looked at the vicissitudes of Xu Jing's face.

Fang Jifan's heart hurt more and more.

Coming out of the Fengtian Palace, Fang Jifan patted Xu Jing's shoulder.

Xu Jing was originally restraining his emotions, but his teacher's gentle hand slapped him on the shoulder, and a burst of hot tears suddenly burst out of his eyes.

"Mentor ......"

Fang Jifan smiled: "It's been five years, for five years, the teacher has been thinking about you every day, you are finally back, and the teacher is very pleased." ”

Xu Jing had tears in his eyes: "Let the teacher worry, it is the death of the student." ”

Fang Jifan sighed, raised his head, and looked at the sky.

"Go home and cry, cry here, it's not good to be looked at by outsiders, and when you go out, the most important thing to remember is not to lose your face as a teacher."

Xu Jing whimpered.

Then, he experienced the comfort of the four-wheeled carriage, sitting on the sofa, he opened the curtain of the carriage in a new way, and looked at the street scene flying by outside the window: "The new city is so good." ”

"Of course." Fang Jifan sat opposite, his sofa was wider, and he looked at Xu Jing with a smile.

Xu Jing suddenly became preoccupied again: "Teacher, student...... I want to ask one thing, is it really a ball under our feet? ”

"Why do you ask?" Fang Jifan looked surprised.

Xu Jingdao: "Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo, after all, they went to sea with their students, if the mountains and rivers under their feet, as well as the vast ocean, are not round, then wouldn't it be ...... Isn't it...... Don't see the two uncles again? ”

Fang Jifan sighed in his heart, why is the earth round, if it is Fang's, in this case, those two dog-like things will not even have the chance of dying for a lifetime!

When they arrived at the Zhenguo Mansion, many people warmly welcomed this uncle, and people had an extraordinary respect for Xu Jing.

And on this day, Xu Jing was drunk.

He has never drunk alcohol since he went to the sea, and now, with only a few bowls of rice wine, he is drunk.

He hid his face and cried, and in the fingers covering his face, tears flowed down: "I deserve to die, I really deserve to die, they all say that my parents are here, I don't travel far, I am a disciple, I can't always serve my teacher, I have to teach my teacher to worry, I Xu Jing, disloyal and unfilial......"

Tears fell one by one, and the eyes of several senior brothers were red.

Fang Jifan sat in the first place, and in his heart, he was still a little confused.

People in this world, what do their brains do, and I can't catch up with this thinking.

Fang Jifan coughed: "Father Heng...... Okay, stop crying. ”

Xu Jing's shoulders twitched, but his cry covered Fang Jifan's voice: "Teacher...... The teacher is sick, and the disciple cannot take care of it. When a teacher encounters a difficulty, a disciple cannot solve the problem. The joy of the teacher cannot be shared as a disciple, so what is the use of the teacher still wanting me as a protégé? ”

Tang Yin was busy wiping tears for him: "If you can make meritorious contributions, the teacher is already very pleased, and the teacher doesn't ask us for retribution." ”

Wang Shouren, Liu Wenshan, and Jiang Chen all nodded.

Fang Jifan: "......"

I want a picture, hey...... Feed...... I'm going to rely on you for the rest of my life......

Fang Jifan barely squeezed out a smile and coughed: "That's right, Weishi is such a person." ”

Early the next morning, Xu Jing finally returned to normal, and early in the morning, he came to greet Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan: "......"

Xiao Xu has obviously been going to sea for a long time, and he doesn't know a little about Fang Jifan's living habits.

But Fang Jifan still got up obediently, but Zhu Xiurong felt strange, while dressing Fang Jifan, he told Fang Jifan not to work.

Fang Jifan was in the small hall and met Xu Jing.

Xu Jing gave Fang Jifan a deep sigh: "I have seen the teacher." ”

Fang Jifan nodded, someone had already poured tea, he took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Come early in the morning, just to say hello." ”

"Today, the Holy God ordered the students to go to see the driver, and if they want to ask about the method of dominating the four seas, the students should think about it carefully, or ask the teacher's advice."

Fang Jifan thought for a while: "What suggestions do you have?" ”

Xu Jingdao: "The governance outside the domain is a big problem, the remnants are lost overseas, thousands of miles away, and they have to face epidemics, natives and Francois people, after all, the imperial court is too far away from them, a year or two, even if it is ten or twenty years, between each other, maybe there will be no dislike, but what about twenty years later?" ”

Xu Jing said: "The most important thing is that if you don't send the remnants, you can't control the four oceans just by forming good natives, so you must send military horses and establish towns, with China as the trunk and the four seas as the branches, then, where does this countless manpower come from?" Once they are thousands of miles away and start a family, are they still willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty? The town guards sent by the imperial court did not know about the towns thousands of miles away, how to serve the people? And if the remnants are promoted to guard the town, it is difficult to protect them, and they will not deviate from morality, so the students feel that this is a great difficulty. His Majesty regards the students as the protector of the four seas, but this protectorate is just an empty shelf......"

Fang Jifan could understand Xu Jing's feelings.

The Metropolitan Protectorate is good-sounding, but it is more difficult to control the four seas than to ascend to the sky.

For example, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty is of course huge, but in the south of Kunlun Continent, if there is a stronghold of the Ming Dynasty, how to use the population of this stronghold, and the local remnants, are they willing to be loyal? What if there is a rebellion? Do you want to be pressed or not? But by the time the news reached Daming, it was already a year later, and when Daming mobilized people and horses to prepare to quell the rebellion, other people's children could play soy sauce.

There is also the Golden Continent, most of them are the same, once the remnants have lived there for two, three, or four generations, their kinship with the Ming Dynasty will naturally gradually fade and become estranged.

To put it bluntly, the cost of rebellion is low, and the cost of management is too high.

There is no balance in this, and the so-called domination of the four seas is a joke in itself.

But if a large number of soldiers and civilians are not moved out, then it will be even more difficult to protect the interests of the Ming Dynasty in various places.

At this time, Fang Jifan said with a smile: "You, it seems that you are still inferior to your junior brother Bo'an, the unity of knowledge and action, have you forgotten?" ”

"This ......" Xu Jing looked ashamed.

Fang Jifan said: "First of all, we need to educate the remnants, no matter where they are in the world, they must have the same values as China, therefore, Sage Confucius, we have to polish the statue of his old man." ”

No matter what Fang Jifan's thoughts are about the saint, he also knows that the Confucian saint is the biggest consensus today.

"Of course, these alone are not enough to control the oceans, and if you want people to be willing to serve the Ming Dynasty, or in other words, to serve China, its essence needs interests, not just education. What is the benefit? Chinese porcelain and silk are widely needed in the Golden Continent, even for the future remnants, and they are bound to expand their territory in the Golden Continent in the future, carry out production and farming, and their specialties also need to be marketed in China. This is like water, which needs to flow in order for the benefits to be evenly distributed...... For example...... Xishan Jianye ......"

"Xishan Jianye ......"

Fang Jifan patiently explained: "If the imperial court appoints a small official and goes to the Golden Continent, is this little official willing to do his best for the king's affairs?" ”

Xu Jing frowned.

Fang Jifan said: "He is thousands of miles away, this little official is doing a good job, and no one can see it, so he will naturally be perfunctory, and he will not pay much attention to the Shangguan thousands of miles away." ”

"But if Xishan Jianye sends a craftsman to the Golden Continent, will he be dedicated?"

Xu Jing couldn't help but say: "This ......"

"He will do his best, because he has done a good job and opened up the market, and he can only make money by building a business, and if he is given a suitable reward, he will do his best, so ...... The fundamental point is that these remnants are all brought into a system, and they must rely on this system to make a living, and the landlords who grow cotton need it, because only it can buy a large amount of its cotton, and the miners who open mines also need it, and only it can buy minerals. In the same way, the people who need to open a workshop, need it, because without it, there is no one to provide society. Instead of using the power of the government to control the four oceans, it is better to use the bond of interests to connect them. ”

Xu Jing was surprised: "The student seems to understand something." ”

Fang Jifan smiled and said: "It's good to understand, you have to go to face the saint today, and there is one more thing to entrust to you as a teacher." ”

Xu Jing hurriedly said: "Even if the teacher tells him, it is." ”

Fang Jifan's eyes rolled: "Your Majesty's inner treasury, there is a lot of silver, you think about it, say move him, all this real money and silver, come to the money bank to save, this silver can give birth to silver, otherwise, stay in the treasury...... It's going to get moldy. ”

"Ah......" Xu Jing was sweating profusely, and he was a little unconfident.

Whatever royal money is, it is deposited in the bank.

Fang Jifan said: "Don't say that I mentioned it, you can say it." ”

"Student......" Xu Jing said embarrassedly: "Find a way to try." ”

Xu Jing took Fang Jifan's hints, but he got into the carriage as if he didn't understand.

Use the interests of commerce to connect all the remnants in series.

But...... How to connect it in series.

And also...... How can we encourage the survivors to forge ahead?

This...... Seems to be a ...... It's a headache.

The carriage arrived at the noon gate, but did not stop, but directly entered the Fengtian Hall and stopped, which was the will of His Majesty the Emperor himself.

Xu was allowed to drive through the palace.

Xu Jing went to Fengtian Hall and bowed down, but at this time, Emperor Hongzhi and several ministers had been waiting here for a long time.

"Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, flat."

Xu Jing got up, the eunuchs had prepared the Jindun, and Xu Jing sat down.

Several cabinet scholars all looked at Xu Jing.

Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile: "Xu Qing's family, I have protected you all over the world, can Qing understand my intentions?" ”

Xu Jing said: "The minister does not dare to speculate on His Majesty's Sacred Heart. ”