Seeing that everyone below kept silent, Emperor Longqing smiled and said, "I remember Zhan Cai once recommended Hu Zongxian with all his might, and Wu Baipeng led the anti-Japanese war. The court praised Zhan Cai for recommending him."

There was no one talking below. Those things back then... were replaced by Hu Zongxian and Wu Baipeng by Yang Yi and Ruan E, one was Xu Jie's man, and the other was Li Mo's man.

The person who broke the silence was Li Mo. He had always had disagreements with Sui Yuan and had only indirect contacts through the Lin family. He coughed twice, "Zhan Cai had a sharp eye and had heard of it for a long time. He did not say that Sui Yuan's hero was good friends. Many years ago, Zhan Cai had a good relationship with his uncle. The two of them recommended one person together and would be able to take on this important task."

Gao Gong, who had just lowered his head, immediately added: "But it's hard to say now, after all, they have different generations."

Lu Ben almost laughed afterwards. It was because one married an aunt and the other married a niece... but it seemed that no one recognized the word "Xu".

This is almost the same as the situation in the cabinet these days. Li Mo and Gao Gong cooperated with each other. You and I stabbed Xu Jie in the heart.

Xu Jie closed his eyes slightly and joked that he could tolerate it for more than ten years under Yan Song and Yan Shifan's forced him. This humiliation... He really doesn't care. Anyway, the turtle shrank for so many years.

This matter was agreed, and then Emperor Longqing talked about the alchemists who were imprisoned and died. The Taoist priests were sent to Zhao Prison. The Jinyiwei used eighteen methods. Emperor Longqing was so angry that he cursed privately... Those alchemists were all rich and where did they get the money they had to come from the inner transportation warehouse.

Xu Jie thought in his mind that his disciple Hu Yingjia and Wang Bengu should have submitted the memorial to the Tongzheng Department. Although the Tongzheng envoy was Qian Zheng, Zuo Tongzheng was Xu Jie's student, and Qian Zheng could not stop him.

As long as the memorial was submitted to the cabinet, public opinion could arouse, and Xu Jie could naturally ask Emperor Longqing to review Zeng Xian's case.

At this moment, Li Mo and Gao Gong looked at each other, and the former came out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have been in the official position since the 16th year of Zhengde. During the Jiajing period, the 29th year of Jiajing, the Tatar soldiers forced the capital, and the national prestige was greatly damaged. After that, they went south one after another, and the frontier was beaconed for continuous fire."

Emperor Longqing was surprised that Li Mo mentioned the old story many years ago and nodded, "This should be a crime."

The culprit of the Gengxu Rebellion was Yan Song, which was a common discussion among knowledgeable people in the court.

"It is indeed a crime of Fenyi, but where is the first crime?"

Gao Gong, who had a tacit understanding, went out and said loudly: "The crime of Fenyi is the first to be killed in the wrongful killing of the three-sided system. Please ask Your Majesty to review the case."

The serpentine lightning flashed in the sky, but briefly made the small hall lit up, reflecting the pale face and the distracted eyes of Xu Jie, followed by the rumbling thunder.

Li Mo and Gao Gong proposed to review Zeng Xin's case, but in fact this is an act of non-rules.

What rules?

According to common sense, such things... are usually based on the temptation of the slogans who write to the letter, then stir up public opinion, and finally presented to the emperor.

This method was very popular in the Ming Dynasty. The main reason was that the big guys hidden behind the censor Kedao did not need to fight in person. They would choose strategies based on changes in the situation.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Censors of Kedao were actually the main force in participating in political struggles. They were the pioneers and the main force. Almost every political struggle began with the impeachment of the Censors of Kedao.

Although Xu Jie also considered the possibility that Li Mo or Gao Gong would come to grab peaches once the matter was reported, so he was prepared. Two disciples wrote a letter and sent the memorial to the cabinet, and he immediately made an official appearance.

In the plan, even if Li Mo and Gao Gong were divided, the big head still belonged to Xu Jie. The reason was very simple. Hu Yingjia, the censor of the scholar who wrote the letter, and Wang Bengu, were both disciples of Xu Jie.

Today, Li Mo and Gao Gong directly proposed to review Zeng Xian’s case in front of Emperor Longqing without any warning. What is this?

This is not following the rules, this is to kill the master!

Like an iron hammer hitting the head hard, Xu Jie felt a little dizzy. He listened to Gao Gong silently, Li Mo's sometimes low and sometimes high words, and he felt very regretful.

In fact, although he was a father and son, Emperor Longqing's dissatisfaction with Emperor Jiajing... This is something that anyone can see.

From Taoist priests and alchemists to death in prison, to the simple handling of the funeral of Emperor Jiajing, to the ceremony of the gift of the Mingtang of Ruizong... I almost didn't even recognize my grandfather.

But these are just personal emotions and royal internal affairs. There are not many actions in the court affairs.

Xu Jie once privately speculated that this opportunity was likely to be left to Gao Gong, waiting for Gao Gong to enter the cabinet, preside over the rehabilitation of unjust imprisonment, and establish prestige... This is the reason and reason why Xu Jie took action.

Don't do it?

Are you waiting for Gao Gong to replace him?

The cabinet chief minister cannot be demoted. He either maintains the status quo or gets out of here. Can Xu Jie, who is only in his fifties this year, accept it?

What Xu Jie didn't expect was that Gao Gong proposed to review Zeng Xian's case before he entered the cabinet, and he still made a public proposal in front of His Majesty, which was even more in unison with Li Mo, his biggest rival in the cabinet.

"Duke Yuan was originally a hundred years of plan, but Chao Cuo was in danger of the seven countries." Emperor Longqing stood up and sighed: "Who in the world does not know Zeng Xian's injustice."

This sentence is the last words left by Zeng Xian before his death, and some people in the court know it.

"Zeng Zizhong first governed the military affairs of Shaanxi in the 21st year of Jiajing, and later served as the general of the trilateral system. He was unparalleled and good at using troops. He defeated Altan several times." Li Mo also sighed: "Since his division, he should be killed by slander, and the generals had no intention of fighting, and the army had no intention of fighting. The northwest border was robbed by Altan every year, and even the capital was trapped."

Emperor Longqing nodded repeatedly, "The cabinet and the Ministry of Rites handle this matter and review the case."

After looking at Xu Jie, Emperor Longqing added: "What does Yuan Fu mean?"

Xu Jie's eyes moved and he added expressionlessly: "Zeng Zizhong's widow and his second son were exiled to Shanxi, and he should be recalled to the capital."

"That's natural." Emperor Longqing smiled and said, "Yuan Fu is the leader of all officials. He has been in the cabinet for more than ten years. Please help more."

After returning to Zhilu, Xu Jie left Xiyuan directly. Wu Shan asked a few more questions and only got an answer of "physical discomfort".

After returning home, Xu Jie immediately asked his disciples about the time to submit the memorial. He suspected that it was Wang Bengu and Hu Yingjia informed him. If that were the case, they would definitely delay the time to submit the memorial to the Tongzhengsi.

After experiencing the Zhang Juzheng incident, Xu Jie is now unable to let go of anyone and doubt anyone.

"Just as soon as the door was opened, Hu Yingjia submitted the memorial to the Tongzheng Department, and Wang Bengu was more than an hour late." Li Chunfang, who was inquiring about the news, whispered: "It should be okay... Could it be a coincidence?"

Xu Jie sneered, "Are you all coincidentals so many memorials?"

Li Chunfang was speechless. After one day, even before the news of the Zeng Xin case was reported to Xiyuan, there were as many as twenty-one memorials submitted to the Department of Communications and Political Affairs to propose reconsideration of the case.

Originally, Xu Jie was thinking that after all, it was his disciple who wrote a letter to propose that he might be able to take advantage of it. Unexpectedly, more than 20 memorials were written... Hu Yingjia and Wang Bengu buried it inside was really inconspicuous.

Looking at the list of officials who wrote to the books on the paper, Xu Jie immediately found the key point. There were only three people who were sure that they were Gao Gong, five people who were sure that they were Li Mo, but there were four scholars in the Suiyuan.

Xian Yuan, the chief of the Ministry of Works, Pan Yunduan, the chief of the Ministry of Justice, Lin Qun, and Lu Yipeng, the Censor of the Censorate.
Chapter completed!