"Li Zhigang's case, in fact, the key issue is not Li Zhigang."

Zhu Gaochi means that it is difficult for him to do this matter.

So he's going to stop it.

Personally come to inform Jiang Xinghuo, and then let Jiang Xinghuo find a way.

But unfortunately, Zhu Gaochi's plan to dump the pot was not successful, and Jiang Xinghuo did not let him go.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo knows what Zhu Gaochi means, but the patent law has not been given, and the salt law has not been given, what does the criminal department mean?

Now that he is pinching Li Zhigang's case, can he deliberately go against him?

Whether he wants to exchange Li Zhigang for Jiang Xinghuo's concessions on the patent law and salt law, or whether there are indeed relevant interest groups behind him who are obstructing, Jiang Xinghuo will not be able to give in.

But at this time, it is natural that you can't directly pick out the question.

"What's the key? Isn't the Criminal Department the first to take a stand? Since you don't agree, there has to be a reason. Jiang Xinghuo blocked the door of the lecture hall, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and asked slowly.

According to the Ming Dynasty system, the process of the triage of the three legal divisions is actually not that the high-level officials of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate gather together, and the chief officials sit side by side at a table, and then start to hear the case.

This image belongs to the final step.

The real routine process is that the criminal department first intersects, and then the Dali Temple rehearses, both of which are supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Since the founding of Hongwu in the early Ming Dynasty, the status of the criminal department is very high, the so-called "Emperor Taizu Gao ascended the throne at the beginning, punished the Yuan leniently, the usage was too strict, the pursuers were heavy, the law was both in place, the officials knew to follow it, and then the number was correct, and they were all based on the book of Zhen as the right to public opinion", mainly because Lao Zhu felt that the law of the Yuan Dynasty was too broad, and coupled with its idea of governing the country was to punish harshly, after the four major cases of Hongwu, the criminal department can be described as prestigious.

Although the main job of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to picket and impeach officials, it also has another function, that is, to participate in the trial of the case, but although the Metropolitan Procuratorate participates in the process of the case, it is not the case itself that participates, but whether the other two of the three legal divisions are legal and compliant when hearing the case. In other words, the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not have the power to adjudicate the case itself, it only plays the role of a supervisor.

The duty of Dali Temple is that "if there is a big prison in the Quartet, it will be ordered to go to the prison; The four sides were sentenced to prison, and two officials were sent to visit. Whoever breaks out of prison, the number of years is sparse to hear, and it is called the New Year's report; The number of his detention and death in the month is said to be reported to prison in the month, and it will be transferred to Dali Temple for review, and it will be fair."

The criminal department is the first trial, the criminal department does not pass, and the back is all in vain, Dali Temple Qing Chen Qia is not there, Dali Temple Shaoqing does not dare to bear the pressure and sentence this pot, unless he doesn't want to be mixed up in the three law division system.

And even if the emperor can put pressure on Shaoqing of Dali Temple and sentence Li Zhigang's case, I am afraid that the patent law and the salt law will not be passed.

Cabinet Sanyang didn't have the courage to speak at this time, and the confrontation between the national teacher and the eldest prince was not something they could intervene in.

Of course, Zhu Gaochi knew that Jiang Xinghuo was pretending not to know, that is, he was asking him to tell the truth, but at this time, he was helpless, so he had to tell the truth.

"Salt law."

"The opposition within the Criminal Department is very great, Zheng Ci can't suppress it at all, the "Da Ming Law" is the fundamental interest of the Criminal Department to maintain its authority, and almost everyone opposes the revision."

Really!

Why do you say that the Criminal Department had a high status in the early Ming Dynasty? Because it governs not only the judiciary, prisons, but also legislation!

Lao Zhu is not the kind of person who likes to pick up people's leftovers to eat, but if he can innovate in combination with reality, Lao Zhu will choose to innovate, and he can't look down on the Yuan Dynasty's "Zhizheng Tiaoge" at all, so "Da Ming Law" was made by the Criminal Department.

"Da Ming Law" was created when Lao Zhu called King Wu, and it was set in the sixth year of Hongwu, neatly in the twenty-second year of Hongwu, and the final version of the 30th year of Hongwu was officially promulgated in the world, only six years ago, and the "Da Ming Law" has a total of 30 volumes, 460 articles, the text is simple and strict, and Lao Zhu requires future generations not to change.

In order to prevent "extrajudicial adultery", Zhu Yuanzhang played the case law, that is, the special criminal law made by sorting out and punishing the cases committed by the subjects and the relevant instructions, that is, the commonly known "Ming Dahu", as a supplement to the "Daming Law", which is divided into four parts: "Imperial Decree", "Continuation of the Great Edict", "Third Part", and "Martial Minister", with a total of 236 articles, characterized by the use of severe punishment and heavy punishment.

As the main body of the Ming law, the "Daming Law" is also the most important condition for maintaining the current status of the criminal department, and the criminal department absolutely does not agree to arbitrarily amend the law, and they have Lao Zhu's holy decree in their hands.

Lao Zhu knows the importance of the "Da Ming Law", which is the highest law of the Ming Dynasty, representing the ultimate will of the regime, for fear that future generations will become emperors for their own selfishness, or under the bewitchment of traitors, they will modify the law at will, and deliberately set up an ancestral precept, which is engraved in the criminal department.

Although it is said that there is such an inaccurate state as "Jiang Xinghuo's ancestral method", if you want Jiang Xinghuo to go directly to the Criminal Department and carry Lao Zhu's stele away overnight, I'm afraid it won't work.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty implemented a government-run monopoly system for tea, salt, alum, etc., and specifically stipulated the "Tea Law" and "Salt Law" in the "Da Ming Law", which is one of the most important components of the "Da Ming Law".

If the salt law can be moved, then the "Da Ming Law" cannot be changed at will, it will undoubtedly become a joke, from now on, whoever wants to change the law can change it casually, what authority does the criminal department have at all?

Because of this, even if he knew what the emperor meant, the Criminal Department was still united, and refused to sentence Li Zhigang's case under pressure, just to force Jiang Xinghuo to make concessions.

We can acquit Li Zhigang, but the salt law cannot be moved.

If you have to move the salt law, it is not certain whether it can be moved, but Li Zhigang must not be found innocent.

Jiang Xinghuo turned sideways, and Zhu Gaochi and Sanyang of the cabinet left the place.

"It's a good handwriting."

Gao Xunzhi put down the lesson plan slowly, feeling a little unfinished, at this time there was no one else in the lecture hall, only him and Cao Duan were left.

"But you know so many truths, you are not ruthless enough when you do things?"

Gao Xunzhi crossed his fingers, looked at Jiang Xinghuo and asked.

"Do you mean that I should give up Li Zhigang and make the Criminal Department lose the qualification to negotiate with me?" Jiang Xinghuo closed the door and closed his eyes with his back against the door.

"Or else?"

Gao Xunzhi said lightly: "Your purpose has been achieved through the death day crying tomb and the Fengtian Palace's court debate, Li Zhigang is inseparable from you?" From the beginning of his side to you, his motives were not pure When I was still in the court a year ago, I knew that he was the same as Zheng Ci, if he was in power, he would be a figure like Cai Jing, and he would only meet his wishes. ”

Gao Xunzhi paused for a moment and continued: "Although Your Majesty is not impatient today, in the final analysis, if he wants to do something, it will definitely be done, if Your Majesty wants Li Zhigang to be innocent, why do you need to come forward?" Sooner or later, he will release Li Zhigang, or directly acquit him, or make meritorious contributions to the crime, why are you in a hurry? ”

"But after all, he fell into such a situation because of me, everyone knows that Huang Xin didn't go to Li Zhigang at the beginning."

Jiang Xinghuo opened his eyes and looked at him seriously: "If you think about it from another angle, if it weren't for the reason that he wanted to attack me, how could he be tried by the Three Law Divisions now?" ”

"That's a mistake!"

"Your unnecessary responsibility and kindness are just too much."

Gao Xunzhi said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, it will be difficult for you to maintain the status quo in the temple in the future, and you will even be reduced to a place where you have no place to bury - compared to those old ministers, you lack a trace of ruthlessness after all!" If you don't give up on Li Zhigang now, how should you choose when you encounter more difficult choices in the future? Probably wouldn't dare! There is no such thing as the perfect two worlds in this world, you can't keep Li Zhigang all the time and put yourself in danger, right? ”

Jiang Xinghuo bowed his head and was silent.

Gao Xunzhi continued: "You should understand a little truth, I just said it - trade-offs. ”

After Gao Xunzhi finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside.

Jiang Xinghuo raised his head and looked at Cao Duan, who said that he hadn't heard anything.

"Go ahead, come back to me another day if you have any logical problems."

Cao Duan kept up with Gao Xunzhi.

"His character is destined to be unsuitable for being a leader in changing the law, in terms of ruthlessness, even Wang Anshi is not as good as being a bad man."

Cao Duan only heard the other party sigh outside the door and muttered to himself.

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After a while, Jiang Xinghuo walked out of the Daming Administrative School.

He stopped outside the school, looked up at the gray sky, and did not leave immediately, but considered every word Gao Xunzhi had just said.

After a long time, he suddenly showed a bitter smile.

Of course, what Gao Xunzhi said made sense, but he considered more aspects, at this time, Li Zhigang could certainly become an abandoned son of sacrifice, but Gao Xunzhi didn't figure out what he was doing.

"Change the law."

After riding the little gray horse, Jiang Xinghuo silently chewed these two words.

Change the law and change the law, what you want to change is this law, this "Da Ming Law"!

Now that institutional change has entered the second stage, it is impossible not to produce changes that are painful to certain inherent sectors or interest groups.

In the matter of changing the law, the ideology comes first, and then the system.

The system is prescribed by law, if the "Da Ming Law" remains unchanged, how can we talk about changing the law?

And now he is trapped in the capital, and he has to be careful in everything he does.

The system of the three legal divisions is a very powerful administrative force, and this kind of collective will, as well as things involving the interests of the whole, cannot be changed by a certain chief official, and it is necessary to have a hard-fought battle to carry things forward.

He wants to change the salt law, and he also wants to change the tea law!

I had just gone home, but I saw a carriage parked at the door, and a young man got out of the car.

"Headmaster, I'm back." The boy arched his hand.

His appearance is thin, his cheeks are sunken, his eye sockets are black, and he seems to have not slept for a long time, and it is Xu Jingchang, who has now inherited the title of Duke of Dingguo.

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You came back from Jiangnan so soon?" Come in and speak. ”

Although Xu Jingchang is a one-star general, after all, he is too young and too young, so he has no right to speak in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but his father Xu Zengshou has a huge contribution to Zhu Di, and he can't let people sit on the cold bench, so he was assigned to Jiangnan to be responsible for the manual workshop area and other matters.

The handicraft workshop area, nominally funded by the household department, but in essence it is still an asset of the imperial family, and in order to promote the new mode of warfare, it also kidnapped the nobles by the way, and each family looked at the emperor's face, and more or less paid for it.

The nature of this money is similar to the money made up last year in order to go to the West, and it is all expected to be lost, so no one is too concerned about Xu Jingchang's management, and he doesn't think it's a big deal.

But as the first official task, Xu Jingchang is still quite concerned about it.

So in recent months, he has been living in Jiangnan and rarely returns to Beijing.

I didn't expect to suddenly return to the capital today, which was quite unexpected.

Jiang Xinghuo pulled Xu Jingchang into the Rongguo Mansion, and it was no surprise that everyone was at work.

They found a flower hall, and they sat in it and talked.

Xu Jingchang said straight to the point: "I heard that Lord Li's crime is very tricky to sentence now? ”

The Xu family started with Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, as the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty, entrenched in the court for more than 30 years, it is not normal to be ill-informed, and this is not a secret, Xu Jingchang is not surprised to learn about it.

"Hmm."

Jiang Xinghuo simply recounted the matter.

Xu Jingchang frowned and said: "This Lord Li is a good candidate to go to the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Department to be the political envoy, these days I know it, doing business is also a big thing, it has to be slippery, he is indeed not suitable to leave the center, after all, some of the things he did when he was a scholar are not easy to get rid of." ”

Xu Jingchang looked at Jiang Xinghuo and asked, "I don't know what the principal is going to do?" ”

Xu Jingchang is also half of his own person, he exterminated the White Lotus Sect with Jiang Xinghuo, and now he is responsible for many matters in the manual workshop area, so Jiang Xinghuo did not shy away from talking about the things he could discuss.

"Since Li Zhigang is in prison because of me, I will definitely not sit idly by, and I will definitely find a way to save him."

In fact, to put it in layman's terms, it is necessary to be righteous when you come out to mix, especially in front of the younger brother.

If your subordinates are caught, they will be thrown aside as garbage, and it is easy to chill others, even if you have more reasons, no matter how you choose, this is the result in the eyes of others.

Xu Jingchang nodded and talked about another thing, which was the main reason for his return to Beijing.

"The king of Champa has agreed in principle to all the terms of trade we have proposed, and has agreed to supply a part of the rice from Champa as the rations of the landing army, and also to offset part of the trade difference of Songjiang cotton, so that we will not have to ship from Canton by sea."

"The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and Li Jinglong's grain has been settled, so he will have much more confidence to launch the Qinghua landing."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Xu Jingchang's excited appearance, and also smiled: "Is this a solid heart?" ”

"It's steady."

Xu Jingchang's smile is from the heart, you know, looking at the warehouses of cotton textiles piled up there and unable to sell, he is now undecided at this age, eager to make a career, and the pressure he bears every day is also very great.

Xu Jingchang's smile is from the heart, you know, looking at the warehouses of cotton textiles piled up there and unable to sell, he is now undecided at this age, eager to make a career, and the pressure he bears every day is also very great.

Now it can be sold to the part of the city of Zhancheng, it is enough to return to the capital, after all, the city of the city also has a population of millions, although many poor people can not afford to buy, but ordinary families still have purchasing power, the cotton textiles of the Ming Dynasty are dumped in, do not worry about not selling.

Once Li Jinglong's Thanh Hoa landing is successful, the situation in Annam will be completely reversed, and it is only a matter of time before the Hu family and his son fall, and then the entire Annan, a large market with a population of more than 3 million, will become a dumping ground for commodities in the Ming Dynasty, and Annam's purchasing power will be a grade stronger than that of Champa.

The money from the sale, in addition to repaying the Taicang silver advanced by the household department, and leaving it for the handicraft workshop to pay wages and expand reproduction, is to distribute dividends to the royal family and nobles.

Who doesn't miss Xu Jingchang when the time comes? Who says he didn't take credit?

Everyone is stammering him, counting on him to be the God of Wealth to make money for everyone, with these, he can be regarded as a stable prince, otherwise he is just a name.

But of course Xu Jingchang knows who brought everything today.

It was Jiang Xinghuo who advocated the establishment of a handicraft workshop, Jiang Xinghuo was the one who countered the rebellion and controlled the water to work for relief, and it was Jiang Xinghuo who recommended him to do this.

People should always know how to repay their kindness, especially a young man like him.

"Headmaster, I'm more straightforward, I don't like to beat around the bush, and some things are on the table."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at him and said slowly, "What do you want to say?" ”

"The principal's trouble right now is actually quite simple."

Xu Jingchang said: "Li Zhigang's case did not involve many officials, and he did not offend many people, on the contrary, the vast majority of people who had dealings with him hoped that even if Li Zhigang died, he would shut up and not affect others. are afraid of the four major cases of Hongwu. ”

"So the principal has a difficulty, and the matter of being stuck in the salt law by the criminal department can actually be done separately, the salt law is the salt law, and Li Zhigang's matter is another matter."

"Since this matter should not be a big problem, you can secretly manipulate public opinion and guide the contradiction to a few officials who were implicated in Li Zhigang before, so that naturally someone will put pressure on the Criminal Department, Li Zhigang can not only get rid of the crime, but also save his reputation and not be punished if he has no evidence, and the principal will also benefit from this matter."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Xu Jingchang in surprise.

He never expected Xu Jingchang to make such a suggestion.

But if you think about it, it's also a solution.

If he did what Xu Jingchang said, he didn't have to act directly, and he didn't have to follow other people's ideas and mix Li Zhigang with the salt law.

"The idea?"

It's not that Jiang Xinghuo looks down on Xu Jingchang, but this kind of idea really doesn't seem like the other party can come up with, if the old monk comes up with it, then he is not surprised at all, but the problem is that the old monk is not in Beijing now, but went to the north to deal with a few important things.

"My uncle, he has completed the handover of the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and he is going north today, and he explained to me before leaving, it is inconvenient for him to come to you, the principal." Xu Jingchang was also simply and made his debut with Pantuo.

He added: "But this matter must be done with caution, after all, Your Majesty's attitude is not yet certain, what if there is a change?" You have to be prepared. ”

Jiang Xinghuo was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know, take me to say hello to your uncle." ”

Subsequently, Jiang Xinghuo wrote a letter in front of Xu Jingchang, which was sent to Zhu Gaoxu.

Vote for me with papaya, and repay it with Qiongju.

I hope to make Xu Huizu stay more comfortable in the north.

——————

When Zhu Gaochi rushed to the palace, he happened to bump into Zhu Di who came out of the study.

Zhu Di saw him and said lightly: "Looking for me?" Or are you looking for your mother? Your uncle is going to the north, so your mother will take a ride back to her parents' house. ”

"Find my father."

Zhu Di asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Li Zhigang's case."

Zhu Gaochi said respectfully: "I want to ask my father to forgive Li Zhigang." ”

When Zhu Di heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Li Zhigang?" ”

"I didn't mean to forgive him, didn't I go to the Three Law Divisions to interrogate?"

When the Emperor says that he doesn't know anything about something, whether you believe the Emperor at the end of the information network or not, it's best to assume that he doesn't know anything.

So Zhu Gaochi patiently explained the problems he was facing.

"Oh, I know, the Criminal Department doesn't agree to revise the "Da Ming Law", use Li Zhigang as a bargaining chip."

Zhu Di said casually, and said: "I will deal with this matter as appropriate." ”

Zhu Gaochi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, knelt on the ground, and thanked the saint.

Zhu Di waved his sleeves and signaled to hurry up, don't come here.

Zhu Gaochi bowed his waist and got up slowly.

When he looked up at his father, he found that his father was still there, and he was staring at him stunned.

He couldn't help but say, "Father, don't you go back to the harem to rest at such a late hour?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Zhu Di glanced at him and said lightly: "I'm not in a hurry to go back to the palace, but you, it's so late, why did you run there before?" ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "I went to the administrative school to listen to the lecture of the national teacher. ”

"Is there a catch? Your second brother is going north, so you can ask for more advice and advice when you have time. Zhu Di said with a smile.

Of course, Zhu Di knew what Zhu Gaochi was doing today, and he knew even more why Zhu Gaochi came forward to intercede for Li Zhigang on behalf of Jiang Xinghuo.

It stands to reason that these are all contrary to Zhu Gaochi's interests, after all, Li Zhigang may not necessarily think of him, but the Criminal Department has completely offended, and the Criminal Department is also one of the six departments, except for the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Gaochi has only two departments that have not interfered.

But this is Zhu Gaochi's cleverness.

Zhu Gaochi would rather harm his own interests, but also to create a situation where he did not fully intervene in the six ministries, so that his father and emperor are not so jealous of his own power, and at the same time, sell Jiang Xinghuo well, and show an attitude of being willing to cooperate with the change Although Zhu Gaochi has felt more and more pressure, his ass is sitting on the side of the gentry and civil officials after all, and some supporters whisper in his ear about the disadvantages of the new policy.

"There's a catch."

Zhu Gaochi lowered his head and said, "Erchen just wants to ask the godfather emperor for something. ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

Zhu Di suddenly became interested and said: "Although I am not good at handling government affairs, after all, I have a lot of experience, and some things can still show you the way." ”

When Lao Tzu is a man, how can anyone who is unwilling to educate his son? Especially this opportunity to take the initiative to deliver to your door.

Zhu Gaochi hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "Father, you once told me that in this world, the easiest thing to lose is power, and the easiest thing to change is people's hearts. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Di asked.

Zhu Gaochi said: "Recently, Erchen repeatedly looked at "Mr. Jiang's Lecture Notes", there is a sentence called 'manufacturing power determines the manufacturing relationship, and the material foundation determines the top-level structure'. ”

"Erchen doesn't mean anything else, Mr. Jiang also talked about a thing, called the ship of Theseus, which means a wooden ship, constantly changing the planks, after each plank has been replaced, is this ship still the original ship?"

Zhu Di shook his head and only said:

"Time has changed, which dynasty has been passed down for seven or eight generations or even more than ten generations, and it can be the original appearance?"

"Don't talk about it, your grandfather is wise enough, right? But he couldn't even anticipate and control what would happen in the next few years. ”

Zhu Gaochi arched his hand and didn't say anything more, in fact, a certain kind of hidden worry has always lingered in his heart, especially when he witnessed the development of Nanjing today, the merchant and citizen classes are rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the trend of thought spreading in the market makes him feel deeply uneasy.

The traditional order of science is justified, and the monarch and the minister are the father and the son.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't believe what the world would be like in a hundred or two hundred years if commerce continued to develop and the merchants and townspeople, and even the handicraft factory owners grew stronger.

In fact, it is conceivable, after all, what Jiang Xinghuo said is very reasonable, it is simply the law of the world.

Zhu Di's tone gradually became sharp, like a knife, and said categorically: "A generation does a generation's things, why do you want to do so much?" Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and our generation is enough to lay down a big territory for the Ming Dynasty. ”

"It's the sons and daughters who are worried."

"It's just a matter of the Criminal Department, I'm afraid it's not necessarily that simple."

Zhu Di's eyes narrowed, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

This kid's head is still spinning quite fast, and he can guess it by reasoning alone.

In fact, it is exactly the case, Zhu Gaosui and Ji Gang have reported to him, and behind this matter, there has always been a mysterious shadow.

"Damn Zhu Yunwen!"

Zhu Di felt a little resentful in his heart, these Jianwen remnants were like they could not be killed, and there were still people in tandem after the violent Zhao died, but they were very secretive, and they couldn't catch them at all.

"Go on." Zhu Di said.

Zhu Gaochi said: "I suspect that someone did it on purpose, the purpose is to cause contradictions within the imperial court. ”

He glanced at Zhu Di and added: "Of course, Erchen has no evidence, just speculation. ”

Zhu Di took a deep breath, suppressed the anger rolling in his heart, and asked, "What do you think I should do?" ”

"Fishing, so as to completely clean up the existence of disloyalty to the emperor in the court."

Loyalty is not absolute, that is, absolutely disloyal, this truth will never go out of style.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he launched several rounds of cleaning of the temple, but just like the Metropolitan Procuratorate controlled by Huang Xin not long ago, there are still many departments that are not under Zhu Di's actual control, and Zhu Di can't replace all these people, let alone so many "own people" can go up.

Zhu Gaochi said: "I hope that my father can forgive Li Zhigang and still let him be the first political envoy of the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Division, but don't express your stance for the time being, in this way, all the spearheads will be pointed at one point, and those people will be afraid and dare not act rashly." ”

Zhu Di was silent, this is indeed a good proposal.

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "You go back first, and I will think about it again." ”

"Yes, the retainers are retired!" Zhu Gaochi bowed and then retreated.

"Recruit Ji Gang, Chen Ying, Jin Youzi, and Jin Zhong, these four people."

This is the meaning of summoning the eagle dogs and civil and military advisors together.

Zhu Gaosui didn't know where the shadow of the pillar came out, and he bowed down to receive the order.

"In addition, if you recruit Hu Hu again, when will Zhu Yunwen, the little rabbit cub, be found?"

Zhu Gaosui, who had just taken a few steps, paused and nodded yes, but a trace of thought flashed in his eyes.

Maybe it's time for him to make good on his promise.

Now that the city has been submitted, and Annan is not far away, will Luzon and even Tianzhu make him wait for a long time?

(End of chapter)