After Tan Lun followed Hu Zongxian's footsteps and returned to the Governor's Mansion, Hu Zongxian stepped aside, sat down in his seat, and said, "Are you surprised that the imperial court actually wants to arrange for you to serve as governor of Fujian?"
"Yes, Mr. Governor! I would never dare to think about it." Tan Lun said directly without hiding anything.
"Actually, if you think about it for a while, you can figure out the reason. The Japanese pirates in Fujian have just been wiped out, and it is a time when people's hearts are floating. Therefore, the imperial court needs to send a general to serve in order to stabilize the situation! It also serves as a shock. The people behind it.”
Hu Zongxian's mouth went dry after talking. After pouring himself a cup of tea, he continued: "Of course, the imperial court can send you to serve as governor of Fujian, and the support of Mr. Xu Ge and others is indispensable behind it."
After listening to Hu Zongxian's analysis, Tan Lun quickly sorted out the twists and turns behind it.
Immediately afterwards, Tan Lun was full of gratitude and bowed to Hu Zongxian: "Thank you, Lord Governor, for your advice!"
"Okay, regardless of other identities, Tan Lun is my subordinate, Hu Zongxian. As your commander, I naturally have the obligation to give you guidance." Hu Zongxian stroked his beard and said calmly.
"But, before you go to Fujian as governor, I would like to give you a few words of advice." Hu Zongxian turned his eyes to Tan Lun and continued.
"Please make it clear, Lord Governor, that I am all ears!" Tan Lun said, with a look of respect on his face.
"Do you know what the governor of Fujian represents?" Hu Zongxian's calm voice reached Tan Lun's ears.
"What does the governor of Fujian represent? The governor of Fujian is a feudal state..." Tan Lun pondered for a long time after hearing Hu Zongxian's question, but still did not come up with a definite answer.
"What you said just now is right. The governor of Fujian is a feudal official. Being a feudal official means that every move you make represents the face of the imperial court! In other words, you are His Majesty's local spokesperson. You only I can be loyal to His Majesty unconditionally, do you understand?"
Seeing that Tan Lun was still a little confused, Hu Zongxian sighed and continued.
"If you, a feudal official, are not loyal to His Majesty, then there is no need for your existence!"
After listening to Hu Zongxian's suggestion, Tan Lun froze on the spot, with a look of struggle on his face: "Thank you, Mr. Governor, for your suggestion. I will consider it carefully."
"Well, remember what I just said to you! Next, you have to rush to Fujian as soon as possible to take up a post. After everything is settled, let's set off." Hu Zongxian saw the struggle on Tan Lun's face and said lightly road.
"Yes, Lord Governor, I will take my leave now!" Tan Lun said, saluting Hu Zongxian respectfully.
Hu Zongxian looked at Tan Lun's leaving figure and said silently to himself: "Tan Lun, Tan Lun, I hope you can think clearly, otherwise, what awaits you ahead is an abyss!"
"Are you going to choose His Majesty? Or Qingliu?"
Just as Hu Zongxian's thoughts were racing, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, who had been waiting outside for a long time, walked in.
As soon as the two entered the room, they saluted at the same time: "I have met the Governor!"
"Well, you're here just in time. Let's discuss how to control Quanzhou Port next."
When Hu Zongxian saw the two coming, he was in a good mood and said loudly.
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
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Capital, Prince Yu's Mansion.
Ever since the emperor agreed to let Tan Lun serve as governor of Fujian, Xu Jie was very excited and quickly summoned everyone to Prince Yu's Mansion to discuss the next strategy.
"It's really gratifying. Now we have someone here who is serving as a border official!" Xu Jie looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice.
"It's just that Tan Lun's position as governor of Fujian is far less important than Hu Zongxian's position as governor of Zhejiang Province! The jurisdiction of the governor of Zhejiang Province includes southern Zhili, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places."
"Although the area under the jurisdiction of the Governor-General of Zhejiang Province has been reduced in recent years, he is still extremely powerful! If I insist on saying so, the Governor of Fujian still has to be under the jurisdiction of Hu Zongxian, the Governor-General of Zhejiang Province!"
Zhang Juzheng stated the facts on the side and poured cold water on everyone.
"Anyway, this is also a great progress!" Seeing this, King Yu Zhu Zaijing quickly stood up and smoothed things over.
"Yes, yes, no matter what, this can be considered an improvement!" Seeing Zhu Zaijing speak, Gao Gong followed suit.
"Hmph, it was that old guy Yan Song who deceived the Holy One! It was only with His Majesty's favor that he handed over such an important position to his student Hu Zongxian."
"If this position is handed over to someone from our side to manage it, the people's lives will be much easier. Those people in the Yan Party are all treacherous people. Why change rice into mulberry? It's just a way to gain benefits for ourselves. That's it!" Xu Jie glanced at Zhang Juzheng and continued.
"Now that Tan Lun is the governor of Fujian, we must give our full support to help him secure this position! Only in this way can he become an important helper for us in the future, what do you think?" Xu Jie trailed off and turned to others for help. Opinion.
"Well, that makes sense! We should give Tan Lun our fullest help and then find some way from the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate more money to Fujian." Gao Gong then added.
"Well, I agree with Mr. Gao Ge's idea." Seeing this, Zhu Zaijing on the side added.
"How about sending some of our people over to assist Tan Lun?"
In the blink of an eye, Xu Jie came up with another idea.
"Mr. Xu Ge, no! If we send people over at this time, not only will we not be able to help Tan Lun, but we will also make him arouse His Majesty's suspicion, and the gains will outweigh the losses." After hearing Xu Jie's idea, Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and vetoed it.
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Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
There was only Jiajing in the entire hall. At this time, Jiajing was working hard, mobilizing the magic power in his body to slowly piece together the dragon bones that Lu Fang had sent previously, according to the image of the dragon in his memory. Getting up, the whole process is like playing a jigsaw puzzle.
After the splicing was completed, Jiajing rubbed his chin and admired his masterpiece.
"This shape is wrong, come again!"
After Jiajing finished speaking, he took back his magic power, and the dragon bones instantly scattered on the ground, making a sound.
And Lu Fang, who was waiting outside the Yangxin Hall, heard the movement coming from inside and already vaguely regretted it. Last time it was books, this time it was dragon bones.
"Stop it, Your Majesty, you can't lose yourself in playing with things, you should focus on state affairs!" This is what Lu Fang was thinking at this time.
After the dragon bones were scattered on the ground, Jiajing mobilized his magic power again and followed the previous steps to rejoin the dragon bones.
"Well, this time there is a nine-point statue."
Jiajing looked at the keel that was about to be spliced together and praised with satisfaction. Then, Jiajing put the last keel on top.
Unexpectedly, the moment the keel splicing was completed, this bone dragon suddenly came to life! Suspended in mid-air, blue flames were still burning in the pupils, and then an indescribable pressure gradually enveloped Jiajing.
"Is this dragon not completely dead yet?"
Seeing this, Jiajing recited the mantra and mobilized his magic power. In an instant, several thunderbolts as thick as his arms emerged between Jiajing's fingers. The bone dragon seemed to be aware of the danger. The blue flames in its pupils flickered for a few times, and then it put away its power. Pressed, it turned into countless dragon bones again, scattered on the ground.
(End of chapter)
