The cold comes and the summer comes, the winter goes to the spring, the west wind blows through another year, and in the blink of an eye, the New Year of the two-year rule has passed, and the officials have finished their holidays and are about to start busy again.

However, although the government and workshops in various places have resumed normal operation one after another, the folk New Year's flavor has not dissipated, and the crisp sound of firecrackers has been heard from time to time.

Early in the morning, a fast horse stepped on the melting snow, galloped, and came to the city of Hangzhou.

Outside the city, there were already a lot of vegetable farmers who had come into the city to sell vegetables, and the cavalry reined in their horses, looked at the city gate and waited anxiously for a while, before the city gate creaked open in the sound of the watch.

Seeing this, the cavalry immediately urged his horse forward, showed his waist card and papers, and galloped along the street non-stop, through the lively streets, and in the surprised eyes of the crowd, he ran directly to the governor's yamen.

The cavalry came to the front of the yamen, the door of the house had not yet opened, he quickly turned over and dismounted, and then rushed to the door on the steps, raised his hand, and knocked on the iron ring on the door continuously, and shouted loudly: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly..."

The soldier knocked several times in a row, and after a short time the door opened a crack, and an officer stuck out his head and scolded him very unhappily: "Governor Yamen, don't be presumptuous!" ”

The soldier hurriedly clenched his fists and explained: "This sir, my lord has 100,000 urgent matters to report to the governor!" ”

The officer frowned, listened to the sergeant's words, and finally did not make it difficult, "Come in through the side door!" ”

After speaking, the gate was closed by the general, and then a small door next to it creaked open, and the soldier hurriedly entered from here.

Xiao Qihui, the governor of Zhejiang, surrendered, and at that time King Lu promised him excellent conditions, and he was also on King Lu's ship.

Just after the early morning shift, Xiao Qihui put on his clothes under the service of his subordinates, washed up, and after a little activity, he was ready to start dealing with the government affairs accumulated in the new year.

At this time, he was walking in the yard, and a staff member outside hurried into the backyard, and when he saw him, he immediately ran straight over.

Xiao Qi met with that staff member, he was a confidant who had been with him for many years, he followed him when he was a Ming official, he did not leave him when he was a Qing official, and now he is working for the Ming Dynasty with him.

There are two ways to become an official, one is to be admitted to the Jinshi and test for fame, and the other is to become a staff member of a high-ranking official and be recommended by a high-ranking official to enter the officialdom.

The master surnamed Huang has followed Xiao Qihui for many years, Xiao Qihui is very easy to use, and some are reluctant, but he still has to arrange a position for him and put him as a local official, otherwise he will always stay by his side, after a long time, I am afraid that he will also produce complaints, and if he is delegated, he can also become his pawn in the local area and his future resources, and this situation is very common in officialdom.

Xiao Qihui also saw the staff hurriedly coming, "Mr. Huang, what is so in a hurry?" ”

The staff walked up to him, "Lord Futai, Liu Zhixian from Yuyao has sent an urgent letter, Futai had better take a look at it immediately." ”

As the governor of a province, Xiao Qihui must need some obedient people in the local area to serve as his hands and feet, eyes and ears, otherwise it will be easy to be overthrown by political enemies or people who want to sit in his seat.

This Liu Zhixian of Yuyao is Xiao Qihui's person, and he is also his staff member, but he is famous and surrenders to the Ming Dynasty with him.

He has already operated Governor Liu to transfer to Huzhou as a Tongzhi, promoted him to Liupin, and then straightened him up as a prefect in a few years, and made him a county guard.

Xiao Qihui heard that it was an urgent letter sent by Liu Zhixian, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, he was going to be transferred after a while, what could be urgent, could it be that he poked some basket in Yuyao and asked him to help wipe his ass?

Xiao Qihui denied this idea in his heart, this Liu Zhixian has been a staff member for him for three or four years, and he has always done things safely, and since he was placed in Yuyao as a magistrate, he has also made quite a lot of achievements, and he shouldn't have stabbed him in any basket.

At this time, Xiao Qihui took the letter suspiciously, there was a wax seal, indicating that it was a confidential matter, he tore it open and looked at it, read a few lines in a row, and immediately his face changed.

Mr. Huang, who was on the side, saw Xiao Qihui's expression, and couldn't help asking, "Futai, what is the matter?" ”

Xiao Qihui was speechless for a while, and after being silent for a while, he suddenly handed the letter to Mr. Huang, "Sir, take a look for yourself!" ”

Mr. Huang took it and looked at it, and his face was also shocked, "Is this news reliable, Prince Yizong actually appeared in Yuyao, and was mistakenly arrested by the government and put in prison." ”

This is really a little too surprising, Huang Xiaoqi's face is cold, he didn't expect this Liu Zhixian to really stab him in a big basket, he couldn't help but say angrily: "This Liu Yixin, he dares to joke about such a thing, how can he put the fifth son of the emperor in prison?" ”

Mr. Huang hurriedly looked at it carefully, and then said: "Futai, this matter is really not to blame on Liu Zhixian's head. The letter said that it was Li Xiancheng's brother-in-law in Yuyao City, who fell in love with someone else's property, and an inspection in Yuyao framed the fifth son of the emperor as a fugitive in the case, so he mistakenly put the fifth son of the emperor in prison. ”

"Liu Yixin has not been transferred to Huzhou, he is the chief official of Yuyao, what the people below do is what he does, he can't get out of this matter, maybe this official will also be implicated." Xiao Qi will be demoted, his virtue is not matched, how many eyes are staring at him, he sounded that Li Xiancheng, and his heart couldn't help but be even more angry.

This time, he operated Liu Zhixian to Huzhou as Zhizhou, through the relationship with Zhang Kentang, although it is the same faction of King Lu, but Zhang Kentang does not deal with him very much, he is demoted and they Jiangsu and Zhejiang bureaucrats can not play together, and Zhang Kentang's condition is to correct this Li County.

"Go to Taiwan, what should I do now, do you want to send someone to pick up the fifth son of the emperor immediately and report to the imperial court, so as to reduce the impact."

"That's right! Close the stable door after the horse has bolted! Xiao Qihui listened to the words of the staff, nodded his head, and walked into the house, "Let people go immediately, no, Ben Fu wants to go in person, Mr. go and mobilize people..."

The staff members bowed and were about to turn around, but Xiao Qihui's steps suddenly stopped, turned his head and frowned and asked, "Mr. said, this fifth son of the emperor came out at this time, who is happy and who is not happy?" ”

The staff was stunned, Chongzhen's bloodline had a strong impact on the Ming Dynasty, and whenever there was a prince who fled to Jiangnan, there would be no Fulu and a series of bad things such as the struggle.

After Jiashen, the reason why the Ming Dynasty was so chaotic was not because of the loss of a center, after the whole system was missing the core, everyone felt that they could be the core, and the large system disintegrated into small systems, competing with each other for position, and became a plate of scattered sand.

In this case, it was not until the Ming army captured Nanjing, Wang Yan raised the status of Longwu and managed to barely stabilize the legal status of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty reluctantly had a center.

At this time, if the matter of the fifth son of the emperor is reported, will the king of Chu admit it? Will there be another fake prince case? What will be the attitude of King Lu and King Tang?

Mr. Huang and Xiao Qi will see the fifth son of the emperor, and their heads will blow up, now think about it carefully, this matter is not easy to deal with, if it is not good, there will be a big problem, set off a big storm, and they will definitely not be able to please anything.

"Futai, you have to be cautious about this matter!"

Xiao Qihui thought so, "This matter can't be reported directly to the imperial court, Ben Fu wrote a secret letter, and Mr. asked him to send it to Nanjing immediately, and hand it over directly to His Royal Highness King Lu, don't let other people know, including Zhang Kentang, Ben Fu will let the soldiers and horses drive to Yuyao, and control all the people who know the news, and the news of the appearance of the fifth son of the emperor must not be known." ”