Chapter 826 Timing
Tonight is Li Mo's turn. Xu Jie went home early and habitually scolded his eldest son and second son before going to the study.
Xu Ying's days have been a bit miserable. Since he punched Xian Yan on the street, he has been scolded almost every day. Once a letter comes from Zhejiang, he often gets beaten.
He remembered what Qian Yuan said that day... Don't worry, if you don't beat you or scold you, go back and eat more, and good days are waiting for you!
Now everything has been confirmed. Either I or my elder brother, I am either scolded or beaten every day.
Xu Fan is so naughty. Anyway, since Qian Yuan entered the capital in the 34th year of Jiajing, he has been scolded by me often, so it doesn't matter. Moreover, he is much more obedient now... he is just angry that every time his younger brother is scolded, he always takes him with him.
"Master, letter from Zhejiang."
Xu Jie opened the letter and looked at it. There was no expression on his face. He only said lightly: "The wife had a headache these days, so she asked Ying'er to kneel down to the Buddhist temple to pray for her tonight."
The old butler bowed and left, complaining in his heart... Could it be that the old lady was a headache because the second young master was either scolded or beaten every day?
After staring at the letter at hand for a long time, Xu Jie fell into deep thought.
Since Wang Zhi decisively rejected his kindness the year before yesterday, Xu Jie knew that the relationship between Wang Zhi and Qian Yuan should be very deep, and it is definitely not a kind of cooperation that is in harmony with one's appearance.
Thinking about it, Zhao Zhenji secretly arrested Wang Zhi, and Qian Yuan did not hesitate to mobilize troops to surround the governor's yamen. This relationship is naturally extraordinary.
Although Wang Zhi stayed in the southeast and only sent his only son to the capital, Xu Jie was not optimistic about Hou Ruliang's desire to associate with Wang Zhi. If Wang Zhi could be brought so easily, he should have hesitated between himself and Qian Yuan, rather than flatly refused.
Xu Jie also knew the shipping that Hou Ruliang was thinking about, but how could such a thing be compared with the overall situation of rectifying the chaos in the court?
Xu Jie felt a little irritated and opened the sea ban... The Korean storm was ruined by Qian Zhancai!
Violating the ancestral system, leading wolves into the house, corrupting the style of the scholars and the ambitions of wolves... words like this flashed through Xu Jie's mind.
Only the disciples of the disciples, Zhang Juzheng, Hou Ruliang, Feng Tianyu, Pang Shangpeng, Hu Yingjia, and Lu Guangzu, all agreed with the ban on sea bans and trade.
The only one who cursed about this was Zhao Zhenji, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
It is not that Xu Jie was not able to transform himself in the past, nor is that Xu Jie could not see the benefits of opening the sea ban. The key is that he attacked the Japanese in the southeast, recruited Wang Zhi, and set up a city to trade. Behind these things are Suiyuan, Gao Gong, Yu Wang, and even Yan Party, but Xu Jie is not.
It is indeed beneficial to unlock the sea ban, but I don’t have any benefits. Instead, I may lose my power... Then why don’t I stop me, why don’t I make trouble? When Gao Gong is unable to clean up in Suiyuan, I will clean up again!
Xu Jie had never considered retirement at all... Yan Song was able to do it for more than ten years, and I was much younger than him!
With Zhang Juzheng, the son-in-law, in Prince Yu's mansion, Xu Jie was not very worried about the purge of the old ministers after King Yu ascended the throne. I heard that King Yu's temperament is soft... In short, it is easy to bully.
Unfortunately, Xu Jie did not have a very intuitive impression of Gao Gong... After all, Gao Gong has been huddled in Prince Yu's mansion over the years, protecting Prince Yu as Jia Baoyu.
If Qian Yuan knew Xu Jie's thoughts, he would roll around the ground with a smile... In the original time and space, after King Yu ascended the throne, Gao Gong launched an attack almost immediately. Xu Jie was once very embarrassed, and he still drove Gao Gong away with a censor in the Kedao period, but he was also rejected by Emperor Longqing and had to resign in the second year.
After putting away the letter paper, Xu Jie picked up the inkstone and dripped a few drops of water into the inkstone. He took a piece of ink and grind it slowly, and was thinking about something in his heart.
The title of Wang Zhi was given to him, and he was criticized by His Majesty, and he really couldn't stop him... The condition of Emperor Jiajing improved a few days ago, but in general, it was still not good. The Imperial Hospital and the Jinyiwei always followed him and summoned King Yu and King Jing.
But Wang Zhi sent his son to Beijing and stayed in the southeast... This is something Xu Jie didn't want to see.
For this reason, an extremely fierce quarrel broke out in the cabinet. One side was Xu Jie and the other side was Li Mo. Lu Ben was playing soy sauce, and Wu Shan stood on Li Mo's side.
Xu Jie's reason is tenable. Wang Zhi was the leader of the Japanese pirates who were as famous as Xu Hai at that time. Even if he contributed to the giant tree and sweet potato, he should have summoned him to the capital to prevent any accidents.
Li Mo's reason is that most of the Southeast Navy are now taken by Taizhou commander Ge Hao to the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong to attack the Japanese, while most of the ships along the coast of Zhejiang are under Wang Zhi's command. If Wang Zhi enters Beijing, his command will be scattered, and he is afraid that the Japanese disaster will rise again.
Xu Jie knew very well that Li Mo and Sui Yuan had a tacit understanding in the previous incident of Qi Jimei's relocation to Zhejiang. In other words, Li Mo was likely to adopt Sui Yuan's proposal in all matters in the southeast... The most direct connection was Qian Yuan's sister-in-law Lin Heng.
Indeed, Qian Yuan personally went to the old house of Lin's family to visit Li Mo, and repeatedly emphasized this matter that among the huge maritime business group, no second person can replace Wang Zhi's status, and no second person can have the current binding force for maritime business.
If Wang Zhizhi enters Beijing, the maritime merchants will inevitably split or even have internal strife. There will definitely be maritime merchants that are forced to engage in normal maritime trade. At that time, Japanese disasters may occur everywhere, and it will definitely affect the amount of tax and silver.
Li Mo's biggest disgust with the establishment of a city in the southeast is Wang Zhi. Qian Yuan also made great efforts to ensure that the Southeast Navy is growing rapidly. As long as it can replace Wang Zhi to defend the sea border... that is the end of Wang Zhi.
In fact, it’s all nonsense. As long as Wang Zhi doesn’t rebel, Qian Yuan will never kill Wang Zhi. He is still thinking about occupying the magpie’s nest.
That day, the cabinet was a mess, and in the end, Emperor Jiajing did not summon his ministers, but instead ordered the six ministers, the Zuodu Censor and the cabinet to discuss together.
Xu Jie remembered clearly, and remembered every person and every word clearly. It was the most shameful day after Yan Song's death.
How many years have you ever gone... Since the founding of the country, how many cabinet chiefs are unable to convince the public?
The left censor Zhou Yan, the Minister of Rites Sun Sheng, the cabinet Lu Benji, the Minister of Justice Feng Tianyu agreed to summon Wang Zhi to the capital, and the rest...
The cabinet Li Mo, below Wushan, Fang Dun, Minister of Revenue, Minister of Works, Zhao Wenhua, Minister of Personnel, Yang Bo, Minister of War, and Wang Bangrui, all stood opposite Xu Jie.
Among the four ministers, Zhao Wenhua was an openly remnant of the strict party, but in fact he followed Suiyuan. Fang Du was determined to be the public and did not want to see the reduction in taxes and silver. Yang Bo and Wang Bangrui were all connected with Prince Yu's mansion and were not afraid of Xu Jie.
Xu Jie felt the pressure deeply.
After repeated thinking, Xu Jie discovered a place he had overlooked before.
In fact, Xu Jie did not have a strong feeling about whether Wang Zhi entered Beijing, but just a conflict with Li Mo and Wu Shan during his choice.
But after calming down, Xu Jie remembered Li Mo's words, "Wang Zhi entered Beijing, and the southeast may be in chaos."
In other words, Wang Zhi is in, and Wang Zhi is not in, and the southeast may be in chaos.
Everything, everything in Suyuan, the humiliation before, the faint opposition of his disciples, everything was based on Wang Zhilai's surrender.
Wang Zhi is a key figure.
On this point, Xu Jie and Hou Ruliang have the same judgment.
However, Hou Ruliang didn't do ruthlessly enough, and he wanted to subdue Wang Zhi for his own use.
Xu Jie finally wrote, and he believed that at this time, who can take the lead by taking the initiative.
Chapter completed!