There's nothing we can do about it.
Xu Jie has been in the cabinet for many years, and his disciples and former officials have spread all over the world.
Not to mention Zhang Juzheng's students, there were also many governors and officials of the Nandu Ministry along the way who had old ties to the Xu family.
In fact, Wang Yongji came to pick up Xu Jie's son and was able to reach Huating smoothly. This can be regarded as the scholar-bureaucrats of this era giving Wang Yong face.
Who told Wang Yongji to be a scholar-bureaucrat?
If it were someone from the East Factory of the Inner Court, a group of righteous people might suddenly appear and stage a drama like the one recorded in "Tombstone Story of Five People".
However, the imperial power was so great that there were many scholar-bureaucrats interceding for the Xu family.
But Xu Fan, who knew in advance that he was going to be arrested, was still worried.
"Father! Can you think of a solution?"
Especially after he heard that the imperial envoy Wang Yongji had brought the flag school soldiers to Huating, he could not calm down at all, and had to come and talk to Xu Jie about the matter again.
Xu Jie glanced at him helplessly, banged his crutch on the ground, and said in an iron-clad tone: "I have said before that you must listen to Jiang Ling's instructions and don't do anything wrong. Don't do anything wrong. You don't believe it. Do you think you can forgive me?" Can you get what you want by crossing Jiangling?! Can you become an official and exercise power? Now you know, as long as Zhang Jiangling doesn't want you to become an official, you will have no chance to become an official!"
"My son is also here for the Xu family! We can't have no one from the Xu family become an official! Otherwise, how will the world's nobles view our Xu family, father!"
Xu Fan cried and replied.
Xu Jie scolded: "Don't say such hypocritical words in front of your father! You are not doing it for the Xu family, you are doing it for yourself, to have a black gauze hat on your head!"
With that said, Xu Jie said: "My Xu family doesn't need it, and neither does I, Xu Jie! As long as Jiang Ling is still there, I, Xu Jie, can sit back and relax, and my Xu family will not end up like the Yan family! But you just want to You still want to push him out, thinking that you can do it on your own. But you are not even close to his Jiangling, you are not even as good as Gao Xinzheng! Both of them can make people like Hai Rui who dare to criticize Dragon Scale be driven by them, you Can you? Do you think that when someone calls you "Little Ge Lao", you really think of yourself as a Ge Lao? "
Xu Fan could only admit frankly at this time: "What my father said was that his son was confused. His son did not expect that Zhang Juzheng was so powerful that he actually thought of letting Hai Rui draw up the test method, so that the Kedao Yanguan originally wanted to They used Hai Rui's reputation to oppose the restructuring, but Zhang Juzheng used Hai Rui to suppress them. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone. He, Zhang Juzheng, didn't need Hai Rui, but he used Hai Rui to make him a sharp sword in his hands, and his son really admired him!"
"Remember, without the protection of Jiangling, a magistrate of Huating could kill our Xu family! How long has it been since Hai Rui happened? Have you forgotten?!"
When Xu Jie heard what Xu Fan said, he began to educate Xu Fan again.
"Yes, I knew I was wrong. I was obsessed at the time and thought Feng Bao was reliable. But who would have thought that he would fall so quickly."
Xu Fan replied.
Xu Jie stood up and walked to the case, looked out the window, and said with a sneer: "Feng Bao is not the only one in the twenty-four yamen of the inner court. What's more, his opponent is my student."
Xu Fan, who was kneeling on the ground, said: "But father, there has been no letter from Jiangling recently. Could he really be jealous of our Xu family and want to clean up our Xu family, or even take the child's head?"
"Now you know you're afraid?"
Xu Jie suddenly turned his head, sneered, and asked Xu Fan this question.
Xu Fan did not speak, but continued to kneel dejectedly.
"Sir, the imperial envoy has arrived."
At this time, Xu's servant walked in quickly and called out from outside the door.
"Father!"
Xu Fan couldn't help but look up at Xu Jie again.
Xu Jie said: "You stay here first."
With that said, Xu Jie ordered: "Come here, take off the uncle's robe first and tie him up with a rope!"
"Father!"
Xu Fan was shocked.
But Xu Jie ignored him and just walked out: "Take me to change my clothes and put on the python robe given by the late emperor."
About a quarter of an hour later, Xu Jie changed into his python robe and said, "Open the middle door, set up the incense case, and welcome the imperial envoy."
Not long after, the middle door of Xu's residence, which had not been opened for a long time, opened with a creak, and as soon as Wang Yong came in with the flag and the imperial edict, Xu Jie led his tribe to kneel down: "Old minister Xu Jie greets Your Majesty. ?”
Wang Yongji came over and stopped in front of Xu Jie with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, greetings."
Then, with a smile on his face, Wang Yongjicai stretched out his hand to Xu Jie and gave him a weak support.
As they were both members of the scholar-bureaucrat class, Wang Yongji would not show his condescension to Xu Jie as an imperial envoy.
"Old sir, please get up."
"Everyone rises up"
"Thank you!"
Xu Jie and other members of the Xu family stood up tremblingly.
Wang Yongji then smiled and bowed: "Because your residence is no better than other places, I didn't dare to enter Tan Mansion without permission. However, I have the emperor's orders and I have to disturb you. Please forgive me, sir."
Xu Jielian said he didn't dare, and then invited Wang Yongji to sit down in the middle hall, and personally accompanied him at the main seat. After having tea for three rounds, he smiled and asked, "I must have been disturbed a lot on the way to the mission, right?" ?”
"Nothing can escape the eyes of the old gentleman."
Wang Yongji replied with a smile, and said: "The old gentleman has a great reputation and has blessed the world. It is reasonable to ask for mercy. But don't worry, old gentleman, I didn't dare to accept any money or things. I only accepted dozens of them." Private letter."
Xu Jie smiled and nodded, and then asked, "Do you have a letter from Jiang Ling?"
Wang Yongji said: "No."
When Xu Jie heard what Wang Yongji said, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I have heard about it, but my superiors don't know about it. This is all caused by the bad things of the slaves. Quanzi doesn't know about it, but only I thought they were skilled workers recruited from the private sector, but I never thought they were royal weavers, and they had no intention of taking advantage of the country. Please be sure to make it clear to Jiangling when you arrive in Beijing."
Wang Yongji nodded: "Of course Yuan Fu understands, so before Ben Chai left, he specially asked Ben Chai to say a few words and asked his subordinates to tell the old gentleman, and asked the old gentleman to rest assured."
Then, Xu Jie said: "But please speak frankly."
Wang Yongji said casually: "Yuan Fu means that what Shixiong did is indeed too much! Turning the weavers who made the imperial dragon robes into our own weavers, to put it more seriously, it can be said to be a conspiracy."
"But Yuanfu said that he would not believe that the Xu family would be like this. There must be something hidden. Yuanfu only hopes that the Xu family must pay attention to discipline in the future to avoid being targeted again;"
"In addition, the old gentleman must also know that the law for passing the examination has been promulgated and implemented, so if the Xu family is found to have paid the tax in the future, please ask the Xu family to take the lead in making up the payment, so as not to become the target of public criticism again;"
"Also, after passing the exam, there will inevitably be official grievances, so I would like to ask the old gentleman to smooth things over on his behalf, so that the court will know that the old gentleman is loyal to the country;"
"Of course, the old gentleman must also know that after passing the exam, the father-in-law's land will be cleared, and when the time comes, the old gentleman will also be asked to warn the children to cooperate with the new policies so that the court will know the Xu family's loyalty, so that they can have no worries."
After Wang Yongji said that, he said, "I wonder if the old gentleman has anything to convey to Yuan Fu?"
After a long while, Xu Jie sighed: "Uncle, I am a minister!"
With that said, Xu Jie said: "Then please tell Jiang Ling that he can do whatever he wants. If it is not good for the younger members of the clan to be old friends with my disciples, I will ask him to clean up the family for me."
After Wang Yongji heard this, he stood up and bowed: "Your words are enough."
Then, Wang Yongji said: "Brother Shi, please accept the order."
Xu Jie nodded and said, "Bring the traitor here, and the evil slave who committed the heinous crime behind the Xu family's back!"
Not long after, Xu Fan and the Xu family's housekeeper Xu De were brought up by the Xu family, and they all knelt in front of Wang Yongji.
Wang Yongji then began to take out the imperial edict and read it: "The edict says: Investigate Xu Fan, the young minister of Taichang Temple, for being suspected of being friends with eunuchs, prying into the secrets of the forbidden court, and interfering in government affairs..."
