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Zeng Xingwu was the last person recommended by Zhang Juzheng to join the cabinet before his death, although the position was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but he was also a representative figure in Zhang Juzheng's party. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The attitude of the palace represented by this incident made everyone panic, and when Wang Zhan got the news, he immediately avenged Zeng Xingwu in the court, and Emperor Wanli's reply was very simple:

"Do you remember Liang Menglong?"

Liang Menglong sent a letter to Shi a month ago, and the reason for being accused by the official was almost the same as Zeng Xingwu's, and the attitude of the Son of Heaven was also known in everyone's hearts.

Compared with the chaos outside, the palace seems to be calm, and it is true that the inner court and the outer court are closely connected with each other, but to a certain extent, they are also independent of each other.

It's already October, the frail people are already about to put on cotton clothes, and the house has begun to light a fire to keep warm, but the people in the imperial dining room are busy sweating profusely and running around.

The busy place of these eunuchs is not in the palaces of the nobles, but outside the small courtyard of the eunuch Zhang Whale, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the best charcoal, the best mutton, the best spices, and the best wine.

Because of this night, the eunuch Zhang Cheng wanted to have a few drinks with the eunuch Zhang Whale, the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial horse eunuch, these two are the top figures in the inner eunuch yamen, although the eunuch of Shangshan's palm print and the eunuch Guanglu are also called eunuchs, but in front of Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale, they must also be a head shorter.

Serve these two fathers-in-law well, maybe there will be any benefit, at least there will be no harm, long live Lord is the master of the big guy, but these two are directly in charge of everyone.

With the status of Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale, it is actually quite taboo to have a private drink, but everyone is an old person in Yuwangfu, and they are familiar with each other when they were studying in the inner study, and they have been in Yuwangfu and the palace all the way, and the relationship between the two sides is close, and the palace knows everything, and the queen mother and the emperor will not be jealous of anything.

Outside the door, several eunuchs in black robes were guarding there, and what Shang Shan Jian sent was not stir-fried vegetables, but only cleaned up slices of meat and cold vegetables, but they couldn't enter the door, they were all taken by these black-robed eunuchs and delivered to the house.

However, the black-robed eunuchs outside could not enter the house, and when they took things, they went into the courtyard to announce that someone in the house would come out to take them, otherwise they would not be allowed to come forward.

The person who came out of the house to pick up things was also a eunuch, and the eunuch Zou Yi was supervised by the imperial horse supervisor, and when everyone saw it, they all sighed that Zou Gonggong had never forgotten his roots, and they all arrived in such a position, and they actually treated Zhang Cheng as usual.

There are only three people in the room, Zhang Whale, Zhang Cheng and Zou Yi, and the dishes on the round table are quite simple, nothing more than a copper pot, surrounded by fresh meat slices and fresh vegetables that are quite rare in this season, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale sit opposite each other.

"The weather is getting colder, eating a pot is the most suitable, Wang Tong likes to ponder this, our family only realized that this thing was good at that time"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile, the air was filled with the aroma of wine, and the wine cups on the table were full, and the high-quality wine was full of wine, but neither of them moved.

Zhang Whale was quite silent, he practiced martial arts, and was in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, he was quite arrogant, he took a big chopsticks and mutton in the pot and put it in the saucer, but he didn't pick it up and move again, and said in a muffled voice:

"100,000 taels on my side, how much on your side?"

Zhang Cheng shook his head with a smile and said:

"It's also 100,000 taels, have you heard of it, Zhang Hong also got 100,000 taels."

"It is said that the Zhang family is a giant for generations, a wealthy businessman in Puzhou, and his family background is really good."

Zhang Whale sighed, and Zhang Cheng said with a smile:

"When Wang Chonggu was the governor, the border pass didn't know how much convenience it gave him to the Zhang family, not to mention that the Zhang family was a salt merchant, and it was not exaggerated that the wealth was against the enemy, and Zhang Siwei had been in the position of the secretary of the military department for so many years, what was this silver."

Zhang Jing nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"Today, on the fifth day of October, the date of Shangshu is October 11, shall we do it?"

Zhang Cheng also smiled, and was silent there, and Zou Yi, who was standing at the door, saw this, bowed his head and said:

"Father-in-law, Father-in-law, I'll go out to urge the vegetable ......"

Zhang Cheng frowned, waved his hand impatiently, and said:

"What's your business, just stay here and listen, don't be so careful."

After saying this, Zhang Cheng picked up the wine glass and drank it all, the wine was a strong wine, Zhang Cheng exhaled a long breath and said sharply:

"He has been in that position for ten years, and he can't move under the pressure of everyone, and now he is dizzy, and he wants to fight for the title of earl for himself, and the Queen Mother doesn't like it."

"Do you need to say hello to Zhang Hong?"

"No need, this man has a strange mind, and he wants to learn from scholars everywhere, and he has also received the silver, so don't pay attention to it."

On October 11 of the tenth year of Wanli, Li Zhishang, the imperial historian of Jiangxi Province, impeached the 12 major crimes of Feng Bao, the master of ceremonies, and the Jingshi was shaken.

Emperor Wanli walked around with his hands behind his back in his study, with an excited look on his face, because his legs and feet were not dexterous, Emperor Wanli generally sat on a chair in the room, and he was extremely excited to walk on the ground like this.

Zhang Cheng stood down, bowed his head and said nothing, but there was also a smile on his face, Emperor Wanli walked a few steps, opened the table again, looked at it a few times and said with a smile:

"Interesting, interesting, Zhang Siwei really dares to do it, didn't he say that he gave Feng Bao a heavy gift a few days ago?"

"Long live the Lord, Zhang Siwei has not broken his gift to Feng Bao since he entered the cabinet, and now he is already a cabinet assistant, but he still has to give gifts in case of trouble, how can he be willing, it is reasonable to have this action."

The smile on Emperor Wanli's face turned cold, and he said:

"Zhang Siwei is unwilling, I have been kept by Zhang Juzheng and Feng for more than ten years, I am still unwilling, Zhang Banban, proposed purpose, Feng Bao ......"

"Long live the lord, long live the lord, don't worry, don't worry, this matter depends on the meaning of the queen mother's side, early this morning, Feng Bao went to Cining Palace."

Emperor Wanli was stunned, patted the table with his hand, his smile became happy again, and he said:

"Just wait, wait until now, it's not bad for a few days."

On October 13 of the tenth year of Wanli, Feng Bao came to Cining Palace for two consecutive days, and finally followed Emperor Wanli to the court on this day, and he also wanted to show up at the court meeting.

Wenyuan Pavilion was in the court, the Cining Palace was unusually quiet, and the Empress Dowager Cisheng Li who was sitting on the chair had an indifferent face, and she couldn't see joy, anger and sorrow.

The cronies and female officials around all bowed their heads and held their breath, extremely nervous, and on the ground in front of the Li family, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale knelt there without raising their heads.

"You are all old people from Yuwangfu, do you really want to be like this?"

Empress Dowager Li asked in a somewhat gloomy tone, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale touched the ground with their heads again, but did not speak, Empress Dowager Li slowly shook her head, and said:

Zhang Hong wrote an excerpt over there, saying that Feng Bao was arrogant and wanton, and he had no loyalty, and he would be in the palm seal for a long time, and he would become a great harm...... Feng Bao has been in this position for a long time, and he has indeed forgotten the duty of a slave......"

Empress Dowager Li's words were not so much for Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale as for herself, and the two people kneeling below were a little inaudible, but these two people knelt there without moving, and they had already done what they had to do, and the rest was not something they could call the shots.

"The mourning family is a little tired, go down"

Empress Dowager Cisheng Li looked tired, and said to Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale, and the two of them hurriedly saluted respectfully and then retreated.

Empress Dowager Li is the most powerful person in the Forbidden City, she is the master of the eunuchs, but the forces and voices represented by Zhang Cheng, Zhang Whale and Zhang Hong are not something she can ignore, not to mention what Feng Bao did, she really doesn't want to continue to watch, the surname Zhu is not surnamed Feng, what Feng Bao has done has lost his duty, not to mention that the attack on Feng Bao outside the palace has begun, and what makes her even more disappointed is that what these attacks say is true.

The female officials of Cining Palace did not feel much easier after Zhang Cheng and the others left, because Empress Dowager Li had been sitting in silence there, and they did not dare to move.

Maybe it was an hour, maybe two hours, the eunuch outside the door asked the palace maid at the door if she wanted to pass the meal, the voice was very soft, but the room was quiet, and the Empress Dowager Li still heard it.

Empress Dowager Cisheng Li Shi stretched out her hand and brushed her head that was not messy with her sideburns, and the female official Jinxiu thought that the Empress Dowager was going to pass the meal, so she hurriedly stepped forward, and Empress Dowager Li said in a low voice:

"You go and bring a message to the emperor...... Let's do it fairly......"

The female official Jinxiu's body shook, but she still hurriedly agreed, turned her head and just walked to the door, Empress Dowager Li opened her mouth again, wanted to say something, hesitated, still didn't open her mouth, waved her hand to let Jinxiu go.

On October 15 of the 10th year of Wanli, Shandong Provincial Imperial History Jiangdong Shangshu impeached Wang Bao, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, colluded with Feng Bao, the eunuch of the Celebrant Seal, and Wang Zhu bribed Feng Bao with 50,000 taels through the command of Jinyiwei and Xu Jue, the commander of the Ministry of Officials.

On the day of October 16, Zhili Patrol impeached Wang Seal with ten bundles of jade belts and 30,000 taels of silver to bribe Feng Bao, but there was no reply in the palace.

On the 17th, there was the imperial history Li Tingyan Shangshu impeached Wang Seal, Jingshi Shiziwen would write an article to criticize, public opinion has become, and finally there was news in the palace, Feng Bao asked to see the Queen Mother, and the Empress Dowager Li was gone, this seemingly unrelated news explained a lot, and the last trace of luck in the heart of Wang Zhan, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, also disappeared, and resigned on the 20th.

On the 21st, the Wanli Emperor allowed him to return to his hometown for the elderly, Wang Zhan was Zhang Juzheng's family, after Zhang Juzheng's death, one of the leaders of the party, he was defeated from the officialdom, and Zeng Shengwu, who was also the core, had returned to his hometown, and Shen Shixing, who was regarded as the successor, was recuperating behind closed doors.

And Feng Bao, an ally of Zhang Juzheng and his party, has lost ground quickly.

From mid-July to the end of October, in just four months, the new cabinet assistant Zhang Siwei established his position

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