Chapter 85                                                             �

Xu Jie's basic position is Shilin. To be honest, the emperor Jiajing and Yan Song, the chief assistant, greatly destroyed Shilin. The biggest problem with Jiajing was three types: the first one was to employ Yan Song, and the second was too extravagant in finance and occupied the country's finances that were not large. The third was that he never trusted Shilin and had the same hostility.

For many scholars and officials, Jiajing was very difficult to endure.

So Xu Jie said that people are determined. The scholars and officials hope to have a normal emperor and a stable political environment so that the court will not be so tragic. If you accidentally lose your hard work for half your life, you will have no hope of returning to Beijing after being rushing far away.

This is what Xu Jie said about people's minds. Since Xu Jie advanced to the government, he often wanted to rebuild the political relationship between the harmonious monarch and ministers during the Hongzhi period.

However, the people in Zhou Mengchen's words were confused, but the people in the world could not survive. They would rather die than make a name for themselves. After all, no matter how they are, they will die, so why not fight to the death?

This is reflected in the Japanese pirates, and many Chinese people joined. Zhang Lian, the Feilong Emperor, even had a peasant uprising. The southwest has never been stable, and all these things mean that the people in the world cannot live their lives.

Xu Jie has been in the capital for a long time and has a shallow understanding of the local area. After all, no one of these local officials will tell the truth to his boss. The news Xu Jie heard was all whitewashed and whitewashed.

Moreover, Beijing has been developing very well during this period.

The economic development of Beijing is due to several aspects, the First Industrial Revolution. The efficiency of ancient people. Although the invention of steam engines was eleven or two years ago, steam engines are still popular now. Because there is a lot of coal around Beijing, let alone the emperor's feet, some hardware conditions are still good enough. It is also the birthplace of steam engines. In this way, many factories are naturally gathered here.

However, the factory owners here naturally depend on some powerful people, so commercial taxes are naturally not allowed.

The second is to open up trade with Mongolia.

From Datong to Yunzhong, then to Outer Mongolia, along the Qincha Road, which is the road to Europe in later generations, the road to Europe was opened one after another during this period.

Although this trade route is now quite limited, the continuous output of materials not only drives the economy of Datong and Shanxi, but also drives the economy of Beijing through the Xishan Canal. If goods in the south want to leave the customs, Beijing is an important node.

The third is the development of the outer city.

More than ten years ago, the outer city built by Zhou Mengchen was still a ghost city, except for some places in the south of the city that were empty. But now, ten years have passed, and people have been moving from all over the country to the outer city of Beijing.

So much so that the open space in the outer city of Beijing was quickly filled.

Although it cannot be said that there is no vacant land in the outer city of Beijing, there are still very few. Such large-scale construction will naturally drive the economy. In addition, after the demise of the Tumote tribe, there was a very stable environment near Beijing.

So if you only look at Beijing and Beijing over the years, the Ming Dynasty actually seems to be pretty good.

But everything in Beijing does not represent the entire Ming Dynasty.

Xu Jie sighed and said, "Okay, I'll let you come here, not to say this. I'm old. The world will eventually be in the hands of you young people. It's just early or late."

Zhou Mengchen also changed the subject because he knew that he and Xu Jie had their own firm political views, and they were definitely not the kind of people who suddenly changed after a few words from others.

It is useless to reason with such people. Each of them has their own reasons, and even at all costs to practice their own reasons. How can it be moved by words?

If you continue, it’s just a big fight, why bother?

Zhou Mengchen said: "You are polite to the chief assistant. Today, we need the chief assistant to take the helm."

Xu Jie laughed and said, "It's good that you think so." Then he put two memorials on the table and said, "I'm here to find you today to let you see this."

Zhou Mengchen took it over and frowned immediately. He read both memorials, and he was even more confused.

These two memorials were written by Yuan Wei, one was a retirement letter and the other was impeached by Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen couldn't understand what the two completely opposite memorials meant.

Zhou Mengchen asked, "What does the chief minister mean?"

Xu Jie said: "This is a multiple-choice question I gave you. Yes, it is a multiple-choice question. It depends on which one you choose?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "If I go back, I will impeach Yuan Wei?"

Xu Jie said: "Yuan Wei will fight to the death. With my support, it will be difficult for you to pass this level."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Then how can I choose? I can make Yuan Wei retire?"

Xu Jie said: "Actually, Yuan Wei retired is just a trivial matter. I can help you more, such as letting you enter the cabinet before Gao Gong."

Zhou Mengchen was stunned, and he had countless thoughts in his heart. He could have suffered from Xu Jie's losses. At this moment, he was thinking about what kind of plan he had. Could it be that Xu Jie was apart from him and Gao Gong.

However, Xu Jie was looking for the right breakthrough to some extent.

The alliance between Zhou Mengchen and Gao Gong may not be a hidden worry. The hidden worry between them is that he is not a second-in-command person. Yes, Zhou Mengchen has been here all the way. He has never been an assistant official for anyone? They are all official in the Zhengyin Hall. Although they cannot be said to be too domineering, their style of conduct is not arbitrary. To put it nicely, they are just one and the same. And what kind of person is Gao Gong?

Gao Gong and the prince have a deep relationship. It is precisely because of this that Gao Gong feels that he is responsible for the Ming Dynasty. He is domineering and domineering, and Xu Jie can't stand Gao Gong's domineering even if he has time, let alone Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen decided not to sit firmly on Gao Gong's deputy.

If you want to do this, it is very important whether Zhou Mengchen can first enter the cabinet. After all, it is not difficult to change the order after entering the cabinet, but it mainly depends on who it is for. For Gao Gong, it is really not easy to move the position under his butt.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen will have certain room for cooperation with Gao Gong in the future.

I don't want to tear my face.

However, after Yuan Wei's fall, Gao Gong was also a popular candidate for joining the cabinet. It was just that Gao Gong's affairs involved the prince. The key was not Gao Gong, so Zhou Mengchen had a first-hand opportunity. Xu Jie's words can actually be understood in reverse.

That is, he could also let Gao Gong first Zhou Mengchen enter the pavilion.

Zhou Mengchen did not doubt Xu Jie could do this.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Prime Minister, what do you want? Just speak."

Xu Jie said, "It's not that I want a promise, a guarantee." Xu Jie said, "I will retire after you enter the cabinet."

"What?" Zhou Mengchen was shocked and said, "Sinceremony, why do you think so?"

Zhou Mengchen understood very well that even if he caught Xu Jie off guard, it was only temporary, and there was Jiajing's bias. After he entered the cabinet, Jiajing's bias may not exist.

After all, the method of restraining Jiajing and restraining each other has long been understood by Zhou Mengchen. When restraining each other, there is a question of primary and secondary. If the two people have equal rights, then the court cannot continue to operate, and one primary and one secondary must be the primary and one secondary.

So who is the leader and who is the deputy? This is obvious.

Xu Jie must be the master, after all, the chief assistant.

Zhou Mengchen's role is to restrain Xu Jie, not to replace Xu Jie. This positioning will definitely not change.

In other words, after Zhou Mengchen entered the cabinet, it would not affect Xu Jie's status, and Xu Jie's status would even be more stable. Jiajing would even change direction and let Zhou Mengchen admit the reality.

In this way, Xu Jie had at least a few years of prime minister to be able to be. Now he suddenly said that Xu Jie was going to retire. Zhou Mengchen could not believe his ears at all.

Power is the most tempting. Zhou Mengchen himself is actually very greedy for power. Zhou Mengchen has seen countless officials fighting for power, but like Xu Jie, when his power is at its peak, he said lightly that he was going to retire, and it was the first time he saw it.

He even thought Xu Jie was playing tricks.

This time, Zhou Mengchen was overthinking. Xu Jie was thinking about it carefully this time.
Chapter completed!