I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 30 It’s a bad year, Lord Xu!
Zhang Juzheng saw his usually calm and composed teacher Xu Jie walking back and forth in the study in anger, and knew that he was really angry.

"Wang Huwen, what is he doing! He took charge of such a big matter without consulting me, and even put forward such a pretentious resolution. Who does he think he is? Can he cover it up?"

After hearing Xu Jie's angry question, Zhang Juzheng understood clearly.

It was nothing more than Wang Huwen, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and a core member of the Zhejiang Party, who wanted to curry favor with his teacher, so he acted first and reported later in order to give his teacher a big surprise.

The result is now a big shock.

Wang Huwen got out of his depth this time and was caught by Yan Song. He will most likely be beaten to death.

Xu Jie was still furiously cursing his teammates, "They thought that Yan Shifan was exiled, Yan Song had lost the emperor's favor and became a toothless tiger, and the Jiangxi party had fallen into decline.

Gao Gong's Jin Party has not yet become powerful, and they think that we are the only one in the court, so they are arrogant and complacent. They forgot that Yan Song is still the chief minister of the cabinet and the emperor still favors him. Even if Yan Shifan is not here, there is still Hu Zongxian in the southeast to support him! "

Xu Jie was so angry that he sat back in his seat, picked up the teacup, and drank it all in one gulp, barely suppressing the anger and restlessness in his heart.

Seeing Xu Jie gradually calm down, Zhang Juzheng said, "Teacher, I heard that the Zhang and Wu families in Suzhou, the Yang family in Jiaxing, the Lin family in Kunshan, and the Gu family in Ningbo have all sent their trusted aides to the capital. Some people say that silver and silk are being shipped from Jiangnan to the capital in boatloads."

"Really?" Xu Jie was shocked.

Even Uncle Zhang knew about it. This was such a big fuss. No wonder Yan Song got hold of the evidence so easily and the Emperor of Xiyuan was also dissatisfied.

Also, has your family accepted bribes?

Thinking of this, Xu Jie was shocked and hurriedly called Zhang Juzheng.

"Uncle, please sit down for a moment. I have remembered something and need to tell them something."

"Teacher, please help yourself."

Xu Jie lifted his collar and hurried out, calling out the name of his most trusted steward loudly, and then the two of them walked away.

After a while, Xu Jie came back with a sullen face, sat on the chair, and didn't speak for a while.

Zhang Juzheng knew that it must be someone around Xu Jie who accepted bribes from those five families.

His son, favorite concubine, and trusted steward may have all accepted a lot of filial gifts with a smile.

The people around Lord Xu couldn't afford to spend one or two thousand taels of silver. The five families involved in the crime must have spared no expense to save their lives and were very generous.

Everyone in the Xu family benefited from this and must have passed the message to Wang Huwen.

After Wang Huwen heard the words from the Xu family, he thought it was Lord Xu's intention, so he dared to act so boldly.

Zhang Juzheng knew that there were few truly honest officials in the Ming Dynasty. Those censors who criticized corrupt officials were mostly venting their anger.

You guys are greedy for money and live a luxurious life, but why is it that we have nothing to be greedy for and can only eat carrots and starve?

For example, Wang Huwen, who used to be a clear-minded person among the clear-minded people, cursed the corrupt officials of the Yan Party and wished he could eat their flesh.

现在
I believe that if the house is searched, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver will be found.

There is another question. The fact that Wang Huwen's ministry proposal was submitted to Xiyuan and then rejected shows that it was drafted by the cabinet.

Who drafted it?

Zhang Juzheng didn't dare to ask.

Xu Jie finally spoke, "Uncle, I heard that Yan Jiehu was summoned back to the capital from his native Jiangxi province by the emperor. Was it your students who instigated this?"

"Teacher, the prince never discusses political affairs with us in the study hall."

"Never discuss it? Sometimes he doesn't even discuss it and makes the decision on his own?" Xu Jie was curious.

Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly and said, "Teacher, this student of mine has great ideas, and his thoughts are unconventional. Li Shilu, Pan Shiliang and I have a deep understanding of this."

Xu Jie was a little unsure about the role the prince played in this.

News coming from Xiyuan channels said that the prince's influence on the emperor was growing.

But judging from the information from Zhang Juzheng, it seems to be a different story.

The prince is only eight or nine years old. He can think through all these things on his own without consulting a teacher?

Xu Jie absolutely didn't believe it.

Could it be the emperor?
It is possible that in order to train his holy grandson well, he taught the crown prince step by step, expressed his intentions through the prince's mouth, and established prestige for him.

Xu Jie believed that Zhang Juzheng would not lie to him. There was more than one teacher in the Prince's Academy near Xi'an Gate. If he concealed something, it would be exposed once he asked.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie couldn't help but complain about Emperor Jiajing.

"The emperor made an exchange with us. When we agreed to set up the Coordination Office, he became strict. Now the Coordination Office is under the management of Zhao Zhenji, Yang Jinshui and others. It is very successful, just like the Shaofu of the Ming Dynasty. We don't have to worry about the suppression of Japanese pirates in the southeast and the expenses of the palace.

But what about Yan Shifan? After Yan Shifan was exiled, nothing happened. Yan Jiehu is still bossing around in the cabinet, tyrannical and domineering. "

Zhang Juzheng could hear his teacher's complaints, but he didn't dare to continue talking about it.

Emperor Jiajing, who dares to resent him?

Zhang Juzheng talked about another thing, "Teacher, I heard that Yan Shifan escaped from his exile in Leizhou and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi, where he is living happily in the Yan family compound."

Xu Jie's eyes flashed with coldness, "There is such a thing. Yan Donglou really brought this upon himself!"

Zhang Juzheng suddenly remembered that the fact that Yan Shifan had escaped seemed to have been revealed to him "accidentally" by the prince.

Seeing his teacher Xu Jie's expression, Zhang Juzheng suddenly realized that he was being used as a gun by his own student again.

Damn, being a crappy teacher is so tiring!

The students are so stupid and tired!
Too smart, more tiring.

As the teacher of both the father and son, one is unable to lead and the other cannot keep up, both are exhausted!
Tired!
In the backyard of Prince Yu's Mansion, Concubine Li quietly asked her confidant, a housekeeper of the palace.

"Madame Li, have you found out the whereabouts of my cousin Wang Gu?"

"To reply to Madam Concubine, I have been asking around and finally found out that Steward Wang has been imprisoned."

"Imperial prison?" Li was shocked.

This is not a good place.

"Why was my cousin taken away?"

Yeah, how could my cousin be qualified to go there?

"To answer Concubine, I don't know either. I just heard that it was the Jinyiwei who did it, and they charged Steward Wang with the crime of stealing and selling military equipment."

Li was frightened.

This crime is not a small one, barely enough to get sent to the Imperial Prison.

Who did it, Yan Fu?
Probably not.

Yan Song has fallen from power and his influence is gone. I heard that he is now behaving himself to the extreme. Moreover, Yan Song is cunning and treacherous, so how could he offend His Royal Highness Prince Yu, who is actually the crown prince?

Xiyuan?

Li felt that he had found the truth.

I just heard Prince Yu mention this matter occasionally and was very indignant, so I thought of asking my cousin to step forward and vent His Highness's anger, so that he would be appreciated and reused, and then I would have someone of my own in the palace to help me.

I never expected that I would die before accomplishing my mission!
What a cruel little bastard!

Li gritted her teeth and made up her mind secretly!
I must get pregnant with your prince's child, and then snatch away your luck and take away your position as crown prince.

I want to sit on the throne of Queen Mother and step on you under my feet!

Zhu Yijun in the Western Garden soon received news that Yan Song had taken action in the cabinet.

As expected of Lord Yan, his moves were experienced and sharp, and each one of them was fatal.

Is Yan Song a good person?

surely not.

I know this, and so does my grandfather.

But as the emperor is in a high position, he will not consider whether this person is good or bad. He will only consider whether this person can be used and whether he is useful or not.

At the same time, Zhu Yijun also received another piece of news that Hai Rui, a morally perfect man of the Ming Dynasty, was brewing a storm in the Ministry of Justice.

It's a bad year, Lord Xu!
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