Although Zhang Juzheng still lacks qualifications, has no political achievements, and is usually taciturn, and many people have no specific impression of him, but when they think about it, there is nothing strange about it.

After all, he was Xu Jie's beloved disciple. Xu Jie regarded him as his children, and even better than his real children... This is no exaggeration. Xu Jie's younger brother passed the imperial examination together with Zhang Juzheng, but for twenty years, Xu Ge Lao still holds idle positions in Nanjing for the sake of his care. Xu Jie's eldest son Xu Fan entered the officialdom with kindness. Xu Jie never treated him with favor and always placed him in idle positions. Later, Jiajing couldn't stand it and gave Xu Fan a minister of the Ministry of Works. Xu Jie also had some words first. He was given this position just to supervise the construction of two palaces and two viewpoints. After the project was completed, he immediately resigned, which made his son depressed.

But Xu Jie had a completely different attitude towards Zhang Juzheng. Not only did he spare no effort to cultivate, but he also protected him like a hen to protect his chicks. Even if the battle with Yan Song reached a fever pitch and all the soldiers and generals were all used, he rolled up his sleeves and went to battle, and he was reluctant to send this "despicable disciple" to fight.

This is obvious to all. No wonder some people write jokes, saying that Zhang is Xu's illegitimate son who has been separated for many years. Among them, the popular tone such as famous ji, elopement, and abandonment. There is still a big market in Jiangxi.

So it is easy for everyone present to think that it seems that Mr. Xu is loving and wants to push his good disciple into the cabinet while he is in trouble. After all, he is just a cabinet member who is in the cabinet. It is not surprising that many people are adult-oriented for Yuan Fu's face.

Just when everyone was about to accept this candidate, someone suddenly spoke out in the next chapter: "Sir, I have objections to my humble position." Everyone looked at it, but they were not the senior officials of the department who participated in the court, but a small official wearing the seventh-rank official uniform. However, no one dared to underestimate him, because this person was a member of the court.

The court recommendation is a major event for the country. Although it is elected by senior officials of the ministry, the six departments have the right to attend. On the one hand, it is to supervise whether the entire process is legal, whether there is personal gain, and at the same time it can also put forward opinions on the candidates. Because of its unique supervisory status, people speak indifferently and their words are highly valued.

Today, the court’s promotion of the Grand Secretary is of great importance. Of course, the staff members must attend, but because many section chiefs and clerks are still in prison, they can count them in the Tsinghua Pavilion’s staff members with both hands.

When Xu Jie saw that the man was Sun Yun, the director of the Hukou Department, and said, "What are the objections?"

"Reporting to Yuanfu, Zhang Juzheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is currently under investigation," Sun Yun went out and bowed: "According to the "Da Ming Law", officials must be honest in order to discuss promotions. Therefore, I personally think that before the problem is clear, he should avoid referrals."

Zhang Juzheng, who had been as deep as water, had a look of embarrassment.

"What if this is the case?" Xu Jie frowned and said, "Why didn't you report it to the cabinet?"

"Because of the serious relationship," Sun Yun said: "The chief of the undergraduate department decided to report it to the investigation at that time, but later he issued an imperial edict and the court did not send a new capital. Therefore, the investigation was stagnant for a while and it was not completed a few days ago. The humble position had already written a document and was planning to attend the court and report to the cabinet." As he said that, he really took out a report from his sleeve.

Xu Jie looked at the memoir and then at Zhang Juzheng, and pondered for a moment.

Zhang Juzheng's expression changed, and he returned to normal from embarrassment. He stepped out and bowed and said, "George, and the law is clear, and the subordinates should indeed avoid it." He said to the Si Zhilang on duty: "Please remove the name of the subordinates."

Xu Jie pondered for a moment, but nodded a little heavy, and said to Sun Yun again: "After going down to the court, send the memorial to the cabinet."

"yes……"

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After an interlude, Zhang Juzheng's name was taken down, and Tingtui began as usual.

After a secret vote, the result was soon released. As expected, Yang Bo's name ranked first, Gao Gong followed by Guo Pu, and Li Chunfang.

This time, three Grand Secretarys are elected to the cabinet, so the first three are the main recommendations, and Li Chunfang is the accompanying recommendation. His name will also be written into the memorial submitted to the emperor, which is to give the emperor a choice. This is called "all kindness comes from the independent power". But unless the emperor is extremely disgusted with which of the three main recommendations, it is impossible to choose Li Chunfang, otherwise what is the meaning of court promotion?

And even if he is elected, the elected official will refuse to accept it... Although most officials are black-bellied and thick-skinned, it is secretly, and decent is more than anything else on the surface, and no one can afford to lose that person.

So it is almost certain that Yang Bo, Gao Gong and Guo Pu are about to become members of the cabinet.

No matter what they thought, everyone stepped forward to express their gratitude to the three of them, and Xu Jie was no exception, but the Prime Minister had to be reserved, so he stopped and said, "The dragon body of the Holy Lord is inconsistent, so don't celebrate it, so as not to cause trouble."

The three of them quickly responded respectfully.

"Go down first." Xu Jie nodded slightly and smiled with relief: "I will report back to the emperor now."

The three of them left the hall, and a few Yang Bo's friends came to congratulate them and wanted to celebrate. Yang Bo's long-cherished wishes were paid for their long time, so he had already forgotten Xu Jie's words and was willing to go there. He did not forget to ask Gao Guo and the others, "Do you go together?"

Gao Gong didn't say anything, but Guo Pu squeezed out a smile and politely declined the group.

When they surrounded Yang Bo and walked away, Gao Gong's face turned completely gloomy and said, "The old man dared to play tricks on us."

Guo Pu knew that he was not talking about Yang Bo, but Xu Jie. The two thought that as long as they agreed to enter the cabinet, Xu Jie would have a way to stop Yang Bo, but he still made him vote without any suspense. Not only did he not succeed in driving the wolf, he would dance with the wolf in the future. This was really the worst case that could be imagined. He looked at Gao Gong helplessly, hoping that the fellow villagers could come up with an idea.

"I'm going to take ill," Gao Gong said, "Anyway, I've paid back my favor, so I'll go to the old man to take leave tomorrow. I'm so embarrassed to refuse to agree."

"Ah..." Guo Pu didn't expect that the old man had no choice but to play tricks on him. He said laughing and crying: "I can't ask for leave too, right? How could it be that coincidental?"

"You just leave here to serve him tea and water." Gao Gong was so angry that he didn't give anyone any face and left with a look.

Looking at his back as he was convinced and left, Lord Guo could only shake his head and smile bitterly. He didn't agree with Gao Gong's reaction. After all, joining the cabinet and becoming a minister is the dream of every scholar. No matter whether he is a maid or not, it is considered a great achievement in his life. So Guo Pu was still very happy. He thought to himself, we wouldn't be ostentatious, and let the old woman cook some side dishes and drink some wine.

This is the gap in life goals, and it is often the gap in life pattern...

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The next morning, Gao Gong indeed came to Wuyi Palace, but he was stunned. When he asked, it turned out that Master Xu had gone to Shengshou Palace to report to the Prime Minister. He could have handed over the leave statement to the cabinet's subordinates to the chief minister, but he wanted to question Xu Jie in person. Even if the result could not be changed, he would still feel angry.

He didn't take out the ban and waited outside the chief minister's room. The Si Zhilang knew that he had entered the cabinet and came to flatter him. Gao Gong was not in the mood to socialize them, and his reaction was extremely cold. He observed his expression and said, "Gaoge is tired, so let's not talk noisy, let's disperse." This was the words for him, so he waited for Gao Gong to go down the steps.

Unexpectedly, Gao Gong said with a dark face: "What kind of cabinet master? Did the emperor criticize it?"

"Old Master Ge... uh, what you have taught me is," the man was immediately covered in dust and quickly admitted his mistake: "It's a humble position." Seeing that all his colleagues had dispersed, he also surrendered in shame.

Gao Gong didn't care about these "miscellaneous fish" at all. He sat there and closed his eyes and rested. He waited for an hour before seeing Xu Jie's figure.

Xu Jie also saw him and said, "Suqing, what's wrong with you?"

Gao Gong had been waiting for a long time, and Huo De stood up and said, "I want to take a leave."

"Oh..." Xu Jie was a little surprised and reached out and pushed open the door: "Speak inside"

Gao Gong wanted to argue with him, so he naturally couldn't go in the corridor, so he followed him in.

"Sit." The waiter put on the tea, and Master Xu took off his official hat, put it on the small table, and sat down on the Taishi chair.

Gao Gong was not polite, and sat across from Xu Jie, angrily: "Xiaguan is in poor health and needs to rest for a while."

"Look at your body, it's so good." Xu Jie looked at him and smiled, "I'm envious when I look at it."

"The disease inside cannot be seen outside." Gao Gong said in a muffled voice.

"Persevere..." Xu Jie said in a negotiated tone: "The burden on the cabinet is too heavy. You need a talent like you to help me share the burden."

"It's enough to have Yang Wei's appointment." Gao Gong was about to open the fire.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Xu sighed quietly and said with regret: "It's a pity that he can't enter the cabinet this time."

"What?" Gao Gong thought he had heard it wrong.

"The result of the court recommendation was rejected by the emperor." Xu Jie said slowly: "Yang Bo is down, Li Chunfang is up." He said, and took out the memorial to the emperor from his sleeve.

Gao Gong took it and opened it and found that among the four names listed, there was no red circle on the word Yang Bo, but Li Chunfang's name was circled.

"How is that possible?" Gao Gong was still incredible.

Xu Jie said with a distressed look: "I don't know, I don't know how to tell Yang Wei's appointment." As he said this, he looked at Gao Gong and said: "Suqing is burdened and help me once."

After coming out of the Chief Auxiliary's Office, Gao Gong was still a little confused and connected what had happened in the past few days. He vaguely felt that everything was in Xu Jie's calculations. Wouldn't even the emperor play with him? Gao Gong didn't dare to think down. He went straight to Yang Bo's mansion and did his chores.

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What happened has to start a few days ago...

At that time, everyone's attention was still focused on the upcoming Sangonghuai debate. However, Xu Jie found Zhang Juzheng at home and discussed with him the major matters of being involved in the cabinet and minister.

Zhang Ju was still calm and deep in front of the teacher, and said, "The students have been there in Gao Xinzheng. He doesn't want to enter the cabinet at this time. I wonder what the teacher's minister has to do?"

Xu Jie said without surprise: "I went there to talk about Gao Gong." He paused and said: "I am a little worried about Yang Bo... I heard that in order to ensure that everything is safe, they spent a lot of money... You know the methods of Shanxi people."

Although Xu Jie was vague, Zhang Juzheng knew in his heart that Shanxi people were well aware of the way to win over and make friends. They had done enough homework for those ministers who were concerned about court recommendations, and recently they had invested a lot of money. In addition, Yang Bo's prestige was there, so Xu Jie could not control it.

So Mr. Xu was a little worried, afraid that he would not be able to stop Yang Bo.

"The teacher, the student has a plan," Zhang Juzheng said suddenly: "But some of them are not done by heroes, and I don't know whether to speak or not."

"Tell me." Xu Jiexin said, "When did you become a hero when did you become a teacher?"

"When the teacher is recommended, add the students' names as well." Zhang Juzheng said.

"You?" Xu Jie said: "You are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so of course you have the right to recommend it. Could it be that Taiyue is confused?"

"No, what the student means," Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "Class me as a candidate..."

"Oh..." Xu Jie pondered for a moment, and said to Zhang Juzheng with warm voice: "I naturally belong to Taiyue with my personal wish. However, with your talent and your current status, you have not yet come naturally, so don't be too hasty." As if worried that he would misunderstand, Xu Jie said softly: "Don't worry, Taiyue, this day will not be far away."

"The teacher misunderstood," Zhang Juzheng laughed in silence, "Is the student a person who is overestimating his abilities? I want a candidate, not to choose."

"Why is that?" Xu Jie asked with interest.

"The teacher didn't know anything." Zhang Juzheng said something: "The student encountered some trouble a few days ago."

"What trouble?" Xu Jie blamed with a loving heart: "Even I am hiding it?"

"It's not a big deal." Zhang Juzheng whispered: "Besides, it's solved, so I didn't say it."

"Tell me." Xu Jie returned to his quietness and said, "Why is it so mysterious?"

"When the Ma Market was opened more than ten years ago, the Ministry of Revenue directly sent personnel to trade with the Mongolians. Later, the Ma Market was closed, and a lot of supplies were piled up in the warehouse of Xuanfu. Because they were not valuable things, no one remembered them after a long time. The year before, Yang Bo became the governor of Xuanda and found these things when he counted the supplies." Zhang Juzheng said slowly: "I wrote to the Ministry of Revenue, asking for the requisition of this batch of supplies. The master of the Ministry gave me this matter."

"What do he want these things?" Xu Jie frowned. The Chinese people looked down on those crude things, only the Mongolians needed them, but who would still care about cloth and tea bricks that had been stored for more than ten years?

"I also wrote a letter to ask him the reason." Zhang Juzheng said: "He only said it was for military purposes, and did not say what he did. However, when I contacted the situation in the border, I could guess the general problem, so I was so happy that I agreed to his request." He said, "At the end of last year, the household department checked the accounts routinely. I don't know why it was so intimate that I actually dug out the old debt and followed it all the way, but it turned out that I had transferred it away."

"So they asked me why there was no approval from the cabinet and no signature from the Ministry of Revenue." He seemed to be talking about other people's affairs, which was so calm that it was uncomfortable: "I told them that it was requisitioned by Governor Xuanda, and the procedures should be complete and there might be no archives."

"I asked them to give up for a few days. When I went back and searched carefully, I found it." Zhang Juzheng said: "But when the seal of the New Year's yamen was over, I had to wait until the New Year before handing it over to them... Who knew that so many things happened on New Year's Day, and their section chief was put in prison. I guess there would be changes in the future, so they didn't urge me, and I didn't hand it over."

"I haven't handed over yet?" Xu Jie, who is the one who has learned it after listening for so long.

"Well, it's here." Zhang Juzheng took out an envelope from his sleeve and said, "Please check it out by teacher."

Xu Jie took it and took out the official paper inside and saw that it was indeed Yang Bo's handwriting. He asked the Ministry of Revenue to agree to the Governor's Office to requisition the Ma City inventory. There were signatures and seals of Yang Bo, Gao Yao and Zhang Juzheng behind it, but the seals of the cabinet were missing. Even if it was to blame, he could only blame Gao Yao, the Secretary of State. No wonder Zhang Juzheng was able to be at peace.

There were still some things that Zhang Juzheng didn't say, but Xu Jie had guessed. Gao Yaoba probably felt that with Zhang Juzheng's relationship with him as the chief minister, there was no need to worry about the cabinet's procedures, so he used the seal first. However, Zhang Juzheng did not ask the cabinet for instructions and transferred the things.

"You are too arbitrary," Xu Jie said a little unhappy: "Why don't you tell me first?"

"Because you will only cause trouble for you after talking to the master, your disciples will take responsibility." Zhang Juzheng said softly: "You haven't guessed what this batch of supplies is for?"

Xu Jie was silent after hearing this. After a long time, he whispered: "Is it for... peace talks?"

"Yes." Zhang Juzheng nodded and said, "Last year, Duoyan's army and Huang Taiji and others invaded our Jingji from Liaodong. Why didn't Altan take the opportunity to send troops? It was because Yang Bo... bribed them."

"So that's it..." Xu Jie immediately understood the pros and cons, looked at Zhang Juzheng with relief and said, "Taiyue, it's not worthy of your treatment." During the situation at that time, the court dispatched heavy troops to the capital, and the Xuanfu side would definitely not start the war, so Xu Jie had to agree. However, in this way, the bad reputation of "Prince of Peace" fell on him, which must be very uncomfortable.

"I have always been protected by the teacher and have never done anything for you." Zhang Juzheng whispered: "I'll let my disciples share your worries this time."

"It's just that, I'll be wronged by Taiyue." Xu Jie accepted happily.

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