In early February, the temperature in Beijing gradually improved. Although there was no green in the city, if you look closely, there were already yellow and velvety buds on the branches of the willow trees. The oncoming spring breeze was not chilly, just in line with the words "The willow wind is not cold when blowing on the face."

Xu Wei stopped at the foot of Jingshan Mountain in Xiyuan, and looked around. Not far away, inside and outside the palace walls were full of red and white with thousands of rouge. They were the blooming apricot flowers that were coming after the cold winter.

"The heating is urging the spring season, and the plum blossoms have faded and the apricot blossoms are new."

"What a difference between people in the world that is half open and half falls into the idle garden."

Xu Wei murmured for a few words, his face showed pain, and hesitation, and hesitated in various ways, and eventually turned into a ferocious look.

This is a poem by Luo Yin of the Tang Dynasty. Since ancient times, there have been many poems about apricot blossoms. Ouyang Xiu's "Don't get fat" in the apricot blossoms, Song Qi's "The red apricot branches are full of spring", and Lu Fangweng's "Selling apricot blossoms in the deep alleys in the Ming Dynasty" are all famous quotes, but Xu Wei chose this sentence "The plum blossoms have faded and the apricot blossoms have new."

This was not chosen by him, but by his friends. Plum blossoms can be praised as Yan Dang, who looks powerful but is actually about to wither, or as Xu Wei's friend's sacrifice for justice, or as Jiajing dynasty, which has been in the eyes of many people.

After stopping for a long time, Xu Wei came to his senses. Before he knew it, his cheeks were wet. He walked back slowly. Halfway through the road, a little eunuch came to pass the message and His Majesty summoned him.

Li Chunfang, Yan Ne, and Yuan Wei were also waiting outside the hall gate. News has been chaotic these days, and Xu Wei's mood has been greatly affected. Emperor Jiajing also admired the Qing Ci of the other people.

"I'll wait for you." Li Chunfang is a good old man and said with a smile: "Is there any wonderful sentence today?"

Xu Wei bowed and greeted him, "Brother Zishi, I'm restless these days..."

"I'm afraid Jiang Lang has finished his talents." Yuan Wei interrupted with a sneer, "Otherwise, why would Your Majesty ask me for help?"

This sentence is a bit sour, and even Li Chunfang's face is a little uneasy. Since last year, most of the Qing Ci used by Emperor Jiajing has been written by Xu Wei.

"March 10, Wen Changzhi's talent is like the water of the Yellow River surging endlessly. How could Jiang Lang's talent be over?" Yan Ne advised with a blank expression: "I'm afraid I'm worried about Chunfu."

"That's right." Yuan Wei smiled sinisterly: "Brother Chunfu is really bold. It is said that Brother Donglou was furious. By the way, Governor Yang Shun of Xuanda and Brother Donglou have a lot of friendship."

Li Chunfang frowned and said, "Okay, how can we talk about this here? Besides, loyalty and treason have not yet been decided, good and evil have not been divided. It is reported that many censors have wanted to write a letter to the minister."

"Yes, yes, the Shaoxing scholar Xian Yu, among the Censors, is encouraging his colleagues..."

With one seemingly consoling words in his ears, Xu Wei's eyes were already red, and the sound of grinding teeth could be heard. He knew that over the past year, he had offended these people in front of him.

Indeed, in the original time and space, in just one or two years, Li Chunfang, Yan Ne and Yuan Wei were all favored by Qing Ci and were successively promoted to Hanlin Bachelor and Minister of Rites, and was promoted to the cabinet several years later.

They were called the Prime Minister of Qingci by people at that time. On the one hand, they were promoted very quickly. For example, Yuan Wei served as the Minister of Rites in the 40th year of Jiajing, and entered the cabinet three days later. On the other hand, they did not experience the conventional path of the Hanlin Prime Minister, and they never served in the Zhanshi Mansion during their promotion.

There is a reason not to work in the Zhanshi Mansion. They all took the lucky step forward. They were unwilling to make a decision between Fenyi and Huating, so they would not be recommended to work in the Zhanshi Mansion. So their only way is to work in the Zhanshi Mansion.

But now, Xu Wei fell from the sky like a heavy stone, smashing on their way forward... How can he not hate it?

The so-called "those who are close to the vermil" are red and those who are close to the ink are black. After all, in Suiyuan and Qian Yuan have been fighting all kinds of scheming for so long, Xu Wei immediately thought it through. These bastards are instigating themselves to plead in front of Emperor Jiajing later!

In their opinion, Xu Wei should have spoken this way.

Because that person is Xu Wei's fellow townsman, Xu Wei's friend, and Xu Wei's in-laws.

He was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing, a native of Kuaiji, Shaoxing, and the former Jinyiwei experienced Chen Lianchunfu.

In the 30th year of Jiajing, Chen Lian wrote a letter to impeach Yan Song and his son. He was beaten dozens of times and demoted to Baoanzhou outside the Great Wall, where he was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Xuanda.

At the beginning of the 35th year of Jiajing, Yang Shun, Governor of Xuanda, abducted Altan's eldest son's beloved concubine, which triggered the half-year-old Altan army to siege Datong Right Guard. Later, Jiangdong, the Minister of War, led his troops to rescue the siege. Yang Shun did not dare to send troops to pursue him, but slaughtered the village as the head of a good citizen to take credit.

In the first month of the 36th year of Jiajing, Chen Lian presented a poem to Yang Shun. The poem contained the sentence "White grass, yellow sand, wind and rain, and many evil souls were looking for their heads." The mockery was undoubtedly revealed, and Yang Shun was furious.

It started half a month ago, something circulated in the capital, so the Jinyiwei experienced the experience of refining Li Linfu, Qin Hui and Yan Song as a target, and practiced ejaculation every day.

Originally, Yan Party’s eyes were thorns and flesh. Everyone made such a judgment. Yan Party would definitely kill Shenling.

Xu Wei also held this view. In his opinion, the Censorate was doing nothing during the Beijing inspection. Wu Peng, the Minister of Personnel, held great power but obeyed Yan Song and his son in everything, and was arrogant. In this case, Yan Shifan could not let this momentum be removed.

But Chen Lian's reply only read that poem, "The plum blossoms have faded and the apricot blossoms have new"... This made Xu Wei toss and turn every night and unable to fall asleep.

The scholars of Shaoxing Prefecture, and even many officials from Zhejiang, placed their hopes on Xu Wei, who met the saint every day.

But Xu Wei knew very well that this was a dead end. Before Emperor Jiajing had no intention of reprimanding Yan Song and lifting Xu Jie to the throne, any impeachment and attack on Yan Song would anger Emperor Jiajing.

Li Chunfang, Yan Ne, and Yuan Wei, who are also favorite ministers of Emperor Jiajing, naturally knew this. This was also the reason why they instigated Xu Wei openly and secretly. As long as Xu Wei dared to speak, the roadblocking stone in front of them would be kicked by Emperor Jiajing!

"Greetings to Your Majesty." The four of them entered the hall one after another and knelt down to salute.

Emperor Jiajing raised his hand, his eyes still landed on the three green poems on the table. After a while, he said, "Is there any clue to my writing today?"

Before Xu Wei could reply, Yuan Wei, who was standing beside him, rushed to say: "Today, I have been traveling to Xiyuan and lingering in Jingshan for a long time, and I have to start writing."

Li Chunfang lowered his eyes slightly and secretly mocked him in his heart. Did Yuan Wei think it was the two years ago? He snatched words in front of His Majesty so casually.

Emperor Jiajing's face was indeed not very good-looking. He turned his head and looked at Xu Wei, and said in surprise: "Wu Chang crys?"

Xu Wei was still silent and finally calculated the words in his heart, but Yuan Wei was in front of him again, "Wen Chang, Your Majesty clearly sees Wanli, why don't you feel wronged?"

Yuan Wei has such a narrow personality.

For this reason, Yuan Wei was the first to enter the cabinet among the Qingci prime ministers and the first to retire. He only stayed in the cabinet and died first, and he died earlier than Emperor Jiajing.

Huang Jin, who was standing solemnly on the side, glanced at Yuan Wei from the corner of his eyes, and glanced at Li Chunfang and Yan Ne, who were silent, and felt in his heart that these civil servants were really killing people without blood.

Just when Xu Wei was feeling sad in Jingshan, Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, met with him. He mentioned the matter of Chen Lian in his words. Emperor Jiajing was furious and scolded him... Then a little eunuch went to find Xu Wei.

If Xu Wei really pleaded for Chen Lian at this time, let alone the holy family would definitely be gone, and the qualification to stay in Xiyuan to write Qing Ci.

Just when everyone was in a state of confusion, and Emperor Jiajing squinted his eyes and seemed to be smiling, Xu Wei took a step forward and recited loudly.

Li Chunfang's face remained unchanged, and Yan Ne and Yuan Wei's eyes were glaring out. Could it be that Xu Wenchang was writing Qing Ci out of thin air on the spot, right?

Emperor Jiajing played his fingers gently, listened carefully, and felt that his mouth was fragrant and his excitement was beyond words.

"It has been transformed after a thousand years, and it has become whiter after another five hundred years..."

"Or it comes from the rising forests of the islands, or from the blessed land where God lives..."

This is an important reason why Li Chunfang and others tacitly erected Xu Wei. Ten days ago, a foreign minister captured a white deer in Shandong. He just came to Beijing yesterday. Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed and ordered his favorite ministers to write Qing Ci.

This is an interesting coincidence in time and space. In history, Xu Wei's "Entering the White Deer Table" and "Entering the White Deer Table" won Hu Zongxian the opportunity to wipe out Japanese pirates, but now he meets a white deer in this time and space again.

Well, this kind of coincidence is quite common. In the late Jiajing period, there were a lot of white deer, white elephant and other presentations from various places.

After reciting loudly, Xu Wei whispered: "I have mistakenly written Qing Ci for trivial matters these days. Please punish Your Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing, who was flushed, was still recalling the green poem and asked casually: "Why are the trivial matters?"

"Trifty things in the hometown." Xu Wei said frankly: "My mother is weak and inconvenient to go to Beijing to support Shanyin, but unexpectedly she was invaded by scoundrels. I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, and she burst into tears and her eyes were red."

"Your Majesty is punished for his personal affairs."

Li Chunfang and Yan Ne were speechless, but Yuan Wei was so angry that he was filled with smoke... The court said that Xu Wenchang was talented and upright, but today he realized that he was like Qian Zhancai, who had a perfect tongue!

"Who is the governor of Shaoxing?" Emperor Jiajing was slightly angry.

"Today Zhan Cai wrote a letter. He inspected Shaoxing more than ten days ago and captured more than 200 rogue evil young men, all of which were sent to Ninghai County, Taizhou." Xu Wei followed Qian Yuan's successive teachings, at least on the surface, he had to speak out to Emperor Jiajing. "In fact, Your Majesty also knew that such rogue evil young men would fight."

Li Chunfang, Yan Ne, and Yuan Wei's expressions changed. One from Yangzhou, one from Changshu, and the other from Ningbo all knew how to fight, not to mention that the Weng Dali incident caused a sensation last year.

"Zhan Cai has a letter... He is responsible for inspecting Zhejiang." Emperor Jiajing paused, looked at Xu Wei's eyes, and waved his hand to let the other three retreat.

It was okay for Li Chunfang and Yan Ne. Both were promoted to Hanlin Bachelor of Science by Emperor Jiajing last year. One was a Jinshi for 20 years and the other was a Jinshi for 26 years. However, Yuan Wei was a Jinshi for 17 years and couldn't help but feel depressed.

Not long after the three of them left the hall, Yan Shifan, who was reviewing the memorial in Zhilu, received the news and couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Yan Shifan didn't care much about Xu Wei before. He was very talented and famous all over the world. Wang Shizhen was so famous. He was so famous that he collected Yang Jisheng's body back then, but now he was forced to leave Beijing by Yan's party.

Wang Shizhen's father Wang Jun was transferred back to the capital by bribing Yan Shifan, but in the following several political turmoils, Wang Shizhen repeatedly publicly criticized Yan Shifan for the incident. Later, the Yan Party followed the trend and drove Wang Jun and Wang Shizhen out of the capital.

After Qian Yuan left Beijing, Yan Shifan suddenly discovered that Qian Yuan was the well-deserved leader among the scholars in Suiyuan, while Xu Wei was recognized as the deputy. When Qian Yuan was away, he was the core of the scholars in Suiyuan.

"Three people come out, only Xu Wei stayed." Yan Shifan murmured to himself, "There is no war in the southeast now, is it for the sake of the Chen surname?"

The important officials in the court knew everything. In addition to the Ministry of War and the Jinyiwei, there was another way for His Majesty to understand the war in the southeast, which was the letters sent by Qian Yuan to Beijing, and these letters were all handed over by Xu Wei.

The old Yan Song half leaned on the thick recliner on the pavilion and said slowly: "If you ask Your Majesty for mercy, do you know how to do it?"

Yan Shifan said without hesitation: "Xu Wei will be scolded and neglected by His Majesty. He will immediately send a letter to Xuanfu, and order Yang Shun to capture and kill Chen Lian and his two sons."

"What if it's not a plea?"

"It's not a plea..." Yan Shifan hesitated for a moment, "I'd like to ask my father to make it clear."

Yan Song halfway opened his eyes and raised his hand to point to the side table, "This morning, Xu Wenchang came to Zhilu and posted a post to invite you to the restaurant for a gathering."

Yan Shifan took out the post from a bunch of official documents and said twice: "It seems that it's not a plea!"

If Xu Wei stayed in the hall to plead for the sake of Shen Jing, there was no doubt that he was standing opposite to the Yan Party and would never invite Yan Shifan to have an interview.

"Xu Wenchang is a man with a proud heart but quick mind. No wonder he can be seen in the eyes of talent." Yan Shifan sighed.

Yan Song closed his eyes and said leisurely: "In other words, it was thanks to Qian Zhan that he could suppress him and let this person get lucky."

Yan Shifan asked tentatively: "Father, tonight..."

"Let's see how he says." Yan Song said lazily: "Don't make a gap with Zhancai."

Yan Shifan nodded repeatedly. Although he was greedy for money, he was not blind. Qian Yuanjian was in the heart of the emperor and had good friends with King Yu, so he would definitely be an important official in the next dynasty. The key is that King Yu now has a son and often goes out to Suiyuan to make friends with many scholars in Suiyuan.

Before launching a general attack on Xu Jie, Yan Shifan would not break with Qian Yuan casually and create such a powerful enemy.

It has to be said that since the arrival of Jiajing in the 34th year of Jiajing, Qian Yuan has perfectly demonstrated the image of an impartial young scholar.

Although there was an accident in marriage with the Xu Mansion during this period, in general, both Emperor Jiajing and Yan Song believed that Qian Yuan did not rely on either side... He was even already cultivating his own political group.

Xu Jie... gradually realized this. He went to the dog without returning. A granddaughter had no impact on Qian Yuan's political tendencies. Qian Yuan even leaned towards Yan Song's party because of the war situation in the southeast.

In this political situation, Qian Yuan was swaying between Yan Song and Xu Jie. In fact, this situation is very dangerous. After all, Qian Yuan's foundation is too shallow and has a considerable influence on Emperor Jiajing. The two political forces are likely to kill Qian Yuan first.

Unfortunately, Qian Yuan climbed up to King Yu's thigh early, and was approved by Emperor Jiajing and Gao Xinzheng.
Chapter completed!