.Chapter 765: The Final (Part 2)
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The next day, at the instruction of Jiajing, Xu Jie drafted three imperial edicts. First, he released more than 100 civic officials, including Lin Run, who knelt on the New Year's Day, forgive his disrespect and returned to his original position, and was still the witness of the court. Second, he arrested 18 people including the demon king Jin and Tao Shien to imprison him, and asked the Ministry of Justice to strictly investigate his illegal affairs. He rewarded King Jing for 20,000 hectares of fertile land and 80,000 hectares of robbery hectares over the years, totaling 100,000 hectares of land and 100,000 hectares of lakes and ponds, all of which were returned to the people.
All three decrees were very pleased. Once announced, the whole country was joking. People said that the emperor was awakened by Hai Rui and was really going to cheer up again. Although he usually mentioned Jiajing and was so angry that he hated him, he was a king and father for 45 years. After all, he was the king and father for 700 to 80% of the people in the world. In their hearts, the king and father were Jiajing, and Jiajing was the king and father. Seeing that he had signs of remorse, the people stopped scolding him and looked forward to him, hoping that he could rectify the world and let everyone live a peaceful life.
The common people are so kind. No matter how many mistakes the emperor has, as long as he can correct him, he will still worship and trust him like his father.
But they were destined to be disappointed again, because Emperor Jiajing, who was highly anticipated by them, is now just an old man lying in the bed, waiting for the summoning of death. Maybe he will fall asleep tonight and will never see the sun tomorrow again... There is no time to correct his mistakes.
Xu Jie knew very well that the emperor had reached his dying moment, and as the actual prime minister of the empire, he had a great responsibility. The emperor was in danger. For the people in the palace, it was like he was on the verge of collapse of the sky and the earth. Everyone had a plan in their hearts, and no one wanted to bury the old emperor. If there was no shock to the Dinghai Shen Needle, chaos would definitely arise.
In fact, the best candidate to take charge of the harem is the emperor's mother or wife, but Empress Dowager Zhang Xian has been dead for more than 20 years. Jiajing has had three queens one after another, but one was scared to death by him, deposed and imprisoned until he died. There was another one he saw was burned to death by fire, but he did not ask someone to save him. The emperor's mother and wife were all dead. At this moment, there was no master in the palace. Xu Jie had to make trouble. Not only did he sit in the Western Garden day and night, but he also stayed with the emperor for a while, so as to avoid a slutty rebellion.
But he was not at ease with the three new Grand Secretarys who had entered the cabinet, and were afraid that they would take the opportunity to gain power in the cabinet, so he proposed at the first meeting of the new cabinet that the three of them would serve His Majesty with him in the straight hut of the Shengshou Palace to replace all officials with filial piety.
When the three of them heard this, they were a little unacceptable. No wonder, they had to live for a lifetime, and finally joined the cabinet and became excited to do something big, but they were notified to take care of others and urinate. If anyone else was worried, even if the one being served was the emperor.
Of course, if the emperor could survive, it would be fine, but it would be considered a capital; but the emperor obviously had the momentum of today and tomorrow, and even if he showed the spirit of "Twenty-Four Filial Piety", it would be useless... Maybe he would be regarded as an old minister of the previous generation, and it would be even more unprofitable to be thrown into the cold palace by the new king.
But Li Chunfang would never object. He has three characteristics: the first is honest, the second is loyal, and the third is loyal. When Yan Song and Xu Jie fought fiercely, he saw Ge Lao Yan, and if he was a subordinate, he would respectfully hold the disciple's etiquette when he saw Xu Jie. No one offended him, and he was so good that he couldn't bear to hurt him.
Such a good gentleman, let alone Mr. Xu's proposal, even if it is ten times more difficult, he will bear it silently.
But the other two were not so easy to talk. Guo Pu and Gao Gong were both typical Yan Zhao men. They always regarded this kind of work of serving people and were unhappy for the "doing of slaves". Especially Gao Gong was irritable and straightforward, and would never be afraid of offending anyone and betrayed himself. So he said on the spot: "Your Majesty is bad, and you can't take matters. As a supplementary government, we have a heavier responsibility in the past. It is the right way to deal with the national affairs wholeheartedly. How can we all go to the Shengshou Palace to stay?" After saying that, he felt that he had just arrived, and his tone was a little rushing, and then said: "I mean, there are those palace maids and eunuchs, we don't need to be there, so as not to be inadequate in the cabinet affairs." Okay, I just classified Master Xu as a eunuch.
Xu Jie never expected that Gao Gong dared to refute his decision on the first day of entering the cabinet... The political system of this dynasty developed into the Jiajing period, and the cabinet status continued to improve, completing the process of transitioning from the emperor's consultant secretarial organization to the actual prime minister's organization. The six ministers completely became subordinates of the cabinet, and they had to ask the cabinet ministers for instructions in everything; and within the cabinet, there were three levels of chief ministers, secondary assistants and group assistants. The power of the chief ministers was far higher than that of others, and the cabinet ministers could only look back on their side, and they dared not disobey them slightly.
Besides, Gao Gong was pushed into the cabinet with one hand, so he should be more respectful to him. How could he be so arrogant? So Xu Jie said a little unhappy: "What does Yi Suqing mean?" He deliberately called his word "大天" to remind Gao Gong to pay attention to the superiority and inferiority.
Unexpectedly, Gao Gong didn't even realize that he had just arrived, so he really made up his mind and said, "Yuan Weng and I can take turns at two places."
Huh, I was really arrogant. Xu Jie was a little angry, but he was too deeply cultivated, so he couldn't see it on his face, but his voice was no longer so gentle: "How should I turn between Master Yi Gao?" The word "Mr." was bitten very hard.
Everyone could hear the displeasure of the prime minister, and Guo Pu secretly gave Gao Gong a look, meaning, don't be angry with him.
Gao Gong didn't care, so he really made up his mind: "You are an old man and are highly respected, so don't run away from each other, so you can always be straightforward. You are not talented and Mr. Li and Guo wish to go to the cabinet to learn stories." It means, you old guy, just stay with the emperor. The three of us are in the cabinet and study hard so that we can get familiar with cabinet affairs as soon as possible.
After hearing Gao Gong's words, Xu Jie's expression became stiff. Since Yan Song left, Xu Jie has become accustomed to the respect of the people around him. He can't bear it if he suddenly comes out.
On the first day of entering the cabinet, he had a dispute with the Prime Minister. Could it be that Gao Gong is really a stupid idiot? Of course not. But he felt that since he entered the cabinet, he should look like a grand scholar. How could he be so humble and dare not say anything? Of course, he also has this capital... He is the teacher of King Yu, and his resume in his career is not worse than Xu Jie. He has also served as the leader of the Imperial College, Hanlin Academy, and Zhan Shi Mansion. He has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. Although he is a low-key official, his disciples and former officials are no younger than your Xu Pavilion. A large number of younger brothers are waiting to follow me. How could he be your Xu Jie's maid?
So from the first day, he made up his mind not to let Xu Jie suppress it, and he should be a university upright, stand up and do what he wants to do.
For mature politicians, their behavior is affected by their own personality, but every move is carefully considered and it is impossible to make a fool of themselves in a moment of impulse.
Therefore, everyone present would understand Gao Gong's artificiality as he wanted to set up his own mountain and compete with Xu Jie.
Xu Jie realized that he had made a mistake in his plan. Gao Gong was very human and wanted to use mere favors to tie him up. It was like a daydream. I'm afraid he was still complaining about his own actions and making him in an embarrassing situation.
After holding it in for a long time, Master Xu finally said, "Just do what you want and let it break up." There is no way, who has made Master Xu have never had any arguments with someone in his life, and he will not quarrel at all?
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It would be fine if this kind of thing happened once or twice. Prime Minister Xu Ge was able to hold a boat in his stomach, so he would not care about it. He was so ignorant that Gao Gong was so ignorant that he was able to speak freely every time he held a meeting, but what he talked about was "sighted for the day", "remedy the troubles", and "reform the system" and "reform the system" were very inconsistent with Xu Jie's political philosophy of seeking stability and tranquility, so they would always quarrel... To be precise, it was his quarrel with Xu Jie's voice, and Xu Ge Lao swallowed his anger every time.
Moreover, Gao Gong was not accused of it. Xu Jie used the censor to be grateful to him, easily manipulating public opinion and making decisions. He said on different occasions that Xu Jie played with Feng Xian and used his own way of speaking, which was not the duty of being a minister. Not only did Xu Jie hear this, but those censors who were called Xu Jie's lackeys also heard it, and their impression of Gao Gong became worse.
Guo Pu and even Li Chunfang privately reminded Gao Gong to give Yuan Fu face. But Gao Gong was careless and indifferent, saying, "It's all about planning the country, and it's inevitable that there will be differences. It's no big deal. It's just a normal state for heroes." He always takes advantage of the situation, but he doesn't care, but what about Xu Jie? As the chief assistant, he was defeated by him all day long, as if he was back in the Yan Song era and saw Yan Shifan again.
Mr. Xu was the best in forgiving, but it was not that he had no temper. Over time, his opinions on Gao Gong became increasingly large, but he just didn't say it.
In that room, Gao Gong's opinions on him were getting bigger and bigger. He had been in the cabinet for a month. He had a proposal every time he held a meeting, but Xu Jie did not approve any of them. Isn't this just playing with him? Gao's patience is limited, so at today's meeting, he decided to show up with Xu Jie - he wrote all his views on state affairs and various reforms that were urgently needed in his memorials, and read it out loud at the cabinet meeting, asking Xu Jie to approve and implement it any matter.
Looking at Gao Gong's dense beard and stubborn face, Xu Jie felt tired. He admitted that Gao Gong's comments were at the disadvantages of the times and were very pragmatic. But at this time, stabilizing the court was the top priority. What reforms were discussed? It was too inappropriate. So he responded a few words indifferently and wanted to pass by perfunctorily, but Gao Gong slapped the table and said, "The state affairs are declining, and I am not here to stay. Today, the old master must agree no matter what."
Xu Jie was angry when he heard this. The clay man was also a little bit earthy. He was stinged by Gao Gong all day long. Master Xu's temper also increased significantly. Finally, he said hard: "Then you should be the prime minister."
Gao Gong was stunned at first, then sneered: "If there was really that day, I would never be able to eat in the corpse."
"You..." Xu Jie was so angry that he couldn't speak. Guo Pu and Li Chunfang quickly persuaded them to stop, and the meeting ended again unhappy.
'If I had known this, I wouldn't have led the wolf into the house.' After the meeting, Xu Jie sat in his room and sulked, thinking that he had played a bad move. He thought that he would be so mean to put Gao Gong into the cabinet and would be at least subject to his own constraints? Who knew that this person was too strong and was completely out of control.
‘If you can stand you up, you can lie back. Thinking of Gao Gong's high-profile look like a rooster, Xu Jie's eyes became very cold.
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At this time, a Si Zhilang appeared at the door and saw the rare terrifying expression of the Pavilion Master, which made him stunned...
"What's the matter?" Xu Jie took a deep breath and returned to his former calmness.
"Yuan Fu, several censors and ministers, came to the cabinet to thank him." Si Zhilang came to his senses and quickly reported: "I don't know if you see him."
Xu Jie originally planned to return to the Shengshou Palace immediately, but he attached great importance to Yanlu, so he paid great attention to establishing good relationships with these young people with low officials. Even if they were in a bad mood, they didn't want to neglect them, so he said, "Please come in."
The person who came was the censors who knelt on the door to advise on New Year's Day. Although they were imprisoned in the prison for half a year, they did not suffer any torture under the care of Xu Jie and received timely treatment. The days later were not sad. As a result, more than 100 people went in, only two died of jail disease. The rest had to come out in full, creating a miracle that was not big or small.
When people get the favor, they naturally want Xu Jie to express their sincerest gratitude. Xu Jie humbly said that this is what they should do, and they have a cordial conversation with them, asking them whether their health has been completely recovered, whether there is any difficulties in their family life, and whether they have any trouble at work. They are completely kind elders, who cares about the juniors enthusiastically, and where is the airs of the chief assistant?
For these sensitive and self-esteem young people, the attitude of the Chief Supervisor to be respectful and humble is enough to make them feel overwhelmed and willing to do whatever they want.
Someone observed his expression and found that the Prime Minister seemed unhappy, so he asked boldly: "Is the Prime Minister worried about the Emperor?"
"Oh, no," Xu Jie smiled and said, "The Emperor's Dragon Body is healthy, there is nothing to worry about." He said, "The cabinet was just having a meeting, and there was only a small episode." Xu Jie seemed to really treat them as his own people, so he told a joke tone and said, "There was a joke-like person and said, "At the end, he laughed like a self-deprecating person:
"People say that Gao Gong is a living king of hell, and today I have seen it." After saying that, he naturally talked about other things, which made people unable to hear any other meaning.
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A group of censors talked with the old master, then stood up and said goodbye. Xu Jie sent them to the door and went straight to the Shengshou Palace.
The censors left the West Garden and said goodbye at the gate of the palace and went back to their own houses. No one noticed that a minister named Hu Yingjia looked thoughtful.
After returning home for dinner, Hu Yingjia tilted his hands on the kang and pretended to sleep. However, he was thinking about what Master Ge said repeatedly. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a moment. So he put his hands behind his head and started to think about it.
His wife was doing needlework on the side, but he kept making the wrong needle. He was so angry that he twisted Hu Yingjia's thigh and scolded: "I told you to say something irrelevant."
He uttered a roar, but in the moment of lightning in his mind, he sat up and said, "I finally figured out the content of the cabinet meeting, which was secret, why did Yuan Weng tell us?" As he said that, his eyes shone: "It must be something that hints us - it's just that he has been unhappy for a long time."
Thinking of this, Hu Yingjia was excited... There are two types of censors, one is to hate evil and ask for the people; the other is to take advantage of the special nature of this profession to sell well to big men for promotion. Hu Yingjia is the latter. Through what Xu Jie said, he guessed the conflict between the two, so he decided to sell the Gao Gong to the Prime Minister.
But a few days ago, he just heard a joke about Gao Gong, saying that Gao Pavilion was a man of good spirits and strong, and could not stand the hardship of living in a house all day. After a few days of entering the cabinet, he moved his family outside Xi'an Gate. He was not on duty in Xiyuan Zhilu in the middle of the night, and ran back to do business with his wife every now and then.
Although this is a choreographer, it also has facts. Gao Gong is a rooster, and he is still 52 years old this year, and he still has no worries. How can he not be in a hurry? So he frequently runs home to continue the incense, and there is no other meaning. It is understandable that everyone is a joke, and they just laugh it off after the matter is finished. Moreover, Gao Gong did not delay his work. In order to be able to work at night, he also took some office supplies home. In addition to working hard, he also had to work overnight... Is it easy to be a successful man?
But I am afraid that villains will cause trouble, so I can make a problem even if I have no problems. Hu Yingjia linked this matter to Jiajing's current physical condition, so the problem was very big.
So he wrote a memorial overnight, impeaching Gao Gong, "I received great kindness from Your Majesty, but when the emperor was seriously ill, he left his post and went home without authorization, and moved all the items in his house back home. I really don't know what he was doing?" What kind of intentions are you doing? Isn't it just that you think the emperor is going to die and you don't need to be on duty in Xiyuan?
Poison, it's really poison. This is not a lesson. Gao Gong is clearly going to destroy him in a desperate situation.
You can't blame Hu Yingjia for being ruthless. If you can't completely defeat Gao Gong, you will be the one who will never be able to recover.
The memorial was handed over the next day. According to Jiajing's character, if nothing unexpected happens, the day when he saw this seal, it was the time when Gao Gong finished his father. No matter which emperor, he would not allow his ministers to have other plans.
But man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations, and his memorial did not cause any response.
It’s not that Jiajing has become generous, but that the emperor is finally about to reach the end of his life, and no one can show him the memorial again...
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Chapter completed!