Compared with the imposing cabinet bosses and trembling cabinet members, the cabinet walk is much more inconspicuous. In a real sense, the cabinet is not considered to be a formal member of the cabinet, and the imperial court and various yamen can not recognize the existence of the position of cabinet walking, and some people who are local officials are even more unaware of the establishment of the position of cabinet walking. To put it bluntly, the cabinet walk is actually the personal assistant of the cabinet bosses, who help them in charge of the preliminary work of the cabinet bosses. They almost go in and out with the cabinet bosses, and they can even go to the localities to inspect in the name of the cabinet bosses. In order to facilitate their prestige and nominal regularity, the cabinet boss applied for the position. To put it bluntly, the cabinet walk is a position created by the royal family with a "palace walk". There are many sources of "walking", but it originally referred to a person who is not allowed to enter or leave a place without constraints. The "walking" in the palace was set up to facilitate this person to help the emperor or everyone in the harem. This kind of person is a small person close to the emperor, they are not high enough to be officials, and in order to facilitate the entry and exit of the palace at will, they have an identity of "walking" at the level of a follower. Later, this position became an honor, and the emperor often rewarded some close people to facilitate their free entry and exit of the palace, such as the imperial doctor, the imperial cook, the edict of the Hanlin Academy, and so on. With this position, it is convenient to pass and does not need to be restricted, which is a kind of simplicity and a kind of cronies and honor. The establishment of the cabinet means that these people can not only enter and exit the cabinet at will, but also represent that these people are the cronies of the cabinet bosses.

The level of officials who serve as cabinet leaders is generally not high, but they have a certain ability to do things and are valued by cabinet bosses. If this kind of official is only a prefect or a prefect in the local area, he is only a prefect in the six yamen. However, in the cabinet, they are the full-time secretaries of the cabinet bosses, assisting the cabinet members in handling military affairs. If these people follow the right person, they will be cabinet members or even cabinet bosses in the future, and it is also possible to become cabinet leaders. If they don't follow the right person, or if the master steps down early, they will be released. Even so, they have been exposed to the secrets of military affairs, and their vision and courage are higher than those of ordinary officials, and they will be able to deal with major events in the future.

For the cabinet bosses, although they have much power in their hands, their ranks are almost the same. So Zhang Juzheng was going to send someone to invite them to his house. The cabinet members are also considered to be one by one, so they have to send someone to inform them to come to Zhang Juzheng's house for a meeting. The cabinet walk is the personal assistant of Zhang Juzheng, the cabinet boss, so Zhang Juzheng ordered them to come to the meeting. There is a big difference between the attitude and tone of attitude towards the Cabinet and the members of the Cabinet. However, insiders know very well that although the cabinet members are relatively high-level, it does not mean that their status in the hearts of the cabinet bosses is necessarily higher than that of the cabinet. Although the cabinet walks with low level and little authority, they are with the cabinet bosses every day, and they are the cronies of the cabinet bosses. Especially for the cabinet chief assistant like Zhang Juzheng, the cabinet walkers are Zhang Juzheng's real subordinates. Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, has begun to watch out for the cabinet bigwigs, paying attention to and considering the cabinet members, who are now alive and will be his main assistants and living opponents for a short time. So when Zhang Juzheng can't fully trust them, Zhang Juzheng won't easily let them grasp too many resources and power. Almost every cabinet leader has the idea of setting up a cabinet boss at the same level as himself, limiting cabinet members who will become his opponents in the future, and trying his best to cultivate a cabinet loyal to him to come to power. Doing so can stabilize your position, avoid your embarrassing situation in the future, and ensure the stability and stability of your future life.

Although cabinet bigwigs have often come to Zhang Juzheng's house from time to time to sit in recent years, cabinet members have come to Zhang Juzheng's house almost every day to report for duty, and the cabinet has stayed at Zhang Juzheng's house every day to work, but things like today have hardly happened. Not only did Zhang Siwei, the cabinet assistant who did not often come to Zhang Juzheng's house, feel strange, but even Lu Tiaoyang, a cabinet member who came to Zhang Juzheng's house every day to report to work, felt inexplicable and was more familiar with Zhang Juzheng's front yard than his own home. However, everyone knows that in this environment at this time, Zhang Juzheng will not mess around casually, and something major must have happened in the imperial court. Otherwise, Zhang Juzheng, the head of the cabinet, would not have gone crazy in the middle of the night for no reason, and there had never been such a thing as summoning everyone to Zhang Juzheng for a night meeting.

Zhang Siwei, the second assistant of the cabinet, is also a little old, and of course he was not happy to be called up for a meeting in the middle of the night. Besides, his rank is on the table, his task is to supervise Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and create some small troubles for Zhang Juzheng from time to time, otherwise he will have no value as the second assistant of the cabinet. Zhang Siwei saw that Feng Bao, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, was also here, so he muttered quietly, as if he had some opinions about Zhang Juzheng. But no one answered, this became Zhang Siwei's one-man show, and Zhang Siwei had no choice but to shut up. Feng Bao didn't answer because his relationship with Zhang Juzheng was too good, and he was embarrassed to say that Zhang Juzheng was not, and after Feng Bao listened to the summons, he began to suspect that something happened to Zhang Juzheng, so it was not good to talk casually. Shen Shixing is Zhang Juzheng's old subordinate and ally, and he is a good man, so he is embarrassed to judge Zhang Juzheng and oppose Zhang Siwei. He kept his mouth shut, pretending to be too old to hear anything. Lu Tiaoyang and others are not qualified to talk about Zhang Juzheng, the boss, here, and they will not curry favor with Zhang Siwei, the second child, at this time. So they came to Cao Ying without saying a word, imagining themselves as statues, and not participating in the struggle between Zhang Siwei and Zhang Juzheng.

Although Zhang Siwei had a good relationship with Zhang Juzheng in the past, he did not have too much private contact with Zhang Juzheng, so he almost never came to Zhang Juzheng's house. If it weren't for Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng's old acquaintance, leading the way, Zhang Siwei wouldn't know where to go. But Zhang Siwei is not a fool, and he also has a certain understanding of the pattern of some large families. Zhang Siwei has been an official of the Ministry of Industry for several years, and now he is a cabinet boss in charge of the Ministry of Industry, so he is very familiar with residential architecture. Speaking of which, Zhang Siwei was very dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng's identity as the first assistant of the cabinet and the ministry of officials, the ministry of rites and the ministry of households, which should be. The promotion and transfer of officials and officials in charge of the ministry must of course be in the hands of the most powerful cabinet chiefs and assistants. The Ministry of Rites is in charge of important national ceremonies and students' meritorious examinations, and besides, the Ministry of Rites is the head of the so-called six ministries, so the first assistant of the cabinet must also be in charge personally. The household department is in charge of the world's finances, and Zhang Juzheng was originally from an old household department, so it is understandable that Zhang Juzheng wants to be in charge of the household department. However, Zhang Juzheng made Zhang Siwei, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, very unhappy in other allocations. In addition to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, which Zhang Juzheng was personally in charge of, the six departments also have the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of War is responsible for the training and management of the daily expenses of the national army. The Criminal Department is the highest judicial department in the country, and is in charge of public security and criminal handling in the country. The Ministry of Works is in charge of the construction of important projects and official buildings throughout the country. Generally speaking, there are certain regulations on the management of cabinet bigwigs, the first assistant of the cabinet is in charge of the ministry of officials and the ministry of rites, the second assistant of the cabinet is in charge of the household department and the criminal department, the third assistant of the cabinet is in charge of the military department, and the fourth assistant of the cabinet is in charge of the ministry of works. Sometimes if the first assistant of the cabinet is stronger, he is in charge of a little more, and the third assistant of the cabinet and the fourth assistant of the cabinet are a little more aggrieved by Huang Zihao. However, after Zhang Juzheng came to power, he was very domineering, not only taking charge of half of the departments in one go, but also designating Shen Shixing to be in charge of the military department and the criminal department. In addition to being assigned to a ministry of works, Zhang Siwei, the second person in the cabinet, has only one name who nominally assists Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet. Zhang Siwei is in charge of a yamen that has the least oil and water, not to mention, and his power is not as great as that of Shen Shixing, the third assistant of the cabinet, because the relationship between Zhang Siwei and Zhang Juzheng is not as good as that between Zhang Juzheng and Shen Shi. For this reason, Zhang Siwei has indignantly criticized Zhang Juzheng for acting unfairly in private many times, and he has to reuse his cronies to empty him as the second assistant of the cabinet.

The summons took everyone and did not go to the reception room in the front yard, which made Zhang Siwei and others a little surprised. Since Zhang Juzheng became a cabinet member, his mansion has been replaced by the current mansion. In fact, this home was originally the mansion of Yan Song's son Yan Shifan. Yan Shifan was not only the son of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet at that time, but also a cabinet member who also served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. For this reason, in order to curry favor with Yan Shifan, everyone called Yan Song "Old Pavilion Elder" and Yan Shifan "Little Pavilion Elder". Although this title is a bit excessive, neither Yan Song nor Emperor Jiajing has an opinion, which is equivalent to agreeing that Yan Shifan will become a cabinet boss in the future. Therefore, Yan Shifan is very ambitious for his future, and he has his own plans when he builds a mansion for himself. Yan Shifan was originally in charge of the construction of the Ministry of Industry, and it was of course the best to build a mansion for himself. In addition to not daring to exceed the regulations, it is the best in terms of workmanship and materials. After Yan Shifan was beheaded, his mansion was confiscated and confiscated and became the property of the imperial court. Everyone felt that they didn't want this mansion, and at that time, Zhang Juzheng was promoted to a cabinet member and was just about to change the house, so Zhang Juzheng wanted this mansion. Yan Song was old in his later years, and Emperor Jiajing allowed Yan Song to work from home, so there was a precedent for Yan Song's mansion to work in the front yard and live in the back yard. Yan Shifan also followed his father's example and prepared to build an independent office area in the front yard of his house, which cheapened Zhang Juzheng. The front yard of Zhang Juzheng's house is larger than that of ordinary officials, and it is just isolated to become Zhang Juzheng's independent office area.