West Garden, Wanshou Palace.

Jiajing, who was wearing a blue robe, finished the day's Xuan Xiu, wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, and came from the quiet room to the front hall to deal with the music, but saw Chen Hong's face full of joy to greet him.

He handed the yellow sweatcloth to Huang Jin, who was following behind him, and asked Chen Hong casually: "What's the matter!" ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, the secretary of the Imperial History King has a total of five kinds and twenty volumes!" Chen Hong first gave a salute, and then pointed to the little eunuch holding the book behind him, and said very happily.

From a dream, the emperor had the idea of looking for the immortal secretary in person. It's just that at Xu Jie's suggestion, it was changed to the Yushi Wang Daren, Jiang Ju and the South China Sea Patrol Lin Ping'an Branch in the world, and now it is finally a harvest.

"Good! Put it on the table! A flash of excitement flashed on Jiajing's face, and he immediately gave an order.

You may not be interested in other people's books, but the exception is these rare books. He had always thought that the art of immortality was hidden in the secretary, and it needed to be carefully consulted to obtain it.

Chen Hong was overjoyed, and immediately beckoned the little eunuch to put the twenty volumes of the secretary on the table, and moved the previous notes to another place.

Jiajing sat down cross-legged in front of the desk, and was about to flip through the twenty volumes of secretaries, when a eunuch made a general statement: "Your Majesty, Xu Ge Lao and Wu Shangshu are asking to see you outside the palace!" ”

"Let them in!" Jiajing was not surprised, and said lightly.

The eunuch retired with Shi Li, and personally went out to inform the two ministers who were standing in the sun, the most powerful Shoufu and the official secretary of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Wu Shan was promoted to the secretary of the ministry, he did not have the slightest arrogance, and he still lowered his posture in front of Xu Jie, and made a gesture of please: "Lord Yuanfu, please first!" ”

"Brother Jing, you don't distinguish between each other, let's go together!" Xu Jie's face had a smile on his face, and he seemed to invite enthusiastically.

Wu Shan shook his head lightly, and said seriously: "Etiquette cannot be abolished!" ”

Xu Jie saw that the other party insisted on doing so, so he had to take the lead in stepping up. It's just that he has a faint feeling that Wu Shan is deliberately alienating him, and even maintains a certain degree of vigilance.

"Chen Xu Jie(Wu Shan) to meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The two of them came to the front of the hall together, and knelt down to Jiajing respectfully and saluted.

"Get up!" Jiajing was carefully flipping through a book of secretaries, and said lightly without raising his head.

"Emperor Xie!"

The two of them thanked each other again, and then stood up from the ground in an orderly manner.

Jiajing put down a secretary in a boring manner, raised his head to look at the two important ministers in front of him, and asked directly: "The two Aiqing came to see me, why did they come to see me?" ”

Xu Jie was not in a hurry to say something, but looked at Wu Shan.

Wu Shan naturally did not push the problem back to Xu Jie, but said seriously: "Your Majesty, the plan of Jingcha is related to the country, and the minister has now served as the secretary of the ministry, and he has come to ask for the date of Jingcha." ”

Jiajing casually opened another secretary's book, but saw that there was the word "twenty-nine" on it, so he replied casually: "Jingcha Day is set for the twenty-ninth of this month!" ”

"Command!" Wu Shan's hanging heart finally fell, and he seemed to be polite.

Xu Jie sighed secretly in his heart, but he didn't expect so many changes this year. First, Guo Pu was infected with the strict name of "hiding the funeral and not raising it", and then he came out of Guangdong Salt to implement the ticket salt law, which caused the benefits of Jingcha to fall on Wu Shan.

Jiajing's eyes looked at Xu Jie, but he didn't say a word.

Jiajing is a person who pays attention to the tacit understanding between monarchs and ministers, and many times he doesn't speak at all, but expresses his meaning through body language such as eyes and movements, which is one of the reasons why Yan Song was favored in the past.

Xu Jie naturally comprehended, and said seriously: "The minister got a report from the household department today, and he knew that Yue Yan implemented the new law, and the effect was very good!" Today, Huai's salt is not smooth, and the emperor is specially invited to send a messenger to Huainan to see if the new law can be implemented in Huainan! ”

When Wu Shan heard this, he couldn't help but look at Xu Jie in surprise.

However, Xu Jie's mind changes with his thoughts, Xu Jie seems to be loyal and patriotic, but he definitely does not really support the new law. In doing so, he must be making a show for the emperor to see, and dispelling the emperor's suspicions caused by the restoration of the old precedent of Huaiyan.

Jiajing lowered his head and looked at the secretary in his hand, but asked lightly: "Xu Aiqing, what do you think the salt ticket method is?" ”

"Back to the emperor, although this method is very good, it may not be able to be used for Huaiyan!" Xu Jie lowered his head and arched his hand in response, as if he could see Jiajing's face turn from his eyes to yin, but he said sharply: "But this is just a cautious guess of the minister, whether it can be done in Huaiyan, you can send a capable minister!" If it is indeed suitable to implement the ticket salt law, this is the luck of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Jiajing said that Xu Jie must not be against the vote salt law, but a cautious style as the first assistant, so he asked Xu Jie with a soothing face: "Xu Aiqing, who do you think is suitable?" ”

Wu Shan couldn't help but glance at Xu Jie, and he was also curious who Xu Jie would recommend. It's just that he just turned his head, and his eyes just collided with Xu Jie, even if he secretly screamed.

It was also at this time that he knew that it was not a coincidence that Xu Jie had just appeared in front of the Wanshou Palace, but deliberately followed him to meet the saint.

"Emperor Qi, the ticket salt law is Wu Shangshu's handwriting, and now Wu Shangshu is also the secretary of the ministry, so naturally Wu Shangshu should recommend candidates, and the ministers will support them from the side!" Xu Jie glanced at Wu Shan, and immediately said loyally to Jiajing.

Feng Bao happened to be on duty that day, and he stood aside in an orderly manner. He watched Xu Jie's big hand, and the emperor's eyes fell on Wu Shan, but he couldn't help but admire Xu Jie's strength.

Wu Shan sighed secretly in his heart, and in the face of Jiajing's gaze, he took the initiative to answer: "Emperor Qiqi, if the imperial court insists on sending officials to Huainan to implement the new salt law, the minister thinks that this person is not only talented, but also able to shock the officials and squires of one party, otherwise the salt law cannot be done!" ”

Xu Jie looked at Wu Shan and was not in a hurry to recommend candidates, but emphasized the resistance, but couldn't help but glance at this official secretary, which was clearly to give the recommended candidates power.

"Not bad!" Jiajing listened to this argument and nodded solemnly.

Although he is a supreme monarch, he knows that there are some things that even he cannot do.

In the early days, he wanted to clear the acres of land across the country, but he was strongly opposed by the civil and military officials, and in the end he only tried it out in Gyeonggi, and finally failed.

Now if you want to send officials to Huainan to implement the new salt law, not to mention whether Huaiyan is suitable for the salt law, the resistance here is indeed not ordinary, and ordinary ministers simply do not have the courage to touch the interests inside.

"Wu Shangshu, I don't know who you recommend?" Xu Jie saw Jiajing's reaction in his eyes, and knew that he couldn't let Wu Shan lead the emperor's nose, so he immediately interjected.

Jiajing interrupted his thinking and looked at Wu Shan with the same curiosity, but he didn't know who he wanted to recommend to Huainan to do this.

Wu Shan was so reconciled by Xu Jie, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was a pity, so he put on that upright face and arched his hand: "The matter of rectifying the salt government is full of resistance, and it cannot be done unless the court is a strong supporter!" Therefore, the minister begged the emperor to send Xu Fan, the young secretary of Dachang Temple, to go, and the minister will spare no effort to support! ”