After that, Zhang Juzheng's eyes swept around his sons, and the expression of love and severity intertwined made them all understand what their father meant.

Why doesn't Zhang Juzheng want his son to inherit his career? But Zhang Jingxiu is pedantic and doesn't know how to be flexible, Zhang Sixiu is mediocre, Zhang Maoxiu's surname is out of character, and the rest of the sons are all young and are not ideal candidates, except for Qin Lin, except for not having a Jinshi background, everything else is a strength.

Qin Lin's surname is extraordinarily round and square, and he is extremely kind to his family and friends, so choosing him as his future heir is really a very ideal decision.

In addition, Zhang Xiangye is not without plans for his son, Zhang Jingxiu's brothers all study literature, only Qin Lin is a military minister, and in the future, civil and military complement each other, which is the best match.

"Also, there is your new policy," Zhang Juzheng deliberately emphasized the word "your", and paused before saying: "The old man has been thinking about it for a long time, but he has always hesitated, alas~~ Forget it, when the old man is under Jiuquan, see what you can do!" ”

Qin Lin agreed angrily, looking at Zhang Juzheng's eager gaze, only to feel a sour nose. At this moment, he accepted Zhang Juzheng's entrustment, which means a heavy responsibility in addition to supreme power and glory.

"Go, now the old man can have a good rest!" Zhang Juzheng waved his hand happily, leaned back on the pillow, and felt that after making a decision, he had never been so relaxed in his life-

In the Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Zhang Whale lowered his head with his hands down, and the colorful sunlight shone through the window on the bridge of his nose, making him more like a white-nosed annihilator.

"Emperor, Jinghu Divine Doctor Li Shizhen has just been taken by Qin Lin and entered the Taishi Mansion!" Zhang Whale deliberately bit Qin Lin's name very hard.

Wanli's face was also cloudy, and he even felt some kind of anger at being betrayed-Qin Lin, this guy, how could he be like this? Haven't I always been kind to him, haven't I given him glory and wealth? actually went against me and took someone to save Master Zhang, hmph, healed Mr. Zhang, and asked him to take care of me again?!

Another of Wanli's young companions, Zhang Cheng, who also served as the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, sighed in his heart when he saw this, this emperor's surname is narrow-minded, and the benefits of others are only remembered for a while, but the disadvantages of others are unforgettable, from this aspect, it is quite like his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang, who can share hardships and hardships, and cannot be rich and noble, and he will kill all the founding heroes when he becomes the emperor.

Let's take Qin Lin as an example, Gexiang rescued the driver, found out the fake Sun Huairen, and handled the murder case of Quliu Pavilion, how many times he has made great contributions to Wanli, but as long as he is a little out of Wanli's mind, this emperor immediately forgot all his benefits to the clouds.

"A companion is like a tiger, and our family has to be careful," Zhang Cheng thought.

However, as Wanli's childhood companion, he and Zhang Whale also hoped to bring down Feng Bao, who was in charge of the master of ceremonies, and Feng Bao was allied with Zhang Juzheng, so he was also hostile to Zhang Juzheng; But because of the struggle for power and profit with Zhang Whale, Zhang Whale wooed Liu Shouyou, and he tried his best to win over Qin Lin, who had already had a friendship.

This level of court battle has never been one-sided.

Wanting to take Qin Lin out, but he was afraid that even he would not be able to get out, Zhang Cheng thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid asked the imperial doctor, saying that Zhang Taishi's illness is already incurable, even if Li Shizhen comes, it will be useless." ”

Sure enough, Wanli cared more about Zhang Juzheng himself than hating Qin Lin, and he smiled: "Hmph, when Taishi Zhang returns to Yin, I will really be pro-government!" When the time comes, both of you, I will have to use it greatly. ”

Thank you, Your Majesty! Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng both knelt down to thank him, their faces were full of joy, now they have achieved the position of the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and then there is only the head of the inner court of the master of ceremonies, Wanli's meaning is very obvious - bring down Feng Bao, the inner court is the world of Erzhang!

It's just that there is only one palm print of the celebrant supervisor, but there are two father-in-law Zhang next to the emperor, who will do it?

Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng looked at each other, their fake smiles full of hostility.

"Don't think that our family doesn't know about what you and Qin Lin are doing!" Zhang Whale squinted his eyes and said this in his heart.

"You and Liu Shouyou are not good birds!" Zhang Cheng also scolded secretly in his heart.

Wanli pretended not to know, but in fact, he could see the two eyebrows clearly, he knew the knot in the hearts of these two companions, but wasn't this what he wanted?

Use the two to deal with Feng Bao, the only family, and then use the dispute between the two to let the two contain each other...... I have to say that although Wanli is a middle-aged person, he followed Zhang Juzheng to learn the art of the emperor, but he learned these tricks clearly.

But it's a pity, as an emperor, you must be like an abyss in order to control the emperor's art, otherwise you will be narrow-minded, but you will be held hostage by the emperor's art without knowing it...... "That's right", Zhang Cheng said with some joy: "Li Shizhen is not a doctor, most of them will tell Zhang Taishiming, should we take this opportunity to let him recuperate in peace and take back the power in his hands?" ”

Wanli smiled silently, with a little smug on his face.

A sucker! Zhang Whale glanced at Zhang Cheng and retorted loudly: "Wouldn't that be a startling snake?" On the contrary, the emperor should let Zhang Taishi continue to govern, even if he resigned, he must try his best to keep it, anyway, he will not live long, and when he dies, the dust will naturally settle. ”

"It's still Zhang Whale who knows my heart very well," when Wanli praised him, his smile was a little reluctant.

Zhang Whale chuckled in his heart, knowing that he had violated His Majesty's taboo, you had figured out the emperor's mind thoroughly, was your intention still so sacrosanct?

Looking at the mocking look in Zhang Cheng's eyes, Zhang Whale suddenly understood that he had been fooled, and secretly regretted it.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the General Administration Secretary to come in with Zhang Juzheng's resignation form and present it to Wanli.

Zhang Whale hurriedly sharpened the ink, Zhang Cheng went to get the pen, served Wanli to personally review this unusual movement, only to see the emperor struggling to write, from how Zhang Juzheng supported Sheji when Chong Ling succeeded to the throne, wrote to his early childhood he carefully taught, and then how to be loyal to the country, bow to the best, in short, a thousand words into two words: retention.

"Your Majesty really can't bear what people can't endure, and he is far-sighted, and the Lord of Sainthood is also!" Zhang Whale is like a tide.

Zhang Cheng is not far behind, and at the same time, there is a flood of words.

"Not only do I not allow him to become a man due to illness, but I also have to issue an order for all civil and military officials to consult the Taishi Mansion for advice on all government affairs that are difficult to decide!" The corners of Wanli's mouth showed a sinister smile, so that Zhang Juzheng would inevitably work harder and die faster.

Zhang Cheng's heart sank, after all, the last bit of conscience in his heart had not been completely extinguished, and he secretly said ashamed! You must know that Wanli's imperial skills were all carefully taught by Zhang Juzheng, and he actually used it to deal with his teacher.

"Not only do I have to keep Master Zhang again and again, but I also go to see him in person!" Wanli put the last stroke on the piece and smiled proudly.

Wanli drove to the Taishi Mansion, all the way to the loess mat road, Qingshui Jing Street, and the people of the Zhang Mansion came out to greet them, even Zhang Juzheng also supported the sick body and wanted to walk down from the bed.

"Why did Mr. Zhang do this? Your body matters! Wanli rushed forward pretendically, holding Zhang Juzheng with his own hands, feeling that the other party's body was extremely weak, and he was happy in his heart.

Zhang Juzheng thanked him and said: "Your Majesty is reckless, and the old minister is sincerely afraid, but unfortunately the old minister's life is about to end, and his life is not long, so he can no longer share his worries for His Majesty." ”

"Why did Taishi Zhang say this?" Wanli was stunned, and looked at the sons of the Zhang family kneeling next to him, and Zhang Jingxiu immediately told him the news that Li Shizhen was treating his father.

"If you don't have a holiday, you will make the hero die early!" Wanli frowned sadly, shed a few tears, and said extremely reluctantly: "Qing bears the material of fortune, the name of the state, the opportunity to prosper the world with one word, and the sect of the rock in everything. ”

"Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has become a countryman, and he can take over the position of the first assistant, and Xu Guo, the head of the household department, can also enter the cabinet to assist the government, and he is a talented man in the world, and I hope that His Majesty can make good use of it......" Zhang Juzheng said several names in one breath, and he was so tired that he was out of breath, but he didn't mention Qin Lin.

Zhang Jingxiu was inexplicable, and glanced at his father again and again, reminding him that there was still Qin Lin, but Zhang Maoxiu had already realized something, and quickly pulled his brother's shirt and asked him not to speak.

Obviously, Zhang Juzheng has another deep meaning...... Wanli's eyes flickered a few times, and he nodded: "What the master said, I am all right." Pan and Xu Erqing have long known it, but the name of Wang Qing is not often heard. Zhang Cheng, you remember, after I go back, I will engrave Wang Qing's name on my imperial screen. ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly agreed.

Wanli held Zhang Juzheng's hand again and looked at the sons of the Zhang family kneeling beside him: "Don't worry, Taishi, you have worked hard for more than ten years, and I have nothing to repay, but to take care of the sons of Taishi, so that they will be prosperous and rich in their lives." ”

"Your Majesty is so gracious, it is difficult for the old minister to repay him!" Zhang Juzheng said gratefully.

Wanli nodded with deep concern, shed a few more tears, and finally left the Zhang family with a sigh - no one knew that the emperor after going to the imperial palace was already smiling.

The celebrant and Feng Baogao sat on the eunuch's chair, his eyebrows raised obliquely, and his cold and electric eyes swept over all his colleagues, while the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the chief eunuch of the twelve eunuchs, the four divisions and the eight bureaus, no matter how beautiful and beautiful it was outside, they could only stand calmly at this time, and they didn't dare to gasp.

"Taishi Zhang is seriously ill, and some little rabbit cubs are in a hurry, jumping up and down," Feng Bao slammed the tea bowl and said sharply: "But our family is not dead yet, if anyone is in a hurry to get on the throne, you might as well try it!" ”

The leaders of the eunuchs were suddenly silent, and involuntarily looked at Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng, needless to say, the little rabbit cubs that Feng Sili said were these two.

Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng looked at each other, facing Feng Bao, the two of them were comrades-in-arms with the same hatred, it seemed that the news of Zhang Juzheng's dying encouraged them, and the deep fear of Feng Bao suddenly dissipated a lot, and they raised their eyes for the first time, although they did not look at Feng Bao, but they looked left and right, pretending to have nothing to do with themselves.

"Hmph, that's the two of you!" Feng Bao slammed the table, and the saucer, tea bowl and Gai'er jumped up and jingled together, "Two guys who bewitched Shengcong, think you still have a chance to top our family?" Dream! Rush Ming'er to tell the Empress Dowager Cisheng, and drive you to Nanjing to guard the filial piety mausoleum! ”

Hearing this, Erzhang couldn't help but be a little scared, Feng Bao wasn't talking about fun, what are the two celebrant supervisors? He has the ability to drive you out of the palace.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a chaotic noise in the distance, as if something terrible had happened, and even the quiet and dignified Forbidden City was shaken.

Several little eunuchs rushed over, crying and mourning: "It's not good, it's not good, just now Taishi Zhang returned to heaven!" ”

Yes? Feng Baoben had already stood up halfway up, and sat down on the Taishi chair, his uncertain face turned into a dumbfounded, although he had already been mentally prepared, but when this moment really came, it still made him feel like the world was spinning.

Erzhang was ecstatic, only to feel that the dark clouds pressing on his head once dispersed, and the entire Forbidden City became bright and bright, looked at each other, the two of them mustered up their courage, and at the same time smirked and arched their hands towards Feng Bao: "Feng Sili, Your Majesty is afraid that there is a search over there, let's go first?" ”

After that, the two of them didn't wait for Feng Bao to respond, turned around and walked out of the celebrant supervisor.

The eunuchs, the leaders of the twenty-four yamen, looked at each other, no one had ever dared to contradict Feng Daban like this before! Someone looked up at the sky, and a dark cloud floated by, could it really be that the sky was going to change?

"Little bunny, little bunny!" Feng Bao was furious, waved his hand and swept it over the table, and the tea bowl of Yuan Qinghua fell, shattering with a thud.

Taishifu, has already mourned, in addition to the youngest son who stayed in Jiangling's hometown, the five sons knelt in front of the bed and cried, Zhang Zixuan stroked his father's gradually cooler face, tears slipped silently, only Qin Lin couldn't cry to his heart's content, and his son-in-law, as a half-son, wanted to do the funeral in place of the main family at this time, he could only quietly tell Aguli and Briya, and ask them to comfort and take care of Zhang Zixuan as much as possible.

"Benefactor, Qi Jiguang, who is a little bit of Mu En, is late!" Qi Jiguang, the handsome man of Jizhen, rushed into the room like a tornado, knelt on the ground with a plop just over the threshold, kneeled to the edge of the bed, and pulled the brocade quilt and let out a sad sound.

There is a way that men don't flick when they have tears, Qi Jiguang sincerely regrets that he and Zhang Juzheng will cooperate with each other to level the Japanese and the imperial guards, and put the trilateral armaments neatly and neatly, Zhang Juzheng gave him great trust, and he has never lived up to this trust.

You must know that Hu Zongxian, Liu Quan, Yu Dayou, none of these famous generals ended well, either died in prison, or depressed, only he was able to show his strengths in the border court, and serve the country in his heart, there is no doubt that this is because of the strong support from the Jingshi and the Jiangling Prime Minister's Mansion.

Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng are one and the same, the two know each other, and they have already surpassed the relationship between ordinary allies and reached the height of confidants.

Looking at Zhang Juzheng, who passed away suddenly, Qi Jiguang only felt heartache like a twist, the rest of his life on the battlefield, and witnessed the blood of his disciples and soldiers, his figure was always as strong as steel, but now he knelt in front of the bed and cried with the corpse, and the tears in the tiger's eyes fell big drops.

"Brother Qi's condolences," Qin Lin grabbed Qi Jiguang's twitching shoulders and decided not to tell him the real cause of Zhang Juzheng's death, that would be too cruel.

Qi Jiguang didn't stand up, but looked up at Qin Lin and hissed, "Brother Qin, I will have to rely on you in the future!" ”

As the so-called indeed, Qin Lin nodded without hesitation, he did not have the slightest joy, because he knew that the responsibilities and obligations he had gained at this moment were far more than rights and honors.

Qi Jiguang stood up at this time, as an outsider, he was not suitable to stay in the Taishi Mansion for a long time, especially since he was still the commander of the border town in charge of the military power, so he shook Qin Lin's hand vigorously, and looked at his old friend and En's favor for the last time reluctantly, turned around and left.

Qi Jiguang's departure was as fast as when he came, no one knew where the handsome man would be tonight, maybe it was to gallop on a horse, let the night breeze dry his tears, or maybe he was looking for a tavern to pour himself a drink, recalling the bits and pieces of the past 20 years with Zhang Juzheng.......

When the ministers of the Jiangling Party heard the news of Taishi's death, they also came to mourn, and Qin Lin and You Qi Yao Ba led their families to receive them in a hurry.

The second assistant Zhang Siwei, the third assistant Shen Shixing, the secretary Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites Pan Sheng, the secretary of the military department Zeng Xingwu, the household secretary Zhang Xueyan, the Ministry of Industry secretary Li Youzi, after returning to Beijing the new officials of the Ministry of Servants Wang Zhen, Xu Guo, who was about to enter the cabinet, and other Jiangling party members came to the Taishi Mansion to mourn.

After seeing Qin Lin busy, Wang Zhen finally changed his mind slightly, and said to Wang Guoguang in a low voice: "Qin Lin, I heard that Master Tai is seriously ill, and when he was in Zhejiang, he was still a little pushy, and I also said that his surname is Liangbo, but I didn't expect that he has done half of his duty now." ”

"Not really, right? Qin Xiaoyou's ancient road is hot! Wang Guoguang was a little unimpressed, and he didn't think about it.

The question they are most concerned about now is who will take over the mantle of the Gangneung Party, and when they heard that Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was recommended as the first assistant, everyone was convinced.

Pan Sheng's qualifications are very old, and he was even the master of Zhang Juzheng's imperial examination, he is very simple and honest, he can be regarded as a good gentleman, and he is the first assistant, so they are naturally happy.

Only Zhang Siwei has a sincere smile on his face, but there is a secret trick in his eyes, I am the second assistant, and I should be the top if the first assistant is vacant, why...... Although You Qiyao Ba looked lonely, and the servants were also depressed, they didn't have any other ideas, after all, Emperor Wanli personally promised to take care of the sons of the old lady, and the future of these sons of the Zhang family must be bright and ambitious.

Only Qin Lin had a strong uneasiness in his heart, and he remembered very clearly that Zhang Juzheng's new policy ended in a personal death, and Lao Taishan himself was liquidated by Wanli and the old bureaucrats.

There is no such sign now, could it be that what I have done has changed history to some extent?

Qin Lin shook his head, not daring to pin his hopes on such an illusory thing, especially since he had long observed that Wanli was very dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng's dictatorship.

Thinking of the New Deal, thinking of the test law and the people of western Zhejiang, and thinking of Qi Jiguang's eager gaze, Qin Lin felt for the first time that the burden on his shoulders was so heavy, and there were so many things to do.

ushered in the send-off, that is, he was busy with all kinds of things, and he could even be said to be dizzy......

(To be continued)