After Xu Jie's reprimand was reprimanded by Jiajing, he was terrified, and after he was on duty that day, he hurriedly summoned everyone to Yuwang's Mansion for a meeting.

The atmosphere in the study was dull and abnormal, Xu Jie just sat on the chair and sighed, without any intention of speaking, Gao Gong on the side frowned, not knowing what he was thinking, and Zhang Juzheng was drinking tea by himself.

Only Yuwang Zhu Zaikun was left, looking at everyone with a worried face.

"Why didn't you say a word?"

In the end, it was Zhu Zaikun who took the lead in speaking, breaking the suffocating silence.

"Alas, Your Highness, now that Your Majesty is increasingly reusing the Yan Party, we have some options to do!"

Xu Jie sighed and spoke.

"I see, Your Majesty is not reusing the Yan Party, but reusing Hu Zongxian!"

Gao Gong glanced at Xu Jie, and then said.

"Oh, how so?"

When Yuwang Zhu Zaikun heard what Gao Gong said, he couldn't help but be interested.

"Since Hu Zongxian served as the governor of Zhejiang, it can be said that he has played a vital role in the situation of suppressing the Japanese in the southeast coastal area!"

"The generals appointed by Hu Zongxian, such as Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, etc., are all good generals who are good at training troops and commanding elite soldiers, not only brave and extraordinary, but also strategic! Relying on these people, it took Hu Zongxian less than half a year to wipe out most of the Japanese in the entire territory of Zhejiang. ”

"Not only that, but he also led the army to exterminate the rebellion set off by the Japanese in Fujian and other places, and also captured the leader of the Japanese invaders, Wang Zhi, and seized 13 million taels of silver for the imperial court!"

Gao Gong said, paused for a moment, and continued: "Let me ask, with such a capable and loyal subordinate, will you reuse him?" ”

At this time, Zhang Juzheng on the side was also inspired by Gao Gong's words, and said: "All along, we have fallen into a misunderstanding, that is, although Hu Zongxian is a student of Yan Song, we have arbitrarily classified him as a strict party!" This is completely inappropriate. ”

"As far as I know, under the rule of Hu Zongxian, the life of the people of Zhejiang is quite good, even much better than the places governed by our people, if you have to classify Hu Zongxian, then he is only loyal to one person, and that is Your Majesty."

In other words, he Hu Zongxian is a well-deserved member of the "Imperial Party"! ”

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he poured himself another cup of hot tea.

After listening to the analysis of the two, Xu Jie gradually had eyebrows, and his face was full of joy: "I understand, if we want to regain the favor of His Majesty, we have to make some achievements in a down-to-earth manner, instead of fighting against differences here all day long!" Such words will only arouse His Majesty's disgust. ”

"But what to do? There is Hu Zongxian on the side of the Yan Party, and there seems to be no feudal official on our side......"

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he frowned tightly, and kept thinking about the right person in his mind.

"Who's to say no? Don't we have a Fujian governor Tan Lun? ”

Zhang Juzheng on the side couldn't help but remind.

"That's right, how did I forget this Tan Lun!"

Xu Jie slapped his head suddenly, looking like he was aware of it.

"But right now, there are no Japanese pirates in Fujian that can be suppressed, and even the Japanese in the southeast coastal area are about to be wiped out by Hu Zongxian!"

Xu Jie said, and began to frown again.

"Although the Japanese bandits have almost been wiped out by Hu Zongxian, the number of local bandits in Fujian has not decreased, we can seize this opportunity to find another way to wipe out all the bandits in Fujian Province!"

"Not only that, but cleaning up unjust, false and wrongful cases, reducing taxes, and making the burden on the people lighter, isn't this also a real political achievement?"

Zhang Juzheng turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and immediately put forward his own ideas.

"That's right, he Hu Zongxian suppressed the widows, let's suppress the bandits! Anyway, those bandits are also doing bad things, so let's take this opportunity to get rid of them. ”

"Just use their cheap life to contribute to our cause! At that time, when the Yan Party is defeated and the people are in power, our Ming Dynasty will be prosperous again! ”

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's thoughts, Xu Jie was quite appreciative of this, and his eyes flashed with a light called hope.

"Well, that's it! Later, when I returned, I personally wrote to Tan Lun and informed him of all this. Seeing that the matter had been finalized, Xu Jie's tone was full of excitement.

"But Elder Xu Ge, according to the reports of our subordinates, since Tan Lun took office as the governor of Fujian, he has cut off contact with us, do you think it will ......?"

Gao Gong hesitated and offered his own idea.

"No, no one knows Tan Lun better than me! He is definitely not such a person, perhaps because he has just taken office, and he needs to take extra care of his feathers. ”

Xu Jie shook his head, and categorically rejected the idea of Gao Gong.

"Well, I also think Tan Lun is not such a person."

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Juzheng on the side also nodded and began to speak for Tan Lun.

"Since both of you said that, it should be me worrying too much."

Seeing that Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng looked like they were swearing, Gao Gong also began to doubt whether his guess was correct.

"For subordinates like Tan Lun, there should be more trust!"

Xu Jie glanced at Gao Gong with a look of reproach on his face.

……

Beijing, Yanfu.

Since during the day, after Xu Jie was reprimanded by His Majesty, as soon as he returned home, Yan Song called Yan Shifan to the house and began to discuss the next countermeasures.

"Father, right now, this Xu Jie, who is being reprimanded by His Majesty, is disliked by His Majesty."

"At this time, it's our chance! Do you think we should take this opportunity to wipe out this group of clear streams? ”

Yan Shifan said, his face full of excitement.

"No, although Xu Jie is disliked by His Majesty right now, his strength is still not to be underestimated! Besides, even if Your Majesty doesn't like Xu Jie, he won't watch us defeat Qingliu. ”

Yan Song shook his head and said slowly after listening to his son Yan Shifan's thoughts.

"So, father, what should we do at the moment?"

Seeing that his suggestion was not adopted by Yan Song, Yan Shifan asked Yan Song again about the next countermeasures.

And Yan Song did not answer immediately, but sighed: "I, Yan Song, have accepted a good student!" ”

"What does Father mean?"

Seeing this, Yan Shifan's face was full of puzzlement.

"Do you think Your Majesty is reusing us? In fact, His Majesty is reusing Hu Zongxian! ”

"Hu Zongxian has repeatedly exterminated the Japanese and made great contributions to the imperial court! The situation in the southeast coastal area was supported by him alone before this, but now that most of the troubles have subsided, His Majesty will naturally reward him heavily, and even I, a teacher, am just stained with the light of my own students! ”

Yan Song glanced at his son, and then explained to him.

"But Hu Zongxian is your student, and His Majesty's use of Hu Zongxian so much is not equivalent to ......"

"Oh, father, I see!"

After Yan Shifan pondered for a while, he quickly figured out the key.

"Well, it doesn't look like you're too stupid!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he picked up the teapot on the side and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Then father, do you mean that we should vigorously support Hu Zongxian next?"

Immediately afterwards, Yan Shifan put forward his own conjecture.

"Well, yes, not only that! We still have to change the next rice to mulberry to do it beautifully, and let Your Majesty see our ability to do things. ”

"The more efficient we are doing things here, the more incompetent Qingliu will be! Your Majesty will also be more partial to us. ”

"Sometimes, you don't need to have much ability, you just need to be a little bit stronger than your opponent."

Yan Song paused for a moment and then admonished Yan Shifan.

"Father, I've come to my senses!"

After listening to his father Yan Song's words, Yan Shifan's eyes flashed and he said excitedly.

"Before this, I wrote a letter to Hu Zongxian personally! Count the days, and it's almost up. ”

After Yan Song finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the window, but he didn't know when, a full moon had quietly risen in the sky.

(End of chapter)