The reason why Feng Bao was in a hurry to see Qin Tai was not just for Yu Niang and Tan Lun. Originally, Feng Bao wanted to wait a little longer, because it was not too appropriate to deal with Zhang Juzheng's housework and Tan Lun's affairs, and it was not too suitable to find Qin Tai. Although Zhang Juzheng and Qin Tai have a good personal relationship, Zhang Juzheng is much older than Qin Tai after all, and it can be said that he has forgotten his friendship in the past, but now Zhang Juzheng has not had a very good relationship with Qin Tai after he became the first assistant of the cabinet. In the past, Zhang Juzheng regarded Qin Tai as a friend or even as a son, but Zhang Juzheng could still listen to some of Qin Tai's words. Now Qin Tai's words Zhang Juzheng may not be willing to listen, and this matter is related to Zhang Juzheng's personal privacy. Feng Bao once said from afar, Zhang Juzheng was immediately unhappy, and Feng Bao hurriedly took the topic away. Tan Lun is not only Zhang Juzheng's old friend, but also Qin Tai's friend, if Qin Tai interferes in Tan Lun's affairs, he will either completely fall out with Zhang Juzheng, or he will offend the queen mother of the two palaces again. If Qin Tai didn't interfere, he would lose Tan Lun's good bargain. Therefore, Feng Bao didn't want to tell Qin Tai about the matter immediately, after all, Qin Tai was not the best person to deal with this aspect of affairs. But just yesterday, two things happened that made Feng Bao have to hurry up and ask Qin Tai for help.

Zou Yuanbiao and Zou Yunbiao were two brothers who were both ordinary and unusual at that time. They are usually said because they are neither high-ranking officials nor celebrities, and they do not have any big deals. They are said to be unusual because of a celebrity who has become obsolete, he is the former cabinet chief assistant Gao Gong. After Gao Gong was forced to give office, he lived in his hometown for the elderly. Nominally, he still has the support of the imperial court, but in fact, he is guarded and disrespectful, and he talks and moves around. The local yamen sent people to monitor him almost every day, and even what he ate and what he did every day had to be recorded. In addition to seeing his family, almost no outsiders can see him, and the above is to protect Gao Gong's safety, but in fact, it is to prevent Gao Gong from contacting his disciples from making a comeback. Zou Yuanbiao and Zou Yunbiao are a pair of brothers, and they are also the only disciples of Gao Gong in his later years. Their father and Gao Gong were in the same year, but their luck was not as good as Gao Gong, and they left as early as when they served in the Hanlin Academy during the Jiajing Emperor. Gao Gong has always sent someone to take care of the two brothers, and when Gao Gong was in office, they went back to Gao Gong's hometown with Gao Gong. Gao Gong was worried that he would not let them go back to their hometown together because he would affect their brother's future, but they must take care of Gao Gong with him. According to their brother's original words, when Gao Gong is rich, they can not come to touch the light, and Gao Gong is in trouble, and they can't help but love their children. It was at this time that Gao Gong finally understood the thoughts of these two children, and officially accepted the two brothers as disciples. Since then, the two brothers have been both Gao Gong's students and Gao Gong's relatives, taking care of Gao Gong's diet and daily life every day. Since then, it has also injured the brand of the High Arch people, and some scholars who want to be officials dare not approach the two brothers.

The two brothers, who were not famous, became famous all of a sudden three years ago, because Gao Gong forced them to become officials because of death. Gao Gong also knew that his comeback was hopeless, so he was unwilling to delay the future of his two children. But it was useless to say anything, and neither of the two brothers was willing to leave Gao Gong to take the exam. Gao Gong's repeated persuasion was fruitless, and even let the two brothers take turns to take the exam, and they were unwilling to take turns to take care of themselves when they really became a jinshi in the future. Gao Gong finally made a big move, he refused to take the decoction and diet, in order to force the children to take the exam. Under the coercion of Gao Gong, the two brothers finally agreed to take the exam together, but they were not officials, and Gao Gong could not force them. Because their hometown is not in Gaogong's hometown, they have to go back to their hometown to take the exam. In their hometown, even the people of the Yamen didn't know their relationship with Gao Gong, so they successfully passed the preliminary examination.

I don't know if it's because the two brothers have good skills, or because of Gao Gong's high level of teaching, the two brothers have successfully passed three exams in a row. During the township examination, the two brothers also won the third and seventh places in the township examination. The two brothers went to Beijing together in the autumn of this year to participate in the entrance examination, and they were ready to take care of the teacher Gao Gong after they were not officials. However, there was a big problem during the exam, and his brother Zou Yuanbiao's arguments were very radical, which caused different opinions among the examiners. The article of his younger brother Zou Yunbiao is steady, more like the article of a middle-aged and elderly scholar. Zou Yuanbiao's article was finally sent to Zhang Juzheng, who admired Zou Yuanbiao's character very much, and personally ordered Zou Yuanbiao's first place and became the Huiyuan of the examination. Zou Yunbiao is Zou Yuanbiao's younger brother, so his article was also read by Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng felt that his younger brother was more stable and down-to-earth than his brother, and took the third place in the younger brother Zou Yunbiao's examination. After the exam, it is the most famous palace exam, everyone is optimistic about the brothers, everyone says that the champion is not the elder brother Zou Yuanbiao, or the younger brother Zou Yunbiao.

It was also at this time that Zhang Juzheng got a shocking news, and the brother who was very optimistic about him turned out to be a disciple of his old opponent Gao Gong. Zhang Juzheng felt sorry for them and felt that they had fallen for them, since their results had been made public, it was not good to cancel them directly, but they must not be allowed to pass the palace examination smoothly. The news that the two brothers were Gao Gong's disciples was immediately made public, and everyone immediately stopped looking down on them. Because Zhang Juzheng, the little emperor and the Empress Dowager Li, even Feng Bao, will not let Gao Gong or people related to Gao Gong go out of the mountain.

The two brothers had no intention of participating in the palace examination, and after their identities were revealed, they simply announced that they would not participate in the palace examination. Just as they were about to go back and continue to take care of Gao Gong, the teacher, a letter from Gao Gong came. When they opened Gao Gong's letter, they knew that something was wrong, because Gao Gong did not write the letter himself, but asked his grandson, who had just enlightened, to write it on his behalf. Gao Gong even had difficulty writing letters, and it seemed that Gao Gong was really sick. The letter was full of Gao Gong's original words, and Gao Gong was very happy to learn that the two brothers had successfully entered the examination, and hoped that they would continue to work hard to get good results. At the same time, he also told them the bad news that Gao Gong had passed away soon, and they didn't need to come back to take care of him. Gao Gong knew the knowledge of the two brothers, and attached a prescription prescribed by the doctor with the letter, saying that he would only delay it for a month or two at most. For the sake of Gao Gong and the two brothers themselves, they must get good results in the exam, so that everyone knows that what Gao Gong teaches is talent.

The two brothers canceled their original plans and decided to take the palace examination and repay their teacher Gao Gong with good results. The two brothers performed exceptionally well in the palace examination and wrote a good article that even Zhang Juzheng secretly admired. The radical elder brother Zou Yuanbiao advocated the implementation of the new policy at the local level, so as to prevent local forces from having the opportunity to oppose the new policy of the central government. When necessary, more powerful officials can be sent to supervise the implementation below, and even kill or demote a group of officials, so that everyone does not dare to resist the new policy. Zhang Juzheng was even more surprised by the younger brother Zou Yunbiao's approach than his elder brother Zou Yuanbiao, and he advocated that a group of aspiring young people should first be imprisoned in some Qingshui yamen to boil their minds, and then use the method of agitation to provoke their fighting spirit, and go down to serve as local governors or local second-in-command. At that time, it will not take a few years for a new situation to appear, and these people will not only be more receptive to new things, but also more likely to accept the new policy, and it will be very easy and smooth to implement.

For the views of these two brothers, Zhang Juzheng is very optimistic and likes. It's a pity that they are Gao Gong's disciples, otherwise Zhang Juzheng would definitely reuse them. Just when Zhang Juzheng was hesitating whether to give the two brothers suitable results, Feng Bao, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, came. Feng Bao brought the edict of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, and after the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces heard that the disciples of Gao Gong participated in the palace examination, they felt that these two people should not be allowed to go to high school. In order not to cause other gossip, they were disqualified from the temple examination on the grounds that their identity was false. With this purpose, Zhang Juzheng does not have to be embarrassed, but Zhang Juzheng did not fall into the ground. Zhang Juzheng only let the two brothers Zou Yuanbiao and Zou Yunbiao rank in the last two places in the selection on the grounds that they had problems with their household registration. After the palace examination, the two brothers were arranged to go to an inconspicuous yamen in the Ministry of Rites to serve as petty officials from the eighth grade, which was equivalent to being exiled and sitting on a cold bench.

Zou Yuanbiao and Zou Yunbiao didn't care about this, and directly submitted a leave report to their boss. Zhang Juzheng also knew that Gao Gong was not good, so he did not stop the two brothers from going back to see Gao Gong for the last time. After Zou Yuanbiao and Zou Yunbiao rushed back, they finally saw the last side of Gao Gong, and then mourned Gao Gong as a disciple and a descendant. At the same time, it was reported to the imperial court to guard filial piety, and Zhang Juzheng agreed without much consideration.

Zou Yuanbiao and Zou Yunbiao guarded filial piety for Gao Gong for 27 months, and only returned to work not long ago. Because of the high arch, Zhang Juzheng delayed arranging new positions for the two brothers. A former high-level subordinate couldn't look at it, and took advantage of the opportunity of being a petty official in the Ministry of Officials to release Zou Yuanbiao to go to other places to be a county minister. The reason why Zou Yuanbiao was released was because Zou Yuanbiao had a worse temper than Zou Yunbiao, and it was easy to offend people if he stayed in the capital. Zou Yuanbiao went to other places to be an inconspicuous petty official, leaving his younger brother Zou Yunbiao to continue to wait for new appointments and dismissals. At this time, Zhang Juzheng's father passed away, and the little emperor did not let Zhang Juzheng go home to worry.

Although Zou Yunbiao is more peaceful than his brother Zou Yuanbiao, he is still a more stubborn and principled person, after all, their teacher was a high arch who was famous for his "cannon barrel" back then. In his opinion, filial piety for his parents is a big deal, and even if the little emperor intends to stop it, he should resolutely refuse. Zhang Juzheng is the head of the cabinet and the head of the hundred officials, if he can't even do this, he can't be regarded as a qualified person. He understands that the little emperor left Zhang Juzheng for the good of the country, and he also understands Zhang Juzheng's pain for the smooth implementation of the new policy at that time, but he absolutely cannot forgive Zhang Juzheng's half-pushed behavior. Zou Yunbiao drafted a memo of impeachment against Zhang Juzheng overnight, and prepared to report to the imperial court and the little emperor through his superiors the next day.