Xu Jin followed Fei Cai into the governor's yamen, and came to the conference hall on the right side of the public hall, only to see more than a dozen pairs of eyes looking at him as soon as he entered the door, and at this time there were many people sitting in the hall, both civil officials and military generals, all looking at him with scrutinizing eyes. Some were surprised, some were disimpressed, some were contemptuous, and some were jealous.

It's no wonder that Xu Jin looks too young, plus he only has a talent and fame, neither his age nor qualifications are enough to convince the public, but he just sits in the position of the six-grade general judge, "virtue" is not worthy, which naturally makes people feel "eyesore", and of course it also makes people jealous.

Fortunately, Xu Jin was also accustomed to seeing big scenes, and he followed behind Fei Cai with a calm expression, and quickly glanced at the main seat of the hall, but saw a man in his forties and fifties sitting on it, wearing a crimson second-grade official robe.

Xu Jin thought to himself: "This person should be the famous Wang Shouren, a historical bull who combines morality, meritorious service, and speech." ”

"Lord Futai, Xu Ziqian is here!" Fei Cai saluted respectfully to the man in the seat.

"Xiaguan see Lord Futai!" Xu Jin gave a salute without humility or arrogance, and also took the opportunity to take a closer look at this legendary cowman, but he was disappointed, and his slightly excited mood calmed down.

Wang Shouren in front of him is about forty-six or seventeen years old, and his appearance is extremely ordinary, Tianting is quite full, but his cheeks are thin and slightly long, and he does not have the slightest "wise and martial" demeanor, but his eyes are still bright.

Wang Shouren looked Xu Jin up and down, nodded slightly and said lightly: "As Fei Zichong said, Xu Ziqian is young and old, and when I saw it today, I knew that what I said was true. Well, sit down! ”

Wang Shouren's opening sentence was "not salty, don't talk about it", saying that it was praise but not praise, and asked Xu Jin to sit down without introducing the officials present, obviously not paying much attention to Xu Jin.

Some of the officials present couldn't help but show a meaningful look, and it seemed that the governor didn't think much of this famous prodigy Xu Sanyuan.

"Thank you, Lord Futai!" Xu Jin arched his hand and sat down in the last seat with a calm expression, not caring at all about Wang Shouren's cold attitude, after all, he was not silver, and it was impossible for him to be loved by everyone.

Seeing this, Wang Shouren couldn't help but nod secretly, this son is kind-hearted, it is rare to be at such an age.

Wang Shouren looked around, coughed lightly, and said, "Since everyone has arrived, let's start." According to reliable information from the spies, the traitor Zhu Chenhao has led the boat division to leave Anqing and return to Nanchang, but fortunately, our counterinsurgency army has taken Nanchang. However, there will be a battle with the rebel in a few days, what do you think should be done? ”

Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an, immediately said: "Lord Futai, the rebels have come back from afar, and the boat division is tired, and the lower officials think that they should take advantage of the unstable foothold of the rebels to meet the attack in the lower reaches of the Ganjiang River, and they will definitely receive miraculous results!" ”

"What Governor Wu said is very true!" The Ganzhou prefect Xing Xun nodded and seconded.

Other officials also offered suggestions one after another, and some even quarreled on the spot, and the atmosphere was not ordinarily warm.

Xu Jin was a newcomer, and this time he led his troops to Nanchang completely to hand over the power in his hands, and he was not interested in getting involved in the follow-up counterinsurgency, so he sat very leisurely at the bottom and ate melons.

Although Wang Shouren did not introduce the officials present, Xu Jin roughly got to know them after listening for a while, and he couldn't help but sigh that all the people present were the "bigwigs" of local officialdom.

For example, there are four prefects of Zhengsipin, namely: Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an, Xu Lian, the prefect of Yuanzhou, Dai Deru, the prefect of Linjiang, and Tong Qi, the prefect of Ruizhou. In addition, there are also the same knowledge of each province (Zheng Wupin) and the commander of each guard (Wuzhi Zheng Sanpin), so Xu Jin's six-grade general judgment is really nothing here.

This meeting lasted for more than an hour before it ended, and finally decided on a specific plan to exterminate the rebels of King Ning, Xu Jin did not say a word throughout the whole process, Wang Shouren naturally did not ask Xu Jin's suggestion, and others did not feel inappropriate, a fifteen-year-old boy, it would be good to be fortunate to observe such a major decision-making meeting, and it would be difficult to make a suggestion.

Wang Shouren announced the end of the meeting, and everyone was ready to disperse to perform their duties, Xu Jin was hesitating whether to resign from the post of Guangxin Mansion General Judge now, but Wang Shouren on the seat suddenly said: "Xu Ziqian, come close!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials who were about to leave couldn't help but slow down. Xu Jin was also slightly stunned, but immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Futai has something to order?" ”

Wang Shouren brushed his beard and asked, "How many men and horses did you bring this time?" ”

"About two thousand!"

Wang Shouren nodded and said: "Well, the official ordered you to temporarily take the position of the magistrate of Nanchang County, assist in the defense of Nanchang City, and be responsible for managing the security in the city and pacifying the people!" ”

As soon as these words came out, those officials who pricked up their ears showed a knowing smile, responsible for public security and pacifying the people, this is a proper cold bench, the six-pin pass sentence was reduced to the seven-pin county order, and it is also temporary, hey, but a young man from a talented background, he can temporarily act as the county commander is also promoted, Governor Wang This is obviously to give face to the late Governor Sun!

"The subordinate obeys!" Xu Jin was not angry but happy, and saluted with a calm expression.

As the saying goes: the wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind, and the waves will be hit by the waves. Xu Jin also knows that with his age and qualifications, if he continues to sit in the position of general judgment, he will undoubtedly roast himself on the fire, and attract jealousy in vain.

It is said that Xu Jin led his troops to Nanchang this time to transfer power, but before that, he had to ask for credit for his generals, and he could not care about the credit, but the generals followed his birth and death, and he couldn't pick a son at this time, so he accepted Wang Shouren's appointment, and after the king of Ning was completely pacified, his generals would get the rewards they deserved, and he would resign from his position and participate in the imperial examination with peace of mind.

The officials in the chamber dispersed one after another, and finally only Wang Shouren, Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an, and Xing Xun, the prefect of Ganzhou, were Wang Shouren's left arm and right arm.

"Lord Futai, Xia Guanguan Xu Ziqian is an old man who is serious, has a degree of advance and retreat, and does not seem to be a shallow person. Fei Ge Lao also said that he had the talent of a minister, and Governor Sun was entrusted with important tasks on his deathbed. And when fighting against Wu Sanba, he won more with less, was brave and strategic, and his talent and strategy were all selected, why not use it? Wu Wending asked strangely.

Wang Shouren smiled and said: "This son will be the talent of my Ming Dynasty one day, but he is still too young, and it is not a good thing to come out too early, so I have to press it first." ”

Wu Wending and Xing Xun looked at each other in shock, it turned out that the prince had such a high opinion of this son!