Xu Jie was shocked and instantly smelled the way Xiao Feng dealt with Yan Song and his son. This was not possible. He could not make the same mistake again!
Reasoning with Xiao Feng is a very difficult and dangerous thing. Try not to talk about it if you can. This is the lesson Yan and his son have left with their lives.
Xu Jie immediately shook his head and said: "I made a mistake. As Mr. Xiao said, long live the golden words and the imperial edict are every word, and every word is useful.
Mr. Xiao acted in accordance with the imperial decree, and it was indeed not "private and indulgent". It was indeed inappropriate for the censor to impeach him on this basis. "
Um? The censor's eyes suddenly widened: Teacher, my butt is swollen from being beaten. Are you giving up now? Isn't it?
Gao Gong also glanced at Xu Jie in surprise, thinking that this is not all you have. If this is the case, then I will have more ideas!
"But since it's not the leader of the bandit who controls it for himself, it must be a decision made on the spur of the moment and done cheaply.
Mr. Xiao will be out at that time, so this can naturally be done. But now that Mr. Xiao has returned to the court, should he explain it to the court face to face?
What opportunity did you have to make such a decision? What was the advantage that made you decide to do this? "
Gao Gong quickly lowered his head. Xu Fuyi was indeed not someone to be trifled with. For the time being, he should just be Gao Fuyi honestly.
This sentence "will be outside" was silent and calm, but it secretly pushed Xiao Feng to the position of despising the imperial court and despising Long Live.
Since ancient times, anyone who has said the three words "will be outside" will not end well.
No matter how much the emperor trusts a person, when he hears this sentence, his reaction is basically the same: a smile on his face, and a mother's approval in his heart, if he doesn't touch you for the time being, he will be pissed if he touches you.
Xiao Feng glanced at Jiajing. Jiajing's eyes were slightly closed and there was no movement. Xiao Feng glanced at Xu Jie again, smiling broadly.
"Mr. Xu, you didn't even finish your sentence. Is 'will be outside' the whole sentence? There is also half a sentence at the end of 'you will accept your orders'!"
Everyone was shocked, thinking that Xu Jie was just hinting, why did you pierce the window paper? Jiajing still closed his eyes and said nothing.
Xu Jie said with a smile: "I didn't expect this level. Mr. Xiao thought too much. In this case, I made a mistake again. I apologize, I apologize."
Xiao Feng smiled faintly: "Master Xu indeed made a mistake. Although I act outside, I do everything according to Long Live's wishes. How can I talk about 'going outside'?"
Jiajing's eyes opened a crack and he frowned slightly. Junior brother, even if you want me to help you tell your lies, you should lip-sync with me in advance. You make me very passive.
Xu Jie was stunned: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that you let Xiao Qin go because of Long Live's instructions? Tell me, what does your sudden decision-making and doing things cheaply have to do with Long Live?"
Xiao Feng solemnly said: "Long live the study of Huang Lao carefully, calmness and indifference, governing a big country like cooking small fresh food, and developing governance by doing nothing to an extent that has never been done before and will never come after."
He usually discusses Taoism with me and teaches me how to govern the country. If you can take advantage of the situation, you will get twice the result with half the effort. I let Xiao Qin go because I took advantage of the situation. "
Although Jiajing still didn't know what blame he needed to shoulder for his junior brother, he felt so comfortable after being praised that he decided that if the blame wasn't too big, he could make an exception.
Xu Jie looked like he was asking for advice modestly: "Then please tell me, Mr. Xiao, how to take advantage of the situation?"
Xiao Feng nodded and said: "Thanks to long live the Ming Dynasty, the country's fortunes are booming, and my family's life is also easy. When there is too much food, it is easy to cause trouble."
Xu Jie looked at Xiao Feng blankly, not knowing that letting Xiao Qin go had something to do with the rat trouble at home.
Besides, your family's life is easy, and it has nothing to do with the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. What is your status? No matter how poor the Ming Dynasty is, can you still be poor?
"Master Xiao, what we are talking about now is letting Xiao Qin go, why does it involve causing trouble at home?"
Xiao Feng smiled: "So I mobilized the whole family to eliminate rats, but rats are very cunning things.
They usually hide in holes. They only wreak havoc in the dead of night, when people are most tired and weak.
So after struggling for a long time, everyone worked to no avail. The only one who caught a mouse was Wangcai! "
Everyone smiled, Xu Jie also nodded and smiled, and suddenly the smile froze on his face.
Bastard, bastard! Xiao Feng, this bastard, is clearly implying that I am asking Xiao Qin, it is a dog picking on a mouse and meddling in other people's business!
Xu Jie glanced around, everyone was still laughing, only Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at him awkwardly, obviously thinking of going with him.
Xu Jie did not dare to have an attack because he found that Jiajing was also laughing. What's more, Xiao Feng, a bastard, said it so cryptically that few people on the spot could understand it.
The sad thing is that when the court comes down and all the officials gather to drink together in restaurants and brothels, they will definitely be able to taste it. How many people will laugh behind their backs by then!
Xu Jie snorted: "What's so difficult about this? Can't Master Xiao just raise a cat?"
Xiao Feng smiled and glanced at Xu Jie: "Your Majesty, my wife said the same thing at the time. Wouldn't it be enough to raise a cat? I said you know nothing, it's a woman's opinion!"
Everyone had to bear the laughter even harder this time. This time it was not subtle. They simply pointed at Xu Jie's nose and scolded him, but Xu Jie still couldn't find anything wrong with him.
Jiajing smiled happily. He had not been so happy since Chang An's death, and now he was almost laughing.
Why did Chang An die? In order to save Xiao Feng. Why does Xiao Feng need to be saved? Because I pray for rain. Why did Xiao Feng ask for rain...
Although success in praying for rain was a great benefit to the Ming Dynasty, Jiajing also rewarded all officials who went to the Temple of Heaven to bask in the sun as usual, including Hai Rui who made suggestions.
Xu Jie naturally received the most rewards, because he was the initiator and played an important role in alleviating the disaster in the Ming Dynasty.
As the emperor, Jiajing must do this. This is etiquette! This is the emperor's reason!
But when Jiajing took off his emperor's coat in the dead of night and became a father, he must have resented Xu Jie.
Xiao Feng helped him get rid of all this resentment today.
Xu Jie gritted his teeth: "If there is a rat infestation at home, of course we should raise a cat. I wonder why Mr. Xiao said this?"
Xiao Feng said in surprise: "Yes, my wife said the same thing! She said there was a rat infestation at home, so of course she kept a cat. Why did you say that to me?"
I told you that you are a woman, but you are still not convinced! If you have a dog and a cat at home, why would these two guys have a falling out? Who doesn’t know that cats and dogs fight when they meet? "
Xu Jie found that as long as he opened his mouth, Xiao Feng would lean on his wife. Wasn't he looking for scolding himself? Simply gritted his teeth and stopped talking.
Xiao Feng smiled and said: "My wife saw that nothing she said was right, so she was so angry that she just stopped talking. I also thought it was a bit too much, so I explained it gently.
In fact, it is not impossible to raise cats, but cats can only catch mice that come out of their holes, and the number is limited.
Rats reproduce so quickly that just raising cats is not enough. Besides, if you raise a cat, you have to drive your wealth out of the door to live there.
But Wangcai has been loyal to our family for so many years, and he even caught a mouse yesterday.
How can you bear to kick it out of the door and punish it just because it doesn't seem to be catching mice fast enough? "
After Xiao Feng finished speaking, all the officials suddenly stopped laughing, because they all discovered that Xiao Feng was not just talking about catching mice.
Xiao Feng was talking about himself and the court of the Ming Dynasty. The generals of the Ming Dynasty were so much like that dog, they had to do everything, even catch mice.
But those civil servants who are high up in the temple can be driven out of the court and even become prisoners with just a word!
In silence, Xiao Feng looked at Xu Jie. Xu Jie turned his eyes to one side with a guilty conscience, not daring to look at Xiao Feng.
"So I asked people in the government to make suggestions. Unexpectedly, my brother-in-law Liu Peng gave me an idea. Liu Peng said that his family also had rats.
My father-in-law's family motto is that food is the most important thing for the people, and he hates rats more than ordinary people. So my father-in-law searched for a way to get rid of rats and finally found one.
Use a bait trap to capture a rat alive, stuff a soybean pellet into the rat's anus, sew it to death with a needle and thread, and let it escape back into the rat hole.
As the soybeans gradually swell, the rat becomes unbearably bloated, unable to excrete, and naturally unable to eat, and will eventually be tortured to the point of madness.
This crazy rat will not only kill small rats in the hole, but also other big rats. It is so ferocious and brave that it is difficult for a hundred rats to defeat it!
I immediately praised the case. This method used poison to fight poison and rats to eliminate rats. It really coincided with the concept of letting nature take its course and treating it by doing nothing. So I immediately adopted this method, and the rat infestation in my home was indeed eliminated. "
The officials imagined that unlucky rat, with soybeans bulging in its butt, biting wildly everywhere. They couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and collectively saluted Liu Tong with their attention.
It seems that we will have good benefits from Mr. Liu in the future! Mr. Liu not only has a good son-in-law, but he is also not easy to mess with!
Seeing the big from the small, this person is so cruel to rats, but not too weak to people. Usually he is just pretending!
Liu Tong blushed and lowered her head, scolding Xiao Feng dozens of times in her heart. You little bastard, just be reasonable, why do you have to drag me along?
Jiajing heard the hidden meaning of Xiao Feng's words and nodded slightly: "No matter how big or small, the truth is the same.
Although it was a small matter of exterminating rats, one could see that Liu Shilang was very thoughtful. The so-called study of things leads to knowledge, this is the principle, and it doesn't matter what things are. "
People's minds say that knowledge can be gained by studying things, and the big can be seen from the small. No matter what things are studied, the principle is indeed the same.
But no matter what, Wang Yangming's bamboo and Liu Tong's rat butt just don't feel like they can be compared!
Xu Jie held back his anger and did not dare to refute Xiao Feng's reasoning. He could only make insinuations and look for loopholes.
"Master Xiao, everyone understands what you mean.
But Xiao Qin is not a mouse, and he doesn't have soybeans stuffed in his butt. Can you tell that he will bite the Japanese? "
Xiao Feng nodded: "Xiao Qin is a rat crossing the street that everyone is shouting about!
His rebellious ambition is like a lump in his throat, and he cannot swallow it. It is growing day by day. It's that soybean!
The White Lotus Sect has been disintegrated by the imperial court, the Miao territory has been subsumed by the Ming Dynasty, the Tibetan areas are unwilling to rebel, and the Mongolian Jurchens dare not act rashly. This is the needle and thread that sews his butt!
You said, besides going crazy and biting the Japanese, what other options could he have? "
Xu Jie actually laughed: "Master Xiao, this is a plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, which is very good, but Xiao Qin is not a mouse after all, and he is not crazy.
If he dominates Japan and uses all the strength of Japan to invade the Ming Dynasty, can Mr. Xiao afford the consequences of raising tigers? "
Xiao Feng looked at Xu Jie with a smile. This guy was indeed better than Yan Song. After being pointed at and scolded by me for a long time, he could still smile in response, which was rare.
He knew that Xu Jie once again stood on the moral high ground, forcing himself to make promises that he could not have made, and to take responsibility for possible consequences in the future.
In fact, Xu Jie didn't take Japan seriously at all. Scholars in the Ming Dynasty always looked down on uneducated people, thinking that they couldn't do anything without education.
Even if they were beaten under the imperial city by Anda Khan, they felt that this was because the generals were too incompetent. How could the Mongols be so powerful if they were so uneducated?
Speaking of being uneducated, the Japanese pirates are even more uneducated than the Mongols! After all, the Mongols have been in the Central Plains for a hundred years and have been influenced by us in reverse.
The barbarians among the Japanese pirate barbarians only visited China occasionally, looked at the superficial things, and then took them home as treasures. What potential could they have?
Therefore, Xu Jie is not worried about what Xiao Qin will do to the Ming Dynasty with the Japanese pirates in the future. His only hope is that if one day comes, Xiao Feng must take full responsibility and withdraw from the court!
Xiao Feng smiled lightly. He stood up straight. His already straight figure became taller and full of confidence and domineering.
"When a man is born in this world, there are certain things he should not do and things he must do. If something must be done, why should we be afraid of our hands and feet in order to find a perfect solution?
Since I dare to let Xiao Qin go, I dare to bear the consequences. When Xiao Qin unified Japan, it was the day when our Ming Navy completely wiped out the Japanese pirates!
Not only that, I also want to use Xiao Qin's hand to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, strengthen the national destiny for Long Live, and create eternal peace for the people! "
Everyone was shocked by Xiao Feng's words. Even Xu Jie opened his mouth slightly. Even Xiao Feng habitually threw a carrot at the end, and he was no longer in the mood to curse.
Arrogant, so arrogant, so arrogant!
Why do you say that? Why are you so confident? You can't go wrong?
Crazy? Liu Tong grinned, unpleasant memories sneaking up on him.
"I will not sell people or houses within ten days. I will give you ten taels of silver to settle the matter."
When Xiao Feng let Qiaoqiao and Liu Xueer go to court, he didn't use such a simple trick to break the situation. When he uttered arrogant words, he felt that he was stupid and crazy.
As a result, not only did he do it, he also married off his daughter, and even gave away his family's wealth...
Crazy? Gong Hui, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, thought of his predecessor, Tan Xinren, the richest man in the capital supported by Zhao Wenhua.
"If you don't go bankrupt within half a year, my surname is not Xiao!"
Two years ago, Zhao Wenhua was still the actual controller of the Ministry of Industry, and Tan Xinren was still the richest man in Beijing who was unlikely to go bankrupt.
Now one has lost his official position and is in debt, rubbing his belly until it is disemboweled; the other is forced to work in the army and sleep in the open air every day in Shanhaiguan, all because of his repentance.
Crazy? Pan Huang looked at Liu Tong beside him, thinking about the agreement between his former minister Zuo who was no longer qualified to go to court, and Shi Zhenxiang, who he had dragged into the pirate ship.
"If your wife had chosen him back then, I'm afraid even the dog at home would have had the last name Shi."
The initial investment in Zuixianlou, competition for the God of Cookery, and spicy hot pot gradually pushed Shi Zhenxiang into a desperate end of crime, and at the same time, the protective umbrella of Tan Tong also fell apart.
Crazy? Zhang Juzheng looked at the teacher with a look of shock on his face and a blank look in his eyes, and felt as if boiling oil was boiling in his heart.
"Xiao Feng made an oath in front of this grave today. No matter how difficult or dangerous it may be, he will not be afraid of being shattered into pieces!
If the head of the culprit is not placed on the top of the tomb, if the Ming Dynasty is not restored to a clear blue sky and a peaceful and prosperous age, Xiao Feng will not be able to enter the immortal world, and will not be reincarnated after death! "
He did it, everything he said, whether small or big, as long as he said it with this expression, he did it.
All those who supported Xu Jie silently lowered their heads in confusion. All those who supported Xiao Feng found confidence in their memories.
Like Xiao Feng, they raised their heads proudly, as if they were also responsible for these things.
Jiajing had no need to remember at all. Junior brother, what have you done in the past two years? Do you still need to recall it? What's more, junior brother mentioned the key words just now! The national destiny of the Ming Dynasty!
"Junior brother's words are reasonable, I have no doubt about it. Xu Aiqing is also mature and has the intention of seeking the country. Everyone is thinking about the court and there is no need to engage in disputes of temperament."
Jiajing's words brought this matter to an end. Although Xu Jie failed to use this incident to suppress Xiao Feng, he forced Xiao Feng to make another arrogance, which could be regarded as laying a hook for the future.
So Xu Jie smiled smartly and moved the topic to another matter very smoothly.
"Long live, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Personnel are jointly preparing for the first science and technology imperial examination, but they are arguing over the examination questions, and there is no result yet.
Mr. Xiao has vigorously promoted this matter. Now that Mr. Xiao has returned to Beijing, I suggest that we discuss this matter today. How about it? "
Jiajing nodded. This is a serious matter. It is rare that Xu Jie no longer opposes the technical examination. This is a good sign.
Although there is disagreement between the court and the emperor, it is still important not to make too much trouble on important matters.
"Mr. Xiao, the technical examination is unprecedented. People from the three departments don't know what the appropriate question should be. Please give me some advice, Mr. Xiao."
Xiao Feng smiled: "First of all, etiquette cannot be abolished, and loyalty to the emperor and patriotism can never be changed. This part of the content accounts for 10% of the evaluation criteria."
Xu Jie was stunned. He originally thought that since Xiao Feng was taking the technical examination, he must test the knowledge of those craftsmen. He originally planned to wait until Xiao Feng finished speaking and give Xiao Feng a hat.
No matter how good the technology is, if you don't know how to be loyal to the emperor and love the country, wouldn't it endanger the country if you surrender to the enemy and rebel? Your technology is poisonous!
Unexpectedly, Xiao Feng was blocked as soon as he came up, so he had nothing to say: "What about the remaining 90%?"
Xiao Feng said with a smile: "Since it is a technical examination, professional knowledge must account for the most part. The questions will be jointly set by Qiaojiangtang and Wushiguan, and 30% will be written answers and 30% will be practical!"
Xu Jie thought for a while: "There are still 30% left, what should I take the test?"
Xiao Feng smiled calmly: "Da Ming Law!"
All the officials were stunned, and Xu Jie asked tentatively: "What's the point of testing the Ming Dynasty laws in the technical examinations? Even in the regular imperial examinations, there are very few questions in the laws?"
Xiao Feng said lightly: "The purpose of the technical examination is to select talents for Guofang. Compared with officials in the imperial court, officials in Guofang have less power but more wealth.
Therefore, all the laws and regulations related to corruption in the Ming Dynasty Code, the Technological Examination, and the Technological Examination must be memorized, like a knife carved into the bone, and engraved in the heart! "
