Xufu.

It was still dark in the early morning, and the candles in the study had been lit, although Emperor Jiajing had not been in court for nearly ten years, Xu Jie still maintained his habit rigorously, and he believed that there would always be a time to get it.

Xu Jie, who was writing at the desk, sighed and put down his pen and rubbed his temples, this year's external inspection has all ended, Yan Dang has suffered a lot, and Xu Jie's henchmen are not much better.

After Cao Bangfu and Wang He were rejected and Hu Zongxian was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang, Li Mo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, refused to give up, because at the end of October, a small group of Japanese invaders invaded Suzhou and burned part of the grain.

In fact, the original governor of Yingtian had no military power, generally the prime minister Jiangnan tax grain, and was also in charge of Cao Yun, until Tu Dashan was in office before he supervised military affairs, full-time to suppress thieves, but then Tu Dashan was defeated and imprisoned, and the imperial court soon established the post of governor of Zhejiang, and the governor of Yingtian actually became a subordinate of the governor of Zhejiang.

Since then, it has always been the Nanjing Household Department and the Cao Yun, in fact, the Nanjing Household Department was in charge of the Cao Yun before, but the person in charge was the Governor of Yingtian, and now the governor of Cao Yun is the Nanjing Hu Household Left Attendant Wang He.

Of course, Xu Jie didn't do it, and he couldn't help arguing with Li Mo in front of the palace anymore, and he was very happy to fight.

For example, Yan Song, Lu Ben and others are all watching jokes, a month ago, when Cao Bangfu was rejected by Emperor Jiajing, Li Mo re-recommended the old acquaintance Wang Huan, and now he wants to seize power from Wang Huan, he really doesn't treat Xu Jie as a dish.

Xu Jie also has no choice, firstly, he really can't stand Li Mo's arrogance, this is so domineering that Yan Song can't compare, it can be compared with Xia Yan back then, and secondly, he also needs to show an attitude, Lao Tzu really didn't merge with Li Mo, this attitude must at least be shown in front of Yan Song.

Xu Jie was also counting on joining forces with Yan Song to get Li Mo down.

It's really eventful, Xu Jie let out a long sigh again, and at this time there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

"Brother." Xu She, who was holding a post in his hand, had a different face, "Last night, my uncle invited me to come to the door this evening. ”

"Uncle Zhang......" Xu Jie nodded with a smile, now he values Zhang Juzheng the most in the Hanlin Academy.

"Uncle is a strict and upright person, although he has always been a good friend, but this is the first invitation." Xu Shi said in a low voice: "He has an excellent relationship with Qian Zhancai. ”

"Well, Zhancai first entered Beijing to live in his uncle's house." Xu Jie's mind turned sharply, "It's a little interesting, it's a little interesting......"

"Brother, the younger brother and Gu Congli met yesterday and talked about their son, who is sixteen years old this year and has not yet married." Xu Shi cautiously probed, he knew that Xu Jie had the intention of using his in-laws to entrap Qian Yuan.

Xu Jie was silent for a while and then said, "Wait first." ”

"Yes."

Xu Shexing retreated and prepared to go out, and Xu Jie's words came from behind.

"In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, remember that you have a good relationship with the Tanhua of that subject?"

"Hu Zhengmeng." Xu Shi nodded and said: "He is kind to others, has a good relationship with his colleagues and the same year, and is also quite close to Uncle Zhang." ”

Xu Jie bowed slightly, picked up the brush, and stopped talking.

Xu Shi walked out of the study, pondered in his heart for a while, and guessed that his brother wanted to pull Hu Zhengmeng in, this matter is not so simple, Hu Zhengmeng took the exam for nine years more than a month ago and entered the Yuwang Mansion as a lecturer.

Whether it is Xu Jie or Yan Song, they are staring at Yuwangfu, but firstly, Emperor Jiajing is suspicious by nature, they dare not make any big moves, and secondly, the high arch of Yuwangfu is a difficult character to get along with, so they often take the name of Hanlin official as a lecturer.

However, no one succeeded, Yan Song failed to stuff Tang Ruji into Yuwang's mansion, at most it was just a lecture, Xu Jie tried to stuff Zhang Juzheng into it, but Emperor Jiajing handpicked Hu Zhengmeng on the list more than a month ago.

Xu Jie's staff is not many, and now the one who can come forward is his younger brother Xu She, although the official position is not high, but after all, he is a second-class jinshi.

Of course, this is also the characteristic of the times, Yan Shifan by Yan Song's side, Xu She, Xu Fan by Xu Jie's side, and Qi Jiguang all have Qi Jimei by his side.

"Uncle."

"Uncle."

Xu Fan, who finally recovered from his injuries, and his sister Miss Xu Si happened to pass by.

"It's already a month, don't run around." Xu Shi nodded his nephew, "Be careful, if you turn around and cause trouble again, no one will be able to save you." ”

Xu Fan's face was angry, and he complained: "Qian Yuan's ...... Don't provoke him for the time being, and you will have his good fruit to eat in the future! ”

The implication is that when Xu Jieshen ascends to the first assistant in the future, he will come to clean up Qian Yuan, and at that time, Xu Fan feels that he doesn't need to go into battle in person, and some people will help to peel off Qian Yuan's bastard and dismantle it.

"Brother!" The sound of shouting sounded in her ears, and Miss Xu Si stared at Xu Fan unhappily, "It's just a quarrel, why not." ”

"Why is that?" Xu Fan blushed and roared with a thick neck: "Look at your brother's nose, who beat him?" After drinking the medicinal juice for more than a month, who harmed it? ”

"Speaking of which is not only a fellow villager, but also a fellow student, it's just a quarrel, the fists and kicks on the streets of Suzhou are added, and the door of the Songjiang Hall is almost facing each other." Miss Xu Si shook her head and said, "It's not reasonable for my brother to say it." ”

"Unreasonable?" Xu Fan laughed angrily.

"Just because my father is a cabinet scholar, this is unreasonable." Miss Xu Si said slowly: "Qian Zhancai is Jane's in the emperor's heart. ”

Seeing that Xu Fan was still unconvinced and wanted to argue, Xu Shi coughed twice and interrupted, and looked at his niece with interest, "This is all what you think of yourself?" ”

Miss Xu Si hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yes, some are when chatting with Xiao Qi......"

Xiao Qi is Xu Fan's eldest daughter, fourteen years old this year, and she happened to be seven pounds and seven taels when she was born, so she got Xiao Qi's nickname.

Xu Fan found the target now, reluctantly saluted Xu She, strode towards the inner courtyard, and estimated that he was going to reprimand his daughter, after all, his sister is a peer, and he is always qualified to train his daughter.

Xu Shi didn't stop him, and said with a smile: "You and Xiao Qi, one is good at writing, the other is good at martial arts, if you are a man, you can really do something." ”

"Xiao Qiwen is not bad, he can write poems."

Xu Shi looked at his niece carefully, and sighed in his heart, he is already sixteen years old, and he has not yet decided on a marriage, what is his brother's plan.

They are all fellow villagers in Songjiang, and Qian Zhancai can be called a hero, but he is too capable of causing trouble, but Gu Congli's son is honest and has a very good duty, but he is not even a show talent so far.

In later generations, marriage will inevitably become a tool for the powerful to weave a network of relationships in many cases, and this era is even more so, Xu Shi didn't think there was anything wrong.

Suddenly, Xu She's heart moved, if he could really meet Qian Zhancai at Zhang Juzheng's house tonight, it would mean that he was still interested in this marriage...... If you want to ease relations with the Xu Mansion and turn enemies into friends, is there a better way than this?

After chatting a few words, Xu Shi went out, Miss Xu Si hurriedly rushed back to the inner courtyard, among the younger generations in the family, although she and Xiao Qi are two generations, they are close in age and have the best relationship.

Xu Shi spent most of the day in the yamen as usual, and in the afternoon, he let the yamen go to the Hanlin Academy, and asked Hu Zhengmeng to go to Zhang Juzheng's house together.

The three of them sat around the table and drank tea and chatted, drinking until their stomachs were full, and Zhang Yixiu on the side was already hungry, and he didn't wait for Qian Yuan to come to the door.

There was no way, the power of mahjong was too great, Yan Shifan played up, and dragged Qian Yuan out of the house.

waited until it was dark, Qian Yuan was ruthless, stayed up several times, and finally got a self-touching big four, which made Yan Shifan so angry that he jumped to his feet, and finally got out.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Qian Yuan apologized as soon as he entered the door, and he didn't have time to greet Zhang Yixiu first, "Yixiu, uncle will make something delicious tonight." ”

Yang Wen and Zhang San led a few mermaids into the huge copper purple pot, with a towering outlet like a chimney in the middle, and put the cut pork, mutton, beef, Chinese cabbage, vermicelli, fungus, shrimp, and fish on the plate.

Well, eat hot pot tonight.