"Good!"

Huang Jin looked at the little eunuch standing in front of him and asked in a low voice, "That's it?" ”

"Yes!"

Huang Jin waved his hand and asked the little eunuch to go down, stand up, and walk back and forth on the ground. muttered in a low voice:

"Liu Shou is ready to play a chapter to His Majesty? What's going on? What does Luo Xinchuan mean by such a sentence? ”

Huang Jin walked back and forth a few more steps, and suddenly paused, and a solemn look appeared on his face.

"It must be a matter of homeless people and rogues, I was afraid of Xu Jie, and I also suppressed these news, it seems that Liu Shouyou is ready to report it. If Liu Shou has a report, and I don't, wouldn't it seem that I am incompetent?

No way!

I'll have to report it too. ”

In a side hall in Beiyuan, Huang Jin stood in front of Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing looked at the fold in his hand, his brows gradually wrinkled, half loud, raised his head and looked at Huang Jindao:

"It's all true?"

"Yes!" Huang Jin replied softly.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, a small eunuch outside came in and said, "The commander of the Jinyi Guard has asked Lord Liu to see Your Majesty." ”

Luo Xin sat in Jinyiwei's room, holding a cup of tea in his hand, his eyes seemed to have crossed the walls, looking at the palace and looking at the North Garden.

"At this time, Liu Shouyou should have already met Emperor Jiajing, and Huang Jin should have handed the excerpt to Emperor Jiajing, right? I don't know what Emperor Jiajing's reaction will be. ”

Time passed in silence, and Luo Xin waited silently.

Xu Jie was summoned by Emperor Jiajing, at this time Xu Jie was standing in front of Emperor Jiajing, looking at the excerpts of Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin, and after he finished reading, his face was already pale, and his sideburns were sweaty. looked at Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin, and said in a trembling voice:

"It's all true?"

"Yes!" Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin nodded together.

Emperor Jiajing took out the folds on the original high arch from a pile of movements, looked through them again, and handed them to Xu Jiedao:

"Look at it, this is the fold on the front of the high arch, he has already seen the problem, and you didn't see it as the head of the cabinet?"

Gao Gong sat in his own duty room in the cabinet, drinking tea leisurely.

Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin both went to see His Majesty, this should be because the two of them realized the seriousness of the natural disaster, so His Majesty should know the disaster situation in various places, so he will call Xu Jie.

"What will Your Majesty do?"

"Your Majesty!" Xu Jie knelt on the ground and said: "On the first day of the old minister's rebuilding of the Yuxi Palace for His Majesty, he received a number of concerts, all of which were excerpts from various departments in the capital asking for money, they needed money, but they were definitely not in such a hurry, so the old minister ignored it." In the next few days, hundreds of excerpts came from all over the country, all asking for money for a variety of reasons. Lao Chen has been in the cabinet for nearly 20 years, and he has never encountered such a dense collection of excerpts asking for money, so Lao Chen thinks that this must be the collusion of officials who do not want His Majesty to rebuild Yuxi Palace. Therefore, the old minister ignored it. Who knew that there would really be a displacement.

But......

Lao Chen believes that the matter is definitely not as serious as stated in the chapter, and Lao Chen will immediately send someone to investigate, and the affected areas will immediately provide disaster relief. If there is a place of falsehood......"

"Then take their official hats!" Emperor Jiajing said coldly.

Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin on the side had very ugly faces, and Huang Jin said in a gloomy voice: "Lord Xu, do you mean that there is a lie in my recital?" ”

"Humph!" Liu Shouyou on the side also snorted coldly.

Xu Jie hurriedly shook his head and said: "The two of you are wrong, I am not talking about the excerpts of the two, but the excerpts of those magistrates, and they have many more natural disasters than the two excerpts." ”

Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin's faces eased. Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jiedao:

"Disaster relief is certain, but the construction of Yuxi Palace cannot be delayed."

"Your Majesty, rest assured!" Xu Jie immediately expressed his determination and said: "The money of the household department is enough to build the Yuxi Palace. ”

"What about disaster relief?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured!"

A trace of helplessness rose in Xu Jie's heart, in fact, he knew it very well in his heart. As long as the rebuilding of the Yuxi Palace is suspended for two months. Two months later, the silver in the treasury was first used for disaster relief. Two months later, the city will deliver the money. At that time, you can continue to rebuild the Yuxi Palace. However, he did not dare to say this, he was afraid of arousing the wrath of Emperor Jiajing and losing his favor.

"In two months, nothing big must have happened! It's a big deal, suppress the displaced people, and after two months, all problems will be solved. ”

"Your Majesty, I will not delay the rebuilding of Yuxi Palace. In two months, the money from the city will be delivered, and all problems will be solved. ”

"Two months?" Emperor Jiajing pondered for a moment and said, "Can the exiles hold on?" ”

"There will be no problem, let the state capitals open warehouses and release grain first, and we can still hold on for two months."

"Good! I believe in you. ”

"Liu Shouyou!"

"The minister is here."

"And how is Luo Xin doing?"

"He reads every day and practices his Tai Chi."

"It's very comfortable!" Emperor Jiajing said lightly: "Let's all step aside." ”

"Farewell!"

Xu Jie returned to the cabinet and immediately issued an order for the state capitals to start releasing grain. After the instructions were given, Xu Jie rubbed his eyebrows, looking tired.

At this time, Xu Luqing walked in.

"Father, will Yuxi Palace continue to cultivate?"

"Of course!" Xu Jie nodded and said: "This is our Xu family's chance to turn over, everything can be delayed, only this matter cannot be delayed." ”

"But...... I've heard that natural disasters are happening in various places. ”

"Don't worry, it only takes two months, and the city will send the silver. Everything will be solved. ”

"Two months? Those displaced people ......"

Xu Jie looked at his son and said in a low voice, "I learned the essence of being an official from Yan Song. ”

"Essence...... The essence of being an official? ”

"Not bad!" Xu Jie's face showed a hint of helplessness and said: "If my father wants to realize his ideals, then he must sit firmly in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet." If you want to sit in this position, no matter how much you do, it is useless, and only by receiving the grace of the Holy One can you sit in this position. How many angry things did Yan Song do back then?

But it was because of his divine grace that he sat firmly in this position until he was eighty-three years old. In fact, Yan Song's downfall played a limited role for his father and Luo Xin, but Yan Song was too old to do things for His Majesty, so he was abandoned by His Majesty.

Yan Song's experience told his father that if he wants to sit firmly in this position, he must do things for His Majesty. What to do? Do what His Majesty wants to do. We will do whatever Your Majesty wants, and only in this way can we realize our ideals in this position. ”

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