Speaking of Zhang Juzheng's family, Qin Tai knew a lot. This was all said by Zhang Juzheng himself when he and Qin Tai met when the two of them were drinking. At that time, Zhang Juzheng was not very old and his status was not high, so he became a good friend of Qin Tai. Zhang Juzheng's alcohol consumption was not high, at least at that time, Zhang Juzheng's alcohol consumption was not good. Zhang Juzheng not only did not practice the amount of alcohol, but he was also a talker. Every time he gets drunk, Zhang Juzheng will tell everything about himself. Not only Qin Tai knew, but even his friends at the time, Yuwang and Tan Lun, also knew. Because Gao Gong has a certain status and is Zhang Juzheng's superior, he has not been drunk with Zhang Juzheng, so Gao Gong doesn't know much about Zhang Juzheng's past.

Zhang Juzheng was originally a big local tyrant, and his family had a lot of land. By the time the Mongols occupied the Central Plains, the Zhang family's land was suddenly reduced a lot, and the men in the family were almost killed by the Mongols. For this reason, the Zhang family has not much left of their own family, and the Zhang family is always worried about the continuation of future generations. Because of this, when the imperial court forced large families to relocate to the vast and sparsely populated northwest in the early Ming Dynasty, the Zhang family was not forcibly relocated due to insufficient population. When it came to Zhang Juzheng's grandfather's generation, Zhang Juzheng's great-grandfather was worried that his son would not study well, so he spent money to buy a future for his son. Zhang Juzheng's grandfather inexplicably became a palace guard, an idle person who didn't need to go to work.

But the good times didn't last long, because Concubine Wan Guifei controlled the harem for a long time, and all those who were not attached to her would suffer. Zhang Juzheng's grandfather didn't know this, so he was ordered by Concubine Wan to serve the unfavored queen. Because the queen has not been cared for by the emperor for a long time, she hates men very much, and even the eunuchs who serve her are tortured to the point that they can't do it, so everyone is worried that Zhang Juzheng's grandfather will not live long. Unexpectedly, Zhang Juzheng's grandfather met a good opportunity, the queen's grandmother's maiden home is Zhang Juzheng's grandfather's hometown. The queen has been very good with her grandmother since she was a child, and she wants to know more about her grandmother's family. Zhang Juzheng's grandfather told the queen about his hometown he knew, and gradually became the queen's cronies. Although Zhang Juzheng's grandfather has the support of the queen, the harem is not the queen's world, and Ming Xianzong and Wan Guifei are people that the queen cannot afford to offend. So Zhang Juzheng's grandfather had a good relationship with the queen, but he didn't offend these two big people. At this time, Zhang Juzheng's grandfather met a colleague, and he was Liu Wannian. The reason why Liu Wannian was able to be a palace guard was because he was a brocade guard, and Concubine Wan used him to monitor the queen's words and deeds. Nominally, Liu Wannian was left in the palace by Ming Xianzong because of his good name. Liu Wannian gradually became good friends with Zhang Juzheng's grandfather, and the most important thing was that Liu Wannian began to sympathize with the queen.

After the matter of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youzhu was made public, Wan Guifei repeatedly asked Liu Wannian to secretly assassinate Zhu Youzhang. But Liu Wannian didn't dare to do this, and Zhang Juzheng's grandfather repeatedly dissuaded him, so Liu Wannian finally agreed to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. He not only told the queen his identity, but also told what Concubine Wan Guifei instructed him to do. For the first time, the queen used Liu Wannian's confession to fight back against Wan Guifei, and Wan Guifei also lost to the queen for the first time in the open. Wan Guifei did not get a loss in the actual sense, but Liu Wannian, the informant, was killed by Wan Guifei's people.

When Liu Wannian was dying, he entrusted his only son to Zhang Juzheng's grandfather, and told Zhang Juzheng's grandfather that the palace was not a good place, and persuaded Zhang Juzheng's grandfather to leave here as soon as possible. After Ming Xiaozong ascended the throne, he publicly praised all those who had made meritorious contributions. Ming Xiaozong's mother was posthumously named a concubine, and those who helped Ming Xiaozong were rewarded accordingly. Zhang Juzheng's grandfather didn't want an official position, he just hoped that he could go home to spend his old age in peace. The queen also didn't want Zhang Juzheng's grandfather to stay in the capital, so Ming Xiaozong rewarded Zhang Juzheng's grandfather with a large sum of money and let Zhang Juzheng's grandfather leave.

After Zhang Juzheng's grandfather returned to his hometown, he really felt at ease as a common man. He not only married a wife and had children in his hometown, but also raised his friend Liu Wannian's children all the time. Liu Wannian's son grew up next to Zhang Juzheng's grandfather, and later got married and had children under the arrangement of Zhang Juzheng's grandfather. Until one day, a mysterious person came to find Liu Wannian's son, and finally took away Liu Wannian's son's eldest son, who had just given birth. Liu Wannian's son later told Zhang Juzheng's grandfather that the person who came was one of his distant cousins, an officer of the Jinyi Guard. He told Liu Wannian's son the news that Liu Wannian's younger brother had died. Because Liu Wannian's younger brother has no descendants, no one inherits the position of Jinyiwei. According to the rules of the Jinyiwei, if the officer of the Jinyiwei does not have a son to inherit the position, he is allowed to have a nephew in his place. The Liu family is a family of Jinyi Wei and is unwilling to give up this opportunity, so they want Liu Wannian's son to go back to inherit his uncle's position. But Liu Wannian's son was unwilling, so they had to take away Liu Wannian's son's son. This child is considered a Jinyiwei person from now on, and he has the opportunity to go home and reunite with his parents for a few days every year, and he can't say anything to anyone in normal times. This child later grew up and became a qualified Jinyi Guard officer, and he was the current Jinyi Guard commander Liu Shouyou. Liu Wannian's son, that is, Liu Shouyou's father, has been staying in Zhang Juzheng's house, and everyone thinks he is Uncle Zhang, but they don't know that his surname is Liu Bu and there is such a majestic son. This is the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Liu Shouyou, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Although Han Zhiyuan has not been by Zhang Juzheng's side for a long time, he knows Zhang Juzheng's kindness to this army, so he treats Zhang Juzheng as his master. When Zhang Juzheng came, he told Han Zhiyuan about the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Qin Tai. There is only one purpose, that is, to let Han Zhiyuan take good care of Qin Tai like Zhang Juzheng. Han Zhiyuan doesn't have much culture, but he knows a little bit about the words of his great benefactor Zhang Juzheng, and he must listen to it, and this Qin Tai must be protected. No one must be allowed to hurt Qin Tai, and Qin Tai must not have any mistakes.

Qin Tai saw that Han Zhiyuan was guarding the door, and he did not interfere too much with this officer. Qin Tai could see that this officer, like this army, was not an ordinary person. Although these people are generally equipped and under the banner of local armed forces, their spirit and spirit are better than those of the regular army, and they are about to catch up with the elite of the army. He knew that the imperial court would not send elites here, let alone use elites to protect himself. The only explanation is that Zhang Juzheng, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, pretended to be a public servant and used the power in his hands to secretly help Qin Tai, a good friend. If it had been in normal times, Qin Tai would definitely not accept the help of Zhang Juzheng, a friend, but now that the situation is special, the arrival of this army has really helped Qin Tai a lot.

Qin Tai opened Zhang Juzheng's letter and was immediately attracted by the content of Zhang Juzheng's letter. There is one thing said here, something that has almost nothing to do with Qin Tai. But this matter made Qin Tai very embarrassed, and it also made Qin Tai feel unstable. According to Qin Tai's meaning, he was unwilling to get involved, nor was he willing to care about these things. But as an official of the imperial court and a good friend of Zhang Juzheng, Qin Tai had to think about Zhang Juzheng and the imperial court. This matter is not big or small, but it will affect Zhang Juzheng and the overall situation.

This incident is probably a state secret, but everyone will know about the "Prime Minister Fight Incident" in the near future. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were really prime ministers, the most famous being Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong. Li Shanchang was the first prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he belonged to the head of civil officials, not the head of hundreds of officials. But Li Shanchang is good at handling government affairs, and he will also have a good relationship, and he has a good relationship with Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and others. At that time, some people compared Zhu Yuanzhang to Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Li Shanchang was Xiao He next to Liu Bang. But Zhu Yuanzhang is not a good person to get along with, Xiao He starts and finishes well with Liu Bang, but Li Shanchang can't work long in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands. Later, Li Shanchang was dismissed by Zhu Yuanzhang because of his son's affairs, and everyone said that this was Zhu Yuanzhang's "unloading the mill and killing the donkey". In fact, Li Shanchang deliberately found an excuse to leave Zhu Yuanzhang, because if he didn't leave, Li Shanchang might be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang. The person who came up with the idea was Liu Bowen, who is known as "Little Zhuge ". Hu Weiyong is a typical case. Hu Weiyong came to power by slapping sycophants, catering to Zhu Yuanzhang everywhere, which is simply Zhu Yuanzhang's tool to deal with others. Everyone said that Hu Weiyong was a vicious dog of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang would bite whoever he wanted. is such a dog, it is this person that Zhu Yuanzhang believes in very much, he and his son sold the official mantle not to mention, and betrayed the interests of the country, and even caused disaster to the palace. Zhu Yuanzhang not only killed Hu Weiyong's father and son, but also announced that he would never establish a prime minister in the future, and there was no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty from then on. The absence of the prime minister is equivalent to the emperor's direct control of the six ministries, although the workload of the emperor is increased, but it also strengthens the imperial power and restricts the power of the ministers. This is a good thing for a strong, diligent and loving emperor, and it is a chore for a lazy and visionary emperor. After all, the emperor is a person, and he can't accomplish too many things alone even if he doesn't rest, so there is a yamen to help the emperor tidy up. At the beginning of the establishment of the cabinet, the purpose was to help the emperor sort out the materials and hand them over to the emperor for processing. The cabinet did not have the right to approve the constitution, let alone help the emperor make decisions. Later, when the emperor was ill, or when the emperor could not directly approve it, the cabinet members had the right to transcribe on behalf of the emperor. It was also dictated by the emperor, written by the cabinet members, and handed over to the emperor to read.