In fact, to say that Yan Song is a dragon slayer knife is really too much to exalt him, because an official like him, who has been raised by seedlings, has neither gone through the career of a magistrate, nor has he undertaken any specific work in the administrative department...... It is no exaggeration to say that this Yan Ge Lao, who can be ranked in the top five among the previous chiefs and assistants of the Ming Dynasty, has been the undisputed penultimate in his ability to govern since the founding of the country.

Xu Jie and Yan Song actually have no personal enmity, on the contrary, Yan Ge Lao also has a lot of grace for him, but his experience is the opposite of Yan Song, he can experience the suffering of the people and feel the decline of the empire, so he is worried and burned, so when he can't bear Yan Song's corpse vegetarian meal and brazenness, Xu Jie finally broke with Yan Ge Lao.

The Jiajing Dynasty has been quiet for a few years, and finally there is another turmoil.

In September, I answered the Kou, which gave Xu Jie an excellent platform to show, and he used his superb diplomatic skills to ruthlessly beat me up. The Mongols, who were not very smart-witted, really rewrote a letter of state as requested, and before they could send it to Yanjing City, they learned that the army from the Northern Zhili region had arrived in Yanjing City...... The number of troops outside the city alone reached 80,000.

I replied that I knew that I had been tricked, but the situation was stronger than others, so I had to scold my mother and retreat.

As the only winner of this incident, Xu Jie was named the crown prince and Taibao, given to wear a bullfighting suit, and rode the waist in the West Garden, almost on an equal footing with Yan Ge Lao in terms of status. But these false names are not the most important - the most important thing is that his status in the emperor's heart is getting higher and higher - for example, the emperor only asked Yan Song to go to the Yuxi Palace, but now he has nothing to do and ask him to chat and report the situation. And because he is indeed more talented than Yan Song, he can do everything without leakage, which makes the emperor worry a lot, so even if he is cautious, he feels that it is always a matter of time before he replaces the elderly Yan Ge.

The ministers of the court and the central government were sensitive, and when they found that Xu Ge Lao was gradually favored, especially after replacing Yan Ge Lao to stand guard for the emperor this time, they were more and more affirmative of this judgment, so many flexible people and some real loyal people secretly approached him, and Xu Ge Lao's wings gradually plumped up.

He also expected that Yan Song's counterattack and revenge would definitely come in a surge, but he never expected that this frenzied and selfish old man would actually ignore the safety of the southeast of the Ming Dynasty and start a crazy attack on Zhang Jing, the governor of the southeast who was tasked with resisting the Japanese...... Although on the surface, it was because Zhao Wenhua and Zhang Jing had a personal grudge that he was impeached for 'supporting the army and respecting himself, cowardly fighting and indulgence'.

But the ghost believes that if Yan Song was not behind his back, Zhao Wenhua would be able to be appointed as the southeast supervisor after the sea sacrifice was completed, and Lai would not come back for a few months in Zhejiang...... By the way, the holy decree appointing Zhao Wenhua to supervise the army was issued a few days after his Xu Jie's might, in fact, the reason is not complicated, just because Zhang Jing was recommended by his Xu Jie, and the emperor paid the most attention to the war in the southeast, so Yan Ge Lao lost a game in the north, and he had to take this game back in the south.

But Xu Jie was not afraid at first, because he went through the Manchu Dynasty several times and found that except for Zhang Jing, he could no longer find a suitable official who could control the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war. From this, he came to a conclusion -- Zhang Jing was safe until the southeast was pacified, and he did not take Zhao Wenhua's attack to heart.

It wasn't until tonight that he heard Jiajing say something like 'I am in love with you', and he was finally shocked to find that the emperor was going to do something to Zhang Jing...... Because what this means is that for the sake of merit, I will not pursue your responsibilities anymore. There is also a subtext that is, but the responsibility of some people, I will be greatly investigated!

Needless to say, Governor Zhang is the head of some people.

Xu Jie still wanted to argue a few words for Zhang Jing, but when he saw His Majesty's big sleeves, he waved and said, "Li Fang, bring those pieces that participated in Zhang Jing." ”

When Xu Jie heard the word 'lift', he raised his head, and sure enough, he saw Li Fang and Huang Jin, carrying a bright yellow wooden box, the box was not covered, and it was full of powerful chapters.

The heavy wooden box was placed between the emperor and Xu Jie, and there was a muffled bang, which shook Xu Jie's heart and gall.

Emperor Jiajing picked up a book of musicals casually, glanced at it and said: "Hu Ke gave Ma Gan to participate in Zhang Jing's disloyalty", and threw it at Xu Jie's feet after speaking; picked up another book, glanced at it and said: "The Imperial Procuratorate supervises the imperial history Xu Qianying and Zhang Jingyi delayed the military plane" and threw it at the foot of Xu Jie; Pick up a book again and read: "Qian Zhiwei, the director of the Department of Military Affairs, is only involved in Zhang Jing's interception of military expenses", and then threw it at his feet. After reading seven or eight books, all of which were recitals of the impeachment of Zhang Jing, the emperor's anger came up, his hands reached into the box and copied indiscriminately, and threw a book of recitals to Xu Jie, shouting and scolding while throwing it: "I give him trust, what else does he give me?" Supporting the army and self-respect, spending military funds extravagantly, bending the law for bribes, avoiding the enemy and cowardly fighting? Is there still such a courtier in the world? Speaking of this, Jiajing's voice became extremely sharp, and finally said the most unacceptable sentence for him: "So much so that there is a folk proverb that 'Jiajing in the north, Zhangjing in the south', I think he wants to build Nanjing and share the world with me equally!" ”

A book with a hard shell hit Xu Jie's body, and every time it hurt, he had to bend down and kneel in front of the emperor in the most humble way, in order to reduce the number of beatings. Gradually, the music was about to drown him out, and the emperor's roar stopped, and he asked him coldly: "What to do with Zhang Jing?" ”

Xu Jie sighed in his heart and said, "Yan Song, Yan Song, you are so vicious!" He knew that Yan Song was sure that he would definitely save Zhang Jing, so he brazenly launched an attack. If you don't want to be implicated, you must say: 'Let Your Majesty do it.'" But he couldn't say this, although he had given up his dignity in order to climb up, but Xu Jie had not lost his principles, he knew that the only one who could solve the crisis in the southeast was Zhang Jing, if he didn't support him, then Zhang Jing would have no hope at all - what would become of the southeast coast at that time? Xu Jie didn't dare to imagine.

So he raised his head and begged with tears on his face: "Your Majesty, the southeast can't be messed up......"

Jiajing still said in a cold voice: "Without him Zhang Butcher, I wouldn't have eaten pigs with hair!" ”

Xu Jie said humbly: "It is very likely that Zhang Jing has other arrangements......"

"Then why didn't he report to the cabinet? Don't let me know? Jiajing said angrily: "So many impeachment excerpts have come up, why don't you see his self-justification?!" ”

"He may be patrolling military aircraft on the front line without knowing it for a while." Xu Jie said softly: "Weichen can use his net worth and surname to vouch for his life, and Zhang Jing has no two hearts. It's just that talented people are a little arrogant, and in this time of crisis, in order to use their talents, I implore Your Majesty to tolerate them. He felt that as long as the emperor could endure it for the time being, and when Zhang Jing pacified the rebellion, these impeachments would naturally be over.

Otherwise, if you want to do something, you can't do it when there is no one in the court.

Xu Jie's words at the critical moment finally made the emperor temporarily suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a muffled voice: "It's cheaper for this dog!" He said to Huang Jin: "Intention!" ”

The atmosphere was so cold and solemn that Huang Jin didn't dare to say anything, obediently took Huang Aya's red pen, pouted his butt and knelt on the ground.

"Order Jinyiwei to immediately arrest Zhang Jing and enter Beijing is to ask!"

Huang Jinxin said that this is still called cheap? Looking up at the emperor, he blinked and said, "Chin this? ”

"Chin this!" The emperor nodded with a gloomy face and said to Xu Jie, "Go down." ”

Xu Jie knew that this was already the limit of concession for the emperor, and although he was very unwilling in his heart, he still bowed obediently and retreated.

After he went out, the sky full of stars had been obscured by dark clouds, and the lead heavy clouds were pressed very low, making people breathless, looking at the rolling sky, Xu Jie sighed faintly and said: "The black clouds are overwhelming the city and want to destroy it......"

The entourage behind him put on a big coat for him, and said softly: "Elder Ge, let's go, it's going to snow." ”

Xu Jie nodded, then left the Yuxi Palace, and after walking away, he whispered to the relatives: "As soon as the morning dawns, you will leave the palace, go to Zhang Taiyue, let him send a message to Zhang Jing as quickly as possible, and tell him ......" and said slowly: "From the moment I saw the letter, I stayed in the mansion obediently, don't act rashly, let alone disobey the order, obediently follow the Qin mission back to Beijing, everything has its own old man to take care of." After thinking about it, he was afraid that Zhang Jing's psychological pressure would be too great, so he added: "Tell Zhang Jing again, Your Majesty just wants him to come back for questioning, as long as he makes it clear, he will still let him go back to the southeast...... Did you write it down? ”

"Yes." The kiss repeated it softly, Xu Jie nodded, and stopped talking. When passing by a courtyard near the Wuyi Palace, he couldn't help but look inside, which was Yan Ge Lao's residence in Xiyuan - because the cabinet minister's office and living in Xiyuan were low-lying and narrow, and they were all east and west rooms, exposed to the sun in summer and cold in winter, and it was miserable to live in it. Yan Song also lived in it at first, but a few years ago, the emperor was generous and ordered to build a residence for it alone near the Wuyi Palace, with all the halls and rooms facing south, and the kitchens in the annex were all furnished, so that Yan Ge Lao no longer suffered from the cold in winter and hot in summer, which made the ministers envious and jealous.

Seeing that the lights in the courtyard had been turned off, Xu Jie slowly shook his head and walked towards the cloudy and cold Duty House in the distance.

Sporadic snowflakes fell from the top of his head, gradually enveloping the entire Xiyuan, the entire Yanjing, and the entire North China in a white vast.

Don't you know that the city of Hangzhou, which is 3,000 miles away, is snowing tonight?

(To be continued)