Zheng Guang smiled and said: "As a minister in the same hall, the minister doesn't think that he needs to be afraid of Xia Ge Lao, although Xia Ge Lao is majestic, he will not reprimand his subordinates indiscriminately, if he reprimands his subordinates, it must be for a reason, if he didn't make a mistake, how could Xia Ge Lao reprimand the minister?" Before, the minister once missed a book and forgot to submit it to Xia Ge Lao, and Xia Ge Lao only reprimanded a few young people for not being careless, and he did not blame him deeply. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Emperor Jiajing looked at Zheng Guang and said with a smile: "Young people really need to be cautious in doing things, you can't be careless, you lose a book, it may be a missing state affair for the Ming Dynasty, if it is a big event, it will cause chaos, you have to take this matter as a warning!" ”

Zheng Guangbai said: "The minister knows his mistake! ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded, looked at Zheng Guang with satisfaction, and said, "Then does the old Xia Ge also mention some things about government affairs to you on weekdays?" ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said: "Yes, Xia Ge Lao will also pick out some government affairs and point them out to the minister, tell the minister what these mistakes are and what are the harms, and warn the minister not to make the same mistakes as an official in the future, etc., sometimes, Xia Ge Lao will also take some local products sent from his hometown to the minister, and the minister feels that Xia Ge Lao should be regarded as a majestic elder!" ”

Emperor Jiajing raised his eyebrows: "The native products of my hometown? ”

Zheng Guang nodded: "Yes, the native products of Xia Ge's hometown, some dried fruits and the like, sweet and sour, every time Xia Ge Lao eats, he will look at those local products for a long time, and he seems to be missing something. ”

Emperor Jiajing took a breath and slowly spit it out, the whole person seemed to be a lot more relaxed, and his tone became a little softer, and he said: "I inherited the great unification at the age of fifteen, before that, I spent it in Anlu's hometown, after becoming the emperor, I never returned to my hometown, so far, there have been twenty-six years, I dream back at midnight, and occasionally I will think of the bits and pieces of my childhood in my hometown, and I don't know how my hometown has become now, whether the palace is still the same as it was, and whether the old tree in the yard is still ......."

After a while, Emperor Jiajing seemed to wake up from his own world, and said with a smile: "When I get older, I like to think about some things in the past, people are like this, I haven't been home for twenty-six years, I remember that Gongjin is a Jinshi of Zhengde for 12 years, 30 years, he hasn't returned to his hometown for 30 years, Gongjin is also sixty-five years old this year, think about it since the seventh year of Jiajing, I have known Gongjin for 20 years......"

Zheng Guang said in a low voice: "Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and ministers sometimes feel this way." ”

Emperor Jiajing laughed and said, "You are young, less than twenty years old, how can you feel?" ”

Zheng Guang said with a smile: "Although the minister is young, but he can also feel it, sometimes he goes home and falls asleep, gets up early in the morning, and when he is not very awake, he will feel that he is still in his hometown in Suzhou, and he is still an ordinary scholar, and he is still preparing to study and study for the exam, but when he comes to his senses, he finds that he is already in Beijing, and he no longer needs to take the exam, and then he will sigh, time flies too fast, in the blink of an eye, the minister is already an official, and occasionally, there will be some loss." ”

Emperor Jiajing slowly put away his smile and said in a low voice: "Time is really terrifying, twenty-six years, a full twenty-six years, I am already forty-one years old, from Anlu to Beijing, it seems that it was just yesterday, this time, it has been twenty-six years, how many twenty-six years can there be in this life?" Zheng Guang, you are very knowledgeable, I ask you, do you believe that in this world, there are people who can live forever? ”

Zheng Guang shook his head decisively: "I don't believe it, there is a way in heaven, birth, old age, sickness and death, it is the number of days, the minister does not believe that there is a technique of immortality, even if the minister is lonely and unheard, there is really a skill of immortality in this world, and the minister does not want to live forever." ”

Emperor Jiajing's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he pretended not to care and asked, "Why?" Is it bad to live forever? Isn't it good to see all the prosperity of this world and enjoy all the glory, and then you can have enough time to do what you want to do? ”

Zheng Guang lowered his head, shook his head and said, "If the minister is really immortal, what should his family do?" Can family members live forever? What about friends? Can they live forever, too? If this is the case, what is the point of watching the most beloved parents, favorite wives, and favorite children leave them one by one, but they can't do anything, and watch their close friends leave them one by one, and finally they are all gone, leaving only the ministers to live in this world?

When you're happy, there's no one to share, when you're sad, and everything you care about is gone, so what's the difference between that and a walking corpse? Born as a human being, he should have experienced everything that a person should experience, and then create a meritorious career, let future generations admire, and leave a name in history, this is enough, there is a fun afterword in the folk, the old birthday star hanged himself, he is tired of living, and the minister also feels that if he lives too long, he will really get tired. ”

Emperor Jiajing was silent for a long time, and he didn't know what kind of feelings he felt, Zheng Guang didn't feel that his words could make this emperor dispel the idea of cultivating immortals, from the fact that he refused to see his two sons after listening to the words of "the two dragons don't meet", he knew that this emperor didn't regard any family affection and other emotions as an indispensable thing in this life, and the fact is also true, in all dynasties, which emperor can take family affection very seriously? For the emperor, feelings are luxury, and there are no friends, and a lonely person can pursue nothing but cultivating immortals?

If he wasn't the emperor, maybe there would be a turning point in this matter, but he was the emperor, Zheng Guang never felt that he could convince him, and saying this at this moment was just a helpless expression of his heart, so as not to let this emperor have a whim and use himself as a tool to test the pill for him, it would be a tragedy.

After a while, Emperor Jiajing raised his head and said in a low voice: "Zheng Guang, this time, after these important positions in the southeast are decided, I plan to send you to the southeast, and you should be trained in the cabinet during this time, and you should almost understand how to deal with these officials and departments, and then when you go to the southeast, no one will give you guidance, no one will escort you, you will have to rely on yourself." ”

Zheng Guang showed an excited look: "Then what kind of position does Your Majesty plan to appoint as a minister?" Will you send your ministers back to the southeast to train troops? ”

Emperor Jiajing smiled: "You seem to have a soft spot for military training? ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said: "Train excellent soldiers, in order to defeat the Japanese on the battlefield head-on, the existing guards and ministers dare not count on it, but if the minister can train at least 30,000 new troops, he will have enough confidence to pacify the Japanese in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, as for the Japanese in Fujian, it may take more soldiers and horses to fight, the minister said before, if there can be 50,000 new troops in the southeast, then the minister is at least sure that he can annihilate all the Japanese on land!" ”

Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "I know that you can't trust the soldiers of the guard, and I can't trust those people either, so when you go south this time, I plan to appoint you a position in Yiwu Zhixian County, so that you can train more directly, and then ask Zhang Jing to arrange a temporary military position for you, you are qualified to lead troops to fight, in this way, you are a civil official county order, you have won battles, and the accumulated military merits are also developing in the direction of civil officials, however, Yiwu Zhixian is only a seven-grade position, and you are in the Hanlin Academy, but from the sixth-grade, Lowered by one level, do you feel a little aggrieved? ”

Zheng Guang hurriedly said: "As long as you can participate in the battle of Pingyou, the minister will not feel that there is any grievance in this way, the grade in the Hanlin Academy is a little higher, but you can't do things that really benefit the country and the people, in Yiwu to be the magistrate, the grade is lower, but close to your hometown, you can still train soldiers, and you can directly participate in the battle, the minister already feels satisfied, if Your Majesty allows the minister to train the army, within three years, the minister will definitely make the southeast land of the Japanese extinct!" ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded, and said with great satisfaction: "I am very pleased to have a courtier like you, I will go to the southeast, I will let Zhang Jing and Zhu Kun take the initiative to cooperate with you in training, give you enough materials, you can rest assured that you can train and fight seriously, and you can't live up to the expectations and trust for you!" ”

Zheng Guang paused: "The minister obeys the order!" ”