West Garden, Wanshou Palace.

A gentle spring rain washed the newly built palace spotlessly, as if it was blooming with golden light. After more than three months of construction, the dormitory of the current Shengshang Jiajing has been rebuilt, and the scale is even more magnificent than before.

Jiajing returned to this big palace, and in addition to feeling cordial, he also had a feeling of moving from the slum to the villa, and his mood seemed very good.

The biggest contributor to this incident is undoubtedly Xu Jie's father and son, it was Xu Jie's original proposal to rebuild, and then recommended his son Xu Fan to lead the project, which allowed the palace to be rebuilt so quickly.

"Master, this pillar is better than before!"

Huang Jin followed closely behind Jiajing and said flatteringly.

Jiajing glanced at the stout red lacquer pillar, as if he had thought of something, and the smile on his face immediately retracted a little.

Although Huang Jin is not a very smart person, he has long been aware of Jiajing's joys, sorrows, and sorrows, even if Jiajing has any small actions when he lies, he is also clear.

But when he thought of the so-called Xu Fan's stealing of beams and pillars, he smiled embarrassedly, and pointed to the carpet and forced a smile: "This carpet is also better, and it is more comfortable to step on than before!" ”

In order to rebuild this palace, it took a lot of money. In addition to the money for the construction of the palace, there were also the rebuilt objects, which cost no less than 200,000 taels.

It is no wonder that many officials rebuilt at the beginning, although it is said that the surplus materials of the three palaces can be used, when the real operation is carried out, the materials of the emperor's bedroom are naturally refined, but the silver taels consumed are an astonishing amount.

Now, the military funds in the north have been withheld, and the salaries of hundreds of officials have also been delayed.

Jiajing naturally didn't think about it so much, and after checking the situation in the dormitory, he returned to the quiet room and suddenly chose to summon Xu Jie.

Xu Jie was in the duty room of the Wuyi Palace, and when he heard the call of the saint, he didn't say a word, carefully sorted out his clothes, and then followed Feng Bao to the Wanshou Palace.

After passing the ceremony, he walked into the newly renovated Wanshou Palace, followed Feng Bao to the ashram, and then respectfully saluted and shouted long live, while Jiajing in the ashram asked him to get up and give him a seat.

Huang Jin led a little eunuch to take out the embroidery pier that should have belonged to Yan Song, and asked Xu Jie to sit down.

This move made Xu Jie slightly moved, and it was difficult to maintain that respectful demeanor. His eyes fell on the embroidered pier that had been moved, but his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he faintly caught something.

"Emperor Xie!"

Xu Jie is a person who sees strange storms and waves, and is good at disguising himself. It only took one or two breaths to calm him down, thanked Jiajing, and then sat down carefully.

It's just that when his butt touches the embroidered pier, he still feels a paralyzing feeling in his heart and swells all over his body, as if he is not sitting on the embroidered pier, but the throne of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiajing leaned on the soft collapse, and did not have the majestic appearance of a king, looking at Xu Jie, who was behaving differently, with a smile, and praised Xu Jie, and then suddenly said: "My hands are itchy just now, I wrote a few words, you come and take a look!" ”

Calligraphy in this era, like works of art, was one of the important objects of literati communication with each other, and it could also be regarded as a kind of entertainment, but Jiajing's calligraphy was undoubtedly excepted.

When Xu Jie heard this, he hurriedly got up from the embroidery pier and walked to the imperial case. I saw a piece of rice paper pressed with a paperweight on the case, and on it were two elegant and free and easy big characters: "Rongwu".

While pretending to taste the words, he used his brains to decipher the true meaning behind the words.

As a minister and a minister, he has long been surprised by this.

Because the saint is obsessed with cultivating mysteries, sometimes he doesn't say a word for a day, and many things are often conveyed with his eyes, and the eunuchs who can't understand his meaning will be scolded at least and killed with a cane.

Over time, the messages of the Holy Lords have tended to be concise and to the point. The ministers and ministers write well, and sometimes they have to know how to "break the problem" and figure out the true heart of the saint.

The former Shoufu Xia Yan strongly supported the strategic plan to recover the Hetao, but after a period of excitement, Jiajing's attitude suddenly turned 180 degrees and issued a holy decree of reprimand.

Those who know how to solve the problem can know that the saint only seems to reprimand Xia Yan for being inconsiderate, but in essence, he has already retreated from this strategic plan, rather than hoping to improve the strategic plan.

Yan Song successfully "broke the problem" and took the opportunity to launch an attack to bring down Xia Yan, thus regaining the throne of Shoufu.

From these two words, Xu Jie immediately thought of "Zhuangzi": "Always tolerant and things, not with people, can be described as extreme." The meaning is: a person is open-minded, often tolerant of everything, and does not care about others, it can be said that he has reached the peak of the realm.

This seems to be a philosophical saying of the state of mind of cultivation, but the "extreme" behind it is undoubtedly full of profound meaning. His heart raced, as if referring to what he longed for most.

In essence, he had already faintly felt that the Holy Lord was gradually alienating from Yan Song, and the energy and ability of the elderly Yan Song were also declining, and the two monarchs and ministers were no longer as close as before.

The Holy Lord called him over at this time and gave him such a sentence of mind cultivation, which undoubtedly gave him his duty, and he would take over the position of the first assistant in the future.

Among the current cabinet ministers, Yuan Wei is undoubtedly a threat, but although Yuan Wei is highly regarded by the Holy Lord, his foundation is too shallow, and he has no experience and ability to deal with government affairs, so he is not a big threat.

"Hua Ting, how is my handwriting?" Jiajing suddenly asked.

Xu Jie immediately came back to his senses, and also found that the title had changed from "Xu Ge Lao" to "Huating", and felt the intimacy of the saint, and immediately praised: "The word of the saint contains the truth of Taoism, elegant and free, with a fairy spirit that does not eat people, although He Zhizhang is alive, it is nothing more than that!" ”

"Hehe, Huating is too famous! Since you have lifted it up like this, I have given it to you! Jiajing smiled happily.

Xu Jie immediately thanked him, and Huang Jin helped carefully put away the words.

After chatting for a while, Xu Jie retreated and left the Wanshou Palace.

just thought of the words given to him by the emperor, but it made him happy and worried.

The good thing is that the saint has clearly stated that he will succeed him as the first assistant, but the worry is that the saint still has no determination to get rid of the "traitorous minister", and chooses to directly order Yan Song to return to his hometown, and it seems that he wants Yan Song to continue to stay for some time.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Jie glanced towards the Zichen Palace, thinking about his next plan.