Chapter 90                                                                                                                             �

When Xu Jie returned to the mansion, only Xu Jie and a few of his students were present. Li Chunfang couldn't help but feel confused and said, "Teacher, why do you recommend Zhou Mengchen? Is Gao Gong not good?"

Xu Jie asked, "What's good about Gao Gong?"

Li Chunfang said, "It's easy to deal with. Gao Gong is so handsome. He doesn't know where the offended people have gone. There are only a few friends around him. If he suppresses Zhou Mengchen into the cabinet, Zhou Mengchen will resent him in the future. It will be much easier to deal with him."

"And Zhou Mengchen is different."

"Zhou Mengchen's career has been going ups and downs for so many years, and it is simply a place in the world with deep roots. It is difficult to shake for a while. After Zhou Mengchen enters the cabinet, it will be even more difficult to deal with."

Xu Jie looked at Li Chunfang deeply and said, "You have made great progress recently."

Li Chunfang said: "Thank you for your praise from the teacher. I also asked the teacher to help you solve your doubts."

Xu Jie said: "Gao Gong is invincible. Haven't you ever thought about his relationship with the prince? I can ignore it, but you can't ignore it in the future."

Li Chunfang said: "The student has thought that although Your Majesty is tall in spring and autumn, he is healthy. The prince is just the prince.j In the future, we cannot do nothing because of the relationship between Gao Gong and the prince. We will give in to the cabinet in vain, right?"

Li Chunfang and Gao Gong are two years apart. They are twenty years younger than Zhou Mengchen. Therefore, Li Chunfang would rather let Gao Gong enter the pavilion than let Zhou Mengchen enter the pavilion. It is Zhou Mengchen's age, and Zhou Mengchen is only thirty-eight years old now.

Although Zhou Mengchen had already grown up a beard, his beard made him look much older last year. But age cannot deceive people.

In fact, Zhou Mengchen's age was also a flaw. It was just that Xu Jie directed Jiajing's attention to other places in front of Jiajing, so he ignored it. After all, although Zhou Mengchen was not old, he had been an official for twenty years. Many people regarded Zhou Mengchen as a boss and forgot that he was less than forty years old.

How can Li Chunfang feel at ease with a competitor who is so much younger than himself? What an advantage does this represent? If there is a choice, Li Chunfang would rather press Zhou Mengchen down.

Xu Jie said, "You can do this. There is one thing I want to tell you. I am going to retire."

"What?" Xu Jie's disciple said in unison.

They would never accept this news.

Xu Jie's students were promoted by Xu Jie and were all core members of the Xu Party. Especially during the period when the Yan Party fell, they were promoted rapidly. From Li Chunfang's entry into the cabinet and Zhang Juzheng became the Minister of Works, it can be seen that the troops were sent.

Everyone wanted to be promoted by Xu Jie and entered the fast lane of his career. Suddenly, they heard Xu Jie say that they wanted to retire and that they were definitely unacceptable. The one who was the most unacceptable was Li Chunfang.

Li Chunfang immediately felt that his position in the cabinet was very dangerous.

Because according to the cabinet substitute rules, Li Chunfang is the next chief assistant. But Li Chunfang is very clear that he is actually not a rival to the following people, whether it is Zhou Mengchen, Gao Gong, Yang Bo, or even his junior brother Zhang Juzheng.

In fact, Li Chunfang's idea has always been to assist Xu Jie and firmly take over as the second-ranked Xu Party. When Xu Jie retreats in the future, he will take over as the chief assistant, sit for a few years, and then retire.

He never surpassed his teacher's idea, perhaps his own self-knowledge.

But now his qualifications in the cabinet are too shallow. In just one year, many things have not been sorted out. Not to mention whether he can bring all Xu Party to his own command, Li Chunfang may not be sure to control the cabinet as the chief minister and maintain the operation of the world.

Not to mention that people are different. Not everyone can be the chief minister of the cabinet. Xu Jie has been in the cabinet for more than ten years. It can be said that he has been sitting on the bench for many years and has long understood how the cabinet handles the affairs of the world. Not to mention, Xu Jie wasted ten years in the local area, and he also tempered his ability to do things. Li Chunfang's time in the officialdom was shorter than Zhou Mengchen. You should know that Zhou Mengchen had been an official for two years before he became a Jinshi. After the imperial examination, Li Chunfang immediately entered the Hanlin Academy. He has always been a noble position and has no experience in handling specific government affairs.

This may be one of the reasons why the cabinet must be replaced by ranking.

The members of the cabinet all come from the Hanlin Academy. They are all inexperienced. When they enter the cabinet, it is best to sit up from the last place first and wait until they become the chief minister. It has been at least a few years, at most more than ten years later, if they cannot understand the operation of the cabinet for such a long time, they will not be able to be their top pick and the second place.

Li Chunfang can be the top scorer, and his learning ability, wisdom, understanding and background are all good. I give Li Chunfang two or three years. Perhaps Li Chunfang can really understand that the chief assistant needs this. But it is definitely not the present.

So Li Chunfang had thought about when Xu Jie retreated, but he decided not to hope it was now.

Li Chunfang said: "Teacher, what are the difficulties? Disciples can share their worries, and the court cannot do without the teacher."

Xu Jie touched his beard and said, "This is the last lesson I teach you. As an official, think twice, think about danger, change, and retreat. As for danger, think about change, actually, think about advancement. In the officialdom, there is no danger, and there are no variables. This is the general trend, and many times, if you don't advance, you will retreat. You must look for opportunities in danger, seek your own position in the change, and everything will not linger in your heart. Only by going step by step, but things will turn back, and people have limits. When you reach your limit, you should think about retreating. If you reach your limit, you will lose money in the middle of the moon, and fall in the middle of the sun. This is the principle of heaven and earth, and people are the same. No one can always be in the peak state. People always have a day to end. If you don't understand this principle, just look at what Xia Yan and Yan Song will end. You will know what it will look like when you retreat but not retreat."

Li Chunfang said: "Teacher, I understand everything you said. But it's not now."

Xu Jie said: "When you think I should retreat, I can't retreat."

Xu Jie's words meant to be heartbroken. Indeed, when Li Chunfang felt that Xu Jie should retreat, that was that Xu Jie's core team no longer supported him. By that time, how could Xu Jie escape unstoppable?

In terms of military, retreating is more difficult than attacking. Now Xu Jie also feels this way.

Because Xu Jie retreated, he had no power and was in a situation where he could be slaughtered. Not to mention, the indifferent Jiajing and his two exes, Xia Yan and Yan Song, also made Xu Jie very worried.

That's why Xu Jie left such a large margin for himself.

Yes, Li Chunfang said it right. Even if Xu Jie delayed his retreat for one or two years, it would seem like there would be no problem. But in fact, what would happen? It is hard to explain. Just like Xu Jie himself also felt that even if Zhou Mengchen entered Beijing, he would not have any big waves in one or two years. But what is it like now?

No need to say more?

Now that he can make arrangements, it is hard to say in the future, anyway, he has seen it clearly. Under Jiajing, his next one must be his opposite. He is definitely not his disciple. Since that is the case, it will be better to make arrangements sooner. It will be difficult to deal with in the future.

Li Chunfang was speechless for a moment when Xu Jie asked this heartbrokenly.

Xu Jie said: "This matter is kept confidential for the time being, no one can say it. You have any ideas. You can tell me. I can do everything I can." Xu Jie's eyes focused on Li Chunfang and said: "After I retreat, you will be the chief minister of the cabinet. Be prepared and do your own thing."

Xu Jie knew that Li Chunfang would probably not be able to hold this position. But he expected Li Chunfang would not give it to Zhou Mengchen. So Xu Jie could only give in this way. He then looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "Uncle, stay here. I have something to say."

The other disciples retreated.

When Li Chunfang withdrew, he looked at Zhang Juzheng deeply and snorted hard from his nose. All of this was seen by Xu Jie. At this moment, Li Chunfang was furious and was already very unconcealed.
Chapter completed!