Chapter 409 Yan Xu joins forces
"What is going on in the southeast?"
Looking at the situation in the southeast that has become increasingly fester in the past few years, Emperor Jiajing, who is cultivating immortality in the deep palace of Xiyuan I couldn't sit still.
He summoned Yan Song, Xu Jie and others to the Yuxi Palace and questioned these pillars of the country that he relied on face to face.
Yan Song and Xu Jie lowered their heads. The thunder, rain and dew were all due to the king's kindness. Faced with such accusations, the ministers could only bow their heads and admit their mistakes.
"Why aren't you talking?"
Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but get angry. These bitches act like cowards at critical moments. Even if things are done well or badly, they will pretend to be worried. The way he looked, he said it was for His Majesty's sake.
But His Majesty is deep in the palace, how much of the whole story can he know?
No matter how supreme the emperor is, all he can see is a letter from various places sent to the palace, or a secret report sent back by the spies of Jinyiwei Dongchang who he secretly ordered.
But these are one-sided content, and there is serious lag, and great subjective bias.
Therefore, it is simply a daydream to expect an emperor who lives in a deep palace to shine with his holy light and govern the world in an orderly manner.
So whether it is a cruel king or a foolish king, if he wants to govern the world, he must have a bureaucracy composed of people like Yan Song and Xu Jie to complete the control of the world.
But now these people don't want to take responsibility and want to throw the blame. How can Emperor Jiajing stand it?
It seems that he alone is responsible for everything that goes wrong in this world. No one can afford to take the blame.
So the anger of Emperor Jiajing can be somewhat understood.
Emperor Jiajing took the memorial from Zhang Jing, the governor of Zhejiang Province, and asked Yan Song, Xu Jie and others, "Don't you say that the Japanese pirates in the southeast are just some small-scale pirates? Now that these pirates have come ashore, you You are still pretending to be peaceful in front of me. Are you willing to tell me the truth until the Japanese pirates arrive in the capital?"
Zhang Jing's memorial was sent to the capital in the form of a secret memorial, and it was not passed through the public. The Chief Secretary also did not go through the cabinet.
So Yan Song and Xu Jie both looked at each other with dark eyes as to what Zhang Jing said in the memorial.
Now that they were called to Xiyuan by Emperor Jiajing and scolded, they felt quite aggrieved.
Because of the situation in the southeast, as ministers of the cabinet, like Emperor Jiajing, they have always been in the capital, so it is difficult for them to understand the whole situation.
They can only make corresponding strategies based on the news sent from the local area.
But who would have thought that Zhang Jing was so ignorant of martial ethics that he skipped them and secretly reported to the emperor.
This immediately put Yan Song and Xu Jie into a passive position.
When Yan Song didn't speak, Xu Jie had to speak, because that was the rule.
Xu Jie bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, the situation in the southeast is very complicated. I and Mr. Yan Ge have been paying close attention to it, but..." Emperor Jiajing snorted, "It's just what? It's just not. The solution, right? If Zhang Jing’s report had been timely, I wouldn’t have known that the Japanese pirates were already in full swing in the southeast.”
"You have indeed become a lot more comfortable in these years. I have solved the problems in the north for you, and I have also solved the earthquake in Huazhou for you. Now it is just the southeast, and you still have to deal with it for me. I don’t know why I took a fancy to you and brought you into the cabinet.” As soon as Emperor Jiajing said this, Yan Song moved. He knelt on the ground and took off the black gauze hat on his head. "Thousands of mistakes are made, and they are all my fault. It is my fault that I failed to share my worries with my father."
Yan Song's action also moved Xu Jie, and Xu Jie immediately knelt down and took off his hat. The speed is faster than Yan Song.
Emperor Jiajing watched Yan Song and Xu Jie take off their hats, and couldn't help but snorted, "You want to give up the blame and put all the responsibility on me, right? I won't let you give up the blame. Now Zhang Jing The matter has been told, and you should immediately find a way to solve the problem in the southeast. If it cannot be solved, it will not be as simple as taking off the hat.”
Emperor Jiajing gave Yan Song and Xu Jie a cold warning, then got up and returned to his monastery, ignoring Yan Song and Xu Jie.
Yan Song and Xu Jie looked at Emperor Jiajing who was leaving, and they bowed again, "Best farewell to Your Majesty."
After Emperor Jiajing's shadow disappeared, Chen Hong walked over quietly. , said softly: "The emperor just wants you to have an attitude. Now the things in the southeast can no longer be covered up. If you still don't have an attitude, it will be very difficult for the emperor."
After Chen Hong finished saying this, , and quietly backed away.
Xu Jie helped Yan Song out of Yuxi Palace, and the two of them spoke little along the way.
When he walked to a deserted place, Yan Song said, "Huating, someone must take responsibility for what happened in the southeast. Otherwise, there is no way to explain it to the people of the world."
Xu Jieshen took it for granted. He replied: "What Mr. Ge said is that there is such a big mess in the southeast, and Zhang Jing, as the governor of Zhejiang Province, has an unshirkable responsibility. He secretly reported to His Majesty this time just to escape responsibility. He dare not take responsibility like this. Those who want to shirk their responsibilities can no longer be allowed to stay in the southeast."
Yan Song and Xu Jie reached a consensus in just two sentences, and this time they were cheated by Zhang Jing. It's too cruel.
Otherwise, they would not have been called to the Yuxi Palace by Emperor Jiajing to reprimand him face to face, so before leaving the Yuxi Palace, the two of them actually had the idea of getting Zhang Jing in their hearts.
Now that both of them have made their words clear, Zhang Jing’s next fate can be imagined.
Zhang Jing was a Jinshi in the twelfth year of Zhengde, and he could be regarded as a senior minister. In the sixteenth year of Jiajing, he had already served as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, suppressed the civil rebellion of the Yao people in Dadengxia, and was later promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing due to his meritorious service.
In the 33rd year of Jiajing, the Japanese rebellion in the southeast began to show signs. The imperial court thought of this veteran governor-general and assigned him to the position of governor-general of Zhejiang Province, and added the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Prime Minister. Zhejiang directs military and political affairs to eliminate Japanese invasion in the southeast.
But now more than two years have passed. Not only have the Japanese pirates not been cleared, but they have become more and more serious. This can't help but make Zhang Jing panic.
So in order to state the current situation facing Southeast to the court, Zhang Jing had no choice but to write a secret memorial directly to Tianting, hoping that Emperor Jiajing could give him enough authority and support. This allowed him to mobilize more forces to deal with the Japanese invasion in the southeast.
Unfortunately, in the eyes of Yan Song and Xu Jie, his actions were an act of leapfrogging and snitching. It was difficult for him to be tolerated between the two factions.
So in the next moment, Zhang Jing has to face not only the Japanese plague that cannot be eliminated in the southeast, but also the cold arrows shot from the capital at any time!
(End of this chapter)