The first letter was actually written by Zhang Juzheng himself!

The small style of the pavilion in one hand is elegant and solemn, and there is no slightest flying wanton between the pen holders, but it faintly has a dignified bearing and awe-inspiring majesty, in contrast, Zhang Zixuan imitates his father's handwriting for the preface written for the "Compendium of Materia Medica", which has its form and loses its spirit.

Zhang Juzheng first said that his grandfather Zhang Zhen was a guard in the Liaowang Mansion in Jingzhou, and learned that Qin Lin's grandfather was a guard in the Wuchang Chu Palace, and the two families were really good families, calling Qin Lin "the nephew", and said that Huguang's hometown had a great little fellow countryman, he was very pleased, and praised Qin Lin for his loyalty to the country, diligence, and will be the pillar of the court in the future.

It is said that Zhang Juzheng was in a high position, and often used obscure letters to give hints to officials, so as to present and make personnel appointments and dismissals in accordance with his intentions.

However, Qin Lin is not the roundworm in the stomach of Mr. Zhang, the young master of Yuanfu, and after reading this letter covered by clouds and mountains, he was completely confused: because the letter seemed to say a lot, and it seemed that he didn't say anything.

As the emperor's teacher and first assistant, Zhang Juzheng would never write a letter just to take a few high hats for Qin Lin to wear, right?

Anyway, the three brothers and sisters of the Zhang family will always explain, Qin Lin is not in a hurry to ask, and looks at the other two letters, and when he takes them out of the envelope, they turn out to be two official documents.

One of them is the ministry photo issued by the Ministry of War, the content is that the deputy thousand households of Jinyi Wei rewarded Qin Lin, the captain of the four-rank cavalry, went deep into the sea frontier, and appeased the barbarians.

The second is that Liu Shou, the head of the Jinyi Guard, has a handwritten red commission, and he knows that the new Jinyi Guard is the commander of the affairs of the Ministry of Respectful and loyal, and the special commission is to assist the staff in charge of the Weinan Town Fu Division!

Jin Yiwei commanded the affairs and assisted in the management of the Nanzhen Fu Division!

Commanding affairs is the lowest level of the Jinyi Tang officials, and they can enter the Jinyi Guard's yamen lobby to do business, and all Jinyi officers who go to this level have the initial qualifications to command and mobilize the entire Jinyi Guard system and participate in the political struggle of the court by virtue of the power in their hands, and it can be said that they have taken the first step towards power.

Although the Beizhen Fusi, who controls the edict and the cavalry out of the four places, has the right to arrest, detain, and torture the officials and civilians who commit crimes, which has a wider influence and greater reputation, but the Nanzhen Fusi is in charge of military craftsmen, research and development of weapons, and the investigation and handling of various malpractices of the Jinyi Guard, and the crimes of the Jinyi officials are investigated and dealt with by it, which can be described as a spy among the spies and a gendarmerie among the gendarmerie.

Qin Lin started from the people of cloth, and before he was weak, he commanded the affairs of Jinyi Wei and assisted in the management of Nanzhen Fusi, which was definitely an unseen difference in the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty.

So, why did the Zhang brothers still look embarrassed, and why did Zhang Zixuan lower her head and blush, as if she was very sorry for Qin Lin? Wang Bengu!

Qin Lin's heart sank, and he asked slowly: "I don't know how to deal with Wang Bengu, the culprit who connected with foreign countries, unjustly killed Wang Zhi, and killed 100,000 soldiers and civilians along the coast?" ”

Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu looked at each other, but they didn't know how to speak, and Zhang Zixuan's eyes that were as deep and blurry as the starry sky also flashed a little confused.

More than ten days ago, the Donghua Gate of the Beijing Division, the entrance of the big shahat alley, the magnificence is extraordinary, and the officials running in front of the door are like carp crossing the river.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, a tall old man with a handsome face was fishing by the pond, sitting cross-legged and his back straight.

When the cold wind in the north was still strong in spring, he only wore a plain gauze Zhongjing crown, wearing a thin swallow suit, and his face was still ruddy after sitting for a long time, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and there was a flash of divine light from time to time.

The two brothers of the Zhang family sat in the back in an orderly manner, and even Zhang Maoxiu, who was flying and jumping, pressed his hands on his knees, and was too honest to speak.

Zhang Zixuan stood next to the old man with a smile, fiddling with the bait and arranging the fishing line for him, and two blue-eyed and snow-skinned Persian orchids stood aside, and ginseng tea and a few chic snacks were placed on the low table.

Suddenly, the old man lifted the fishing rod with his eyes, and a fat big carp fluttered its tail and fell on the grass.

The two Persian orchids laughed and pounced on the big carp.

"Okay, Daddy's fishing skills are okay, right?" The old man stood up and stretched, showing off to his daughter with a smile - he was Zhang Zixuan's father, Zhang Juzheng, who was in charge of the Ming Dynasty as the emperor's first assistant.

"Daddy is in full bloom," Zhang Zixuan smiled, a little absent-minded.

Knowing that the daughter is like her father, Zhang Juzheng waved his hand at the two Persian orchids: "Agul, Bria, send the fish to the kitchen, the fish caught by the old man himself, and share it with the children tonight!" ”,

The two orchids smiled and walked away with the fish, and only Zhang Juzheng and his three children were left by the pond, he casually picked up a Taihu Lake stone and sat down, and asked in a father's affectionate tone to his children: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Zhang Maoxiu was the most uncontrollable, and hurriedly said: "Father, if you don't deal with Wang Bengu harshly, you can't say it, right?" As an official of the imperial court, this guy actually made friends with the real widow, unjustly killed Wang Zhi, framed Hu Zongxian, and sacrificed 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the southeast coast for ten years. ”

Zhang Juzheng's thick black eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said unhappily: "The major national politics above the court, where there are two ways of Tao and art, there is only a choice after weighing the benefits and disadvantages, and there is nothing that should not be!" Have you forgotten the things taught by your father, the story of Xu Gelao? ”

Zhang Maoxiu was dumbfounded, there is absolutely no morality to talk about in the political disputes in the court, and the pedantic so-called gentleman will inevitably die and be famous, and he can only act by weighing the pros and cons of Taoism and art.

Like Xu Jie, who once promoted Zhang Juzheng, in order to bring down Yan Song and Yan Shifan's father and son, he was willing to marry his own granddaughter to Yan Shifan's son as a concubine when he couldn't bear it, and he used Taoguang to raise obscurity; And at the critical moment when he used the mouth of the Taoist priest to use slander to bring down Yan Song, and even framed Yan Shifan as a "messenger", and finally brought down the Yan family, in order to show his determination to the officials of his own faction, and also to show that he broke off with the Yan family, he actually poisoned the poor granddaughter!

The world says that Xu Jie is a loyal minister and Yan Song is a traitor, but Xu Jie sent his granddaughter as a concubine and poisoned her to death, as well as the use of Taoist priests to falsely accuse the Yan family's father and son, which is the slightest bit of justice?

The eldest brother Zhang Jingxiu looked at his younger brother, and then looked at his father and arched his hand: "Father, Lord Mingjian, the two ways of Taoism and art you just talked about, the so-called four dimensions of courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame, are the right way, Wang Bengu is angry and resentful, and it should be dealt with according to law to maintain the avenue." ”

"The rebellion is a thing of the past, and it has been quelled by the old man! 100,000 soldiers and civilians are dead, even if you kill Wang Bengu, you won't be able to come back alive! As for courtesy, righteousness and shame, it is all made to show and teach people to learn, and Wang's deception is not known to others, and it does not harm the trip of the Great Dao......"

Confucianism talks about not deceiving the heart in the dark room and introspecting oneself, and Zhang Juzheng's words have a taste of deviance.

He looked not angry and arrogant, and said categorically: "The road to the father now is to implement the new policy of reform, and only the new policy can save the country from falling, help the people in Ganlin, and open a hundred years of peace!" ”

Yes, the king is like a tiger, the height is not cold, there is no justice at all, at least from the means can not distinguish between good and evil, and Zhang Juzheng has a greater and higher pursuit than the general ministers who seek their own power, his ideal is to implement the reform of the new policy, to achieve the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, to live up to the responsibility of the society, to live up to the people.

Throughout the ages, any reform has faced the frantic counterattack of the old forces, and very few of them can really be implemented.

Zhang Juzheng's Wanli New Deal is also difficult, despite holding heavy power, still can only move forward cautiously step by step, Longqing opens the sea, only opens a port in Fujian, and only allows the people of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to participate, and also controls the number of ships every year, a whip law, and the clearing of acres of fields is also selected to pilot the region, and gradually implemented, and there are still cases in Xingguo Prefecture that shocked the world......

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng is willing to do everything that can make the implementation of the new deal faster and smoother, just like Xu Jie's goal of bringing down Yan Song, he can sacrifice the life of his granddaughter and take false accusations and frame-ups.

Some time ago, Wang Bengu learned that the evidence of the crime was clear, and in desperation, he wrote a letter to Zhang Juzheng wagging his tail and begging for mercy, vowing to be a lackey of Lord Shoufu, and from then on he would obey his orders.

Zhang Juzheng has been facing the repeated attacks of Qingliu, but the signboard of Qingliu cannot completely fall, because it is an important force to balance the power of eunuchs in the inner court and the nobles of military ministers, even Zhang Juzheng, it is impossible to let it fall completely, so it is suppressed when it is unbearable, and when the real Qingliu is in obvious decline, it must be secretly supported to avoid its complete collapse.

Wang Bengu's refuge is by no means one person, but represents a considerable part of the Qingliu, including the deputy capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the deputy capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the Imperial Shi Geng Dingli, and more protégés.

With Wang Bengu's incriminating evidence in hand, Zhang Juzheng can summon him like a dog, so as to control this faction of Qingliu for the implementation of the new policy, resist the power of the eunuchs in the inner court internally, and escort the new policy externally.

In the eyes of Zhang Juzheng now, the New Deal is everything to him, and for this goal, he will never mind making a deal with the devil.

Hearing what her father said, Zhang Zixuan nodded secretly, she understood more thoroughly than the two brothers: to deal with this matter from the perspective of the cabinet Zaifu, is it to kill Wang Bengu to avenge the soldiers and civilians who died ten years ago, or to leave his dog alive, so as to smooth the great cause of the new policy, consolidate the Ming Dynasty's country, and benefit the living people of the world?

The choice is self-explanatory.

But when she thought of the promise she made to Qin Lin and the possible reaction of that guy, she couldn't help but ask, "Is there no other way?" My father is in charge of the court as an emperor, and his power is overwhelming, and it seems that there is no ...... if Wang Bengu and Geng Xiangxiang are missing."