Mingshi

Chapter 1093 It's Too Late
Of course, I was also annoyed at Hu Zongxian's failure to live up to expectations, and gave him a lot of money, but he couldn't even go to sea to fight pirates.He was really disappointed with Xu Jie in his heart. It seemed that it was impossible to point Xu Jie to solve the current mess. Although he didn't like Gao Gong when it came to rebuilding Yuxi Palace, he couldn't care less about it at this time, so he To Huang Jin said:

"Go, call Xu Jie and Gao Gong."

By this time, it was already noon.Xu Jie walked out of the guard's room to go out to have some food. As soon as he went out, he saw Gao Gong coming out of the guard's room, and said with a smile:

"Master Gao, are you eating?"

Gao Gong also showed a smile on his face, nodded and said, "Together?"

Of course Xu Jie was not to be outdone, nodded and said, "Okay!"

The two walked side by side towards the outside of Beiyuan, Xu Jie asked indifferently: "I heard that Mr. Gao has gone to see His Majesty? Have you seen it?"

A trace of anger flashed in Gao Gong's eyes, and he regained his composure in an instant: "I didn't see it."

Xu Jie smiled silently, and then said lightly: "Lord Gao, don't worry too much, it's not good for your health, hehe..."

"Ah..." Gao Gong didn't get angry, but sighed and said, "I just don't want someone to mess up the country."

"You..." The grinning Xu Jie suddenly darkened.

Gao Gong was not too polite. Although he and Xu Jie were political enemies in the past and had some criticisms about Xu Jie's character, he generally felt that Xu Jie was not a traitor, and he was much better than Yan Song.However, regardless of Daming's rebuilding of Yuxi Palace, and a series of incidents caused by Yuxi Palace, Gao Gong was very disappointed with Xu Jie.A face also pulled down and said:
"Why? I'm not right? If Yuxi Palace is not rebuilt, even if there are refugees, there will be no rogues at all with the money needed to rebuild Yuxi Palace. Now that rogues are everywhere, Daming is already in chaos. It's not you What is it to disrupt the country in order to flatter His Majesty?"

Xu Jie said in a deep voice: "What you said is not the fundamental problem at all."

"The fundamental problem is not the rogues, that's just a small problem. The big problem is the rampant Japanese pirates at sea, and the Shibo Department is the big problem. May I ask Mr. Gao, is the Shibo Department related to the reconstruction of Yuxi Palace? Is it related to the rogues?"

"You still don't admit that you're in chaos!" Gao Gong said with a black face, "It's only been a few years since Daming had a city bureau? Before there was no city bureau, was Ming as chaotic as it is now? You made a good Ming like this Chaos, and no ability to solve the issue of the Shibo Department, Zhang Juzheng came back, and dared to hide it and not report it, he only knows how to flatter His Majesty, what are you not a chaotic country?
Even when Yan Song was in power, Daming had never been so chaotic. I think you are not as good as Yan Song. "

The two top officials of Ming Dynasty stopped in their tracks and glared at each other.The little eunuch on the side couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said:

"My lords, Your Majesty is still waiting!"

"Hmph!" Gao Gong flicked his robe sleeves fiercely, and strode away.

Xu Jie glared fiercely at Gao Gong's back, and also walked up.It's just that his face is more gloomy.Anxiety appeared in his eyes.He is not a fool. This time Emperor Jiajing summoned Gao Gong, which meant that Gao Gong, a salty fish, began to turn around, and his favor began to decline.Unless he has a way to solve all the current problems, I'm afraid Gao Gong will come back.

"No! Absolutely not. Absolutely cannot make Gao Gong turn over." Xu Jie gritted his teeth and walked towards the side hall.

The two walked into the side hall and paid respects to Emperor Jiajing.Emperor Jiajing pointed to Hu Zongxian's notebook on the imperial book case, and Huang Jin immediately picked up the notebook and handed it to Xu Jie.After Xu Jie finished reading, his expression didn't change much.

"His Majesty……"

"Show Gao Gong." Emperor Jiajing interrupted Xu Jie lightly.

Xu Jie calmly handed Hu Zongxian's brochure to Gao Gong, Gao Gong read it quickly, his face was not angry, but his brows were tightly knit, and his face was full of worry.

"Xu Jie!" Emperor Jiajing said at this time: "This is how you solve the problem for me and Ming? Are you solving the problem, or are you shirking responsibility? Sitting in the position of chief assistant in the cabinet, you must have someone to solve the problem If you don’t have the ability, don’t sit down.”

Xu Jie's unmoving expression finally changed. He could see that Emperor Jiajing was really furious this time, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.Said softly:
"Your Majesty, raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while..."

"That depends on what kind of soldiers it is!" Emperor Jiajing's voice increased significantly: "As the chief assistant of the cabinet, don't you know that Ming's soldiers are fine on the shore, but weak at sea? Are you asking Hu Zongxian to encircle and suppress, or To die? Now there are bandits all over the place, so many days, and the army that went out to encircle and suppress has not yet moved out, if Hu Zongxian is defeated again at sea, are you going to ruin Daming?"

"The old minister is guilty!" Xu Jie knelt down with a thud.

Emperor Jiajing's chest heaved for a while, then he looked at Gao Gong and said, "Do you have a good plan?"

Gao Gong looked solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the pirates in the southeast can be put aside temporarily. After all, they did not invade the territory of Daming, and only affected the maritime trade of the Shibo Division. In the past, we did not have a Shibo Division. It's also like this, and it's not as chaotic as it is now.

As His Majesty said, bandits are everywhere now, and there are more victims.If we can't immediately provide a large amount of disaster relief, and then quickly wipe out the rogue bandits, the rogue bandits will expand further and form a torrent, endangering the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. This is the most important thing now. "

Emperor Jiajing's face was very ugly, but he had to nod in the end.

"go on!"

"Comprehensive disaster relief immediately, and the army immediately suppressed the bandits." After Gao Gong finished speaking, he closed his mouth.

Emperor Jiajing looked back and forth between Xu Jieyao and Gao Gong, and finally looked at Gao Gong:
"The two matters of disaster relief and suppression of bandits are now in your charge."

"Your Majesty, I can't do it." Gao Gong said in a deep voice.

"Can't do it?" Emperor Jiajing's voice suddenly rose again: "I can't do anything, what use do I need you?"

Gao Gong knelt down, silently took off his black gauze hat, and put it beside him.Xu Jie at the side shrank his eyes, and his expression became more gloomy.Emperor Jiajing looked at Gao Gong's movements and said with a very gloomy expression:

"What? Is this going to resign?"

"Your Majesty, it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. In the current situation, no one can save Daming without money."

Emperor Jiajing bit down and said, "I really don't want to rebuild Yuxi Palace."

"It's too late!" Gao Gong closed his eyes in pain.

"Xu Jie?" Emperor Jiajing glared at Xu Jie.

"Your Majesty..." Xu Jie sweated profusely: "Most of the silver in the warehouse has been replaced with materials, so there is not much money left. Originally, I hoped that the money from the Shibo Department would be able to fill the gap, but who knew... "

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