As a first-class member and a second-class cabinet assistant, in the eyes of ordinary people, Xu Jie's life is really enjoyable. But there is a saying that 'those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want', in fact, the anguish in his heart is far beyond ordinary people.

Xu Jie's pain comes from three aspects, one is guilt, the second is humiliation, and the third is disappointment.

The guilt is to Xia Yan and Yang Jisheng, Xia Yan is his teacher, it is Xia Yan who promoted him and cultivated him regardless of his previous suspicions, and put him back on the right track, and finally he was able to enter the cabinet as a minister, which can be said to have the grace of reinvention for him, but when Xia Yan was framed and imprisoned, until his head was in a different place, his family was ruined, and he needed someone to stand up and speak the most, Xu Jie turned his back on his teacher, did not say a word, did not write a book, as if he never knew his teacher.

And Yang Jisheng is his student, in this era when the relationship between teachers and students is greater than the sky, the bones and tendons are broken between the two, the students must obey the teacher's leadership, and the teacher must protect the students. But when Yang Jisheng was angry and impeached Yan's father and son, and thus was in prison and in danger, everyone in the world was looking at him Xu Huating! They all think that Xu Jie, who is already the second person in the cabinet and can compete with the Yan Party, saves his students.

But after a calm analysis, Xu Jie believed that the situation of the enemy's strength and weakness had not changed, and it was far from the time for a showdown...... So once again, he chose to remain silent. In fact, he also went to Lu Bing behind his back and begged him to protect Yang Jisheng's thoughtfulness, but it was a plot in the dark room, and outsiders didn't know about it...... So in everyone's eyes, he Xu Huating is a coward who is greedy for life and fear death for his own glory and wealth!

Chinese pay attention to the word 'righteousness', regardless of whether you are true or false, anyway, at least the face can not damage this word, now Xu Jie's performance can be called ruthless and unrighteous, so that his reputation suddenly fell to the bottom, the upper dynasty was pointed and poked, and the lower dynasty also became the object of spurning by others, and for a long time, the whole court did not play with him.

Xu Jie silently accepted the contempt from the hundred officials, he knew that time would dilute this disdain, and sure enough, as time passed, those who died had disappeared from everyone's conversation. Everyone returned to Xu Jie's side again, because he had been promoted and rewarded continuously during these years. Everyone realized that he was the successor of Yan Ge Lao, and naturally he would have to become attached to the future Shoufu.

Several times, Xu Jie thought that he was strong enough to endure it, it was time to avenge Xia Yan, Yang Jisheng, and those innocent people who were persecuted to death by the Yan Party, and get rid of the great annihilators who brought disaster to the country and the people, but the reality was extremely cruel, whenever he wanted to try to challenge Yan Song, he was beaten to the ground by him, and he was spit contemptuously on his face, and he couldn't see any hope of winning at all.

Finally, after enduring all the hardships, he finally found the root of the problem - yes, after years of hard work, he became the second assistant of the cabinet, only one step away from Yan Song, but this step, which seems to be close at hand, is actually separated by an almost unbridgeable gap - between him and the emperor is a simple relationship between the monarch and the minister, and Yan Song and Jiajing are not only the monarch and the minister, but also the master and servant, the playmate, and even the friend to some extent...... Huang Yanjing is a loyal minister who loves the world in troubled times, and the loyal minister can share hardships with him, but when he is rich and noble, the hard-headed loyal minister who is gentle and frugal, loyal and filial, and righteous seems so boring, so unfashionable, and even so annoying; It is far less amiable and lovely than the courtiers who can figure out the emperor's intentions, indulge the emperor**, and have fun with the emperor...... Although once something happens, these people will show their feet and run faster than anyone else, but isn't it time for Daming to be in danger yet?

So in today's era, loyal ministers like Yu Shaobao are not popular for support, and it is fortunate that Yan Ge Lao is popular!

One day in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, Xu Jie and Yan Song met at the same time, and when they finished talking about business, Xu Jie was about to retire, but he saw Yan Ge Lao standing there still, and then saw the emperor take out a five-color mushroom...... That was the raw material for alchemy, and Xu Jie still knew it.

Yan Song took it, pulled it into his sleeve, glanced at Xu Jie proudly, and walked away.

Xu Jie stood there extremely embarrassed, he finally knew that although the emperor was willing to promote himself and entrust him with important tasks, in the emperor's heart, he was just an errand boy, and his status was definitely not comparable to Yan Ge Lao.

When he finally knew the truth, Xu Jie's mood was gloomy, he was almost desperate, and his face was very gloomy and said: "Minister, I am also willing to refine medicine for Your Majesty......"

Jiajing said: "You have serious things to worry about, so leave these things to Elder Yan Ge." "What are these words? Could it be that the deputy assistant of the cabinet is busier than the first assistant? Xu Jie knew that this was the emperor's excuse, so he knelt down in front of Jiajing, and resolutely asked again, there is a posture that I won't get up if you don't agree.

Jiajing was still very happy that he could take the initiative to support his cultivation, and with Xu Jie's unremitting efforts, he finally gradually handed over some tasks to Xu Jie, but he still couldn't compare with Yan Song.

Xu Jie finally recognized the situation, and in the following days, he did three things, first, he married his own granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson as a concubine, and then, under the pretext of avoiding the Japanese Kou, he transferred his household registration registered in the Ministry of Officials from Nanzhili to Jiangxi, and became a strict old 'Township Party'...... Under this kind of performance that completely disregarded personality and dignity, Yan Song finally did not make up his mind to fight to the death, although he could still feel the existence of Xu Jie's forces, he thought that he was only preparing for the future succession, not to seize power; After all, Yan Ge Lao was over eighty, and Xu Jie's was less than sixty, so for the sake of his future descendants, he didn't embarrass Xu Jie.

It wasn't until Zhao Zhenji, a student of Xu Jie, was about to enter the cabinet that Yan Song suddenly discovered that while this guy was pretending to be his grandson, he had actually been actively expanding his armaments, and now he had chased behind him, only half a position away...... So he did not hesitate to show his majesty, and wanted to take down Zhao Zhenji and replace him with his own. After some fighting, the result was not surprising, and he got his wish. But the old and unbearable Yan Ge Lao and the arrogant Yan Shifan only saw the beneficial side for themselves, but ignored Emperor Jiajing's treatment of Wu Peng...... They simply thought that Emperor Jiajing was tired of this discredited official book, rather than having an opinion on them. Yan Shifan's argument is very sufficient, the candidate to replace Wu Peng is his uncle Ouyang Bijin, and the position of heavenly official has not fallen into the hands of outsiders, so he thinks it is only Wu Peng's personal problem.

But they ignore the fact that the so-called 'own person' Ouyang Bijin is actually not single-minded with them, but just a matter of kinship, but in terms of doing things hard, it is definitely not comparable to Wu Peng, who is desperate, so inside and out, they still lose.

What's even more serious is that they also ignore such a detail -- when deciding Wu Peng's fate, Emperor Jiajing asked Yan Song first, and Xu Jie asked later, so they were patient and interesting, because usually speaking, they are the secondary leads, and the main ones are behind, Xu Jie's speech should be the first, and Yan Song's statement later, but Jiajing reversed the order -- if ordinary people did this, it might be a momentary negligence, but the extremely intelligent and scheming Emperor Jiajing would never make such a mistake.

This is actually a dangerous signal, it means that the emperor's warning to Yan Song, and it means that the emperor's protective attitude that has always been there may be a change.

Then there was the township test fraud, which can be said to be the last straw that broke the camel's back, so that the emperor's opinion of the Yan family father and son finally began to reverse...... Xu Jie judged the situation and finally believed that the two sides could really break their wrists this time and have a fair contest. Victory is still far away, but it is not out of reach...... Just when he was actively planning and preparing to launch a tentative attack, the 'Township Trial Fraud Case' and the 'Yan Maoqing Corruption Case' occurred one after another, and the impeachment of Yan Maoqing was carried out, Xu Jie could guess that it was done silently...... However, this does not mean that he is smarter than Yan Shifan, but because he knows that he did not do it himself, but Yan Shifan does not know.

But for the fraud case in the science field, Xu Jie doesn't think it's a silent work...... Shen Mo started from scratch and operated in the southeast for many years, and his power was deep enough to launch a war of expulsion from outsiders; But when he was in the capital, he was still short, he had no qualifications and no power, even if Xu Jiegao looked at him, he didn't believe that he had the ability to indulge in the Shuntianxiang test.

Therefore, Xu Jie felt that the most reasonable explanation was that those who cheated were self-defeating, and they were seized by Shen Mo and took the opportunity to lay out.

But it is precisely because of this that Xu Jie's ability to grasp the opportunity and grasp the opportunity with silence and be small and broad, he felt extremely admired, and even sighed to himself, and looked at him for a long time, Xu Ge Lao nodded and said, "I believe in you." ”

"Thank you for your trust." Shen silently arched his hand and confessed: "Although the township test fraud case has nothing to do with the students, the way the students dealt with it after they found out, it seems to be a public heart, but in fact, it is greatly detrimental to the strict party......

"If you know that's the case, why didn't you come to me earlier?" Xu Jiechu smiled narrowly: "Do I have to wait for the matter to come to an end, I have no choice before coming?" ”

Shen Mo didn't expect that Xu Ge Lao, who had always been obscure, finally showed his edge today, and couldn't help but blush: "Student...... The students had been hesitating and had only recently made up their minds. ”

Fortunately, Xu Jie only knocked on it, and didn't mean to get along with him, so he smiled faintly, changed the topic and said, "You came to me, did you just admit your mistake?" ”

"Of course not." Silent smiled shyly: "The students are here to ask for advice...... Oh no, it's a request for help, so please be sure to help the students by the teacher. ”

Xu Jie, who had always been in a gloomy mood, finally revealed a glimmer of sunshine, and he felt a little happy...... At the beginning, he was put on the spot by Shen Mo, and he suffered a dumb loss, but Xu Ge never forgot it, although Shen Mo later gave financial compensation, but this tone, Xu Jieke never went out.

Now seeing Shen Mo finally kneeling in front of him and asking for his help, the sullen breath in Xu Jie's chest finally disappeared.

Zhang Juzheng behind the screen said secretly: "The teacher's heart is indeed not broad-minded, and he has always been estranged from Shen Mo intentionally or unintentionally because of a bit of a festival...... Otherwise, there is such a handsome man under the door, which big guy can not deliberately cultivate and focus on support? Now that Shen Mo finally bowed down, he felt that Mr. Xu's attitude would change somewhat...... No one is an immortal, there is no way to calculate the last resort, Shen Mo thought that he was coercing Xu Jie to fight against Yan Song, but he didn't know that in Xu Jie's opinion, he was in the middle of the middle, and he came just right!

After some pretentiousness, Xu Jie finally let Shen Jie become silent, and said softly: "You are indeed clever in this matter, but how can there be an impermeable wall in the world?" As long as it is a conspiracy, it will definitely leave traces - Township Test, Shibo, Lin Run, as long as these key points are connected, it is not difficult to guess you Shen Zhuoyan. ”

Shen Mo nodded, this is the reason why he came to Xu Jie's place and lowered his posture: Yan Shifan will react quickly, if Xu Jie doesn't help carry this black cauldron, then he will really be doomed. The following is actually bargaining...... "I know what you mean by coming to me, you are my student, I have to help you with this," Xu Jie picked up the teacup, took a sip of the cloud and said: "But you have to know that Yan Ge is always my old superior, and he is my in-law, whether it is public friendship or personal friendship, they are very harmonious, so in this matter, I can't help you openly......"

Shen Mo secretly sneered and said, "Tell you to pretend to be thirteen again, and watch me pierce your diorama!" He sighed and said, "Don't be embarrassed, in fact, before I came, others had already told me this result." ”

"Oh? What do they say? Xu Jie said with a frown.

"The students didn't dare to say it." Shen Mo whispered: "You will be angry when you hear it." ”

"I'm not angry." Xu Jie smiled: "But it's okay to talk about it." ”

"That's good." Shen Mo said: "They said, don't look at the teacher, you are already the second assistant of the cabinet and the senior member of the first product, but you don't dare to offend Yan Ge Lao, the example of Xia Shoufu and Yang is not far away, and you can't help me." ”

Xu Jie was not provoked by him, and sat indifferently.

Seeing that he was so thick-skinned, he said silently, it seemed that he had to take strong medicine, so he raised his voice and said loudly: "The teacher is busy in the palace every time, I don't know how to talk about you outside!" ”

"What's wrong with me?" Xu Jie said lightly.

"Many ministers outside are ridiculing you for being cowardly and fearful, and obeying Yan Song's orders! They also said, and they said...... You are not the elder of the Ming Dynasty at all, but his concubine who is strict! "Basically, in this era, this is the most ugly scolding word, and a generation of scolding God Zhuge Liang has never broken through this realm.

According to Shen Mo's thoughts, Xu Jie, who heard this, should be furious and jump up and scold his mother. However, he never expected that people would still sit there without changing their faces and saying a word, as if it was not him Xu Huating who was scolded.

Shen Mo was helpless, so he had to stomp his feet and said: "That's it, teacher, you continue to be your second assistant, and I will go back to fight with Yan Shifan!" With that, he strode out resolutely.

"Stop!" Xu Jie finally spoke: "Who said I wouldn't help you?" Who said I didn't want to defeat the Yan Party? His face had become murderous, and he said: "I don't share the sky with that Yan thief, I will destroy the Yan Party with my own hands, and let the Yan family's father and son pay for their blood debts!" ”

Shen Mo turned around excitedly when he heard this, and said, "Teacher, you have finally decided?" ”

Who knew that Xu Jie's masculinity only lasted for a second, and the next moment he lost his coldness, and sighed: "It's not that I don't want to fight with Yan Dang, but Zhao Zhenji also saw it that time, there is still a gap between my strength and them, if you start a war in a hurry, you will lose and win!" ”

Shen Mo encouraged softly: "I heard that in the final court push, we only lost by one vote, which seems to indicate that Ge Lao can already be on an equal footing with Yan Ge Lao. ”

Xu Jie smiled: "Those things can't be done accurately, and there is no difference between not having one vote and losing only one vote?" ”

Shen Mo knew that it was impossible for Xu Jie to take care of everything without saying a word, and he would only help if he had to pay the price, so he said in a deep voice: "What the teacher said is right, but now the dawn of defeating the Yan Party has appeared!" As long as we work harder, we will get rid of the two major cadres of the Yan Party, plus Wu Peng, who was killed earlier, and Zhao Wenhua, who died earlier, and the four generals of the Yan Party will go! The balance of victory and defeat will be completely reversed! Don't miss the opportunity, the time will not come again, please think twice! ”

I have to admit that Shen Mo's incitement ability is too strong, and even Lao Chengru Xu Jie was almost excited: "Let's create a great cause together!" Fortunately, after many years of shrunken turtle career, Xu Jie has become accustomed to leaving half of the words in his mouth, and said: "Then tell me, how are you going to fight this battle?" ”

(To be continued)