Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo was an old nobleman and was a leader of the old Wuxun Group. He inherited his title in the 17th year of Hongzhi and has been in power for 22 years. This year, he was also awarded the title of Grand Tutor (the head of the Three Dukes). It is not an exaggeration to say that he was the first person in the dynasty.

The Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo is nearly seventy years old and still has no deaf ears or eyes. Although he is skinny, he still looks very energetic, and his voice is loud and his words are clear. He held the jade scepter and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think the posthumous title of Lord Xu Jin and Xu should not be taken back for three reasons."

Jiajing's heart moved and said softly: "Duke Ding, come here!"

Xu Guangzuo cleared his throat and continued with a sensation: "I believe that the great achievements made by Lord Xu are obvious to all the civil and military officials in the court. There is no need to repeat the description. With the achievements made by Lord Xu, he can be awarded the title of Duke. If the emperor takes back the throne of his country, it may be disappointing to the hearts of the soldiers in the world.

This is one, and the second, as the emperor said, a gentleman's words are as good as he can, let alone the emperor?

Third, although our dynasty has not been granted a title of Duke since its establishment, I think that the military functions of civil servants have not been compared with Xu Ziqian since its establishment. Even Yu Jie'an (Yu Qian called Jie'an) are worse than those of Xu Ziqian. Therefore, I think that Xu Ziqian is well deserved as a Duke, and there is nothing wrong with that."

The three reasons listed by Xu Guangzuo were clearly organized and had sufficient reasons. He also specifically compared Yu Qian, a famous minister during the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Yingzong, with Xu Jin, which was quite convincing. Yu Qian and Xu Jin both turned the tide in the face of national crisis and helped the Ming Dynasty. However, in addition to supporting the country, Xu Jin also expanded the territory for the Ming Dynasty and established the Nanyang and Dongyang Protectorates respectively.

Since the Yongle Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been basically on the defensive position, and its territory has only been eroded and has not been expanded. Therefore, Xu Guangzuo said that since its establishment, there has been no military achievements of civil officials and as good as Xu Jin, which is an ironclad fact that people cannot refute it.

Jiajing nodded deeply and said, "What the Duke of Dingguo said is extremely true!"

After being recognized by the emperor, Ding Guo Duke Xu Guangzuo proudly retreated to the martial arts team.

At this time, another person flashed out from the Wu Ban ministers' queue. It was the Xianning Hou Qiuluan. He shouted: "Your Majesty, I also think it is not appropriate to take back the reward to Duke Jingguo."

"I will discuss it!" Chen Ru, Hou of Taining, stood up and discussed it.

"I also agree!"

"I also agree!"

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the ministers in the martial arts ranks, including those from the old Wuxun Group and new military generals like Wang Liner.

Wang Lin'er's idea is very simple. He is from Xu Jin's direct line, so he naturally has to fight for his boss. Old martial arts such as Chen Ru, Hou Chen of Taining and Qiu Luan of Xianning were bad intentions.

However, no matter what the purpose is, most of the ministers of the martial arts squad fell to his knees at this time, leaving only a small number of people standing. They were neither the old Wuxun Group nor had they served under Xu Jin's command. They were just watching the fun.

Seeing a large number of officials kneeling down in a dark and dark area, the civil servants were stunned. The chief minister Jin Xianmin also frowned and fell into deep thought!

In fact, not only Jin Xianmin, but most civil officials began to think about it at this time. As the saying goes, something abnormal will happen. The old Wuxun Group clearly hated Xu Jin very much, but now they have come forward to "help" Xu Jin. There must be a reason for this abnormality.

Most of the ministers present were old foxes who had been involved in the officialdom for a long time. At first, they were jealous of the rewards Xu Jin received, so they were only thinking about taking back Xu Jin's title of Duke and Taibao official title. They were unable to turn their minds for a moment. Now the actions of the old Wuxun Group reminded them, so they would be relieved after a little thought.

Yes, if Xu Jin had obtained the title of Duke of the Kingdom, it seemed that he had taken a big advantage, but in fact it was not. Because he had been granted the title of Duke of the Kingdom, he could no longer hold a real position and had to hand over the military power. Only under the emperor's imperial order could he lead troops to war, and he could only stay at home and be a rich idle person.

Xu Jin was only 25 years old, and it was a foregone conclusion that he would join the cabinet and become a prime minister in the future. However, if he became a Duke, it would be different. Not to mention joining the cabinet and becoming a prime minister, even a real official could not be a real official. Therefore, being a Duke is actually a loss for Xu Jin!

No wonder Wuxun Group has been so vigorously in promoting Xu Jin as the Duke. This is a clear conspiracy and ill-intentioned way!

The civil servant who understood the reason suddenly realized. The censor who had just tried hard to take back Xu Jin's title had all stopped, and the chief assistant Jin Xianmin was also silent, because if Xu Jin became a Duke and stayed at home and was honestly a wealthy idle person and did not participate in political affairs, it was obviously not a bad thing for him.

At this time, one of the civil servants' groups stood up. This man was short and had a good temperament. He was Xu Jie, a scholar at the Zhan Shifu.

"Your Majesty, I think the three reasons listed by Dingguo Duke are to be discussed." Xu Jie said loudly.

Jiajing had a very good impression of Xu Jie and was very respectful. From the transfer of Xu Jie to Zhan Shi Mansion to serve, one class was seen, because Zhan Shi Mansion was the assistant minister of the Eastern Palace, in other words, he would be responsible for the assisting of the prince in the future and would be the future imperial teacher.

"Xu Zisheng, come here!" Jiajing said in a deep voice.

Xu Jie said loudly: "First, it is true that Lord Xu Jin has made outstanding contributions, but he has been granted a title. Second, the emperor's pursuit of Lord Xu was made by mistakenly thinking that Lord Xu died. Now it is necessary to withdraw the title and re-grant it. Third, Duke Ding compares Lord Xu with Yu Jie'an. Yes, Lord Xu has expanded territory for the Ming Dynasty. His martial arts are indeed better than Yu Jie'an, but don't forget that although Yu Jie'an supports the country, he has not received titles from beginning to end. Lord Xu is now ranked first-class. How can he make an exception to be granted a title?"

"What Xu Zisheng said is extremely true. I am following the proposal. The precedent for civil servants to be granted a title of Duke should not be opened lightly!" Xia Yan stood up and said loudly.

Qin Jin, the Minister of Revenue, immediately stood up and agreed: "I will also discuss it!"

Next, more than a dozen officials came forward to support Xu Jie's remarks.

It's a bit funny. The censors who jumped out first and shouted that they wanted to pull Xu Jin from the position of Duke were silent. Xu Jie, Xia Yan, Qin Jin and others who chose to be silent at the beginning took the initiative to come out and demanded that they take back the reward to Xu Jin.

It was obvious that those censors were jealous. Their initial purpose was to let Xu Jin vomit out all the benefits he had eaten, but when they realized that if Xu Jin became a Duke, they would lose more, they were silent.

On the other hand, Xu Jie, Xia Yan, Qin Jin and others were silent at the beginning, but chose to speak at this time, obviously not wanting to see Xu Jin delegate power and become rich and idle people from now on. The reason for this is that they are good friends with Xu Jin, and secondly, they understand that Xu Jin is a capable minister and that continuing to take power is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

I don't need to describe the next scene, I believe everyone can guess it.

The old Wuxun Group, led by Ding Guo Duke Xu Guangzuo, desperately wanted Xu Jin to be the Duke, while the rationalists represented by Qin Jin, Xia Yan and Xu Jie were desperately trying to make Xu Jin unreliable.

The chief assistant Jin Xianmin was silent, while the censors were silent, because no matter how thick-skinned they were, they were embarrassed to change their courses and push Xu Jin to the position of Duke.

In this way, the two sides were fighting each other, and they had been arguing with each other for a long time, but no one could beat the other. Most of the people in the old Wuxun Group were rough people from military generals, and their eloquence was naturally not as good as those of Xia Yan and other well-educated people. However, they won because they had a large number of people, and they finally got a draw with ten against one.

Jiajing seemed to listen very seriously, but he was a little distracted because everyone had been arguing for so long that Xu Jin, as the person involved, did not say a word, which was unpredictable.

At this moment, Fang Xianfu, the Minister of Personnel, coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, it is not a solution for everyone to continue to argue like this. Why don't you let Lord Xu express his own opinion?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers looked at Xu Jin at the same time. This master was so calm. He didn't say a word after so long. This cunning mansion... Tsk tsk, the young man is so terrifying!

Jiajing was excited and his patience was almost exhausted. Fang Xianfu's words were exactly what he said.

"What do you think Xu Qing?" Jiajing's eyes finally fell on Xu Jin.

Xu Jin had already basically clarified his clues at this time. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and one's enemy, one will never be defeated in a hundred battles. If one distinguishes the intentions of our enemies, then everything will be easy. He stood up calmly and said, "Emperor, although I have made a small contribution, I dare not be awarded the title of Duke..."

Jiajing couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard this. Could it be that the little eunuch really made the point that Xu Qing would rather give up the position of Duke than delegate power?

At this time, Xu Jin changed his mind and said, "But, as the saying goes, the elders dare not refuse, and the emperor dare not refuse the reward!"

As soon as this statement was spoken, Jiajing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was both happy and ashamed that Xu Jin did not have the right to love, and ashamed that he had doubts about Xu Jin because of the private discussions of several eunuchs. It was really not. He was still far from his mind!

"Since Xu Qing doesn't dare to say anything, there is no need to say anything, and you don't have to argue. Just make the reward of Xu Qing wrong. Except for the posthumous title, the other rewards will remain unchanged." Jiajing said with a smile.

In fact, the reason why Jiajing was uneasy when he was a little eunuch who was so suspicious was not because he was suspicious by nature. On the contrary, he trusted Xu Jin too much and cared too much about Xu Jin. It was like you treat someone as your good brother's brother, but unexpectedly heard that this guy did something sorry for you. I believe you will also have a knot in your heart and want to find out the truth.

Jiajing's mentality is roughly like this. Now that he has proved that his good brother is very strong and has not disappointed his trust, he naturally feels relieved. While he is happy, he is also ashamed of his suspicion.

Xu Jin actually took the initiative to delegate power. The people from the Old Wuxun Group couldn't help but look at each other, not understanding what Xu Jin sold in his gourd, but no matter what, their goal was achieved!

Xia Yan and Xu Jie frowned, and Qin Jin, the Minister of Revenue, shook his head in disappointment. In his opinion, Xu Jin was actually greedy for the position of Duke and did not want to serve the country. He withdrew from the court at a young age.

For the chief assistant Jin Xianmin, Xu Jin's delegation of power is a good thing. Without the mountain Xu Jin's hindrance, he would have been much easier as the chief assistant.

As the saying goes, everyone has their own plans. The reason why Xu Jin chose to be a rich and idle person was naturally his plan.

Because Master Fei's words last night made Xu Jin realize that his energy had grown unknowingly to the point where all officials feared. This was obviously not a good thing, so it was time to retreat and avoid the limelight. The situation where the officials just now attacked him further strengthened Xu Jin's determination to temporarily retreat to the second line.

However, Xu Jin didn't know that it was his wise decision that allowed him to escape the evil pit. Temporarily waived power, which was nothing compared to losing Jiajing's trust.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Xu Jin knelt down and said thanking you loudly.
Chapter completed!