In the study of the Governor's Mansion in Shanghai New Town, Zhou Zhong sat behind the desk with a pensive face, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the tabletop, and in front of him, the white-haired Jiao Fang held a letter in his hand, with an incredible expression on his face, and at the same time his eyes were a little happy.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this letter from His Majesty the Emperor is really timely, it just solves the trouble of His Majesty the Governor looking for an excuse to disclose his identity, and looking at the meaning of His Majesty's letter, he seems to have been bewitched by Jiang Bin and wants to go to Xuanfu to patrol the border, but with His Majesty's identity, he really can't leave the capital lightly, and now His Majesty has summoned His Majesty to Beijing, it is likely that after disclosing the identity of His Majesty, let His Majesty Governor supervise the country on His Majesty's behalf!" After a long while, Jiao Fang said excitedly.

For Jiao Fang's speculation, Zhou Chong in contemplation also nodded, originally he had decided to give up the current governor's position and enter Beijing, but he didn't expect that when he was planning this matter, he suddenly received a letter from Zhengde, the content of which was that Zhengde was asking Zhou Chong's opinion, asking him if he was willing to disclose his identity to go to the capital, as for the reason for letting Zhou Chong go to the capital, Zhengde did not say it clearly in the letter, but just mentioned the situation in Xuanfu, with Zhou Chong and Jiao Fang's knowledge, he naturally knew that Zhengde was hinting at Zhou Chong, He wanted to go to Xuanfu for a turn, but there was no shortage of someone with sufficient status in the capital to guard it, so Zhengde thought of summoning Zhou Zhong to the capital.

Zhengde's letter is simply too timely for Zhou Chong, but it is precisely because it is too timely, so when Zhou Chong first received the letter, he couldn't believe it for a while, and even felt that this was Zhengde testing himself? However, Zhou Chong thought about Zhengde's temperament, but quickly rejected this idea, after all, with Zhengde's character who never took imperial power to heart, it was impossible to play such a trick on Zhou Chong.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chong also raised his head and said to Jiao Fang: "Elder Jiao Ge, if the imperial brother makes my identity public." If I am asked to supervise the country on his behalf, and then he goes to the Xuanfu again, will the ministers of the DPRK and China object? ”

"Definitely against it!" Jiao Fang replied without thinking about it, "Your Majesty is the world. It is impossible for the ministers of the court to agree to His Majesty to go to Xuanfu to take risks, but everyone knows His Majesty's temperament, as long as it is his decision, then it is useless for anyone to oppose it, and even if the courtiers insist on stopping it, he may secretly leave the capital to go to Xuanfu, so if His Majesty discloses the identity of the Governor before going to Xuanfu, and then asks you to supervise the country on Your Majesty's behalf, then the opposition in the capital will be much smaller, after all, the Governor is His Majesty's only brother-in-law. Your Majesty has no heirs, to put it mildly, even if Your Majesty encounters any accident in Xuanfu, the throne of the Ming Dynasty will not be turbulent because of this! ”

Hearing Jiao Fang's analysis, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but nodded. When Zhengde went to Xuanfu for the first time in history, he did run secretly, and several ministers did not stop him, and Zhengde lived in Xuanfu for a few months, and even proclaimed himself "Zhenguo Gong", and built a Zhenguo Mansion in Xuanfu, and affectionately called it home.

Thinking of the absurd Zhengde in history. Zhou Chong couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, having such a son of heaven is not a good thing for the people of the Ming Dynasty, but for Zhou Chong, it is a good thing to have such an unobtrusive brother as the emperor. At least he won't be suspicious of something inadvertent.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chong's mood suddenly brightened, and he showed a smile and said to Jiao Fang: "Elder Ge, with the temper of the imperial brother, Zhou entered Beijing this time, and it is likely that I will be in charge of the country on his behalf as you guessed." It's just that Zhou can handle the government affairs of the Governor's Palace, but when it comes to military affairs, he doesn't know anything, not to mention that he doesn't know anything about the situation in the officialdom in Beijing, so Zhou hopes that Jiao Ge Lao can enter Beijing with Zaixia, I don't know what the old man thinks? ”

Hearing that Zhou Zheng invited him to enter Beijing together, Jiao Fang's eyebrows flew with joy, what he was waiting for was Zhou Chong's words, after all, no matter how good he did in the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, after all, he was only a magistrate, and he couldn't be compared with the ministers in the capital, but now if Zhou Chong entered the Beijing Prison State, then he would have the opportunity to make a comeback, and even enter the cabinet again.

"Thank you Lord Governor for your reminder, the old man should take the lead of the Governor in the future!" Jiao Fang said excitedly.

"Good! In the future, if he can get the help of Jiao Gelao, Zhou will be more confident about the trip to Beijing! Zhou Zhong was also very happy, after all, with the assistance of someone like Jiao Fang, who had been in the court for decades, he was equivalent to having a strong assistant in the capital, at least when dealing with those people in the court, he had a strong backing.

The reason why Zhengde wrote a letter to Zhou Chong instead of making a holy decree was mainly because he didn't want to force his younger brother to do things, so he asked Zhou Chong by letter if he was willing to go to the capital, and Zhou Chong discussed with Jiao Fang, and immediately wrote a reply to Zhengde, in which he said that he was willing to go to the capital, but when he left, the position of governor was vacant, which was really not a good thing for the overseas layout of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhou Chong recommended Wang Shouren to replace him as the governor, after all, Wang Shouren knew the most about his overseas layout. And he personally ran around overseas, and he was also the most supportive of Zhou Chong, and Wang Shouren succeeded him as the governor of the four seas, and Zhou Chong was also very relieved.

However, the governor of the four seas is high and powerful, and the military and political power is grasped with one hand, in the past, it was because of Zhou Chong's special status, so Zhengde would rest assured that he would serve as the governor, and now after replacing Wang Shouren, the governor's power must be weakened, and Zhou Zhong is also very clear about this, so he recommended Wang Shouren as the governor at the same time, and also recommended Zhang Cai to serve as the envoy and concurrently serve as the political envoy of Zuobu, so that the power in Zhang Cai's hands has increased greatly, and he can also contain the power in Wang Shouren's hands, so as not to let him monopolize the power.

Zhou Chong's private message to Zhengde and the recommendation of Wang Shouren and others were soon sent to the capital, and Zhengde was also overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately agreed to Zhou Chong's recommendation to Wang Shouren and others, and also sent someone to Shanghai to escort Zhou Chong's family into Beijing, after all, Zhou Chong is his only younger brother, the most noble prince of the Ming Dynasty, if his identity is public, there should be no less pomp and circumstance, but if you want to disclose Zhou Chong's identity, you also need him to come to the capital, and then the Empress Dowager Zhang and Li Dongyang and others testify together, Then write Zhou Chong's real name of Zhu Houwei into the genealogy of the Zongren Mansion, only in this way can Zhou Chong truly restore his original identity.

When the guards sent by Zhengde to Zhou Chong arrived in Shanghai New Town, Zhou Chong had already arranged the affairs of the Governor's Palace, and he also summoned Wang Shouren and Zhang Cai to the study to talk alone.

Among them, Zhou Zhong still trusts Wang Shouren very much, and his explanation is very simple, which is nothing more than the steady implementation of their previous plan, controlling Nanyang in their hands little by little, and guarding against the Portuguese entrenched in India. In addition, there is only the Wa Kingdom left, Edo Bay and Iwami Silver Mine have a great relationship, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes, although now the Wa Kingdom is in chaos, no one dares to provoke the Ming Dynasty, but there are 10,000 people in everything, so Wang Shouren must not be careless.

For Zhou Chong's advice, Wang Shouren also kept it in mind, speaking of which he was steady, and he also knew Zhou Chong's maritime layout the best, so there were some things that Zhou Chong didn't need to tell him at all, and he also knew what to do, but now Zhou Chong deliberately proposed it, which shows that Zhou Chong attaches great importance to these things, so Wang Shouren also nodded yes.

After telling Wang Shouren, Zhou Chong called Zhang Cai to the study again, but unlike Wang Shouren, Zhou Chong told Zhang Cai his true identity as soon as he came up, which Zhou Chong had not identified himself when he told Wang Shouren before, because he knew that no matter what his identity was, Wang Shouren would dutifully complete what he had to do.

However, Zhang Cai is different from Wang Shouren, Zhang Cai's utilitarianism is extremely heavy, and he is with Jiao Fang to join Zhou Chong, now Zhou Chong brought Jiao Fang to the capital, and when Zhou Chong's identity is made public in the future, this will make Zhang Cai think that Zhou Chong has abandoned him, and it is inevitable that there will be some resentment in his heart, after all, Zhang Cai is originally a villain without virtue, but his talent is excellent, and he can't find anyone to replace Zhang Cai for the time being, so Zhou Chong Before leaving, it is necessary to tell Zhang Cai his identity and appease him.

After Zhang Cai heard Zhou Chong's identity, his reaction was the same as Jiao Fang's, he was shocked and suspicious at first, but when he saw the holy decree written by Zhengde himself, as well as some correspondence between Zhou Chong and Zhengde, this made him believe in Zhou Chong's identity, and he was also ecstatic at the moment, and almost immediately knelt down to express his loyalty to Zhou Chong.

Zhou Chong had already expected Zhang Cai's reaction, after all, compared to Jiao Fang, who was already old, Zhang Cai was more likely to return to the temple with the help of Zhou Chong's strength, plus he was not a person with a backbone, so after knowing that Zhou Chong was the only younger brother of His Majesty today, he immediately made a decision that he must hold Zhou Chong's thick legs tightly for the rest of his life.

Finally waited until Zhang Cai regained his calm, Zhou Chong told him some things, in contrast, Zhou Chong was even more worried about Zhang Cai, so he told him the most, for example, he asked Zhang Cai to supervise Wang Shouren, but he must not drag Wang Shouren back in business, as long as he can assist Wang Shouren to manage the Governor's Mansion in an orderly manner, Zhou Chong will naturally find a way to transfer him back to the capital in the future.

Although Zhang Cai was a little dissatisfied that Zhou Chong did not take him back to Beijing directly, he also knew that the matter of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas was very important, so he must have competent manpower, and now Zhou Chong kept himself, which shows Zhou Chong's trust in himself, so he also thought about it for a while, and finally agreed, and it was only at this time that Zhou Chong was completely relieved, and finally began to prepare to leave Shanghai to go to the capital.