This summons is an old Jianghu, and he is also a person who often comes to the palace to deliver news, plus he is a close confidant of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, so everyone is very polite to him. But today, he didn't have the mood to enjoy everyone's politeness to him, because he also felt that something was wrong with his master Zhang Juzheng. Of course, the things that Zhang Juzheng couldn't bear were big things, and he didn't bother to pay attention to anything else, so he directly completed the task assigned by Zhang Juzheng as soon as possible. He said his identity and intention through the palace gate, and the other party seemed a little reluctant. In fact, this summons also understands this meaning, and he often does it, just to get a little benefit. But now he was in no mood and no time to pass the time, and he finally said the cruel words. In fact, it wasn't to completely scare this little eunuch, if Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao's affairs couldn't be done, they might really die. The other party seemed to be frightened, and immediately promised to go to Feng Bao as soon as possible.

Soon after, there was a sound of footsteps, and Feng Bao's voice came from inside. This Feng Bao's voice summons will definitely not be misheard, the summons can scare the little eunuchs below, but they dare not be disrespectful to Feng Bao. summoned Feng Bao to report his name through the door, and said that his master asked Feng Bao to come over immediately. Because it is inconvenient to speak here, the summons did not say anything about Zhang Juzheng's temper. lest too many people leak the news, which will affect Zhang Juzheng's reputation. Of course, Zhang Juzheng's subordinates have to protect the reputation of their master, they have a good life if the master lives well, and he will not have a good life if the master is unlucky.

Feng Bao understood that Zhang Juzheng was not a simple person, and he would not call himself over at will, so he decided to go to see Zhang Juzheng immediately. Feng Bao had his own way, and of course it was impossible to open the palace door and leave the palace with a swagger. Several strong eunuchs formed a human ladder, and Feng Bao stepped on the human ladder composed of these strong eunuchs and stood on the palace gate wall. The forbidden army outside also formed a human ladder, and let Feng Bao, the eunuch with the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, go down their human ladder, and just sent Feng Bao out of the closed palace silently.

Feng Bao rushed to Zhang Juzheng's house by himself and summoned him lightly, and only after summoning on the road did he dare to tell Feng Bao about Zhang Juzheng's temper. Feng Bao was also shocked, Zhang Juzheng was like this, it seems that the matter is not only not small, but also the consequences are very serious. Feng Bao hurriedly quickened his pace, not daring to delay at all, and almost ran to Zhang Juzheng's mansion. When he arrived, several senior members of the cabinet also happened to arrive, and everyone came to the door of Zhang's mansion almost without distinction before and after. However, according to the different status and grade of each person, the order of entry cannot be messed up. Feng Bao, as the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, is also the internal minister, of course, he is the highest-ranking one except for Zhang Juzheng, so he is at the forefront. The second behind Feng Bao is Zhang Siwei, the second assistant of the cabinet who has always been reluctant to come to Zhang Juzheng's house. Behind Zhang Siwei is the last cabinet elder Shen Shixing. After that, there are several current cabinets such as Lu Tiaoyang who may be promoted to cabinet elders. These people are usually big shots, but in front of Zhang Juzheng, they are all obedient children. Except for Zhang Siwei, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, who sometimes expressed different opinions, everyone else was Zhang Juzheng's sworn friend or protégé, and even Feng Bao regarded himself as Zhang Juzheng's disciple. Zhang Siwei can't turn the sky alone, so he can't be Zhang Juzheng's opponent in the court or the cabinet, so he has to swallow his anger all the time.

Speaking of these cabinet bigwigs, they are actually not easy to talk to. Although Zhang Siwei, the second assistant of the cabinet, was an ally of the original Zhang Juzheng, since he became the deputy assistant of the cabinet, he began to be separated from Zhang Juzheng. Of course, the Queen Mother and the Little Emperor didn't like to see Zhang Juzheng alone, so they deliberately cultivated this Zhang Siwei. Zhang Siwei is not only the queen mother and the little emperor elected to balance Zhang Juzheng, but also the future cabinet assistant elected by their mother and son to take over Zhang Juzheng's class in the future. Will this kind of person be incompetent? The answer is absolutely impossible. Zhang Juzheng, like Zhang Siwei, has been favored by his hometown since he was a child, and Zhang Siwei has also been nicknamed "prodigy" since he was a child, and he is known as a local treasure. Since becoming an official, it can be said that it has been smooth sailing, almost breaking Zhang Juzheng's record, and becoming the fastest promoted official in Daming. If it weren't for the timely relationship between him and Zhang Juzheng in the early years, maybe Zhang Juzheng would have attacked him a long time ago. However, now Zhang Siwei is not easy to move, he is not only the second assistant of the cabinet, but also the queen mother and the little emperor to check and balance Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng will not move him no matter how stupid he is. In order to reflect his own value and deal with the queen mother and the little emperor, Zhang Siwei had to create some trouble for Zhang Juzheng from time to time, but Zhang Siwei did not dare to mess around in some major matters, and it was even more impossible for Zhang Juzheng to allow Zhang Siwei to mess around.

Shen Shixing is a veteran cabinet member, and in today's cabinet there is a nickname called "Old Little". It means that although his qualifications in the cabinet are old, he always can't improve, and he has become a joke in the imperial court. Shen Shixing was already an official cabinet member long before Zhang Juzheng took office as a cabinet walker. But by the time of Emperor Longqing, Zhang Juzheng had become an old cabinet member, and he was still a cabinet member. After Zhang Juzheng became the second assistant of the cabinet, when he was fighting with Gao Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet at that time, Shen Shixing was still a cabinet member. Shen Shixing gradually understood the situation, followed Zhang Juzheng, the original old subordinate, step by step, and finally became the fourth assistant of the cabinet after Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant of the cabinet. A few years ago, after the third assistant of the cabinet returned to his hometown, he was successfully promoted to the third assistant of the cabinet. In fact, he is the biggest ally of Zhang Juzheng's cabinet, and he is also one of Zhang Juzheng's most reliable subordinates. Whether it is Shen Shixing himself or his friends, they all know Shen Shixing's temper. Shen Shixing is not incapable and assertive, but he has seen through the state of the world and learned to be content and happy. Shen Shixing is older than Zhang Juzheng, and he will be the age to return to his hometown in the near future. However, as long as he is in the cabinet, he will help Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, for a day to ensure that Zhang Juzheng's status and authority in the cabinet are unbreakable.

Lu Tiaoyang is a cabinet member who has just been appointed, and he is also one of the most likely to be promoted to cabinet bosses. The cabinet is very mysterious to the outside, but the people on the inside are not mysterious at all. In fact, the nominal cabinet is divided into two types: cabinet bosses and cabinet members, and in a broad sense, the cabinet walks are added, a total of three categories. Cabinet bigwigs are really big people, they are equivalent to the original prime minister, and the number is controlled at three or four, sometimes one or two more or one or two. When the king is strong, they have little authority and are only the king's great secretaries. But when kings ignore the government or are young, they are the ones who decide the fate of the country. The most powerful of them is undoubtedly the head of the cabinet, who looks at the overall situation as the prime minister in the past, and is really above 10,000 people under one person. But the actual power depends on the situation at the time, if I don't have enough WeChat, coupled with the emperor's distrust, the power may be snatched away by the cabinet subordinate, and the cabinet sub-assistant will empty the cabinet at that time. This situation is not unprecedented, during the period of Emperor Jiajing, Yan Song was the sole assistant of the cabinet and controlled almost the entire imperial court. During the period of Emperor Longqing, Gao Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet, was overturned by Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant of the cabinet at that time, and Emperor Longqing, and became a nominal cabinet chief assistant. Today's cabinet chief assistant Zhang Juzheng's authority has surpassed Yan Song, and he has almost become the most authoritative cabinet chief assistant in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to these cabinet bigwigs who can call for wind and rain in the imperial court, there are also several cabinet members with an uncertain number of future bigwigs. The cabinet is the emperor's right and left hand, which is equivalent to the current Central General Office. According to a more realistic division, the cabinet boss is equivalent to the current prime minister, vice premier and Politburo members. Cabinet members are equivalent to ministers or chiefs of staff in each department. They are in charge of part of government affairs, directly responsible to the cabinet bosses, and can also directly report to the queen mother and the little emperor on the matters they are in charge of. However, this kind of person is the most unstable, they have a certain amount of power in their hands, and they may become cabinet bosses, but they will also become the main target of many opponents. The status of the cabinet bosses has been determined, and in addition to the occurrence of major events, it is impossible to be easily replaced, and even the queen mother and the little emperor do not dare to easily reprimand them for being big people. Cabinet members are different, although they have power, their rank is relatively low, and they are easy targets. If something goes wrong, they will become scapegoats, and it is much easier to move them than to move the cabinet bosses. So once he becomes a cabinet member, this person has to live a life of fear. If you do a good job, you may become a future cabinet boss, but if you don't do it well, you may be a criminal who has been stinking for thousands of years, and even end up in a situation where the whole family is beheaded.