Mingshi

Chapter 1157 Outside the Palace Gate
Emperor Jiajing put the memorial on the imperial book case, looked at Gao Gong and Xu Jie, and said lightly:

"You civil officials are so full of benevolence and righteousness? When you talk about me, you are fighting for the interests of the people, but what do you want from your clean government? 80 taels, three people dare to embezzle 80 taels. And it is a major issue between countries, Or is it about military matters involving the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, how dare you covet such money?"

Gao Gong and Xu Jie were stunned at the time, what does this mean?Your Majesty didn't arrest them because of the trade issue?The eyes of the two couldn't help looking at Emperor Jiajing.Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said:

"I know the meaning of you two coming here, and I also understand what those officials kneeling outside the gate are doing. I will give them an explanation today. I will give you two cabinets today, give the officials a face, and don't kill these three People with foreign backgrounds let the three of them go, only confiscated their property, demoted them to common people, and never hired them. You two take the three of them away, and then take this memorial and arch it high."

"The minister is here."

"Take this note, go outside the palace gate, and read this note in front of the officials pleading for the lives of these three people."

Gao Gong took the paper, bowed and retreated.Walking outside the side hall, he hurriedly opened the booklet and read it quickly, then his face became very ugly, and he sighed deeply.He knew that Emperor Jiajing had an idea of ​​him, and he had a deep prejudice.It stands to reason that Xu Jie is the chief assistant of the cabinet no matter what, and Xu Jie should read this scripture, but Emperor Jiajing asked him to read it.

Just think about it, when this excerpt is read out in public, when the officials hear that the three people we pleaded for are actually corrupt officials, corrupt officials who have embezzled 80 taels of silver, and they have foreign connections, this is definitely Emperor Jiajing. The big slaps slapped the officials' faces, making a "slap, slap, slap" sound.And what followed was that they would all be at a disadvantage in competing with Emperor Jiajing for the power of the mutual market.

"These three idiots!"

Gao Gong couldn't help but glared at the three officials fiercely, but the faces of the three officials were full of despair.They know they are finished, their life is finished.

Seeing Gao Gong's angry look, Xu Jie on the side couldn't help saying softly: "Master Gao..."

"Let's have a look." Gao Gong handed the folder to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie took the notebook and read it hastily, his face became very ugly.Handing the booklet to Gao Gong, he also sighed heavily.I glanced at Liu Shou, but I didn't expect that after Lu Bing died, Jin Yiwei would still be everywhere.

wrong!

Xu Jie's heart moved, these three people were bribed by the Japanese envoy, and now the person in charge of dealing with the Japanese envoy is Luo Xin.Luo Xin must have expected this long ago.

wrong!

It should be that Luo Xin dug a hole for the Japanese envoy long ago, and also dug a hole for those who would accept bribes.And this mutual market was originally negotiated by Luo Xin.Could it be that Luo Xin and His Majesty jointly made the game?

Xu Jie was stunned.However, after that, he relaxed a little.Regardless of whether it was a game between Emperor Jiajing and Luo Xin, this game was not aimed at him, but at Gao Gong, because the book was not read by him, but by Gao Gong.This is Emperor Jiajing stretching out his hand to slap Gao Gong's face. After this incident, Gao Gong's prestige will be reduced, because these officials are not fools, and they can see that Emperor Jiajing is full of Gao Gong.In this way, his Xu Jie's status will increase accordingly.Because Emperor Jiajing would definitely not just hit Gao Gong once, and it would be over. He would already take this opportunity to improve Xu Jie's status.

Balance it!
Xu Jie, who has been an official for decades, is very familiar with Emperor Jiajing's way of balance.This is a balance that Emperor Jiajing felt that Gao Gong had the threat of controlling the court and ignoring Emperor Jiajing, so he had to strike a balance.As soon as this opportunity came, I grabbed it tightly.So, he handed the notebook back to Gao Gong and remained silent.

Xu Jie was silent, Gao Gong knew that Xu Jie was secretly happy, took the scripture, and sighed in his heart, knowing that the court would not be peaceful again.Just seeing Xu Jie pretending in his heart made him feel uncomfortable, and said lightly:
"I'm afraid after this incident, His Majesty's power will become stronger. The matter of the exchange market will become more difficult."

Xu Jie's expression changed. When the Shibo Department was established in the southeast, it was because Luo Xin was there that the Xu family was never given a chance.Later, with great difficulty, Luo Xin was run away.As a result, the Xu family was almost ruined by Luo Xin.

Now that there is a mutual market, the Xu family can never let go of this opportunity.He also wanted to use the mutual market to make up for the loss of the Xu Mansion last time.If in the end, because of the affairs of these three officials, the mutual market is completely in the hands of Emperor Jiajing, how can this be possible?

"Master Gao, what's your plan?"

Gao Gong shook his head, said nothing, just walked towards the gate of the palace.Xu Jie knew that although Gao Gong opposed the mutual market being controlled by Emperor Jiajing, his thoughts were different.

Gao Gong is a clean and honest person, the reason why he opposes Emperor Jiajing is that he really thinks that Emperor Jiajing is fighting for the interests of the people, and he doesn't have much selfishness.Therefore, after this incident, maybe Gao Gong would really agree with Emperor Jiajing to control the mutual market in order to stabilize his position in the court and obtain the understanding of Emperor Jiajing.

How is this possible?

Seeing that the gate of the imperial palace was getting closer and closer, Xu Jie finally gritted his teeth and said, "Master Gao, this scripture can be read by the two of us together."

Gao Gong understood in his heart that two people read a book, how is this possible?

Could it be that Gao Gong read one sentence and Xu Jie read one sentence?
What Xu Jie meant was that after Gao Gong finished reading the scriptures, he would also speak and stand with Gao Gong.In this way, Emperor Jiajing wanted to slap Gao Gong across the face, and Xu Jie stretched out his face.After Gao Gong achieved his goal, he smiled slightly and said:

"After reading the scriptures, I will go to the duty room to visit Mr. Xu."

"it is good!"

The two walked out of the gate of the palace. The officials kneeling outside saw Gao Gong and Xu Jie coming out, and then saw the three officials behind them. After the crime released the three officials, all of a sudden, the hearts of the three officials were stirred up, and the mood of the crowd was excited.One by one waved their arms and shouted, and some people even had tears in their eyes. They finally defeated Emperor Jiajing.

Some impetuous officials even rushed to the three officials, and said with enthusiasm:
"Master Li, Jin Yiwei didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

"Are you injured?"

"Have you been humiliated?"

"You say, we impeach them."

Having said that, they looked at Liu Shouyou and the others disdainfully, but what they received was even more disdainful gazes from Liu Shouyou and the others.

"Shut up!"

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(End of this chapter)