The study room was very quiet. Qian Yuan half-down his head and squinted his eyes and thought quickly in his heart, but the doubts in his heart were still unresolved.

Lu Shusheng looked at the young man with interest. He saw many talented Jinshi in the Hanlin Academy, but he had never seen such a person before.

You should know that Yan Song and Xu Jie were both known as child prodigy since childhood. After entering the government, they suffered repeated setbacks. Only after a long period of hard work became scheming and scheming.

What makes Qian Yuan most confused is the relationship between Xu Jie and Xia Yan in Lu Shusheng's narration.

He asked tentatively: "Huating and Guixi are teachers and students?"

"Why did you ask this?" Lu Shusheng was very surprised. "Xu Jie was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing. He was editor of Tanhua and was later exiled from the capital. At that time, Xia Yan was still the censor of the Censorate. It was not until the tenth year of Jiajing that he was promoted to Shao Zhanshi and was in charge of the Hanlin Academy. Where did the teachers and students come from?"

Qian Yuan grinned, "Why does Guixi support Huating?"

Lu Shusheng frowned, recalled it all in his heart, and finally shook his head and said, "Xu Jie was demoted to the Yanping Prefecture to prosecute, and later promoted to the Tongzhi of Huangzhou Prefecture, the deputy inspector of Zhejiang, and the deputy envoy of Jiangxi. These have little to do with Xia Yan. Those who appreciate him were Tang Long, the Minister of Personnel, Zhou Yong, the Minister of Personnel, and the Minister of Rites and the Censor of Left Censor Xiong Jia, and others."

"What about after returning to Beijing?"

"Xu Jie returned to Beijing and returned to Hanlin Academy to serve as a lecturer, and served as a member of the Ministry of Justice to wash horses..." Lu Shusheng emphasized his tone, "That year, Prince Zhuang Jing was out of the house."

Qian Yuan was stunned for a moment and immediately understood that the so-called Prince Zhuang Jing was the second son of Jiajing. In the 18th year of Jiajing, he was appointed as the prince and went out of the cabinet to study. Later, he died of illness in the 28th year of Jiajing and was posthumously named Prince Zhuang Jing.

In the bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhanshifu was the most direct institution that had the most influence on the prince. The Sijing Bureau was a subsidiary in the Zhanshifu. The prince went out of the cabinet to study, and the appointment and removal of officials from the Zhanshifu must have been personally selected by Emperor Jiajing, and it should have nothing to do with the cabinet chief Xia Yan.

Moreover, as the chief minister of the cabinet, Xia Yan should not have anything to do with the prince. Didn’t Xie Jin die like this?

"In this way, Guixi and Huating have no contact?"

"There are naturally contacts in the court. Xu Jie was later promoted to the Imperial College as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. It is impossible for Xia Guixi to nod." Lu Shusheng shook his head, "But Xu Jie is not considered a member of Xia Guixi, and there are not many involvements."

Qian Yuan lamented in his heart, saying that among the twenty-four histories, it belongs to the "History of Song" and "History of Ming" is the most nonsense, and it turns out that's true!

Just as Qian Yuan was silent, Lu Shusheng said slowly: "Actually, there is another reason why your uncle and Xu Jie are not in harmony."

After looking at Qian Yuan who was confused, Lu Shusheng chuckled, "Why did I mention Nie Shuangjiang before?"

Qian Yuan felt a sudden heart. Indeed, Xia Yan died and Xu Jie wanted to integrate his power to take power. What does this have to do with Nie Bao?

"Xu Jie was promoted from Yanping Prefecture to be promoted to a very fast time. The one who helped him the most during this period was Tang Long, who was then the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel." Lu Shusheng talked about his character tonight, "Tang Long is a great scholar in Zhejiang, and is a close friend with Wang Yangming..."

"Study for the Heart!" Qian Yuan blurted out.

During this period, the study of the mind was a prominent study in the Ming Dynasty, with influence ranging from officials and scholars to ordinary people.

Qian Yuan, who is quite familiar with history, does not know much about Xinxue, but he knows that if he wants to become an official, he will inevitably deal with Xinxue. Not to mention anything else, his uncle is Nie Bao's student, and Xu Wei, who wants to seek calligraphy and painting, is also a disciple of Xinxue.

In fact, the "Ten Sons of Yuezhong" including Xu Wei and Chen Lian are all descendants of Zhejiang Central Studies.

Lu Shusheng asked with a smile: "You asked Huating Guixi before, but now I ask you, what is the relationship between Nie Shuangjiang and Huating?"

"Of course it is a teacher and student. Shuangjiang Gong once served as the magistrate of Huating County... Well, it was the fifteenth year of Zhengde, and Huating was the Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, which was also suitable for the time. Moreover, he also studied the study of mind under Shuangjiang Gong..."

"Hahaha!" Lu Shusheng laughed and stood up, shook his head again.

Qian Yuan was a little trembling. Are the history books he read in his previous life all fake?

"Now, everyone in the court regards Xu Jie as a disciple of Nie Shuangjiang, but everyone in Huating knows the truth, but Xu Jie is now in a high position, and the Xinxue people all hope that he can reach the top in one fell swoop..."

With Lu Shusheng's story, the facts from thirty years ago gradually unfolded in front of Qian Yuan.

Xu Jie was a famous child prodigy in Songjiang Prefecture at that time. In the thirteenth year of Zhengde, Xu Jie, who was only fifteen years old, passed the scholar, but because of his filial piety, he missed Zhengde's fourteenth year provincial examination.

In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, Nie Bao took office as the magistrate of Huating County. In other words, Xu Jie did not go through Nie Bao's hands after the county examination, and Xu Jie did not enter the county school but entered the prefecture school, so the two of them could not say that they had a teacher-student relationship on the road to the imperial examination.

When he was mourning at home, Xu Jie listened to Nie Bao's lectures with his classmates, but in fact he didn't have a deep contact, let alone Nie Bao's personal disciple.

"Now, Xu Jie should have really started to study Xinxue when he was exiled to the Yanping Prefecture to promote his official position, and he also specially built the Prince and Gong Temple." Lu Shusheng said slowly: "Xinxue had a great influence in the court at that time... Hehe, Xu Huating was really clever, and he was a bit like Brother Yuan."

Is this a compliment?

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes, "What's next?"

"After?" Lu Shusheng curled his lips, "Of course he was rising all the way. Of course, he also rewarded him. The talents recommended during his return to the court as Minister of Personnel were scholars, and the most famous one was the 'Two Des"."

"Two Des?"

"Cheng Wende, who went to Yuyao to seek advice from Wang Yangming, was once demoted from Beijing to become a small county clerk. Later, he was almost exactly the same as Xu Huating. He was the Minister of the Imperial College and was transferred to the Minister of Personnel. He was the chief examiner of this year's examination. He heard that Sun Chengen retired, and Cheng Wende took over as the head of the Zhanshi Mansion and taught Shujishi."

Although Lu Shusheng was strict with Qian Yuan, he also had many expectations and explained in detail: "There is another person who is Ouyang De, a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, and now he serves as the Minister of Rites."

Qian Yuan's mouth twitched. How could Xin Xue be so awesome? There was Xu Jie in the cabinet, and the six ministers included Nie Bao and Ouyang De... No wonder Zhang Juzheng was so disliked when he saw Xin Xue later!

"Many years ago, Nie Bao, Xu Jie, Cheng Wende, Ouyang De and others were in Lingji Palace and talked about the theory of "reaching conscience". They had a great influence. Xu Jie called Nie Bao as his teacher everywhere." Lu Shusheng sneered: "What a pity, Xu Jie is a man who is wise and protects himself, and he cuts his tail and seeks survival..."

Qian Yuan's eyes rolled and asked tentatively: "In the 26th year of Jiajing, Shuangjiang Gong was imprisoned?"

"No," Lu Shusheng said disdainfully: "If you don't say that your uncle wrote a letter to this, it made Xia Guixi furious. Zhang Run, the Minister of Revenue at the time, claimed that he would like to guarantee Nie Shuangjiang with his family's lives of more than a hundred people. Many censors of Kedao wrote letters, but Xu Huating said nothing."
Chapter completed!