Chapter 27: The Mystery of the Lotus Twenty-Seven

The location of the "Prime Minister's Fight" incident was in the Cabinet Duty Room, and the time was the day of the "meeting." As the nominal leader of the cabinet, Gao Gong must wait for the arrival of the imperial historians in the cabinet on this day. This is not only a kind of respect for the imperial historians, but also a good opportunity to digest the internal contradictions. lest you show jokes to everyone when you go to court. Although Gao Gong didn't care about anything, he had to be there for this kind of scene. He wants to tell everyone that Gao Gong is still the head of the cabinet, and he has not completely admitted defeat. Since there are only three official members of the Cabinet, only three of them are the Cabinet members who meet with the Imperial Historians. The rest of the personnel were either evasive or busy with their own affairs, and the meeting place was only the three cabinet elders except for the imperial historians.

It's not that the imperial historians have nothing to do with the cabinet members, and more people have known these three cabinet members for a long time. In contrast, Yin Shizhan, a newcomer, is of course not as good as Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, so not too many people pay attention to Yin Shizhan. It's not that they don't want to have a good relationship with Yin Shizhan, but they are unwilling to beg Yin Shizhan, the new cabinet member, in a low voice.

Gao Gong is not only the first assistant of the cabinet, but also the teacher of Emperor Longqing, so the imperial historians have given Gao Gong enough face. The imperial historians saluted Gao Gong one after another, and at the same time, several of Gao Gong's original students also gave Gao Gong a disciple salute. This is the benefit of being a Guozi priest wine, and all those who have studied in Guozi Jian when he was a Guozi priest in Gao Gong can be regarded as Gao Gong's students. Although these students are not official disciples of Gao Gong, if they call Gao Gong a teacher or a teacher, Gao Gong will not refuse. These imperial historians feel that they have face, and Gao Gong also feels that he is very majestic. This is the reason why Yin Shizhan must ask Emperor Longqing, who was still King Yu at the time, to help him enter the country's prison. This is one of the places where Yin Shizhan is most jealous of Gao Gong, if it wasn't for Gao Gong to stop him, Yin Shizhan can also be regarded as the teacher of these people, and these people also have to give Yin Shizhan a disciple salute.

may have seen that Yin Shizhan was unhappy, but Gao Gong became even happier. He constantly encouraged everyone, and at the same time mentioned the friendship between teachers and students, which was to stimulate Yin Shizhan. Yin Shizhan's face became worse and worse, and he even had a plan to leave. However, it is a rule for cabinet members to meet with the imperial history, and Yin Shizhan cannot let others feel that they do not understand the rules and do not act according to tradition. So Yin Shizhan had no choice but to endure it, just as if he couldn't see anything.

A person named Han Yu is a royal history who is particularly good at reading people's faces. The reason why he can become a royal historian is because he can act according to people's faces. Originally, he was not a student of Guozijian, let alone a disciple of Gao Gong, but he was cheeky and insisted on calling Gao Gong a teacher, and always regarded himself as a Gao Gong student. He saw that Gao Gong and Yin Shizhan did not deal with each other, and he also knew how Yin Shizhan came to power. So in front of Yin Shizhan, he said that he would report a person in the court in the near future. This person is not only a shameless person, but also an official who relies on eunuchs to get ahead. At that time, the literati looked down on the military generals, and even more despised the eunuchs, and if anyone had a good relationship with the eunuchs, they would be the target of attack. Han Yu's words really flattered Gao Gong, it didn't mean that he would really say bad things about Yin Shizhan at the court meeting. But Yin Shizhan didn't know this, Yin Shizhan was not a generous person, let alone an experienced person, so he thought that this was something that Gao Gong had deliberately arranged.

When Yin Shizhan thought that his status as a cabinet member that he had worked so hard to get shameless about was about to be destroyed by Gao Gong, all his reason and composure were gone. Yin Shizhan didn't care about it at this time, he didn't hit this Han Yu, but the proud high arch. Two and a half old men were in the cabinet hall, in front of a large group of young people, which surprised everyone. Even if everyone thought of it, there was no way, no one dared to come up and pull them, and no one could pull the two of them.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting on the side, stood up, Zhang Juzheng didn't expect this scene, but Zhang Juzheng couldn't ignore it. Gao Gong is the first assistant of the cabinet, and Yin Shizhan is the new third assistant of the cabinet, except for him, the second assistant of the cabinet, no one dares to pull and pull them. Besides, don't underestimate Gao Gong and Yin Shizhan, Gao Gong has the strength to be stronger than the average middle-aged person, and Yin Shizhan has not been busy for so many years. The old two old men are angry, and ordinary people really can't hold the two of them. Besides, these imperial histories seem to be very excited, and it seems that they are all watching the excitement and don't want to really persuade them. In contrast, Zhang Ju really wants to calm down the situation, the cabinet is a solemn place, not a place for quarrels, let alone a place for fighting. Besides, the cabinet is now in charge of Zhang Ju, can he not care about making trouble in his territory? Besides, it was the first assistant of the cabinet and the third assistant of the cabinet who fought, and it was the face of the cabinet and the face of the court that were lost. Emperor Longqing will also talk about this matter. It's not good for anyone to make a big deal out of it, and of course it's not good for the three Cabinet adults.

Zhang Juzheng is worthy of being a descendant of the guards, and coupled with his relatively young age, he finally controlled the situation. Gao Gong and Yin Shizhan couldn't meet each other anymore, and they couldn't fight, so they began to attack each other. Don't underestimate the lip service of these two old men, they are both veterans with rich combat experience, and their ability to scold people is much higher than their fighting skills. Gao Gong laughed shamefully at Yin Shizhan as a eunuch's dog, and relying on eunuchs to start a business is nothing. Yin Shizhan said strange things, saying that Gao Gongqi left Chen Yimian, drove away Xu Jie, squeezed out Zhao Zhenji, and forced Li Chunfang to leave the cabinet, which is simply a big pest of the cabinet. These are all the original cabinet elders, and some of them are still people with higher status and qualifications than Gao Gong, and Gao Gong is really a bit too much to think about by Yin Shizhan when he says this. Zhang Juzheng really couldn't stand it, he was worried that the imperial historians would attack the cabinet with these things and lose face in the imperial court, so he stopped Yin Shizhan from continuing to slander.

Yin Shizhan dared to target Gao Gong because he knew that Gao Gong did not have much real power in his hands now, so he didn't have to worry about what Gao Gong really did to himself. Yin Shizhan knows very well that he is the most useless one in the cabinet, Gao Gong is also a person who is about to leave, and the person who is actually in power is Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng is the person who is the norm, and he is the person he can't offend. But now that the imperial historians are present, if he Yin Shizhan doesn't respond, it is equivalent to being afraid of Zhang Juzheng, a rising star. So Yin Shizhan also said a few words about Zhang Juzheng, which means that Zhang Juzheng is not a good person, and it is also Zhang Juzheng's idea to squeeze out Zhao Zhenji, etc.

Zhao Zhenji and Zhang Juzheng both belong to the old party, and Zhao Zhenji and Zhang Juzheng are both disciples of Xu Jie, and the two of them can be regarded as brothers. The ideas of "woe to Xiao Wall" and "fighting in the same room" immediately appeared in the minds of the imperial historians, which were good excuses to target Zhang Juzheng. Although it is not the right time, it can be saved and used in the future. This is not only thought of by the imperial historians, but even by Zhang Juzheng. He glared at Yin Shizhan with a serious look, as if to warn Yin Shizhan to be careful when he spoke. Zhang Juzheng is not a high arch and will not hit Yin Shizhan in person, but offending Zhang Juzheng will make Yin Shizhan even more sad.

Yin Shizhan also knew that he was in trouble, so he simply scolded Zhang Juzheng regardless of it. Zhang Juzheng stood aside and listened, with no expression on his face. Gao Gong also felt that Yin Shizhan was crazy, even if he had the support of Emperor Longqing behind him, he couldn't offend the two important ministers of the cabinet. Gao Gong left on the grounds that he was uncomfortable, unwilling to listen to Yin Shizhan continue to scold Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng also ignored the imperial historians on the side, most of the imperial historians chose to leave, and only a few imperial historians did not leave. Soon after, these imperial histories were dealt with by Zhang Juzheng under various names. Zhang Juzheng is a person who wants to save face, and of course he will not let some people who know the "truth" continue to stay in the court. I knew that this would be the case, and these imperial histories would not listen to it for a long time, but I didn't expect that they didn't bring down Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng dealt with them first. This is the ability that only cabinet bigwigs have, a force that people dare not underestimate.

Yin Shizhan also knew that this time he was finished, even if Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong wanted to protect him, it was impossible for him to continue to develop in the cabinet. Offended Gao Gong, the support of Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong, it was still possible for Yin Shizhan to stay in the cabinet. Just offended a Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong might leave Yin Shizhan as a set in the cabinet. Now that he has offended Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong do not dare to speak for him. Whether it was Emperor Longqing, or Meng Chong, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, no one dared to offend Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng at once. Yin Shizhan didn't need Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng to drive him away, he returned to his office, wrote a resignation, and handed it over to the celebrant to wait for Emperor Longqing's approval. Soon after, Emperor Longqing also knew about this, and at the same time, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng also wrote a letter of guilt, asking Emperor Longqing to buy you to all their positions. This is they are forcing Emperor Longqing to make a decision, if they don't agree to deal with Yin Shizhan, they will really leave the court. Today's imperial court is inseparable from Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, especially Zhang Juzheng, the actual person in charge. The imperial court can do without Emperor Longqing, or without the cabinet chief assistant Gao Gong, but it cannot do without Zhang Juzheng. Emperor Longqing had no choice but to approve Yin Shizhan's resignation and allow Yin Shizhan to retire, which was actually to expel Yin Shizhan.