When Li Zhisheng and Master Pan heard this person speak, they both showed a look of relief on their faces.

Li Qiufeng and the others turned their heads to look, but saw more than a dozen people walking in from the gate of the county ya. The leader wore a square scarf and a green cloth robe, and his square face was quite dusty. looks like he is in his forties, but his temples are already gray and he looks a little haggard. The dozen or so people who followed him were all caught by the yamen who had just escaped, and at this time they rushed into the courtyard with swords and sticks in their hands, as if they had the Tsing Yi people as the backbone, and their courage grew stronger.

Xiao Dong saw that although the man in green shirt looked tired, his eyes were bright, and the catchers behind him were also menacing, and he was definitely not an ordinary person. It was secretly on guard in his heart, and his right hand had already pressed the hilt of the sword. Although Li Zhisheng was stupid, when he saw Xiao Dong like this, he also knew that Xiao Dong was hostile to the people in green shirts, so he hurriedly gave up his hand and said: "Lord Xiao, this is the criminal master of the Yamen of our county, surnamed Jiang Mingjin, and he is very shrewd. The case of the disappearance of the adult boat is planned to be handed over to Master Jiang to handle. ”

Xiao Dong heard Li Zhisheng say this, and then he was relieved. I saw that after Master Jiang walked into the courtyard, he saw more than 20 catchers who had been knocked down by the strong autumn wind lying motionless on the ground, his face changed greatly, he suddenly stopped, and said in a trembling voice: "This, what's going on?!"

A catcher who followed behind Master Jiang pointed at Li Qiufeng who was standing in the main hall and said, "That little thief can use demon methods! These brothers were all defeated by him with demon methods!"

Master Jiang saw that there were many people standing in the main hall, and Li Zhisheng and Master Pan were also among them. Although the faces of the two were not very good-looking, they were not panicked. Jiang Jin knew that this magistrate and Master Pan were strong outside, and if they were besieged, they would definitely be panicked at this time. Since the two of them were quite calm, the strangers standing in the main hall did not think that they were embarrassed by the two. Thinking of this, Master Jiang arched his hand and said, "Master Li, Master Pan, what is the origin of these friends, and what happened to the Yamen?"

Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and others are all smart people, and when they saw that Master Jiang spoke properly, they immediately knew that this person was a hundred times more shrewd than Li Zhisheng and Master Pan. And looking at his appearance, he could already judge that everyone was not embarrassed by Li Zhisheng, but he was extremely careful, just standing in the courtyard and talking, and walked into the main hall without recklessness. Li Qiufeng and the others all thought in their hearts, but they couldn't imagine that there were such shrewd and capable people in this small Dongliao County.

Li Zhisheng coughed twice, put on the shelf of the county magistrate, and said in a deep voice: "Master Jiang, I haven't come to meet Lord Xiao from the capital!"

Master Jiang was stunned, his eyes swept over the faces of Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, Hu Shopkeeper and others one by one, and he said, "May I ask who is Lord Xiao?"

Li Qiufeng saw that this person was still standing in the courtyard, his expression was not flustered, and he secretly admired it in his heart.

Xiao Dong looked at Master Jiang and said, "What does Master Jiang have to say?"

Before Master Jiang could speak, Li Zhisheng pointed at Xiao Dong and said, "This is Lord Xiao." Master Jiang, come in and see you. ”

Master Jiang looked Xiao Dong up and down, still standing in place, and arched his hand and said, "May I ask which yamen in the capital does Master Xiao work in, and what business does he have to come to Dongliao County?"

Li Zhisheng saw that Master Jiang did not listen to his words and went to the main hall to meet Xiao Dong, but instead spoke out to interrogate, he was a little annoyed in his heart, and was about to say something to rebuke, but Xiao Dong waved his hand at him. Li Zhisheng had no choice but to swallow back the words that came to his lips, and looked at Master Jiang Xiao Dong angrily, seeing that Master Jiang was quite wary of himself, and secretly thought that this person was cautious, more than a hundred times stronger than the dog official surnamed Li and the foolish master. With this man to help find the big ship, he was a suitable person. Thinking of this, Xiao Dong had a good impression of this Master Jiang, and immediately smiled slightly, touched the paper seal from his arms, and said: "This official has the customs defense issued by the Ministry of War, as well as the survey of the Ningbo City Bosi Yamen, Master Jiang might as well take a look." ”

Master Jiang thought for a moment, then turned his head and said to the dozen or so catchers behind him: "You first help these brothers in the courtyard up, and then guard the gate, and absolutely no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

The crowd quickly agreed, and then split up to help their companions who were knocked down by the strong autumn wind. Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and others saw that Master Jiang was cautious, and they were very respectful of him, and they all admired this person in their hearts. I saw Master Jiang walking into the main hall quickly, and it happened that He Zhutou walked out of the corner, the two looked at each other, He Zhutou looked nervous, and said: "Old Jiang, you have finally arrived!"

Seeing He Zhutou's cowering look, Master Jiang was not annoyed, nodded at him, and walked in front of Xiao Dong. first bowed his hand, then stretched out his hands and respectfully accepted the paper envelope in Xiao Dong's hand. He took out the two official documents in the paper envelope and held them in his hand to look at them carefully. After he finished reading the two official documents, he carefully put back the paper envelope, and then respectfully returned them to Xiao Dong, and said: "The villain has read the official documents, and I respectfully listen to Lord Xiao's teachings." ”

Xiao Dong said with a smile: "Master Pan and your family Dong Weng have doubts about these two official documents, because the two of them don't know what the Yamen of the City Bo Division is. Master Jiang, you might as well talk to your family Dongweng, lest he think that this official deceived him with a fake official document. ”

Rao is Li Zhisheng has always been cheeky, but after listening to Xiao Dong's words, he also turned red. He naturally didn't want Master Jiang to say anything to him about the Yamen of the City Division, otherwise it would be as if he was suspicious of Xiao Dong. It's just that at this time, he felt ashamed in his heart, and his mouth was a little slower, and before he could stop him, he only heard Master Jiang say in a deep voice: "Yes, I respect the order of my lord." At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu followed the old system of the Song Dynasty and set up the Municipal Department Yamen in Guangdong to take charge of the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and overseas countries. When the villain was in the field of study, he had nothing to do, and he had read the book of the Ming Dynasty's official chronicles, and remembered that the book mentioned the functions of the Yamen of the City Ship Division, saying that the Yamen of the City Ship Division was 'in charge of the affairs of the overseas Zhufan tributary city, distinguishing the authenticity of the document survey of the people, prohibiting the passage of the ban, levying smuggled goods, leveling transactions, and being idle in and out of the pavilion valley'. Later, the imperial court also set up the Municipal Maritime Division Yamen in Fuzhou, Fujian Province and Ningbo, Zhejiang, and the functions and powers were similar to those of the Guangdong Municipal Maritime Division.

"Originally, the officials assigned by the imperial court to the city were to promote one person, from the five grades. The deputy lifted two people, from the sixth grade. It belongs to one person, from the ninth grade. However, after Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, he sent eunuchs to the Yamen of the City Ship Division to supervise the matter, and the chief eunuch was called the Governor City Ship Eunuch. Since then, the power of the Yamen of the Municipal Bureau has been vested in the hands of the Admiral Eunuch, and the original chief officials have all become officials under the Admiral Eunuch. Later, the Yongle Emperor sent Zheng Hetong to lead a fleet to the Western Ocean, and the main ships departed from Nanjing, and assembled at Liujiagang with other ships that arrived from other places. After the fleet arrived at Liujiagang, the whole fleet went to Changle Taiping Port in Fuzhou, Fujian Province to berth, and after the wind direction changed, it set off at anchor and went to sea.

"Zheng He's fleet was huge, and because it departed from Nanjing, the position of Ningbo, Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other places close to Nanjing became the most important. Among them, Ningbo Wharf is the landing port of the envoys of Fusang State when they come to worship the Ming Dynasty, so the status of Ningbo Bosi Yamen is becoming more and more important, and gradually surpasses Guangdong Bosi Yamen and Fujian Bosi Yamen. The eunuchs who served as the eunuchs of the Ningbo Bosi Yamen have always been the confidants and cronies of the eunuchs of Dongchang Zhangyin, and their power is very great, even the governors and governors of Nanzhili and other big officials are not taken seriously by him. ”

When Master Jiang said this, he paused slightly, glanced at Xiao Dong, and then said: "It's just that there was a major incident in the Ningbo City Bosi Yamen last year, and the court was shocked. The cause of the incident was that the Fusang Kingdom, which was thousands of miles overseas, submitted to the Ming Dynasty and often sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. It's just that in recent years, there have been disputes in Fuso, and the ministers of the imperial court have ganged up and confronted each other. Last year, both the two major forces of the Fuso Imperial Court, Hosokawa City and the Ouchi clan, sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, but after arriving in Ningbo, Zhejiang, there was a conflict over the debate over the authenticity of the investigation. The admiral eunuch Ryan received the benefits of the Hosokawa clan's envoys and favored the Hosokawa clan, which caused the Ouchi clan's envoys to be dissatisfied. The two sides fought over the banquet set up by the Yamen of the City Division. At first, the two sides were just arguing with each other, but later they actually started to do it. Zongshi's martial arts skills were extremely high, and not only did he kill many of the envoys of the Hosokawa clan on the spot, but even several officials of the Yamen of the City Ship Division died at his hands. This is the 'Zong Rebellion' that shook the Ming Dynasty. ”