Ma Tao's visit was of great significance to Zheng Guang, Zheng Guang ate three bowls of rice that night to celebrate, and then locked himself in the study, no one was allowed to enter, saying that unless he came out, no one was allowed to enter the house to deliver food, which made the Zheng family a little confused, but when they thought that Zheng Guang was going to compete with the country's lifters, it was natural to be nervous, so they no longer made a fuss and served Zheng Guang wholeheartedly for the exam. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zheng Jiang has already taken a sum of silver and set off to Beijing City to do some things for Zheng Guang, such as choosing the right house to buy, etc., after all, if Zheng Guang is admitted to the Jinshi, he must have at least one property in Beijing City to live in, and there are some people to serve, but the houses in the capital may be slightly more expensive, although the Zheng family is rich, but they can't take out too much silver for a while, so they have to go and see first, if not, there is still time to adjust.

Zheng Guang wants to study and prepare for the exam, Zheng Jiang went to Beijing to do some work, Zheng Yong works in the Suzhou City Defense Camp, and the Zheng family only relies on the encouragement of a family of children to make a living, but Zheng Guang has already passed the examination, Zheng Yong can also get a military salary, and the burden on the family is much smaller, they can also relax a little, find more professionals to share the work for them, and gradually prepare to expand the family business of Zheng Fu, and plan for Zheng Guang's future.

At this time, the day after Ma Tao left, the city of Suzhou broke the news - the former governor of Su Song left his post without permission when the Japanese invaded the city, and the crime was extremely heinous, His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered the dismissal of his official position, and the guards in brocade clothes were escorted back to Beijing for trial, and Fan Qing, the prefect of Suzhou, temporarily took over the duties of Su Song, and the new governor of Su Song will soon arrive.

Speaking of which, the unlucky governor is also really miserable, because in previous years, the governor of Su Song would also temporarily live in Nanjing City for a few days during the township test, and join in the fun, no one said anything, who called his luck so bad this time, just happened to meet the attack of the Japanese invaders, and almost lost Suzhou City, who would not punish him? It just so happened that Fan Qing, the prefect of Suzhou, performed well in this incident, although the official reward has not yet arrived, but this is already an obvious signal.

The imperial court is going to do something to the southeast!

For a time, the prefect Fan Qing's government was like a city, and a large number of unknown magnates asked to see Fan Qing, but they forgot about another hero, Zheng Guang, but it is no wonder that Zheng Guang is no matter what, he is only a person at present, Fan Qing temporarily replaced the second rank governor as a five-grade official, which can be described as unprecedented, how to look, how to feel that Fan Qing's glorious days are coming.

It's all human nature.

Soon, people's premonition has become a reality, after the first level of the war was transported to the capital, it was recognized by the officials and the emperor, the great achievement was officially recognized by the Ming Dynasty, the emperor personally advised, everything is in accordance with the process, all aspects of the reward has been exactly the news, the reward team is about to arrive in Suzhou City, it is said that this time the reward in order to show the emperor's attention, the chief envoy of the reward is the emperor's most trusted eunuch Huang Jin.

Zheng Guang was still writing behind closed doors at this time, and did not understand the outside world, the Zheng family knew a little about it, but Zheng Guang did not come out, and they were not good at going in to disturb Zheng Guang, so they could only wait, besides, they did not think that the emperor would care much about a young man, although this young man had outstanding ability and knowledge, but after all, he was still a man, did not get involved in officialdom, and had no power, which was the same as the speculation of the outside world.

However, judging from the forty-five years of the Jiajing period, the people of the Ming Dynasty have never really understood this powerful emperor who is extremely smart and selfish, and they rely on external evaluations and gossip to understand their monarch father, but they have never tried to really understand what this emperor who can decide life and death with a word is thinking, however, they can't understand it, they can't know.

What Emperor Jiajing was thinking, perhaps in his life, there were only three people who had a glimpse of the way - Lu Bing, Yan Song and Xu Jie.

So no one would think that Emperor Jiajing would think of that Suzhou writer, naturally, when the Son of Heaven arrived in Suzhou, there was naturally no Zheng Guang in the crowd that came to greet him - this was a grand event of the Suzhou power group, and ordinary people were not qualified to participate except for onlookers, as for Zheng Guang, no one tried to invite him out, because no matter what, he was just a lifter.

Only Fan Qing sent someone to Zheng Mansion to say hello to Zheng Guang.

The Son of Heaven did not have the imaginary majesty, and the eunuchs who made people uneasy did not have the arrogance they imagined, the slightly chubby figure, and the amiable smiling face made people unable to have a bad feeling for him, Huang Jin, as an old man in Jiajing Mansion, was naturally very docile, and what was even more rare was that this kind of meekness was placed outside, it was gentle, not the duplicitous common to the general powerful eunuchs.

"Minister Fan Qing leads Suzhou officials, villagers, and people to welcome angels!" Fan Qing, the temporary governor of Su Song and the prefect of Suzhou, stood at the front of the welcome procession and respectfully saluted Huang Jin, but it was only a salute, and he did not kneel.

Huang Jin never cared about this, seeing so many people saluting, he was still slightly uneasy in his heart, before he came out, the master Jiajing had greeted him openly and secretly, I don't care very much about you receiving money or something, but if you are powerful, it will not be very good, since you are an old man who has followed me for many years, you should understand my thoughts.

Emperor Jiajing never cared about whether his courtiers were corrupt and bribed, he always thought that there were no honest officials in the world, corruption and bribery were very normal things, corruption and bribery were not criminal responsibility in his eyes, but habit, if you were not corrupt and bribed, he would feel strange, look at you with conspiracy theories, pursue you, find traces of misdeeds in your heart, and try to find that you have the heart to subvert his power and dynasty.

However, such an emperor cannot tolerate some of the practices of his courtiers, once touched, he will either die or be injured.

Huang Jin knew all this very well, so he hurriedly got off the sedan chair, walked a few steps, supported Fan Qing, and said with a smile: "Governor Fan, please get up, please get up, our family is just a messenger for the Son of Heaven, how can it be worth such a battle?" If Your Majesty knows about this, you don't know how to punish our family, haha, this time Governor Fan has made great contributions to the country, His Majesty specially sent our family to comfort Governor Fan, Suzhou suffered this catastrophe, Suzhou Father and Elder also lost a lot, this time, Your Majesty also has a reward! ”

An entourage sent the holy decree to Huang Jin in a tray, Huang Jin put down the things in his hand, took out the holy decree with both hands, and held it in front of him, Fan Qing raised his head slightly and looked at this holy decree, and found that it was a black bull horn shaft, and felt more and more that his previous guess was right.

"The Divine Decree has arrived! Suzhou prefect Fan Qing received the order! Huang Jin unfolded the holy decree, opened his throat and shouted loudly, Fan Qing hurriedly knelt down and prepared to receive the decree: "Fan Qing, the prefect of Suzhou, receive the decree!" Subsequently, a group of accompanying officials and Suzhou bigwigs also knelt down one after another, waiting for the emperor's will.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and he said: The country is in the ministers of the auxiliary, every friendship is always the same, the talent is good, the merit is determined, and the public opinion is adopted, and its achievements are written in the locality, and the report is not fulfilled in the material hope, then the reputation is completed, and I dare not love Yan, so there is persuasion, selflessness.

Today, there is Suzhou prefect Fan Qing, Rui Zhi Kuang, Hongcai praise, garrison party, conscientious, benefit with Wei Jiang Du Qianxia deep worries, strategy than Zhong Yan grasp the chances of winning the royal Rong, Suzhou victory, the southeast, the group of widows ambushed the crime, the head of the chieftain, the hope of the Ming Dynasty, hereby Jin Susong military equipment and Suzhou prefect, rank four products, bounty 3,000, silver 10,000, 500 acres of fertile land, I wish Qing to make persistent efforts to live up to my hope.

In addition, the soldiers of Suzhou were not afraid of rape, bravely refused to resist the Japanese invaders, beheaded one thousand and five, and created the first great achievement of the southeast anti-Japanese since Jiajing, and I was very relieved, so I removed the beheading reward, and gave the soldiers who participated in the war in Suzhou twenty taels of silver each, and the family members were exempted from taxes for three years, talking about their achievements; The people of Suzhou were not chaotic in the face of danger, and they rejected the Japanese invaders, and the great contribution was great, and the taxes in the second quarter of Suzhou City were exempted, and the seventh day of September in the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing. ”

After reading the holy decree, Huang Jin raised his head with a smile, rolled up the holy decree, and presented it to Fan Qing with both hands: "Congratulations, Governor Fan, please accept the decree." ”

Fan Qing smiled and took the holy decree with both hands, and said in a loud voice: "Minister Fan Qing is the father of Suzhou, thank God." ”

Everyone behind him knelt down in front of the north and said in unison: "Thank God!" ”

Fan Qing got up slowly, handed over the holy decree to the attaché beside him, and then stepped out of the way and led the way for Huang Jin: "The angel has worked hard all the way, and I have prepared a reception banquet for the angel below, and I also asked the angel to move to the mansion." ”

Huang Jin smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, dare to ask Governor Fan, the famous Suzhou writer Zheng Guang is here now?" ”

Huang Jin's voice was not loud, but at this time there was silence at the city gate, so many people heard Huang Jin's words, for a while, everyone had their own thoughts in their hearts, Fan Qing was clear, sure enough, the emperor will not just reward himself, he will definitely reward Zheng Guang with something, as Ma Tao said before, the emperor has taken Zheng Guang to heart, I am afraid that it will be of great use in the future.

However, today, out of some people's thoughts, Fan Qing did not call Zheng Guang together, but secretly sent a person to Zheng Mansion to report the news, so that Zheng Guang could prepare a little, he believed that Zheng Guang would also get a very rich reward, in fact, the reward that Ma Tao told his emperor to give Zheng Guang was already very good.

"Zheng Guang is a son of today's imperial examination, and he is studying behind closed doors in the house at the moment, preparing for next year's examination, and he is young, so he will not come here." Fan Qing replied.

Huang Jin nodded and smiled: "That's right, before our family came, Your Majesty also specially instructed, this little man is not ordinary, very capable, the country has not had such a young man with all-round talents in civil and military affairs for a long time, not to mention the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River, Your Majesty asked our family to personally go to Zheng Guang's Mansion to read the holy decree to show grace, then, Governor Fan, please lead the way." ”

Huang Jin's seemingly indifferent scene words shocked all the "big shots" who heard this.