What happened, could it be that the Oriental Trading Company, seeing that it was unprofitable, abandoned the angel in the Ryukyus and ignored it?

Or, Chen Liuzi, the rough embryo, was so angry that he killed the angel directly and returned to Guangdong?

The more Shen Youlong thought about it, the more frightened he became, and said to the boatman: "Hurry up, get ashore." ”

The inner bay of Hong Kong is full of large and small ships, a large number of people work here, resulting in the overlapping of ships in the bay, it is difficult to enter, if Shen Youlong comes by official boat, there is a long queue stationed on the periphery to open the way in front, but Shen Youlong in order to hurry, randomly found a canopy boat and came to Hong Kong.

Seeing that he couldn't dock for a long time, Shen Youlong simply asked the boatman to anchor outside the bay, rolled over the boat with his robe, went to the beach with difficulty, identified the direction, and went to the port with Zhao Wenji.

When I arrived, I found that the port was very lively, and on the street, there were people in brocade clothes and inner prison clothes, obviously members of the canonization mission, and everyone had smiles on their faces, buying goods on the street, and there was no feeling of being restrained at all.

"Uncle, why are there so many officials on the street, and they are all speaking foreign dialects." Zhao Wenji took the initiative to grab an old man who was selling rice balls with a pick, and asked.

"I arrived early this morning, it seems that I came from Jiangnan, saying that I was going to go overseas to canonize the vassal state, and after the canonization is over, I don't know when I will leave by relying on Hong Kong." The old man said.

The child next to him said, "Grandpa, if you don't leave, you say that you have to go to Zhaoqing to see the governor." ”

"yes, someone seems to say that." The old man said with a smile, picked up a pick, and went to sell along the street.

Zhao Wenji looked at Shen Youlong's hem full of mud and said, "Dong Weng went to see him like this, but it's not good, let's let Songbao call the people from the Oriental Trading Company and find a place to change clothes." ”

"Okay, Songbao, you go and pass it on your behalf." Shen Youlong said, he pointed to the tea shop on the side: "The two of us are waiting here first." ”

Not long after, Tang Mu brought two sedan chairs, let the two of them get on the sedan chair, and took them directly to the big warehouse, which has been repaired completely, as the residence of the trading company, Tang Mu arranged the room, found clothes, and let the two of them change in.

While changing clothes, Shen Youlong asked: "Tang Mu, what's the matter, didn't Lu Jiude see through your secret in the Ryukyus, why did he canonize the king of the Ryukyus." Could it be that you have made a lot of silver? ”

"Who do you think of the Governor-General as the canonized King of the Ryukyus?" Tang Mu asked.

Shen Youlong said: "Isn't it the younger brother of the first king Shangxian, Shang Qian?" Could it be that Lu Jiude changed to a younger brother. ”

"Dong Weng, Shang Xian is a younger brother, and it is none other than Shang Qian." Zhao Wenji said.

Tang Mu shook his head: "Wrong, the current King of the Ryukyus, his name is Shang Xian." ”

"Sanghyun?" Zhao Wenji said in surprise: "Could it be that in the royal city, you steal dragons to change the wind, Shang Xian is not dead." ”

"Of course Shangxian is dead, and the current king of the Ryukyus is Shangxian, but to Daming, he is Shangxian. Anyway, it's not the first time that their Ryukyu royal family has done this, and they can even change their surname, let alone their name. Tang Mu said with a smile.

Shen Youlong and Zhao Wenhe became more and more confused, why did Shang Zhen change his name to Shang Xian again?

In fact, the Ryukyu royal family did not have the surname Shang at all, it was in the sixth year of Chenghua, the Ryukyu Kingdom important minister Kanemaru rebelled, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, so as to get the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, he actually changed his surname to Shang, claiming to be Shang Yuan, the son of the first king, reported the news of his father's funeral to the Ming Dynasty as the son of the world, and got the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, therefore, the current Ryukyu Kingdom is called the second Shang clan.

This time, Shang Xian repeated his old tricks and called himself Shang Xian, because the person who asked for the title of Da Ming was Shang Xian, and Lu Jiude took the holy decree and documents, all of which were to seal Shang Xian as the king, and now that Shang Xian is dead, he has changed Shang Xian, isn't it necessary to report to the country and send another envoy?

In this way, Lu Jiude simply asked Shang Zhen to change his name to Shang Xian, and when Shang Zhen was Shang Xian, what was the previous one country and two subordinates, setting things right, seizing the palace and the like, he didn't know at all, so that everything could return to the original plan.

Hearing what Lu Jiude did, Shen Youlong flew directly from hell to heaven, feeling fluttering for a while, thinking that in the dream, he pinched his face, and only then did he react, this is reality. The reality is that Lu Jiude saw through everything, but pretended not to know, put an end to this canonization, and let it be successfully completed.

As for why Lu Jiude did this, in the banquet room, in front of Shen Youlong and Li Zhaoji, Lu Jiude said it himself.

"Our family is taking care of this matter for you, not to help you, but to help the court and the emperor." Lu Jiude drank tea and said lightly: "I thought that our family's heart was to feed the dogs, but when I arrived in Hong Kong, I saw the Oriental Brigade that trained the Guangdong Army and the Eastern Army, and our family was very satisfied."

Oh, in the end, you still did the right thing, and you didn't lose our family's trust in you. ”

Shen Youlong and Li Zhaoji looked at each other, they both felt incredible, and they didn't understand the eunuch's words.

Lu Jiude put down the teacup and said: "Let's put it this way, our family came here this time, we were sent by the emperor, and we were originally canonized to Ryukyu, by the way, let's see if the Ryukyu military can contribute to the northern aid." But the situation in the north is getting worse day by day, and the emperor is very anxious, so he has made a decree to our family.

Not only to canonize, but also to come to Guangdong to supervise the army. It's just that this will has not been clearly issued, and it will be announced after our family has canonized the king of the Ryukyus and will be announced in Guangdong. ”

There was a burst of ecstasy on Shen Youlong's face, but Li Zhaoji smiled faintly, and his heart was really Chongzhen's style.

In the later period of Chongzhen, he was already very distrustful of civil officials, so among the various armies, eunuchs would be arranged to supervise the army, even if Li Zicheng attacked the capital later, Chongzhen ordered the towns to be kings, only Tang Tong came, Chongzhen did not give a few rewards, but the prison army was sent.

Lu Jiude was originally in charge of the army at Ma Shiying, the governor of Lufeng, and before that, he had also made many military exploits because of the supervision of the army.

It can be said that among the eunuchs in the prison army, Lu Jiude is the most outstanding, and he is also very stable in cooperating with civilian officials.

"So, Grandpa Lu and we are a family." Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

"If it weren't for the family, they wouldn't have taken care of these things for you, the two of them are bold enough, although it is said that the emperor misunderstood Lord Shen's recital, but this will be wrong, and killing the king of the foreign domain, in fact, it is a capital crime." Lu Jiude said.

"Thank you father-in-law for your help, I will not forget the great kindness in this life." Everyone has helped, and Li Zhaoji will not lack those few good words.

Shen Youlong also thanked him again and again, but Li Zhaoji said: "Father-in-law, there is still one thing I don't understand, why do you know so clearly about the Ryukyus?" ”

Although this matter was not done by Li Zhaoji, he had already heard about it, and felt that what Chen Liuzi, Tang Mu and Cai Jin did was not leaky, but it was also quite methodical.

Lu Jiude smiled coldly: "Our family has been in Fengyang for a long time, how can I know this Ryukyu story, after receiving this canonized errand, someone sent a letter to our family, saying that Ryukyu is one country and two belongings." Lord Cao also knew about it, and he was extremely indignant.

When the fleet passed through Fujian, and when it stopped in Fuzhou, someone came on board and said that there was a rebellion in the Ryukyus, and that Shangxian was executed, saying that there were scholars who had fled from the Ryukyu Kingdom to Fujian, and publicized the matter. ”

"Zheng Zhilong!" Li Zhaoji immediately understood.

"That's right, the shopkeeper Li is really smart, otherwise he wouldn't have founded such a foundation at such a young age. Although no one ever mentioned Zheng Zhilong in the letter, but our family guessed that it was him, this person was not successful enough to fail, knowing that you were training troops and preparing to go north to help, but he did not contribute to the imperial court, so he naturally hoped to spoil the aid to the north, so as not to be trapped by public opinion.

It's just a pity that he didn't know that our family was going south, in addition to canonization, but also to supervise the army.

I don't know that the internal and external crises faced by the imperial court, and at this time, he is still engaged in the trick of party struggle, which is in vain for his life, but he doesn't know the truth that there are eggs under the nest. When Lu Jiude talked about Zheng Zhilong, he had both disdain and disgust.

Li Zhaoji couldn't help but be afraid, fortunately, Lu Jiude was going to come to supervise the army, if he didn't come to Guangdong to supervise the army, he would definitely make a big fuss about canonizing the king of the Ryukyus, but it was to supervise the army, so he had to help cover it up, otherwise Shen Youlong and the Oriental Trading Company would have to blame the imperial court, and when there was no Guangdong army and vassal army, what would he supervise?

Moreover, fortunately, Chongzhen sent Lu Jiude, in the inner prison, when it comes to knowing soldiers and understanding generally, I am afraid that no eunuch can compare to him.

Shen Youlong was also sighing, fortunately, he was really training for the imperial court and preparing to aid the north, otherwise, even if Lu Jiude helped cover up, when he arrived in Guangdong, he would be questioned.

Lu Jiude said: "Lord Shen, how is the training of the Guangdong army, is the Eastern Brigade properly prepared?" ”

Shen Youlong opened the map and said: "The Guangdong Army and the Eastern Brigade have just been recruited for only three months, and since they became an army, they immediately began training. Basically, there is a unit stationed in Hong Kong now, that is, the one you see, it is the latest battalion, and it is still in training, and one of them has gone to Guangzhou to suppress thieves, and it has broken the thief camp, and it will come back in three or five days.

There were also six battalions that went to Tamsui on the ship of the Oriental Trading Company to test whether it was feasible for the army to go north by boat. ”

"Is that possible?" Lu Jiude asked.

Shen Youlong shook his head slightly: "With the information obtained so far, it is very bad. Although most of the soldiers were Cantonese and accompanied by boats, the surface of the sea and inland rivers was completely different, and many soldiers vomited after 12 days of sailing.

Twelve mules and horses were tried, and only seven survived to Tamsui, and their limbs were weak, so it was difficult to ride and stand on their own.

The fleet had to anchor in Chaozhou, and the six battalions of soldiers and sons were reorganized into 3,200 units, and 750 people disembarked in Chaozhou and were recuperating ........ ”

When Lu Jiude heard this, his face was extremely ugly: "From what you see, will the aid to the north fail?" ”

"I can't!" Shen Youlong immediately said: "This official has been shocked to hear that the thief is arrogating the emperor in Shaanxi, this is to fight with my Ming Dynasty, there is no elite in my Ming Pass, if the thief goes east, what should I do?"

Therefore, no matter what, the Guangdong Army and the Eastern Brigade must come to the aid of the north. ”

Lu Jiude nodded heavily: "It is worthy of Lord Shen, and it is worthy of the emperor's praise for your loyalty and purity, and dedication to the country." ”

Then, Lu Jiude sighed and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Shen, why did our family rush from Ryukyu in a hurry, it is because the situation in the Central Plains is tense, and it is already a situation where the building is about to collapse." You said that if the thief went east, where would it be used, when our family set off from Jiangnan, the thief had already entered Shanxi.

There are still people in the court who say that they rely on the nine sides, the elite of the nine sides has long been destroyed, and there is nothing to rely on.

Now in the hinterland of the Central Plains, there are no elite soldiers, and the court and the emperor are looking forward to the Guangdong army going north day and night. ”

"Is the situation so bad? Can...... How can it be so easy to travel thousands of miles to help. Father-in-law Lu, dare to ask Long Live when you want our Cantonese army to go north. Shen Youlong asked.

"Of course, the sooner the better, I can't wait to see this elite army at the foot of the capital tomorrow." Lu Jiude said.

Shen Youlong understood from this that Lu Jiude covered up for himself in vain in the matter of canonizing the Ryukyus, and he must have made up his mind at the beginning to threaten himself with this matter.

Although he understood, he had no intention of blaming him, after all, the two of them were both for the sake of the court.

"Father-in-law Lu, arrived in Beijing in September, but it's still too late?" Shen Youlong asked.

Lu Jiude clenched his fists and pleaded: "Faster, faster." ”

"And what about July? Father-in-law, even if you don't care about the life and death of the soldiers, take a boat to the north, at least you have to wait for the wind to rise in April, from Guangzhou to Tianjin, it takes a month and a half, and you have to rest after arriving, June, June is the fastest.

A voice suddenly sounded: "In April, I will arrive in Beijing in April." ”

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