Zhang Bin lowered his head and followed behind Luo Yangxing, looking at his nose and nose, and walking cautiously, as if he was afraid of stepping on the ants in the palace.

Of course, he was not looking at the ants on the ground, but thinking about how to deal with it after seeing Emperor Chongzhen later!

It is rumored that this Emperor Chongzhen is quite a contradictory person.

When he sees you pleasing to the eye, he will give you whatever you want, official position and power, food, grass and silver, and he will try his best to satisfy you.

When he doesn't like you, it's light to drag you out and cut it, and it's possible to chop you alive!

Such a moody person naturally has to be extremely careful when dealing with it, if he accidentally angers him, it will be a matter of losing his head in minutes.

After going through I don't know how many checkpoints, I don't know how far I walked, and finally, Luo Yangxing, who was leading the way in front, stopped and said to a eunuch not far in front: "Father-in-law, Zhang Bin, a member of the staff of the Nandu Military Department, is here." ”

This is already outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and the eunuch standing at the door is not Zhang Weixian's person, but Wei Zhongxian's person, he snorted coldly when he heard this, and said bitterly: "What are you bringing him here for, can the emperor see this kind of cat and dog?" ”

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he was not angry, but patiently explained: "A few days ago, the emperor sent an edict ordering him to come to the audience, and asked his father-in-law to pass it on. ”

The eunuch rolled his eyes and said coldly: "Stand here and wait, the miscellaneous family will ask to see if it is true." ”

With that, he turned around and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

Of course, he didn't ask Emperor Chongzhen, but Wei Zhongxian, who was also quite nervous at this time, for fear that the emperor would contact those civil officials who were deposed by him and "plot" to clean him up.

Therefore, he will stay in the Qianqing Palace if he has nothing to do, so as not to have "idle people" to "disturb" the emperor.

After listening to the report of the eunuch guarding the door, he thought about it for a while, and then said gloomily: "Let him in, a little outsider can't make any waves." ”

The gatekeeper replied respectfully, then returned to the gate, and shouted sharply: "Zhang Bin, a member of the staff of the Southern Capital Military Department, asks to see him." ”

A shrill voice of a man or a man, a woman or a woman was like an echo to the Qianqing Palace, and after a while, a string of echoes came from inside: "Xuan, Xuan, Xuan......." ”

At this time, the eunuch who guarded the door said impatiently: "Come with the miscellaneous family." ”

With that, he turned around and walked slowly inside.

Seeing this, Luo Yangxing immediately glanced at Zhang Bin, motioned for him to follow in, and then turned to the side of the road and stood there without moving.

This means, you go in as soon as you go in, and I'll wait for you here.

Zhang Bin hurriedly followed the gatekeeper, then lowered his head and walked in carefully.

Don't look up and look around in the palace, this is the rule, Zhang Weixian specially explained to him, usually, of course it's okay for you to glance a few times, the brocade guards and eunuchs on duty inside will roll their eyes at you at most, but at this time, it is not impossible for Wei Zhongxian to take the opportunity to clean you up!

After going around and around for a while, the gatekeeper finally stopped at the door of a room and shouted sharply: "Zhang Bin, a member of the staff of the Southern Capital Military Department, asks to see him." ”

After a while, there was a faint voice from inside: "Come in." ”

The gatekeeper slowly turned around, let go of the door, and motioned for Zhang Bin to go in.

Zhang Bin took a breath, bowed his head and walked into the room.

This is probably the Imperial Study, facing the door is a beautiful screen, and when you turn the screen, you can faintly see a desk and several rows of bookshelves.

At this time, Zhang Bin still didn't look up, he just saw a person in a yellow robe sitting faintly behind the desk, so he knelt down in front of the yellow robe, kowtowed respectfully, and then said loudly: "Zhang Bin, a member of the Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Southern Capital of Weichen, knocked to see the emperor. ”

Emperor Chongzhen observed Zhang Bin who was kneeling on the ground for a while with a little curiosity, and then said slowly: "Flat." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly kowtowed respectfully, and then said loudly: "Emperor Xie." ”

After doing all this seriously, he slowly got up from the ground and stood there respectfully.

Seeing that the emperor's rules are really many, he has to do it seriously, Chongzhen is very sensitive at this time, if he shows a little slack, then the previous efforts may be in vain.

Chongzhen saw that he was so respectful, and his face really showed a look of satisfaction, now these courtiers are not as respectful to him as Zhang Bin, kowtow, and bow to Xie En, all of them are perfunctory, and they look absent-minded, how can they be as serious as Zhang Bin.

He groaned a little, and then said softly: "Are you from Fujian?" ”

Zhang Bin came to analyze the various problems that Chongzhen may have mentioned, and he naturally thought of this problem, as soon as Chongzhen's words fell, he said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, Weichen is a native of Dajin, Funing Prefecture, Fujian, and Weichen's father is Zhang Chengde, a thousand households of Dajin. ”

Chongzhen nodded and continued, "I heard that you are familiar with the pirates over there in Fujian. ”

Zhang Bin also has an answer to this question, he said without thinking: "Back to the emperor, Wechen encountered a pirate attack when he was in Renzhi County, Pingyang County, Wenzhou Prefecture, that time, although Wechen organized the township to repel the pirates in Pingyang, but Wechen's hometown of Funing Prefecture and the neighboring Fuzhou Mansion, Xinghua Mansion, and Quanzhou Mansion have suffered great losses, and Wechen is worried about his hometown, so he has been inquiring about the situation of pirates in many ways, in order to lead the army to exterminate the pirates one day. ”

Of course, these are all false, and the real situation cannot be said, and he deliberately made up a high-sounding excuse to appear that he was worried about the country and the people.

Sure enough, when Chongzhen heard this, his face immediately showed appreciation, and he asked with great interest: "Oh, have you ever thought about how to exterminate the pirates?" ”

This naturally has an answer, Zhang Bin said confidently: "Back to the emperor, Weichen thinks that he can adopt a combination of suppression and appeasement, cosmetic a group of pirates, and appease pirates who do not do much evil and have a good heart, and then use them to chase down those pirates who do a lot of evil, simply put, it is to use piracy to control thieves." ”

This Chongzhen really didn't expect that if he just organized a large army to encircle and suppress, he didn't know how much silver it would cost, but this thief saved a lot of money, he couldn't help but praise: "It's a good piracy to fight thieves, if you are responsible for exterminating the pirates in Fujian, how long will it take?" ”

Chongzhen is an impatient, of course, the shorter the time, the better, Zhang Bin did not hesitate to blow: "Back to the emperor, Weichen only needs one year to exterminate all the pirates around Fujian." ”

One year!

All right!

Chongzhen's face was excited, and he was about to make a decision, but when he saw the pile of folds on the table, he was immediately deflated, now that there is no money and no one, how can he kill it?

He thought for a moment and said with luck: "If there is no food, can you come up with a way?" ”

Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, if he doesn't give food, how can I gather an army!

This question, he really hasn't thought about it, can he fight without money?

He thought about it quickly in his mind, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Back to the emperor, without food and salary, the ministers can find a way to exterminate the pirates!" ”

Now it's Chongzhen's turn to be stunned, fighting a war, it doesn't cost money, this guy won't be bragging!