Fan Jin was not in a hurry because of this kind of hat attack, after all, he was also trained by Ling Yunyi's side, and when he was a character who had already stepped into the threshold of the court with one foot, even if he had not participated in the battle in the court, he actually had a general impression in his heart. The officialdom battle is very sinister, whether it is to buckle the hat or the hat of others is a skill that must be mastered, if the hat is deducted twice, the marksmanship is scattered, and it is doomed to achieve nothing. He shook his head and said:

"The students have no such intention, the geographical environment of the West is special, and outsiders are not accustomed to the water and soil when they arrive in the place, and people and animals are sick. No matter how fierce the captives are, it is impossible not to be affected by the terrain. When the soldiers get there, they must suffer first. Besides, I am very old, and what others think is someone else's business, and he himself really can't stand that kind of suffering. Therefore, students think that most of what Yingfo says is true. In addition, the Xifan people also knew that they were weak and were unlikely to defeat the Mongols, so they naturally tried their best to avoid this battle. He may send a few people who are proficient in Buddhism to negotiate with me and come to a compromise that satisfies him, and he will consider withdrawing from the army. ”

"If so, wouldn't that also be in line with the Mongols' wishes?"

"Obey the will of the Mongols, in fact, there is no major obstacle, whether it is the west or the north, it is the place of the imperial court, not directly under the state and county. In addition, Xifan is located on the border, and the imperial court whip is beyond the reach, and it is difficult to interfere with their actions. Instead of being a villain in vain, it is better to push the boat with the current, and it is impossible for me to really annex this place. Even if he wanted to do it, he couldn't do it at all, and in the end, he just asked for some benefits to return to his teacher. In the final analysis, this is a conflict between the two vassals, and as the suzerain, there is no need for our dynasty to end. ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at Fan Jin, "You are from Guangdong and have no contact with Mongolia, why are you so sure that you will withdraw from the army?" ”

"Although the students have never been to Mongolia, they can still analyze it according to common sense. If I am still in the prime of life, it is most likely that I want to conquer the west and expand my territory. But he is now in his old age, and his days are numbered. No matter how good he used to be, he is now an old man in his last years. After a long time, the body is sick in addition to injuries, and he is no longer the courage of the year, and when it rains on a cloudy day, he is afraid that he will be injured and will have half his life. For me now, the need to live a long and painless life without illness and pain is far more than the need to expand the territory. Moreover, even if he opened up territory, he would not be able to go to a place like Xifan. ”

"You don't know me, how dare you make such a bold analysis of his situation?"

Although the student didn't know Me, he could guess his age if he generally knew him. Of course, there are people in this world who are very talented, but students don't have any detailed information in their hands, so they can only discuss it with common sense. If you consider the special circumstances at this time, there is actually no way to do things. ”

Zhang Juzheng was noncommittal, "Then in your opinion, I promise not to use force against me this time?" ”

"This package student doesn't dare to play, but at least there is more than a fifty percent chance that he won't play. Since the opening of the Ming Dynasty, the two barters have gotten their own place. Of course, there are merchants in our territory who have made great profits, and the nobles and nobles on the Mongolian side must have profited a lot. Those people were the big men of Mongolia, and they all had a certain amount of financial resources and troops in their hands, and they also had some weight in speaking among the Mongolian tribes. Today's Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty are only for the sake of wealth. It's easy to fight some small wars, but if there are big wars, the imperial court will inevitably close the horse market, and then their channels for making a fortune will actually be cut off. Moreover, now that there are wise and virtuous ministers in the court, the whole country is dedicated to the soldiers, and even if the Mongols come to attack, they may not be cheap. In fact, in the final analysis, everything in the world is inseparable from a sharp word, if the interests of attacking Daming are not as good as doing business, they must want to do business instead of fighting with us. It is based on the student's human nature that he believes that he will not do anything that harms others or himself. ”

"The gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable. You are a businessman in Guangzhou, so you want everyone in the world to be a businessman? ”

Fan Jin said: "Mongols are not necessarily merchants, but they must be people. The students had heard that I had many children, and so many people were now under the wing of Ita, so it was naturally peaceful. But when I die, there will be no shortage of struggles for power and profit. Fight on the grassland, and in the end, rely on the sword to speak. Whoever has more troops in his hands will have a louder voice. So the more you get to this time, the more you will cherish the troops. Whether it is to expand to the west or to use force against the Ming Dynasty, it will damage the strength, and at the moment, there are not enough interests to support them to do this kind of thing, because the students think that even if we fight with the north, it will be a small conflict, and it will not fight a big war. On the contrary, the heirs of Alta need to show goodwill to Da Ming, hoping that after Alta's death, he will be canonized by the imperial court to inherit the throne. If I agree to move troops to Daming, we will definitely receive the news in advance and will not be caught off guard. ”

"Then what if our army goes out to fight against Meda?"

Fan Jin shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate." The grassland is vast, and one or two sweeps do not hurt the muscles and bones, and it has no effect on the Mongols, but it loses its righteousness. Moreover, it is impossible for our army to uproot all the enemy's strongholds, and to create hatred in vain, which is not good for us. Even if the enemy army is far away and captures some cities, it may not be able to defend it, and no one is willing to defend it. Besides, I have always known the soldiers, and I will not leave such a big flaw. Even if we go out of battle, there must be strong troops in the rear who can guard them, and we may not be able to get any cheap when we go out to fight against the unknown. Once we lose, it will give the Mongols a reason to attack us, and then it will really be possible to fight. The peace that we have won so hard has come to naught. The border has finally been peaceful for all these years, and we can die less, save more silver, and recuperate. It's not worth it to blindly fight a war now and bury this good situation, but the purpose is just for one breath. Moreover, there must be some preparation for such a war, and we don't know how many prepared students do, but they only know that if this war continues, the interests of the merchants trading in the Nine Sides will be affected, and they will not support this kind of war in order to protect their own interests. And the material delivery of the border army is inseparable from the merchants, and if they do not support it, how can they win. ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at Fan Jin, still without any expression on his face. "You mean, businessmen decide the winner? Do you know what the consequences of such remarks will be in the court. ”

"The princes of the court should have the courage to face the facts. We say to the outside world, it is natural to say that business is a cheap industry, there is no way, if everyone in the world goes to business, who will go to farming. If there is no food, no stability, no business, and no wealth, most of the people must be fixed on the land to cultivate, and the country can be peaceful. But I should have a number in my heart, in a place like Jiubian, I can't grow and eat by myself, and the court can't guarantee the supply of food, so I can only rely on businessmen in the end. Now Jiubian smashes so much silver every year, and on the surface it seems that everyone is happy, but in fact, it is to raise the soup to stop the boiling, and it can't solve the problem, but it just barely suppresses the problem, similar to giving the patient a hibiscus. When the strength of the medicine is over, it will hurt even more. ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned, "What did you say?" ”

"Student...... Say it casually. ”

"No, I asked you just said that Jiubian sent silver just to stop the boiling, so what good way do you have?"

Fan Jin thought for a while, "Students have done military affairs in Guangdong, but the situation in Guangdong is different from Jiubian, the transportation is relatively developed, and it is easy to obtain materials. But the general idea feels the same, if the materials do not increase, the more silver there is, the more expensive the price, and in the end they will starve to death without money. The imperial court sent money in the hope that all the border troops would have food, but this could not be done. When the silver arrives at the border, it is divided layer by layer, and half of it is a blessing when it reaches the hands of the soldiers. The supplies did not increase, and as soon as so much silver arrived, the first thing the merchants did was to increase the price, so those soldiers still couldn't eat. Our silver is not unlimited, and it is not a way to use silver to suppress things this year, and there will be an accident next year. The best way is to make more materials available and use market means to lower prices. Materials cannot appear out of thin air, the best way to make more materials is to make the trade routes unblocked, so that merchants are willing to go to the border to trade, the more merchants go, the more prosperous the nine sides, and the more peaceful. ”

"So, you're in favor of opening a horse market in Biansai?"

"The students do support the opening of the horse market in Biansai, but the horse market is only one aspect, and other markets should also be opened. The horse market mainly benefited the Mongols, and the border army was also a way to make a fortune, and Yu Biansai's own materials were of limited use. If you want to fill the border with supplies, the premise is to form an open market there, not a closed barracks. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the nine sides, plus their families, are millions of people. With such a huge population base, if it can be fully liberalized, it will be enough to attract a large number of businessmen to do business there, and when there are many merchants, it will be easy to raise materials. The reason why we can't do it now is that the roads are not smooth, and the second is that they are too closed and have little contact with the outside world. Those who can pass through the nine sides are a few businessmen who have a way to have a backer, they are stuck in the trade route to make a fortune, deliberately let the price of materials go all the way up, and the silver invested by the court is to fill the bottomless pit. If the Jiubian market can be completely opened, there will be several times or even dozens of times more materials there, and of course the government will also have to do something to ensure that the market is reliable and ......."

Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and stopped Fan Jin's speech. "What you said is very important, and you can't explain it clearly in a few words, you go back and write a detailed explanation and post it, you don't have to rush to discuss it today. Now that Bai Jian is attacking Wang Sima, what do you think should be done? ”

Fan Jindao: "The students think that Wang Sima Lao has become a country, and the imperial court will deal with him because of some impeachments, which will inevitably chill the heroes. Moreover, if the imperial court is now forced to retreat by public opinion, the border generals will think that the imperial court is really going to fight, and maybe someone will take the soldiers and horses out of the pass without authorization and sneak attack the rear of the court. The two sides fought without a fight, and it was not so easy to stop at that time. So Sima is the protector of the imperial court is an attitude, telling the people below that no matter what they think, the court does not want to fight. Whoever makes an assertion at this time to undermine the overall situation will have to bear the consequences, and they can't afford this kind of consequences! With Xiangye's skill, it is not difficult to do all this, and after beating the minds of the people below, he will find a replacement and prepare to take over the seal of Da Sima. Of course, this successor must be the same as Wang Sima's view, support the people who are gentle with the Mongols, and ensure that the decrees against the Mongols are consistent and will not be abolished due to people. ”

"Why do you do that?"

This brings us back to what the students just said, business matters. If you want to make the border passes, both the army and commerce must be missing. However, if business wants to develop, it cannot be controlled by a few people. Although the tribute facilitated by Wang Sima is immeasurable, the benefits of the entire family will not be less. As long as Wang Sima is in this position, there will be no foreign merchants on that trade route. Eating alone is not fat, and it will be envied by others over time, this trade route only fattened the Shanshan merchant gang, and there is no benefit in other places, so it is naturally not pleasing to the eye. In order to compete for interests, or even simply want to destroy the situation, everyone may want to fight with the Mongols, and the worst result is nothing more than not making money. There are always crazy people who have this kind of mentality that I don't want you to do things well, and on the one hand, we have to kill these crazy people, and on the other hand, we have to flash a business way to make everyone happy. First protect Da Sima, and then replace him, so that there will be room for other merchants to come in on this trade route. If the road is good for merchants everywhere, it will not be so easy to close. ”

"For this reason, you want Jianchuan to hang the crown? He is your master's uncle, is your idea considered a righteous annihilation? ”

Fan Jin said: "The students are plotting for Xiangye at this time, and there are only Xiangye's staff here, and there is no Fan Huisi. Therefore, the relationship between Jianchuan Gong and Feng Pan Gong is not within the scope of students' thinking at this time. Moreover, this is not necessarily a bad thing for Da Sima. There is a sentence in these white Janes that actually makes sense, in these peaceful days, the border army has not fought, but it has not seized this time to become stronger. Compared with ten years ago, the trilateral border army has not seen any improvement, so the order of the Duke of Jianchuan is quite nervous. If I die in the future, and his heirs are not as deferential as he is, and they really want to fight with us, none of us can say how the border army will behave. At that time, if Da Sima was still in power, the responsibility would have to be borne by him. If you retreat now, you can be regarded as a successful retirement, and whether you fight or not in the future, you will not be able to pursue him. If the student's thoughts are not bad, it is likely that Da Sima is also writing this chapter at home now, preparing to take a break. ”

Zhang Juzheng stopped asking, and this informal test seemed to come to an end. He did not express a clear attitude towards Fan Jin's performance, neither praise nor reprimand, but once again looked directly at Fan Jin with his radiant eyes, and the pressure that had just dissipated gradually appeared, crushing towards Fan Jin like a sea of mountains.

The room fell silent again, and the wind blew into the study, blowing Fan Jin's vest slightly cool. Did you pass the test, or did you not pass the test? What is the attitude of this future father-in-law towards himself?

According to Zhang Shunqing's introduction, Fan Jin also has some understanding of Zhang Juzheng's employment standards. Unlike Zhang Siwei's modesty and introvertedness, Zhang Juzheng will not hide his domineering and arbitraryness, and even disdain to be a corporal of Lixian. It is because he does not raise scholars, and his direct staff members are all pragmatic figures, and there is no kind of scholar who directs the country and likes to talk about strategy and layout. Most of them are officers who can conscientiously complete the tasks assigned to them, or charge into battle for them.

It is precisely because of Zhang Juzheng's temperament that Fan Jin did not use the way of those saints to perfunctory the problems of the first assistant, but cleanly pointed to the key points and analyzed the interests from the heart. From my own point of view, these answers may not all be correct, but they are not too bad. After all, I have experienced practical things, and in this imperial examination, I am afraid that it will not be easy to find a few transactional talents who are better than myself. But from the other party's attitude, he couldn't see the meaning of praise, which made Fan Jin's heart a little bottomless.

Could it be that he guessed wrong, Zhang Juzheng really wanted to fight with the Mongols? After all, he is now the leader of the civil ministers, and if he can make enough military achievements in his office, he may be knighted for this. If Zhang Juzheng wants to make this kind of capital for himself, his attitude towards Mongolia may be on the radical side.

Fan Jin's problem is that he can't remember whether the Ming Dynasty carried out a large-scale counteroffensive against Mongolia during the Wanli period, and the prophetic advantage does not exist, so he can judge it according to the existing situation and the news he has, and whether he can guess the mind of this first assistant, he is actually not sure.

Just as he was pondering Zhang Juzheng's intentions, the imperial chief assistant finally spoke: "The old man admits that you are very smart. He is strategic, courageous, and sees things more clearly and thoroughly than ordinary actions. As you said, Wang Jianchuan did resign in this book, and the old man also left this chapter in the middle and did not send it, and asked for encouragement. The imperial court was not ready to start a war against Mongolia, not to mention that the people of the border area finally had a peaceful life, and the people who provoked the border without permission would fall into the flames of war, so this battle must not be fought. When the current limelight passes, I will let Fang Jinhu (Fang Fengshi) take over his position. On that day, the two kings of Fang went through side affairs together, cooperated with each other, and succeeded the king with Fang, which could not only calm my heart, but also eliminate the thoughts of these people. As for what you said about opening up trade in the border areas, it has a lot to do with it, so don't tell anyone but me that it won't cause unnecessary trouble. ”

That's kind of ...... Cleared?

Fan Jin was overjoyed, his thoughts were actually secretly in line with Shoufu, and now Zhang Juzheng should be happy. But looking at his appearance, there was no joy at all. At this time, I only heard Zhang Juzheng say again:

"You're smart, but don't think you're smart and don't be scared. There has never been a shortage of smart people in the dynasty, and the old Yan Shifan of the small pavilion was slightly higher that day, and the dynasty did not think about the second person, and finally ended up in a different place. Sometimes, a wise person is not as comfortable as a dull person, because the latter knows that he is dull and does not think anything wrong. But smart people think that everyone in the world is stupid and can be bullied, and they can manipulate the people in the world. But I don't know that the final outcome of such an idea is often to be smart but mistaken by cleverness, harming others and yourself! In this world, there are some things you can get, and some things you shouldn't be delusional, if you try to get involved in things you shouldn't touch, the end can only be: broken bones! For the sake of your satisfaction with today's volume, the old man will give you a piece of advice: It's time to rein in the precipice. ”