On the second day after the post of secretary of the military department, many well-intentioned people learned that yesterday evening, Wang Fulin moved out of the Wang Mansion with his entourage angrily, and it is said that he also directly took away the two so-called porters of the Wang family who angered him. Wang Daokun, the squire of the military department, was furious at home that day, and his scolding, which had always been quite gentle, was so loud that it could be heard in the outer courtyard. And Wang Fulin, who moved out of Wang's Mansion, went directly to the extremely remote small house in Beijing two years ago, and used the last three days off to clean and move, and even invited a group of friends such as Shen Maoxue to a banquet.

And Wang Fulin's adopted son Wang Jinbao is still studying at Xu Guo, a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, and Wang Daoguan also came to show his face, as if this is just an uncle and nephew between Wang Fulin and Wang Daokun, but it is purely a difference of political opinions, and it does not involve dealings with other people in the Wang family.

Under the spread of some people with ulterior motives such as Qian Ruyi, even Zhang Juzheng, who had been in the cabinet since the rest of the day and had not returned home for several days, also learned about such a thing, but he just laughed.

In his opinion, Tan Lun must have been with Wang Daokun before writing to him, and Wang Daokun has been in the career for many years, even if he has no choice but to accept Wang Chonggu's boss, it is naturally not surprising that Tingtui made the choice. And Wang Fulin, a young man, was almost assassinated in Guangdong before, and was embarrassed by two political envoys, but he definitely had a belly of fire in his heart. As for Wang Fulin's choice of Zhang Xueyan when he was pushing, the reason is probably that he had been to Liaodong once and had a lot of dealings with Zhang Xueyan, but now he finds that he can't do anything, but he still pushes Zhang Xueyan, which is purely juvenile anger.

Don't look smart in some places, but in essence he is a young and vigorous boy! Of course. He admired it very much, in the final analysis, compared to Wang Chonggu, who was not good at moderation. Zhang Xueyan's appointment as the secretary of the military department is undoubtedly more in line with his mind. It's just that he originally chose Zhang Han, who was the last to be pushed, in the Ministry of Officials, and now if he comes to this set again in the selection of the Ministry of War, even Zhang Siwei, who he aided and introduced into the cabinet, will definitely have a grudge, so he put it aside for the time being, and Wang Chonggu is very old, and he may not be able to do it for long.

Zhang Juzheng didn't care much about this so-called uncle and nephew in his heart, but it was on this afternoon. He went to the Qianqing Palace to meet Emperor Wanli and Empress Dowager Li, and as soon as he returned to the straight room after giving a lecture in person, he was blocked by Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry. Zhang Han has been ranked last since the original court push, but he has been given the position of secretary of the ministry. Listen to Zhang Juzheng in everything, and there is even a saying in the middle of the court that he is called the Shoufu Echo Worm. But when he came today, he threw out a sentence bluntly.

"Motosuke. I thought that Wang Fulin should not stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

The dignified official department Shangshu actually came over to talk about Wang Fulin's problem of supervising the imperial history of the seventh grade. Zhang Juzheng simply felt incredible. He raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but Zhang Han said solemnly: "Yuanfu, in the second year of Wanli, the pavilion has not selected Shu Jishi, if it is chosen, at this time, it is the time for Shu Jishi to dissolve the official hall, and the second class who stayed in the Hanlin Academy will be awarded for editing, and the third class will be reviewed. And not left. It is put as a science road, which shows the nobility of science and technology. ”

"And now. Among the Jinshi in the second year of Wanli, except for Wang Fulin, the others are either in the state and county chiefs, or the government officials, the professors of the government, and the Beijing officials, the Xingren Division, the Dali Commentator, the Guozi Doctor, and the Zhongshu Sheren, because it has not yet been selected for three years, and no one has been promoted to the branch of the Tao, and those who are lucky enough to try out the imperial history and the main director of the Guanzheng have not yet been awarded because they were awarded last year, and they have not yet been regularized. In other words, as the top three in the past, he is now the highest official position except for the champion. ”

Zhang Juzheng's face suddenly turned dark. This is of course true, but Zhang Han's reference is too clear. After all, if it weren't for his instructions before, he planned to reward Wang Fulin in Liaodong and send a knife to himself for cleaning up the Dao, Wang Fulin deserved to be the governor of Guangdong?

If it were in normal times, Zhang Han would have immediately retreated or diverted the topic with knowledge and interest, but this time, this official Shangshu, who has always been very unprincipled in the eyes of people and completely relied on Zhang Juzheng's snort, continued without evasion: "Moreover, Wang Fulin had all kinds of rumors when he was electing officials before, and he once promised not to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the cusp of the storm. Now that he is serving as the governor of Guangdong, it can be said that it is because of the needs of the war in Lingxi, but after he comes back, he is still in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is very inappropriate. In the past two days, there have been many such rumors and doubts outside. After all, people can't stand without faith, and Chen Zongxian must have this meaning. ”

He didn't believe it, Zhang Juzheng would go to confront Chen Zhan, who had never had a personal friend!

Hearing Zhang Han actually mention Chen Zhan, Zhang Ju's face remained unchanged, but his heart was abrupt. Although Chen Zan is said to be his same year, the old man's personal relationship is by no means just talking, it is true, but Chen Zan is not blindly iron-faced, but he is quite accommodating to others, so he respected the will of the people in the result of the imperial history of the imperial capital of Tingtu. As far as he knew, in terms of his attitude towards Wang Fulin, Chen Zhan's attitude was to refute his mistakes and reward his merits, which made him very satisfied.

Could it be that all he heard was the smoke released by Chen Zhan?

"Then how do you think Wang Fulin should be placed?"

Although he was not sure whether Zhang Juzheng listened to his advice or asked rhetorically, Zhang Han still decided to take a gamble. He took a deep breath, and then said: "He has traveled to Liaodong, and once recaptured hundreds of Han slaves from the Jurchens, and also leveled thieves in Guangdong. ”

You must know that even if it is the lowest-grade military preparation road, that is, according to the inspection of affairs, it is also a fifth-grade official!

Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant to manage all opportunities, not to mention the placement of Wang Fulin's small Shangke Jinshi, even a member of the military department Shangshu did not occupy the top sequence in his schedule. However, the five-year career as the first assistant has made him develop a rigid and unquestionable character, even if he doesn't really care about Wang Fulin's official position, he doesn't allow outsiders to make irresponsible comments about his decision. If Zhang Han's proposal was just to demote Wang Fulin to the same official position as the Jinshi in the second year of Wanli, of course he would immediately criticize it, but Zhang Han's proposal was even more outrageous than Wang Fulin's current appointment as the superintendent of the imperial history!

"Are you serious?"

"Nature." Zhang Han saw Zhang Juzheng's confusion, and couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart.

Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei. If you want me to drag me into the water with a letter, how can there be such a cheap thing! Theoretically, the military preparation road is under the jurisdiction of the judges. However, in the future, he has always been an assistant to the military affairs or a candidate for the governor of the military affairs, that is, it is inextricably linked with the military department. He placed it like this, it seems that he is trying to make up for it, and he has sold Wang Daokun, who is a squire in the military department, a face, but if he is suspicious, you can't run!

Seeing Zhang Juzheng's brows frowning slightly. Obviously, he was also thinking about a certain direction that he was deliberately guiding, so Zhang Han coughed lightly, and then said, "If you can't let go of the army, prepare for the road." At least it can also be released all the way to the state. ”

Zhizhou from the five products, there are subordinate states, there are Zhili states. The subordinate state is a little larger than the county, but the Zhili prefecture is regarded as the same as the government. Both are of the same grade. But the amount is never the same. The former can be used as a long-awaited candidate for the first rank of the second class jinshi. And the latter should be at least the second or even third official of the second and third class jinshi. But compared to patrolling the imperial history, it is not so outrageous. But for Zhang Han, the significance of throwing out the previous proposal is far greater than this regular.

Knowing that Zhang Juzheng would not accept his opinion so easily, he quickly retired. When he got out of this Shoufu straight room, he was keenly aware that someone was secretly watching him, and he was immediately shocked. The Cabinet is the place where all kinds of gossip circulate the most. Even with Zhang Juzheng's strictness, it is impossible to prevent someone from snooping on secrets. Spread rumors. It is conceivable that today's suggestions will be circulated at the greatest speed!

When at dusk on this day, after Zhang Han left the yamen of the ministry and went home, as soon as he entered the study, a henchman stepped forward and said: "Master, a few followers below have found that You Qi of Zhang's mansion has inquired about the whereabouts of the master before, especially which way to go to the yamen in the morning and leave the yamen at night. ”

"You Seven? Why did he inquire about my whereabouts? ”

"I heard that when he followed Shoufu to the Tan family to mourn before, he seemed to have something to do with Wang Fulin."

Zhang Han thought about it before, and only thought that the letter on the broken arrow was the handwriting of Wang Chonggu or Zhang Siwei, but it was just a knife to kill people, so he concocted that rhetoric while adhering to the principle of establishing authority and establishing letters, but also pulling these two people into the water, but now that he heard that it was probably You Qi's handwriting, he couldn't help but suddenly change color.

You Qi is just a slave of the Zhang family, but over the years with Zhang Juzheng's rise to power, it has become more and more arrogant, it is said that even Yin Zhengmao, the head of the household department, and others have also given him gifts, and many low-grade officials have rushed to the door to call him a brother, and even he has an outer room, and some people have done everything possible to send a bunch of congratulatory gifts, and even accepted the sister and niece of the outer room, trying to make friends with him! But these have nothing to do with him, Zhang Juzheng doesn't care, he naturally just doesn't know, but now he calculates on his head!

"Old man......"

"Check." Zhang Han coldly burst out a word, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Let me quietly check You Qi's every move to see what he has done." Don't look at his arrogance and smugness right now, as long as the master's words are spoken, he can die without a place to be buried! ”

It has only been two days since he arrived at the Ministry of War, Wang Chonggu has no intention of taking up the post of a new official, and he should refer to Tan Lun's set back then, even if he is a subordinate who used to be regarded as a thorn in his side, he is also polite - Wang Daokun chose him when he was in Tingtui, and for this reason he also fell out with his nephew Wang Fulin, which is already a well-known thing in the city, even if he wants to put on small shoes for people, he can't be in a hurry at this time.

Although he is six years older than the late Tan Lun, Wang Chonggu is very knowledgeable about self-cultivation, and he thinks that he can live for at least ten or eight years, and now the important thing is to sit in a stable seat. Therefore, on this day, when he heard the news that Zhang Han actually went to Zhang Juzheng's side to force Chen to release Wang Fulin, he ordered him to go to Zhang Siwei's side when he returned home, and if anyone went home, he would invite him over. Fortunately, the people who went came back soon with good news, Zhang Siwei was not on duty today, and he would come over in a while.

The first time he saw his nephew, Wang Chonggu asked in a deep voice: "Have you heard of Zhang Han's remarks in front of Zhang Taiyue today?" ”

It's all on the cabinet's one-acre and three-point land, and the news spreads the fastest, and Zhang Siwei has always been a generous person, how could he not know? He also happened to want to discuss with Wang Chonggu, so he repeated the words he heard from a few middle scholars, and finally said with some irritability: "Just now there was news that Wang Daokun's uncle and nephew were turning against him, and in a blink of an eye, Zhang Han came to such a move, although Zhang Taiyue didn't say anything today, but I think he looked at me differently. ”

"I think maybe we secretly instructed Zhang Han." Wang Chonggu nodded, and when he saw Zhang Siwei scolding, he laughed and said, "Zhang Han is nominally the head of the six departments, and he is not young, but his prestige is not more than Er'er, otherwise he would not have been at the bottom of the results of the court push of the official department before. He wanted to establish his prestige as a minister by taking down Wang Fulin. And if Zhang Taiyue doubts, he has already hinted that there is our driving force behind this matter, and he is just forced to do so. What a wishful thinking! ”

Zhang Siwei also faintly thought of this, but Wang Chonggu brought it up so simply, he still felt the anger in his heart rushing up. He naturally didn't look down on Zhang Han at all - Zhang Han had been the governor of Liangguang, and there was a general like Yu Dayou, but he still let the pirates run rampant, and his ability was far inferior to Yin Zhengmao and the current Lingyunyi. As for the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, it was even more meritorious. When he thought of being calculated by such a person, where did he swallow this breath?

"Uncle, is it possible that we still have to protect Wang Fulin and let people see if it is magnanimous?"

"At this time, don't you have three hundred taels of silver here?" Wang Chonggu shook his head, and seeing that Zhang Siwei had obviously woken up, he knocked on the handrail and said, "Didn't You Qi also receive a favor from you before?" Find him to find out Zhang Taiyue's movements and let him deal with Wang Fulin. In addition, Lu Tiaoyang seems to be a good person, and he is not very likely to compete with Zhang Taiyue for power, but he is already a person who has become a second assistant, where can he really be so gentle and harmless? I don't see how long Xu Jie endured Yan Song back then? Zhang Taiyue must be guarding against him. I remember, the old lady of the Zhang family, is already seventy-four this year, right? ”

This is already very explicit. Zhang Siwei only felt his heart pounding. But if you want to say the destiny of heaven, some people die in their prime, some people can live to sixty or seventy, but there are also people who are still in good spirits in their old age, and there was not a pair of centenarian Rui couples who were given double longevity Chengenfang in Xu Village, She County, Huizhou, who died just four years ago? But if it is really possible for Zhang Juzheng to be worried, and the position of the first assistant falls into the hands of Lu Tiaoyang, how many years will he have to rely on people?

"Uncle, don't worry, I know."

"I've already reached the top of my position as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and I just hope to see the day when your cabinet reaches the top." Wang Chonggu unabashedly expressed his expectations.

However, not long after Zhang Siwei went back, Wang Chonggu got a message from his cronies. You Qi had kept an eye on the whereabouts of the official department before, and someone had secretly sent money to You Qi's outer chamber, the Hu family. Although this was all quite vague news, when he heard it in his ears, he only felt that the loose links before were now all strung together.

"Send this news to Elder Zhang Ge as well." After admonishing the cronie, after the others quietly retreated, Wang Chonggu rubbed the tiger's mouth, thinking in his heart that he was going to change his attitude towards You Qi.

Such a bold guy, Zhang Siwei thought that he could use this person to control Zhang Juzheng's pulse, but if there was really a slight mistake, Zhang Juzheng suspected that they would set up spies around him, it would really be a great backlash! But such a character who looks like a heart, if he can't strangle his seven inches, he will definitely suffer from it!

However, almost at the same time, You Qi was furious in the Hu family's private house in the outer room. Hu Shi, who was stripped naked, was covered with whip marks, but he didn't dare to dodge, but he was desperate in his heart.

Do you want to be beaten to death?

"Damn, shit! Where could there be such a coincidence, the person I sent was inquiring about Zhang Han's whereabouts, and he suddenly ran to the master and came out like this, isn't this a basin on my head! You say, who gave you the money before! ”

PS: First update. By the way, in the middle and late Wanli period, Tingtui was changed to a registered vote, and the recommender had to bear the corresponding responsibility, so the party struggle intensified (to be continued. )