I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 752: The duties a minister should perform

Gansu, Suzhou Wei.

Under the fierce attack for days, even though Suzhou Guards built forty-six castles, it was of no avail.

‘Dong dong dong——’

At this time, accompanied by a burst of intensive drumbeats, a dense group of Tatar soldiers who were not afraid of death, under the cover of artillery, launched a fierce attack on the city wall of Suzhou Guard.

Commander Yao Meng has long become numb to this. In recent days, he has gone through many such battles.

At this time, Yao Meng only knew how to load the ammunition mechanically, and then raise the musket to shoot. Since there were so many enemies, there was no need to aim too hard. Every time he fired a shot, one enemy fell down with a howl. .

The ground was covered with piles of corpses, and a lingering fishy smell filled the air.

'Boom! ''Boom! '

The Fran cannons and Tiger squatting cannons that had been erected on the tower earlier made a deafening roar that even shook the ground.

Suddenly, streams of white smoke were seen rising, and then the shells exploded in the crowd, causing limbs to fly everywhere. The people who were alive and well a second ago suddenly turned into a pile of rotten flesh.

The soldiers behind him trampled over the corpses of his companions, which had long been turned into a pile of rotten flesh, and continued to kill.

"kill!"

The shouts of death from the city were getting closer and closer, like huge waves, one wave higher than the other.

I saw Yao Meng biting open the paper shell bullet, and methodically pouring the gunpowder into the gun. After doing this, I saw him finally placing the metal warhead with a special small wooden stick. Stuffed into the barrel of the gun.

"Damn it, why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? Didn't they say they would arrive yesterday?"

After complaining like this, Yao Meng licked his chapped lips and pulled the trigger.

At this moment, there was just a loud bang, and a cannonball exploded on the city wall. Most of the defenders on the city wall were killed by the cannonballs on the spot, with blood splattering everywhere and body parts scattered everywhere.

In the air, a strong smell of blood gradually spread, making people feel nauseous.

Since the bomb exploded not far from Yao Meng, he only felt warm on his face.

He subconsciously reached out and wiped his face, and what came into view was bright red blood and some minced meat.

After repeatedly confirming that he was fine, Yao Meng endured the vomiting feeling in his heart and rejoined the battle.

"Come on, help me put it on the top. If the tower falls, we will all die!"

"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow quickly!"

At this moment, the city wall was already covered with blood and corpses were everywhere. From behind, the hoarse shouts of generals could be heard from time to time.

Immediately afterwards, arrows fell like raindrops, hitting the Tatar soldiers in front of them who were attacking the city wall without fear of death.

From time to time, Tatar soldiers fell to the ground wailing. Then, the soldiers behind them trampled on the bodies of their companions and continued to attack.

This round of arrow rain had its due effect. Soon, the Tatar soldiers' attack was delayed a little.

Under the organization of the general behind him, the defenders on the city tower finally managed to maintain their defense line.

‘Woo——’

At this moment, a horn sound was heard. After Yao Meng heard the horn sound, his brain suddenly shut down and his face became extremely pale, because it was an urgent horn sound.

Then, a soldier with a bloody face and a miserable state ran to the general who organized the defense before and reported in a deep voice: "General, the city wall on the left can no longer be defended. The enemy is almost there." Coming up!"

When the general heard this, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely ugly. Then, he pulled out the Yanling knife from his waist, looked at the soldier, gritted his teeth and ordered in a deep voice: "Damn it, can't you defend?" You have to keep it even if you live in it!”

"Come, come with me, General!"

"Yes, General!"

After that, the general was seen dispatching garrison troops from various places and moving non-stop towards the left city wall to support them.

On the other side, on the city wall, the Tatar soldiers who had ascended first were already fighting fiercely with the defenders on the city wall.

"Brothers, follow me and kill!"

On the city wall, the shouts of killing were deafening. The remaining Ming army had already fought with the Tatar soldiers who had climbed to the city tower first.

After a Ming army stabbed the Tatar soldier on the opposite side with the Yanling knife on his waist, he felt a chill on his neck, and then he fell to the ground helplessly like a bird with broken wings. In a pool of blood, he made a "ho ho" sound from his mouth.

"Brothers, kill and avenge your dead brothers!"

"The Great Khan said that as long as we can capture this place, we will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future!"

Gradually, the number of defenders on the city tower became smaller and smaller. Many corpses were lying on the ground. Blood gurgled along the corpses and gradually gathered into a small pool of blood around them.

Just when the Tatar soldiers who ascended first thought that they had captured the city wall.

Just hearing a cry of killing, the Ming army general arrived with reinforcements, and then started a fierce battle with the Tatar soldiers who had arrived first.

After experiencing the previous tragic battle, these Tatar soldiers who advanced first were already at the end of their strength, so they were quickly killed by the Ming troops who came to support them.

Yao Meng used extra force to pull out the Yan Ling knife from the dead enemy's chest, and then used the corpse to wipe off the blood on the knife.

The fierce battles in the past few days had already exhausted Yao Meng. He could barely support his body with the Yanling knife, lowered his eyes, looked at the ground casually, and said to himself: "Damn it, the reinforcements we promised are here. These bastards are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Just as Yao Meng was complaining, he heard a sound of gongs in the distance symbolizing Ming Jin's retreat.

Those Tatar soldiers who were already exhausted, after hearing the gong sound of Ming Jin's retreat, their faces were full of the expression of surviving the disaster, and they quickly receded like the tide.

Seeing the enemy retreat, the cheers of the Ming army came from the city wall.

Seeing this, Yao Meng relaxed his tense nerves, and then he fell to the ground helplessly.

After resting for a while, I heard the order from the previous general coming from behind: "Transmit this general's order to collect the corpses immediately and strengthen the city wall!"

"Yes, General!"

……

On the other side, the Forbidden City, outside the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, looking at the Qianqing Palace in front of him, Xu Jie's face was full of urgency that could not be concealed.

It was he who proposed to Jiajing that he should "adopt a two-pronged approach with both kindness and power". On the one hand, he would support Tumaihan in eradicating traitors, and on the other hand, he would support Amutai in overthrowing the tyranny.

But now, the matter has come to an end. Both Tumaihan and Amutai have successfully signed the relevant agreements. In other words, no matter who wins, Ming's interests will be protected.

"I have to take this opportunity to show off in front of His Majesty!"

Just as Xu Jie was thinking in this way, he saw the guiding eunuch walking quietly in front of Xu Jie.

"Mr. Xu Ge, His Majesty is waiting for you inside, you can go in!"

"Well, please excuse me, father-in-law!"

Hearing this, Xu Jie suddenly came back to his senses, immediately leaned down and bowed his hands to the guiding eunuch to express his gratitude.

"No, Mr. Xu Ge doesn't have to be so polite. This is nothing more than our family's responsibility!"

After exchanging a few words, Xu Jie climbed up the steps and stepped onto the stairs of Qianqing Palace.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, Xu Jie looked at Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, then knelt down on the ground with a thump, and said respectfully: "I bow to your majesty, long live my emperor! "

When Jiajing heard this, he glanced over Xu Jie's body, waved his hand, and said: "Well, get up, Mr. Xu Ge!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's permission, Xu Jie just stood up slowly from the ground.

As soon as Xu Jie got up from the ground, he heard Jiajing's slightly confused voice: "Mr. Xu Ge, do you have something to report to me?"

Hearing this, Xu Jie nodded slightly, carefully took out two agreements from his sleeves, raised them high above his head, and responded in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have already completed the things you ordered me to do." !”

"These two agreements are the agreements signed by Tumaihan of the Chahar tribe and the ruling Amutai respectively with our Ming Dynasty!"

When Xu Jie said this, he paused for a moment and then continued to add: "Your Majesty, with these two agreements, no matter who wins then, the interests of our Ming Dynasty will not be affected in any way!"

After listening to Xu Jie's story, Jiajing's face was full of interest.

Immediately, he turned around and glanced at Lu Fang, who quickly understood. He immediately stepped forward, took the two agreements from Xu Jie's hands, and handed them to Jiajing. .

"His Majesty!"

"Ah."

After taking over the two agreements from Lu Fang, Jiajing read the contents with special concentration.

After a long time, Jiajing came back to his senses, put the two agreements in his hands aside, and looked at Xu Jie with eyes full of approval: "Well, Mr. Xu Ge, you have done a good job in this matter. I want to reward you well!"

When Xu Jie heard Jiajing's words, his face was full of humility. He lowered his head and respectfully responded: "Your Majesty, I don't want any reward. I just did my duty as a minister!"

Jiajing took in the expression on Xu Jie's face, waved his hand, and then said: "Even so, you still have to reward what you deserve!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, after pondering for a moment, he turned around, looked in the direction of Lu Fang, and said: "Lu Fang, please go to my internal funds!"

"As you command, Your Majesty!"

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, she immediately looked stern and responded in a deep voice.

After that, Lu Fang did not stay in the Qianqing Palace for too long, but left quietly.

……

Seeing this situation, Xu Jie suppressed the excitement in his heart, leaned down and said respectfully: "Thank you for your grace, your majesty. I will definitely kill you for your majesty's death!"

Jiajing did not comment on Xu Jie's words. Immediately, as if he suddenly remembered something, he looked in the direction of Xu Jie and asked with concern.

"By the way, Mr. Xu Ge, I heard that your eldest son, Xu Fan, has been sick and returned home for some time. Why, is his condition serious?"

"Do you need me to send an imperial physician over to take a look?"

When Xu Jie heard what Jiajing said, a look of panic suddenly flashed across his face.

Immediately, he lowered his head and responded respectfully: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, Quanzi's health has improved recently, and he should be cured after a while!"

When Jiajing heard this, he nodded slightly and then said, "Well, in this case, I'll be relieved!"

After that, the two chatted for a while, and they stopped talking until Lu Fang came back with a particularly exquisite brocade box.

Immediately, Jiajing waved his hand, looked in the direction of Xu Jie, and said, "Mr. Xu Ge, take a look at what's inside."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Xu Jie responded, he carefully took the brocade box from Lu Fang's hand and opened it.

After opening the brocade box, what comes into view is a jade pendant with excellent appearance and excellent carving skills.

Xu Jie could tell at a glance that the material of this jade pendant was mutton-fat jade, which was very fine, warm, and shiny like fat. It was of the highest quality.

Immediately, a look of fear appeared on Xu Jie's face, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this... this is too precious, I cannot..."

Before Xu Jie finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jiajing: "Okay, what is valuable or not? It's just a jade pendant. Since I gave it to you, accept it well!"

Seeing that Jiajing had spoken to this extent, Xu Jie no longer refused, and immediately closed the brocade box, with a look of gratitude on his face, and respectfully responded: "As you command, Your Majesty!"

Jiajing took in the expression on Xu Jie's face, nodded, and then ordered: "Okay, I have something to do next, so let's get here first!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will resign now!"

After holding the brocade box in his arms and bowing to Jiajing, Xu Jie stepped away from Qianqing Palace.

……

As night falls, Xu goes to his mansion in the capital.

After telling his servants not to disturb him, Xu Jie carefully opened the brocade box in the study, took out the jade pendant from the brocade box, and played with it carefully.

Under the illumination of the light, the jade pendant in Xu Jie's hand looked even more delicate and warm. After playing with it carefully for a while, Xu Jie couldn't put it down.

For Xu Jie, this is not just a jade pendant, it is a gift from His Majesty himself. It has special meaning and symbolizes His Majesty's favor!
After that, Xu Jie put the jade pendant in his hand back into the brocade box.

He planned to enshrine this jade pendant together with the pair of Ru kiln vases that Jiajing had given him last time.

Then, Xu Jie seemed to suddenly remember something, and said silently to himself: "By the way, I have to inform the family about the sea trade certificate quickly, so that they can prepare as soon as possible!"

Xu Jie thought of this and immediately started writing a letter with a brush dipped in ink.

(End of this chapter)