At the turn of spring and summer in Beijing, it is the time when the wind and sand are the most, and the wind and sand blowing from Mobei make the whole Beijing division shrouded in a fog-like sand, especially at night, when the wind blows, wrapped in the wind whistle sounding at the top of the locust treetops, the whole Beijing division is like a ghost domain, reaching out and not seeing the five fingers, the fog-like sand and dust, it is even more difficult to open people's eyes, breathless. At this time of year, at night, people will never go out unless they have to, and they all stay at home, close the windows, listen to the sound of the wind and sand hitting the window paper, and sleep all night.

But for some people, they don't have any choice, they will always be urged by things, or unwilling, or unwilling to go out. However, if it is replaced by an official, this day is naturally better, even if there is no eight-lift sedan chair, there are also two sedan chairs, the thick green tweed on the sedan chair is blocked, and the wind and sand are naturally blocked outside the sedan chair, but in this way, the sedan chair man who suffers.

The sedan chair man squinted, and when he walked forward with the sedan chair, the servant of the house with a lantern in his hand led the way in front, just walking on this street, and after a few turns on the street where he couldn't see his fingers and looked like a ghost domain, he stayed in front of a mansion before the sedan chair man stopped, and the servant outside the sedan chair whispered through the sedan chair.

"Young Master, Jin Xiangye's mansion has arrived!"

The sound outside the sedan chair made Cheng Siyuan, who had originally closed his eyes and recuperate, opened his eyes and said "um". When the sedan curtain opened, the wind and sand that pounced into the sedan chair made him only feel suffocated, and it took a while to get used to it, when he got off the sedan car, the door of the Jin Mansion had been knocked open, and the servants in the house looked at the word "Cheng" on the lamp, and he had already been instructed, and hurriedly went over to ask for peace.

"Master Cheng, the master is waiting for you in the study!"

As we all know, Cheng Siyuan is the proud protégé of Jin Zhijun, the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, speaking of which, this Cheng Siyuan does not mean that there is anything outstanding in his writing, but if people lose their temper, they will always be appreciated, just like Jin Zhijun's appreciation of him.

"There is labor, Jinda, such a day, it is really hard for you to wait so long, this bit of broken silver, leave you to drink tea......"

When he entered the door, Cheng Siyuan had already found a small piece of broken silver, not much silver, at most more than one or two, but it could be stuffed into Jin Da's hand, but it made his heart warm, although in these years, the person who came to run an errand wanted to enter the door of the prime minister, no matter what, he had to stuff a hundred dozens of taels of silver, but it was an errand, an official hat, and the Cheng in front of him was the old lady's henchman, and this silver gave his heart.

"Hey, Master Cheng, you're too polite."

He was polite, but he put away the silver in his hand, and then led Cheng Siyuan to the study.

"Yongda, sit quickly, sit, Jin Da is on tea!"

The arrival of the student made Jin Zhijun, who was originally looking at the book, put down the book, and immediately ordered the servant to wait, and the closeness in the expression between the words fell in Jin Da's eyes, which made him look up to Cheng Siyuan in front of him a little bit in his heart, that is, Cheng Siyuan, can make the old lady so respectful.

After serving the tea, Mrs. Jin respectfully withdrew, and then closed the door, and after a while, Jin Zhijun looked at Cheng Siyuan and asked.

"How's it going, is there any news?"

"Back to the teacher, this is the letter I received a few days ago!"

Seeing that there were only the two of them in the room, Cheng Siyuan took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Jin Zhijun's table.

After taking the letter, Jin Zhijun immediately unfolded the letter and read it, and after a while, he sighed,

"Yongda, this matter, thanks to you for maneuvering around!"

When Jin Zhijun said this, he deliberately stared at Cheng Siyuan and looked at it carefully, until now, he had no way to determine who Cheng Siyuan was in front of him, whether he was forced to be helpless like himself, or whether he was originally from the south.

In fact, from the beginning, among those protégés, Jin Zhijun did not look down on Cheng Siyuan, after all, the talent of the person in front of him was not very outstanding, but when the south began to exile the family of the Qing officials, through a contact, he had to introduce him as a "cronie protégé".

The reason is because Cheng Siyuan promised him that he could protect the safety of his family. And Jin Zhijun, who was struggling with how to choose at that time, although he knew that this promise would have to pay a price, but for the safety of thousands of people in the Jin family, he still chose to accept it, after all, he Jin Zhijun was always surnamed Jin.

However, that kind of guarantee of safety does not mean that the Jin family will not be exiled, and even for the safety of the security deposit, the Jin family is still the first batch to be exiled, but the Jin family was not exiled to Taiwan, but was moved to Zhoushan. Although the outside world said that the Jin family had been exiled to Taiwan, for this reason, the Queen Mother and the Emperor even issued a special order to comfort them.

But Jin Zhijun knew that the so-called exile was just a play. In order for him to continue to be in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and occupy a high position, so that he Jin Zhijun can continue to transmit news to the south, and tell the court that the plan of the south will become his Jin Zhijun's idea, and then promote this matter.

Just like sending troops to Taiwan, in the eyes of outsiders, he Jin Zhijun made this suggestion to protect the Jin family, for himself, and of course to avoid turmoil in the hearts of Han officials in the imperial court. But in reality, he made that suggestion because of a proposal from the south.

Why does the south want the Fujian Navy Division to use troops in Taiwan?

At first, he didn't understand, but now, the defeat of the Fujian Navy Division, but he finally understood the meaning, in order to severely damage Fujian's military strength, Keelung battle, not only the Fujian Navy Division was almost wiped out, followed by the destruction of more than 10,000 infantry troops, for Fujian, the loss must be described as heavy. And now, there is news that Zheng Chenggong will use troops in Fujian.

What did this mean for the imperial court?

It means that whether Fujian can keep it is a question!

And what does that mean for the south? It does not only mean that Zheng Chenggong and his subordinates will focus on their hometown Fujian, so they naturally have no time to take care of Jiangbei. And this is exactly what Zhu Mingzhong needs.

It is precisely because of this that Jin Zhijun finally threw himself to the ground for the five-body body that Zhu Mingzhong admired who had never met, if at the beginning, he was still a little forced to "push the boat along the river", then now, he is willing. After a long time of ups and downs, he has found from Zhu Mingzhong's several layouts that this person's methods are far above the Qing Dynasty, and even Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan.

Since it is Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, they are not necessarily their opponents.

What's more, now those two have long been in a state of anxiety under their planning. There are also thoughts to ask about Jiangbei. If it is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, that Zhu Jingluo is really better than ordinary people.

After reading the letter and knowing that his family had settled in Zhoushan and that there was no danger, Jin Zhijun nodded and said.

"Thanks to the care over there, Yongda, please be sure to convey your gratitude for the teacher."

Although I don't know that Cheng Siyuan is as forced and voluntary as him, but through his own experience, Jin Zhijun knows very well that in this so-called exile, I don't know how much is true and how much is false. Maybe he said that he wanted to eat his bones, but in private, he had already passed the "thief" and was used by the "thief".

Perhaps, the reason why he is willing to be driven by Jiangbei now is not without this reason. Of course, there is another reason that he hopes that the Jin family will not be left behind for 10,000 years in the future, and it is better to cooperate with Jiangbei while there is still a chance now, than to be liquidated in the future.

What's more, according to Jin Zhijun's estimate, if it is true that as long as three of the Jiangnan Han officials who are still in this capital become used in Jiangbei, then it is impossible for the Manchu court to stabilize the world - these seemingly useless Han officials in Beijing may not have other skills, but if they want to corrupt the national government, they don't even need to do it themselves, just borrow the hands of those Manchu officials, and they can make the national government corrupt!

"The student will definitely pass on the teacher's words, in fact, the student has one more thing to trouble the teacher when he comes to visit the teacher this time!"

Cheng Siyuan looked at Jin Zhijun, his expression still looked very respectful, this is the reason why Jin Zhijun admires him, he will never show the slightest disrespect because he holds his "life", and even more respectful than ordinary protégés.

"Oh, Yongda, if you have something, just speak up!"

After Cheng Siyuan approached, Jin Zhijun leaned forward slightly, and then listened to what he asked, Cheng Siyuan's voice was not loud, even in this room, it could only be heard by the two of them, listening to his words, Jin Zhijun's face changed from time to time.

After Cheng Siyuan finished speaking, Jin Zhijun's expression looked a little solemn, and he frowned and pondered, and after a moment of silence, he said.

"I'm afraid this matter is not easy to do, if you are not careful, I am afraid that it will ......"

This matter is really not easy to handle, and if you are not careful, you will lose your head, and it can even be said that even if you barely save your life, it is not necessarily a good thing.

"Teacher, there are other people to do this, and when the time comes, teacher, you just need to push it according to what I said before!"

Looking at Jin Zhijun, who was frowning and contemplative, Cheng Siyuan said again.

"Teacher, something like this risky thing will naturally not be let you do at home, but it will be of great use to your family now or in the future!"

What kind of great use is this "great use"?

This can be understood in several ways, but in Jin Zhijun's view, this kind of great use is probably more related to the future, of course, at the moment, they also need him, after all, there are not many people in a high position like him.

After pondering for a moment, Jin Zhijun looked at Cheng Siyuan and said.

"Yongda, if this matter is really going to be done, it must not be done by us, you might as well let those people do it!" 8)