"Oh?" Xia Xun raised his eyebrows and said quietly: ...... Go on."

"Yes! Originally, Mu En didn't know much about these rules, just because he had just taken over the inner study, and the eunuchs in the inner study were explaining these rules to him, so he picked up the top letter and looked at it, and accidentally noticed that it was an impeachment of the Duke of State, so he put this letter behind the other pieces. When he turned around, he asked Dai Tou'er to send a letter to the Duke of Guo, return the courtyard as soon as possible, or buy it with money, so as not to be pursued by the emperor. ”

Xia Xun sighed and didn't ask who the envoy who impeached him was. This envoy must have been used as a gunman, even if this matter is really a bribe, at most it makes the emperor feel unhappy, but it is impossible to bring him down, if someone wants to deal with him, he will never show himself so early.

As for the envoy who was used as a gunman, he could not be held accountable. People say that officials eat this line of food, and they don't blame it even if it's untrue, they often impeach this and report that, princes and princesses, and they don't need to be angry about who they sue whom. Even if the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, when the power was leaning towards the government and the opposition, how many first- and second-grade officials worshipped him as a godfather, and there were still imperial envoys who sued him from time to time, and I didn't see Wei Zhongxian unforgiving.

Because the Metropolitan Inspector exists to bite people, you are not allowed to sue others, that is to take away other people's jobs, and the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate will be your enemy, unless you never let people catch them. Besides, if the impeachment recital is reported like a snowflake, it may not hurt you, and maybe the holy grace will be stronger. As an emperor, you don't necessarily like an official who doesn't even have a little opinion on you, or doesn't dare to have a little opinion about you. Seeing him pondering, Zuo Dan paused deliberately before saying: "At that time, it was this Zhang Tongzheng who sent him to the inner study. ”

Tuo Xun's eyes narrowed slowly.

Zhang Tongzheng and Imperial Envoy Duan are good friends, it is human nature to give his family ideas and find a way to intercede, maybe he just happened to know where he lives now, just this one thing, Xia Xun will not pursue it, and it is not appropriate to pursue it. However, when these two things come together, it is intriguing.

"Was it just an accident?"

Xia Xun thought for a while, and slowly ordered: "Keep an eye on this Zhang Tongzheng for me, don't let go of any official or private affairs!" How to deal with "Wait for my command!" ”

"Yes!"

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The next morning, according to the process, it was better to deal with the matter of His Majesty's resignation and audience first.

In fact, most of the time this step is just a decoration, unless there are foreign envoys, or first- and second-class court officials to make a pilgrimage, the emperor will not receive it. It's the same with the officials of His Majesty's resignation, if they really need the emperor to do something, they have already seen it in private, except for such a major event as sending troops by order, generally speaking, the emperor is not seen.

But today is different, although Xu Hu is only a fourth-rank general, he is recruited from An.

Now Zhu Di Yuji ascended the throne "The countries do not know, in addition to a few princes in Beijing, even the princes of other places have not had time to send envoys to Beijing for the Hajj, at this time, there are people from outside the country, overseas bandits to surrender to the imperial court, which is quite propaganda significance for the imperial court.

What's more, the strength of this pirate is not small, counting their relatives and friends, as well as the people living on various islands, "just sheltered under their wings, it is estimated that there are nearly 100,000 people, which is already equivalent to the population of a small country, so just like the little-known "Mountain Country" came to make a pilgrimage, Emperor Yongle also attached great importance to it.

Emperor Yongle immediately issued an order to summon him, and Xu Hu and other three pirate leaders who had changed into court clothes entered the Jinjian Palace, don't look at them and they are not afraid of the sky, if the court sailors really go to fight, they are not afraid to fight with them, but when they really arrived at the Jinjian Palace, they still had a sense of awe.

The majestic palace, the upright court guards, and the grand party will form a kind of psychological pressure on people, not to mention that they are now regarded as courtiers of the court.

Zhu Di saw them, and did not blindly declare the emperor's grace and majesty, of course, as soon as he ascended the throne, someone came to surrender, this must be vigorously promoted, but this is a matter of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Di himself does not care too much, after appeasing and praising a few loyal and commendable words, Zhu Di changed his words, and asked Xu Hu about the situation in the East China Sea.

Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty really doesn't know much about overseas countries, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have mistakenly regarded the prince as the king when he sent envoys to Japan. However, Xu Hu is very familiar with the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and even the overseas countries that are connected with them. Originally, Xu Hu was still a little apprehensive when he saw the emperor, but now when he asked him about the situation he knew best, his attitude calmed down and he began to talk eloquently.

Xia Xun noticed that Zhu Di listened very carefully, and what he asked was not only about the situation of the pirates and pirates in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, but on the contrary, he was most concerned about the situation of overseas countries and the most powerful armed forces that dominated the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a very strong emperor, but his low level causes him to not see the world far enough. Abandoning the ocean, and even abandoning those coastal islands and moving the inhabitants inward, is not because he is afraid of anything, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been afraid of anyone or anything, but in his opinion, the places he gave up are not even chicken ribs, and Zhu Di's sense of sea power is obviously stronger than his Lao Tzu.

Although his motive may not be a pure sense of sea power, but as an emperor who has just ascended the throne, the country has not yet been fully included in the rule, and he can look overseas, which is already a great mind.

Zhu Di asked in detail, today's early dynasty, just to meet Xu Hu and others who were recruited, it took nearly one-third of the time, and when Xu Hu and the three of them retreated and were guided by Honglu Temple to stand still in the Wuchen class, they only felt sweaty like pulp, and their backs were soaked.

", it's really not easy to be an official, Lao Tzu only went to the court once, and he was tired like this, it's really hard for these officials, how to survive every day."

Xu Hu secretly wiped his sweat and looked at the calm officials with admiration......

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The early dynasty dispersed, Xu Hu and the other three followed out of the main hall, and they didn't leave immediately, they wanted to ask Xia Xun what they should do next. They are all very shrewd and capable pirates, but they don't know anything about officialdom and are very at a loss. As soon as Xia Xun walked out, Xu Hu and the three of them hurried up.

Unexpectedly, the three of them have not yet stood firmly, and a group of hula surrounds them, and they are squeezed to the side of the gang at once, don't look at them all in martial arts, standing on the bow of the boat is like standing on the ground, no matter how big the wind and waves are, you don't want to shake him at all, and at this time, being squeezed by people is also immediately defeated.

Squeezing and fighting are two different things, and the brothers who don't squeeze the bus easily must have a deep understanding, those fair ladies, as soon as they see the bus stopping, they will chop the waves, and the shoulders will arch on the buttocks, squeezing you and the boys too. At this moment, these people are not girls, but civil officials, and look at their beards, they are not young.

The officials who squeezed over were Ru Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Zheng Ci, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Zhang Shen, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Huang Fu, the head of the Ministry of Works, Yin Changlong, and Mao Taiheng, the head of the Ministry of Officials. These brothers didn't have time to pick up Xia Xun yesterday, and they dispersed today, so they had to come over and say a word to the Duke of Fuguo, so they squeezed to Xia Xun's side. The sedan chair was carried by everyone, these people were either Shangshu or waiters, they were all first- and second-grade court officials, Xia Xun couldn't put on a score, and hurriedly returned the salute.

Several people were talking and laughing, and suddenly an official Shi Shiran came out of the main hall, Xia Xun saw it at a glance, and immediately called: "Zhang Tongzheng!" ”

The official was walking out when he heard someone calling him, turned his head to look, and couldn't help but change color.

Xia Xun smiled, Zhang Antai's expression changed completely, and it was the most direct test to determine whether Zhang Antai was hostile. As for scaring the snake, does he need to worry about this?

Zhang Antai's expression changed several times, he barely quieted down, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "The lower official has seen the auxiliary Guogong, I don't know what instructions the Guogong has!" ”

Xia Xun said with a smile: "The auxiliary mansion given by the emperor has not yet been built, and the prince of my country has been disturbing the palace for a long time, and the king has borrowed a house for me, and I have always been grateful, and I plan to choose a day in the "Juxian Building" to set up a banquet to thank the horse. I heard that Zhang Tongzheng and Wang Juma have always had a friendship, so please go to the banquet together.

When Ru Chang and the others heard this, they all looked at Zhang Antai with some envy, they were able to be invited by the country publicly, so they had a good face. But............ Zhang Antai's face was a little pale, he reluctantly laughed twice, and replied: "Xiaguan and Wang Yuma only have a few faces, how can there be any friendship, it must be the prince of the country who has heard it." ”

Xia Xun heard this and smiled even more happily: "Is that so?" Hehe, that's the presumptuous of the national public. ”

Zhang Antai hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

At this time, someone called: "Fuguo Gong, the emperor has summoned you!" ”

Xia Xun turned his head to look, only to see Mu En flash out at some point, and he stood still next to him.

Xia Xun arched his hand to Ru Chang and the others and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor summoned you, but you can't delay, let's talk another day, please!" ”

"Please, please!"

Everyone hurriedly gave up their hands, Xia Xun nodded to Xu Hu and the others, turned around and went with Mu En, from beginning to end, he didn't look at Zhang Antai, as if he had been treated as air. Zhang Antai looked at Xia Xun's back in disbelief, and only when Xia Xun disappeared into the corner of the hall did he grit his teeth and walk out in a panic......