Chapter 18                                                                                                                             �

Xu Jie naturally had his own ideas about this matter. However, Xu Jie never fought against Jiajing and said, "I am stupid and don't know what to do? What does Your Majesty mean?"

Jiajing said: "Wang Guoguang of the Ministry of Revenue is too young. The things are so uncomfortable that I am moved to the Minister of Works. Lei Li, the Minister of Works. Don't be distracted by him. The Minister of War Zheng Xiao is transferred to the Ministry of Revenue. How about Zhou Mengchen as the Minister of War?"

Xu Jie said: "Your Majesty is not wrong with the wise. However, I think there is something wrong with it."

Jiajing was stunned and said, "What's wrong?"

Xu Jie said: "Your Majesty, the army of the Nine Borders is the best in the world with the Datong Army. The Datong Army is the old subordinate of Lord Zhou. Now all the troops in the south of the Yangtze River are rebuilt in the hands of Lord Zhou. They have become the elite of the country. Even the navy at the sea was built by Lord Zhou----"

"Enough." Jiajing was furious and said, "What do you want to say?"

In fact, with Jiajing's intelligence, how could he not know what Xu Jie wanted to say? It was because he knew that he was angry.

He didn't even know where this anger came from. It seemed that Zhou Mengchen had been pushed from a very trustworthy person to an untrustworthy rank.

Jiajing also knew that Zhou Mengchen might not have the intention to rebel. However, for ministers, having the power to rebel is a crime in itself. Zhou Mengchen's old subordinates were spread all over the world in the army. Jiajing had never thought about it before, but now he thought about it, this influence made him very afraid.

Xu Jie lowered his head and apologized, smiled slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I am not slandering Lord Zhou. I am just cherishing my talents for the court. Lord Zhou has done so many things for the country. As Your Majesty said, he is a meritorious minister. It is precisely because he is a meritorious minister that he needs to be safeguarded. The story of Lord Zhou and Your Majesty's encounter with the king and his Majesty is a good story. Therefore, I think Lord Zhou is not suitable to serve as the Minister of War. He should seek another position."

Jiajing had no intention of speaking for a moment and said, "I understand. Please think about this."

Then he sent the cabinet and his group away.

In Jiajing's mind, Zhou Mengchen was a little minister who entered the palace to talk about the way of immortality. Although he did a lot of things for him, people's impression of people was lagging behind. Now when Xu Jie reminded him, Jiajing felt a little surprised. The little ministers of that time had become a giant.

He must reposition Zhou Mengchen.

Xu Jie returned to the cabinet and handled the common affairs of the cabinet. He returned home and had a small meeting again.

Many people from the Xu Party were there, and Zhang Juzheng was there too. Now Zhang Juzheng is still the Imperial College. When it was too strict, Zhang Juzheng said that he was at least the Imperial College priest or other officials.

Now that we have to make a step a lot worse.

However, Zhang Juzheng didn't care at all. He knew that although he missed an opportunity, he got a better situation.

Xu Jie said lightly: "You all know about Zhou Mengchen's return to Beijing, right? Zhou Mengchen is a capable minister, but he is radical and has incomplete consideration of many things. He is not a talent for the country, but he is considering the court and the Ming Dynasty. Such a person is better to be a local official below, rather than return to Beijing. Zhou Mengchen's idea is also very obvious. He wants to go back to Beijing to seize a chair. Think about what can you do to make Zhou Mengchen rebel without success."

Xu Jie's students are both Xu Jie's aides and Xu Jie's students. Xu Jie sometimes sets questions to test his disciples.

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up and he said, "Teacher, is the governor of the river? Please Zhou Mengchen be the governor of the river?"

Xu Jie didn't say it right, nor was it wrong. Now he said, "Why do you think so?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "Zhou Mengchen is the Minister of War of Nanjing, governor of the six provinces. He is also a meritorious minister. A minister is indispensable. But this minister can also be given a title. Those who can meet this condition are nothing more than these, either the three-sided governor plus the title of Minister of War, and the Southwest governor plus the title of Minister of War. Zhou Mengchen's battle against the outside world can be said to be a victory in every battle. If he is given a single commander, he will have a great victory in just a few years. What should he do then? I'm afraid he can't stop it. Only the governor of the river is different."

"The River Governor can be appointed as the Minister of the Processing Department, and can barely be placed. The Yellow River has a long history of flooding. It is the world's largest problem and will definitely not be completed in just a few years. If you really manage the river, ten years of hard work will be just ordinary."

"And ten years----"

Zhang Juzheng didn't say some things.

Because for Xu Jie, ten years later, he was not in this position. He still cared about what he did. At that time, Zhou Mengchen would compete with these disciples. Xu Jie could not care too much about it.

Yan Song presided over the cabinet for more than ten years, and that was an anomaly.

Xu Jie felt confident. Ten years was also the limit for him to take charge of the cabinet. At that time, no one would need to say anything, he would have sought to retreat by himself. After all, he saw with his own eyes that Xia Yan and Yan Song would be interrupted and did not know the consequences of retreating bravely.

How could he repeat the same mistake?

Seeing this, Li Chunfang felt very uncomfortable. He is now the Minister of Rites. Although he has little experience and has no say in many things, he is the best among the disciples of the Xu family.

But in front of Xu Jie, he was never as good as Zhang Juzheng.

At this moment, he heard Zhang Juzheng speak with great sensation, and he couldn't help but say, "Teacher, Zhou Mengchen is full of wisdom. Will such a person be honestly trapped?"

Seeing this, Xu Jie felt a little disappointed with Li Chunfang. In other words, he was always disappointed. He, the top scholar, looked good, but in fact, being a Confucian minister can be, but he has no ability to serve as a Grand Secretary at all.

Those who can become a senior minister and make a difference are those who don’t know Linglong’s thoughts and don’t know how many thoughts they are. How can they be as honest as Li Chunfang?

However, Xu Jie said to himself in his heart: "I think I'm still young. Isn't that the case when I was young? I can't figure out many things." Xu Jie thought so in his heart, but he also began to announce the answer.

He said, "That's right. What I said is what I think. Your Majesty is already very angry with the River Governor and ordered the arrest. The River Governor was empty and the matter of controlling the river can be said to be a top priority. Every time a day is delayed, I don't know how many people starve to death."

"You must not do it."

"Zhou Mengchen is just right."

"As for Zhou Mengchen himself, there must be different ways to deal with different people. It is important to know that gentlemen can deceive them."

Zhang Juzheng sighed and said in his heart: "Brother Zhou is accurately grasped by the teacher."

Zhou Mengchen himself didn't know that his sense of morality was actually stronger than that of many scholars and officials in the Ming Dynasty. This is also because Zhou Mengchen grew up in peaceful times and could not bear or imagine many things.

What is selling children and daughters, what is escaping from the family, begging for a living, and even changing children to eat. These are things that ordinary people are likely to experience in their lives.

But it was Zhou Mengchen who could not accept it, and even the source of his inner self-blame.

Zhou Mengchen sounded heartbroken on both sides of the Yellow River. If there was a chance to give him the ability to change all this, Zhou Mengchen's strong sense of mission in his heart would drive him to make some decisions that were not very in line with his own interests.

This is what a gentleman can deceive him.

Zhou Mengchen knew that this was Xu Jie's plan, but it was difficult for him to control himself from jumping inside.

Moreover, Xu Jie's idea has been more than one day or two.

When Zhou Mengchen was determined to return to Beijing in Nanjing, Xu Jie had already prepared a set of arrangements for Zhou Mengchen. Otherwise, the matter was not so coincidental. When Zhou Mengchen returned to Beijing, it was when Wang Ting fell. It was clearly Xu Jie who kept it here and killed Wang Ting to give Zhou Mengchen a seat.

When Zhang Juzheng sighed for Zhou Mengchen, he felt a little excited in his heart. After all, Zhou Mengchen and Zhang Juzheng were of the same age group. On the road to officialdom, Zhou Mengchen was already far ahead. If Zhou Mengchen could be trapped for ten years, Zhang Juzheng would naturally be confident that he could come back.

This is the difference between Hanlin people and non-Hanlin people. Hanlin people are born as cabinet choices, not Hanlin people, and are from the Three A. From now on, every progress is to break the ceiling.

If Zhou Mengchen was born in a Hanlin family, how could his promotion be so difficult?
Chapter completed!