Wang Daokun's resignation, sandwiched between the second assistant Lu Tiaoyang's third resignation, and Wang Chonggu's defense of those things that were intertwined with the imperial history in the matter of impeaching him in the trilateral general system and answering the secret passage of the song, etc., so the resignation was placed on the desk of Zhang Siwei, the third assistant of the cabinet.

Because on this day, Zhang Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who had been pretexting that it was a matter for the Ministry of Rites to keep Zhang Juzheng, was reprimanded by the Son of Heaven.

On this day, on the basis of the funeral sacrifice given to Zhang Juzheng's deceased father Zhang Wenming, the imperial court added five altars, and at the same time assigned a director of the Ministry of Rites to preside over the sacrifice, and a director of the Ministry of Works to preside over the burial in Jiangling.

Lu Tiaoyang resigned from his illness again this time, and the burden of duty day and night was pressed on Zhang Siwei's shoulders. It's not that he doesn't know that there are people behind him who are encouraging those Qingliu gentlemen, in case Zhang Juzheng accepts the seizure, he will attack in groups, which also has Wang Chonggu's means, and he doesn't know that Zhang Han is unwilling to be a sound worm and resists, but now it seems that even if the momentum is together, Zhang Juzheng will definitely not back down, the unlucky ones are just those Qingliu gentlemen, he can only endure next, only endure.

But Xu Jie endured Yan Song at the beginning, because Yan Song was a lot older, and obviously time was short, but even so, Xu Jie still fought to be much younger than Yan Song, relying on the idea given by He Xinyin, and used his brains against the Taoist priests around Emperor Jiajing, and Yan Song, who was old, finally fell. But how old is Zhang Juzheng? He was only fifty-three years old, just a year older than him!

Not to mention, Wang Fulin did not hesitate to make his uncle Wang Daokun, who was already in the third grade of the official residence, angry and sick, and also wanted to become Zhang Juzheng's cronies, such an enemy was placed there, wouldn't it make him like a thorn in the back?

Of course, Zhang Siwei will not forget that in the past, they were going to use Wang Fulin's cane to kill the house slave as the starting point, and impeach Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao for poisoning and killing the house slave You Qi, but the matter ended with Wang Fulin, and he had to follow Wang Chonggu's instructions and turn against him in order to protect himself. This time, it was Wang Fulin who took the lead and casually found a crime to impeach Wang Chonggu, which provoked those science and Taoist officials who had worked hard in the past to attack again.

"Rather negative Pulsatilla...... Don't bully the young man to be poor, three years ago, his uncle also reprimanded Da Lang for not rashly attacking Wang Fulin, and then used Wang Fulin twice to provoke Kedao attacks, but in an instant, he fell into the hands of Wang Fulin and those Kedao...... I still underestimate him! ”

"Elder Zhang Ge."

The voice from outside made Zhang Siwei come back to his senses all of a sudden. He immediately threw away those weak expressions and commanded majestically to come in. However, when the curtain was raised, it was a seemingly low-browled inner supervisor who came in. The person who came smiled at him deeply, but opened his mouth and said: "Elder Zhang Ge, the master of ceremonies, Gonggong Feng, asked the little one to ask, when can today's ticket be sent in for approval?" ”

Zhang Siwei then remembered that he had been delayed because of the three resignations, and hurriedly said politely: "Because there are a few things that are too big to cross, I dare not cross Lord Shoufu, I have already asked people to send an urgent letter to Zhang Mansion in Dashahat Hutong first, can my father-in-law wait for a while?" ”

"Oh? Is it because today, a pavilion elder, a scholar, and a waiter all resign? ”

Zhang Siwei saw that the internal supervisor clearly understood this matter, and it was definitely Feng Bao's henchman, so he said with a straight face: "The minister's resignation naturally has to come from the top, how can it be from the vote?" I consulted Lord Shoufu about a few important matters, but I didn't dare to overstep my authority. ”

Zhang Juzheng was not in the cabinet, but after Wang Daokun's private letter went wrong yesterday, he sent a message, and decided to summon Zhang Xueyan as the assistant manager of the left squire of the Ministry of War, and at the same time even decided to take many positions such as the head of the household department and the head of the criminal department, and even Wang Chonggu had not left, but he had already decided to let Fang Feng, who was in the Beijing camp abroad and had the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, return to the ministry at the right time...... He's a third assistant, but he's just a sound worm.

For the resentment in Zhang Siwei's heart, the inner supervisor naturally did not understand, he was very satisfied with Zhang Siwei's words, smiled slightly and said no more. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Siwei tentatively mentioned that Zhang Juzheng was still writing to ask him to return to his hometown to guard the system, since he and Lu Tiaoyang had already taken the lead in requesting to seize the favor, but since Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, was unwilling to come forward, could he let Kedao write to keep him. As soon as these words came out, he saw that the inner eunuch showed a very subtle expression, and he actually asked rhetorically: "In Zhang Ge's heart, what are the good candidates?" ”

Zhang Siwei almost scolded his mother in his heart. You are a low-grade internal supervisor such as a small celebrant and a writing clerk, when you encounter this kind of thing, shouldn't you go back and tell Feng Bao what you said? He can't tell Wang Fulin's name directly, right? Just when his face was steady, the corners of his mouth pulled and a smile appeared, and he was about to casually report the names of the two Zhang Juzheng's cronies, he suddenly only heard the inner eunuch speak: "It seems that Zhang Ge's old news is still not well-informed enough. Don't you know? The General Secretary has just sent a message, and it has been given to Chen Sanmo, the imperial historian Zeng Shichu and many people below, please leave the first assistant. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Juzheng's henchmen among the Kedao officials moved so fast, and Zhang Siwei's heart suddenly twitched fiercely. There are so many people to take the lead, and if Wang Fulin seconds the proposal next, it will not be conspicuous among so many people, and it is difficult to make him a talking point; And if Wang Fulin does not second, and there is a dispute between him and Wang Daokun about the opposite purpose, Zhang Juzheng will never blame him. Judging from his understanding of Wang Fulin, the latter is more likely!

This kid actually used this way of not leaving any documentary evidence to successfully win Zhang Juzheng's trust!

Although Zhang Siwei has been in the officialdom for many years, there is no trace on his face, but the inner prison who silently lowered his eyelids and sat in the corner of the straight room, as if he was asleep, except for a few words after entering the door, the rest of the time was too nonexistent, even if he tried his best to remind himself to pay attention to the fact that there was an outsider in the house, but when the Zhongshu who went to Zhang's mansion came back and brought Zhang Juzheng's message, saying that he was going to transfer Nanjing Zuo Du Yushi Wang Seal to the Criminal Department as the right attendant, he still changed color. When he realized that the inner prisoner had not walked away to look over, he found that the other party was looking at him with a smile.

No matter how much he slandered Feng Bao and how he sent such a person over, Zhang Siwei had no time to regret it. He immediately finished drafting the tickets according to Zhang Juzheng's intentions, hurriedly sorted out the other notes and tickets and handed them to the inner supervisor, and saw the people smiling and walking out of the straight room with the middle school scholar, and then he sat down, and couldn't help but reflect on his physical and mental exhaustion for days, so that he actually showed his flaws in front of people.

But fortunately, he didn't name Wang Fulin by name, and he was able to prevaricate the appointment of Wang Seal with pure astonishment.

In the office of the celebrant and the celebrant of the ceremony, when the inner eunuch entered the door, he ordered the little eunuch at the back to put the music and the ticket on the side of the case, and when the people lowered their hands and retreated, he stepped forward and knelt down on his knees and kowtowed: "Ancestor, I went to Zhang Ge Lao according to the instructions, and after telling him the news of Kedao's first assistant, I waited in his straight room for the song and the ticket." Later, the Zhongshu people who went to the Shoufu Lord came back, in addition to a few personnel appointments, there was still a right servant of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate as the right attendant of the Criminal Department, I saw that Zhang Ge was very surprised. ”

"What about the others?"

"He took the initiative to ask Kedao to stay in the first place, and when I mentioned that thirteen people had already been booked, he was surprised. I was surprised twice, and I wasn't sure what he meant. It's just that because I was in the straight room, he seemed quite nervous, and he forgot that I was there until later. Speaking of this, the inner eunuch paused slightly, but his voice was lowered a lot, "I feel that Zhang Ge Lao doesn't seem to be as deferential to Lord Shoufu as he seems. ”

"That's natural, if you are really obedient, how can you think of cutting off Tan Lun's wings and helping his uncle Wang Chonggu to plan for the position of the secretary of the military department?" Feng Bao sneered, and asked the inner supervisor some details that he had observed in Zhang Siwei, and after the person retreated, he couldn't help but groan, Zhang Juzheng asked people to pay close attention, and there were some people coming in and out of the high arch, what did this mean.

If Zhang Juzheng hates Gao Gong, he also persuaded him that Gao Gong has been sick in bed for a long time, if he really dies, don't care about the past grievances, posthumously give Gao Gong an official position, and then give his heir a grace and help him print his posthumous work, which can also be regarded as the generosity of the winner. can be said that Zhang Juzheng does not hate high arches...... What are you doing when you send someone to look at such a guy who has absolutely no chance to recover, and who is dying of old age and only has one breath left?

Feng Bao didn't feel that he had such a big belly, if he could, he would like to kill Gao Gong immediately, so he instinctively felt that Zhang Ju knew something, but he was afraid that he was still looking for evidence. Therefore, after breaking down and analyzing Zhang Juzheng's suggestion, he vaguely felt that Gao Gong might have written something. According to his original intention, he couldn't wait to send someone to raid Gao Gong's home immediately, but now that he has been the eunuch of the master of ceremonies for five years, even if he will report it, he is hidden in the dark, and he knows that even if Gao Gong writes something, if he wants to play a role, he must have someone in the court. Therefore, how to dig out that person has become his imminent problem.

Fortunately, he carefully sorted out the relationship circle of the high arch, and finally focused on Zhang Siwei!

When Zhang Hong stepped into this public hall, he found that Feng Bao was in a daze. He came in for fear of something going to happen when someone outside whispered two or three times, but there was no response inside. Seeing that Feng Bao was just in a daze, he had to cough twice in a row, and seeing that Feng Bao finally came back to his soul, he smiled and mentioned the matter of King Lu leaving the palace.

Feng Baodu almost forgot about this stubble, and when Zhang Hong mentioned it at this time, he had a headache, and he said with a bitter face after a while: "Brother Rong Zhai, you also know that Zhang Taiyue's love affair is at the moment, and I can't do without it." Dongchang Jinyi Wei will call people with you, and we will bear it together if something happens, but please take care of the things that accompany you out of the palace. ”

Of course, Zhang Hong knew about the matter of seizing love, and his face was not revealed, but he was extremely disdainful of Zhang Juzheng's behavior in his heart. Throughout the ages, of course, there have been no officials who have taken affection, but most of them have at least gone home for funeral first, and then dealt with the matter of burying their parents, and then guarded the system for a period of time, and then the king issued an edict to seize affection, and so on and forth for several rounds, and then returned to the court. There are very few people who stay in the middle of the court and don't even move a step, and then they take revenge! It can be seen that Zhang Juzheng was too arbitrary and offended too many people in the past, so he was afraid that he would be plotted by others after he left!

Don't even dare to leave for a month or two!

But now Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen obviously have a good impression of Zhang Juzheng, and Feng Bao said good things for Zhang Juzheng at that time, even Emperor Wanli Although he was in awe of Zhang Juzheng, he got along for many years, and there was a lot of incense. Moreover, although Zhang Juzheng said that the little emperor was beaten before, he did not follow the will of the Empress Dowager Li to prepare the edict on behalf of himself, so the little emperor always worried about Zhang Juzheng. Of course, in the final analysis, the little emperor is somewhat worried about what to do if someone else is replaced as the first assistant, in case this kind of thing happens again, and he can't bear the pressure of the Empress Dowager Li and writes his own edict, then it is unknown!

Although these thoughts were turning in his mind, Zhang Hong didn't plan to rashly reach out to take care of Zhang Juzheng's love - his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and he didn't bother to care. At this time, it was too late, the palace gate had already been keyed, and it was too late to go to Cining Palace to send a letter to Zhu Yiyi, the king of Lu, so he went straight back to the riverside straight house between the palace and the imperial city. In addition to the private houses outside the palace, the great eunuchs often have their own courtyards here, he is of the same grade as Feng Bao, and the house is naturally one of the best, but the former owner was Meng Chong who was driven to Nanjing after the fall of Gao Gong.

Although it is the private residence of the great eunuch, it is also the same as those powerful servants outside, and there are eunuchs of various names who act as private ministers. The housekeeper is not called the housekeeper, but the master, the person who handles the food and the cashier is called the steward, the person in charge of the key box is called the upper room, the person in charge of those who promise to follow him for a long time is called the head of the house, and the person who sends the approval documents and transcribes the documents that should be performed is called the secretary's room. In addition, there are also trivial duties such as hats, clothes, boots, tea rooms, kitchens, inquiring officers, and looking at the village's house. For example, Zhang Hong's private house located in the palace has more than 20 eunuchs of all kinds to listen to him.

After listening to the report of the master, he asked the secretary who Wang Fulin had seen before to bring the important letter to himself, and after doing this, he sent people away, and Zhang Hong planned to soak his feet and go to bed. He soaked his feet in hot water at just the right temperature, rubbed them by the two little eunuchs, and squinted his eyes drowsily, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that there was one more person in front of him. Recognizing that it was Zhang Feng, the Nanjing garrison eunuch who he specially summoned to the capital, he said angrily: "When did you come?" Why didn't you wake me up sooner? ”

"Godfather is tired, I should wait." Zhang Feng answered the latter question first, and then said, "I came here a long time ago, but my godfather didn't come back before, and I was afraid that I would wait here for a dazzling eye, so I went to sit with a few fathers-in-law in the internal official prison first." After all, I didn't transfer back this time, but because of the incident at the Zhongshan Mausoleum in Nanjing. ”

Seeing Zhang Hong bowing slightly, obviously not caring about his stay at other eunuchs first, Zhang Feng saw that the two little eunuchs had dried Zhang Hong's feet, changed into socks and shoes, and then retreated silently, so he immediately asked: "What does my godfather think of the Wang Fulin I mentioned before, is he a talent?" ”

"It's a talent, it's just too eye-catching, and he and Yuanfu are too close, so they have to test it slowly. Now Feng Shuanglin's eyes are staring at all parties, including him. Zhang Hong smacked his mouth lightly, and only said in a low voice for a long time, "Don't go to see him first, I will take King Lu out of the palace to enjoy the game in the past two days, and take the opportunity to gather the eyeliner of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and at that time, you will see him for me again." ”

PS: Today and tomorrow are all one change (to be continued.) )