First, because this matter is so serious, Zhang Juzheng can't be happy even if he wants to. Second, this incident made Zhang Juzheng feel an inexplicable sadness.

At the beginning, Yan Song controlled the government, and he was sorry for Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and he was sorry for the Manchu officials and the people of Limin.

For this reason, Zhang Juzheng took refuge in Xu Jie, who claimed to be a clear stream, in order to overthrow Yan Song and other corrupt officials, and return the court to a clean world.

But Xu Jie is the embodiment of justice, and he is also an example of a clean official. But no matter who knows that Yan Song is a big corrupt official, Xu Jie is a clean official who can't be clearer anymore.

Because Yan Song supports King Jing, Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie must help King Yu become the heir to the throne, so as to attack King Jing and Yan Song.

Later, Yan Song was defeated, and King Jing went to the fiefdom to become a vassal king. Xu Jie got his wish and became the head of the cabinet, but at this time Xu Jie had changed.

He learned from Yan Song to control the government, and even wanted to overthrow Emperor Longqing. This is not enough, Xu Jie wants Zhang Juzheng and others to be loyal to him and form a sphere of influence that belongs to him.

For Xu Jie, who has a huge desire for power, Zhang Juzheng's repeated advice was in vain. For this reason, Xu Jie began to target Zhang Juzheng and forced Zhang Juzheng to move closer to him.

With the support of Emperor Longqing and others, Zhang Juzheng finally broke off his relationship with Xu Jie, and there was no need to worry about Xu Jie's threat to Zhang Juzheng.

This also means that the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jiezhi has existed in name only, and they are no longer masters and apprentices with the same heart.

Now, in order to go out of the mountain again, for his own personal interests, Xu Jie actually colluded with several vassal kings, including King Jing, in an attempt to target the newly enthroned little emperor.

Xu Jie wanted to ruin the results of his efforts back then, and he wanted to destroy the country of the son of Emperor Longqing, who he supported single-handedly, which made Zhang Juzheng very uneasy.

Are rights really so important to a person? Yan Song was like this back then, Xu Jie was also like this, and Gao Gong was also like this, would he be like this in the future?

Zhang Juzheng worries about his own future while trying to find a way to solve the situation in front of him.

It wasn't until he finally arrived at the palace and discussed with everyone all day that Zhang Juzheng thought that only by using peripheral forces could this matter be done.

The royal family and the cabinet tried not to interfere with it, and did not disclose the matter unless they had no choice but to do so.

Use Qin Tai, a master of solving crimes, to expose this conspiracy as a case. When everyone knows the truth of the matter, the court and the royal family can do it.

Use the righteousness of the country and the family law to deal with these vassal kings and expired bigwigs. At that time, the royal family and the cabinet can make a fuss about the common people, saying that in order to give the people an explanation, they have to sacrifice some royal family members and some ministers.

At that time, he killed a few old ministers and committed suicide more than a few princes, which not only solved the problem but also went out of the troubles, and consolidated the little emperor's country, killing three birds with one stone.

Qin Tai also knew that he had become a tool of the royal family and cabinet including Zhang Juzheng this time, and they used their character to definitely make a move to force Qin Tai to attack.

If Qin Tai wins, the credit and results will be theirs. If Qin Tai fails, all the responsibility will be Qin Tai alone, and the court and the royal family will not only not help Qin Tai avenge but will also fall into the trap for Qin Tai.

That Meng Chong is here to supervise and take care of Qin Tai, and when necessary, Meng Chong will kill the other family as soon as possible, and will definitely not leave any excuse for the other party.

Qin Tai also knew that he couldn't escape, Zhang Juzheng didn't say a word clearly, that is, if Qin Tai didn't do it, Qin Tai would be a sinner in the world, a sinner who let Zhang Juzheng and the little emperor die.

For the sake of family affection, for justice, for friendship, for loyalty, for the safety of the people, and for Emperor Longqing to be at ease, Qin Tai will definitely follow.

As long as Qin Tai takes over the task, Qin Tai will do everything possible to complete the task, and Qin Tai has not yet failed to solve the case.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng believes in Qin Tai, the imperial court believes in Qin Tai, the royal family believes in Qin Tai, and the Empress Dowager Li and the new emperor can only believe in Qin Tai.

There is another point that Qin Tai does not know, and it is also what the new emperor and Empress Dowager Li are most concerned about, that is, how to change the situation.

Ministers, foreign vassals, and eunuchs have become the three major problems in the mind of any Ming emperor. Quanchen is the biggest thorn in the heart of emperors since ancient times.

Originally, the king alone had the final say, and the king could say whatever he wanted. However, since there was no official emperor, ministers have become a big problem around the kings.

These ministers are the king's best right and right hands, and they are also the checks and balances on the king's power

"Stumbling blocks". They are in a common interest and will help the king deal with military affairs, and on the surface it seems that the monarch and the minister are in harmony.

But once the king's decision endangers or harms the aristocratic group represented by the ministers, they will come out as representatives to check and balance the king.

Either cautiously reminding the king, or warning the king privately, or openly rejecting the king's orders, or even openly calling for the abolition of the king.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many kings were forced to disappear or step down. Therefore, the kings of the past dynasties were inseparable from these ministers, and they were very jealous of these ministers in their hearts.

When Qin Shi Huang established the empire and became the first emperor, he had to set up a yamen under the hint of the ministers, which shows how concerted these ministers were when it came to their own interests, and even such a powerful Qin Shi Huang had to compromise with them.

Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor, that is, the supreme ruler, and below him were the prime minister, the taiwei, and the imperial history.

The prime minister is the head of the hundred officials, responsible for assisting the emperor in handling the daily affairs of the country, and the only thing that cannot be interfered in is the military; The lieutenant is the head of the military attaché and is responsible for the training and management of army soldiers and generals in peacetime.

But when it came to war, the Taiwei could not directly mobilize the army, and it was impossible for the Taiwei to mobilize a large army without the emperor's warrant; The Imperial Historian, also known as the Speech Officer, is responsible for supervising the personal conduct and work attitude of the officials.

At the same time, the speech officials are also responsible for supervising the words and deeds of anyone in the harem, including the emperor. Once the emperor said or did something out of the ordinary, the imperial history and the team he led could directly blame the emperor's words and deeds.

In order to protect the safety of the imperial history, in order to prevent the imperial history from being retaliated against, the ministers helped the imperial history to obtain a guarantee.

It was written by Qin Shi Huang himself

The words "the speaker is not guilty" ensure that the emperor cannot anger the speaker, nor will he retaliate against the speaker afterwards.

And these officials are the people who represent the core interests of the aristocracy. Since then, the kings of the past dynasties have loved and hated these ministers around them, and in order to take care of the feelings of these people, the emperor of the Han Dynasty had to make concessions, which is a sentence that the later emperors regretted very much.

"The king and the ministers of the world rule the world together." Originally, the emperor Lao Tzu was supposed to have the final say, but it turned out that the emperor wanted to discuss things with the ministers, and of course the emperor was not happy.

However, the emperor could not do without these ministers, who not only represented the interests of the aristocracy, but also the emperor's right and left hands in handling affairs.

Once the emperor left these ministers, it was impossible for the emperor to handle so many daily affairs on his own.

Therefore, the emperor had no choice but to be angry with the ministers, and at most privately wooed some ministers to reduce the fall of imperial power.

Originally, in addition to these civil and official groups representing the basic interests of the aristocratic class, the emperor also had one of the biggest henchmen, that is, the military generals of the DPRK and China.

At most, civil officials threaten the emperor and give the emperor an unhappy feeling, as long as the emperor doesn't do anything too out of line, these people will not easily decide to change the emperor.

But the generals are different, not only do they not express their opinions tactfully, but they will also beat people at every turn.

These people are not only rude but also murderous, and once they sense the danger, they will nip it in the bud.

In other words, once there is a conflict between the military general and the emperor, there is no possibility of recovery. Either the generals were wiped out by the emperor, or the emperor was killed by the generals with his troops.

Therefore, the biggest threat to the emperor does not come from civilian officials, but military generals who are not afraid of death. However, this fatal problem was strangled by the emperor and the civil official clique as early as the Song Dynasty.

The reason why the emperor wanted to deal with the generals was that he was worried that the generals would threaten the imperial power and himself while supporting their own troops.

The reason why civil officials want to deal with military generals is to control the emperor better and more absolutely, and not let the fruits of victory be shared by others.

For this reason, they joined forces with the emperor, taking advantage of the political carelessness of the military generals and the financial advantages of the civilian officials, and finally suppressed the military generals' power to a low point, and brought the military generals' power under the civilian group.

Since then, it has appeared in ancient China

In the situation of "emphasizing literature over military force", military generals not only have to be controlled by civilian officials, but also can no longer become a force against the emperor alone.

In order to control and prevent the growth of military generals, the emperor acquiesced in the deliberate suppression of military generals by civilian officials. The civilian officials even came up with ways to curb military generals in terms of military expenditures and materials, such as the distribution of military salaries, strict control of daily expenses, and control of military rations and armaments.

Although the generals have soldiers in their hands, they have no money, and they cannot pay the daily expenses of the soldiers, so it is impossible to control the army in the real sense.

Once it is found that a certain military general does not obey orders, there is no need for the emperor or civil officials to crusade, and only the expenses of this team of sergeants need to be stopped.

This military general will be captured by his subordinates and sent to the imperial court, because it is impossible for everyone to die with this military general.

Since then, the emperor has one less confidant.