After a long time like this, it was not until two o'clock in the afternoon (4 o'clock in the afternoon) that Li Jinzhong walked in in small steps and said softly: "Your Majesty, Guo Hongtao, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is waiting outside the Qianqing Palace." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Lao Zhu looked at the carved leak (an ancient time measurement tool for water injection), and muttered softly: "What is Guo Hongtao doing here, and he has only arrived now?" Then he said, "It is rumored that Guo Hongtao came here to see me." ”

Li Jinzhong went out, did not let the little eunuch pass Guo Hongtao, but walked to the gate of the Qianqing Palace by himself, and said to Guo Hongtao, who was waiting: "Your Majesty sent you to Dongnuan Pavilion to see you." Come with me. ”

Guo Hongtao thanked Li Jinzhong and followed Li Jinzhong to Dongnuan Pavilion. While walking, Guo Hongtao whispered to Li Jinzhong: "Gonggong Li, did Your Majesty say anything before summoning me just now?" ”

Guo Hongtao was directly promoted to commander by Jinyiwei after Lao Zhu ordered the abolition of Jinyiwei's judicial-related rights in the twentieth year of Hongwu (1387). He watched with his own eyes that the former commander and commander of the former commander and commander from Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division were dragged by the soldiers of the Twelve Guards to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies for trial and then beheaded. Therefore, after he took office, he changed the style of his predecessors, was cautious in his words and deeds, and acted in a low-key manner. Unless Lao Zhu orders, the minister will never be investigated; In addition, he attaches great importance to the relationship with the eunuchs around Zhu Yuanzhang. He believes that although the eunuchs around Zhu Yuanzhang now don't talk about interfering in political affairs, as long as they say more about things that shouldn't be asked, they will disappear completely, but they can still get a lot of useful information around the emperor, which is very useful for them to survive instead of dying. Therefore, Guo Hongtao has been currying favor with the eunuchs around Lao Zhu in various ways since he took office for five years. Li Jinzhong is the third and the one who has been by Lao Zhu's side for the longest time, so Guo Hongtao has worked hard to get close to Li Jinzhong in the past two years, including slightly improving the lives of his family. So Guo Hongtao and Li Jinzhong have a good relationship.

When Li Jinzhong heard Guo Hongtao's words, his eyes swept around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, and while maintaining a uniform speed, he whispered: "When Your Majesty summoned you, he muttered in a low voice, 'What is this for, why is it only here now?', you should pay more attention." “

Guo Hongtao quietly thanked him, and when he arrived at the door of the Dongnuan Pavilion, Li Jinzhong walked in and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already put away the fold and was talking about the treasure money with Yunxi: "Your Majesty, Guo Hongtao is outside the pavilion." “

Lao Zhu glanced at him and said, "Then pass him in." “

Li Jinzhong, who was swept by Lao Zhu's eyes, got up and went out to pass Guo Hongtao in. Guo Hongtao came in and knelt down to greet him. Lao Zhu waited for him to finish his salute and said, "Get up and talk." Guo Hongtao thanked him and stood aside.

Yunxi saw Guo Hongtao for the first time. Yun Xi doesn't know how to deal with people, and he can't see anything about Zhu Di, Zhu Quan and others at all. But after Yunxi saw Guo Hongtao, he felt that he was very distinctive; He just stood there, not the slightest movement from top to bottom, not even the slightest tremor. Yun Xi has also seen a lot of people these days, and almost all of them will not be completely without movements: nervousness will have small movements, and they will sweat; The excited muscles will tremble and the face will turn red; Even if you sit or stand calmly, you will rarely have no movement at all; Not to mention that ordinary people will be scared when they see Lao Zhu. So Yun Xi remembered Guo Hongtao all of a sudden.

Just when Yun Xi was observing Guo Hongtao, Lao Zhu opened his mouth and said: "Today I asked someone to look for you at the beginning of the afternoon (12:30 noon to 1 o'clock in the afternoon), it has been more than an hour, although the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division is not outside the Chengtian Gate, but it is not too far, why is it only here now?" ”

Guo Hongtao's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a very appropriate volume: "Your Majesty, yesterday the tribute envoy of Hameri (the Northwest Domain, in today's Gan Province) came to Beijing and paid a tribute of thirty horses from the Western Regions, asking Your Majesty to forgive them for their sins in the twenty-three years of Hongwu. The minister's brocade guard is in charge of the horse training division, and the Li Fan Yuan handed over the BMW to the horse training department today, and the minister went to check the quality of the horses to see if they can be ridden by His Majesty and the princes. ”

As soon as Yun Xi heard this, he felt that his answer was really good. Not only does it explain why it took so long to arrive, but it also shows the importance it attaches to royal affairs. If he really went to see the quality of the horses, it would be fine, if he didn't go but made it up after hearing Lao Zhu's question, it would be too talented. (He didn't know what Li Jinzhong reminded him of)

What Yun Xi can think of, Lao Zhu can't think of? How can it be! But the clever sycophant lies in the fact that you know it's sycophant, but you still can't help but accept it. Of course, the more important point is: Lao Zhu can't find anyone else to take over Jinyiwei now. Intelligence agencies are not something that anyone can do, and they need to be both trusted and suitable. Guo Hongtao is doing it now, he is low-key and low-key, and Lao Zhu is more comfortable to use, so let him continue to do it for the time being.

Lao Zhu asked a question, Guo Hongtao answered concisely and decently, and this matter has passed for the time being. Lao Zhu gestured to Yun Xi with his eyes, Yun Xi understood, stepped forward and said, "Commander Guo, in fact, I have something to ask you for help." ”

Guo Hongtao was also puzzled, if the intelligence chief didn't know what Yun Xi was responsible for, it would be very derelict in his duties. But his face was not obvious at all, his expression was kind, and he bowed and said, "I don't dare to be the title of 'adult' of His Royal Highness." If Your Highness has anything to do, I'll just give me a direct order. ”

Yun Xi returned the salute, then told Guo Hongtao about the matter, and finally said: "This time it is to maintain the confidence of the people in the treasure banknote, so spreading rumors must not let the people see that the people of the court did it; But don't be a stranger, in case the people don't believe. Among them, I hope that Commander Guo will take care of it and don't go wrong. ”

Guo Hongtao still had a warm and faint smile on his face, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, my Jinyi Guard will definitely have no problem." ”

Yun Xi was still very confident in Jin Yiwei's ability to do things because of the internal files he had read during this time, and he nodded when he heard the words: "That's good." Commander Guo, you still have to worry about it. ”

Then Lao Zhu asked about the movements of some ministers in the court, and did not let Yun Xi avoid it. Yun Xi listened to it on the side, and he was in a cold sweat when he heard it! Lao Zhu's surveillance of the minister was so detailed. The record in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" that "Zhu Yuanzhang even recorded how many dishes were served when the ministers invited them to dinner, the order in which the dishes were served, and the location of the dishes" was not made up by the Manchu historians in order to discredit the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but it turned out to be true.

After a while, Guo Hongtao stepped back. Lao Zhu approved a few more excerpts and explained them to Yunxi, it was almost 5 o'clock. Lao Zhu stretched his waist and said to Yun Xi: "Yun Xi, help me and go to the back of Kunning Palace." Hearing this, Yun Xi stepped forward to help Lao Zhu, and the grandfather and grandson walked there. A large group of eunuchs followed.

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PS: I put what I want to say here in case some book readers don't notice, it's a free chapter anyway. The title of the Treasure Money War is going to be suspended, because I think there are still ten days left before the real start of the Treasure Money War, and I will arrange a lot of things to happen to him in these ten days, a considerable part of which is a very important plot, and it can't be pushed back according to the development of the storyline, so it is scheduled to be updated in the next few days. When the time in the book arrives at the first day of October, I will return to the treasure money war.