Chapter 13 The bleak glory erected the early dynasty, and the ministers outside the palace didn't have the heart to talk about the mountains anymore, and they frowned one by one, thinking about whether Emperor Longqing would hold an early dynasty today, if it was still the same as yesterday, then he had to think about what to do in the future.

At the beginning, the first emperor was addicted to Taoism and hid in the harem all the year round to understand the heavenly machine, and the major affairs of the Manchu Dynasty should be handed over to Yan Song to take care of, which led to the later power of the Yan family and his son. Although many people also fell after the fall of Yan Song's father and son, more people stayed out of the matter and took refuge in Xu Jie's development.

Now the emperor also faintly has this kind of sign, once it becomes a fact, then he will sharpen his head and drill into the camp of the ruling minister. But who will this ruling minister be, is it the highly respected Xu Ge Lao, or the promising Shen Chongming, who is favored by the emperor?

Just as these people were frowning and thinking about it, they heard someone say, "Old Xu Ge is here." "This can blow up the nest, there are not a few people who have the same idea as Fang Cai, almost at the same time, many people raised their feet towards Xu Jiewei, and greeted with a flattering smile on their faces, even more affectionate than seeing their father.

Listening to everyone's concerned greetings, Xu Jie also kept smiling, and said with his hands: "Thank you for your concern, the old man's body is still okay, hehe." ”

Seeing him like this, many delicate people immediately felt that something was wrong. Although Xu Ge Lao is constantly smiling when facing everyone on weekdays, his words and deeds always give people a feeling of superiority, and he has never been as approachable as today.

Before these people could think clearly, they heard three whips reach their ears, and they went up. There were only three whips, but many people who were dizzy because of their cranky thoughts woke up, and the emperor didn't come to court yesterday, but I was afraid that it had nothing to do with Xu Ge's old man.

After the mountain call long lived, Xu Jie bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a play." The tone was flat, but in the ears of Emperor Longqing, who had been prepared, it was full of provocation.

"Xu Aiqing has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Emperor Longqing smiled, this was a smile from the heart, but in the eyes of Ouyang Jingzhi, who had been quietly watching him, it seemed to be forcing a smile.

"Playing the emperor, Wei Chen has often felt unwell in recent days, so he has delayed a lot of official business." Xu Jie's speech was slow, but the more he did this, the more uneasy it made the courtiers feel uneasy, something was wrong with this.

"Aiqing works hard for the country, but you have to pay more attention to your body." Emperor Longqing said with false concern, of course, this is just a superficial article for others to see, but in his heart, he wished that Xu Jie would go straight to the point, and he would surprise him.

Since it is a singing opera, as Xu Jie, who has been singing for most of his life, is not far behind, his gratitude was suddenly overflowing, and he bowed down and said: "Thank you for the emperor's love." However, Weichen is old, although he has the heart to repay the first emperor and the emperor for your kindness, but he is really a little powerless, and he also asks the emperor to allow Weichen to return to his hometown, and Weichen is grateful. As he spoke, Xu Jie's knees bent and he fell to the ground tremblingly.

Although many people had already guessed that there would be such a thing from Xu Jie's previous words, it was another thing to hear it with their own ears, their faces were shocked, and the court was even more silent.

Shen Chongming was also one of them, looking at Xu Jie's back in a daze, muttering in his heart, couldn't he feel a little embarrassed because he lost for a while the day before yesterday?

"Your Majesty, you must not." I only heard an exclamation to break the silence, "The elder is the pillar of the country, and the court can't do without him." ”

The person who spoke was not Ouyang Jingzhi, who had already made a plan and sang a double reed play with Xu Jie, but Zhao Zhenji, the household servant.

If you want to talk about Zhao Zhenji, there are not many people who know, and he can be regarded as the kind of person who is dispensable above the court. Now nearly sixty years old but still just a third-grade official, a discerning person knows at a glance that he has no potential above the officialdom.

Zhao Zhenji also knows this in his heart, but he fought hard in the officialdom, and he couldn't mix up with a second-class cousin, so he was really unwilling to go back to his hometown to retire like this.

But if he wants to become a household secretary, it is a lot of resistance for him, and the first mountain is today's household book Niu Xiping. This Niu Xiping is younger than himself, and he is Xu Ge's old person, with him, Xu Ge Lao doesn't need to treat him differently at all.

Maybe it's time to run, just the day before yesterday in the morning, the old-eyed Zhao Zhenji had already discovered that Niu Xiping was in crisis, and it was very likely that he had planted a big heel in this matter. This is a rare opportunity, once Niu Xiping is really implicated in this matter and loses his official position, then Xu Jie's power to control the household department will be lost, and he will definitely choose a person to sit in this position again, and as a squire, all the necessary conditions are met, as long as he can enter the eyes of Xu Jie, he has a great chance of taking the position.

In the past two days, Zhao Zhenji has been thinking about how to win Xu Jie's favor, but he didn't expect that when he was thinking hard to no avail, this opportunity was sent to him. The brain teaser was in a hurry, and just when Xu Jie's last word was just spoken, Zhao Zhenji made up his mind to give it a go. Like everyone else, he didn't believe that Xu Jie would give up power so easily. So without waiting for Ouyang Jingzhi, who had already discussed with Xu Jie, to speak, he knelt on the ground and kept him, which was a good start.

Ouyang Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, just now he had been struggling with how to open his mouth to keep Xu Jie. After all, the relationship between himself and Xu Jie is well known, and doing so will definitely make people feel that he is acting, but he is afraid that he will make the emperor angry even more. Now it's okay, Zhao Zhenji covered up his limelight as soon as he opened his mouth.

There are many henchmen of Xu Jie, although there are few who are desperate, but there are still many people who are willing to do this kind of icing on the cake, just when Zhao Zhenji called the sky and knelt on the ground to stay, many people pleaded with Emperor Longqing to keep Xu Jie, but unfortunately the opinions were different, and the entire court immediately became a messy vegetable market.

But no matter how emotional they were, Emperor Longqing was unmoved, and after sweeping around, his eyes fell on Xu Jie again.

"Thank you for your kindness, everyone's kindness Xu Jie's heart understands. However, Xu Jie's old age is really difficult to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet, and he also asks the emperor to appoint another meritorious person to entrust him with important tasks. Xu Jie first got up and bowed to everyone to thank him. , and then turned to Emperor Longqing and said, his face was full of reluctance.

"Xu Aiqing." Emperor Longqing, who had not moved, finally spoke, and the ministers who originally wanted to speak again immediately shut up and looked at Emperor Longqing intently, wanting to hear what he thought.

Although Xu Jie's face was as usual, his heart involuntarily lifted, and he pricked up his ears and waited anxiously.

"You are a veteran of the two dynasties, and you have made great contributions to the imperial court, as Zhao Aiqing said, you are the pillar of the country. Now that you have resigned due to physical reasons, I am really reluctant to do so. Emperor Longqing sighed again and again, but his heart unconsciously moved a trace of true feelings, he has been an official for decades, even if he has no merit, he has hard work, and this point must not be erased because of Xu Jie's call for transparency.

Xu Jie, who is a person, as soon as he heard these extremely complimentary words, he realized that something was wrong, but before he could react, he heard Emperor Longqing continue: "But as a monarch, you can't help but be considerate of your courtiers, compared to the major affairs of the court, your physical condition is also very important, since you now feel that your physical condition is no longer qualified to be the first assistant of the cabinet, I am not too reluctant." ”

The court was silent, and there was not a single sound. Xu Jiezhi felt a chill in his back, and he never expected that Emperor Longqing would decide his fate without even wanting to do more.

Others had nothing to say, although they wanted to run to Xu Jie's front to keep him just now, but now when they heard the emperor's meaning, their hearts jumped with joy. Once Xu Jie returns to his hometown, the pattern of this officialdom will definitely be pushed to reconstruction, and this time is a rare opportunity for everyone, as long as it is grasped well, it is not impossible to take advantage of the situation to be promoted.

"Chen Hong, spread my will to the world." Emperor Longqing turned his head to look at Chen Hong, and Chen Hong immediately bowed down to listen.

"The first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Jie, has worked hard for the official all his life, and now he is retired and returned to his hometown to retire for the rest of his life, and he is specially awarded the title of Taishi, and the three nephews of Enyin have entered the court as officials; and a hundred taels of gold and a thousand taels of silver as a sign of grace; On the way home, officials from all over the country allowed to go out of the city for ten miles to greet and send off, and built a house in their hometown for the purpose of living for the rest of their lives. Emperor Longqing's expression was solemn, and he blurted out the rewards to Xu Jie.

Among these rewards, few people have been able to obtain the title of Taishi since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and even with the power of Xu Jie, it was only the title of Taifu, and he never had extravagant hopes for the title of Taishi. It's a pity that creation makes people, but at this time, the emperor pressed this title to him with a mouth, which has to be said to be a kind of irony.

"Minister, thank you, Lord Longen." Suddenly, Xu Jie seemed to be ten years old, kneeling on the ground and verbally thanking him, his back trembling slightly.

Ouyang Jingzhi was stupid, he didn't expect that Xu Gelao's killing technique, which he had great confidence in, would be easily resolved by the emperor. Worries immediately rose, who would be the one who would take over the position of Xu Ge Lao's first assistant, and would he drive himself, Xu Ge Lao's first cronie, home at that time?

Not to mention Ouyang Jingzhi, Zhang Juzheng was also stupid there. Since Xu Jie's increasing arrogance, Zhang Juzheng had already anticipated the arrival of this day, although he had been vaguely and euphemistically persuaded Xu Jie, asking him to be obscure instead of sharp, but how could Xu Jie, who was at the peak of power, listen to the advice of his disciple.

Zhang Ju is a cautious person, and at the same time an ambitious person, subconsciously drifting away from Xu Jie, unless Xu Jie's summoning, he will never take the initiative to visit his teacher, what he is afraid of is that he will be affected by Xu Jie.

He had expected this day, but he never expected it to come so soon, and now he couldn't say what it felt like to be stunned for a while, sad, regretful, or some terrifying joy.

The extravagant reward could not hide the loss in Xu Jie's heart, and when he was scattered, he walked out in a small figure. Zhang Juzheng sighed, raised his heels, and many people also pretended to follow and say goodbye to Xu Jie.

Shen Chongming is not a person who likes to pretend to be garlic, Xu Jie said goodbye to his hometown, he didn't even hide the excitement on his face, and walked in front with his head held high, the situation was in stark contrast to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie has no use value, and the sycophant officials in the past said goodbye in a grand manner, and then dispersed in groups, even Ouyang Jingzhi quietly walked away, and in a blink of an eye, only Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng were left as masters and apprentices.

"Uncle, you're right." After a period of silence, Xu Jie suddenly spoke, with a bitter smile on his face.

Zhang Juzheng didn't answer, and said to him: "Teacher, it's a long way to return home, so let the students arrange it for you." ”

The feathered phoenix is not as good as a chicken, which Xu Jie also knows in his heart. The reason why Zhang Juzheng said such a thing is actually because of this, who will take Xu Jie, who has stepped down, to heart, even if there is the emperor's holy purpose, the local officials will not do their best to receive him.

But Zhang Juzheng is still in the center, and one of his orders, the officials will definitely do their best to entertain themselves in order to satisfy him, so as to curry favor with Zhang Juzheng.