"Let's take a look at the Qing family...... So, this person is available? Emperor Lizong really looked carefully at the things handed over by Zheng Qingzhi, and then handed them to the chamberlain, asking him to distribute them to several important ministers in the house, and only after they had seen the same thing before he asked.

"Lao Chen thinks that he can summon this person to ask questions and answers first, Zheng Xiang, I don't know where this person is?" The documents brought by Zheng Qingzhi were all official reports from Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Yazhou, and Sanjun Town, and the descriptions of Hong Tao and the Strait Company were basically neutral, and even Zheng Qingzhi's political enemies, such as Qiao Xingjian, were unlikely to pick out too much to attack. At this time, Wei Liaoweng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, acted as a collaborator in this matter, and he was neither Zheng Qing's faction nor Qiao Xingjian's faction.

"I originally wanted him to come to Lin'an for an interview, but this man behaved very strangely, and he sent me a message that he would arrive at the mouth of the Qiantang River with his fleet in the middle of this month, and invited me to his ship at that time, do you know what his reason is?" Zheng Qingzhi smiled bitterly, shook his head, and vetoed Wei Liaoweng's proposal again, and said the meaning that Hong Tao Tuo Wennan brought to him.

"How can this be true? A maritime merchant, such a tribal courtier, what does he want to do! Qiao Xing is simply married to Hong Tao, as long as others say good things about Hong Tao, he must find a reason to refute it, no one says good things about Hong Tao, he also has to find some reason to slander. This calls the enemy's friend the enemy, and Hong Tao is the person Zheng Qingzhi brought out to be reused, so he must oppose it. In fact, in the Southern Song Dynasty, 80% of the energy was spent on checking and balancing each other, but if they could spare half of their mental head to deal with foreign races. Nor will it end up ruining a country. This happened not only in the Song Dynasty. This has been the case throughout the dynasties. It's like a spell, always hovering on the land of China, and no one can avoid it.

"Zheng Xiang, why is this person unwilling to come to Ancheng?" Emperor Lizong didn't squeak all the time, and only asked at this time, he probably couldn't figure out why Hong Tao was summoned by the court and didn't want to go.

"This son is very vicious, he said that he was afraid of being the second Yue Fei!" Zheng Qingzhi didn't know whether to help Hong Tao or harm Hong Tao. actually told Emperor Lizong what Wennan had brought to him, and it was in front of several important ministers.

"Bold!"

"Arrogance!"

"Ill-intentioned!"

As soon as Zheng Qingzhi said this, the room was instantly lively, except for Emperor Lizong, everyone present was angry, and used the harshest rhetoric to accuse Hong Tao. Even if you don't think so in your heart, you have to behave like this on your face and say this on your lips, otherwise where will Emperor Lizong be? Faint?

“…… I want to see Hong Tao, a self-proclaimed official, to see if he is an arrogant person or the reincarnation of a Yue official. In this time of crisis. I don't want to lose the second Yueguan person, are you willing to accompany me on a ride? Emperor Lizong didn't react much. But his face was also blue for a while, who wants others to accuse their ancestors of being faint. But his self-cultivation was still good, and he quickly calmed down, regained his senses, and made a decision that made everyone, including Zheng Qingzhi, stunned.

Although it is said that the imperial power of the emperor of the Song Dynasty is not so great, to the point of reaching the point of making a statement, it is not too difficult for him to really want to do one thing, and it is not too difficult to do something that does not affect the interests of all parties, and the trip to the Qiantang River Estuary is so decided. The emperor didn't plan to meet Hong Tao in person, but just wanted to see from a distance what kind of person this sea merchant or pirate leader in the South Seas was. However, his trip will make the imperial court sailors suffer, hurry up and prepare the boat, since the other party is not a good stubble, then he has to ensure that the emperor is safe and sound, not only to send out the sailors guarding the Qiantang River, but also to transfer the Mingzhou sailors.

In fact, Emperor Lizong and these ministers were dying, and if they could find a maritime merchant from the strait company in Guangzhou or Quanzhou to ask, they would definitely not go to the sea to meet with Hongtao's fleet. This is the fearlessness of the ignorant, even if you make the most awesome person of this era think about it for a lifetime, he can't imagine that there will be such a thing as a cannon, and it can be mounted on a ship and can shoot that far with a single shot.

Speaking of this issue, let's talk about it a little more, the reason why the Southern Song Dynasty court did not make much preparations before the war is that it is not very clear about the details of the Mongol army. If they knew what kind of combat strength the current Mongol army was, and that Mongolia was only using less than one-third of its capacity to invade south, it is estimated that they would not be so slack. They have always treated Mongolia as if it were the original Jin country, thinking that they could stop them from moving south with the moat. The ancients knew themselves and knew that they would not be defeated in a hundred battles. This sentence is almost rotten, but there are really few people who can really do it.

Hong Tao did not know that the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was going to come to the mouth of the Qiantang River in person, and his fleet was going to the southern waters of Wanwan, although it came out several days late, but when it was still more than 100 nautical miles away from Mingzhou, he caught up with Luo Youde's grain fleet. This is the difference between a direct voyage and a walk along the coastline, because there are many islands near the coastline, and there is no accurate navigation and positioning instrument, so when sailing close to the coast, the ship will generally stop at night and drop anchor. There is no need for direct flights, there are no obstacles on the ocean anyway, and you can sail at full speed day and night, as long as you are in the right direction.

"Brother Hong really plans to let the Prime Minister come to see you on the ship?" Luo Youde got on the Jinhe and was still discussing with Hong Tao about meeting Zheng Qingzhi. Although he was very aware of Hong Tao's style of acting, this time he was facing the second-in-command of the Great Song Dynasty, and he still didn't believe that Hong Tao could completely ignore the identity of the other party.

"It's his business if he sees me, it's my business where I want to see him, there is no one in this world who can force me. Brother Luo, I'm not a politician, so I can't talk to them. You may have heard from Lao Wen about my indiscriminate killing of innocents, and thought I was a cruel person. But compared to those politicians, I am much gentler, they are the ones who don't recognize their relatives and turn their faces and don't recognize people. I'd rather go to the battlefield and face the Mongol cavalry than have more contact with them, because they are less trustworthy than the most untrustworthy profiteers, and betraying their partners for profit is their way of making a living. Are you willing to work with such people all day long, and be on the lookout for them to sell you at any time? Hong Tao understands Luo Youde's thoughts, even if he opens up and surpasses the times, he will not be able to jump out of the circle of the times.

"Do you think he's going to see you?" Luo Youde was hit by Hong Tao's heart, and the nonsense in the back simply didn't say anything, and asked Hong Tao a question.

"Well, that's the crux of the matter. If he comes to me, your court will be saved. A person and a government do not necessarily have to be capable, but the most important thing is to know what they need and what they lack. If he doesn't come to see me, Lao Luo, you have to be careful, and it's best to take all your family members to Jinhewan. It's not that I'm scaring you, those politicians are ruthless, but they are much more shameless than me. Hong Tao didn't have much hope for Zheng Qingzhi to come to see him, Wen Nan never came back, it is estimated that he was detained in Lin'an, compared to the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, Hong Tao was more worried about Wen Nan. If he was persecuted by the imperial court because of himself, he would be more upset than the Southern Song Dynasty being destroyed by the Mongols. has been getting along day and night for several years, and he is still the first student to kowtow to his teacher, saying that there is no emotion, that is false, how can people be ruthless?

"Brother Hong is too worried, so it won't be like this...... But I want to ask, if the imperial court really arrests me and Brother Wen, what will Brother Hong do? Luo Youde is quite optimistic, after all, he is a member of the Song Dynasty, and his family is still an official, so he should know more about the rules of the Great Song Dynasty officialdom.

"It's very easy to do, I will directly turn Mingzhou into a sea of fire, and then tell you the emperor, obediently send you two to me on the ship, otherwise the coastal cities of the Great Song Dynasty, including Lin'an, will all become flattened. If they think the two of you are worth more than a dozen cities along the coast, then keep you. I will help you take care of your family, and I will also help you erect a monument in Jinhe City, so that future generations will always remember you. Lao Luo, remember, I'm not from the Great Song Dynasty! That's right, just because I like Da Song doesn't mean that others can use my preferences to blackmail me. "Hong Tao is telling the truth, not to mention that Luo Youde and Wen Nan were arrested, even if Bo Zhu and the children were all taken away by others, he would not give in. There really isn't anything in this world to blackmail him, and he doesn't regard this world as his own at all, everything is just a game scene, and if it's destroyed, it's ruined.

"It's better for you to land less, in case someone provokes you one day, a city will be gone!" Luo Youde believes that Hong Tao can do what he says, although these words are not very good, but they are indeed the most reasonable. You can't ask Hong Tao to return to the imperial court, and then let someone slaughter it, this kind of idea Luo Youde has never had, not once.

Mingzhou is the Ningbo of later generations, and the fleet bypasses the Zhoushan Islands, and then goes dozens of kilometers to the west to reach the mouth of the Qiantang River. Seven warships and four salmon-class cargo ships, plus ten Fu ships and Guangzhou ships composed of grain convoys, formed two columns, starting with Hong Tao's flagship Jinhe. More than 20 large sea ships lined up to enter Hangzhou Bay, which is also very eye-catching. Whether it is Mingzhou or Lin'an, although they are all big ports, the vast majority of them are domestic trade ships, and a small number of foreign trade ships from Goryeo and Japan are not comparable in number and scale with the sea ships in Guangzhou and Quanzhou ports in the South Seas. There were so many big ships coming at once, especially the sails and clouds with more than forty-meter-high masts and clouds on the Jinhe, and the passing ships along the way were stupid, not knowing where this huge fleet came from and where it was going. (To be continued.) )