Zhou Zheng stood in front of the window of the side room, looked out, and said at the same time: "No one saw it, right?" ”

Wei Xizhuang knew the danger of him doing this, and said, "Don't worry, no one." ”

Only then did Zhou Zheng turn around and seriously look at the person brought by Wei Xizhuang.

It was a middle-aged man, with a calm expression and gloomy eyes, as if he was hiding some kind of resentment, silent, just looking at Zhou Zheng and keeping his head down.

Zhou Zheng meditated on his plan in his heart, and looked at this person: "What I want you to do just need to be cautious, there is no danger, you can rest assured." ”

The man didn't raise his head and said, "Even if there is danger, even if the adults command, Li is not a person who is afraid of death." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at him, still hard to trust in his heart, and turned his head to look at Wei Xizhuang.

Wei Xizhuang smiled and said, "Lao Li, the person I trust the most, if you have anything to say, just say it, just like me." ”

Zhou Zheng listened to Wei Xizhuang's words, his vigilance was slightly reduced, he pondered for a moment, and said, "I set off for Shenyang on the eighth day of the first month, and I want you to go before me." You can pretend to be a refugee or a captive, the important thing is to enter Shenyang, hide, and help me secretly inquire about some news and do something. ”

Zhou Zheng said very little, cautious, he is just a small inspector of the imperial history, if he comes out of the bottom and is denounced, it will be a big disaster!

Li Xiaobin knew that Zhou was the deputy envoy who went to Jianyu, so he did not doubt his words, and said, "The lower officials obey the order." ”

Wei Xizhuang waited for Li Xiaobin to finish speaking, and said: "There are six of them in total, you take them all, if there is anything, with their help, you may be able to escape back." ”

Zhou Zheng had a lot of things he wanted to explain to Li Xiaobin, and he also had something to teach him, but Wei Xizhuang was here and he couldn't say anything, so he had to nod and say to Li Xiaobin: "Well, I will give you five thousand taels of silver tomorrow, part of it for your family, and part of it for your expenses...... I have to go back. ”

Zhou Zheng finally made up for it.

Wei Xizhuang rolled his eyes, he didn't know that Zhou Zheng was going to leave him alone, he was too lazy to debunk it, and said, "Okay, I won't get involved in your business, I'm still in trouble." ”

Zhou Zheng suddenly remembered the matter of the salt class and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wei Xizhuang looked gloomy and said: "I did it according to your method, I thought I could move, but the book was sent up, there was no movement, I wanted to catch a few people to make a little trouble, Hou Guoxing suddenly jumped out and took all the people away." I'm busy, it's all in vain. ”

Zhou Zheng's brows moved slightly, but he didn't expect that the power involving salt was so strong, and Wei Xizhuang couldn't be moved before he could operate much.

Although Wei Xizhuang is smart, he is not meticulous enough, even if he has a background, if he is too deeply involved, he may be played to death, Zhou Zheng said in a deep voice: "This road seems to be difficult to walk, you let it go first, and when I come back, we will discuss it in the long run." ”

Hou Guoxing is the son of the Hakka family, and Wei Xizhuang has no ability to compete.

Wei Xizhuang naturally felt the pressure, but he did not accept Wei Zhongxian's knighthood, and he had to give something back to keep his position in front of Wei Zhongxian—a lot of silver was needed.

Wei Xizhuang looked at Zhou Zheng, his eyes flashed coldly, and said: "Don't worry, I know the measure, after you leave, I will go to Yingtian first and do our things well." Then I went to Yangzhou, I couldn't move in the capital, but who sheltered them in Yangzhou? I'm bent on making money for the 9,000-year-old, and if I make a big fuss, the 9,000-year-old still has to protect me and see what they can do to me! ”

Zhou Zheng listened to the words, his eyes lit up slightly, and he said: "This method is not bad, but you must be cautious, the power of the salt merchants is huge and intertwined, don't set yourself on fire." ”

Wei Xizhuang nodded, looked at Li Xiaobin again, and said, "Let's stop here today, let's talk about it another day." ”

There was a Li Xiaobin present, and Wei Xizhuang and Zhou Zheng had a lot to say.

Zhou Zheng hummed and said, "The day before I leave, I will ask Liuzhen to bring someone to decorate, and if there is something to do in the past few days, come here." ”

Wei Xizhuang nodded and said, "Got it." As he spoke, he glanced at Li Xiaobin again and walked quickly.

Li Xiaobin waited for him to leave, and then said, "Lord Zhou, the next official will leave." ”

Zhou Zhengdao: "Tomorrow all six of you will come, and I will explain your specific tasks, how to do things, and how to contact you." ”

"Yes." Li Xiaobin said.

Zhou Zhengmu saw him leave, he felt a little confident in his heart, with a little smile on his face, stood for a while, and walked around this small building again.

Finally, he walked out of the main gate, looked up at the small building and courtyard, and said with longing: "It's still a little smaller." ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at the small buildings and courtyards on both sides, and was satisfied when he saw that there was room for development, turned his head and continued to look, and said to himself: "What is the name...... It has to be appropriate, it has to have some meaning, by the way, it is called Jiujiang Pavilion! ”

Jiujiang, Kyushu, rich in meaning, self-evident. In addition, Zhou Zheng's ancestral home is Jiujiang Mansion, Jiangxi, which is a very suitable name.

Zhou Zheng was very satisfied with the name, looked at it for a while, and then turned to leave.

Just as Gu Xiancheng did not expect that the Donglin Academy he founded because of the opposition party struggle would become a powerful friend of the Ming Dynasty later, Zhou Zheng did not expect that his Jiujiang Pavilion would develop into what kind of scale and how much influence it would have on the Ming Dynasty!

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Early the next morning, Zhou Zheng was called into the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites appointed Huang Weihuai as the envoy to mourn the old chief Nurhachi, Zhou Zheng was the deputy envoy, and the other five people were also quickly in place.

The appointment of the Ministry of Rites was very low-key, and only one Lang Zhong came forward.

Obviously, the Ming court is trying its best to lower the specifications of this mission, even if the government and the opposition know about it, they still care about certain things, and dare not 'blatantly' let go of their hands and feet.

The Ministry of Rites only explained some things, and repeatedly reiterated that there should be no contact except for 'condolences', let alone anything out of line.

But in the end, he threw down the next sentence: 'Measure the measure, decide on the spot', and turn the previous words into nonsense.

Huang Weihuai was expressionless from beginning to end, and he didn't make eye contact with Zhou Zheng. The others came from all over the six ministries, and they were all petty officials below the seventh rank, who had no right to speak, and were cautious.

The day of departure from Beijing is set for the eighth day of the first lunar month, and it is expected to arrive in Shenyang on the 22nd and return to Ningyuan on the 31st.

Zhou Zheng knew that this matter was deep, so he didn't say much, went out of the Ministry of Rites, went back to the house to change clothes, turned a few corners, and came to Jiujiang Pavilion.

Li Xiaobin's six people were already waiting, Zhou Zheng looked at the six people, and after introducing himself, he began to assign their tasks.

At the same time, they were taught how to ambush in Shenyang, how to collect the information they needed, how to develop an intelligence network, how to make contacts, how to deliver information, and so on.

Li Xiaobin and the others are not stupid, this is obviously not what a supervising imperial history should do, nor is it a simple 'protection'.

But none of the six asked, just listened and answered.

Zhou Zheng took the measure, held the scale slightly, talked for more than an hour, and communicated with them again to ensure that there was no problem, and then handed them the silver and asked them to leave immediately and rush to Liaodong.