In the study, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant emperor, sat weakly in the Taishi chair, and his head, which had never been held high above the court, hung down weakly, so that he had to hold his forehead with his hand for support.

It has been 12 years since the first year of Longqing to become a heavy minister of Zaifu, and Longqing has become a minister of life in the sixth year, and he has been in charge of the court as the first assistant of the emperor in the first year of Wanli, and it has also reached the seventh year.

Looking back on the past, he appointed Qi Jiguang to quell the southeast rebellion, subdued the Saibei Altan Khan and the Three Ladies on the condition of sealing the tribute and opening the border, and used Zeng Xingwu and Liu Xian to quell the rebellion of the servants in the southwest region that had plagued the empire for hundreds of years in one fell swoop, which can be described as a great martial art.

The implementation of the examination law, the king of Qin to beat the whip of the world, for a time from the central to the local atmosphere for a change, even in the distant border, can be vigorously and resolutely implement the imperial decrees; cut out mediocre officials, lazy officials, redundant personnel, streamline the ranks of bureaucrats, and send the muddy people home; The implementation of a whip law to clear the land, curb annexation, eliminate excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and reduce the burden of the people can be described as a brilliant cultural rule.

Like a wise and wise old captain, Zhang Juzheng firmly grasped the direction of the vast empire and sailed towards his predetermined goal.

Of course, if anyone dares to question his power at the helm and the direction of the big ship, this domineering old captain will not hesitate to use the simplest and most effective method to gag his mouth, and even push him down the ship.

How many Shangshu, squires, generals, and even ministers who opposed him were dismissed and exiled by him by all kinds of tricks...... But this time, he had a problem, because his only daughter had been kneeling outside the study for five full hours, and she had blocked the decree that he had written by himself, and that once it was sent out, it would have the effect of a thunderbolt.

His fingers tapped on the ink that had already dried, and after a long time, Zhang Juzheng sighed: "Xu Zisheng, I am stronger than you everywhere, and this is the only one, so I have to bow down to you." ”

Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu stood beside them uneasily, and when they heard Xu Zisheng's name, their hearts were first tight, and then they were greatly relieved when they heard their father's admit.

Xu Jiezi Sheng, a generation of famous ministers during the Jiajing period, has the grace of promoting Zhang Juzheng. One of the most vigorous things in this Xu Ge Lao's life was to defeat Yan Song and Yan Shifan's father and son, in order to paralyze Yan Song, he married his granddaughter to Yan Shifan's son as a concubine, and after the defeat of the Yan family, he poisoned the poor granddaughter in order to make a stand.

Tiger poison does not eat children, if it is a tragic change in ordinary people's homes, but the court has never been selfless, Xu Jie's actions will be praised as a strong man with broken wrists, and he will not hesitate to sacrifice his granddaughter in order to bring down Yan Song, who is really loyal!

Zhang Juzheng admits that he is not as good as Xu Jie, he is not Xu Jie, after all.

Zhang Jingxiu bent his waist and persuaded: "Father, my little sister said that Qin Lin has the talent to pass through the heavens and the earth, which may be a little exaggerated, but from the child's point of view, he really has the ability to penetrate the underworld, judge the yin and break the yang, and the father cherishes talents......"

"Talent, talent!" Zhang Juzheng sneered: "Are there still fewer people who fight and exile for their fathers?" Gao Gong, Hai Rui, Ai Mu, Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian, which one is not a talent? It can't be used by me, or even stand on the opposite side of the New Deal, the greater the talent of this kind of person, the greater the harm, and the sooner it must be eliminated! ”

Zhang Jingxiu glanced at his younger brother, although he knew that his father had become angry, but for the sake of his little sister and his friends, they always had to do their best.

The elder brother was silent, and Zhang Maoxiu continued: "In the humble opinion of a child, Qin Lin is very different from Hai Rui, Ai Mu and others. ”

Zhang Maoxiu scratched his head, he didn't dare to say any further, in fact, sometimes he chatted with Qin Lin, and he even felt that Qin Lin's views on reform were more positive than his father's, and he wanted to go further.

Zhang Juzheng would be wrong, sneering again and again with his beard: "The old man doesn't treat him as a martial artist, even if he is the resurrection of Song Ti and the reincarnation of Bao Longtu, he is only a capable official who can judge cases and a virtuous minister who keeps the success, what can he say about the reform of the new policy and the change of law to strengthen the great cause of the world?" I think someone in Qin is also a cliché, most of them are stained with some literati sour in Jiangnan, and they want to contradict the old man to sell his name and sell his reputation! Hmph, the Tao is not the same, this is really nice! ”

The two brothers glanced at each other, knowing that the old man was really angry this time, as the first auxiliary emperor of the word, how many Shangshu and Dudu did not dare to disobey his will, Baba's handwriting wrote a letter, and vaguely revealed the intention of recruiting a son-in-law, but Qin Lin refused not to say anything, he also ran to kill Wang Bengu...... Zhang Jingxiu is the eldest son, and he vaguely heard a little tone from his father's words, and suddenly his heart moved, and he deliberately provoked: "Wang Bengu is really harming people when he is dead, my father is a dead thief, and he is against the young talents he intends to recruit, and the little sister is not sensible, so why bother?" ”

"What kind of thing is Wang Bengu?" Zhang Juzheng pursed his lips disdainfully, his only daughter knelt outside the door, he hadn't rested for five hours, took a sip of tea, rubbed his temples and said angrily: "That Qin someone is bold and arrogant, hehe, he actually returned the old man's handwriting, who does he think of the old man?" Did he think that the old man, with the respect of the first assistant emperor, would still trade his daughter with him!? Is it tolerable or unbearable! ”

Phew——The two brothers, Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally found the real reason for their father's anger.

It was not so much that Wang Bengu was killed, but Qin Lin disobeyed his will to make Zhang Juzheng even more angry, and wrote a letter with the intention of soliciting in Zaifu's own handwriting, but it was returned, not to mention that there was a vague meaning of recruiting a son-in-law on the letter - it's no wonder that the old man is not angry!

The result of Liu Huanzhi, who he personally liked last time, made the old man very unhappy, this time Zhang Zixuan looked at Qin Lin, and swept the face of Emperor Zaifu again, but his daughter still spoke for this guy, knelt outside and begged bitterly, the old man's liver fire was burning more and more.

Thinking of this, the two brothers smiled bitterly in their hearts: Father, sister and that Qin Lin, the tempers of these three are really carved out of a mold, this one is up, I don't know when it will be unraveled?

Suddenly, the housekeeper You Qiyi ran in with small steps.

Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu glared at him angrily: Didn't you see that my sister and our brothers are trying hard to persuade him? You want to be in a hurry to get the Jun Zhi, what is your intention?

You Qi's expression was quite strange, and he didn't look at Zhang Juzheng's handwritten edict on the desk, but presented a letter.

Zhang Juzheng was a little surprised when he saw the cover, waved his hand and sent You Qi out, the housekeeper kowtowed upwards again, looked at the flattering smile of the two sons before turning to leave, after all, he didn't go to get Junzhi.

The two brothers stood behind their father, and when they saw that the letter was written "Geng Orientation of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate", they were a little confused:

This Geng Xiang is also a very famous leader among the Qing rumors, the official residence of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate Deputy Capital Yushi, and a younger brother who is in Beijing to do the Imperial History of the Du, there are many protégés and former officials, and they are also echoed in the Qingliu.

The Geng brothers and Wang Bengu are one party, belong to the stubborn conservatives, and fiercely criticize the new policy, whether it is the Ding Wei seizure incident or the fraud case of clearing acres of land in Xingguo Prefecture some time ago, they all jump up and down like chicken blood, and the crooked music is disgusting all day long.

Although my father wanted to slap the Geng brothers to death, the power of the court needed to be balanced, and the second was that it was inconvenient for them to act rashly when they became famous, so they had nothing to do with them until now.

As a political enemy, the two sides are clearly distinguished, and the old and dead do not get along, why did Geng suddenly write a letter to the old man?

Zhang Juzheng unwrapped the envelope, he was born with extraordinary talents, he quickly read it at a glance, and suddenly his face was happy, and he slapped the letter on the table: "Haha, Geng Xiang has disgusted the old man for so many years, but I didn't expect it to be folded in Qin's hands!" ”

It turns out that the words of this letter are extremely humble, what "the past is unbearable", "the dead are irretrievable, and the coming can still be chased", "the servant is willing to serve the Jiangling Xianggong for the work of dogs and horses", in a word, Geng Xiang is willing to be a lackey of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhang Juzheng himself was strange, and said in his heart that he didn't pinch Geng Xiang's handle, even if Wang Bengu died, the power of the Geng brothers was still there, he didn't need to be so self-willing!

Looking further down, Geng Xiang mentioned Qin Lin's name in the letter, praising Zhang Xiangye's insight into talents, and his unstinting of young talents, who had the bearing of the ancient sages.

Hearing the song and knowing the meaning of the strings, Zhang Juzheng immediately understood the reason, and said to the two sons: "It must be someone Qin who pinched Geng's fatal handle and forced him to surrender to the old man - this Qin Lin, didn't he return the old man's handwriting?" ”

The two brothers were overjoyed when they heard this, knowing that Qin Lin had forced Geng Xiang to surrender, and had eliminated the adverse effects of killing Wang Bengu on his father's layout, and it would be much easier to persuade his father to change his mind.

Zhang Mao said curtly: "It's still a child who is in a hurry, and in that situation at that time, it's no wonder that people misunderstood......

He was worried that Qin Lin and his father would fall out, and deliberately pointed out the intention of recruiting a son-in-law in the letter, but it caused Qin Lin to misunderstand.

"You, you!" Zhang Juzheng didn't know what to say, so he snorted for a long time, "Qin Lin said that he and the old man are different from each other, how can he clean up for the old man at this time?" ”

Zhang Jingxiu said carefully: "So that my father knows that Qin Lin should also support the reform of the New Deal, but he is different from his father in the idea of reform." ”

"The boy dares to guarantee that he is by no means stubborn and old-fashioned," Zhang Maoxiu also assured categorically.

"That's ......" Zhang Juzheng thought about it, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Why don't you help your sister up?" You two, how do you guys get older? ”

(To be continued)