The next day, the news that Feng Bao was dismissed was in full swing in the capital.

However, everyone, like Feng Bao, found this incredible at first.

But as soon as I calmed down and thought about it, I found that Emperor Wanli's move was actually just the result of following the trend, and I was not surprised.

Feng Bao had already lost his power. If it weren't for Empress Dowager Li's protection, he would have been driven away by Emperor Wanli.

Now that Empress Li is devoted to Buddhism, she doesn't even care about Emperor Wanli's liquidation of Zhang Juzheng. How could she have had an unhappy relationship with her son for Feng Bao's affairs?

Without the support of Empress Dowager Li, Feng Bao's fate can be imagined. Emperor Wanli did not even let his teacher Zhang Juzheng go, so how could he let Feng Bao go?

Compared to Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao is lucky.

...

As soon as Feng Baogang left the capital, the imperial edict was passed to the cabinet, and ordered Zhang Hong to take over as the chief inspector of the Secretariat.

This is beyond everyone's expectations.

Before, when Feng Bao stepped down as the admiral of the East Factory and fell to Zhang Jingtou, the cabinet received the imperial edict.

Zhang Jing was ordered by Emperor Wanli to go to Feng’s mansion to remove Feng Baosili from the supervisor of the seal.

At this pace, the position of the Sili Supervisor's seal should fall on Zhang Jingtou. After all, Zhang Jing is now the most popular person around Emperor Wanli.

However, in fact, there is no.

Zhang Jing only took over the admiral of the East Factory, and the Sili Supervisor was in charge of the seal, that is, the head of the Da Nei was taken over by Zhang Hong.

Emperor Wanli made great efforts to make such arrangements.

According to his inner wishes, he really wanted Zhang Jing to take over Feng Bao's position and work in a two-pronged manner.

But Emperor Wanli knew that doing so would inevitably cause great criticism, because Zhang Jing's talent was relatively shallower than Zhang Hong, and it was difficult to convince the public when he promoted too quickly.

Therefore, only Zhang Jing took over the East Factory.

The eunuch who has always been in charge of the East Factory was second only to the eunuchs who were in charge of seals in Sili. Usually, the eunuch who was the number one in Silijian was the one who was the one who was in charge of the seals.

Although Zhang Jing’s acquisition of this position was not his greatest satisfaction, it was also unsatisfactory.

Moreover, anyone with a discerning eye knows that although his talent is not as good as Zhang Honggao, he is the most favored and most respected person of Emperor Wanli.

Zhang Jing’s status at this moment is a bit like Feng Bao from more than ten years ago.

At that time, Feng Bao was like Zhang Jing now. He was both the number one pen of the Sili Supervisor and the "Eunuch of the East Factory" (referred to as the Dongchang Admiral). Although the Sili Supervisor was not his, his status tended to be above the Sili Supervisor's seal.

...

At this point, he was just like watching the lights. According to Emperor Wanli's will, he replaced all the important officials in the internal and external courts. Although it was not necessarily replaced by officials that Emperor Wanli believed, he was definitely not officials who were valued during the "Iron Triangle" period.

Emperor Wanli won a phased victory.

So, another decree was sent to the cabinet by Zhang Hong, the chief supervisor of the Sili Dynasty.

It was said that he would go to the chief minister Shen Shixing. The assistant minister Yu You Ding and Xu Guo and others learned that, and ordered Qiu Shi, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhang Jing, the chief supervisor of the Ministry of Justice, and the admiral of the East Factory, to lead people to Jingzhou Prefecture of Huguang and to investigate Zhang Juzheng's mansion. I hope that each department will cooperate and there will be no mistakes. I am here.

After reading this edict, the chief minister Shen Shixing and the assistant minister Yu Youding were stunned. Xu Guo was stunned.

Especially Shen Shixing, he never expected that Emperor Wanli would take this step.

The first leader has deprived Zhang Juzheng of all his honors during his lifetime, so why did he still search his home?

Is the liquidation going to be so thorough?

You should know that "house search" not only means jealousy, but also means extreme distrust and guilt.

Moreover, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, there are three crimes for house confiscation: one is treason, two is rebellion, and three is treacherous party.

Which one does Zhang Juzheng belong to?

Shen Shixing was puzzled.

First of all, Emperor Wanli’s decree was not passed through the cabinet, but issued directly.

Shin Shixing felt that if he remained silent, he would really not deserve to sit in the position of the chief minister.

Therefore, after receiving the edict from Zhang Juzheng's family, Shen Shixing immediately requested to meet the saint.

Emperor Wanli did not refuse. First, he felt that Shen Shixing was easy to deal with, and second, since the imperial edict had been issued, what he should face ultimately needs to be faced.

Therefore, in the face of Shen Shixing's doubts, Emperor Wanli found many reasons that had been thought out and deducted Zhang Juzheng the serious crimes of "slandering his relatives", "suppressing the censors", "authoritarianism and chaos in politics", "disloyalty in the country" and other serious crimes...

Shen Shixing was extremely shocked, thinking that even if these crimes were proven, the crime would not be confiscated!

"Wen Zhong" was granted by Emperor Wanli. Not to mention taking it back, he actually wanted to "search his home"...

Shen Shixing really couldn't understand what was happening to Zhang Juzheng.

What happened to this pair of masters and apprentices? So that Emperor Wanli, who has always respected Zhang Ju like his teacher, changed such a dramatic change in his attitude towards the teacher in a short period of time?

In the conversation with Emperor Wanli, the gentle Shen Shixing was obviously not a strong opponent of Emperor Wanli. He could not argue or resist.

The key is that the two have a disequilibrium power.

The emperor has supreme power. Although the power of the cabinet is increasing, it is still only granted by the emperor. Once the two conflicts, the cabinet power will be vulnerable in the face of the imperial power.

Just like the eldest grandfather Feng Bao, although his power is overwhelming, he only needs one word from Emperor Wanli to let him roll the bed and leave.

Shen Shixing has a deep understanding of this.

There was no choice but to lead the head and the cabinet ministers to present the book to the imperial court, begging Emperor Wanli to remember that he had made contributions to Zhang Juzheng's administration during his lifetime and not to search the house.

However, after Emperor Wanli read the cabinet book, the approval this time was very fast and the wording was quite sharp:

"What is your intention for defending the deceitful monarch? I will never tolerate anyone who dares to be accomplices of the tiger!"

Emperor Wanli's attitude was so firm that the cabinet ministers were frightened to the point of being ashes.

They couldn't help but think of the scene when Zhang Juzheng's father passed away Emperor Wanli took over the love. Whoever dared to protest would take him to the square in front of the Meridian Gate to kneel down on the court.

Emperor Wanli was so cruel, otherwise he would not have even let his teacher go.

Who dares to protest?

Only deathly quiet.

Emperor Wanli recommended Qiu Shi, who had just arrived in Beijing to perform his duties, to take up this position, which also shows how tough and firm his attitude this time is, and no one is allowed to protest.

Everyone knows that when Zhang Juzheng refused to appoint Qiu Shi during his lifetime, Qiu Shi hated Zhang Juzheng to the core. Now that Qiu Shi is asked to go to Jingzhou to investigate Zhang Juzheng's home, Qiu Shi will definitely be selfless and spare no effort.

This shows the intention and determination of Emperor Wanli.

Moreover, as the teacher of Emperor Wanli, Shen Shixing could see clearly: After Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Li's strict discipline and Zhang Juzheng's strict Confucian education all caused Emperor Wanli's personality to be extremely suppressed, and it had even reached the point of bottoming out and rebounding.

With the death of Zhang Juzheng, Empress Dowager Li became more and more Buddhist. Coupled with the expulsion of Feng Bao, the imperial power, which was suppressed in her early years, quickly expanded after losing control.

So who can stop Emperor Wanli from catching Zhang Juzheng's home at this time?

They could only watch as Qiu Wei and Zhang Jing led a large group of cavalrymen, leaving Beijing City with a fearless heroic spirit of the general who gave great responsibilities to this person.

At the same time, under the high-profile advocacy of Emperor Wanli, Zhang Juzheng's decree to implement the new policy was gradually abolished.

The ban on officials not allowed to take the post at will be lifted;

The test method has been cancelled;

No title of relatives of the foreigners shall be hereditary, and now they can be hereditary...

Emperor Wanli finally tasted the taste of holding power with his own hands and no longer had to be controlled.

He thought he could do whatever he wanted.

...
Chapter completed!