Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao lived in this place for more than ten days, Tan Lun came once or twice, but just said some inconsequential things to Qin Tai and left.

Not only did he not say when he would let Qin Tai and his wife leave, but he also did not mention the current situation outside. However, Qin Tai could see that Tan Lun was not happy these days, and he did not have the excitement of his new arrival in the cabinet at all, which showed that the situation in the imperial court was not optimistic.

Qin Tai analyzed some internal information, and everyone is actively exerting their respective forces these days to seize the sphere of influence of the blank territory.

Gao Gong and Tan Lun went on two separate paths, Gao Gong went to visit the old courtiers and former allies, and Tan Lun went to deal with the young officials and generals, striving to win over more allies and his own people.

While consolidating his territory, Zhang Ju actively wooed Xu Jie's subordinates, especially Zhao Zhenji, who was designated by Xu Jie as the new heir.

As long as Zhao Zhenji is willing to cooperate with Zhang Juzheng and persuade Xu Jie to hand over power, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji will be able to have the same sphere of influence as Gao Gong and Tan Lun.

Emperor Longqing also took advantage of the minister's self-care opportunity to unify his thoughts with Li Guifei and others, at least he couldn't let the inner palace go on like this.

If this continues, it will only divide the power of the imperial power, let the ministers have more resources, and let the relatives of the emperor see the jokes.

A few days later, Tan Lun came here again and took the initiative to talk to Qin Tai about the situation outside. Qin Tai asked Zhan Xiaoxiao to guard outside, and there were only two people inside, Tan Lun and Qin Tai.

Qin Tai wanted to know what was going on outside, and Tan Lun also needed to find someone of his own to talk to and vent the depression in his heart.

Qin Tai's guess was not wrong at all, the situation outside was not optimistic at all. The first to win was not Gao Gong and Tan Lun, nor Zhang Juzheng, but the palace with the most complicated situation.

Emperor Longqing didn't know what method he used, so he persuaded Li Guifei and Feng Bao, and several people temporarily unified their thoughts.

Emperor Longqing announced the order of Concubine Li's son to be the crown prince, and acquiesced to Feng Bao's formal ascension to the position of eunuch in charge of the seal shortly after.

As a condition, Li Guifei and Feng Bao could not target Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong, and could not secretly deal with Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong.

Once something happened to Meng Chong, Feng Bao would not be able to take over as the eunuch in charge of the seal, and he would never have the opportunity to return to the palace.

Once Emperor Longqing dies unexpectedly, not only will Li Guifei's life be impossible to succeed to the throne, but Li Guifei will be buried for Emperor Longqing.

For this reason, Li Guifei and Feng Bao not only could not deal with Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong, but also had to protect Emperor Longqing and Meng Chong.

Hearing the news that Emperor Longqing had completely integrated the harem, Zhao Zhenji, who was originally preparing to fight a protracted war with Zhang Juzheng, immediately sobered up.

After a long night of talking, Zhao Zhenji and Zhang Juzheng set a tone. Zhao Zhenji found Xu Jie, who deliberately stayed near the capital, persuaded Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng cooperated, and praised Zhang Juzheng as the deputy assistant of the cabinet to compete with Gao Gong, and at the same time, he also asked Zhang Juzheng to recommend Zhao Zhenji into the cabinet.

Because Zhang Juzheng needed Xu Jie's support, and because the cabinet Gao Gong and Tan Lun joined forces, Zhang Juzheng could not support it alone, so Zhang Juzheng agreed to Zhao Zhenji's request.

Xu Jie's forces fully supported Jang Juzheng's ascension, and Jang Juzheng's manpower guarded Zhao Jung-gil into the cabinet. Since then, Gao Gong and Tan Lun have joined forces with their two masters and apprentices, and there are Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji, two brothers and sisters, and the strength of the two sides is equal.

In contrast, the effect of Gao Gong and Tan Lun was not obvious, although they won over several middle-level officials, but more people were not optimistic about them and asked to withdraw from their alliance.

Under the covert operation of Emperor Longqing and Zhang Juzheng, some local yamen have publicly announced that they will not obey Gao Gong's cabinet orders and demand a reshuffle of the cabinet.

Gao Gong had no choice but to ask Emperor Longqing to retire from the cabinet and form a new cabinet. Although Emperor Longqing wanted to integrate the cabinet, there was no suitable candidate for a while, so Gao Gong had to continue to be the head of the cabinet and form a new cabinet.

It's just that the power of this year's cabinet is very differentiated, and Gao Gong is no longer the first assistant of the cabinet who is full of words, if there is no support from several other cabinet members, the order of the first assistant of the cabinet of Gao Gong is like a piece of waste paper.

Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to become the second assistant of the cabinet due to his age and lack of qualifications. In fact, not only Emperor Longqing and Gao Gong, but also ordinary officials know that Zhang Juzheng is the real person in charge of the cabinet.

Gao Gong is just a transitional figure, as long as Zhang Juzheng feels that the conditions are right, he can replace Gao Gong at any time as the new cabinet chief assistant.

The third and fourth assistants of the cabinet are not Gao Gong's people, nor are they Zhang Juzheng or Zhao Zhenji's people, they usually are

"Wallgrass" type of people. Tan Lun suspected that these two people were not real

"Wall grass", they are Emperor Longqing's people, and their main purpose is to prevent Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng from joining forces to provoke contradictions between the two sides.

Due to Zhang Juzheng's intervention and participation, although Tan Lun is still in the cabinet, not only does he not enter the top four, but he is still in the cabinet

"Old Finish". Before Tan Lun was ranked, there was still a place, which was finally given to Zhang Juzheng's ally Zhao Zhenji.

This cabinet is very funny, the first assistant of the cabinet is not the most authoritative, the second assistant is in charge of the affairs of the cabinet, although the right man of the first assistant has entered the cabinet, but he is the smallest one.

The biggest doesn't care about things, the smallest can't take care of things, Gao Gong and Tan Lun have become everyone's laughing stock, so Gao Gong and Tan Lun are very unhappy these days.

Gao Gong didn't go to the cabinet on the grounds that he was sick, and he couldn't make a decision anyway. Tan Lun hid in the military department, and in addition to going to the cabinet every day, he did not participate in cabinet discussions and decisions.

The new situation has been finalized, Emperor Longqing agreed to the harem, Zhang Juzheng took control of the cabinet, and Gao Gong and Tan Lun were temporarily defeated.

Due to the formation of a new situation, Qin Tai's affairs have also changed. Gao Gong and Tan Lun, who tried to protect Qin Tai's exit from the mountain, lost their right to speak, and they could not recommend Qin Tai to come out to serve.

Xu Jie, who wanted Qin Tai to die, left the imperial court, and Meng Chong was not ready to make trouble for himself, so no one wanted Qin Tai to die.

On behalf of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng made a decision against Qin Tai, that is, not to praise, not to criticize, not to detain, and not to retain

"Four do not decide". Zhang Juzheng thought that there was no need for Qin Tai and his wife to stay in the capital, but they couldn't go to the south and didn't need to go back to their hometown.

Zhang Juzheng suggested that Qin Tai and his wife should stay in the area of Beizhili, and help some yamen in Beizhili sort out the files as alternate officials.

Without an order from the imperial court, not only were they not allowed to leave Beizhili, but they were also not allowed to reveal their identities without authorization.

This means that Qin Tai and his wife cannot investigate the case and cannot directly contact the murder case. For Qin Tai, this is simply worse than death, I didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to come up with such a poisonous idea.

didn't know that this decision was made by Xu Jie, this was one of the conditions for Xu Jie's willingness to hand over power, and Xu Jie's just wanted to make Qin Tai sad.

Zhang Juzheng also knew that it was unfair to Qin Tai to do this, but for the sake of the hard-won new situation, Zhang Juzheng was once again ready to sacrifice Qin Tai.

Tan Lun is a hundred opponents of Zhang Juzheng's decision, but his strength is not as strong as Zhang Juzheng, so he can only obey Zhang Juzheng's decision.

Now that the distance between Tan Lun and Zhang Juzheng has widened, Tan Lun is no longer Zhang Juzheng's opponent, Zhang Juzheng's new opponent is Emperor Longqing or Gao Gong, Tan Lun is no longer worthy of being on an equal footing with Zhang Juzheng.

Now Tan Lun's new opponent is Zhao Zhenji, only by completely defeating Zhao Zhenji, can Tan Lun have a chance to help the teacher Gao Gong, and can he be an opponent with Zhang Juzheng again.

For this reason, Tan Lun can't consume his strength and resources for Qin Tai, he needs to concentrate on dealing with Zhao Zhenji.

For this reason, Tan Lun hopes to get Qin Tai's understanding, and hopes that Qin Tai will not misunderstand Tan Lun. This is the difference between Tan Lun and Zhang Juzheng, and this is also Qin Tai's understanding of these two best friends.

Tan Lun is a real man who needs the other party's absolute trust in him, and of course he absolutely trusts the person he believes in.

Tan Lun needs to share his happiness and pain with others, he can be destitute, but he can't be without friends.

Therefore, Tan Lun was most afraid that Qin Tai would misunderstand him and lose a good friend from now on. In contrast, Zhang Juzheng's friend is more reserved, although Qin Tai knows that Zhang Juzheng is good to him, no worse than Tan Lun, and even surpasses Tan Lun.

But Zhang Juzheng is not only a close friend for Qin Tai, but also a senior who is also a teacher and friend.

Zhang Juzheng always instilled Zhang Juzheng's concept to Qin Tai, hoping that Qin Tai would become the second Zhang Juzheng.

But Zhang Juzheng can face up to Qin Tai's advantages, and even try to let Qin Tai play himself. Qin Tai also knew that Zhang Juzheng regarded himself as a relative and a son, and even Zhang Juzheng really regarded Qin Tai as his son and nephew.

Soon after Xiao Ping'an was born, Zhang Juzheng sent a pair of jade pendants, according to the customs of the time, only Qin Tai's own parents would do this.

In other words, Zhang Juzheng already regarded Qin Tai as his family, and Qin Tai's son was his grandson or nephew, so he couldn't help but do it.

But Zhang Juzheng is a person with a lot of self-control, he never tells Qin Tai what is on his mind, and he doesn't need outsiders to understand him.

He doesn't need anyone's understanding for any of his decisions, only everyone's obedience and obedience. Qin Tai is one of the only people who can really understand Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng has known it for a long time, so Zhang Juzheng values Qin Tai as a friend.

Zhang Juzheng also knew that by doing this, he might lose this best and most intimate friend, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't ruin the current good situation because of his personal relationship.

The only wish is to hope that Qin Tai can understand Zhang Juzheng and gradually forgive Zhang Juzheng, a friend, for his mistakes.