For his own interests, for his own reputation, and for his own status, Xu Jie, who has always been loyal to the elder, actually did something that everyone did not expect.

Xu Jie not only did not help his disciple Zhao Zhenji to exonerate, but also fell into the trap for Zhao Zhenji. Xu Jie, in the court, not only scolded Zhao Zhenji, but also broke away from the master-apprentice relationship with Zhao Zhenji in public.

Zhao Zhenji, who lost his only backer, was immediately completely abandoned by everyone, and Zhao Zhenji also knew his fate.

Soon after, Jin Yiwei took Zhao Zhenji away, and the people of the Criminal Department cooperated with violent organizations such as Si Lijian, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei to raid Zhao Zhenji's home at the same time.

Because Zhao Zhenji knew too many secrets, Zhao Zhenji had no chance to come out again, nor did he have a chance to try it publicly.

This means that Zhao Zhenji has lost the right to defend himself, and can only watch himself being played to death by everyone. Soon after entering Jinyiwei Prison, news came out that Zhao Zhenji committed suicide in fear of crime in Jinyiwei Prison.

But everyone thinks that Zhao Zhenji will not commit suicide, either he was abused to death by Jinyiwei, or Zhao Zhenji really couldn't stand it and committed suicide.

After Zhao Zhenji's death, everyone finally began to face up to Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet. Some people who were optimistic about Xu Jie, at all, began to shake their confidence.

The people who were hostile to Xu Jie also seemed to have found an opportunity to spread unfavorable remarks about Xu Jie. Xu Jie's cronies also began to worry, even if they didn't completely clamp their tails and behave, they would restrain some of their arrogance.

Emperor Longqing and the eunuchs sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, looking at the high arch facing Xu Jie. Although Xu Jie was not afraid of Gao Gong, he was worried that Emperor Longqing would use Gao Gong against him.

In fact, Xu Jie also has a concern, that is, he is worried that after he steps down in the future, the court will deal with himself or his family.

For this reason, Xu Jie had to consider a problem, that is, to try to have a good relationship with his disciple Zhang Juzheng, hoping that Zhang Juzheng would take care of himself and his family in the future.

As long as Zhang Juzheng was in the cabinet, even if he couldn't serve as the first assistant to the cabinet immediately, Gao Gong and Emperor Longqing would not dare to make a move against Xu Jie.

For this reason, Xu Jie made a series of small actions. The first is to arrange for Gao Gong's proud disciple Tan Lun to leave the capital, and then to provoke an incident and force Tan Lun to be cornered.

used Tan Lun to implicate Gao Gong and forced Gao Gong to surrender or get closer to Xu Jie for his disciple Tan Lun.

Xu Jie, on the condition that Zhang Juzheng enter the cabinet, was willing to help Gao Gong and Tan Lun tide over the difficulties. Unexpectedly, in order to keep Tan Lun, Gao Gong was willing to leave the cabinet by himself, and he would definitely not admit defeat to Xu Jie.

Due to Gao Gong's departure from the cabinet, Xu Jie took advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Longqing's lack of psychological preparation to promote Zhang Juzheng into the cabinet.

In fact, this is also the meaning of Emperor Longqing, and Zhang Juzheng is a close confidant of Emperor Longqing. After Zhang Juzheng entered the cabinet, Xu Jie's vigorously cultivated Zhang Juzheng, and directly assigned some powers that could not be obtained by the cabinet assistants to Zhang Juzheng, who ranked last in the cabinet.

Everyone knows what Xu Jie's purpose is in doing this, while wooing Zhang Juzheng, it is to prevent Gao Gong or Tan Lun from making a comeback in the future.

This can't help but admit that Xu Jie is not old and confused, and he has more intestines than anyone else. Qin Tai analyzed the current situation and found that the situation had gradually become clearer.

Zhang Juzheng's opportunity to get ahead has appeared, Xu Jie will soon be in the imperial court, even if Gao Gong returns to the cabinet, the position of the first assistant of the cabinet will sooner or later go to Zhang Juzheng's hands.

Even if Gao Gong temporarily became the head of the cabinet, he was also the head of the cabinet without much real power. As for the celebrant eunuch, the new celebrant eunuch must be Feng Bao.

Feng Bao couldn't have been Miao Honggenzheng's cronies when Emperor Longqing was in the palace, and Feng Bao had a good relationship with Li Guifei and Zhang Juzheng, and he was the most trusted person of the crown prince.

Feng Bao's appointment as the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal of the seal as Zhang Juzheng's appointment as the first assistant of the cabinet are both sure things, and it is only a matter of time.

This time depends on Emperor Longqing's body, as well as whether Gao Gong can return to the cabinet and other issues. As for the candidate for the next emperor, it is even more obvious that no one can be the emperor except for the current crown prince.

It's just that Qin Tai feels that this prince is too young, which is not conducive to the court situation. If Emperor Longqing can hold out for ten years, the situation will improve in the future.

Qin Tai once analyzed these people and felt that these people were more pragmatic and might give some new vitality to the gloomy imperial court.

Zhang Ju is the person Qin Tai is most familiar with, and he compares his appetite with Qin Tai in private. Qin Tai once said that although Zhang Juzheng is not as straightforward as Tan Lun, he is a real man in his bones.

Zhang Juzheng may be a bit high-minded and a little arrogant, but he is definitely not a greedy person, nor is he a person who does not care about the people of Limin.

When such a person becomes the chief assistant of the cabinet, he will neither acquiesce in the rampant corruption of corrupt officials, nor will he allow unrestricted internal strife among party forces, and he can restore peace and tranquility to the world.

It's just that if this kind of person controls the court situation, the generals may be a little sad, because Zhang Juzheng is an absolute scholarly temper.

He never paid attention to force, felt that the generals were too rude, and never thought that the generals had much to contribute. Feng Bao is a relatively real eunuch, although he is also a little greedy for money, but he is definitely not a eunuch who makes trouble out of nothing and will take revenge.

The reason why Qin Tai knew Feng Bao's personality was because of Huang Jin's introduction back then. At the beginning, Qin Tai and Huang Jin had a relationship, and Huang Jin once told Qin Tai his secret.

Huang Jin is a close confidant of the eunuch Lu Fang, the original eunuch in charge of the seal, and also a powerful eunuch in the palace.

As Jin Yiwei's direct boss, Huang Jin certainly knows many secrets that outsiders don't know. However, Feng Bao's secret was not investigated by Huang Jin, but seen by Huang Jin with his own eyes.

Feng Bao is also Lu Fang's cronies, and it is very likely that he will become Lu Fang's right-hand man. The reason why he did not enter the ceremonial eunuch to serve as a eunuch was because Feng Bao was young and ignorant and offended too many people.

In order to cater to the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, Feng Bao took the initiative and killed the representative of Qingliu, Lord Zhou. Unexpectedly, the matter was too big, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi not only did not protect his slave Feng Bao, but also accused Feng Bao of being the master of his own affairs and violating the royal family law.

Coupled with the exclusion of the brothers and sisters, Lu Fang had no choice but to send Feng Baofa to Yuwangfu. But only Huang Jin interceded for Feng Bao, and the person who gave Feng Bao a chance was Lu Fang.

Before Lu Fang left the palace, he closed the door and said something to Feng Bao. Feng Bao went to Yuwang's Mansion, nominally an ordinary eunuch sent to serve Yuwang, but in fact, it was an undercover agent sent by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi to Yuwangfu, where his son Yuwangye lived.

Lu Fang asked Feng Baoan to divide the points, usually do more things and talk less, and be a man with his tail between his legs. In particular, we must take care of the prince and princess, as well as the little prince who is about to be born.

Feng Bao immediately understood the meaning of his godfather's ancestor Lu Fang, the future emperor is King Yu, and the prince of King Yu is the future crown prince.

Having a good relationship with King Yu is for the sake of Lu Fang's future, and serving the prince of King Yu is to let Feng Bao gain a firm foothold in the palace.

If you serve the two generations of emperors in the future, you will be able to become the future eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch who will climb to the highest throne that the eunuchs dream of.

For this reason, Feng Bao not only did not betray King Yu, but also tried his best to help King Yu become emperor. The reason why Huang Jin wanted Qin Tai to mention Feng Bao was because he had some selfish motives.

Huang Jin hoped that Qin Tai could take more care of Feng Bao and pay more attention to Feng Bao, lest Feng Bao take the wrong path in the future.

Huang Jin and Feng Bao are not only brothers, but also good buddies. Huang Jin is a righteous person, and he has long been in the inner court of the palace

"Righteous Gelding", but everyone likes to call him

"Big brother". It's not that Huang Jin likes to be the boss, but because Huang Jin always takes care of everyone like a big brother.

Feng Bao's nickname is called

"Ghosts are difficult", when he was in the Criminal Division, he was a good hand at torturing prisoners. But Feng Bao will never wronged a good person, let alone framed him.

When Feng Bao was young, although he was a little arrogant, he would never bully people casually. He believed in Buddhism and often used karma to alert himself.

Many palace maids and eunuchs who committed crimes did not go to look for them

"Big brother" Huang Jin helped, just to find it

"The ghost is difficult", begging his subordinates to be merciful. So Huang Jin and Feng Bao had a good relationship, which led to Huang Jin's intercession for Feng Bao later.

After Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, he originally wanted Feng Bao to serve as the eunuch of the seal of the celebrant eunuch, and Meng Chong, the former eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, served as the first eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch.

However, because Feng Bao had no experience as a Bingbi eunuch in the celebrant eunuch, and Meng Chong also played a lot of roles, Emperor Longqing had the decision to let Meng Chong be the eunuch in charge of the seal and Feng Bao to be the first eunuch in the ceremonial eunuch.

However, everyone knows that although Meng Chong is old, his popularity and backstage are not as deep as the newcomer Feng Bao, and the position of the future boss of the inner palace must be Feng Bao's.

So everyone took refuge in Feng Bao while laying a good foundation for Feng Bao. Because Feng Bao believes in Buddhism, some people who love to pat on the back give Feng Bao a nickname

"Ten Thousand Buddhas". The eunuchs are all called Feng Bao

"Galeries Lafayette" or

"Buddha". Over time, even the ministers were behind their backs, calling Feng Bao as

"Buddha head", some officials even asked Feng Bao for advice on Buddhism, so as to get close to Feng Bao and curry favor with Feng Bao.