After being impeached by Qi Kang and others, Mr. Xu also submitted a memorial to defend himself as usual and waited for punishment at home. Of course, there is nothing to make a fuss, because this is the custom of the ministers after being participated in. In less than two days, the emperor would issue an order to comfort him, and then repeatedly refuse to let go of him several times. He would make a comeback with energy and look back on the matter. He would take the opportunity to take several days of leisure and relieve his tired body and mind.
This is the third day when Xu Jie closed his door to thank the guests at home. He said he was the one who he didn't want to see. If a confidant official came to report on the affairs and reported the situation, he would still make an appointment as usual, but he would be much more leisurely than he was busy in the cabinet.
In the first two days, he enjoyed this leisurely feeling. At the end of February, Beijing had already felt warm during the day. He either read a book with a pen or wrote two words, or walked to the small yard to see the fresh and pleasant green green, and his body and mind were very comfortable.
However, from the third day, when he woke up in the morning, Mr. Xu felt a little empty. He had become accustomed to the sense of being able to rush forward and hold on to the national government when he came in. Now he suddenly put down his power and was not in the center of the crowd, and his whole body seemed to have been hollowed out... Although he knew it was only temporary, this feeling was still uncomfortable.
Once infected by this emotion, I can't lift anything, I can't read the books and write them out, and I feel uninterested when I wander around the yard. I have to go back to the study and ask the book boy to invite Mr. Li from the west seat of the mansion to talk to him and spend time on the black and white.
While sitting on a rattan chair waiting for Mr. Li to come, he suddenly heard a noise coming from the living room in front.
"Who is here?" Xu Jie frowned and asked the old butler.
The old butler was confused and had to stretch his neck straight and look forward.
Xu Fan ran in from outside quickly, and before he even entered the room, he shouted angrily: "Father, second uncle is crazy!"
"What a panic!" Xu Jie scolded: "I've been a grandfather, why can't I keep calm like this?!"
"……………” Xu Fan swallowed and spitted, thinking that you could keep calm later. Then he stood still. He took out a memorial from his sleeve and said, "This was transferred by Tongzheng Department!"
Xu Jie took it and saw that his pupils shrank. He saw that the cover read "Xu Zhi, the right minister of the Ministry of Works of Nanjing, impeached the Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretary Xu Jie, was not a crime! After only looking at the title, he felt that he was still hot. Now he felt like he fell into an ice cave. Who is Xu Zhi? He is the younger brother of Xu Ge Lao, a close relative with blood connections! It is said that the brothers who beat the tiger and the father and son are fighting, and his eyes are flattened, Xu Ge Lao is being impeached by the censor. He should write a letter to defend his brother, why did he turn against each other?" Impulsing Mr. Xu Ge Lao?
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm down, Xu Jie opened the memorial and saw his younger brother Xu Zhi expose all his own *** in a tone of destroying relatives for justice...... He said that Xu Jie had a room with his wife during the Ding father's worries in the early years of Jiajing. His eldest son Xu Fan was born at that time; he also took two concubines privately. "I also wanted to force my sister to be a concubine, forcing him to escape into a monk. He also said that the Xu Jie family put money in Susong area, which forced many families to be destroyed every year. Some people sued the government, but their parents only had the head of the Xu family.
In this way, not only did not seek justice for the people, but also helped the evildoer to abuse the evil. In the name of falsely accusing the old man of the country, he held the plaintiff in prison, which was often tortured to death. Few people could see the light of day again: It was also said that the Xu family greedily accepted the land offering. Knowing that many rogues "took for other people's land, they still accepted it happily and accepted it as servants. With the original land deed to defend, the Xu family forced the redemption at an extremely low price. Once the other party refused to obey, the servants threatened them by kidnapping and beating until they surrendered, and the government ignored them. If someone sued them to the government, see Article 2.
There are more than ten accusations like this, and everything they say is unsightly. It is more comprehensive and in-depth than Qi Kang's impeachment, and the description is extremely specific and detailed, which makes people see it with their own eyes... More importantly, the person who spoke is the defendant's younger brother, and he is extremely convincing!
Halfway through seeing Xu Jie felt cold in his hands and feet, his eyes turned black, and he fainted...
When Xu Jie woke up, he saw himself lying on the bed in the bedroom. His wife Gu was standing by the bed worriedly. Behind her were Xu An, her husband and his family members, Mr. Li and Mr. Lu. The three of them were whispering something. Although they were not sincere, they could hear it vaguely. They were discussing why the second master, who was in unison, would capture Brother Nai at this critical moment? What impact would this matter have...
Back to reality from a trance, Xu Jie's heart was shrouded in shame and anger again. People in the world said that "it's not an exaggeration to hide each other." As the chief assistant, he was impeached by his younger brother, and he also took out the secret affairs of his family to make the world. What kind of face does he have? Then he put on the airs of a teacher of all officials?
It would be better to die......... This was Xu Jie's thought for a moment, and of course it was only a moment. The next moment his thoughts came back to how to deal with the crisis in front of him.
A light cough attracted the attention of the people in the room. Gu said excitedly: "Master, you are awake, you are so scary..."
Xu Jie nodded and signaled that he was good, so he asked Gu to go out first, leaving only Erban and two advisers by the side.
Seeing that he was about to struggle to sit up, Xu Fan and Lu Deyi, Mr. Lu, stepped forward together, one helped Nai's father up, and the other placed a pillow behind Xu Jie, so that he could sit on the bed.
"You guys sit down too..." Xu Jie said with a slight look on his face: "Get closer."
The three of them came over with round stools and sat down beside the bed. The light in the bedroom was dim and they were far away. They didn't realize anything, but now they got closer, they realized that it was only a matter of time, and Xu Jie seemed to have been several years old.
"The matter has not been clarified yet..." Mr. Li and Li Xiang said: "Don't take it to heart.
"Yes, maybe someone is posing as a second master," Lu De smiled dryly and said, "After all, the second master is far away in Nanjing, no one knows what's going on with him."
"Don't comfort me..." Xu Jie smiled and said with a bright smile: "This matter is probably not fake." His family knows his family affairs. His younger brother has knowledge, but he has been spoiled by his mother since childhood. He has a very narrow-minded personality, especially he cannot suffer any losses. In the 26th year of Jiajing, "Xu Zhi took the imperial examination" coincided with Xu Jie being accused of being the main exam. In order to avoid suspicion, Xu Jie hopes that his brother can take the exam three years later.
It is said that the brother is the main test and the younger brother avoids it, which is also the meaning of the question. However, Xu Zhi felt that his talent and knowledge had won a good ranking, and he was determined not to be studied hard for those three years. So the two brothers quarreled at that time. One said, "You insisted on taking the exam, "I can only be ruthless to you, the other said indifferently: I can pass the exam without you helping me."
As a result, Xu Zhi didn't say anything big. After the review and ranking, Xu Jie suddenly realized that his younger brother was in the top ten. The examiners all went to the ranking to congratulate him, but Xu Jie was caught in an ideological struggle... Brother Long and Tiger were a good thing, but the younger brother was very developed. At that time, Xu Jie had just replaced Yan Song's party members under Xia Yan's arrangement and became the Minister of Rites, and suddenly became a thorn in the eyes of Yan Party. At that time, Yan Shifan, who was full of energy, shouted all day long to drive him out of Beijing.
At that critical moment, Xu Jie knew that he could not leave any chance for the other party, otherwise he would inevitably cause trouble and would even join Xu Dao's mentor.
After thinking about it, he decided that he could not make Xu Zhi so conspicuous, so he wrote and knocked him from fifth place to fifty. Xu R would of course be criticized for treating a candidate who had nothing to do with him." But that person was his younger brother, which would only make people praise him.
Sure enough, even Yan Shifan said that if Xu Jie could treat his younger brother like this, how could he be favored for others? So Xu Jie said safely that he had passed a test and won a reputation of justice and selflessness.
Xu Jie thought it very carefully, but he didn't consider how unfair this was to his younger brother! Xu Zhi finally fell into Shujishi and was not able to be the way to be a noble person... When he heard from the truth, he knew the truth, the joy of the Jinshishi turned into hatred, and he found Xu Jie and asked him why he harmed him!
Xu Jie was speechless. If it weren't for the servants' pulling it away, he would almost be beaten up. Later, Xu Zhi was unwilling to accept it, and wrote materials everywhere. He went to the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate to appeal, but no splashes were caused. The two brothers have formed a grave that cannot be dissolved since then... But Xu Jie was always ashamed, so he thought that when he was assigned, he would arrange a good position for him and compensate him. However, human calculations were not as good as God's calculations. The next year, another "reconcil incident" that shocked China and the world occurred. Xia Guixi's body was broken, and the trees fell and money scattered, and everyone under his disciples was silent. As Xia Yan's favorite general, Xu Jie naturally bears the brunt of the first target of the Yan Party's intention to take action.
When the officials were assigned, Xu Jie was too busy to take care of Nai's brother. Xu Zhi was also more or less implicated by him, and was assigned to the Nanjing Pedestrian Office of Leng Yamen in Leng Yamen. Xu Zhi completely collapsed. He accused Nai's brother of "evil deeds" in Nanjing and made everyone avoid it. He even wrote a letter to his mother at home crying. The wife was seriously ill and scolded Xu Jie as a beast...
This is all the case of Chen Nian. In recent years, Xu Jie has taken over the power. In order to compensate for all the things that happened back then, he began to deliberately promote Xu Zhi and upgrade him from the fifth grade to the third grade. He was afraid that he would be too conspicuous, so he kept pressing him to Nanjing. Unexpectedly, this evil beast did not work hard, but instead stabbed him with others because of Chen Nian’s grievances!
After listening to Xu Jie's simple and simple story, the three of them sighed and no longer doubted the authenticity of the memorial.
"Take this book off!" Xu Fan gritted his teeth and said, "God didn't know it!"
"Not appropriate." Mr. Li shook his head and said, "The second master is far away in Nanjing, but the time is so accurate. The report happened to arrive in Beijing after Qi Kang. There must be someone who is responsible for it. I read that the second master wrote a letter, and 80% of it was incited by someone behind the scenes."
"I feel this way too," Mr. Lu said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, this memorial cannot be hidden, and it must be given to the emperor."
Xu Fan said anxiously: "Then our situation will be dangerous all of a sudden..."
"Don't panic..." Xu Jie couldn't see his son's dangerous appearance and frowned: "Being a father is the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, and it's not that easy to end."
"Don't worry, eldest son." Mr. Li hurriedly smoothed out the situation: "What Yuan Weng said was the extreme. Although we are restrained in one move, we still have an advantage, so water comes and soil covers it."
"How to cover up?" Xu Fan asked.
"Yuan Weng first gave a memorial to resign. His words must be desolate, giving people a heartbreaking feeling." Li Xiang said: "The eldest son was also hurt, and he kept the grudge between Yuan Weng and the second master in a pale world. Of course, don't say that Yuan Weng deliberately suppressed the second master back then, but only said that it was selfless. There was no evidence to investigate horizontally and vertically, it all depends on what it said."
"Then let those censors" Lu De continued: "Taking this matter involves Gao Gong, saying that he used the second master's resentment towards Yuan Weng to incite the second master to write a letter." The more sinister Gao Gong was, the more confused the second master was, the less pressure on Yuan Weng would be."
"Yes," Xu Fan clapped and said, "You still have to burn the fire back to Gao Gong's body! This is called "The disaster waters are in the east, right?"
The two nodded with laughter.
After hearing their discussion, Xu Jie wanted to say a few words, but he couldn't cheer up, so he nodded and said, "Just do it like this, Mr. Quan Lao..." Seeing that Yuan Weng's spirit was relieved, the three of them were lying down while serving him," he tiptoed back.
Xu Jie unexpectedly caught fire in the backyard and his family was exposed. He was very embarrassed and embarrassed. He could only write a letter to beg for bones on the same day. His dismay and laziness were beyond words, and it looked really heartbreaking.
Seeing Xu Jie completely abandoning his prostitutes, Emperor Longqing completely collapsed... Since the censors of the Xu Gao faction began to fight each other, the cabinet did not dare to self-dedicate because of the matter involving the chief minister and the secondary assistant. "They all sent to the Qianqing Palace, and the posts of scolding were piled up in front of him like a hill. Longqing knew that it was related to the national system and could not be ignored. He had no choice but to suppress his vomiting, read it one by one, and then reply it one by one. "All day and day, I could not have fun with my beautiful concubines, and I was all spent on it.
It would be fine if there was some effect, but none of these censors listened to the emperor and said all their good words. They would do their own thing and frolick their own quarrels.
In the end, Master Gao, whom he trusted the most, and Master Xu, whom he respected the most, even wrote a letter to resign. No matter how he persuaded him, he refused to go to work in the cabinet... Long Qing couldn't help but feel frustrated and was so depressed.
He finally understood why his father liked court sticks so much back then! It was a sadist. It was a last resort! Only a stick! Stick! Stick! can shock those censors like beasts, but he did not have the coldness and decisiveness of his father. After half a year of ascending to the top, the emperor made the ministers completely impeached. The feeling of being scolded by someone pointing at the nose was really bad, and it would even make people lose their reputation. So he really didn't want to involve himself because of the affairs between the ministers...
Finally, after completely unbearable, he found Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng, asking them to persuade the two national elders to come back no matter what, mediate their conflicts, make them put state affairs first, and tell those censors not to make trouble again and calm down...
Emperor Yan's almost begging tone made Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng feel very uncomfortable, so he could only take the hot potato. Looking at Long Qing's relief, the two could only smile bitterly... Now the two old men are breaking up and will never stop until they die. They can't persuade them even if they are talking about their words.
No matter what they thought, the two of them still had to act according to the order, so they went to Xu Jie's mansion together. When they saw Mr. Xu who was recuperating, they tried to slap in their hearts, and they talked all the good things, and then brought the emperor out, saying that Longqing was so unwilling to eat, and they dreamed of you all day long. The old minister finally agreed to go back to the cabinet to attend the Peach Festival dinner on March 3rd... Every quarter of the cabinet, there will be a dinner party to exchange feelings and communicate whether it is possible. The cabinet ministers want to use the next dinner party to see if they can be at the table to let the two of them expose this festival, even if they are separated and beautiful.
The two went to Gao Gong's mansion again. Gao Gong was not pretentious. When he heard that Xu Jie was going, he nodded and said, "Okay! I'll go too!" He agreed very happily, but instead made Chen and Zhang aroused an ominous premonition. Zhang Juzheng said softly: "On that day, you must keep your temper. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Let's go through this level and gradually ease up in the future..."
"Yes," Chen said, "This eye is not as good as you and Yuan Fu in charge. The affairs of the cabinet have completely stopped. State affairs are piled up like mountains. If you delay it, you will be in chaos!"
"Isn't Li Chunfang temporarily taking over the national affairs?" Gao Gong said in surprise. Guo Pu was also involved, so Li Chunfang is now headed in the cabinet.
"Oh," the two sighed, "Li Shilu is not a person in charge. No matter what, they have to wait for you to come back and decide, so we are anxious."
"Okay." Gao Gong thought about it and still put state affairs first. Finally, he nodded and said, "I will give in to him at that time." He said that no matter whether he was angry or not, it would be a blessing if he could pass this level... In fact, he knew very well that he could not compete with Xu Jie, so he could accept it if he could calm down.
"So good," the two of them said happily: "Then we will see you the day after tomorrow!"
After leaving Gao Mansion, silent breathed a sigh of relief: "I finally invited the two of them together to see if there could be a miracle when I saw it."
Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything at first, but looked at it strangely for a while and then whispered: "Are you so willing they come back?"
Chapter completed!