Looking at Xu Jing's vicissitudes of his face.

Fang Jifan's heart was getting more and more painful.

After coming out of Fengtian Hall, Fang Jifan patted Xu Jing on the shoulder.

Xu Jing was originally restraining his emotions, but his mentor's gentle hand slapped his shoulder, and a burst of tears suddenly burst out from his eyes.

"Teacher..."

Fang Jifan smiled and said, "It's been five years. For five years, my teacher has been thinking about you all day long. You are finally back, and I'm very pleased to be my teacher."

Xu Jing's eyes were filled with tears: "It's the student who made his teacher worry about it."

Fang Jifan sighed, looked up and looked at the sky.

"When you go home, cry here, it's not good to be seen by outsiders. When you go out, the most important thing to remember is not to lose your face as a teacher."

Xu Jing sobbed.

Then, he felt the comfort of a four-wheeled carriage. Sitting on the sofa, he opened the curtains in novel ways and looked at the street view passing by quickly outside the window: "New City is so good."

"Of course." Fang Jifan sat opposite him, his sofa wider, and he looked at Xu Jing with a smile.

Xu Jing suddenly became worried again: "Mr., student... want to ask something, is it really a ball under our feet?"

"Why do you ask this?" Fang Jifan seemed surprised.

Xu Jing said: "Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo went out to sea with their students. If the mountains, rivers and the vast oceans are not round, then... wouldn't it... wouldn't it... Isn't it... Isn't it... I will never see the two uncles again?"

Fang Jifan sighed in his heart, why is the earth round? If it is square, then those two dog-like things will not even have the chance of a lifetime of death!

When they arrived at Zhenguo Mansion, many people warmly welcomed this uncle. People had an extraordinary respect for Xu Jing.

And on this day, Xu Jing got drunk.

Since he went to the sea, he never drank alcohol, but now he has become drunk with just a few bowls of rice wine.

He covered his face and cried loudly. Tears flowed down his fingers, "I deserve to die, I deserve to die. Everyone says that my parents are here and I don't travel far away. I am a disciple and cannot serve my mentor at all times. I also have to teach my mentor to worry. I, Xu Jing, are unfaithful and unfilial..."

Tears fell down, and the eyes of several brothers turned red.

Fang Jifan sat in the first place blankly, and he was still a little confused inside.

What do people in this world do with their brains? I can't keep up with this thinking.

Fang Jifan coughed: "Hengfu... OK, don't cry."

Xu Jing's shoulders twitched, but his crying covered Fang Jifan's voice: "Mr.... The teacher is sick and a disciple cannot take care of him. When his teacher encounters difficulties, a disciple cannot solve his problems. His teacher's joy is not available to share his disciples. What's the use of his teacher asking me as a disciple?"

Tang Yin hurriedly wiped his tears: "If you can achieve success, your teacher will be very pleased. Your teacher will not ask us to repay you."

Wang Shouren, Liu Wenshan, and Jiang Chen both nodded.

Fang Jifan: "..."

I want to pay for it, hey... hey... I will rely on you to support me in the next life...

Fang Jifan forced a smile and coughed: "That's right, this is the kind of person I am in."

The next morning, Xu Jing finally returned to normal. Early in the morning, he came to greet Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan: "..."

Xiao Xu obviously went out to sea for a long time and didn't understand Fang Jifan's living habits.

But Fang Jifan still got up obediently, but Zhu Xiurong felt strange. While dressing Fang Jifan, he also told Fang Jifan not to work hard.

Fang Jifan met Xu Jing in the small hall.

Xu Jing bowed deeply to Fang Jifan: "I have met my mentor."

Fang Jifan nodded, and someone had already poured tea. He took a sip of the tea and said slowly: "Come early in the morning, just to greet you."

"Today, the emperor ordered the students to see you. I think it is better to ask the method of dominating the world. The students should think carefully or ask their mentor's advice."

Fang Jifan thought for a while: "What suggestions do you have?"

Xu Jing said: "The governance outside the vassal state is a huge problem. The survivors are lost overseas, thousands of miles away, and they have to face the epidemic. The natives and Franchise people are eyeing each other. After all, the court is too far away from them. One year or two years, even ten or twenty years, there may not be any rift between them, but what about twenty years later?"

Xu Jing also said: "The most important thing is that if the remnants are not sent, and the local people are just good, they will not be able to control the four oceans. Therefore, they must send troops to build towns, take China as the main point, and take the four seas as the branches. Then, where does this countless manpower come from? Once they get married and establish a career thousands of miles away, will they be willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty? The guardians sent by the court do not know how to convince the people? And if the remnants are promoted to guard, it is difficult to protect and will not be disloyal. Therefore, the students feel that this is a huge difficult task. Your Majesty regards students as the Protectorate of the Four Seas, but this Protectorate is just an empty arsenal..."

Fang Jifan could understand Xu Jing’s feelings.

The Protectorate’s Mansion sounds nice, but it is harder to control the four oceans than climbing to the sky.

For example, the Ming Dynasty fleet is of huge scale, but in the southern part of Kunlun Prefecture, if there is a Ming base in the south of Kunlun Prefecture, how to use the population of this base, will the local survivors be willing to be loyal? If a rebellion occurs, then do so? Should I suppress it? But when the news reaches the Ming Dynasty, it will be a year later. When the Ming Dynasty mobilizes people and prepares to quell the rebellion, other people's children can make a fuss.

The same applies to the Golden Continent. Once the survivors have lived there for two, three, and four generations, their kinship with the Ming Dynasty will naturally fade away and become distant. When they are there, they will be extremely peaceful. Why do you have to manage it from a yamen thousands of miles away?

To put it bluntly, the cost of rebellion is low, while the cost of management is too high.

There is no balance in this, and the so-called dominance of the world is itself a joke.

But if a large number of military and civilians were not moved out, the interests of the Ming Dynasty in various places would be even more difficult to protect.

Fang Jifan smiled and said with a smile: "You, it seems that you are still not as good as your junior brother Bo An. You have forgotten the unity of knowledge and action, right?"

"This..." Xu Jing looked ashamed.

Fang Jifan said: "First of all, the survivors need to be educated. No matter they are in every corner of the world, they must have the same values ​​as China. Therefore, Saint Kong, we must polish the statue of his old man."

No matter what Fang Jifan thought about the saint, he knew that Saint Confucius was the greatest consensus today.

"Of course, these alone are not enough to control the foreign countries. If people are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty, or to serve China, their essence requires benefits, and not just education alone. What is profit? China's porcelain and silk are widely needed in the Golden Continent, even for future residents. In the future, they will inevitably expand their territory, produce and cultivate agricultural land, and their specialties must also be sold in China. This is like water, and water needs to flow so that interests can be equally diversified... For example... Xishan Jianye..."

"Xishan Jianye..."

Fang Jifan patiently explained: "If the court appointed a minor official to go to Huangjinzhou, would this minor official be willing to do his best to do his best?"

Xu Jing frowned.

Fang Jifan said: "He is thousands of miles away, and no one can see this little official doing well. So he will naturally be perfunctory and not care much about Shangguan who is thousands of miles away."

"But if it were Xishan Jianye who sent a craftsman to the Golden State, would he do his best?"

Xu Jing couldn't help but say: "This..."

"He will do his best, because he does a good job and opens up the market, so that Jianye can make money. If he is given a suitable reward, he will do his best. So... the fundamental point is that if these survivors are all in a system, they must rely on this system to make a living. The landlords who grow cotton need it, because only it can buy its cotton in large quantities. The miners who start mine also need it, and only it can acquire minerals. Similarly, those who need to open workshops need it, because without it, no one provides society. Instead of using the power of the government to control the four oceans, it is better to connect them with the bond of interests."

Xu Jing said in surprise: "The students seem to understand something."

Fang Jifan smiled and said, "It's good if you understand. You are going to meet the saint today. There is one thing you have to entrust to you as a teacher."

Xu Jing hurriedly said, "My teacher just asks me."

Fang Jifan's eyes turned: "Your Majesty's inner warehouse, there is a lot of silver. If you think of a way, tell him to save all the real money and silver. Only by giving this money can this silver be born. Otherwise, staying in the warehouse... will make you moldy."

"Ah..." Xu Jing was sweating profusely, and he was a little unconfident.

No royal silver is deposited at the money house.

Fang Jifan said: "Don't say it was me who mentioned it, you go and talk."

"Student..." Xu Jing said ashamed: "See a way to try."

Xu Jing took Fang Jifan's hint, but he got on the carriage without understanding.

Use commercial interests to connect all the residents.

But...how to connect it.

And... how to encourage the remnants to be pioneering and enterprising?

This... seems to be a...a headache.

The carriage arrived at the Meridian Gate, but did not stop, but entered directly outside the Fengtian Hall and stopped. This was the order issued by His Majesty the Emperor.

Xu Jing was allowed to drive in the palace.

Xu Jing went to Fengtian Hall and bowed down. At this time, Emperor Hongzhi and several cabinet ministers had been waiting here for a long time.

"Your dear, don't have to be too polite, just be calm."

Xu Jing got up, and the eunuch had prepared Jindun, and Xu Jing leaned down and sat down.

Several cabinet ministers all looked at Xu Jing.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Xu Qing family, I entrust you to the Protectorate of the All Seas. Can you understand my intention?"
Chapter completed!