The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Fan now feels that his skin is still a little thinner, and he hasn't cultivated to the point where oil and salt can't get in, and water and fire can't invade.Ever since he said that he wanted to collect the "Chagan Koya", many herdsmen would come here to trade with Zhang Fan.Zhang Fan brought a lot of cloth, tea, bricks and salt, and the price was fair to the herdsmen. The herdsmen flocked to them and even blessed Zhang Fan with a very hard-to-pronounce Chinese. Zhang Fan, who couldn't understand the voice problem, was very happy. When he understood, he immediately sent someone to take over the collection of things for him.

On the second day after coming to Yiji Nai, the secret mission assigned to him by Long Qing was almost completed.For the rest of the goods, Zhang Fan bought some high-quality furs and prepared to take them back to make fur coats for his mother and wife.

The one-day wrangling in the Ministry of Rites was over again, and Zhang Fan asked Wang Xilie about the situation.Although they are all playing sloppy, but with the officials from the Ministry of Rites talking nonsense, I seem to be a little anxious.Many terms on the tribute have been greatly reduced. It seems that they have also received the news that Han Naji has arrived at the Ming court, and they want to rush to promote a mutual market.Wang Xilie immediately used the word "drag" here, and the impatient Alda frequently signaled to Huang Taiji that he almost didn't directly tell Wang Xilie that he was Arita himself.

Hearing this, Zhang Fan smiled indifferently, and said, "This tartar has invaded the border of our Ming Dynasty many times, and now he knows it's urgent. Mr. Wang, you have to hang him slowly!"

Wang Xilie was also very happy: "That's natural, let him taste the feeling of being controlled by others today. But it's not an option to hang him like this all the time. I still don't know how the court will react."

"I reckon that in the imperial court, some knowledgeable people should propose to confer Hanaji, but they don't want to give up and get along with me." Zhang Fan analyzed, "If Hannaji is canonized, I will be alone. In this way, it will be much easier to bargain with him. But you must not force me to answer too tightly. His army of [-] will arrive tomorrow. If we tear our face, we can still think about it so much. It is good to save our lives. gone."

Wang Xilie also frowned when he heard Zhang Fan's words, what Zhang Fan said was reasonable, if my answer was really embarrassing, even though the thousand guards outside the city were elite soldiers, they were no match for an army of ten thousand.

A few people in the land of Tatar are troubled, but there is a more exciting staged in the capital thousands of miles away.

It is said that Gao Gong said he was sick and went home to recuperate because of Xu Jie's relationship, but how could he be convinced.At home, he also often contacted Guo Pu, who never showed himself in the cabinet, this fellow Gao Gong who Zhang Fan had never met a few times, and wanted to find a chance to return to the cabinet.

There was no rush for this matter at first, but the arrival of the unexpected incident made the two people who were separated from the two places feel that the opportunity had come at the same time.On the day Zhang Fan went north, something happened in the palace.

Ever since Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, he seemed to be quite wise, but his distorted personality of his father, the Jiajing Yamen servant, rebounded sharply, and his behavior became even more absurd.The perverted pursuit of women had worn him down, so Zhang Fan was given the task of Long Qing asking him to collect boobs.This is not because of how effective this Cistanche is, but because Long Qing has eaten too much of the other medicines and is no longer as effective as before.That day the imperial physician changed the medicine, Long Qing felt that it had some effect again, so Zhang Fan collected it.

So even though Long Qing had the empress, concubines, etc., he still raped the court ladies wantonly.Originally, it was in the palace, and the ministers below had nothing to argue with if it was not the emperor's.It's just that Xu Jie, relying on himself as the elder of the two dynasties and the hero who defeated Yan Song, often found fault with Long Qing.At first Long Qing also got better, but then he started to feel desolate again, while Xu Jie seemed to never give up.In this way, Long Qing felt disgusted, it was just to hinder his emperor's face, after all, it is not good to spread this matter, so he just endured it, but the more he endured, the more his disgust of Xu Jie deepened.

Guo Pu was also very capable, and he was not anxious. Hai Rui was able to avoid death back then, thanks to Guo Pu's words in front of Jiajing.It's just that he has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he is also the center of the power vortex of the cabinet, so he has to be careful in everything.Now he could see that Long Qing hated Xu Jie a little, so he wrote to Gao Gong who was recuperating at home, and the two discussed and prepared to attack.

That morning, the court discussed the court's plan for this year, and everyone discussed the matter of trading with Alda.Long Qing saw that the day was approaching noon, and the ministers below were all a little tired, so he took out some brochures that Feng Bao specially handed to him last night.Everyone knew that there was a good show at a glance. Long Qing took out several memorials at once, explaining that the things to be played in these memorials were all the same.But there is one thing that will cause so many people to play, the most likely word is impeachment, it seems that some people are going to be unlucky today, and the people who are a little drowsy immediately regain their spirits.

"Yesterday, the supervisor of ceremonies handed over a few papers. You are not stupid, and you can probably give me a few points." Long Qing said.They did not ask the eunuch to read it out, but sent the booklets to the cabinet members and ministers to read them by themselves.

The expressions of those who are qualified to read the papers are relished, and those who are not qualified to read them are even more itchy. They are not worried that the papers are impeaching themselves. After all, if Long Qing does this, the person impeached must have a great status.

Not long after, the chief assistant Xu Jie stood up tremblingly, knelt in front of Long Qingming and said, "Your Majesty, this must be some villain's deliberate slander. Your Majesty wants to make decisions for the veterans!" His tone was very angry!

The impeachment of Xu Jie in the memorial is very simple. Xu Jie was born in Songjiang Prefecture, and his family was quite wealthy. Not to mention thousands of hectares of fertile land, the influence is still very large.This is nothing at all, it is more or less like this for officials in the court.It's just that after Xu Jie came to power, the family members were quite proud, and Xu Jie didn't control them, and gradually formed a vicious force. In addition, there were many hired farmers in Xu's family, because Xu Jie's status didn't have to pay taxes and made profits rich.The memorial impeached the bully of the Xu family and embezzled the land.If it is an ordinary official, or find someone to clear it up, no one will bother; or it will be sent to Dali Temple for adjudication.It's just that Xu Jie is the chief assistant of the cabinet, so this matter is different.

This time Gao Gong and Guo Pu mobilized many censors to impeach him, as if they wanted to use the same method to avenge what Xu Jie had done to them.Although Xu Jie could guess some of it, he cared more about Long Qing's intentions. He knew that Long Qing was quite displeased with him, and he might use this opportunity to get rid of his obstacle, so he immediately stood up and cleared the relationship.

"You don't need to be like this, Mr. Ge, please hurry up." Long Qing said "kindly", "I am also very embarrassed about this matter. If someone makes a false accusation, I will punish him for the crime of deceiving the emperor after I find out; but so Most of the excerpts are played jointly by the censors, which has a great influence, and I must pay attention to it!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister has been an official in the court for decades and has made countless enemies." Xu Jie is also going all out now, after all, this matter has a lot to do with him, "This matter must be the work of a traitor."

"I really believe what Elder Ge said, but if that's the case, I won't ask any more. Where is the prestige of the court and where is my prestige? I'm afraid these censors will be disheartened in the future." The old god Long Qing said in a down-to-earth manner.

Hearing what he said, Xu Jie was a little speechless.Long Qing brought out the great truth, Xu Jie was so suppressed that his face was flushed, but he couldn't speak.

Long Qing didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he said, "Don't worry about Elder Ge, I'll leave it to the Li Ke to investigate the matter with Zhang Qi and Dali Temple. I believe that Elder Ge will be cleared up. Retire."

The Ming Dynasty also set up corresponding six departments in addition to the six departments. Although Shizhong was only an official of the seventh rank, he was responsible for assisting the emperor in governing, supervising the six departments, picketing and impeaching officials. The power to reject the emperor's pardon is not small.In addition, the Ming Dynasty was very tolerant to the officials, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very worried about the ministers. He gave all the rights in the affairs of the censor and the six departments.

Everyone respectfully sent Long Qing away, and gradually retreated.Xu Jie stood there, but his heart was going cold.Who is Zhang Qi? Zhang Qi and Xu Jie have grievances, and they hate Xu Jie to the bone.Back then Xu Jie held the title of Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Qi was an official of the Ministry of Rites, just because Xu Jie didn't like Zhang Qi, no matter how great his ability was, he was not allowed to display it.For so many years, Zhang Qi has become a member of the Rites by virtue of his qualifications and personality. Although he has a lot of power, he is only a seventh-rank speaker after all. It is a shame for him who has been in the court for decades.If Zhang Qi is asked to cooperate with Dali Temple to investigate the case this time, Xu Jie will not be punished to death!

Looking at the back of his mentor, Zhang Juzheng realized for the first time that he was really old.Although he has different political views from him, he is his mentor after all, not to mention anything else, even this support and kindness is also remarkable.But Zhang Juzheng couldn't go forward to comfort him, Xu Jie was arrogant, if Zhang Juzheng said some comforting words, it would be regarded as a kind of boring sympathy.

Xu Jie turned around and saw Zhang Juzheng standing there with an old complexion.He came in front of Zhang Juzheng and said: "You don't have to worry about being a teacher. I'm afraid that the gods will not save you this time, but you won't have to worry about your life. Being a teacher still has some weight in His Majesty's eyes."

"Teacher, I..." Zhang Juzheng was interrupted by Xu Jie just as he was about to speak.

"You have different views on politics than Wei Shi. After you go out as a teacher, the only one who can compete with you in the court is the old man Gao Gong. He must be very proud at home now." Xu Jie said, "You don't have to I am sad to be a teacher. I have been a teacher and an official for dozens of years. I haven’t experienced any storms, and I haven’t seen any ups and downs. Back then, Yan Song was extremely powerful, but he was not driven away by the teacher. You have to remember one thing, never let People have caught your handle."

Zhang Juzheng was very moved after hearing his words, after all, the relationship between teachers and students is hard to erase.Zhang Juzheng straightened his clothes and bowed to Xu Jie, but Xu Jie didn't look at him, turned around and left the hall, his figure was rather chic.

A few days later, news spread from the imperial court that Xu Jie asked Long Qing to resign, and Long Qing did not pursue Xu Jie's problems any more, and allowed him to go home to live his life.The news of Xu Jie's official appointment swept across the capital like a strong wind, and spread outward at an extremely fast speed.Everyone knows that the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is just a trustee because of his old age, but now is not the time to discuss these things.The seat of Xu Jie's chief assistant is vacant, and the power vacuum in the cabinet will bring about huge changes. Officials in all states and governments will also have to re-elect their bosses.Zhang Juzheng was considered to be the best candidate, and Long Qing admired him very much. Even Zhu Yijun's biological mother Li Guifei and Bingbi eunuch Feng Bao often spoke well of Zhang Juzheng.However, no one expected that Zhang Juzheng proposed a candidate to Long Qing, asking Long Qing to reactivate Gao Gong who was resting at home.

The whole court and even Long Qing himself were very surprised. Now Gao Gong's reinstatement to the cabinet is certain, but he may not be able to take over the position of chief assistant. Zhang Juzheng is now in the midst of his reputation, so why would he resign and instead recommend someone who has a gap with him? high arch.Zhang Juzheng said to the outside world that it was because his mentor Xu Jie became an official, and he was bored and unable to be the chief assistant, but no one would believe this, and Zhang Juzheng didn't explain much, leaving it to everyone to guess.

At this time, Zhang Fan, who was far away in the northern kingdom, was worrying about the Tatar issue with Wang Xilie and others, and he was completely unaware of the major changes in the capital.He didn't know that his biggest obstacle was removed so easily.Sometimes history is so simple, accidental and inevitable complement each other, it is difficult to grasp.It's just that even if Zhang Fan knew the news in the capital, he didn't have time to sigh. He encountered a difficult situation, and saw a figure that he shouldn't have seen in this northern land!