Originally, almost everyone had no doubts about Xu Wenjue being the admiral of the Jiangnan Camp, but now, the emperor's opinions are very vague and things are developing in an unclear direction.

The opinions are vague, which means that Xu Wenjue is not intended to be the admiral.

Xu Hongji couldn't sleep all night, not knowing where he did something wrong, which made the emperor feel suspicious, and his son Xu Wenjue felt even more unfair.

Zhang Shize in the capital was much silly than himself, but why could he be valued? He even brought the Southern Tour with him, and he couldn't even be a governor of the Jiangnan Camp?

Unlike Zhang Shize, Xu Wenjue inherited at least half of his father's cunning.

During the few times he was summoned to the imperial court, Xu Wenjue had always performed remarkably. In addition to his unproven ability to command troops, other defense lines almost completely suppressed Zhang Shize.

But he never knew why Zhu Youxiao pressed him in the audience but repeatedly entrusted Zhang Shize with reuse.

For Zhu Youxiao, civil officials like Feng Quan who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in history could still be used for themselves in special times, but Xu Wenjue, the head of the nobles who took the lead in Nanjing in history to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in any case, could not believe him.

The governor of Jiangnan Camp must be absolutely loyal to Zhu Youxiao just like the governor of Yongwei Camp.

Zhu Youxiao cannot tolerate any form of betrayal, even if this betrayal is only one in ten thousand.

What Xu Wenjue did in history determines that no matter how excellent he is, Zhu Youxiao cannot hand over military power to him.

Even after Xu Hongji's death, the Duke of Wei may be affected, but for now, this is a funeral, who can guess?

Early that morning, Xu Hongji was sitting in the main hall of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, holding a cup of tea and trying to moisten his throat.

Suddenly, his son hurried over outside the door.

"father!"

"You are giving the judge, what did the child do wrong? Why does Your Majesty distrust her and will not hand over the position of governor of Jiangnan Camp to her!"

With a shake of his hand, half of the tea in the cup was sprinkled.

Xu Hongji sighed angrily and helplessly, put down his cup, but did not speak.

Xu Wenjue didn't understand the difficulties in his father's heart, so he only focused on getting the answer he wanted, and hurriedly said:

"Father, you say something!"

"Or you go and ask Your Majesty, this position as a Jiangnan camp is the last chance for our Duke of Wei to turn over!"

"If I leave it to Zhang Shize, the child can't swallow this!"

"Come over, what are you over?"

Xu Hongji looked at his impulsive and reckless son and said half-angryly:

"The reason why Your Majesty doesn't hand over this position to you is that our Duke of Wei has too much influence. If you get the position of governor, it is a thorn in others' eyes and a thorn in the flesh!"

"If you are just my son of Xu Hongji, and you make a mistake, you may even turn big things into small things, and you will disappear."

"But if you are still the governor of the Jiangnan Camp, if you make any trouble, you will be reported to me by someone. Your Majesty does not doubt it's okay."

"Once your Majesty is suspicious, at that time, if you make a small mistake, it may be a serious crime of extermination of the title and the clan!"

"Do you understand?"

Xu Wenjue really didn't care who was responsible for the position of governor. As long as it was not Zhang Shize and he would not be so excited to choose someone.

The main reason is that Zhang Shize and him are the leaders of the future honorary and relatives of the North and South respectively.

Zhang Shize has always been brought by the emperor, and may be highly valued after returning to Beijing. If the governor of the Jiangnan Camp had also let Zhang Shize do it.

What else can he use to fight against the British Duke in the future?

"Now there are rumors in the court and the country that Your Majesty wants Zhang Shize to stay in Jinling and become the governor of the Jiangnan camp."

Xu Wenjue was bored, his eyes scattered, and said:

"The child just doesn't accept it. Zhang Shize lost to me more than anything. Why can he be the governor? Either I don't do it, he doesn't do it."

"Or, this governor must be my Xu Wenjue!"

Xu Hongji's face was full of regret. When he moved his mouth and was about to scold him, he saw the butler running in hurriedly and said:

"Master, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong is here, saying that he has something important to ask for a meeting!"

Zhao Zhilong, what did he do?

Xu Hongji looked worried. Perhaps others hadn't seen this Zhao Zhilong yet, but he had long understood that this man was not upright and had a lot of ambitions!

When he looked to the side, he found that his son Xu Wenjue heard Zhao Zhilong coming, and his face was filled with joy, and he felt something was even more wrong.

He didn't want Zhao Zhilong to come in, but Zhao Zhilong has always been a member of the Three Treasures Hall for no reason. At this critical moment, he may be coming to spread some important news.

After thinking about it, he still said:

"Call him in."

Xu Hongji looked at Xu Wenjue's joyful look and couldn't help but scold: "Don't get too close to Zhao Zhilong, he is not a good person!"

Xu Wenjue was stunned for a moment, laughed and said:

"I know, don't you just look down on me? I can't just stop talking to him?"

"You, you rebellious son--!"

Xu Hongji almost came up in one breath, feeling a little dizzy when he was angry.

After a while, Zhao Zhilong came to the hall with a sinister face, clasped his fists and said, "I have met Duke Wei and the young master..."

Xu Hongji was angry, and he was not very optimistic about Zhao Zhilong, so he snorted coldly and said no to him. Instead, Xu Wenjue greeted him privately.

Xu Hongji looked at it, held back his anger, and asked in anger:

"What's your purpose for this time?"

Zhao Zhilong said without any hesitation:

"The Duke of Wei has known that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were summoned to meet him a while ago. Over the past few days, there are many different opinions on what Your Majesty has said to them."

"I've already found out from many sources!"

Xu Hongji had long understood that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were summoned at this time, so the emperor naturally had important things to entrust.

At this time, as the leader of the honorary family, I don’t know how many people were staring at it, and there was no movement at all.

Before he could refuse, he heard Xu Wenjue stroking his palm and laughing, "Okay, okay, come and listen, my father has been discussing this matter a long time ago."

Zhao Zhilong was afraid that Xu Hongji would not listen, so he could not pull him into the water.

Xu Wenjue was so easy to be fooled, so he naturally fell down and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal..."

"My people found out that after Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting left, the Qianqing Palace sign in front of the imperial court issued an order and allocated more than 2 million taels of silver from the treasury!"

Xu Wenjue was full of surprise, widened his eyes and immediately asked, "More than two million taels, this is not a small amount! Who are you giving it to?"

Zhao Zhilong spread his hands and said he didn't know and sneered:

"How could I know so thoroughly in the palace?"

"Although I don't know who I gave it to, I heard that since then, Sun Chuanting's Qin army and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army have received a batch of new armor and weapons from the Shandong Military Equipment Department."

"At present, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng are expanding their troops in Suzhou and Xijiangkou respectively. It is hard to say that this is not the will of His Majesty..."
Chapter completed!