As the matter spread in the capital, a small wave was stirred up in the capital.

As long as people who care about current politics know that although the current court is dominated by the Xu Party, the Wu Lin Party has always been eyeing each other, and sooner or later there will be a life-and-death battle between the two sides.

"I thought Lin Haoran would have some tricks, but it turned out to be so immature!"

"He is a household secretary who contradicts being the chief of the court, isn't this breaking the rules of officialdom?"

"In this way, Lin Ruoyu is still too young and vigorous, and he will definitely not be able to defeat Xu Huating's old fox!"

……

In the restaurants and tea shops in the capital, many "unfathomable" wise men shook their heads one after another, expressing contempt for Lin Haoran's actions, and even revealing a kind of schadenfreude between the words.

In fact, this has nothing to do with personal likes and dislikes, but mainly because the respect and inferiority of the elders and young have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the face of Lin Haoran's "ignorance of etiquette", as the head of the household, he directly disputed with the first assistant, but many old qualifications firmly chose to accuse Lin Haoran.

"I can't blame Lin Qingtian, it's really too procrastinating to do things on the festival!"

"Isn't it? Obviously, the court said that two million taels of silver were confiscated, but no silver has been seen so far! ”

"If you want me to say it, this matter still has to blame Qin Chacheng for not doing things, and it is reasonable for Lin Qingtian to complain!"

……

Thanks to Lin Haoran's good reputation in the capital, many people stood up to protect him, and they had already pointed the finger at the Jiangxi Yushi Cheng, who was in charge of copying the family.

The matter did not end here, but some true and false rumors appeared one after another, causing the whole thing to suddenly become confusing.

"Huh...... You can't see through the mystery, this time it is clearly Xu Ge's trick, deliberately dragging the Yan family's dirty silver! ”

"I heard that this is not the case, the so-called two million taels is not kiln silver, but the general ledger confiscated by the Yan family, and now Cheng Shoujie is still tracking down dirty silver!"

"The old cousin of my third uncle's family and the fourth aunt is from Jiangxi, and he said that the Yan family doesn't have so much silver at all, and Cheng Shoujie is now engaged in making up money!"

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Although the capital is thousands of miles away from Jiangxi, many things will always come through different channels. However, in this era, there is a lack of certification from the official media, and everyone has their own opinions, which also breeds a lot of conspiracy theories.

This turmoil still has an impact on some things.

Earlier, everyone thought that Wan Cai, the former Dali Siqing, and Yan Maoqing, the right attendant of the former Criminal Department, did help Yan Song hide 80,000 taels of silver, but after this big debate, many people began to doubt the authenticity of this matter.

Although it is possible that Xu Jie deliberately delayed not giving Lin Haoran two silver taels, it is also possible that Xu Jie deliberately falsely reported the amount of dirty silver, so that he was forced to liquidate the Yan Party personnel to raise silver.

However, the public opinion in the capital can't influence the court of the Ming Dynasty, and it can't affect Emperor Jiajing, who is hiding in Xiyuan to cultivate, and this matter is more of a conversation for the people of the capital after dinner.

When night fell, the lights of Xu's Mansion were bright, and the dining room looked quite lively.

The Xu family can be said to be prosperous because of Xu Jie, every time he returns from Xiyuan, there will always be distinguished guests coming to the door, and Xu Jie's usually takes the initiative to invite a few acquaintances to come to the banquet.

Today's invitees were Hu Song, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Qian Bangyan, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, Zhang Juzheng, the secretary of the Guozijian and the lecturer of the Yuwang Mansion, and Hu Ke all gave Ouyang Yijing in the matter, and the eldest son Xu Fan and the second son Xu Kun were accompanying at the table.

Everyone was already very familiar with each other, and Xu Jie's humility was humble, and the others benefited from Xu Jie's care, which made the atmosphere on this wine table quite good.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Xu Jie's face showed a harmonious and amiable smile, and he looked like a corporal Lixian, but he took the initiative to ask about the recent situation of Zhang Juzheng and Ouyang Yijing.

"Chengmeng is concerned with the teacher, the disciple is very good when he lectures in Yuwang's Mansion, Yuwang studies hard, and he has the style of a virtuous king!" Zhang Juzheng immediately put down his chopsticks, and then responded seriously.

Hu Song heard King Zhang Ju elevate King Yu like this, but the corners of his mouth were filled with a trace of disdain.

King Yu's life trajectory is from the Forbidden City to King Yu's Mansion, due to the lack of his father's love, and constantly threatened by King Jing, plus his brain is not flexible, but he has developed a docile temperament. The so-called virtuous king means that King Yu does not show any bad habits, and he can be polite to the officials of King Yu's mansion.

Xu Jie's virtue was already clear about King Yu's virtue, so he didn't break it, learned some information with concern, and then asked about Ouyang Yijing's affairs in the household department.

The household department corresponds to the household department, even if Lin Haoran, the secretary of the household department, is derelict in his duties, he can directly impeach Lin Haoran, so that Lin Haoran can be dismissed from office.

Ouyang Yijing faced Xu Jie's concern, but suddenly responded in a surprising voice: "Lord Yuanfu, Chen Qixue, the right attendant of the household department, is not very familiar with the financial management of the household department, and his financial management ability is not as good as one-tenth of Lin Shangshu, and the lower officials think that this person is not suitable to continue to serve as the right attendant of the household department!" ”

This......

Zhang Juzheng turned his head and looked at Ouyang Yijing in surprise, but he didn't expect Ouyang Yijing to be so bold and reckless, and a small household department actually pointed the finger at the right attendant of the household department who was in the third grade.

Hu Song and the others also glanced at Ouyang Yijing in a complicated manner, it was rare to invite him to come here for a banquet, but they didn't want to directly throw such a problem to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie was slightly stunned at first, but after all, he was a big man who had gone through the big storms, but he turned his head and looked at Hu Song with a smile and said, "Brother Ru Mao, what do you think of Chen Qixue?" ”

Zhang Juzheng and the others turned their heads to look at Hu Song, Hu Song pondered for a moment and said: "Si Zhi just said well, Chen Qixue is really not good at managing money!" ”

"If it goes on for a long time, once you go out of the pool, I'm afraid you will give someone a handle, and you will fall into a disadvantageous situation at that time!" Ouyang Yijing continued beside him.

Xu Jie's brows furrowed slightly, and he took a sip of wine from his wine glass.

He has some understanding of Chen Qixue's lack of financial management, but this is a northern official recommended by Yang Bo, if he takes the liberty of removing Chen Qixue, Yang Bo may have objections.

Over the years, the reason why he has been able to get the support of so many forces, and even won the reputation of "virtuous minister". It was he who did not eat alone, but gave some important positions to other forces.

"Lord Yuanfu, there is a vacancy in the governor of Shaanxi, how about arranging Chen Qixue to this position?" Hu Song knew what Xu Jie's concerns were, and even proposed.

Xu Jie's eyes lit up slightly, Yang Bo was afraid that he wouldn't let go of a fart like this, so he smiled and asked, "Brother Ru Mao, I don't know who is the right servant to take over as the right servant of the household department?" ”

Hey?

Zhang Juzheng heard that the meaning of this was already to take down Chen Qixue, but he couldn't help but glance at Ouyang Yijing in slight surprise.

Ouyang Yijing clenched his fists excitedly and secretly, originally he just wanted to try his luck, but he didn't expect Xu Jie to really accept his proposal.

Hu Song is in charge of the personnel of the Ministry of Officials, and he knows all the officials in the officialdom well, and after a little thought, he recommended a person: "Wang Tingke, the right attendant of the Nanjing Household Department, the Governor of Caoyun, can be appointed to this position, he was originally born in the head of the Ministry of Households, and he has a deep insight into financial management!" ”

"How's this guy?" Xu Jie played with the empty wine glass in his hand, which seemed to mean something authentic.

Wang Ting is a native of Nanchong, Sichuan, Jiajing eleven years of Jinshi, the first to be the head of the household department, after so many years of ups and downs of officialdom, to Nanjing household right squire Lang served as the governor of Caoyun, its qualifications and ability are above Chen Qixue.

Hu Song knew what Xu Jie's concerns were, so he responded confidently: "Wang Ting, this person knows a lot about etiquette, and he will definitely follow Lord Yuanfu in the future, and he will definitely not do anything that distinguishes between respect and inferiority!" ”

In employing people in this officialdom, this ability is actually secondary, and the main thing is whether it can be used for oneself. Like Masen, the left waiter of the household department, is actually an expert in financial management, but after all, he is an "outsider who doesn't know how to be polite".

"Okay, let's do it!" Xu Jie gently put down the empty wine glass, looking conclusive.

As these words fell, Zhang Juzheng, Ouyang Yijing and others deeply felt a kind of domineering power.

The replacement of the right attendant of the Sanpin household department, and the arrangement of the governor of Shaanxi, a feudal official, can be easily decided in this small wine table.

It's shocking, but it's a fact.

Hu Song holds the personnel power of the ministry, while Xu Jie holds the power of the vote. Since Jiajing now almost ignores government affairs, as long as it does not affect the ministry secretary, it is almost up to these two people to have the final say.

The two seemed to have done a trivial thing, but Hu Song's health was not very good, and he took the initiative to leave after eating, and Qian Bangyan, Zhang Juzheng and Ouyang Yijin also said goodbye and left in a humorous way.

Xu Jie sent the guests away, and then went straight back to the study.

Xu Kun followed out, took a hot teapot from the butler, and personally poured tea for Xu Jie and served it.

Xu Jie's lack of sleep quality caused his spirit to not be very good, and after taking a sip of hot tea, he recovered some of his spirits and said, "Fan'er, you have also heard about today's incident, right?" ”

"Dad, things have been done properly, even if the kid surnamed Lin knows something, he won't fall into any tricks!" Xu Kun responded confidently.

Xu Jie didn't handle some things directly, but handed them over to Xu Kun, who was most similar to himself, and asked again: "Is there really no problem with your method?" ”

"Dad, Yan Maoqing's gang is indeed greedy for ink with Yan Shifan, let's say that he is hiding the Yan family's silver is obviously cheap for them, how can they cry out for injustice?" Xu Kun glanced outside and responded firmly.

Xu Jie put down the teacup gently, glanced at his confident son, but sighed lightly: "I hope so!" ”

Some things were originally in his control, but in the process of implementation, there were often some deviations.

The reason why Yan Shifan was able to kill Yan Shifan and raid the Yan family was precisely due to Lin Runshangshu's sentence "The court is not as rich as me", plus Jiajing Xiucheng Emperor's Palace and Xianling required a large amount of silver.

It's just that when Cheng Shoujie was sent to check the Yan family, the Yan family's kiln silver was far less than imagined, not to mention that "the court is not as rich as me", but even his Xu family is not as good.

But the words have already been spoken, and he can't say that he is mistaken, they have wronged the Yan father and son. It was precisely because of this that he had to delay the progress of the raid, and at the same time ordered the other side to report an imaginary number that could satisfy the emperor.

Fortunately, the Yan family's house and industry are not small, and the Yan Party was not less greedy for ink in the past. With a little more effort, it will definitely be able to raise two million taels.

In addition, there are indeed few clean people in the Yan Party, and compared with the greed for ink, the crime of concealing Yan Jiayin is indeed lower. Like Wan Cai and Yan Maoqing, they were obviously "wronged", but they didn't dare to scold themselves for being wronged.

As long as things are going well, he can make this lie come true, and things will be done seamlessly.

"Dad, you can put a hundred hearts, the child will definitely handle this matter properly!" Xu Fan's ambition to become a small pavilion elder like Yan Shifan who controls everyone in the country is to lay a guarantee tunnel.

Xu Jie seemed to believe Xu Fan's assurance, and his own bed was indeed far better than the broken bed in Xiyuan, which made him sleep a rare good night, and he also saw Lin Haoran stepping on dog shit in his dream.

The next day, it was another sunny day.

Xu Jie got up a little later than usual, although the two sons had official positions, they were all idle positions after all, and until he finished breakfast, he still didn't see the two sons.

For these two ambitious but unbinding sons, he knows that it is difficult to become a big thing, but not to mention that compared with Lin Haoran, he is far from Yan Shifan.

It's just that when he got on the sedan chair, his henchman suddenly brought a piece of news: Lin Haoran asked his entourage to send a letter to the General Administration Department early this morning.

"This kid is really endless, what can he do if he gets to the emperor?" Xu Jie's brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't pay attention to Lin Haoran's move.

The emperor will definitely not blame Cheng Shoujie for his ineffective work, let alone choose to replace Cheng Shoujie, at most he agreed to urge Shoujie to step up the release of a batch of stolen silver to go north.

Sometimes, he felt that he really thought highly of Lin Haoran.

The sedan chair soon arrived at the gate of Xiyuan, and the housekeeper watched Xu Jie walk in before choosing to leave.

Xu Jie came to the first assistant duty room of Wuyi Palace, first held a brief cabinet meeting, and then returned to the duty room to focus on dealing with the vote drafting work of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

As usual, the room was always lit with sandalwood and a cup of ginseng tea next to it, and he enjoyed the feeling of holding the power of the world.

When it was close to noon, the Wanshou Palace sent a little eunuch to summon him.

The corners of Xu Jie's mouth rose slightly, he knew that Jiajing had always attached importance to the performance of important courtiers, and at this time, he probably saw Lin Haoran's impeachment of Cheng Shoujie's performance, so he had already made preparations in his heart, and even had a set of words to deal with.

Following the little eunuch to the Wanshou Palace, he first carefully tidied up his clothes, and then walked into the dormitory with a low posture of a loyal minister.