"Don't want to be promoted?" Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin interestingly and said, "You must know that this promotion, you are from the third grade." ”

"I don't want to!"

Luo Xin's head shook like a rattle, making Liu Shouyou next to him look stupid.

"Anyone else who doesn't want to be an official?"

"Impossible!

If Luo Xin didn't want to be an official, what would he do for King Yu? And since he has been with Luo Xin, he has already known some of Luo Xin's layout, all for promotion.

How could he really stop doing it when he was promoted? ”

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin and said, "However, if you have made meritorious contributions, you must be rewarded, right?" Otherwise, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the world's readers? ”

"But...... The minister likes to read, and talks about ......"

Speaking of this, Luo Xin suddenly remembered something, looked up at Emperor Jiajing and said:

"Your Majesty really wants to reward the ministers?"

"Well, what do you want, say." Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin with interest, this was the first time Luo Xin was interested in his reward.

"Your Majesty will reward a Hanlin scholar to the ministers." Luo Xin said: "In addition to studying knowledge, the minister is teaching knowledge, which is what the minister is willing to do. ”

Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment and said, "I will consider it, you can retire first." ”

"The minister retired."

Luo Xin left the palace and went home directly.

The house has already prepared a banquet to wash the dust for Luo Xin. After eating, Luo Xin went back to the bedroom and fell asleep, during this time, it seemed that Luo Xin was very leisurely, and things were handled in an orderly manner, but the mind consumed was not for outsiders.

The moon hangs on the branches.

Xufu.

Den.

Xu Luqing had already returned to the capital, and was sitting opposite Xu Jie, looking at his father, who had obviously become old, and for a while, a heavy look appeared on his face.

"All taken care of?" Xu Jie asked softly.

"Hmm."

"There are no hidden dangers, right?"

"Nope."

"How much have you lost?"

"In addition to taking out almost all the gold and silver at home, I also sold half of the land."

Xu Jie closed his eyes for half an hour, and then opened his eyes, although his face was calm, his eyes were bloodshot.

"I remember that there are more than 200,000 acres of fertile land at home, right?"

"Yes."

"So, 100,000 acres of fertile land were sold?"

"110,000 acres." Xu Luqing's voice was low. There is a pain like cutting flesh.

Xu Jie closed his eyes again, his chest rising and falling violently.

"Hehehe...... Hahaha......"

Xu Jie laughed suddenly, and the laughter grew louder and louder.

"Father......" Xu Luqing looked at his father worriedly.

Xu Jie waved his hand, signaling that it didn't matter, and slowly put away his smile, his face becoming hideous. A voice squeezed out from between his teeth:

"Luo Xin! What a shaft. ”

"Father." Xu Luqing said cautiously: "It's nothing to lose a little family wealth, as long as my father is still the first assistant of the cabinet, these family fortunes will still come back." Just ......"

"Just what?"

"Just went through this, Your Majesty?"

"Alas......" Xu Jie sighed: "After this incident, I am afraid that Your Majesty's trust in me will drop to the bottom, and I am afraid that I already have the idea of changing the head of the cabinet in my heart." ”

"Father......" Xu Luqing's face showed a look of horror.

Xu Jie waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, my father will not be dismissed in a short period of time." ”

Speaking of this, a hint of sarcasm appeared on Xu Jie's face: "Even if Your Majesty wants to find someone who can replace me, he can't find it in a short time." Therefore, until His Majesty finds that person, he will not be a father yet. ”

"The high arch ......"

"It is precisely because of the existence of the high arch that my father can still sit in the position of the head of the cabinet, but I didn't expect to borrow the light of the high arch."

Xu Luqing looked stunned, Xu Jie looked at Xu Luqing and said, "Don't you understand?" ”

"The child doesn't understand."

"Do you know that Your Majesty hardly goes to the court, but he firmly holds the government in his hands, why is this?"

Xu Luqing fell into deep thought, but Xu Jie didn't bother him, lowered his eyes slightly, and began to think about things. About half an hour later, Xu Luqing's eyes suddenly lit up and said:

"Balance!"

Xu Jie raised his eyes, with an appreciative look in his eyes, and nodded, "Not bad." ”

Xu Luqing's eyes jumped with excitement and said: "It is precisely because of the father and the high arch that His Majesty has mastered this balance. Once his father is not in the cabinet, Gao Gong will be the dominant family, and in this way, he will slowly overthrow His Majesty. And now in the court, there is no one who can compete with Gao Gong in ability to replace his father, so His Majesty can only endure this breath and wait to find a replacement. ”

"Not bad!" Xu Jie nodded and said, "Therefore, the situation of being a father now seems to be dangerous, but it is actually stable." ”

"But...... It won't last long, Your Majesty will always find someone......"

"Hehe......" Xu Jie laughed disdainfully: "There is no shortage of officials in the Ming Dynasty, but people with the ability to be a father may have them in the future, but not now." ”

"What about Luo Xin?" Xu Luqing asked softly.

Xu Jie was silent, and sighed half-loudly: "He now has the ability to be the head of the cabinet, but he is too young. If you want to become the first assistant of the cabinet, ability is only one aspect, and you also need qualifications and connections. And these two points are what Luo Xin lacks today. In another ten years, Daming will be his world. However, not yet. ”

Xu Jie glanced at Xu Luqing and said: "And it doesn't take more than ten years to be a father, as long as Your Majesty can't move me within this year, I will cultivate a cabinet." ”

"You mean Brother Taiyue?"

"Not bad!" When Xu Jie said this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's a bad thing for my father to let Taiyue go to the southeast, and my father will transfer Taiyue back as soon as possible." As long as Taiyue can enter the cabinet, our Xu family can sit back and relax. ”

An ordinary alley.

At this time, in Yin Shidan's house, two people were sitting opposite each other, and two dishes were placed on an old table, a plate of peanuts and a plate of pig's head meat.

These two people are Yuwang's two teachers, Yin Shidan and Chen Yiqin.

These two people have not been ordinary frustrations recently, and have completely fallen out of favor with Yuwang, and when Yuwang sees the two of them, he often only says a few perfunctory words, and sometimes he can't see Yuwang at all.

And the two of them once competed for favor in front of King Yu, and they were not polite to Xu Jie and Gao Gong. Just imagine, how could Xu Jie, Gao Gong give them a good life in the court?

So, their lives are really not satisfactory.

Especially when Luo Xin came back today, there was such a big mess in the southeast, and Luo Xin went to give an assessment. I'm afraid it's even more simple in the emperor's heart. And Luo Xin's status in King Yu's heart, the two of them are too clear. If King Yu ascends the throne in the future, Luo Xin will definitely be the first minister.

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