Emperor Jiajing placed the memorial on the imperial desk, looked at Gao Gong and Xu Jie, and said lightly:

"You civil servants are so kind and righteous. When I say that I am fighting for profit with the people, but what about you? I ask you for integrity? Eight hundred thousand taels, three people dare to embezzle 800,000 taels. And it is a major event between the country, or a military event about the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Do you dare to be greedy for such money?"

Gao Gong and Xu Jie were stunned at that time. What does this mean? Your Majesty arrested them for the sake of a trade? The two people couldn't help but look at Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said:

"I know what you two meant to come here, and I understand what the officials outside the gate were doing. Today I will give them an explanation. Today I will give you two cabinets and give all the officials a face, not killing these three foreigners, letting them go, and only confiscating their property, demoting them to common people, and never hiring them. You two will take them with them, and then take this memorial and Gao Gong."

"I'm here."

"You take this note and go outside the palace gate and read it in front of the officials who asked for the three people."

Gao Gong took the note and bowed back. When he walked outside the side hall, he hurriedly opened the note and read it quickly. Then his face became very ugly and he sighed deeply. He knew that Emperor Jiajing had an opinion on him and had a deep prejudice. Logically speaking, no matter what, Xu Jie was the chief assistant of the cabinet. This note should have been read by Xu Jie, but Emperor Jiajing asked him to read it.

Just think about it, when this note is read out in public, when the officials heard the three people we asked for, they turned out to be corrupt officials, corrupt officials who embezzled 800,000 taels of silver, and were also foreign. This was definitely the big slap that Emperor Jiajing stretched out on the faces of those officials, and the "slap" sound. And what followed was that they were at a disadvantage in competing with Emperor Jiajing for the power of trading.

"These three idiots!"

Gao Gong couldn't help but glared at the three officials fiercely, but the three people had despair on their faces. They knew that they were finished, and that their lives were over.

Xu Jie, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but whisper: "Master Gao..."

"Look at it." Gao Gong handed the note to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie took the clover and looked at it quickly, and his face became very ugly. He handed the clover to Gao Gong and sighed heavily. He looked at Liu Shouyou, but he didn't expect that after Lu Bing died, the Jinyiwei would still be in circumstance.

wrong!

Xu Jie felt aroused that these three people were bribed by Japanese envoys, and now the person responsible for matters with Japanese envoys is Luo Xin. Luo Xin must have expected this.

wrong!

It should be that Luo Xin had already dug a pit for the Japanese envoy, and at the same time he also dug a pit for those who would accept bribes. Moreover, this mutual market was originally discussed by Luo Xin. Could it be that Luo Xin and His Majesty jointly made a plan?

Xu Jie felt a little relieved. However, he relaxed slightly afterwards. Regardless of whether it was the game made by Emperor Jiajing and Luo Xin, the game was not aimed at him, but Gao Gong, because this copy was not read by him, but Gao Gong. This was when Emperor Jiajing reached out to hit Gao Gong in the face. After this, Gao Gong's prestige would be reduced, because these officials were not fools, and it could be seen that Emperor Jiajing was full of Gao Gong. In this way, his status of Xu Jie would be improved accordingly. Because Emperor Jiajing would never end just after hitting Gao Gong, and he would take this opportunity to improve Xu Jie's status.

It's balance!

Xu Jie, who had been an official for decades, had a very good understanding of the balance of Emperor Jiajing. This was the balance that Emperor Jiajing felt that Gao Gong had control of the court and undermined Emperor Jiajing's threat. As soon as he had this opportunity, he grabbed it tightly. So he handed the note back to Gao Gong and said nothing.

Xu Jie was silent, Gao Gong knew that Xu Jie was secretly happy. He took the note and sighed in his heart, knowing that the court would be uneasy again in the future. He just looked at Xu Jie pretending, and felt uncomfortable in his heart, and said lightly:

"I'm afraid that after this, Your Majesty's power will be heavier. The matter of trading will become more difficult."

Xu Jie's expression changed. When he established the Maritime Bureau in the southeast, Luo Xin was there, and he did not give the Xu family any chance. Later, he finally managed to operate Luo Xin. As a result, the Xu family was almost destroyed by Luo Xin.

Now that there is a mutual transaction, the Xu family will never miss this opportunity. They also want to make up for the losses of the Xu family in the last time through mutual transactions. How can this be done if the mutual transaction is completely in the hands of Emperor Jiajing because of these three officials?

"Mr. Gao, what are your good plans?"

Gao Gong shook his head, Mo Yan said nothing, but walked towards the palace gate. Xu Jie knew that although Gao Gong opposed the mutual market and was controlled by Emperor Jiajing, he was different from his thoughts.

Gao Gong is a clean and noble person. The reason why he opposed Emperor Jiajing was that he really believed that Emperor Jiajing was competing for profit with the people and did not have much selfish intentions. Therefore, after this, Gao Gong might really agree to Emperor Jiajing to control the trade in order to stabilize his position in the court and gain the understanding of Emperor Jiajing.

How can this be done?

Seeing that the gate of the palace was getting closer and closer, Xu Jie finally gritted his teeth and said, "Sir Gao, this memorial can be read by the two of us."

Gao Gong knew in his heart that how could this be possible for two people to read a memorial?

Could it be that Gao Gong reads one sentence or Xu Jie reads one sentence?

Xu Jie means that after Gao Gong read the memorial, he will speak and stand with Gao Gong. In this way, Emperor Jiajing wanted to slap Gao Gong in the face, and Xu Jie also stretched out his face. Gao Gong achieved his goal, and then smiled slightly:

"After reading the memorial, I will go to the duty room to visit Lord Xu."

"good!"

The two walked out of the palace gate. The officials kneeling outside saw Gao Gong and Xu Jie coming out, and then saw the three officials behind them. They thought they had won, and finally forced Emperor Jiajing to release the three officials without acquit. They were suddenly inspiring and the crowd was excited. They waved their arms and shouted, and some people were even in tears. They finally defeated Emperor Jiajing.

Even some impetuous officials rushed to the three officials and said enthusiastically:

"Mr. Li, the Jinyiwei didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

"Are you injured?"

“Have you been humiliated?”

"You said, we impeach them."

Speaking of this, they looked at Liu Shouyou and others disdainfully, but what they welcomed was the even more disdainful gaze of Liu Shouyou and others.

"Stop it!"

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Chapter completed!