Speaking of the early years of Emperor Longqing, I have to mention the three masters and apprentices of Xu Jie. Everyone knows that Xu Jie is the most relied on by the imperial court after the fall of Yan Song.

Just when Yan Song's party was dominant, the only people who could compete with Yan Song were the eunuch group and Xu Jie

"Clear stream". At that time, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant was ******** Lu Fang. Lu Fang, Yan Song, plus Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, the three of them are famous

The "Iron Triangle" can be regarded as the most tacit group of leaders in the Ming Dynasty. Yan Song is Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's best ally and spokesman, and Lu Fang is Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's most loyal minion, so Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu will rest assured that he will hand over military affairs to the two of them.

Yan Song and Lu Fang have an average relationship on the surface, but in fact, they have a very deep relationship secretly. Lu Fang is a eunuch and has no descendants of his own, Yan Song, as his old friend, not only secretly gave his only son Yan Shifan to Lu Fang as his godson, but also secretly gave one of Yan Shifan's illegitimate sons directly to Lu Fang as his own grandson.

Many of Yan Song's private industries and businesses have Lu Fang's shares, which means that even if Lu Fang leaves the palace in the future, there will be a Yan family to provide for him in his old age.

For this reason, the eunuch group and Yan Song group are like wearing the same pair of open crotch pants, and they will not target Yan Song's father and son under normal circumstances.

In this way, the only person who can contend with Yan Song's father and son is the force represented by Xu Jie. For this reason, some centrists and some imperial relatives, in order to balance the situation, had to secretly support Xu Jie.

The consequence of this was that Xu Jie grew rapidly, and at the same time had his own cronies. When Yan Song fell, a super behemoth no less than Yan Song was born, and Xu Jie became another figure that the emperor and the royal family needed to face.

In addition to Xu Jie, his two major disciples also had to be mentioned by everyone. These two disciples are Xu Jie's cronies, and they are also people that everyone is optimistic about.

One is Zhang Juzheng, who is now red and purple, and will have the highest voice for the first assistant of the cabinet in the future. His talent and strength, when he enters the cabinet, he will become the first assistant of the cabinet in the future, and even Xu Jie, the teacher, and Emperor Longqing feel that there is no suspense.

The reason why Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi did not immediately reuse Zhang Juzheng was because Zhang Juzheng was too young at that time to immediately enter the cabinet and entrust him with important tasks; second, because Zhang Juzheng lacks experience, he needs to hone more in the six yamen and even in the local area; The third is because Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi wants to leave this opportunity to reuse Zhang Juzheng to his son, so that Zhang Juzheng is more grateful to the current Emperor Longqing.

It is also because Zhang Juzheng does not dare to have two hearts towards Emperor Longqing. The fourth is because Zhang Juzheng privately got too close to Qin Tai, who Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing did not want to see.

Especially after Qin Tai broke into the palace, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was even more worried that Qin Tai and Zhang Juzheng had a connection, so he did not dare to reuse Zhang Juzheng.

After Emperor Longqing took office, Emperor Longqing's own strength was not enough, so he had to rely on Zhang Juzheng, who was also a teacher and friend.

Therefore, the fact that Zhang Juzheng entered the cabinet and inherited the position of the teacher Xu Jie, and became the first assistant of the cabinet in the future is almost certain.

However, now that there have been some changes, Xu Jie seems to be not very satisfied with this disciple, and feels that Zhang Juzheng is becoming more and more disobedient to his greetings, and even Zhang Juzheng is working against him.

For this, Xu Jie's almost completely turned his face with Zhang Juzheng, so the relationship between the two people is very delicate. Speaking of another disciple of Xu Jie, this person is Zhao Zhenji.

Speaking of the two disciples of Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji, I can't help but admire Xu Jie's good calculations. As early as when Xu Jie's power was not strong, he arranged a way out for his two major disciples.

Although Zhang Juzheng is young, he has absolute talent and strength, so Xu Jie stayed in Zhang Juzheng in the capital and served as a middle-level cadre in the Yamen of the Sixth Ministry.

gradually took up important positions in the six ministries, and became the main officials of the six ministries, and even the six ministers. After becoming the sixth minister, as long as he is sent to the outside to serve as a governor, he can go back to the cabinet and become a cabinet elder in the future.

Zhao Zhenji's talent is not bad, but compared with Zhang Juzheng, he is not popular enough, and it is not good to install too many people, so Xu Jie can arrange Zhao Zhenji in a place.

Zhao Zhenji served as the prefect of the county for three years, the prefect for five years, and the Taoist platform for three years, and served as the governor of Jiangsu after having his own strength.

Originally, according to Xu Jie's plan, Zhao Zhenji, the eldest disciple, should be taken back to the capital and let Zhao Zhenji develop in the sixth department.

In the future, there will be an opportunity to release the Governor, or directly to the Cabinet. Unexpectedly, a big flood in Zhejiang, accompanied by a corruption case, led to the dismissal of dozens of officials in Zhejiang-Jiangsu officialdom.

Zhejiangjiang is the sphere of influence of Yan Song's party, and if Zhejiangjiang is taken, it will definitely be of great benefit to dealing with Yan Song in the future.

Therefore, Xu Jie must install his cronies to go to Zhejiang, even if he is not only the governor, but also the political envoy.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng had just served as a waiter in the Criminal Department, and he had the opportunity to control the actual power of the Criminal Department. In addition, Zhang Juzheng lacked experience as a local official, so it was impossible to control the overall situation of Zhejiang and Jiangsu in a very short period of time.

Therefore, Xu Jie decided to let Zhao Zhenji go to Zhejiang and Jiang to be the governor and control Zhejiang Jiang for Xu Jie. In fact, this is beneficial to Xu Jie, and the benefit to Zhao Zhenji is not great, which is equivalent to sacrificing Zhao Zhenji's taste.

Although if Zhao Zhenji sits firmly as the governor of Zhejiang, it is equivalent to having his own territory, and he will have his own capital in the future, and the chances of entering the prime minister are much greater.

But at that time, it was when Yan Song was in charge of the government, and Zhao Zhenji's going to Zhejiang and Jiang was tantamount to opposing Yan Song, and the danger far outweighed the benefits.

Besides, even if Zhao Zhenji has a firm foothold, he will only make a wedding dress for Xu Jie, and Zhejiang Jiang will also be Xu Jie's in the future.

So Zhao Zhenji felt that the teacher Xu Jie was biased towards Zhang Juzheng and had some complaints about Zhang Juzheng. When Zhao Zhenji returned to the capital to serve as the head of the household department, Zhao Zhenji was a little targeted at Zhang Juzheng, who was then the head of the military department.

However, Zhang Juzheng didn't seem to take Zhao Zhenji in his eyes, his main opponent was Gao Gong's proud disciple Tan Lun, not his fellow disciple Zhao Zhenji.

But Zhao Zhenji was unforgiving to Zhang Juzheng, and some of the contradictions between Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie, were caused by Zhao Zhenji.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng had already been appreciated by Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing and later Emperor Longqing, and his status was already in full swing, and he did not need Xu Jie's deliberate cultivation.

So Xu Jie began to cultivate his other proud disciple Zhao Zhenji with all his might, and slowly found that Zhao Zhenji, a disciple, was more like Xu Jie himself than Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng's temper is actually different from Xu Jie, and he can't keep pace with Xu Jie's in some things, and sometimes Zhang Juzheng will clash with Xu Jie's regardless of the occasion.

Zhao Zhenji not only understands the temper of his teacher Xu Jie, but also because he has worked in the local area for many years and is relatively tactful, Xu Jie feels more and more that Zhao Zhenji is more obedient than Zhang Juzheng.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Juzheng had already registered with Emperor Longqing, Xu Jie really wanted Zhao Zhenji to replace Zhang Juzheng.

But fortunately, Xu Jie didn't do it, and soon after, Zhao Zhenji really had an accident. Because Zhao Zhenji has been working in the local area for a long time, he has developed the habit of corruption over time.

But because there was Xu Jie, the teacher, on top, and Yan Song's people watching, he only dared to make a small fuss in the place.

After arriving in the capital, especially after the complete collapse of Yan Song's party, Zhao Zhenji felt that his teacher Xu Jie was already a very popular minister, so he had no scruples about fishing for special fishing.

At this time, Xu Jie's own couldn't stand the temptation, and began to become the leader of the new corrupt party, of course, he would not care about Zhao Zhenji's corruption.

Zhao Zhenji is also the head of the household, and he is the most oily yamen among the six departments, so Zhao Zhenji is unscrupulously corrupt.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhenji's actions were too big, and the amount of corruption was too fast and too big, coupled with Zhao Zhenji's unscrupulous behavior, which led to Zhao Zhenji being arrested.

The person who denounced Zhao Zhenji was Gao Gong, Xu Jie's political enemy, and he was the only important minister of the court who could compete with Xu Jie.

Gao Gong is not only the teacher of Emperor Longqing, but also the acquiescence of Emperor Longqing to the next generation of cabinet chiefs. Emperor Longqing also hoped that Zhang Juzheng would serve as the first assistant of the cabinet in the future, but not now.

First, Xu Jie was Zhang Juzheng's teacher, and Emperor Longqing had to worry that their master and apprentice completely controlled the court.

Second, Emperor Longqing felt that Zhang Juzheng was too young and was afraid that he would not be able to suppress the important ministers in the court. Gao Gong is not only qualified, but also absolutely reliable, and absolutely loyal to Emperor Longqing.

At that time, Xu Jie's influence was completely eliminated, and Zhang Juzheng had matured, and Emperor Longqing would persuade Gao Gong to give up the position of cabinet chief assistant to Zhang Juzheng.

Unexpectedly, Gao Gong was a violent temper, and he got involved with Xu Jie as soon as he came up, and he seized Zhao Zhenji's problem and wanted to oust Xu Jie early.