Choosing someone who can talk and play into the palace is not a top priority.

Ling Hule gave Xin Er a few days off to rest.

On the morning of the next day, Fu Qiao, Tang Ai, Huang Rong, Yang Fu and others either took the opportunity of taking a break or asked the official party for leave, and jointly visited Xin Er.

Everyone sat down together.

Yang Chao, Zhang Gui and others also accompanied the audience.

Fu Qiao and others celebrated their achievements.

Fu Qiao's spirit was bright, and his mood was extremely happy, as if he had made this great achievement, he couldn't stop stroking his beard, looking around again and again, and laughing loudly: "Young book, you broke the turtle, burned 100,000 captives, and not only brought back a mountain of spoils to the imperial court, but also sent protons to the court from more than ten countries in the Western Regions; Now you are in charge of the mighty Western Regions, famous in the court! …… Haha, haha. Hurry, hurry! Young book, the reward of the court will be down in a few days, with your military exploits, the marquis is easy to hear! This time, you don't want to quit again, right? ”

Huang Rong asked playfully: "Duke Fu, it is the marquis, and it is also the marquis of Ming, why are you so happy?" ”

Fu Qiao told the truth, and said with a smile: "We are waiting for the young to share weal and woe, and the young to be the marquis, we are also rising since the tide rises, how can I not like it?" ”

Xin Er smiled and said: "Old Master, I don't think you are happy for me to be a marquis, you are happy for the dozen or so Western Regions female music I gave you, right?" ”

Fu Qiao half-raised his face, touched his beard, didn't know what he thought, a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, shook his head again, nodded again, hehe, for a while, let out a sigh, and said: "The years are not forgiving." I'm an old man! Old! Looking at Xin Er, he turned back to the topic, still mentioning the matter of the marquis, and asked, "Young book, what do you think about the court's discussion of giving you the title of marquis this time?" Ready to take it? ”

Xin Er discussed the Western Regions, and with the huge military achievements, it was a matter of course to be a marquis.

Moreover, he deserves to be promoted.

Chen Sun and other important ministers in the court, after many meetings, unified their opinions, and the first decision was: to pay homage to the Marquis of Xin'er County and move his official to the general of Zhenxi.

Xin Er's current official General Wuwei is the fourth grade, and General Zhenxi is the second grade.

Of the civil and military ministers of Dingxi several times, there is only one person who is now ranked second-class, and that is Koji Shuo, whose official is General Zhendong.

Xin Er has always been modest and cautious, not vain, and at the critical moment of forming an alliance with the Koji family, how could he be willing to accept this high position?

He had already written to the court, and resigned from this official, saying that he was lucky to be meritorious, and he was the mighty spirit of King Lai Xian and the king, and he would never dare to accept such a valuable position.

The court couldn't, so they had to negotiate again, retreat from the second rank to the third grade, and negotiate to move him to General Long Xiang.

This time, Xin Er had no objections, but he was stuck in Zuo's place.

The position of General Long Xiang was originally set up in the early period of this dynasty, and at the beginning, he was the general of the naval army. Where will there be a sailor in Dingxi? Zuo used this as a reason and was noncommittal. Chen Sun figured out what he wanted, and reproposed General Long Xiang to an auxiliary general who also belonged to the third grade.

The letter of change was sent to the palace, and on the same day, Zuo's permission was obtained.

After twists and turns, Xin Er's promotion of the official position is determined, but on the matter of "feudal marquis", Xin Er has not yet expressed his position.

In private, he discussed it twice with Yang Chao and Zhang Gui.

Zhang Gu believes that he should accept the title of marquis.

First, Fang Jindingxi is in the country, like a second-grade official, there is only one county marquis, or Koji Shuo, which can be described as a very honorable ,——and noble Bai Chun's "Guiyi Marquis", just a name, in fact, there is no fiefdom, not to mention the county marquis, not even a pavilion marquis.

Zhang Gu said: "Since the official position has been humble, indicating that the courtesy to the marquis of Koji, then there is no need to continue to be humble in the title." Receiving this knighthood will be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty's future political status in the court and the country. ”

For example, Chen Sun and others, although they are the same as Xin Er, they do not have a title, so when they discuss matters together in the future, they will have to sit under Xin Er. Invisibly, Xin'er's political status is higher than theirs.

Second, meritorious service must be rewarded, which must be pursued by a government that has made achievements.

Xin Er has made such a great military exploit, it is reasonable that the imperial court has to give a marquis title, and for the sake of the effect of setting an example for the latecomers, Xin Er should also accept the worship reasonably. Imagine, if Xin Er refuses to resign, if there is a person who has made great contributions in the future, what should he do when he faces the worship? There is the example of "not accepting" in front of Xin Er, is he receiving or not accepting?

These two points of Zhang Gui's opinion are very reasonable.

Yang Chao thinks: It is also possible to accept it, and it is also possible to not accept it.

The reason for receiving it is just as Zhang Gu said.

The reason for not accepting it is that Yang Chao said: "The Ming Duke has resigned once before, and if he resigns again, the Ming Duke is the heart of the royal family, and the reputation of humbling himself and retiring will be more and more prosperous in the country." Yan Yun: It's not more than three. One resignation, another resignation, three can be accepted. ”

In fact, before interrogating Yang Chao and Zhang Gui's opinions, Xin Er had already made up his mind.

He then took the advice of the sheep to "not accept".

At that moment, when Fu Qiao asked twice, Xin Er didn't hide it, and said, "I can't compare with the Hou of Koi." Since the establishment of the country in the west, the Koji family has fought for the country from generation to generation, and there are meritorious services in the world, and the family has two marquises, which is indeed worthy of it. My name is low, and the county is looking at me for five grades, and I am wrongly loved by the first king, so I have to enter the third grade. Auxiliary general, I am already the ultimate in my position! Hou, a product, how dare I accept it? ”

The male fifth-class baron, in the nine-grade official system, is the same as the "king", and they are all first-class.

Fu Qiao was stunned and sighed: "Young! Although you don't talk about the mysteries, your retreat is in line with the 'profit and distraction'! Sighing, he said, "I think I'm humble enough to not be greedy for fame, but I'm not as far away as Qing." ”

"Profit is not moving", is Lao Tzu's words.

Xin Er smiled slightly, and thought in his heart: "Hou or General Zhenxi, once he gains power, the power is Xuanhe, 'seeing him rise a tall building, seeing him feast guests, seeing his building collapse', there is no real foundation, it is just floating clouds." ”

To conquer the Western Regions and win military merits, Xin Er's purpose is not to exchange "merit" for a false name, but to use "merit" for real profit.

He thought: "I have made such a great military achievement, and I refuse to be a second-grade high-ranking official, and I thank the county marquis, who dares to say that I am not simply serving the country with a pure heart?" Chang Ling said, 'Accepting the title of marquis will be of great benefit to my future position in the government of the DPRK and the country', in my opinion, resigning from the title of marquis will actually be more conducive to the implementation of my policies! ”

At noon, Fu Qiao and the others had dinner.

In the afternoon, Xin Er paid a visit to Kojishuo.

He brought ten horses from the Western Regions as gifts.

These ten horses were carefully selected from the more than 10,000 good horses brought back to China, and each of them was a good horse of the first class, even better than the five horses that Shi Liang gave to Xin Er as a wedding gift.

Koji Shuo has been in the army all his life, and it is best to have a war horse and a good bow, and this gift is to his liking, and he circled the horse several times when he liked, and he was eager to ride it immediately and gallop into the wilderness.

Go indoors.

In the first half, Xin Er and Koji Shuo had a conversation.

In the second half, Koji Shuo summoned Koji Shuang, and the three of them talked.

Xin Er concisely told Koji Shuo and Koji Shuang about the several policies he was going to implement.

None of his several political measures harmed the interests of the Koji family, but most of them were alluded to the Song, Fan, Zhang and other Shiliu clans.

Koji Shuo and Koji Shuang have no need to object.

In the evening, Koji Shuo set up a banquet to entertain Xin Er.

The banquet did not end until midnight, and Xin Er said goodbye and left.

After Xin Er left, Koji Shuo and Koji Shuang came to the study.

While drinking the sobering soup, Koji Shuo said thoughtfully: "On the surface, there is no problem with the few political measures written by Xin You, they are all good strategies for the country and the people, but taste the meaning, he is going to fight the forces of Song, Yan, Zhang and other families!" ”

Asked Lu Shuang to come closer, and sternly admonished him, "I know that you are dissatisfied with the fact that I don't allow my family to serve as the assassin of Shazhou. No matter how reluctant you are, Xin Er's strategy, you must support it in the DPRK and China, and you must not obstruct it! ”

Lu Shuang promised, in the end, he was unwilling, and said: "Father, if you don't let my family fight for the position of Shazhou's assassin history, if you don't fight, you won't fight, just forget it."

"As my father said, Xin Er's strategy is obviously aimed at the Song, Fan, Zhang and other families, with a cool and foolish opinion, why don't we stay out of the matter? Fight by them? When they fight and lose, won't the one who gains be my family? Father, why do you want me to support Xin'er? ”

"You fool!"

"What's the confusion?"

"The Song, Pan, and Zhang Zhujia have been in the middle of the dynasty for a long time, holding great power, and there have always been many party henchmen; And the foundation of my family is in the army, and you are the only one who is a noble position in the court. Let me ask you, if you are defeated, can you stand up to them in the DPRK with our family and with you? ”

"......, if several of them are united, my family can't, but in the cool and ugly opinion, after Xin Erru is defeated, several of them will have infighting, and once they have infighting, my family will not be able to compete with it."

Koji Shuo stared at Koji Shuang for a long time, and sighed: "You are really confused!" ”

Lu Shuang was inexplicable and said, "Father, is there something wrong with what I said?" Why do you say that about me? ”

"You might as well see it as a girl! My family and the Song, Pan, and Zhang families, although they are the first-class surnames in Dingxi, but several of them are based on business; When the first king was not killed, the Song side was favored, and this vertical son was drunk and talked to people, calling my family a gate, and the contempt was fully revealed! They don't think my family is the same kind, even if they fight among themselves, it can only be after they defeat and overthrow my family!

"You, where did you get the opportunity to 'take advantage of its infighting'?"

Lu Shuang was silent, and after a while, he said: "Xin Agua is nothing more than a momentary achievement, so can he be on an equal footing with our family today!" ”

Since Xin Er served as Gu Ming, he has always been polite and respectful to Koji Shuang, and his etiquette is impeccable.

Only when the corporal stream, the most important family, and even even if they are the same family, the first-class scholar family does not intermarry with the second-rate, and regard such marriages as "incest", and those who "Lun" are often distinguished from respect and inferiority. Besides, the Koji family is a local first-class clan in Dingxi, and the Xin family is just a second-class clan from outside?

Koji Shuang has no opinion on Xin Er's character, but he inevitably looks down on Xin Er's family.

Koji Shuo is really a little awkward about this, otherwise, he would not have had nothing to do with Xin Er since Pig Nozawa, but he is more rational than Koji Shuang, and he attaches more importance to interests, and said: "If it was placed before the First World War in the Western Regions, Xin Youshu would not be able to be with my family." And then he discussed the Western Regions, the merits have been made, and ......, have you heard? This time, he returned from the Western Regions, and the children of Suo, Zhang, Yin, and Kui in Dunhuang and Gaochang were quite from him. What does this mean? As I expected, he has been subdued by the surnames of Longxi!

"Yang Chao, Tang Ai, the wisdom of overseas Chinese, was first included in his account; Suo, Zhang and other surnames, Longxi will be planted, and now they are subdued by him.

"Qilang, although Xin You's family reputation is not high, in terms of his strength, he is indeed qualified to be in the same column as my family!"

Koji Shuang had to admit that Koji Shuo was right and stopped talking.

Koji Shuo told him again: "I will return to Tangxing County in two days." You remember, the times are not the same, the king is young, the middle palace has no experience in governance, the situation in the court and China is unpredictable, only Xin Youzhu is undefeated, my family can be safe! He said that the day after tomorrow he would submit a letter to the DPRK and the Central Committee for discussion, and that when the time comes, you will only be allowed to approve of it, not to oppose it! Don't be silent! ”

Koji Shuang responded: "Yes." ”

Koji Shuo paced to the door, holding on to the door frame, looking out at the night.

The autumn moon is like a hook, hanging in the cold night sky, and a few stars flickering and disappearing.

It gives people a sense of loneliness and loneliness.

Koji Shuo felt a little cold, tightened his robe, looked at the late night autumn scene, his tone was a little helpless, and muttered: "If the first king is still alive, or if the king is an adult, my family can still make military achievements, so why bother with him and Song, Yan, and Zhang!" ”

A stable regime requires many elements.

The first is to have a stable ruling group.

And in order to have a stable ruling group, a leader who can convince the masses is essential.

The current situation in Dingxi is that there is a lack of such a leader.

Yes, the state has the country, and there is Ling Hule, but Ling Hule is too young and doesn't understand anything, how can he convince the public? The so-called "Lord Shaoguo is suspicious". How can a child be expected to govern and lead the country before even normal judgment has been formed?

Ling Hule can only be a nominal "leader" at most.

He can't be the person who can convince the people and lead the country.

In this case, Koji Shuo, who originally didn't want to get involved in the political struggle between the DPRK and China, was forced by the times, he didn't mix, others didn't let him go, and he found the head of the Koji family three times and twice, and he couldn't be alone after all.

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