Chapter 177: The Sword of the Heaven and the Dragon Slaying Sword

Jiajing was angry. He suddenly stood up from the gossip bed, glared at his chief minister and said, "I am still planning to keep him for the New Year!" He almost pointed at Yan Song's nose and cursed: "You are shameless, do you want me to be shameless?" The voice was like thunder, knocking Yan Song to the ground, bowing his head and kowtowed.

Jiajing looked like an angry lion, his eyes swept across the faces of other cabinet members, and gritted his teeth and said, "Where are you? Are you going to invite the Tartars to eat dumplings before leaving?"

When his eyes fell on Xu Jie, he had always been gentle, respectful, frugal, as if the second assistant, who was following the master, had left the list. He only heard him say calmly: "The main insult is dead, and I am willing to share the worries of the king and father."

Emperor Jiajing, whose eyes were wandering, suddenly burst out with a gleam. He nodded to Xu Jie with approval, changed to a cold face, and said coldly to Yan Song who was lying on the ground: "Don't you, the chief assistant, feel ashamed?"

Yan Song couldn't hide his surprise. He tilted his head and looked at Xu Jie, who was not fumbled in ancient wells. He finally found that this was not a sheep, but a wolf in sheep's clothing. If it was a wolf, it would eat people! Although he had always avoided and pushed as long as he could, as long as he touched his personal power, Ge Lao Yan would open his bloody mouth like a tiger and give the most violent blow to his pretenders.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to his old career in political struggle, Yan Song recovered his calmness. He replied with a calm expression: "I have long dedicated everything to His Majesty."

This sentence must be said with extreme shamelessness. Emperor Jiajing was indeed amused. Xu kicked him and said, "You old dog." The emperor calmed down and returned to the gossip bed to sit down. He saw the annoying letter of the country. His face suddenly fell down. He threw it at the feet of several cabinet officials and said angrily: "What should I do with this thing?"

Yan Song looked at Xu Jie with a expressionless face and said in a deep voice: "This is the affairs of the Ministry of Rites." Xu Jie was also the Minister of Rites, which means that this is the affairs of Xu Jie.

When the other cabinet members in the hall heard this, they thought to themselves, and they could not make a fuss about the limelight, nor could they violate the boss Yan. They were all old foxes who had been through the officialdom for a long time, so they could naturally realize that Yan Song's most plain words contained irresolvable murderous intent!

Xu Jie is now facing two choices: to turn off this job and take on this job. If he turns off, the good impression he had just left in His Majesty's heart will disappear, and it will also leave the emperor with a bad influence of "only speaking but not practicing, without responsibility"... Once he is no longer valued by the emperor, he will definitely be swallowed up by Master Yan.

So Xu Jie had to take it, and then faced two choices, not agreeing to Altan's request or agreeing. But no matter which one he chose, he could not escape his miserable fate... If he chose not to agree, he would be responsible for the result of this battle. If he could win, would you still need to discuss the issue of "opening the market" here? He directly searched the guy and beat Yateng.

So it seems that only after Xu Jie takes over and agrees to the peace talks can he send Altan away and relieve the emperor's worries. But the emperor cannot bear the shame of signing the city alliance, so after a few days, the emperor will definitely put this responsibility on Xu Jie, which will ruin him to express his indignation towards the "traitor".

In the eyes of all the cabinet officials, Mr. Xu had no choice but to be a chamber pot that was left far away after being used up. In that room, they were even more afraid of Yan Song. Some people even made up their minds to go to worship their godfather immediately after they returned and be their sons.

It is said that "the heavy sword has no edge, and the great skill is not craftsmanship". You have to have the experience of framed colleagues countless times to achieve this level, and you also have to have a deep understanding of Emperor Jiajing's vanity, selfishness and disrespectful personality to use such a move in such a short time.

Yan Song stared at Xu Jie with expectation, but his eyes flashed with the expression of a cat-playing mouse. He was waiting happily for Xu Jie to jump into the trap. He could even guess the horror in the hearts of the other three cabinet members. He couldn't help but say proudly: "The tiger doesn't show his power, think I'm a sick cat? Let me kill Xu Jie's big chicken to warn the monkeys in the world."

Xu Jie was indeed silent for a moment, but before the emperor showed an impatient expression, he made his own choice: "What Master Yan said is right. As the Minister of Rites, I should take it all my responsibility."

Yan Song couldn't help laughing, and the three cabinet officials sighed in their hearts. Although they were weak and useless, they could still distinguish right from wrong. Naturally, they knew that Yan was a traitor and Xu was a Zhong in this matter. Just like the past history of the Jiajing Dynasty, the traitor was about to fight against Zhong again.

Emperor Jiajing didn't have their hearts. He just wanted to solve the problem quickly and not be embarrassed anymore. So he looked at Xu Jie with anticipation and said, "Do you have a way?"

Xu Jie nodded slowly and firmly and said, "I believe that Altan Khan's stop in Tongzhou means that he is difficult to decide between war and harmony." A sentence was like a boat passing by the water, and it made the emperor's conflict Altan's. Jiajing Longyan was very happy and nodded and said, "It's not bad."

Then he heard Xu Jie continue, "In the humble opinion, fighting is not the best choice for these enemies at both ends of the rat."

"What should I do?" the emperor asked in a silence.

"Drag." Xu Jie said calmly: "Just delay for a while, and wait for the army to support the king, the Altan Khan will naturally be afraid and flee without fighting." He bowed and said: "The initiative will be in the hands of His Majesty. You can also ask Altan Khan, are you going to fight?"

Jiajing was so happy that he said that, he stood up and asked, "How should we do it?"

Xu Jie bent down calmly, picked up the letter of Ola on the ground, which was regarded as a shame by the emperor, and said confidently: "The answer is here." He explained to the emperor: "According to the convention, the letter of the country should have common words from both countries, but now there is only Chinese and no Mongolian words on it."

"Isn't that good?" Jiajing was a little confused for a moment.

"My Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette and a country of etiquette." Xu Jieyi said righteously: "This kind of mistake is never allowed,

Therefore, we must tell the messenger of Altan Khan that we only recognize the letter of the Chinese and Mongolian texts."

Emperor Jiajing suddenly said, "Yes, he must go back and ask for another letter of nationality. This will take at least three days to come and the nearby troops will be able to arrive."

"Your Majesty is wise." In fact, Xu Jie deliberately did not tell the conclusion, but waited for the emperor to reveal the mystery, which naturally greatly pleased Emperor Jiajing... If he could still be so calm at this time, it shows how terrible this hidden Master Xu Ge is!

This was the first time Yan Song looked at this junior with his eyes. He found that he had seriously underestimated this deputy in the past.

Xu Jie is twenty-three years younger than Yan Song, so the elder Yan Pavilion regards himself as a predecessor, and feels that Xu Jie is far inferior to himself in terms of experience and qualifications. But if you open the resumes of the two, you will be surprised to find that the two of them are actually good at Chunlan and Qiuju…

Xu Jie, born in Hongzhi in the 16th year, was a child prodigy, and was 21 years old. However, before his life was so proud that he offended the then prime minister Zhang Cong because of his courage to speak, he was exiled to Yanping Prefecture, Fujian as a prosecutor. He worked for five years. Finally, because Zhang Cong fell and had outstanding political achievements, he was appointed as the Tongzhi of Huangzhou Prefecture in Huguang. However, he could not stop his luck. Before he could take up his post, he was then appointed as the Zhejiang Academy of Education and the Deputy Envoy of Jiangxi, and almost transferred all southern provinces. Then when he returned to the capital, he served as the attendant of the East Palace and the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial College Supervisor, the Left Assistant of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Minister of Rites. He finally entered the cabinet and became the secondary assistant. In addition to the three years of his father's Ding You, he had been in politics for a total of 27 years. More importantly, he had experienced various government offices in the local and central government and accumulated an extremely profound foundation.

Look at Yan Song again, he was exactly two extremes with Xu Jie. Although he was also a genius, he delayed the imperial examination for his father's system, so he only got the second place in the second place at the age of 27. Although he was not as glorious as Xu Tanhua, he was also an excellent ranking. Just as he was about to make a big fortune, his mother passed away again. Yan Song was a very filial child. Others kept the system for his mother for 27 months, but he had been in charge of seven years. Then he just came back and caught up with the Ning King Rebellion. He was sent to pass the imperial edict. He said that Yan Ge was timid and was always timid. He simply refused to go and asked someone to ask for a leave and go home to continue recuperation. It was not until Emperor Zhengde died that he came back and was sent to the Hanlin Academy in Nanjing for tea.

If it weren't for the great rituals that caused countless officials to be dismissed and the court was reshuffled. If it weren't for Gui'e's fellow villager and friend and superior, he might have been neglected in Nanjing for the rest of his life and retired in poverty. But now he has been promoted to the Imperial College Priest, and then served as the Right Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of Rites... It would only take thirty years to really become an official... If the title of Minister of Rites was deducted from the re-revised "History of Songs", it would be hard to say who had been in politics for a long time with Xu Jie.
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