"Lord Zhentai, this is it!"

In the sea outside the mouth of the Pearl River, a sentinel ship approached the 400-seat ship floating near a small island.

This is a large ship with a long empty bow and an unfurled sail like a folding fan, and it is the flagship of the Haiphong Road of the Guangdong Provincial Prosecution Department.

It is made of ironwood, and the ship is equipped with a total of six bowls, but it is not usually used. If there is a real war, at this time, it is still mainly to sink the enemy ship or seize the ship.

Wang Hong, the deputy envoy of Guangdong, walked to the side of the ship and asked loudly: "See clearly?" ”

"Can't be wrong! I saw the flag of the Zhang family on the wreck! ”

"Lead the way!"

Wang Hong issued an order with a calm face, and the helmsman hurriedly steered the boat and prepared to keep up with the light sentinel boat. The open-bore rudder adjusted its direction in the sea with less resistance, and sailed towards the island not far away.

"This is the seventh fleet robbery this year! With the Zhangjia fleet...... No, with the strength of the fleet of the Champa tribute envoys, only the Francois of Tuen Mun Island could do this case. ”

"Let's see." Wang Feng didn't say anything about this, just kept frowning.

After a while, the ship, escorted by three sentinel ships, came to a small sandy bay on the edge of the island.

The silt on the sandy bay can no longer be called a wreck, and it looks like it is just a few boards that have not been completely burned.

"Have you searched the island?" After changing the sentinel boat and getting off the boat near Shawan, Wang Feng approached to check before asking.

"The lowly commander has searched and found no living people or corpses, and there are no beasts on the island."

Wang Hong felt the wind blowing from the sea, and walked towards the sentinel boat not far away: "Since you have found some traces of the things arranged by Lord Zhentai, let's check it carefully." If there is a battle in the nearby sea, it should not be far from this place, so that the wreckage of the ship, which has not been burned after the thieves have killed people and stolen goods, can drift here. ”

"My lord, look at the crack in the side of the ship......

"I see it." Wang Feng frowned and interrupted him, "Go back to Hong Kong first!" ”

His lieutenant stopped talking.

This time, after all, the Zhang family came as an official envoy to Zhancheng on the occasion of His Majesty's first arrival in Dabao, which is different from the previous six cases of the fleet being robbed.

If you can't find a clue, those people are helpless, but the Zhang family ...... That is Liang Ge's old in-law, how deeply rooted in Guangdong.

After drifting for more than a day, the group returned to the Haiphong Daoshui Village at the mouth of the Pearl River, and Wang Feng was just about to report the case to his immediate boss, the prince of Guangdong, when he heard the servant who was already waiting here whisper to him: "Master, letter from Beijing!" Liang Ge was killed because of Yang Duan's case in the past. ”

Wang Feng was stunned for a moment and confirmed: "Because of that case? ”

"Unmistakable!" The servant was a little nervous when he was told by the housekeeper.

Wang Hong's brows tightened, and then he just whispered, "Got it." ”

Walking to the Shuizhai Wharf, he casually ordered: "Go to the Yamen." ”

At this moment, Wang Ziyan should be able to breathe a sigh of relief, and will say to him that he didn't find it, right?

According to the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate Department, he personally went to sea, and the prince said that he was nothing more than a trip to block the mouth of the Zhang family.

Now, I'm afraid I'm too lazy to block it.

Wang Hong's eyes looked to the southeast, and his eyes were gloomy: it's just that the Francos there are getting more and more rampant!

There is nothing he can do about it, he knows that at this moment in the city of Guangzhou, he is only afraid of the political envoys, the city envoys, the inspection envoys, and the governor's yamen...... No one is a part of it!

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, how far is this Guangzhou Mansion from the capital?

……

Outside the Chengtian Gate, a sedan chair slowly stopped on the side of the street.

The curtain of the sedan car was slowly lifted, revealing an old face inside.

Liang Chu looked up at the sky and asked, "I heard that the current Chang Dynasty is getting shorter and shorter?" ”

"Exactly, sir. Most of the ministers' votes are approved, and there are also national policy meetings for major events, and there are fewer and fewer things that can be played in the court. ”

Liang Chu nodded, lowered the sedan curtain again, and continued to wait here.

His hand hidden in his sleeve gently held a small box and a fold.

Should...... Can you see this last time?

Prince Liang believed in the emperor's intelligence.

There are some things that should not be explained.

After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, human voices finally began to come from inside the Chengtian Gate.

Scattered.

"Get off the sedan chair."

The sedan chair had naturally fallen a long time ago, and now this means that he is going out.

So Liang Chu, who had already been a minister, appeared in front of the court counselor, he was dressed in regular clothes, and he did not wear a crown beam on his head, but just stood there with a smile, as if waiting for someone.

Even if it is out of politeness, there will naturally be someone to greet you politely.

"I am ordered to return the idle chapter to Your Majesty and resign."

He calmly replied as to why he was here.

After the news was transmitted, the people who had already gone away couldn't help but look back at him in amazement: He hadn't returned the medal yet? It's been a month, and Your Majesty hasn't sent anyone to call it back?

The cabinet ministers did not come out, but they actually knew about it: Prince Liang came in with a thank you form.

"Ge Lao...... Gao Zhong went outside the Chengtian Gate. ”

After the Zhongshu people came in and reported, the four people in the Wenyuan Pavilion were silent.

No one said anything.

What is the plan of the outgoing cabinet minister, who asked to resign from the emperor in person at this time in the name of returning the idle medal?

Fei Hong glanced at Yang Tinghe calmly, if there is a plan, I am afraid that it should also be related to Yang Tinghe.

I don't know what to do.

Not to be underestimated.

This is the coming of the people, who knows what he will say when he meets the emperor, and it will affect the chief candidate of the cabinet or the imperial study that will be held soon?

Gao Zhong, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, who was nominally high-status, was actually a marginal figure.

If it weren't for the fact that Huang Jin now has the title of Master of Ceremonies and Imperial Study, then many things related to foreign ministers would not have Gao Zhong's share.

Now, Gao Zhong stood in front of Liang Chu: "Duke Liang, Your Majesty summons you." ”

"Grass people, thank you, Your Majesty Longen."

Liang Chu returned the salute skillfully, and then walked in with Gao Zhong.

He was guilty of a crime, and he was not posthumously given any false title, so he is already a civilian now.

Otherwise, there may be a third prince title to return home?

Entering the Forbidden City after a long absence, Liang Chu couldn't help but look in the direction of Wenyuan Pavilion.

In that familiar place, the current four scholars are probably thinking about it in their hearts, right?

Just let them continue to bother with it.

With a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, Liang Chu walked in after passing the Fengtian Gate.

The spirit of the guards seems to be a little stronger than in previous years.

Liang Chu didn't know if this was his own delusion, or if he hadn't seen the solemn atmosphere in the Forbidden Palace for many days.

"In the Middle Circle Hall?" When he arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Liang Chu asked Gao Zhong a little unexpectedly.

"After Your Majesty dispersed, he was in the Zhongyuan Hall before noon." Gao Zhong led the way obediently, "Gong Liang, please." ”

When he arrived at the door of the Zhongyuan Palace, Liang Chu first knelt down slowly outside the door: "Sinner Liang Chu, knock to see Your Majesty." Long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! ”

"Come in."

A slightly unfamiliar voice came, and after Liang Chu thanked him, he slowly got up and stepped into the Zhongyuan Hall with his feet raised.

When he raised his eyes, he saw that the emperor not far away had already changed into his court clothes, and when he looked at him, he pointed to the side: "Sit." ”

He was referring to one of the eighteen chairs, and Liang Chu immediately knelt down again: "The sinners don't dare." ”

"When there is no national policy meeting, this is an ordinary chair in the imperial study. Even if a national policy meeting is being held, if there is a vacancy, the living officer has also sat down. Zhu Houxi smiled, "You are at least an old minister who supports and welcomes me, it doesn't hurt to sit down." ”

Until this moment, Liang Chu actually relaxed the things he really cared about a little in his heart, and only walked over after thanking him again.

Seeing Yan Song and Liu Long sitting opposite, he owed his body first, and then sat half of his ass to a chair.

As soon as he touched the chair, he stood up again: "The criminals have been ordered to return His Majesty's reward, and the treasure of His Majesty's reward is sealed here." ”

Zhu Houxi looked at the idle medal he bent down to hold in his hand, but there was clearly an excerpt underneath.

"And a letter to me?"

"By the grace of His Majesty, the sinners have been spared the guilt of the guilty and their bones have been returned to their homes, and the sinners have been grateful."

Zhu Houyu nodded at Huang Jin, and after Huang Jin took the things, Zhu Houxi opened the fold.

It's no longer a courtier's note, and there's no entry posted on the outside of this fold.

The middle hall was quiet, and Zhu Houxi quietly looked at what he wrote.

Yan Song was guessing, Liu Long was nervous, and Liang Chu was waiting quietly.

Zhu Houxi read the excerpt without changing his face, and only let out a long sigh after a long time.

Yan Song and Liu Long couldn't help but look at him.

What will you say next? This can also be recorded in the living notes.

"If it weren't for today's situation, would you say these things to me?"

Liang Chu left his seat and knelt down: "The sinners only hate that they are not born at the right time, and their blood is getting cold, so that they will waste their lives. ”

"Right and wrong, true and false...... Anyway, why should I care? Zhu Houxi was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "For the sake of these words, although it is only more than a month, it is finally a monarch and a minister." This idle medal is still kept, and the right to leave a souvenir. ”

When Liang Chu raised his head, he burst into tears: "The sinners thank Your Majesty for your grace, and they are grateful, and they can't repay it." ”

"Let's go home. Even Mao Chengzhen ordered people to send him back to his hometown, and you, the minister who supports and welcomes him, should be less tired of traveling. ”

So after another thanksgiving, Prince Liang said goodbye to the emperor.

Liu Long: ???

But Liang Chu still left the matter of the idle chapter, if other people knew, Yan Song and Liu Long would be the main suspects!

Liu Long immediately buried his head in sorting out today's recital.

Nothing was seen, nothing was heard.

There is only one "Liang Chu resignation" on the living note.

The capital was still calm, and in the afternoon of this day, Jinyiwei arranged for two captains to go south with the Liang family.

And on this day, the will from Beijing also arrived in Wuzhou.

This is the seat of the eunuchs of Liangguang Town and the Governor's Mansion of Liangguang.

Guangdong and Guangxi were the frontiers of the empire, and the situation here was complicated, and after many years, it was different from other provinces. Above the political envoys, the commanders, and the procurators, there are three halls: the chief eunuch, the chief military officer, and the governor.

The intention was to expel the Franco-Rang people on Tuen Mun Island, and to detain the Franco-Giangon Mission, which had previously been sent from Beijing, to Beijing.

Fu Lun, the eunuch of Liangguang in the general town, Zhu Qi, the chief military officer, and Zhang Zhen, the governor of Liangguang, exchanged glances with each other after receiving the order.

"Let Wang Ziyan do it." Zhu Qi suggested.

Zhang Zhen nodded.

There is one thing that makes them very confused: this thing ...... It's obviously not big, why do you want to send it to Liangguang Santang?

Can't you send it directly to Guangdong Sansi?

In the summer, they could not feel the cold wind blowing from the north. Hot and cold confrontation, this coast of the South China Sea is bound to brew a big storm.

At this moment in the capital, after the court push, the list of four cabinet ministers was presented to Zhu Houxi.

Each is one and one accompanying, just waiting for him to tick the box, there will be two people who will go to the highest peak of Wenchen.

The process of this list being released, Tingtui was naturally the result on the spot, and Zhu Houxi also knew something about the wrestling and exchange that followed.

Those who are qualified to attend the court to express their opinions, in addition to the cabinet scholars and the six scholars, there are also the ministers of various ministries, the imperial history of the capital, the secretary of the Dali Temple, the general political envoy, and the prince of the country.

In the end, the two are Shi Xuan and Sun Jiao, and the two escorts are Zhang Zilin and Jia Yong.

Zhu Houxi smiled, and as soon as Zhu Pen hooked, the candidate was decided.

The structure of the court has been decided, and it doesn't really matter who the person is.

Even if Wang Shouren can break through among the Confucians who have entered Beijing, it is not so important.

The gale came from the south.

The day after Shi Xuan and Sun Jiao entered the pavilion, three consecutive holy decrees caused a sensation in the capital.

The holy decree was first passed through the six sections, and Xia Yan was about to go to Wulou to participate in the implementation meeting of the national policy of abolishing and resetting the three major battalions, when he heard a lot of discussion from his colleagues.

"If you have a meritorious strategy, you can ascend to the sky in such a step?"

"Give the waiter to read, promote the household department of Guangdong Qing official Shi Langzhong, and walk in the imperial study?"

Xia Yan couldn't help but ask, "Who?" ”

The title of the sixth grade, the Hubu Langzhong of the fifth grade, this is nothing.

But isn't the Imperial Study a quick thinker who has not yet arrived at the beginning of next month and uses it as the chief candidate of the Imperial Study? Those who are not selected will be sent to walk in the imperial study.

Hearing Xia Yan's voice, he replied respectfully: "Xinke Tanhualang, Zhang Fujing of the Guanzheng Household Department." ”

The holy decree has been sent to the household department, and in the shocked eyes of the household officials and other colleagues, Zhang Fujing fell to the ground with tears in his eyes: "Minister Zhang Fujing! Command! Shane! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! ”

Holding the three holy decrees in his hand, it was so bright that others felt dazzling.

(End of chapter)