Chapter 642 The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind

Listened to Feng Bao's words. Shen Mo's face changed greatly, and he patted his thigh and said, "I finally know what's wrong!" Then he said to Feng Bao: "I have to hurry up and inform Elder Xu Ge about this, and you can help me explain it." ”

"I heard that Xu Ge doesn't want to see you anymore...... Feng Bao whispered: "Why do you have a hot face and a cold butt against others?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, 'Is it already a secret that everyone knows?' ’

Feng Bao explained in a low voice: "It was Master Chen who said it. ”

It turned out to be Chen Yiqin, who was always against him, and he was relieved in his heart, if this guy didn't say bad things about himself, it would be really strange. He smiled faintly and said, "Don't chew your tongue here, beware of Lord Chen tearing your mouth." ”

Feng Bao smiled cautiously: "Isn't this towards you?" ”。

"Got it." Shen Mo smiled and scolded: "Go and spread the word." The two went their separate ways, Feng Bao went back to the palace to report the news, and Shen Mo went to Xinei. The Ouchi guards are already old acquaintances, but they just asked with a smile, are you going to see the emperor, or are you going to the cabinet?

Shen Mo said that he was going to the Wuyi Palace, and the guards informed the father-in-law in the room, led him into the palace, and went in the direction of the Wuyi Palace.

Xu Jie was reviewing the official documents, and when he heard that Shen Mo came in, he got up enthusiastically and responded, and he couldn't see the embarrassment of being a member of the family just now; Shen Mo was still respectful, and he couldn't see even a trace of dissatisfaction.

"What's the matter?" After taking a seat. Xu Jie asked softly, he knew that Shen Mo was now pursuing a policy of shrinking his head, and he would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

Shen Mo nodded and said, "I just heard about the situation, I have to come and talk to the teacher quickly." ”

"Please speak modestly."

"Regarding Yan Shifan's greed for the funds of the three major halls, I can't go down to investigate." He said in a deep voice.

"Why?" Xu Jie said quietly.

"Check it again," Shen Mo said softly, "and I will find it in the sky." ”

"What?" Xu Jie couldn't help but be moved: "You said the emperor? ”

"Not bad." Shen Mo lowered his voice and said: "According to reliable sources, the twenty-four yamen of the inner court have been in deficit for many years, and last year, the emperor ordered the inner court to rectify on a whim, and also checked the accounts, and the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuchs made up everything, and there were still 800,000 taels of big holes that had not been filled......

"Really?" Xu Jie's old white face became whiter, and he said with difficulty: "It was Yan Shifan who helped make up for it." ”

Mo said in a deep voice: "And it is the money that embezzled the three major halls!" ”

Xu Jie was silent for a long time when he heard this, and finally sighed and said: "Yan Shifan has dug a pit, waiting for me to jump in......" After speaking, he arched his hand towards Shen Mo and said: "Fortunately, I found out early, otherwise I would have fallen for the trick by mistake!" "If Yan Dang is really allowed to investigate the case, after the truth is revealed, Yan Shifan will immediately become a loyal minister who is 'stained for the lord', but Zou Yinglong has become a villain who falsely accuses virtuous ministers, even if Emperor Jiajing is prejudiced against Yan Shifan, he will have compassion and let him pass this pass.

Shen Mo and Xu Jie couldn't help but gasp, it turned out that Yan Shifan had already noticed that the Holy Family had declined, and while trying to redeem it, he quietly laid out this situation of 'putting it to death and then revital', and now the three law divisions are looking forward to it, 800,000 taels of project money. It has also turned into a patch and filled in the loopholes in the palace, and the wood has become a boat, which is indisputable, and it has become an unsolvable situation!

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The two people in the second auxiliary duty room fell into a long silence, and Xu Jie said secretly: "In this way, my pretentiousness when I went to Yanfu the day before yesterday really became a smile on the rise, it turned out that people had already held the hole cards, and they were waiting for the last moment to turn the tables, how could it not be triggered because of a few promises from me?" ’

Silent but very depressed, the originally very simple thing was made so complicated by these people, if the 'Three Great Palaces Yu Yin Case' was not written into the impeachment compromise, maybe Yan Shifan would have rolled up and gone home, how could he give him a chance to turn over?

However, he also knew that this was a matter of position, even if Zou Yinglong listened to his words, Xu Jie's people would add to the case. Because the goal of the Xu Party is to completely defeat the Yan Party and replace it. And Shen Mo didn't want Yan Dang to be finished. In the final analysis, in a large court, new forces will not be allowed to develop, so his ideal state is that the Xu Party has the upper hand, but there is no way to replace it. In this way, only by his own weak forces can survive in the gap between the two parties.

Therefore, Shen Mo is willing to see Yan Shifan escape this catastrophe, but Xu Dang is eager to eradicate it, the so-called speed is not reached, and now Xu Dang is falling for Yan Shifan's tricks, and he is suddenly passive and abnormal.

After I don't know how long it took, Xu Ge Lao opened his mouth and asked, "Clumsy, I won't tell you, the old man also felt that the initial plan was a little too ruthless, and he wanted to slow down and relax." ”

Shen Mo looked at the imperial pen hanging on the wall, and said in his heart: "It seems that this time I coincide with the emperor. Then he said, "What do you need the students to do, the teacher just asks." ”

Xu Jie looked at him and said, "The old man just wants to drive Yan Shifan out of the capital now, humble words, can you handle this matter well?" ”。

"Students can try." Shen Mo said softly.

"Is it just a try?". Xu Jie said with some disappointment.

"Absolutely." Shen Mo smiled.

"Okay, I will make a proposal to the emperor," Xu Jie said: "Let you participate in this investigation, don't forget." Don't let Yan Dang shake this matter out! ”

Shen Mo nodded and said softly, "In that case, some concessions must be made." ”

"It doesn't matter." Xu Jieyi waved his hand and said: "As long as the father and son of the Yan family step down, as for the rest of the Yan Party, I can let them go." ”

Silence was happy in his heart, isn't this the situation he hopes for the most? But his face was still calm: "Follow the teacher's orders." The two talked about some follow-up matters, and silently left the palace, while Xu Jie continued to work. It wasn't until the afternoon that he got up and went to the Purple Light Pavilion to say goodbye.

The so-called please peace, in addition to asking the emperor about the health of the dragon, is to report to the emperor the main report received on this day, and put forward the handling opinions, the emperor agreed, the celebrant approved the red seal, became the national will of the Ming Dynasty, and handed it over to the following for implementation.

Although Jiajing has become more and more neglectful in recent years, he is still very concerned about several things, one is the southern and northern prisoners, the second is the Jiangnan city, and the third is the personnel changes at all levels. Because the former is related to his homeland security, the second is related to his purse, and the latter is a vital personnel right. If these three aspects are grasped well, the empire will not be able to go anywhere.

Since the 39th year of Jiajing, the situation of the anti-Japanese war in the south has gradually improved, and after the extinction of the Su Song generation of Japanese invaders, the Qi family army was ordered to go south, and won nine battles and nine victories in Taizhou, and achieved brilliant results in destroying more than 10,000 enemies at a very small cost. Qi Jiguang and his miraculous army have been powerful since then. It greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army and pointed out the way to victory to the famous officers and soldiers who had been defeated many times.

Generals from all provinces came to the Qi family military camp one after another to learn Qi Jiguang's method of governing the army and observe the march and operation of the Qi family's army. Qi Jiguang did not cherish himself, and taught the "New Book of Ji Xiao", which he co-edited with Shen Mo, to the generals. In the face of the brilliant achievements of the Qi family's army, no one questioned the qualifications of the writer, but took it as a guideline, and after returning home, they formed a new army according to it.

At this time, it was the golden opportunity for the military reform in the southeast, and the coastal guard army, under the impact of the Japanese for several years, had been wiped out in name only, from the local government to the imperial court, under the pressure of reality, and no one was willing to restore the low combat effectiveness of the guard; Those generals who grew up in the brutal war all changed to the recruitment system, recruited brave warriors with rich funds, and imitated the reward and punishment system and combat formation of the Qi family's army, and their combat effectiveness soon improved by leaps and bounds.

Ten years ago, a hundred Japanese invaders, led by a few elite warriors, dared to attack the Ming army, and they could also win the battle and kill countless enemies; Five years ago, the same Japanese only dared to attack the Ming army of thousands of people; In the past few years, the situation has become worse and worse year by year, almost when the number of people is equal, the Japanese can no longer take advantage, if they encounter the more vigorous 'Yu Jiajun', 'Tan Jiajun', 'Lu Jiajun', they will be beaten more with less; If you run into the Qi family's army, you will be invincible and flee quickly.

Moreover, in terms of the mass foundation, Hu Zongxian once sharply analyzed in his note to Jiajing: "Why did you resist the Japanese every year in the past. But the more they resist, the more they resist? The key is that the common people have no way to live, so many people take risks and go to the sea to join the family; Therefore, what Weichen has done most over the years is not to command the army to fight, but to let the people have a way to live, the people can legally earn money, and the family does not have to worry about food and clothing, who will shave his head and pretend to be a widow? Through a series of enlightened policies such as rent reduction and tax reduction, protection of private property, encouragement of industry and commerce, and construction of infrastructure, over the past few years, the Ming Dynasty gradually regained the lost popular support, and the opening of the city bureau made it possible for the gentry and the common people not to need to make a living through smuggling, and uprooted the foundation on which the Japanese relied for survival, and there would no longer be an embarrassing situation in which the common people took the initiative to lead the way for the Japanese and provide them with supplies.

The pirates were horrified to find that it was much more difficult for them to replenish their manpower than before, and they could only do it by robbing the population, but how could the honest people who were forced to join the gang compare with the outlaws who voluntarily went to the sea? The decline in combat effectiveness has become inevitable.

Now the Japanese in Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and northern Fujian have been basically wiped out, and now the battlefield has moved south to southern Fujian and Guangdong, and it is getting farther and farther away from the Ming Dynasty's heavy land of money and grain, and the threat to the empire is naturally getting smaller and smaller.

This made Emperor Jiajing extremely pleased, and praised Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and others, and rewarded them sparingly, and even Yan Ge Lao followed suit...... Hu Zongxian's ability to take charge of the military affairs of the six southeastern provinces as a district patrol is directly related to Yan Gelao's exceptional promotion. Every time Jiajing thinks of this, he will say that Yan Ge Lao chooses materials for the country, and his vision is indeed good.

In Xu Jie's view, the existence of Hu Zongxian is the key to Yan Song's delay, in order to stabilize the situation in the southeast, Jiajing will never let Yan Song fall, otherwise the wall will fall down and everyone will push and kill Hu Zongxian, who dares to guarantee that the imperial court has done its best to kill hundreds of thousands of people, and the advantage it has achieved will be repeated?

The situation of the southeast anti-Japanese war is very good, but I am very dishonest in the north, completely regard the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty as their own pastures, come if you want, go if you want, kill if you want to, and rob if you want to; Although the imperial court had sent Yang Bo, who had just been served, as the governor of the three sides, to face the main force of the Omtar, the Mongols came and went like the wind, avoided Yang Bo, and plundered in Liaodong, Shanxi, and Xuanda, which also made the Ming Dynasty anxious, but they could only swallow their anger, wait for the south to be completely calmed, and then turn back to clean up the north.

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After asking about the side matter, Jiajing asked Xu Jiedao: "How is Yan Shifan's case investigated?" ”

Xu Jie had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, so he thought deeply: "The three law divisions have worked very hard to investigate, but I am afraid that the final result will not convince the public." ”

"Why?" Jiajing said: "Is there a higher level of triage in my Ming Dynasty?" ”。

"It's not a matter of level." Xu Jie whispered: "It is the identity of the three officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple......

Jiajing understood, and said slowly: "You mean, they were all promoted by Elder Yan Ge?" ”

Xu Jie, for fear of causing the emperor to be unhappy, said softly: "Although Elder Yan Ge will not ask them to open the net, but the three of them will inevitably think about repaying them for their kindness; Even if the three of them enforce the law impartially, it is inevitable that the hundred officials will think like this, and it will be detrimental to the image of the court if they smear the three high-ranking officials at that time. "It's obviously harmful, but it's all about being good, this is the level of the prime minister, in addition to being high, it's still high.

"What you said also makes sense," Jiajing thought for a while, nodded and said, "But for such a thing, do you have to change Shangshu and Du Yushi?" That's child's play. ”

"Of course you don't have to swap it." Xu Jie smiled: "As long as the three adults avoid it." ”

"What's the use of that?" Jiajing said: "Even if they avoid it, others will say that their subordinates are afraid of currying favor with their bosses, and they will also protect Yan Shifan." ”

"There are always one or two candidates, and they won't be gossiped about." Xu Jie said softly: "Even as long as there is one, it's fine." ”

"I understand...... Jiajing glanced at Xu Jie meaningfully and said, "You want to say, you can't just use people from the strict party to investigate this matter, right?" ”

"Shengming is no better than the emperor," Xu Jie said calmly: "Weichen thinks that this can show justice." ”

"Okay, since you think so...... Jiajing said, "Who is the candidate to recommend?" ”

"There is Zuo Du Yushi who is silent, has extraordinary talents, and has nothing to do with the Yan family, which is enough to convince the public," Xu Jielang said: "The minister recommended him as one of the investigation commissioners!" ”

"Silent ......" Jiajing pondered for a while before nodding and saying, "Yes." ”

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At the same time, in the palace of King Yu, King Yu Zhu Zaiyuan and his five masters feasted in the inner study. According to the custom, the cold food is not moved on this day, and the legend is to commemorate the careful eye of the push, so it is forbidden to light a fire on this day, and can only eat prepared cooked food and cold food. However, for the rich and noble, the cold food of this day will not be aggrieved to the mouth, but a unique experience.

I saw that on the dining table, there were thirteen kinds of cold food porridge, cold food noodles, cold food pulp, green essence rice, and dim sum, which were called the thirteen unique cold foods, and there were dozens of kinds of beverages such as spring wine, new tea, and clear spring sweet water...... How can it be wronged to the stomach of the nobles?

However, the minds of these people were obviously not focused on cold food, but were engrossed in talking about something.

Their relationship had apparently reached a casual level, with several chairs in a circle and sitting at a small round table.

King Yu was in the middle of the head, Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin were on his right, Shen Mo and Yin Shizhan were on his left, Zhang Juzheng was willing to accompany the last seat, and several people were sipping spring wine and new tea, while listening to Gao Gong gritted his teeth and said: "Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness." If the emperor has to abolish the elder and the young, I, Gao Suqing, will die in front of the Xiyuan Gate, so that the emperor can see where the people's hearts are! As he said this, his eyes widened and his beard was raised, and no one doubted that he would do so.

"Master, don't do this kind of thing," King Yu's voice was very weak, and he said softly: "Even if I can't be the prince, you have to live well, the Ming Dynasty is so righteous, you can't say anything about it." ”

"Alas......" Gao Gong sighed sullenly.

"The emperor is sage, the idea is right," Zhang Juzheng continued: "I won't be easily instigated by those people." ”

"That's hard to talk ......about," Chen Yiqin said in a deep voice: "There is something, have you heard of it?" ”。

"What's the matter?" Everyone's eyes converged, and he arched high: "I said Lao Chen, don't sell it, say it quickly." ”

"I heard that the emperor has talked to the left and right several times this year," Chen Yiqin said: "I want to pass on the throne to my son, and I will be the emperor myself, so that I can concentrate on cultivating the Tao......"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and King Yu's face was even more earthy, and he stammered: "Really, really? ”

"Only when there is no air can the wind come," Chen Yiqin said: "There will be no waves without wind." ”

The people in the house fell into a terrible silence, they all knew very well that if Jiajing really had the idea of retreating, and at this time, if he picked a son, then King Jing, who only had a son, was the only heir, what were you still busy doing? It's better to resign early and go home to avoid trouble.

But one person laughed, and Gao Gong said unhappily: "Zhang Taiyue, what are you laughing at?" ”

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