Zhou Zhong knew very well that Liu Liu and Liu Qizao had caused great damage by opposing the Ming Dynasty, so he wanted to persuade Zhengde and them not to take it lightly, and it was best to send a large army to encircle and suppress them, and strangle Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others who had just rebelled in the cradle.

Thinking of attracting the attention of Zhengde and others, Zhou Chong had to come up with a reason that could convince everyone, but he couldn't directly say that he could predict the future, so he could only tell a lie and tell Zhengde that they had heard of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and also knew that Yang Hu, the thief in Shandong, had a connection with them, although these two reasons were not very sufficient, but they were the best reasons that Zhou Chong could think of in a short period of time.

Seeing that Zhou Chong, the governor of the four seas, had not yet officially taken office, he began to express his opinions on the affairs of the court without authorization, which made Li Dongyang and others, who had a good impression of him, a little unhappy, after all, they had presided over government affairs in the court for many years, and they were all cabinet ministers, so they naturally did not want to see a young person pointing fingers at him.

It was with this idea that when Zhou Chong's voice just fell, he saw the younger Yang Tinghe and said with a displeased face: "Thank you Lord Zhou for the reminder, but the cabinet naturally has its own set of regulations for handling government affairs, so we will consider Lord Zhou's reminder." ”

Yang Tinghe's words sounded very polite, but the meaning of the words was a little tough, in fact, it was not to blame Yang Tinghe for being unhappy, mainly because Zhou Chong had committed a big taboo by exporting without authorization, first, Zhou Chong was promoted by Emperor Zhengde from Jinyiwei, no matter what position he achieved, he still couldn't escape the identity of a favored minister, and after Zhou Chong became the governor of the four seas, he was already a feudal official. They should not express their opinions on the government of the DPRK.

Zhou Zhong is smart though. But it is a newcomer to officialdom. Where will you understand the taboos? I don't even understand that I have inadvertently crossed the line. It's just that when he saw that Yang Tinghe didn't seem to take his words to heart, he was even more anxious, and he just wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by another person.

"Don't quarrel, I suddenly felt that Zhou Chong's words were very reasonable, Bazhou is so close to the capital, and Liu Liu and Liu Qi are big thieves for a while, there must be something special. I was a little sloppy just now! Zhengde changed his words at this time.

Hearing Zhengde's words, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others were shocked again, they all raised their heads and looked at Zhengde in disbelief, they didn't expect that just because of Zhou Chong's words, they could make His Majesty the Emperor change his mind, and even take the initiative to admit his mistakes, which made them shocked At the same time, they were also a little more vigilant about Zhou Chong in their hearts, after all, it was the first time they had seen someone who could have such a great influence on His Majesty.

"Your Majesty is wise, Liu Liu and Liu Qi are by no means ordinary rogues. The imperial court still sent a large army as soon as possible, and it was best to exterminate it before the year. Lest you have too many dreams at night! Zhou Chong heard that Zhengde supported him, which made him even more excited, although he also realized that he might leave a bad impression on Yang Tinghe and the others by doing so, but in order to prevent Liu Liu and Liu Qi from destroying Daming, he couldn't care about anything else.

"Okay, I'll follow your advice!" I saw that Zhengde also stood up at this time, thought for a moment and then instructed Li Dongyang and the others, "The cabinet is immediately ready to mobilize the Beijing camp to suppress the anti-thieves in Thanos Prefecture, as for the candidates to lead the troops, I think let Shenying go, he didn't do much to suppress the rebellion of King Anhua last time, this time let him lead 5,000 troops, and he also has the right to mobilize the troops of several state capitals near Bazhou, and must not let the anti-thieves escape!" ”

Seeing that Zhengde had changed his mind and wanted a quick victory, Li Dongyang and they could no longer object, and they had already begun to think about sending troops in their hearts, but when they heard that Zhengde was going to send Shenying as the main general, Li Dongyang couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Your Majesty, Shenying has colluded with Liu Jin, and even the reason why he was able to be named Jingyang Bo at the beginning, Liu Jin also contributed a lot to it, and there is still the imperial history that is impeaching him in the past few days, so is there another candidate for Your Majesty?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhengde heard this but smiled slightly: "I naturally know that someone is impeaching Shenying, and I am also very clear about the matter between him and Liu Jin, but Shenying is just a military general, and he did not participate in Liu Jin's rebellion, plus he has fought for the country for many years, and he has also made a lot of military achievements, so the title of Earl Jingyang is also deserved by him." ”

When he said this, Zhengde suddenly paused, and then his face changed and he said: "However, although I understand that Shenying has merit, he colluded with Liu Jin after all, so this time I will let him make meritorious service, if I can put down the rebellion in Bazhou before the year, then I will not blame the past, if I can't calm down, then honestly hand over the title to me, and then go back to my hometown to raise!" ”

Seeing that Zhengde knew that Lu Dao Shenying had colluded with Liu Jin at the beginning, but still didn't care about using him as a general, it can be said that he showed the mind and courage of a generation of emperors, which made Li Dongyang a little excited, and secretly thought that if His Majesty could be more diligent and no longer so greedy for fun, then he could definitely be a master of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty!

For the reason why Zhengde played Shenying, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others no longer objected, and discussed a few more court affairs, and then left in a hurry to do things, after all, whether it was the formation of the Yamen of the Four Seas Admiral, or the organization of troops to suppress the rebellion in Thanos State, it was all a matter of Zhengde's personal orders, and they did not dare to slack off, so they could only do things as quickly as possible.

Zhou Chong saw that he had nothing to do, so he got up and said goodbye immediately, but Zhengde still left him behind to have a meal with him, and then let Zhou Chong go out of the palace, and when he returned to the palace, it was already dusk.

As soon as Zhou Chong returned home, Jinxuan and Bang'er also rushed to inquire immediately, after all, Zhou Chong said in advance that he would go to see His Majesty the Emperor, but this time it was a day and a night, which made Jinxuan and them very worried, after all, the companion is like a tiger, and no one knows what kind of person Lu Dao is the great tomorrow, let alone how he will treat Zhou Chong.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, and I'm getting along very happily with His Majesty the Emperor." Zhou Zhong saw that Jinxuan and the others cared so much about him, and a wave of warmth also surged in his heart, and then he suddenly smiled mysteriously, "Let me tell you a big thing, I am no longer a smuggler now, Your Majesty has issued an order to appoint me as the governor of the four seas, the chief of maritime affairs, and I can be regarded as a powerful feudal official." ”

Hearing that Zhou Chong was actually made an official, Jinxuan and the others were stunned, and then they saw that Bang'er was very surprised and said: "Brother, you are really an official, and you are also a commander, this is great, thank you for the blessing of our ancestors, our Zhou family has finally produced an official, and it will be regarded as an official eunuch in the future!" ”

Bang'er jumped up happily, although Zhou Zhong always said that he didn't want to be an official, but in Bang'er's heart, with his brother's talent, it would be a pity not to be an official, and now he finally heard the news that his brother was an official, although it was not the right way to take the imperial examination, but it was much better than being a businessman.

"Brother, is your admiral a civil official or a military general, and what is your grade, who is higher and who is lower than Uncle Wang?" After being excited, Bang'er immediately asked a series of questions, although she read a lot of books, but after all, she was a daughter's family, and she usually didn't pay much attention to things like official grades, so naturally she didn't know anything.

Zhou Chonggang wanted to answer, but Xie Lingyun next to him preemptively smiled and said: "Bang'er, don't ask, your brother's admiral is a military general, and he is not a permanent official position of our Ming Dynasty, so he has no grade, and there is no way to compare with Uncle Wang's second-grade imperial history!" ”

Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, Zhou Zhong also nodded helplessly, the official position of the admiral looks majestic, but he does not have any grade, in other words, although he is now serving as the commander of the four seas, the real official position is still the Jinyi Guard commander Tongzhi temporarily made up for him by Zhengde, which can be regarded as a military position from the third grade, compared to Wang Lunzheng's senior officials of the second grade, he is still several levels behind.

However, as soon as Xie Lingyun's words fell, he heard an old voice outside: "That's not necessarily, although the old man is of high grade, he only has the power to impeach people, in contrast, Wenda, the governor of the four seas, is the commander-in-chief of coastal military affairs, and he can be said to have great power, and this alone is much more majestic than the old man!" ”

As soon as the words outside, I saw Wang Lun walking in wearing an official uniform, looking at him, he should have just come out of the outside, and Wang Lun just called out the official name and authority of the Governor of the Four Seas, which means that he should also hear some news before rushing back, otherwise he wouldn't have even come to change the official uniform.

"I've seen my father!" Seeing Wang Lun come in, Zhou Zhong and Jinxuan immediately saluted him, and the girls next to him also saluted in turn. However, Wang Lun did not sit down, but said to Zhou Chong: "Wenda, you come with me to the study, I have something to say to you!" ”

"Yes!" Zhou Zhong immediately agreed when he heard this, in fact, he had long expected that he would suddenly be promoted to an official, and he was the commander of the four seas who held great power, Wang Lun, as his father-in-law, would definitely have something to say to him.

In fact, what Zhou Chong didn't know was that as soon as Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe left the leopard room, they immediately found Wang Lun, and then told them about the fact that they went into the leopard room to see Zhengde and Zhou Chong, and then Zhou Chong was promoted to the governor of the four seas because of his great achievements in offering corn and sweet potatoes. The reason why Li Dongyang told Wang Lun these things was to find out Zhou Chong's attitude through Wang Lun, and what his plans were after he entered the officialdom?

Watching her father and husband leave together, Jinxuan's face showed a little melancholy, although she was born in a family of eunuchs, but she didn't want her husband to be an official, because she knew the complexity of officialdom, and if she wasn't careful, it might lead to death, not to mention that Zhou Chong was now deeply favored by Emperor Zhengde, although this favor can bring him high-ranking officials, but it can also bring disaster. (To be continued......)