In the West Garden, the blue sky and white clouds are reflected on the surface of the lake, and the spring waves are rippling slightly, followed by the weeping willows that spit out new shoots and the tender grass that comes out of the soil by the lake outlines a picture of spring.

It's just that regardless of cold or summer, the people on this palace road are in a hurry, eunuchs and palace maids are used to lowering their heads and stepping on small steps, while officials usually walk quickly, so naturally they have no time to appreciate the lake and mountains.

As for the owner of this piece of spring, now he is intoxicated with cultivation, and he has long been ignorant of spring, summer, autumn and winter, so it is naturally impossible to waste time to come here to enjoy the scenery.

Wuyi Palace, this splendid palace adds a bit of grandeur in the spring light.

As if waking up from the dormant period of the Spring Festival, this place has been back in operation, with more officials and scribes in front of the palace, and the pavilion elders headed by Xu Jie are dealing with the recital of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Wei Yinbao, the first major victim of Liangguang, was captured, and the rebels of Gutian surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and Liangguang got unprecedented peace. There has been no resurgence of the Japanese in the southeast, and there is almost no trace of the Japanese in the territory.

In addition to the Tartars in the north, the entire Ming Dynasty is already the prosperous image of the Haiyan River.

Xu Jie, who was wearing a python robe, sat at the desk, his hair was dyed white over the years, and the whole person looked concentrated, dealing with the music of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

"Daddy!"

A figure hurried in from outside, breaking the silence immediately.

The person who came was Xu Jie's son Xu Fan, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and his tall figure formed a strong contrast with Xu Jie's shortness and thinness, so that some people maliciously speculated about the true relationship between the father and son.

As Xu Jie's position became more and more stable, Xu Fan couldn't find anything to do in Taichang Temple all day long, but he liked to run to the cabinet from time to time.

With Yan Shifan's scenery in front of him, Xu Fan also looks forward to one day being able to enter the cabinet in the name of serving his father like Yan Shifan, and become a small cabinet elder with great power in the world.

When Xu Jie heard this, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, it wasn't that he didn't like this son, but mainly because he didn't like his son's reckless temperament.

Facing his son who was walking towards this side, he didn't raise his head and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter! ”

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, no matter how small things come to Xu Fan, they always give people the illusion that the sky has collapsed. Therefore, Xu Jie's heart was not nervous at all, and he still focused on the piece of music in his hand.

Although the Ming Dynasty is already "Haiyan River Qing", there are also a lot of affairs in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, in addition to this, there are also some diplomatic matters to deal with.

In his impression, it seems that the DPRK mission has just returned, and now it has actually delivered its credentials to the border gates, and even wants to enter the customs to come to Daming to congratulate them.

This vassal country is not far from the capital, but for some reason it suddenly became wider, and the number of times he came to the Ming Dynasty over the years was obviously much more diligent than when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

In the face of such an enthusiastic vassal state, although Xu Jie knew that the imperial court envoy wanted to come to Daming to buy goods, he could not refuse the enthusiasm of North Korea.

After all, as long as the North Korean mission does not make trouble and does not cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty, then he is still willing to open this convenient door to the North Korean mission.

"Dad, in addition to Dong Fen, Zhu Heng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Justice, also went to the prison of the Criminal Department to visit Yan Shifan!" Xu Fan came to the desk and reported seriously.

The pen Xu Jie held in his hand couldn't help but stop, raised his head in confusion and muttered, "Zhu Heng? How could he help Yan Shifan? ”

Zhu Heng, Jiajing eleventh year jinshi, the first awarded Youxi Zhi County, and then moved to the head of the Criminal Department, Langzhong of the Criminal Department, the deputy envoy of Fujian to study, the tired official Shandong political envoy, and then served as the governor of Shandong, and then returned to the capital to serve as the left servant of the Ministry of Officials.

It is precisely because Zhu Heng's position is mainly in the local area, and his intersection with the Yan family is not deep, and Zhu Heng has given him gifts here, so Xu Jie chose to promote Zhu Heng to the important position of the right attendant of the ministry.

It's just that this right servant of the Ministry of Officials knew that the Yan family had lost power, but he still went to the prison of the Criminal Department to see Yan Shifan, but he didn't know what his intentions were?

"Dad, I asked people to inquire, that old man Yan wrote letters to many officials in the capital! Zhu Heng is from Jiangxi, he also received the favor of Old Man Yan in the past, and now he must be repaying the favor! Xu Fan seemed to guess that his father would have this doubt, and explained with a fluttering eyebrow.

Xu Jie glared at his son angrily, always feeling that things would not be so simple, so he asked again: "In addition to Zhu Heng, are there other important officials visiting Yan Shifan in the prison of the Criminal Department?" ”

"Dad, there's another person you can't imagine! Although he didn't go in person, he went to the yamen of the Criminal Department to see Huang Guangsheng, and asked the housekeeper to visit Yan Shifan in the prison of the Criminal Department! Xu Fan lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

Xu Jie knew that the identity of this official must not be low, so he calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then slowly spit out a word: "Who?" ”

"Huh...... Exactly that...... Wu Yuejing! Xu Fan first laughed dryly, and then gritted his teeth and confided the name.

Although Wu Shan never offended him, Wu Shan was in a hostile state with them, and he was his father's biggest threat. Now that he learned that Wu Shan actually wanted to save Yan Shifan, this was obviously to get along with his Xu family, and he couldn't help but feel a resentment in his heart.

If it was possible, he really hoped that Wu Shan would die on the spot now, so as not to stay in the court and harm the world.

"Wu Yuejing?"

Xu Jie's hand picked up the teacup, his face couldn't help showing a thoughtful expression, and he muttered the name in his mouth.

If what worries him the most is never the alliance between Yuan Wei and Dong Fen, but the golden combination of Wu Shan and Lin Haoran, a pair of Weng sons-in-law.

I thought that if the small one was "locked up", the big one would not intervene, but I never expected that Wu Shan would still have to wade into the troubled waters.

"Dad, what should we do now?" Xu Fan finished conveying the most important news and asked curiously.

Xu Jie raised his eyes and glanced at his son with high fighting spirit, but he put down the teacup gently, and immediately turned his face and said without recognizing: "You go back to Taichang Temple and stay well, don't always run to me!" ”

"What about you?" Xu Fan was already accustomed to his father's disappointment, but he asked curiously.

Xu Jie glared at his son reproachfully, just looking at Xu Fan's eyes full of peeping, but he turned his head to look in the direction of Xiyuan and said, "Me? …… It's time to meet the saints! ”

"Dad, you mean...... You haven't reported this news to the emperor yet? Yan Shifan glared in disbelief when he heard this unexpected word.

But no one thought that Yan Shifan had arrived in the capital for a few days, but the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty didn't seem to know, and he didn't report the matter to the emperor.

Just when everyone was jumping up and down, he chose to make a move, but he met the Jiajing who was in charge of everyone's fate.

However, this approach seems to be very in line with Xu Jie's style, in the ten years that he served as the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he was respectful to Yan Song, and it was also when Yan Song fell out of favor from old age that he gave Yan Song a fatal blow.

Now, just the patience of the past few days is not worth mentioning for Xu Jie.