Although there was Zhang Juzheng's handwritten letter, although the Queen Mother and Feng Bao personally asked Huang Jin to invite Qin Tai out of the mountain, Zhang Juzheng, Qin Tai's old friend, was still a little uneasy. There are several reasons, the first is because Qin Tai has been used by the imperial court many times, and the imperial court ignored him after using Qin Tai afterwards. If there is a person, he will be dissatisfied with this court, and if he changes Zhang Juzheng and Qin Tai, he will not be willing to go out of the mountain to help again; The second is because the Queen Mother and Zhang Juzheng have deceived Qin Tai several times, saying that Qin Tai will be rewarded after a good deed, but every time he finishes something, he drives Qin Tai back to his hometown to wait for arrangements. In Qin Tai's place, the reputation of the Queen Mother and Zhang Juzheng is already very poor, will Qin Tai believe it again? Third, in order to solve the case as soon as possible this time, and also to keep it secret, the imperial court did not officially issue an order to invite Qin Tai out of the mountain. In this way, Qin Tai only knows insiders, and without a public legal identity, will Qin Tai be dissatisfied with this? The fourth is because Zhang Juzheng did not tell the truth to Qin Tai completely. In his letter, Zhang Juzheng only mentioned the local civil unrest, and did not mention the contradictions between the capital and the government at all levels. Qin Tai has not been in the capital or Jinyiwei all these years, so he doesn't know some information that outsiders don't know. Once Qin Tai touches on these sensitive issues, Qin Tai will not only not be able to solve the case smoothly, but may be excluded again and even risk his life. So Zhang Juzheng decided to add a little material, so that Qin Tai's exit from the mountain was more secure, and at the same time, it also made Qin Tai's determination greater.

Speaking of this material, that is, Zhang Juzheng's additional insurance, no one would have thought of it. Zhang Juzheng personally wrote a letter and asked his cronies to send it to the border as soon as possible. A big man like Zhang Juzheng is very concerning, so when his cronies rushed to their destination overnight, several stalkers had already followed. Jinyiwei and Dongchang's spies secretly protected this cronie while following them all the way, and Zhang Siwei and the others' cronies continued to follow while reporting the situation to their master. Almost at the same time, the people who received the news were speculating that Zhang Juzheng sent someone to send a letter to the border gate, who was he going to send the letter to? What will be inside?

Ignoring the speculation of Zhang Siwei and others, the Queen Mother was also a little confused after receiving the news, so she had to call someone to call Feng Bao over. Feng Bao is not only the head of intelligence, but also a friend of Zhang Juzheng for many years, and the Queen Mother wants to know from Feng Bao why Zhang Juzheng did this. Although the Queen Mother did not doubt Zhang Juzheng's loyalty to herself and the little emperor, she wanted to have full control over Zhang Juzheng, and she wanted to know all of Zhang Juzheng's secrets.

Feng Bao didn't dare to hide anything from the Queen Mother, but he didn't know the purpose of Zhang Juzheng's letter and who the recipient was. This letter is in the hands of Zhang Juzheng's cronies, and everyone can only guess before seeing the letter, and no one can be sure of the content of this letter. While reporting to the Queen Mother, Feng Bao was also estimating the reason why Zhang Juzheng did this. In addition to the local civil officials, there are only military generals guarding the border at the border gates. The civil officials and military generals in the imperial court have always had a very deep contradiction, and the civil officials look down on the military generals, and the military generals are not willing to make civil officials sycophant. Although Zhang Juzheng has been a squire in the military department, he does not know too many generals, and none of the generals in the border pass now have a personal relationship with Zhang Juzheng. In recent years, after Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant of the cabinet, although some martial artists came to Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng ignored him. This is because Zhang Juzheng, in order to avoid suspicion, in order not to find a way for his political enemies to attack him, he is even more unwilling to associate with rude martial artists from the bottom of his heart. Feng Bao supervises the generals, and knows the generals at the border pass well, if there are generals with whom Zhang Juzheng has a good relationship, even if they are their own people, Feng Bao will not only rest assured but also reuse this person. Zhang Juzheng didn't say it to Feng Bao, and Feng Bao had never heard of it, for a spy leader, no rumor at all means that there is really no problem.

Feng Bao was also suspicious of Zhang Juzheng's purpose in writing the letter, but after all, Feng Bao had been Zhang Juzheng's friend and intelligence head for many years, and when he thought of the events of these days, he vaguely thought of some clues. Now, whether it is the imperial court or Zhang Juzheng, there is only one most important thing, that is, the problem of local civil unrest. If you want to completely solve the civil unrest, you can only find Qin Tai to go out of the mountain, and Zhang Juzheng's doing this must have something to do with Qin Tai's going out of the mountain. Qin Tai is not only the ancestor of Zhang Juzheng, but also the ancestor of Feng Bao, everything about Qin Tai Feng Bao is as familiar as Zhang Juzheng. Qin Tai didn't have many friends in his life, and there were only a few who could shelter Qin Tai from the wind and rain in the imperial court. The Queen Mother and the Little Emperor will not care after using Qin Tai, Zhang Juzheng is now starting to avoid Qin Tai for himself, and he Feng Bao has also begun to deliberately pretend to alienate Qin Tai in order to protect Qin Tai, in addition to these people, there is another person who has still protected Qin Tai all these years. This person is not only not afraid of things, but also at the border, and the most important thing is that he is a confidant and friend of Qin Tai.

Feng Bao figured out this question and was more sure of this conjecture. He told the Queen Mother about his conjectures. The first is to show loyalty to the Queen Mother, the second is to let the Queen Mother not be overly suspicious of Zhang Juzheng, and the third is to ensure that the letter is delivered smoothly to the recipient without accidents. For Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng and the Queen Mother are indispensable, the Queen Mother is his master, his God, if the Queen Mother loses her trust in him, everything for him will be over. And Zhang Ju is his best ally, and only by joining forces with Zhang Juzheng can he get the greatest benefits. Therefore, Feng Bao needs to do one thing well, while maintaining his position, try to ease the relationship between the Queen Mother and Zhang Juzheng. Only if these two backers do not fall, Feng Bao will have a good life.

Tan Lun, a political enemy who did not have a good relationship with Zhang Juzheng in the past, has now become Zhang Juzheng's most trusted ally. Although they have hardly corresponded or corresponded over the years, they are very aware of each other's personalities and temperaments. Feng Bao can only be Zhang Juzheng's ally forever, and he can't be Zhang Juzheng's confidant. Qin Tai can only be Zhang Juzheng's confidant, and he can't be Zhang Juzheng's ally. Tan Lun is Zhang Juzheng's ally and confidant. Zhang Juzheng knows this very well in his heart, so Zhang Juzheng will not expose his relationship with Tan Lun too early until the critical time.

Tan Lun and Zhang Juzheng were both attendants of King Yu when they were young, and Emperor Longqing, who was still King Yu at that time, was not favored by the outside world and his father, Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing had two adult princes at that time, both of whom were likely to become the next emperor. Although King Yu was older and had priority over his younger brother King Jing in order of eldest and youngest, everyone at that time believed that King Jing was more likely to be the prince than King Yu. The first Yuwang is not in good health, and his health is not as good as that of his younger brother King Jing. When an emperor chooses an heir, he must take into account the physical reasons of the heir, so he thinks that he can't compare to King Jing at this point. The teacher of the second king of Jing was Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet at that time. Yan Song said nothing in the imperial court, so everyone was optimistic about King Jing and not about King Yu. Xu Jie, Yan Song's political enemy, saw that he couldn't please King Jing, so he had to choose to help King Yu. Therefore, Xu Jie did not really help King Yu, only Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun really helped him by King Yu's side, and later joined Gao Gong and Feng Bao. Third, at that time, King Jing already had his own son, and King Yu had no heirs because of institutional problems. The descendants of the royal family paid the most attention to the issue of heirs, so the fact that King Yu had no sons became a big problem. Later, Tan Lun and Zhang Juzheng helped King Yu win over their teachers Xu Jie and Gao Gong, and solved the problem of heirs for King Yu, and King Yu finally became the heir to the throne. After the fall of Yan Song, the imperial court became a battlefield for Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and they recruited their respective disciples to join the battle in order to consolidate their strength. From this time on, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun became a pair of new opponents. Xu Jie and Gao Gong are political enemies, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun are also political enemies, and the two of them help their respective teachers fight their opponents. Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun not only have their respective teachers behind them, but they are also the most trusted people of Emperor Longqing, so they were the two most powerful officials during the period of Emperor Longqing.

As Zhang Juzheng replaced Gao Wei as a cabinet member, Zhang Juzheng's talent was gradually recognized by everyone, and Tan Lun began to make up his mind to enter the cabinet. The battle between Xu Jie and Gao Gong gradually turned into a battle between the newcomers Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun. Originally, Zhang Juzheng was better than Tan Lun in terms of ability and resources, but when everyone thought that Tan Lun couldn't compare to Zhang Juzheng, an accident happened. Zhang Juzheng had a conflict with his teacher Xu Jie, and Xu Jie even wanted someone else to replace Zhang Juzheng. For the sake of his own ambitions and ideals, Zhang Juzheng resolutely broke with Xu Jie and became the backbone of the new faction. Because this faction was supported by Emperor Longqing, Zhang Juzheng was not only not replaced, but also became more stable. After Xu Jie's resignation, the position of the first assistant of the cabinet was naturally given to Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng could not directly become the first assistant of the cabinet regardless of age or seniority. After Gao Gong became the leader, the first thing he did was to pull his disciple Tan Lun into the cabinet to compete with Zhang Juzheng. However, Zhang Juzheng's power has become more and more stable, even if Gao Gong and Tan Lun join forces, it will only be a draw with Zhang Juzheng.