After receiving the secret letter, Zhou Chen quickly read the contents recorded in it, and then put it in the secret pocket in his sleeve.

The content recorded in the secret decree is very simple, first of all, as usual, to praise Zhou Chen's merits and achievements during his tenure.

What follows is the real main meaning of this secret letter.

To Zhou Chen's surprise, this secret edict was not issued by Emperor Hongzhi in order to get him to do something.

On the contrary, this secret decree was also used to promote Zhou Chen.

You must know that in addition to being the magistrate of Youyu County, Zhou Chen also serves as the official position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

In the holy decree of the Ming face, Emperor Hongzhi promoted Zhou Chen from the prefect of Youyu County to the position of prefect of Guangyang Prefecture.

And this secret decree is the secret decree of Emperor Hongzhi to promote the official position of Zhou Chen Jinyiwei.

Zhou Chen's original position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu has been promoted to the position of Jinyi Guard's commander.

This time, there is no difference between Zhou Chen's official rank on the face and in secret, and they are also the official positions of the fourth grade.

In addition to promoting Zhou Chen's official position as Jinyiwei, there is also one thing mentioned in this secret decree, which is the ownership of the half of the tiger talisman of the right Yulin Wei.

Two years ago, in order to allow Zhou Chen to quickly open up the situation in the border area of Youyu County and properly handle the errand of establishing a mutual market, Emperor Hongzhi specially handed over the command of Youyu Linwei to Zhou Chen.

At present, everything in the Northern Xinjiang Mutual Market is on the right track, and Zhou Chen is about to be transferred out of the frontier and go to Guangyang Mansion in the depths.

The half of the tiger talisman of the right Yulin Wei naturally could not continue to be controlled by Zhou Chen.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi specially mentioned in the secret decree that Zhou Chen handed over the half of the tiger talisman that controlled the right Yulin Wei, and Cao Zhengchun forwarded it back to Emperor Hongzhi's imperial front on his behalf.

Seeing that Zhou Chen put away the secret decree, Cao Zhengchun walked closer with a smile and said to Zhou Chen: "Lord Zhou, before our family left the capital, His Majesty once told our family.

Said that after reading the secret decree, you will hand over an important item to our family and take it back to the capital.

You see this important item is ......"

Although Cao Zhengchun didn't say it directly, the urging in his voice was extremely obvious, and Zhou Chen naturally understood that he was asking for the half of the tiger talisman of the right Yulin Wei.

Although the command of more than 6,000 people in Youyu Linwei is very eye-catching, Zhou Chen is not reluctant to do anything.

Without any hesitation or hesitation, Zhou Chen left directly to the bookcase under the high hanging plaque of the mirror.

He took out the half of the tiger talisman connected to the right Yulin Wei with the big seal of the magistrate of Youyu County, and then he handed over all these two items to Cao Zhengchun's hands.

The half of the tiger talisman of Youyu Linwei was requested by Emperor Hongzhi, and as for the official seal of the magistrate of Youyu County, it was because Zhou Chen was about to be transferred to Guangyang Mansion, and he was no longer needed.

Since Cao Zhengchun came to announce the promotion of Zhou Chen, the official seal of the prefect of Guangyang Mansion must be in Cao Zhengchun's hands right now.

Therefore, Zhou Chen directly handed over the official seal of the magistrate of Youyu County to Cao Zhengchun, and exchanged it for the official seal of the prefect of Guangyang Prefecture.

And the official seal of the magistrate of Youyu County, which was already useless, was naturally brought back to the capital by Cao Zhengchun and handed over to the Ministry of Officials to be left to the successor Youyu County Xinzhi County.

After Cao Zhengchun took over the half of the tiger talisman of Youyu Linwei and the official seal of the magistrate of Youyu County, his eyes couldn't help but flash a gleam.

As early as two years ago, Cao Zhengchun knew that the Lord Zhou in front of him was deeply respected by the current saint, and he could be said to be a figure in the heart of the emperor.

However, even so, Cao Zhengchun didn't expect that he would still underestimate Zhou Chen.

Where do you not recognize these two items in your hand? The official seal of the magistrate of Youyu County is just that, and the half of the tiger talisman is the most important item.

Although Cao Zhengchun didn't know that this half of the tiger talisman was to control the army, the closest to this place was Youyu Linwei, so he vaguely guessed the meaning of this half of the tiger talisman.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that this small magistrate in front of him, who was originally just a Zhengqipin, would still have an elite border army of 5,600 people in his hands.

Glancing at Zhou Chen deeply, Cao Zhengchun solemnly took the half of the tiger talisman into his arms.

This half of the tiger talisman is related to the command of the 5,600 elite border troops of the right Yulin Guard, and Cao Zhengchun cannot afford not to pay attention to it.

As for the official seal of the magistrate of Youyu County, it was casually thrown by Cao Zhengchun into the hands of a Dongchang fan who was accompanying him, and the Dongchang fan kept the official seal.

The official seal of a seventh-grade petty official naturally doesn't need him Cao Zhengchun, the soon-to-be-appointed overseer of Dongchang, to keep it personally, and one Dongchang fan is completely enough.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhengchun twisted his fingers and waved them lightly, and said loudly to the Dongchang fan who was accompanying him: "Come on, bring the official seal of Lord Zhou!" ”

After Cao Zhengchun's words fell, another Dongchang fan behind him came out of the crowd and walked forward with a tray.

The tray was covered with this brightly colored red satin, and there was a fist-sized seal in it, which looked more luxurious and delicate than the county official seal that Zhou Chen had used before.

This official seal is the big seal of the prefect of Guangyang Prefecture, and without this official seal, Zhou Chen will not be able to take up the post of prefect of Guangyang Prefecture.

After the prefect's seal was found in the tray above his head, Zhou Chen turned around and said to Cao Zhengchun with a chuckle: "I also want to thank Gonggong Cao for going all the way to send the seal to this official, Gonggong Cao!" ”

Cao Zhengchun twisted his fingers and bowed, and replied with a smile: "Where did Lord Zhou say, these are all things within our family's responsibility, and where does it come from?" ”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhengchun couldn't help but pause slightly, and then continued to pinch the orchid finger and said with a smile: "Okay, our family's errands have been completed, so our family will no longer continue to stay, so let's leave to return to the capital." ”

Hearing this in his ears, Zhou Chen said in surprise: "What? Will Gonggong Cao no longer rest here for one night and leave? ”

"Our family still doesn't bother Lord Zhou!"

Cao Zhengchun shook his head and replied: "Lord Zhou, you are about to leave for Guangyang Mansion to take office in the next few days, there must be a lot of things around you that need to be dealt with, so we won't bother you, Lord Zhou!"

When you are transferred back to the capital, our family will definitely entertain Lord Zhou! ”