Although Zhang Juzheng can already control Jinyiwei, Zhang Juzheng is not the nominal governor of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei is subordinate to the emperor, and it is better to transfer Jinyiwei with the order of the little emperor himself. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng wrote down the fold in accordance with the procedure and asked the little emperor to mobilize the Jinyi Guard. In fact, even if the Queen Mother and the Little Emperor want to use Jinyiwei to go out of Beijing to do business, they still need the consent of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet. Zhang Juzheng is the best cabinet chief assistant and a prime minister in the true sense. Zhang Juzheng is not only the first assistant of the cabinet, but also the teacher of the little emperor, so the little emperor was brought up by him. The Empress Dowager used to be an ally of Zhang Juzheng, and now she is a supporter of Zhang Juzheng. Except for some major events, the Queen Mother basically handed over everything to Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao. Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant of the cabinet, and Feng Bao is the eunuch in charge of the seal, one external and the other internal, and the cooperation with each other is almost seamless. Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng have a good personal relationship, and Zhang Juzheng is Feng Bao's husband, so Feng Bao obeyed Zhang Juzheng's arrangement in some things. Since Feng Bao, the eunuch who supervised Jinyiwei and Dongchang, was inclined to Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng's authority was even greater. Zhang Juzheng simply arranged for his cronies to serve as the commander of Jinyiwei, so Zhang Juzheng knew every move of Jinyiwei well. It turned out that Jinyiwei only listened to the emperor alone, and in addition to the emperor, only the eunuchs with the seal of the master of ceremonies could take care of them. Therefore, they call the emperor "old man", and the eunuch who is in charge of the celebrant and the eunuch who holds the seal is called "old ancestor". Now there is one more Zhang Juzheng, the head of the cabinet, who is in charge of them, and they call Zhang Juzheng "Xiangye". Because the little emperor was still young, the queen mother was not very in charge, and Feng Bao, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, was the first to look at Zhang Juzheng, so Jinyiwei became Zhang Juzheng's personal subordinate. However, this can't be made public, and Zhang Juzheng won't be really lawless to the point of directly giving orders to Jinyiwei without going through the little emperor and the celebrant eunuch. If this is done, there is no need for other cabinets or imperial history reports, and the queen mother and the little emperor will also deal with Zhang Juzheng as soon as possible.

However, the speed of development of the matter was far more serious and troublesome than they imagined, and the little emperor and the empress dowager had just received the cabinet and had no time to give the order to Jinyiwei, and the matter escalated again. The governors of Anhui, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guangxi provinces sent requests for help almost simultaneously, and local officials in Lianghu and other places also sent urgent reports saying that a major incident was very likely to break out in their localities. The so-called call for help refers to the fact that large-scale armed fighting has taken place in the local area, and the armed fighting has caused mass casualties, and the local yamen can no longer control the situation. Although the local governor had the right to mobilize troops to suppress the situation, whether it was the mobilization of troops or the resettlement of casualties, they all needed to be reported to the imperial court. Some timid governors did not dare to take all the responsibility alone, so they reported the problem to the imperial court to deal with it on their behalf, and it was a big deal that he fully cooperated. This kind of shirking of responsibility has often occurred in recent years, because these local officials are accustomed to living a comfortable life and lack the ability to act decisively, which also means that the imperial court and the cabinet have too strict control over the army and local management.

Outsiders may not know that the middle and high-level officials of the imperial court and the six yamen know very well that in fact, it is not a good thing for the imperial court to have a strong cabinet chief assistant. Since Zhang Juzheng officially took over as the first assistant of the cabinet from Gao Gong, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng has become a very strong first assistant of the cabinet. Not only did he have full control over the education of the cabinet and the little emperor, but he also demanded that the six yamen be directly responsible to him alone, and all the instructions to be issued by the six yamen must be reported to him, the head of the cabinet, before they can be issued. Local officials must also regularly report to him, the chief assistant of the cabinet, on local affairs, and the troops and finances that local officials could directly mobilize have also become necessary for the imperial court to interrogate before they can be handled. The so-called imperial court refers to the cabinet, and the cabinet actually refers to Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, so it is equivalent to Zhang Juzheng managing national affairs alone.

It shows that Zhang Juzheng is very busy, so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat and sleep, but in fact, Zhang Juzheng is too authoritarian and monopolizes domestic affairs. Whether it is the six yamen or the local officials below, they are actually very dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng's approach, but they dare not speak out. Zhang Juzheng even appointed his cronies to serve as the main leaders of various departments and localities, so that his orders, the chief assistant of the cabinet, could circulate unimpeded in all departments and localities. These leaders have also become accustomed to asking Zhang Juzheng, the old superior, to handle all problems and follow Zhang Juzheng's instructions. As a result, the reaction speed of the yamen lags significantly, and sometimes the best time is missed.

The four provinces where large-scale armed fights took place were all places where Zhang Juzheng's protégé served as governors, and they usually listened to Zhang Juzheng's words very much. In strict accordance with the orders of the teacher Zhang Juzheng, he manages the place, and reports to the teacher Zhang Juzheng as soon as there is any major event. Their style of doing things is very close to Zhang Juzheng, but they lack Zhang Juzheng's ability and decisiveness. Because of their lax management of their territory, they became the epicenter of the outbreak. Small-scale armed fights have occurred several times, and other places may have stopped or persuaded them, but the yamen of the four provinces had almost no effect at all. The reason is that the local county yamen reported to the prefect's yamen, and the prefect's yamen reported to the governor's yamen, and the chief governor of the governor's yamen did not issue an indicative order, and the people below had to let the situation go down. The governors wrote to report to the teacher, Zhang Juzheng, but I don't know if they didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, or if the person who sent the letter was not timely, and their letter had not yet been delivered to the capital when the matter escalated. Since the situation was not contained, the people on both sides became more and more motivated by the fighting, and later escalated to the joint action of people in several places, and concentrated armed fights in several important cities. Taking Anhui as an example, the common people broke out in Tongling, and in just ten days, tens of thousands of people were concentrated on both sides. At this time, it is impossible for the yamen not to know, and even if they don't know completely, they will get a little rumor. As long as the governor's yamen and the local yamen join forces at this time, the situation can be controlled, at least it will not cause a large-scale fight. However, the yamen at all levels hardly took any action, and the yamen in Tongling simply moved out en masse and gave up the territory for the two sides to fight. The result was obvious, of course, and by a few days the city was in ruins, with dead people on almost every street, and families suffering varying degrees of damage. According to incomplete statistics after the incident, more than 4,000 people were killed or injured on both sides of the fighting, together with local residents who were innocently implicated, hundreds of houses and buildings were destroyed, and countless objects were destroyed. Because of the heavy casualties of their own people, not only did they not stop, but they became violent, and began to destroy and injure innocent people and buildings to vent their anger. Some of the residents who were otherwise neutral or non-involved were also harmed, forcing them to participate in the fight. After the incident, some ordinary people in the city almost every family had dead people, and every household was holding a funeral.

These things don't usually happen, but they erupt in clusters, and they happen almost all at the same time. There were seven large-scale armed fights involving tens of thousands of people in Anhui and Anhui within three days, and the number of casualties exceeded 30,000 according to incomplete statistics afterwards, and many people lost their ability to work and live independently. There were five cases in Jiangxi, six in Yunnan, and three in Guangxi, and the number of casualties is being counted, and it is estimated that there will be no less than 10,000 people. Personnel from other provinces are also concentrated, and it is estimated that large-scale armed fights will occur at any time, and casualties are inevitable. All parts of the country suddenly entered a very chaotic situation, and even the vicinity of the capital was not very peaceful.

The governor of the province where a large-scale fight had already taken place was finally smart this time, and sent out a message calling for help as quickly as possible. People from the secret strongholds of the Yamen and Jinyiwei in other places also used various means of communication to report the serious situation to the capital to their superiors. Zhang Juzheng works and sleeps regularly every day, even if there are important things. But on this day, all the arrangements were disrupted, Zhang Juzheng had just reviewed the documents, and he was woken up not long after he slept as usual. Although Zhang Juzheng does not like to be ruined by others, he has also instructed the handling of exceptional events in order to prevent accidents. For example, when the palace is urgently summoned in the middle of the night, or when a major event occurs in the local area such as an earthquake or war, his cronies can wake up Zhang Juzheng.

Although Zhang Juzheng is not very old, he has begun to have insomnia because of his busy work every day. But you can't not sleep because of insomnia, not sleeping will affect the next day's work, will affect Zhang Juzheng's mood in the next few days, so Zhang Juzheng began to take medicine to help sleep. Zhang Juzheng invited a famous doctor to prescribe medicine for his physique, and took the medicine half an hour before going to bed every day, which helped him sleep well. Some cronies and family members know Zhang Juzheng's habits, so after this time period, everyone will not disturb Zhang Juzheng, unless there is an accident, otherwise they will not trouble Zhang Juzheng.