Taishan Hutong near the Confucian Temple in Beijing is the second auxiliary of today, Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar Xu Jiefu. Now in the living room of the Xu Mansion, Wu Shilai in the Criminal Division, Zhang Chong, the director of the Criminal Department, Dong Chuance, Yuan Wei, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhou Yan, the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, are all gathered here. Among these people, there are Xu Jie's student disciples, as well as his fellow villagers, most of whom are his hardcore henchmen, and they can be called Xu Dang. Only Zhou Yan is the newly appointed guest of the Xu Mansion.

It is said that Zhou Yan and Xu Jieben are fellow scholars and have a friendship of the same year, but they have always been square and do not like to form a party. In addition, he was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, emphasizing uprightness and impeaching hundreds of officials, even if it was old. Therefore, it is more alienated from Xu Jie, who is round and lively, and has exquisite eight sides. But since his old friend Zheng Xiao was gloomy and his nephew Zheng Guoqi was beheaded in Xishi, Zhou Yan's thoughts and thoughts have changed greatly. Now, he took the initiative to move closer to Xu Jie, expressing his willingness to advance and retreat with Brother Shaohu and share blessings and misfortunes. Xu Jie's support for this soldier was naturally very welcome.

It is said that in the style of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it has always been a bite to see. As for Yan Hong's death, it should have been drowned out by the imperial historians a long time ago. However, this time, the Imperial Historians were not in a hurry to attack. There are both subjective and objective reasons for this.

The objective reason is that the atmosphere in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is strange and the personnel are complicated. Yan Song's brother-in-law, Yan Hong's uncle Ouyang Bijin ascended to the imperial history of the right capital. In terms of grade, he and Zhou Yan are at the same level, and they are in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In fact, it is within the same level, and there are also sizes. Since Yongle moved the capital, there has been a default consensus in the court on the position setting of the left and right, that is, the left is above the right, and the left is respected. Taking the Imperial Court as an example, the Imperial History of the Left Capital is the official of the main hall and the official of the sitting court, but the Imperial History of the Right Capital is not the official of the Imperial Court, and is often used as an additional title of the Governor of the Outer Governor, that is, with the title of the Imperial History of the Right Capital, the Governor is somewhere and something, etc.

In other words, the right capital imperial history does not belong to a permanent position, and strictly speaking, the power position is lower than that of the left capital imperial history. In the past, Zheng Xiao was the imperial history of the right capital, and he and Zhou Yan were fellow scholars, and they had a good relationship with each other, so naturally they would not talk about this high and low. However, Ouyang Bijin is Yan Song's brother-in-law, and he is not at odds with Zhou Yan. The two chief officials of this yamen are opposed, and they can no longer be ignored as in the past.

However, the words are divided into two ends, and if you want to talk about dignity and humility, you also have to look at how you talk about it. Although Ouyang Bijin is slightly inferior by three points in terms of official positions, he is a Jinshi who has been in Zhengde for 12 years in terms of qualifications. is divided into generations according to the subject, but it is several years higher than Zhou Yan, and belongs to the old-timers in Shilin. Zhou Yan is still a civil official after all, and he must abide by the rules of a civil official on the right path, and he can't suppress too much on the surface for the tricks that the old-timers are not fun to do publicly. In addition, Ouyang Bijin has the elder Yan Ge as a backup, so in this way, there are some imperial histories in the Imperial Inspectorate, and Ouyang Bijin is close to Ouyang Bijin in the matter. And these officials who are close to Ouyang Bijin naturally won't casually provoke Ouyang Boss's nephew.

And Zhou Yan's subjective aspect, although he has always been square and strong, Zheng Xiao's words before leaving Beijing also made him change his style. After all, blindly rushing and striking hard will not be able to please the Yan Party with deep roots, and it is often a situation in which 800 people may not be killed, but 3,000 will be self-inflicted, and the gains outweigh the losses. Now that he has allied with Xu Jie, he must listen to Xu Zisheng's opinion and act in unison.

Because of this, after Yan Hong's bastard played this time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate actually did not move at all for the time being. Zhou Yan was on his own, so he hurriedly ran to Xu Jie's mansion to discuss countermeasures together.

Xu Jie looked at the transcription in the palace in his hand, and was speechless for a long time. The ministers waiting on the side finally got impatient. That Dong Chuance was originally a fellow of Xu Jie, and he was not directly subordinate to Xu Jie, and he was quite serious. Seeing that Xu Jie didn't say anything, he couldn't help but be full of anger anymore, and raised his voice: "That Yan Hong boy, who is bold, relying on the power of the Yan Mansion, dares to collude with the Japanese Chieftains, and writes to intercede for the Japanese chieftains, and discusses the imperial court's policy of banning the sea. This is also the Yan family's own death. Xu Ge doesn't do it at this time, how long will he stay? My generation should revise the book overnight, directly report the evil of the Yan family, and severely punish Yan Hong's bad deeds. If you can take this opportunity to uproot the Yan family, wouldn't it be a big trouble for the imperial court! ”

Zhou Yan saw that Dong Chuance fired the first shot, so he also nodded and said, "This is true. It is said that when Yan Hong arrived in Shaoxing, he led his family to the county yamen and forcibly abducted Xu Hai, the widow, from prison. Such acts of lawlessness are tantamount to complicity and rebellion, and heaven and man are angry! Brother Shaohu, my protégé and former officials, and Brother Zheng's former officials, there are still more than 60 officials, all of whom are willing to die for me. I'm going to ask them to revise the book to impeach Yan Hong, and investigate his mistakes in shielding the Japanese and talking about the ban on the sea. Although Yan Hong is only five products and thousands of households, he is the third generation eldest grandson of the Yan family. If Yan Hong can be eradicated in one fell swoop and knock the mountain and shock the tiger, then Yan Weizhong's fierce flame will also fade by three points. Then see the opportunity to go, whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue, or to take every step of the camp, sooner or later to get rid of the traitors, in order to return the right way. ”

Zhou Yan is old and spicy after all, but he is calmer than Dong Chuance, and he doesn't think that he can directly overthrow Yan Song by relying on this matter, but he still wants to cut off Yan Hong first and beat the arrogance of the Yan family.

Zhou Yan's speech, several other ministers, one after another, generously stated, willing to move forward to attack the Yan Mansion. Especially Zou Yinglong, who was a jinshi in the middle of last year, said excitedly: "The traitorous ministers have been entrenched in the imperial court for several years, framing Zhongliang and causing chaos to the court. Ying Long is willing to wash the filth of the court with a neck blood, please punish Yan Hong, and hang his head in the country! ”

Seeing that everyone was talking about a fight, Xu Jie was still serious. After everyone's voices subsided, he spoke: "The opinions of the rank are all loyal and upright. However, Yan Song's strength is deep-rooted, but it is not easy to move. Speaking of Yan Hong's memora alone, although there are many absurd words in it, it is full of flattery to the heavenly family, and I am afraid that the heavenly family will be confused by his sycophants. rashly admonished, if it angers the heavenly family, it is not beautiful. ”

Zhou Yan was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he had always been upright and daring to make mistakes, and when he heard Xu Jie's words, he couldn't help but say anxiously: "Brother Shaohu, who is a minister, is just a six-character word for death and martial arts." If today's son believes this set of nonsense, he will lose the foundation of the king, and the person who is a minister should bow down to the ground and die, how can he become inflammatory? The old man didn't believe it, the Son of Heaven could ignore the right path and believe this nonsense. ”

Xu Jie saw that Zhou Yan was so eager, but he became more and more steady, and immediately persuaded him politely: "Brother Lushan, the matter of death is not a moment. Blindly being strong is not for the wise man. In a certain opinion, the list goes back today, and there is no need to rush to the table. You can draft the articles of association while waiting to see what happens. I'll wait for the news here, and then I'll think about it. ”

Although Zhou Yan and the others were unwilling, they had already taken Xu Jie as the leader of the alliance, so they had to nod their heads. So a group of loyal ministers dispersed through the back door. At the end of the shift, another person came to Xu's mansion, it was Zhang Juzheng, the secretary of the Guozijian Department. He made a big fanfare, drove all the way through the streets and alleys, arrived at the front door of Xu's mansion, and said loudly: "Please inform Xu Ge Lao, there is a student Zhang Juzheng visiting!" ”

Xu Jie listened to the newspaper and hurriedly called for please come in. Zhang Juzheng entered the study of the Xu Mansion, but he was not polite, sat down and said: "Teacher, what does Yan Hong want to do?" ”

Xu Jie smiled slightly, and said the proposition of Zhou Yan and the others: "What is Uncle's opinion? ”

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Teacher, the student thinks that this matter is a little strange. ”

Xu Jie's opinion on this protégé was more important than Zhou Yan's, and he asked at the moment: "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "Previously, Lin Xianzun took Xu Hai, please behead the Japanese Kou, and the court knows about it. However, since Yan Hong had already gone south to investigate the matter, Lin Lingyin and Li Taishou must also have twists and turns to show their feelings. But up to now, although the letters of Li Taishou and Lin Lingyin have informed Zhou Dadutang and Wu Dazongbo of this matter respectively, but the cabinet official documents, only Yan Hong's secret folds went straight to the king. Now, where is the twists and turns of Li Taishou in Shaoxing? ”

After all, Xu Jie was shrewd, and he was already stunned in an instant. Shaoxing was far away from Jingshi, there were no telephones and telegrams at that time, let alone e-mail, and no one could instantly know what was happening in Shaoxing. The correspondence between officials and the imperial court depended entirely on the exchange of songs. Rather, it is not black and white, and it often depends on the thought of the Son of Heaven. The more famous case in the history of the Ming Dynasty is that Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, fought with Daotong, the magistrate of Guangdong, because Zhu Liangzu's folds were handed to Zhu Yuanzhang before Daotong's folds, which caused Daotong to lose a head.

And today's Jiajing Tianzi is different from Hong Wuye. Xu Jie knows very well that this Son of Heaven is a face-loving master, he will never admit that he has made mistakes, if he is really wrong, he will only make mistakes. If Yan Hong's preemptive attack created a fait accompli on Emperor Jiajing and made the emperor ideologically inclined to Yan Hong, then Li Wenzao's situation in the same year would be worrying. In this case, why is Shaoxing's twist and turn so late?

Although Xu Ge Lao has many adults, he has been high above for many years, and he has neglected the affairs of the grassroots level. Although the twists and turns in Shaoxing Mansion were urgent, they were also sent to Beijing through the urgent delivery of soldiers. Moreover, as the official document of the state capital in the south, it is necessary to go through the Nanjing General Administration Department and the Beijing General Administration Department in order to reach the front of the monarch. This standard process gives the opponent room to operate.

Hu Zongxian is now the governor of Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and Nanjing is also within the influence of his power. As soon as Yan Hong arrived in Shaoxing, Hu Zongxian knew about it and made secret arrangements. The Hu Dang in the Nanjing General Administration Department had already received news from Hu Zongxian, and all the twists and turns from Shaoxing would be delayed for 10 days before being handed over. Speaking of Nanjing Tongzheng Si Nie Lao Yintai, it is Ouyang Bijin's old chess friend Jiama hanging, and often the two join forces to kill other colleagues and cry wolf. Now that the nephew and grandson of his old friend have been impeached, he naturally has to do his best, and as a result, Shaoxing's performance was suppressed for fifteen days in the yamen of the Nanjing General Political Division.

If you want to say that this minister has the right to write to the emperor, no one dares to deprive him, otherwise he can be sentenced to death. However, official documents circulate in various administrative links, and whether each link is delivered to you immediately or delayed for a few days is not a rule at all, and it only depends on the clerk's happiness. Even if the gods are coming, you can't say anything wrong, he just needs to make up a bridge to collapse and lay troops to make trouble, and you will be helpless. Although Li Wenzao has a lot of power in the south of the Yangtze River, he can't talk about covering the sky with one hand, let alone Nanjing, which is the capital of Nanjing, and his energy is limited. Therefore, Hu Zongxian used this method to give Li Wenzao bad medicine, he didn't know anything about it, and even if he knew the Tao, he couldn't come up with any good way.

On the other hand, Lu Bing has already sent an order to the relevant office departments in the express shop through the Jinyi Wei system to try his best to suppress Shaoxing for a few more days. As long as you take the Shaoxing soldiers across the river, you will be taken special care of the whole process, someone will accompany you to drink, someone will accompany you to find a girl, what you want is to stay for a few more days, don't rush to Beijing.

What the? Have something to do? That's easy to do, for someone else. It's good for you to take Shaoxing to Beijing on business.

What the? The important business is Shaoxing's? I'm sorry, you honestly let me stay here for a few days, no matter how important it is, it can't be more important than our business, don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know that your Shaoxing is not Jiubian, and there is no military intelligence, don't you want to be shameless?

With such a two-pronged approach, in a short period of time, the princes of the court should not expect to see the twists and turns of Shaoxing.

Here is the superiority of Jinyiwei. Their excerpts could go directly to the front of the monarch without going through the political secretary, so Yan Hong directly sent Liang Rufei all the way to Beijing with a whip, and handed over the excerpts to Lu Bing to play, and beat Li Wenzao with a time difference