I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Seeing Jiajing asking him about candidates for recommendation, Xu Jie immediately looked happy, and after organizing the words in his mind, he responded without thinking.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I want to recommend you, and the minister of the Ministry of War, Fan Jia (zong), is going to take Hu Zongxian's place!"

"Fan Jia?"

Jiajing fell into deep thought after listening to Xu Jie's proposed candidates. He tapped the dragon head carved on the dragon chair lightly with his fingers, making a 'da da' sound.

Seeing this situation, Xu Jie became even more frightened and uneasy, and immediately lowered his head, quietly waiting for Jiajing's decision.

Time passed by like this, and Jiajing came back to his senses, and did not make a decision immediately, but turned his eyes to Yan Song who was aside, and asked.

"Yan Song, do you have any candidates to recommend to me?"

Yan Song heard Jiajing's words, and after thinking about it for a long time, he carefully proposed to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask Xu Xuemo, Minister of Rites, to take over Hu Zongxian's position?"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he was afraid that Jiajing would not agree with this candidate, so he added.

"Your Majesty, this Xu Xuemo is a Jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing. He is honest and upright. When Qiu Luan was ordered to build a fortress against the Tatars, there were many greedy and perfunctory places in it. Remove everything!"

"Later, Qiu Luan held a grudge against Xu Xuemo because of this. After the project was over, everyone was rewarded, but Xu Xuemo didn't!"

Seeing Yan Song mentioning Qiu Luan again, Jiajing flew into a rage, and immediately slammed the table, gritted his teeth and said.

"This Qiu Luan, I really took advantage of him back then!"

Xu Jie at the side heard this and secretly thought that it was not good. No one in the Manchu Dynasty knew that the civil and military officials knew that the emperor hated the former General Qiu Luan the most. Even after his death, he ordered people to open the coffin and kill the corpse.

He, Yan Song, deliberately mentioned Qiu Luan at this time, in order to bring out Xu Xuemo's glorious image in disguise.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, he clenched his fists, and said to himself silently: "Hmph, this Yan Song is really shameless!"

Xu Jie knew very well that when Xu Xuemo's mother was seriously ill, Yan Song specially sent a famous doctor to treat him. Later, after Xu Xuemo's mother recovered from the illness, Xu Xuemo was grateful for Yan Song's kindness, and followed Yan Song and his son to do things for her.

However, this Xu Xuemo is a rare honest and upright person in the strict party. Perhaps to avoid suspicion, Yan Song did not allow this Xu Xuemo to participate in many affairs of the strict party.

Soon, after Xu Jie organized the words in his mind, he followed up with admonishment to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, although the Japanese pirates currently entrenched in the southeast coast have been wiped out, with the lifting of the sea ban by the imperial court, the local people in Zhejiang, as well as the Raksha people you mentioned earlier, or the English and French, There is more communication!"

"There is a saying that people who are not of my race will have a different heart, and you must not treat barbarians lightly!"

"Therefore, I feel that it is very necessary to send an official who is good at knowing and using soldiers to go to Zhejiang to take over Hu Zongxian's position!"

Seeing this situation, Lu Fang, who had been by Jiajing's side from the beginning, shook her head imperceptibly, and said to herself.

"Although the candidates proposed by the two of you each have their own merits, I'm sorry, but the candidate to replace Hu Zongxian has long been decided!"

"Your Majesty asked you to inquire about this matter, and it's just a formality!"

Sure enough, after listening to the candidates recommended by Yan Song and Xu Jie respectively, Jiajing pretended to hesitate. After thinking for a while, he looked at Yan Song and Xu Jie who had already started to fight each other and refused to give in to each other, and said slowly.

"Well, the candidates you two proposed to me are both very good, but..."

Hearing Jiajing's words, Yan Song and Xu Jie's hearts suddenly 'thumped', secretly thinking something was wrong.

"Oops, something bad happened. Your Majesty already has someone he likes in his heart. Asking us about this matter this time is just a formality!"

After Yan Song and Xu Jie looked at each other, they both saw such thoughts in each other's eyes.

Not long after that, Jiajing cleared his throat, turned his gaze to Yan Song and Xu Jie, and asked.

"What do you think of Zhao Zhenji?"

"What, Zhao Zhenji!"

After Yan Song and Xu Jie heard the candidate proposed by Jiajing, they couldn't help but turn pale with shock, and immediately lost their voices.

Immediately, after Xu Jie organized the words in his mind, he stood up and advised Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, I feel that it is really inappropriate for this Zhao Zhenji to take over Hu Zongxian's position!"

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he added without waiting for Jiajing to respond.

"Your Majesty, although this Zhao Zhenji is alert and extremely efficient, he is a rare capable official, but he really lacks responsibility. He is known as "non-stick pan" in the court on weekdays!"

"Because of this, I feel that it is not an appropriate choice to entrust Zhao Zhenji to govern a rich and prosperous place like Zhejiang. On Zhao Zhenji's shoulders, he cannot afford the people of Zhejiang!"

Jiajing was noncommittal to Xu Jie's words, and immediately turned his eyes to Yan Song who was aside, and asked instead.

"Old Yan Ge, what do you think?"

Seeing that Jiajing's eyes fell on him, Yan Song suddenly fell into a dilemma. On the one hand, he really didn't want Zhao Zhenji to go to Zhejiang to take over Hu Zongxian's position. He wanted Zhejiang to continue to be in the hands of officials who obeyed his orders.

On the other hand, since Jiajing has already proposed his favorite candidate, it means that there is no room for negotiation on this matter. If he continues to persuade him hard like this, he will only annoy the emperor and cannot gain any real benefit from it.

After weighing the pros and cons, Yan Song gritted his teeth, and after taking a deep breath, he turned his gaze to Jiajing who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Zhao Zhenji is the most suitable candidate. I recommend Zhao Zhenji to go to Zhejiang to take over Hu Zongxian's position!"

Seeing that Yan Song gave up so easily, Xu Jie couldn't help showing a look of surprise on his face, but then, as if he had figured something out, he loosened his fist powerlessly, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Seeing that Yan Song had made the right decision, Jiajing nodded with satisfaction, and immediately gave instructions.

"Well, since Mr. Yan Ge recommended Zhao Zhenji to go to Zhejiang to take over Hu Zongxian's position, then this matter is settled!"

"Wait until the next cabinet meeting, follow the procedure, and go through it again!"

Seeing that Jiajing had already made a decision, Yan Song and Xu Jie could only nod their heads in agreement even though they felt extremely unwilling.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Seeing that the dust had settled, Jiajing looked away from Yan Song and Xu Jie, and immediately issued an order to evict the guests.

"Okay, now that the matter has been settled, you go back and continue to work!"

Yan Song and Xu Jie heard the words, looked at each other, and immediately knelt down on the ground, saying in unison.

"As you order, Your Majesty, I will retire now!"

"Ah."

Jiajing responded in a vague way, and immediately looked at Yan Song and Xu Jie, and walked out of Qianqing Palace. (end of this chapter)