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Chapter 985: Thirty Years of Forbearance

Spring in Xiyuan is beautiful.

It smells great too.

The breeze brings the scent of growing plants. The feeling of the herbal scent is hard to describe, full of vitality and yet has a leisurely taste.

The Taoist likes this kind of smell the most, saying that it can help people sleep and calm their minds.

It is very difficult to calm the mind. The first step for a Taoist to learn Taoism is to calm the mind.

At first he thought that meditation meant thinking about nothing, but King Lao Xing told him that meditation did not mean thinking about nothing, but not caring about anything.

That is to say, no matter how many thoughts you have in your mind and how complicated they are, you just need to ignore them, not ponder them, not explore them, and not pay attention to them. This is meditation.

As for the skill of moving things, Lao Xing Wang said that the highest level is not moving things, nor is it regulating breathing, nor is it cultivation, it is just two words.

Meditate!

Silence gives rise to wisdom.

The old King Xing looked at the young Taoist priest, touched his head, and said, "My son, it is easy to say that you should calm your mind, but it is so difficult. Why is the world of mortals so bitter? It is because of all kinds of desires in the world of mortals that lead to greed, anger, and ignorance. People can't help but fall into it, and their seven emotions and six desires are aroused, making them restless and making the world of mortals a sea of ​​suffering. The so-called liberation is to calm your mind. Remember, no one can save you, you can only save yourself."

Inward.

This is what Dao Ye realized later.

Seek less outside and more within.

In this way, one will naturally not be pulled by desires.

Intentionally or unintentionally, he passed on these insights to the ministers around him.

The Taoist once commented that Yan Song was just an ordinary person and there was no possibility for him to realize the great Dao in his lifetime.

Once people are distracted by external things, they cannot calm their minds.

Zhu Xizhong is mediocre in talent. The Taoist said that Zhu Xizhong is vulgar, and the highest level of vulgarity is great vulgarity, which is great elegance. He hopes that the old dandy can see through all this one day.

Let’s not mention Cui Yuan. I’m even too lazy to comment on this guy.

According to Yan Shifan's private opinion: Cui Yuan is so old but still refuses to leave. It is because of greed, anger and ignorance that he is causing trouble.

Finally, it was Xu Jie. The Taoist priest just said meaningfully: "Bitter!"

At that time, Yan Song seemed to be thinking about something, but Xu Jie felt that the Taoist priest had seen through him completely.

He seems to be the calmest among the close ministers. No matter what happens, this Lord Xu can always remain calm, as if his heart is always like a stagnant pool of water, without any ripples.

Logically speaking, Xu Jie is the talented Taoist master mentioned by the Taoist master.

bitter!
What suffering?

The word "forbearance" is like a knife in one's heart... Yan Shifan later guessed what the Taoist meant, and said that Xu Jie was a man who was good at forbearance, and was as greedy, angry, and stupid as anyone else, and had great ambitions.

——We can do whatever we want, and we can deal with whomever we want, living wildly and truthfully. But Xu Jie could only endure. He had a lot of emotions, but he had to pretend to be calm. If he didn't suffer, who would suffer?
Xu Jie looked for an opportunity to flatter the Taoist priest and asked him to give him guidance in his cultivation.

The Taoist gave him a word of advice.

——It is better to transform than to endure.

After Xu Jie returned, he wrote down this sentence and hung it on the wall of the duty room, and he only needed to burn three incense sticks every day.

Xu Jie felt that he would continue to endure it.

Therefore, during the period when the situation in Songjiang Prefecture was changing rapidly and countless people in the capital were staring at him, he seemed calm and composed, so much so that old Xia Yan's sigh was heard in Xin'an Lane: Xu Jie is a man whose ability to endure is unmatched in the world.

Forbearance seems to have become Xu Jie's trademark.

He took the initiative to provide the number of his own land and population, which gave Jiang Qingzhi a handle.

He had to hand it over.

From information gathered from various sources, Xu Jie judged that Jiang Qingzhi was setting a trap.

Set a trap for his eldest son Xu Fan, who seems smart but is actually only clever in name only and very confused.

Otherwise, given Jiang Qingzhi's character, how could he tolerate this young man, who in his eyes was almost a playboy, jumping around like that?
He would have been slapped half to death a long time ago.

Jiang Qingzhi was watching Xu Fan jumping back and forth, as if he was at a loss.

But Xu Jie saw the crisis in Jiang Qingzhi's actions.

What he wants is reason!
Xu Jie was the leader of the literati, and Xu Fan also regarded himself as his spokesperson. The spokesperson of the Confucian leader was obsessed with profit and disregarded the overall situation. He even shielded the arsonist in order to oppose the government's orders...

What is the nature of this?

You can oppose the New Deal.

But you can't shield the murderer, can you?
You know, those who were burned to death were officials from the Ministry of Revenue.

When a rabbit dies, the fox mourns; when lips and teeth are gone, there will be no peace. How will officials in the world view Xu Jie and his son?
How do you view him as a leader of the literati?

In the end, Jiang Qingzhi, who had done his utmost, had his men break into the Xu family, seize the land and population numbers, and then announce them to the world.

Who dares to say that Jiang Qingzhi is using the new policy to attack his political enemy Xu Jie?

Long Wei had let Xu off a few times, but Xu was blinded by greed and regarded Long Wei's magnanimity as weakness.

If you seek benevolence, you will get it.

The Xu family’s land and population are so huge... once it is made public, the whole world will be in an uproar.

Everyone says that Lord Xu is incorruptible and upright.

What the hell, why do I see from the people in the fields that a hypocrite is a greedy blood-sucking old ghost?

Jiang Qingzhi!

He dug a huge pit for me, the Xu family, and Confucianism.

Xu Jie saw the crisis and decisively handed over the Xu family's land and population to Jiang Qingzhi.

He surrendered.

Take the initiative to lower your head.

But he admitted defeat at just the right time, preventing Jiang Qingzhi from taking advantage of the situation.

Xu Jie then made some arrangements to cushion the negative impact of Xu's voluntary surrender.

The first people he was wary of were Yan Song and his son.

He kept this matter a secret.

The feedback that came back was good.

As expected, Jiang Qingzhi did not use this incident to stir up trouble, but chose to remain silent.

——Since you, Xu Jie, have taken the initiative to report it, let’s just leave it at that.

Jiang Qingzhi really takes the overall situation into consideration!
Xu Jie couldn't help but sigh, and also felt secretly happy that his plan had succeeded.

He is not good at forbearance, but he has to forbearance.

Who doesn’t want to laugh when they want to laugh and cry when they want to cry?
But Xu Jie couldn't.

I can only feel secretly happy.

If you are unhappy, you can only be depressed in secret.

This news made Xu Jie happy for several days.

He felt that he had gotten through this disaster safely.

What a great man!
The Taoist priest held Jiang Qingzhi's letter and seemingly casually praised his eldest son Xu Fan.

This completely broke down Xu Jie's psychological defenses.

Xu Jie’s face turned pale, and his cheeks trembled slightly… Yan Song’s body shook.

Zhu Xizhong's eyes almost popped out of his head.

These two were both smart people and could hear a lot of information from the Taoist's words.

So Xu bowed her head?
When Jiang Qingzhi went south, Yan Song sent someone to inform Yan's party members in the south and asked them to report the news in the south back to the capital in a timely manner.

Zhu Xizhong got the news from Xu Chengzong... Ever since Duke Wei bowed to Jiang Qingzhi, he took the initiative to inform Zhu Xizhong of the developments in the south.

Yan Song and Zhu Xizhong thus knew exactly what was happening in Songjiang Prefecture.

They knew Xu's position in the matter, and they were even more aware of Xu Fan's dilemma, as he was jumping up and down but was being pushed into a corner step by step by Jiang Qingzhi.

But Xu Fan refused to bow his head.

This was Xu's last stubbornness.

Jiang Qingzhi is digging a hole!

Not only Xu Jie, but also Yan Song and his son and Zhu Xizhong saw this from Jiang Qingzhi's methods.

Yan Song and his son were waiting for the moment when Jiang Qingzhi would bury the body.

But at this moment, Jiang Qingzhi suddenly stopped.

I've taken off my pants, and you're just going to show me this?

Yan Song and his son almost vomited blood.

The father and son analyzed the situation many times, but they could not figure out the motive behind Jiang Qingzhi's action.

Until now.

The Taoist praised Xu Fan.

Yan Song understood immediately from that meaningful look.

He glanced at Xu Jie and said with relief: "Lord Xu is very righteous, I admire you!"

It turns out that it was you, Lord Xu with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who betrayed Confucianism!
For the sake of the overall situation, Jiang Qingzhi concealed the fact that Xu Jie had taken the initiative to surrender.

He is not a gentleman, but for the sake of the new policy he must be a gentleman in some things.

A gentleman deceives others with his own tricks... I have to say that Xu Jie did a great job.

But what he never expected was that the Taoist priest would intervene.

As if inadvertently, his face was torn apart.

The Taoist priest is so smart, but this action... is wrong!
Jiang Qingzhi reported the matter in the form of a letter instead of a memorial to the emperor, thus avoiding the eyes and ears of the Ministry of Public Security, and was telling Xu Jie: I have done what I should do in this matter.

But what the Taoist wants to do has nothing to do with Benbo.

Benbo can't do anything about it, right?

How long has Tao Ye been suppressed by Confucianism?

From the moment he received the news that he would inherit the throne, he was under Confucian oppression.

The two sides fought for more than 30 years, but Dao Ye was no match for them, and he hid in the West Garden, imprisoning himself.

Over time, everyone got used to this pattern.

They have all forgotten the huge blow that those thirty years or so inflicted on me.

An ambitious emperor, an emperor who prided himself on being extremely smart and capable, was actually suppressed by his ministers for more than thirty years.

It is a great shame and humiliation!
The Taoist has been practicing Taoism calmly and peacefully.

Seems to be used to being suppressed.

It seems that they have forgotten the great humiliation that occurred more than 30 years ago.

He was even very close to Xu Jie, for example, he often praised Xu Jie for his good writing of Qingci.

For example, he would often give Xu Jie some help... allowing him to survive under the suppression of the Yan Party.

For example, he often gave Xu Jie some rewards.

All these things made Xu Jie, who was good at keeping things to himself, secretly happy.

But Xu Jie only found out about it today.

I was wrong.

Everyone is wrong.

They misjudged the Taoist priest.

This emperor never forgot the great humiliation he suffered over those thirty years!
He's just biding his time.

Xu Jie boasted that he could endure things.

But he can be compared with Emperor Jiajing who endured for more than 30 years.

he!
Just a toddler!

at this moment.

The Taoist who had been patient for many years suddenly drew his sword.

The sword light flashed.

Xu Jie!

Surrender!

Xu Jie trembled all over.

He knew that Yan Song would not miss the opportunity to attack him.

Then the news will spread everywhere.

Xu Jie!

This Confucian leader's reputation will be ruined.

People would say that he was even more corrupt than Yan Song and his son.

Officials all over the world would say that he, Xu Jie, was a hypocrite who actually protected the tyrants who set fire to and burned to death officials from the Ministry of Revenue.

The most terrible thing is, what will happen to Shilin?

traitor!

Dog thief!

徐！
thief!
Xu Jie raised his head slowly.

Emperor Jiajing looked calm as he glanced at the letter.

"Qingzhi is a very generous kid."

He looked up at Xu Jie.

"Does Xu Qing think so?"

Xu Jie's cheeks were trembling.

The voice was calm.

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)