In the capital, the sky looks gloomy.

As the news of Xu Jie's resignation spread quickly, many officials immediately flocked to the Tongzhengsi or the Huangji Sect, and presented their memorials to Longqing to persuade Xu Jie to keep him.

The amulets of many court bosses have never been the power he has, nor the deep qualifications and prestige he has, but the number of cliques and disciples he has.

These cliques and disciples are not only their capital for participating in party struggles, but also their powerful tools for fighting against imperial power, and they are also a bargaining chip for saving their lives when they are in danger.

Although the power of the monarch is supreme, the power of the monarch is also subject to many factors.

Like the great ritual battle back then, although Jiajing achieved the final victory, it also went through layers of obstacles, and even Jiajing had to become a notorious before he could succeed.

Xu Jie is now submitting a memorial to resign, and his followers and disciples who follow Xu Jie have submitted memorials to keep him, citing Xu Jie's various good things, which makes Long Qing agree to this resignation as "unreasonable" or contaminated.

The infamous reputation of "abandoning wise men".

Xu Jie's reason for resigning was also clever. In the comments, he said that he and Huang Guangsheng harmed Yu Hairui together. He could not bear this unreasonable accusation and resigned to prove his innocence.

While Ge Shouli and others actively submitted memorials to keep them, they also took the opportunity to say that these rumors were attacked by political enemies, which not only cleared Xu Jie, but also poured dirty water on Gao Gong and Lin Yanran.

No matter how dull Longqing's mind is, it is impossible not to know his teachers Gao Gong and Xu Jieshi are in the same water and fire, and they should know who the people Ge Shouli and others are referring to.

Everything was as Xu Jie expected. As he submitted his resignation, Ge Shouli and others followed the memorials to keep them. All parties seemed to cooperate in an orderly manner and made a clever layout to save Huang Guangsheng.

Ministry of War, Wu Lecture Hall.

The layout here is like a college, with both classrooms for classes, canteens for dinner, and rooms for generals participating in training.

Since Lin Junran served as the Minister of War, he has also begun to innovate and create this martial arts lecture hall with the characteristics of later generations. He summoned some young generals from the border army to come here to participate in a half-month training, and taught them various military affairs here.

Knowledge.

The generals who were summoned to participate in the training had high and low positions, including Guan Hu and other generals who performed well in the victory in Manzhutan, and Ma Gui and other generals who followed Ma Fang to pursue Huang Taiji. They were all in their prime.

These famous generals were originally dissatisfied with the ruler, but they seemed to listen to the lecture very seriously when facing the fat middle-aged man standing on it.

Thanks to Lin Weiran's wide range of people, lecturers were not limited to officials from the Ministry of War, but invited lecturers from the Hanlin Academy, or even some senior Hanlin Academy.

The lecturer this time was the Hanlin lecturer Xu Wei, but he saw him talking with a fat belly on it, telling some military battles in a very good manner.

Xu Wei was not a pedantic scholar. He had the experience of going to Guangdong to serve as a rank in his early days, and then served as a staff member of the Governor of Zhejiang Zhizhi Hu Zongxian. He even gave advice to Hu Zongxian to get rid of Wang Zhi and Xu Hai. He was a rare military talent.

Of course, the most famous one now is his masterpiece. He took out a painting by Xu Wei and sent it to the joint auction house. The price was easily over 10,000 taels.

In this class, Xu Wei interpreted the case of how to deal with Xu Hai and induce Wang Zhi back then, which is why he attracted the generals present in this class.

Generals such as Ma Gui and Guan Hu are both young people with strong spirits and ambitions to make achievements, so they cherish this training opportunity very much.

"Okay, my class has ended here, and you will be tested in the next exam!" Xu Wei stopped giving a lecture, but gave a wink to the entourage beside him.

The follower nodded in understanding and opened the scroll in his hand to the generals and displayed it.

In this painting, a majestic general with a gun-faced face was painted, and behind him was a house, which was already a scene of a general leaving home to go to the battlefield. There was also a line of words written above the painting: Don't see white hair in the world.

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Xu Wei's mouth raised slightly, pointing to the calligraphy and painting, and said proudly: "There is a mystery in this painting, which implies an ancient celebrity. Please guess!"

Faced with an assessment in this classroom, everyone was also excited and carefully looked at the painting, especially the gun-carrying general in the painting.

"There are so many white-faced generals in ancient times, how can we guess?"

"The mystery in the painting may be between this word, but how can I solve it if I don't allow me to see white hair in the world?"

"According to this literal and meaning in the painting, it seems to be a scene of a young general leaving home to go to the battlefield!"

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After seeing the content of the calligraphy and paintings, generals such as Guan Hu expressed their opinions one after another. Everyone seemed very focused and racked their brains to express their opinions.

"I understand!" Magui's eyes lit up slightly, but he stood up proudly and said.

All the generals knew that Magui was born into a famous scholar and had always had a good brain. A young general with a beard on his face immediately asked, "Mahjong, who is the person in this painting?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a more anxious general urged: "Yes, please tell me who it is?"

"I have read this poem from an ancient book. The whole poem is 'Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to see white hair in the world', so this white-faced general is actually a woman!" Ma Gui pointed at the painting with curious eyes of the generals.

The general in the middle said proudly.

When the generals heard this, they looked at the white-faced general in the painting, and nodded in a sudden realization.

Ma Gui felt even more proud, and then continued to analyze: "Haha... Mulan joins the army on behalf of her father. Isn't this the scene of her rushing to the battlefield with a gun?" As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Xu Wei proudly and said: "

Lord Xu, so the person in the painting is Mulan, the beauty who joins the army on behalf of her father!”

"Yes, it's Mulan!"

"Haha...Mahjong is worthy of being the number one wise general of our Xuanfu Army!"

"No, Mahjong was transferred from our Datong. He is the most wise general in our Datong Mansion!"

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The generals listened to Ma Gui's analysis so incisive, but they all gave thumbs up and praised him.

Ma Gui was already very proud of being able to solve this puzzle. Now, when he heard the praises from the people around him, he bowed happily and replied: "Everyone, I've been too awarded! I've been too awarded!"

Although he spoke modestly, the smile on his face could hold up a flies, and his eyes narrowed into a thin slit, but he wrote his pride on his face.

"Your answer... is wrong!" Xu Wei looked at Ma Gui contemptuously, and then poured it lightly over a basin of cold water.

When Ma Gui heard this answer, the smile on his face froze. He looked at Xu Wei in shock and said, "Wrong...wrong? How is this possible?"

"Yes, how could it be wrong?"

"That's right, it should be Mulan!"

"It's certainly true, Mahjong's analysis is incisive!"

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Guan Hu and others looked at the painting again. Most of the generals still agreed with Ma Gui's judgment, but looked at Xu Weidao in confusion.

Xu Wei did not explain, but looked up at the generals present, waiting for the correct answer.

Ma Gui looked at the person in the painting again and again, but was convinced that he was not wrong. Suddenly, he saw the current cabinet master and the Minister of War coming outside the door. His eyes immediately lit up and pointed at Xu Wei and said, "Gei Master Lin, please give me some more advice."

Come and judge, I said that the person in this painting is alluding to Mulan, but Lord Xu is cheating and refuses to admit it!”

Lin Xuran had just come from Wenyuan Pavilion and planned to take time to teach the generals himself. When he came here at the juncture, he found that Xu Wei's class was not over yet. It was just when he was about to say hello to Xu Wei, but

Unexpectedly, I heard Magui’s accusation.

"Senior brother, I made a calligraphy and painting riddle to test them, but I didn't want to make such a joke!" Xu Wei also explained bitterly in the face of Lin Weiran's eyes.

Lin Qingran knew Xu Wei's character and knew that Xu Wei would not have done anything to cheat, so he looked at Ma Gui with a calm face and said, "Ma Gui, my elders are down and invite Xu Shishou to teach you. This is how you treat him.

Did you teach your teacher?"

In this era, although the status of teachers and students can be established through the disciple's sting. However, these ordinary teachings can also establish a teacher-student relationship according to the consistent tradition.

That's right, Xu Wei is now in a sense, he is already the teacher of the generals present.

"Gemaster Lin, it's the general who made a mistake, but the general who made a mistake was really dissatisfied! The person in the painting was obviously Mulan, but Lord Xu said that the general who made a mistake!" Ma Gui apologized immediately, but he still felt unwilling to accept it.

Defend.

Xu Wei saw Ma Gui so stubbornly, but shook his head bitterly. There were actually not a few such people.

Lin Qingran could not really beat Xu Wei to death with one stick because of his personal relationship. However, in Xu Wei's somewhat proud eyes, he glanced at the painting lightly, and then looked at Ma Gui lightly and said with certainty: "

Magui, you really guessed wrongly!"

"Ah? Is it really wrong?" When Ma Gui heard Lin Junran say the same thing, he began to believe that he was indeed wrong and couldn't help but say in a slight shock.

Huh?

Xu Wei was originally holding a little thought of watching Lin Qiran get tired of eating. After all, this was a calligraphy and painting riddle that he had exhausted his mind. However, Lin Qiran was still quite surprised to deny Mulan so quickly.

"Gemaster Lin, isn't this a scene of Mulan leaving home?" Guan Hu was also curious and asked immediately in confusion.

Lin Weiran shook his head gently and pointed to the house behind him and said, "This is not leaving home. There are neither couplets nor lamps on the door above. It seems to be an ordinary house, but in fact it is a house that no one has moved into yet!"

"Gei Master Lin, you are not allowed to see a white hair on earth. You are not wrong to guess that it is a woman, right?" Ma Gui still thought that he was not wrong, so he asked.

Generals such as Guan Hu also looked at Lin Weiran, and they already agreed with Ma Gui's analysis.

Xu Wei's mouth raised slightly, and he also looked at Lin Weiran curiously.

Lin Qingran faced the eyes of everyone, but shook his head gently and said, "Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to see white hair on earth. These two lines of poetry say: Beauties and famous generals are just like those who can die. They just write it.

"No white hair is allowed in the world", so the focus is not on the beauty in front, but on the fact that this person has a very short life."

Guan Hu and other generals showed a sudden enlightenment and nodded one after another.

Lin Qingran no longer continued to analyze, but looked at the generals present and asked: "Everyone, who is a famous general who refuses to get married and has a short life, is not the champion Hou Huo Qubing?"

When Ma Gui heard this analysis and answer, his mouth opened slightly, and then looked at Lin Qingran with admiration.

Lin Weiran turned his head lightly and looked at Xu Wei beside him and said, "Brother Wen, I wonder if my answer is correct?"

"No one can guess this calligraphy and painting in the Hanlin Academy. Everyone says that Xu Wei is the smartest person in the world, but I know that I am far from my senior brother, so I said goodbye!" Xu Wei seemed to be hit and bowed to Lin Qingran solemnly

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To be continued...