Chapter Eighty-Six: Setting Sail (Finale)

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Chapter 86 Set Sail (Finale) The family of three returned sweetly all the way to the capital, but after entering the city, the worry in Zhao Ziqian's heart became more and more serious.

Shen Chongming's three wives and concubines she knew, she suddenly appeared with Nian'er, how could the three of them be happy, but it was also the most difficult for Chongming to be caught in the middle at that time.

"Ziqian, if I'm not mistaken, you came to the capital back then." Shen Chongming looked at the bustling street outside the carriage and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

Zhao Ziqian smiled shyly, although she didn't speak, she could be regarded as admitting this. Now I can't understand why I was so ruthless that day and didn't meet him at all.

"Ziqian, do you have something on your mind?" After calming down, Shen Chongming was keenly aware of Zhao Ziqian's slightly frowning brows.

Zhao Ziqian smiled for a while, and then forced a smile: "No, probably tired on the road." ”

Shen Chongming naturally didn't believe such far-fetched words, and after a little thought, he understood, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you have seen Yumeng and Jiayi." Needless to say, Yumeng is generous, Jia Yi is also tougher on the outside, and she knows a little bit about your affairs, so she naturally won't be embarrassed by you. As for the little sister......"

Speaking of this, Shen Chongming couldn't help but hesitate. This girl loves and hates clearly, and Zhao Wenyi is a bloody feud for killing prisoners and mothers, if she knows that Ziqian is a person who is not taught by anything, she is afraid that she will do it on the spot.

I was worried in my heart, but this expression flashed on my face, and said with a smile: "Little junior sister doesn't have to worry too much, when you have time to teach her a few tricks, she will definitely treat you as a sister." ”

However, that fleeting worried expression did not escape Zhao Ziqian's eyes, and she didn't break it, but said with a wry smile: "I don't care, I'm just afraid that you will be caught in the middle and it will be difficult to do." ”

"Hehehe, fool, I said that I would protect you for the rest of my life, what are these little things." Shen Chongming immediately smiled, and looked at Zhao Ziqian with affection in his eyes without blinking.

"Daddy, Nian'er wants to eat that thing." At this moment, Nian'er, who was originally looking at the situation outside with curiosity on her face, suddenly turned around and said to Shen Chongming. The little guy is also real, along the way, Shen Chongming has been obedient to him, and he has always stuck to Shen Chongming for a few days, and he doesn't even want his dearest mother.

Although the warm scene was completely destroyed by the little guy, Shen Chongming immediately stepped forward to poke his head out to look, only to see that the little guy was pointing to the sugar gourd that the vendor was carrying on his shoulder.

"Good son, wait." After saying that, Shen Chongming jumped out without waiting for the carriage to stop.

"Sister, eat more." Yumeng took the dishes for Zhao Ziqian with a smile on her face, and the smile on her face has never broken since Zhao Ziqian entered the door.

She can do this, Zhao Ziqian was also moved in her heart, and she thanked her one by one for fear of missing etiquette.

As for Wan Jiayi, although she doesn't hate Zhao Ziqian, she doesn't like it. There is another woman beside Xianggong, and looking at his happy expression now, I am afraid that this Ziqian is more important in his mind than Sister Yumeng. Such a situation makes Wan Jiayi, who has always been jealous, happy.

Looking at the little junior sister again, the pouting mouth has not changed, and her eyes are even more hostile to Zhao Ziqian. Shen Chongming rushed to Datong in a hurry this time, the little junior sister had already known from Brother Erdan through torture that it was to save a woman who had nothing to teach, and the enemy was in front of her, and she didn't do it directly, even if it was to take care of the child's father's feelings.

Looking at the different expressions of the three of them, Shen Chongming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that after this resignation, he will be busy for a while.

The disputes at home were put aside for the time being, and early the next morning, Shen Chongming dressed up and rushed to the court. In the past few days since he was no longer in the capital, the matter of resignation has been decided. Empress Dowager Li is not bad to herself, she insisted on sealing herself the title of a county king, and it is hereditary, and she has given a death-free card to protect three generations, as long as it is not a major crime of rebellion, all other crimes can be resolved.

Not only that, but the queen mother here is still quite scheming, and she has appointed herself as a teacher, specially for the little emperor to teach classes, and in the blink of an eye, she has become an emperor teacher with the teacher, and she feels happy when she thinks about it, from now on, it is not too much to say that she is a university scholar.

When I arrived in the last dynasty, the first thing was this matter, and a large number of holy decrees were sprinkled with joy, which was very good for Shen Chongming's songs. If it weren't for the fact that the teacher's high arch was still above the court, the sentence that there was no one before and no one after would naturally be added.

Shen Chongming's personal intention was like this, and Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and Empress Dowager Li also unanimously passed, and the matter of dividing the prince was naturally a matter of course.

After accepting the congratulations of the ministers, King Shen Jun couldn't hide a smile on his face, and sat on the chair specially given by the emperor with a pout. That feeling, in the clouds.

Immediately, it was the question of Shen Chongming's succession after he stepped down. As expected by the outstanding officials, Shi Bingzheng, who had just served as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, took over the position of the governor of the Maritime Yamen, and his rank was second!

Then, Zhang Juzheng presided over the trade with Mongolia, which the cabinet and the six ministries had discussed for half a month, and with the precedent of the maritime yamen's trade in front, it was naturally twice the result with half the effort, and the specific regulations had been drawn up at this time.

At present, the general environment of the Ming Dynasty is to vigorously expand to the outside world, after this period of various reforms, those who can stay in the court are mostly radicals, in addition to those who fall with the wind. So now, as soon as I heard Zhang Juzheng read out a long list of benefit figures, he immediately exchanged heads and discussed that it would really be of great benefit to Mongolia's trade.

Empress Dowager Li had already listened to Zhang Juzheng's detailed explanation of this thing, and also gave her own opinion, that is, anything that is beneficial to the imperial court can be implemented.

Therefore, seeing that Zhang Juzheng's voice had just fallen, the little emperor, who had already been taught by Empress Dowager Li, immediately agreed. Such a big thing is finalized.

And on the second day, Xiao Ershao's re-run royal trading firm sent a long caravan, carrying cloth and porcelain, to the grassland via Datong.

In the spring season, the imperial garden is also full of spring flowers, and here is the big classroom where King Shen Junwang teaches the little emperor today.

"Your Majesty, this imperial garden is like our Ming Dynasty, why do you say that this place is so prosperous?" A group of people wandered down, and Shen Chongming asked about the little emperor like this.

Shen Chongming's teaching method is always such that the little emperor is full of interest, and when he heard Shen Chongming's question, the little emperor twisted his brows and looked around. The teacher's first lesson taught me that seeing things should be like seeing a doctor, and it is indispensable to look at and hear things.

Looking at the palace maids and eunuchs who were busy in the garden, the little emperor raised his head and said, "Back to the teacher, it is because of the careful care of these people that the imperial garden has such a scene today. ”

Shen Chongming nodded and asked with a smile, "Other than that, what are the reasons?" ”

"This ......" The little emperor hesitated, and after a while, he said with a happy face: "It's the land, if the land is less fertile, no matter how carefully these subordinates take care of it, it will not help." ”

Seeing that Shen Chongming was still staring at him and didn't speak, the little emperor lowered his head in shame, "Teacher, other students really can't think of it." ”

"Hehe, it's okay, you can think of these two points, it's already very, very good, much smarter than when the teacher was studying." Shen Chongming patted the little emperor's shoulder and said with a smile, he only regarded the child in front of him as a student, not the emperor, otherwise, he would never dare to pat this shoulder.

was praised by Shen Chongming like this, and the little emperor immediately laughed, it seems that he is better than the teacher.

"Let me tell you this, if this imperial garden is our Ming dynasty, the person in charge of the imperial garden is the emperor and you, and these hard-working gardeners are the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, as for these flowers and plants, they are all walks of life and the people of my Ming Dynasty. As long as the emperor can know how to make good use of people, and the ministers can also be conscientious, then this imperial garden will naturally make this scene in front of you. ”

The little emperor of Wanli was silent, his eyes unblinking as he looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him and thought. Seeing him like this, Shen Chongming didn't bother, just stood aside and looked at him with a smile on his face.

"Teacher, the student must be a good emperor in the future, and I must promote more capable ministers and wise men like you, teacher, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty can enjoy peace forever." After a long time, the young Emperor Wanli looked up at Shen Chongming with a serious face and said.

Although this truth is simple, he can understand it at a young age, and Shen Chongming is also satisfied, nodding and smiling: "Well, you can just write it down." That's all for today's lesson, you play by yourself for an hour and then go to the Queen Mother to say goodbye, what the Queen Mother arranges you to do, you will be obedient but do something. ”

"Students understand." As soon as he heard that he had given him an hour to play, the little emperor of Wanli immediately became happy, and then asked, "Teacher, what will we learn tomorrow?" ”

"Tomorrow ......" Shen Chongming frowned and thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow ** get up early, and after going to the early dynasty, I will go to Tianjin Port with the six Shangshu and the maritime governor as a teacher." The day after tomorrow, the large fleet of the Royal Trading Company will go to sea, and I will take you to see and see. ”

"Oh, let's go to Tianjin Port." Hearing this, the little emperor screamed and jumped excitedly, and since he followed Emperor Longqing into the palace, the little guy has not left this gorgeous birdcage for six years.

After arranging this, Shen Chongming let the little emperor go to play, and hurriedly left the palace to meet Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. The emperor's departure from Beijing is a rare event, and the two pavilion elders must nod and agree, and talk to the Empress Dowager Li before they can make the trip.

A lot of reasons were laid out, and the two who originally wanted to persuade Shen Chongming not to act recklessly were persuaded instead. The so-called reading thousands of books is better than traveling thousands of miles, and it is not a good thing to let the emperor go out to see the fleet that has brought countless benefits to the Ming Dynasty.

The two unanimously agreed, and the Empress Dowager Li didn't want to say anything, but she didn't worry about the little emperor going alone, so she decided to go together. But to be honest, Empress Dowager Li also wanted to see how big this big ship really was.

In Tianjin Port, the banner exhibition is boiling.

The little emperor standing on the viewing platform pointed with excitement on his face, and kept explaining to the Empress Dowager Li beside him all kinds of ships and what goods were available on this voyage, and how much was expected to bring benefits, and how many good things these benefits could do for the people of the world. And these things were all heard by him last night when he pulled Shen Chongming to talk about it in the middle of the night.

Looking at her chattering son, Empress Dowager Li was overflowing with satisfaction, if this goes on for a long time, her son will definitely be a Ming Jun who will forever be recorded in history.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, it's time to sail." Shen Chongming, who was chatting happily with Shi Bingzheng and the six Shangshu, watched the gunner lift the red silk covering the six cannons, and immediately reminded the little emperor. The scene that is about to appear will definitely have a greater shock to the little one's heart.

Six deafening cannon shots rang out, and as the sails of more than twenty large ships gradually rose, the huge hulls slowly sailed away from the dock.

"Teacher, they're gone." The little emperor said pitifully, he didn't sleep all night last night and looked forward to today's scene, but he never thought that this exciting moment would be over in the blink of an eye.

"Well, let's go." Shen Chongming nodded, his eyes gradually becoming deeper, as if he was talking to himself, but as if he was saying to the little emperor: "However, this is just the beginning. ”

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