。 A north wind howled, the incense burned very quickly, and after a while, only an inch long was left, seeing that the officials still did not waver, Chen Hong instructed his subordinates to prepare ox tendon ropes and iron chains, and prepare to take people. The young officials have also accepted their fate, since Hengzhi is going to be arrested, it is better to be brave, and not to lose too much to your predecessors.

At this time, a whirlwind blew down, and the incense was blown down, and everyone could not see the red dot in front of them. Chen Hong waved his hand viciously and said, "Arrest someone!" ”

The fans of Dongchang are about to rush up, seeing the most inhumane scene of the Ming Dynasty, it is about to be staged again!

At this moment, I heard a low shout: "Stop! When Chen Hong heard it, it was Xu Jie's voice, and he saw Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet. With seven or eight high-ranking officials dressed in purple moves, he got off the sedan chair and walked briskly to this side.

"If you don't come early, you won't come late, but at this time," Chen Hong muttered, but how dare he offend the prime minister, he hurriedly waved his hand, signaled his subordinates to pause, put on a smiling face and said: "Hey, Xu Ge Lao, you can come, quickly help the miscellaneous family persuade all the adults, they have been blocking the palace gate for a long time, it is really not a problem." ”

"That's what the old man is here for." Xu Jie nodded, and said to Chen Hong in a low voice: "Please also ask Gonggong Chen to withdraw your family for the time being, otherwise the atmosphere will be too unfriendly, and the old man will get half the result." ”

Chen Hong heard the words and said: "In the middle, just give the elder this face." "He didn't dare to make a big deal out of it. In case it is really inextricable, it will be bad to be pushed out by the emperor as a scapegoat. But he added: "But if you don't always win, then don't blame our family for not being embarrassed." ”

Xu Jie nodded and said, "Gonggong Chen can rest assured." The old man knows. So Chen Hong led his subordinates to temporarily retreat into the palace gate, and asked Xu Jie to communicate with those officials.

In the cold wind, Xu Jie looked at the unyielding young official, feeling a little relieved, but more distressed, sighed and said: "Everyone, don't be like this, even if you have a hundred, Li'er, but confrontation is not the solution to the problem, it can only make things worse." After a pause, seeing that there was no reaction, he said earnestly: "Have you thought about it, this is forcing the palace!" Even if the emperor can agree, he will never agree to you, otherwise, if there is any unhappiness in the future, if you come to the palace gate to make trouble, the emperor will have to agree, where is the dignity and authority of the Son of Heaven? He sighed and said, "Listen to the old man, let's get up and go back; The matter here is wrapped up in me, I understand what you mean, the old man went to tell the emperor, how about it? Finally, he gave everyone a heavy bow. After a year in power, Xu Jie is still very prestigious, and Jin Yiwei is so frightened. The officials were already frightened, so they said: "We can't make it difficult for the cabinet elders, so let's go back and wait for the news first, and I believe that the cabinet elders will give us a satisfactory answer." ”

"The old man will do his best." Xu Jie nodded solemnly.

After those young officials supported each other and slowly left, Xu Jie sighed, straightened his clothes, turned around and entered the west, went straight to the Wanshou Palace, and asked to see the emperor.

Who knew that Jiajing didn't see him, so he only let Li Fang pass the word and said: "If it's to persuade the Federation not to tour south, the elder of the pavilion shouldn't bother to speak,"

"What if it's something else?" Xu Jie asked.

"If it's something else, wait until the end of the New Year." After Li Fang passed on the edict, he smiled apologetically: "Pavilion Elder, the emperor is angry, don't touch your head." ”

Xu Jie's face was full of worries: "I'm worried that what radical things will be done below, it will not look good on the faces of the emperor and the court." Saying that, he said to Li Fang: "Please ask your father-in-law to help." ”

Li Fang has never been nosy since she came back. But in the face of the plea from Shoufu, he had no choice but to fall back, nodded and said, "You always rest in the duty room first, and then the old slave will go to the emperor."

"I'm tired of my father-in-law." Xu Jie saluted again.

Li Fang entered the retreat, and Emperor Jiajing was already under Chen Hong's service, ready to meditate.

"Master, those people are gone," Li Fang reported softly.

"Hmm," Jiajing obviously knew, and said with his eyes closed: "Write down this account first, and then settle it with them after the New Year." ”

"Elder Xu Ge is still outside." Li Fang whispered: "He said that he must meet the master no matter what, so that he can properly handle this matter." ”

"Nothing to deal with." Jiajing snorted and said, "The joint intention has been decided, you let him go back to rest." ”

Li Fang was embarrassed: "Elder Xu Ge has already promised those people, if he doesn't find the master, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to do it." ”

After a moment of silence, Jiajing slowly spoke, but the words he said made Li Fang extremely disappointed: "No."

"Master" Li Fang still wants to persuade again. But I heard Jiajing say: "This joint is to give him an ugly look!" Li Fang's heart was cold, and she held back the words of persuasion.

Xu Jie waited and waited, but he didn't see Li Fang come out. It wasn't until it was dark that a little eunuch came to spread the word: "The old ancestor said that his old man can't do anything about it, so please turn back." ”

Xu Jie grabbed the little eunuch and said, "Is it that Gonggong Li can't see the emperor, or does the emperor say that he can't see me?" "It's not a big difference, but for him, it's really important.

"Yes, the emperor said that he couldn't endure the little eunuch's swallowing

Xu Jie's lonely palace was outside, looking at the towering emperor that he had built on time after he had exhausted the treasury, and his heart was full of horror. Since becoming a former assistant. When he wanted to see the emperor, he would go in whenever he wanted, and "please see him outside the palace" was just a formality. The emperor was also very respectful to himself. not only allowed himself to ride on his shoulders in the Forbidden City, but also gave him a seat in front of the emperor, and his grace was comparable to that of Xu Jie; Who knows that without warning, it will disappear if you can't see it, it's really unpredictable.

He knew in his heart that the emperor was not only angry with him because of this incident, but also to release the resentment that had been stored up for a long time. In fact, he had long realized that his reform was a bit too hasty, which made those officials arrogant all of a sudden, touched the authority of the emperor, and caused him to be unhappy. But the emperor's patience has always made Xu Jie's heart a little lucky, "It seems that the tiger doesn't bite, and the emperor doesn't care about these anymore."

But this is obviously not the case, no matter how old the tiger is, he will not be a vegetarian, and the emperor will not allow his authority to be repeatedly challenged. A trace of self-consciousness rose in Xu Jie's heart, and he secretly said that maybe from now on, the emperor will not respect himself so much.

When he returned, he did not sit on his shoulder. dragged his heavy steps and walked out with a heavy heart, but fortunately, his family called out to the Imperial Forest Army who was closing the door, so he was not locked up in the palace.

The next day, Xu Jie still wanted to make a final effort. But this time he learned to be obedient and did not directly go to the book to advise. Instead, he asked Guo Gan, the new secretary of the military department, to give the emperor a copy of "Hu Subordinate Matters", which is this trip. How much do we pay to protect it, and how much money does the budget have

There are more than 15,000 Jinyi guards and regimental battalion officers and soldiers alone, plus more than 10,000 people; There are more than 10,000 horses in Jinyi and regimental camps, and more than 6,000 horses in the army. These nearly 30,000 horsemen eat horses and chew horses, and they have to spend 200,000 taels of grain and grass in silver each way.

He also asked the Ministry of Rites to submit the "Southern Hunting Note", which made detailed provisions on the supply, etiquette, and guards, and the cost of various purchases, and the amount of silver was 100,000 taels.

In other words, the emperor's trip will cost at least 500,000 taels of silver, which is not counting the local expenses.

This time, Jiajing saw them, but he had already gone mad. I have to go. actually said to Xu Jie and the three Shangshu: "What are you doing with so many servants?" There is no guard of honor, just a few hundred guards, and the guards are enough

Everyone sweated and whispered: "Only when the Son of Heaven flees can he not bring a guard of honor."

"This" Jiajing was choked enough, and said angrily: "And said: "Six years of the king is the time patrol." Meng Keshi also said: "The princes of Tianzi are suitable for patrolling and hunting" Liandu has not been out for more than 20 years, compared to the five or six years of the ancient kings. It's already much more burnout! ”

As soon as the emperor brought out the sage, several adults were a little poor in words, or Fang Dull leaned on the old and sold the old, not afraid of confronting the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is good, but it is all the ancient law of Xia and Zhou, and my Emperor Taizu once said: "The Son of Heaven should not be taken lightly" is because he knows that the Son of Heaven patrols the hunting code, just like the well field and feudalism cannot be restored!" So he set up the imperial history to replace it, and tested the corruption of the official and the failure of the current government; Then return to the Son of Heaven, and the hundred occupations will be respectful, and the nine-fold arch will be reasonable! The system of the emperor's ancestors, the law that is not easy for a hundred generations! "Yes, the emperor" Yan Ne also persuaded: "The Book of Yu also said: "There is no slack and no famine, and the four Yi come to the king." then know the reverence of the master's thoughts. That is, the opportunity of the outward and backward back. It is based on the summer queen Taikang wandering excessively, and the real disaster after the death, "The Song of the Five Sons" can be forever learned! ”

"The more you talk about it, the more unpleasant it becomes!" The one who scolded Yan Ne loudly was not His Majesty the Emperor, who was high above. It was Sister Yuan, a bachelor who had been silent on the side, and he said with a look of righteous indignation: "I admit that what you said makes sense, but I forgot that Your Majesty's imperial examination and imperial approval are not sleeping in Changping, but in the distant Zhongluo!" Said emotionally: "I rule the world with filial piety, as the Son of Heaven, I should lead by example!" The previous imperial tombs were all in Changping, so the previous emperors could worship at any time, and there was no loss in filial piety. But Your Majesty is sincere and filial, but he has not worshiped his relatives for 20 years, and he has been called unfilial, isn't he afraid that he will work hard and hurt his money? Now Your Majesty just wants to go to Xianling again and pay homage to the emperor and the Empress Dowager Zhangsheng, is this too much to ask? ”

Everyone who dared to nod their heads had to shake their heads. Yuan Fei then said loudly: "Filial piety is the greatest between heaven and earth!" As a minister, we should fully support the emperor to fulfill his filial piety, and I should not be held accountable for the money spent! The hundred officials were deceived and the emotions were raging for a while, so we should explain clearly and clarify the hearing and hearing to the hundred officials, instead of complaining about the emperor here! Saying that, he arched his hands and said: "When Weichen heard that the emperor was touring the south, he couldn't help himself excitedly, and spent five days drafting 22 articles of the emperor's worship ceremony and 21 articles of the emperor's inspection ceremony, and made as detailed design and arrangement as possible for the southern tour and the worship ceremony. Please ask the emperor to take a look. ”

Jiajing was overjoyed, and ordered Sister Yuan to give Sister Yuan a colorful flying fish suit, a colorful woven square bag, a silver scoop, and a knife and chopstick, and said to Xu Jie and others: "Learn from Yuan Aiqing, and don't talk about worrying about it." It must be kept in mind and put into action! Said with a different meaning: "Everyone likes their subordinates to have the same heart as themselves, and Lian is no exception." ”

Xu Jie and the others were awe-inspiring, knowing that the matter had come to an end. Talking too much is harmful, so I had no choice but to retire.

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As soon as Xu Jie and the others came out, they surrounded the officials outside the gate of the Heart Palace! Come. Gossip asked! , "The old man must be linked?" Has the emperor changed his mind?

Xu Jie shook his head tiredly, and said slowly: "Father and you have done your best, this matter is already like this, so don't say much."

Hearing his words, everyone's disappointment was overflowing, and they all said: "Elder Ge, you can't let the emperor insist on going his own way, otherwise the good situation of this year will be in vain, in case of any accident, I can't stand this turmoil!" ”

"Alas" Xu Jie shook his head, and could only say more bluntly: "It's not subservient, the old man has served the emperor for nearly twenty years, and he knows a thing or two about the emperor's character. repeatedly, dispel the idea of confrontation with the emperor. Let's see if there is any other way to make the emperor change his mind and sigh again: "If not, then find a way to minimize the damage." ”

He talked about this, obviously he didn't issue a theory, and the officials could only retire first. But Xu Jie knows very well that if this matter is not really resolved, sooner or later there will be chaos. Looking at the officials who left him, and then looking at the closed palace gate behind him, at this moment, Xu Jie understood Yan Song a little bit When you become a front assistant, the officials regard you as the spokesperson of the emperor, and the emperor sees you as the big leader of the officials, and the result is that both ends are not pleased, this splint taste. You really can't really appreciate it until you've tasted it. After going back, Xu Jie found Zhang Juzheng and other henchmen, and even called Shen Mo to give them the task to persuade those officials not to do anything again.

When he came out, Zhang Juzheng deliberately fell behind. Asked Shen Mo said, "You said that day." I can't go into too much detail about this, but what does it mean? ”

"Can you guess?" Silent glanced at him. Said lightly.

Zhang Juzheng smiled when he heard this: "I think." The emperor is simply using the topic to play, and if he wants to use this southern tour to re-establish his majesty, whoever dares to block the road will inevitably be killed as a monkey. ”

"Hehe, it's worthy of Zhang Taiyue," he smiled silently.

"So what do we do?" Zhang Juzheng asked, "Which side do you support?" ”

"The choice is yours". Shen Mo put his hands into his sleeves and said, "On such a cold day, my wife and children are still comfortable, so I don't bother to go out and walk around." He thought of the last dynasty in the original history, and couldn't help but sigh that Jiajing was really born at the wrong time, if he was born two hundred years later, and he was lucky enough to be the emperor, it would be much more powerful than now, and no one dared to care about him. In the history books, it has to be called in a beautiful name to promote national unity.

Alas, who made you born in the Great Ming of all evils? Shaking his head sympathetically in silence, he continued to move forward.

You have nothing to do with yourself, and Zhang Juzheng followed behind and said, "This is not good." ”

"Since it's none of my business, why do you have to work blindly?" Shen Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "The cow's hoof tendons that were sucked yesterday are now back to eat, and the heat is just right." ”

"Isn't it okay to eat cows?" Zhang Juzheng said.

"You can sue me." Silence doesn't matter.

"Alas, I wanted to sue, but the yamen wouldn't open the door." Zhang Juzheng followed closely and said: "My teeth are not very good, can I cook it more badly?" ”

"No, I can't". Shen Mo shook his head and said, "My hoof tendons, I am in charge" The two of them said and disappeared into the alley of Xu Jie's house.

Under the vigorous appeasement of Xu Jie and several adults. Officials finally reluctantly agreed not to go to the book again. But I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if it's really providential. Since Jiajing let out the wind, he said that he would start the southern tour. The sky of Beijing has been gloomy and the sun has never appeared, the sky is dark, the sun and the moon are lightless, making people feel like they are in the underworld; What's even more sinister. The water of Nanhaizi Lake in Xiyuan swelled, surging more than four feet, and a bridge was broken, which again caused discussions.

The focus of the officials' discussion has changed from how much money should be spent this time to how dangerous this tour is, even the Fang Shi Xiong Xian, who encouraged the emperor to go on patrol, was taken to talk about it, Xiong Xian is dangerous, Xiong Xian is dangerous, Xiong Xian is dangerous, look, how unlucky!

Some people really believed this statement, and Zhang Ying, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, decided to persuade the emperor to die. So he carried a heavy burden and exposed his breasts. With a sharp blade in his waist and abdomen, he suddenly appeared outside the emperor's house, knelt on the road and cried loudly: "If you change the levy rate, it will be unfavorable to drive out." As he spoke, he put aside the admonition, and stabbed himself in the chest with a sharp blade, and blood flowed all over the ground.

The Han generals hurriedly seized his weapons. Tie him up, and then open the burden on his back, only to see that it was only a bag of loess inside. asked him what he was for, and Zhang Ying used it the most

When Jia Mei found out, she couldn't help but praise: "Righteous man! , ordered his eldest son to be replaced, on duty in the palace. But Zhang Ying's blood did not make the emperor change his mind, and on the sixteenth day of the first month of the forty-second year of Jiajing, the emperor officially issued an order to tour the south in February.

Don't speak, try to write as much as possible."