Emperor Wanli recounted in detail the content of his conversation with the Queen Mother of Zhou. Empress Dowager Li laughed so much that Emperor Wanli was greatly surprised! But he still reacted, so when Empress Dowager Li stopped laughing, he asked: "Mother, are Empress Zhou deceiving me?"
Empress Dowager Li smiled and shook her head and said: "She did not deceive Lord Long Live, but there is something special about it! Although she said she gave you five people and asked them to obey your orders, there is an implicit premise. Then You have to get people like the Royal Horse Supervisor to be obedient! Sister Zhou, she is still so worried after so many years, no wonder she is not in good health! "
Only then did Emperor Wanli understand the hidden meaning of Empress Dowager Zhou's words! In other words, she was happy to see Emperor Wanli take over the Royal Horse Prison and was willing to put her people at his disposal. But she will never help Emperor Wanli control the Royal Horse Prison. He has to do it all by himself!
After thinking about this matter, Emperor Wanli said angrily: "How can Empress Zhou do this? Isn't this just teasing me?"
Empress Dowager Li restrained her smile and said: "How can this be considered a joke? Long live the Lord should also know that there are not many places where Sister Zhou can really talk in this harem, so the only remaining people in his hands are using To protect her current status! It is already a huge favor that she is willing to hand over these people to you!"
Emperor Wanli said frustratedly: "I know, I shouldn't say that! But you, Queen Mother, support me, right?"
However, Queen Mother Li avoided answering and said: "The Ai family thinks that Long Live Master should talk to Mr. Zhang about this matter first!"
Emperor Wanli said unhappily: "Mother, why don't you help me and Mr. Zhang?"
Empress Dowager Li said sternly: "Long live Lord, you have to do some things yourself, and do them. Only then can you know the real key! This way, Long live Lord will not be in a hurry in the future when he takes charge!"
Emperor Wanli patted his leg dullly and said, "Okay, I will talk to Mr. Zhang in the next few days!"
After talking about this matter, the mother and son naturally wanted to talk about some light things. Emperor Wanli even had dinner at Empress Dowager Li's place.
In the following days, Emperor Wanli kept drafting and planning how to persuade Zhang Juzheng. I even thought of what actions and expressions to use! But the only thing he didn't expect was that although the palace had been carefully cleaned several times, and many spies outside the palace had indeed been eliminated, it was still like a sieve when it came to the inside!
So what he, Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Dowager Li said quickly reached Feng Bao. But after Feng Bao was depressed and angry, he felt a burst of fear! Because Emperor Wanli's actions were a clear signal of distrust to him!
But as a eunuch, the emperor's trust is crucial! Feng Bao also thought about obeying Emperor Wanli's wishes and handing over the Royal Horse Supervisor, but he also felt that losing the Royal Horse Supervisor would reduce his importance in Emperor Wanli's heart! So he hesitated again!
Feng Bao, who was keen on power, naturally did not want this kind of thing to happen, so he used another reason to convince himself! That is the alliance between him and Zhang Juzheng!
He felt that Zhang Juzheng was able to achieve such great achievements only with his help! Moreover, he believed that no one could resist the temptation of holding the phase for a long time. He concluded that at Zhang Juzheng's age, it would be easy to hold the phase for another twenty years! So as long as he holds power in the harem, Zhang Juzheng needs his support, so conversely, Zhang Juzheng will definitely support him!
Thinking of this, Feng Bao finally made up his mind and decided to keep the Royal Horse Prison. Then he wrote a letter and sent it to Zhang Juzheng. After getting Zhang Juzheng's affirmative reply, he finally relaxed and waited for Emperor Wanli to take action.
Six days later, Emperor Wanli, who finally mustered up the courage and felt ready, slipped out of the palace in the afternoon. The reason why he left the palace at this time today was because Zhang Juzheng was taking a rest today. He planned to discuss the matter with Zhang Juzheng at his home. He felt that the probability of success in a more relaxed conversation atmosphere was higher than that of a question and answer session between emperors and ministers in the temple.
Emperor Wanli was dressed in casual clothes, and quickly arrived at the door of Zhang Juzheng's residence, surrounded by his guards who were also in casual clothes. What he saw shocked him!
Because a large number of people gathered in front of Zhang Juzheng's mansion, the entire front door was busier than the vegetable market! Some of them were wearing official uniforms, and some were wearing casual clothes, but even in casual clothes, you can tell that they are officials by looking at their appearance and temperament! And the boys around them were carrying all kinds of gifts, and there were quite a lot of gift boxes!
Emperor Wanli asked in surprise: "Zhang Jia, what's going on? Are all these people asking to see Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Jia said: "It seems so! I guess these officials also found out that Mr. Zhang had a rest today, so they came to see him."
Emperor Wanli looked at the various gift boxes in the hands of the boys, curled his lips and said: "It seems that these people have worked really hard to get into the camp! These gift boxes are already expensive, aren't the things inside even more valuable? By the way, Do you think Mr. Zhang is a corrupt official?"
Zhang Jia smiled and said: "How is this possible! With Mr. Zhang's current status, why should he covet these people's things! He just asked for it directly from the Long Live Lord, how can you still refuse to give it?"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "That's true!"
However, even though Emperor Wanli said so, there was already a bit of gloom in his heart! When he saw the formation of hundreds of people outside Zhang Juzheng's mansion, he felt that Zhang Juzheng's power was unparalleled! After all, so many people asked him to do things, but no ministers came to ask him for help!
They will refute themselves by citing scriptures! But they bowed before Zhang Juzheng! Thinking of Zhang Juzheng scolding him again made him feel very uncomfortable!
At this time, Zhang Jia assigned a guard to call the door first. The guard took the order and squeezed into the crowd, heading toward the palace gate like waves. Many officials noticed him. Then some people stopped talking to each other and began to comment on the guard.
Someone said: "Another bastard who doesn't know etiquette or his own status! Does he think he can enter the house just by signing up? This is a joke!"
"That's right! The door of the Prime Minister's Mansion is not that easy to enter!"
"It seems that this person was sent by the group of people outside, but these people didn't bring any gifts. Could it be that they are familiar with Mr. Zhang from some old family?"
Amidst everyone's discussion, the guards finally crowded in front of the door. But before he could get close to the concierge, the concierge reached out his hand to stop him impatiently and said, "Why are you squeezing? Don't get too close! This is the important place of the prime minister's palace. No collision!"
