Xu Jie obviously didn't expect that Yan Song would unabashedly use the word insect to evaluate these people, and only after being stunned for a moment did he speak in response.

"Elder Yan Ge is right, these people are proper worms, they hold the court's money on weekdays, and they don't think about how to share the worries of His Majesty, but they are against the court everywhere!"

When Yan Song heard this, a look of surprise couldn't help but appear on his face, and he complained secretly.

"What you just said, no matter how you look at it, you are talking about yourself, you Xu Jie, you are the biggest insect in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Hmph, I, Yan Song, compare with you Xu Jie, and I can be regarded as loyal to the country!"

Immediately after, perhaps Yan Song's patience had been exhausted by Xu Jie, and he turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and spoke.

"Elder Xu Ge, the two of us have been officials in the same dynasty for so many years, if you have anything to say, just say it directly!"

When Xu Jie heard this, after hesitating for a long time, he chose to say his purpose: "I don't know if Elder Yan Ge has received the news, in order to oppose the imperial court's new examination subjects in the imperial examination in the coming year, those guys even did not hesitate to start connecting everywhere, preparing to pass those words and officials and write to Your Majesty!" ”

After listening to Xu Jie's narration, Yan Song's expression on his face did not change much, he just nodded and responded.

"Well, I've already gotten the news about it before that!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he withdrew his gaze from Xu Jie's body, sneered, and continued to add.

"Hmph, they have summed up the lesson this time, and they plan to force His Majesty to submit through those officials!"

When Yan Song said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and immediately pulled the topic back to Xu Jie.

"By the way, Elder Xu Ge, what did you tell me about this?"

Looking at the puzzled expression on Yan Song's face, Xu Jie seemed to have made up his mind, and immediately said in a deep voice.

"Elder Yan Ge, I hope you can let me deal with these officials later!"

When Yan Song heard Xu Jie's words, his face was full of surprise that he couldn't hide, and he subconsciously asked, "Elder Xu Ge, are you telling the truth?" ”

Xu Jie met Yan Song's gaze, nodded quite solemnly, and responded: "Of course it's true!" ”

Yan Song couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, although he didn't know what Xu Jie was planning, but Xu Jie's willingness to stand up and deal with those officials was excellent.

Yan Song clearly remembered that among those officials, there were many ruthless characters, like Hu Yingjia or Ouyang Yijing.

Among them, the most powerful is this Ouyang Yijing, who is currently in charge of the Criminal Section, from the seventh grade, to the third grade or more of the civil and military officials in his hands as many as 20 people.

Not only that, this Ouyang Yijing also impeached the British Gong Zhang Rong, this is after a few nobles in the Ming Dynasty who still retain military power!

Generally speaking, after a noble like Zhang Rong, no matter how high your rank is, you have to be careful to have a good relationship with others, because maybe one day, you will have a time to ask for others.

But this Ouyang Yijing is good, not only does he not give face to others, but he doesn't say a word, and on the grounds of incompetence in military and political affairs, he impeached Zhang Rong, the British public Zhang Rong, Dong Yikui and Liu Xian, the chief military officers of Shanxi and Zhejiang, and Li Long, the governor of Jinyiwei, all of whom were impeached. All of them have been degraded to varying degrees.

Since then, Ouyang Yijing has become famous in the court, and countless high-ranking officials have changed their color when they hear about it, even if Yan Song's power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, and there are many henchmen under him, they are not willing to make enemies with him.

I don't know how long time has passed, but I saw Yan Song come back to his senses and look at Xu Jie's eyes with a trace of respect.

"Well, Elder Xu Ge, the matter is so decided, and you will come forward later to deal with those officials!"

"Well, that's it!"

Seeing that the matter had been finalized, the two immediately stopped talking and marched towards the cabinet together.

After the two entered the cabinet, they sat in their respective positions and dealt with the relevant notes.

Not long after, Zhang Juzheng, Yan Shifan, Gao Gong and others also came to the cabinet one after another, at this moment, their faces were full of solemnity, and they had no intention of dealing with the sparseness in front of them.

The reason for this is very simple, they have all been more or less informed before this.

It is known that today, those officials plan to write to His Majesty about the fact that the imperial court will add arithmetic to the imperial examination in the coming year, in the hope that he will retract his fate.

But soon, they found that Yan Song and Xu Jie's expressions were as usual, without the slightest panic on their faces, and they were still unhurriedly dealing with the notes in their hands.

Seeing this situation, I saw that after Gao Gong finished thinking about the language, he mustered up his courage, looked in the direction where Yan Song and Xu Jie were, and asked.

"Elder Yan Ge, Elder Xu Ge, do you know that those officials plan to gather today and write to His Majesty?"

Before Xu Jie could speak, he was preempted by Yan Song on the side, only to see an inexplicable smile appear on Yan Song's face, and explained to Gao Gong: "You don't have to worry about this matter, Elder Xu Ge has already told me, and he is responsible for this matter!" ”

When Yan Song said this, he paused for a moment, then looked in the direction where Xu Jie was, and asked rhetorically.

"Elder Xu Ge, am I right?"

Yan Song's words naturally caused others in the cabinet to be surprised, and they all fell on Xu Jie's body.

Facing everyone's eyes, Xu Jie had no choice but to reply.

"Well, yes, I'll be in charge of dealing with those officials later, so as not to let them disturb Your Majesty's Qing Xiu!"

Xu Jie's words fell, and everyone at the scene except Yan Song cast admiring glances at him.

Because they know very well in their hearts how difficult those speakers are!

And right now, Xu Jie, as the deputy assistant of the cabinet, is actually willing to take the initiative to stand up and take on this arduous task, there is a way, the gentleman does not care about his deeds, no matter what Xu Jie's ultimate goal is, since he is willing to come forward to deal with those officials, this is a very positive thing in any case.

After Xu Jie's eyes looked around, he couldn't help but secretly complain: "Xu Jie, Xu Jie, all this is your own doing!" ”

"Why did you say you sent someone to investigate that incident in the first place, but now it's better to put yourself in such a dangerous situation!"

Xu Jie knew very well in his heart that he had now fallen into a dilemma, and the matter of sending people to investigate the transportation of grain to Zhejiang had aroused His Majesty's suspicion, which could be seen from the sudden increase in brocade guards near his home.

And now, in order to atone the merits, he will have to stand up and deal with those officials for His Majesty, because only in this way can he obtain His Majesty's forgiveness and turn the crisis into peace.

Between the emperor and those officials, Xu Jie resolutely decided to stand in the emperor's camp, today, if those officials want to meet the emperor, they must step over their corpses!

"I hope things won't be too embarrassing at that time, otherwise, those officials will have to make a fuss again!"

"Xu Jie, next, you have to carry it!"

Xu Jie admonished himself in his heart, and the look on his face gradually became resolute.

……

On the other side, the Forbidden City, the Qianqing Palace.

Jiajing looked indifferently at Lu Fang, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked.

"What did you just say, those officials want to go to the book and persuade me to take back my life?"

When Lu Fang heard this, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face at the right time, and after considering his tone, he replied cautiously.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is said that the official who took the lead this time is Hu Yingjia!"

After listening to Lu Fang's answer, the disgust in Jiajing's eyes flashed, and he immediately spoke.

"These officials are thinking about how to block me all day long, and this is not allowed, and that is not allowed!"

"Shouting every day that the law of the ancestors is immutable, using the word rotten Confucianism to describe them, it can be regarded as lifting them, they are simply worms, I will clean them up sooner or later!"

Seeing this, Lu Fang hurriedly reined in his thoughts and said comfortingly: "Please also ask Your Majesty to calm your anger!" ”

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and then proposed to Jiajing: "Your Majesty, does this matter need to be sent ......by slaves and maids?"

Before Lu Fang's words were finished, he was coldly interrupted by Jiajing: "No need, let the wind out, just say that I am sick, and no one will see me!" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, his face was full of hesitation, and he turned to speak: "But Your Majesty, in this way, wouldn't it give those officials the opportunity to sell their reputations, in case they hit the wall in anger, wouldn't it be a success for their reputation, and when the time comes, ......?"

When Jiajing heard this, there was no surprise on his face, but turned his gaze to Lu Fang and said to himself.

"Don't worry, someone will come forward to solve this problem for me!"

When Lu Fang heard this, a trace of surprise couldn't help but appear on his face, and he subconsciously asked, "Your Majesty, the person you are referring to, is it Xu ......?"

It's just that before Lu Fang's words were finished, he met Jiajing's meaningful gaze, and immediately closed his mouth and said no more.

Jiajing took in the expression on Lu Fang's face, turned his gaze away from Lu Fang's body, and asked rhetorically.

"If you want me not to pursue the previous incident, he Xu Jie, he has to do something, right, Lu Fang?"

When Lu Fang heard this, a look of admiration suddenly appeared on his face, and he patted Jiajing's ass.

"Your Majesty, in this way, you don't have to face those officials!"

In fact, Lu Fang still had a sentence in his heart that he hadn't finished speaking: "Let's talk about the official again, and infamy Xu Jie!" ”

……

In the cabinet, everyone seems to be quietly dealing with their own hands, but in fact, their hearts are not calm, because it will not be long before the storm is coming.

After a while, I saw a servant walking into the cabinet tremblingly with a stack of music in his arms.

When everyone saw this, their hearts suddenly understood, and they all stopped correcting the notes in their hands and turned their eyes to the official.

Suddenly being stared at by so many eyes, the official immediately panicked, only to see him trembling, looking in the direction where Yan Song and Xu Jie were, and respectfully reported.

"Pavilion...... Elder Ge, this ...... Here is the excerpt handed over by Hu Yingjia and other officials, he, they want to ......"

Before Xu Jie finished speaking, he was coldly interrupted by Xu Jie: "Okay, the elder of this pavilion knows, take it!" ”

When Xu Jie's words fell, the official suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly put the large stack of folds handed over by the official in front of Xu Jie.

Xu Jie didn't look at the stack of folds, and immediately instructed the official.

"Alright, there's nothing for you here, let's go down!"

Xu Jie's words fell, and I saw that the official glanced at Xu Jie, quite gratefully, and immediately replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, Ge Lao!"

After the official left, he saw Xu Jie put aside the finished piece in his hand, and immediately took out a copy from the stack of folds handed by the official next to him, and began to taste it carefully.

"Well, this letter is good, the rhetoric is sharp, the writing is gorgeous, but the last paragraph is a little lacking in heat!"

Xu Jie said as he handed the folded letter in his hand to Yan Song on the side: "Elder Yan Ge, take a look!" ”

When Yan Song heard this, he took the fold from Xu Jie's hand, slightly supported the reading glasses he was wearing, and immediately began to browse the content on them.

After a long time, Yan Song put down the fold in his hand and said with emotion.

"Well, the whole article is really good, it's a pity, why do you want to mix with the official?"

Although Yan Song and Xu Jie, there are many suspicions on weekdays, and they are even about to make trouble to the point of life and death, but the two have a high degree of consistency in their views on speech officials.

Since the Song Dynasty, there has been a tradition of not killing speech officials, at least on the surface, for the emperor, those speech officials are just mascots used to decorate the façade, used to create an image of humility for themselves.

It is precisely because of this that those speech officials will not be convicted for their words, even if they anger the emperor, they will only be cut back to their hometowns!

And this, for those officials, is precisely the best reward, because only in this way can they set up an image for themselves of serving the country and the people, speaking out and being persecuted, and it is best to be able to scold the emperor secretly.

Under such an operation, fame and fortune are available, and if you are lucky enough, you may be able to leave your name in the history books.

It is precisely because of this that when the emperor saw Yanguan, he was dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering.

You said that you don't deal with him, but he kicked his nose in the face again, and tried his best to be arrogant, so he almost pulled out your ancestors for eighteen generations and scolded him.

But you have to really make up your mind to clean him up, and he used the reason that no official has ever been convicted for his words, and then took the opportunity to list several famous emperors in history who were willing to humbly accept advice to admonish you, Your Majesty, you should think twice!

It is precisely because of this that the emperor must not directly face the speech official!

(End of chapter)