Zhu Houxi only cultivated for more than four months, but he didn't expect to lag behind his father-in-law.

Sun Jiao only went south after his wedding, and it took a month to go to Guangdong.

Ministers, princes, marquises...... Is this how a seventy-year-old person is activated?

This kind of thing is not to be hidden from people in high positions - who does not praise and envy the old and strong?

It's Sun Ming who is panicked and her eyes are red - her mother came to the palace and cried with her, and it is unknown how she counted her husband.

"Spring planting and autumn harvest, you can't lag behind, wash the fragrance tonight."

Zhu Houxi felt that Sun Jiao was urging Sun Jiao to do a trick: Can it be done? It's been a few months! I have prepared an uncle or aunt for the emperor's grandson.

So after a few months of development, the young queen was able to let go of some "punishment" exercises, and she also began to experience more selfless happiness in the already higher sex in the "ovulation period".

In the forbidden palace, the major events of the country are gradually reaching a climax - it is not surprising that perhaps in April and May, the news that the virtuous concubine will give birth and the queen will conceive will also be confirmed.

The previous emperor already had a son of his own.

In March, Zhu Houzhao finished the etiquette procedures of the heir, and Empress Xia recovered again after another illness, and Zhu Houxi sent her to Hengzhou with her heir.

Queen Xia's eyes were dodgy, and her posture was frightened.

Since the founding of the country, there has never been a queen with such an identity, but many years later she will become the mother of a certain vassal king.

After so many years in the palace, she knows what kind of danger she may face when she leaves the palace now-she and this Rui King, are they bait?

But the emperor only nodded to the three-year-old child kneeling in front of him, and then said to the Xia family: "Don't worry too much, sister-in-law. I know that this case has not been seen since the founding of the country, but as long as the imperial sister-in-law lives in the palace, teaches her children with heart, and is generous and loving to the people, there will never be any other misfortunes. The imperial sister-in-law is still young, and taking care of her body is a big deal. ”

“…… Thank you for Your Majesty's care, I must keep it in mind. ”

"I have always done things clearly, and I know what the imperial sister-in-law is afraid of." Zhu Houxi sighed, "Sister-in-law of the emperor, remember, I will never think of disappointing the imperial brother." After I joined the Great Unification, I looked forward to family harmony. After the Empress Dowager Cishou went to recuperate, the queen often visited the imperial sister-in-law, and she must have said a lot of things. If anyone wants to take advantage of King Rui to make a living, the imperial sister-in-law should believe me. ”

Hearing him say it clearly, Xia immediately replied: "I will definitely stay in the palace, and if there is any change, I will immediately present it to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Houxi smiled and nodded: "I haven't been able to call the shots well for half my life, and when I went to the palace, it was the imperial sister-in-law who was in charge." Raise your children well and enjoy the joy of family. ”

Queen Xia, who was in a complicated mood, left Beijing with her son, and after Zhu Houxi pointed out the key to her, she had no burden in her heart.

He only did what he thought he should do, and now he is worthy of Zhu Houzhao.

As for what the future holds, that's everyone's choice.

Zhu Houxi continued to think about the palace test questions in the second year of Jiajing.

In March, several national zhangs were in Guangdong. After two years of slashing, the gentry are becoming more and more timid after all. This year, the conscription has been greatly reduced, and even if there is, it will be handled by the commercial firms.

For the sake of the success of the new law, the "New Party" did not allow the levies to be levied on the people, and anyway, Guangdong had a profit from "raiding homes" last year, and its finances could afford it for the time being

The people of Guangdong have been able to have a spring full of expectations.

In Nanjing, after Jiang Mian returned to Beijing, the Jiangnan officials were also much more relaxed.

As for Guangdong's new law, most of them did not dare to discuss it too much first--how it will develop in the future will always depend on Jiajing's five-year decision.

What's more, in today's southeast, who knows how many people have been sprinkled here by Jinyiwei and Neichang?

At the beginning of April, the questions of the palace examination were transmitted to Jiangnan: the year before last the question was about why the country was rich, and this year it was about the rule and education of officials.

The reason why the New Party has set off a trend of new laws is that the gentry in the world are corrupt and harming the country day by day.

The emperor wanted to enrich the country, but seemed to be asking other ways to solve these problems. After all, the rule and education of officials are inseparable from scholars. If the officials and gentry can be considerate of the difficulties of state affairs, wouldn't there be no need to make such drastic new laws?

The center is a mystery, and the world is adjusting to the great changes ahead, but everything seems calm for now.

Xia Yan is not calm, he has been promoted to Caojiang Yushi. With Yan Song's reminder, he now knows that this is tantamount to His Majesty training soldiers in Nanjing.

And Nanjing garrison Xu Pengju did not dare to slack off after returning from his majesty's wedding in Beijing last year.

Xiaolingwei, which has the strongest combat power, is also gradually replacing new weapons.

King Rui's guard of honor was heading south, and above the East China Sea, a fleet of ships was heading west.

One south and one north.

The flotilla to the north, with three ships.

On the largest ship, there were more than 150 people. Now, most of the people wear swords and laugh and play on the deck.

The ships had a deep draft and were undoubtedly laden with cargo.

These people were all from Japan, and they were "tributary" missions sent by the Ouchi clan entrenched on the Japanese island of Kyushu.

In the cabin, the main envoy of the Ouchi clan, Kenmichi Sosaki, was talking with the deputy envoy Tsukigisa Eitomori.

This sect is a monk, and the deputy envoy Tsukigisa Yongcheng is actually the real retainer of the Ouchi clan. He took the three Kanhe issued by the Zhengde Dynasty in his hand and asked Zong Shiqian: "Zong Shesan, I heard that the Ming Dynasty has changed the new emperor, and what we hold is Kanhe, and the City Bo Division will not disapprove it, right?" ”

Zong Shiqian Dao is actually a Ming person, and his surname is Xu. He was able to do this, and naturally he was entrusted with an important task after his understanding of Buddhism became popular in Japan.

"Yuezhu-san, don't worry. Haven't you used these in the past three times? Da Ming sent out the conformity, will definitely recognize. As long as you maintain a good tributary manners, then according to Kanhe, you will receive many rewards. There is a new emperor this year, and in addition to the tribute goods, the self-contained goods prepared by Ouchi-sama and the five geisha dancers are specially dedicated to the new emperor, and the officials of the city will definitely pay a high price to make the emperor happy. ”

"Since Zong Shisang said so, then there must be no mistake. When he arrived in Daming, he had to negotiate a good price. ”

In the midst of the conjunction, tribute items were prescribed. For Japan, it includes horse helmets, armor, swords, waist knives, guns, gold-painted makeup, colored screens, gold-sprinkled cooks, wine-gold tables, gold-sprinkled hand boxes, gold-painted powder boxes, gold-painted pen boxes, gold-smeared gold, copper cho, gold-sprinkled wood Cho horn stickers, gold fans, agate, water spirits, counting beads, sulfur, sumac, cowhide and other items.

There is no price for these tributes, and there are corresponding rewards given by law.

But in practice, because of what else is given, there are naturally many doorways.

In addition to this, there are self-feeding. These self-importing items, according to the rules, will also be bought at a price. This price is often several times higher than the market price.

In the cognition of Zong Shi Qiandao, in order to achieve the glory of all countries as ministers and courtiers, although it is necessary to go through a procedure to present it to the emperor, it is presumable that the new emperor must need this glory to declare the legal system and status.

The Ouchi clan mission, which had set off first, did not know that the Hosokawa clan near Kyoto had also sent a mission.

Under the persecution of the Hosokawa clan, the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan could only turn out the old Kanai issued by the Hongji Dynasty and hand it to the Hosokawa clan. Now, the Hosokawa clan tribute mission above the sea is much more cold, with only one ship.

In the cabin, it was making Luaoka Ruizo even more worried about whether the old Kanhe of the Hongzhi Dynasty would be useful, and the key problem was that they knew that the tribute mission of the Ouchi clan had left earlier.

"Song Sang, is it really okay?" Luanoka Ruizo was worried, "Since Kanhe, who was trading with the Daming, was robbed by the Ouchi clan, they have been in control of Kanhe for the past few years. If both missions arrive, will we really succeed with the old Kanhe? ”

The deputy envoy of the Hosokawa clan was originally a native of the Ming Dynasty, named Song Suqing.

Now he said with a smile on his face: "Luangang-san, please rest assured. Twelve years ago, I helped Hosokawa-sama to envoy to the Ming Dynasty, an official of the city department, and I know a lot. Over the years, I have traveled a lot between Daming and Japan. And don't forget, I once received the Flying Fish Suit from the Ming Emperor, which is a very great honor, and even the officials of the City Department may not have such an opportunity. ”

"That's really good, worthy of Song San." Luaoka Ruizo was somewhat relieved, "If you can, this time please help Daming to hand over the new emperor's Kanhe to us Hosokawa clan." In the future, the new Kanhe must be controlled no matter what. ”

Song Suqing smiled confidently: "I can do this." However, in that case, Hosokawa-sama will need to build more ships and recruit samurai. Otherwise, the Ouchi clan would have robbed the embassy again and snatched Kanhe's as they did many years ago. ”

"If this time there is a good reward, of course Hosokawa-sama will do it. Song Sang is so familiar with the Ming Dynasty, I will have to ask you a lot for the tributary trade in the future. ”

Both missions rushed to the city of Zhejiang with the lucrative profits of the tributary trade.

Zhejiang City Bo Si promoted the eunuch Lai En has been paying attention to the movements of Guangdong Bo Si.

He was also learning new accounting methods and was worried about his future.

The Zhejiang City Shipping Division was in charge of tributary trade with Japan.

Although the regulations are so, there are many maritime merchants, and in fact, they are more complicated. At present, the eunuch of Zhejiang City Bo Si Ti usually stays in Hangzhou Mansion, and he only needs to go there when the Japanese mission arrives in Ningbo.

The promotion of the city department in the civil official sequence is generally held by the officials of the science and road, and the current promotion of the city department of Zhejiang City is a very special person: Xie Changjie.

Because of accepting bribes in Guangdong, after he returned to Beijing, he was demoted by the emperor from the right of Guangdong to the right of the Nanjing Metropolitan Inspectorate, and fell from the third to the fourth rank.

However, it is also considered a high match for the promotion of the city ship, which should be the fifth grade.

But Zhejiang City Bosi is still the eunuch in charge.

Ryan didn't dare to slack off at the old ministers of the Hidden Mansion. Although someone once impeached Xie Changjie for "bidding to choose a son-in-law" for the eldest princess today, and he committed another crime in Guangdong, but what was the result?

His Majesty did not punish him in anger, but only demoted his officials, and sent him to be promoted by the city's shipper, how to think about it has deep meaning.

The Guangdong City Bo Division is already in charge of the promotion, and the eunuchs are only supervising the accounts.

A few days later, he received the news and immediately invited Xie Changjie over.

"Xie Yidu, Ningbo report, the Japanese mission has arrived, and we are waiting for the city department to arrange tribute, let's go together?"

Xie Changjie nodded: "The city division is still in charge of Lai Gonggong as a rule, and I just accompany him, and I also learn how to handle the tribute affairs of Lai Gonggong." ”

Along the way, Ryan was on the side.

The case of Fang Muxian the year before last, it was involved in the widows!

Xie Changjie came to make the promotion of the city's ship, whether it was to prepare for the future Zhejiang city ship's department to change the rules, or the emperor had other arrangements, Ryan wanted to know a little more.

He is an old man in the palace, but he has always been low-key, so he has not been affected for so many years.

The relationship with Wei Bin is not deep, and Ryan is really at a loss at this time.

The year before last, the Franz mission later became a prisoner, and Ryan was frightened for a long time - the two women from the Western Regions left by Pillaz, who he wanted to sacrifice to the palace, were also so frightened that they were quickly sold to a rich merchant.

Fortunately, it was not noticed.

But no matter how Ryan asked, Xie Changjie was just perfunctory.

That kind of serious and scheming appearance always makes Ryan tremble - you shouldn't have come to Zhejiang City to handle some big case, right?

Xie Changjie thought about what happened after he returned to Beijing last year.

The secret order from His Majesty, he did it, and he made the right bet.

"This time I went to the southeast, I promise you to be greedy. If you are greedy, you will hand it over to me. Emperor Jing said to him, "The restructuring of the Guangdong City Shipping Division, the southeast maritime merchants must be speculating." This is a dangerous thing for you, and if you do it well, you will have made a great achievement, and I will not count your previous mistakes. ”

Xie Changjie wanted to cry.

If he is greedy in Guangdong, he will become a thief if he sends money to him, and someone in the southeast dares to bribe him again?

Knowing he's a bait, he still comes to bite? Is it stupid to be a merchant in the southeast?

No, he has been in Zhejiang for a few months, and he is extremely widowed, and officials and wealthy businessmen are afraid of him, and his smile is false and deliberate.

But with Ryan's specific explanation to him after the arrival of the Japanese tribute mission, Xie Changjie gradually understood a little bit where the doorway might be.

After arriving at the Zhejiang City Bosi Yamen in Ningbo, the subordinate officials all arrived.

There are only four officials in the city: the promotion of the fifth grade, the deputy promotion of the sixth grade, and the official of the ninth grade.

Now the two deputy envoys are in the hands of Ryan, and after the salute, the deputy promoter Zheng Shoujie reported: "The Japanese tributary mission has a total of 327 people, and the lower officials have arranged for the envoy and his entourage to stay in the guest hall, and the deputy envoy and other attachés and businessmen have arranged for them to stay in Tianning Temple. ”

Ryan nodded: "What about his sword weapons?" ”

"It's all in the East Treasury."

Ryan explained to Xie Changjie the rules of the tributary: the mission ships were not allowed to enter the harbor yet, and were stationed outside the harbor. Submit the credentials first, verify the identity, and wait for the arrangement of the city shipping department before entering the port to read the goods. After pointing out the amount of tribute and self-imports, it is necessary to go to the court through the Ministry of Rites, and how much reward should be given.

Xie Changjie didn't listen to it, and let him arrange it first.

Ryan glanced at the national letter and Kanhe handed over by Zheng Shoujie, and then frowned: "There are only three Kanhe?" Mifune? ”

"Exactly. There are three ways to match, and naturally there are three boats. ”

"This ......" Ryan hesitated, first a little unhappy in his heart, and then undecided.

During the Zhengde period, a total of 100 Kanhe were sent to Japan, and this time only three ships came, which means that the tribute is not much.

Will Your Majesty be unhappy that there is not much tribute?

Ryan was about to arrange for them to enter the port to read the goods, when the official Hong Yuanjin suddenly came in and said, "Father-in-law Lai, there is another Japanese envoy ship, please see their chief and deputy envoys." ”

"Why is there another mission?" Ryan looked at Hong Yuanjin in amazement, "Is it okay to have a national letter?" ”

"Xia Guan has seen it." Although Hong Yuanjin is a small official, after all, he has the official body of the ninth grade, and replied respectfully, "I took the old Kanhe during the Hongzhi period, and there was only one, and I don't know how the Japanese king arranged two missions." However, their deputy envoy Zhengde has been here for four years, and Father-in-law Lai also knows him, that Song Suqing. ”

Ryan's heart suddenly burst out, he had accepted Song Suqing's benefits back then. Not only that, under the matchmaking, Song Suqing also gave Liu Jin a thousand taels of gold and a flying fish suit.

"Our family remembers that the Ministry of Rites ordered him to no longer serve as an envoy!"

Song Suqing was recognized after he came at that time, and the Ningbo officials even asked him to be punished for the crime of impersonating the Japanese envoy. But his identity is indeed real, he was under "influence" at the time, and because Liu Jin was blowing the wind in the ears of Emperor Zhengde, he finally completed the transaction and warned about it.

"Father-in-law Lai, since it is true, there are four ways of compatibility now, which is better than only three." Zheng Shoujie reminded.

“…… That's just as well. Ryan said this first, and turned his head to look at Xie Changjie, "Xie Yidu, one holds Zhengde Kanhe, and the other holds Hongzhi Kanhe, I don't know how these two missions can be arranged appropriately?" After that, they will enter the port to read the goods and set up a banquet to entertain them. The Japanese envoys have not yet made a pilgrimage to the new emperor, and this matter must also be arranged. ”

Xie Changjie smiled slightly: "Father-in-law Lai is familiar with tributary affairs, you can arrange it." ”

Ryan thought for a moment and then said, "Then please come over first and hear what they have to say." His Majesty ascended the throne, and this small Japanese country immediately rushed to fight for tribute. I don't even know that this Japan is now unorthodox and is at war. The king of Japan has become like Zhou Tianzi, and there are endless wars in various places......"

Zhejiang welcomed two Japanese tribute missions to the seaside, but Wei Bin from Guangzhou hurried to Zhang Fujing: "Futai needs to prepare for war quickly!" Although the fleet of the Haiphong Trade Line was escorted by a warship from Haiphong Road, it encountered the Portuguese fleet in the South Seas, and the life and death of the warship of Haiphong Road were unknown! ”

Zhang Fujing was suddenly shocked: "How many warships does the thief have?" ”

"Seventeen warships, big and small!"

In the Battle of Tuen Mun, Wang Hong's results surpassed history. And with the subsequent strengthening of coastal defenses, the Portuguese "recovering the field" incident, which was supposed to take place last year, was postponed.

This time, they also mobilized more troops than before, reaching nearly 2,000 men.

However, Wang Hong has already gone to Fujian, and Guangdong is likely to face war immediately.

"Hurry up and invite all the lords to come and discuss, as well as Jing'anhou!"