After a while, Xu Jie nodded and said with a smile, "Ziwei can see clearly."
Then, Xu Jie added: "And Jiang Ling is my student. Naturally, I know it well. He is a loyal but traitor, and he can indeed be bullied! He is not a real villain. If he is a real villain, he will have to be afraid of him."
"That's what the old gentleman said."
Zhang Sijiao replied, and waited for Xu Jie to continue talking about how to deal with Zhang Juzheng.
Xu Jie continued: "But just because Jiangling is a gentleman, I know his thoughts. He didn't tell me about the Xu family because he was thinking about our Xu family. Logically speaking, our Xu family has to thank him. "
"Father!"
Xu Ying shouted again at this time. If Xu Jie hadn't been his father, he would have wanted to curse, "I feel so fucking big."
Xu Jie glanced at Xu Ying and said, "Why don't you understand?! My Xu family has already become a big success, and if we continue to compete for the profits brought by the millions of taels, wouldn't it make people all over the world look at us even more?"
"The old gentleman is highly respected, why should we be afraid of him Jiangling!"
Zhang Sijiao also said something in a bad tone at this time.
"It's not fear!"
Xu Jie hurriedly denied Zhang Sijiao's words and said:
"Jiang Ling is a man who seeks the country. Everything he does is for the country and the king. He is also a man of great wisdom. He repays my mentor from a high place. He does not repay with benefits, but only protects the peace of my Xu family. He is like this Doing it makes it even harder for me to say anything.”
"That's what the old gentleman said."
Zhang Sijiao said with some frustration.
Xu Ying was also disappointed and even looked at her father with some contempt.
Xu Jie just smiled indifferently, and then let the maid support him and leave.
But when leaving, Xu Jie glanced at the calligraphy Zhang Juzheng had given him hanging in the study and said, "Take this away!"
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"Who among our relatives and friends near and far does not hate Zhang Juzheng with all his heart? What's more, the eldest brother was exiled to the army and the second brother was imprisoned. Only the old man has always been timid and still thinks of him as a good student!"
"I can't help it either."
When Xu Ying sent Zhang Sijiao away, she couldn't help complaining to Zhang Sijiao about her dissatisfaction with Xu Jie.
Zhang Sijiao thought for a while and said with a smile: "Mr. Old, after all!"
"Isn't it?"
"That's why our Xu family was bullied by Haigangfeng before, but we failed to do anything about it and just let him be dismissed from office;"
"Now that Jiang Ling is forcing him to give in step by step, I'm afraid that many properties will be taken away by other people in the future!"
Xu Ying said with resentment.
"The third master is the future master of the Xu family. You don't have to wait for the old man to do some things. You can do it yourself first! Don't wait until then. After the success of the reverse, the Xu family will not even be able to drink soup, and people will still think about it. superior!"
Zhang Sijiao saw that Xu Ying was very wise, not as smooth as Xu Jie, and was obviously more dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng, so he started instigating him at this time.
After hearing this, Xu Ying only saw the immediate losses of her Xu family and only cared about whether she could make the Xu family richer in the future, so she nodded and said: "You are right!"
Saying that, Xu Ying said: "The old man drank some wine at the family banquet before and said when he was drunk: The only praiseworthy thing in his life is actually that he cultivated a student who can be regarded as the most capable minister in this dynasty. But you can probably cover up all his mistakes and keep the Xu family from falling, so as not to end up like the Yan family;"
"But we must prevent this person from going too far. We should instigate Gao Gong to fight him. If Gao Gong dies prematurely, use his last words on his sickbed to expose his crime of deceiving the emperor in Jiangling! If you still can't, use Gao Gong's mouth again. , saying that Jiang Ling once said that the late emperor indulged in wine and sex, was extravagant and did not know how to be frugal, which was the words of a coward. In this way, the emperor, as a filial father, would have to drive Jiang Ling away! Now, perhaps we can act accordingly!"
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"By Gao Gong's mouth? Gao Gong has ruined his reputation and even wrote good things about Jiangling. How much use can it still have?"
Another month later, it was March of the ninth year of Wanli.
Zhang Siwei learned about his visit to the Xu family from Zhang Sijiao, and told Zhang Sijiao about it.
"My brother is right, but this was revealed by the third son of the Xu family. Xu Huating himself is still saying good things about Jiang Ling and has no intention of directly becoming an enemy of Jiang Ling!"
Zhang Sijiao said.
Zhang Siwei obeyed and his face turned cold: "This old fox is just waiting for Zhang to be overthrown and his Xu family to enjoy the benefits. In this way, even if the emperor desperately wants to protect Jiangling, he will not be harmed! But why should I be his pawn?" , Xu Huating is sitting back and enjoying his success? I am not Jiangling!"
"What do you mean, brother?"
Zhang Sijiao asked.
"Don't borrow Gao Xinzheng's mouth, borrow his Xu Huating's mouth!"
Zhang Siwei opened the cabinet at this time, took out the private letter Xu Jie wrote to him, and handed it to Zhang Sijiao:
"We must find an expert who can imitate Xu Huating's writing, compile Xu Huating's private notes, and use his mouth to make public what Jiang Ling said about slandering the late emperor! No matter how much money we spend, we must do it!"
"Brother is brilliant!"
"In this way, when Zhang is overthrown, we can use Zhang Zhiyu's party to overthrow Xu. In this way, we can only control the benefits of rejuvenating the country and enriching the people. And when my brother becomes the country in the future, he will not have Xu Huating like him in Jiangling. It’s restricting you from the outside!”
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Zhang Sijiao hurriedly smiled and agreed.
Zhang Siwei still looked serious and said: "The biggest question is whether the emperor is willing to surrender Zhang. If not, how determined will he be to keep Zhang? Without knowing the holy will, everything is difficult to determine!"
"Why don't we just let the Zhang family slaves we bribed poison Jiang Ling!"
"Put the blame for the poisoning of Jiang Ling on Xu Huating."
Zhang Sijiao showed a stern look and suggested.
"No!"
"Although such a clever conspiracy can be easy to achieve quick results, if you are not careful, you will lose everything. You must not do this unless it is absolutely necessary!"
Zhang Siwei hurriedly rejected Zhang Sijiao's proposal and said: "Let's see again, let's see the emperor's reaction when Jiangling became notorious, everyone in the world shouted to overthrow Empress Zhang, and even Jiangling's relatives and friends forced him to retreat."
"But brother, it is already the ninth year of Wanli! He has been in Jiangling for nine years, and his father is getting older! Could it be that the emperor will also issue a love decree for you in the future?"
Zhang Sijiao couldn't help but say something.
Zhang Siwei said: "We have to wait a little longer! You can do this kind of despicable means when doing business, that's because your brother and I, the second assistant, can support you behind you;"
"But you can't do this when it comes to the court. The court is a more treacherous place. Unless you have the support of the emperor, no one has more backing than anyone else. If you do whatever it takes, others will be even more unscrupulous!"
"So if you don't do it as a last resort, you will only end up in a bad situation! Yan Fenyi has been dissatisfied with Xu Huating for so many years, and he didn't even say that he would poison Xu Huating directly!"
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"In order to choose a good land and house plan, he gave instructions to the government and falsely accused the King of Liao of committing a serious crime. Bullying the clan is like bullying a grassroots. His power is overwhelming, but the world only knows Zhang Taiyue, not Emperor Zhu!"
"Not long after I entered the palace, I became rich and crowned the whole state of Chu. What is the result? I have palaces, horses, wives and concubines, and I have the same princes. How can I provide them? Their wealth can be said to be an enemy country, but the people in the world are exhausted, just because All the benefits belong to one person!"
boom!
On this day, Qianqing Palace.
When the spring thunder bursts.
After Zhu Yijun saw the post about smearing Zhang Juzheng submitted by Jin Yiwei, he woke up and read it silently.
The so-called post is equivalent to an anonymous big-character poster, which is a common way for scholars and literati in this era to express their political demands and dissatisfaction.
At this time, Zhu Yijun had to admit that the content of Zhang Juzheng's post was really as sharp as a knife!
First, he complained about the grievances of the clan that was dealt with by Zhang Juzheng, and let himself, the emperor, know that Zhang Juzheng was already lawless and looked down upon the royal family, and his power was so great that he ignored the royal family, the Zhu family.
Then, through the description of Zhang Juzheng's wealth, he let himself, the emperor, know that Zhang Juzheng was already as rich as the country, and gave him the idea that he could make a huge fortune by defeating Zhang Juzheng.
It can be said that although this unveiling note was not directly presented to him as the emperor, every sentence aroused his resentment and fear of Zhang Juzheng, his chief assistant, and his desire to get rid of him.
After all, according to the content of this post, whether he wanted to gain huge power or gain huge wealth, it was obvious that Zhang Juzheng had to be eliminated.
There is no doubt that the person who wrote the post is very good at fighting.
At this moment, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jing in a deep voice: "Where was this post found?"
