scholar, and there is a high hall in his family, if he supports and seizes love, he will be hated by hundreds of officials and become the target of public criticism. His situation is not easy. He should support the seizure of love, and the old man will not blame him. ”

Yao Ba shook his head and said, "Fan Gongzi neither supported the seizure of affection, nor did he support Ding Wei. His recitals are different from everyone else's. ”

"Thunder, rain and dew, all are gentlemen, love and control, all are out of the holy ......"

In the palace, Wanli, who was awakened by the thunder, saw Feng Daban by his side, and his worried heart gradually stabilized. In my mind, I recalled Fan Jin's recital. In this court dispute, whether it was the conservative faction or the Ding Wei faction, what everyone did was to reason with the emperor, explain the interests and interests, and serve their respective views.

Although the views of the two factions are different, they agree on one issue, that is, the emperor is young, does not understand reason at all, and does not have the ability to handle political affairs. As a minister, he can only explain the truth clearly to such a child, lest he be childish and make wrong decisions.

In the minds of the ministers, the emperor who was not married did not have the ability to enforce the emperor's power. This is not to say that everyone can ignore the emperor's orders, but to explain the seriousness of the matter and the correct direction to the emperor, and persuade the emperor to move forward on the right path. In the entire imperial court, the emperor is regarded as an adult, thinking that this matter should be decided by the emperor, and it is the authority of the Son of Heaven to seize affection and worry, and only Fan Jin can interfere with it.

Wanli's current level of knowledge is not enough to understand too complex words. It's like quoting scriptures and texts, and what he can understand is actually very limited. In addition, he is in the rebellious period of secondary two, and the degree of attention to etiquette cannot be compared with that of real adults.

Most of the members of the court were old and mature, and understood the importance of the existence of rituals in maintaining a stable ruling structure. However, a half-year-old child of Wanli's age is at the age of challenging authority and overthrowing the law, and taking unrestraint as the highest pursuit, and he actually can't understand or listen to the minister's big truths.

Regardless of whether it is the Ding Wei faction or the sentiment faction, their argument in the ceremony, Wanli is not interested in it, and he can't understand it. Fan Jin's prose is very rough and has few dictionaries, which is actually not quite in line with his identity as a second-class heir. But to an emperor like Wanli, who has mediocre knowledge, it is exactly what he wants.

On the one hand, the Son of Heaven was worried about the surging feelings of the ministers and whether he could take it over, and on the other hand, he was relieved that the message he personally ordered was really of the same heart as himself. This incident is the first time that Wanli has made his own decisions, and it is also the first time that he has opinions on officials. Although this kind of thing will happen countless times in the future, people always remember the first time the most. And in the whole incident, the person who impressed Wanli the most was not Zhang Juzheng, but Fan Jin.

I couldn't sleep left and right, Wanli suddenly came to his senses, blinked his eyes and asked Feng Baodao: "Companion, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, I have something to ask you." When the emperor's grandfather discussed the ceremony, was the situation as dangerous as it is now? ”

Feng Bao said with a smile: "The slave maid is young, but the big ceremony really hasn't caught up." But the slave thought about it, it was much more dangerous back then than now. I heard that the talented man Yang Shen brought a large number of people to ambush in Zuoshunmen, and almost killed Zhang Wenzhong and Gui Wenxiang, who entered Beijing from other provinces. Right now, everyone is just reasoning, and they won't beat people. ”

"That's not good, Daban will send a few people back to protect Fan Aiqing so that he won't be killed by anyone."

"Yes, yes, the slave wrote it down."

"Companion, I heard from the queen mother that at that time, a large number of ministers blocked the palace gate and cried, asking the imperial grandfather to take back his life. Most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty came, and the scene was really powerful, and everyone should be afraid of this battle, right? At that time, how did the imperial grandfather deal with those who opposed the ministers. ”

"It's nothing, it's just a fight. The slave maid also listened to what the old man said, and sent a large number of brocade guards down to beat the court staff one by one who were crying outside the palace gate......" Speaking of this, Feng Bao suddenly stopped vigilantly, shook his head and said: "That kind of thing is also long live Grandpa is angry, and he usually doesn't dare to do that." Those scholars are the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, how can they just take the court staff. ”

"Tingcane ......" Wanli nodded, and kept this word in his heart, Yu Fengbao's persuasion, and did not take it to heart. Looking out the window at the dark night, he said softly: "I don't know what kind of trouble will happen in the court tomorrow, these people...... Why don't you listen to me? Fan Jin's recital couldn't help but appear in his mind, and he secretly said in his heart: It would be good if Fan Aiqing was here, just ask him for advice. Otomo is not a civil official after all, so it's not easy to use.

At this time, Fan Jin was enjoying the personal service of Wanli's imperial aunt who was like a fairy, and on the side, Qingfeng Langyue and the two were already unable to bear to be paralyzed as mud. Feeling the fiery enthusiasm of this noble lady, Fan Jin secretly admired in his heart: he was not mistaken, she is really a stunner who is cold on the surface and hot on the inside, as long as she conquers her, it will make men as cool as a fairy, this Mrs. Li is really easy to use. 10