Emperor Hongzhi smiled at Fang Jifan, but this smile seemed a little meaningful, and he handed it over to Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing understood and handed over the impeachment to Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan only looked at it hastily.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "The protégé of Fang Qing's family actually beat Shangguan, in addition, he also made a big fuss about the military department, and now he has been impeached, I want to ask your opinion." ”

Ma Wensheng and Shen Wen both looked at Fang Jifan and remained silent.

Fang Jifan said: "Among the students' protégés, Xu Jing is the one with the worst qualifications. ”

“……”

This guy ...... It seems that he wants to break his arm to survive......

Who knew that Fang Jifan continued: "But the minister thinks that Xu Jing is right. ”

"What?" Emperor Hongzhi originally wanted to give Fang Jifan a step down, you verbally criticize Xu Jing, and then obediently confess to him, isn't this matter over?

Fang Jifan said: "He is the minister's protégé, the minister chooses to believe in him, and uses the minister's personality to protect him, Your Majesty, what if this military department is really wrong about the Western literature?" The imperial court now has to go to the West at all costs, and if there is any problem with the fleet, especially any errors in the charts, it will lead to a great disaster. In the vast sea, any mislabel, even an island, can be fatal, and even the lives of many people are at stake. Therefore, the minister believes that the minister's protégé is not wrong. ”

"It's not wrong to beat Shangguan?" Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan thought for a while and said, "His temper is a little hotter, but what if it turns out that the minister's protégé is right?" Then he is not beating Shangguan for no reason, but for the sake of the society, for the great policy of the court, and the mediocre officials do not forgive, this is a righteous act, Daming can have such an official, it is really Your Majesty's luck, strong! ”

“……”

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Ma Wensheng.

Ma Wensheng coughed and said, "The military department will never go wrong here......"

Fang Jifan immediately interrupted: "Is there anything wrong, how do you know if you don't try?" The imperial court wants to build a fleet, but when the fleet is built, I am afraid that it will take a few years of work, in this case, why not let people go to sea to explore the waterway first? Speaking of which, after all, I haven't been to the West for nearly a hundred years, so it's really inappropriate to go to sea so rashly. ”

Sea......

Just like marching to war, you need to have a vanguard in front.

Here in the imperial court, a few sea ships can still afford to form a small fleet, and go to explore the road first, it seems that ...... It's also a safe approach.

Emperor Hongzhi said thoughtfully: "What do you think of the Ma Qing family? ”

"What Xinjian Bo said, it is not unreasonable, you can give it a try, the minister suggested, the military department can collect a few sea ships and send people to sea, along the route of the eunuchs of the Three Treasures, go to the West first, as a test."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and couldn't help but say: "Look, isn't it very good, brainstorming, what to quarrel about such a trivial matter?" The unity of knowledge and action, haha, instead of arguing here, you might as well lean over and do it, Fang Qingjia, you and your protégé say that knowledge and action are the unity of knowledge and action every day, you see, isn't that the case now? If you don't give it a try, how do you know if it's good or bad? ”

"......" Fang Jifan is too lazy to explain that this unity of knowledge and action has nothing to do with him, don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed, this young master plagiarized the knowledge achievements of his protégé, what's wrong, besides, this is not his intention, isn't it?

It's just that...... Emperor Hongzhi opened his mouth and immediately came to such a sentence of 'unity of knowledge and action', but it made Shen Wen's eyebrows on the side jump, and he shivered coldly.

When did Your Majesty put these newly learned words on your lips?

However, Fang Jifan had a different suggestion on this matter: "Even if it is a try, then two teams of sea ships should also be sent, one team can follow the sea route of the Three Treasure Eunuchs, and the other team can follow the sea route of the minister's protégé Xu Jing." Otherwise, once the fleet of the military department sinks......"

"Xinjian Bo!" Ma Wensheng interrupted Fang Jifan, you can't spit out ivory from your dog's mouth, the fleet of the military department is sinking...... Hmph, it's really deceitful!

Ma Wensheng couldn't help but say: "The imperial court has not gone to sea for many years, and the number of sea ships that the military department can requisition is limited, but there are only three, I am afraid that it will be difficult to build a second fleet with ships." ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Ma Wensheng, and then at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan said: "The minister is also for the sake of the imperial court, isn't the controversy over this matter on the route, if you don't try each route, then this controversy will never end, Your Majesty ......"

"This ......" Emperor Hongzhi had a headache.

Ma Wensheng said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the ability of the Ministry of War is limited, and if you want to go to sea, three sea ships are already stretched thin, and they can't be less, so the Ministry of War can only supply what the Ministry of War needs." ”

Emperor Hongzhi tapped his fingers on the case, Ma Wensheng's insistence is actually not unreasonable, after all, he has not been to sea for so many years, and there are few sea ships, and what can be requisitioned may be just a few old sea ships that are prepared for the guard... So......

Fang Jifan made up his mind not to give up on this matter, and his opinion was put forward by himself, after mentioning it, your military department wanted to kick people away and play by himself, which is unreasonable.

Fang Jifan said: "Actually, it's not completely impossible, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has banned some private merchants' sea ships in Tianjin, it's better to ......" Fang Jifan paused for a moment, and then said: "Just use these private ships as a pioneer......

When Ma Wensheng heard this, he immediately felt that Fang Jifan was a little whimsical, those private ships were no better than the only official sea ships left in the imperial court, and the official ships were huge, although they were not as good as the great fortune ships of the emperor, they were also extremely magnificent. There are also many people who can be assigned to the top, and it is in the name of the imperial court to go to the West for a walk, and only such official ships can show the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

But you, Fang Jifan, just went out with such a few private boats and hung the banner of the Ming Dynasty, what the hell is this?

I'm in the West, and I used to be a person with a head and a face, can you Fang Jifan have a face?

Ma Wensheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the hull of this private ship is small, with a roe deer head and rat eyes, and thief eyebrows and rat eyes...... If you set sail under the banner of my Ming Dynasty, it will inevitably ......"

This sentence is to the point.

Emperor Hongzhi is also a face-saving person.

Fang Jifan didn't care, you all want to be faced, but can my Fang Jifan be shameless?

Fang Jifan said: "This is easy, just requisition these private ships in the name of the East Palace, and do not fly the flag of my Ming Dynasty, so they set sail in the name of Xishan, and the minister's protégé Xu Jing personally escorted the team, and all supplies and personnel are selected by the East Palace, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

“……”

Shen Wen had been listening silently, but now he slapped his thigh, his eyes lit up, and his face suddenly became bright, and he hurriedly said: "This is a good idea, Xinjian Bo's move not only fulfilled the dignity of the imperial court, but also set a precedent for going to the West, Xinjian Bo is really resourceful, admire!" Admire! ”

Xu Jing actually wants to go to the West, which is really good.

In this way, the Hanlin Academy will be one less scourge, and it will be very happy.

Emperor Hongzhi also smiled and said, "Then that's it, this matter will be handled by the crown prince and Fang Jifan." ”

Finally got the desired effect, and Fang Jifan said with satisfaction that he obeyed the order.

…………

When I came out of the warm pavilion.

Ma Wensheng looked very unhappy, His Majesty approved Fang Jifan's suggestion, which is tantamount to not having the slightest trust in the Ministry of War.

Although the Ministry of War has done some things in the past, does it not even have this trust?

As the secretary of the military department, he felt that His Majesty's trust in him had gradually eroded.

"Ma Gong ......"

Behind him, he heard someone calling out to him.

Ma Wensheng stopped, looked back, and saw Shen Wen panting after him.

Ma Wensheng said with a blue face: "Shen Gong, you ...... You ......",

The implication is that he blames Shen Wen for strongly supporting Fang Jifan's trip to sea in front of the emperor.

Going to the West is originally a matter of the Ministry of War, what does it have to do with the East Palace? It's still playing the signboard of Xishan...... This...... Ay......

Shen Wen sneered and said: "Ma Gong, please forgive me, the old man also had to do it, think about it, that Xu Jing is a stunned young man, he beat Shangguan in the Hanlin Academy, up and down the Hanlin Academy, everyone is in danger, the old man is a university scholar, he forced things down, and people who don't know still think that the old man is afraid of Fang Jifan behind Xu Jing......"

"What, isn't Duke Shen afraid of Fang Jifan?" Ma Wensheng asked rhetorically, with a hint of irony in his words.

"......" Shen Wen was a little angry, he didn't hit people in the face, can he not be so direct.

"Hey......" Shen Wen finally suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, shook his head and said: "Now that kid Xu Jing can go to the sea, how good, he can't come back in a year and a half, all in all, this is not a bad thing, Ma Gong is angry." But speaking of which, the old man is very worried about one thing, did you hear Your Majesty mention the unity of knowledge and action? Ma Gong, could it be that this majesty has also learned a new school recently? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is running to the West Mountain every once in a while, which is really worrying......"

Ma Wensheng looked very indifferent: "There's nothing to worry about, since the Song Dynasty, there are not many new learnings that have emerged, but can one replace Cheng Zhu?" As long as Cheng Zhu is still the one who takes the imperial examination, the world's scholars have to hold Cheng Zhu to read, you see, in a few days, isn't it the township examination? The old man who goes to Xishan to read a little bit of the details, they are just scholars who have tried and failed, what is the use of them failing the test? If you don't pass the test, you will be white, and at most you will be a showman, what is there to worry about? ”

When Ma Wensheng said this, Shen Wen relaxed a little.

That's right, to make eight shares, you still have to use Cheng Zhu, and if you fail the exam, Xinxue is just a game for some unpromising readers to entertain themselves.

But when it comes to these, he remembers one thing: "I wonder if this year, Liu Gong's son-in-law will participate in the township test?" He has taken the exam five times, and all of them have fallen to Sun Mountain, hey, Liu Gongfu is thin. ”