Chapter 752: The words are strict and righteous, and a thousand sails cover the sun

The main hall of the small three-room hall is naturally not as large as the spacious and spacious five-room political secretary's office, and it is difficult for a dozen people to stand here at this time. When Fang Ling's words came out, it was not only Gu Xingzu who was shocked, but even Zhang Yue was taken aback. When Fang Ling said this, he naturally raised his hands to welcome it, but in the eyes of others, he gave a verdict so quickly, and if it sounded good, it was extremely efficient, and if it didn't sound good, it was a hasty conclusion of the case, these two people were not reckless, could it be fate?

Although it is already a must-lose, it is human nature to never admit defeat until the last step. Gu Xingzu also made the worst plan before leaving Guangxi, thinking that Hou Liusheng of Anyuan was not familiar with the western life after all, as long as there was more chaos in Datengxia, he could at least go back and lead the troops to make meritorious contributions, so now he has retreated to the second, hoping that this public case can drag on for three or five months. At this moment, his face turned red, and he didn't care that the two people opposite him were under the orders of Qin, and he reprimanded him angrily for a while.

"What are you kidding, you just arrived yesterday, and if you say this kind of thing today, Ben Jue sees that you haven't even figured out the cause and effect, and you are obviously ignoring the king's affairs!"

"Neglect the king? In this way, if we drag such a simple case for ten days and half a month, what is the business of the king of diligence? Fang Ling met Gu Xingzu's angry gaze without the slightest fear, and then said lightly, "This department and Yu Shiyu have been instructed by the emperor before leaving Beijing, and they will end the matter immediately after they have figured out the situation, so as not to delay the government affairs of Guangdong Province." Last night, the company had already pried open everyone's mouths, and now the testimony plus physical evidence is enough to conclude the case, what are the causes and consequences? ”

Gu Xingzu had never been hit so hard, his face was blue and white for a while, and he couldn't stand under his feet. Thinking of the news about Fang Ling that was easily sent in from outside last night, he couldn't help but beat his spirits and said viciously: "Commander Fang, if people don't know unless they do it themselves, don't think that you and Zhang Yue's friendship doesn't know, if he hadn't recommended you that day, you would still be a prisoner who was removed from the Guozijian!" Now you are clearly conniving and covering up ......"

Zhang Yue had been deeply tired of such a vicious and vicious nobleman before, and when he saw him dig out such old accounts, he was immediately annoyed. However, before he could speak, Yu Qian, whose face was as heavy as water, suddenly interrupted Gu Xingzu's accusation.

"Even now, Marquis Zhenyuan, you are still so unrepentant! You are a barbarian for the leading general, and in addition to the sword soldiers, you should declare the benevolence and righteousness of the court, but you kill thousands of people, so that the blood of Si'en County is like a river, and I don't know how many good people have fled into the mountains! The allocation of military rations is the most important thing, but at the time of the floods in Guangdong, you transferred away the military rations that could have been distributed and transported, and instructed profiteers to raise grain prices in order to make usurious profits. Not to mention that he colluded with profiteers before and smuggled people to escape taxation, you ask yourself, but you are still worthy of the title of Marquis of Zhenyuan! ”

The more Yu Qian spoke, the more angry he became, and all the three main halls were filled with his sonorous and powerful voice for a while, even Yu Liang and Li Long, who had looked down on him before, were dumbfounded. In the face of Qian's posture of not being angry and arrogant, Gu Xingzu couldn't help but take two steps back, and his face became more and more pale.

"The most hateful thing is that for your own selfishness, you actually made your own soldiers slaughter more than 100 Shouli people in Chengmai County, intending to provoke a civil uprising! You only look at the glory and wealth of your own family, what do you see in your eyes as the king's law, and what do you look at in your eyes as the people of Limin? How can the loyal Gu family have unscrupulous descendants like you, how can there be shameless scum like you among the nobles and nobles, and how can the court tolerate traitors like you! ”

Under these words like a storm, Gu Xingzu only felt that he was like a small boat, and when he heard the last three questions, his feet finally couldn't support his body, and his ears could even hear the sound of nerves that had been tense for several days suddenly breaking. The moment before he lost consciousness, there were still a few clear terms in his ears.

Unworthy descendants...... Shameless scum...... Woe to the country and traitors!

Seeing that Gu Xingzu, who was crumbling, finally fell to the ground, and there was a dead silence in the hall. Li Long Yuliang and Zhang Qian almost coincidentally moved away from Yu Qian, Fang Ling looked at the two Jinyi Guard Captains who were hurriedly stepping forward to support Gu Xingzu with strange expressions, and Zhang Yue stared at Yu Qian with a stern face, and felt quite emotional in his heart.

Yu Qian was not good at eloquence at first glance, but he didn't expect to be able to scold Gu Xingzu in public and faint! People say that the imperial history pen is like a knife, but now I am afraid that this statement has to be changed to the imperial history mouth is like a knife!

In the surprised gaze of others, Yu Qian let out a long breath, and then nodded lightly to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, as Commander Fang just said, we did receive the emperor's edict when we left, and we will end this matter as soon as possible." Now that everything has been clear, Fang commanded the general Jinyi Wei to escort the Marquis of Zhenyuan back to Beijing to obey the holy judgment, as for the lower officials, they will receive the silver medal of 'rope and correction of errors', and will immediately relieve the post of Qincha, take over the inspection of Guangdong according to the imperial history, supervise the system of three crops and two crops of rice fields in Guangdong Province, and supervise the operation of the city at the same time. ”

Just now, when he was still asking questions heartily, he suddenly mentioned the new appointment, and the minds of everyone present were a little overwhelmed. And although Zhang Yue had speculated whether Taiqian had other intentions, he did not expect that the inspector would be replaced. However, including him, everyone is an old oilman who has been up and down in officialdom for many years, and after expressing his surprise, he greeted Yu Qian, a new colleague, and expressed his intention to work together in the future.

When the lieutenants of the Jinyi Guard put Gu Xingzu out, Fang Ling sent them to prepare for the return trip, seeing that the matter had been settled, Li Long Yuliang and Zhang Qian left one after another, and Yu Qian also said that he was going to hand over the imperial history with the former Guangdong Governor, and he left with his hands. It was only a moment of effort, and only Zhang Yue and Fang Ling were left in the main hall that was still crowded just now.

Two former close friends, you look at me, and in the end, Zhang Yue asked first: "Really left?" ”

"Well, I will leave in the afternoon, and I can rest for a while by water, otherwise even a man with iron will not be able to bear it."

Seeing a smile on Fang Ling's expressionless face, Zhang Yue suddenly strode forward, hugged his shoulders with both hands, and then let go of his hand and said, "Go back to the capital and take care, your bowl of rice is not so delicious." I know that you have countless pairs of eyes staring, but after all, the emperor also knows that it is not easy for you to deal with me, but Sun Han does not have to be so taboo there. He is about to be transferred back to Beijing, he is not only an idler with no ambitions, but he has no title to inherit, but he is a good man with righteousness! ”

"I know."

Fang Ling opened his mouth, but in the end, only three words burst out. After staring at Zhang Yue for a long time, he took a deep breath, said to take care again, and then turned around and walked out the door. The moment he stepped out of the threshold, he stopped slightly, and whispered without looking back: "Don't linger in Guangdong for too long, make meritorious achievements and return to Beijing as soon as possible." The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, far away, and you can't do anything in the capital, after all, there is a constant battle between the ministries and cabinets. ”

Zhang Yue couldn't help but be stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that Fang Ling's figure had disappeared at the gate of the front courtyard. Thinking that the two of them have gone through countless trials and tribulations from ordinary children of the family to the present, he also threw that trace of melancholy behind his head and strode out of the door. Descending the steps, he looked up and squinted, only to see the red sun hanging above his head, the courtyard was full of warm and brilliant sunshine, the trees and flowers were still verdant, and there was no trace of the gloom and cold of winter, which was exactly the same as his mood at this time.

For the people of Guangzhou, the two Qincha arrived the day before, and one of them left hurriedly by water with the Marquis of Zhenyuan the day after, and the other took up the post of Governor of Guangdong. What I thought would be at least a big storm all over the city was completely subsided in two days, and the feeling was as if two unarmed men were fighting each other, and one suddenly took out a sledgehammer and knocked the other to the ground.

So, although Xu Zhengping was beheaded, the Xu family was not registered, and two vassal small merchants were implicated, the news soon fell into the sea like a drop of water, and it didn't cause much splash. Because, the people of Guangzhou Mansion soon ushered in Zheng He's fleet.

Although Zhang Yue had seen a bigger and more spectacular scene in his previous life, and had seen a scene like a sail covering the sky and the sun when he was in Shandong, he still felt a surge in his heart when he saw the hundreds of treasure ships on the high platform again. And Yu Qian, who saw this kind of scene for the first time in his life, not to mention, at that moment, he almost forgot that when he was in Beijing, many imperial histories also talked impassionedly with him about the waste of money and food for the Western treasure ships, but when he saw these big guys, he was a little stunned.

As Zhang Qian predicted in advance, although the wharf in Huangpu Town was greatly renovated by cash-for-work, those large, medium and small treasure ships could only dock at most one-fifth, and most of them could only anchor at the offshore sea and take turns to order goods in batches. Prior to this, all 20 maritime quotations had been issued, but due to problems such as ships and goods, only five or six merchants were able to set sail by the end of this year, but there were more than a dozen ships that had been parked at the wharf waiting for the wind. Seeing the treasure ship entering the port, the merchants were all happy at the thought of not worrying about pirates along the way, but the maritime merchants who heard some rumors were a little sad.

"If these dozens of ships are all loaded with goods, even if we get the ships down, who else will want them?"

"But no, it is said that Mr. Zhang swept most of the silk, medicinal materials, porcelain, etc. in Foshan Town, and it is said that they can get forty percent of the profits, so those merchants who are familiar with Foshan Town are now unwilling to ship to us!"

"Alas, Lord Xiao Zhang is just too strict, and the people who levy taxes on the dock are now more than twice as strict as before."

"Silence, silence, people are coming down, let people hear how you died, I don't know!"

Although there was a little eunuch who took the first step in front of him to reach out to help him, Zheng He and Wang Jinghong didn't look at it, and jumped off the board of the boat one after the other. Seeing Zhang Qian in a big red cloak standing at the forefront, the two of them walked forward with a smile, and as soon as the two sides met, Zheng He joked with a big heart: "Jing Hong and I went to the sea to earn our lives, you are good, you comfortably took on an errand that is most suitable for you!" Let me tell you, only a small part of Jingdezhen porcelain is loaded on our ship, and the rest is empty! ”

"Father-in-law Zheng, don't worry, it must be full!"

Zheng He saw Zhang Yue behind Zhang Qian, the smile on his face suddenly deepened, and he arched his hand to him again: "Thank you for your kindness, Jing Hong and I can still have this day on the ocean, all thanks to your reminder!" Not counting us, even the officers and soldiers who went to the West with us this time are all worried about your benefits. People say that they are cheap people who leave their hometowns, but we are outside, everyone regards them as envoys of the Celestial Empire, even a small soldier who goes out is more noble, they naturally don't want to earn a hard life, as for me and Jing Hong, but for the kind of freedom of the sky and the sea...... Don't talk about this, Lord Zhang has a bright future in the future, if you can let those children of military families who can't see a way out have hope, then there will be more people in the world to thank you. ”

When Zhang Yue went to see Zheng He in Nanjing before, he just didn't want a navigator who left a name in history to stay in Nanjing and grow old slowly, and he didn't want a group of officials and soldiers on the sea to become a group of third-rate bricklayers who built palaces, but he didn't think so far-reaching. But at this moment, Zheng He suddenly opened this layer, and he saw clearly that a group of sergeants gathered behind the two, although these people were standing with their hands down, they were almost all looking at themselves curiously, and among them there was a familiar face, which was the military man who blatantly committed the night in order to distribute the New Year's rations unfairly.

Catching a glimpse of Yu Qian and the other officials of the three divisions coming up, he closed his mouth and didn't talk about it anymore, just smiled and introduced these colleagues to Zheng He and Wang Jinghong one by one, and invited the two to get in the car together.

Due to Zhang Qian's insistence, this day's banquet was set up in the Shibo Mansion, which was different from the scene of eight bowls, eight pots and eight dishes on weekdays, all of which were all kinds of home-cooked dishes. As a result, Zheng He and Wang Jinghong, who were used to eating dried meat and vegetables on the boat before, all had a great appetite, and even the rest of the officials who were originally just here to go through the motions were unprecedentedly feasting.

"If we can eat as much as we do today, we won't see going to the banquet as a daunting way!"

Zhang Yue was tired of the scene of the table full of delicacies but unable to move the chopsticks during the banquet, which gave Zhang Qian such a note, and specially instructed him to eat more vegetables and less meat, but as soon as the high-ranking officials said yes, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, thinking that no matter what time it was, it was the flat-headed people who couldn't afford to eat meat who loved meat, and the dignitaries who could eat meat pursued a light taste.

When he was full of wine and food, Zheng He stood up and raised his glass to everyone and said: "According to the observation of the prince, there will be a strong trade wind in half a month, and it is a good time to set sail." Therefore, the ships have to stay here for about ten days to half a month, and these days of supplies and cargo transportation will have to bother you......"

While Zheng Heda said polite words, Wang Jinghong, who was sitting next to Zhang Yue, said in a low voice: "Lord Zhang, our fleet, the ability to distinguish the direction and put sails to sail is first-class, but how to sell a full ship of goods, but not many people are good at it. In addition, the emperor approved the matter of sailing to the west through those island countries first, and after visiting all the Western countries this time, I will take a few ships to the extreme west to see where those countries in the historical books are, and draw a more detailed sea chart! ”