The reason why You Qi lowered his head and said this to Zhang Juzheng was because he had already persuaded Zhang Juzheng to give up some of his rights! As an outsider, You Qi can see clearly that powerful ministers with great achievements usually do not end well! This is clearly written in the history books! And even if you don’t think about yourself, you should also think about future generations!
But he also knew one thing, that is, it would be difficult for Zhang Juzheng to give up the rights in his hands! He himself is a person dependent on power. He is able to carry out Zhang Juzheng's power like a fish in water, even more powerful than a tiger. He naturally knows how powerful power is, and he also knows how difficult it is for a person to give up power! So he said it, but he didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to really let go of his power!
Zhang Juzheng also understood the meaning of Zhang Wen's last sentence, which was simply a paraphrase of Emperor Wanli's meaning! But could Zhang Juzheng transfer power to Emperor Wanli? He knew very well that it was absolutely impossible! ..
This is not because he personally wanted to seize power, because Zhang Juzheng resigned twice in history, and was finally rejected by Emperor Wanli and Empress Dowager Li! Because they were worried that once Zhang Juzheng went down, there would be chaos in the government! After all, officials are also coveting Zhang Juzheng's rights. Everyone wants to win the position of chief assistant, which will definitely cause a violent shock!
Moreover, Zhang Juzheng understood more deeply that his position did not belong to himself, but to the entire civil service group!
In Chinese history, the battle between imperial power and prime minister power has never stopped! Only one side is weak and the other is strong, and the cycle continues until now! Now it is the Prime Minister who represents the gentry who firmly suppresses the imperial power. If he takes the initiative to delegate power to Emperor Wanli, he will be the betrayer of the entire civil servant group! Definitely the kind where the whole family dies without a burial place!
As high as those civil servants can push you, they can bury you as deep as they can! After all, the Ming Dynasty is like a piece of cake. If the emperor gets more, the civil servants will inevitably get less! And this contradiction is irreconcilable!
Thinking of this, Zhang Juzheng could only sigh in his heart, and then whispered: "I know, you can go down first!"
You Qi naturally knew that Zhang Juzheng had understood everything he said, so he left quietly! He believes that with his master's ability, he will be able to understand the cause and effect of the matter and make the most beneficial choice!
Nothing major happened in the next few days, the main thing was to pay tribute to Feng Bao! Zhang Juzheng also restrained the court officials to do their best to follow the past rules! He has to wait for a result from the palace! After all, Zhang Jia has already said hello, so it’s hard for him to interfere!
Sure enough, as soon as Feng Bao's funeral ended, Emperor Wanli couldn't wait to issue a decree that Zhang Jialai should take over the position of eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremony! This result is naturally expected by everyone! And naturally he accepted the appointment with great joy!
But then a large-scale purge broke out in the palace! During this purge, a large number of high-ranking eunuchs were dismissed! Some of them were sent to wash clothes, and those who cleaned toilets were considered lucky. Some committed suicide, and there were many others who committed suicide. The whole palace was covered in blood!
If civil servants fought with each other, they would never get so naked and bloody! They mostly criticize each other in a hidden way, and they will leave room for each other! If there is no special grudge, that is usually the end of removing the enemy from power!
The reason why they did this was so that they would not form an absolute deadly feud! Because behind every official there is a family, or even several families! If there is a deadly feud and the families continue to fight against each other, it will be at the cost of the complete destruction of one family. That would be too heavy! .
And if the fight between the two sides reaches this level, even the winning family may be seriously injured! You can't say that you will be hunted and eaten by others! Therefore, this point-and-shoot method can not only determine the winner, but also maintain the vitality of the gentry class to the maximum extent!
But the eunuchs were different. When they entered the palace, their descendants had already been cut off, so where did their relatives come from? And many times when they enter the palace, their families already treat them as dead! They probably also hated their relatives who sent them to the palace!
So they no longer have the fetters of family ties, so wealth and power are their affairs in this life.
Who cares much! So the fight between those who deserve it is naked and bloody! And their goal is often to end with the physical destruction of the other party!
And although so many people died in the palace, they may not all be at the hands of Zhang Jia! As the destined winner, he is qualified to accept the support of people from all walks of life, so there is no need to kill him! ..
But after Feng Bao died, conflicts among their own factions were the first to break out! If you can win a high position in the faction, your position will not be lower even if you join him! Therefore, the internal bickering becomes even more fierce because of familiarity with each other!
In addition, Feng Bao has been in power for so many years, and his men have naturally become domineering, and they must have made many enemies! Now that Feng Baoyi is dead, the one who deserves revenge will naturally have to kill him! Therefore, Zhang Jia will definitely not get involved in this situation. He can just sit back and wait for the winner to emerge, and then take him under his command!
Of course, some people who have offended Zhang Jia are destined to have no good results! After all, Zhang Jia is not a soft-hearted person! You know, those who are soft-hearted in the palace will not survive!
So after a lot of fighting and fighting in the palace, things finally calmed down! Zhang Jia then adjusted the candidates for the Supervisor of Ceremonies, ensuring his unwavering position within the Supervisor of Ceremonies. This officially announced that the transfer of power in the palace was completely completed!
Seeing the end of the transfer of power in the palace, the civil servants also breathed a sigh of relief! For more than a month, they watched the eunuchs fighting with fear, and each one of them secretly cursed these eunuchs as unworthy sons of men!
Fortunately, thanks to Zhang Jia's push, the Chief of Ceremonies did not delay any major court affairs! The end of the battle also announced a new beginning, that is, the mutual running-in between the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies began!
The courtiers hoped that Zhang Juzheng could regain his glory and further consolidate his status as a civil servant! The eunuchs hoped to gain power and control the court for the emperor! So Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Jia actually don't have many choices!
However, judging from the contact between the two parties, both parties are quite satisfied! Most of the memorials sent by the cabinet were approved by the ceremonial supervisor! For those who have objections, Zhang Jia will also send people to send notes to the cabinet to coordinate discussions between the two parties!
