After hesitating for a long time, Chen Kan did not make a decision.

Dao Yan ate and drank to his heart's content, got up and arched his hands towards Fang Xiaoru and Chen Kan and strode away.

Today, he was ordered by Zhu Di to be a tool man, and now that the goal of being a tool man has been achieved, he is too lazy to stay.

Seeing Dao Yan leave, Chen Kan didn't mean to get up to send him off, but turned his head and continued to fall into deep thought.

Fang Xiaoru slowly tasted a sip of vegetarian wine, and then said indifferently: "After the end of the New Year's Eve, remember to come and see your master, her time is running out, and the old man is gone." ”

After that, he got up and was about to leave.

Hearing this, Chen Kan hurriedly got up and asked, "Is Shi Niang's health very poor?" ”

Fang Xiaoru nodded and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

After a while, he hesitated and said, "After Yuanzheng, you might as well go and meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Chen Kan frowned slightly, and did not dwell on this issue, but arched his hand towards Fang Xiaoru: "The student will bring his wife and daughter to the door tomorrow to disturb him." ”

Fang Xiaoru snorted, and slowly walked out of the mansion with his hands behind his back.

At the end of the banquet, Chen Kan pondered for a moment and asked Yun Cheng to call over to spend time.

Things in Beijing really need a trustworthy person to take care of, and Hua Shi is indeed the most suitable person.

But Chen Kan does have a lot of doubts about this matter, and whether he can suppress Beijing's arrogant soldiers is the most important thing is whether he is willing to go.

Again, although the three disciples were raised by Chen Kan, Chen Kan would not interfere in their lives.

Just as Fang Xiaoru never interfered with the path he took in Daming.

"Teacher, are you looking for me?"

The time came quickly, and the little boy had a little doubt in his eyes, but more of joy.

Because he found out that Chen Kan called him alone, instead of calling them three senior brothers.

The young man's comparison psychology was very strange, Chen Kan didn't say anything, pointed to the case in front of him and said softly: "Sit down." ”

Hua Shi sat down respectfully in front of Chen Kan and made a gesture of listening.

Chen Kan didn't sell it, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty asked Weishi to go to Zhan Shifu to serve as a teacher, right?" ”

"Well, the student has heard from the senior brother, but the teacher is worried about Beijing?"

Hua Shi said what Chen Kan thought in his heart, and Chen Kan couldn't help but nod with relief.

"Yes, Beijing is the foundation of our family, since the teacher wants to stay in Beijing, Beijing needs someone to take care of it, your senior brother and junior brother are sensitive, and our family is not prosperous, so I want to ask your opinion, would you like to go to Beijing for a few years?"

Chen Kan quickly clarified his purpose, and for the three disciples, Chen Kan had nothing to hide.

It is a fact that Ding Buwang, a native of Houfu, and it is also a fact that Chen Kan does not have the right people to run Beijing.

Of course, this may be a bit biased, and there are indeed many people available under Chen Kan.

But this era, after all, is still an era that pays attention to blood and mentorship.

Chen Kan can promote a henchman to run Beijing for him, but outsiders are not as caring as his own people after all, and many of his arrangements in Beijing cannot be exposed to other people's eyes at will.

Therefore, if you are willing to go when you spend time, it will naturally be the best result.

If you don't want to, it's not too late for Chen Kan to make other plans.

When Chen Kan's words came out, Hua Shi was stunned for a moment, and then asked thoughtfully: "The teacher can rest assured that he will hand over the arrangements of the Jingshi to me a hairy boy?" ”

Chen Kanwan smiled and said with a smile: "You are not a hairy boy, your mother has told the teacher, the strategic deployment of the Hengfeng in the coastal provinces is all from your hands, especially the decision to shift the focus of maritime trade from Beijing to Guangzhou and Quanzhou, which can be called a stroke of God, this is not something that a hairy boy can do." ”

Hearing this, Hua Shi couldn't help but smile reservedly.

These things that Chen Kan said were indeed the decisions he was most proud of.

Daming's maritime trade is prosperous, but if you really want to talk about it, Daming's maritime trade has only been developed since the beginning of a few years.

When everyone was still taking Jingshi as the source of maritime trade, a child who was just in his early teens could see the development potential of Guangzhou and Quanzhou, and shifted the focus of the Hengfeng as early as possible.

Don't look at the simple move of the headquarters of Hengfeng, but to make this decision, it takes not only advanced vision, but also courage, perseverance and skill.

After all, Jingshi is the best place in the world, and this concept has been deeply rooted in the blood and bones of the Chinese people.

The merchants of the past dynasties have always had only the tradition of expanding their business and marching to Beijing, where will someone shift their focus from Beijing, or to a port city far away from Beijing.

As a direct result of Hua Shi's decision, the Hengfeng has risen from a half-dead business in Beijing to one of the giants on the sea, just a little worse than the sailors led by the imperial court.

Therefore, Chen Kan has always been very optimistic about Huashi's ability.

After being proud for a while, Hua Shi muttered: "Teacher, the student is willing to go to Jingshi, but before going to Jingshi, you have to ask the teacher to promise the student three things. ”

Chen Kan sat up straight and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?" ”

Hua Shi looked thoughtful, and said slowly: "The first thing, the student needs Uncle Zhang to go to Beijing to help the student, Uncle Zhang is the old man next to the teacher, and his prestige in the army is very high, if he follows the student to Beijing to teach, the student is sure to master all the power of Beijing in the shortest possible time." ”

Chen Kan bowed slightly: "In order to let Zhang Dong follow you to Beijing, but the teacher also has a requirement, if you can not kill people, try to save their lives." ”

"Students can save money, and please rest assured that students are not murderous people."

Chen Kan was relieved when there was a flower, and then asked, "Well, what about two other things?" ”

"This second thing is that the students want our family's absolute control of the fleet in the north, Uncle Li Si is a good hand at fighting, but he is really not very good at managing the sea, and our treasure ship is in his hands, which is really a bit of a waste."

"This matter is not difficult, write a letter for the master, you take it to Tianjin and hand it over to Li Si, he will naturally cooperate with you."

Hua Shi nodded and continued: "The third thing, the students want Uncle Cheng and Uncle Fang, and Uncle Zhou to be promoted to Jingshi, the students' age is too young, if they are not promoted, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the students to suppress them." ”

"Yes!"

Chen Kan nodded decisively, even if he didn't mention this matter, Chen Kan would definitely transfer the three people he belonged to the Beijing Division.

First, their qualifications and merits have been almost accumulated, and it is time for them to be promoted.

It just so happened that in the deal reached by Chen Kan and Qiu Fu, there were still two vacant positions for the commanders of the Shenji Battalion.

In addition, Song Qing went to Fujian to serve as a town guard, and his position as the commander of Guanhaiwei was also vacant.

No more, no less, exactly three positions.

Second, it is also to stabilize the situation in Beijing.

Whether it is to spend time in Beijing, or Chen Kan to let others go to Beijing, these three people are inseparable.

After all, the words "proud soldiers" are not only reflected on the battlefield.

Cheng Feng dared to bare his teeth when he stood in front of Chen Kan, let alone bow his head in front of others.

And the three of them are all good at fighting wars and people who are sloppy, and it is unrealistic for them to run Beijing for Chen Kan.

Hearing that Chen Kan agreed to his three requests, Hua Shi immediately saluted Chen Kan, and then said with a smile: "In this way, after the student has passed Yuanzheng, he will immediately leave for Beijing." ”

Chen Kan snorted and instructed: "At that time, I will repair a letter to Qiu Fu's old puppet for the teacher, after you go to Beijing, if you encounter anything that cannot be solved, you can go to the Army Academy to find him, in addition, Zhang San is now barely able to gain a firm foothold under the command of Jiangyin Marquis Wu Gao." These are all forces that you can use in the north, and you can go to Beijing and act when you see the opportunity. ”

After explaining everything in detail, the matter of spending time in Beijing set the tone.

When he waved his hand to send away the flowers, he asked Yun Cheng to prepare a generous gift, and Chen Kan took Jincheng and Fengyang out of the Hou Mansion and went straight to the palace.

Today is Yuan Zheng, and according to the rules, Chen Kan and Chang Ning need to go to the palace to attend the palace banquet.

Chen Kan was a little late because he was going to feast Dao Yan.

And Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji had already gone to the palace first.

Chen Kan took Chang Ning by the hand, holding Feng Yang, who was very curious about everything, and entered the palace unimpeded.

At the entrance to Miyagi, there are already attendants waiting here.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess, the concubine, Niangniang has been waiting in Kunning Palace for a long time."

"Father-in-law Lao will lead the way."

Chen Kan said politely, and the little eunuch turned around and led the way in front.

Walking to the Kunning Palace, where the queen lived, the three of them were greeted by silence.

In this year's palace banquet, there were many fewer people, and the two princess sisters and brothers-in-law who didn't deal with Chen Kan very much, because they were hurt by Chen Kan with public opinion last time, were abandoned by Zhu Di, so they were sent to other places as officials.

Of course, letting them go to other places as officials is also a kind of protection for Zhu Di.

After all, the two of them really couldn't see the situation clearly.

Knowing that he couldn't fight Chen Kan, he had to go up one by one, let them continue to stay in Beijing, and sooner or later they would be killed by Chen Kan.

The two princesses, Xianning and An Cheng, were married by Zhu Di to the two sons of Mu Sheng, the Marquis of Xiping, An Cheng married Mu Sheng's eldest son Mu Hu, and Xianning married the second son Mu Ying.

is also what happened during Chen Kan's time at sea, and it can be regarded as Zhu Di's compensation for Mu Sheng's younger brother Mu Xin who did not get Chang Ning.

The four daughters are all out of town, so in addition to Zhu Di's three sons, only Chen Kan and Chang Ning came to participate in this year's palace banquet.

Kunning Palace, Zhu Di has not come yet, and the three brothers of the Zhu family have not come, only Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji are talking with Queen Xu.

Chen Kan and Chang Ning stepped forward to salute and said, "I've seen my mother." ”

Even Feng Yang was kowtowed to the ground by Chen Kan.

Seeing Empress Xu, Feng Yang immediately babbled and pounced on her with teeth and claws.

He shouted vaguely: "Maternal ancestor, maternal ancestor......"

Empress Xu was also relieved, and opened her mouth to shout affectionately: "Ouch, my good grandson, slow down, slow down, don't fall." ”

Empress Xu hugged Feng Yang into her arms, and Feng Yang immediately giggled.

"Come, and get up."

Teasing Xiao Fengyang, Queen Xu casually ordered Chen Kan and Chang Ning.

Chen Kan and Chang Ning stood up, and Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhan Yan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Teacher, sister-in-law." ”

Chen Kan nodded, sat down casually, and asked Queen Xu, "Mother has been in good health these days?" ”

Hearing Chen Kan's question, Empress Xu hugged Fengyang on her lap and replied softly: "It's okay, I often feel short of breath and tightness in my chest, as if I can't spit out a breath in my chest." ”

Chen Kan nodded and asked, "Have you ever summoned the imperial doctor to see it?" ”

"The imperial doctor has come to see it, and said that it is a lack of qi and blood, after all, it is old, and it is normal."

"I see, there are still a few mountain ginsengs in the old forests of Liaodong in the little son-in-law's house, and they will be sent to the palace to replenish my mother's body another day."

"Yuansheng has a heart, but the palace is almost in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and if you can't make up for it, it's useless."

“......”

Chen Kan and Queen Xu chatted with each other, nothing more than asking about topics such as whether they were still healthy.

In previous years, these topics were also discussed, but this year, Chen Kan asked very carefully.

Because in Chen Kan's memory, the historical Empress Xu died in the fifth year of Yongle, and the cause of death was very bizarre.

Later generations speculated that it may be because they gave birth to too many children, resulting in a lack of qi and blood.

Although the current history has been changed beyond recognition by Chen Kan, it seems not surprising that Empress Xu will live two more years.

But Chen Kan still found that Queen Xu's face was sickly pale as soon as he entered the door, so he asked more carefully.

After all, Chen Kan didn't want Empress Xu to die at this juncture.

In history, the death of Empress Xu was a major turning point in the Yongle Dynasty, Zhu Di's temperament became violent because of the death of Empress Xu, and the matter of competing for the crown was also directly placed on the bright side because of the loss of Empress Xu's balance.

Now that Chen Kan has stepped into the troubled water of the battle for the reserve, he extremely hopes that Empress Xu can continue to live for a few more years, at least until he withdraws.

Now since the imperial doctor has diagnosed a lack of qi and blood, it is good to replenish qi and blood.

Ginseng is not good, there are Tianqi and Gastrodia in Yunnan, these things are great supplements, let people send them to the palace, and add a little bit to the meal every day There will be no deficiency and no supplementation.

Of course, Chen Kan couldn't say these things to the outside world, so he could only send those things to the palace in the name of filial piety.

After chatting for a long time, Chen Kan stopped talking.

Because the three brothers-in-law have arrived.

"Big brother, second brother, third brother."

Chen Kan bowed to the three of them without being salty, since it was a family banquet today, the title was much more casual.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui returned the salute honestly, but Zhu Gaochu stepped forward and grabbed Chen Kan's shoulder, and asked with a smile: "Since my brother-in-law has returned to Beijing, why don't you go to visit this palace?" ”