The muzzle of the black hole is the most powerful force of this era.

Generally speaking, the distribution ratio of the new warships of the Huaxia Dynasty, the West Sea Fleet, the South China Sea Fleet, and the East China Sea Fleet was three to two to one. Therefore, the fleet that intercepted Zheng Sen and his entourage was still a steam wooden ship, and the artillery they were equipped with was also the same artillery eight years ago.

In fact, Yu Guozhen knew very well to what extent he should control his national defense investment, and he was very active in the research of new weapons, but he was very cautious in the installation of weapons.

Even so, these warships were by no means something that Zheng Sen's two ships could resist, and in order to be able to enter Shanghai, these two ships were ordinary sail merchant ships, completely unarmed and unarmed.

Zheng Sen had already returned to the cabin to rest, but when he heard the news, he stared at the five battleships, and there was no more blood on his face!

"They already knew!"

Generally, when a Chinese warship encounters a merchant ship or a passenger ship, it will not put on such a battle formation, but will put on an escort formation. The other party was so murderous, obviously waiting for them.

Zheng Sen even understood why the other party chose to be here.

Having left the main channel and the port of Shanghai, he and his fleet disappeared into the ocean inexplicably, and there was only one possibility when it was spread all over the world, that is, "disappeared".

There are sea monsters, storms, reefs, it's really not good, there is still infighting, in short, there are countless reasons to believe that the disappearance of Zheng Sen and those opponents who moved with him to the Americas has nothing to do with Yu Guozhen. Yu Guozhen could even take this opportunity to reach out to Yanping City and receive all the things left by Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen even felt that he saw Yu Guozhen laughing, and said to him loudly: "Your wife, I will raise her!" ”

If it were him, it would definitely be so.

"Let's fight, lord!" There was a cry of grief.

"Fight!" Feng Chengshi also shouted, he entered the text, folded his sleeves and arms, and his face was full of anger.

"Protect the lord!" Feng Xifan rushed towards Zheng Sen's side, accompanied by several guards beside him.

"I ......"

Zheng Sen only felt the blood churning in his chest, he reluctantly spoke, and then saw a short musket pointed at his heart.

The short musket was caught in Feng Xifan's hand, and Feng Xifan's face was full of excitement and ecstasy at this time.

In an instant, Zheng Sen figured out why the Huaxia Navy could intercept him halfway when he came back this time, and he acted very cautiously when he came back this time, and it was a temporary decision to leave.

"My lord, give the order to surrender, I don't want to shed blood." Feng Xifan posted it, and the short musket was already on Zheng Sen's heart: "The lord can only save his life, and there is nothing else!" ”

"Lord...... Your lord, it's Yu Guozhen, right? Zheng Sen glanced at Feng Chengshi, and a sarcastic sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This irony is for himself.

Feng Chengshi, who he relied on as a think tank, and Feng Xifan, who was regarded as an arm helper, were the meticulous works sent by Yu Guozhen to his side! Thinking about it this way, this plan, even if there is no accident like Niu Blunt Eunuch, I am afraid that it will not succeed, and it is very likely that it was at the scene of the incident and was wiped out by Yu Guozhen!

Now he only has one doubt: "Chengshi, when did you betray me and take refuge in Yu Guozhen?" ”

"It's not about betrayal, a long time ago, I was ordered to assist you, originally Your Majesty was kind-hearted and wanted to secretly support you, so that you can make a career overseas." Feng Chengshi grinned: "But you don't know what to do, and when you have some strength, you want to go back to China to make trouble." King Yanping, we are kings and ministers after all, and I also want to start and finish well! ”

"What a ...... Start and finish! ”

Zheng Sen only felt that the churning qi and blood in his chest could no longer be controlled, and turned into a sweet awakening and spurted out of his mouth.

He has never been a broad-minded entrant, so after learning that he had fallen into Yu Guozhen's trap eight years ago, Jing Ran was so angry that he vomited blood directly.

Zheng Sen fell into the hands of Feng Xifan, and the rest of the crowd who were only looking forward to the horse naturally would not have any resistance. Bi Jing, even if they subdued the Feng father and son, the Huaxia Navy warships in front of them were not something they could control.

When Feng Chengshi saw Zheng Sen's appearance, his expression couldn't help but be a little unbearable, and he sighed: "King Yanping, you just have to rest assured, like you, it is just an assassination attempt, and you will not die, and after ten or twenty years, you can come out again." My boss said that he would give you a procedural trial......"

"Didn't you kill us and throw us into the sea?"

"At this time, Your Majesty's reputation is justified, that is, you are all traitors and thieves, and you will be punished with death, and the people will only rejoice, who will object? If you let the people of Huaxia know that you are calculating with a white spoon, and you will not hesitate to mess up Huaxia, I am afraid that if you don't wait for the court to judge, you will all be torn apart by the people. Now that it's finally peaceful, everyone is working together to make a living first, what's wrong, as for other things that can't be eaten or clothed, what's wrong with holding it off? King Yanping, when you proposed to return to China, I persuaded you, but you didn't listen, could it be that your personal merits, as well as the so-called righteousness you are pursuing, are more important than the lives and food and clothing of thousands of people? ”

Zheng Sen wiped the blood on his lips and sneered.

"If you are righteous and don't let more people live a good life, whether your righteousness is handed down by Confucius, or you came back from America, or some cow, ghost, snake and god made up, you are making up enemies of the people......"

"Yu Guozhen can speak on behalf of the people?"

"In the past eight years of Your Majesty's rule, you have seen for yourself whether the people's livelihood is better and whether they have more hope for the future." Feng Chengshi sighed: "King Yanping, you want to ruin their white spoon livelihood and hope, just for your own family to become famous in history!" ”

Zheng Sen still sneered.

He had nothing to defend himself except a sneer.

The report about Zheng Sen and others soon appeared in Yu Guozhen's hands. Yu Guozhen just glanced at it casually and threw it aside.

Although the assassination of the royal family, especially the crown prince, is one of the few "great rebellion" crimes in China, Yu Guozhen still does not take it seriously. He has more important things to work out, such as picking a first assistant.

According to his original plan, he himself would only serve two terms, that is, eight years, and now that the time was approaching, he had to determine a successor.

At this time, after eight years of edification, the people have begun to get used to using the "referendum" method to score officials, so when officials are governing, they must not only consider the preferences of their superiors, but also have an explanation to the people. Although this has increased the workload of some officials, the effect is excellent, at least the atmosphere of officialdom is positive.

If the people do not have the right to evaluate the work of officials, and do not have the power to involve the promotion of officials, then the so-called serving the people as public servants is just empty words.

But this is the lowest level, and the highest is only at the county level. China is too big and there are many entrances, and if provincial-level officials want to hold a direct referendum, it will not only take a lot of time and money, but it is also impossible for the people at the bottom to understand the specific affairs of provincial-level officials.

When it comes to the center, officials at the level of the cabinet, it is even more impossible.

So for the time being, Yu Guozhen has no other way to elect the first assistant, and can only be directly appointed and dismissed by him, the emperor, but in order to make the procedure formal, and for the possibility of adopting a referendum election system in the future, he decided to add a step.

Looking at the four secondaries sitting in front of him, he sighed softly.

I remember the earthquake in Shaanxi Province in the second year of China, it was Wang Chuanlu who went to mourn, and he hardly slept for more than a month before he settled down the situation. Later, whenever there is a disaster, you will always be at the scene and direct the rescue of the aftermath. Entering the war with Rakshasa is to coordinate Liaodong with you, and now Liaodong has become an industrial base and grain and oil base that is not inferior to Xinxiang, and the entrance has exceeded 10 million! ”

"The cumbersome official affairs of the center are all handled by Zhang Chi, we all know that it is easy to be excited for a while, but like him has been working hard for eight years like an old scalper, for this, whether it is me or the three of you, we must thank him."

"In the past eight years, China's industrial development has been extremely rapid, directly engaged in industrial imports, from six million eight years ago, to 27 million today, the treasury income, from the original 1.5 million gold yuan per year, to 4 million gold yuan today, industrial planning layout, are presided over by Zhang Zheng."

Yu Guozhen said the performance of the four into one by one, and the four into the spirit is lifted.

But Jiang An's heart was a little gloomy, from Yu Guozhen's words, he could hear that although Yu Guozhen spoke highly of him, he proposed Shoufu this time, but he was afraid that there would be no part of him, Bi Jing He was just focusing on one place, and the other three had experience in many places.

"The four of you, any of you are all excellent first assistants selected, but there is only one first assistant, so those who fail to serve, don't be discouraged, except for Mr. Zhang, who is older, are all long-term in Japan, and the first assistant is a four-year term, and the next term is not unsuccessful?"

"All four of them are suitable, and I can't choose between them, so I ...... One of the issues on the agenda of my convening of this joint meeting is to decide who of the four members will be the first assistants. ”

When Yu Guozhen said this proposal, Jiang An was stunned, he originally thought that he had absolutely no hope, but he never thought that there was still a glimmer of possibility of returning here.

But after thinking about it, the meaning of Yu Guozhen's words was already obvious, if he had to grab the position of the first assistant, he might not be able to get it right.

Therefore, Jiang An signaled that he wanted to speak, Yu Guozhen nodded, and Jiang An said: "I think that I am only familiar with Liaodong, and I still need to understand the situation in the whole country, so I intend to withdraw from this Shoufu referendum." ”

After saying this, the other three people all looked slightly moved.

Yu Guozhen was a little surprised, looked at Jiang An, and Jiang An lowered his head without meeting his gaze. After a while, Yu Guozhen smiled and said, "Jiang'an has this kind of high wind and bright festival, it's really ...... Let it be admired. ”

He saw the other three again, Zhang Chi smiled and said: "I have followed His Majesty for a short time, in the previous dynasty, because of the imperial examination, I could only sink into the affairs of the staff, the two second assistants, are already high-ranking officials who did not dare to dream of doing in the previous dynasty, I really dare not expect the first assistant, I will give up ......"

Zhang Zheng and Wang Chuanyu glanced at each other, and the second entry could only give up. Yu Guozhen smiled: "So, don't I want to be promoted as the first assistant?" I don't want to be like you...... So, I'm going to propose a second entry, and the joint meeting will vote on the first two entry, what do you think? (To be continued)