Chapter 783 Tingtui (Middle)

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As the government center of the huge empire, the cabinet has to gather all the major military affairs here, and all the secret national policies are produced in Si, so its security measures are equivalent to the emperor's Qianqing Palace, and there is a bronze plaque hanging outside its gate, which is engraved with a holy oracle of strict regulations, saying: 'Confidential land, all officials and idle people, etc., are not allowed to trespass, and violators will not be punished. ’

It is precisely because everything involves confidentiality and is well aware of the disadvantages of making ink and ink officials that in all the documents of the cabinet, except for the letters that can be routinely done due to the provisions and occasionally written by the scribes, all the documents that need to be treated specifically are drafted by the cabinet ministers themselves, and the first assistant is no exception, and there has never been a lazy matter of ordering the scribes to do it for them. The hard work and self-denial of the cabinet ministers are almost unprecedented.

Therefore, the cabinet proposed to increase the number of cabinet ministers, not all because of the power struggle, but also because they are really too busy, they are not young adults in their thirties and forties, who can survive the all-night price of the whole day?

Write the last ticket neatly, sandwich it in the notebook, and then stack the notebook neatly, Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to stretch his waist, when he heard the Western bell in the corner of the wall ring six times, and he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly...... It was another sleepless night, and I thought I could sleep for two hours.

Xu Fu, an old family member, brought a white porcelain tray with a white wet cotton towel on it, and asked softly, "Master, do you want to sleep for a while." ”

Xu Jie shook his head, and Xu Fu had no choice but to serve the tray in front of him. Xu Jie took it, leaned back on the back of the chair, put the wet cotton towel on his eyes, and suddenly felt cold and comfortable, as well as the fragrance of chrysanthemums, the feeling of sourness and swelling that had been sour finally subsided, and his mind was much clearer.

Xu Jie greedily enjoyed this rare relaxation, until the wet wipes were warmed, he gently took them off, slowly opened his eyes, and the world was much clearer.

Xu Fu took the cotton towel and whispered, "Master, breakfast has been prepared, and the old slave will wait for you to wash and eat." ”

Xu Jie nodded, propped up the chair and slowly got up, and came to the outer room...... The conditions of Wenyuan Pavilion are not better than those of the West Garden, in the later period of the West Garden, Xu Jie has his own independent courtyard, although it is not big, but it is also five rooms in the east and west, which is enough to meet the daily diet and daily life...... After moving back to Ouchi, he usually handled government affairs in the main hall, but when he worked overtime at night, Xu Jie returned to the East Wing Corridor Office where he was on duty, and spent sleepless nights here. Gao Gong had already felt that this place was too shabby, and proposed to expand, but Xu Jie did not agree, first, he didn't like to let Gao Gong succeed, and secondly, he also felt that this was conducive to shaping the image of the cabinet minister's self-denial and revenge, so in the eyes of outsiders, the cabinet scholar who was like a strong dragon could only be coiled in this small suite.

The outer room is a small living room, of course, it is also his dining room, when Xu Jie finished washing up and came to the outer room, a simple breakfast was already set on the dining table, and there was the latest issue of the Di Bao.

Taking the yellow rice porridge handed by Xu Fu, Xu Jie pressed his beard with one hand and held the bowl with the other, and drank it silently, so as to avoid his beard being stained with rice soup or rice grains. After drinking a small half bowl, Xu Jie let go of his beard, picked up his chopsticks, and wanted to pick up the pastries sent by the imperial dining room.

While eating, Xu Jie suddenly frowned, put down the dishes and chopsticks, picked up the new newspaper sent by the General Administration, looked carefully, and finally found the source of his uneasiness on the third line - it was a seemingly ordinary excerpt, talking about Yang Song, the superintendent of the Imperial Inspectorate, who wrote a letter of impeachment and silence, and during the siege of Wanquan, he had private communication with the Mongols and talked about mutual markets, which was really an arrogance and a great sin. Especially as a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he should be guilty of one more degree, please have a division to verify Yunyun.

As a high-ranking government official, who has never been impeached, let alone this kind of unsubstantiated accusation. As long as the silence is on the other side, you can explain it, and it can be revealed, so it is not a big deal. But it seemed to be an ordinary one, but Xu Jie couldn't swallow it, stood up with his brows locked, pushed open the door and walked to the courtyard.

Today is the 'light snow' in the 24 solar terms, which means 'rain and is thin by the cold, so it condenses into snow, but it is especially not prosperous', hence the name. However, in recent years, the temperature in the north has always been low, the river has begun to freeze, and the yard has formed a thick layer of hoarfrost, as if it has entered the middle of winter.

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With the newspaper in hand, Xu Jie walked from the corridor to the main hall. It was not yet office hours, and there were only two Si Naorou in the hall, where they were distributing documents and preparing for the work that the elders were about to begin.

Seeing Xu Ge Lao coming in, the two hurriedly saluted, Xu Jie nodded, raised the Di in his hand and reported: "Where is this recital, why has the old man never seen it?" "Di Bao is a kind of 'official daily newspaper', and its distribution agency is the general political envoy who sends and receives the chapters, and the content mainly comes from the emperor's edicts and the ministers' notes issued by the cabinet, which can inform hundreds of officials about the dynamics of the court, the appointment and dismissal of officials, the emperor's edicts, the emperor's edicts, and the ministers' chapters. But the people will also get the newspaper at the first time, spread it all over the world, and then become well-known news.

It is precisely because of its great influence that the Cabinet has always tightly controlled the contents of the newspaper, and every note published on it must first be drafted by the Cabinet and approved to be made public before it can be compiled into it by the Secretary of General Affairs.

Let Yuanfu ask, the two Si Zhilang hurriedly put down the guys at hand, looked for the source in the dossier separately, and finally found the original text of the song in the stack of documents that had not been filed yesterday.

Xu Jie took it, didn't look at the content, turned directly to the last page, looked at the ticket plan above, and a familiar font came into view: 'And listen to the member's self-defense' There is no 'secret' after it, which means that it can be made public.

'Guo Pu'......' faced each other day and night, and of course Xu Jie recognized that it was from the hand of Guo Pu, a scholar of the Cultural Palace.

At this time, Guo Pu happened to be talking to Gao Gong and came in, and when he saw that Yuan Fu had arrived early, the two of them bowed their hands and wanted to return to their respective seats. Xu Jie said loudly: "Dongye, come over for a while." ”

Guo Pu had no choice but to stand still, came to Shoufu's big case, and said in a low voice: "Yuan Weng, what are you looking for me?" ”

"This recital," Xu Jie's afterglow glanced at the left-hand side, but seeing Gao Gong's casual look, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, and said lightly: "It seems that it shouldn't be rushed to the newspapers, right?" ”

Guo Pu looked down and said that it was not true, so he said calmly: "The elder of the pavilion divided the music, and the subordinate officials voted according to your instructions, and this music is not a major military matter, so it was not handed over to you for review." ”

In order to show that his 'three returns' are not just empty words, and because of Gao Gong's aggressiveness, Xu Jie divided the documents played by various ministries, yamen and officials to the three scholars for vote, but the final result still has to be submitted to the first assistant for approval...... Of course, this is just a statement, in fact, the music sent to the cabinet every day is like snowflakes, and Xu Jie has no time to review and approve them one by one, so he authorizes everyone to only submit important votes to him for approval, as for those procedural and unimportant documents, they can be handled by themselves at their own discretion.

Now it seems that Xu Jie has lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot, but he is not so easy to dismiss, and frowned: "It is clear that Yang Songgu has a reputation and impeached a Jiuqing member who has just made a great contribution, and this kind of content can also be allowed to be reported in the newspaper?" How much damage will it cause to Lord Shen's reputation? How much damage will it be to the reputation of the imperial court? "Unconsciously, Xu Jie's voice gradually got higher, and compared to the usual calmness of 'Mount Tai collapsed in front and did not change color', he was obviously a little out of shape.

At this time, Li Chunfang came in, I don't know why Shoufu was angry, so he quickly tiptoed back to his seat and sat down, picked up his things casually, and pretended to read with his head down, but his ears were upset...... I heard Guo Pu say in a deep voice: "You often teach us that those who are turbid are self-turbid, and those who are clear are self-purifying." Since Lord Shen is white and flawless, this kind of article will not affect his reputation, it can only make Yang Song, who sells his reputation and reputation, be pointed out by thousands of people, so that those who are vain trying to speculate will wake up."

"You're right......" Xu Jie looked at Guo Pu's simple face, as if seeing his hidden deep snicker. A little annoyed, he said: "But now is his extraordinary period, don't you know what it means to him"

"What does that mean?" Guo Pu pouted and said, "Isn't it just that you can't push it for the time being?" It doesn't matter, as long as it is made clear, wouldn't it be better to participate in the court push innocently? He said earnestly: "Yuan Weng, forgive the official for talking too much, you are so concerned about Lord Shen's affairs, we know that you love and cherish talents, but outsiders don't know, they only know that you are his teacher...... Accumulate and destroy the bones, Yuan Weng. ”

Xu Jie's face turned white with anger, and he said in his heart that he didn't teach him a lesson, but let him teach him a lesson. But after all, it was the prime minister's bearing, and he said as usual in an instant: "There is some truth in what you said, but if the old man cares, it will be messed up." "It's come to this point, it's useless to say more, you can only let Gao Gong see more jokes.

Guo Pu was still comforting Xu Jie: "Don't worry, I will give the Metropolitan Procuratorate a message, ask them to take special matters, and only give them a ten-day period." As soon as the case is concluded, it will be pushed immediately, that is, at the beginning of next month......"

"Hmm......" Xu Jie nodded with a black face, and said from his throat: "Worry about it, you can go......"

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In that room, Gao Gong was already laughing and his stomach hurt, he saw Guo Pu teach Old Man Xu a serious lesson, Xu Jie was still humbly taught, and the relief in his heart was more enjoyable than eating sour plum soup in the summer......

Looking up at Xu Jie, seeing the solemnity of his expression that could not be concealed, Gao Gong sneered in his heart: "Xu Jie is indeed worried about the fate of the students, but not for Shen Cunyan, but for Uncle Zhang" You must know that Shen Mo's current official title is already the prince of the first grade, and the position is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, known as the 'prince of the prime minister', no matter what aspect it is, it is logical to enter the cabinet, even if it competes with those old antiques who will be restored next year, it can stand out.

But Zhang Juzheng is different, although he entered the officialdom nine years earlier than Shen Mo, but now he is only a third-grade waiter, or a household waiter, and he does not have any merits, what he relies on is just a close teacher-student relationship with today, and his first initiative when he became the crown prince, but if he wants to enter the cabinet with this, it can only be said to be wishful thinking. If Tingtui votes openly, everyone is afraid of offending Xu Shoufu, so they will vote for it, but they vote secretly, without that psychological burden, how many will elect Zhang Juzheng, who is far from enough?

Once those old things return to the dynasty, Zhang Juzheng, a mere servant, will not have a bright future for at least ten years.

And Shen Mo is twelve years younger than Zhang Juzheng, if Shen Mo is allowed to enter the cabinet first, then unless he takes the initiative to make mistakes, Zhang Juzheng will never have a 'Juzheng' day.

It is based on these two points that Gao Gong believed the words of Shen Mo: 'I am going to be calculated' As the initiator of Shen Mo's entry into the cabinet, since he believed it, of course he could not sit idly by...... Under the premise that the cabinet lacks people, is silent and has the best relationship with the emperor, his entry into the cabinet is already unstoppable, in order to let him not favor Old Man Xu in the future, Gao Gong also has to give him this favor first.

Now that he is in trouble to enter the pavilion, Gao Gong is unwanted. Because he saw an opportunity to pull it to his side completely...... If I can get this support, I think my current bad situation will be improved.

Gao Gong thought so, so he would naturally spare no effort to help him, but he couldn't show his tracks too much, that would only help. Fortunately, Shen Mu's two requests, one was to ask him to try to get Yang Song's recital to appear in the newspaper; Second, ask him to meet Yang Bo, no need to ask for anything, just say something.

Neither of these things is difficult. First of all, the first one, Xu Jie's strict defense against him, but he was lax on Guo Pu's side, Gao Gong let Lao Guo do it, Guo Pu can make Jiajing heavy, and the work is naturally reliable, and sure enough, he played a sloppy eye with Xu Jie, and let Yang Song's recital fall in broad daylight.

It's just that Gao Gong still can't figure it out, what kind of calculation is Shen Mo playing? Because this can only be postponed for a few days, as Guo Pu said, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a special case, and the process can be completed in ten days at the earliest, and Shen Mo will be issued a good person card, so that he can regain his qualification for court push. At that time, it will be impossible to repeat the old tricks, and Lao Xu will definitely strictly review the future Di Bao after this lesson. And if there is no Di Bao exposed, let the charges against him be heinous, Xu Jie can also hold back and talk about it after the court push is over.

In order to keep Shen Mo from being blind, Gao Gong went to find Yang Bo in person and had that secret conversation with him as requested. The effect is not bad, Yang Bo already hates the pair of master and apprentice. It's just that Gao Gong is not naïve enough, thinking that just by sowing discord, Yang Bo and Xu Jie can completely break up - thinking about it, Gao Gong can't think of any way to break this game with Shen Mo. However, he is not pessimistic, because he knows that silence is by no means a soft persimmon to be pinched...... Even if the person who pinched him was Xu Jie.

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As expected, although Shen Mo was still recuperating at home, after seeing the Di report, he immediately defended himself, and stayed at home as a customary rule, and immediately classified himself as a problem official waiting to be dealt with. But there is nothing to make a fuss about, every impeached official will do this, the difference is that many people will continue to work despite the crime, and only those who are charged with more serious crimes and the facts are clearer will stay at home.

This kind of 'guilty' is just a kind of officialdom practice, and generally does not affect anything, but if someone really takes it seriously, the nature will be different -- because the "Da Ming Law" contains a clear text that an official who has committed a crime cannot be transferred, promoted, or of course pushed until the problem is clearly investigated.

If your memory is not rotten, of course you will remember that Zhang Juzheng used a trumped-up charge to withdraw from the last court push, and dragged Yang Bo into the water.

Now silence is actually grasping medicine according to the prescription, and treating others in the way of others -- you do the first year of junior high school and I will do the fifteenth, of course, there is no psychological burden.

It's just that as Gao Gong was worried about, Zhang Ju was caught off guard by Yang Bo last time, and when he reacted, it was already a complete boat and irretrievable. But this time the situation is different, the other party has enough time to deal with it, such as quickly issuing him a good person card, and then immediately holding a court push.

And it is a fact that the cabinet is short of people, if Shen Mo drags on for a long time, it is impossible to say that Xu Jie will re-determine the candidate, and directly let Zhang Juzheng enter the cabinet first.

"You think I'm you?" When Shen Mingchen raised his question, Shen Mo rolled his eyes and said, "How stupid can it be?" Seeing that the other two were also looking forward to it, he didn't sell it and talked about what might happen next.

Hearing his words, Wang Yin looked at Shen Mo in disbelief and said, "Could it be that the adults have been digging a pit for Zhang Taiyue early in the morning?" "The heart said that if that's the case, then you can really be called a 'honey belly sword'.

"It can only be said that you can't have the heart of harming people, and you can't have the heart of guarding against people." Shen Mo said lightly: "Since I dared to give him an idea at that time, there was a solution, but I didn't tell him for the time being." But ......" said with a raised eyebrow, bringing out a strong self-confidence and said: "If I don't want to solve it, no one in Beijing City can solve it." ”

"Just don't make any trouble." Yu Yin was a little worried.

"Don't worry, I'm measured." Shen Mo's mood suddenly lowered a little and said: "I'm not the kind of person who abolishes the public for personal reasons. ”――

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On the question of Zhang Juzheng. In real history, this old man has only done one thing in the twenty years of the Jiajing Dynasty, and that is to make soy sauce. Then as soon as Jiajing died, he was promoted from a bachelor from the Hanlin Academy of the Five Grades to a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and then a left waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, and entered the cabinet with honor. In less than ten months, he was promoted to seven levels in a row, and a department-level cadre entered the cabinet to pay respects to the prime minister. It's unprecedented.

Moreover, his entry into the cabinet was not pushed by the bureaucracy, but by the emperor. At this time, Zhang Juzheng officially appeared on the stage of history.

In the past 20 years, it can't be said that all the dogs have been eaten, but Xu Jie, in view of the complexity of the struggle situation, is afraid that he will die in the waves again and again, so he has taken measures to protect him, even if the struggle is at its most intense, Xu Jie has personally gone into battle, and this baby bump is not allowed to take risks, only let him study hard, and let him learn with him, how to deal with national affairs. It is no exaggeration to say that knowing this, it is not difficult to understand why Xu Jie's bowl of water is not even, of course he must put all his efforts into the heir first. It's just a normal choice for a normal person.