The rumor involving him was deliberately released by him, with the purpose of allowing him, the chief assistant, to enter the game naturally, and then help Huang Guangsheng solve his problems in front of Long Qing. This was undoubtedly a very exquisite plan.

As he expected, this rumor was exchanged for Longqing's summons and retention, allowing him to solve Huang Guangsheng's problems in front of Longqing.

But he considered everyone, and even considered that Lin Weiran might take action himself, but he missed a small, sixth-rank chief of the Ministry of War, Hai Rui.

When Xu Jie heard Hai Rui’s memorial plea for him, his smugness had completely disappeared. Some of them had to lift a stone and hit his toes. His self-conception thought that his exquisite plan might turn into a joke.

"Her Master Xu, Hai Rui is quite wise. Not only did he not blame you, but he also said a lot of good things for you!" Long Qing spread out the memorial and revealed with great appreciation.

"Is that true?" Xu Jie's mouth twitched slightly, but he reluctantly smiled.

He is not a fool. Hai Rui's sudden memorial and pleading must not be that Hai Rui really wants to help him, but that must be the result of Lin Weiran's push behind his back.

Now Hai Rui has submitted a memorial to plead for him, whether it is false or false, but it is a waste of time. His safety does not require the help of Hai Rui, the small head of the Ministry of War.

Not to mention that Hai Rui's memorial has disrupted his plan to rescue Huang Guangsheng, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no such statement: the prime minister can stay because Hai Rui's memorial and plea.

"How can I deceive you!" Long Qing nodded with certainty and said to the memorial: "Hai Rui wrote in the memorial: Yuan Fu submitted a verdict to the Ministry of Justice, this is the way to be loyal to the emperor, and Yuan Fu also wrote

He has the heart to protect his humble ministers, so Yuan Fu is not wrong!" After thinking about this, he looked up at Xu Jie with a smile on his face and praised: "Look, it is said that Hai Rui is a elm head, but now it is very clear

It’s so righteous!”

"It's... I understand the righteousness deeply!" Xu Jie's heart became even more painful, but he responded with something in his words.

This is not a very clear understanding of the great righteousness, it is clearly a harboring evil intentions. Hai Rui was simply pouring dirty water on the prime minister under the name of a memorial and pleading for mercy.

Although he was indeed pleading for him and the prime minister, he also praised him as loyal to the king, it was even more confirmed that he was actually at fault back then.

After all, no matter what the situation was at that time, the prime minister presented the originally inappropriate hanging sentence to Jiajing, which was undoubtedly inappropriate.

Long Qing did not notice that Xu Jie was obviously not speaking, but suddenly changed his mind and said, "Gei Xu, I have also discussed with Mr. Gao Ge.

Yi is indeed not suitable to serve as the Minister of Rites again. But Gao Ge Lao also proposed that the Minister of Revenue Ge Shouli and Gao Yi will be abolished this time!"

Huang Jin, who was standing next to him, sighed inwardly, as if he had seen the scene of open and secret struggles during the Jiajing Dynasty again.

"Your Majesty, this is very inappropriate. Minister of Revenue Ge Shouli manages finance..." Xu Jie's eyes immediately glared, and he wanted to stop him.

In his power map, in addition to the Kedao Censor and the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Revenue is also an important part. If Ge Shouli is replaced now, it will not be said that he will lose a powerful general, and the Minister of Revenue is very

It may fall on Masson.

Once that time comes, the Ministry of Revenue will probably really break away from the master's control and fall into Lin Qinran's hands. It will be a disaster.

Long Qing seemed to have made up his mind, but interrupted Xu Jie and said, "Gei Xu, you don't need to say much! Although Ge Shouli did a good job in Nanjing's Ministry of Revenue, he had never been in contact with the Beijing Ministry of Revenue. Now he has financial management capabilities.

But he is a middle-aged man. Think about it... he can't even squeeze out any money. This kind of minister of the Ministry of Revenue is really unbearable, and he is not good at resigning, but he is not good at managing his finances."

At the end, he picked up the resignation memorial of Ge Shouli, the Minister of Revenue, with a clear expression of dissatisfaction on his face.

"I... obey the order!" Xu Jie looked at Long Qing, who was full of complaints, and had to swallow the bitter fruit and responded.

He knew that the resignation of Ge Shouli of the Minister of Revenue was not only because Gao Gong was fueling the fire, but more importantly, Longqing did not like Ge Shouli.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess that Ge Shouli was unwilling to transfer silver from Taicang to buy jewelry for Longqing at the beginning of the year, which was already offending the petty Emperor Longqing.

But now, since Emperor Longqing has agreed to remove the Minister of Rites Gao Yi, it is not too much to remove the Minister of Revenue Ge Shouli at the same time.

That's why Xu Jie, facing Longqing's firm attitude, decided to obey Longqing's will, and could only make a fuss when he was selected as a new minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Huang Jin saw Xu Jie so relaxed and compromised, but shook his head bitterly, but knew that Guo Pu, Lin Qingran and Gao Gong's alliance put a lot of pressure on Xu Jie, which made Xu Jie give up the strategy of checking and balancing Longqing.

It's right.

But he also knew in his heart that when the emperor and the ministers, no matter who they were, they would have to find a new position, otherwise they would not be able to survive in Longqing Dynasty.

Longqing was very satisfied with Xu Jie's compromise, so he struck while the iron was hot: "Her Master Xu, Huang Guangsheng, Minister of Personnel, sentenced Hai Rui to hanging that year, is indeed inappropriate, but now it has made all officials angry, and even Hai Rui said that he is straight.

There is no fault in admonishing the emperor. I have thought about it over and over again and decided to remove him from his post..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought that Gao Gong taught him to be more firm in his discussions with Xu Jie, so he swallowed the word "bar" back, so he directly expressed his attitude and position to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie didn't know the twists and turns, but looked deeply at Long Qing, who seemed a little nervous.

But after experiencing the stubborn Jiajing Dynasty, he deeply understood a truth: no matter how clever the emperor was, he was still the supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but he had the right to speak for his subjects.

Although he wanted to keep Huang Guangsheng, things were unexpected to this point. The most important thing was that Hai Rui was pushed out by Lin Shiran, which was a loud slap in the face.

Long Qing looked at Xu Jie who had not reacted for a long time and couldn't help feeling nervous, but was afraid that the prime minister would suddenly make a fuss about him being a fool.

The one standing next to him was Fujixiang who saw this, even when facing the arrogant chief assistant Xu Jie, he coughed heavily to warn him.

Xu Jie then realized, hesitated for a while, and had to bow and say, "I will accept the order!"

Once things continue like this, it is probably not just Huang Guangsheng, the Minister of Personnel, who has something to do, but even the chief minister who once chose to submit the verdict of the Ministry of Justice, will not escape the blame.

Faced with this multiple-choice question, he could only "take the least of the two powers."

"Gemaster Xu, if it's okay, you go back!" Long Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but forgot Gao Gong's teachings, and said in a negotiated tone again.

"I will leave, long live my emperor!" Xu Jie felt that Long Qing's scheming became more and more profound and elusive, so he saluted respectfully.

Longqing watched Xu Jie leave and then secretly let out a breath of turbid air.

Although he has the ambition to be a wise king who is praised by all officials, he is inevitably raising his teacher in his heart, so he also hopes to remove Huang Guangsheng.

Now seeing things going well, he felt a little happy in his heart. At the same time, he realized that as long as he was tougher, it seemed that this respected prime minister would also be afraid of him.

Just thinking about the faces of those censors, he couldn't help but shake his head. If he really imitated his father and refused to attend court, he might be criticized by those officials.

When Xu Jie walked out of the Ganqing Palace, he looked up and looked at the group of sparrows flying from the palace in front of him, but he felt an unprecedented confusion in his heart.

Now the Minister of Personnel Huang Guangsheng and Minister of Revenue Ge Shouli fell together, and the Censor of Kedao is likely to usher in a round of purges from Gao Gong, which makes his situation worse as the chief minister.

In this court, he was never the chief minister who took it in one's own words, and the following personnel also needed to obey the arrangement. However, without any hesitation, the cards in his hand became fewer and fewer.

But inadvertently, the power of the chief minister was gradually being undermined, and a sense of crisis arose in his heart. Not only did the threat from Gao Gong and Lin Weiran, but also the Emperor Longqing who seemed to be soft on the outside and strong on the inside , suddenly he became overwhelmed.

"Forget it this time, it depends on who can laugh to the end!"

When Xu Jie saw that the group of sparrows could not land on the top of the palace, he couldn't help but flash a hint of hostility in his eyes, but his will was firm and he said silently.

The next day, an earthquake in Beijing that came as scheduled began.

Huang Guangsheng, Minister of Personnel, Minister of Revenue Ge Shouli and Minister of Revenue Gao Yi, both left office. However, Longqing did not treat the three of them unfairly, and they all gave Chiyi a glorious treatment.

Although all three of them have retired, according to the Ming Dynasty system, they can still enjoy the treatment of the corresponding grades and can still participate in large-scale activities such as court banquets and sacrifices.

Of course, if these officials return to the local area, they will naturally become the leaders of local gentry, and local officials should also be respectful to them.

In the memorials of the fourth-rank officials in the capital, most of them were kept by Longqing, and the Tongzheng envoy Wu Sanle and the Right Censor Zhao Tong were used separately.

Subsequently, the local governors and governors also submitted memorials, including Liu Tao, the right deputy censor of the Censorate of Ji Liao, and the left assistant minister of the military department of Xuanda and Wang Zhigao, who did not allow the order to supervise border affairs with all his heart.

There were also many doubts among these resignations. Some people fell down in the attack of the censor Kedao, and some people survived.

However, with the fall of Huang Guangsheng, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Ge Shouli, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Gao Yi, the focus of the court struggle quickly changed to the battles in these three positions, and all parties could be said to have tried their best.

Xu Jie still hoped to elect his own people to take over as the Minister of Personnel, but it was difficult for the left censor Wang Ting to convince the public, but he was not as good as the Minister of Justice Zhu Heng and the Minister of Works Lei Li.

However, this is no longer the Jiajing Dynasty. Emperor Longqing focused on Gao Gong and Lin Gong. Moreover, Lin Junran and Gao Gong gradually showed their edge in the new dynasty, which made it impossible for Xu Jie to do whatever he wanted.

The position of Minister of Rites was undoubtedly taken over by Chen Yiqin, another teacher from Longqing, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, while the Minister of Revenue was appointed by Ma Sen, the Minister of Revenue, under the strong intervention of Lin Qingran.

As for the competition for the Minister of Personnel, especially the collective boycott of the censor Kedao, Lin Weiran and Guo Pu's firm attitude ultimately made Gao Gong win.

It is precisely because of this that the three important candidates for the Secretariat were soon released, and Gao Gong became the biggest winner. He also served as the Secretariat of the Ministry of Personnel as the cabinet master, and was the first person to be in real power.

It is worth mentioning that although Xu Jie failed on three fronts, he also pushed Zhang Juzheng, who had just become the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, to the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

In this major adjustment, Xu Jie's power was undoubtedly greatly reduced, and the Lin Party and the Northern Party have further expanded, and have even quietly undermined Xu Jie's power.

With the arrival of March 17, everyone had to put aside the fight temporarily.

Early in the morning of this day, Longqing led all civil and military officials to leave Beijing City, and took Jiajing's coffin to Yongling, burying the Jiajing Emperor who had made the Ming Dynasty smoky.

But this only allowed all parties to quit for two days, and soon the war in the court rekindled.

With the full development of Beijing Inspection, a confrontation is inevitable, from cleaning up officials to appointing officials, there are no conflicts.

Gao Gong's spearhead was naturally pointing at Xu Dang without hesitation and carried out a major purge on some unqualified officials.

But after all, he still pays attention to public integrity. Even if he hates Hu Yingjia and others, he will treat it fairly. He mainly eliminates a group of elderly and mediocre officials, including Qian Bangyan, the already elderly left minister of the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Personnel reported to inspect the elderly civil officials, Qian Bangyan, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and thirty people were sick, the censor Xiong Qi and six people were sick, the military commander Xu Hui and five people were corrupt, and the military commander Chen Tianshou and ten people were dismissed.

He was soft and inaction, Chen Nie, the chief of the Guanglu Office, was not careful, Yang Jindao, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, and one hundred people were impetuous and simple, seven people including Tang Rudi, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel, and the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel, were not as capable as possible, and thirty people including Nan Xuan, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel, were ordered to retire in old age.

Subsequently, the adjustments of Beijing officials were also fully launched.

He Yongqing, the head of the Ministry of War, was the right senator of the Tongzheng Envoy, Lin Run, the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple, was the admiral of the Siyi Pavilion of the Taichang Temple, Hai Rui, the head of the Ministry of War, was transferred to the position of the Chief of the Shangbao Division, and Zhao Zhenji, the former right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was appointed as the Ministry of Rites.

The Left Minister and the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy were in charge of Zhan Shifu, etc.

Amid a series of dazzling mobilizations, March in the capital also came to an end.

Originally, the Xu Party was looking forward to Altan's journey straight from Liaodong, and Lin Yeran, who was in the glory, fell down hard, but things went against his wishes. The military situation in Liaodong was loud and heavy.
Chapter completed!