Mingshi

Chapter 879

"En!" Luo Xin nodded slightly.

"No, Zhang Shijie really dares to embezzle so much money?" Hisun asked in disbelief.

"Yes!" Luo Xin said firmly.

"How come? That's His Majesty's silver."

"Hehe..." Luo Xin chuckled softly, "They don't think so. They think that only the silver they give to His Majesty belongs to His Majesty, and if they don't give it to His Majesty, it doesn't belong to His Majesty."

"It's a pity that no one of us is walking in the cabinet. I don't know if Hu Zongxian's memorial has arrived?" Liu Wenxiu said regretfully.

"It should be here." Luo Xin said softly.

"You... Hu Zongxian really formed an alliance with you again?" Tao Xingyan asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "I provided him with a lot of data and information on his memorial. Otherwise, with his ability, he would not be able to obtain real internal data."

"You trust Hu Zongxian so much? Aren't you afraid that Hu Zongxian will beat you back?"

"No!" Luo Xin said firmly: "At least, not for the time being."

"What's going on?" Zhang Xun asked, "Hu Zongxian and Xu Jie teamed up to deal with you before. Why did Hu Zongxian suddenly form an alliance with you again?"

"Don't ask me about this. You just need to know that the current Hu Zongxian is in an alliance with me."

Zhou Yu suddenly laughed: "I'm afraid Xu Jie is still in the dark, right? I wonder what he will look like after he learns that Hu Zongxian has impeached Zhang Shijie? Hahaha..."

"Hahaha..." Everyone also laughed.

What happened in Yuxi Palace spread throughout the entire officialdom in the capital in the morning of the next day.Even some people in some teahouses and restaurants knew about it, and gathered together to whisper.

At night.

Xu Jie sat in the study with a heavy face, and Xu Luqing hurried in.

"Father, what Hu Zongxian said is true?"

Xu Jie glanced at Xu Luqing, lowered his eyes again, and said nothing.Xu Luqing sat down on the chair, as long as she saw Xu Jie's expression, Xu Luqing knew that what Hu Zongxian said was basically the truth.

but……

Why did Hu Zongxian do this?
"Father, isn't Hu Zongxian one of us? How could he?"

Xu Jie shook his head slowly and said: "Hu Zongxian was never one of us, it was just a temporary alliance. The original alliance was to deal with Luo Xin, but now that Luo Xin has left Southeast, there is no danger to Hu Zongxian. It is of little value to Hu Zongxian."

"However, even if we have little value to Hu Zongxian, it is still valuable, right? He wouldn't turn his face and deny people like this? In other words, even if we have lost value to him, if he breaks with us like this, we can help him It's difficult, but it's not difficult to kill him, right? Is he going to turn against us like this?"

"No! Hu Zongxian is not a stunned young man. He has been able to operate in the southeast for so long and reach such a high position. How could he just turn against me for his father? There must be someone playing tricks inside."

"Trickster? Who?"

"Who else can there be?" Xu Jie's eyes showed a trace of hostility: "Except for Gao Gong, who else can there be?"

A hint of shock appeared in Xu Luqing's eyes: "Father, do you mean that Gao Gong and Hu Zongxian have joined forces? In this way, we may not be able to keep Zhang Shijie."

A pensive look appeared on Xu Jie's face: "We are not afraid of Gao Gong joining forces with Hu Zongxian, we are not afraid of Gao Gong joining forces with anyone, but what we are afraid of is why Gao Gong and Hu Zongxian join forces. If we can't figure out why If we lose in a vague way, we will lose step by step in the future, but as long as we figure out the reason, even if we can't break the opponent's persecution this time, we can fight back because of it.

We are not afraid of failure, but we are afraid of not being able to know the enemy and ourselves.

This time, Gao Gong's sense of proportion was perfect, and it happened that Zhang Shijie handed over the customs duty to the capital. Originally, His Majesty would be unhappy when he saw that the tariff was reduced by more than 100 million taels. Then he saw Hu Zongxian's memorial. Big trouble. "

"Then what do we do?"

"Send someone to the southeast and tell Zhang Shijie to destroy all evidence as soon as possible. If this matter cannot be avoided in the end, let him bear it all, and tell him that with the old man around, he will be idle for a few years at most, and then I will find a way to let him When he becomes an official, let him be a high official and rich salary."

"The court hall?"

"Stay silent on the surface, and investigate secretly. The capital and the southeast will investigate together. We must find out the reason why Gao Gong and Hu Zongxian joined forces."

"Father, what did Gao Gong say today?"

"This old guy seems to be okay, he doesn't say a word at all." Xu Jie said angrily.

Xu Luqing rolled her eyes and said, "Father, why don't you take the initiative to mention it tomorrow."

"Why did you mention it?" Xu Jie said in displeasure, "Let that old man laugh at me for no reason."

"Test his attitude, maybe you can see a little clue."

Gao Gong pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Let's see the situation tomorrow. You can arrange someone to go to Dongnan to meet Zhang Shijie immediately tomorrow."

High House.

Inside the study.

Wang Xijue looked at Gao Gong and said, "My lord, Zhang Shijie will definitely not escape His Majesty's punishment this time, right?"

"He can't escape." Gao Gong said lightly.

"Then Master Xu?"

"Xu Jie!" Gao Gong shook his head and said, "The most this matter is dismissing Zhang Shijie and cutting off Xu Jie's arm. It is not enough to involve Xu Jie himself. Xu Jie is old and cunning. , I will shake this matter cleanly, and not a single leaf will touch my body."

"How could it be? Then Hu Zongxian's memorial was written clearly." Wang Xijue refused to accept it.

"Hehe..." Gao Gong said with a smile: "You are still too young, Zhang Shijie will take everything down. Naturally, Xu Jie will not be involved in the slightest."

Wang Xijue was silent for a moment, nodded lightly, and then said with bright eyes: "In any case, Zhang Shijie's dismissal is certain this time, and the relationship between Zhang Shijie and Xu Jie cannot be denied, and Zhang Shijie was appointed as the prefect of Hangzhou at the time. Recommended. This time the magistrate of Hangzhou is vacant, His Majesty will not trust Xu Jie’s recommendation, will he? This is our chance to hold Hangzhou in our hands.”

"Not bad!" A smile appeared on Gao Gong's face: "This is the only substantial gain we have obtained, and there is also a virtual aspect, that is, His Majesty has an opinion on Xu Jie. And... the virtual aspect, although it may be seen in front of us, Nothing, but the deadliest."

Speaking of this, Gao Gong looked at Wang Xijue cordially and said, "You have a preparation, I am going to recommend you to Hangzhou to His Majesty."

"Me?" Wang Xijue was surprised instead: "Where am I qualified?"

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(End of this chapter)