Therefore, most of the Fujian officials and generals of the Navy Division did not agree to report truthfully, but there were also scheming officialdom old fritters who saw that this was a good opportunity to kill Guo Zhiyuan, and there was no way to take the Japanese in the coastal provinces. Can the Wanli Emperor tolerate you?

The two factions quarreled, but it made it difficult for the new governor of Fujian, Chen Zizhen, Chen Zizhen's personality was relatively modest, and he did not leave much reputation in history when he ruled Fujian, but there was no big mess, and he was stable, so he served as the governor of Fujian for a long time, and he did not leave office until 1620. He doesn't like to participate in party struggles, he just wants to be in office without chaos, and he can be his governor in peace.

At this time, Chen Zizhen had just taken over as the governor of Fujian and encountered such a tricky matter, and he was a little undecided for a while, and then the staff gave him the idea and asked him to consult the former governor of Fujian Xu Xueju's opinion, although Xu Xueju has stepped down, but he has been deeply involved in Fujian for many years, and his prestige and network are still there, consulting him can show that Chen Zizhen, the new governor, respects his predecessors, and second, if something goes wrong in the future, he can also push the responsibility on Xu Xueju. The idea of the staff was in Chen Zizhen's arms, and he immediately ordered his entourage to prepare a sedan chair, and he was going to visit Xu Xueju.

Although Xu Xueju has stepped down, he has not left Fujian at this time, and the aftermath of the party dispute caused by the Beijing Yisi Jingcha at this time has not ended, Xu Xueju also wants to see the direction of the wind and look for an opportunity to recover. Second, although he stepped down, the power that the Donglin Party had built up with great difficulty in Fujian could not be weakened because of this, and he still needed to coordinate in the middle to consolidate his power.

The news of Guo Zhiyuan's defeat of the Japanese pirate coalition in Dongfan was naturally received by Xu Xueju as soon as possible, which made him regret more and more that he did not strangle Guo Zhiyuan in the cradle, and the idea of killing Guo Zhiyuan was naturally indispensable for Xu Xueju to help the trouble, so when he heard the news of Chen Zizhen's visit, he immediately smiled.

The two met naturally a good courtesy, and after wearing a high hat to each other, Chen Zizhen explained his intentions, Xu Xueju smiled secretly in his heart, but he pretended to be very embarrassed and said: "Lord Chen, since Xu has stepped down, it is not appropriate to express his opinions on Fujian political affairs, and Lord Chen, your talent is far better than mine, and you have your own way of doing things, so you don't need me, a useless person, to point fingers!" ……”

Chen Zizhen hurriedly said: "Lord Xu, don't say that, Lord Xu has been in charge of Fujian for many years, he is highly respected, and he is capable and experienced in handling government affairs, Zizhen is far from it, and he will have to ask Lord Xu for advice often in the future, and I hope that Lord Xu will not shirk to ......."

Xu Xueju saw that Chen Zizhen put his posture very low, so he no longer pretended to be reserved, and the old god stroked the long beard under his chin on the ground and chuckled: "Then the old man will talk about his humble opinion for Lord Chen's reference, I don't know if Lord Chen knows anything about Guo Zhiyuan?" ……”

Chen Zizhen nodded a little blankly and said: "I have heard a little, but the government and the opposition have different comments on this son, some say that he is a young talent and a pillar of the country, and some say that he is high-flying and ruthless, and I don't know which statement is accurate?" Lord Xu knows people like a torch, I don't know what to say about this? ……”

Xu Xueju shook his head with a complicated expression and said: "The old man has asked himself and knows countless people, but this old man can't see through it, but the old man feels that the external comments are inaccurate, but he thinks that the words used by Xu Shao to comment on Cao Mengde in the Three Kingdoms in the past are quite appropriate for this son, the capable minister who governs the world, and the hero of the troubled times!" ……”

"Ahh Chen Zizhen couldn't help but exclaim, he had heard that Xu Xueju seemed to be a little unpleasant to Guo Zhiyuan, and had been secretly suppressing Guo Zhiyuan, if Xu Xueju devalued Guo Zhiyuan to worthless, then his words to Xu Xueju would be greatly discounted, I didn't expect Xu Xueju to give Guo Zhiyuan such an amazing evaluation, and couldn't help but be surprised: "That Guo Zhiyuan is only a weak crown year, but Lord Xu compares him with Cao Mengde, which... Is this a little too ... That's too much?!......"

Xu Xueju glanced at Chen Zizhen, and said with a smile: "That Guo Zhiyuan went from the nine-pin county order to the five-pin prefect in less than three years, during which he went to Luzon alone, and with his three-inch tongue, he made the Spaniards bow their heads and apologize for killing my Ming merchants in Luzon, and then when Zhao Bingjian's rebels rebels rebelled, he even went down to the eight counties of Zhangzhou, and he defeated tens of thousands of rebels with his own strength, and even took advantage of the situation to seize Dongfan, and then went to Beijing, and fought the ministers in the court, so that the saint specially allowed him to open the mansion in Dongfan, and even broke the Taizu's legacy, and allowed him to open the sea ban and open the sea trade, which of these things can be done by ordinary people? Don't talk about it far away, just talk about the matter in front of you, the wokou disaster has been in the coastal waters of my Ming Dynasty for a long time, up to the imperial court, down to the local are helpless, even when Marshal Qi was there, he couldn't completely eliminate the scourge of the pirates, but this Guo Zhiyuan only relied on Dongfan to kill the pirates to nothing! Even Cao Mengde, who dominated the Three Kingdoms, didn't have this ability at his age, right? Does Master Chen still think that the old man's evaluation of this son is exaggerated? ……”

Chen Zizhen was dumbfounded by Xu Xueju's words, but she didn't want to be completely influenced by Xu Xueju's thoughts, so she couldn't help but raise her bar and said: "As Lord Xu said, everything Guo Zhiyuan does is for the benefit of the country and the people, and this is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty!" Why does Lord Xu say that he is a hero in troubled times? ……”

Xu Xueju glanced at Chen Zizhen again, and said with a sneer: "Lord Chen, if you really think like this, it will be dangerous!" As the so-called Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time. Dongfan is lonely overseas, nominally under the control of you, the governor of Fujian, but in fact it is equivalent to an overseas country, now that Dongfan grass is created, a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, then Guo Zhiyuan can sweep the Japanese pirate coalition, in time, who else can control? If he does not have the heart of subordination, the court whip will be out of reach, and he will order you, the governor of Fujian, to quell the chaos, Lord Chen thinks that with the military strength of Fujian Province, he may be able to compete with the fledgling Guo Zhiyuan? When the saint is furious, the first thing to cut off is the head of you, the governor of Fujian?! ……”

Chen Zizhen was in a cold sweat by Xu Xueju's words, stood up and solemnly saluted Xu Xueju, and said in horror: "Fortunately, Lord Xu mentioned something, I almost missed a big thing, Chen's life is small, if I miss my Daming Jiangshan Sheji, Chen will become a sinner for thousands of years!" As Lord Xu said, this Guo Zhiyuan's occupation of Dongfan is really a wolf's ambition, but now he has not shown his traces, and Chen cannot catch the wind and shadow to impeach him for rebellion, how to deal with the current matter? ……”

As soon as Xu Xueju heard it, he knew that Chen Zizhen's thoughts were completely controlled by him, and he smiled slightly and leaned into Chen Zizhen's ear and lowered his voice and said: "The old man suggested that Lord Chen can make two folds to the court, one bright and one dark, and the bright one only needs to be truthfully reported and ask for credit for Guo Zhiyuan, and the secret twist and turn will be directly sent to the saint with a secret play, and Guo Zhiyuan will be impeached for not being subordinate, so that no matter what the final result is, the saint also knows that Lord Chen is loyal, even if Guo Zhiyuan rebels in the future, he can't blame Lord Chen!" ……”