"Is there a letter from Gangneung?"

Matsue Prefecture.

Although Xu Jie, who is over the age of old, has been at home for many years, he has never relaxed his attention to the court situation.

Now, especially after hearing that Hai Rui was going to be used and that his two sons' reinstatement was blocked and he was required to fulfill his filial piety at home, he vaguely seemed to smell a different trend in the court, and gradually became worried, so after the news of his two sons' reinstatement was blocked back to Songjiang, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Beijing to Zhang Juzheng, and asked Zhang Juzheng to reply to him.

The Jiangling in Xu Jie's mouth naturally refers to Zhang Juzheng.

In the Ming generation, it was often used to refer to a certain cabinet minister as the place of origin, especially the first assistant.

Although Zhang Juzheng is a student of Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng is now the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty after all, and he is also the minister of Gu Ming's auxiliary minister.

Therefore, Xu Jie, who has always been an official, will no longer call himself a teacher, but directly call Zhang Juzheng's character, and like the people in the world, he only calls his hometown to refer to Jiangling, which can be regarded as a pretend gesture on the bright side, letting people know that he did not deliberately show his different relationship with Zhang Juzheng because Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant.

But secretly, Xu Jie still corresponded with Zhang Juzheng, and more or less used his personal friendship with Zhang Juzheng to achieve some of his own political goals.

For example, after knowing that Hai Rui was going to be appointed as the deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Zhang Juzheng, hoping to prevent Hai Juzheng from being reused.

Xu Jie's current intolerance of Hai Rui is naturally related to the fact that Hai Rui made his Xu family suffer a big loss and lost a lot of land interests during his tenure as the governor of Yingtian.

It's just that more than two months have passed, and Xu Jie didn't expect that Zhang Juzheng hadn't replied yet, so he often chattered in front of Xu Fan in recent days.

"Father!

Xu Fan called out a little impatiently, and then reported with his hand: "Jiangling has long forgotten Songjiang Huating in his heart now!" Why do you have to ask again, Hai Rui is only afraid that he is about to arrive in Beijing now. ”

"Is there a letter from Gangneung?"

Xu Jie only asked.

Xu Fan did not answer.

Xu Jie knocked his cane on the garden floor covered with jade-white stones: "Talk back!" ”

Xu Fan couldn't hide it anymore: "It's a letter!" ”

"Bring it!"

Xu Jie commanded.

Xu Fan said: "Father, don't look at it." The letter is not a good content, I am afraid that you will be angry when you read it for a long time. ”

"If you don't show me, I'm even more angry! If you don't show me, can you take him Gangneung? Let me tell you, except for the old man, no one can be his opponent in Gangneung! That's the person personally selected by the old man, if he really feels sorry for my Xu family, then the old man can only deal with it! ”

Xu Jie said in a fierce voice.

Xu Fan still took out Zhang Juzheng's letter and read it to Xu Jie.

"Mr. Enfu Xu respectfully enlightens, the disciple uncle is in Beijing to bow and ask Enfu'an; The day before yesterday, Shi Di Fan sent a letter saying that Hai Rui was not available, but the disciple did not dare to agree......"

After Xu Fan finished reading, he said: "You know now, people don't listen to you anymore, and insist on asking Hai Rui to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be a deputy constitution!" You have cultivated a good student, a good student who is not greedy for power and is dedicated to finding checks and balances for himself! If the Xu family asks him anything in the future, he can refuse on the grounds that Hai Rui is staring at the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

Xu Jie didn't say anything for a long time, only listening to the sound of the banana being moved by the fan outside the window.

Boom!

Suddenly, Xu Jie threw the crutches violently, and his chest rose and fell violently.

"Father!"

Seeing this, Xu Fan wanted to come over and hold Xu Jie.

Xu Jie waved his hand, did not let Xu Fan hold himself, and only muttered: "The servant knows that he is determined to continue the national fortune by reforming the system, but unexpectedly, he is determined to come to this point!" I thought he was just taking a little advantage from the people, but now that I think about it, he wants to push Hai Jui's affairs in Yingtian to the whole country! I have been deceived by him! ”

"What do you mean by that, father?"

Xu Fan asked.

Xu Jie looked at his eldest son with some annoyance: "If you had half the intelligence of the East Building, you wouldn't ask such a question!" It will not be cleaned up by a Hai Rui to the point where the old man has to make a move! ”

"The child is dull, but the father is angry."

Xu Fan hurriedly replied dejectedly.

Xu Jie said: "That's it!" While the Father is still alive, pave the way for you. You take my letter to Puzhou in person, and see Zhang Ziwei with a junior gift! Then he told him the contents of the letter from Gangneung. ”

Zhang Ziwei is Zhang Siwei.

However, Xu Fan did not directly agree at this time, but asked dissatisfiedly: "Father, why do you want the child to meet him Zhang Ziwei in the junior ceremony?" ”

"For your father, you still want to put up a shelf for the old pavilion? Today's Xiaoge is always Zhang Jingxiu, not you! ”

Xu Jie glared at Xu Fan and said.

Xu Fan had to say yes, and promised to leave north tomorrow to go north to Puzhou to see Zhang Siwei.

Xu Jie is obviously preparing to find another spokesperson for himself in the court, and intends to give up Zhang Juzheng, and intends to use his political resources to promote Zhang Siwei into the cabinet in the future and take over Zhang Juzheng's position as the first assistant.

Of course, the premise is that Zhang Siwei is willing to guarantee the interests of his Xu family, so he needs to let his son first contact Zhang Siwei, who is now sick at home.

Xu Jie, as a veteran minister who has been in the cabinet for many years, still has a vicious vision, and the Zhang Siwei he values is indeed a master of scheming who successfully deceived Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao in history.

Xu Jie: This can be regarded as a layout in advance.

But Xu Jie still knows how to avoid Zhang Juzheng's edge, which is also the experience that he can wrestle with Yan Song in the cabinet for many years and finally win, so he specially explained to Xu Fan: "In addition, according to Jiangling's doing, let the people in the mansion converge in the future, and still have to walk around with Jiangling during the New Year's holidays." ”

Xu Fan took a deep breath after hearing this: "How long will you avoid it?" ”

Xu Jie sighed: "Wait for the Son of Heaven to grow up, and wait for Ziwei to be the country!" ”

……

In June of the first year of Wanli, it was a hot day, and the heat was unbearable.

Outside the castle.

Hai Rui stepped on a pair of straw sandals, rolled up his trousers, wore a hat, and wore a blue cloth coat, and walked towards the city gate.

Although Zhu Yijun's will to let Zhang Juzheng use him as the deputy capital of the Imperial Court was issued in early February, Hai Rui's home was far away in Qiongzhou, and in the later generations of Hainan Island, it took nearly two months to make a quick horse one-way trip in this era, so even if he hurried along the way, he still arrived in the capital in June.

"Brother Gangfeng!"

And just as Hai Rui was walking towards the gate of the capital, a shout attracted his attention.

Hai Rui followed the sound and smiled.

"Brother Runlian!"

It turned out that this was a friend Hai Rui had met in the past when he was the governor of Yingtian, and the famous king used to use it.

This Wang Yongji is much younger than Hai Rui, but because this era is very important, and Wang Yongji is a jinshi in the second year of Longqing, Hai Rui is just a lifter, so although Hai Rui is older and has a higher official position, he still has friends with Wang Yongji.

Hai Rui admired Wang Yongji in Yingtian in the past, and he and Wang Yongji hit it off at first sight, and now they are reunited in Beijing for many years, but they are also very happy, and they can't help but call along.

"Counting the days, you should have arrived in Beijing for a few days, and you came every day, but I didn't expect to wait for today."

Wang Yongji walked up with a smile and said.

Hai Rui walked over with a smile and arched his hand: "Thank you for your concern, I didn't expect that Jiangling would think of me when I am in power!" ”

Ahem!

"It's not your uncle who thinks about you, it's Your Majesty!"

At this time, after a cough ended, Tan Lun, the secretary of the military department wearing a cotton shirt with arrow sleeves, came over and said a word.