"The pure filial piety of the elder is really moving."

Zhang Siwei, a member of the Cabinet University, held the recital of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and said in a choked voice.

Zhang Siwei is the third person in the cabinet and the secretary of the military department, but in this cabinet, in front of Zhang Juzheng, he doesn't pay any attention to any dignity, and his words have already knocked his head on the ground.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wanshihe's face was calm, he looked left and right but didn't say a word, he had been frightened by the Zhishi of the former Ministry of Ministers Shangshu Wang Guoguang, and he didn't dare to participate in such things anymore, so he retired in this position.

On the contrary, Zhang Han, the new secretary of the ministry, was not ambiguous, nodded with a smile and agreed:

"If the elder is not so pure and filial, how can he have the great loyalty of the pillars of the country, great loyalty and pure filial piety, it is really my luck to be a Ming Dynasty, and I am a model for officials and scholars in the world."

The cabinet echoed again, and Shen Shixing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood up with tears on his face and said:

"There is a sentence that the lower officials don't know whether to say or not, and they say that the trap is old in the place of unfilial piety, but they are uneasy if they don't say it." The noise in Wenyuan Pavilion has not stopped since the morning, and everyone praises Zhang Ge for his filial piety, but Zhang Juzheng sat in his position without saying a word.

Of course, everyone was secretly looking at Zhang Juzheng's face when they spoke, according to the rules and regulations, it was clear that Zhang Juzheng was going to prepare for the memorial at home, and now he is actually here to hand it over.

But no matter what happens next, now that Zhang Juzheng is still the first assistant, no one dares to make any judgment on Zhang Taiyue's whereabouts, and everyone's praise and praise is enough.

But Shen Shixing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came out like this, and the cabinet that was still like a bazaar just now quieted down suddenly, and everyone's eyes were on Shen Shixing, Zhang Juzheng looked at Shen Shixing for a while, and said in a deep voice:

"Ru Mo, if you have something to say, just say it."

Shen Shixing is also forty-three years old, but at this time, with tears in his eyes, he said earnestly and excitedly:

"Pavilion Lao, filial piety is a big festival, but after all, it is a small family, if there is no pavilion elder to assist the saint, what should I do in this world, what should I do about this big policy, if the pavilion elder is dedicated to filial piety, but he has delayed his loyalty to the country, this is difficult to do both, and the lower officials also know that the pavilion is difficult to decide, but if you think of the community, the pavilion elder still has to give up the name and concentrate on the world!"

When Shen Shixing said this, everyone in the room was stunned, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they all stood up together, and bowed to Zhang Juzhengshi one after another:

"Please think twice for the sake of the country."

Zhang Juzheng opened his slightly closed eyes and looked at everyone's eagerness, except for the scholar of the Ministry of Rites who was sitting there and the old man who was proud of his qualifications to sit still, the rest of them all got up, that is, they were quiet for a while, Zhang Juzheng slapped the back of the chair and reprimanded with an angry face:

"Ru Mo, promoting you to the cabinet is not for you to say such ridiculous words, my father has died, how can I love the official position as a son of man, and I will sit down wherever the ethics are constant, ridiculous, really ridiculous."

Shen Shixing's tears flowed down, and he knelt down and said:

"Pavilion Elder, what the lower official says is what he thinks in his heart, the Son of Heaven cannot do without the Pavilion Elder, the Cabinet cannot do without the Pavilion Elder, and the Ming Dynasty is even more inseparable from the Pavilion Elder, family affairs and state affairs, which is more important, the Pavilion Elder must be cautious!"

When the rest of the people saw this, they wanted to bow down again, and the anger on Zhang Juzheng's face was even stronger, and he stood up and scolded angrily:

"As an important minister of the country, you have no dignity like this, and it is the will of the Son of Heaven to stay as an official.

Everyone got up at this time, but it was a coincidence that the important ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion had just sorted out their grooming robes, and someone outside loudly announced that the emperor had arrived.

The little emperor of Wanli walked in with a calm face, the ministers bowed and saluted, and the emperor of Wanli was the first to say to Zhang Juzheng in a harmonious voice:

"If something like this happens at home, Zhang Ge still has to mourn, don't break your body."

Emperor Wanli said so, Zhang Juzheng had to kneel down again to thank him, and then the normal procedures of thanks, according to the rules and regulations of the imperial court, Zhang Juzheng first went back to his house to wait, whether it was an order to be allowed to return to his home for funeral, or an order to stay in office, it was a matter of a few days.

The ministers in the court had different thoughts, but no matter who it was, they didn't find anything abnormal on the little emperor's face, they only felt that the little emperor was very indifferent and looked like he didn't care about himself.

At this court meeting, no one came up with any meaningful attitude and policy, so they could only turn back to their respective prefectures.

The things discussed by the cabinet can't be concealed at all, the morning court meeting and the afternoon news will spread all over the capital, the Wanli Emperor expressed his position, Zhang Juzheng's anger, and the attitude of the bigwigs were soon known by the hundred officials in the Beijing division, but such a statement is even more confusing.

The only way for the imperial historian to show his existence is to stand in line at this time, the more unclear the situation, decisively stand on one side, gamble once, there will definitely be endless glory and wealth, the same, stand wrong and bet wrong, that is the place of no return.

The Jingshi Dynasty, which had already begun to be restless, was quiet again.

When Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, returned to his mansion, the first thing he did was to tell the butler who greeted him:

"According to these conventions, there are no outsiders."

The housekeeper nodded, turned around and ordered the porter a few words, Zhang Han took off the Jinxian crown on his head, and slowly walked towards the study, while the housekeeper followed respectfully.

After passing the door of the inner house, Zhang Han looked left and right, and the housekeeper who followed immediately understood, waved at the servants and servants in the inner house behind Zhang Han, and drove them all out.

Zhang Han walked a few steps in silence, and suddenly said in a low voice:

"How's that girl doing over there?"

"If you go back to the master, the eighteen-day girl of Yaochi has already caused a sensation in the capital, not to mention that this woman is much better than the eighteen-day girl, and she will definitely be favored."

Zhang Han stopped, turned around and asked coldly:

"In that case, there is still no news coming out?"

The butler saw sweat on his forehead, and his waist was bent lower, and he replied in a small voice that could not be small:

"Master forgive the sin, Zhang Ge's old house is too close, and he has to pass several checkpoints in and out, and the little one is only answering now."

"The official said at the time that it was a bad idea, you want to get a woman to send it in, didn't Zhang Siwei get Tessie Ji over there, and I haven't heard of any news."

Zhang Juzheng's inner house concubines are numerous, this is an open secret of the Beijing Division, this Taixi is generally used to refer to the European countries, Zhang Siwei to Zhang Juzheng in Guangdong to purchase the Taixi concubines, that is, the four years of Wanli, when it is said to be a sensation in Beijing, many literati and writers regard this as a beautiful talk.

Zhang Han did not enter the study, but walked into a pavilion on the side, and after sitting down, he said in a deep voice:

"Pretending to be that girl's mother's family, if you go too many times, you will also be suspicious, don't pay attention to this for now, and if you are an idle child, it will not be impossible to use it later."

The housekeeper bowed down and agreed, Zhang Han patted his forehead with his hand and got up and walked to the study, but before he reached the door, he heard a shout in front of him, and the porter ran over quickly, and when he arrived, he called a thousand, and said breathlessly:

"Master, there is a will, there is a will."

The court meeting had just passed, and there was actually a will to come down, Zhang Han turned around suddenly, and the housekeeper on the side had seen a lot of such things, and hurriedly shouted:

"Little San, hurry up and prepare the incense case...... What are you doing here, go open the door and receive the order. ”

The porter gasped twice, and then hurriedly said:

"The father-in-law who delivered the decree said that it was a secret decree, and there was no need to make a big deal of it, just go to the main house to receive the decree."

Zhang Han was stunned for a moment, and motioned for the housekeeper to go out to receive the order, and he went to change into an official uniform and walked to the main house, and the eunuch who delivered the decree wore a scarlet robe and walked into the house with a smile on his face.

After the procedure of etiquette was completed, the eunuch said with a smile:

"Lord Zhang, Your Majesty's meaning is very clear, the first assistant Zhang Ge Lao has worked hard and made great achievements, and he is implementing the great policy of enriching the country and benefiting the people, although there is a big mourning in the family, but the national society is also inseparable from Zhang Ge Lao, long live the Lord wants to issue an edict to win love, these things are in accordance with the rules and regulations, and there must be a ...... of officials and heavenly officials."

Zhang Han had been kneeling there and listening, but at this time he raised his head and said:

"The minister came back from Wenyuan Pavilion in the morning, and the cabinet meeting has also heard about it, why don't you know this will, is it the middle order, or is someone pretending to make the order in the name of His Majesty!?"

In the Tang and Song dynasties, the emperor's will was not directly issued by the Zhongshu Province, it was called the Zhongzhi, and the official will of the Great Emperor was only formalized through the cabinet vote.

And this unacceptable behavior will also be praised by the court and the opposition scholars, thinking that there is a backbone, when the first assistant of the court Zhang Juzheng Ding is worried about love, this is a matter of the world, and it is too rash to convey this central purpose.

Hearing Zhang Han's rhetorical question, the eunuch immediately changed his face and shouted:

"Lord Zhang, can you say the will of the palace like this? Do you still have a long live lord in your eyes, and is there a king law of the Ming Dynasty? ”

The will was not said to be the emperor, but first said that it was from the palace, and this rebuttal was so angry, Zhang Han became more and more suspicious in his heart, and said in a protest voice:

"Doing this is precisely for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's royal law, and it is precisely to prevent the villain from taking advantage of the loophole!!"

He was also very loud, the eunuch's face turned pale, and in the end, he snorted coldly, rolled up his will, brushed his sleeves and left, Zhang Han also stood up with a gloomy face, brushed the hem of the official uniform with his sleeves, and stood at the door of the main house and watched the eunuch leave.

"Godfather, Father-in-law Feng asked the clerk's pony to go to Zhang Han's house to pass the decree today, but that Zhang Han was not stupid and did not accept the decree at all. ”

That night, Zou Yi whispered to Zhang Cheng and said, seeing that Zhang Cheng didn't make a sound, Zou Yi tentatively asked again:

"Godfather, or my son will find someone he knows and poke out the news."

Zhang Cheng stared at Zou Yi, his expression had become serious, and he shouted in a deep voice:

"Are you confused or your brain is burned out, stay honest, don't say don't move, just watch honestly."

(To be continued)