Zhang Cong obviously wanted to do his best to send Xu Jin home to enjoy the old age. He glanced at Li Chengxun contemptuously and said indifferently: "Zhongshan King Xu Gong has indeed made great contributions to our dynasty's founding country. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first founding general, but in terms of military achievements, Duke Jingguo Xu Jin may not be inferior to him.

In the 14th year of Zhengde, Xu Ziqian was just a scholar at that time, so he led his troops to fight against King Ning, and killed several bandits under King Ning, protecting Jiangxi Guangxin Prefecture from being poisoned by the anti-King King.

In the 16th year of Zhengde, Xu Ziqian served as deputy envoy to provide disaster relief to Shandong. It happened that the White Lotus Sect demons provoked a riot of mine thieves, and the war spread throughout Shandong. Xu Ziqian was ordered to lead troops to suppress it, and it was pacified in just a few months."

In the second and third year of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates along the coast were rampant. Xu Ziqian was appointed governor of Zhizhe, and wiped out the Japanese plagues that had been harmed by the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty for nearly a hundred years. He also expelled Westerners and took back Xiangdao, and established the Eastern and Southern Ocean Protectorates respectively to promote the power of the Ming Dynasty overseas. This feat was not as good as that of the King of Zhongshan.

In September of the fourth year of Jiajing, Altan colluded with the White Lotus demon Li Fuda to break the pass and head south. His troops surrounded our Ming capital, and almost cut off our Ming Dynasty. It was Xu Ziqian who led his troops to help the king and rescue the emperor, and he saved the building when the capital was about to fall. This contribution to supporting the country is no less than that of the founding of the country!"

Zhang Cong paused when he said this, glanced at the audience, and the audience was silent. Jiajing's face turned red and his fists were clenched. Everyone knew that Xu Jin had made a lot of contributions over the years, but when it was really listed one by one, it was really shocking. Even Jiajing felt that he had treated Xu Jin a little unfairly.

Zhang Cong's mood was quite complicated. He was obviously not in dealing with Xu Jin, but at this time he had to praise Xu Jin in front of the emperor and all officials. However, as long as he could send Xu Jin home to enjoy his old age, what's the point of praising his mortal enemy? Keep using his strength!

I saw Zhang Cong clear his throat and continue to brag... Oh, it’s not considered bragging. After all, what Zhang Cong said is true, Xu Jin is indeed so awesome!

"In the sixth year of Jiajing, Xu Jin was ordered to attack the Tatars in the north, and won many battles. He defeated the Tatars in just half a year, and defeated the Oirat, completely solved the major problems in the northern part of our Ming Dynasty, expanded thousands of miles, and then took back the Seven Guards of Guanxi from Turpan. This time, his great military achievements were not as good as the King of Zhongshan?" Zhang Cong stared at the left attendant of the Ministry of Justice, Li Chengxun, and sneered twice: "Mr. Li just asked the officials, is Xu Jin worthy? The officials thought that he was worthy!"

Li Chengxun's expression was complicated and he didn't say a word. It was obvious that Zhang Cong listed the various contributions Xu Jin made over the years as a treasure. This Minister Li was also shocked and could not react for a while.

At this time, the Minister of Personnel Fang Xianfu turned his eyes and seized the opportunity to jump out and echoed: "What Zhang Shaoqing said is very true. Duke Jingguo Xu Jin is a rare talent in a thousand years. He is also a pillar of our Ming Dynasty. Not only is it a great achievement in military achievements, it is not inferior to the founding general Xu Gong, the founding general, Zhongshan King, but Xu Jin has also made great achievements in civil governance, clearing fields, cereals, new crops, opening sea bans, and establishing silver numbers. Now our Ming Dynasty is full of treasury and the people are full of life. Duke Jingguo has made great contributions.

Therefore, the old minister here dares to say something disrespectful. If you talk about martial arts, Duke Jingguo is not inferior to King Zhongshan. If you talk about the rule of literature, the King Zhongshan is not as far away as Duke Jingguo. I think Duke Jingguo is worthy of his title as a prince!"

It is obvious that Zhang Cong is not "fighting" alone, and he has already arranged to connect the support team.

As soon as Fang Xianfu, the Minister of Personnel, made his statement, Xi Shu immediately stood up and said, "I will discuss it!"

"Old ministers are here!" The second assistant to the cabinet, Wang Zan, also went out to work.

Next, nearly twenty court officials jumped out one after another to express their support, all of whom were members of the upstart faction. Oh, by the way, Xi Shu, the Minister of Rites, is also a upstart faction. After the incident involving Lu Bing and Guo Xun, all of Zhang Cong and other upstart factions were beaten up, so Xi Shu naturally did not politely. Now that Zhang Cong has returned to the court, Xi Shu has also resumed his post.

In the court, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. The winners take all, this is a party struggle. Strictly speaking, the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty began with the "big ceremony" and became more and more intense in the later period. Even eunuchs joined in, forming the notorious "elephant party" and "Donglin party". The party struggle was quite powerful when the Ming Dynasty perished.

Back to the point, the upstart factions expressed their support for Zhang Cong. The situation of the opposition took a sharp turn. In addition, Jiajing had just used his skills to drive out Hu Shining, the most tough minister of the opposition, which undoubtedly put great pressure on the opposition ministers. Some of the unsolicited minds have begun to retreat, such as Jia Yong, who was rare to be strong once.

However, scholars in the Ming Dynasty have never lacked backbone. Thinking about how many civil officials died when Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty ordered the beating of a beheading, there were still many civil officials who obstructed Emperor Wuzong from going on tour. In the end, Emperor Wuzong did not fear the ministers, but was afraid of himself, and had to make concessions temporarily.

At this time, a man fell to the ground with red eyes and shouted: "The title of a king of another surname is not in line with the ancestor system. I firmly oppose it. If the emperor insists on his own, I will beg for bones to return home. I will not step into the capital in this life, and my descendants will never participate in the imperial examination!"

Hiss...

Everyone in the hall took a breath. Which kind man is so tough. Not only did he threaten to give up, but he also never entered the capital for his whole life, and even cut off the family's imperial examination. This is too cruel, right? He is clearly slapping the emperor in the face, and he is not very light!

Everyone looked in the voice and found that the person kneeling on the ground was Hanwen, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works!

Jiajing's face turned ashen, and a surge of anger rose in his chest, so angry that his hands were trembling a little.

It is no wonder that Jiajing was so angry. Wei Hanwen threatened to resign from his official position, but he also claimed that he would never set foot in the capital in his life. The most hateful thing was that he would cut off his family's path to imperial examinations.

Do you know what the road to the imperial examination means to a gentry family? It means permanent destruction.

Wei Hanwen not only bet on his career, but also on the future of the entire family. He gained a good reputation, but greatly corrupted Jiajing's reputation.

Just imagine, after seeing Wei Hanwen's deeds, people would probably think that a senior official at the deputy ministerial level was so decisive. This shows how desperate he was to the court and how much hatred he hated Emperor Jiajing?

It is obvious that if Jiajing forcibly passed the resolution to grant Xu Jin the title of prince today, the Wei Hanwen incident would become a stain on his imperial career and would even be labeled as a fool, so it would be strange if Jiajing was not angry!

However, some people did not see that Jiajing's anger was approaching the brink of an outbreak, but were stimulated by Wei Hanwen's "generous pursuit of justice" and became full of blood again. Yes, this person is our Jia Shoujia Jia Ge Lao.

Jia Yong was so excited that his beard was trembling. Wei Shubao was so unyielding. As the leader of all officials, how could I retreat? It would be fine. It would be better if this assistant was not good, but there was nothing to be the leader anyway.

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Chapter completed!