The next morning, the capital ushered in a good sunny weather.

Xu Jie walked into the Forbidden City in a python robe, a jade belt tied around his waist, and a black hat on his head with a proud tone. However, he did not return to Wenyuan Pavilion as soon as possible, but came to the door sign of the Ganqing Palace.

Longqing played with a pretty palace maid very late last night. He came back from court and was about to go to bed for a rest. However, when he learned that Xu Jie had come, he had to put on the dragon robe that he had just taken off again.

As for Xu Jie, a increasingly obedient minister, he naturally did not want Xu Jie to leave. Even though there were not so many officials who submitted memorials yesterday, he would still try to keep Xu Jie.

Longqing came to the front hall to meet Xu Jie, and faced Xu Jie's big gift, and he gave Xu Jie a flat body according to the courtesy.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is here to thank the Lord for his kindness! Fortunately, the emperor does not dislike his age and his mediocre qualifications. He only serves the emperor as an old man to help the emperor create a prosperous Ming Dynasty!" Xu Jie said with gratitude. At the same time, the Xie Enshu prepared last night was presented to the fore.

Thanks to the experience of writing Qing Ci in the Jiajing Dynasty, writing such a flattering memorial was simply a test, so he believed that no one could match the gratitude in the court.

Longqing has always been very yearning for the prosperous times and immediately responded happily: "It's good that Master Xu will return, and our monarch and ministers will surely create a prosperous era!"

Prosperous era?

When Meng Chong heard the answer between the king and his ministers, he first looked up at Long Qing, who was addicted to women, and then turned his head to look at Xu Jie who was sleek and indifferent, and could not help but roll his eyes silently.

But no matter what he thought, he quickly stepped forward and took the thank-you memorial from Xu Jie, and then respectfully submitted the thank-you memorial to Longqing.

Longqing's laziness was almost at heart. Even Xie Enshu was unwilling to read it too much. Instead, he yawned a big yawn in boredom.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the dragon body is not good recently and is sometimes tired, but this is the case?" Xu Jie, as a mature politician, naturally would not let the cold happen, and asked immediately.

Thinking of the indulgence these days, Longqing couldn't help but nodded guiltily and explained: "That's true, but they are all minor problems since childhood, so this matter is not a big deal!"

"Emperor, when I served the late emperor, in addition to those unreliable elixirs for cultivation, the late emperor was also fortunate to obtain a elixir called Anshen Pill. It has miraculous effects when I surrendered. Remember to store it in Zichen Hall in Xiyuan .Your Majesty, you can ask the palace servants to try medicine, which may make the emperor calm and dream!" Xu Jie said loyally.

this……

When Meng Chong heard Xu Jie's words, he glanced at Xu Jie with complicated eyes and found that the prime minister who wanted to regain his power had resolutely changed back to the Xu Huating who was good at guessing the will of the saint during the Jiajing Dynasty.

When Longqing heard that there was a pill that could calm the mind, his eyes lit up slightly and said, "Gei Master Xu, do you really have such a good pill? Then are you willing to go and get it for me?"

"Emperor, the storage of elixirs has always been under the control of the inner court, and I am just hearing about it! However, this matter is not a secret matter. I believe that the old people from the West Garden in the past should know where to store it!" Xu Jie was aware of his own self-storage! If you don’t have this muddy water, you will even shirk your responsibilities.

Long Qing was pointed out and thought seriously: "Yes, Chen Hong should know this!" As he said that, he turned his head and ordered Meng Chong: "Send someone to the study room to call Chen Hong over! ”

"Abide by the order!" Meng Chong glanced at Xu Jie and immediately bowed respectfully.

"Your Majesty, if nothing else is done, the old minister will sue first!" Xu Jie didn't want to let people know that it was his chief assistant who had the idea, so he immediately paid attention to opening the tunnel.

Longqing and Xu Jie didn’t have much common topic, so they nodded immediately and said, “Okay!”

A long-lost sun is hanging high in the sky, and the golden sunshine shines on this brilliant palace complex of the Golden Palace.

Xu Jie left the Ganqing Palace, first secretly breathed a breath of turbid air, then raised his chin and strode towards Wenyuan Pavilion.

Although Lin Weiran was a little embarrassed this time and he was worried about resigning, the whole thing was not out of his control.

On the contrary, Lin Junran, who was smart, took a chess move, but he ordered his own disciple to impeach the chief minister and left the talk. The crimes he impeached were even less lethal.

Xu Jie returned to the building of Wenyuan Pavilion. Although it was only a day later, he felt like he was suddenly a different life after standing here again.

Although he had concerns yesterday, everything has returned to its original state. He is still the highest-ranking chief minister of the Ming Dynasty and the highest-ranking person in Wenyuan Pavilion.

"Welcome to Lord Yuanfu to return to the pavilion!" A pavilion official first discovered Xu Jie and immediately stepped forward quickly.

Xu Jie never looked at the cabinet official for a long time, and immediately gave an order with the airs of the chief minister, "Import all the cabinet masters to come to the cabinet hall for a meeting!"

"As for the order!" The old master felt that Xu Jie was completely different from the past, so he immediately bowed his hand and said.

Li Chunfang, Guo Pu, Lin Qingran and other cabinet ministers came after hearing the news. They naturally knew Xu Jie's return and greeted Xu Jie in a regular manner.

Xu Jie picked up the teacup he had just delivered, slowly poured the tea water, and asked casually: "Everyone, what important thing happened in the court?"

When Li Chunfang and Zhang Juzheng heard this question, they couldn't help but exchanged glances in surprise. Although the territory of the Ming Dynasty was vast, it was impossible for Xu Jie to leave for only one day, and something extraordinary could happen suddenly.

Li Chunfang was an honest and honest person, and immediately responded seriously: "Reporting to Yuanfu, nothing important happened!"

Guo Pu and Lin Qingran exchanged glances silently, and vaguely felt a hint of sharpness on Xu Jie's body.

Xu Jie's mouth raised slightly, but he asked Lin Xu Ran who had been silent, "Gei Lin, don't you know what important things can happen to the Ministry of War?"

Huh?

When Guo Pu and Chen Yiqin saw Xu Jie inquiring about the situation in the Ministry of War, they immediately felt something was wrong and turned their heads and looked at Lin Weiran.

"There is nothing to do on the Nine Territory!" Lin Weiran looked up at Xu Jie, who was holding the chief assistant, and responded concisely.

this……

Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin looked at each other. First, Xu Jie took up the first auxiliary airs, but now Lin Weiran responded in a cold tone, and immediately smelled the breath before the storm.

Xu Jie took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Although I was resting at home last night, I heard that the generals from the Nine Borders were arrogant and proud. A thousand households from Leizhou from Xuanfu actually led Shangguan Zhao Chen's I took off my clothes and hung them at the gate to show them. I wonder if this is true?”

When Li Chunfang and others heard this, they looked at Xu Jie in confusion.

The army is like the officialdom, and it is also a small world. Many generals are especially hereditary, so they often embrace each other, thus repelling airborne generals or generals who get up from the bottom.

The Qianhu, who was known as the Skinny Monkey, did not bear the swallowing sound, but instead fought back with his fist. After discovering that the other party was actually hiding a small, banished in the army, he directly fired the gun.

Zhao Chen stripped naked and hung up.

This matter is not big, but it is not small. After all, "being inferior is wrong" is the most taboo thing in the officialdom, and the thin monkey can also be severely punished.

What puzzled them was that although this matter could be held accountable, the dignified prime minister seemed to be too much of a big deal when he was snatching the fault of a small thousand household.

"It cannot be said that he is arrogant because of his merits. After all, Zhao Chen, the co-master of Wanquan's left guard, violated military orders, and he would naturally punish him for hiding prohibited items in the army! The thin monkey hung Zhao Chen up to show his public, which was just a dish, because

Zhao Chen openly disobeyed military rules. Although it was found that he did not want to leak the fire gun technology to the Tartars, the official ordered him to be dismissed yesterday and investigated it!" Lin Weiran seemed disapproving when he saw Xu Jie provoking this matter.

Responded.

After hearing Lin Xuran's explanation, Li Chunfang and others couldn't help but nodded slightly in recognition. They found that things did not seem too outrageous, so they turned their heads in confusion and looked at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie held the teacup in his hand, and a flash of eyes flashed across his mind and said resolutely: "Zhao Chen is Shangguan after all. The thin monkey stripped Shangguan's clothes and showed it to the public. This is already a violation of the superiors, and it is not allowed by military law. As far as I know, some people have recently been

The generals won several battles, and the arrogance of the Nine Borders was prevalent, but our cabinet had to rectify them, so I will rectify the generals of the Nine Borders next!"

this……

After hearing Xu Jie's words, Li Chunfang and others immediately knew that Xu Jie's idea was going to be, so they turned their heads and looked at Lin Weiran.

Xu Jie's move was a big deal. He had arranged the Marquis of Linhuai to be the general of the general of the canal transport earlier, but now he has to rectify the generals of the nine sides, which is clearly necessary to point fingers on Lin Yanran's territory.

Once Xu Jie rectifies, a large number of Lin generals will be dismissed, and the incompetent generals of Shanxi will fill the entire nine borders.

"The battlefield is different from the officialdom. The battlefield is a place of life and death! Zhao Chen is now violating military rules first, and the thin monkey is just following the military rules. If this is the case, it is said that the generals on the Nine-side are arrogant, and they must rectify the generals on the Nine-side.

Yuan Fu's move is probably a headache to treat his legs, so he is just a mess!" Lin Qingran knew what Xu Jie was going to do, so he mocked him without any mercy.

Guo Pu and others listened to Lin Junran's analysis and found that they could not judge that the generals on the Nine-side were arrogant and could not use this to rectify the generals on the Nine-side. They could not help but turn their heads and look at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie laughed intentionally, then threw out a high hat and said, "I'm always aware of Lin Pavilion, and I can't tell you this time!" After a pause, he made a promise and said, "But you don't need to do this."

I know that they have made great contributions to the court, but I just punished a few people to curb their arrogance. I will be able to do things in a proper way, but I will still do things for the Ministry of War in the future.

It's up to you to decide."

This statement was already very obvious. He just wanted to go through a process and help Lin Qiran knock on the arrogance of the generals on the nine sides.

Li Chunfang and Guo Pu were not easy to participate. When they heard Xu Jie's promise, it didn't seem too much, they turned their heads silently and looked at Lin Weiran.

"Yuan Fu, the idea of ​​governing the army is to clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. Since they have not made any mistakes, how can you ask you to hit him?" Lin Weiran said without giving in.

Not to mention that he could not have let Xu Jie reach his territory. As for the "slight punishment" that Xu Jie promised, this deceptive trick could only fool a three-year-old child.

When Xu Jie promised to protect Yan Song's family who was kneeling down, he failed to destroy the Yan family. It was the kind-hearted Xu Huating who was ruthless.

Xu Jie's face suddenly changed, but he said with a stern threat: "Gei Master Lin, do you really want to treat the Ministry of War as your acre of three-point land. Can't I, the chief minister, intervene?"

Huh?

Li Chunfang and others finally felt the smell of gunpowder, but they couldn't help but turn their heads and look at Lin Weiran, and find that Lin Weiran today seemed to be giving Xu Jie no face.

"It's not that I don't let the chief minister interfere in military affairs, but since the emperor appointed me as the Minister of War, I will naturally have to do my best to defend the border and prevent the Tartars' conflict and defense from invading the capital! As for the chief minister, he must rectify the nine-sided generals, just like Lord Yuanfu, who is the Lord.

What I said: Since the Song Dynasty, the army belonged to the Privy Council, and the use of military affairs is appropriate. The prime minister has not been able to do anything. If anyone heard about it, our court will set up six ministers, and all military affairs will be returned to the Ministry of War. The position of the cabinet minister is decided. If Master Yuanfu believes that

The generals on the Nine Borders can no longer be used, but they have to adjust them. Then you can ask the emperor to serve as the Minister of War. I can also take the opportunity to put down this heavy burden that concerns the safety of the Ming Dynasty!" Lin Qingran faced Xu Jie's threat,

But it was the calm wind that responded gently.

this……

Li Chunfang and others saw Lin Junran's eloquence again and couldn't help but look at Xu Jie with sympathy.

But it is not said that Xu Jie could not have replaced Lin Qinran as Minister of War, and Xu Jie did not dare to serve as Minister of War. No one can sit firmly except Lin Qinran.

In addition to Xu Jie's earlier refusal to the military mistakes of the Jiajing period in his memorial, Lin Qiran took it out to greet Xu Jie, which was simply a slap in the face.

Xu Jie's face was gloomy. He wanted to disgust Lin Qingran well, but he didn't expect that Lin Qingran would be so fiercely retorted, and he was determined to get rid of Lin Qingran.

It was at this time that Feng Bao led a group of eunuchs to deliver memorials from the thirteen provinces of the two capitals on time, which gave Xu Jie an opportunity to step down.

Xu Jie always wanted to win over Feng Bao, and smiled happily and said, "Eunuch Feng, I don't know if there is any important memorial today. Isn't anyone impeached me again?"

While saying this, he deliberately glanced at Lin Qiran, undoubtedly mocking Lin Qiran's useless efforts.

"Gemaster Xu, I really have a copy today!" Feng Bao responded calmly in the face of Xu Jie's criticism.

ah?

When everyone heard this answer, they were stunned, but then they thought that Wang Jun’s memorial could not hurt Xu Jie at all, and now Xu Jie is simply a tumbler.
Chapter completed!