Everyone knows that in the middle and late Jiajing period, Yan Song's father and son were in power to the government and the opposition, but the emperor was addicted to pills and became immortals, which led to absurdity in the government and the opposition.
However, Xu Jie's ability to design to get rid of Yan Song's regime and restore the new look of the Ming Dynasty shows that this person is not simple.
Xu Jie entered the Hanlin Academy as a tanhua, he was smart and alert, his speech and demeanor showed goodness, and his reputation among scholars was very good.
Later, because Xu Jie's opposition to the university scholars, he was demoted for his outspokenness. Since then, Xu Jie's cautious official, tried many unjust, false and wrongful cases, secretly exposed the crimes of Xianning Hou Qiuluan, and got the attention of Emperor Jiajing.
From this point on, Xu Jie was truly appreciated, Yan Song's dictatorship, Xu Jie's design pretended to be attached to Yan Song, and everything followed him, on the other hand, to please Emperor Jiajing, he was more and more trusted by the emperor, and he rose step by step.
Yan Song was also slowly not reused, because there must have been many people in power who wrote to complain, Yan Song was downgraded, and Xu Jie's persuasion by Emperor Jiajing's side, Xu Jie's successful succession as the first assistant.
In the forty-first year of Jiajing, it was also in the later period, Xu Jie, who served as the first assistant, vigorously reformed and rectified the cabinet, and appointed talents, Zhang Juzheng and others entered the cabinet at this time.
The disadvantages of Jiajing politics, Xu Jie's advice, diligence and responsibility, reduce the burden of the people, rehabilitate and persuade Emperor Jiajing, abolish many wasteful projects, and be called "famous minister".
Later, Sejong Jiajing died of illness and drafted an edict to ensure a smooth transition of Mujong's political situation. In 1583, Xu Jie died of illness and was posthumously named Taishi.
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