The cabinet team with Zhao Shouzheng as the core achieved remarkable and brilliant achievements during the New Year's Day interview in the 18th year of Wanli.

Not only did they rescue Luo Yuren and avoid a prison, they also finalized the matter of the eldest son going out of the cabinet to study. They were a great victory and had a lot of results. The position of Master Zhao in the hearts of all officials naturally reached an unprecedented height, and many people even began to compare him with Guan Gong... Oh no, Wang Dao and Wen Yanbo.

It basically means that he is about to die, and there is no controversy in getting the posthumous title of "Wen Zheng".

Amid the praises of the court, Shoufu Zhao celebrated a happy and peaceful New Year.

After the Lantern Festival, he returned to the cabinet and and with the four great masters began to wait with anticipation for the emperor to issue an imperial edict to arrange for the emperor's eldest son to go out of the cabinet and study.

However, after waiting around, they never waited for the imperial edict they wanted. Well, after the beginning of the New Year, there was actually no imperial edict.

It was not until the end of the first lunar month that Zhao Shouzheng could not help but submit a memorial to ask the emperor's eldest son for the specific date of his study, so that the Ministry of Rites could make arrangements early. In fact, it was just a reminder to Wanli that we had agreed to make arrangements after the New Year and we could not be able to pay any debts!

However, the memorial was like a mud cow entering the sea. After waiting for several days, there was still no news. Damn, the emperor lost contact directly...

Seeing that Wanli was actually pretending to be deaf and dumb, the Grand Secretary knew that something was wrong, and Zhu Yijun, who was so angry, had to keep his word again.

After inquiring from many sources, I got the news from the palace that Concubine Zheng was extremely dissatisfied with Wanli's arrangements and had a fight with him for the first month. Moreover, the emperor seemed to have some handle in the hands of the other party, so he actually surrendered...

Although he hated the witch so much that his teeth were itchy, and even more hated that Emperor Wanli actually raked his ears, in the attitude of not easily destroying the good situation, the Grand Secretary decided to take a step back and give the emperor and Concubine Zheng a step.

So a few days later, Shen Shixing submitted a memorial to communicate with Wanli, saying that we would not force you to become a crown prince immediately, but now the eldest son is nine years old and the third son is three years old, so he should go out of the cabinet and study.

In other words, the crown prince can be agreed to discuss it later. Only arrange the eldest son to study, and add the third son to the emperor, giving enough face to Concubine Zheng. The woman must be very happy, but she would not know that King Yu and King Jing also went out to study together. However, it is easy for civil servants to distinguish the two of them when arranging teachers.

At that time, the teachers Xu Ge Lao equipped King Yu were Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Chen Yiqin, and Yin Shidan, who were future prime ministers. However, he found some cats and dogs for King Jing as lecturers to attend classes, and people naturally regarded King Yu as the real crown prince.

The Grand Secretary is now preparing to take medicine according to the prescription, but he doesn't believe in such a deep routine, so Concubine Zheng can see through it.

Unfortunately, all their careful planning was gone, and Concubine Zheng didn't get into a trap at all... Two months passed, and there was still no movement in the palace, which made Zhao Shouzheng want to sit on a hot air balloon to see if everyone in the palace was dead.

But obviously nothing happened in the palace. The Grand Secretary knew very well that the emperor just didn't know how to answer, so he simply refused to answer and delayed it one day.

In April, the Grand Secretary finally couldn't help it. Their pressure was too great a while ago, and all the officials watched it. If they dragged on without any progress, they would become a laughing stock.

The lane became narrower and narrower. The five great masters did not go around in circles or strategy anymore. They could only go up with a wave of Mingpai rashly and jointly submitted a memorial, asking Emperor Wanli to enthrone the crown prince immediately!

What is shocking is that the Grand Secretary issued an ultimatum, but Emperor Wanli still did not respond and made up his mind to implement the policy of pretending to be dead to the end!

The emperor's actions in this spring made the world see clearly what their Majesty is. He is a rogue who has no faith and no shame!

But Wanli didn't care about his face and his image was shattered. How many cents per kilogram is that thing? I don't care about it. Anyway, I just pretend nothing happened if I don't watch it or listen. Let's see what you can do to me?

He is shameless, and the Grand Secretary is shameless. When he reaches such a field that completely treats them as nothing, if he is not determined, he will have no dignity at all.

So a few days later, the five great masters submitted memorials to resign at the same time...

Although each has its own reasons, for example, Zhao Shouzheng said that since this spring, his eye disease has worsened, his waist is sore and he is not durable, and he is no longer competent for the complex government affairs.

Shen Shixing said that his adoptive father was old and wanted to go home to fulfill his filial piety.

Liu Dongxing said that he felt that he was not capable enough and should be given a virtuous person.

Xu Guo said that he was too old to drive away and begged for his bones.

The most awesome one is Wang Jiaping. He said that because the world has been drought for a long time, as a cabinet minister, he should voluntarily resign, so he impeached himself...

Everyone knows that the real reason why the grand clerks resigned collectively was that the emperor did not respect them, violated their promises, and went back on his word. The reason why they did not make it clear was that the grand clerk was a close minister of the emperor and always left the emperor with a little face and room for improvement.

Wanli was finally stunned. The reason why he could live a retirement life early was actually that he had no clue. It was entirely because of the system and his thick-skinnedness. When he met a worry-free Grand Secretary, he didn't have to worry about the country's affairs at all.

As long as he is not afraid of being scolded and does not even attend etiquette activities, wouldn’t he be completely staying at home?

This cabinet headed by Zhao Shouzheng is simply perfect. In previous cabinets, those with super-capacity had a strong struggle to make their brains openly and secretly. Either they were not capable enough to turn the country into a ball of mud, or they knew to cater to the censors and torture the emperor together.

Zhao's cabinet has strong abilities and unity and harmony. What is more valuable is that it is firmly standing on the side of the emperor, not strong yet, and it is completely Wanli's pension group. He is preparing to use them until he dies.

Now that these five brothers have given up together, how can Wanli sit still? Without them sheltering from the wind and rain, wouldn’t she be so annoyed and exhausted?

Now he finally stopped pretending to be dead, and issued orders to keep him one after another, with earnest words, begging you to come back soon, I can't bear it.

The five great masters were determined and resigned one by one. Selling my love, you have to bear the debt of your conscience, and no matter how much you pay, you can't buy it back...

In fact, everyone knows very well what the Grand Secretary wants, but if Emperor Wanli can let go, why should he pretend to be dead for a hundred days?

Alas, it's really impolite and I don't understand me at all.

The Emperor and Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty who were selfless and tug at the forefront of the prince's issue, I don't know that the real country was not a prince at all. The man who could really shake the country was in Beijing at this time was right, but he was not a shitty son of the emperor, but a chief who came from outside the gates.

The absurdity and magnificence of history bloom in full bloom at this moment...

According to historical records, in April of the 18th year of Wanli, 18 people including Nuerhaci, a tribute to Beijing, including Jianzhou, were paid tribute to the capital!

This later founder of the Qing regime, just turned 32 years old this year, and is at the best age of his life.

He was tall and strong, well-proportioned, with a straight and large nose and a long face. All his hair was shaved, leaving only a little behind his head, two upper and lower strips, and braided to droop. His beard also had more than ten stems left and right, and the rest were tweezed, leaving only two strands hanging down on his lips.

What impressed the most was his eyes, which were thin and long, with a high end of his eyes. It was called hanging eye tips in Northeastern dialect. It flashed with light, and it was powerful without anger, and it exuded an unconcealed ambition.

Although the wild boar skin in the 18th year of Wanli did not have the ability to compete with the Ming Dynasty, it was already the most dazzling new star in Liaodong!

In the 38th year of Jiajing, he was born in the family of Tak, a small chief of the Zuowei in Jianzhou. He was the eldest son of the family. His grandfather Juechang'an named him Nurhaci, meaning "wild boar skin". Because straight women take hunting as their career, most of their names are related to prey.

For example, his second brother Shurhazi means "little boar skin" and his fourth brother Yarhazi means "leopard skin" and his half-brother Murhazi means "old sheepskin".

Although Juechang'an, the grandfather of Nurhaci, had the title of commander of the hereditary commander of the Ming Dynasty, in Liaodong, where the strong prey on the weak, the strong soldiers and horses were the great masters. As the chieftain of the Zuoweizhi tribe of Jianzhou, Juechang'an had few people and was weak, so he could only rely on the strong chief of Jianzhou Wang Gao through marriage. Nurhaci's mother was Wang Gao's daughter.

But she died when Nurhaci was ten years old, and Takshi married the Nara clan of the leader of the Haixi Jurchens. Her stepmother was very mean to the Nurhaci brothers and drove him and Shurhaci out of the house. The two brothers had to defect to their grandfather Wang Gao and stay in his Gule village.

Wang Gao was treacherous and rebelled repeatedly, killing dozens of generals below the deputy general of the official army. In the second year of Wanli, he was finally wiped out by Li Chengliang's army.

When Gule Village was destroyed, the Nurhaci brothers were also captured by Li Chengliang. They knelt in front of his horse and cried bitterly, begging for mercy. Seeing Nuerhaci's extraordinary appearance, Li Chengliang felt compassion, spared their lives, and even took the two brothers as personal soldiers.

He learned Chinese characters at the General Office, read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", and also learned how to lead troops to fight, and knew how the Han society operated... It can be said that it was the experience of joining the Li family army that later created Nurhaci.

Later, because of his bravery in combat, he made many military achievements. Li Chengliang expelled him from slavery and let him go home to get married. Juechang'an and Takshi also embraced the thighs of the "King of Liaodong" Li Chengliang, and soon became promoted and wealthy, and grew stronger.

In the 11th year of Wanli, Wang Gao's son Atai raised an army to avenge his father and attacked the official army repeatedly. Li Chengliang once again surrounded Gule City. However, because the city was under the danger of the mountain, the army attacked for two days and nights. Juechang'an and Takshi volunteered to enter the city to persuade Atai to surrender to Li Chengliang.

Unexpectedly, at this time, another Jiannu chief Nikan Wailan, who followed Li Chengliang to suppress the rebellion, suddenly ran to the front of the formation and shouted to the city: "Master Li has an order to kill Atai and surrender, let him be the city lord!"

Jiannu in the city was already panicked and did not believe that A Tai could defeat the invincible Grandmaster Li. At this time, a soldier stabbed A Tai to death and shouted loudly: "I am the city lord, open the city gate!"

Seeing that the leader was dead, Jiannu in the city surrendered and opened the city gate. However, after entering the city, Nikan Wailan did not keep his promise to kill the soldiers, and the Li family army was not vague and began to burn, kill and loot. As a result, Juechang'an and Takshi's father and son died in the chaos.

Afterwards, Nurhaci sent someone to question the government army why they wanted to kill their father and grandfather? Li Chengliang was a little worried, so he returned his father's body, allowing him to inherit the land, men and horses of Takshi, and asked him to ask him for the "thirty imperial edicts, thirty horses, and generals of Dragon and Tiger, and then give the governor's imperial edicts" as compensation.

It was precisely through this capital that Nurhaci began his entrepreneurial journey of unifying the various departments of Jianzhou’s female direct line.

Instead of raising a military force with his grandfather, it was just to cover up his original sin of ungrateful rebellion after his grace was developed by the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!