Fei Hong took a sip of tea and reminded: "Ziqian, you are too reckless in the affairs of Nanyang. ”

Xu Jin nodded calmly and said: "It is indeed a bit reckless for the students to send troops to the South Seas without an edict, but the students are not temporary, the location of the Strait of Malacca is very important, and it is the throat of the maritime trade route. ”

Fei Hong shook his head and said: "Ziqian, you are a smart person, you are confused for a while, there is nothing too wrong with sending troops to Nanyang, as the commander of the three armies, you have the power to respond to the enemy, it is understandable to attack Nanyang out of strategic needs, and no one can be blamed on this point." However, it was a great mistake to garrison the army in Manraka and establish a metropolitan protectorate. ”

Xu Jin frowned and said, "Since the student has taken the royal city of Malacca, how can he control this place if he doesn't garrison it?" ”

Fei Hong sighed: "The garrison is not a big problem, but it is a big mistake to establish the capital protection mansion, I believe that you are not selfish in doing so, but it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be used by people with intentions." Not long ago, an official wrote a letter to impeach you, and the establishment of the capital protection in Nanyang, which is thousands of miles away from the land of the Ming Dynasty, is to imitate the Han and Tang Dynasty guards to support the army and respect themselves, which is actually the act of rebellious ministers and thieves such as An Lushan Shi Siming. Maybe someone will attack you at tomorrow's court meeting, so Ziqian has to guard against it. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but sink slightly, at that time he was only thinking about how to control the Strait of Malacca, but he didn't think about this layer. Indeed, the Strait of Malacca is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court whip is out of reach, if the guards have different intentions, it will be very bad, Xu Jin can guarantee that Yu Dayou will not have different intentions, but it is difficult to ensure that the future guards will not have different intentions. Of course, this can be achieved by designing the system of the capital protectorate to restrain the guards, but now the problem is not this, but someone wants to use this matter to make a fuss and deduct plates on their heads. Supporting the army and self-respecting, trying to misbehave, if this crime is deducted, he will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die!

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Jin's back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, although he thought that Emperor Jiajing would not doubt himself, but as the so-called public mouth is gold, the three of them become tigers, and now Zhu Houxi trusts himself, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will always trust himself in the future, after all, people are the most fickle animals. And political struggles have always been the most cruel, for the sake of that dragon chair, is there still less precedent of cannibalism in history? Not to mention between monarchs and ministers.

As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, and the smartest thing to do is to behave in a proper manner and abide by the way of getting along with the monarch and the minister, except for those who have the intention of rebellion. Xu Jin sighed lightly and said solemnly: "Master Xie Fei reminds that the student will take the initiative to resign from the post of governor of Zhizhejiang tomorrow and return the seal letter and the flag of the Ministry of War. ”

Fei Hong showed a teachable expression, stroked his beard and smiled: "If you can afford to let it go, you can only go further and more steadily in the officialdom if you know how to make trade-offs, Ziqian has to remember." ”

It is indeed a great blessing to have a good teacher's guidance in life, Xu Jin stood up and solemnly said: "Students must follow the teacher's teachings and repent. ”

……

The cool breeze was blowing, and here Xu Jin's master and apprentice were drinking and chatting, and in another courtyard not far from here, Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, was discussing countermeasures with several officials of the Pu Yi faction.

What countermeasures should we discuss? Naturally, it's a countermeasure to clean up the nouveau riche.

Although Xu Jin has never made a public statement, he is recognized by Yang Tinghe and others as the boss behind the upstart faction. As the saying goes, if you want to clean up the upstart faction, you naturally have to clean up Xu Jin, the "boss" of the upstart faction.

If Xu Jin knew that he was regarded as the "boss" of the upstart at this moment, he would probably cry and laugh.

It is said that the officials present at this time are: Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Dan, the secretary of the ministry, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Shi Xuan, a bachelor of Hanlin, Shi Jue, the left attendant of the Ministry of Industry, Shi Jitang, Yu Shi Jitang, and Wang Jun, the secretary of the Nanjing household department, who is eager for "progress".

I only heard Shi Xuan, a scholar from Hanlin, snort coldly: "Today, I met Xu Jin, Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao and others near Dong'anmen, these guys who are in collusion must not be happy when they get together, and we must not be careless in the morning tomorrow." ”

Mao Cheng said lightly: "Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao and the others only look forward to Xu Jin, as long as they subdue this son, they will definitely not be able to turn over much wind and waves." ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully, although Xu Jin was young, he was deeply favored by the emperor, and the upward momentum in the past two years was even more staggering, and now it is even more incredible.

Yu Shi Jitang smiled and said: "It is not difficult to subdue Xu Jin's son, as long as he continues to impeach him on the matter of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate, the emperor can stay in the middle of the show, but if this official impeaches Xu Jin in front of hundreds of civil and military officials at the court meeting tomorrow, can the emperor continue to protect him?" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials present smiled, and they all said that this plan was very good. Because in this way, even if Xu Jin is not defeated, at least he can give the upstart faction a dismount, so that Xu Jin does not dare to put his beak in the "discussion".

Wang Jun, the head of the household department in Nanjing, sneered: "This official also heard that Xu Jin did whatever he wanted in Manlaga and wantonly plundered the wealth that originally belonged to the Manlaga royal family, which really damaged the reputation and image of my Ming Dynasty. We can also impeach him on this ground, and so on a two-pronged approach, and we must not turn him over. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Tinghe couldn't help frowning, and the others couldn't help but cast idiot eyes at Wang Jun. It is true that Xu Jin plundered wealth in Manlaga, but this wealth went into the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, which is nearly 10 million taels of silver, which is equivalent to the tax income of the Ming Dynasty in the past three years, which is a great thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Jun was stared at by everyone, and said awkwardly: "The official just said it casually." ”

Yang Tinghe shook his head secretly, now that the head of the household is Shangshu Sun Jiao is sick, it is necessary to replace him, and he has also considered letting Wang Jun take over, but now it seems that this person is not suitable, because the guy who can come up with such a bad idea is either stupid or bad.

Wang Jun is naturally not stupid to be able to do Nanjing Hubu Shangshu, he is just too eager for quick success, and he wants to show himself too much in front of Yang Tinghe, which backfires.

Yang Tinghe didn't pay any attention to Wang Jun, but said lightly: "At tomorrow's court meeting, Xu Jin will present a prisoner to the emperor, and it is estimated that the emperor will take the opportunity to promote Xu Jin's official position. Let's discuss it now, so that you don't be caught off guard tomorrow. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent for a moment, Xu Jin made such a great contribution, the title was sealed, and promotion was naturally indispensable, as for what position the official would promote, it was really up to discussion.

Yang Dan, the secretary of the ministry, groaned: "If this son is released, the emperor will definitely not agree, according to this official, it is better to promote him to the right of the general political department, there is just a shortage of personnel!" ”

As soon as Yang Dan's words came out, everyone couldn't help but light up, the general political secretary Zuo Tongzheng was a fourth-grade official, and Xu Jin's original Hubu Langzhong was a fifth-grade official, just two grades in comparison, and Xu Jin was made a marquis, which was worthy of his contributions. What's even better is that the General Administration Department is not a key department, and the Right General Administration is not the number one leader of the General Administration Department, and there is also a positive three-grade general political envoy pressing it.

Yang Tinghe was obviously satisfied with Yang Dan's proposal, and nodded: "Yes!" ”

Shi Jue, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, hesitated and said: "Xu Jin was ordered to go south to patrol Zhejiang, preside over the land of Qingzhang, and the results are remarkable. ”

Yang Tinghe frowned, indeed, as far as Xu Jin's contribution is concerned, even if he is promoted to the third level, not to mention anything else, just generating nearly 10 million revenue for the Ming treasury is worthy of a general government envoy right general government.

Yang Tinghe pondered for a moment and said lightly: "First of all, according to what Yang Shangshu said, if the emperor resolutely refuses to allow it, let Xu Jin concurrently serve as the young Zhan of the Zhan Mansion." ”