Xu Jin, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, did not know at this time that he had been promoted by Zhu Houzhao to the secretary of the Ministry of War.

At this moment, Xu Jinzheng frantically took a shelf of books outside the courtyard, which were all Confucian classic textbooks such as "The Great Collection of the Four Books", "The Complete Collection of the Five Classics" and "The Annotations of the Four Books".

"No wonder the old man has been studying for decades, and he has been conscientious and conscientious as an official, but he still sees more and more homeless people, and the corruption of officialdom is getting worse day by day, all of which are mistaken by these so-called saints' books!

These nerd books, how to govern the country, how to govern the world! How to destroy the Tartars, how to settle the Lishu!

After all, the country was mistaken by it!

There is no practical strategy on how to govern the country, not to mention land annexation, not to mention production relations, not to mention interests, to teach people to be slaves, to govern the country is inevitably in the wrong place, the old man is going to burn you today, if you don't burn it, it will cause endless harm, the king will be deceived by him, he only knows how to use the people and does not know the fear of the people, and the hundred officials will be mistaken by him, only know that he is promoted and make a fortune, and he does not know the safety of the world! ”

Xu Jin was like a madman at this time, and he frantically piled all these books in the courtyard, and then asked the servant to pour fire oil and start a fire.

At this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, came over: "There is a will!" ”

Xu Jin, the left attendant of the military department, had to hurriedly change his official uniform to receive the order, but Wang Yue, the master of ceremonies, smelled the smell of fireworks, so he walked over directly, but he happened to see a pile of books being burned in the courtyard of Xu Jin, the left attendant of the military department, and one of the books was "The Mean"!

Wang Yue, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, was shocked, and hurriedly ran to take out the book from the fire: "Lord Xu, why did you burn this sage book, you are also a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, why are you so rebellious!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help laughing when he saw this: "The harm of the four books is really infinite, even the eunuchs say that he is a sage book, yes, it is a sage book, but there is no true meaning of governing the world in the whole article, I Xu Jin doesn't want to be a gentleman and is not a gentleman, why should I read this sage book, what does it matter if I burn it!" ”

"Crazy, crazy, the former military department secretary has just been blown up, and this new military department secretary is crazy!"

Wang Yue, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, said speechlessly, but the holy decree appointing Xu Jin as the secretary of the military department had already been issued, and he could not help but read it, so he still read out the will.

"Our family is here to congratulate Lord Xu on his promotion to the Great Sima, but our family still wants to say that Lord Xu is now in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, please don't be so deviant, you must live up to the grace of heaven and Li Shu!"

The eunuch Wang Yue, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, sighed as he spoke, and then brushed his sleeves away.

Xu Jin has also calmed down now, he didn't expect that he would become the secretary of the military department before he became a member of the Zhongjun Society, but because of this, when he thought that he was still a reserve member of the Zhongjun Society, he was not as excited as others imagined when he was promoted to the secretary of the military department.

Xu Jin had a desire to be recognized by the Zhongjun Society, and even wanted to become a member of the Zhongjun Society as soon as possible, and at this time, Liu Jin found him again: "The organization is very relieved to learn that you have become the secretary of the military department, and the organization has instructed you not to change the image of decadent armaments when Liu Daxia served as the secretary of the military department, and select a good future for the imperial court!" And when you see the emperor tomorrow, don't seriously obey and learn from the emperor's guidance, we are the people of the Zhongjun Society, and the purpose of the Zhongjun Society is to unite under the collective with the emperor as the core, and seek benefits for the Ming Dynasty and the people, understand? ”

"Please rest assured that Xu will not live up to the expectations of the organization, and will definitely do a good job in this military department, and regard His Majesty as the only core person, and will never have two hearts!"

After Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, finished speaking, Liu Jin nodded with a smile.

Here, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, the second assistant, and Xie Qian, the third assistant, also learned about the burning of the four books by Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, from Wang Yue, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal of the celebrant supervisor.

Liu Jian was so angry that his face turned red on the spot: "This Xu Jin, the old man sees that he has never formed a party or engaged in personal gain, and he is calm and low-key, so he and Wang Hua were selected, why did he do such a rebellious thing!" Can he also burn the four books! ”

"This kind of behavior can be killed! I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! Li Dongyang also gritted his teeth and said.

"It's a pity that Liu Gong was killed, if Liu Gong was not killed, a deviant person like Xu Jin would not be a secretary of the military department! It was all caused by Ma Wensheng and Liu Jin's generation, and they made the court into a miasma! ”

Xie Qian sighed, and he was also very angry.

Liu Jian couldn't help but ask Wang Yue at this time: "Princess, does Your Majesty know about this?" ”

"I have already told Your Majesty, and Your Majesty said that the book was bought by others, and people can burn it if they want, and it has not violated the laws of the imperial court, so there is no need to delve into it", Wang Yue replied.

When Liu Jian heard this, he sat down helplessly: "Your Majesty is confused! This is not as simple as burning books, this is contrary to orthodoxy! Let a Confucian traitor make the book of the military department, I feel angry when I think about it! ”

As soon as Liu Jian said this, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also sighed helplessly.

But as Zhu Houzhao said, Xu Jin's burning of the four books is people's freedom, and there is no way to interfere, and Xu Jin's position as the secretary of the military department was also selected through the formal court promotion process, no one has any reason to question it, even the cabinet can't help it, because Xu Jin was originally launched by Liu Jian and others, and then the cabinet vote was announced by the celebrant to approve the red form of the holy decree.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel funny after knowing that Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, burned books, in fact, he didn't expect Xu Jin to be so deviant, he suddenly found that the people of the Ming Dynasty may really be more cute than he imagined.

According to the usual practice, Xu Jin became the secretary of the military department to thank Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

Thereupon.

Zhu Houzhao met with Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, in the leopard room.

Unlike the previous time when Emperor Daxing died and knelt down to worship the new monarch, as well as when Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne and the court discussion, Xu Jin had already begun to be a little instinctively nervous when he saw Zhu Houzhao this time.

This time, although he was already the secretary of the military department who was in charge of the world's soldiers, horses, money and food, he already regarded himself as a person of the organization, and he did not dare to be disrespectful to Zhu Houzhao, because he did not know who was the person in the organization around Zhu Houzhao, who was evaluating him, and he did not want to go against the concept of the organization and have any disloyalty to His Majesty.

"Wechen has seen Your Majesty!"

Xu Jin saluted respectfully.

"Calm down, Xu Aiqing, it is expected that you can become the secretary of the Ministry of War, and I also believe that you can manage my Ming Rong government well, and the safety of the world is on your shoulders", Zhu Houzhao said a few words and let Xu Jin retreat.

"Wechen understands that Wechen will definitely revitalize the armament and live up to His Majesty's trust!" Xu Jin said.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Xu Aiqing, Zheng He's navigation atlas, do you know where it is?" ”

Xu Jin was stunned for a moment, thinking that His Majesty suddenly asked about this, so he had to reply truthfully: "Liu Daxia also asked Weichen to look for it before, but Weichen hasn't found it yet, and I think it's still stored in an archive in the Ministry of War." ”

"After finding it, give it to me, don't keep it properly, don't go out of the water!" Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

After Xu Jin retreated, Zhu Houzhao gathered Liu Jin and the other Eight Tigers again: "Now that the secretary of the military department has replaced Xu Jin, this person has obviously become our believer, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, is also on our side, and now it is time to move the eunuch Zhang Zhao, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, replace this person, and we can completely control the military power!" ”