Chapter 198: Keep someone under the knife
After making up his mind, Lu Bing whispered: "From the silent report, Zhang Jing is indeed timid, talented, and a little greedy for enjoyment. But he actually did some facts, such as since he took office, all prefectures and counties have strengthened the city defense, and there has never been a tragedy of being broken and massacred. Moreover, although the army was not trained by him personally, it was his recruitment order after all..."
While talking, he looked at Emperor Jiajing. Seeing his face gloomy, Lu Bing became scared and his voice became smaller and smaller.
Jiajing looked at him with a smile and said, "What exactly do you want to explain?"
Lu Bing whimpered and whispered: "Zhang Jing's problem... is a problem of ability, not a problem of attitude." This is the medicine for resurrection that he learned from silence.
Jiajing's narrow eyes flashed, and he only heard him sneer: "How much did Xu Jie give you?"
Lu Bing quickly knelt down and kowtowed, shouting and said, "That old man Xu Jie is a famous poor official. I am afraid that there is nothing valuable except His Majesty's house."
I thought that the emperor would finish the calculation, but Jiajing said again: "Is it King Yu?"
Lu Bing smiled and looked up and said, "Your Majesty, the prince will not ask me." Emperor Jiajing has many sons, but now there are only two living people. King Yu is older and King Jing is younger, but he has not yet established a prince. It is conceivable that the two are open and secretly fighting each other. With King Jing staring at him all the time, King Yu will never contact the emperor's number one confidant, even if one hundred Zhang Jing dies.
"Then are you worried about eating salty radish and bored?" Jiajing also laughed and cursed, "Tell me, what do you mean?"
Lu Bing said solemnly: "Although I wish I could kill Zhang Jing, I feel that after the victory, I should always be cautious, so as not to gossip and cause trouble to the Southeast."
Jiajing shook his head and said, "You didn't read Zhao Wenhua's memorial. He said, 'Zhang Jing still did not go to war after the wolf clay soldiers arrived, and the people hated him to death'. Killing Zhang Jing would only be a great pleasure."
Lu Bing said, "What should I do if the wolf clay soldier?" He pointed to the most powerful words on the silent memorial and said, "The soldiers are cruel by nature, so they are called wolf soldiers. They are both fierce soldiers and bandits. Only Zhang Jing can barely control them."
"That..." Jiajing seemed to be moved and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He waved his hand and said, "Let me think about it."
The sky gradually faded, and the little eunuch lit the candles in the side hall. The Grand Secretary sat upright on the chairs, some were reading books, some were reading memorials, some were closing their eyes to rest, and some were losing their minds... The emperor did not let them go, but they waited here for a day, and they didn't know when they would go home.
Yan Song closed his eyes and rested. With his years of understanding of the emperor, he knew that no one could make trouble, so he wandered with peace of mind.
Xu Jie was disgusted. When he woke up, he saw the copy of the two memorials. He knew that Zhang Jing was finished and his good days were finally over... If you shout for justice for Zhang Jing, Xia Yan was the lesson of the past. He clearly remembered that everyone in the world believed that Zeng Xian was wronged, and Xia Yan was even more innocent. However, the stubborn emperor not only killed Zeng Xian, but also killed Xia Yan.
The scene of the head falling to the ground was reflected in front of him, making Xu Jie soaked all over, and his heart became enlightened - either stick to the principle and accompany Zhang Jing to die, or give up the principle and live alone.
'You have to live, and there is hope for it.' As if you are comforting yourself, Xu Jie numbed himself. He knew very well what the consequences of doing this... Everyone knew that Zhang Banzhou was his Xu Huating. However, at this critical moment, Xu Jie gave up trusting his subordinates. Everyone despised him of Xu Jie's character and regarded him as a completely greedy and selfish villain.
He could have foreseen that the clear streams gathered around him would disperse with ridicule and contempt and no longer be with him. What was even more terrifying was that the emperor's favor would also be turned back to Yan Song. He would face the extremely powerful Yan Party alone and the terrifying Jinyiwei.
The cruel facts taught Xu Jie. He finally understood that in front of the Yan father and son, his skills were still far behind. For a whole day, he had not yet entered the water, and he was in a state of confusion, waiting helplessly for the emperor's verdict.
Finally, Governor Lu, who was as deep as water, came out of the hall and whispered: "My sirs, your majesty will summon him."
Yan Song threw a glance at him for inquiry, Lu Bing nodded slightly, then turned around and left.
Xu Jie followed Yan Song into the hall like a walking corpse, and heard the emperor's cold voice saying, "The original governors are not worthy of use, so you should recommend your successor."
Xu Jie's heart skipped a beat. He knew that what he had expected was indeed true. He was almost sad. He forced his body to hold his hands on the ground and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, have you asked him in person after Zhang Jing returns to the capital before making a decision?" It would be possible to delay it every day, this is what he could do for Zhang Jing in the end.
Jiajing snorted coldly and said, "For your sake, I will no longer kill him. Are you still not satisfied?"
Xu Jie's mouth can be stuffed with a duck egg in one goose egg in one goose egg in one goose egg in one go. Both of them looked in disbelief... We have been playing with the emperor for many years, and we know that this is not a lord and forgiven king, and we will only kill people and have no idea what it means to "keep people under the knife".
After all, Xu Jie was still young and had a quick reaction. Before Master Yan could close his mouth, he kowtowed to the emperor and said in tears: "Your Majesty, be kind and forgive..." He nailed the last nail to the board, making Yan Song unable to disturb him anymore.
Master Yan knew the temper of the emperor very clearly. When he saw the faint light in his eyes, he knew that this was the final decision. He couldn't help but say something strange in his heart: "How could he not achieve his full efforts?" However, although he did not let them take their hands to the execution ground as he imagined, at least if Zhang Jing was taken down, Xu Jie would be greatly implicated, which was considered unsatisfactory.
Now, let's enjoy the taste of victory. Xu Jie was completely depressed and no one could compete with him. Yan Song said slowly: "The old minister thinks that Zhao Wenhua has the merit of supervising the battle in this battle, Hu Zongxian has the merit of coordinating the battle, and the two get along well... it's better to let them continue working."
"No." The emperor refused. He really couldn't imagine what the Southeast would look like if the fool Zhao Wenhua was the governor. Seeing that Ge Lao Yan looked at him pitifully, Jiajing thought of a reason: "The capital cannot live without Zhao Wenhua. After the new governor takes office in a few days, he will recruit him back to be the Grand Sikong." Grand Sikong is the Minister of Works, in charge of all projects across the country... Zhao Wenhua was originally the Minister of Works, and now he has been properly promoted. But after he overthrew Zhang Jing, the Minister of Works was the actual boss of the Southeast, but he was transferred back to Beijing to serve as the contractor. What would it be if it was not for the promotion and demotion in secret?
Yan Song suddenly realized in his heart. He felt a little depressed, but did not dare to show it. Instead, he laughed and said, "Since Your Majesty can't bear to leave Zhao Wenhua, then I really can't think of a suitable candidate."
The emperor looked at the three "stationary grandmasters". As expected, the three of them just shook their heads and said that there was no suitable candidate, and no one dared to offend Ge Lao Yan.
"Where is the Xu Qing family?" The emperor turned his gaze on Xu Jie and asked Mingganwu's second assistant cabinet, "Do you have a suitable candidate?"
Facing the second chance that the pie fell from the sky, Xu Jie took a deep breath and tried to calm down and said, "Governor Su Song, Zhou Yu, once wrote a memorial saying that there are 'Ten Difficulties and Three Strategies' to Defend Japanese Japanese. He has been at the forefront of the southeast's anti-Japanese war for a long time and has rich experience. I dared to recommend it."
"Accurate." The emperor waved his sleeves and said, "Let Hu Zongxian be his deputy and immediately be promoted to the left-level censor-governor Zhejiang."
"Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong was greedy for life and feared death, and was lazy in fighting to raise the enemy. He should have beheaded to serve as a warning to others. But the emperor has the virtue of being a virtuous person. If you have a little hard work, you can cut off your posts and return them to your hometown, and never use them!"
"Lu Tong was promoted to the general of Zhejiang, Yu Dayou was promoted to the general of Su Song, and the other generals who participated in the battle were promoted to one level, and those who had great merits were promoted to two levels."
"Zhejiang inspector Shen Mo worked hard and worked diligently; did not avoid arrows and stones, and was loyal and keen. I was very relieved. I was specially given a Qilin suit and served as the Zhejiang inspector and military supervisor."
With a golden word and jade word, he was the imperial edict. Xu Jie immediately drafted an edict, Li Fang used a seal on behalf of the sky, and then quickly sent it to the southeast to cause a super earthquake.
Looking at the cabinet ministers and eunuchs coming out one after another, a sneer appeared on the corner of Emperor Jiajing's mouth, which seemed so profound and unfathomable.
In fact, Xu Jie didn't have to worry at all. Even if Zhang Jing was really beheaded, his status would not be affected at all.
‘Because no matter how lively you are, I am a calm bystander and the final judge.’ Emperor Jiajing said silently: ‘There is only one master in this world, and there will be no second one.’
After a while of feeling good about himself, Emperor Jiajing stood up and returned to Yuxi Palace to practice.
"Why is this?" Yan Shifan asked Lu Bing in the Governor's Mansion: "Why did the emperor suddenly calm down?"
Governor Lu said calmly: "I didn't say a word that was unfavorable to your family, and I kept scolding Zhang Jing to death."
Yan Shifan stamped his feet and said, "Don't you keep silent? You just need to say that's about it."
Lu Bing said strangely: "I said Brother Donglou, I am dedicated to helping you. His Majesty suddenly changed his mind. Why did you blame me?"
Yan Shifan angrily said, "As soon as you help us talk, Your Majesty thought his number one confidant had become my Yan family. How can you not be wary of us?" He said, "It's a good deal for the old boy Xu Jie." Then he left angrily.
After he left, Shen Lian transferred out of the tent and bowed, "Mr. Xie returned to protect the inferior disciples."
"He helped me, so I naturally want to repay you." Lu Bing waved his hand and smiled.
Shen Lian nodded, looked at the distant south, and whispered: "There will be more troublesome for adults in the future."
Chapter completed!