Wanli Youming

Chapter 135

Chapter 135

"Father said so."

Xu Ying replied.

Xu Jie asked at this time: "In the past, when the gentlemen of Fuque were punished, I remember the news that Queen Mother Li and Queen Mother Chen both went to Huiji Gate successively, right?"

"Yes, but the specific circumstances are not clear;"

"Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun, and those young military officials kept silent about the matter in the past."

"At that time, the supervisor of ceremonies was Zhang Jing, and Zhang Jing couldn't get through. He only took money, but never spread the news. Even though the money has been sent now, the news has never been heard. I don’t dare to send it any more, it’s a shame to think about it.”

Xu Ying replied.

Xu Jie said: "It's fine if he accepts it. As for his refusal to bring the news out, it's because Feng Bao has learned how to behave. As long as Zhang Hong is still in that position, he will definitely not dare to say anything."

"This Hong Bacheng is the same as Feng Bao back then. He has long colluded with Jiang Ling, and at the same time he used the trust of the two empress dowagers to control the inner court."

"It's just that I don't know if His Majesty also trusts him."

As Xu Jie spoke, he suddenly said: "Actually, there is one person who should know the truth of that day. I'm afraid he still knows the attitude of the two empress dowagers, and even the details of Zhang Jing and Zhang Hong, and even His Majesty."

"Who is the father talking about?"

Xu Ying asked.

"Life note officer Shen Li!"

Xu Jie said.

Xu Ying said, "What my father said is true, but he is more difficult to deal with than Zhang Jing. He not only doesn't know what to ask, he doesn't even take money."

After a long while, when the sun was gradually covered by dark clouds, Xu Jie smiled slightly, without showing any disappointment on his face, and said, "After all, he is employed by Jiangling. He is unreliable and will not be in charge of daily affairs."

"Father, what should we do now?"

After Xu Ying asked, she began to complain, saying: "Don't tell me that the eldest brother was sent to the army, and the second brother is also sent to prison now. My Xu family has never been so useless! Zhang Jiangling really bullied my Xu family too much! You also know how to give our Xu family three points of thin noodles."

Xu Jie said: "Don't worry about these things. Jiangling really wants to execute your elder brother and second brother, and even confiscate our house. Even if it is the emperor's intention, he will go to Beijing for his father's sake, and hold a plowing ceremony or visit the mausoleum in the emperor's place." During the ceremony, stop Yujia and beg for mercy!"

"Unless the emperor really disregards the benevolence of the emperor and the feelings of the scholars and officials in the world, otherwise, he will never really do something unfeeling to me, the chief assistant who has assisted two generations of emperors!"

"So what should we worry about now?"

Xu Ying asked.

Xu Jie suddenly knocked his crutch hard, and asked Xu Ying, "Can't you use your own brain?!"

Xu Ying couldn't help lowering her head: "Father, calm down!"

Xu Jie was also helpless, he was never willing to be driven by others, but only his own sons, he had to take the initiative to drive them, and continued:

"The key now is to know whether Zhang Juzheng still wants to change the system, and if he wants to continue to change the system, what system should he change?!"

Xu Jie said again: "But Ma Tongzhou is the same, I don't know what to ask!"

"But it's not impossible."

Xu Jie then said with a smile.

Xu Ying looked up at Xu Jie curiously.

Xu Jie stood up on crutches and said, "Looking at it now, I still have to let go of my old face and beg Jiang Ling again!"

"Ah! Do you want to ask him again?"

Xu Ying originally thought that his father would come up with a brilliant idea, but he didn't expect that he would show weakness to Zhang Jiangling.

Xu Jie glanced at him: "Otherwise, do you know how father fought against Yan Fenyi back then? It's just showing weakness!"

As Xu Jie spoke, he instructed Xu Ying, "You ask the clerk in the mansion to write a letter to Jiangling in my name, which should have the following meanings:

One is to ask him for help to save the second brother, and say that if we can save his life, our Xu family is grateful for his lifelong kindness; "

"The second is to praise him for his great efforts in the past few years, and to say that I am always thinking about him, thinking that I will be able to meet again in the forest in the future, and share the friendship between teachers and students. By the way, I secretly advised him to stop in time and tell him,' That's enough! It's time to end, he wants to restructure and complete his long-standing work, and our Xu family has also cooperated with him to realize it, and he should think about his own future!' But it must also be stated that if he wants to continue to restructure, The Xu family is willing to continue to do their best to cooperate, even if they go all out to ruin the family and bring disaster on the upper body, they will serve the country wholeheartedly with them;"

"The third is to discuss relatives. Let's say that my Xu family intends to form an in-law family with him. He Jiangling will understand that once he gets married with my Xu family and retreats bravely, he will no longer have to worry about not being able to die well in the future. The world is dissatisfied with the reform. I am afraid that the scholar-bureaucrats will not pursue him fiercely again, after all, these scholar-bureaucrats still have to give my Xu family face. And even if there are still people who settle his account, my Xu family will do my best to protect it."

Xu Ying clapped her hands and said yes, and asked, "Father, are we asking for peace?"

Xu Jie nodded: "That's right. He Jiangling is too powerful, maybe it is the best choice to make peace in time, otherwise we are afraid that both sides will suffer. Besides, Zhang Jiangling can make peace with Gao Gong, so why can't we make peace with him in Jiangling?" Make peace?"

"A smart person like Jiang Ling should understand that if he refuses, he won't have another chance to get out."

"And if he can make peace with us at this time, and deal with the emperor together, and let the emperor be a lord and benevolent monarch who can only defend himself, it will also prevent people like Hai Rui from returning to the court and causing another bloody storm !"

"He himself can still get the name of a minister."

Xu Jie then spoke again, and didn't say anything after that, only staring at the sky under the twilight, and said after a long while:

"Tell him Zhang Jiangling, as long as he is willing to make peace, after he releases a group of Confucian scholars, I, Xu Jie, will personally rectify his name in the name of giving lectures!"

"After all, we are all scholars and bureaucrats, so why fight and kill each other instead of being harmonious?"

After Xu Jie said that, he told Xu Ying: "You go there yourself and ask Zhang Jiangling what he means, and take the nine girls who are about to pass the age with you, Jiangling likes beauty, as long as Zhang Juzheng is willing, Let your ninth sister be his concubine."

"understand!"

Xu Ying replied.

The wealthy families of this era have always regarded their female family members as marriage capital that can win over other powerful families, and basically do not consider the personal feelings of this female family member.

Of course, it's not just the women's relatives. For the benefit of the clan, personal interests can be sacrificed.

After all, this era does not pay attention to personal feelings.

In history, Xu Jie married his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson as a concubine, in order to dispel Yan Song's hostility towards him.

Now, Xu Jie is repeating his old tricks, planning to give his ninth daughter, acquired in old age, to Zhang Juzheng, who is over fifty, as a concubine. As for whether his daughter is willing or not, he naturally doesn't care.

Xu Ying and Jiuniang arrived in the capital in mid-April of the seventh year of Wanli, and they met Zhang Juzheng.

After Zhang Juzheng met Xu Ying and the young and beautiful Nine Girls, he also received a letter from Xu Jie.

"Shidi and Ninth Miss will stay at home first, and the servant will personally reply to the old gentleman's letter."

"When the time comes, you'd better take them back together. As for the Second Young Master, please rest assured, I will protect his life, Jin Yiwei has already said hello, and he won't suffer."

Zhang Juzheng said this to Xu Ying with a smile after reading Xu Jie's letter, and then arranged for his second son Zhang Maoxiu to send Xu Ying and others to rest.

"Thank you Yuansuke!"

Xu Ying fell to the ground, choked with sobs and kowtowed to Zhang Juzheng, and also made Nine Girls kneel down.

But Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said: "Please get up quickly! This servant is repaying the kindness of the master, and it is not worth thanking."

As he said that, Zhang Juzheng asked Zhang Maoxiu to take Xu Ying and Nine Girls back down.

But after Xu Ying and Nine Girls left, Zhang Juzheng's face darkened, and he said, "Xu Huating is Xu Huating, this move really made my Zhang family not agree!"

"Father! This is indeed an opportunity. The Xu family is willing to marry us and seek peace, which means that our Zhang family may really never have the end of 'the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey cooks'!"

Zhang Jingxiu said at this time.

After Zhang Juzheng heard this, he glanced at Zhang Jingxiu: "Do you think that being a father will really forget your righteousness? Or do you think that being a father will really choose to betray His Majesty at this time for the future of the individual and the clan? Abandonment of ambition?"

(End of this chapter)