Jiajing was furious, he Huo Ran got up from the gossip bed, glared at his first assistant and said, "I still plan to keep him for the New Year!" He almost pointed at Yan Song's nose and scolded: "You are shameless, do you want me to be shameless?!" The sound was like thunder, knocking Yan Song to the ground and kowtowing.

Jiajing was like an angry lion, his eyes swept over the faces of the other cabinet members, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What about you? Are you also going to invite Tartar to eat dumplings before leaving? ”

When his gaze fell on Xu Jie, the second assistant who had always been gentle and frugal, as if the first assistant was like a fart, came out, only to hear him say with a calm face: "The lord insults the minister to death, and the minister is willing to share the worries of the monarch's father." ”

Emperor Jiajing, whose eyes wandered, burst into a burst of light in his eyes, he nodded approvingly to Xu Jie, changed his indifferent face, and said coldly to Yan Song who was lying on the ground: "The second assistant is still so conscious, don't you feel ashamed of the first assistant?" ”

Yan Song couldn't hide the surprise in his heart, tilted his head and glanced at Xu Jie, who was not in the ancient well, he finally found that this was not a sheep, but a wolf in sheep's clothing, and if it was a wolf, it would eat people! Although he has always been able to hide and push when he can in major national affairs, as long as his personal power is touched, Yan Ge Lao will open his bloody mouth like a tiger and give the most violent blow to the pretender.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to his old profession of political struggle, Yan Song regained his composure, and he replied calmly: "The minister has already dedicated everything to Your Majesty." ”

This had to be extremely incorruptible and shameless to say, and Emperor Jiajing was really amused, and kicked him falsely and said, "You old dog." The emperor was discouraged, went back to the gossip bed and sat down, and when he saw the annoying state letter, his face sank again, and he threw it at the feet of several cabinet members, and said hatefully: "What should I do with this thing?" ”

Yan Song glanced at Xu Jie expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "This is a matter of the Ministry of Rites." "Xu Jie's body is also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, that is to say, this is Xu Jie's business.

When several other cabinet members in the hall heard this, they said in their hearts, they were obedient, and they really couldn't be in the limelight, and they couldn't offend Yan Daji. They are all old fritters who have been in the sea for a long time, and they can naturally understand that Yan Song's bland sentence contains irresolvable murderous intentions!

Xu Jie is now faced with two choices, to push down this errand and to take over this errand, if he pushes it down, the good impression he just had in His Majesty's heart will be gone, and it will also leave the emperor with the bad influence of 'just talking but not practicing, not taking responsibility'...... Once it is no longer valued by the emperor, it will definitely be swallowed by Yan Ge.

So Xu Jie had to take it, and then he was faced with two choices, not to agree to my request or agree. But no matter which one he chooses, he can't escape the tragic fate either...... If you choose not to agree, you will be responsible for the outcome of this battle, and if you can win the battle, do you still need to discuss the issue of 'opening the market' here?" Directly copy the guy and beat the girl.

So it seems that Xu Jie can only take it and agree to the peace talks, so that he can send me away and relieve the emperor's worries. But the shame of signing the alliance under the city cannot be borne by the emperor, so after a while, the emperor will definitely put this responsibility on Xu Jie, and let him be ruined to show his indignation against the 'traitor'.

In the eyes of the cabinet members, Xu Ge Lao had no choice but to be a night pot that was far away after it was used up. At that time, their fear of Yan Song became even heavier, and some people had even made up their minds to go to their godfather as soon as they went back and treat Yan Ge as their son.

There is a saying that 'the heavy sword has no edge, and the great skill does not work', you have to have countless times of experience in framing colleagues to have this level, and you must have a deep understanding of Emperor Jiajing's vanity and selfishness, turning his face and not recognizing people's surnames, in order to use such a trick in such a short period of time.

Yan Song stared at Xu Jie expectantly, but his eyes flashed with the expression of a cat playing with a mouse, he was happily waiting for Xu Jie to jump into the trap by himself, he could even guess the horror in the hearts of the other three cabinet members, and couldn't help but secretly proudly said: "The tiger is not powerful, think I am a sick cat?" Let the old man kill Xu Jie, the big chicken, and make an example of the monkey in the world. ”

Xu Jie was silent for a moment, but before the emperor showed an impatient look, he made his choice: "Elder Yan Ge is right, Weichen, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, should bear it by himself. ”

Yan Song couldn't help laughing, the three cabinet members sighed in their hearts, although they were weak and useless, they could still distinguish right from wrong, and naturally knew that in this matter, Yan was annihilated, Xu was loyal, just like the previous history of the Jiajing Dynasty, Annihilation was about to fight again.

Emperor Jiajing didn't have their minds, he just wanted to solve the problem quickly and not be embarrassed. So he looked at Xu Jie with anticipation on his face and said, "Do you have a way?" ”

Xu Jie nodded slowly but firmly: "Weichen thinks that Altan Khan's stop in Tongzhou shows that he is difficult to decide between war and peace. One sentence is like a boat crossing the water, and the emperor's contradiction is my answer. When the time came, Jiajing Longyan was happy, nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad." ”

I heard Xu Jie continue: "In Weichen's humble opinion, fighting is not the best choice to deal with such enemies at both ends of the first rat, and peace is not the best choice. ”

"So what to do?" The Emperor asked impatiently.

"Drag." Xu Jie said calmly: "It only takes a little time, and when the army of the King of Duty is together, then Altan Khan will naturally be afraid and flee without a fight." As he spoke, he arched his hand and said: "At that time, the initiative will be in the hands of Your Majesty, and you can also ask Altan Khan, do you want to fight or peace?" ”

Jiajing was overjoyed by what he said, straightened up and asked, "Then how to do it?" ”

Xu Jie bent down unhurriedly, picked up the letter on the ground, which was regarded as a shame by the emperor, and said firmly: "The answer is here." He explained to the emperor: "According to the custom, there should be a common script of the two countries on the national letter, but now there is only Chinese and no Mongolian on it. ”

"Wouldn't that be nice?" Jiajing was a little confused for a while.

"My Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven and the state of etiquette." Xu Jieyi said in a righteous manner: "This kind of mistake must not be tolerated, so we must tell the envoy of Altan Khan that we only recognize the national letters of Han and Mongolian. ”

Emperor Jiajing said suddenly: "Yes, he must go back and ask for another national letter, and this will come and go for at least three days, and the nearby troops can come." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." In fact, Xu Jie deliberately did not say the conclusion, but waited for the emperor to uncover the mystery, which naturally greatly pleased Emperor Jiajing...... can still have this calmness at such a time, which shows how terrible this hidden Xu Ge Lao is!

Yan Song looked at this junior for the first time with a straight eye, and he found that he had seriously underestimated this deputy in the past.

Xu Jie is twenty-three years younger than Yan Song, so Yan Ge always thinks of himself as a senior, and feels that Xu Jie is far inferior to himself in terms of experience and qualifications, but if you open the resumes of the two, you will be surprised to find that the two of them are actually good at Chunlan Qiuju...... Xu Jie, born in the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, a prodigy, was twenty-one years old in the middle of the flower, but the proud life of the spring breeze had not yet begun, so he offended the first assistant Zhang Xuan at that time because of his courage to speak out, and was assigned to Yanping Mansion in Fujian Province as a pusher, and he worked for five years. In the end, because of Zhang Xuan's downfall and outstanding political achievements, he was appointed as the Tongzhi of Huguang Huangzhou Prefecture, but luck could not be stopped, and he did not have time to take office, and then he was reappointed as Zhejiang Xuezheng, and then served as the deputy envoy of Jiangxi according to the inspection, and almost turned the southern provinces again, and then returned to the capital to serve as the East Palace Horse Wash and Hanlin Academy, the Guozi Supervisor Wine, the Minister's Left Waiter, the Ministry of Rites, and finally entered the cabinet and became the second assistant, in addition to the three years of his father Ding worry, he has been in politics for a total of 27 years, and more importantly, he has experienced various local and central yamen, It has accumulated an incomparably deep heritage.

Look at Yan Song again, and Xu Jie's two extremes, although he is also a genius, but because of the delay in the imperial examination for his father's system, he only took the second place in the second class at the age of twenty-seven, although it is not as brilliant as Xu Tanhua, but it is also an excellent ranking. Just when he was preparing to make a big move, his mother died again, Yan Song was a very filial child, others guarded his mother for twenty-seven months, but he kept it for seven years. Then just came back and caught up with the rebellion of King Ning, he was sent to pass the decree, to say that Yan Ge is always timid, he even asked for a surname, asked someone to ask for a leave, went home to continue to recuperate, until Emperor Zhengde died, he came back again, and was sent to Nanjing Hanlin Academy for tea.

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Rites Discussion had brought down countless officials and reshuffled the court, if it weren't for the fact that Gui Cao was his fellow countryman and friend and superior, he might have been left out in the cold in Nanjing for the rest of his life, and then retired from poverty. But now he has been promoted to the position of the prince of the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, and then successively served as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and entered the cabinet...... It has only been 30 years since he really started to become an official...... If you deduct the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and rebuild the "History of the Song Dynasty" for a few years, it is really difficult to say who he or Xu Jie's political time is long.

Although time has never been a measure of ability, Xu Jie has already sharpened himself into a Heavenly Sword hidden in the box during this long and bumpy time, and he is qualified enough to challenge Yan Song, the dragon slaying knife that commands martial arts!

(To be continued)