Wanli Youming

Chapter 35
This is impossible.

Xu Jie has been in the cabinet for many years, and his disciples and old officials have already spread all over the world.

Not to mention that Zhang Ju is his student, just the governors and officials of the Southern Capital Department along the way, there are also many old friends with the Xu family.

In fact, Wang Yongji came to pick up Xu Jie's son, and he was able to reach Huating smoothly. It can be regarded as the scholar-officials of this era who are doing Wang Yongji face.

Who made Wang Yongji also a member of the scholar-officials?

If it were people from Neiting Dongchang, a group of righteous people would suddenly appear and stage a drama recorded in "The Tombstone of Five People".

However, the imperial power is so great that there are many scholar-bureaucrats pleading for the Xu family.

But Xu Fan, who knew in advance that he was going to be arrested, was still uneasy.

"Father! Can you think of a way?"

Especially after learning that the imperial envoy Wang Yongji had brought the flag school soldiers to Huating, he couldn't calm down at all, and had to come to Xu Jie again to talk about it.

Xu Jie glanced at him helplessly, slammed his crutches on the ground, and said bitterly: "The old man said earlier that you should obey Jiang Ling's orders, don't act recklessly, don't act recklessly, you don't believe me, you think you'll forgive me Can you get what you want after crossing Jiangling?! You can become an official and exercise power? Now you know, as long as Zhang Jiangling doesn’t want you to become an official, you have no chance to become an official!”

"My son is also for the Xu family! No one in the Xu family can be an official! Otherwise, how will the nobles in the world think of my Xu family, father!"

Xu Fan cried and replied.

Xu Jie reprimanded: "Don't say such hypocritical things in front of your father! You are not doing it for the Xu family, you are doing it for yourself, and to have a black hat on your head!"

As he said that, Xu Jie said: "My Xu family doesn't need it, and I don't need Xu Jie either! As long as Jiang Ling is still here, I, Xu Jie, can sit back and relax, and my Xu family won't end up like Yan's family! But you You still have to push him out, thinking you can do it yourself. But you are no match for Jiangling, you are not even as good as Gao Xinzheng! Both of them can make people like Hai Rui who dare to criticize dragon scales be driven by them, you Can you? Do you think that if someone calls you a little old man, you really think of yourself as an old man?"

At this time, Xu Fan could only admit frankly: "What the father said is that the son is confused. The son didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to be so powerful. Taking advantage of Hai Rui's reputation to oppose the reorganization, Zhang Juzheng used Hai Rui to suppress them, killing two birds with one stone, Zhang Juzheng would have done nothing if he didn't use Hai Rui, once he used it, he could make him a sharp sword, and my son really admired it!"

"Remember, without Jiangling's protection, the magistrate of Huating could kill our Xu family! It's only been about Hai Rui, forget it?!"

Xu Jie heard what Xu Fan said, so he educated Xu Fan again.

"Yes, Hai'er knew he was wrong. Hai'er was obsessed with ghosts at the time, thinking that Feng Bao was reliable. But who knows, he fell so quickly."

Xu Fan replied.

Xu Jie got up and walked to the case, looked out the window, and said with a sneer, "Feng Bao is not the only one in the 24 yamen of the inner court. Besides, his opponent is still my student."

Xu Fan, who was kneeling on the ground, said, "But father, Jiang Ling hasn't heard from me recently. Will he really hate our Xu family because of this, and want to clean up our Xu family, and even want the child's head?"

"Are you afraid now?"

Xu Jie suddenly turned his head, sneered, and asked Xu Fan such a question.

Xu Fan didn't speak, just continued to kneel down dejectedly.

"Master, the imperial envoy has arrived."

At this moment, a servant of the Xu family hurried in and called out from the door.

"Father!"

Xu Fan couldn't help but looked up at Xu Jie again.

Xu Jie said, "You wait here first."

As he said that, Xu Jie ordered: "Come here, take off the uncle's coat first, and tie it up with rope!"

"Father!"

Xu Fan was shocked.

But Xu Jie ignored it, and just walked out: "Take me to change clothes, and put on the python robe given by the late emperor."

About a quarter of an hour later, Xu Jie changed into the python robe and said, "Open the middle door, set up the incense table, and welcome the imperial envoy."

Not long after, the middle door of Xu's house, which had not been opened for a long time, opened with a creak, and the moment Wang Yongji came in with the flag and soldiers, Xu Jie and his clansmen knelt down: "Veteran Xu Jie greets His Majesty. ?”

Wang Yongji came over and stopped in front of Xu Jie with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty is well."

Then, with a smile on his face, Wang Yongji stretched out his hand to Xu Jie and gave him a little support.

As a member of the scholar-bureaucrat class, Wang Yongji would not show his superiority as an imperial envoy to Xu Jie.

"Please get up, sir."

"everyone rises"

"Thank you, sir!"

Xu Jie and other members of the Xu family stood up tremblingly.

Wang Yongji then smiled and bowed: "Because the Zun Mansion is no better than other places, I didn't dare to enter the Tan Mansion without authorization, but I have the emperor's order, so I have to disturb it. Please forgive me, old man."

Xu Jie even said that he didn't dare, and then invited Wang Yongji to sit down in the middle hall, and personally accompanied him at the main seat. After three rounds of tea, he first smiled and asked, "I must have been disturbed a lot during the journey. ?”

"Everything can't escape the eyes of the old man."

Wang Yongji replied with a smile, and said: "The old man is well-known outside the world, and he has benefited the world. It is reasonable to ask for mercy, but the old man can rest assured that he did not dare to accept money and other things, only a few dozen. Private letter."

Xu Jie smiled and nodded, then asked, "Do you have a letter from Jiang Ling?"

Wang Yongji said, "No."

Hearing what Wang Yongji said, Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The old man has heard about it, but the servants don't know about it. It's all caused by the bad things of the servants. The dog doesn't know about it, but just I thought it was a skillful worker recruited from the people, but I never thought it was a weaver for the royal family, and I didn't intend to take advantage of the country. Please make it clear to Jiangling after you go to Beijing."

Wang Yongji nodded: "Yuanfu naturally understands, so before Bencha left, he specially asked Bencha to tell the old man a few words, and please rest assured."

Then, Xu Jie said: "But please tell me the truth."

Wang Yongji said: "Yuanfu means that what Shixiong did is really too much! Turning the weavers who made the royal dragon robes into our own weavers, to be serious, it can be said that there is a conspiracy."

"But Yuan Fu said that he would never believe that the Xu family would behave like this. There must be something hidden, and Yuan Fu only hoped that the Xu family must pay attention to discipline in the future, so as not to be targeted again;"

"In addition, the old man must also know that the examination method has been promulgated and started to be implemented, so once the Xu family's Fu Fu is found out, please ask the Xu family to take the lead in paying it, so as not to become a target of public criticism again;"

"Also, after passing the exam, there will inevitably be official grievances, and I ask the old gentleman to clear it up for me, so that the court can understand the old gentleman's loyalty to the country;"

"Of course, the old gentleman must also know that after passing the exam, he will clear the land. And when the time comes, the old gentleman should also warn the children to cooperate with the new policy, so that the imperial court will know that the Xu family is loyal, and then there will be no worries."

After Wang Yongji said that, he said, "I wonder if the old man has something to convey to Yuanfu?"

After a long while, Xu Jie let out a long sigh: "Uncle, you are a minister!"

As he said that, Xu Jie said: "Then please tell Jiang Ling, what he wants to do, he can do it without worry. If there is any bad relationship between the children of the family and the old man's disciples, I will trouble him to clean up the house for me."

After Wang Yongji heard this, he stood up and bowed: "It is enough to have your old words."

Then, Wang Yongji said: "Brother, please accept the order."

Xu Jie nodded, and said: "Bring up that rebellious son, and bring up that evil slave who committed heinous crimes behind the Xu family's back!"

Not long after, Xu Fan and Xu De, the housekeeper of the Xu family, were brought up by the Xu family, and they both knelt down in front of Wang Yongji.

Wang Yongji then began to take out the imperial decree and read it: "The edict said: Find out that Xu Fan, the young minister of the Taichang Temple, is suspected of colluding with eunuchs, spying on the secrets of the forbidden court, and interfering in the government..."

(End of this chapter)