The secret fold was handed over, but it sank into the sea, and the Wanli Emperor neither heard back nor summoned him.

Zhang Siwei went to see it, but he was also blocked by the eunuchs of the Huangji Gate. He understood that this was the emperor forcing himself to make a public statement, in order to redeem the bad influence caused by the public negligence among the ministers.

Zhang Siwei is depressed, others are the first assistant, the scenery is beautiful, the bull is angry, the emperor doesn't dare to breathe when he sees it, why is it that when he comes here, the emperor kicks his nose and face, and doesn't give the first assistant a little dignity? This is also the first assistant, why is the gap so big?

But he was afraid of repeating the mistakes of his predecessor, and he never dared to distance himself from the emperor. The soldiers of the iron camp and flowing water, the emperor is in the age of Fang Shaohua, and there is a long, long time, and the ministers of the court, now facing the hurdle of Jingcha, should stand on that side, in fact, it is not difficult to choose, and he also has his own plans, thinking about it, he wrote an argument to the worship of the holy teachings, as a response to the emperor's admonition to the ministers. More than 1,000 words were sprinkled, from the five dynasties to the present day, enthusiastically singing praises to Chengtang, praising Qin Shi Huang, and praising the ancestors of this dynasty, believing that this is the king of eternity. And hope that Wanli can learn from them. How to learn it? Zhang Siwei put forward four articles, reinvigorating the discipline, reinforcing the edict, provincial discussion, and verifying the name. It is hoped that Wanli will enhance the authority of the monarch and not give authority to close ministers. As for the minister, he hopes that the slogan of "returning the lord with prestige" that has been shouted for more than ten years from nothingness can be accurately implemented, that is, all edicts must be realized, all policies must be implemented, all discussions must be controlled, and the emperor will implement dictatorship!

Seeing that Lord Shoufu finally entered the palace, Wanli was very happy, and immediately instructed: "I can't know everything in the world, try to consult in advance, if all things are not heard, what is the purpose of setting up a cabinet, five governments, and six ministries?" The implication is that from now on, we will only be good advisers and clerks to me, and I will leave the matter of taking ideas to me. And it's still a pair of I don't want to be like this, it's Lord Shoufu who forced me to do this, which can be regarded as pitting Zhang Siwei to grandma's house.

This matter seems very simple, Wanli played a trick and bypassed Zhang Siwei, Lord Shoufu carried the black pot, and the dumb ate coptis, there was no bitterness. In fact, it is impossible, although Zhang Siwei looks like a wretch, but it is a temperament cultivated in the officialdom for more than ten years, and it can't be changed for a while. But the more people like him, the deeper the scheming of the city government, Wanli's little bit of flowery intestines, he knows it clearly, and the reason why he is willing to be this target is to plan it......

Although he became the first assistant, Zhang Siwei's situation was very embarrassing, which can be seen from his voice in the cabinet.

After Shen Mo went, the cabinet did not make up for the time being, in addition to Zhang Siwei, there were also secondary assistants Lu Shusheng, cabinet members Wei Xuezeng, Zhu Dashou, Tang Ruji, and Lu Tiaoyang. In this, Zhu, Tang, and Wei are all silent friends, and Lu Shusheng doesn't like him when he comes to see him, so naturally he can't pee in a pot. Lu Tiaoyang is a good old man who can't offend anyone, and he won't do anything against himself, nor will he help others.

Pinching his fingers, he, Lord Shoufu, turned out to be a lonely man and did not have a supporter.

This was nothing in the past, in the era of Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Gao Gong, no matter how many cabinet members there were, they were all the first assistants alone, and even the second assistants were foils. However, the silent one who killed a thousand knives forcibly "abolished his martial arts" and stipulated that when the cabinet could not unify its opinions, the voting system would be adopted, and the minority would obey the majority. For Shen Molai, it is naturally not a problem, but it will kill him Zhang Ge Lao.

This is why Zhang Siwei has been the first assistant for a few months, and he has never advocated anything, let alone made achievements, and even the last time the cabinet ministers jointly signed a letter, although he was a hundred unwilling, he still agreed and signed it. It's not that he's born soft, it's just that he doesn't want to humiliate himself.

Once the system is determined by a strong predecessor, it is difficult for the successor to break it, unless he is stronger than his predecessor, Zhang Siwei does not have that ability, so he can only think of other ways. In fact, the best way is to install his own people in the cabinet, but unfortunately, the cabinet scholars need to go through the court push, and the number of votes he can control is only less than 20%, so the proposal of the court push is just to make a wedding dress for others.

If you want to monopolize power, the only way is to overthrow all these damn systems, and the only one who can do this is the Wanli Emperor. Zhang Siwei supports the emperor's dictatorship, but as Wanli's teacher, he knows very well what kind of goods his student is Wanli Emperor's extreme temple, but Zhang Siwei scoffed, in his opinion, Wanli Dao Jiajing is just a shape, he really looks like his biological mother Empress Dowager Li 1 is more than smart enough, and the great wisdom is not at all.

Moreover, he is lazy and has no longevity, and his eyes are low, so he can't afford the mission of governing the country and securing the country. Therefore, the emperor will take back his authority, and within a few days, he will push out the heavy state affairs. Eventually, the power will fall into your own hands, and that's when you can show your ambitions.

Of course, plotting... There is a price to pay, and the deeper the planning, the greater the price to pay. As soon as this song was slackened, Zhang Siwei had the consciousness of being scolded as a pig's head, he was ready to endure humiliation, everyone laughed and scolded, and then settled the general account when he turned over, but he still underestimated the anger of the ministers from Shen Mo disappeared, until Wanli reprimanded, announced the Beijing inspection, and abolished redundant officials, the people in the capital were panicked, everyone was in danger, and the entire officialdom had become a gunpowder jar that exploded at one point.

Now that he has finally found a target, don't the officials vent all their grievances on him?

On the day I saw this article in the newspaper, the yamen exploded, and the officials were filled with righteous indignation, turning him, the head of the auxiliary, into an undercover agent, a spy, a traitor, and the emperor's dog-legged, who could only flatter and dare not speak outright, and had no tools to kill and assist ministers! Naturally, the nickname "Companion Food" that has accompanied him for many years is about to be taken out for ridicule, and he is also promoted to "Long live Prime Minister," by mean officials.

Of course, no one dared to scold him to his face, not because he was the prime minister, but because Zhang Siwei was "the way of being a minister."

Wei Xuezeng's stomach was full of evil fire and wanted to shoot at him, but he said, "I am returning the Lord with Weifu, what are I going to do?" , and blocked back. There are some things that everyone tacitly knows, such as fighting against the emperor together, but no one dares to find out, wouldn't they be a chaotic minister and thief?

Zhang Siwei didn't bother to inquire about what the officials were behind him, as long as they weren't in front of him.

But the day of the officials in front of him soon came. A few days later, on the first day of the winter month, it was the day of the regular meeting between the cabinet and the six sections, and Zhang Siwei presided over the meeting. At the beginning, the atmosphere was not bad, the six departments to the matter and the scholars, on the recent period of government affairs exchange and the atmosphere of the meeting in a group of harmony in half of the atmosphere, to the time when Meng Xiang spoke in the matter of the department, the Jinshi of the third year of Wanli, finally put Zhang Siwei's argument and the emperor's reply on the table, said: "The emperor's reply is vague, it is okay to understand it this way, it is okay to understand it that way, according to the regulations, the six departments are ready to be sealed." "It doesn't seem to be necessary" Zhang Siwei shook his head and said: "My recital is just a feeling for the past, and the emperor is just talking about things, not a will, and he doesn't ask us to do anything." "Yuanfu's words are wrong" Meng Xiang shook his head and said: "If you and the emperor are playing right, and you don't see the newspaper, you can naturally listen to it and don't go into it, but this is your official recital, the emperor's imperial pen Zhu criticized, and published the palace newspaper." In the eyes of the people of the world, it is no different from the holy decree. He raised his head and looked at Zhang Siwei and said, "If it is deliberately misinterpreted by people with bad intentions, it will cause very serious consequences." Zhang Siwei said disapprerovantly: "I'm worried too much, this is to return the Lord with Weifu, and it is to let those with bad intentions have no gaps."

"Lord Motosuke's words are wrong!" Meng Xiang didn't speak, and the engineering departments around him gave Cai Yan a loud voice: "In the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, all systems have been completed, and the imperial court takes the five governments, the nine Qing and the Yamen as the basic framework, and the cabinet as the central body, and the handling and adjudication of all government affairs, and the decision-making of major issues are made by the entire bureaucracy. The affairs of the government, ministries and courts should be handled by the yamen, and the yamen shall put forward their opinions in advance, which is for the ministry to deliberate. If the matter is important, the cabinet, the six books, the imperial history, and the six departments will gather for the court. The appointment and dismissal of officials are promoted, and the documents are returned to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Military Affairs is by; If there is a shortage of ministers above the third rank in Beijing and foreign governors and fussiers, they will be promoted by the court. For major cases, there are three divisions to try them: those that are difficult to conclude are also courtiers. The results of all ministerial meetings and court ceremonies are all approved by the cabinet votes, and finally the emperor uses the seal to promulgate the world's ..............."..."After listening patiently for a while, Zhang Siwei finally couldn't help interrupting his chatter and said: "Section Chief Cai, as long as you have been an official for a few days, you know, what do you mean?" ”

"What Xia Guan means is that all the arrangements of the ancestors are made by deep meaning! The gentleman and the doctor have their own responsibilities. Although all government affairs are adjudicated in the name of the emperor, the emperor should not make any decisions directly! This is the reason why all the concerts must be drafted by the cabinet first, and then approved by the emperor! Only by getting rid of actual government affairs and maintaining a transcendent position can the emperor not be responsible for any decision-making mistakes, and can be held accountable for decision-making mistakes at any time, and can make a final ruling when his subordinates are in dispute! , Cai Yan fearlessly protested: "Now Yuanfu wants to let the emperor dictatorship in everything, which is to push the responsibility of his subordinates to the emperor, and the minister is at ease, but once there is a mistake in decision-making, who will correct the emperor?" How can an emperor who is responsible for his mistakes restrain his subordinates? The consequence of the emperor is no longer holy is that everyone can be holy, and it is not far from the country that will die! Lord Yuanfu, you have eaten more salt than the lower officials have eaten more rice, why do you even understand the reasoning of the lower officials, but you just don't understand it? "The officials of their generation have all grown up watching Emperor Wanli, and they really can't be in awe. In their hearts, this court should be ruled by the Holy Son of Heaven, and the civil and military officials do their own thing, and they really can't accept Zhang Siwei's idea of "returning the government to the king."

1......1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 After Wei Xuezeng was blocked that day, he has been trying to find a way back to the field, and he will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity, he stroked his long gray beard and said: "Cai Ke looks very reasonable!" A wise emperor should be a hand-picker, driving the carriage of the imperial court, always walking on the right path, instead of pulling the cart with his head stuffy, in that case, who will drive it? With a serious face, he said: "Eight years ago, Shen Ge Lao took over the Zaifu Taiyin from Gao Ge Lao, and it was only two months, and it made people see all kinds of weather in Wanli's new policy. What is the Wanli New Deal? In a nutshell... Strictly abide by the constitution and perform their duties. In this way, the gentleman can be long, and 1 humane elimination. It's been almost two months since Lord Motosuke took over the seal, so what do people see? is just the opposite of when Shen Ge Lao was in power, it is a gentleman's way to disappear and 1 person to rise, isn't it painful? "What do you mean by a gentleman's way of elimination, 1 human chief?" If he doesn't launch a threat, what else will Zhang Siwei be the first assistant? Find a piece of tofu and hit it to death. He Huo Ran changed color and said, "Elder Wei Ge, please understand, which people are the elders?!" ”

"The biggest person is yourself!" Wei Xuezeng sneered, and Shi Potian exclaimed.

"Hugh is going to spray people with blood!" Zhang Siwei pressed the teacup in his hand on the table and said, "This official is right, sit upright, and don't use those hearsay to spill me!" ”

"I'm just talking about things, but I'm a thief" Wei Xuezeng sneered and said loudly: "Don't think we don't know, these things are all stirring up trouble behind the scenes, making the emperor dictatorial, in fact, I want to make myself dictatorial!" ”

"Elder Wei Ge, he is not a speech official, his words are about evidence!" Zhang Siwei Huo had to stand up, pointed at Wei Xuezeng with his halberd and said: "Blatant slander against me today, I am incompatible!" "It is a gentleman's shame to be in the same column with such a person!" Wei Xuezeng looked disdainful, took out a notebook from his sleeve, slammed it on the table, and said, "If you want evidence, I'll give it!" "Those people in the matter are stupid, it was originally their theory with Zhang Siwei, but now it has become a battle between scholars, and looking at this posture, it must be life and death, and the fish is dead.

Naturally, they were curious about Wei Xuezeng's evidence.

As soon as the handbook came out, Zhang Siwei's face changed, and without thinking, he reached out to grab it, but he was not as quick as the young man's eyes, and he was preempted by one of them, and opened it and read it aloud: "Today, the celebrant Zhang Hong went to the minister to ask about the cabinet's joint letter, and the minister said "I don't know" is actually false. The minister heard about this matter in advance, and he was afraid that His Majesty's major event would be ruined, so he made a false accusation and signed it for the time being. The art of war is cloudy, false and real, and the minister's move is just to hide people's eyes and ears, but in fact it is unprepared. As for the minister's original intention, I hope that His Majesty will personally judge and not hinder the minister

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