When Xu Jie returned to the cabinet, it was already the end of the day. Knowing that he was coming back, Zhang Juzheng had already ordered someone to burn the earth dragon in the first assistant duty room. By the time he entered the house with Zhang Juzheng's support, it was already as warm as chūn.

Slowly sitting down on the recliner, Xu Jie closed his eyes tiredly...... After all, Lao Shoufu was old, and in the more than two hours he had been in the Qianqing Palace, he had exhausted his jīng spirit...... After closing his eyes and resting for a long time, Xu Jie took the ginseng soup handed by the old servant, took a sip and stayed in his throat for a moment before swallowing it slowly. After repeating it five or six times, his old face recovered some blood, wiped the corners of his mouth with a cloth, and asked softly, "Have you talked to Zou Yinglong?" ”

"Yes, but he didn't dare to come forward, so he only agreed to arrange for someone to do it." Zhang Juzheng nodded, and said softly: "Don't worry, as long as you enter the court, you can't help him......" said with a frown: "But the risk of doing so is not xiǎo, especially the relationship between the master and the emperor...... It's not harmonious. ”

Xu Jie nodded, leaned his upper body completely on the back of the chair, and said slowly: "Yes, that's why the old man has today's trip, just to confirm the emperor's attitude...... And that old eunuch Chen, is it reliable or not. ”

"The result?" Zhang Juzheng asked with concern.

"It's okay......" Xu Jie squinted at the curling sandalwood in front of him, and carefully went through the beginning and end of today's meeting with the emperor in his mind, and then said after a long time: "It seems that the old man's illness has played a role during this time." The current state of the cabinet finally made the emperor understand the role of the old man. Therefore, his attitude towards the old man is much more polite than before......" Thinking of the emperor's helpless tone and lonely sigh at the end, he believed in his judgment more and more: "Needless to say, because of the high arch, the emperor has prejudices against the old man. But after all, he has to focus on the overall situation of the government and politics, and he can only restore relations with the old man...... Coupled with Chen Hong speaking for the old man on the side, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

"Then is Chen Hong reliable?" Zhang Juzheng asked softly.

"It's not a big problem." Xu Jie still said the same sentence, and said: "Judging from today's events, the emperor's decision to give Meng Chong and Teng Xiang to Hai Rui yesterday really has little to do with him. So as soon as the old man said that he wanted to stop today, he strongly supported it, and secretly derogated the clumsy words by praising the old man...... As for whether he will help then, we have to continue to work on this. As he spoke, he remembered Shen Mo and Chen Hong's 'secret room scheme', which was like a thorn rooted in his heart, which made Lao Shoufu feel at ease.

After a moment, Xu Jie looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "What do you think he can do if he helps me?" ”

"If you talk about it from sīyù, it is nothing more than power and wealth. Let's talk about the right first, he is the master of ceremonies and supervisors, and now he is in charge of the inner house, reaching the extreme of eunuchs, and it is impossible to have this kind of requirement; As for money, Yuan Weng is a well-known Qing official, and he should know that it is impossible for you to satisfy him in this regard. Zhang Juzheng analyzed clearly: "Then there is only morality and public heart, he owes you a personal favor, so it is reasonable to help you morally; As for the public heart, for the eunuchs, it is the heart for the sake of the emperor. If he thinks that this is for the emperor's good, he will naturally help you speak...... "Zhang Juzheng, who came out of self-deception and recognised reality, is obviously the real Zhang Juzheng."

Let Zhang Juzheng analyze this, Xu Jie's confidence became less confident again, and muttered: "How much is human favor worth?" For us civil servants, it is bigger than the sky; But for the eunuch temple, it seems that it can be a big thing, and no one knows anything about them. ”

"So the key is still the emperor's heart." Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "The emperor's heart is unpredictable, not to mention that you are not in harmony with today, please think twice, don't risk yourself!" ”

"Well, what you said is not unreasonable......" Xu Jie was very pleased with Zhang Juzheng's calmness, and even he himself became cautious: "Let Zou Yinglong's people test the water first, he is right not to move." ”

The master and apprentice were talking, when they suddenly heard a rapid knocking sound, and Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "Who?" ”

"Master, it's me, You Qi!" A familiar voice came from outside.

"The student's butler is here." Zhang Juzheng whispered to Xu Jie: "He has always been in contact with Feng Bao's housekeeper. "This is called 'showing sincerity', after recognizing the reality, Zhang Juzheng no longer concealed his xiǎo actions from Xu Jie, and everything focused on repairing the relationship.

"Call him in." For Zhang Juzheng's internal supervision, Xu Jie was not surprised at all, obviously he had known about it for a long time.

After You Qi came in, he hurriedly kowtowed to Xu Jie.

"I'm in such a hurry to find your master," Xu Jie looked at with interest, and the so-called 'most talented housekeeper in the capital' said, "There must be something urgent, right?" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it, I don't have anything to hide from the teacher!" Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice.

"Yes......" You Qi took a deep breath and said: "Back to Xiangye, there is news that Meng Chong and Teng Xiang have bitten out my master!" ”

"What?" Zhang Juzheng stood up suddenly, and his face changed greatly: "Nonsense, the palace has given them to the Zhenfu Division, and it is already the end of the time!" Before the time came, the order to stop the interrogation was delivered to Dali Temple! No matter how stupid Meng Chong and Teng Xiang are, it is impossible for them to not be able to hold on for even an hour! After that, yīn asked with a grimace, "Is it torture?" ”

"No, unscathed." You Qi said in a muffled voice.

"What did you see with your own eyes?" Zhang Juzheng looked at him and said.

"I heard ......," You Qi said with a shrunken neck.

"Don't be alarmist here," Zhang Juzheng waved his sleeves and scolded: "Go find out and report again!" ”

"Yes......" You Qi saw that the old man's eyes were red, knowing that he was angry, he hurriedly responded, and then kowtowed to Xu Jie, and then retreated.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Turn back the time to two and a half hours, when Xu Jie had just sat in the sedan chair entering the palace, Zhang Juzheng was still writing letters, and Teng Xiang and Meng Chong had just been brought out of the Dongchang Imperial Prison and sent to the hands of the Zhenfu Division.

Hai Rui and Yang Yushu were in the signing room, referring to the edict they had just received.

"This is really a strange thing," Yang Yushu stroked his beard, which had been neglected recently, and said, "It seems that the great eunuch who let the foreign officials interrogate the inner court has never heard of it." As he spoke, he looked at Hai Rui and said, "But it seems that you are right, the emperor and the cabinet are determined to thoroughly investigate this case." ”

"Not necessarily," Hai Rui slowly shook his head and said, "Xu Ge is out of the mén, and it should be noon by now." ”

"What?" Yang Yushu said in disbelief: "You, you actually sent someone to keep an eye on Yuanfu's tip?" ”

"Why not? As soon as he Xu Ge Lao came out, the great xiǎo immortals in the capital would know about it," Hai Rui said lightly: "If we know everything in the end, we can only be led by the nose all the time." ”

"You're amazing!" Yang Yushu stretched out his thumb and said with a smile: "But this time it's right!" Xu Jie suddenly ended his dormancy and hurriedly entered the palace, naturally to deal with this sudden edict...... Although it is still unknown what the result will be, it is speculated that with the face and ability of Lord Shousuke, there is a great possibility of convincing the emperor.

"If the order changes abruptly, but we are already in a hurry to start the trial, then it will be passive!" Yang Yushu was quite glad and said, "Fortunately, I knew it early, ......" As he spoke, he saw Hai Rui sitting there like frost, and his voice gradually said, "What do you want to say?" ”

"What is the purpose of Xu Gelao's this......" Hai Rui's voice was not loud, but his words were clear.

"Of course, the case will not be allowed to go on." Yang Yushu said: "If one or two cabinet elders are brought out again, how can the face of the cabinet remain?" ”

"If the cabinet wants to save face, they won't let me ask about this case!" Hai Rui sneered and said, "I see that those two eunuchs have the truth we are looking for!" The immortals didn't expect that the emperor would let the foreign court judge them, so they panicked! After a pause, he sighed deeply and said, "It's just that I didn't expect that Xu Ge Lao was also involved, which is too disappointing." ”

"Even Shousuke, you dare to choreograph!" Yang Yushu hurriedly said: "Perhaps, Yuan Weng is just considering the overall situation, and he simply wants to calm things down." ”

"I hope so......" Hai Rui replied without sincerity, and closed his eyes slightly. Yang Yushu knew that this was a manifestation of his entering a state of thinking, and he couldn't help but secretly pray: 'Buddha bless, don't let him make stupid ......'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Without letting him wait for long, Hai Rui opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "It must be tried!" Otherwise, this case will become a death case, and there will never be a day when the case will be closed!"

"How so?" Yang Yushu didn't believe it.

"Because Yuanfu is in his hand, since Xu Ge Lao has done the first year of junior high school, he will not miss the fifteenth!" Hai Rui said coldly: "Surely we will not be given another chance to reveal the truth!" As he spoke, he clenched his fist with his right hand, hammered his left palm and said, "We two xiǎo qincha, we can only take advantage of this time difference!" There's nothing to say, if you can't get it out, you'll always fail! ”

"It's biased, Brother Gangfeng!" Yang Yushu frowned and said: "I know that you are an upright person, and you are worried about the society and Li Shu!" But you are not the only one in my Ming Dynasty who is worried about the country and the people! If you don't like it, there are many more sober and far-sighted than you, they don't want to eliminate internal friction and work together to revitalize the Ming Dynasty! But if you look through the 21st history, you will find that it is simply the 21st history of infighting! This has been engraved in the bones of the Chinese people, and it can't be changed! You knock some people down this time, and soon others jump out to fight you, and you'll never run out of opponents until you're knocked out of the ring. ”

These words were obviously made in response to Hai Rui's generous speech on Chang'an Street that day; Obviously, Yang Yushu wanted to say it for a long time, but he just endured it and didn't say it.

"As long as we submit the current case file to the imperial court, it will inevitably trigger a major blood change in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and those despicable and shameless people will be replaced by new officials who are passionate and loyal! The merit of eternity, one step away, this matter has been completed, you and I have contributed to the community, and the good is great! He looked at Hai Rui with a pleading look on his face and said, "Take a step back and open the sky, and further break the blood flow!" Brother Gangfeng, don't be greedy anymore, pull the cabinet in, and abandon all the previous achievements! Don't you understand the end of greed and swallowing elephants? After speaking, he got up and bowed deeply to Hai Rui and said, "Brother Gangfeng, you just listen to me!"

Hai Rui stood up, walked to the side, avoided Yang Yushu's salute, but said slowly and forcefully: "Xiaguan is just a man from a high background, and he was born in the barbarian land of the island, and he should have died of old age in the office of the Nanping Sect, but he made a mistake, first became a prefect, then became a prefect, and then became a Beijing official, from Langzhong to Shaoqing!" The official is getting bigger and bigger, and he even put on the red robe earlier than those two-list jinshi! I often ask myself why the court is so exalted to me!" Speaking of this, he raised his voice and said: "It's nothing more than because I don't have sand in my eyes, and I dare to tell the truth in my mouth!" ”

Yang Yushu was stunned, but he forgot that this man was different from beginning to end.

"I have been in officialdom since the 28th year of Jiajing, and it has been 18 years now. In the past 18 years, I have seen the officialdom from the south to the north, from the local to the capital. What I see and know can only be described in four words, that is, 'a raccoon dog'! Whether it is a poor countryside like Nanping, Fujian, or Su Song Huai'an on the rich side, or Beijing City, which is known as the capital of the first good, officials everywhere are forming gangs and eliminating dissidents in the open fire! Those big officials who are 'herdsmen for the country' dig out their minds every day, and all they think about is how to keep their own positions and how to grab other people's positions. Therefore, every officialdom in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty is filled with the atmosphere of calculation and precaution - everyone has a ghost and a jīng is calculating, but they only count their own xiǎo accounts, not the country's big accounts! ”

"Let such a group of self-interested people rule the country, no wonder the Ming Dynasty has internal and external troubles and many drawbacks! By extension, this is also the disease of the world - I have seen with my own eyes that the wealth of the south is not inferior to that of the Song Dynasty, but I have seen that the north is thousands of miles away, and the hungry people are displaced without any profit, and even the taxes paid are not as aggressive as those in the northern provinces such as Shandong and Zhili! Speaking further, whether it was the Japanese who ravaged the southeast at the beginning, or the Tartars who are now committing crimes on the border every year, their number is only half a million compared to our hundreds of millions of people. However, it is this nine cows and one máo, but they can wreak havoc on my great rivers and mountains at will, and kill my people and compatriots, for no other reason, but this is 'self-interest'! ”

"The court uses me, that is, to use a real word, if I don't really go to the end, it is better to go home and serve my mother!" Hai Rui said, his eyes were like torches, and he looked at Yang Yushu and said: "Lord Fang Cai said, 'The merit of eternity, one step away', the lower officials dare not agree!" As long as the world's greatest illness remains, there will never be any 'eternal merit'! ”

"You're right," Yang Yushu smiled bitterly, "But who can cure the disease of the world?" "It's impossible!

"Zi said: 'The journey of the avenue is also, the world is for the public'!" Hai Rui said firmly: "The cabinet is the center of the imperial court, and it is also the head of the Ming officialdom. If the cabinet atmosphere is right, the court atmosphere is right, and if the cabinet is not right, the world is full of crooked trends! That's why you say that you only run the Metropolitan Procuratorate and don't check the Cabinet, I can't agree with it, because it's pointless...... If you remove a Wang Tingxiang, he will replace you with Li Tingxiang and Yang Tingxiang, and you will do your own thing, and you will still be the same! The Metropolitan Procuratorate must be done, and the cabinet must be involved, only when the mind is clear, can the atmosphere be positive, and only when the atmosphere is correct, can we get rid of all kinds of diseases! Don't adults understand this truth? Is it because I'm biased, or are you two people who want to be in the country?! After speaking, he bowed deeply to Yang Yushu and said: "I said a few days ago that I, Hai Rui, am not ungrateful, please leave Yamén today and don't get involved...... The government and the opposition know that I have no party! If I am convicted because of this, it will be the sin of Hai Rui alone, and it has nothing to do with adults. ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he looked at Yang Yushu quietly, only to see that his eyes were dark and dark, and his expression was also changing, obviously carrying out a psychological struggle.

After a long time, Yang Yushu actually laughed out loud, pointed at Hai Rui and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Haigang Peak, I thought you were a straight person, but I didn't know that you were really cunning!" I have already made a calculation, but let me know one by one! By the time I fully understand your xiǎo ninety-nine, I have already let you succeed step by step, and I am helpless! ”

"My lord is also righteous," Hai Rui said with a rare red face: "I will always connive at Xiaguan Hulai." Said Zheng said: "But please keep being confused, so that you won't be affected by me." ”

"I'm the chief judge and your superior, you go in, can I run?" Yang Yushu said angrily: "Let's try it." After this trial, I am also worthy of my conscience and worthy of reading the sage books for half my life......" said and looked at Hai Rui and said: "Last time on Chang'an Street, I said that you stabbed the big basket, and you said that it was not ......" paused, and actually said a little jokingly: "This time it's finally over, right?" ”

This time it was Hai Rui's turn to be stunned, and after thinking for a while, Fang nodded and said, "It should be counted... ......."

"What do you call it......" Yang Yushu rolled his eyes and said.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The two waited for the suspect to arrive, and during this period, Yang Yushu kept telling Hai Rui, such as 'The affairs of the palace will be tried by the palace, and the palace must not be involved in the secrets of the palace!' Or, "If those two eunuchs are thinking about the matter to the palace and the emperor, don't be ignorant of the seriousness." Once that kind of thing comes out, it won't help if we both get involved! ”

Hai Rui sat on a chair like an old monk sitting in meditation, looking at his nose and nose, and only Yang Yushu asked him, 'Do you understand?' Or, 'Remember?' He nodded slightly, indicating that he was listening.

Later, Yang Yushu also felt bored, so he shut up, and the two waited quietly until the footsteps outside sounded......

It was Lu Lun, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, who came and said to the two of them, "The two adults have received the order, right?" Seeing that the two of them nodded yes, he continued: "The court situation is important, and the time limit is urgent, please move to the arraignment room immediately!" "The ones on trial are the former ceremonial eunuchs and the Dongchang Governor, all of whom are masters who may leak secrets in their dreams, and of course they cannot be tried publicly.

The two nodded, picked up their official hats and put them on, and then walked out of the signing room with Lu Lun and walked to the arraignment room in front of them-

Segmentation –

Say there is, say 5,000 is 5,000, let's start talking, keep it up! Encouragement ha......