Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 244 Chapter 240 Two If we are different on the mountain top, we will not be gay.

Wang Daoqiu was very passionate about deceiving the middle-aged uncle. If Wang Daoqiu wasn't there at this moment, there would be a group of guards not far behind him.It is estimated that Xu Jie will be able to dance on the spot right now. Jiaozhi is such a promising place.

Seeing Xu Jie's heart boiling with passion at this time, but still pretending to be "I don't understand what you are saying" on his face, Wang Daoqiu chose to endure it for the sake of happy cooperation in the future.

And in order to let the middle-aged man feel at ease in his job, stop thinking about what is available and what is not.Wang Daoqiu continued to feed him chicken soup and said: "Master Xu, I know you want to return to the capital, and you want to stand on the highest stage of our Ming Dynasty and speak with the loudest voice. But Master Xu, have you ever thought about it, if you return to the capital now? , apart from being cautious every day, following the crowd, and asking for perfection, what else can you get? The outer court now has a capable Yan Shoufu, and today there is a self-centered Zhang Cifu. He would rather bend than bend. Yan Shoufu and Zhang Cifu, You have worked with them for a long time, and you know their abilities and temperaments well. So do you think they will give up their power to you? "

"In addition to the two big men from the outer court, Yan Shoufu and Zhang Cifu, there are also Wang Daoqiu, Governor Lu of Jinyiwei, and Eunuch Lu, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, in the inner court now. Mr. Xu, tell me, these people standing in front of you, Who can you compete with? So Mr. Xu, if you return to the capital now, even if you join the cabinet, you are just a listener. Mr. Xu, this year Yan Shoufu is 68 and Zhang Cifu is 56. If nothing else happens, They should still be able to control the government for another ten years. This means that you, Xu Jie, will have a chance after ten years. So now, instead of going to the capital to do miscellaneous tasks for others, you might as well stick to your word in the local area and achieve some political achievements. In the future, After being adjusted back to the center, the back can also be stiffer.”

Wang Daoqiu told a cruel reality, that is, in the current Ming Dynasty, there are two powerful bosses in the outer court, Yan Song and Zhang Jing, who are too powerful to delegate power to their subordinates.

In the inner court, there were three capable ministers of the emperor, Wang Daoqiu, Lu Bing, and Lu Fang.So now if Xu Jie goes to Ming Dynasty to hang out, he can only be a younger brother who takes orders and does some specific work.It was simply not his turn to make the decision.

After Wang Daoqiu explained the truth clearly, Xu Jie corrected his attitude and gave up the thought of being transferred back to the capital in the short term. He bowed to Wang Daoqiu calmly and said sincerely: "Thank you, Master Taifu, for your teaching. I think that I, Xu Jie, am nearly fifty years old and have been in officialdom for 20 years, but I still can’t see it as clearly as a 19-year-old Taifu. I’m ashamed, I’m ashamed! Your Majesty, since you treat Jie with sincerity today, can Jie show you Master Taifu, make a request?"

"What request? You say it, you say it."

"Thank you, Mr. Taifu. Jie just heard what Mr. Taifu said. Mr. Taifu seems to have no intention of courting. He likes to be as carefree as wandering clouds and wild cranes. Jie understands Mr. Taifu's intention very well. But since Mr. Taifu will not stay in the court for a long time, , if the ideas of the Grand Tutor are to be turned into national decrees, someone needs to be in the court to help you fight for the Grand Tutor. So I wonder if the Grand Tutor can be promoted to the Grand Tutor, How about doing this service?"

Xu Jie's words were very tactful, but Wang Daoqiu understood what he meant. To put it bluntly, he just hoped that the two sides would form an alliance!Let Wang Daoqiu help him fight for the position of chief minister of the cabinet, and after he takes control of the cabinet, he will help Wang Daoqiu's policies pass the cabinet vote.

Ally!Xu Jie is a man of great ability, but all his character was left behind before he reached middle age.Such old scumbags are not worthy of trust.Besides, Xu Jie was from the Qingliu world, but Wang Daoqiu was the public enemy of the Qingliu officials of the Ming Dynasty. We were not in the same circle!
Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu said to Xu Jie very seriously: "Mr. Xu, you clearly didn't want to go to Xiyuan with Li Mo and the others the year before last, but you went anyway. At that time, you clearly opposed those people beating me and persuaded them to You passed them, but when they finally took action, you still stood there and did not run away. Mr. Xu, I think what you just said is too early. Wait until one day you can do it, and you will not be forced to make fools with those people. , you can be brave enough to be yourself. If you come here again and tell me what you just said, I will definitely nod in agreement."

Wang Daoqiu's words opened up Xu Jie's circle, hinting to Xu Jie that as long as you, Xu Jie, dare not leave your Qingliu circle, then there will be no basis for our alliance at all.

Xu Jie understood what Wang Daoqiu said, but he was helpless.Because politics is never about one person fighting alone, but about gangs committing crimes.For a political figure, if he really gets to the point where he is alone, even if he becomes an emperor, he will end up like Chongzhen hanging on a coal mountain.In the officialdom, you have to be supported by the big guys above and pushed by the juniors below. Only then can you have a future. This is the rule of promotion in the officialdom. Xu Jie understands this.So now Wang Daoqiu's condition for forming an alliance is for Xu Jie to give up the connections he has accumulated over the past 20 years and break away from the Qingliu Circle. This is something Xu Jie cannot make up his mind.

After all, if Xu Jie really did this, then he, Xu Jie, would immediately change from one of the few leaders in the Ming and Qing circles to a traitor that everyone in the Ming and Qing circles shouted and beat.

The price was too high, and Xu Jie could not make this determination.So after Wang Daoqiu brought Daodao out, Xu Jie just frowned and thought for a while, and then stopped talking to Wang Daoqiu about forming an alliance.Instead, he brought up the topic and asked Wang Daoqiu to help him find some mines in Cochin and help him sell timber in Cochin.

Such a big thing as forming an alliance turned into focusing on the economy. Wang Daoqiu knew that Xu Jie had chosen him and still stayed in his Qingliu circle.Wang Daoqiu didn't want to force this, so he followed Xu Jie's words and agreed to help him find ore and sell timber.

At the same time, Wang Daoqiu also asked Xu Jie to select [-] elite soldiers from the Jiaozhi army who could adapt to the wind and waves at sea.Xu Jie readily agreed to Wang Daoqiu's request.

After settling the relationship with Xu Jie, in the next half month, Wang Daoqiu helped Xu Jie find several mines in northern Jiaozhi based on the information in the library.He also contacted several chaebols in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and asked them to regularly go to the three ports of Haiphong, Thanh Hoa, and Hue along the coast of Cochin to collect the huanghuali, red rosewood, silver fir, checkered wood, redbud tree, slope, etc. Precious wood such as Davidia involucrata is transported back for processing and sale.

After finishing what he had to do with Xu Jie, Wang Daoqiu left Thang Long and docked at Inkstone Port in Hue Prefecture on the pretext that the fleet would stop at the port for supplies, where he secretly met Hu Zongxian, who is now the governor of Hue. .

Xu Jie Taiyin, Wang Daoqiu didn't want Xu Jie to know that Hu Zongxian was a secret chess player planted in Jiaozhi.Therefore, from the moment the procedures were completed in the capital, Wang Daoqiu did not directly come forward to speak for Hu Zongxian, but secretly went to Gao Yi to ask him to help.

It was the same after arriving in Jiaozhi. After getting off the boat at Shenglong, as soon as the imperial edict was read out, Wang Daoqiu asked Hu Zongxian, like the group of reception officials transferred from the Ming Dynasty, to have a meal with the governor Xu Jie, so that everyone could get to know each other. After a while, he went to take office.

This time Wang Daoqiu came to Hue specifically to give Hu Zongxian a final explanation of his work, and hinted that Hu Zongxian could let Xu Jie "die naturally" when necessary.

(End of this chapter)