As soon as Zhang Juzheng's father had an accident, everyone thought that Zhang Juzheng would definitely be worried, so all forces began to act. First of all, Zhang Siwei, who has always been a relatively low-key person, suddenly began to meddle in cabinet affairs, changing his previous attitude of not caring about things, making everyone think that Zhang Siwei was already the new head of the cabinet. Some people from local factions also began to enter Beijing one after another, some visited the bigwigs of the imperial court, some visited relatives and nobles, some communicated privately with the chamberlain, and even a local official directly approached the Empress Dowager Chen and asked to be appointed to the cabinet. Everyone is eyeing the position of Zhang Juzheng's cabinet chief assistant, and even some people who know that they are not qualified have begun to focus on the vacant seats left by the previous promotion. At least three people hope that after Zhang Siwei sits as the first assistant of the cabinet, they can enter the cabinet and become the third assistant of the cabinet and the fourth assistant of the cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng's people thought that Zhang Juzheng was out of play, so they didn't move for the time being, and waited for Zhang Juzheng to leave. Unexpectedly, the little emperor issued an order not to let Zhang Juzheng leave, and these people began to be arrogant again. The chaos of the factions and the unexpected beyond the ordinary led to chaos in the six yamen and cabinets of the capital. Some lower-level officials don't know whether to teach the documents reported to Zhang Juzheng's office or the cabinet duty office? Should some of the documents that have been sent to the Cabinet Duty Office be returned? Once Zhang Juzheng urges for documents, how can this problem be solved? In the event of a trouble or accident, who bears the responsibility? Even some of the decrees to be given to whom they should be handed have become me. If it is sent to Zhang Juzheng's house, Zhang Juzheng is now guarding his filial piety at home behind closed doors. If it is sent to the cabinet duty office, can Zhang Siwei call the shots? Will he return to Zhang Juzheng again, and Zhang Juzheng will make the final decision? Everyone should be quite Zhang Siwei? Or is it Zhang Juzheng's? Who is in charge of the cabinet? Zhang Juzheng or is he not the first assistant of the cabinet? The cabinet is in chaos, the six ministries are in chaos, and the capital is in chaos. This is the second trouble.

The third thing is the official news. Yanguan is the imperial history, and in the early Ming Dynasty, he had great power to strictly manage. Whether it is a relative of the emperor or a first- or second-class official, as long as there is a handle that is caught by the official, he can directly report to the emperor. The first emperor at that time was Zhu Yuanzhang, and later there was Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty who seized the throne of his nephew as the new emperor, and they were all ruthless people who were ruthless in the face of their own people. Once the official has evidence that it is not a false accusation, one will be allowed, and many relatives and ministers will fall to the ground. Zhu Di was even more worried that the future emperors would kill the speaker and block the way of speech, so he issued a decree that "the speaker is not guilty." Thou shalt not kill the speaker. The Holy Decree. Since then, the official has become a major feature of the Ming Dynasty, and these people say that the good thing is to prevent the ministers from doing whatever they want and prevent officials from being corrupt. In fact, it is a mad dog one by one, which will make trouble for the officials who do things, destroy the unity situation, and use ancient methods and dead brains to control everyone's thinking. In addition, some officials have become tools for some people, weapons used to attack political opponents.

Zhang Juzheng is a doer, and since he came to power, he has arranged some capable people to where they should go, and some unsuitable people to inconspicuous places. In this way, of course, there will be unconventional promotions and offending people. Some people have long had opinions on this practice, saying that Zhang Juzheng's party is the same as fighting against differences, appointing cronies and excluding dissidents. But Zhang Juzheng is not only the first assistant of the cabinet, but also the teacher of the little emperor, and the Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao also support him, so these people can't defeat Zhang Juzheng.

As soon as the news that Zhang Juzheng wanted Ding Wei to spread out, everyone thought that Zhang Juzheng would definitely not be the first assistant of the cabinet this time. So while currying favor with the future cabinet chief assistant Zhang Siwei Zhang, he began to retaliate against Zhang Juzheng. Unexpectedly, the little emperor didn't let Zhang Juzheng leave, and the evidence they prepared was useless. Zhang Siwei was even more unhappy, and he secretly instructed the official to denounce Zhang Juzheng. The purpose is to make Zhang Juzheng not want Ding Wei and have no face to stay in the capital, and the position of the first assistant of the cabinet must be his Zhang Siwei. These people have already offended Zhang Juzheng by showing their attitude when collecting evidence, and the only way to survive is to trip Zhang Juzheng and let Zhang Siwei come to power, so they began to contact more people to sue together. Zhang Juzheng's things that he didn't worry about happened to make some old-fashioned officials not understand, and everyone started a new round of remarks against Zhang Juzheng. The performance of the official does not need to go into the cabinet, and can be directly handed over to the general administration department to the emperor. But the celebrant is a necessary link in the middle, Feng Bao, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant is not in vain, so Feng Bao has to avoid telling the news to Zhang Juzheng. In fact, it didn't do much to tell Zhang Juzheng, because it was impossible for Zhang Juzheng to do anything to these people, otherwise he would be convicted of dictatorship. The little emperor stayed in the middle and didn't send it, Zhang Juzheng didn't deal with it, and Feng Bao didn't act without permission, which made the officials even more rampant. More pieces were sent to the palace, and there were more and more things to sue Zhang Juzheng, and the charges became more and more specific. Under Zhang Siwei's hint, several of Zhang Juzheng's right-hand men were also listed, and they were even called friends.

The fourth thing is because of Zhang Juzheng's position as the first assistant of the cabinet. A local official had some connections with the Empress Dowager Chen, and took this opportunity to enter the cabinet through the Empress Dowager Chen. Of course Empress Dowager Chen will not agree, she herself knows the ability of this relative, let alone entering the cabinet, even the current position is reluctantly lowered for her face. However, this relative's words made Empress Dowager Chen think of some questions. Could it be that the imperial court and their emperor, mother and son are really inseparable from Zhang Juzheng? If Zhang Juzheng died or fell ill, would there be no one in the imperial court? Empress Dowager Chen found Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao, hoping to come up with a countermeasure. While Zhang Juzheng can still be used now, choose Zhang Juzheng's successor, so as not to be caught off guard when he gets it.

It is said that Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant of the cabinet, and once Zhang Juzheng has an accident or resigns, the second assistant of the cabinet should be replaced. But this originally optimistic cabinet assistant Zhang Siwei Zhang, the behavior of the two queen mothers over the years really made the two queen mothers dissatisfied. It is said that the person who can enter the cabinet and become the second person in the cabinet will not be a simple guy. But this Zhang Siwei not only disappointed the people who took a fancy to him, but also made Zhang Juzheng look down on Zhang Siwei. Zhang Siwei's identity is clearly teamed up with Zhang Juzheng, even if he can't contain Zhang Juzheng, he can also let Zhang Juzheng have scruples about doing things. However, Zhang Siwei, the cabinet assistant, hid in the idle cabinet duty office all day long, and all the affairs had already been transferred to Zhang Juzheng's mansion. Zhang Siwei does not participate in the management of daily affairs, does not approve and folds, and does not even participate in cabinet meetings, and does not dare to say a word about Zhang Juzheng's handling opinions. This cabinet deputy has become an ornament, and everyone knows that this Zhang Siwei is the most powerless official. Don't say that the Empress Dowager Li wants to be strong, even the more cowardly Empress Dowager Chen looks down on Zhang Siwei. Once Zhang Juzheng has an accident, Zhang Siwei will absolutely not be able to control the situation.

Zhang Siwei can't use it for the time being, Shen Shixing is old again, and when Zhang Juzheng can't do it, he estimates that it will be about the same. Lu Tiaoyang was originally good, not only was he old enough and qualified, but it was a pity that this person was stable and lacked courage to suppress the situation. Therefore, the current cabinet does not have a decent person in charge for the time being. No wonder over the years, Zhang Juzheng has not only excelled alone, but also has to do it himself.

Empress Dowager Chen said and began to recall the events of the Jiajing Emperor period, at that time, it can be said that the heroes rose together, and there were many talents in the imperial court, leaving aside Yan Song, Yan Shifan's father and son, Xu Jie's father and son, Zhao Wenhua, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng. Tan Lun and so on, even some little people are talented. Empress Dowager Li is worthy of being a good sister of Empress Dowager Chen for many years, and the two of them thought of one person almost at the same time. He is Tan Lun Tan Zili, the current governor of Xuanda.

Speaking of this Tan Lun, he is also a person with a story. Tan Lun is two years younger than Zhang Juzheng, and his experience is almost the same as Zhang Juzheng, but the final ending is different. Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun were Jinshi of the same class, and they also entered the Hanlin Academy together, and later became Zhongshu people together. happened to be assigned to King Yu's Mansion as King Yu's attendant, and became the first batch of subordinates of Emperor Longqing, who was still King Yu at the time. However, Zhang Juzheng studied under Xu Jie, but Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, was almost breathless by Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet. At that time, Xu Jie's status was even more embarrassing than Zhang Siwei today, and Yan Song did not allow Xu Jie's to speak and take care of things. Tan Lun's teacher was Gao Gong, the priest of the country at that time, and Gao Gong was famous for his violent temper at that time.

King Yu's seat teacher is the cabinet assistant Xu Jie, the lecturer is the Guozi priest Jiu Gao Gong, and the attendants are Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun. But he is not Emperor Jiajing's favored successor, because he has a younger brother King Jing who is even better than him. King Jing is better than Yuwang in terms of temperament and personality, and Yuwang's only advantage is that he is one year older than his younger brother. However, the officials of the imperial court at that time were not optimistic about King Yu, because King Jing's seat was Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet. Yan Song is King Jing's teacher, of course, he favors King Jing with resources, and Emperor Jiajing likes King Jing more, so King Yu is not comfortable. In order to contend with Yan Song, Xu Jie had to become King Yu's master, but it didn't mean that Xu Jie would bet everything on King Yu. Therefore, there are only three real Yu Wang cronies, the teacher Gao Gong, and the attendants Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun. It was not until the position of Yuwang's successor stabilized that Xu Jie's completely surrendered to Yuwang. This is also the reason why Emperor Longqing and Gao Gong looked down on Xu Jie.