In the next few days, the capital city suddenly changed.

First on the 21st, Mr. Zhang wrote a letter to resign for the fifth time, and even begged for bones on the grounds of serious illness. His words were decisive and he could not add them again.

Then the court stick was temporarily cancelled on the 22nd, which disappointed the people who were watching the fun.

On the same day, the Di newspaper published a book about Deng, Xiong, Zou and Chen. The four of them all admitted that they were incited and used. They had good intentions, but they led to chaos and expressed their willingness to accept all punishments to redeem their sins.

On the other hand, Emperor Wanli criticized him, "If you know your mistakes, you can correct them, and there is no greater good. The most evil must be punished to correct people's hearts!"

Although it was not stated clearly, the blind man saw that all the responsibilities belonged to Aimu.

What is interesting is that no one comes to the base for rescue this time...

This clear signal shows that the officials accepted the compromise proposal proposed by Mr. Zhao on behalf of Mr. Zhang.

From Zhang Juzheng to Zhao Shouzheng, from Empress Dowager Li to Princess, everyone was relieved of their hearts.

On October 25th, Emperor Wanli finally issued an order to allow Mr. Zhang to return home, but he was "not worried about his return to the funeral, and he would not leave his position if he was stopped."

Moreover, the emperor felt sorry for Mr. Yuan Fu and Zhang, and his salary had been quit. He was usually honest and afraid that the cost was insufficient. He sent a table of wine and meals every day. Each yamen delivered ten stones of rice, three hundred kilograms of sesame oil, three hundred kilograms of tea, one hundred salt, one hundred yellow and white candles, twenty firewood, and thirty packs of charcoal, and the whole day was over.'

Good guy, more than normal.

However, this time, all the officials in the capital did not rebel again, but calmly accepted the decision. This surprised the people who were watching the fun again.

However, there were some noises in the local area. Some juren wrote a letter asking Zhang Juzheng to be truly worried. Some people pretended to be Hai Rui and wrote a "Ban Zhang Juzheng Memorial", which was widely circulated among the people.

At first, when Mr. Zhang heard that Hai Rui was going to get into trouble, his nervous hemorrhoids became worse. However, he ordered someone to ask the Ministry of Education of the North and South, and found that he had never received any memorials from Hai Rui. Zhang Juzheng had just slacked his chrysanthemums and realized that it was a false alarm.

Although he didn't like Hai Rui very much, he also knew that if a person like Hai Gangfeng was scolded, he would definitely impeach him directly and would never write articles in private and spread them everywhere.

These folk rumors and noises are about zero to him. Without Zhang Xianggong's words, the prefectures and magistrates in various places will be severely punished, and there will be no waves at all.

On the last day of October, the results of the five gentlemen were released.

Deng Yizan, Xiong Dunpu, Chen Sixiao and Zou Yuanbiao were the four of them. They thought that their original intention was not bad, but they were young and ignorant, and were used by Yin people, so they only punished them slightly, expose them and tempered them with their whole minds.

Aimu became the main culprit who incited the letter this time due to personal grudges. He was ordered to be beaten 100 times and was exiled to the border area. He was pardoned and refused to be pardoned.

But Empress Dowager Li issued a special decree to exempt him from the court, and only let him be exiled to Yunnan to atone for his sins. The court and the people praised the Queen Mother's mercy.

However, Aimu did not go to Yunnan after all. He died suddenly on the way to exile in the spring of the following year.

But once the popularity has passed, no one cares about the life or death of an old juren...

In the blink of an eye, the winter moon entered, and the pale light of the comet was still direct to the northeast.

After Zhao Hao stopped letting Pang Xian get into trouble, Xianggong Zhang's health improved. After all, it was just a hemorrhoid. Wouldn't it be suspicious if he dragged it for too long?

However, Zhang Juzheng did not leave the capital because the emperor ordered him to wait until the spring wedding before setting off, so that he could take good care of his health and could withstand the journey.

This just gave Mr. Zhang the opportunity to arrange things calmly and firmly control the prefecture...

On the tenth day of the winter moon, the court, which was attracted by the government and the country, pushed it.

One hundred and ten officials from the six ministries, the Censorate, Dali Temple, and the Tongzheng Envoy Department gathered in the East Pavilion to jointly elect the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of War.

Because the number of people in the court promotion this time and the position is high, the Ministry of Personnel sent the candidate list to the department and courts seven days in advance so that the officials involved in the court promotion can have time to collude... Oh no, consider it carefully.

So everyone knows who to vote today. So the voting process of the two ministries ended soon, and then Zhao Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, publicly presided over the voting.

The final candidates are:

The Minister of Personnel recommended Wang Guoguang first, Zhao Jin second, and Li Youzi again.

The Minister of War recommended Fang Fengshi first, Zhao Jin second, and Zhang Xueyan again.

Among them, the old brother Zhao Jin is the runner-up on both sides. Although he still has to be respectfully asked for a snatch, he knew in his heart that there was no chance on both sides this time. However, if this is better, it can also add some popularity to himself, and he will get higher votes when he will be promoted next time.

Next is today's highlight, the election of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet!

There are a total of ten people in the list given by the Ministry of Personnel, including Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Rites, Pan Sheng, the former Minister of Rites, Tao Chengwang, the Minister of Rites, Shen Shixing, the Left Minister of Rites, Mao Dunyuan, the Left Minister of Rites, Zhao Shouzheng, the Right Minister of Rites, and Yu Youding, Xu Guo and others.

Each participant selected three of the ten candidates, wrote their names on the folding page, and threw them into the ballot box.

The votes were performed, and the one who received the most votes, Ma Ziqiang, 83 votes; Zhao Shouzheng, 80 votes; Shen Shixing, 78 votes; fourth Pan Sheng, 55 votes; fifth Tao Chengwang, twelve votes; sixth Mao Dunyuan, 10 votes...

The results of the court were reported, and soon there was an order to come down, saying, "According to the public's opinion, we should use positive recommendations."

So in the afternoon of the same day, the Central Envoy was assigned to various yamen to issue an order, appointing the Minister of Rites Ma Ziqiang as the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion; Zhao Shouzheng, the Right Minister of Rites, and Shen Shi, the Right Minister of Personnel, acted as the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, and entered the cabinet to do business today.

In addition, Wang Guoguang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, and Fang Fengshi, the Governor of Xuanda, was appointed as the Minister of War.

When his subordinates warmly congratulated Mr. Zhao, he was still in a fog and could not accept it for a while, and he became a cabinet master.

He was dizzy and followed Ma Ziqiang to leave the Ministry of Rites in a sedan chair, met Shen Shixing at the gate of the palace, and Wang Guoguang, the new Minister of Personnel, entered the palace to thank him.

As for Fang Fengshi was still in Datong, it took a few days to receive the order of Prime Minister Rong Zheng to go to Beijing, so the adults would not wait for him.

After handing over the sign and entering the Meridian Gate, the four of them came to wait outside the Wenhua Hall.

After Qiqi, Zhang Xianggong came back to see the incident when he was in the palace. At this time, he was teaching Emperor Wanli.

After Wanli finished his day's homework, he ordered the four of them to meet.

In front of Mr. Zhang, Wanli was naturally very regular. After the four of them performed their manners, they encouraged them with warm words and then returned to the Qianqing Palace.

After seeing the emperor off, Zhang Juzheng led four people to Wenyuan Pavilion.

He asked the three cabinet ministers to wait in the main hall and first entered the chief minister's duty room with Wang Guoguang.

The two chatted in the meal until it was almost dark and Wang Guoguang said goodbye and left.

Only then did Zhang Juzheng come to the main hall and meet three freshly released cabinet ministers.

"Greetings to Yuanfu." The three of them were all holding their ears. As soon as Zhang Juzheng arrived at the door, he quickly stood up and bowed.

"We are now both ministers, so there is no need to be polite." Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and walked straight to the chief minister's seat to sit down, and asked the three of them to sit down.

Lu Diaoyang was sick with a heart attack, so the chair opposite him was still empty.

Ma Ziqiang sat down at Zhang Juzheng, and Zhao Shouzheng was in the last seat and gave in to Shen Shi.

It is said that the number of votes in Zhao Erye is more than that in Shen Shixing, so the ranking should be in the top spot. However, Shen Shixing was two earlier than him, and it seems that it is not appropriate to be the leader of Shen Zhuangsheng...

"The Grand Secretary does not rank the senior officials in the same age, but only the order of entering the cabinet." Zhang Juzheng said lightly: "If you enter the cabinet together, it depends on who has more votes."

"Affect the order." The two "honest men" quickly responded respectfully, and Zhao Shouzheng sat opposite Ma Ziqiang. Shen Shixing was alone at the tail of the crane.

"According to the rules, I should have invited you to have a drink to celebrate." After they sat down, Zhang Juzheng said expressionlessly: "I have no choice but to be in the clothes, so I can only avoid it. You should go back to celebrate by yourself."

The three of them quickly responded respectfully, and Ma Ziqiang wiped his tears and said, "It's too difficult for Yuan Fu to be loyal and filial. The subordinates rashly came to Yuan Fu to make things difficult for Yuan Fu, but they really didn't deserve Rongzi. Yuan Fu did not care about his past grudges, whimper..."

In the past, in order to rescue the Five Gentlemen, Ma Ziqiang followed several Shangshu to the Prime Minister's Mansion and disobeyed Zhang Juzheng. He thought that the court recommendation would be out of the way, but he was actually promoted to the cabinet and became the first Grand Secretary to be born in Guanzhong in the two hundred years since the founding of the country. He was naturally grateful to Zhang Xianggong.

With mixed feelings, Ma Ziqiang took out a veil to cover his face, and swallowed and couldn't speak.

"Don't have to do this." Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and said, "Bugu recommended talents to the country, only regarding talents and character, not those who are close to each other."

After a pause, he smiled faintly and said, "What's more, our relationship is not bad."

"Yes, I am supported by the subordinates, and now I am lucky to hold the whip and stirrup for Yuanfu, so I will do my best to serve Yuanfu." Ma Ziqiang humbly stated his position.

"Okay." Zhang Juzheng nodded with satisfaction. He unexpectedly asked Ma Ziqiang to join the cabinet. First, to show that he was not nepotism, second, the Shaanxi Gang is very weak and easy to control, so there is no need to worry about this person becoming bigger. Third, the cabinet also needs such a person to do some dirty and tiring work...

"It's getting late, and there are opportunities for chatting in the future." Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and stopped Zhao Erye and Shen Shixing from continuing to show his loyalty. In his eyes, these two are his own gangsters, so there is no need for this.

"Let's talk about your division of labor first," Zhang Xianggong followed his usual decisive behavior and continued: "When Bugu is not here, the second assistant will be responsible for the cabinet affairs. But Lu Ge Lao seems to be very sick. If Bugu returns home next spring, he still cannot come back to take the matter, so Qian'an Gong will be responsible."

"As for orders." Ma Ziqiang is the third auxiliary, and the eldest and second brother are no longer there, of course he is the leader.

"In addition, the most important thing for the imperial court in the next two years was the river engineering. Now that the funds and materials have been raised, the Yellow River must be repaired!" Zhang Juzheng said without any doubt: "So, the affairs of the Ministry of Works must also be taken care of by Lao Qian'an!"

"Dare not obeying the order." Ma Ziqiang responded respectfully, feeling a little uncomfortable, because the affairs of the Ministry of Works were always managed by the cabinet ministers who ranked the last. However, since Mr. Zhang had spoken, he could only accept the order obediently.

Alas, those two are really the ones who are close to each other, and I am just a few people who make up the numbers...
Chapter completed!