Wanli Youming

Chapter 22 Hai Rui Enters Beijing
"Is there a letter from Jiangling?"

Songjiang Mansion.

Although Xu Jie, who is over seventy years old, has been an official at home for many years, he has never relaxed his attention to the court.

Now, especially after hearing that Hai Rui was going to be appointed, and his two sons were blocked from reinstatement and asked to perform filial piety at home, he even vaguely sensed a different trend in the court, and gradually became worried. Therefore, after the news that his two sons' reinstatement had been blocked came back to Songjiang, he immediately wrote a letter and delivered it to Zhang Juzheng in Beijing, asking Zhang Juzheng to reply to him.

The Jiangling in Xu Jie's mouth naturally refers to Zhang Juzheng.

In the Ming Dynasty, a certain cabinet minister was often referred to by his native place, especially the chief assistant.

Although Zhang Juzheng was Xu Jie's student, Zhang Juzheng was the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty after all, and he was also a minister who was ordered by the late emperor to be the assistant minister.

Therefore, Xu Jie, who has always been an official, will no longer call himself a teacher, but directly call Zhang Juzheng. Like the people in the world, he only calls his hometown to refer to Jiangling. Knowing that he didn't deliberately show that he has a different relationship with Zhang Juzheng just because Zhang Juzheng became the chief assistant.

But in secret, Xu Jie still communicated with Zhang Juzheng by letter, more or less using his personal friendship with Zhang Juzheng to achieve some of his own political goals.

For example, when he knew that Hai Rui was going to be appointed as the deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Zhang Juzheng, hoping to prevent Hai Rui from being reused.

Xu Jie doesn't tolerate Hai Rui now, which is naturally related to the fact that Hai Rui made his Xu family suffer a lot and lost a lot of land interests when he was the governor of Yingtian.

It's just that it has been more than two months. Xu Jie didn't expect that Zhang Juzheng hadn't replied yet, so he often talked about it in front of Xu Fan in the past few days.

"Father!
Xu Fan called out impatiently, then cupped his hands and reported, "Jiangling has already forgotten about Songjiang Huating in his heart now! Why do you need to ask again, Hai Rui is probably almost in the capital now."

"Is there a letter from Jiangling?"

Xu Jie only asked one question.

Xu Fan didn't answer.

Xu Jie tapped his crutches on the garden floor covered with jade-white stones: "Talk back!"

Xu Fan couldn't hide it anymore: "A letter came!"

"Bring it!"

Xu Jie ordered.

Xu Fan said: "Father, it's better not to read it. The content of the letter is not good. I'm afraid you will be angry if you keep reading it."

"If you don't show it to me, I'll be even angrier! If you don't show it to me, what can you do with Jiangling? Tell everyone, except for this old man, no one can be his opponent! This old man chose him personally If he is really sorry for my Xu family, it can only be dealt with by this old man!"

Xu Jie said sternly.

Xu Fan still took out Zhang Juzheng's letter and read it to Xu Jie.

"Mr. Enfu Xu, my respectful words. Disciple Shuda is paying homage to Enfu in Beijing. My younger brother Fan wrote a letter the day before yesterday, saying that Hai Rui is not available, but my disciple disagrees..."

After Xu Fan finished reading, he said: "Now you know, people don't listen to you, and insist on asking Hai Rui to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be the deputy constitution! You have trained a good student, and you even find someone who is not greedy for power. A good student of the counterbalancer! If the Xu family asks him anything in the future, he can justify saying that Hai Rui is watching from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and refuse."

Xu Jie didn't speak for a long time, only listening to the sound of the plantain being moved by the fan outside the window.

Bang!
Suddenly, Xu Jie threw the crutch out violently, and his chest heaved violently.

"Father!"

Seeing this, Xu Fan hurried over to support Xu Jie.

Xu Jie waved his hand, and did not let Xu Fan support him, but murmured: "I know that he is determined to reform the system and continue the national destiny, but unexpectedly, he is so determined and determined! Now that I think about it, he wants to push Hai Rui's affairs to the whole world! I was actually deceived by him!"

"What does father mean by that?"

Xu Fan asked.

Xu Jie looked at his eldest son with some annoyance: "If you had half the intelligence of Donglou, you wouldn't ask such a question! You wouldn't have been punished by a Hai Rui back then to the point where the old man insisted on taking action!"

"When the child is dull, the father calms down."

Xu Fan hurriedly replied with his head downcast.

Xu Jie said: "Forget it! While my father is still here, let's pave the way for you. You take my letter and go to Puzhou in person, and meet Zhang Ziwei with the gift of a junior! Then tell him the contents of Jiangling's letter."

Zhang Ziwei is Zhang Siwei.

However, Xu Fan did not directly agree at this time, but asked dissatisfiedly: "Father, why do you want the child to meet Zhang Ziwei with a junior ceremony?"

"You have retired from your father's job, and you still want to put on the airs of Xiaoge's old man? Today's Xiaoge's old man is Zhang Jingxiu, not you!"

Xu Jie glared at Xu Fan and said.

Xu Fan had no choice but to say yes, and promised to set off tomorrow to go north to Puzhou to meet Zhang Siwei.

Xu Jie is obviously preparing to find another spokesperson for himself in the court, and intends to abandon Zhang Juzheng, and intends to use his political resources to push Zhang Siwei into the cabinet in the future to replace Zhang Juzheng as the chief assistant.

Of course, the premise is that Zhang Siwei is willing to guarantee the interests of his Xu family, so he needs to let his son get in touch with Zhang Siwei who is now sick at home.

Xu Jie, as a veteran minister in the cabinet for many years, still has a vicious vision. The Zhang Siwei he values ​​is indeed a scheming master who successfully deceived both Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao in history.

Xu Jie is planning ahead.

But Xu Jie still knew to avoid Zhang Juzheng's edge. This is also his experience in wrestling with Yan Song in the cabinet for many years and finally winning, so he specifically explained to Xu Fan: "In addition, follow Jiangling's practice, and let the people in the mansion win in the future." People should restrain themselves, and they still have to walk with Jiangling during the holidays."

After hearing this, Xu Fan took a deep breath: "How long do we have to avoid it?"

Xu Jie sighed: "Wait for the emperor to grow up, wait for Ziwei to be the country!"

……

In June of the first year of Wanli, it was summer and the heat was unbearable.

Outside the capital city.

Hai Rui stepped on a pair of straw sandals, rolled up his trousers, wore a bamboo hat, and dressed in blue cloth, and walked towards the gate of the city.

Although Zhu Yijun's decree for Zhang Juzheng to appoint him as the deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was issued in early February, but Hai Rui's home is far away in Qiongzhou, later Hainan Island. So even if he hurried along the way, he still didn't arrive in the capital until June.

"Brother Gangfeng!"

And just as Hai Rui was walking towards the gate of the capital, a cry caught his attention.

Hai Rui followed the sound and smiled happily.

"Brother Runlian!"

It turned out that this was a good friend Hai Rui met when he was the governor of Yingtian, named Wang Yongji.

This Wang Yongji is much younger than Hai Rui, but because of the importance of academic titles in this era, and Wang Yongji was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing, Hai Rui was just a juren, so although Hai Rui is older and has a higher official position, but He still made friends with Wang Yongji.

In Yingtian, Hai Rui admired Wang Yongji for not being afraid of the powerful, and he hit it off with Wang Yongji at first sight. Now that they have reunited in Beijing after years of separation, Hai Rui is very happy and couldn't help calling out.

"According to the time, you should arrive in Beijing in these few days, and you will come every day. I didn't expect to wait until today."

Wang Yongji walked up with a smile and said.

Hai Rui came over with a smile and cupped his hands: "Thanks for thinking about it, I never thought that Jiangling would think of me when the country is in power!"

Cough!

"It's not the uncle who thinks about you, but His Majesty!"

At this time, after a coughing sound ended, Tan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, who was wearing a cotton padded jacket with arrow sleeves, came up and said something.

(End of this chapter)