"Where is he wrong?"

"He shouldn't have sent Zhang Juzheng to the southeast for the benefit of the Southeast. If Zhang Juzheng was still in the capital, Xu Jie could train Zhang Juzheng. Now, although Xu Jie was scolded by His Majesty for the Southeast incident, and the Xu Party was declining, the Xu Party would not perish immediately. He had time to train Zhang Juzheng. However, now Zhang Juzheng is in the southeast, and it is not so easy to transfer Zhang Juzheng back."

Lu Tingfang shook his head and said, "If you don't talk about him, you are valued by Your Majesty this time. If you solve the Southeast problem for Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty is afraid of you, you will not be rewarded at all. What are you planning?"

Luo Xin smiled bitterly and said, "My father-in-law, the water in this capital is too deep. Staying by Your Majesty is too dangerous. It is just like a tiger. I wonder if I will release it again. With my current level and with this meritorious service, if I release it, I can be a governor and a magistrate."

"Confused." Lu Tingfang scolded without hesitation.

Luo Xin's expression was stunned and he looked at Lu Tingfang with some confusion. Lu Tingfang stretched out his finger and pointed Luo Xin:

"I'm not convinced yet, are you?"

Luo Xin smiled embarrassedly and said, "No, I just don't understand."

Lu Tingfang said: "Although I have only been a fifth-rank official, I have been struggling in the officialdom for a lifetime and have really understood the things in the officialdom. The reason why I have not continued to be promoted is not that I cannot see the officialdom clearly, but that I have insufficient abilities and are unwilling to be a person who is inclined to be a temptation to be a powerful person.

And you are different. You are capable. I can say that in the entire Ming Dynasty, no one is more capable than you, so you don’t have to rush to the point of being yourself and have a bright future.

However, before this, you must fully understand the officialdom, otherwise no matter how capable you are, you will fall into the officialdom."

"I would like to ask my father-in-law to give me some advice."

"Do you know what your biggest problem is now?"

"What?"

"Age!" Lu Tingfang said seriously: "You are too young. Look at whether there is a twenty-year-old person around you who has already achieved a fourth-rank official? Although it is only a left-rank son of the Zhan Shi Mansion. However, once you are transferred, you may be promoted to the third-rank. For example, after you make a contribution this time, you will be exiled to the governor and the third-rank. This is too popular and jealous.

How many people?

ah?

How many people can never touch the third rank in their lifetime? You have been from the third rank at the age of 20. Do you think all officials have no objection to you? Will you not isolate you?

Think about it, the reason why Xu Jie was called the Xu Party was that a large number of officials were united around him.

The reason why Gao Gong is called the Gao Party is that a large number of officials are united around him.

But what about you?

Besides yours in the same year, how many officials are united around you?”

Luo Xin grabbed his head and said, "I should have many people following me in the army, right?"

"That's useless!" Lu Tingfang glared and said, "Unless you want to rebel."

Luo Xin smiled awkwardly and said to himself, I have made friends with the forces in the army and was originally ready to rebel when necessary.

Lu Tingfang didn't know what Luo Xin was thinking, and continued to point out to Jiangshan: "Civil official, do you know? You need to have the power of civil servants. With your ability, your future is the capital of the cabinet. If you want to be the capital of the cabinet, you must have your own circle of civil servants. However, your circle of civil servants is too narrow now."

"There is no way." Luo Xin spread his hands and said, "My age is there. Even in the same year, some older people may not be willing to accept me. I will unite with some older people than me."

"So you have to endure it, keep it low-key."

"I'm very low-key, so I want to show off. I can't stand it in the capital, I'm too conspicuous."

"Why can't you stand it?" Lu Tingfang glared and said, "Don't be promoted. At your age, the fourth-rank official is already very high. You can just use your brain at the fourth-rank official."

"Not promotion?"

"Not bad!" Lu Tingfang nodded and said, "Looking for a way to become a Hanlin Bachelor. You, the left son of the Zhanshi Mansion, can serve as a Hanlin Bachelor. There was this precedent in the Ming Dynasty. If you become a Hanlin Bachelor, you can hand over to the Shujishi. This is your capital. Those Shujishi are your students and will gather around you. Moreover, if you last for two or three sessions, two sessions will be six years, and three sessions will be nine years. Even if it is nine years, you are only twenty-nine years old at that time, and you should have been promoted in the same year. There will be many fourth- and fifth-rank officials in it.

At that time, you have a foundation and your friends have taken root in the court. Naturally, you can consider entering the cabinet. Then, after you have all the people in front of you, you can become the capital of the cabinet."

Luo Xin smashed his mouth a few times. According to what Lu Tingfang said, Luo Xin should be able to finally reach the position of the cabinet capital, but it will take fifteen years. Moreover, Luo Xin felt that why he could not go out first? First upgrade to the third rank, and then transfer back to the capital, he was the third rank, so wouldn’t it be faster?

"My father-in-law, is there no conflict between entering the cabinet and leaving the outside world? You see, Zhang Juzheng will be released? If Xu Jie is given time and Zhang Juzheng is transferred back, can he be trained to enter the cabinet?"

Lu Tingfang glanced at Luo Xin with a slanted look and said, "Zhang Juzheng has been a Hanlin Bachelor."

"What does this have to do with the Hanlin Bachelor?" Luo Xin asked in confusion.

"Of course it's related!" Lu Tingfang said with regret: "You are also familiar with the history of this dynasty. Think about it, did the previous cabinet capitals of this dynasty have all been Hanlin bachelors, or served as the six ministers of the ministers, and finally entered the cabinet and became the cabinet capital?

Have you ever been a Hanlin bachelor, a six minister, but a magistrate outside, and entered the cabinet and became the capital?"

Luo Xin frowned and thought. Luo Xin had a deep study of the history of this dynasty. When he was in the Hanlin Academy, when he was fine, he studied the history of this dynasty. At this time, the history of the Ming Dynasty flashed in his mind, and the information from the cabinet capital flashed one by one in his mind, and his face gradually showed a solemn look.

Because he found that the facts were exactly the same as what Lu Tingfang said. There was never a rank-level official, a Hanlin scholar, or a six ministers, who entered the cabinet and became the capital of the cabinet. He asked curiously:

"My father-in-law, why is this?"

"This is the two rivers that first communicated, but later they became more and more distant and would never meet again."

"Two rivers?"

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