Xu Jie is an old minister of Emperor Jiajing and an old man in the cabinet. Chen Yimian was a special category during the period of Emperor Jiajing, and he was also a person that Emperor Jiajing valued more. When Chen Yimian was in charge of Yan Song, he stood alone and did not succumb to Yan Song, nor did he take refuge in the Qingliu represented by Xu Jie. He is a representative of the centrists, who does things right, not people. In terms of qualifications, he entered the cabinet earlier than Xu Jie, but he was punished by Emperor Jiajing twice, and ranked after Xu Jie. There are two reasons why Xu Jie did not dare to offend Chen Yimian, the first is because when Xu Jie first entered the cabinet, Xu Jie once asked Chen Yimian some things. Chen Yimian is regarded as Xu Jie's predecessor, and he has taught Xu Jie, a backward person. The second is because this Chen Yimian has an eccentric temper and likes to expose other people's privacy. Xu Jie used to work under Yan Song, more or less did things to succumb to Yan Song, and also did some romantic things when he was young. He was worried that if Chen Yimian relied on the old man and didn't say anything, he would tell his privacy in public, and Xu Jie would have no face to stay in the cabinet in the future. For this reason, Xu Jie did not dare to turn his face head-on with Chen Yimian, Chen Yimian should also be Emperor Jiajing, and he was about to die, and he still needed Xu Jie's care in the future, so he did not target Xu Jie.

Gao Gong's entry into the cabinet was an inevitability, and it was also decided by Emperor Jiajing himself. At the beginning, Yan Song's father and son supported King Jing, and Xu Jie's people supported King Yu, and the two forces were not only competing for the dominance of the cabinet, but also gambling on the future of the two princes. Due to the indirect participation of Qin Tai, a small person, Yan Shifan's affairs were exposed. Many of Yan Shifan's crimes have been made public, and many of them were secretly instigated by King Jing. There are also some things that Yan Shifan did by himself that King Jing didn't know. More things were done by King Jing and Yan Shifan in order to seize the throne. In order to seize the throne, these two people did a lot of things that were sorry for the country and Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing didn't know, but he couldn't make it public and didn't want to force his own son King Jing to death. As soon as Qin Tai made it public, the result was that Yan Shifan was killed by Emperor Jiajing, and King Jing was forced to leave the core of power. Yuwang won without a fight, and Xu Jie and others also became the biggest winners. The heir to the throne has been established, and King Yu's people are about to officially enter the core of power. Gao Gong is Yuwang's teacher, and of course Yuwang's forces are about to enter the cabinet. So Gao Gong was not surprised to enter the cabinet at all, but he was in charge of the household department as soon as he came up, which made everyone a little unable to turn around. Xu Jie figured it out for the first time, and Emperor Jiajing asked Gao Gong to start managing the "money bag" for his son King Yu early. Besides, Gao Gong is a shrewd mountain, so that the money of the imperial court will not be spent indiscriminately, and no one dares to spend it indiscriminately.

Li Chunfang is an old friend of Xu Jie and Gao Gong. Li Chunfang's biggest characteristics are two, the first is that Li Chunfang has a solid literary foundation and is a good seedling of calligraphy, and the second is that Li Chunfang has a relatively good personality and is an out-and-out "good gentleman". "Li Haohao" is Li Chunfang's nickname, which shows that he always says yes on the side and will not raise objections.

These four people formed the new cabinet, although it is not perfect, but it can also be said to be relatively united. Except for the occasional Gao Gong making a few complaining words and Chen Yimian saying a few strange words, he is still a cabinet combination of Taiping.

Two years later, after Emperor Longqing ascended the throne as the new emperor, there were problems in this cabinet. Gao Gong complained about Chen Yimian, mainly because Emperor Longqing supported Gao Gong behind him. Chen Yimian used to be the teacher of Emperor Longqing, that is, King Yu in the past, but later because Chen Yimian felt that King Yu was not a piece of material, so he switched to King Jing's disciples. Emperor Jiajing knew that Chen Yimian was not King Jing's person, so he did not implicate Chen Yimian. But this does not mean that the new emperor Longqing Emperor will let go of this "traitor" Chen Yimian. Gao Gong, under the instruction of his disciple Emperor Longqing, targeted Chen Yimian everywhere, and there was also a personal reason that Gao Gong wanted to squeeze out Chen Yimian as the second assistant of the cabinet. Chen Yimian had already planned to resign, so after making trouble a few times, Chen Yimian took the initiative to ask Emperor Longqing to resign, and Emperor Longqing did not even directly agree to politely refuse. Chen Yimian left the ability and left the imperial court, and Gao Gong became the cabinet assistant of the cabinet.

As soon as Gao Gong became the second assistant of the cabinet, he worked with Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet. The reason is to recommend new people. The cabinet left Chen Yimian, and the number of "cabinet walkers" was insufficient, so Gao Gong asked for new people to come in. First of all, he worked as a "walking" in the cabinet, that is, as a temporary worker, and if he did a good job, he directly recommended him to Emperor Longqing to enter the cabinet. Xu Jie also has such a plan, because the new emperor Emperor Longqing is better than the old emperor Emperor Jiajing, as long as everyone recommends Emperor Longqing, he will agree. However, on the recommended person, Gao Gong and Xu Jie directly quarreled. The people recommended by Gao Gong are mainly Tan Lun and a few other cronies, and Xu Jieti's people are Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji and others. Gao Gong knew that his people were not as good as Xu Jie's people, and the number was not enough and his status was not enough, so he asked to arrange one person to enter the cabinet on the side. Xu Jie asked him to recommend two, Gao Gong recommended one, and Xu Jie, as the head of the cabinet, recommended one more candidate than Gao Gong. Gao Gong was angry, why was he inferior to Xu Jie? Xu Jie's treatment is differentiating, and the person targeted is himself.

The two cabinet members quarreled, and the only one who persuaded them was Li Chunfang, who could only speak well. As a result, Gao Gong and Xu Jie were not persuaded, and Li Chunfang did not play a role. After Emperor Longqing learned about it, he felt that these two teachers were a little unbearable for the first time. In the end, Emperor Longqing personally made the decision and decided to let Zhang Juzheng go to the cabinet as a "walker" to try. In this way, Zhang Juzheng entered the cabinet one step earlier than Tan Lun and Zhao Zhenji, and started earlier than the other two.

Over the years, Xu Jie and Gao Gong have often fought among themselves, making neither of them good-looking. When Gao Gong was framed by Xu Jie's design and left the cabinet, Xu Jie's quick fight took advantage of this opportunity to arrange for Zhao Zhenji, a close confidant, to enter the cabinet. At this time, Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie began to have conflicts, and Xu Jie began to support another cronie, Zhao Zhenji, to come in to help him. Xu Jie is still the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Chunfang is promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet, Zhao Zhenji is the third assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Juzheng temporarily acts as the fourth assistant of the cabinet as a "cabinet walker". Xu Jie's arrangement is tantamount to abandoning Zhang Juzheng, and he is determined to push his cronies Zhao Zhenji to power. After Gao Gong came back, Emperor Longqing arranged for Gao Gong to serve as the third assistant of the cabinet, Zhao Zhenji as the fourth assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Juzheng had to continue to be his "cabinet walk".

After Gao Gong came out of the mountain again, the fire was even greater than before. not only targeted the first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Jie, but also began to target Zhao Zhenji, a cabinet member of the small generation. For the words of Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gong is a little difficult and difficult, but it is much easier to deal with Zhao Zhenji. Xu Jie not only has to manage the overall situation, but also has to prevent the "small actions" of Zhang Juzheng and others, so he can't protect Zhao Zhenji all the time. Zhao Zhenji originally served as the governor of Zhejiang, and also served as the secretary of the household department, and he can be regarded as a feudal official. But the biggest flaw of this person is that he is greedy for money and stingy, and he often offends people because of this. Gao Gong took advantage of this opportunity to deliberately design Zhao Zhenji, who not only offended the royal family at the time, but also offended most of the officials in the court. Zhao Zhenji had to leave the cabinet and leave the officialdom to be a "master of the world".

drove out Zhao Zhenji, and Zhang Juzheng smoothly entered the cabinet and became an official cabinet member. Xu Jie also figured it out when he said this, this court was not his, and it was impossible for his disciples to realize his ideals. One thing that can be comforted is that there is also a Zhang Juzheng who is nominally his disciple among the cabinet members. Although Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie's political views have long been different, Zhang Ju is Xu Jie's official disciple, and Zhang Juzheng's prosperity represents Xu Jie's scenery. Xu Jie, citing his old age, asked to resign from the cabinet. Emperor Longqing repeatedly refused, Xu Jie repeatedly asked to resign as the first assistant of the cabinet, and Emperor Longqing had no choice but to agree to Xu Jie's request. Gao Gong was promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet after Xu Jie's departure, Zhang Juzheng served as the third assistant of the cabinet, and Li Chunfang, a good old man, became the first assistant of the cabinet.

Regarding the matter of Li Chunfang serving as the first assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gong is a hundred unwilling. He felt that Li Chunfang had no ability to say anything, and he had no opinions, how could he be a cabinet chief? But no one expected that after Li Chunfang became the first assistant of the cabinet, he would change his original style of "Mr. Yes" and start a new cabinet adjustment strongly. At this time, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng discovered that this usually talkative Li Chunfang was not simple. For this reason, Gao Gong will certainly not let go of Li Chunfang, and started a new round of actions against Li Chunfang. In the end, Gao Gong won by a narrow margin, and finally Gao Gong became the first assistant of the cabinet. It's just that after this struggle, the person who really benefited was Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng not only integrated Xu Jie's forces, but also integrated part of Li Chunfang's forces. At this time, Zhang Juzheng's power can already be compared with Gao Gong, but Zhang Juzheng is low-key and does not take the initiative to provoke Gao Gong, so Gao Gong ignores it.

Just when Qin Tai cracked Bai Ruxue's case, there was a new move in the cabinet from the imperial court. Gao Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet, has no longer cares about things, and the main work is handed over to Zhang Juzheng, the deputy assistant of the cabinet. Originally, there were only two cabinet members in the cabinet, but Emperor Longqing was worried that they would work too much, so he arranged for Yin Shizhan to join the cabinet to help them with their affairs. Yin Shizhan was not only an old man during the period of Emperor Longqing, but also an acquaintance of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. Emperor Longqing directly asked Yin Shizhan to serve as the third assistant of the cabinet. This cabinet is called the Yuwang Party Cabinet by later generations because they are all old people in the Yuwang Mansion during the period when Emperor Longqing was King Yu.