but……

He did not expect that Yan Song would end up like this now. He was sleeping in the grave and had no food to eat, so he could only steal the tribute on the grave. Anyone who dared to take care of Yan Song would be arrested by Zhang Shi, the magistrate of Fenyi County.

"It's too much!" Emperor Jiajing was furious: "Call Xu Jie."

Emperor Jiajing did not call him Gao Gong because he knew that this matter could only be done by Xu Jie. And you really think Emperor Jiajing doesn’t know that Zhang Shi is Xu Jie’s person?

Xu Jie soon arrived at the rebuilt Yuxi Palace. He was about to pay homage to Emperor Jiajing, but when he saw Emperor Jiajing, he cursed:

"Xu Jie, what do you want to do? I have turned Yan Song into a commoner and let him spend the rest of his life at home. What did you do? An old man in his 80s sleeps in the open on his grave and eats tribute to the grave. In our Ming Dynasty, even an old farmer over 70 years old must be respected by the world, and even if I see him, respect him. That's how you treat an old man?

What kind of heart are you pressing?

Strict party?

Is there still a strict party now?

Under the banner of justice, do despicable things.

Is this what the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet should do?

Is this what scholars should do?”

Xu Jie felt sweat on his forehead. He didn't know about this, so how did Emperor Jiajing know. But if he knew, he just knew it. He couldn't hide it. He lowered his head and waited for Emperor Jiajing to curse, and hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, I don't know about this!"

"You don't know?" Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie sarcastically.

Xu Jie hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I really don't know. No matter what, the old minister and Yan Song have been working in the same room for decades. The old minister and Yan Song are just disagreeing in politics and still admire Yan Song's knowledge very much. What's more, as His Majesty said, he is over 80 years old, how could the old minister do such a thing?"

"Then are you saying that Yan Song's incident is fake?"

“Since His Majesty has received the news, it must be true.

Your Majesty, Zhang Shi was sent to Fenyi County by an old minister. At that time, Yan Song had just been demoted and the Yan Party was still full of the government and the people. At that time, the old minister was thinking that Zhang Shi would monitor Yan Song so as not to rekindle the Yan Party, but he absolutely had no intention of persecuting Yan Song.

Now that I think about it, it was the old minister who was wrong.

Zhang Shi was originally an envoy, and he hated evil like a grudge, and even more hated Yan Song. I guess he was his own decision. The old minister ordered Zhang Shi to treat Yan Song well."

Emperor Jiajing remained silent. In fact, he felt that Xu Jie, a chief minister, should not do such a thing. Moreover, the memorials of Luo Xin and the Jinyiwei only objectively told Yan Song's situation, but did not impeach anyone.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing believed that Xu Jie's statement was very likely, and that Zhang Shi, who hated evil, made his own decisions. He immediately snorted:

"There is no need to order that Zhang Shi treats Yan Song well, just put Zhang Shi's official position on the ground. Change to someone who understands the rules to go to Fenyi County."

"yes!"

"Go down!"

Xu Jie left Yuxi Palace, looked back at Yuxi Palace, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat. He returned to the duty room, sat there and thought for a while, and then ordered the clerk to say:

"Go and call Liang Dongping."

Soon, Liang Dongping, the imperial envoy of the Inspectorate, came to Xu Jie, and Xu Jie whispered:

"You go to Fenyi County to replace Zhang Shi and stay there as the county magistrate."

"ah?"

"After meeting Zhang Shi, ask me what happened and why His Majesty learned about Yan Song's situation."

"I understand the humble position."

The second day.

Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin and Qianhu's second memorial, and his face turned pale. His eyes were patrolling back and forth on the two memorials, and from time to time fell on the same sentence, which was the last sentence Zhang Shi roared:

"I did everything as Mr. Xu told me."

He opened his mouth and wanted to call Xu Jie over. However, after thinking about it, he closed his mouth again.

Even if Xu Jie is called over, what?

Can you still dismiss Xu Jie from office?

Dismissal of Xu Jie's office was just a matter of Emperor Jiajing. However, after Xu Jie was dismissed from office, who would fill Xu Jie's position?

Is Gao Gong the only one left in the cabinet?

Gao Gong easily overthrew Emperor Jiajing.

This is a result that Emperor Jiajing could not accept.

So is there anyone who can take over the position of Xu Jie?

have!

And there are two!

One is Luo Xin and the other is Zhang Juzheng.

But Luo Xin...

Emperor Jiajing still had a faint resistance in his heart to let Luo Xin enter the cabinet, and Luo Xin is now only a third-grade rank, and has been promoted to the first-grade rank at once, which is not suitable.

As for Zhang Juzheng, although Emperor Jiajing did not resist, Zhang Juzheng, like Luo Xin, was only a third-rank.

In other words, whether it is to promote either of the two people, it takes time. So, Xu Jie is still needed now.

In this way, calling Xu Jie is also scolding him. And he has been scolded before. Yan Song’s problem has been solved, and he will be the result of another scolding.

"never mind!"

Emperor Jiajing's fear of trouble became regained, and he slowly calmed down his anger, but he already had the intention of cultivating Luo Xin and Zhang Juzheng in his heart, and dismissing Xu Jie from office.

Luo Xin began to write memorials to Emperor Jiajing. The meaning of the memorial was that the south had been pacified, and he was pacifying Zhang Daoyuan. He had a long time in the old forest and had physical problems and wanted to return to the capital.

Because he knew very well that he could not stay away from the capital for a long time. There was the center of politics. If he kept away from the capital, he would stay away from the center of power. If he wanted to take a step forward, he had to return to the capital.

He has been in the north and south for a while, and has actually been an official in the capital for a very short time. He has made such a contribution, but he is only a third-rank official. If this were to others, he would have been in the cabinet long ago?

Of course, this is because Luo Xin is young, and because Emperor Jiajing is afraid of Luo Xin. However, it cannot be denied that there is also because Luo Xin is easy to use, and this reason is not small.

If an official is too capable outside, he will be regarded as a knife. Whenever there is something wrong, he will cut Luo Xin's knife to the point. However, Luo Xin doesn't want to be a knife, he wants to be a knife.

However, if you want to be a knife, you must return to the capital.

Because the capital is the center of power. No matter how capable you are, if you are not in the capital and stay away from the center of power, you can only be a marginal figure and never be a knife in your life.

Therefore, he wrote a memorial to Emperor Jiajing, expressing his idea of ​​returning to Beijing. And he felt that there would be no problem. He would soon wait for Emperor Jiajing's imperial edict and transfer him back to Beijing.

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