Because he also knew how powerful Zhang Juzheng suppressed Emperor Wanli back then! Is it possible that this is the reason why he has been unable to make up his mind to be the first assistant, thus preventing him from taking the position of first assistant?
Secondly, what happened to his clan brother Zhang Yuanfeng made him very passive! What kind of thing is it to assassinate the chief minister of a country? The sky is falling! Now Zhang Siwei can be sure that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang are sniffing around with their noses turned up, looking for any suspicious situations!
If Qiu He accidentally falls into their hands, the Zhang family will be doomed! Therefore, only if he achieves the position of chief assistant, all the officials will naturally respect him! When the time comes, he will use some means. Naturally, he can dominate the temple like Zhang Juzheng! Even if Qiu He is arrested, he can easily throw Zhang Yuanfeng out to take the blame without affecting himself!
And now he is in a very embarrassing position. He has not become the first assistant, which means there are many competitors! Competitors will do anything they can! You can imagine what will happen if someone catches you! Any competitors will pounce on him and tear him into pieces to ensure that one opponent is eliminated!
As for Zhang Yuanfeng, who would believe that he was not the instigator? Maybe even ordinary people would think that he, Zhang Siwei, was greedy for official position and poisoned the previous chief minister to death in order to get promoted and make a fortune! So he thought about it again and again and finally said: "Have you seen the "Hundred Officials' Records"? How many officials' names are recorded in it? What is the highest-ranking official in it?"
Zhang Yuanfeng spread his hands and said: "You must have never seen it before! How can the head of the club tell me where such a precious thing is?"
Just when he said this, he saw Zhang Siwei's eyebrows raised again. He immediately said: "But I guess the officials above will definitely not be lower than the third grade!"
Originally, Zhang Siwei felt that it was unlikely that there would be any accusations against officials in "The Records of Hundred Officials", but Zhang Yuanfeng's last sentence moved him! The third-grade official is not young anymore and already has the qualifications for court promotion. Even if there are no second-grade or above officials, it would be nice to have a few more third-grade officials!
So he closed his eyes and adjusted his breath before saying, "How can you be sure if you haven't seen it?"
Zhang Yuanfeng saw that he was interested, and immediately put on a mysterious look and said, "I must have never seen this thing before, but I know that he once asked a third-grade official to do something. At first, the official refused to even meet him. After he wrote a letter and sent it, he immediately came to invite him. Later, the matter was settled. And that official has a reputation for being honest!"
Zhang Siwei sneered at the word "qingzheng"! He naturally knows that the so-called innocence is nothing more than a character design. If he was truly innocent, only Hai Rui would be qualified in the Ming Dynasty! But he can't even eat a piece of meat all year round!
But he thought that this in turn also showed one thing, that is, the "Hundred Officials' Records" is indeed useful! A person with a third-grade face can drive him. This energy is really great! So he said: "How can he offer the records that can drive hundreds of officials?"
Zhang Yuanfeng said hurriedly: "My brother is going to be the chief assistant soon, so he will definitely give him this face! As long as it is a handwritten letter from the elder brother, or the younger brother brings him over to meet with the elder brother. Once the two parties discuss things, it will be fine." It’s done!”
Zhang Siwei is no longer angry when he hears such stupid remarks, because he is used to it! In the past, Zhang thought Zhang Yuanfeng was a very smart person. I didn’t expect that every thing I do now is stupider than the last!
So I just listened to Zhang Siwei's angry words: "Invite him to come into the house to meet? Or write a handwritten letter? You know clearly that he has the "Hundred Officials' Travels" in his hand, but you still want to take advantage of our Zhang family. Send it over and write it down. Would you like to write it down in "The Records of Hundred Officials' Travels"? How long have you been thinking? Have you used it all on deceiving and abducting? "
Zhang Yuanfeng also blushed when he heard Zhang Siwei's reprimand! At this moment he finally realized what a big mistake he had made! But then he did something even more stupid, that is, he said stupidly: "What should we do?"
Zhang Siwei said angrily: "What should I do? Of course you have to do it! No clues are allowed in the whole process! In short, I want to see the "Hundred Officials' Travels" to see if it is useful before I can decide whether to use it or not. No need? In addition, now put aside everything to track down Qiu He’s whereabouts, we must find him, and he must be alive!”
In desperation, Zhang Yuanfeng could only nod in agreement and left dejectedly. Now he has discovered that things are completely beyond his control, so he must now rely on external forces. In fact, he had already used the power of the Dominion Society to track down Qiu He. It's just that he is only one of the five club leaders, and he cannot call on too many people because of his seniority. So it has little effect!
So now he has made up his mind to see Hu Zhiyu. On the one hand, he was ready to persuade the other party to support him, take out "The Records of Baiguan Xingzhi", and at the same time ask him to help find Qiu He.
While they were busy, the people in the capital had a new topic to discuss. The discussion is about the selection of the new first assistant. Now the common people at the emperor's feet have also noticed some strange signs. It has been almost three months since Zhang Juzheng's funeral, and the position of the chief minister has not been decided yet. This is too abnormal!
You must know that the chief minister is the central leader of a country and is related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty. How could this position be allowed to remain vacant for a long time? So the people are already a little confused. Although they are not panicking, they can talk nonsense and have some fun for themselves.
But this matter is completely different in the officialdom! It's like walking alone on the street. People all over the street saw that he was holding 10,000 yuan in his hand, but no one wanted to grab it. Because this money belongs to the owner! But if 10,000 yuan were suddenly dropped from high in the sky on a street where people are constantly flowing, everyone would fight hard to grab it, because there is no owner of that money!
The currently vacant first assistant position is the money that has no owner, and those who are qualified to grab it will naturally have to work hard to grab this position. People who are not qualified will find qualified people to place bets, eager to get a piece of the pie! Therefore, the officials in the imperial court gradually became divided.
First of all, it turned out that many people in the seemingly monolithic Shen Shixing faction who were optimistic about Zhang Siwei quit. These people are mainly people from the original Zhang Juzheng faction. After they discovered that Zhang Siwei did not quickly ascend to the position of chief assistant, they naturally began to move closer to the same faction and senior Shen Shixing and others.
