After the analysis of several great strategists, the chances of winning the war with Xu Ge Lao were very slim.

Tang Yi is not unaware of this, he must admit that he miscalculated at the beginning.

When Yan Xu was at his most powerful, Tang Yi actively laid out, wanting to gain the capital to confront Xu Jie after Yan Song fell.

His layout was basically successful, but why did Xu Ge Lao conquer the city, and Tang Yi had no way at all? The problem is not Tang Yi, but Jiajing!

For a long time, Jiajing can easily control the court, and the biggest trick is balance!

When Yang Tinghe was strong, he supported Zhang Cong and others, and after defeating the elders of the previous dynasty, he supported Xia Yan to fight Zhang Cong down, and then used Yan Song to deal with Xia Yan. When Xia Yan died, he stuffed his apprentice Xu Jie into the cabinet to check and balance Yan Song.

From beginning to end, Jiajing's strategy is to help the weak and suppress the strong, whoever rises will be beaten twice, and whoever is weak will be pulled.

The situation is always in balance, no matter who it is, they have to compete to curry favor with Jiajing, relying on the emperor's holy family to live.

According to Tang Yi's judgment, Yan Song has fallen, and Jiajing will definitely support the forces to balance Xu Jie. As long as there is Jiajing's blessing, and with Tang Yi's strength, it is very promising to deal with Xu Jie.

It's just that I never expected that after the fall of Yan Song, Jiajing seemed to be a different person, becoming more and more indifferent to the court situation, and he was not keen to watch the ministers fight, just like an ordinary old man, eager to live a peaceful life for a few years.

In fact, Jiajing really thinks so.

Jiangshan Sheji is far less comfortable than immortality, even if you can't cultivate it, you have to enjoy life well, and as for the troublesome government affairs, you will leave it to the cabinet.

The Son of Heaven was lazy and gave Xu Jie the best opportunity to seize power, but Xu Jie was an old man after all, he did not blindly seize power, but put forward three major propositions: to return the lord with prestige, to return the government affairs to the ministers, and to reward the public with sacrifice.

These three articles are all aimed at the world's criticism of Yan Song.

The first is to strictly enforce the party's power, steal the Lord's prestige, use one person, I will use it, and punish one person, and I will punish him. The world only knows Yan Shoufu, but does not know Emperor Zhu.

The second article is because Yan Song monopolizes the votes, regards the cabinet members as subordinate officials, and the hundred officials as servants, and integrates the authority of the six ministries and nine secretaries, so that the power of the first and auxiliary ministers is comparable to that of the prime ministers of the Han and Tang dynasties.

The third article is still the same, because Yan Song punishes people according to his own preferences, forming gangs, dumping each other, and using the official weapons of the court as a means to eradicate dissidents.

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Xu Jie's "three returns" political program seems to hit the nail on the head, handing over the rapidly expanding cabinet power to the emperor and ministers, concentrating on being the emperor's secretary, not the prime minister!

Tang Yi didn't believe that Xu Jie would hand over the authority in his hands, he was just an attitude. It's just that this attitude is very important, at least Jiajing believes most of it, as long as Xu Jie can be sensible and does not interfere with his cultivation, let him toss it, will it be worse than Yan Dang?

As for those people from the Xu Party, the officials who still had to be attached to him burst into tears with excitement, and regarded Xu Jie as an ancestor and a savior, and did everything for him, waving the flag and shouting.

called Xu Jie's Zhongxing Mingxiang, and advocated it to the point of numbness.

As Wang Yin analyzed, Xu Jie's general trend has been achieved, and it is impossible to compete at all.

Tang Yi felt more and more pressure, when the strict party was in Japan, the two sides restrained each other, and Tang Yi was able to play with ease, left and right, and reap the benefits.

Now that he is facing the pressure of Xu Jie, he is really as heavy as a mountain, and he is overwhelmed.

There has never been mercy in the officialdom, just after the end of the external inspection, and when the Yan Party officials were dismissed, Zheng Luo, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, wrote a letter to impeach Cai Yuncheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Wan Yuan, the secretary of the Dali Temple, on the charge of being a friend and a traitor, and hiding 80,000 taels of silver for Yan Shifan.

The song went up, the signal of the attack was issued, Ouyang Yijing, Xin Zixiu and others wrote one after another, and several impeachment excerpts were sent to the cabinet every day.

The competition for the three law divisions has begun, but it is actually not a competition at all, Wan Yu and Cai Yuncheng have a bad reputation, even if they were people who were once strict with the party, they didn't dare to speak for them, and in order to curry favor with Xu Jie, they actually turned against each other.

Tang Yi could only operate secretly at most, and the two of them went home to save a little dignity. Xu Jie quickly carried out the court push, and the book of the Criminal Department fell into the hands of Huang Guangsheng, and Dali Siqing also gave it to Lao Xu's students.

After winning the Three Law Divisions, Xu Jie's mood was very good, and he immediately put up another book, saying that the cabinet affairs were heavy, and it was difficult to support the two cabinet members, and asked for more cabinet members.

On this book, many people applauded Xu Jie, Yan Song monopolized the vote, and he was the only one in the cabinet. Xu Ge Lao took the initiative to increase the number of cabinet members, did not seize power, and was selfless, which was really an example for the cabinet ministers.

Tang Yi could see that the so-called increase in cabinet members was simply a means for Xu Jie's authority to further expand.

Someone wants to say, there are more cabinet members, doesn't it disperse Xu Jie's power? It's that simple, it's too simple.

The increase in the number of cabinet members will strengthen the power of the cabinet. And Xu Jie, as the first assistant, represents the cabinet, and the cabinet is strong, which is very beneficial to him.

If there is an increase in cabinet members, some things can be handed over to them, Xu Jie hides behind the remote control, there is no need to rush to the front line, and if he does less, he will make fewer mistakes, and he will be like Yan Song, and he will be infamy.

As for the third point? It can also disperse Tang Shunzhi's power and weaken him as a subordinate.

Xu Jie's abacus clanged, Jiajing rejected Xu Jie's first time, Lao Xu refused to give up, and wrote three times in a row, finally making Jiajing nod.

The new cabinet ministers have also come out, and there are two, one is Yan Ne, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is Li Chunfang, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

When he knew that it was them, Tang Yi almost threw up!

Yan Ne and Li Chunfang are not bad people, when Tang Yi first entered the Hanlin Academy, they were still the top bosses, and the relationship between the two sides was not bad.

But let them enter the cabinet, Tang Yi was not convinced!

Yan Ne and Li Chunfang have the same virtue as the dead Yuan Wei, they all rely on writing green words, slipping their beards and patting their beards to go immediately, and they have been in the office for more than ten years, and they have never done anything serious.

When I came out of the Hanlin Temple, I entered the Honglu Temple, and then the Ministry of Rites, and the rest of the personnel, military and political affairs, money and food, criminal law, and engineering, I didn't understand anything.

On what basis is such waste in the cabinet?

Just because Yan Ne is Xu Jie's horse boy, is Li Chunfang Xu Jie's apprentice?

They are qualified to join the cabinet, and I have the ability to be the first assistant!

Tang Yi was really angry, and he immediately found his teacher Tang Shunzhi.

As soon as they met, Tang Yi said angrily: "Prime minister, Xu Jie's monopoly on power, expanding people, and suppressing dissidents, won't you stop you?" ”

Tang Shunzhi looked up at his apprentice, picked up the snuffbox, poured out a little powder, put it in front of his nose, inhaled hard, and sneezed a few times.

"It's comfortable!" Tang Shunzhi said with a smile: "As the saying goes, tobacco and alcohol are not separated, why don't you have some too?" ”

"Forget it!" Tang Yi shook his head, "Master, it's not a disciple who forces you to do something, I really can't stand it, if it goes on like this, Xu Jie's power will be monopolized, and no one will be able to check and balance him anymore." ”

"You're wrong!" Tang Shunzhi shook his head, Tang Yi was puzzled, only to see the teacher staring at the ceiling, and sighed lonely, "Huating is now a monopoly of power, no need to go later." Okay, there are some things that the master doesn't hide from you, I brought in a few members of the Xu Party before, and they all agreed to stand on our side, but as soon as Yan Song fell, these few joined Xu Jie. ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled bitterly: "I don't know if they were sent by Huating before, or if they temporarily defected, in short, they were put together by Huating for the division." ”

Tang Shunzhi raised the snuff box and looked at the carving on it, the small white jade, with a few knives, depicted the peaks and peaks, and the ancient trees towering to the sky, which was really ingenious.

"When it comes to conspiracy and calculation, Xu Huating has reached the peak, and there is only one illness for the teacher, so he can avoid his edge!" Tang Shunzhi patted Tang Yi on the shoulder.

"Okay, I know you're unwilling, but at the moment, there is really no way to be a teacher except to avoid its edge." Tang Shunzhi's fist clenched and released again.

The teacher was helpless, Tang Yi lowered his head, lost his spirit, and said with a wry smile for a while: "Your old man has confessed, what other curses do the disciples have, and they have taken their leave." ”

Coming out of Tang Shunzhi's mansion, Tang Yi's worries became stronger and stronger.

Xu Jie's power is getting stronger and stronger, which really makes him calmly arranged, and if he takes over the territory of the Yan Party, he will no longer be able to fight against him, and it is not a good taste to be slaughtered by others.

Wang Yin gave himself an idea, but it was a jade burning style of play, although it could hurt Xu Jie, but if he didn't know that his injury would be even greater.

Tang Yi was very hesitant, should he use it or not?

I couldn't make up my mind for a while.

He returned home, wanted to see his wife and son, to dispel the boredom in his heart, just arrived in the backyard, he saw two things chasing, running in front of a flower donkey, followed by Tang Yi's mount, the little donkey looked salivating, running back and forth, tongue sticking out, saliva out of the elder.

Please, you're a donkey, not a dog!

The embarrassing stuff really makes Tang Yi angry, and when he has the opportunity, he has to skin you and boil it into ejiao!

Tang Yi glanced at the flower donkey twice, remembered a person, and his face changed greatly. He hurriedly strode straight to his wife's room.

opened the curtain and looked inside, Wang Yueying was sitting on the edge of the bed, the second son was lying in the cradle, Xiao Ping'an was very obedient, and kept shaking.

Opposite Wang Yueying sat a Taoist aunt wearing gossip clothes, wearing a fishtail crown on her head, and holding floating dust in her hand, who was smiling and saying: "Sister is really a blessing, the two children Zhong Lingyuxiu, smart and clever, will be able to be rich and noble in the future, it is really enviable." ”

Wang Yueying smiled faintly: "Sister doesn't have to be like this, you have a relationship with Qingfu, you have nothing to do with Hongchen, practice honestly, and you can enjoy peace, if you have to get involved in the circle of right and wrong, even if your sister has the heart to help you, she can't help." ”

Aunt Dao on the other side, her face changed, and soon returned to normal, she lowered her head, "What my sister taught me is that my sister has written it down, and my sister is not making waves this time, but there is something I want to ask my sister to tell Lord Tang." ”

"What's the matter? Just talk to the official directly. Tang Yi walked in from outside, with a chill on his face.

Dao Gu was stunned for a moment, and smiled sweetly, "The adult is becoming more and more prestigious, the poor Dao is about to ask the adult to help, a few days ago, a woman committed suicide by throwing herself into the well in Baiyun Nunnery, and was rescued by the poor Dao, the adult promises to be interested!" ”

Afraid that Tang Yi would be suspicious, Dao Gu added, "The woman's surname is Xu, and her grandfather is above 10,000 people under one person." (To be continued.) )