On the third day of the eighth month of the tenth year of Wanli, Guo Weixian, the Henan Censor of the Censorate, submitted a memorial to recommend Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Ai Mu, Chen Sixiao, and Zou Yuanbiao as officials.

The names of these five people are very strange among the common people, but they are famous in the Shilin officialdom and are called the Five Gentlemen.

Of course, it is unknown whether the person who called them the "Five Gentlemen" truly admired or was sarcastic. When Zhang Juzheng died of illness, he should go home and be worried and obey the system. As a result, the emperor seized the love. All officials in the court and the scholars in the wild jumped out and said that Zhang Juzheng was not in line with the righteousness of the saints and should return to his hometown to be filial.

This statement is indeed righteous, but no one knows whether the five people who said this are bad at reading and reading. Whether they are fighting for other big shots or pretending to make a name for themselves, or pretending to be amazing words to gain reputation for themselves.

However, these five people were extremely unlucky. Their official positions and fame were stripped of nothing, and then exiled to the distant places and completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

It is also God's will. Zhang Juzheng died of sudden illness in his prime. The so-called "people leave and tea are cold", the so-called "Emperor once the emperor is a minister, Zhang Juzheng, who deposed these five people, died, Zhang Siwei took office, and there were various rumors in the capital that Zhang Siwei would uphold the right path and turn the world around. It is not surprising that there is such a memorial.

When everyone just learned that Guo Weixian had submitted this memorial, the palace had already dealt with it. Emperor Wanli directly criticized the "forming cliques for personal gain" and demoted him to Jiangshan County Magistrate.

The official of the Kedao is a Qingliu Beijing official, and there is a possibility of success. The county magistrate of Jiangshan is a small local official, and the eighth rank is not even a member of the country. He has no hope in his life. He has no benefit from any good and eager to be promoted all day long. He is the most severe punishment for the censors who are eager to be promoted to the local county magistrate.

As soon as this was done, the censors who were originally a little turbulent suddenly became quiet. Everyone was not sure about Guo Weixian's original intention, but in the eyes of the bystanders, this was a signal, a test, to see what the court's tendency was inclined after Zhang Juzheng's death. Now the answer was given in the palace.

Any denial of Zhang Juzheng at present will touch the nerves of Empress Dowager Cisheng Li and Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the seal of Sili. Even Emperor Wanli was angry at such speculation in the after-sentence and naturally would not be treated well.

Despite such strict handling, a large number of senior officials in the court were extremely terrifying. Guo Weixian's incident was a signal, proving that someone still stood up to target Zhang Juzheng's disciples.

Zhang Juzheng's in-laws, Wang Zhuan, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was promoted to the Ministry of Works, Zeng Shengwu, the Minister of Works, who was promoted in the ninth year of Wanli. These two were Zhang Juzheng's confidants and the leading figures of Zhang Juzheng's party. After the treatment of the palace, they went to see the current cabinet assistant, Shen Shixing, the Minister of Rites.

Whether in terms of qualifications, positions, or even in terms of closeness to Zhang Juzheng, the current cabinet assistant Zhang Siwei is far better than the cabinet assistant Shen Shixing, but Zhang Juzheng's party goes to find Shen Shixing to make ideas.

There are no fools to achieve this position. Everyone can see that Zhang Siwei was wrong the month before Zhang Juzheng's death.

And to trace the root of the source, everyone still remembers that Zhang Siwei was a member of Gao Gong back then, and he got a high position because of the promotion of the former assistant Gao Gong and entered the center step by step.

Gao Gong suppressed Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, but later he was defeated by Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng. He died of fear in his hometown. Zhang Siwei turned to Zhang Juzheng. In addition, he had the ability to learn, so he has reached today step by step.

But now, when you think about it carefully, and look at the public opinion of the Qingliu, a sergeant in the capital, it makes people beware of it. In contrast, Shen Shixing, who has always been calm and self-supporting, has gained everyone's trust.

Although Shen Shixing was low-key, he had been sitting in the cabinet for three or two, and his position was never shaken. Moreover, he was intimate with the palace when he was hosting the emperor's wedding, so such a person was naturally supported.

In July of the tenth year of Wanli, after Zhang Siwei, the cabinet assistant, stopped the emperor from appointing Wang Tong as the commander of the Jinyiwei, he promoted Wang Chun and Luo Xiucao, a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, to be the assistant commander of the Jinyiwei.

It was the consensus of civil officials to stop Wang Tong from taking office. This person naturally agreed that it would be no big deal to promote two thousand households as commanders.

However, on July 27th, Zhang Siwei recommended Wang Lin as the Left Minister of War, to assist in the garrison in the Jingying. The key points of the Jingying were in charge, including internal officials, nobles and civil officials. However, in fact, the status of the nobles and military generals was very low. The eunuchs and civil officials who really held great power were eunuchs and civil officials who assisted in the garrison in the Jingying. The word "assistant" was used, but in fact, if they were in control.

Having obtained this position could be regarded as capturing most of the military forces in the capital. The civil officials would not take this action lightly. On the second day of the August 2nd, the palace had another order and promoted Wang Lin to the Minister of Works of Nanjing.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, there were six ministries in Nanjing. However, except for the Secretary of the Ministry of War who commanded Nanjing's troops, the rest were standard idle officials.

The Minister of State was promoted to the Minister of State, but it seemed to be promoted, but in fact he was kicked into a free position from the real position of holding the military power of the capital.

Why is the cabinet assistant eager to seize the power of garrison in the capital? Recalling Guo Weixian's memorial some time ago, everyone became nervous. Zhang Siwei's appointment will naturally not be as expected. This incident also proves one thing. At present, Zhang Siwei's assistant is still in name but not real.

After Wanli ascended the throne, Feng Bao was the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor and the eunuch in the East Factory. He also served as the imperial supervisor and seal. He became an iron triangle with Empress Dowager Li, the cabinet assistant Zhang Juzheng, and controlled the government affairs. When Emperor Wanli saw Feng Bao, he called him "Dajia" in order to respect his name instead of calling him his name, and he was powerful all over the world.

Zhang Juzheng died of sudden illness, and the Iron Triangle naturally disappeared. Feng Bao did not have the help of powerful ministers from the foreign court, and his status in the inner court was not so stable.

However, at this time, Zhang Siwei appeared. Not only could he become an assistant, but he was also willing to restructure the structure of that year. The Empress Dowager, Feng Bao and the Cabinet Auxiliary rely on each other. This iron triangle is not the case when Zhang Siwei's qualifications and prestige can be compared with Zhang Juzheng at that time.

With this iron triangle structure, it can be imagined that the power and influence of the Empress Dowager and Feng Bao will be far greater than when Zhang Juzheng was the assistant to the cabinet.

After being in a high position for a long time, people often lose their self-reflection. Feng Bao has been the chief supervisor of the seal and has been the first person in the inner court for ten years. Seeing that Zhang Siwei has to be in the position of cabinet assistant for a long time, Feng Bao, the first person in the inner court, has to continue to be the first person in the inner court, and his mentality has gradually changed.

Today, Feng Bao has reached the peak that a eunuch could reach in the Ming Dynasty. He has great power and has everything he deserves, and he can even get what he shouldn't have.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor was not allowed to serve as the eunuch of the East Factory because both were extremely powerful and were easily lost when controlled by one person. Moreover, the documentary room and etiquette room in the Sili Supervisor could not be directly managed by the eunuch in charge of the seal, because the documentary room was uploaded and issued, and the etiquette room was evaluated directly. If one person was directly managed, there would be a risk of losing balance and being uncontrollable. However, Feng Bao held all these positions in his hands and was authoritative. In a sense, he had passed Liu Jin, the infamous eunuch in the Zhengde Dynasty, but because Zhang Juzheng from the outer dynasty was even more powerful, the eyes of the world were all attracted by there, so there was no attack.

People are not satisfied, and they have done this and always want to go further. The inner court has reached this point and there is no more place to be on it. Feng Bao wants to be awarded the title.

A title is naturally a supreme honor, but in the eyes of civil servants and scholars, eunuchs are traitors who are traitors who are traitors who are in trouble with the country. In history, several eunuchs who have given titles are all so-called eunuchs in history books, and are criticized by scholars.

As the lessons of the past, Feng Bao and others would not repeat the same mistakes, but Feng Bao could not care about it. He was very confident in himself. Feng Bao felt that he had made great contributions to the country and country of the Ming Dynasty, and it was natural for him to get such a title, and people in the world would not have any objections.

As usual, the cabinet should propose the title, and the emperor will make a decision. The Queen Mother Cisheng Li will naturally not stop Feng Bao from doing this, as long as the cabinet is willing to raise the matter.

Feng Bao contacted Zhang Siwei and asked Zhang Siwei to do this, but the struggle between the outside world had already emerged, and Zhang Siwei could not give others such a handle.

Zhang Siwei has also been in the center for many years, so he naturally understood that if he filed the memorial of Earl Feng Baofeng, he would be immediately caught by his political enemies, and the impeachment memorial of the censors and the Qingliu people would immediately fly to the center like snowflakes, and the world's scholars would also target him in an all-round way, and he would become a traitor eunuch.

Since he thought of this, although Feng Bao was his support in the palace, Zhang Siwei did not dare to agree, but just refused politely and gave him a generous gift to apologize.

Zhang Siwei's family is a wealthy man in Shanxi, and his wealth is as good as a country. Every time Zhang Siwei's promotion is related to his gifts, but this time his rejection offended Feng Bao.

There was no secret in the palace. In mid-August, there were rumors everywhere in the capital that Zhang Siwei gave Feng Bao a gift. One of the gifts purchased from Tianjin Wei was worth 3,000 taels. It was extremely precious. The gift-giver wrapped it in a brocade box, but Feng Bao took it out and smashed it directly on the ground, cursing:

"If it weren't for our family, how could Zhang Siwei be today? But he didn't expect to be so ungrateful."

The change in the attitude of Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the seal, was immediately grasped by Zhang Siwei's opposition. Wang Zhuan, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zeng Shengwu, the Minister of Works, immediately prepared a generous gift to come to see Feng Bao.

On August 21, the tenth year of Wanli, Yang Yinqiu, the Yunnan Censor of the Censorate, submitted a memorial to impeach Liang Menglong, the Minister of Personnel, and impeached him for corruption, transgression, and debauchery.

Although Liang Menglong, the Minister of Personnel, was also a disciple of Zhang Juzheng, he cooperated with the promotion of officials several times after Zhang Siwei took office. He has long been considered a rebel general in Zhang Juzheng's party...

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