The clouds and mountains on the left are covered with fog, and the mountains on the right are covered with fog. However, Chen Hong is not the only one who is still in trouble on the single-plank bridge, fearing that there is a cliff to the left and a cliff to the right.
At least Yin Shidan now shares the same fate as Chen Hong.
But in fact, his mood was just different from Chen Hong's. They both felt that they couldn't help themselves, but they were unable to change. The actual situation is quite different: before Chen Hong recommended Yin Shidan to join the cabinet, he was always "named" among Gao Gong's inner court allies, although he was greedy for Yin Shidan's "contributions". , Shengsheng's relationship with Gao Gong was frozen, but because his situation was different from Feng Bao's, it would not threaten the overall situation in the future. Therefore, as soon as he showed his willingness to change his past mistakes, no matter Gao Gong or Gao Gong, Being pragmatic, I don't mind giving him a chance to change his ways.
The so-called politicians should try to avoid personal emotions, and this is the performance. Although Chen Hong's performance was looked down upon by both senior high school students and senior high school students, at this moment, they didn't care about it.
When a person's use value is temporarily greater than his harm, he is still safe - at least, when the other person is a "politician", he is still safe. Therefore, Chen Hong suddenly realized that the situation was not good, and quickly began to move closer to the "Gao Party" in a hurry. Gao Gong could agree, and Gao Pragmatic would not object.
Neither Gao Gong nor Gao Pragmatic would care too much about Meng Chong, Chen Hong, or even a hundred more eunuchs. They only care about Feng Bao, because only he is the prince's best companion; because only he has the chance to become the second Wang Zhen and Liu Jin after the prince ascends the throne in the future.
In the final analysis, what Gao Gong and Gao pragmatism want to target is not necessarily the specific person Feng Bao, but the identity of "the crown prince's companion". Feng Bao's personal characteristics only made them more convinced that this threat was not just imaginary.
However, Yin Shidan's situation is actually different from Feng Bao's.
Sometimes when Yin Shidan thinks about it, he feels that the relationship between him and Gao Gong has always been bad, and it is really due to God's will.
At the beginning, Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan, and Zhang Juzheng were all officials in Yudi. Judging from the qualifications and the length of time he served as lecturer in Yudi, Yin Shidan is incomparable to Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin, but they are comparable to Zhang Juzheng. They were both Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing, and they were both elected Shuji. Shi, the same teacher Xu Jie.
Logically speaking, Yin Shidan was appointed as an official in Yudi both earlier and longer than Zhang Juzheng. However, because Zhang Juzheng was the proud disciple of Xu Jie, the first assistant, he was constantly promoted by his mentors. Therefore, at the beginning of the Long Qing Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng was promoted to the throne and promoted officials in the vassal residence and ministers. He was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy to the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of Dongge. He entered the cabinet at the same time as the senior Chen Yiqin, and Yin Shi Danze was only promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
In the next four years, that is, in the first few months, Yin Shidan, with Chen Hongzhiyuan, who had once again climbed to the position of Chief Rites Supervisor Bingbi, entered the cabinet to serve as the Minister of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
In fact, this matter is not only a transaction of power and money in the usual sense, but also an inside story: when Yin Shidan was appointed as the Minister of Rites, Chen Hong climbed back to the post of Chief of Rites and Bingbi, and then begged to give the official title to his parents. (Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty could even call themselves ministers, so it was not uncommon to gift officials to their parents.) Yin Shidan agreed to this matter at the time and asked for a special edict to be granted the title. So later Chen Hong recommended Yin Shidan to use a special edict to grant the title. Enter the cabinet.
This was a political transaction between officials, although Yin Shidan also gave money in the middle - after all, a living elder is worth more than a dead official.
Some people in the outside world think that Yin Shidan is not on good terms with Gao Gong because he complained that his first assistant in the cabinet did not support or recommend him. But in fact, this can only be blamed on Xu Jie and Li Chunfang - Xu Jie is Yin Shidan's mentor, and Li Chunfang is his Senior brother, neither of them is working hard, why should Gao Gong be asked to contribute? You know, Gao Gong himself doesn't like Xu Jie and Li Chunfang's group of people who only talk but don't practice. What's more, judging from the time spent as the first assistant, Xu Jie and Li Chunfang have been in charge of the first assistant for many years, and most of them had the opportunity to recommend Yin Shidan to join the cabinet. How long has Gao Gong been the first assistant?
In fact, this is where Yin Shidan's trouble lies - he is a disciple of Xu Jie, the same year of Li Chunfang and Zhang Juzheng. Gao Gong trusts Zhang Juzheng because the biggest difference between Zhang Juzheng, Xu Jie and Li Chunfang is that Zhang Juzheng is a man who can do things. But Yin Shidan is not. In essence, he is also a talkative person. He does have some literary names, but his actual political achievements are basically hard to find.
So Yin Shidan was in tragedy: he could not get the support of Xu Dang, nor the trust of Gao Gong.
Even, he can't be a neutral like Chen Yiqin, because in Xu Dang's view, even if I don't strongly support you, you are my Xu Party member after all. If you don't stand on the side of your mentor, you are breaking the rules. ? In Gao Dang's view, since you, Yin Shidan, are determined to follow Xu Jie's old path and you have no ability to govern the country, then you should not come to the cabinet to cause trouble.
If it was just like this, after Yin Shidan lowered his face and passed the imperial edict to enter the cabinet, Gao Gong didn't bother to care. Anyway, as long as you don't do anything bad, it's fine. However, Gao Gong underestimated Zhang Juzheng's methods.
As soon as Yin Shidan entered the cabinet, Zhang Siwei happened to be sick and asked for leave. Zhang Juzheng came to the door and talked with Yin Shidan in secret for half the night.
Zhang Juzheng told Yin Shidan that he had suggested to Li Chunfang earlier that he recommend his Yin Nian brother to join the cabinet, but Li Chunfang was afraid of Gao Gong and did not dare to agree.
Yin Shidan didn't understand why Zhang Juzheng used "fear" to describe Li Chunfang's mentality at that time, so he asked him.
Zhang Juzheng asked Yin Shidan in surprise, saying that Gao Gong wanted Zhang Siwei to join the cabinet. It was so obvious. Didn't brother Nian notice?
Yin Shidan "suddenly realized" - after Gao Gongqi regained control of the Ministry of Personnel, he first promoted Zhang Siwei to the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. After I accepted the tribute this time, he was further promoted to Left Minister in order of merit. This is obviously paving the way for Zhang Siwei to join the cabinet!
No wonder Gao Gong didn't consider me at all, so that's what happened! Let me just say that there is a serious shortage of members in the cabinet right now. Even in terms of qualifications, it is my turn to come in. Is Gao Bearded blind? You say you care about "Dang Xu", but you can tolerate Zhang Juzheng, why can't you tolerate me? Could it be that to you, I am a greater threat than Zhang Juzheng?
Seeing that Yin Shidan had "figured it out", Zhang Juzheng immediately struck while the iron was hot and said that Zhang Siwei's request for leave this time was definitely not as simple as recuperating as he claimed to the outside world. There was most likely some conspiracy, and Brother Nian must be careful.
Yin Shidan expressed his thanks, but in fact he still had some doubts in his heart. However, the next "coincidence" made him really believe Zhang Juzheng's words.
The imperial censor Zhao Yinglong impeached Yin Shidan, and the eunuch Chen Hongyu joined the cabinet.
What a coincidence, Zhao Yinglong was the gold medalist in Jiajing forty-four years, and Gao Gong was his master. What's even more coincidental is that his room master is Zhang Siwei.
Yin Shidan was furious, but because of the rules, he still asked to retreat two times in a row. But he had just joined the cabinet, and the emperor ordered him to join the cabinet. How could the emperor let him take office so quickly? So he ordered to stay.
However, Zhao Yinglong's detour, in the eyes of the outside world, was of course the signal for the Gao Party to launch an offensive against Yin Shidan. Many people were either disgusted with Yin Shidan's entry into the cabinet through the inner court, or after weighing the pros and cons, they felt that it was better to follow him. Gao Dang ate meat. In short, more people soon began to impeach Yin Shidan.
For example, the imperial censor Hou Juliang and others came to court one after another, and they didn't bother to talk about anything else. They just complained that he was "not right at the beginning and not brave enough to retreat" - which means that if you join the cabinet without being recommended by the court, it is illegal in the first place. , Shameless, now I am just pretending to resign. I am clearly nostalgic for power and position, which is simply embarrassing!
Of course, Yin Shidan could only continue to beg to retreat, but he also had a plan in mind - Chen Hong was speaking to him in the inner court, and the emperor could not slap himself in the face so quickly. At least in the short term, he would definitely not approve his begging to return. After all, I As soon as the important event of paying tribute was completed, the emperor's prestige was greatly increased, which was not the same as when he first ascended the throne.
However, something unexpected happened: after accepting several resignation letters from Yin Shidan, the emperor regretfully approved it.
Approved……
Yin Shidan was dumbfounded, how could this be possible? Why is this happening?
He didn't even have time to read the emperor's other decree: after the recommendation of the first assistant Gao Gong, he was considering reinstating the former assistant minister Guo Pu into the cabinet, and ordered all ministers to recommend it.
What he didn't even expect was that the source of this incident, Zhao Yinglong's superiority, was not actually Gao Gong's instruction at all!
