The civil and military officials lined up their shifts according to their grades in the Huangji Gate Dan Majesty, and the head of the Wenchen class did not have the figure of Zhang Juzhengweian, many officials sighed in their hearts, and the ministers of the Jiangling Party were even more stunned, after all, that figure has been standing at the head of the Wenchen class for the past ten years, towering like Taiyue.

Now the head of the squad has become the second assistant Zhang Siwei, not only is his figure far inferior to Zhang Juzheng's tall and repaired, but there is no palace maid with a fan behind him, and there is no red carpet under his feet, and his face is more feminine and changeable, not Zhang Juzheng's Gu Panxiongfei - even people with presbyopia know very well that the current head of Wenchen's squad is much worse than his predecessor.

The bell rang, three net whips, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of the Emperor's Gate, Feng kept the dust on the side, Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng took a few steps behind, bowed their heads and lowered their eyebrows with a respectful expression.

Feng Bao drooped his eyebrows, his gloomy gaze swept down, lingered on Qin Lin's face for a moment, and finally landed on Zhang Siwei, with a heavy cold snort in his nose.

Zhang Siwei looked quite uneasy, and threw a bitter smile to Feng Bao to ask for mercy.

When Zeng Xingwu, Wang Guoguang and other Jiangling Party ministers saw this, their mentality was a sigh.

Everyone knows that before this, Zhang Siwei had gone to Feng Dugong's mansion several times to explain, after all, the eunuch Count Feng had no precedent, it was too unbelievable, it was not that he was deliberately embarrassed, but that things were really difficult to handle.

But Feng Bao did not forgive Zhang Siwei, but pressed step by step, and had the strength to vow not to give up until he reached his goal - perhaps, this is Feng Bao's deliberate posture after Zhang Juzheng's death!

At this time, the Jiangling Party could only temporarily forbear, after all, Zhang Juzheng's death led to a lot of variables, and the diehards who opposed the new policy were ready to move, so they could only cooperate with Feng Bao in order to protect the new policy, and Pan Sheng's entry into the cabinet to worship the first assistant was also something that Feng Bao did not interfere with...... Zeng Xingwu found that Feng Bao's eyes were not good, so he sighed in a low voice: "For Bao Siming (Pan Shengzi Siming) to enter the cabinet to pay respects, I'm afraid Brother Feng Pan will suffer a little grievance." ”

Wang Guoguang smiled and said very confidently: "Brother Yu talked to Feng Pan before, he was very open, saying that we are all old friends of the late Taishi Jiangling, and we have worked hard to implement the new policy for more than ten years, and treat each other with all sincerity. ”

Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, passed away, and the remaining secondary assistants Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing are still the backbone of the Jiangling Party, plus Wang Zhen and Yu Youding are all famous ministers for a while, and they are qualified to enter the cabinet to worship scholars, which shows that the Jiangling Party has deep roots and has great control over the court situation, no matter who Feng Bao drives away, there are still a large number of substitutes, and each substitute is a famous pillar!

Zeng Xingwu looked at Qin Lin with deep pity, with a somewhat apologetic expression, now the Jiangling Party has to compromise with Feng Bao in order to protect the overall situation, and even the general Zhang Siwei has to endure humiliation, Qin Lin can only suffer a little grievance temporarily, and then slowly find a way to help him in the future...... Whether it is Zeng Xingwu, Wang Guoguang, Pan Sheng, or Zhang Xueyan, none of them know that in fact, Qin Lin is the real heir to the mantle that Zhang Juzheng secretly selected.

After Wanli sat down, Baiguan Mountain called for dance, and Feng Bao next to the throne shouted in a long voice: "Baiguan has something to do and play early, and there is nothing to retreat from the court~~"

The Ministry of Shangshu Kingdom flashed out of the ranks, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, so Mr. Zhang, the Taishi passed away suddenly, the position of the first assistant is vacant, and the first assistant regulates yin and yang, commands hundreds of officials, and is the assistant of the Son of Heaven, and cannot be vacant for a long time, so the old minister should select good materials as soon as possible to assist His Majesty in governing the world." ”

Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor on the throne, bowed his head slightly: "I still say that I often think about the heroic style of Taishi Zhang in the past, and it seems that it is still in front of me...... Alas, it's hard to look back on the past! As for the vacancy of the first assistant, does Wang Aiqing have a suitable candidate? All Aiqing can also be recommended. ”

Wang Zhang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, came out of the class and said: "The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Pan Sheng Lao Cheng Cheng is a country, there is a great talent to help the world, the late Mrs. Zhang has personally praised it many times, and the minister asks His Majesty to take Pan Sheng as the first assistant of the cabinet!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal," Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the household department, flashed out.

Weichen seconded the proposal, "Zeng Xingwu, the secretary of the military department, also followed.

"Seconded by the Minister"

"Ministers seconded the ......"

Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Li Youzi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Yu Youding, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Yingyuan, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, Cui Chenglin, the right of the General Administration, and Zhao Wenxiu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, came out one after another, and the voices of seconding the proposal resounded.

Wanli's smile is still the same, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows show a little disgust, such a scene makes him involuntarily recall the situation before Zhang Juzheng's death, now that Zhang Taishi is dead, but the Jiangling Party is still full of court...... "The old minister's opinion is different from you!" ”

This sound alarmed the civil and military officials, and when they looked at it, it was Yan Qing, the white-bearded Shangshu of the Criminal Department!

"Oh?" Wanli became interested, and leaned forward slightly: "What is Yan Laoshangshu's opinion?" ”

Yan Qing Dynasty said: "Your Majesty, Pan Sheng is the teacher of the late Taishi Zhang Juzheng, so the late Taishi recommended him to take over the position of the first assistant on his deathbed, in fact, it is to take care of the friendship between teachers and students, and although Pan Sheng is old and capable, he does not understand the power change, does not know the strategy, is not the talent of the prime minister, and the secretary in charge of the Ministry of Rites can be regarded as a person who can make the best use of his talents, but it is a little inappropriate to be the first assistant of the cabinet." ”

What he said was reasonable, it is true that Pan Sheng is Zhang Juzheng's teacher, and he really doesn't have much ability, and it is almost the same to be a scholar in the Qingshui Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and it is really a little powerless to be the first assistant, but he is old, qualified, and good-tempered, and he will be the first assistant, and the factions of the court will not oppose it too resolutely.

Pan Sheng was told by Yan Qing, and his old face turned a little red, after all, he was used to being a good man, and the other party accused him of not being suitable to be the first assistant, so it was inconvenient to open his mouth to refute.

Wanli pondered for a moment, as if he couldn't make up his mind, so he turned his inquiring gaze to Feng Bao.

Feng Bao had been waiting here for a long time, and then said with a smile: "The old slave thinks that Pan Shangshu is an old man and has far-reaching wisdom, unlike some people who have narrow visions and are listed as auxiliary ministers and have a vegetarian corpse...... The old slave sponsored Pan Shangshu with his full family name and succeeded him as the first assistant of the cabinet! ”

Hiss~~ The exclamations below rang out, and everyone knew that Pan Sheng had gone through Feng Bao's path, otherwise how could Feng Dugong be willing to sponsor him so hard? Moreover, the one who is listed as an auxiliary minister and the corpse is a vegetarian meal must be Zhang Siwei who scolded.

Pan Chen cast an apologetic look at Zhang Siwei, the overall situation of the Jiangling Party and the continued implementation of the new policy require him to temporarily forbear.

Zhang Siwei responded with a smile...... Since Feng Bao spoke, Wanli on the throne nodded, and said loudly: "Feng Daban helped Bao Zhen Chongling to succeed to the throne, and he has always been loyal, even Feng Daban is willing to use his full wealth and surname to sponsor Pan Shangshu, I think Pan Aiqing must be the best candidate for Zai Fu's minister." Then, Pan Aiqing entered the Jianji Palace University with the book of the Ministry of Rites and entered the cabinet to do things. ”

Pan Sheng hurriedly shouted thanks, the title of Scholar of the Jianji Temple is second only to the Scholar of the Middle Pole Temple, after Zhang Juzheng's death, no one was awarded the title of Scholar of the Middle Pole Temple, he is the first assistant.

Your Majesty believes in Feng Bao so much! The civil and military officials were all shocked, Zhang Siwei said it didn't work, the Jiangling party ministers said it didn't work, Feng Baoyi recommended it, and His Majesty immediately adopted it...... The rumors are true, after Zhang Jiangling's death, Feng Bao has already controlled the situation!

Feng Bao's eunuchs rejoiced, and Xu Jue, Chen Yingfeng and others celebrated.

Only the old ministers of the Three Dynasties and the Duke of Dingguo, Xu Wenbi, who was at the head of the Wuchen class, were like old monks, and in the later ranks, Qin Lin and Liu Shou had two faces that were not wavering.

Feng Baozhi was complacent, and the little emperor on the throne was still so trusted, which made him quite happy in his heart, but the matter was not over, and he glanced at the Shaoqing Lai of Dali Temple.

Lai Chuansheng is a member of the eunuch party, and he has long been ready to serve Feng Dugong, so he immediately jumped out, holding this chapter and playing: "The minister has the book, impeach Zhang Siwei, a scholar of Wuyingdian University!" ”

The ministers of the Gangneung Party looked at each other, and what was expected had finally come...... Oh? Wanli said in a daze: "Zhang Aiqing entered the cabinet when he was the late Taishi, and he has been conscientious for many years, why did you impeach him?" ”

"Zhang Siwei is a secondary assistant, and there are ten faults: one is an official mediocrity, a corpse vegetarian meal, the second is corrupt and perverts the law, and sells official positions, the third is narrow-minded, jealous and jealous, and the fourth is to clamp down on words and roads, and seek disloyalty to the country......"

Lai Chuansheng freely listed 10 crimes, most of which were chasing after the wind, and some of them were indeed true.

Feng Bao has worked hard for many years, although the eunuch party is not as talented as the Jiangling party, there are many rabble, and for a time many eunuchs stood up to impeach Zhang Siwei, and the voice of seconding the proposal was endless.

Of course, Wang Guoguang, Zeng Xingwu and other Jiangling parties also stood up to defend Zhang Siwei, but Zhang Juzheng was dead, and there was a lack of leaders who could compete with Feng Bao, so he was a little lacking in confidence.

The crowd is turbulent, and only those officials who have no faction and no faction, are honest or do not seek progress for various reasons can stay out of the matter, such as Qin Lin's old brother Zhang Gongyu Zhang Dutang, when his old man encounters this kind of court political dispute, he wanders out of the world as usual, and turns a deaf ear to the quarrel, if it weren't for the fact that his eyes are still open, others would simply think that he was dozing off.

Seeing this, Qin Lin smiled, took out a small piece of broken gold from his purse, and threw it on Zhang Gongyu's forehead while no one was paying attention.

"What a big hornet!" Zhang Gongyu was taken aback, but when he came back to his senses, he saw that it was not a wasp but a small piece of broken gold, and he couldn't help but look up at the sky, and secretly said What is the good thing today, but the gold fell from the sky.

Shhh

Don't look at Zhang Gongyu's muddy, at this time, Fu Zhi's soul was blessed, and he immediately stood up and played: "Lai Chuansheng's impeachment is untrue. Zhang Siwei has been in the cabinet for several years, and his achievements are well-known, and the so-called ten crimes are mostly chasing after the wind and shadows......"

Zhang Siwei was secretly surprised, and saw that the person who defended him turned out to be Zhang Gongyu, who didn't have much friendship, so he nodded to Shen Shixing beside him, thinking that he had instructed his protégé to help him.

Shen Shixing knew that Zhang Siwei had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, and smiled at Zhang Gongyu's encouragement, and wondered a little in his heart: This rich protégé has never pretended to be a puppet at the court meeting, did he take the wrong medicine today?

Wanli also noticed that this Yudu Yushi who defended Zhang Siwei, he had heard that he was a fool, but he didn't expect that he was not confused at the critical moment...... "Some say good, some say bad, but Zhang Siwei has only one, is it good or bad?" Wanli frowned, it seemed that it was difficult to decide, and finally asked with a sideways face: "Feng Daban, how about you talk about Zhang Siwei?" ”

Feng Bao is so happy that his whole body seems to be electrified, it seems that Zhang Jiangling is dead, His Majesty has really lost his backbone, and the status of the former first assistant should be given to me Feng Dugong!

"The old slave thinks that although Bachelor Zhang's knowledge is good, but after all, the ability of the state to help the world is a little lacking," Feng Bao pretended to think, and said after a while: "It's good to be a feudal official, but it's ...... to assist Shenggong."

"I know," Wanli said without thinking, "Go back and make a decree for me!" ”

In a word, the court can hear the heartbeat, and the civil and military ministers did not expect that His Majesty would trust Feng Bao so much, even Emperor Wuzong Zhengde would be to Liu Jin, I am afraid it is nothing more than that.

Feng Bao said to let Pan Sheng be the first assistant, Pan Sheng will be the first assistant, Feng Bao wants to let Zhang Siwei get out, Zhang Siwei has to get out!

Zhao Gao, Shi Changshi, Tong Guan, Liu Jin...... In the minds of many officials, the faces of the eunuchs of all dynasties seem to be concentrated on Feng Bao's gloomy and sympathetic face, and several loyal ministers are ready to go back to buy a coffin.

The ministers of the Jiangling Party were also secretly frightened, when Taishi Zhang was alive before, he had never seen Feng Bao so arrogant, who would have expected that Taishi would return to heaven, Feng Bao would have said today!

Hahaha, Feng Bao's heart has already been filled with joy, he won a big victory today, and he won so completely, so heartily!

So much so that he didn't even want to pay attention to Qin Lin at all, today he had already picked up a first assistant and chased away a second assistant, where did he still need to take a small brocade guard to command the envoy to open the knife? Dealing with him, but losing the power of the eunuch.

Dealing with Qin Lin was just a matter of effort, and Feng Dugong felt that it was easier than patting off a piece of dust.

The court meeting finally ended, Wanli left his seat, Feng Bao was going back to the ceremonial eunuch, the two little eunuchs of Cining Palace said that the queen mother had a move, Feng Bao walked in all directions and swayed over - in the past, whenever the queen mother summoned, he was trotting.

The civil and military ministers crossed the square in front of the Huangji Gate, the Jinshui Bridge, and went out from the noon gate all the way, worried, sighing, happy, and happy, and everyone had different looks.

Only the gaze cast at Qin Lin is even more complicated, openly offending Feng Bao and Feng Dugong, will there be a good end? Even the second assistant Zhang Siwei has fallen into bad luck.

"If you offend Feng Dugong and his old man, someone in Qin will wait for death!" A eunuch official said viciously.

Chen Yingfeng's hornet's eyes widened, and the sinister smile made the muscles on his face tremble: "It's okay to die, I'm afraid that I can't survive and die." ”

Xu Jue also smiled, probably this afternoon, at the latest tomorrow, the order written by Duke Feng will be sent to Dongchang, and Qin Lin will have to pay the price for his reckless behavior.

It is really gratifying to be able to knock down such a powerful opponent, Xu Jue secretly swore that after Qin Lin was caught in Dongchang, he would definitely "greet" him with his own hands to express his respect for him.

In their minds, Xu Jue and Chen Yingfeng were faintly afraid of Qin Lin, but from now on, they didn't have to worry about this powerful opponent anymore...... However, there are also people who really care about Qin Lin.

"Hurry back to Nanjing, the Duke of Wei," Zeng Xingwu whispered to him when he walked past Qin Lin's side, and now only the Duke of Wei could temporarily shelter Qin Lin from Feng Bao's harm.

Zeng Xingwu had just walked away, and on the other side, Wu Dui, the right capital, shouted at a protégé: "No, no, what Shi Jun said is not true." Whoever dares to frame Zhongliang, the old man will never give up with him, and when the time comes, he will definitely fight on the basis of reason, even if he carries the coffin and dies, he will never give in! ”

It sounded like a lesson to his protégé, but Qin Lin knew very well that he was saying this to himself, and Wu Dui made an iron oath with his life.

Wang Guoguang, Zhang Gongyu and other officials also expressed their concern and support, either explicitly or implicitly.

Qin Lin is in the court, and there is no shortage of friends, although he is in the officialdom where the dragon fights and the slightest carelessness will break his bones, he still feels a warmth in his heart at this time.

Feng Bangning waited outside the noon gate, he wrapped his head in gauze and bandages, like a mummy, he didn't go to the court meeting because it was unsightly, and when he saw Xu Jue, Chen Yingfeng and other eunuch generals come out, all of them were happy, he knew that his uncle had won the victory in the court battle.

"Young master, the master has won a big victory today, protect Pan Sheng, degrade Zhang Siwei......" Chen Yingfeng's mouth frothed, introducing today's situation to Feng Bangning.

Qin Lin and Liu Shouyou walked out side by side.

The enemy's eyes were red when they saw each other, Feng Bangning suddenly burst into smoke, rushed up with his cronies, and surrounded Qin Lin outside the noon gate.

Could it be that he dared to openly commit murder at the feet of the Son of Heaven and outside the noon gate? All the officials were shocked, and Zhu Yingzhen, the timid and fearful Duke of Chengguo, even quietly took two steps back.

Chen Yingfeng smiled and spit two mouthfuls of spit into his palm, if the young master was willing, he wouldn't mind arresting Qin Lin with his own hands, anyway, if Duke Feng gave a warrant, Qin Lin would be arrested in the East Factory.

The placket was ripped off, and Chen Yingfeng was furious: "Who the pulled me...... Uh, Brother Xu? ”

Xu Jue's expression was extremely strange, he stretched his neck and looked around, and said in a low voice: "Lao Chen, look, something is wrong?" ”

In this place outside the noon gate, there has always been the flag bearer guard, Jinyi guard, and Jin Wuwei who are responsible for the palace ban standing guard and patrolling, and Feng Bao has arranged a lot of henchmen and eyes and ears in the positions of officers at all levels, but now, none of the team of officers and schools with helmets and armor are known to Xu Jue and Chen Yingfeng.

Xu Jue was anxious, and hurriedly called Feng Bangning in a low voice: "Young master, young master......"

Feng Bangning's straw bag didn't care, he didn't turn his head, and stared at Qin Lin with red eyes: "The surname is Qin, you don't have a pro-military captain by your side this time?" ”

Qin Lin hissed in his mouth, jumped back half a step, and crossed his hands in front of him: "Do you want to rely on more to win?" ”

"You're smart!" Feng Bangning sneered, and a group of wolf-like cronies forced towards Qin Lin.

"Damn, there are more people and fewer people are bullying!" Qin Lin pretended to shake his head, and suddenly smiled: "However, I seem to have many more people than you~~."

(To be continued)