In Wanshou Palace, the sandalwood in the hall spreads in the air, and the king and his subjects live in the same way as their superiors and subordinates.

Jiajing leaned lazily on a pillow, and was not restricted by the king's behavior. He was more free and easy all over. He was looking at the two important officials outside indifferently.

Either his superior status or his perfect power skills have always been able to play with his ministers to applaud, so he has more arrogance in his eyes and never had the so-called fear.

"Emperor, Shangshu Wu has a very high reputation in the Shilin City, and his words today are too alarmist and so hasty memorials may lead other officials to follow suit. This move is suspected of selling reputation."

Gao Yao is not handsome, not tall, fat and obese, and is not eye-catching in this officialdom where he looks. However, when he was proclaiming his words, his whole body showed a strong and righteous body.

stern.

When it comes to emotions, not only did he frost his mouth, but his eyes were filled with tears, and he looked like a loyal and righteous minister.

There has never been a lack of struggle in the officialdom, and open and hidden arrows are common.

In a short period of time, the Ministry of Revenue replaced five ministers of the Ministry of Revenue. Although the main reason was that the Ming Dynasty's finances had reached a point where they were almost hopeless and no one could have the power to go against the will of heaven, the Minister of Revenue was changed so frequently.

It is also closely related to the political struggle in the court.

Even the Zuodu Censor Pan En, who had just been forced to resign, was forced to resign because he had left a message in arranging his son, and was attacked wildly by the Yan Party and other forces, and was forced to leave his post.

Of course, the reason why he left his post was also deeply murderous intent.

Because of the fact that "father and son are different in court", Pan En chose to retire and return home. What about Yan Song and his son? If three years of filial piety and Yan Shifan returned to the court, wouldn't it be that the father and son were in court together?

Gao Yao and Wu Shan had no hatred in the past, and even had a strong friendship between the same clan. This is the case in the officialdom. There has never been a real friendship, only their own interests and gains and losses.

Since Liu Ji left office, Gao Yao felt a strong sense of crisis. At this time, he needed to pull Wu Shan down to disrupt the water in the court. At the same time, he had figured that Xu Jie pulled him over to get rid of Wu Shan.

Intent.

It is precisely because he did not hesitate to choose to abandon this so-called friendship between the same subjects, and decisively launched a sharp attack, pointing the finger at Wu Shan who was "seeking death".

Huang Jin didn't say anything, so naturally he didn't care about himself and looked at Jiajing silently.

Feng Bao originally wanted to quit and prepare the elixir, but he stopped when he heard this, but there was no worry on his face, and his eyes fell on Gao Yao in a playful way.

Although Gao Yao spoke passionately and his expression was very good, the emperor had always had a good impression of Wu Shan, and today's affairs were not aimless. How could the emperor punish Wu Shan?

Besides, Gao Yao probably doesn’t know that he is unable to protect himself, but now he still wants to attack a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Isn’t that ridiculous?

"Gemaster Xu, what do you think?" Jiajing seemed to be commonplace with this kind of dispute. There was no tendency on his face, but looked at Xu Jie and asked.

Huang Jin was not surprised by this result. If the emperor was interested, he would take the initiative to "add fuel to the fire" and let the ministers below fall into disputes, while he would watch from the wall.

Xu Jie was short and thin, and always looked amiable, bowing like a good man: "Your Majesty, I believe that Mr. Wu is not selling his reputation and seeking righteousness!"

As soon as this statement was spoken, let alone Huang Jin, Feng Bao and others, even Gao Yao couldn't help but look at Xu Jie in surprise.

If Yan Song left the position of the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Jie's biggest threat was not Yuan Wei, the cabinet minister who was deeply favored by the emperor, but Wu Shan, who had served as the Minister of Rites for six years.

Wu Shan was a Tanhualang in the 14th year of Jiajing. He went from the Hanlin Academy to the position of Minister of Rites and was a recognized model official in the Shilin. He was also a stubborn and honest person. Because he was the editor-in-chief of "Talking about the Ancient and the Current", he had become a Shilin.

The most prestigious person in the forest.

In terms of reputation, Wu Shan is not only above Yuan Wei, but is much higher than Xu Jie.

You should know that although Xu Jie was born in the Hanlin Academy, he was placed in the position of Hanlin editor. Now he can become the second assistant to the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, he has Xia Yan’s past support, and on the other hand, he has invited him to favor with Qingci.

, and even supported Yan Song.

In fact, there was a talk about Qingci. Although officials in the world wanted to get favor from the emperor by writing Qingci, many officials "can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour" and seem to be disdainful of this behavior.

For nearly ten years after entering the cabinet, Xu Jie followed Yan Song's orders. He moved his hometown to Jiangxi in the first place. In order to alleviate the suspicion of the Yan family father and son, he actually gave his grandson his concubine to his grandson.

room.

In this era, the status of the relatives was quite low, and many people would give their concubines to others directly. But what surprised the court was that Xu Jie, the dignified Ming Jisuke, did such an incredible thing.

Even his students couldn't stand it, so they ran to Xu's mansion and said politely: Teacher, people outside said you are Yan Song's concubine.

Xu Jie has been in office for nearly forty years, but he has not won too high reputation, and he has not even achieved any political achievements. Some are titles such as "flattery minister" and "concubine".

His former disciple Yang Jisheng was imprisoned for impeaching Yan Song, but Xu Jie chose to remain silent, which eventually led to Yang Jisheng's death in prison, and Xu Jie was even more infamous as a teacher.

No matter what future generations are, Xu Jie's reputation can be described as "messy", and is not the candidate for the Ming Dynasty's chief minister as the officials believed.

Of course, Xu Jie's reputation was inferior to Wu Shan, but his holy grace was not as good as Wu Shan. Especially when it comes to getting close to rebuilding Wanshou Palace, it added a glorious touch to his resume.

After all, Xu Jie was not a real upright person, but an old fox in the officialdom. He changed his subject: "I believe in Shangshu Wu's loyalty to His Majesty, but Shangshu's concerns are not completely unreasonable. The Ming Dynasty's finances are facing difficulties.

, At present, we should work together and wait for the summer grain to arrive in Beijing. Now, Secretary Wu wrote a memorial to be exaggerated. It is still acceptable to leave the memorial to the emperor and the general. However, once the memorial is made public, it may cause other officials to panic. This move is really inappropriate."

The intensity of attacking Wu Shan has been greatly weakened, but the reasons presented have become more sufficient, and it is also more lethal to Wu Shan.

When Gao Yao heard this, he looked at Xu Jie with admiration, and found that he was really out of reach.

Jiajing stood up with one leg and the other foot was stretched out at will, as if he wanted to watch the show, but at this moment, his waist was always there, and a chill surged on his face, knowing that what Xu Jie said was true.

The Ministry of Rites currently has financial problems, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works have also been asking for money. If it arouses criticism from officials and focuses on the finances, it will really force the project of the Temple of Heaven to be suspended.

"not good!"

Feng Bao had been observing the evolution of the situation. After hearing what Xu Jie said, he turned his head and looked at the emperor. Looking at the emperor's expression, his heart immediately skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but look at Xu Jie again.
Chapter completed!