Yan Song left Yuxi Palace, extremely remorseful about the proposal to move the saint to Nangong. It's just that I don't know whether to hate myself for being old and confused, or to blame my son for his perfunctory, so that he can't wait to slap himself hard.

"I've seen Motosuke-sama!"

I just walked to the jade bridge, but I met Xu Jie, who was proud of the spring breeze. Xu Jie's body was small, but he revealed "vitality", and he saluted him respectfully as before.

Yan Song looked at Xu Jie in front of him, and suddenly felt both familiar and unfamiliar, but he still said hello with a demeanor, and then looked at Xu Jie and hurriedly walked towards Yuxi Palace.

Ay......

Yan Song looked at Xu Jie, who was going away, but sighed heavily.

I thought that the saint really thought that "clothes and people are good when they are old, clothes are old and close-fitting, and people are old and intimate", so he will stay here until he dies of old age.

But the saint is undoubtedly still the same unkind person, once he finds that he can't help him solve his worries, he will abandon him. In the past, Xia Yan was like this, Li Mo was also like this, and even Lu Shan, this imperial family was really the most ruthless.

The wind and snow blowing from the lake, Yan Song walked slowly on the jade bridge, but he looked even more faltering.

"Meet the emperor, long live long live long live!"

The energetic Xu Jie arrived at Yuxi Palace and respectfully bowed. Because he is in charge of the votes of many matters, he has also frequently seen the saint recently, and the momentum has been faintly stronger than that of the aging Yan Song.

"Elder Xu Ge, what's the matter?"

After Jiajing moved from Wanshou Palace to Yuxi Palace, he had not been in a good mood, and he was even more disappointed in the meeting he had just met with Yan Song. was about to go back to the quiet room to continue cultivating the mystery, but Xu Jie came to ask for a meeting and asked coldly.

Xu Jie came for the matter of Concubine Enmeng's father, and even explained his intention.

Shang Meiren, the perpetrator of the Wanshou Palace fire, burned the splendid Wanshou Palace, and even burned countless treasures, but Shang Meiren was not only not punished, but was canonized as a longevity concubine.

At the same time that Shang Meiren was promoted to a longevity concubine, her father Shang Chen was naturally a father and a daughter. When the matter came to Xu Jie, not only did he not raise any objections, but proposed to promote Shang Chen to the governor of the right army of the hussars.

The culprit of a fire case was not only not punished, but was rewarded, which is undoubtedly an event with Jiajing characteristics, and everything is based on Jiajing's will.

After finalizing Enmeng's case, Xu Jie did not choose to leave.

"Your Majesty, there is a new Shinto in Beijing, who is good at supporting people, and the people of Beijing are commensurate with the Blue Immortals, so they must have some skills!" Xu Jie's face showed joy and said seriously.

Jiajing's eyebrows raised slightly, and he immediately became interested and asked, "Have you seen this person?" ”

"Although Weichen has not seen it, I have heard from people close to me that this Taoist priest is indeed very effective!" Xu Jie replied seriously.

Jiajing knew that Xu Jie's would not be untargeted, but the current matter was enough to annoy him, so he said lightly: "You observe it again, it is best to meet in person, if it is really a Shinto, then introduce it to me!" ”

"Weichen takes the order!" Xu Jie's eyes flashed with joy, and he immediately gave a salute.

Jiajing watched Xu Jie's gesture to leave, and suddenly his heart moved, and he asked Xu Jie: "Old Xu Ge, my Wanshou Palace was burned, and Yuxi Palace is not to my liking, where do you think I should live?" ”

In the past, he always thought that Xu Jie was inferior to Yan Song. But as time passed, especially Yan Song's old age, he began to re-examine these two people.

And now, what Yan Song can do, Xu Jie can also do for him, and he can do it better. Things like finding Shinto gave him an extra surprise, which was undoubtedly better than Yan Song.

Huang Jin had been staying by Jiajing's side, and immediately noticed the subtle changes in Jiajing, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on Xu Jie's body.

Xu Jie's eyes flashed with joy, but his face was pretending to be embarrassed, and he looked like he wanted to stop talking.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Jiajing thought that he might be afraid of Yan Song, and immediately said in a deep voice with great heroism.

Xu Jie seemed to be emboldened, so Shi Li replied: "Qi Qi Shengshang, Weichen suggested that Shengshang be wronged in Yuxi Palace for a while longer, and immediately ask someone to rebuild Wanshou Palace!" These clothes and people are old and good, and the dormitory is naturally old and good! ”

Rebuild the Palace of Longevity!

These five words are very loud, and they are undoubtedly in Jiajing's arms.

Huang Jin's brows furrowed slightly, but he looked at Xu Jie suspiciously. Even he understands that the current finances of the Ming Dynasty are extremely difficult, and the forced rebuilding of the Wanshou Palace will cause the finances of the Ming Dynasty to deteriorate even more.

"Oh?" Jiajing was slightly surprised, although this proposal was in line with his wishes, but he also understood the financial predicament of the Ming Dynasty, but said seriously: "It's just that I heard Yan Ge Lao claim that the household department can no longer squeeze out so many silver taels, even if it is to rebuild the Wanshou Palace, I'm afraid it will have to wait until May next year!" ”

Xu Jie secretly rejoiced, but shook his head lightly and said: "Wechen also knows that the household department can't squeeze out so many silver taels, but Weichen's method doesn't require the household department to squeeze out silver, or just squeeze out a little silver!" ”

"What's the idea?" Jiajing had been leaning on the soft pillow, and at this time he had already straightened up and asked.

Huang Jin's face was solemn, but he didn't know what kind of method it was to make the household department not need to pay money. You must know that the saint is very critical of the altar, not to mention the dormitory where he lives, and the materials here cannot be discounted at all.

Xu Jie no longer sold Guanzi, but replied solemnly: "As far as the lower officials know, there are still materials left to rebuild the three major halls, and the remaining materials of the three major halls can be used to rebuild the Wanshou Palace!" ”

The financial deterioration of the Jiajing Dynasty was inseparable from these major projects.

Not to mention the cost of dozens of Taoist buildings such as Jiajing's altar, the Beijing outer city project in Jiajing's 32nd year, and the three major halls in Jiajing's 37th year, all of which are huge investments.

It's just that the three major hall projects that have been in charge of Yan Dang have been cleverly used by Xu Jie, and he is eyeing the remaining materials of this project.

"Really?" Jiajing's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked seriously.

The most important thing in rebuilding a palace is not the manpower, of course, but the wood that has been generated for hundreds of years. It's just that with the mining of successive dynasties, the cost of cutting down a century-old tree is getting higher and higher, and it has to be harvested in the deep mountains and old forests.

In addition, the north is dominated by pine wood, and the high-quality wood is grown in the south, and even has to be transported from the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains to Beijing, which is undoubtedly a huge cost.

If there are surplus materials in the three major halls, then rebuilding the Wanshou Palace will undoubtedly greatly reduce the cost, and even do not cost too much silver.

Xu Jie seemed to have been planning for a long time, and replied confidently: "Xu Fan, the son of the old minister, is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and after his careful statistics, the remaining materials of the three major halls are enough to rebuild the Wanshou Palace!" ”

"Haha...... Great goodness! Jiajing, who had been sad for many days, smiled, and his voice was very penetrating.

The matter was soon settled, and Jiajing decided to rebuild the Wanshou Palace, and the person in charge of the project was no longer under the auspices of the Yan Party, but was replaced by Xu Jie's son Xu Fan.

In the midwinter of Jiajing's forty years, Xu Jie won the joy of Longyan, but Yan Song looked at Yuxi Palace more and more lonely, and resolutely became an old man with an old man.

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