Today's Son of Heaven Wanli can be regarded as the most aggrieved one among the more than ten emperors since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, which has been in power for five years and nearly six years, but the power in his hands is still pitiful. Although www.biquge.info has to participate in the court meeting every day, and also has to review a lot of concerts, there are very few things that can really make him the master, and all the major affairs of the family and the country are made by Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and then issued in the name of his son of heaven in the world.

At the beginning, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, in order to prevent the emergence of a dispute between the monarch and the power of the prime minister, the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang resolutely canceled the prime minister system through the Hu Weiyong case and replaced it with the cabinet. Unexpectedly, after more than 100 years of changes, the cabinet has developed into a behemoth, in which the power of the cabinet chief assistant is even more powerful than that of the chief minister of a hundred officials, and has become an existence that is enough to compete with the emperor.

Especially when the emperor was young, and the head of the cabinet was in power, the situation was even more out of control, so that the emperor's decree could not leave the palace gate at all. This result, whether it is a generation of heroes like Taizu or Chengzu, the founder of the king could never have dreamed of.

In fact, if it is just in the court, it has no impact, and Wanli, who is still young, can bear it. After all, he also knows that he is far younger than Zhang Juzheng, and the other party will one day go down from his current position, and Daming's official position has never been hereditary, and no matter how powerful he Zhang Taiyue is, it is impossible for him to make his son a new cabinet assistant. At that time, Wanli will naturally be able to take everything back.

What can make Wanli unbearable is that in addition to the power of the foreign dynasty, even the palace itself has been greatly constrained, and some things are not something that he, the emperor, can say. Some powerful eunuchs have shirked his will for various reasons.

And with the continuous growth of years, coupled with Yang Zhen's previous "earnest teachings", Wanli's desire for power also grew, and he just wanted to establish an authority in the palace as soon as possible. And to do this, it is necessary to buy people's hearts, so Wanli thought of a round of rewards in the name of the New Year's Festival this time.

It's just that the little emperor really doesn't have much money now, and the amount of silver rewarded to the people of the Inner Eunuch Palace this time is a bit large, so he has no choice but to stretch out his hand to the outside court. In Wanli's mind, this time he didn't want to be extravagant and wasteful, and it was the first time he reached out to Zhang Juzheng to ask for silver.

Although he had such thoughts in his heart, after the decree was sent to the cabinet and there was no response for a long time, the little emperor was a little uneasy. Even when he was eating and reviewing the recitals, he would be distracted from time to time, guessing what Zhang Juzheng's reaction would be and whether he could get the money.

This abnormality of the emperor naturally fell in Feng Bao's eyes, which made him hesitate even more in his heart. Today's Feng Bao's status in the emperor's mind has long been incomparable with before, and he also knows that the little emperor does not want to see his own persuasion, so if he forcibly advances, he is afraid that it will backfire, not only will it be difficult to persuade the emperor to withdraw his fate, but he will also be resented by the emperor, which is too much to lose.

What kind of idea should we think of that can not only fulfill Zhang Juzheng's entrustment, but also not offend the emperor too much? After a few days of weighing, Feng Bao finally thought of a person, maybe only by relying on her to speak, can the emperor take back his fate, and he didn't dare to resent himself too much, this person was naturally the Empress Dowager Li, the biological mother of the Son of Heaven in the harem.

After listening to Feng Bao's cautious report, Empress Dowager Li's wonderful eyes only turned around a few times on this seemingly loyal slave, and then she said with some disbelief: "Is this really what Mr. Zhang meant?" ”

"Exactly, no matter how bold the slave is, she doesn't dare to coax the queen mother in such matters. Mr. Zhang said, although this matter is small, if the mouth is opened, Your Majesty may not be as strict as before in the matter of silver in the future, this is not my blessing. Feng Bao nodded hurriedly and moved Zhang Juzheng out again. He knows very well that the widowed queen mother has always had a lot of dependence on Zhang Juzheng, as long as it is Mr. Zhang's will, the queen mother will rarely refuse.

Empress Dowager Li asked like that, and she also felt that it was just a matter of less than tens of thousands of taels of silver, and it seemed a little unworthy to go and talk to the emperor by herself. But since this is indeed what Zhang Juzheng meant, thinking that he was also thinking about the situation in the world, how could he compare to him as a woman, so he nodded and said: "In this case, the mourning family will help you go and talk to the emperor." ”

"Thank you Queen Mother for understanding the difficulties of the slaves and maids." Feng Bao saw that the Queen Mother nodded and agreed, and he was also happy in his heart, so he quickly kowtowed.

"You, in fact, with your relationship with the emperor, you should say more, why has it become a mess now? The mourning family heard that you have not been trusted by the emperor recently, but is there such a thing? Empress Dowager Li remembered some unfavorable rumors about Feng Bao in the palace recently, so she asked with some concern.

"Empress Dowager Xie cares, the slave maid is indeed a little unhappy with His Majesty, so he has always been disliked by the emperor recently." Feng Bao smiled bitterly in his heart, in fact, if you really want to talk about it, this root Empress Dowager Li is also very clear. If it weren't for the harem turmoil a few years ago, the relationship between himself and the emperor would not be as tense as it is today.

Empress Dowager Li looked at Feng Bao's cautious and somewhat aggrieved look, and also thought of it, so she smiled and said: "The mourning family knows, you have made the emperor unhappy, in fact, it is also a sign of loyalty." In that case, the mourners can't chill the hearts of a faithful person like you. In this way, I will find an opportunity to tell the emperor that I am his biological mother, and he will still listen to me. ”

"Thank you Queen Mother for your understanding, the slave is grateful......" Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Feng Baoke was very grateful. If the queen mother really opened her mouth and spoke for herself, her situation in the palace would naturally be very different, and once she was in the palace and her position in front of the emperor was re-consolidated, then the unfavorable situation outside would naturally not be a problem. So this gratitude and kowtow came from his heart.

It's just that Feng Bao didn't know that this would be a key turning point in the fate of his entire life, and when he begged the Queen Mother, everything was already rushing in the worst direction of no return.

When Feng Baozheng in the palace tried his best to regain his power by using the power of the Queen Mother and Zhang Juzheng, so as to deal with Jinyiwei and Yang Zhen, the situation in the East Factory outside the palace had become even more unbearable.

This is not only manifested in the conflict between Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Jinyiwei always has the upper hand - when Jinyiwei, who has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers and force, completely let go of his hands and feet and dares to fight head-on with Dongchang, and at the same time the major yamen turn a blind eye to this, Jinyiwei is impossible to defeat - it is more reflected in the other aspect that Yang Zhen values more.

Originally, Yang Zhen planned to make a move to repair the plank road to secretly cross Chen Cang, and while using Ming Zheng to attract the attention of the East Factory, he began to investigate various problems in the East Factory, hoping to find a crime that was enough to deal a fatal blow to Feng Bao.

And with their unremitting efforts, some of the situation was really discovered by the spies of Jinyiwei. In fact, these things are not a secret, but no one dares to speak out, and Feng Bao's power is a little worse than before in the past two years, so it is gradually unknown to others.

But now, with Yang Zhen ordering people to go all out to investigate, these past illegal activities of the East Factory have resurfaced one by one and appeared in front of everyone.

Looking at the detailed report in his hand, the corners of Yang Zhen's mouth curled unconsciously: "This Gonggong Feng really has a way to make money, and he actually thought of such a trick to hide people's eyes and ears and accept bribes." ”

"I run an antique shop, but I only sell fakes. Then when someone needs to ask him to do something, he needs to go to his shop and buy fake antiques for a lot of money, and then send them to him, so that he can help others. This Gonggong Feng does have some brains, so even if the imperial historian dares to take this matter to him, he can also deduce that he just accepted some worthless fakes and cannot constitute the crime of accepting bribes" Shen Yan shook his head and sighed after reading this report: "This thought alone is enough to make people feel cold. ”

"My lord, if we poke this thing out, we must be able to hit the East Factory hard. Now that they are different from the past, there must be many people in the Asari who are trying to keep an eye on them. One of his subordinates suddenly excitedly proposed.

Faced with this statement, Yang Zhen and Shen Yan glanced at each other, and then shook their heads in unison: "Although this crime is not small, it is a bit wasteful to attack Dongchang." Moreover, the East Factory has now been overwhelmed by us and is powerless to fight back, and there is no need to use such means anymore. ”

"What are you going to do with these handles, my lord?"

"Well...... this one," Yang Zhen smiled meaningfully, "Naturally, it is used to deal with enemies that are more difficult to deal with than Dongchang." ”

When these cronies in the brocade guards heard this, they were stunned and didn't understand the meaning of Yang Zhen's words. But after being silent for a while, someone still came back to his senses and whispered a name: "Feng Bao? ”

Seeing Yang Zhen nodding, everyone suddenly laughed. Yes, everything they have done during this period of time is to deal with Feng Bao and Dongchang, but even if Dongchang falls, as long as Feng Bao is still in the palace and in front of the emperor, they may be in trouble at any time. Therefore, in addition to eradicating the East Factory, thinking about how to bring down Feng Bao, a terrible enemy, is Yang Zhen's ultimate goal.

After understanding Yang Zhen's true intentions, his subordinates, who had been a little lax because of the recent good situation, became vigilant again. The enemy they are facing has not yet fallen, and they must be more cautious in dealing with the enemy!