In the East Wenyuan Pavilion of Zijing City, this building where the cabinet minister handles state affairs in the outer court has almost become the most inconspicuous house in the Forbidden City since Zhang Juzheng became the chief minister, and there was the most prominent and dazzling era of the Ming Dynasty.

On the surface, the routine government affairs process of the Ming Dynasty remained unchanged, but the decision-making power had been transferred.

The normal process is that ministers write memorials, cabinet ministers vote for them, and the emperor criticizes the winners, and the power is scattered, but for a long time, Emperor Wanli was extremely afraid of his teacher. He hardly dared to object to whatever Zhang Juzheng said or what memorials he gave.

The credit criticism was completed under Feng Bao's guidance, and Feng Bao was Zhang Juzheng's strongest ally.

This also led to the memorials of ministers from the early years of Wanli to the present, and the ministers were expected to be approved by the emperor, so Zhang Juzheng could make a living.

It is not too exaggerated to say that he treats the emperor as a puppet.

At this moment, in Wenhua Hall, three cabinet ministers, Zhang Juzheng, are the well-deserved bosses. Zhang Siwei is a voice-over insect. Not long after Shen Shixing entered the cabinet, he almost didn’t have much right to speak and make decisions.

Among the five ministers in the early years of Wanli, Lu Diaoyang and Ma Ziqiang died of illness the same year before.

At this moment, in the Forbidden City, aside from the affairs of the inner court, Zhang Juzheng is the most beautiful old man.

Even though Zhang Juzheng, who was fifty-five, had white hair and a haggard appearance, he still held the greatest power of the Ming Empire.

Today, since he arrived in the cabinet at nearly noon and received a memorial from the outside court, Shoufu Zhang has been silent for a long time and has not been to work for a long time, as if he has been sitting in a daze.

The Wenhua Palace servants added tea several times to Zhang Yuanfu and replaced a few cups of herbal tea. After realizing that Zhang Juzheng was inappropriate, they left Zhang Juzheng's office and reported the abnormality to Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing.

"Is it because Yuan Fu watched the movie "Indie" last night for a long time and has not recovered his energy yet?" Shen Shixing thought for a moment before speaking in surprise.

In the past, Zhang Juzheng was a workaholic. If he had not been a workaholic, he would not have died of overwork at work like Zhuge Liang in history.

For example, today, I have been in a daze until so long after I arrived before lunch and ignored political affairs? It is a strange thing that has never happened before.

Shen Shixing is 45 years old this year. He was promoted from Jinshi to a cabinet minister in just 16 years after passing the imperial examination. He can be called the speed of light promotion. At this moment, the old master of Shen Ge is also the youngest and most energetic cabinet minister in the cabinet.

Zhang Siwei is not old, one year younger than Zhang Juzheng, and this year is 54. However, depending on her complexion, she is not very healthy. There is a lot of depression between her eyebrows. In fact, this is a staunch anti-reformist. As soon as Zhang Juzheng died, he launched various anti-reform measures and employed opposition officials in the Korean and Chinese to clean up Zhang Juzheng's reform achievements.

From this point of view, we can know why Zhang Siwei looked bad.

As the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he is the No. 2 boss of the Outer Court, but in fact he is a voice-over who has no power. He has been like this for many years and is so angry that he almost burst into anger.

Following Shen Shixing's words, Zhang Siwei said in a divine manner, "Ru Mo, Yuan Fu is in poor health, would you better go and have a look?"

After thinking about it, Shen Shixing nodded and walked towards Zhang Juzheng's office. When he entered the study room with the door open, he saw Zhang Juzheng still holding a memorial in a daze, or looking like he was wandering around in the sky.

Shen Shixing coughed lightly, "Yuanfu, Yuanfu?"

Two whispers finally woke Zhang Juzheng up, and the powerful boss regained his agility. He smiled with a complicated mood, "It's Rumo, I'm fine."

After pausing for a moment, he smiled subtly, "This is a memorial sent by Qi Shaobao of Jizhou and Qi Yuanjing. As soon as I persuaded me to write a letter to the Empress Dowager, I strongly urged the Empress Dowager to abolish the method of kneeling and punishing Your Majesty to avoid kneeling and causing illness for a long time and hurt Your Majesty's dragon body."

"The second advice I should return to power to Your Majesty. Although I cannot hand over it completely at once, I can... recommend the foreign ministers you admire most, such as Hai Ruihai Gangfeng as the Minister of Personnel."

"What do you think Rumo?"

Following Zhang Juzheng's words, Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment and his brain exploded.

After breathing unbelievably for a few breaths, he spoke hard, "Jizhou Qi Yuanjing?"

Zhang Juzheng is the teacher in the Shen Shixing exam hall. He was able to become a cabinet minister in just 16 years, and Zhang Juzheng's strong recommendation and promotion are definitely Zhang's capable students.

Of course, I know what Qi Jiguang represents with such an identity, which is the most effective representative of Zhang Juzheng's military affairs in revitalizing the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Jiguang suddenly asked Zhang Yuanfu to return to the government? This was like your most trusted and proud disciple, stabbing you with a backhand.

No wonder Zhang Juzheng's mood changed drastically since he read this memorial before lunch and was in a daze for so long.

For a moment, Shen Shixing was speechless and didn't know what to say, especially when he thought of Qi Jiguang's recommendation of Hai Gangfeng as Minister of Rites. If this news spread, it would definitely cause boiling in the court and the country.

Hai Rui's power is not ordinary terrifying. In 1570, Emperor Longqing appointed Hai Rui as the prefect of Yingtian, and his jurisdiction included Yingtian, Suzhou, Changzhou, Huizhou and Guangdezhou, and most of them were fish and rice towns in the south of the Yangtze River. News came out that most of the corrupt officials in that area resigned voluntarily.

After hearing the news, the prominent powerful people automatically changed the red painted door to black. The officials knew that Hai Rui was coming, so they automatically reduced the carriage and horse entourage during travel, and changed from a large number of cars and horses to a simple and low-key momentum.

Hai Rui implemented various government orders, and officials were afraid to follow them and dared not make any mistakes. Local tyrants even moved their families to escape.

This is Haigangfeng!!

Such a role is to be the Minister of Rites? If you make a fuss, if the news spreads, it is definitely a dynasty official who will impeach this "absurd" recommendation.

Hai Rui, a big boss, experienced the four dynasties of Zhengde, Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli. Except for the Zhengde period, who had not entered the officialdom in the past, the remaining three dynasties, all of which were considered complicated to this person.

As Emperor Jiajing once said, this person can be compared with Bi Gan, but I am not King Zhou of Shang.

Emperor Longqing has always admired and supported Hai Rui. He could not withstand too many Chinese and Chinese military officials in the court that impeached Hai Rui... The emperor could not withstand the pressure.

The young emperor Zhu Yijun has always admired Haigangfeng's name and is fascinated by it.

If Hai Rui really wanted to be the Minister of Personnel, Shen Shixing himself was a little guilty and very timid. Not to mention Shen Shixing, Zhang Juzheng was probably feeling guilty at this time. Although the reforms he presided over in the national and national affairs had greatly changed the Ming Dynasty.

But in terms of personal style, he will definitely be criticized if he gets caught by Hai Rui.

After a while of confusion, Shen Shixing said in surprise, "Qi Yuanjing is going to betray his mentor, intending to flatter His Majesty and follow Jiang Bin's incident?"

Zhang Juzheng felt sad, "As Qi Yuanjing, whom I know, is not such a person, so I am curious, what happened in the middle?"

Before Qi Jiguang met Zhang Juzheng, although he was determined to kill the Japanese pirates who were invading the border, he was just a small military farmer, but he was willing to do so but unable.
Chapter completed!