Inside the Yan family's house.

"I want him to die!" Yan Shifan was like an angry lion, jumping to his feet and said: "It turned out to be him, it turned out that he was the one who has been making trouble!" Yesterday, he knew that Ouyang Bijin asked for his resignation, he really couldn't believe it, and went directly to the door to question, but he got a positive answer, and no matter how he persuaded him, he couldn't change Ouyang Bijin's mind...... "Why?" Yan Shifan asked his uncle.

"I'm tired, I'm tired." Ouyang Bijin said lightly: "I don't want to be your marionette anymore, I want to go home to retire." ”

"Uncle misunderstood, I didn't mean to indulge you." Yan Shifan said: "It's just that you have just taken up your new position, and I'm afraid that you won't take care of it, so you're more and more depressed," said with a rare fist and said: "Only this once, not for example." ”

Ouyang Bijin was unmoved and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm seventy years old this year, and the officials are seventy, this is the rule of the imperial court, why should I violate it?" ”

"Don't worry about this!" Yan Shifan waved his hand a little anxiously and said, "I will help you solve everything, you can do it for as long as you want!" ”

"That's what you said?" Ouyang Bijin said: "Then I don't want to do it now?" ”

"Uh......" Yan Shifan was stunned by him, staring at Ouyang Bijin like a poisonous snake and said, "What is it that makes you change so much?" ”

"No, I just don't want to do it." Ouyang Bijin turned his head away, didn't look at him and said, "This is still my freedom." ”

"How many people in this world can be high-ranking officials?" Yan Shifan asked in disbelief: "Even if it is done, how many people can be in charge of the ministry?" Why did you abandon this position that others had been thinking about for a long time? ”

"Because these boots are uncomfortable to wear." Ouyang Bijin said indifferently: "I want to change a pair of cloth shoes to wear...... "Look at his nephew and say: "Not everyone is interested in being an official, I can be a judge now, I want to do what I like to do, this intention has been decided, it is useless to say more!" So he simply got up and went back to the house, and left him on the spot.

Yan Shifan's face was blue and white for a while, and he was so angry that he was so angry that he trembled with hatred, and I don't know if he thought of the terrible consequences of the change of ownership of the Ministry of Officials...... After a long time, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, but found that the tea was cold, so angry that he threw the bowl on the ground and smashed it. suddenly remembered Ouyang Bijin's last sentence 'to do what you want to do', and suddenly realized that the problem may lie here.

"Go home!" Leaving Ouyang Mansion angrily, after a while, he ordered someone to go to Shiwangfu Street and find someone to call Chen Hu over.

Less than an hour later, a scar-faced man wearing a brocade robe with a blue face arrived at Yan Shifan's mansion and humbly said, "Donglou Gong, you are looking for me." ”

"Do me a favor." Yan Shifan said: "Check it out for me, what has Ouyang Bijin done in the past two days, and who has he met?" ”

The scar-faced man said: "Check the secretary of the department? This must be agreed by the Lu Taibao. "Although Da Jue of the East Factory is the father-in-law of the celebrant supervisor, the people who do the work below are all pure masters with all five limbs, and they are ...... Most of the personnel are provided by Jinyiwei - up to 1,000 households, 100 households, and more than 40 people in charge, foreman, and secretary, all of whom are allocated by Jinyiwei. The organization is so configured, there is a little wind and grass, can Lu Bing not know?

"Disgusting, disgusting!" Yan Shifan snorted and said: "Factory guard, factory guard, your Dongji Factory has been in charge of their Jinyi Guard since the day Grandpa Cheng gave it its name, for more than a hundred years, I only heard that the commander of Jinyi Wei has to kneel to the Governor of Dongchang, how come you come here, you have to add Jinyiwei's asshole?" The bitter and sarcastic tone made Na Chen Hu very embarrassed.

But what Yan Shifan said is right, although Dongchang was established later than Jinyiwei, and its number is much smaller than Jinyiwei, but because the leader of Jinyiwei is called a commander, it is generally served by the emperor's cronies and generals, and belongs to foreign ministers; And the leader of Dongchang is a eunuch and a minister.

The ministers are the emperor's domestic slaves, who are in the palace and serve the emperor at night, while the Jinyi guard reports to the emperor that he wants to be sparse, and the Dongchang can be directly spoken, so it is easier to gain the emperor's trust; And the emperor also trusted his house slaves more, and also gave the East Factory the power to supervise the Jinyi Guard, so the relationship between the factory and the guard gradually changed from the initial level to the upper and lower levels. Even in the era when the eunuchs were in power, the Jinyi Wei commanded the envoy to meet the governor of Dongchang, which was to kneel and kowtow, for example, Liu Jin of the Wuzong Dynasty was there...... Thinking about Liu Jin's back then, he was heroic and heroic, and the Eight Tigers were in power, and then he looked at the Dongchang now, groveling, and thinking that he was a slave, which really embarrassed his predecessors!

But as a member of Dongchang, Chen Hu firmly believes that even if Liu Jin comes to the Jiajing Dynasty, he still has to be a grandson of Jinyiwei, because no matter how close your slave is, he can't kiss the emperor's brother. Lu Bing, Lu Taibao, the third duke and the three orphans, won the honor of the Ming Dynasty, and the degree of grace even far exceeded that of Yan Gelao, and he was also a person with great ability...... When encountering such a master, this generation of Dongchang fans can only admit that they are unlucky, and they will beat and scold if they want to scold, and they will never dare to make the grandfathers of Jinyiwei angry.

But Chen Hu finally agreed: "I can't do this?" Don't scold us when you're old. ”

"Hmph......" Yan Shifan sneered: "I know that you still have private goods." "There is no organization that is willing to be controlled by others, and the East Factory with a history of Xuanhe is no exception, since the regular establishment is eaten to death by Jinyiwei, then develop in the supernumerary and form a force in the dark, otherwise how to do some private work?

This Chen Hu is just a small hundred households in the East Factory, but he is the younger brother of Chen Hong, the chief eunuch of the Chief Eunuch of the East Factory and the Governor of the East Factory, so Yan Shifan does not need to investigate and firmly believes that this guy has a power in his hands that is not controlled by the Jinyi Guard, otherwise the martyrs of the East Factory will really be so angry that they will cheat the corpse.

After Chen Hu left, Hu Zhi, who was hiding behind the screen, came out and sighed: "If you hadn't fallen out with Lu Bing, why bother so much?" ”

"Don't mention that person!" Yan Shifan's one-eyed light flashed with resentment: "I can't wait for him to die!" Hu Zhi sighed, didn't dare to mention this stubble again, so he said softly: "Let's think about it, what should we do next?" ”

I only heard Yan Shifan say indignantly: "It's all my father's old foolishness, I didn't say anything about 'my relatives are reliable' at the beginning, and gave the official book to Ouyang Bijin, the old horseman, why is he so passive now?!" Yan Shifan knew that at such a critical moment, hiding on this important high ground meant that the country was ruined.

Listening to Yan Shifan's words of 'old fool' and 'old puppet', calling his father and uncle, Hu Zhi felt a trace of pessimism in his heart and said: 'Are you so disrespectful, aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven?' ’

Fortunately, Yan Shifan didn't look at his face at all, and asked to himself, "What do you say?" ”

"Now there are two servants in the ministry, one Feng Tianyu and one Gao Gong." Hu Zhi said: "Gao Gong's ass is not hot yet, so Feng Tianyu's succession is the most likely, of course, it is not ruled out that he will be transferred from other ministries." ”

"Feng Tianyu?" Yan Shifan closed his eyes and pondered carefully, he knew that the person surnamed Feng was the so-called Wang Xuemen, and he urinated in a pot with Xu Jie, if he gave him the seat, it would be equivalent to giving Xu Jie, giving Xu Dang...... But he really didn't have a suitable candidate at hand, so he couldn't help but be upset and said: "This year is really fucking unfavorable, why did you fold so many ministers?" Is there someone behind me?! ”

"This subordinate doesn't dare to speak up," Hu Zhi said cautiously, "but the situation is really quite unfavorable for us." ”

"It's nonsense." Yan Shifan said angrily: "What I want is a countermeasure!" ”

Hu Zhi whispered: "Or, let He Bin go?" ”

"Then who's watching from the Punishment Department?" Yan Shifan rolled his eyes and said, "Can there be fewer people in that place?" "There are a lot of bad things to do, and I am most afraid that someone will sue him, so he has always strictly grasped the three law divisions and the dead cartoon political secretary to ensure his own safety, and naturally he will not let the easy-to-get criminal department book move his nest.

"Then I'll go." Hu Zhi whispered, this is actually what he wants to say.

"What bullshit idea?" Yan Shifan said angrily: "If the Metropolitan Procuratorate didn't squat without you, wouldn't those imperial histories annoy me to death?" Saying that, he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Why did I raise your group of rice buckets?" Do you have to make your own decisions about everything? ”

"You've got an idea?" Hu Zhi wiped his sweat and said.

"Hmm." Yan Shifan nodded and said: "Just let Feng Tianyu do it, I want Xu Dang to know what it means to catch cicadas with praying mantises, and the yellow finch is behind!" As he spoke, he clenched his fists fiercely and said: "You guys should be arrogant, you must know that this world should be unhappy, as long as the time comes, it will make your life worse than death!" ”

Almost at the same time, Xu Jie also knew Ouyang Bijin's decision, with his understanding of Emperor Jiajing, he knew that Ouyang Bijin would be approved if he wrote to resign at this time! Therefore, the official department is still in the middle of the book, and the death knell of the strict party has finally sounded!

Surprised and inexplicable, Xu Jie actually felt a slight coolness rise from the bottom of his heart, and sat there silent for a long time. Zhang Juzheng and the three young officials in the room felt inexplicable, and said in their hearts: "Maybe the elder is thinking about how to take advantage of this favorable change to eliminate the Yan Party as soon as possible?" ’

What they didn't know was that the elder Xu Ge they admired had nothing to do with Yan Dang at all-Xu Jie's mind now had only one person's name, Shen Mo. This name actually made him feel frightened, a kind of fear that shook his soul - in Xu Ge Lao's opinion, Ouyang Bijin, who was almost desireless, could not be bought or persuaded at all! Not to mention a month, even a year is impossible.

In fact, Xu Jie didn't want to silence Su Song at all, Songjiang was his lair, how could he allow others to snore on the side of the couch? That's why the condition of 'persuading Ouyang Bijin within a month' was to be sure that it would be impossible to win Ouyang Bijin with just one mouth, and it would be within a month.

But the impossible happened, only half a month has passed, Ouyang Bijin wrote his resignation, and silently completed the task that he couldn't complete as a small Guozi priest wine, how can you make Xu Ge's old affection? How do you feel about it?

In time, if the Yan Party collapses and he is in power, who can stop this guy? Yes, Xu Jie can't be silent, because the teacher-student relationship is there, and there is a special bond between the two - although the student can't betray the teacher, the teacher can't hurt the student either, unless the student is disobedient first, but Xu Jie understands very well that silence will never give him this opportunity.

Glancing at Zhang Juzheng sitting opposite worriedly, Xu Jie was secretly worried in his heart: "Compared to it, Taiyue is too weak...... 'Just like a mother, he always thinks that his children are still children, Zhang Juzheng in his eyes, although he is a talented and beautiful jade, but he is always immature, there is no city government, there is no spicy raised by the stepmother of Shen Mo, I am worried that the two of them will be put together in the future, and Shen Mo will bully him to death.

Zhang Juzheng, who is the successor selected by Xu Jie, is a kilometer forward, which is related to his future governance, and whether it can continue smoothly; In private, it is related to the happiness of his old age and the safety of his family, so Xu Jie must protect him.

It's not that he didn't think about replacing Zhang Juzheng with Shen Mo and turning to cultivating that kid with all his might, but he quickly vetoed himself, because in his opinion, Shen Mo was not a suitable heir to Shoufu.

Xu Jie can be said to be the one who knows Shen Mo the most among the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty. Looking at what this person did in Su Song, he was decisive and ruthless, and he was even more terrifying, he was bold and unauthoritative, he dared to fight with his Xu family, dare to fight with the nine families in the southeast, and dare to let the whole city lack food for several months, just to let the opponent lose completely!!

If he is coveted to a high position, he will inevitably break the kettle and give it a go, and then look at the level of his performance, who will be able to compete with him in the younger generation?

If it's just a tough read, it's just that, but this person has a 'gentle and frugal' face, but in his bones he has nothing to do with the rules, looking at the internal and external policies he has implemented in Suzhou, all of them are innovative, unbelievable, and completely regard the rules of the ancestors as nothing! This person also has a ability, that is, he is accustomed to inviting and buying people's hearts, coaxing the officials, gentry and ordinary people to be happy, and no one exposed him, so he let him spend his term of office safely!

The reason why Xu Jie really resisted this student was precisely because from Shen Mo, Xu Jie thought of a person - Wang Anshi, the demon who destroyed the law of the ancestors and finally brought disaster to the country and the people!

In Xu Jie's view, the reason why a country can survive for a long time depends on the adherence to the law of its ancestors! As long as everyone follows the rules and follows the rules, then where is the turmoil? Where are the mobs? The Ming Dynasty can naturally be peaceful for a long time.

But if Shen Mo is allowed to take the throne, will he take the ancestral law in his eyes? I'm afraid that if you don't turn Daming upside down, you will never give up, right?

'Can't let Wang Anshi's story be repeated in Daming! Xu Jie finally made up his mind, and said to himself in his heart: "I can't take care of my personal feelings, but rely on the future of the Ming Dynasty, this is the duty of a courtier...... This is not just self-comfort, but indeed has some true feelings - if you only think about yourself, with that layer of teacher and student status there, you can make Shen Mo respect himself and protect the Xu family for the rest of his life, what is there not to be satisfied with?

"If I don't think about it, I won't give up this proud protégé's ......" Xu Jie sighed secretly, made a final decision, and said to the three young officials other than Zhang Juzheng: "Wei Xiu, the three of you go back to rest first." ”

Wei Xiu is one of the three officials, the Criminal Department gave Wu Shilai the word in the matter, and he and the other two officials, Dong Chuance, the director of the Guangdong Qing Officials Division of the Criminal Department, and Zhang Chong, the director of the Shandong Qing Officials Division of the Criminal Department, have a common identity, that is, Wang Xuemen and Xu Jie's students.

They were approached by Zhang Juzheng to meet their mentor, saying that it was very dangerous, but an extremely important task was to be given to them. Although Xu Ge Lao hadn't said any tasks, the three of them could guess that it must be related to the strictness, but they did not have the slightest timidity, because the young officials of the Ming Dynasty had not forgotten the teachings of the sages, and they had always had the lofty ambition of 'writing the Spring and Autumn Period with blood', and they were not afraid to sacrifice everything for the just cause.

Just when the three of them were flushed with excitement and were about to accept the 'very dangerous but extremely important' task, Xu Jie received the news from Ouyang Bijin Zhishi, and then he was distracted for a long time, hanging the passion of the three of them in the air, not up or down. Anxiously waiting, waiting, and finally waiting for such a sentence, he completely stopped, and said in his heart: "There is no such ...... to play people"

Xu Jie saw their depression, and smiled gently: "It's not that there is no task to be handed over to you, but now that the situation has changed, your task will be postponed." ”

Zhang Juzheng wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xu Jie's stern gaze, so he could only hold back first.

(To be continued)