At the end of April, Wang Zhizheng and his entourage successfully arrived at Jinling City along the river. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the thieves were suppressed from Wuhu, the counties along the way were not free of bandits, but they heard that Wang Zhizheng, a big evil star, was going to kill all the way, who was willing to offend this brow, so the bandits along the way honestly hid in the lair and did not dare to go out, waiting for Wang Zhizheng to leave and make plans.

Wang Zhizheng arrived at Jinling City on the evening of 25 April, when it was already drowsy, and he got off the boat, and Wang Zhizheng ordered the official ship to go straight back to Wuhu County.

Wang Zhizheng smiled and said to Zhang Pu: "Tong Yingqiu sent such a big ship to send us to Jinling, we can't help but say something, I gave all the silver tickets to Wuhu County, can you help me express it~"

Zhang Pu was a member of the Wuzhong clan, and he had money, so he proudly took out a thousand taels of silver tickets from his sleeve and handed them to the boatman and said: "You have worked hard all the way, give this silver ticket to the brothers on the boat!

How dare the boatman accept it, Wang Zhizheng smiled and said: "You accept it, don't tell your county master!"

As soon as they got off the boat, Wang Zhizheng saw a group of people waiting at the gate of Jinling City to meet them.

Wang Zhizheng took a closer look, smiled and said to Zhang Pu beside him: "I'm not a big person, why do I arrange so many people to greet me, just go to the inn to rest!"

Zhang Pu smiled and said: "If your Hou Ye doesn't dare to call himself a big man, then how many big people will there be in this Jinling City?"

Wang Zhizheng laughed and said: "Jinling is the southern Zhili, the auxiliary capital of the Ming Dynasty (the Ming Dynasty implements the two-capital system), the powerful gathered, and I can't afford to offend a few people at will!"

Zhang Cai arched his hand on the side and said, "Master Hou, there are many old acquaintances of yours who came to greet you today!"

Wang Zhizheng listened, raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Cai: "My old acquaintance? This is strange, this is the first time I have come to Jinling, how can there be my old acquaintance?"

As he spoke, a group of teams to greet Wang Zhizheng and others greeted Ke Ke.

Wang Zhizheng took a closer look, and the middle-aged man who was nearly half a hundred years old with a long beard beating his chest at the head couldn't help laughing and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Mu Zhai!"

Mr. Mu Zhai is Qian Qianyi.

Wang Zhizheng didn't expect that Qian Qianyi, who was a hot official in the capital, would actually go to Jinling.

Qian Qianyi also laughed and arched his hand and said: "Hou Ye, it has been three years in a hurry since the Beijing City was farewell, although Hou Ye resigned and went into hiding, he was like an idle cloud and a wild crane, but he still had an extraordinary bearing!"

Wang Zhizheng waved his hand and said: "Although I am an idle cloud and a wild crane, how can I compare to Mr. Mu Zhai, although I am nearly half a hundred years old, I am still a romantic and suave man!"

Qian Qianyi couldn't laugh, he sighed: "I'm afraid that from now on, the old man will also travel with the Hou Ye!"

Wang Zhizheng asked puzzledly: "Didn't you do a good job in the post of Taichang Siqing?"

Qian Qianyi looked at everyone left and right, knowing that this was not the place to speak, so he waved his hand and said, "Is Master Hou planning to discuss the world's affairs with me here?"

Wang Zhizheng knew that although this old gentleman looked bookish, he was a shrewd man.

So he nodded knowingly and said, "Let's talk about all banquets." ”

Zhang Pu said with a smile: "Mr. Mu Zhai has come to Jinling, we can be regarded as old acquaintances in another country, we must have a good drink tonight!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the three polite young men beside Qian Qianyi and said: "Let me introduce, this is Yang Tingshu of Suzhou, the backbone of our society! This is Fang Yizhi of Tongcheng, Wu Weiye of Taicang, and this ...... ，”

After Wang Zhizheng greeted the three young men beside Qian Qianyi, he didn't have much interest or impression of these young people in their early twenties, but fixed his eyes on the capable scribe in his thirties, who was about his own age and stood in a volume.

But Zhang Pu was obviously not very familiar with this scribe, so he smiled awkwardly and said to Qian Qianyi: "This must be Mr. Mu Zhai's guest, right?"

Qian Qianyi hurriedly pointed at the scribe and said, "Oh, this is the old man's friend, Ma Shiying, the former governor of Henan! ”

Ma Shiying hurriedly bowed his hand to Wang Zhizheng and the others: "No, Ma Shiying, see Master Hou, participate in Mr. Zhang Pu." ”

Wang Zhizheng observed Ma Shiying, and saw that although he was not tall, he was handsome and calm, and he looked quite capable?

Wang Zhizheng hurriedly returned the salute: "Master Ma is very polite!"

After everyone greeted each other, Qian Qianyi hurriedly said: "Let's go, the foolish brother of the carriage and horse has already been arranged, let's go into the city!"

Wang Zhizheng and his entourage entered the carriage and horses with everyone, and the servants brought by Qian Qianyi also hurriedly arranged for Wang Zhizheng's family to enter the carriage and horses.

The first time he entered Jinling City, the southern capital of the empire, it was exactly the same as he imagined.

Looking at the clean and tidy streets and the prosperous atmosphere, Wang Zhizheng couldn't help but feel like he couldn't leave.

He couldn't help but sigh and said: "Jinling is worthy of being the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, rich in natural treasures, handsome and elegant, not only the city is solid, but also magnificent, no less than the capital!"

Zhang Pu beside him couldn't help but say: "Yes, at the beginning, Emperor Taizu set the capital here, and later during the Battle of Jingyan, Chengzu said the bold words of the Son of Heaven to guard the country, and moved the capital to the north and Beijing, but for so many years, the southern capital Jinling has not declined at all!"

Wang Zhizheng nodded and said: "Now the north is eventful, if there is something in the north, this southern capital will also take its place, her geographical location is dangerous, not only the river and the sea, but also has a ready-made cabinet! Chengzu set it up as the southern capital and also made the worst plan!"

Wang Zhizheng said such direct words, which made Zhang Pu stunned, so he said in a low voice: "Master Hou, these words are not easy to talk nonsense!"

Wang Zhizheng smiled and shook his hand: "I just said it casually, don't take it to heart!"

A group of carriages and horses arrived at the most lively street and alley in Jinling City, and the three big characters of "Bell and Drum Lane" were written in vigorous block letters.

Wang Zhizheng pointed to the big characters and said: "These three words are so beautiful, they look like Taizu's handwriting!"

Zhang Pu said with a smile: "Hou Ye has good eyesight, these three words are indeed imitations of Taizu's handwriting. But it is not from the hand of Taizu, this is Wang Shouren's ink treasure. ”

"Wang Shouren?" Wang Zhizheng was stunned, Wang Shouren has always been Wang Zhizheng's idol.

He couldn't help but praise: "Mr. Wang Yangming's handwriting looks majestic, showing his achievements everywhere!"

Zhang Pu smiled slightly: "I heard Jiang Nai say that the one that Hou Ye admires the most is Wang Shouren. ”

Wang Zhizheng said solemnly: "Yes, Wang Shouren is a rare perfect person in my dynasty, not only practical in thought, but also literary and military skills are all worshiped by my generation!"