Zhao Yang saw that the guests were all gone, and he was very satisfied, and said to Lu Hao: "You go and arrange a banquet, as long as it is good, come up, don't ask more." ”

Lu Hao was like a tame pug in front of Zhao Yang, and he went to arrange a banquet with the shopkeeper, and he almost had a tail hair stuck behind his buttocks.

"This guy has something to do with my family, his grandfather and father have served under my old man, he is good, neither from literature nor martial arts, but he likes to fight everywhere, relying on the reputation of his grandfather and father, and no one wants to worry about him, sometimes when something happens, I have to wipe his ass. is such a bastard, very famous in this area, known as Lu Bawang. Zhao Yang said with a smile.

"Oh." Besides, nodding, he really didn't feel any sense of this kind of person.

"By the way, my sister sent a letter and said that you have those concerns, but in fact, you have too many hearts, and you don't need to think so much." Zhao Yang said.

"Oh, what did my sister-in-law say in the letter, everything is okay at home?" Besides, he asked.

"It's all good, it's the same as before, that is, the whole family misses you, even the servant Yahuan."

Now he only communicates with Nanjing, needless to say from Wuchenghou, Zuo Ling and Pomegranate also send him letters every day, and he also replies every day, reporting his daily situation like a weather forecast.

He didn't have much correspondence with Chen Musa, and he could say even less in the letter, because he was afraid that he would be intercepted halfway through and use some of the words in the letter as evidence of crime.

Chen Musa's letter is more about science, and talks about his many insights from years of research on science. He hopes that he can be like Wang Yangming and keep his heart.

In Chen Musa's view, the situation is the same as that of Wang Yangming in southern Gannan, there are enemy camps on all sides, and all he can rely on is a heart.

Of course, these words were not explicitly said, but they could be understood between the lines, and only he could understand the teacher's painstaking efforts.

The situation in Nanjing is the same as before, except that there is one less, and everything else is business as usual.

"Please also ask the second brother to go back and worship the boss more, it is really not suitable to meet for the time being, let alone to come and go more, and then apologize at the house later." Besides, I don't want to do it.

"It's serious, the old man knows your hardships for our sake, but the old man also has a way in the palace, and he has inquired about many people in private, and the dangers you think about basically don't exist. But if you insist on this, I have to obey you first. Zhao Yang said with a smile.

Besides, he didn't think so, he believed that Marquis Wuding must have a relationship in the palace, but no matter how close he was to the emperor, he couldn't compare to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, these two people were confused about the emperor's thoughts, let alone others.

He once thought that after entering the capital, he would not be assassinated again, especially the official title given by the emperor to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, which was equivalent to a talisman, but today he suffered a perfectly planned double robbery, and almost died under the knife.

Crises often come suddenly when your defensive mindset is at its most relaxed.

Besides, introduce Xiao Nier to Zhao Yang, Zhao Yang is full of "brother and sister, brother and sister", and he is extremely affectionate.

Xiao Nier was also very enthusiastic about him, because Xiao Nier had a very good relationship with Mrs. Marquis of Wucheng, that is, Zhao Yang's sister in Nanjing, and she was naturally a little enthusiastic when she saw the younger brother of the Marquise.

Zhao Yang also knew Xiao Nier, and besides, the Marquise often sent letters to her family mentioning that although Xiao Nier was a concubine, she was a little heavier than the official lady in her heart, especially Mrs. Wucheng liked her the most. In the Marquis Mansion of Wucheng, even his sister and brother-in-law had to let the second lady whom the old lady liked three points.

Zhou Dingcheng and Zhao Yang officially met, and Zhao Yang heard that he was a famous Zhou Zhongshu in the original palace, so he was right.

Zhou Dingcheng is very famous in the elite circle of the capital, because these families generally have a large number of calligraphy and paintings that need to be identified, and Zhou Dingcheng is the best choice to do this business.

At this time, Lu Hao ordered a banquet and came over, standing behind Zhao Yang respectfully, not daring to sit down.

A few people didn't go to the private room, they picked a table and sat down at random, and now the third floor has been cleared and turned into a big private room.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone began to eat and drink at will, only Lu Hao sat next to Zhao Yang as if he was sitting on a nail blanket under his buttocks, so he was not uncomfortable.

Besides, looking at it and laughing, why did you invite Zhao Yang to drink like this, isn't it uncomfortable?

"Brother, in my opinion, let's sit at that table, if you are not comfortable, I will not be comfortable." Zhou Dingcheng pointed to Lu Haodao.

Lu Hao nodded again and again, and looked at Zhao Yang again, Zhao Yang waved his hand and said, "Go, stay away, I want to talk to my brother about myself." Don't eavesdrop. ”

Lu Hao couldn't wait to hear this, and hurriedly moved to a table far away with Zhou Dingcheng, they didn't want a banquet, and they asked for a few dishes they liked to eat.

Besides, he told Zhao Yang some things about the Marquis of Wucheng in Nanjing, although the marquise often mentioned it in her family letters, it was impossible to be so detailed.

"Brother, my sister and brother-in-law still feel that they owe you an unfinished favor, but the old lady gave you the title of a marquis, but you didn't ask for it. To be honest, there are really not many people in the world who have given up the title of marquis. Zhao Yang said with a smile.

"If it's not mine, I naturally don't want it." Besides, I don't want to continue the conversation.

"By the way, my sister said that you like to do business, and you are especially good at trading, and you have overseas relations, right?" Zhao Yang said.

Overseas Relations?

Besides, laughing, in his previous life, there was a time when it was very dangerous to have overseas connections, and it was very likely that he would be branded as a spy. It's a very chic statement.

He nodded, not explaining, not knowing what Zhao Yang meant by this.

"My old man said, ah......" he said as he looked left and right, it was a habitual action.

"The old man said that the emperor may have special intentions for you......" Zhao Yang finished speaking, and a meaningful smile came.

Besides, don't answer, listen to him continue.

"Although the court is now saying that the weather is new and it looks thriving, in fact, the emperor is very worried, and this day is not as comfortable as when he was the prince." Zhao Yang highlighted the astonishing words.

"How?" Besides, he asked in a lost voice.

"Worry about money, the emperor has no money. It turned out that when he was the crown prince, he was only in charge of one family, and money was naturally not a problem, but now he has to take care of the affairs of a country, only to find that the silver is not lacking a little bit, and the sea has gone. Where did the silver come from, and it didn't come from overseas? The most scarce thing on our ground is silver ore. Zhao Yang finished speaking, and drank himself.

"What does this have to do with me?" And I was surprised.

"What does it have to do with you? The relationship is big. The old man said, the emperor is likely to take a fancy to the fact that you will do business and have overseas relations. Hey. Zhao Yang smiled meaningfully.

Besides, I instantly felt a chill down my spine and almost froze.

What kind of overseas relations, isn't it a royal organization? But this is what he is most afraid of being exposed, does the emperor know everything?

If this is the case, it is not difficult to understand that the emperor has not summoned him for a long time, probably because he has not thought about how to deal with him.

But why did you give yourself an official in the first place? Do it for others to see?

"This is not only the old man's speculation, but I also inquired about the tone of many people. The old man is concerned about your affairs. If you hadn't been covered by Master Zhang, I would have taken you home to take care of you. It is said that the emperor intends to open the sea ban, and the imperial court itself does business with overseas, so that a large amount of gold and silver comes in every year, instead of now all the trading is occupied by some big families and merchants, and the imperial court only gets a small part. ”

"Open the sea ban?" Besides, it's a bit big.

The sea ban was promulgated by Emperor Taizu, if the sea ban was opened, wouldn't it be a violation of Taizu's legacy? Zhu Yuanzhang has announced that the law he formulated prohibits future generations from changing one article.

"Yes, the emperor also has a headache about this, you can get a large amount of silver by opening the sea ban, and the shortage of silver in the imperial court will be greatly alleviated, the problem is that this matter will definitely be strongly resisted in the outer court, and those ministers are familiar with the rolling melons of Taizu's testament, and they will come when they open their mouths."

Besides, nodding, he still doesn't understand the situation in the imperial court very well, mainly because he doesn't want to care about those things.

"But since the emperor has the intention, he will do it, no matter how the ministers oppose it. It's just that this thing can't be done all of a sudden, you have to take your time, you have to level the cabinet first, although the cabinet is almost all the emperor's original team, but when it comes to the matter of opening the sea ban, whether they can all agree with it, I don't think it maybe. After the cabinet is leveled, there are still six ministries and three provincial temples, all of which have to be leveled one by one. ”

"But what does this have to do with me?"

"You are the emperor's candidate to open the sea ban?" Zhao Yang laughed.

"What?" Besides, the loss of voice is a bit too big.

"You think, if the imperial court wants to open the sea ban, it needs to set up a department, it is impossible to set up under the household department, under the Ministry of Industry, and the specifications of this department cannot be too small, neither parallel to the six departments, nor too low, so think about it again, isn't your title of the commander of the Jinyi Guard just half a level lower than the six Shangshu? The emperor is also painstaking. Zhao Yang said proudly.

Besides, although I didn't think what he said was very reasonable, it was indeed a little strange for the commander to put this official title on his head.

The commander of the Jinyi guard is a third-grade official, and generally the six Shangshu is the second grade or even the deputy second-grade, which has something to do with the qualifications of the officials, and the official position can be raised, but the qualifications have to be boiled slowly, and the rank is the seniority, which is not only related to the formal official position, but also not completely consistent.

The emperor came to a slow hand and sealed him as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the grade was only given to the fifth grade. If a white-clothed person is suddenly promoted to a third-grade member, it will definitely cause heated discussions in the court, but it will mess things up.

Why did the emperor do this? Before this, he had never figured it out, even Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong were all confused.