After Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, Gao Gong became a cabinet member, in charge of both the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and became a big celebrity next to Emperor Longqing, who was so red that he was purple. Yin Shizhan was very envious and wanted to get this honor. Yin Shizhan remembered that he was just a scholar from the Hanlin Academy of the Fifth Grade, so he wanted to find a good way out for himself. At this time, even Zhang Juzheng was already a squire in the military department, and Tan Lun was also a local official, so how could he, the teacher of Emperor Longqing, be a scholar or cabinet member. This self-conscious and cheeky Yin Shizhan wanted to see Emperor Longqing, but Emperor Longqing was unwilling to deal with him. He found Gao Gong directly, and he actually used the original equal attitude to ask Gao Gong to be an official, and he didn't have the eye to be humble at all, and he regarded Gao Gong as a little person like him at the beginning. Because of Gao Gong's high status and temper, he has long stopped taking this Yin Shizhan in his eyes. Seeing this Yin Shizhan's attitude, Gao Gong simply didn't want the last trace of face, and directly rejected Yin Shizhan. Only then did Yin Shizhan know that Gao Gong's current status was close to something he could underestimate, but it was too late.

Yin Shizhan saw that he had offended Gao Gong and hurriedly went to Zhang Juzheng for help. Unexpectedly, although Zhang Juzheng did not deal with Gao Gong, he also looked down on Yin Shizhan. Zhang Juzheng said a lot of things on the shelf, but actually told Yin Shizhan that he didn't want to break the rules to help Yin Shizhan come to power. Yin Shizhan saw that the descendants of the original little characters dared to show his face, and immediately felt that he had been wronged and hit. After Yin Shizhan left Zhang Juzheng, he simply found Meng Chong directly.

Yin Shizhan used to be a scholar who hated eunuchs very much. As early as when he had just become a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, he made a statement against the eunuchs. In the article, he denounced the ignorance and greed of the eunuchs, and even named the dirty things of some eunuchs. Among the eunuchs named is Meng Chong, who is now the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal. Since ancient times, the literati looked down on the eunuchs, and the eunuchs also targeted the literati. However, the relationship between the cabinet and the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty was much more complicated, and the cabinet and the celebrant were interdependent on each other. The cabinet should guard against the celebrants, and establish good relations with the celebrants, so that the celebrants and supervisors should not interfere or make trouble in some matters. If you want to say that the cabinet is afraid of anyone other than the emperor, there are only a few guys who have no descendants and grandchildren. Yin Shizhan once beat and scolded the great eunuch Feng Bao in Yuwang's Mansion, so he didn't dare to go to Feng Bao to find himself uncomfortable. Besides, the nominal number one of the celebrant is still Meng Chong, this Meng Chong is not like Gao Gong, and he will definitely not give up his status and power so easily. Gao Gong stepped down and was still a retired cabinet chief, and Meng Chong was nothing if he stepped down. When Gao Gong retires, no one will really embarrass Gao Gong or die, but Meng Chong's enemies will not let Meng Chong go. So Meng Chong needs power, and he needs someone to help him. Yin Shizhan felt that he was such a person, he could restrain Gao Gong or Zhang Juzheng, and he could also help Meng Chong maintain his current position.

Meng Chong didn't want to see this Yin Shizhan, but this Yin Shizhan was different, and he was also the original teacher of Emperor Longqing. Although Yin Shizhan is a little unlucky now, it does not mean that Yin Shizhan will never have a chance to turn over. In order to maintain a certain relationship with Yin Shizhan, in order not to completely offend this Yin Shizhan, Meng Chong met with Yin Shizhan. Yin Shizhan tried his best to finally convince Meng Chong, and Meng Chong had decided to join forces with Yin Shizhan for his own benefit. After Meng Chong returned to the palace, he immediately found Emperor Longqing. At this time, Meng Chong seemed to be full of vitality, and he looked weak during the day. He knew that Emperor Longqing was also worried about the good things of the cabinet, and the appearance of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng made Emperor Longqing very dissatisfied. Although Emperor Longqing planned to let Zhang Juzheng succeed him as the first assistant of the cabinet, it did not mean that he could let Zhang Juzheng control the court situation alone. He wanted to use Zhang Juzheng to beat the high arch, and at the same time use the high arch to restrain Zhang Juzheng. Unexpectedly, after Gao Gong was forced into a corner by Zhang Juzheng, he simply let Zhang Juzheng control the situation. Emperor Longqing wanted a capable and obedient Zhang Juzheng, not a Zhang Juzheng who took over the power. Therefore, Meng Chong was sure to persuade Emperor Longqing, and he was even more sure to let Yin Shizhan go out of the mountain.

There are several reasons why Emperor Longqing let Yin Shizhan go out of the mountain. First, Yin Shizhan is also the teacher of Emperor Longqing, and in order to repay him, Yin Shizhan should be given a more satisfactory official position. Second, Yin Shizhan and Gao Gong are at odds, and they are Zhang Juzheng's predecessors, so he can provoke discord within the cabinet, which is absolutely beneficial to Emperor Longqing. Third, Yin Shizhan is not Li Guifei's person, and he has nothing to do with the prince, so he can be trained to balance Li Guifei and the prince. Fourth, the other day Emperor Longqing wanted to build a small royal garden. Gao Gong asked for sick leave and ignored it, and Zhang Juzheng found a lot of reasons to reject Emperor Longqing. Meng Chong told Emperor Longqing that as long as Yin Shizhan came out, Yin Shizhan would definitely help Emperor Longqing fulfill this wish. Fifth, these days, Zhang Juzheng has become more and more presumptuous, and the money given to the harem is getting less and less, not to mention, even Emperor Longqing has to take care of what he wants to do. If Yin Shizhan comes up, he can help Emperor Longqing manage his money bag, and he can also make Emperor Longqing spend money more comfortably. Therefore, Emperor Longqing decided to enable this Yin Shizhan, and he directly appointed Yin Shizhan as the third assistant of the cabinet, responsible for managing the household department and the internal affairs office.

After Yin Shizhan came out to serve as the third assistant of the cabinet, the first thing he did was to approve the construction of a garden for Emperor Longqing. Then start to establish your own prestige and seize the time to train your own people. Yin Shizhan has been sitting on the cold bench for so many years, and it is not that he has no achievements at all. Not only did he learn a set of financial management, but he also carefully analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of each faction. He secretly contacted the centrists, and some of the old party forces that were at odds with Zhang Juzheng formed a third faction to fight against Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng had known Yin Shizhan's actions for a long time, but Zhang Juzheng didn't care too much. He felt that the appearance of Yin Shizhan could test the loyalty and strength of his subordinates. Zhang Juzheng not only needs his subordinates to be capable, but also needs to be loyal to Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng took this opportunity to take a good look at how a few people he cared about dealt with it. On the contrary, Gao Gong felt a little uncomfortable, although Zhang Juzheng held the leading power of the cabinet, but he was very polite and respectful to Gao Gong, the head of the cabinet. This Yin Shizhan said that he was about the same age as Gao Gong, and he was also Emperor Longqing's teacher in Qiandi, so he didn't respect Gao Gong, the head of the cabinet. Gao Gong originally looked down on Yin Shizhan, so he felt that Yin Shizhan was a scum that had to be eliminated.

"Huiyi" is a form and a court etiquette, which was very common in the Ming Dynasty. The officialdom system of the Ming Dynasty was already very perfect, and the cabinet was the highest administrative yamen, with six subordinate ministries and local yamen. But the cabinet is not unrestrained, at least formally there are two yamen that can restrain them. The first is the celebrants, whose presence serves as a check and supervisor for the cabinet. It is no secret that the celebrants are all eunuchs, and the eunuchs are the people that the emperor trusts and relies on the most. The second yamen is the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The chief is called Zuodu Yushi, and there are thirteen imperial history yamen. Responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, including the cabinet, of course. The Metropolitan Procuratorate has two privileges, the first of which is "rumors of rumors". In other words, without investigation, you can directly report the civil or gossip news. If there is no evidence, it will be fine, but if there is, the official will be unlucky. The second right is to escalate at a higher level. There are rules in officialdom, and one layer is pressed on another, and officials are not allowed to report to the higher levels. For example, the affairs of the county can only be handled by the prefect, and if they are not handled well, the prefect must report to the prefect yamen at the next higher level for handling. The prefect is under the prefect's administration, and the prefect is under the control of the political envoy or governor, and the power of appointment and dismissal is in the hands of their superiors, and the officials can only decide whether they go or stay according to their superiors. Therefore, the future of these officials is in the hands of their superiors, and they have to have a good relationship with their superiors. The imperial history and the inspectors under the Metropolitan Procuratorate are different, they can directly report the problem to the cabinet, or even to the emperor. And there is the gold medal of "the speaker is not guilty", and even the emperor can't do anything to them. Therefore, the imperial historians often regarded the challenge of the powerful as a glorious thing, and even dared to directly criticize the emperor's small mistakes. But they also knew that they couldn't offend the emperor in death. People like Hai Rui who directly scolded the emperor are simply looking for death, not the style of their Metropolitan Procuratorate. In order to prevent a major conflict between the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet, and in order not to show jokes to the generals and the emperor, the Cabinet came up with this method of "meeting the way".

The grade of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not high, and they are all young and vigorous young men, so the cabinet members want to make these imperial historians older in comparison. Out of respect for the members of the Cabinet and out of respect for the elders, these young people come to visit the Cabinet on their own initiative. In order to curb the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in order to make these officials honest and self-disciplined, except for the Zuodu Imperial History, which is a third-grade official, the other imperial histories are all sixth-grade, the patrol press is seventh, and the affairs of each yamen are also between sixth-grade and seventh-grade. These people are not as good as the cabinet members in terms of age and status, and some of them are disciples who know the cabinet members or are followers. Based on the principle of mutual understanding and mutual respect, the Imperial Historians came to the Cabinet to visit the Cabinet members, and the Cabinet members also listened to the suggestions of the Imperial Historians. Because they want to fight each other, they are also called "will shake". Later, it became a regular practice, and the fifteenth day of the first month of each month was the "Huiyi" day, and the imperial historians would come to the cabinet to meet with the cabinet members.