There is a legend in the capital that says that Xiao Tianshi stood on the upper floor of the princess's mansion, and a poem scared the Japanese monks crazy.

Although this is an exaggeration, there is a reason for it. Because Sanxiu was holding a long piece of paper, he cried for a while in the car, laughed for a while, and went all the way.

After the prince of the Ryukyus worshipped the fairy stone, the news of the recovery of the Ryukyus by the Great Ming Naval Division soon came. The Ryukyu prince was so excited that he thanked Jiajing again and set off for home.

Since then, there has also been a legend in the pirate world, that is, the Daming sailors have never been lone brave, they are all with a group of mercenaries.

However, such a legend will soon be shattered, because the treasure ship battle group built by the Daming sailors themselves will soon go to sea.

The biggest problem facing the imperial court now is who will lead this Ming Dynasty's own fleet, baby pimple.

Since the shipyard has fallen into the south of the Yangtze River and in the hands of Hu Zongxian, it is extremely important to see who the direct leadership of the fleet falls into.

The three cabinet leaders led by Xu Jie are moving around, hoping to recommend the most ideal candidate. And many civil and military generals have also found ways to actively recommend themselves.

Everyone knows that being the captain of this fleet will at least not be inferior to Wang Zhi's General Zheng Sanpin, or even the Admiral of the Navy! If you are a civil official, you will be a cabinet reserve in the future!

These opinions were summarized here by Jiajing, so for a while, Jiajing fell into endless thinking.

I'm thinking when I'm eating, I'm thinking when I'm meditating, I'm thinking when I'm single-handed, I'm thinking when I'm flying......

His dilemma is actually that Da Ming has not had a decent sailor for a long time. There are many generals on the land of the Ming Dynasty, but there are indeed too few who can command the sailors.

And he also had to think about the balance in the court. From the bottom of his heart, he also thinks that Xiao Feng is right, and Hu Zongxian should be recommended first, because after all, Hu Zongxian is more familiar with maritime affairs.

But Xu Jieming secretly pointed out that Hu Zongxian represented Xiao Feng, and Xiao Feng had already mastered the shipyard and the land army in the south of the Yangtze River.

Now although Wang Zhi and Xu Hai are nominally under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, it is obvious that Xiao Feng can speak better. If the treasure ship battle group is handed over to Xiao Feng's people, Xiao Feng will really become the king of Jiangnan.

Jiajing wasn't worried that Xiao Feng would rebel, but the balance of the court had become his subconscious, and he believed that Xiao Feng was not willing to make a big splash.

So after thinking about it repeatedly, Jiajing finally made up his mind at the last moment of Shuangfei - the key to Shuangfei is balance, not one family!

When the court announced that the cabinet would determine the commander of the treasure ship, Xu Jie looked at Xiao Feng proudly.

The confirmation of the cabinet is equivalent to the determination of Xu Jie, after all, among the four votes of the cabinet, Xiao Feng only has one vote.

Xiao Feng smiled and nodded, and did not object, but after going down, he found Jiajing and put forward a condition.

"Senior brother, the cabinet will determine the candidates, and I have no objection. But as an assistant minister to the Cabinet, can I be given a right? ”

Jiajing's face was expressionless, and his tone was flat: "It's also difficult for me to do it, at most when you are allowed to quarrel with Xu Jie......"

"I want a veto!"

Jiajing frowned: "You don't want to make trouble for Xu Jie, right?" ”

Xiao Feng shook his head: "I believe that Xu Jie still has a bottom line in this kind of big thing." However, after all, he did not know anything about naval warfare, and he was easily deceived by others.

I don't recommend people, but the people he recommends, I want to investigate, and if it's not suitable, I have to have a veto. ”

Jiajing thought about it and felt that it was very reasonable, there is no right to recommend if there is a veto power, and there is no veto power if there is a right to recommend, this system is very double-flying, no, it is very balanced.

When Xu Jie heard the news, he was eating with his son in the mansion, and the wine glass was in his hand, and he sighed for a long time and drank it all.

Xu Fan poured wine for his father: "Father, this Xiao Feng is really hateful, my father now has a killer weapon in his hand, why don't you take it out to deal with him......"

Xu Jie slapped the table: "Shut up!" I told you, you should not have heard about it, and you should forget it!

Don't say that Liutai is a bit abnormal now, and what he says may not be credible. It's true, and you can't use it until you fight to the death!

That's not a killer weapon to deal with Xiao Feng, it's an explosive that will end up together! What we know, Yan Shifan knows, he didn't say it until he died!

Because he still has a son, he doesn't want the Yan family to cut off his children and grandchildren! Do you want our Xu family to cut off their children and grandchildren? ”

Xu Fan was frightened, and muttered unwillingly: "Isn't it because my father promised to protect Tan Tong and Liutai?" ”

Xu Jie shook his head: "This matter is not good for Da Ming, try not to use it for my father." If you really want to use it, you have to think about how to use it, you can't go up and light the fire yourself, and you can't do stupid things that will end up together! ”

Seeing that Xu Fan stopped talking, Xu Jie pointed out to him: "Don't always treat Xiao Feng as an enemy, opponents and enemies are two different things.

Enemies are incompatible, but opponents can cooperate. Just like this time, he is willing to say that he does not recommend people, which is not only to avoid suspicion, but also to take into account the overall situation!

What if he is given a veto, he can't veto everyone! In the end, the person who is on the errand is still the person we recommend, and that is enough.

Son, remember, a small victory is enough, and if you always want to win, most of you will lose in the end! ”

Xu Fan lowered his head, his eyes cold. Father and Xiao Feng may be rivals, he and Xiao Feng are enemies!

He was humiliated by Xiao Feng in public, and he was stripped of his official body by Xiao Feng! He has been a conceited genius since he was a child, and he has always longed to fight Yan Shifan at the top of the Forbidden City.

Then he made a dashing plan to knock the Yan family father and son into the dust, facing Yan Shifan's frightened eyes and the admiring eyes of the world, especially the girls in the world.

Then my father was the first assistant, and I was an idle errand boy, coming and going every day, and I was on duty if I wanted to, and I didn't go if I didn't want to. Recruit chickens and dogs every day, sleep in flowers and willows, and be a merry talent.

Only when the imperial court was in great danger and the ministers tied their hands and were terrified, did they come forward and solve the problem in a few words. After the incident, I went to the green building again.

Life should be like this, so as to live up to this ambition and be full of economy.

However, all these illusions were taken away by Xiao Feng. He felt like he had been robbed of his life by Xiao Feng.

This bastard is living the life of my dreams! And in my dreams, I have never dreamed of Liu Ruyun's good figure, nor have I dared to dream of the princess's martyrdom!

Resume? To put it lightly! Do you think it's that easy to lift? Can you get up from the coffin? Are you watching a playbook?

Xu Fan's heart is bitter, Xu Jie, he has been an official in the capital, and he doesn't know that the ideals of this left-behind child have become distorted and blackened.

"Take this opportunity to go back to your hometown. The opening of the sea by the imperial court is imminent, and our family and several other major coastal nobles cannot do nothing in this matter!

Although Xiao Feng used Hu Zongxian's chess piece to occupy Tianyuan, he couldn't move the power of the Wang clan's entanglement. The credit for opening the sea can be divided in half, but the benefits will belong to us! ”

But Xu Jie still thought about the matter of a veto, he recommended five officials in a row, and Xiao Feng vetoed them all after his inspection.

Xu Jie was a little breathless, suspecting that Xiao Feng was playing tricks on himself, so when he went to the court, he deliberately asked Xiao Feng what the results of the investigation were in front of the Manchu Dynasty.

Xiao Feng said lightly: "Among these five officials, there are many capable people, which shows that Xu Shoufu is attentive.

It's a pity that only three of them have ever led troops. And of these three, only one understands water warfare.

It's a pity that his thinking is rigid, and the water warfare in his heart is still old-fashioned tactics such as fighting from afar with bows and arrows, close collisions, and jumping boats, and he can't command the current warship at all.

Not to mention the complex combat system like the treasure ship, not only must have rich experience in water warfare, preferably naval warfare, but also have a strong understanding, these five are really not good. ”

Xiao Feng said it reasonably, and Xu Jie couldn't refute it, so he had to hurry up and continue to look for it among his own people. But if you want to meet Xiao Feng's requirements, how easy is it?

When he was worried, Zhang Juzheng suddenly remembered someone: "Teacher, there was a person back then, Zhao Wenhua and the teacher have recommended it many times, do you remember the teacher?" ”

Xu Jie was stunned for a moment and frowned: "You mean Tang Shunzhi?" He was indeed a talented man, but he had been idle for a long time and refused to go out of the mountains.

Zhao Wenhua recommended him back then, but he refused to go out of the mountain. Zhao Wenhua felt that he had a bad reputation. So I asked me to recommend him, but he still refused to go out of the mountain. ”

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "This time, that time." Tang Shunzhi is the same age as the teacher, and he also had a relationship when he was in Beijing, and he still agrees with the teacher.

He was reluctant to go out of the mountain at the beginning, firstly, because he thought that the party had a bad reputation and did not want to go along with it.

Second, since he didn't agree to Zhao Wenhua, he naturally couldn't agree to the teacher, otherwise wouldn't it be too obvious and cause trouble for himself?

Although the student was young at the time, he knew that this person's academic ambition was not idle. Now that the Yan Party has collapsed and the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea, it is where he comes in, and there should be no reason to refuse. ”

Xu Jie was silent, what Zhang Juzheng said was indeed very reasonable, but no matter how it sounded, it sounded like he was saying that he and Yan Song had been in the same stream for many years, this kid really couldn't speak!

Xu Jie's recommendation made Jiajing also evoke a long memory, so he agreed to send someone to ask Tang Shunzhi to see if he was willing to go out of the mountain.

People from all dynasties and dynasties were recommended to be officials, and the situation was actually different. But generally speaking, if the referee wants to resign, he or she probably uses three means.

The first way is Ding Wei. In most dynasties, etiquette came first, with a special emphasis on filial piety.

Therefore, Ding is worried about the death of his father, Ding is worried about the death of his mother, and Ding is worried about the death of his grandfather and grandmother. There is really nothing to do, and there are still concubines who have worried about their fathers in history.

But in order to hide people's eyes and ears, Ding Wei's people often raise the status of this concubine up and call her a loving mother.

Because according to the etiquette system, there is no need to worry about the death of the father's concubine. But if this person is really unwilling to go out of the mountains to become an official, and there is really nothing to do, then say to the court, this is not an ordinary father and concubine, but my loving mother.

If the person has lost his mother since he was a child, and the father has appointed a concubine to take care of the person, then the person should call the father and concubine a loving mother, and according to the etiquette system, it is necessary to give the loving mother a worry.

This gives Ding Wei's people a more relaxed operating space, after all, there are no particularly strict rules since childhood.

For example, his mother died when he was twenty years old, but he felt that he was a late bloomer, and it can probably be said that one of his father's concubines took good care of him, and he was willing to call him a loving mother.

Anyway, the concubine also died at this time, and it is estimated that his father has died a long time ago, and no one can confirm whether this loving mother took care of him before her death.

The second way is to get sick. This is a very convenient reason, but the validity period is not as long as Ding Wei.

After all, Ding is worried about it for three years, and when it comes to illness, you can't be sick for three years. And what about three years later, another three years of illness?

Of course, this kind of disease is not nothing, but this perennial disease is easy to diagnose, so if you don't do it well, you will be recognized and then offend people.

If the recommender is generous, it is fine, at most he will ignore you, but if the recommender is a cautious eye, then being recognized means danger.

Based on Tang Shunzhi's journey in real history, he just became a jinshi, and Yang Yiqing, a university scholar, wanted to praise him as a champion, but he didn't agree, and Yang Yiqing was angry enough, but he didn't treat him well.

Later, Zhang Zhang, a university scholar, also wanted to promote him, but he didn't agree, and Zhang Xuan was also very unhappy, but he didn't treat him well.

Later, when he resigned and went home, Zhao Wenhua, Xu Jie and others also recommended him, but he didn't agree with any of them, and none of them treated him well.

Later, Yan Song recommended him, but he still disagreed, Yan Song was annoyed and angry, and told him not to toast and not eat and drink, and he had no choice but to go to the mountain to become an official.

But fortunately, after Xiao Feng crossed, Yan Song did not live to the day when he threatened him, so Tang Shunzhi's historical fate naturally changed.

The last road, and the hardest, is to pretend to be crazy.

Madness is a long-term effective disease, and it is by no means suitable for being an official, this reason can be called the lore of those who do not go out of the mountain, and they are more decisive than Ding Wei and pretending to be sick.

But this last path is also the most costly. After all, Ding Wei only needs to wear filial piety clothes, and not be found to be able to snap with women.

Pretending to be sick only needs to lie on the bed and moan from time to time, and spend a few dollars to buy some medicine often, which Guo Jun has the right to speak.

Pretending to be crazy is extremely painful, because to convince people that you are crazy, you have to do something crazy that normal people can't do.

This includes, but is not limited to: eating, running naked, self-harming, singing, killing, and a random combination of the above.

For example, running naked while eating, or singing while running naked, or singing while running naked while self-harming......

Tang Bohu did this, and Xu Wei did it too. Tang Bohu must have pretended to be crazy, but Xu Wei really didn't know if he was really crazy later.

Tang Shunzhi didn't use the third way, he relied on Ding Wei and his illness for a few years, and now he is waiting for Xu Jie's recommendation again.

This time, he didn't shirk, went directly to the capital, and met Xu Jie. Xu Jie is like a parent who sends his child to the college entrance examination, and repeatedly advises.

"Banzai gave Xiao Feng a veto, so you have to pass his interview. His interviews were all in a secret room, and he didn't let us sit by.

But don't worry, although Xiao Feng is not serious, he still has a bottom line in serious matters. What's more, he has already vetoed it, which makes people angry.

So with your talent, as long as you play normally, there will be no problem. If Xiao Feng wants to engage in the unspoken rules of the interview, you will sue Banzai! ”

It is unknown whether Xiao Feng has the unspoken rules of the interview, but the time of this interview is indeed longer than the previous five people combined.

And when Xiao Feng walked out of the secret room, his face was full of smiles and an expression of getting what he wanted, which made people really suspicious.

Xu Jie wanted to stop Xiao Feng and ask about the result, but he still gritted his teeth and held back, and waited until Tang Shunzhi came out before he rushed up and asked eagerly.

"How's it going, how did you do on the exam? Is the question difficult? What did Xiao Feng say? ”

Tang Shunzhi solemnly bowed his hand and bowed to Xu Jie. Xu Jie was overjoyed, knowing that this was stable, his Xu Party would add another fierce general!

"Yingde, Zhao Wenhua recommended you many times back then, but you just refused to go out of the mountain. Now that the Yan Party has fallen, you are willing to give Xu this face, which is really a blessing of the Ming Dynasty!

In the future, you will be in charge of the Daming Water Division, Xu will be in charge of the cabinet, you and I will work together to serve the Ming Dynasty and live up to the emperor's grace! ”

After Tang Shunzhi finished saluting, he nodded solemnly: "Tang is not the nest father, Xu Youzhi and others, and he regards him as if he is out of moderation, and he has never opened his arms in his life."

When the strict party was rampant, he was unwilling to join the same stream, and now that the strict party has collapsed and the court has opened the sea, Tang Mou yearns for it, so he will come with one move.

Lord Xiao did not embarrass Tang, and the two of us mainly talked about naval warfare and the way of being an official. Lord Xiao is extraordinary, pedantic and natural, and Tang admires him.

Tang's gift of talent is to thank the adults for opening the door for Tang, so that Tang and Xiao can get acquainted and work together for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty! ”

It wasn't until Tang Shunzhi's back walked away that Xu Jie came back to his senses. What's the situation? Isn't that someone I recommend? How did it become a joint effort with Xiao Feng?

It's like the daughter-in-law hired by Sanmei Liu, who suddenly told me that she actually prefers the old Wang next door and wants to work together with him......

The key is that he can't go back, and when he recommended Tang Shunzhi, Xu Jie was afraid that Xiao Feng would sacrifice a veto again, so he praised Tang Shunzhi like a flower in front of Jiajing.

Now if he turns his head and says bad things about Tang Shunzhi, not to mention that Jiajing will feel that he has gone back on his word, even the people who follow him will feel ashamed.

I had no choice but to knock out my teeth and swallow it in my stomach, pretending not to know about it, coughing twice outside the door and smoking a cigarette every day when I got home from work, and I had to pretend to be husband and wife in front of outsiders.

Zhang Juzheng walked in from the outside excitedly: "Teacher, I met Tang Shunzhi just now, and I saw him with a happy face, is it done?" ”

Xu Jie gritted his teeth and pretended to be very happy: "Yes, Xiao Feng has restrained a lot this time, and he didn't dare to deliberately make things difficult, so it can be seen that he doesn't dare to ignore the opinions of the cabinet!" ”

Gao Gong also walked in: "I met Tang Shunzhi, he went to the Drunken Immortal Tower, saying that he had made an appointment with Xiao Feng to drink together, and he would not return if he was not drunk." ”

Xu Jie smiled, dripping blood in his heart: "Yes, yes, it seems that Banzai must have beaten Xiao Feng."

You see that not only did he not dare to embarrass Tang Shunzhi this time, but also took the initiative to get close to Tang Shunzhi and invite him to drink! ”

Gao Gong looked at Xu Jie suspiciously: "But Tang Shunzhi borrowed five taels of silver from me, saying that he wanted to invite Xiao Feng to drink?" ”

Xu Jie laughed: "Look at Xiao Feng's stinginess, in his own restaurant, he even asked people to invite him to drink."

Tang Shunzhi has to be blind to follow him! Tell me right, what am I inferior to Xiao Feng? Well? What am I inferior to Xiao Feng? ”