In the palace of the capital, the Jinyi guard commanded Luo Sigong to rush into the palace in a hurry.

"Something's wrong." The elderly otaku Emperor Wanli met Luo Sigong leisurely.

"Your Majesty, Li Duo sent an urgent secret letter, claiming that he had figured out Huang Lin's identity."

Emperor Wanli's body was shocked, and he stood up directly excitedly: "Tell me quickly, is that person the traverser that Qin Ming and Qin Dao Chang said." ”

Luo Sigong handed Li Duo's secret letter to Xiao Huangmen, and then forwarded it to the emperor.

Emperor Wanli opened it and shouted, "Sure enough." ”

"However, this Huanglin already has a certain foundation overseas. According to Rydor's secret letter, he had been the king's servant for many years and was also the minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom. ”

It is a lower-level title for a horse, and this title is probably used not to constitute an encroachment on the Central Plains Dynasty.

The prime minister was the supreme administrator of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and although like many members of the royal family, he could be called "the prince of a certain place", but in the history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, there were not many Han people from the Central Plains who held this position.

Emperor Wanli paced back and forth for two steps, and sighed: "I didn't expect that he had reached the point where power leaned towards the government and the opposition. I still remember that in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, Xia Ziyang and Wang Shizhen were ordered by me to canonize Shang Ning as king. At that time, there was no news of this Huanglin. ”

Luo Sigong pursed his lips in his heart, at that time, he had not heard that Shang Ning had a daughter. In fact, it is already a common thing for a vassal state to conceal something from the suzerain.

However, this situation in Huanglin is not caused by concealment.

"Your Majesty, this Huanglin, according to Li Duo, only started its activities in the Ryukyu Kingdom five years ago. At that time, the Ryukyu Kingdom was in turmoil, and the daughter of Shōnin was exiled among the people. Fortunately, he was able to save him. That's why he became Shang Ning's guest. Later, Shoning discovered that this person had the ability to rule the world, and gradually became the minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom. ”

"I see. If he can become the prime minister of a country within five years, he is also capable. After a pause, Emperor Wanli asked instead. However, I don't know anything about the chaos that has befallen the Ryukyus Kingdom. ”

Luo Sigong sighed and said, "Chen also just learned about this matter from Li Duo. The thirty-seventh year of Wanli. The Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain of the Wakoku Kingdom sent a force of 3,000 men to attack the Ryukyu Kingdom and captured more than 100 people from the Ryukyu king. They were later taken to Kagoshima and then taken to Edo, after a meeting with Tokugawa Hidetada, the shogun of the Seiyi. He returned to Kagoshima and was forced to sign the "Satsuma Domain" with the Satsuma Domain, recognizing the Ryukyu Kingdom as a vassal state of the Satsuma Domain, and the monarch swore eternal allegiance to the Shimazu clan. ”

"What!" Emperor Wanli was furious, "The Ryukyu Kingdom dares to betray the Ming Dynasty, how can it be unreasonable!" ”

Luo Sigong hurriedly knelt down and said, "The Ryukyu Kingdom has still been reduced to the state of China and Japan for four years. We don't know anything, and we deserve death. Please Your Majesty give Weichen a chance to make meritorious contributions. ”

The people of the Ming Dynasty have always dreamed of all countries coming to the dynasty. Although most of the vassal states have not had any substantial interest exchanges, they are related to the face of the Ming Dynasty. It was only natural for the emperor to express his strong displeasure with the actions of the Ryukyu king Shōning's subordinates.

But now the wood is done. The Ryukyus country is far away from the sea, and transportation is inconvenient. Even if you want to do something, you can't do it.

However, hearing Luo Sigong say that he had a strategy to make meritorious contributions, Emperor Wanli finally found a reason to calm down his mood.

"Tell me, what are your ways to make meritorious contributions?"

"The guilty man has two strategies." Luo Sigong has been the Eagle Dog of the Wanli Emperor for many years, and he knows too well what the Emperor needs, "Your Majesty's treasury has been tight recently. It's better to cooperate with Huang Lin. Imported seafood from him, and then scraped a layer of oil and water from the rich merchants in the Central Plains. ”

Emperor Wanli was very interested in Brother Kong Fang. It was once rumored that he had a large inventory of gold and jewels in the palace, and he also wrote a lot of reminders similar to the three hundred taels of silver in this place. Later, his treasures were secretly dug up by the eunuchs.

Rumors naturally have their absurdity, but Wanli's love for treasure is undeniable. He knows very well that the country runs on money, and nothing can be done without money. However, the money is in the cellars of the rich in the north. It's all in the industry of the wealthy merchants of the South. It was very difficult for him to get money out of it.

Most of the ministers in the court and the central government had a background of merchants and landlords, and if he really wanted to implement any policy to steal money from the pockets of merchants and landlords, he would have been violently resisted.

Now, Luo Sigong has provided him with another path.

"Working with Huang Lin?" Emperor Wanli pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered that King Fu and Kang Ning had already opened up business in this area before. I heard that they have made a lot of money. Even the little silver he took out has already made several times the profit.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but praise, "It's a good idea." So what is the second one? ”

Luo Sigong hurriedly replied: "Li Duo told the guilty minister. Ever since he was captured, King Shoning of the Ryukyus has always felt sorry for his ancestors, and often wept secretly. After the Great Rebellion, the Wa Kingdom filmed a monk named Kikuin as the regent of the Ryukyu Kingdom, holding great power, which caused Huang Lin's dissatisfaction many times. Huang Lin then made secret contact with Shang Ning, and the two prepared to set aside the monk Kikuin and prepare to break away from the control of the Shimazu clan. Now, they only lack a righteous name, and this is unique to my ****. ”

"Good! You can say that again! "Emperor Wanli was very happy about this.

Sending troops, money, and food, he felt pain. Just giving a righteous name that doesn't require money can regain the lost dignity, and there is nothing wrong with that.

After pacing back and forth for a few steps, Emperor Wanli finally decided: "Didn't that Wa State engage in a general of conquest?" Then give Huang Lin a general to conquer the Japanese. Let him deal with the Wa Kingdom. Also, isn't he a concubine, and I have specially promoted him to a concubine. In this way, his position in the Ryukyus is enough for him to suppress Xiaoxiao. ”

Luo Sigong hurriedly said, "Enough is enough." The minister thinks that the name of a great general is enough. There is no precedent for the post of general of the Imperial Army. ”

"It doesn't matter if there is no precedent, as long as it can bring me enough deals." Emperor Wanli simply didn't hide his true thoughts from his close courtiers, "By the way, let that Kang Ning do it." Didn't Li Duo appreciate him very much? It just so happens that there are not many people who are relieved that Huang Lin is relieved. He's the best candidate. ”

Luo Sigong has no opinion on this candidate, and nominally, Kang Ning is still his subordinate.

Besides, the next two things are inseparable from this person.

"Your Majesty. The offender has two more things to report. ”

"Say."

"Recently, the key of Wang Zhi, the deputy envoy of the Shandong Judicial Department, was assassinated by the White Lotus Sect in Qingzhou Mansion. The matter caused an uproar, and many important ministers demanded a thorough investigation of the matter. ”

Emperor Wanli already knew about this matter, and the relevant notes had already been put on the desk.

"I already know about this matter, and I have already instructed the cabinet to deal with it."

Luo Sigong didn't mean to keep his mouth shut, he continued: "Your Majesty, what the minister wants to say is not only about this matter itself. Do you remember that our attitude towards the time-travelers was that we didn't want them to disrupt too much of the course of history? so as not to affect our judgment of the situation. However, according to what Qin Daochang said, Wang Sen should have been arrested and imprisoned in his original history. If his rebellion spreads too much, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of other traversers. Instead, the skeptics will become smarter and more difficult to deal with. ”

Emperor Wanli took a deep breath: "I really don't want to stop." What's your best idea? ”

"Shi Ziming wrote yesterday. According to the prosecutor in Shandong and other places, it was learned that Kang Ning, a scholar from Yizhou, and Xu Hongru, a scholar from Yanzhou, defected from Wang Sen one after another, abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and each founded a church to fight against Wang Sen. and repeatedly exposed Wang Sen's tricks of defrauding money. Shi Ziming believes that these two forces can be used by me. ”

Emperor Wanli waved his hand and said: "Daoist Qin said that Xu Hongru will be the opposite, how can he be credulous to him. Passing on the secret decree, Yang Jiji continued to monitor him closely. Corning is certainly available, that's our people after all. Spread the decree to Shi Ziming, Kang Ning can be of great use, but not for merit. I want to wait for him to pass the Jinshi examination, and then reward him together. ”

"The guilty man has written it down." Luo Si replied respectfully, "It's just that there is one more thing that needs to be clarified to Your Majesty." ”

The old emperor suddenly burst into a nameless fire: "Why is there so much recently?" ”

Luo Sigong hurriedly kowtowed and said, "It's the criminal who didn't think about it, and he talked about Huang Lin just now, but he forgot about it." ”

Huang Lin is the future benefactor of the old emperor, and he should calm down and listen to her affairs.

So the old emperor took a deep breath and said as calmly and majestically as possible: "Come quickly." ”

"I just said that Wang Sen has a clear tendency to change history, in fact, Huang Lin also has. The Battle of Osaka Winter and the Battle of Osaka Summer, which were mentioned by Qin Ming Dao Chief, did not go on as scheduled. According to Li Duo's latest news, there is a lot of Huang Lin's efforts in this. It is reported that Tokugawa Hidetada, who is already the general of the Seiyi, has not yet fallen out with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. That's a full year later than the history of the in-person account record. ”

Emperor Wanli was silent, and after thinking for a while, it seemed that there was no good way. Huang Lin, on the one hand, is his future financier, but on the other hand, he is a disobedient traverser. This is obviously a headache.

"Do you have any ideas?"

Luo Sigong knew that the emperor was going to ask him, so he simply replied: "Weichen thinks that Kang Ning still needs to go to this matter." ”

"Why Corning again?"

"Your Majesty, Huang Lin's subordinates have Japanese pirates, mainland pirates, outward natives, and Western Yi people, who are mixed and difficult to control. He had always wanted to find a thought that would make these people push in one direction. And the Black Lotus Sect, which Kangning had just established recently, was more in line with his taste. ”

The old emperor's eyes lit up: "You mean, you can let Kang Ning secretly influence him, and try not to interfere with the process of history too obviously at the beginning." ”

"That's exactly what Wechen meant."

"Good!" The emperor patted the armrest of the dragon chair, "Send him a secret decree, let him deal with Wang Sen's affairs, and let him leave for the Ryukyu Kingdom." Also, tell Li Duo that his plan can begin. ”

"Wechen obeys!" (To be continued.) )