At such a critical moment, Shen Lie was quick to think, and with a slightly aggrieved expression, he stood in front of Shen Shixing, who was promoted to the position of Deputy Minister of the Cabinet.
He bowed to Mr. Shen Ge and came to the ground.
He raised his head again.
Shen Lie clenched his back molars and said loudly: "Your Majesty Shen Lie... please Sir Cifu to uphold justice!"
He is gambling!
At this moment, Shen Lie made a decision.
He bet on his wealth and life, on the Zhang Juzheng family behind him, and even on everything he managed in this era.
And at this moment.
A very strange silence appeared beside the Jinshui Bridge. The emperor, the queen mother, the empress, hundreds of courtiers, thousands of imperial guards, eunuchs, maids...
Countless pairs of eyes were fixedly looking at Shen Lie, at the somewhat astonished acting chief assistant Zhang Siwei, and at the clay bodhisattva-like, silent second assistant Shen Shixing.
In an instant.
Countless thoughts lingered in the minds of the ministers. This seemingly mindless move by Shen Lie contained layers of profound meaning.
"this……"
It means a lot.
This is really worth savoring.
Who is Shen Ge? He is...
People from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
He is the leader of the Zhejiang Party.
In Zhang Juzheng's cabinet, the senior Shen Ge was ranked below Zhang Siwei, and he was the actual number three figure in the Ming Dynasty's cabinet.
But over the past ten years, this Mr. Shen Ge has not shown off, is low-key, has a kind temper, and is quite capable.
This is a good old man.
No one in the government or the public could tell him anything wrong.
So much so.
The Ming Dynasty's ruling and opposition parties had long forgotten the existence of this person.
Is this really the case?
In the eerie silence, the time came to the afternoon unknowingly, and there was nothing under the sun, which made people feel panicked.
Only the cicada was still shouting tirelessly.
The first to come to their senses were Feng Bao and Zhang Jianxiu. They looked at each other and couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief at the same time, their hearts filled with admiration.
"Seconds!"
Even with Feng Bao's cunningness, he never expected that Shen Lie would be so quick to think out of the blue that he would resort to such a move. He would actually...
At this critical moment, Shen Shixing and the Zhejiang Party were brought into conflict.
Feng and Zhang's hearts suddenly became brighter.
A sudden realization.
"Yes!"
The two of them couldn't help but think about it.
these years.
With the crisis on all sides, the Ming Dynasty faced strong military pressure from the Tatars and Oara people, and had to re-employ members of the Jin party.
Even the entire Ming Dynasty’s resources were concentrated towards Jiubian.
thus.
The Jin Party gained great prestige and completely took control of the government.
The capital of Shanxi merchants came with force, taking the opportunity to move south in a big way, and even reached out to the salt industry, tea industry, silk industry and even the banknote business that were once controlled by Jiangsu and Zhejiang people.
Doesn’t the Zhejiang Party, which has swallowed its anger, have no complaints?
Is it possible?
But Shen Lie, who had risked everything, said nothing and waited silently. He thought of the Ming history he had read, but in fact there was no record of the Jin Party.
In the history of the Ming Dynasty, this group of people was called the Xuan Party.
But this was obviously a group of people from Puzhou, Shanxi, but they didn't even dare to write their place of origin in the history books. Instead, they blamed the people of Xuanfu for betraying the country and seeking glory.
The people of Xuanfu are wronged!
Are these people afraid of being infamy for eternity?
nowadays.
At this meeting, he handed a knife to Shen Shixing and the Zhejiang Party, which had been bullied by the Jin Party for more than ten years!
This matter can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.
The Zhejiang Party and the Jin Party are obviously not of the same mind.
even.
There are usually some disputes.
Think deeper.
My father-in-law Zhang Juzheng is not dead yet!
Unless Zhang Juzheng dies, it will be impossible to remove the code for chief minister above Zhang Siwei's head. He is really not the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Regarding the position of chief assistant.
Is it possible?
Don’t Mr. Shen Ge and the Zhejiang Party have any ideas?
In this dead silence.
The second person to come to his senses was Long Live Lord on the dragon throne.
Zhu Yijun woke up from a dream and said hurriedly: "What Shen Qing said is true. Since there are different opinions, naturally we cannot listen to one family's opinions. The Holy Ancestor has the ancestral precepts, and a king should open up the way for speech..."
so.
Long Live Lord, who had a tacit understanding with Shen Lie, asked Shen Shixing, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, earnestly: "What do Shen Aiqing think?"
So under the attention of all the ministers, the Clay Bodhisattva-like Shen Shixing finally moved. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he was making some decision.
Not long after.
Shen Shixing took a step forward, saluted the emperor, and then said calmly: "Your Majesty, I think... Shen Lie has some mistakes, but his heart is good. Even if his methods are a little more drastic, his flaws cannot be concealed. After all, it is his heart. It's about the common people, and you have made great contributions in disaster relief. Your Majesty must not chill the hearts of those who have made such contributions."
The words fell.
The officials were in an uproar!
Okay!
Shen Lie handed over the knife, and the emperor spoke up.
This good old man recognized by both the government and the public, the leader of the Zhejiang Party actually took the knife and stabbed the Jin Party with his backhand.
Even the hero shouted out!
Shen Lie breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved for a moment.
He won the bet.
Among the crowd, the Zhejiang Party courtiers who had always stayed out of the matter received instructions from Mr. Shen Ge, and immediately stood up one after another and began to intervene in this big dispute.
"Your Majesty, I believe that what Mr. Second Assistant said is true. In the face of a catastrophic disaster, the people of Li are the most important thing. We must not chill the hearts of our heroes!"
"I second the proposal!"
Talk about it.
There are quite a lot of courtiers in the Zhejiang Party. After all, it is the place in the south of the Yangtze River where the imperial examination is the most developed. A rough count, the people in the Zhejiang Party...
Taking up at least a quarter of the number of courtiers, Zhang Siwei's gang members were suppressed in an instant.
In chaos.
This time.
It was obvious that Zhang Siwei was really panicked, his slender figure was trembling slightly, and his elegant face could not hide the look of panic.
Turning your hands makes clouds, turning your hands makes rain.
A moment.
The emperor, the inner court, Wu Xun, and the Zhejiang Party who suddenly intervened made him, the acting chief minister, seem to be alone!
Cold sweat and hot sweat flowed down at the same time. Under the rage and anger, Zhang Siwei, who was confused, could only lower his proud neck and did not dare to say any more.
However, people in the Jin Party ceased their activities one after another.
until.
The first song came from the ceremonial officer singing loudly.
"Retreat!"
The ministers were solemn and bowed down one after another, and the shouts of "Long Live the Mountain" resounded through the sky.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
It's time to disperse.
As Lord Long Live's chariot slowly left, the officials were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they gathered in small groups and whispered together.
Today's meeting was truly wonderful.
Extremely exciting!
British Duke Zhang Xun, Jin Yiwei Commander Zhang Jianxiu and other military honors gathered around him laughing and greeted Shen Lie.
His expression was as if he had won a battle, and Shen Lie saluted Mr. Shen Ge who came to help and said a few compliments.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Shen, for upholding justice for your subordinates!"
For a while.
The Wu Xuns and Zhejiang Party members suddenly joined forces and gathered together to talk and laugh. Not far away, Zhang Siwei and a group of Jin Party officials looked ashen-faced.
Party Qi and Party Chu were watching from afar, discussing in low voices.
It looks like the Jin Party is about to end...
In this chaos.
But Shen Lie was actually not happy at all, seeing that the party struggle in the Wanli Dynasty was getting loud again, and this time.
What I never expected was.
This party dispute was started by Mr. Shen himself.
at this time.
An imperial eunuch walked quickly and said softly to Shen Lie: "Lord Shen, please stay. Following the instructions from the Long Live Lord, I have ordered Lord Shen to come to the palace to pay an audience."