Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo can be said to be a veteran noble, is the leader of the old Wuxun group, Hongzhi seventeen years of knighthood, has been reigning for 22 years, this year was also crowned as the Taishi (the head of the three dukes), the status of respect, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first person in the dynasty.

This Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo is nearly seventy years old, still deaf and blind, although skinny, but still looks very energetic, and his voice is loud, the words are clear, I saw him holding a jade wat and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should not withdraw the posthumous seal of Lord Xu Jinxu, there are three reasons. ”

Jiajing's heart moved, and he said softly: "Dingguo Gong is coming!" ”

Xu Guangzuo cleared his throat and continued vigorously: "I believe that the great achievements of Lord Xu are obvious to all in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and there is no need for the ministers to repeat the narrative, with the merits of Lord Xu, it is enough to be honored among the princes of the country, if the emperor withdraws the title of duke of his country, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the soldiers of the world."

This is one of them, and the other is that, as the emperor said, a gentleman is a word, and it is difficult for a horse to chase, let alone a son of heaven?

Third, although there has been no civil servant who has been awarded the title of prince since the founding of our dynasty, the minister thinks that there is no military function of the civil minister since the founding of our dynasty and Xu Ziqian, even if it is not as good as Yu Jie'an (Yu Qian No. Jie'an). It was the ministers who thought that Xu Ziqian's position as the prince of the country was well deserved, and there was nothing wrong with it. ”

The three reasons listed by Xu Guangzuo are clear and well-founded, and he also specially compares Yu Qian, a generation of famous ministers in the Ming Yingzong period, with Xu Jin, which is quite convincing. Yu Qian and Xu Jin both turned the tide when the country was in danger and helped the Ming Dynasty, but Xu Jin in addition to Kuang Fu Sheji, he also opened up the territory of the Ming Dynasty and established the Nanyang and Oriental Protectorates respectively.

Since the Yongle Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has basically been on the defensive, and the territory has only been encroached upon, and it has not been expanded, so Xu Guangzuo said that the founding of the country has not been as good as Xu Jin's martial arts of Wenchen, which is an ironclad fact, which makes people unable to refute.

Jiajing nodded thoughtfully and said, "What Dingguo Gong said is extremely true! ”

With the emperor's approval, Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, triumphantly retreated into the ranks of the martial arts class.

At this time, another person flashed out of the queue of the minister of Wuban, and it was Qiu Luan, the Marquis of Xianning, who said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it is inappropriate to withdraw the reward for the Duke of Yasukuni. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Taining Hou Chen Ru stood up and seconded the proposal.

"The minister also seconded it!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

In the blink of an eye, most of the ministers in the martial arts team fell to their knees, including both those of the old martial arts group and upstart generals like Wang Lin'er.

Wang Lin'er's idea is very simple, he is from Xu Jin's lineage, so he naturally wants to fight for the interests of his own boss, but old martial artists like Taining Hou Chen Ru and Xianning Hou Qiu Luan have bad intentions.

However, no matter what the purpose is, anyway, at this time, the minister of Wuban fell to his knees, and only a small number of people were still standing, they were neither the old Wuxun group, nor had they worked hard under Xu Jin, they were purely watching the excitement.

Seeing that the minister of Wuban knelt down in a big way, the civil officials were dumbfounded, and the first assistant Jin Xianmin also frowned and fell into deep thought!

In fact, not only Jin Xianmin, but most of the civil officials began to ponder at this time, as the so-called abnormal things must have demons, the old Wuxun group was obviously very jealous of Xu Jin, but now they have come forward to "help" Xu Jin, so abnormal, there must be a reason.

Most of the ministers present were old fritters who had been in the officialdom for a long time, and they were jealous of the reward Xu Jin had received at first, so they only thought about retracting Xu Jin's title of Duke of China and the title of Taibao, and their minds couldn't turn for a while, but now the actions of the old Wuxun Group reminded them, so they would come to their senses after a little thought.

Yes, if Xu Jin gets the title of Duke of Guo, it seems that he has taken a big advantage, but in fact it is not, because he can no longer hold a real position after being crowned as a Duke of Guo, and the military power must also be handed over, and only under the emperor's order can he lead the troops to the battle, and he can only stay at home and be a rich idler.

Xu Jin is only twenty-five years old, and it is a sure thing to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister in the future, but if he becomes the prince of the country, it will be different, let alone entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and even the actual official cannot be an official, so being the prince of the country is actually a matter that outweighs the loss for Xu Jin!

No wonder Wuxun Group is pushing Xu Jin to sit on the throne of the prince of the country so hard, this is a clear praise and debasement, and it has bad intentions!

The civil officials who understood the reason couldn't help but suddenly realize that the officials who were desperately clamoring to take back Xu Jin's title just now all died down, and the first assistant Jin Xianmin was also silent, because if Xu Jin became a national prince, he honestly stayed at home and was a rich idler, and it was obviously not a bad thing for him to not participate in political affairs.

At this time, there was one person in the civil official group who stood up, this person was short, but he had good manners, it was Xu Jie, a scholar in the Zhan Mansion.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that the three reasons listed by Dingguo Gong are up for discussion." Xu Jielang said.

Jiajing's impression of Xu Jie's is very good, and it is also very important, and it can be seen from the transfer of Xu Jie's position to Zhan Shifu, because Zhan Shifu is an auxiliary minister of the East Palace, in other words, he will be responsible for educating and assisting the prince in the future, and he will be the future emperor.

"Xu Zisheng is coming!" Jiajing said in a deep voice.

Xu Jielang said: "First, Lord Xu Jin's outstanding achievements are true, but the title of the Duke of the Kingdom is excessive; Second, the emperor's posthumous seal of Lord Xu was made under the condition of mistakenly thinking that Lord Xu had fallen, and now it is necessary to withdraw the posthumous seal and re-seal the reward; Third, it is very inappropriate for the Duke of Dingguo to compare Lord Xu with Yu Jie'an, that's right, Lord Xu opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and his martial arts are indeed better than Jie'an, but don't forget, although Yu Jie'an has been a member of the community, he has not been knighted from beginning to end, and Lord Xu is now ranked as a first-class marquis, how can he make an exception to seal the Duke of the Kingdom? ”

"What Xu Zisheng said is extremely true, the minister seconded the proposal, and the precedent of Wenchen being crowned the prince of the country should not be taken lightly!" Xia Yan stood up and said loudly.

Qin Jin, the head of the household, also immediately stood up and echoed: "The minister also seconded the proposal!" ”

Then, more than a dozen officials came forward to support Xu Jie's remarks.

It's a bit funny, the officials who jumped out first just now and clamored to pull Xu Jin down from the position of the prince of the country were all silent, but Xu Jie, Xia Yan, Qin Jin and others, who chose to be silent at the beginning, took the initiative to ask for the reward for Xu Jin to be withdrawn.

Obviously, those Yanguan were red-eyed parties, and their original purpose was to make Xu Jin spit out all the benefits they had eaten, but when they understood that if Xu Jin became the prince of the country, he would lose more, so they were silent.

On the other hand, Xu Jie, Xia Yan, Qin Jin and others, they were silent at first, and chose to speak out at this time, obviously because they didn't want to see Xu Jin give up power and become a rich idler from now on. The reason why this is so is firstly because they are friendly with Xu Jin, and secondly because they understand that Xu Jin is a capable minister, and it is beneficial for the Ming Dynasty to remain in power.

The next scene doesn't need to be described, I'm sure everyone can guess it.

The old Wuxun group headed by Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, desperately wanted Xu Jin to be the Duke of the Kingdom, while the rationalists represented by Qin Jin, Xia Yan, and Xu Jie were desperately trying to make Xu Jin become the Duke of the Kingdom.

Shoufu Jin Xianmin was silent, and the officials were silent, because even if they were thick-skinned, they were embarrassed to change their ways at this time and push Xu Jin to the position of the national prince.

In this way, the two sides went back and forth, arguing with each other for a long time, and as a result, no one could do anything. Most of the people in the old Wuxun group were rough people who were born as military generals, and they were naturally inferior to Xia Yan in terms of eloquence, but they won because there were many people, and they finally fought a draw with one enemy out of ten.

Jiajing seemed to listen very seriously, but he was a little uneasy, because everyone had been arguing for so long, and Xu Jin, as the party concerned, did not say a word, which was unpredictable.

At this moment, Fang Xianfu, the secretary of the ministry, coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, it's not a way for everyone to argue like this, why don't you let Lord Xu make a statement by himself?" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers looked at Xu Jin in unison, this lord was calm, he didn't say a word for so long, this city government ...... Tsk, the afterlife is terrifying!

Jiajing's spirit was lifted, his patience was almost exhausted, and Fang Xianfu's words were right in the heart.

"What does Xu Qing think?" Jiajing's gaze finally fell on Xu Jin's body.

Xu Jin has basically clarified the clue at this time, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, invincible in a hundred battles, and distinguishing the intentions of the enemy and me, then everything will be easy to do, he calmly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although the ministers have made a small contribution, they really dare not be honored as the prince of the country......"

Jiajing couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard this, could it really be that the little eunuch was right, Xu Qing would rather give up the position of the prince of the country than give up power?

At this time, Xu Jin changed his words and said: "However, as the so-called elders give, they dare not resign, and the reward of the Son of Heaven does not dare to resign!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiajing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, both happy and ashamed, happy that Xu Jin did not love power, and ashamed that he had doubts about Xu Jin because of the private discussions of several eunuchs, it really shouldn't be, he is still far behind in terms of open-mindedness!

"Since Xu Qing doesn't dare to resign, then there is no need to resign, and you don't have to argue, the reward for Xu Qing will be wrong, except for the retraction of the name, the rest of the rewards will remain unchanged." Jiajing said with a smile.

In fact, the reason why Jiajing was disturbed by a few little eunuchs was not that he was suspicious by nature, on the contrary, he trusted Xu Jin too much and cared too much about Xu Jin, just like you treat someone as a good brother in your heart, but you accidentally heard that this iron buddy did something sorry for you, I believe you will also have a pimple in your heart and want to find out the truth of the facts.

Jiajing's mentality is roughly like this, and now that he has confirmed that his good brother is very iron and has not lived up to his trust, he is naturally relieved, and he is happy and ashamed of his doubts.

Xu Jin actually took the initiative to delegate power, and the people of the old Wuxun Group couldn't help but look at each other, not understanding what kind of medicine was sold in Xu Jin's gourd, but no matter what, their goal was achieved!

Xia Yan and Xu Jie frowned, and Qin Jin, the head of the household, shook his head in disappointment, in his opinion, Xu Jin was so greedy for the position of the prince of the country, he didn't want to serve the country, and he quit the court at a young age, which really shouldn't be.

And for the first assistant Jin Xianmin, it is a good thing for Xu Jin to delegate power, without the mountain of Xu Jin getting in the way, he will be much easier to use.

As the saying goes, each has his own abacus, and the reason why Xu Jin chose to be a rich idler naturally has his plans.

Because last night's words made Xu Jin realize that his energy had unconsciously grown to the point that hundreds of officials were jealous, which was obviously not a good thing, so it was time to step back and avoid the limelight, and the situation where the officials were attacking in groups just now strengthened Xu Jin's determination to temporarily retreat to the second line.

However, Xu Jin didn't know that it was his wise decision that allowed him to successfully avoid that vicious pit. Temporarily releasing power is nothing compared to losing Jiajing's trust.

"Thank Emperor Longen!" Xu Jin knelt on the ground and thanked him loudly.

"Xu Qing, hurry up!" Jiajing untied the knot in his heart, he was in a relaxed and happy mood at the moment, Xu Qing would let go of power, it was no big deal, if he wanted to use it in the future, it was not a matter of words.

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