Gao Gong immediately snorted heavily, protected his apprentice clearly and said directly: "Master Yuan Fu, what's the matter to discuss? You discipline your people well, don't let them quarrel in the court all day long.

It’s noisy, and the emperor sat on it without humming and even complained. Hu Yingjia’s group of people are simply lawless!”

His voice was already very loud, and he was speaking anxiously at this time. Fortunately, Xu Jie's throne was far away, otherwise the spitting star might have flew to Xu Jie's face.

After finding out Longqing's temper, the censor, led by Hu Yingjia and others, was like a chicken blood. Because it was difficult to start the party dispute, he frequently bullied the generous and kind Emperor Longqing.

Emperor Longqing did not inherit Jiajing's intelligence. Because of his slow mind, Jiajing once had the idea of ​​succeeding to the throne by King Jing. Although he had been taught by several ministers, he had never been exposed to government affairs, so he did not have the ability to handle government affairs alone.

ability.

Whenever he faces two parties who have different opinions in the court, he has no idea which party to choose. It seems that both parties make sense, and it seems that neither party makes sense.

Longqing is like a three-year-old child facing the problem of going to kindergarten. His father asked him to choose New Oriental Kindergarten, while his mother asked him to choose to go to British Kindergarten.

After several choices, Longqing found that no matter which side he favored, he would inevitably be dissatisfied and criticized by the other party. In the end, he simply chose silence. However, this silence could not bring him peace, but was subject to even more fierce

Firepower, officials from both sides and censors of Kedao together accused Longqing of being unable to make decisions about political affairs.

That's why Gao Gong believes that the root cause of the matter lies in Hu Yingjia's group of kedao censors, and it is not completely unreasonable.

"No one in this court is mine. Correcting the emperor's fault is the responsibility of their censors. If you think they have done something wrong, you can take care of them, or even punish them, instead of accuse them here.

Yu Laofu!" Xu Jie's expression immediately darkened, and he immediately distanced himself from the relationship.

When Li Chunfang saw the two of them start to quarrel again, she couldn't help but sigh secretly. This morning court is going to quarrel, but there is a quarrel even if it is not quarrel. Who will take care of his secondary assistant's feelings?

Lin Weiran and Guo Pu were used to it, but they were drinking tea quietly and observing the development of the situation. Their personalities were both more stable and complementary to Gao Gong in terms of personality.

"Are you serious?" Gao Gong's heart moved slightly, but he looked at Xu Jie with a provocative look.

Xu Jie was about to have tea when he heard the question, and frowned, but he still looked up tough and said, "Of course I'm serious. I've said that there is no one in this court!"

"Okay, let's go!" Gao Gong looked at Xu Jie deeply, then stood up and left.

this……

Guo Pu and Lin Xun looked at Gao Gong's hurriedly leaving background, and couldn't help but stare at each other, but they didn't know which one Gao Gong wanted to sing.

"This is all for today's work!" Xu Jie was no longer able to drink tea, so he immediately put down the teacup and announced the meeting to end.

Seeing Xu Jie leave, Li Chunfang couldn't help asking: "Gei Master Guo, Geer Lin, do you know where Mr. Gao Ge is going?"

Guo Pu smiled and turned his head to look at Lin Weiran, who took a sip of tea and said, "Censorate!"

Just now, Xu Jie said that Hu Yingjia and others were not his people, but he also said that Ren Gaogong would punish him. Gao Gong naturally climbed up the pole and would definitely go to the Censorate to find a "fuse".

Li Chunfang knew that such development would likely trigger a fight between the two sides, so she couldn't help but complain: "Why don't you stop him? This...is likely endless!"

The Longqing Dynasty is no longer a situation where the Xu Party dominates. The Northern Party and the Lin Party have formed a consortium that is enough to compete with the Xu Party. Once a fierce conflict occurs, it will be a big collision and may even involve

On them, the ministers.

"You just saw it. Are there any opportunities for us to stop him in the High-Tech Policy? "But Guo Pu no longer remained silent, but told the truth.

Although there are many officials from the Northern Division of the Ming Dynasty, many of them will be worn out by the officialdom like Guo Pu. Even Yang Bo, who was tough in the past, knew how to surrender to Xu Jie.

But Gao Gong has always maintained the temperament of a northern man, and even though he is a minister in the cabinet, he is so rampant that he can't stop him from doing things.

Li Chunfang knew that this was indeed the truth, but she shook her head helplessly.

Lin Qingran put down the teacup and said goodbye. He knew that this matter was actually difficult to make a fuss. Not to mention that the Censorate had to pass Wang Ting's hurdle, even if the memorials of impeachment of Hu Yingjia and others were sent to the cabinet, Xu Jie

I'm afraid I won't agree to deal with Hu Yingjia and others.

But this kind of friction is actually necessary. After all, he doesn't know what Xu Jie's next move will be, so it's better to let Gao Gong make a fuss.

Wenyuan Pavilion faces north and south, which is conducive to ventilation and avoiding sunlight. In addition, the area of ​​the value room is relatively large, so it is much more comfortable than that of Wuyi Hall.

Lin Weiran's duty room is in the west room of the conference hall, next to it is the west room of Gaogong. Now the five masters occupy this place in a fixed sequence, leaving only the West Three vacant rooms.

In addition, the effectiveness of the book collection in the attic is weakening, and a large number of precious books have been borrowed or returned by officials. Now, a few beds are placed in the empty space of the library for their rest.

The new emperors today are not as good as Jiajing, and these ministers no longer have to stay here at night, so the beds on the East Pavilion and the West Pavilion are only for their lunch break.

"Uncle Nineteen, your ginseng tea!" Lin Hai brought the steaming tea cups over, looking respectful and authentic.

Wenyuan Pavilion is an important royal area. In addition to the staff, it can only bring one or two confidants to the door with their waist cards. If other people want to get here, even the Secretary of the House must go through the doorman's report.

Lin Qingran brought Lin Fu and Lin Fu in. Just as he had taken a sip of tea, he learned that Liu Tao, the governor of Ji Liao, came to ask for a meeting, so he immediately asked Lin Fu to go out and lead the person in.

Huh?

After Xu Jie learned that the emperor had summoned him, he followed the eunuch out of Wenyuan Pavilion, but saw Liu Tao, the governor of Ji Liao, coming from Jinshui Bridge from afar, and his brows frowned slightly.

Gao Gong was not scheming enough, Guo Pu seemed to be so steady and unscheming, but Lin Qiran was always unpredictable. Now seeing Liu Tao, the governor of Ji Liao, suddenly appeared, made him feel a little vigilant, but he was wary of that boy.

Are you using some conspiracy?

"Gemaster Xu, the emperor is waiting?" The eunuch who sent the order suddenly stopped, reminded him in a low voice.

Xu Jie came to his senses and immediately followed the little eunuch towards the inner palace and soon arrived at the Ganqing Gate. After the little eunuch's report, he entered the Ganqing Palace.

Long Qing sat in front of the imperial desk, looking through the memorials all over the table in a pretty good manner, but there was a small piece of Guilin scallion on the corner of his mouth. He was not sitting in this position to handle official business just now.

Because the Ming Dynasty abolished the prime minister system, the decision-making power for all major and small matters in the two capitals and thirteen provinces fell on the emperor, so the official duties of the Ming emperor were actually very heavy.

Of course, every emperor has his own way of dealing with it. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di used hard work to run this dynasty. Emperor Zhengde directly gave it to the Silijian, while Longqing believed in the cabinet's votes to make decisions.

"I, Xu Jie, pay homage to the emperor, long live my emperor!" Xu Jie came here and immediately saluted respectfully.

Long Qing put down the memorial in his hand, as if he had just woken up from his working state, looked up at Xu Jie and said gently: "Gei Master Xu, you are here, flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Although Xu Jie had seen through Long Qing's self-deception and created a good image of a diligent emperor, it was naturally impossible to break this matter and he respectfully thanked him.

Longqing looked at Xu Jie with complicated eyes, but when he spoke, he suddenly didn't know where to start.

In fact, the reason for today's exemption from court is not entirely because he wants to be lazy, but because of the Ministry of Revenue.

In the past few years, although he was a vassal king, he did not have his own fiefdom. But the rice was often deducted and his life was always tight.

Now he finally made it through. In addition to enthroning his own women, he also wanted to give some gold and pearl jewelry to the queen and concubine, so he asked the Ministry of Revenue for silver.

However, the Minister of Revenue Ge Shouli's attitude became extremely tough, claiming that the Ministry of Revenue had no silver, but he refused to transfer the silver from Taicang to the inner treasury, which made him very unhappy.

This was originally a negotiation between him and Ge Shouli, but it was spread to the ears of those censors. They wrote memorials to impeach them, and even quoted the classics to classify this extravagant act of greed for pleasure and the king of the country. Number.

He was so angry! His father often asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 100,000 silver to the treasury, but he agreed. It was just that it was his turn to ask for some silver to buy some gold, silver and jewelry for his concubine. Why did he seem to have committed a heinous crime? A serious sin?

The Ministry of Revenue is not willing to give money, and he did not hold the Ministry of Revenue accountable. He didn't buy any of the gold and silver jewelry. Are you scolding me now? Even the clay man has three points of interest, let alone he is still the king of a country. ?

That's right, he suddenly played a little in the warm bed today, and decided to avoid court and shake the majesty of his emperor.

"I wonder what the emperor summoned me to come?" Xu Jie looked at the emperor who was slightly dazed, but didn't know what Long Qing was thinking, so he took the initiative to ask.

Long Qing then came to his senses and immediately threw out his doubts and said, "Gei Master Xu, the finances are really so difficult now. Is it even possible to allocate some silver for me to respond to the emergency?"

"The Ming Dynasty was originally rich in finance, but the late emperor built a large-scale construction project. Not only did he transport precious golden nanmu from the south, but he also recruited a large number of craftsmen from various townships and garrisons to Beijing, and the daily expenses were huge. It was like the zodiac of Xianling. The construction budget provided by the Endian Works Department was 720,000 taels, but it did not calculate the expenses required to recruit craftsmen. The current finances are indeed short of money!" Xu Jie was like a mirror and immediately pushed the mistake to Jiajing.

Longqing frowned and said, "What should I do? Will I not be able to buy jewelry in the future?" When I was anxious, I had an idea and said, "When I was in the secret residence, I

I heard that Master Yin and Master Zhang highly praised the bad guys, is this innovative method acceptable?"

When Feng Bao, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but turn his head and look at Xu Jie, as if he had guessed the answer.

Xu Jie didn't expect that Long Qing would have this thought, and immediately looked up at Long Qing and said solemnly: "Emperor, inheritance does not stick to the past, reform does not leave the clan. The way to govern the country lies in the wise ruler and the wise ministers. Now the emperor is a wise ruler, so the court is focused on...

Virtuous, but now there are many virtuous people in the court and the country!"

"Then...who are there?" Long Qing was so generous to Xu Jie and asked immediately with interest.

Xu Jie did not boast about himself, and immediately said as if he had known him: "There are Li Chunfang and Guo Pu in the cabinet, and few people can match his virtues. The six ministries have Chen Yiqin, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel who once assisted the emperor, and Huang Guangsheng, the current Minister of Justice. In the Hanlin, there is Zhang Ju, the bachelor of the Ministry of Personnel.

Zheng and Yin Shizhan, two virtuous descendants. If the emperor wants to govern the Ming Dynasty well, it will be enough to use these people!"

"But how should this finance be solved?" Long Qing nodded slightly, but still remembered the problem of money.

Xu Jie seemed confident and said: "Solving the financial problem can be classified as a small path for merchants. What the Ming Dynasty wants is the great way of governing the country with wise rulers and wise ministers. As long as the great way is correct, how can there be a ignorant way of finance? The bad people's book will violate the ancestors.

The system can be said to be the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to solve the current financial problems, the most effective way is to increase taxes and temporarily increase taxes to overcome this difficulty!”

"I can hear that it is precisely because of the frequent enlistment and sects in recent years that a large number of refugees have flocked into the capital!" Long Qing frowned slightly and immediately mentioned something.

Because his concubine and concubine were close to Lin Pingchang, the matter about refugees in the capital also reached his ears, so this concern immediately arose in his mind.

Xu Jie seemed disdainful and said: "This is just an exaggeration for some people. How could there be some people in the Ming Dynasty who cannot escape birth, old age, sickness and death? Now the emperor is a wise monarch. As long as the yamen and local officials in the capital perform their duties, the people will

If there is hope, I will naturally not leave my hometown easily. Even if my life is harder now, I will always pass by gritting my teeth. I still eat simple food at home, but I am better than the big fish and big flesh all day long!"

"That will..." Long Qing hesitated for a moment, then threw out the most worried thing.

Xu Jie's mouth raised slightly and said, "The old minister did not want the emperor to violate the will of the emperor to promote additional slaughter, but wanted to tell Your Majesty the so-called unruly book is just a small way. As long as Your Majesty insists on the great way, there will be many means to resolve the finances.

The problem is not to touch the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!”

"Gemaster Xu is really sincere in planning the country!" Long Qing said in his heart with the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and seemed to be secretly scared.

Xu Jie immediately knelt on the ground, his eyes burst into tears and said, "I am shouldering the responsibility of the former emperor to take care of his life, and fortunately I met a wise monarch. Although I am not talented, I will definitely devote my entire work to the emperor!"

"Gemaster Xu, you don't need to do this, please get up quickly!" Long Qing thought that the prime minister had been protecting him for a while, and seeing his loyal appearance, he raised his hand happily and said.

Xu Jie stood up from the ground, his eyes still looked affectionate.

Feng Bao, who was standing by the side, could see clearly that Jiajing, who was so smart back then, was deceived by Xu Jie. Longqing's silly and sweetness might have to follow his father's footsteps.

Leaving the Ganqing Palace, Xu Jie looked up at the blue sky when he walked out of the Ganqing Gate, and his mouth couldn't help but raise his lips slightly. Although the new dynasty was ushered in, everything was already under his control, and the court was still It was him Xu Jie who took charge of it.
Chapter completed!