On the seventh day of October in the fourth year of Jiajing, in the morning, the morning light was rising, the glow was colorful, and in the sky above the capital, a flock of birds were flying around, squeaking and chirping endlessly, as if they were also cheering for the great victory last night.

Jiajing Zhu Hou was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, wearing a winged crown, and ascended to the throne in front of the Fengtian Gate in high spirits.

Xu Jin had changed into a crimson official robe at this moment, and stood calmly at the head of the military attache queue, and even several princes in the Wuxun family had to stand behind him.

Xu Jin's current identity is a bit special, he is a civilian official, but he is currently the governor of Zhili (with the title of secretary of the military department) and the general of Pinglu, the governor of Zhili is a civilian, but the general of Pinglu is a military position, which is equivalent to the generalissimo of the national soldiers and horses, so it is understandable to stand at the top of the list of generals.

The civil official served as a general, looking at the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 150 years, it is estimated that Xu Jin is alone, not to mention that Xu Jin also holds the position of the governor of Zhili, and the morning light shines on him at this moment, and the light is extremely dazzling.

There is no doubt that Xu Jin is the brightest "cub" at today's court meeting, and a group of court officials looked at his back, with complicated feelings, especially the court officials who had participated in the impeachment of Xu Jin before, as if they were sitting on a wax.

Who would have expected that Xu Jin, who was almost killed not long ago and was finally demoted to an eighth-grade petty official, returned to the court in less than a month with a thousand feet of light, which made people dare not look directly!

At this time, everything about last night spread, so the court officials knew that Xu Jin had secretly sneaked back to Beijing two days ago, and through clever layout, he thwarted the rebellion conspiracy of Guo Xun, Lu Bing, Zhang Lun and Tang Shaozong and others in one fell swoop, and planned to destroy the tens of thousands of cavalry of Altan, capture Zhao Quan, the leader of the White Lotus anti-thief, and almost captured Alberta himself alive.

It can be said that what Xu Jin set up is a great contribution to saving the Ming Dynasty and the society, and he returned to the court with such a prestige, who will compete? Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao and the others should be unlucky.

Sure enough, after everyone bowed, the liquidation began, and Qin Jin, who was the head of the household, went into battle shirtless to impeach Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao for having a close relationship with the thief Guo Xun, and I am afraid that it is related to the rebellion conspiracy last night!

Immediately afterwards, some people jumped out to impeach Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, expelled dissidents, formed a party for personal gain, etc.!

is the so-called wall down and everyone pushes it, not to mention that Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao speculated on the throne through the negotiation ceremony, and they were ashamed of the upright officials. After the fall of Yang Tinghe, Zhang Xuan Guicao vigorously suppressed the officials of the Protector faction, and the Protector faction seized the opportunity at this time, how could they let these two people go.

Therefore, more and more people stood up to impeach Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, and Zhang Gui obviously knew that there was no escape today, so they didn't argue too much, and took the initiative to take off the black yarn and resign.

Although Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao were angry, but in Jiajing's view, these two people were the first to stand up and support themselves, if there was no Zhang Gui and the two, I am afraid that they would not have gotten rid of Yang Tinghe's elbow now, and his father Xingwang did not have the current treatment, so, in Zhu Hou's heart, although Zhang Gui and the two were wrong, but their merits outweighed their faults, not to mention that Zhang Xuan came to Zuo'anmen to greet him last night before the situation was clear, which shows that he is indeed a courtier loyal to himself.

Of course, now that the crowd is surging, coupled with Zhang Xuan's involvement in the anti-thief Guo Xun, Jiajing had no choice but to order Zhang Gui and the others to be imprisoned for the crime.

Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao are the leading big brothers of the upstart faction, and the two were imprisoned, and the other members of the upstart faction were suddenly not calm.

Next, the Protector faction began to attack and impeach other of the upstart faction, including Yan Song, and all the nouveau riche officials who were promoted after the fall of Yang Tinghe were either cut down or demoted back to their original positions. For example, Yan Song was cut from the post of Zuo Shilang of the household department and demoted to the director of the national superintendent; Xi Shu was also forced by the situation and resigned from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The competition has always been like this, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, the winner takes all, and the loser loses all.

Therefore, today's early dynasty is just an appetizer, with Guo Xun and Zhang Lun and others being tried, there will be more court officials and nobles who will be implicated in the water, which is equivalent to reshuffling, and when the shuffle is completed, there will be another pattern above the court.

Xu Jin is happy to see the move of the Protector faction to "encircle and suppress" the upstart faction, he asked himself if he is not a villain who will repay his grievances, but he is not a saint who repays grievances with virtue, not long ago he was almost killed by Zhang Xuan and other upstart factions, so even if the Protector faction does not make a move, he will clean up the upstart faction, but now that the Protector faction does it for him, he is also happy to save trouble, and at the same time he can give a good reputation of benevolence and righteousness, why not do it.

In addition, most of the nouveau riche faction are political speculators, or simply flattering villains, and it is also a good thing for the Ming to purge this part of the court.

This early dynasty lasted for more than an hour, the biggest winner was the Protector faction, and the biggest loser was naturally the upstart faction, as for Xu Jin, the title of Marquis of Jinghai was restored, and the orders of several people in the family were also restored, and the holy decree will be sent down to the Xu Mansion in the next day.

The early dynasty had just ended, and the news that I had led his troops to retreat in the direction of Liangxiang came, and all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty cheered. The clouds are clear, the haze is gone, and the crisis that endangers the Ming Dynasty seems to have finally dissipated!

Although the experience is different, but the history is strikingly similar, more than 80 years ago, the Tile Thorn Taishi also captured the Ming Emperor Ming Yingzong in Tumubao, and the troops came to the capital. In the end, Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, stepped forward, supported the new monarch, repelled the tile spurs, and saved the Ming Dynasty!

More than 80 years later, the Jiajing Dynasty, the Tatar Tumert chieftain I answered to steal the south, broke through the outer city, and narrowly broke the Ming Dynasty.

There is no doubt that Yu Qian and Xu Jin will both shine in the annals of the Ming Dynasty!

It was dispersed early, the ministers dispersed one after another, Yan Song left the imperial city from Zuo'anmen, only to feel like a world away, facing the cold wind blowing, I couldn't help but shiver, I don't know whether to rejoice, or sigh that I was unlucky.

Yan Song is neither an upstart nor a protector, but he took Zhang Zhang's path before he was promoted from the Guozi Priest Wine (Zheng Sipin) to the Oriental Protector and Punishment (from the third grade), so he was also implicated this time, and was demoted to the Guozijian Siye (from the fourth grade), and went around in a big circle, and in the end the benefits were not reaped, and the official position was reduced by one grade compared to the original.

However, this time he was not pushed to the end, Yan Song was already very lucky, glad that he believed in the judgment of his son Yan Shifan last night, and took the initiative to go to Zuo'anmen to inquire about the emperor's safety, the performance of this loyal monarch made him greatly add points, otherwise, I am afraid that this is not the result now, it is very likely to be pushed to the end, and even have a prison sentence.

Yan Song wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and hurried home, now that Xu Jin has regained power, there is something very unsteady in his heart, that is, about Wang Zhi's rebellion, he is in a hurry to go home to find his son Yan Shifan to ask for advice.

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In the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace, there were only Zhu Hou and Xu Jin Junchen. At this moment, Zhu Hou, the kid, stood behind the imperial case, Xu Jin stood in front of the imperial case, and a painting was spread out on the case, which was the "Picture of Rain Lotus Singing Frog" made by Xingwang Zhu.

"The clothes are green, and they sit on duckweed with angry eyes. Who knows the abundance and listens to the sound of frogs at night...... Sitting alone in the pond is like a tiger, and nourishing the spirit under the green shade tree. If I don't speak first in the spring, which insect dares to make a sound! Zhu Hou gently touched the drum-eyed frog on the lotus surface, and his face showed a look of remembrance.

After a long time, Zhu Houcai raised his head and said self-deprecatingly: "This little poem of mine is too childish, but Xu Qing's poems are as domineering as ever." ”

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "The emperor was only in his early tens, and it is normal to be immature, the emperor has been in power for five years now, if he writes poems again, it will definitely be the spirit of the king!" ”

Zhu Hou rolled his eyes and said: "Xu Qing was only fifteen years old back then, but Xu Qing has rarely published poems over the years, and it is unknown whether the level of poetry has fallen, but his kung fu is good!" ”

"The emperor has won the award, and the ministers should go further." Xu Jin is serious and authentic.

"Xu Qing doesn't want to be that sycophant?" Zhu Hou looked at Xu Jin and laughed, laughing and laughing, but his eyes were gradually full of shame, and he said apologetically: "It is said that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, Xu Jin, are you strange in your heart?" ”

"Does the emperor still trust his ministers?" Xu Jin asked rhetorically.

"I'm naturally Ren Xin Xu Qing!" Zhu Houdao.

Xu Jin said: "As long as the emperor trusts the minister, the minister will not live up to the emperor's trust." You treat me as a countryman, and you should repay me with a countryman! ”

Zhu Hou's heart warmed, picked up the jade seal on the imperial case and stamped it with a big seal on the "Rain Lotus Singing Frog Picture", then rolled it up and handed it to Xu Jin, and said in a solemn tone: "Xu Qing does not live up to me, I also live up to Xu Qing, our monarch and minister will never lose each other, take this painting of my father as proof!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be moved, Zhu Hou's tone was almost like an oath in front of his father Zhu, with this painting and Jiajing's promise, his family would be equal to an extra gold medal for avoiding death. Xu Jin lifted the hem of his official robe and knelt on the ground, and then raised his hands and solemnly took the scroll in Jiajing's hand.

Zhu Hou helped Xu Jin up, and said with a somewhat sneering expression: "Xu Qing, you haven't been back to the house for a few days since you returned to Beijing, and the family must be worried about it, you go out of the palace and go back to the house, and I will visit Sister Xiaowan tomorrow, cough ...... Sister Xiaowan, they are probably still angry with me, Xu Qing must remember to say a few beautiful words for me, if I am snubbed tomorrow, you will definitely be the only one who asks! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be a little amused, nodded and agreed.

While the two were talking, a Yu Linwei hurriedly came to the imperial study and said loudly: "Report! ”

"Come in!" Zhu Hou hurriedly said.

Yu Linwei entered the imperial study, knelt down in front of the imperial case and reported: "Your Majesty, Wang Shouren, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, has led all the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin to arrive at Chaoyangmen, and ask the emperor to show you!" ”

Zhu Hou and Xu Jin glanced at each other happily, Lao Wang finally came!