In the center of the capital, the Forbidden City, the city within the city, this building complex that has stood for nearly two hundred years, has also suffered many natural disasters during it, but now it looks like it is still so majestic, so admirable, and exudes the atmosphere of imperial power all the time.

Zhang Fan remembered that the first time he saw this building complex with his own eyes, not through photos or videos, but for the first time, his heart also swelled with such admiration, but somehow, when Zhang Fan saw it again, his heart had long since lost the freshness it had at the beginning.

It is also very strange to say that Zhang Fan has been in the official career for less than a year, and many times, he is either wandering around the side gate of the Forbidden City and the East Palace, or he is assigned by Longqing, although it can be said that he is already very familiar with this imperial city, but he does not have the sense of awe in his heart that he has been in and out of the palace for decades like other ministers.

For Zhang Fan here, it is said that it is awe, but it is better to say that the awe has gradually turned into a feeling of a game, not that Zhang Fan is really powerful, or that his ability to play power is really perfect, and this can be regarded as his playground.

It's just that Zhang Fan can't get nervous again, maybe he has experienced so many things in this short period of time, which has changed his mind in his heart, but how to deal with it, Zhang Fan has not yet formed a concept in his heart at this moment.

The frame traveled all the way to the front of the palace, or the side door, the guards guarding the door seemed to have received some orders, just routinely stopped the car, checked, when they saw Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Fan sitting in the car, they were almost immediately about to let go, but when the guards in front saw the two blonde faces on the second car that followed, they hesitated.

"Don't worry," Zhang Juzheng naturally knew what these guards were worried about, and said, "These two are the envoys of the Franco, who came to meet Your Majesty,"

When the guards saw that Zhang Juzheng said this, they didn't say anything more and let them go immediately.

When the carriage arrived at the inner city of the palace, it stopped, from here, even if it was the power center of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the princes and nobles or the ministers, all of them had to be disbelieved, of course, there were many people who were allowed to step on the palace in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but now at this time there is no, even Zhang Fan, a favored minister who holds the waist card of Longqingqin, does not have that qualification.

Zhang Fan, who got out of the car, was also thoughtful, he first walked to Joanna and Richard's side, and was about to say something, but found that the two were in a daze, and they all looked stunned.

Zhang Fan didn't need to ask about this kind of thing, he could see what the two of them were marveling at, not to mention that the two of them had never been to the Ming Dynasty, even those literati who had long been instilled by the Confucian subset of scriptures and histories to be calm and undisturbed, when they first saw the Forbidden City, they all let go of their reserve, and they looked very shocked, not to mention the appearance of them entering the imperial city.

"Two, two......" Zhang Fan called twice.

"Oh, Lord Earl, to make you smile," or Richard, a diplomat, was more calm, and although he was also shocked by the sight in front of him, he recovered very quickly, "Is this the palace of the emperor of your country, it is really amazing," he said, pointing to the road from the time he had just entered the door to the present, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Hehe, Mr. Richard, this is indeed the palace of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but this is just the outer city of the palace," Zhang Fan smiled and said, to be honest, when Zhang Fan said these words, no matter what he thought in his heart, he would always naturally bring some pride.

"This ......" Sure enough, Richard showed a shocked expression, as if he didn't believe what Zhang Fan said in his heart at all, but the scene in front of him was telling him the truth, "...... I don't know how to express how contemptible people feel at this time, I don't need to look at anything else, this imperial city can already show the strength and wealth of your country,"

"Thanks for the compliment," Zhang Fan said with a smile, but at this time in his heart, there was a contempt for these foreign devils, there was always something like "rare and strange", "I have never seen the world" and the like are absolutely not less, Zhang Fan is even thinking: "If you were born eight hundred years earlier and go to Chang'an to see the appearance of the Daming Palace, then it is estimated that you will not be able to directly frighten and dislocate your jaw," In fact, Zhang Fan's thoughts are just a temporary joke, for the Daming Palace, People in this era have also seen some of the words recorded in the history books, and if you want to talk about knowledge, then no one has seen it.

"I wonder if the Earl has anything to say to us," said Joanna on the side, as a woman from an aristocratic family, or a woman from a military background, Joanna's sensibility always carries a lot of rationality, and it is precisely because of this that she was shocked to a great extent just now, but the recovery was silent.

"Oh, that's the case," after Joanna's reminder, Zhang Fan also remembered the reason why he was looking for them, "Wait a minute, I want to go to see Your Majesty first, there may be a lot of official business to deal with, as for when Your Majesty will meet you, I can't be the master, someone will take the two of you to the side hall to rest for a while,"

"Thank you, Lord Earl, for the reminder," Richard said gratefully, and Joanna on the side also made a gesture of gratitude to Zhang Fan.

For them did not have any displeasure in this kind of hospitality attitude that was close to arrogance, but also thanked Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan was not incomprehensible in his heart, after all, the people of this era, whether they were peddlers and pawns or princes and nobles, whether they were the people of the Central Plains or people who were thousands of miles away, their concept was that the strong came first, as long as the strong people were strong, everything he said was right.

Bidding farewell to the two of them, Zhang Fan followed Zhang Juzheng towards the main hall.

"Yuande, something will happen later," Zhang Juzheng suddenly asked Zhang Fan, "You still give me a rough idea, although I am not very old, I can't stand those sudden things,"

Facing Zhang Juzheng's words with a little joke, Zhang Fan smiled and said: "Teacher, don't be joking, what can a student do to make the teacher so worried, and even if something big happens, it won't be provoked by the student,"

"It's not you who picked the head, it's definitely what you brought out," Zhang Juzheng said with some annoyance.

"It's just that the student can't help himself," Zhang Fan said with some grievances, and then, he said with a smile, "The teacher still doesn't ask so much, if you know everything, won't this story be good, the teacher just learn from Master Li, stand there silently, just watch a good show,"

Before he entered the main hall, Zhang Fan could already hear the sound of discussion in the hall, obviously there were many people inside, Zhang Fan couldn't help muttering for a while in his heart, he did think about it, but he didn't think that Longqing would be so grand, presumably a lot of people were invited, but Zhang Fan didn't care, after all, there were many people, and it would look good later.

"Zhang Juzheng, a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion University and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Fan, the commander of the prince and the Jinyi guard, and the loyal and brave uncle, are here," shouted the little eunuch of the newspaper in his subdued male duck voice.

The voices of the people in the hall suddenly disappeared, Zhang Fan and Zhang Juzheng walked in, and walked towards Longqing, along the way, Zhang Fan looked at the crowd standing in the hall with the residual vision of his eyes, good guy, this person is really complete, the idle on duty, the sick and the sick, all the people who can stand here as long as they are qualified are all here, and even in the end, Zhang Fan also found that even Xu Jie was invited by Longqing, and was sitting on a chair at the bottom right of Longqing, I'm smiling and looking at this side.

The two came to Longqing, knelt on the ground and bowed, and shouted in unison: "Weichen see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live,"

"Hehe, no courtesy, two Zhang Aiqing, hurry up," Long Qing's interest today seemed to be very high, and there was a hint of a smile in his words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," the two said in unison again, and this was the only way to stand up.

After that, Zhang Juzheng returned to his position on the right and stood up, and Zhang Fan didn't move as a matter of course, he knew that Longqing would definitely ask him next.

"Zhang Aiqing, this trip to Jiangnan has been so long, and so many things have happened during it, it's really hard for you," Long Qing said to Zhang Fan, Long Qing still said with joy, but there was some concern in it.

None of these people standing and sitting below have been rolling in the officialdom for many years and have become fine guys, and the concern contained in Longqing's words can naturally be heard by them, but the reactions after hearing them are different, Xiang Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao, and those who are in the same camp as Zhang Fan are naturally very happy; And Xiang Gao Gong and these people were naturally very annoyed by this kind of thing, while the rest of the people only had deep jealousy of Zhang Fan.

"Weichen is doing things for His Majesty, why do you have to work hard," Zhang Fan replied respectfully.

"What you did in Jiangnan is obvious to all, hard work is hard work, why bother," Long Qing said, "Hurry up, tell me what you have seen and heard,"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Zhang Fan said, knowing in his heart that a good show was about to be staged.