No matter how angry he was in his heart, Xia Lang knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, and even if Jiang Mian and the two scholars went out together to seek Emperor Zhengde, it would be useless.

I thought that the Ministry of Industry could hold Zhang Zhijie back, but I didn't expect Zhang Zhijie to do such a great job and take away Longjiang Shipyard at once! The importance of Longjiang Shipyard is self-evident.

Although he is the spokesperson of Jingli, there are some things that he can't decide! Especially now in the face of Zhang Zhijie's great authority, he has a deep sense of powerlessness. Whether or not to fight with Zhang Zhijie to break the net, it's not for him to decide!

So Sharon can only pass the news to the family and wait for the decision of the head of the family. But he knew that it would be difficult to clamp Zhang Zhijie in Beijing!

Sure enough, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Jiang Mian went to the leopard room to see Emperor Zhengde without any effect at all, and the three of them had no choice but to leave after several efforts.

The next thing to do is to deal with the Ministry of War, with the experience of the Ministry of Industry, Zhang Zhijie did not arrange for Song Cun to come forward, but came forward himself! I don't know if it was because the coastal system south of the Yangtze River had not infiltrated the military department enough, or because the military department had learned the lessons of the Ministry of Industry, and it was very happy.

To Zhang Zhijie's surprise, Wang Shouren actually had the same views on maritime affairs as Zhang Zhijie, but he still disagreed with Zhang Zhijie's radical approach.

Zhang Zhijie is also very happy about this, although Wang Shouren has also written to support Zhang Zhijie, of course, with the connections of this donkey, it has no effect, but Zhang Zhijie is still very happy, in the end, there are still people in the same way.

The documents of the military department were quickly ready, and Zhang Zhijie sent people south to inspect the coastal guard posts, and prepared to tow the rotten ships that still had useful value to Nanjing.

But Zhang Zhijie did not immediately set off for the south, although he had the heart to go south, but there were still fetters. Wife and children are one thing, the important thing is that Emperor Zhengde will not let him go south now, because Emperor Zhengde asked Qintian to calculate that the auspicious day is approaching, and he is about to marry Miss Liu Ji.

Therefore, Emperor Zhengde will definitely not let Zhang Zhijie go south, at least he will not agree to Zhang Zhijie to go south until he is married.

Of course, there are other reasons, that is, Zhang Zhijie still has to raise money, and the most ideal is of course the Dingguo Mansion, the British Mansion and the Wei Mansion, but he hasn't started to fool around yet!

The Duke of Wei is easier, when he was in Nanjing, Zhang Zhijie had an exchange with Xu Pengju in this regard, in fact, the Duke of Wei guarded Nanjing, how could he not know about the situation along the coast? Xu Pengju has always been very envious of maritime trade, but the Duke of Wei has never interfered.

Because the old prince has always been cautious and unwilling to live his life, even if he meddles in the maritime trade, it is only the icing on the cake for the Guogong Mansion, if it is because of smuggling and causes the warning of the imperial court and causes the emperor's dissatisfaction, then the gain outweighs the loss!

But Zhang Zhijie is now smuggling under the emperor's order, no, if he goes to sea, the Duke of Wei will naturally have no worries, and with his friendship with the Duke of Wei, the Duke of Wei will definitely mix! As for the coastal civil officials, they have nothing to do with the Wei Mansion. As a nobleman, the most important thing is the relationship with the emperor.

Therefore, the Dingguo Mansion is also easy to fool, only the British Duke Zhang Zhijie is a little uncertain, mainly because the Wei Mansion is too detached, and its reputation among civil officials has always been very good, so it is difficult to say whether the British Mansion is willing to wade into this troubled water!

But it doesn't matter, in fact, the cost of forming a fleet is less than Zhang Zhijie expected, in fact, Zhang Zhijie himself can afford it, of course, Zhang Zhijie will not be so stupid as to pay all his own money.

In fact, at this point, it is estimated that many people can see that although the formation of the fleet this time is in an uproar, it is actually completely different from the seven voyages to the Western Ocean during the Yongle period. Although Emperor Zhengde ordered Zhang Zhijie to supervise the supervision with full powers, he did not allocate money, nor did he let the court participate more, it was more like just obtaining a permit and an approval!

It's like a glass workshop that was famous back then, so Zhang Zhijie estimated that after the news spread, there would definitely be people interested in going to sea! Especially now that Zhang Zhijie directly holds the Longjiang Shipyard in his hands.

The North may not be very keen on going to sea, but there are probably many people in the South who are very keen on maritime trade. It was difficult to meddle in the past, but now that there is an opportunity, how can you not pay attention?

However, the current news may not have spread to the south, and the fighting between Zhang Zhijie and the wealthy families along the Yangtze River has just begun, even if someone knows about it, they are still waiting to see the situation. However, as long as Zhang Zhijie obtains the permission of Emperor Zhengde and the imperial court, he can go to sea openly, and he has Longjiang Shipyard in his hand, this is already a big bargaining chip!

So we have to wait, and after the news reaches the south to ferment, Zhang Zhijie will go south. The most important thing now is the Zhengde wedding.

Emperor Zhengde wanted to marry Liu Ji in the leopard room, and he did not use the etiquette of accepting concubines, but the folk custom of marrying wives, which was undoubtedly nonsense when hundreds of officials came. After the news spread, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but have another headache, and personally came to the leopard room to persuade him.

But Emperor Zhengde has been planning for a long time, and he is determined to do so, even if Zhang Zhijie thinks to himself, he doesn't know if he can persuade him, let alone Yang Tinghe.

Emperor Zhengde ignored the reaction of the hundred officials, and he didn't need them anyway, and he didn't need to mix with the Ministry of Rites, and the silver didn't use the ministry. Therefore, in the eyes of Emperor Zhengde, there is nothing to do with hundreds of officials.

But it can't be without Zhang Zhijie, Liu Ji got married in Zhang Zhijie's small courtyard, can she not care? Although there are Zhang Yong and Ma Yongcheng in the leopard room, what about Liu Ji?

You can't let Liu Ji marry into the leopard room like this, right? There is always a dowry to get married! When Xu Jiaying got married, Emperor Zhengde once gave Xu Jiaying a grand reward as a dowry!

Now it's Zhang Zhijie's turn, and Zhang Zhijie naturally can't be too stingy, so Zhang Zhijie is busy discussing with the housekeeper to prepare a dowry for Liu Ji. Although Liu Ji refused repeatedly, Zhang Zhijie still prepared a solid dowry of one hundred and eight knots for Liu Ji.

Zhang Zhijie prepared a dowry for Liu Ji, Xu Jiaying naturally would not be idle, and often came to Liu Ji's small courtyard.

Although Xu Jiaying didn't take it to heart at the beginning, but women, how sensitive, Xu Jiaying realized that something was wrong the second time. In addition, although Xu Jiaying has no impression of Yiye, she still has an impression of Ziyi, who once saved Zhang Zhijie's life in Yanzhou!

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