The poisonous sun hung high in the air in June, and Gao Hongtu, the former cabinet minister, left Beijing with only a hat and a thin gauze coat.

No one would have thought that Gao Hongtu, the former cabinet chief, would choose to go to the fiefdom, and it was a wild place separated by the entire Daming South China Sea.

There are not a few officials who came to send Gao Hongtu, first, everyone knows that Ma Shiying and Gao Hongtu have been opponents since the Apocalypse, and they can't offend the new Shoufu because of sending the former Shoufu, and second, Gao Hongtu's choice to go to the fiefdom is tantamount to self-defeat, so that people can no longer see any hope for him.

Even Zhu Cihong didn't come to see off his master again, and even lost his temper and said: "Do I really have no hope of becoming a prince, otherwise why would even Master Gao choose to go to the wild land by himself and not want to stay in Jingshi!" ”

Not only Zhu Cihong, but also the officials who supported Zhu Cihong also did not understand and even felt angry at Gao Hongtu's voluntary abandonment.

Only Gao Hongtu knew the pain in his heart, and when he saw that no one sweated under the scorching sun, he cried and said: "It's not that I Gao Hongtu doesn't know that there is a dead end ahead, but Your Majesty has decided that I, Gao, have formed a party for personal gain, and if I stay in the capital, I will be burned!" ”

Gao Hongtu finished crying before staggering away in an ox cart.

"No one sent Gao Hongtu to it?"

Zhu Youjian stood in the shade of the bamboo forest next to the official road, and said with some disappointment to Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard on the side.

Li Ruolian was about to speak to comfort Zhu Youzhen, but he heard a hurried sound of horses' hooves.

Li Ruolian thought it was an assassin attack, and was busy drawing a knife to protect Zhu Youzhen.

But at this time, Li Ruolian saw an official in a scarlet robe riding a horse: "Master Hou, wait a minute!" Hou Ye wait! ”

Li Ruolian couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw this, and hurriedly shouted to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, someone is here, someone is here to send Jinzhou Hou!" ”

"I saw it, what are you happy about, he didn't come to give it to you, take the knife back, although the Hou family of Jinzhou is rich and rival the country, but I want him to spend money to go to Nanyang to establish the first foothold of my Ming Dynasty, is it possible that you want to rob his family wealth with me."

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but laugh and joked with Li Ruolian.

Zhu Youzhen is indeed happy now, he came to send Gao Hongtu not to pity Gao Hongtu, nor mainly to give Gao Hongtu guidance, he is to see if the officials of the Ming Dynasty still have capable talents, and whether there are any officials who realize that Gao Hongtu's going to Nanyang is a very important move for the Ming Dynasty to open up overseas, and they are willing to take the risk of offending Ma Shiying to help Gao Hongtu, and tell him why His Majesty wants to give him a fief in the wild land of Nanyang.

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Gao Hongtu was very happy, so he stopped the ox cart, got off the ox cart himself, and stood solemnly on the side of the road.

It was Li Mingrui, who was also interested in competing for the position of first assistant to the cabinet but also missed out.

Li Mingrui has been training in the military camp for many years, and his equestrian skills are already very proficient, so he still jumps off his horse lightly: "Li Mingrui, the governor of Xiaguan Beizhili, has seen the Marquis of Jinzhou!" ”

Gao Hongtu didn't expect it to be Li Mingrui, Li Mingrui is an official of the Generalissimo's Office system, holding the military power of Beizhili, and is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, this kind of official can only be neutral and cannot form a gang, otherwise the consequences will be more serious than those of his own cabinet system.

Therefore, Gao Hongtu didn't understand why Li Mingrui dared to risk being suspicious to send himself.

What's more, Gao Hongtu knew that he and Li Mingrui were not very familiar.

But no matter what you say, Gao Hongtu is still very moved in his heart, after all, he has traveled several miles from the capital, and he doesn't know if the dignitaries in the capital are too afraid of heat or they are too timid, in short, no one came to see him off, and now that Li Mingrui can come, at least it can show that he has not been in the court for so long.

"The first assistant of the cabinet is just an official position, and it will come down in ten years at most, you don't have to mind it so much, and now it is not a good thing to be a marquis, after all, Li Guang of the Han Dynasty can't be sealed if he wants to, and now the lower officials come to see you, one is to send you, after all, the lower officials don't know how many years before they can see the Marquis of Jinzhou again.

Although Jinzhou is far overseas, but Hou Ye, you should understand that Your Majesty does not want the Ming Dynasty to only be in this territory, it should be said that you don't want the civilization of my Han people to be limited to the four seas, since the Hongmao Fan and the Buddha Lang Jiren can build a base in Nanyang to set up a governor, why can't I Daming, a hundred years later, the entire Daming Sea Frontier is full of Western bases, and one by one surround my Daming.

Therefore, Hou Ye, if you can establish the foundation of the Han family in Jinzhou, Your Majesty is very happy to see it, Xia Guan has a map here for Hou Ye to accept, it was purchased and translated by Xia Guan in the hands of the Franc Ji people, and even added the main activity areas of the West in the Jinzhou area and their number of troops explored by Jin Yiwei, as well as the situation of the Zheng family in Nanyang. ”

Li Mingrui then continued to talk about the suggestions on how to establish the foundation of the Han family overseas, and Gao Hongtu was also listening carefully, after all, although he was a civil official, now that he decided to go overseas, he could only do his best to do some big things.

The two also ignored that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen was already standing behind them.

For a while, thick clouds hit, the clouds obscured the sun, and a burst of sun rain came as soon as it was said, and the ticking raindrops hit Zhu Youzhen's umbrella.

Gao Hongtu and Li Mingrui raised their heads, and saw His Majesty Emperor Zhu Youzhen standing in front of them with an umbrella.

The two were directly stunned.

"Okay, you two don't salute when you see me, and you still squat here and whisper, you don't even know that it's raining, and you want me, the emperor, to hold an umbrella for you!"

Zhu Youzhen said in fright.

Gao Hongtu and Li Mingrui were so frightened that they hurriedly crawled to the ground: "The ministers don't dare, the ministers don't dare, the ministers deserve death!" ”

"Don't be damned, let's be flat, the ground is wet, it's easy to get sick when you kneel, and I go to sit in your ox cart, you Gao Hongtu is also very good at pretending to be honest, thirty percent of the salt companies in Daming are the agents of your Gao family, with an annual income of no less than one million silver dollars, go and only take an ox cart out of the city."

Zhu Youzhen said and got into Gao Hongtu's ox cart.

Gao Hongtu smiled awkwardly and caught up, he was very happy in his heart now, Li Mingrui was very excited to see him off, and now when he saw the Emperor Ming coming up, he cried with joy, and his old hand rubbed his old eyes and couldn't stop for a long time.

"Don't cry, crying is uglier than the old cow in front of you", Zhu Youzhen said: "Li Mingrui just said is very right, you go to Jinzhou, I am very pleased, where Daming has not yet had an official set foot in, how can these lands in front of my Daming house be robbed by the West, go to Jinzhou to do a good job, where are you the biggest, I can't control the killing, the more goods, no one dares to say about you, and even if you encounter a big event, I will support you!" Rest assured to go boldly! ”

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