Mingshi

Chapter 1082 Essence
"it is good!"

Huang Jin looked at a young eunuch standing in front of him, and asked in a low voice, "Just this one sentence?"

"Yes!"

Huang Jin waved his hand to let the little eunuch go down, stood up, and walked back and forth on the ground.Whispered in a low voice:

"Liu Shouyou is preparing to present a memorial to His Majesty? What memorial? What does Luo Xin say by saying that?"

Huang Jin walked back and forth a few more steps, then stopped abruptly, with a serious look on his face.

"It must be about refugees and bandits. I was worried about Xu Jie before, so I also suppressed the news. It seems that Liu Shouyou is ready to report it. If Liu Shou has reported it, but I haven't reported it, wouldn't it appear that I am a fool? Factory incompetent?

No!

I have to report too. "

In a side hall in Beiyuan, Huang Jin stood in front of Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing looked at the fold in his hand, his brows gradually frowned, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Huang Jin and said:
"Is this all true?"

"Yes!" Huang Jin replied softly.

"Report to Your Majesty!" At this time, a young eunuch outside came in and said, "Commander Jin Yiwei envoys Master Liu to ask to see His Majesty."

Luo Xin sat in Jin Yiwei's room, holding a cup of tea in his hand, his eyes seemed to look beyond the walls, towards the palace, towards Beiyuan.

"At this time, Liu Shouyou should have met Emperor Jiajing, and Huang Jin should have passed the booklet to Emperor Jiajing, right? I don't know how Emperor Jiajing will react."

Time passed in silence, Luo Xin waited silently.

Xu Jie was summoned by Emperor Jiajing. At this time, Xu Jie was standing in front of Emperor Jiajing, looking at the excerpts of Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin. After he finished reading, his face was already pale, and his temples were covered with sweat.Looking at Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin, he said in a trembling voice:

"Is this all true?"

"Yes!" Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin nodded together.

Emperor Jiajing found out from a pile of memorials the copy on the high arch, read it again, and handed it to Xu Jiedao:

"Look at it. This is Gao Gong's booklet before. He has seen the problem long ago. As the chief minister of the cabinet, have you not seen it?"

Gao Gong sat in his own room in the cabinet, drinking tea leisurely.

Both Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin went to see His Majesty. It should be that the two of them realized the seriousness of the natural disaster, so His Majesty should know the disaster situation in various places, so they called Xu Jie to go.

"What will His Majesty do?"

"Your Majesty!" Xu Jie knelt down in the tunnel and said, "On the first day that the old minister rebuilt Yuxi Palace for His Majesty, he received many memorials. They were all copies of money from various ministries in the capital. They needed money, but they absolutely It was not that urgent, so the old minister ignored it. In the next few days, hundreds of copies came from all over the country, all asking for money, with various reasons.; The old minister has been in the cabinet for nearly 20 years, and has never met I have seen such a dense collection of requests for money, so the veteran thought that this must be the collusion and promotion of those officials who did not want His Majesty to rebuild the Yuxi Palace. Therefore, the veteran ignored it. Who knows, it will actually happen refugees.

but……

The veteran believes that the matter is definitely not as serious as the memorial said, and the veteran will immediately send people down to investigate, and the disaster-affected places will immediately provide relief.If there is a lie..."

"Then take their official hats!" Emperor Jiajing said coldly.

Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin on the side both looked very unsightly, Huang Jin said in a dark voice: "Master Xu, you mean that there are lies in my memorial?"

"Hmph!" Liu Shouyou on the side also snorted coldly.

Xu Jie hurriedly shook his head and said, "You two are wrong. I'm not talking about your notes, but those of the magistrates. There are many more natural disasters in their notes than in your notes."

Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin's expressions softened.Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie and said:
"Disaster relief is certain, but the construction of Yuxi Palace cannot be delayed."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Xu Jie immediately expressed his determination: "The money from the Ministry of Households is enough to build Yuxi Palace."

"What about disaster relief?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!"

A trace of helplessness rose in Xu Jie's heart. In fact, he knew it very well.Just suspend the reconstruction of Yuxi Palace for two months.Two months later, the silver in the treasury was first used for disaster relief.Two months later, the Shibo Department will send the money.At that time, you can continue to rebuild Yuxi Palace.However, he didn't dare to say that, he was afraid of causing Emperor Jiajing's fury and losing his favor.

"Two months, nothing major will happen! The big deal is to suppress the refugees. After two months, all problems will be resolved."

"Your Majesty, there will be no delay in rebuilding Yuxi Palace. After two months, the money from the Shibo Department will be delivered, and all problems will be resolved by then."

"Two months?" Emperor Jiajing pondered for a moment and asked, "Can the refugees persist?"

"There will be no problem. First let the state capitals open warehouses to release grain, and we can still hold on for two months."

"Okay! I believe you."

"Liu Shouyou!"

"The minister is here."

"How is Luo Xin recently?"

"He reads books every day and practices his Tai Chi."

"It's a very comfortable life!" Emperor Jiajing said lightly: "Let's all step back."

"Farewell, sir!"

Xu Jie returned to the cabinet and immediately issued an order for the state capitals to start releasing grain.After one order after another was issued, Xu Jie rubbed his brows with a tired look on his face.

At this moment, Xu Luqing walked in.

"Father, will Yuxi Palace continue to be repaired?"

"Of course!" Xu Jie nodded and said, "This is an opportunity for our Xu family to turn around. Anything can be delayed, but this matter cannot be delayed."

"But... I heard that natural disasters really happened everywhere."

"Don't worry, the Shibo Department will send you the money in two months. All problems will be solved."

"Two months? Those refugees..."

Xu Jie looked at his son and said in a low voice, "I learned the essence of being an official from Yan Song."

"The essence...the essence of being an official?"

"That's right!" Xu Jie said with a trace of helplessness on his face: "If you want to realize your ideals as a father, you must secure the position of chief assistant in the cabinet. If you want to secure this position, no matter how many things you do It's useless. Only by receiving the grace of the Holy One can we secure this position. How many outrageous things did Yan Song do back then?

However, it was because he was able to obtain the grace of the Holy Majesty that he sat firmly in this position until he was 83 years old.In fact, Yan Song's downfall played a limited role for his father and Luo Xin. It was because Yan Song was too old to do things for His Majesty, so he was abandoned by His Majesty.

From Yan Song's experience, I told my father that if you want to secure this seat, you have to do things for His Majesty.what to doDo what His Majesty wants to do.Whatever Your Majesty wants, we will do. Only in this way can we realize our ideals in this position. "

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