It was already late at night, and the oil lamp in Xu Mansion study was still flashing. Xu Jie leaned on the back of the chair and thought silently. He was now used to silence.

Since Yang Jisheng was killed, Chen Lian was demoted, and the slaughter of Dashan, Peng An was defeated and imprisoned as the governor of Zhejiang, Xu Jie has become much quieter. Whether it is against his old opponent Yan Song or the newly emerged Li Mo, Xu Jie rarely says anything.

But no matter what, as the second-level cabinet assistant, the visitors received during the Chinese New Year still have to be carefully selected. Students, fellow villagers, fellow villagers and fellow villagers in the same year can not avoid it, but most of these people are not young.

From the second day of the Lunar New Year to the fourth day of Dalian today, it has been three days since Xu Jie summoned only three young people, Zhang Juzheng, Gu Jiuxi and Qian Yuan.

Among them, Qian Yuan took the initiative to come to the door, Gu Jiuxi made arrangements early, and Zhang Juzheng seemed to be the right time... But even if he did not accompany Qian Yuan, Xu Jie would summon him in these two days.

In fact, Xu Jie has been thinking about the marriage of his only daughter for a long time. In fact, after meeting this today, he has chosen Gu Jiuxi. Unfortunately, before he could explain his wife, everything might turn into a vain... This is a pity for the unlucky Gu Jiuxi.

Apart from being from Songjiang, Gu Jiuxi could hardly find any shining points. None of his three generations could find a fame and fortune. Why was he selected by Xu Jie, the second assistant to the cabinet?

There are naturally sufficient reasons for an old fox like Xu Jie, and he will never do a loss-making business.

All kinds of friendship between fellow villagers are nonsense. Even though Gu Dingfang was favored by His Majesty back then, he had no influence after returning home for more than three years.

The real reason is that Xia Yan was abandoned and the court was shocked. The ministers were shocked. Only Gu Dingfang ignored the risks and ordered his son Gu Congli to cry and collect the body. Gu Jiuxi was Gu Congli's only son.

Although Li Mo was aggressive and Yan Song still occupied the pit and refused to leave, Xu Jie had already started to prepare for the future, just like a national player, just looking at the third one, it was just a start.

No matter how Emperor Jiajing favored Yan Song, after all, he was a 76-year-old man. Although Emperor Jiajing was only fifty years old this year, he took pills all year round... Since ancient times, he has never taken pills for a long life.

Once Yan Song leaves, once Jiajing dies, when King Yu ascends the throne, the first thing Xu Jie has to do is not to settle old accounts, but to overturn the verdict for officials who have been demoted or even wrongly killed over the years.

After marrying the Gu family, Xu Jie had sufficient reasons to justify Xia Yan's case. This would definitely bring Xu Jie an unparalleled political reputation. This political reputation would definitely be turned into a political resource, and Xu Jie, who was correcting the situation, would definitely be praised by thousands of people.

Xu Jie sighed and stood up and walked a few steps to the bookshelf. Qian Zhan had the qualifications. His uncle Qian Zheng and Qian Gangsheng were Xia Yan's disciples. When Emperor Jiajing was furious, he still had the courage to write a letter resolutely, and was exiled from the capital for this.

Xu Jie shook his head. He felt that he needed to consider it again. He pulled out a booklet on the bookshelf, opened it and looked at it, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up a curve.

These are several poems sent by Zhang Juzheng today, saying that he had no spare money and could only use this as a New Year ceremony. In fact, these poems are the same way, and they pay homage to the poems.

This is an attitude.

Xu Jie knew that he had finally subdued this talent he had chosen five years ago.

The reason is very simple, Prince Yu’s Mansion.

Three months ago, a lecturer in Prince Yu's Mansion returned to his hometown to mourn due to his father's death. Emperor Jiajing ordered the Hanlin Academy to select lecturer.

According to common sense, this right to recommend should only exist in the hands of the Hanlin Bachelor's, and others have no right to intervene, but both Yan Song and Xu Jie have sufficient ability to influence this list.

There were five people in the list that were finally delivered to Emperor Jiajing. Yan Song recommended it was naturally Tang Ruji, and Xu Jie recommended it was Zhang Juzheng... Zhang Juzheng did not know about this in advance.

But Emperor Jiajing ordered Hu Zhengmeng.

Xu Jie was already planning to summon Zhang Juzheng in the past two days to show comfort, but Zhang Juzheng could not stand it anymore... he could hardly see a slight light.

Because Hu Zhengmeng was in the 26th year of Jiajing, and in the same year of Zhang Juzheng, Yin Shidan, the lecturer in Prince Yu's mansion, is also a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing.

Whether it was the Hanlin Academy, Emperor Jiajing, or even Gao Gong, they might not be willing to join the 26th year of Jiajing to enter the Prince Yu Mansion. In this era, in the same year, they often formed a clique in the same year...at least in the eyes of others.

This is really bad for Zhang Juzheng. I won’t talk about Gao Gong before, but there are more senior Yin Shidan and Hu Zhengmeng. When will he stand out?

Zhang Juzheng has ambitions and the courage to be the first in the world, but he also knows that he needs to stand at a certain height before he has the opportunity to display his ambitions.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to accompany Qian Yuan to Xu's house to pay New Year's greetings, and actually came to officially join Xu Jie's disciple.

He knew very well that even if he entered Prince Yu's Mansion, it would be completely different if there was Xu Jie's support behind him.

In the past two months, he had only done one thing, and used various channels to inquire about some people.

There were six lecturers in the palace of Prince Yu, two of whom were just counting numbers, and the remaining four were all confidants of Prince Yu, namely Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan, and Hu Zhengmeng.

Zhang Juzheng did not check Gao Gong, but checked the other three people.

Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan were the first to enter the Yu Prince’s Mansion together with Gao Gong. It was in the 31st year of Jiajing. When King Yu opened his residence to receive the scriptures, and His Majesty ordered it out from more than a hundred Hanlins. This means that Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan were almost impossible for anyone to put in the chess piece. Moreover, at that time, King Jing was arrogant.

And that time three months ago, Xu Jie recommended him, Yan Song recommended him, and Hu Zhengmeng recommended him as an internal member of the Hanlin Academy.

In other words, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan, and Hu Zhengmeng have no background.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Juzheng found a shortcut by peeling off the cocoon and pulling his silk threads. He believed that Xu Jie would give him this opportunity and also need such an opportunity.

The cold wind whistled outside the window, and the window chuckled. Xu Jie put the booklet back into the bookshelf, turned around and sat down, and couldn't help but think of Qian Yuan again.

After a long silence, a long sigh sounded in the study.

"It's really very suitable." Xu Jie murmured, "It's more suitable than anyone else. If you choose Shujishi... that would be the best!"

Gu Jiuxi was attracted by Xia Yan and Zhang Juzheng was selected because of King Yu. Qian Yuan was able to be two-in-one, so he was naturally the most suitable one.

Unlike Yan Song, Xu Jie had served in the Ministry of Personnel for a long time, and some information was relatively well-informed. He had already confirmed that Qian Zheng, the Tongshou Prefecture General, was transferred to the capital to serve as the Left Senate of the Tongzheng Department. During this period, it was not done by Sun Sheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel who had a connection with the Qian family, but Gao Gong made a move.

Therefore, Yan Song was just speculating that Qian Yuanjian might have the possibility of having Prince Yu in the emperor's heart, and Xu Jie was sure that Qian Yuan had already had Prince Yu.

If Qian Yuan could be won over by Xu Jie, he would be able to build a passage with Prince Yu’s mansion. How could he not make Xu Jie moved?

But Xu Jie was still hesitant. He hesitated... Can he conquer Qian Yuan, who was famous all over the world at a young age and was obviously restless?

In Xu Jie's thinking mode, marriage is sometimes very reliable. If the daughter marrys Gu Jiuxi, the Gu family will definitely be firmly tied to Xu's mansion.

But sometimes marriage may not be reliable... If a daughter marrys Qian Yuan, it is hard to say whether Qian Yuan will regard himself as a subordinate of Xu Jie because of this.

...

"Chirp, chirp!"

The habit that I have retained since my previous life made Xiaoqi wake up. Her sleep has always been very light and she will wake up whenever there is a sound.

She turned her head and looked out the window. The sky was already slightly bright. She half-up and leaned against the head of the bed, looking silently at the thrush jumping around in the cage.

Hearing a sound inside, the two maids walked in quietly, serving Xiaoqi to dress, clean his hands, and wash.

"I heard that after dinner last year, someone from Qian's house sent pastries." A maid murmured in a low voice: "Everyone has it, but no one thought of it here."

"The pastry sent by Qian Mansion?" Xiaoqi, who was looking in the mirror, opened his eyes wide and tried to see the blurry self in the mirror clearly. "It may not be delicious."

"It's delicious, fragrant and sweet." The maid said angrily: "Auntie Liu was given a piece of cake and took it back to her grandson."

"It's also very soft." Another maid said, "It's said to be like snowflakes."

Xiaoqi sat there silently, tilted his head after a while, "Are you okay?"

"Okay, okay." The maid took the cloak and put it on Xiaoqi's shoulder, "Miss, let's go."

The Xu family has only been two generations since its founding. Xu Jie's father was a county magistrate. If we put the scope wider, we can only say that Xu Jie was the first generation, but the airs are quite good. There is no shortage of rules for wealthy families, and it is essential to save money every day for children and grandchildren.

"It's snowing." Xiao Qi waved his hand to catch a snowflake. Seeing it melting rapidly in his palms into a wet area, the two maids seemed to be used to their ladies' strange actions from time to time, and stood by silently, just carving an umbrella.

After waiting under a plum tree for a while, Xiaoqi slowly walked into the yard with a sweet smile on his face, nodded to everyone, and exchanged a few greetings with the maid beside his grandmother Zhang. It seemed that he had not heard the pastry mentioned by others, so he saluted Xu Jie and Zhang one after another, and then stood quietly aside.

On such occasions, Xu Jie never spoke. Zhang glanced at Xiao Qi from the corner of his eyes and frowned involuntarily.

This granddaughter is restless... Zhang has had this understanding since the first meeting. Although Xiaoqi has no other strange behavior except practicing martial arts... The so-called martial arts practice is actually just physical exercise.

There is naturally a reason for Zhang to make such a judgment. Xu Jie had three sons and one daughter, all of whom were born in the legitimate family, and had two grandsons and three granddaughters. The youngest of them was born in the legitimate family.

Every day, Xiaoqi always appears the sixth person. Without exception, the father, two uncles born from her, one of the aunts born from her, and one of the sisters born from her.

Last night, Zhang confirmed that his judgment was correct.

A poem written by a daughter's house was snatched away by her aunt, and she was also punished to copy Buddhist scriptures. A fourteen-year-old child would definitely be angry and resist when encountering such a thing... But she seemed to be unhappy and did not even accept the golden thru-shaking.

If something goes wrong, you will be a demon. Zhang considers finding someone to stare at her, but he cannot let her make trouble at critical moments and ruin big things.

After a while, all the children and grandchildren arrived. Zhang smiled and said, "Let's have breakfast here today."

Everyone looked at the servant lady in surprise. The maid came in from the side room with a food box and placed plates of dishes of different shapes on the table.

"I sent it there?" Xu Fan snorted, "I think I'll probably lose my name after two months!"

"Okay, it's not easy for me." Zhang said angrily: "Looking at so many, I'm afraid I'll start preparing in the middle of the night."

"Is this a cold tool?" Xu Kun looked at the long golden-faced object on the plate curiously, "Why is it so big?"

"I haven't seen it before, nor does it look like a cold pot." Miss Xu Si glanced at it, "It looks a bit like a sazi, but it's much larger, and the shape is a bit like a Tianluo gluten."

Xiaoqi said silently in his heart, this is called fried dough sticks.

There were more than a dozen breakfast dishes on the table, including tofu brain, soy milk, meat porridge, etc., at least half of them were never eaten by people from Xu's family. Well, some Xiaoqi had never eaten them either, such as Sanxian bean peel in her previous life.

Some are sweet and delicious, some are crispy and tender, and some are crisp and tough. Even Xu Jie couldn't help but eat a few more bites than usual.

The Qian Mansion must have started preparing in the middle of the night, and it was still steaming when it came here. Even if Qian Yuan didn't do it himself... it was definitely not, but he was always determined. Zhang looked at her husband's face from time to time.

"Master, the Dragon turned over a few years ago. I was thinking about asking someone to go to Hongci Guangji Temple to sautify a few sticks of incense and add incense oil to pray for your family."

Xu Jie's hand holding bean peeled paused slightly.

No one else responded. After all, he was still young, so only Xu Fan looked at his sister. Hongci Guangji Temple is the most famous temple in Beijing to seek marriage, and it has always been a fixed place for high-ranking families in Beijing to visit each other.

Miss Xu Si's cheeks were also slightly red, and she lowered her head and didn't say anything. Xiao Qi, who was originally inexplicable, immediately understood it. She lowered her eyes slightly and thought secretly in her heart.

Xu Jie put down his chopsticks, picked up the wet towel handed by the maid and wiped his hands, and went out straight out without saying anything.

In fact, it is not suitable to describe Xu Jie as a turtle. He is like a fox on the ice, pricking his ears and staring at the ice surface nervously. Once he hears any strange noise, he will immediately run away.

Qian Yuan inexplicably changed his attitude. He was so attentive that Xu Jie always felt like his heart was hanging in the air... It was too illogical.

After using breakfast, everyone thanked me. Except for Xu Kun and Xu Ying, everyone else left the main courtyard.

"It's better not to pay attention." Xu Fan did not hide his hatred for Qian Yuan in front of his sister. "The Qian family and our family have never dealt with each other. My uncle had a broken-out with the Qian family because of more than ten acres of land in the early years."

"All of them are fellow villagers, who don't know that the Qian clan's old behavior is unfair?" Miss Xu Si lowered her head and defended: "Besides, Qian clan dares to compete with our Xu family now?"

Xiaoqi, who lowered her head, pulled the corners of her mouth slightly. Although she didn't know much about history, she also knew the tragic experience of her grandfather, who was known as "the white jade pillar of the sky, the purple gold beam of the sea", after resigning.

In fact, the Xu family has enclosed land in Huating and surrounding areas for as many as 400,000 acres, which is a shocking data.

"That's not OK. Brother, I get angry when I see him!" Xu Fan pointed at his nose, "The imperial physician said that when winter comes, my nose will be sore and he did it!"

Xiaoqi, who was waiting silently next to him, complained in his heart, scolded and beat him, and did not dare to complain in front of his parents, and could only vent his anger in front of his sister. I really can't blame me for looking down on you...
Chapter completed!