Chapter 27                                                             �

When is Zhou Mengchen suitable for being in the capital and when is it suitable for being in the place? It depends on Zhou Mengchen's size.

Zhou Mengchen was in the capital, but he was just a small minion. The water in the capital was deep. If he was not good, he would be swept into the vortex and die without a place to bury him. Today, Zhou Mengchen was already very large. Even if he was not in the capital, he could not escape the vortex of the capital.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen's party members all need it and hope that Zhou Mengchen will return to Beijing.

The forces left by Zhou Mengchen in Heshuo Province supported Zhou Mengchen's Guanxue lineage, Shanxi merchants, Yang Bo who arrived in Liaodong, and Datong lineage scattered among the nine borders. Zhou Mengchen's old subordinates who remained in Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Fujian, etc. These people all needed someone to speak for them in the capital.

Even if Zhou Mengchen had no influence in the capital for a long time, then these people would probably gradually disperse.

No one will always follow a backer who has no help to him in his career.

This is very realistic, and it is true in politics.

Zhou Mengchen has already had strong local power. Among the fourteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty and six or seven provinces, Zhou Mengchen has influence. In addition, it is naturally the Huguang lineage of Zhou Mengchen's camp.

Zhou Mengchen's local power is enough for him to gain a foothold in the center, and he has even reached his limit.

It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty court to let Zhou Mengchen make too much favor in the local area. When Zhou Mengchen's power spread across fourteen provinces, but he had no place in the capital, wouldn't that force people to rebel?

The court would not do this.

If Zhou Mengchen could not return to Beijing, he would probably be the governor of a certain place for a long time. This was not what Zhou Mengchen wanted.

"But how to return to Beijing, and what position should I seek in the capital? Which of the six ministers?" Zhou Mengchen thought for a while, then focused on what was happening in front of him.

After he returned to Shanghai, he ordered Xu Wei to write a memorial and went straight to Da Nei. Then he mobilized the gentry of Jiangnan. Many gentry of Jiangnan also hated the Japanese pirates. He was willing to help this matter. At the same time, Zhou Mengchen also gave Jiajing a secret memorial. On the one hand, he emphasized that if he did not attack Japan and beat Japan to hurt it, it would be impossible to end the Japanese pirates. It even pointed out that the Ouchi family and the Shimazu family secretly supported the Japanese pirates. Secondly, they emphasized the gold-silver ratio between Japan and the Ming Dynasty. At the time of the Ming Dynasty, at one to ten, one to eleven, and even at most, it reached one to twelve and thirteen. And the gold-silver ratio between Japan and the Ming Dynasty, at one to six to eight. The benefits were too great.

This is the biggest source of profit for Toyo Trade. Although it is not explicitly stated, it implies that as long as you defeat Japan, the profit will be in the Uchi.

Then Zhou Mengchen had to wait for news.

After all, everything he could do was gone.

Zhou Mengchen's work is very effective.

After reading Zhou Mengchen's memorial, Xu Jie could only sigh softly and say nothing.

Nothing else, Xu Jie is from Songjiang. Songjiang has made great progress in the hands of Zhou Mengchen. Although the most prosperous place in Songjiang has slowly moved from Songjiang to Shanghai, for Songjiang gentry, the county boundaries cannot stop them.

There are so many people gathered in Shanghai. Naturally, it can bring them a steady stream of profits.

These profits were not only divided by the Lu Gu family in Shanghai, but also by other gentry in Songjiang. Moreover, Songjiang is the most harmful to the Japanese pirates. Songjiang's despise of the Japanese pirates is the deepest, and it is natural to shake the flag and shout for Zhou Mengchen in this matter of Conquest.

Although Xu Jie is the second assistant to the cabinet, he cannot be out of his hometown. Even if he becomes the chief assistant, how many years can he sit in? However, the Xu family will have to get along with the old hometown for a long time in the future. He is too ruthless today and has nothing now. But when he retreats in the future, some things are hard to say.

So, Xu Jie actually wanted to suppress Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen was so popular that the Japanese pirates started to make trouble in Jiajing for more than 20 years, but now they have been intermittent for a few decades. Now they have been dealt with by Zhou Mengchen. The Zhang Lian rebellion is extremely dangerous in the capital. The court has not made a decision yet, so Zhou Mengchen has already come up with a solution. In just one year, Zhang Lian was awarded the title of the head.

It should be noted that the Ming Dynasty was very experienced in suppressing rebellion. It would be normal for such poor and bad people to fight for several years.

Zhou Mengchen was not very satisfied with many of the things he did, and felt that he had not reached the level of perfection, but he didn't know that many people were so scared that they had their chins dropped.

And between the government and the country, some people have already claimed that Zhou Mengchen had the talent of Wang Zuo.

Wang Zuo’s talent, wouldn’t he want Zhou Mengchen to return to Beijing?

This is not what Xu Jie wants to see.

In addition, Zhou Mengchen's series of achievements, coupled with Gu Yingxiang's establishment of a complete journal system, has gradually played a role. Zhou Mengchen's achievements have even added luster to Zhou Mengchen's theory.

If Zhou Mengchen gave lectures in Suzhou just kicked open the door of the academic community in Jiangnan. Now, Zhou Mengchen's Qixue has a seat in Jiangnan. Although this position is far behind, Jiangnan scholars all know that there is such a person.

The contradiction between mind and qi is even deeper.

Fortunately, in academic disputes, people will not use their knives, but there will be more undercurrents. There will be constant debates and refutations. Zhou Mengchen sometimes even writes articles to refute some of the other party's views.

Qixue gradually established a complete paper media department. The original teaching efficiency of Xinxue was too low. Now, they also want to establish a set of academic journals. Xu Jie had to contribute to this matter.

In this way, Xu Jie was under great pressure.

Xu Jie also knew that he and Zhou Mengchen would inevitably be enemies in the end. It is very likely that his relationship with Zhou Mengchen was Xia Yan and Yan Song, and Yan Song and him. After all, everyone could see that Jiajing was determined to be impossible. If a person monopolizes the power of the cabinet, there must be someone in the cabinet to check and balance you.

In addition, Xu Jie and Zhou Mengchen had conflicts from academic concepts to political concepts, so it would be strange if Yan Song did not cooperate.

Xu Jie was unwilling to break up with Zhou Mengchen, but there were still some slight knocks.

But he couldn't speak out about this matter. He thought about it and didn't criticize a word. He transferred it to Yan Song. See what Yan Song meant.

Yan Song is old and next year will be Yan Song's 80th birthday, so his energy is getting worse and worse. Therefore, the memorials were all handled by Yan Shifan and given to Yan Song. Sometimes Yan Shifan doesn't even read them.

Compared to Yan Song's cautiousness, Yan Shifan was much more rampant.

He brought the memorial back to his home and read it with his staff. It is important to know that bringing cabinet documents back to his home is a serious crime and a taboo. It is like a government staff member bringing confidential documents to his home.

But Yan Shifan never cared about these things, Yan Song did not fall, and no one saw that he was using this small matter to make things difficult for Master Yan.

Soon, the document handed over by Xu Jie was discovered by Luo Longwen.

When Luo Longwen saw this, he immediately handed it to Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan leaned against the beauty's soft breasts, slanted his body, held the memorial, glanced at him, suddenly stood up, and said, "What a Zhou Mengchen, you have fallen into my hands. Japan is a country that is not conquered by Taizu. You dare to speak like this, the ancestor of cholera system, this time you must peel off your skin."

"You release the news immediately, and the people from the Censorate should make efforts. Let them give Zhou Mengchen a good look."

Yan Shifan hated Zhou Mengchen to the core.

Zhou Mengchen never gave Yan Dang any face in Jiangnan, whether it was Zhao Wenhua, Feng Hualong, or Ruan E. In particular, the Ruan E case became a weapon in Xu Jie's hands, making Yan Dang extremely passive.

Yan Shifan has always wanted to find Zhou Mengchen's fault, but found that Zhou Mengchen might have problems, but Zhou Mengchen won consecutive battles and could quickly calm the situation in Jiangnan, so he would not be able to defeat Zhou Mengchen.

Military merits are Zhou Mengchen's golden body to protect his body. As long as Zhou Mengchen can clear away Japanese pirates and settle the place, even if there are some minor problems, the court will not take much care of it.

So Yan Shifan did not want to get rid of Zhou Mengchen at the beginning, but just embarrassed Zhou Mengchen. Because he knew that this little problem would at most give Zhou Mengchen some reprimands, which would not hinder the overall situation.

However, being able to breathe is enough for Yan Shifan.
Chapter completed!