At this moment, the empty inner house of Shen Mansion was as quiet as death, but there was an unusual and strange atmosphere.
Even the air seemed to be stagnant.
Following Shen Lie's train of thought, Feng Bao and Zhang Jianxiu finally realized something terrible about the complicated interpersonal relationships between acting chief assistant Zhang Siwei.
Their expressions changed drastically, and they both lost interest in talking.
Be patient.
The soldiers who were waiting for Zhang Jianxiu transferred the resume of Jia Mian, the head of the household department, from the files of the Zhenfu Division, and placed the files on the table.
The so-called dossier.
It's just a thin booklet.
Shen Lie slowly stretched out his hand and picked up the legendary impermanent book.
It is said to be impermanent and thin.
In fact, it is the files of imperial officials in Fusi, Jinyiweibei Town, which records the officials' place of origin, resume, interpersonal relationships, life stories, etc.
This thing is naturally for the emperor to see.
Everyone has it.
When Shen Lie picked up the booklet, he began to follow the clues from the few words recorded in the booklet, relying on only a little historical knowledge.
Soon, he touched the melon on the head of acting chief assistant Zhang Siwei again.
"oh……"
As Shen Lie thoughtfully pointed at the booklet, he seemed to have discovered some mystery.
As expected.
The head of the Household Department, Jia Mian, turned out to be a close relative of the uncle of the acting chief minister, Zhang Siwei. It was a coincidence that the Jia family happened to run a grain store.
No wonder this Mr. Jia, from a scumbag who was able to take more than 200 second-level exams, rose up all the way and occupied such a lucrative position in the household department.
Think about it.
Shen Lie added: "The examiner for the Longqing five-year examination is..."
Zhang Jianxiu and Feng Bao are in the same color.
I couldn't help but make my hair stand on end.
Feng Bao's old body trembled and he whispered: "It's Zhang Siwei!"
Hear this.
Zhang Jianxiu finally couldn't sit still anymore, stood up suddenly, and shouted: "Absolutely impossible!"
Absolutely impossible!
I can't blame Zhang Jianxiu for being like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
Fried.
It was as if something terrible had happened.
Who is Zhang Siwei?
No one knows better than him, the fourth son of the Taishi Mansion, that Zhang Siwei is the minister of humerus who was single-handedly promoted and cultivated by his father, Zhang Juzheng!
He is the future chief minister of the Ming Empire and the successor of the New Deal!
then……
Zhang Siwei, who was born into a large salt merchant family in Pucheng, although somewhat talented, was actually very unpopular in the court and had no chance of joining the cabinet.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
There is an order of superiority and inferiority.
When a Jinshi from a big salt merchant family appeared in the power center of the Ming Dynasty, he was naturally looked down upon and criticized by everyone.
The Yanguan Qingliu group rose up and attacked.
But at that time.
It was Zhang Juzheng who took a fancy to this person's ability, so he overcame all opinions and suppressed all kinds of dissatisfied voices, and not only forcibly introduced Zhang Siwei into the cabinet.
And he also reused this person.
even.
Zhang Juzheng, who only valued ability and not family background, also made Zhang Siwei, the son of Shanxi's top salt merchant, the second minister of the cabinet in order to revive the Ming Dynasty.
after that.
And he was cultivated along the way as the successor to the chief assistant.
It can be said.
Zhang Juzheng's kindness to Zhang Siwei is as heavy as a mountain!
Everyone in the government and the public knew that Zhang Juzheng would continue to entrust the important task of implementing reforms and completing the Ming Dynasty's resurgence to the acting chief minister of the cabinet.
But this Zhang Siwei?
If according to what Shen Lie thinks, if he has a problem...
The consequences would be too terrible!
In panic.
Feng Bao shouted from the side: "Why panic... calm down... the sky won't fall!"
aside.
Shen Lie also pondered and said softly: "Does Beizhen Fusi have Zhang Siwei's resume?"
Zhang Jianxiu's face was already pale, and he said in a panic: "Someone... went to get it in person!"
Zhang Jianxiu couldn't hold back his anger and rushed out in a hurry.
The inner house of Shen Mansion became quiet again, leaving only Shen Lie and Feng Bao, the old and the young, looking at each other in silence, waiting for something in anxiety.
"Why."
The old Feng Bao sighed. The so-called authorities are obsessed with it, but onlookers know clearly that he is over sixty years old this year and is a veteran of three dynasties.
After being reminded by Shen Lie, after thinking about it, he naturally noticed something fishy about Zhang Siwei.
This was a long sigh.
Everything has already been explained.
The atmosphere is very depressing.
Half an hour later.
As Zhang Jianxiu came back with a sullen face and another thin booklet in his hand, the two of them came to their senses and took Zhang Siwei's file with slightly trembling hands.
Look through it.
Jinyiwei's record about this acting chief assistant and the head of hundreds of officials is pitifully simple.
Only a few strokes.
These are all official records.
Shen Lie frowned slightly and said, "That's all?"
This is a bit different from the legendary and ferocious Jin Yiwei.
Zhang Jianxiu's face darkened again, and he said in a dull voice: "He is a cabinet minister... so what can I do?"
Shen Lie was stunned.
It seems that the factory guards are not as domineering as the rumors in folk history. They talk about spying on hundreds of officials and framing Zhongliang. Isn't this fart?
At least Jin Yiwei did not dare to question the cabinet minister Zhang Siwei.
fine.
There is Feng Bao, the living fossil of a veteran of three dynasties.
So the three of them opened the files that had been sealed for many years and began to study the complicated life of this cabinet boss word by word.
Trying to lift off the hazy veil layer by layer on Mr. Zhang Ge.
"Zhang Siwei was born into the richest man in Puzhou, Shanxi, and came from a family of great salt merchants. He was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing, entered the Hanlin Academy, and was awarded the title of editor of the Hanlin Academy..."
See here.
Shen Lie understood in his heart.
Zhang Siwei, who was born into a merchant family, should have lived an ordinary life and was destined to sit on the bench in the Hanlin Academy for the rest of his life.
But in the Long Qing Dynasty, his life suddenly took a turn for the better.
At that time.
One hundred thousand Tatar cavalry invaded.
Threaten the capital...
His uncle Wang Chonggu, after serving as governor of Shaanxi, Yan, Ning, Gansu, Jin and Xuan, became governor of Xuan.
When Wang Chonggu gained power, he joined forces with Gao Gong, the chief minister at the time, and strongly advocated negotiating peace with the Tatar Khan.
But at that time.
The elites of the Ming Dynasty are not stupid. Although the Ming Dynasty has problems of one kind or another, they have not fallen to the point of asking for peace!
So in the fifth year of Longqing's reign, more than 80% of the courtiers and Wu Xundou did not agree to negotiate peace with me, citing the lessons of the fall of the Song Dynasty.
How could I, the Ming Dynasty, do something as weak as the Song Dynasty? The emotionally weak Song Dynasty was destroyed by others, lost its species, and was bullied by other countries everywhere. Have you forgotten the lesson?
What you are doing is not fooling around.
It has been two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. When have I ever felt so aggrieved and surrendered to the Tatars? You can't help but say so!
So the crowd was excited.
The government and the public were in an uproar.
However.
This seemingly ridiculous thing was actually accomplished by the Gao Gong cabinet with Puzhou Shanxi merchants at its core and a governor named Wang Chonggu who was a Shanxi merchant.
Why this was possible was because the then Emperor Longqing, a wimp who lived in the shadow of his father, was frightened by a hundred thousand Tatar cavalry.
Shivering...
Seeking medical attention in an emergency.
He just wanted to survive in this world, and he never thought of raising troops to prepare for war, and even decentralized power in order to please the Shanxi merchant group headed by Gao Gong.
This group of officials from Puzhou and Shanxi merchants were able to control the government.