Xu Jie's life 1503~1583), Han nationality. The word Zisheng, the number Shaohu, also known as Cunzhai, is a native of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Ming Dynasty (now Songjiang District, Shanghai). In his early years, he worked on poetry and calligraphy. In the second year of Jiajing (1523), he was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing. Later, because of his resentment of Zhang Fujing, he was reprimanded as the official of Yanping Mansion, and suffered this setback, so he became an official from then on. There were many thieves in Yanping, and more than 100 thieves were arrested after his arrival; Cleaned up the backlog of cases, released prisoners, won reputation, was promoted to Huangzhou Tongzhi, and later promoted to Zhejiang according to the inspection of affairs, into Jiangxi according to the deputy envoy, and in charge of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces of study and politics. The crown prince went out of the cabinet (studying) and was promoted to the priest of the country. Later, he entered the Ministry of Rites, and was also a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and participated in important events in the imperial court. He secretly exposed the crimes of the Marquis of Xianning, and was good at writing Qingzi (a style used to communicate with the gods, Emperor Jiajing believed in God) and was trusted by Emperor Jiajing. At this time, Yan Song was the first assistant in power, and he was in the court with Yan Song for more than ten years, and he was cautious; He is also good at catering to the emperor's will, so he can stay in power for a long time.

After failing in the township test at the age of seventeen, he returned to his hometown to learn from Nie Bao, the then magistrate of the county, and became the successor of Xinxue (Wang Shourenchuang). In his early years, he was good at poetry and calligraphy. In the second year of Jiajing (1523), he was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing. Later, because of his resentment of Zhang Fujing, he was reprimanded as the official of Yanping Mansion, and suffered this setback, so he became an official from then on. There were many thieves in Yanping, and more than 100 thieves were arrested after he arrived; Cleaned up the backlog of cases, released prisoners, won reputation, was promoted to Huangzhou Tongzhi, and later promoted to Zhejiang according to the inspection of affairs, into Jiangxi according to the deputy envoy, and in charge of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces of study and politics. The crown prince went out of the cabinet (studying) and was promoted to the priest of the country. Later, he entered the Ministry of Rites, and was also a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and participated in important events in the imperial court. He was trusted by Emperor Jiajing for his ability to write Qingzi (a style used to communicate with Taishang Laojun, Emperor Jiajing believed in Taoism). At this time, Yan Song was the first assistant in power, and Yan Song was in the dynasty for more than ten years, and Yan Song was a notorious traitor in the Ming Dynasty. He is also good at catering to the emperor's will, so he can stay in power for a long time. In the end, let the traitor strictly obey the law, eliminate harm for the people, and the world is happy! From May of the 41st year of Jiajing to July of the 2nd year of Longqing (1562-1568), he served as the first auxiliary university scholar of the dynasty. However, after Xu Jie's death, his family property was several times more than that of the traitor Yan Song, which is quite interesting.

The Japanese invaded the southeast, harassed Songjiang, and strongly advocated sending troops to quell the rebellion.

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In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), he learned that the emperor had heard of the illegal behavior of Yan Song's father and son, so he ordered the imperial historian Zou Yinglong to participate in the impeachment, and finally made Yan Song dismiss the official, and his son Yan Shifan was killed. Xu Jie replaced Yan Song as the first assistant. During his tenure, Xu Jie fell in love with Zhang Juzheng at a glance and was promoted, and it was precisely because of this promotion that Zhang Juzheng was able to display his ambitions, become a generation of famous ministers, and turn the tide.

Emperor Jiajing believed in Fangshi and took "Jindan" to cause illness. Hai Ruili, the head of the household department, Chen Qiyi. The emperor was angry and wanted to kill Hai Rui. Xu Jieli rescued, Hai Rui had to be suspended and imprisoned. In the forty-fifth year of Jiajing (1566), the emperor died, Xu Jiecao made an edict, established Muzong Zhu Zaiyuan as the emperor, stopped all fasting, civil engineering, jewelry, weaving, and all officials who were offended by words and deeds were pardoned to clean up people's hearts. There are different opinions about the truth about Xu Jie's Zhishi, one said that because he had not discussed with Gao Gong and Guo Pu, the ministers of the same column in advance, the two held a grudge and instigated the imperial history to impeach, forcing Xu Jie's Zhishi to go home in the second year of Longqing (1568); As soon as he said that Mu Zong's behavior was absurd, Xu Jie often dissuaded him, so Mu Zong hated him very much. Xu Jie was also disappointed, so Shangshu asked for retirement. It happened that Zhang Qi was impeached because of a personal grudge (note: private grudge). So Muzon took the opportunity to allow him to retire and return home; In the pen of Mingyue that year, Xu Jie worked hard all his life, there was poverty, there was infinite scenery, he overthrew Yan Song, and there was a student Zhang Juzheng who had a bright future, and his wish for the country was fulfilled, so he took the initiative to resign.

Because he has been the prime minister for many years, he is a veteran of the two dynasties, and he is called "Xu Ge Lao". In the name of "contribution", a large number of land was annexed. In the third year of Longqing (1569), Hai Rui served as the governor of Yingtian, and was used by Xu Jie's political opponent Gao Gong to order the local tycoons to withdraw from the occupation of more land. He was almost killed and fled to another country.