What kind of person was Xu Jie in the Ming Dynasty in history?

Xu Jie, a native of Huating, Songjiang, was a scholar in Jiajing for two years. He is short, fair-skinned, elegant, alert and intelligent, and good at power. In the thirty-first year of Jiajing, Xu Jie joined the Cabinet and began his career as a cabinet bachelor for 17 years. It can be said that the biggest highlight of Xu Jie's whole political career is his defeat of the mighty Yan Song. Xu Jie's humiliation is the killer weapon in his political power struggle, and "Xu Jie intends to do something for Yan Song" has also become a classic case in power tactics.

Yan Song and Xu Jie have been cabinet masters for nearly ten years, but Xu Jie has close ties with Yan Song's political rival Xia Yan, while Xia Yan once recommended Xu Jie, and Yan Song has to be wary of Xu Jie. Yan Song framed Xu Jie many times. Xu Jie was deaf and dumb, never quarreled with Yan Song, and even married his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson. On the surface, he was very obedient. Yan Shifan was rude to him many times, and he swallowed it. After several small temptations, Xu Jie dared not openly take Yan Song as an enemy, but was cautious, and Yan Song gradually relaxed its offensive against Xu Jie. Yan Song and his son's evil deeds, nepotism, corruption and bribery made Xu Jie want to destroy this country, but he also witnessed the tragedy of Yan Song's confrontation with Xia Yan and Yang Jisheng and Shen Lian's outspoken advice. A sophisticated person like Xu Jie won't release his tactics easily. The only choice is to wait patiently for the opportunity. As deep as a machine, when I was young, I couldn't stand myself and made suggestions. As a result, I went back to my hometown on sick leave and entered the political center again after three years of silence. Zhang benefited from his official mentor Xu Jie in political strategy, and was finally able to crowd out his political opponents and display his political ambitions.

In the forty-first year of Jiajing, through the fire in Wanshou Palace, Yan Song gradually lost his attachment to Emperor Sejong, and Xu Jie gradually gained Sejong's trust. At this point, Lin Run and Zou Yinglong, with the support of Xu Jie, reported to Yan Song and his son. The emperor arrested Yan Shifan and ordered Yan Song to retire. There are some interesting details in the meantime, so write it down and pour it with everyone.

Zou Yinglong hated Yan Song's father and son's evil deeds and graft, but in view of his bad luck after the suggestion or Hanlin impeached Yan Song's father and son's passbook, and Yang Jisheng openly impeached Yan Song's article 24 capital crimes, he finally died because his wife was involved, and he was too late to make a move. One night, I suddenly had a strange dream. In the dream, he rode a horse and flew in the country. He saw a high mountain in the distance. There is a straw house near Shandong. There is a pile of rice in the paddy field beside the building. He shot an arrow at the rice pile. Suddenly, the rice pile fell, the straw house fell, and then the mountain fell. He woke up from his dream and found himself soaked in cold sweat. He carefully recalled the scene in his dream and realized that God was instructing him to kill the people and the country. The rice pile in the paddy field refers to the word "Fan", nicknamed "East Building", and the word "Song" refers to Gaoshan, which was written as a passbook overnight, ready to impeach Yan Song and his son. Because of its importance, he handed the passbook to Xu Jie for consideration the next day. Zou Yinglong's passbook is taught by Xu Jie, which makes it neither online nor a famous sentence handed down from ancient times, mainly some trivial matters in Yan Shifan. It is said that Yan Song was shocked when he saw this passbook, and tried every means to press it down. However, Xu Jie had already sent this passbook to the desk of Emperor Jiajing. So, under one blow, Yan Song and his son finally fell. Yan Shifan was arrested and imprisoned, and Yan Song was ordered to retire.

Huang Guangsheng, director of the Ministry of Justice and suggestion, believes that the most lethal thing to prosecute is the crime of unclear source of huge amounts of property, as well as the crime of setting up unjust prison, injuring and practicing sinking. These two things are so popular that they are enough to kill him. Xu Jie, what is the public's anger at the emperor? He took their eulogy, that is, a letter to Emperor Jiajing, and asked, "Do you want to live?" Answer: "I will die." Xu Jie smiled coldly: "If it is, it is appropriate to be born. Fu Yang, Jian Jun, Song, etc. are all good at taking orders. Today, obviously, this is also obvious. If so, you will be surprised. Prince Yan will ride out of Beijing! "