Chapter 453: Zheng He returns
On the deep blue sea, the wind and waves were calm, and a large fleet of ships was silently moving eastward, and a large flock of seagulls circled over the fleet. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Zheng He held a telescope in his hand and looked at the bow of the treasure shipyard, not far in front of him was Tang Ming's Jeju Island, after a year and a month of sailing, he finally returned to Daming, Zheng He's face showed a look of relief.
But as soon as he put down his binoculars, he saw the lookout on the flagpole waving a flag and communicating the message. A moment later a herald arrived, saying that a flotilla of nearly two hundred ships had been spotted ten miles ahead of the convoy quietly anchored at the shouting path they had to pass.
Zheng He frowned slightly, and said coldly: "Find out his identity, order the battleship in front to enter a state of readiness, once you find out that the other party has bad intentions, you don't need to come to ask for instructions to attack immediately." ”
"Yes, Governor!" The herald was ordered to retreat, and soon the news reached the front of the fleet.
Yao Guangxiao slowly came behind Zheng He, and without waiting for him to turn around, he said lightly: "Why give such a death order, this is all in the sea area of the ancient dynasty, don't wait for any misunderstanding to happen and make the two armies fight, it will not be good!" ”
Zheng He saluted Yao Guangxiao when he heard this, but said with a serious face: "Now there are envoys from various countries in the fleet, and there is no room for mistakes, so it's better to be careful." ”
Yao Guangxiao just said it casually, and didn't really blame Zheng He, and then smiled and changed the topic: "We've been gone for more than a year, and I don't know how Tang Ming's kid is doing now." The court is unpredictable, this kid is a free man, I hope he doesn't poke out any baskets! ”
As soon as Tang Ming was mentioned, Zheng He suddenly smiled, shook his head lightly and said: "Although Tang Ming, this kid is usually more jumpy, he still has a very bottom line in doing things, and the trouble will never stop when he is trapped in the court, but he said that he will poke out some big baskets, so the master doesn't have to worry about this." ”
The old monk stroked his beard and smiled: "That's not necessarily, this kid's personality is different from others, or he is influenced by his master, and he just wants to run outside." If he develops and grows his fleet without restraint on this sea, he will inevitably be suspicious of the ministers of the court and the emperor. As a foreign minister, once he has grasped the power, he should take care of himself and do a good job for the emperor, but this kid always uses his mind on his own land, and he can be perfunctory about the affairs of the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, and he is also afraid that some uncontrollable things will inevitably happen after a long time. In the past, we were able to control our hearts in this kid, but this time both of us came out, and no one could control him, and it was hard to say what happened to him...... ”
Speaking of this, Zheng He now has no bottom in his heart, but the old monk seems to be more and more Buddha-like, and he sees a lot: "Go back this time, if that kid still can't contain his heart, then we don't have to embarrass him to stay in Daming, let him go outside and fly freely." ”
As soon as Yao Guangxiao's words fell, a herald suddenly came in a hurry, and after saluting Zheng He, he said in a loud voice: "Inspector, the fleet ahead has been identified, it is a ship from Weihaihou, and staying here is waiting for the supervisor." General Zhu Yong is coming in a small boat, can the superintendent see him? ”
"Let him come up!" Zheng He didn't expect Tang Ming, this kid, to be so heartfelt, and specially ordered someone to wait here to catch the wind for himself.
But his happy smile was still on his face, and he didn't have time to retreat, so he saw Zhu Yong hurriedly following the herald, and before anyone arrived, he shouted first: "Master Inspector is not good, Master Hou has a big incident!" ”
As soon as Zhu Yong's words came out, Yao Guangxiao and Zheng He were stunned, and they were worried about Tang Ming, but they didn't expect it to happen immediately.
Zheng He waited until Zhu Yong came to him with a dark face, and immediately asked in a cold voice, "What happened?" ”
"Hou Ye was framed by the second prince for rebellion, first he was put in prison by the emperor, and then he ordered to secretly execute Hou Ye. After General Fei learned about it, he led his troops to rescue Hou Ye, and fought with the forbidden army and the officers and soldiers who defended the city, and now Hou Ye was rescued, but the crime of rebellion was truly implemented, and the cause of all this was because Hou Ye wanted to take the young lady to Ryukyu Island. Zhu Yong gasped slightly, and finished his words in one breath, almost making him breathless.
Zheng He and Yao Guangxiao kept their faces calm and silent, Zhu Yong waited for a moment and couldn't wait for the expected angry scolding, and was about to look up to see the two, but Zheng He suddenly said coldly: "What is the emperor's reaction to Tang Ming now, has he sent troops to encircle and suppress him?" ”
Zhu Yong shook his head and said: "Now the city of Nanjing is very calm, and the emperor has not made any movement, as if this has never happened." But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is having a very hard time now, almost no one in the court dares to stand on the same line with him anymore, even my father and General Zhang Yu have been implicated, and they have been ordered by the emperor to be idle at home, and they don't have to go to the early court! ”
This made Yao Guangxiao feel that things were not simple, and after thinking for a moment, he asked: "When did this happen, how long has it been now, and where is Tang Xiaozi at the moment?" ”
A series of questions stumped Zhu Yong, he was just in time for this time, and after arriving at Jeju Island with Li Ba, he saw the people sent by Fei Xin to wait for Zheng He's fleet. After learning about Tang Ming's affairs, he volunteered to come, Zhu Yong and Li Ba had a transcendent status under Tang Ming's hands, and no one dared to disobey him.
But the problem is that Zhu Yong is also ignorant of Tang Ming's affairs now, and from the time the incident happened to the end, others were not at the scene, so he would be immediately asked by Yao Guangxiao, and he couldn't let out a fart after a long time.
This guy's expression Yao Guangxiao didn't know the truth, and asked Zhu Yong to go back and find someone who knew the whole thing. Zhu Yong left with an embarrassed smirk, and soon pulled a middle-aged man in armor back.
"Young general Lei Ren see Inspector Zheng, Prime Minister!" The serious Lei Ren saluted the two.
Yao Guangxiao nodded, and said with one hand: "Excuse me, tell me what happened to this kid Tang Ming?" ”
Lei Ren was personally involved in Tang Ming's whole matter, so he told Yao Guangxiao as he was, including the fact that the Treasure Shipyard had fallen into the second prince. Yao Guangxiao's face remained unchanged, but Zheng He snorted coldly first: "You mean to say that all this is the black hand of the second prince behind his back, have you ever found out the ins and outs of this matter?" ”
"Inspector Zheng, this is the villain personally told by the Hou Ye, and the second prince is also the ...... who benefits the most in this matter." Lei Ren stopped halfway through his words, although they are now following Tang Ming, but in the final analysis, they are still Ming people, and they don't have the courage to discuss the rights and wrongs of the emperor's family. (To be continued.) )