Zhao Zhigao is still very clear about his positioning.

"The old minister is naturally far inferior to Zhuge Wuhou."

Zhu Yijun spoke again: "Then Zhao Ge thinks I am better than Liu Chan?" ”

Zhao Zhigao understood.

Who is Liu Chan?

The emperor who died in Ji Han II, the king of the dead country, the mediocre people who can't think about it, the mud that can't be supported, the last gravedigger of Liu Hanji, and the representative of the shameful emperor who went out of the city and surrendered.

People who are incompatible with the stubborn founding ideas of the Ming Dynasty are impossible to get the approval of the Ming Dynasty.

Is Zhu Yijun the king of the fallen country? Or does Zhao Zhigao think that Zhu Yijun is the king of the dead country? Or did Zhu Yijun decide to give up resistance and surrender out of the city in the face of national crisis?

Since Zhao Zhigao is not as good as Zhuge Liang, but Zhu Yijun surpasses Liu Chan, what else can he say?

Zhu Yijun's subtext is very clear.

Lao Zhao, don't teach me this, do your things honestly, be your first assistant, block the gun and knife for me, in return, I will give you a peaceful old age, give you glory and wealth, but there is only one point, you must not try to teach me, the only person who can be my teacher is the beautiful bearded man who makes me regret my life.

You don't deserve it.

Zhao Zhigao was silent, closed his mouth, his lips trembled slightly, and then bowed expressionlessly.

"The old minister understands, the matter of the cabinet, Your Majesty has his own clear judgment, no matter what decision His Majesty makes, the old minister should obey, Your Majesty, the old minister will retire."

"Elder Ge walks slowly."

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly.

Zhao Zhigao trembled and left Zhu Yijun's sight, and the smile on Zhu Yijun's face disappeared.

No one can teach me, only that person can teach me, the person who was destroyed by you by my own hands, he is my Zhuge Liang, and I ...... But even Liu Chan is not as good.

Turning around, Zhu Yijun sighed deeply and closed his eyes.

Turning around, Zhao Zhigao, who was walking slowly, sighed deeply, and looked at the ground under his feet with a dull gaze.

There is no room for redemption and détente, the two sides have become enemies, there is no room for redemption, what they have been trying to do has finally failed, and there is no room for redemption.

In history, when has there been such a serious antagonism between the Son of Heaven and the minister? They hate each other, one wants to destroy the other, and the other wants to trap this one.

Ming Dynasty ...... Ming Dynasty ......

I don't know what Shen Cheng will bring to the Ming Dynasty, is it a hope of rebirth or a harbinger of destruction?

Zhao Zhigao's instinctive feeling that this was not rebirth, but destruction.

As a result, he is powerless to stop it, unable to stop it, and impossible to stop it at all.

Zhao Zhigao returned to the cabinet with an expressionless face and closed the door without seeing anyone, and an hour later, the emperor's meaning came from the palace.

Shen has always been promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet, assisting the elderly and frail Zhao Zhigao in handling government affairs.

Shen's consistent mood can no longer be simply summarized by the word ecstasy, and Shen Li's mood cannot be summed up by two simple words of loss, that is, at this moment, everyone understands who the next cabinet chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty after Zhao Zhigao is.

At this juncture when the country is in crisis, the candidates for the next first assistant of the Ming Dynasty have just been released.

Shen consistently!

However, before Shen Cheng was happy for a while, half an hour later, the emperor issued another edict to Shen Cheng and did not give it to others.

Shen has always presided over the arrangement of the post-war reconstruction and disaster relief work in Datong Shanxi, and Shen has always made full arrangements for the allocation of money and grain from the state treasury.

Shen was stunned at the time, and Shen Li was also stunned.

After a while, Shen Yi understood what the emperor meant.

It turned out that this was the certification exam for whether he could be promoted from the second assistant to the first assistant and become the master of the Ming Empire above ten thousand people under one person.

If you succeed in this exam, you can be called the freshly baked Daming Shoufu, and if you fail this exam and fail, then you may have to get out, and you may not even be able to save your life.

Moreover, there is no mention of anything in this edict, that is to say, the internal money is a cheating method in this exam, which is not allowed by the emperor.

The emperor was determined not to allocate internal funds, and only allowed Shen to pass the treasury to complete the examination.

Half an hour later, Shen Yiyi, who had locked himself in the duty room, finally understood the emperor's intentions.

It's not that he is in the emperor's heart, but that the emperor knows that he has a bad relationship with the ministers and has a grudge against the Yanguan group, so the emperor decided to let himself fight for control of the treasury with the corrupt officials of the Manchu Dynasty as a death squad, and exchange the price of offending the corrupt officials of the Manchu Dynasty for the position on his head.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... You're pushing me into the fire pit......

Shen always hid in his duty room and smiled bitterly.

So it turned out that the reason for not choosing Shen Li was that he recognized that Shen Li would not obey his orders, or would use the old routine to force the emperor to hand over his internal funds to solve the problem, and by the way, divide and divide his internal funds, but Shen has always not done this, and he does not have the courage to do so.

I see, I see.

This is to force himself and his ministers to completely split, and completely become the emperor's thug, in exchange for the position of first assistant, otherwise...... The emperor would even threaten his ministers by not having a chief assistant or certain official positions.

The emperor treats his ministers as enemies of life and death, not as people in the same boat! What is this going to do, my majesty? Don't you want this dynasty?

This hot potato, you threw it to me Shen, someone is asking for my life!

We must compete with those corrupt officials for money, we must redivide the distribution of benefits, and we must do this kind of thing that offends people.

Your Majesty, do you know that no one is willing to spit out what they have eaten, and they will not give up if they take money from others like killing their parents! Don't say it's me, even if it's the emperor, they can't do it! Why don't you look at His Majesty Zhengde?

There is only one Zhang Juzheng, he has the courage, he already has the determination to die, but I don't, I, Shen has always been a complete bureaucrat, I ...... I don't have the guts!

There will be no more Zhang Juzheng in Daming, not now, and there will be no more in the future, really, believe me, my majesty, there will be no more!

Shen always thought about it again and again, thought about it for several days, and finally decided to give up this glory and wealth that seemed to be at his fingertips but might actually cost his entire family's net worth.

He's a bureaucrat, he's a politician, he's not a politician.

He began to write a notebook, and he decided to give up this glory and wealth as a bargaining chip in exchange for his life and the peace of his old age.

I won't do it, I won't do it, this kind of thing is not something I Shen has always been able to do, Your Majesty, if you ask me to get rid of Shen Li, it doesn't matter, I have a way, but what you want me to get rid of is the interest group represented by Shen Li, I don't have the guts, I spare my life.

For more than an hour, sprinkled with thousands of words, Shen consistently wrote his resignation report.

The Emperor can't hold back his anger anymore, and if he stays here, he is very likely to be drawn into an extremely terrible political maelstrom, because no one will stand still.

Although power is lovely, life is fundamental.

So...... I'll just ......

"Report !! Emergency military intelligence! The northern captives broke through Taiyuan, and Taiyuan fell! Governor Wang Shiyang asked for resignation!! ”

When Shen Zheng's footsteps had just stepped out of his duty room, an abrupt piece of news abruptly broke his already silent state of mind.