Looking at the four eunuchs who tested the medicine, all of them were safe and sound, Jiajing Emperor Long Yan Dayue, patted this, looked at that, and said happily: "The complexion is good, it looks a lot stronger." ”

The hearts of the people said that they didn't have to work to eat and drink all day long, and whoever lived like this would be fruitful. However, there was an expression of admiration on his face, which was still accustomed to his surname, and he expressed his incomparable agreement with the emperor's opinion.

"I'm so relieved!" Jiajing happily sat back on the futon and said, "If the pill of the Quanzhen Sect is effective this time, I can extend my life for at least two hundred years, which is really gratifying." Then let people bring those yellow, orange and orange pills, only to see that although the moon has passed, those pills are still bright in color, delicate, and look very attractive, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but praise: "It's really not a mortal thing......" and he had an urge to take it on the spot.

"Master......" Li Fang knew Jiajing too well, and hurriedly stopped him: "Mr. Li has explained, you can't take Dan during this time." ”

"What does he know?" Jiajing frowned, and said with a posture that he had forgotten the pain of the scar and said: "Even if it is a divine doctor, he only understands the human body, not the body of a half-immortal!" ”

Li Fang immediately knelt down and said: "Master, sooner or later, don't be in a hurry at this time, I'd rather be more careful, let's take the pill again in this period, please, master......"

"It's really eventful...... Jiajing snorted, put the pill back in the box, and said: "Give this box to Lu Taibao, these pills can be refined, and he also has his credit, I can't eat alone." ”

"Yes." Chen Hong took the medicine box and bowed down.

When everyone retreated, Jiajing asked Li Fang: "My health is not good these days, and people are tired, Li Fang, Yan Shifan, how is the investigation?" ”

Li Fang said softly: "Back to the master, it is said that there has been a result, Wu Shan is impetuous, misbehaved, and he is sent to live in the official; Yan Maoqing was so foolish that he was too useless to be dismissed and returned to the court, and he was appointed to another place. ”

"Avoid the important and ......take it lightly," Emperor Jiajing snorted, but did not add any additional punishment...... He punished Yan's father and son heavily, and he was already angry.

"Master, and Elder Xu Ge, may I ask, when is the next court presumption to be?" Li Fang asked softly.

If there is a vacancy in a ministerial-level cadre, it is natural that it will be pushed by the court. Originally, there was no emperor involved, and the ministers discussed and came up with a result, and they just reported it. But Jiajing has a strong desire to control, he has to attend every time, and he frequently intervenes in the candidates, so every time the court pushes, the cabinet has to honestly ask the emperor to set a time.

Who knew that Jiajing actually changed his surname this time, waved his hand and said: "I don't care, let Xu Jie watch it, and finally report the result." ”

Li Fang didn't know the emperor's intentions, and he didn't want to know, so he respectfully agreed and went down to deliver the decree.

Xu Jie received the order, but he hesitated, he has always followed the rules and likes to follow the original route, and now the emperor suddenly said that he would not attend, he didn't know what it meant, and how he should deal with it. He ordered someone to find Zhang Juzheng and show him the edict, "This is a great benefit, students congratulate the teacher!" After Zhang Juzheng saw it, he was overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty's move shows that he has finally given up his usual protective attitude towards the Yan Party, and let us both fight a fair battle!" ”

Xu Jie smiled bitterly and said, "How can Taiyue be so optimistic? You don't know the emperor's temper, it's true and false, false and real, you can't just look at the superficial phenomenon! ”

"No, the student dares to conclude that it is a great thing!" Zhang Juzheng got up happily and said: "This signal definitely shows that Your Majesty already has a plan for Yi Xiang in his heart, and now is the time for you to show your strength and prove that you can do better than Yan Song in any aspect!" ”

"Taiyue is a little too optimistic" Maybe it's pretending to be a grandson for too long, Xu Jie was a little too cautious, and said: "Actually, Your Majesty has always been a protector of the old man, if it weren't for Your Majesty's protection, it would be impossible for me to persist for so long under the Yinwei of the Yan Party." ”

"It's the teacher, you're too pessimistic." Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "The original situation can only explain the past, and the current situation is...... The Yan Party has just suffered a big loss, and the two generals of Wu Shan and Yan Maoqing will be beheaded under the horse, and it is the time when the Yan Party is embarrassed, if according to the attitude of His Majesty's intentions, the two sides should be suppressed at this time and the conflict should be avoided, so that the two sides can be evenly matched. ”

"But Your Majesty did not protect the Yan Party, but let it go!" Zhang Juzheng said loudly: "The implication in this is very clear...... It's clearly acquiescing to our beating of the water dogs! As he spoke, he waved his arms and said, "Teacher, the good days of the strict party are over, and a new era is about to be born in your hands!" ”

Xu Jie believed it in his heart, but he said unsteadily: "Why did Your Majesty do this?" ”

"Do you know anything about lions?" Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "These mighty animals live in groups, and each group has a lion king, and the lion king enjoys all the female lions and food in the population; In order to maintain his position, he will not hesitate to expel or even eliminate the male lions in the population and from outside, and for other male lions, if they want to replace the position of the lion king, there is no other way than to fight to the death! As he spoke, his eyes radiated a feverish light, and he said, "Bravely challenge the old lion king, teacher!" Only in this way can we end its rule and set things right for the Ming Dynasty! ”

Xu Jie was infected by his high-pitched emotions, and he was also a little excited, and nodded fiercely: "Taiyue has a point!" I endured in every possible way, and I was wronged in every way, isn't it for today's battle? All along, he has endured in humiliation, whether Xia Yan was killed or Yang Jisheng was sacrificed, it was like a steel knife stabbing him in the heart, making him feel painful, and he was dripping blood so far, but Xu Jie has been patient, patient, because his goal is revenge, and the enemy he wants to destroy is too powerful.

In the face of the invincible strong enemy, some people chose to rather be broken than broken, desperately sacrificing themselves, and unwilling to compromise with the enemy, while Xu Jie chose another path, he obeyed the enemy, curtailed the enemy, was willing to surrender to the enemy, and even became a slave, enduring the ridicule from the enemy and the cold eyes from others. But his goal is not to get promoted and get rich, but to protect himself, learn from the enemy, and make himself strong! The ultimate goal is to defeat the enemy!

endure and endure, let and let again, the result can only be that the green mountains are still the same, and the demons are dancing! If you want to defeat your enemies, you have to show your sword in the end!

Xu Jie finally got up and vented the depression that had continued for many years, and said in a low voice: "Then start a war!" If you don't believe in good, you won't win over evil! ”

"I am willing to charge forward for the saddle and the horse!" Zhang Juzheng also said excitedly.

Who knew that Xu Jie was excited, but asked again: "Taiyue, there are no lions in my Ming land, where did you hear about this...... The story of the Lion King. ”

"I was told by humble words." Zhang Juzheng didn't hide it, and said with a smile.

"It's him......" Xu Jie nodded and said, "By the way, Taiyue, you can't be the prince of the country to oversee the wine." ”

"Yes......" Zhang Juzheng was a little stunned, he was actually bound to win the position of sacrificial wine left by Gao Gong, because this was a step from a middle-level official to a high-level official, a key surname. I don't know how many officials have been blocked from this pass, and they can only be honored with five qualities when they are old, and they will regret it for life.

Zhang Juzheng said this year that he is not old, he is not young, he is thirty-six years old, but he has been hovering on the fifth grade, and he has not been able to rise in the past ten years, and it is false to say that he is not in a hurry. When he knew that Gao Gong would be promoted to the servant of the Ministry of Ministers and vacate the position of sacrificial wine, he was tempted...... Although the Guozi Priest Wine has no power and power, he is finally one of the Little Jiuqing, and he can be regarded as stepping into the upper echelons of power, and the opportunity for progress is much greater than before, and in terms of qualifications and status, he feels that this Guozi Priest Wine House is what he is, so Zhang Juzheng has been active for a long time, hoping that the teacher can help him find this position.

Xu Jie also agreed, and said hello to the ministry as soon as possible, and held a ministry push as soon as possible to finalize this matter. Who knew that on the eve of the ministry's push, Jiajing's edict descended from the sky, instructing them to nominate Shen Mo as the country's son to oversee the sacrificial wine, how dare Xu Jie?

"Who is the new priest?" Zhang Juzheng asked with a bitter mouth.

"It's silent and clumsy." Looking at his disappointed expression, Xu Jie comforted softly: "I have summarized the lesson of this miss, that is, you are too strange to the emperor, and you are not as good as Jian in the emperor's heart, so you will naturally suffer at this time." As he spoke, he got up and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't do it in the Guozijian, I'll move your position for you, and recommend you to participate in the re-revision of the Yongle Grand Canon." After a pause, he said: "How about serving as the vice president of the revision of the "Hindu Chronicles" at the same time?" ”

"The teacher told me to fix the book?" Zhang Juzheng said in frustration: "I'm not suitable for learning at this age, if you let me do that, it's better to put me in a local place and become a prefect...... Even if it's a county magistrate, you can always do something practical. ”

"Confused!" Xu Jie sighed and said in a deep voice: "Taiyue, how high are the expectations of the teacher, you should know that you are so impetuous, how can you be worthy of my cultivation of you?" ”

Zhang Juzheng lowered his head in shame and said softly: "People say that thirty is standing, and I am thirty and six, but I have not achieved anything, and I am a little anxious." ”

"Don't rush, don't rush." Xu Jie patted him on the shoulder, returned to his seat and said, "At this point, you have to learn from Shen Mo. Saying that, he confided a secret and said: "Do you know, when Shen Mo returned to the dynasty from Jiangnan, His Majesty was ready to make him a household servant." ”

'Twenty-five-year-old high-ranking official of the ministry ......' Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but gasp and said, "Then why didn't you make the trip later?" Could it be that the strict party is doing this? ”

"No, his attitude was ambiguous at that time, and it was too late for the strict party to fight for it, so how could he attack him?" Xu Jie shook his head and said, "Actually, he refused himself." ”

"He himself refused?" Zhang Juzheng's eyes widened and said, "Why? ”

"That's where his brilliance comes in." Xu Jie said in a deep voice: "He has long foreseen that the situation of the Yan Party's dominance will not always exist, whether the Yan Party is defeated or naturally assigned, there will inevitably be a big reshuffle in the court, if you are familiar with the "Twenty-One History", you should know that those who are eliminated in this kind of shuffle that is similar to the alternation of the old and the new will never have a chance to make a comeback, no matter how young you are. Saying that, he sighed and said: "So he would rather live in a cold yamen like Guozijian than get involved in the core power circle, he can't do it, it's really not!" It's just to save yourself so that you can show your strength in the next reincarnation! ”

Zhang Juzheng was awe-inspiringly taught: "The student knows that he is wrong, please ask the teacher for guidance." ”

Xu Jie took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The rebuilding of the Yongle Canon was originally presided over by me, and I still know its progress. As he spoke, he stretched out two fingers and said, "There are still two years left at the earliest, and this huge project will be successfully completed...... This is an iron merit, and if you are promoted as a teacher in the future, no one will gossip. ”

"The students understand," Zhang Juzheng rekindled his fighting spirit, "I will definitely go all out and live up to the teacher's expectations!" ”

Who knew that Xu Jie shook his head with a smile and said: "This is a bad word, let you rebuild the "Yongle Canon", it's just a name, people have been doing it for seven or eight years, what are you going to do blindly?" We can't do things that are still annoying. ”

Zhang Juzheng really made him confused at this time, and said, "Teacher, then what do you want me to do?" ”

"Go all out to repair the "Chronicles of the Rising Capital"!" Xu Jie said in a deep voice: "When you are the vice president, you are actually in charge of the overall work. Because the president is me. He said meaningfully: "Don't underestimate this errand, it's a crucial step in closing the gap between you and silence." ”

Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up and said, "How do you say it?" ”

"The answer lies in the special surname of this book." Xu Jie smiled and said, "But what the hell, I still have to test you." ”

Zhang Juzheng said softly: "Chronicles of the Rising Capital? Then he began to ponder it...... The so-called 'Xingdu' is Anlu in Huguang, which is remarkable in this dynasty, because it is the fief of Emperor Jiajing's biological father, King Xingxian, that is, the place of Jiajing's Longxing.

Jiajing's father Xingxian Wang, the son of Emperor Xianzong and the younger brother of Emperor Xiaozong, went to Anlu to join the vassal during the Hongzhi period, and lived a happy and painful vassal life - said that the vassal king was happy, it was because he had no worries about food and clothing, surrounded by beautiful women; But to say that these people are suffering is by no means hypocritical, because they have no power, no freedom, and are kept in the territory, eating and waiting for death.

Therefore, it stands to reason that Jiajing's family will bid farewell to Yanjing City forever and live in Anlu from generation to generation in happiness and pain. But luck can't be stopped, Emperor Xiaozong played infatuation, family planning, and the dignified emperor became monogamous, and only gave birth to one son, that is, Emperor Wuzong Zhengde. Emperor Zhengde felt that when he played to his thirties, he played himself to death, and he had no son to inherit the throne.

But the country can't be said to be without a king, the ministers discussed with the queen mother, so the throne fell to Xianzong's grandson, Xiaozong's nephew, Wuzong's cousin, that is, Jiajing.

After Jiajing became the emperor, because the throne was picked up, he was very concerned about his orthodox status, and he had a clear banner of 'succession without heir', that is to say, I came to inherit the throne, but not the identity of the son of Emperor Hongzhi, because I have a father, and my father is also the son of Emperor Chenghua, so I don't need to be a son to others. In order to achieve this goal, he fought hard with the ministers, and finally won a great victory, not only posthumously recognized his father as the emperor and his mother as the queen mother, but also upgraded his born An Lu to 'Chengtianfu', which was at the same level as Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu, and was directly subordinate to the central government.

It is this 'Chengtianfu', and at the same time there is also an honorific title called 'Xingdu'. Therefore, "Xingdu Zhi", also known as "Chengtian Dazhi", actually has no historiographical value or anything at all, but Jiajing used it to create public opinion for his 'orthodox' background!

Because of this, Huang Yanjing has to personally look at each of the above articles...... Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment, and finally understood the teacher's painstaking ...... Because the emperor was unusually concerned about the "Chronicles of the Hindu" and would review every article he wrote, the opportunity to meet him was naturally indispensable. This is equivalent to establishing a bridge between himself and the emperor, not only can he be familiar, and if he behaves well, he can also make the emperor look at him differently, and even appreciate and promote ...... The beauty of this is that I have always been outside the circle of power, which I can't imagine.

He finally understood the teacher's painstaking efforts, and bowed deeply and said, "Student...... I won't let the teacher down. ”

Xu Jie nodded and smiled with satisfaction: "I firmly believe this. Saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, do your job well, and at the right time in the future, you will naturally usher in your own opportunities." ”

Zhang Juzheng also nodded, and was about to turn around but turned back, and asked softly: "I take the liberty to ask the teacher, Shen Shuyan is better than me in all aspects, why do you value me, and some alienate him?" ”

Listening to his words, Xu Jie fell into a long silence, just when Zhang Juzheng thought that he couldn't get an answer and wanted to retire, he heard Xu Jie say quietly: "Because this person is too dangerous, I always feel that under his docile appearance, there is a power and impulse to subvert this world." He laughed at himself and said, "Maybe I'm too careful, but I always have a pimple ......in my heart."

Xu Jie's second half of the sentence didn't come out, but Zhang Juzheng understood it, and it was: 'So I won't reuse him......

(To be continued)