In "The Ming Dynasty", no ** minister is still a military general, a strict party or a clear stream, guessing riddles and code codes is the capital to settle down in officialdom.
Whether it is investigating and dealing with the Zhejiang case or convicting Hai Rui, here in Jiajing, everything is not explicit, only code. Figuring out the holy will, introducing measures, and implementing them, in the court of the Jiajing period, everyone was a master of reading comprehension. After the seizure of Yan Shifan and others, the Ming Dynasty's depleted treasury temporarily stopped the bleeding. As a result, under the organizational leadership of the first assistant Xu Jie, the cabinet immediately formulated a plan for the distribution of confiscated property. 
However, after sitting in the ruling party's seat for a long time, the Qingliu clique has obviously forgotten the old story of the uneven distribution of spoils and the collapse of the Yan party. They are meticulous and comprehensive, but they ignore Jiajing's consumer demand. Others eat meat and drink soup, and they can only drink swill, and Comrade Jiajing is 10,000 unhappy in his heart. Thankfully, silver is like water in GDP, and there will always be a squeeze. As a result, the cabinet members could only overturn the plan and start over, and after some operations of tearing down the wall and mending the wall, and cutting the flesh and mending the sores, they really made up a special fund for the construction of the two palaces and two viewing venues for Jiajing. In this prelude to the court, Zhao Zhenji, the leader of the household department, with his powerful mouth cannon and perfect acting skills, overwhelmed Li Chunfang and Gao Gong, who were also six Shangshu. 
Seeing that my little money was back, Jiajing, who was in a beautiful mood and had a happy face, chatted with Xu Jie on the spot about the classic story of the talented Su Dongpo's pair. It turned out that during the Song Dynasty, someone came up with an absolute - the three-light sun, moon and star. The difficulty coefficient of this couplet is close to the ceiling, and ordinary people can't hold it, but Su Dongpo can not only match it, but also directly give two couplets. The first couplet is a four-poem style ode. The Book of Songs is divided into wind, elegance, and song, and elegance can be divided into big and small elegance, so it can be called four poems. 
The second joint is the four German Henry Yuan. Side was originally Henry Yuanzhen, but Song Renzong's name was Zhao Zhen, and Su Dongpo deliberately concealed the word Zhen in order to avoid it. Jiajing and Xu Jie talk and laugh, you come and go, like a literary salon. However, how could Jiajing say something casually, he and Xu Jie chatted and suddenly changed their conversation and opened a new topic. Jiajing: You are now the head of the cabinet, and there are only three people in the cabinet at the moment: you, Li Chunfang and Gao Gong, which is too hard. Make up for the word that Su Shi lacks. Xu Jie: Qi Shengshang, the minister is stupid, is it to add a chastity word to the cabinet? Is this chastity word among the few people right now? Jiajing: Xu Ge is smart, and he is really smart. If Yan Song was here, he wouldn't have asked so carefully. 
Originally, it was a couplet contest between monarchs and ministers, and Jiajing suddenly said that he wanted to add a new cabinet member to the cabinet. Make up for the word that Su Shi lack-Jiajing said it speciously, but there was something in it. Since Su Shi hid the word "Zhen", Jiajing's intention is obvious, to add a person with "Zhen" in his name to the cabinet. Judging from that time, there were only two Zhen in the Ming Dynasty - Hu Ruzhen and Zhao Zhenji. The two are both colleagues and old friends, but after the Zhejiang case, they walked out of completely opposite trajectories. Hu Ruzhen returned to his hometown after illness, and Zhao Zhenji was transferred to the ministry. Hu Zongxian is from the Yan Party, and Zhao Zhenji is Xu Jie**, and the situation at this time is very different. What's more, Zhao Zhenji has just made a big splash in front of the emperor, which is simply a question to be given. 
What's weird is that even I, an outsider in the play, can guess Jiajing's thoughts, why does Xu Jie have to do this extra and add to it? Could it really be that he is stupid by nature, incomprehensible, and unable to guess? Or is his cautious personality at work? No, it's neither. Xu Jie is a smart person, so he naturally knows that the "Zhen" mentioned by Jiajing means Zhao Zhenji. However, he pretended to be stupid and confused, that is, he pretended not to understand the emperor's code words, and forced Jiajing to give a clear explanation. Xu Jie's seemingly low EQ operation has a very simple purposeHe didn't want to take the blame。Like we said before, Jiajing is passionate about the game of guessing riddles. The dignified son of heaven and the king of a country, why does Jiajing never give direct orders, but chooses to rule the country by guessing riddles? 
This is Jiajing's cleverness. Once any decree or policy is issued in black and white, there is less possibility of flexible handling and flexibility in case of problems. If the policy is beneficial to the country and the people, it is naturally Jiajing's political achievement; If the policy is to bring disaster to the country and the people, it is naturally also a black pot for Jiajing. Therefore, there is often no room for mediation and room for interpretation of the holy decree written in black and white, and the merits and demerits fall on Jiajing's shoulders. Guessing riddles provides Jiajing with infinite possibilities. Jiajing is responsible for giving the riddle, and Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Lu Fang give the answer to the riddle according to their own understanding. The benefits of this are very intuitive, the credit is all due to the emperor's sage and Jiajing's might, once something goes wrong, it is Yan Song's fault. With such logic, we will have a different harvest when we look at the plot again. After the Zhejiang corruption case, Jiajing gave Lu Fang a ball, and Lu Gonggong gave a classic explanation of the importance of the outside and the light on the inside, and then immediately drafted the decree and sent it to Zhejiang. 
After Hai Rui was imprisoned, Jiajing gave King Yu and Xu Gaozhang four words, bright moon and good rain. The reading comprehension of the prodigy Zhang Taiyue is like this: the moon is born on the sea, and the rain knows the season, the former sentence refers to Hai Rui, and the latter sentence refers to Li Shizhen. With such a premise, it is good to convict Hai Rui and send Li Shizhen to the palace. The beauty of the riddle is that Jiajing is both an athlete and a referee. All the puzzles are made by him personally, so he has exclusive interpretation rights. Yan Song and Lu Fang have done a good job, and the credit is mine; If things go wrong, it's because they didn't understand my intentions correctly. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the policy intentions; If there is a mistake, there must be a mistake in the implementation. If the Zhejiang case office is smashed, Jiajing can completely reprimand Lu Fang - if I give you a ball, it is heavy on the outside and light on the inside? I mean, you're the celebrant with a ball? And if Hai Rui's conviction is not satisfied, Zhu Daochang will inevitably spray Xu Gaozhang wildly - how can the bright moon be born on the sea? Obviously, I mean that I would have set my heart on Mingyue, but Hai Rui is not interested? 
You see, that's the beauty of riddles. The more ambiguous the riddle, the better the riddle will be divergent. Therefore, Jiajing indulges in such a game and enjoys himself; And Xu Jie's caution and repeated confirmation undoubtedly touched Jiajing's reverse scales. As far as Jiajing is concerned, I don't know, you have to figure it out, so that you can attack, retreat and defend, and always be invincible. Now, Xu Jie's 1510 request for instructions and word-by-word verification is obviously because he doesn't want to be responsible and don't want to take the blame. Is it tolerable or intolerable? That's why Jiajing will beat him,"If Yan Song was here, he wouldn't have asked so carefully. 
Jiajing's words are both positive and deprecating, but in the understatement tone, it is full of sarcasm and warnings - Xu Jie, you have to learn from Yan Song. Sure enough, after this conversation, Xu Jie put away his careful thoughts, ignored what was going on outside the window, and guessed the riddle wholeheartedly. Bandang knows loyal ministers and is willing to be a tool man. Back the black pot, start by guessing riddles.