The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

In the sixth year of Longqing, it has been the seventh year since Longqing ascended the throne, and this year coincides with a leap month, which is a bit rare.

It has been more than half a year since Zhang Fan's son and daughter were born, and they are already crawling all over the ground.

In the past six months, nothing has happened. On the southwest side, Zhang Fan is still sending people to investigate, but up to now, he still has not found any abnormalities. This is really incomprehensible, even a If it is an impossible reason, if it is someone else, I am afraid that I will not ask it again. Although it involves such a big event as breakfast, but there is no news for such a long time, it can be regarded as false for others The news is out, but Zhang Fan has never given up on the investigation there. After all, this matter involves the safety of the contract, so Zhang Fan has to pay more attention.

I have to mention here that in the eyes of many people, the Ming Dynasty is like Jinyiwei or Dongchang, which are daunting organizations. The situation is just the opposite. There are naturally such people, but in fact, the number is very small. You must know that if you want to make people daunting, the first point is that you must not relax your own requirements. , and Jinyiwei or Dongchang are even worse. These factory guards know how to obey the orders above. This is not only because of how well they know how to obey orders, but more importantly, countless bloody examples Tell them how miserable the consequences of non-stop ordering will be, they don't want to follow in that footsteps.

In short, no matter what, although there is no news from Southwest, and the search for Fang Zhenqian has not made any progress, the investigation of Southwest is still going on.

One more thing, at the beginning of this year's spring, the ships going overseas for business and trade will set sail again. Not long after this year's new year, Zhang Fan sent someone to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and called Zhao Xiande to the capital to have a good time. Talk to him.

Although as early as last year, when Zhang Fan was in Jiangnan, he had already discussed with Zhao Xiande, and at that time Zhao Xiande also fully agreed, but since Zhang Fan left, Zhao Xiande didn't know it in his heart. What's the matter, I always feel that something is wrong, and I even feel that Zhang Fan has some bad intentions for him.

But this time, when he was called to the capital, he felt even more uneasy, but when he arrived in the capital and talked with Zhang Fan again, his heart calmed down again, and there was no longer any objection. Zhang Fan was puzzled, and Zhao Xiande's fleet was even more enviable for the sea voyage after the beginning of spring this time. This time, I don't know what kind of magic Zhang Fan used to make Long Qing agree to send him several ships. It is not uncommon for warships to go out to sea with merchant ships and escort them all the way. It is not uncommon for the imperial army to guard merchants. However, most of those ships go to the north with many political factors, but this business trip can be regarded as pure The economic and trade movement has taken place, and the imperial court has specially sent troops to escort it to carry out purely commercial operations, which can be regarded as the first time in the world.

This time when going to sea, Zhang Fan deliberately added a lot of Jinyiwei to the army sent by the imperial court, and there was Wang Xiliang and others who were sent to Fusang by him when the Jiangnan was in crisis. Especially secretly asked for an imperial decree from Long Qing, giving him full authority to order these soldiers who went to sea. After all, after going to sea, there is no way to contact these people in this era, so the order given to them before going to sea will be It will continue until they die or return to the voyage. As for what Zhang Fan explained to them, it is unknown. There are many things installed, but no one knows what it is.

This time, Richard and Joanna were accompanying them. Their tasks here have been completed. Long Qing also "reluctantly" agreed to Portugal's request to attack India, and in exchange for a lot of benefits, One of them is that all famous merchants doing business in Portugal can be exempted from taxes. Such a benefit has no interest relationship with the Ming court. Of course, many of them are related to military equipment. This time, they will go back together. .

It is worth mentioning that before leaving, Joanna paid a special visit to Zhang Fan's mansion, but when she saw Zhang Fan's two children and his wife and concubine, she was quite happy. It also became a little dull, and left without saying a few words. This incident made Zhang Fan quite baffled, but Ru Xue and others on the side were very funny. How could they, women with extremely developed sensibility, see it? If she doesn't come out, this Joanna must have taken a fancy to Zhang Fan.

Leap March, this extra month, is now spring, the so-called spring rain is as expensive as oil, moreover, spring is also the season that makes people feel the best in a year, there is no extreme heat in summer, nor severe cold in winter, of course , and there is no inexplicable sense of sadness that is full of depression in autumn, and all there is is hope.

During this period of time, Zhang Fan still insisted on going to the morning court every day. If the morning court ended early, he would go to the East Palace to teach Zhu Yijun. There have been some changes, she is no longer just clinging to Ruan'er, she also plays with Xiangmei's younger sister Xue'er, and from time to time, he will go to see Zhang Fan's two children, Zhu Yijun was still curious a few times ago Gradually, he and Yan Yi and Yan Yue became acquainted. The elder brother claimed that this made Zhang Fan feel a little helpless when he knew about it. He really didn't know how this situation would affect his two children. What kind of influence will it have in the future, but he can't stop it, so he has to let Zhu Yijun do it.

Today, one day in the middle of March, Zhang Fan got up early to wash and wash up as usual, and went to the morning court. Everything today was the same as in the past. , there are some sleepy-eyed people standing there everywhere, and of course, there are also some people who are staring at someone, constantly looking for opportunities to attack their enemies, just like Gao Gong.

After entering the Huangji Hall, all the officials stood in groups according to their civil and military ranks, waiting for Long Qing to come to court, but today, it was really weird. After waiting for a long time, there was no one from Long Qing, and there was no one from Long Qing. There was no news about it, and it wasn't that Long Qing had been so stubborn in the past, but someone would have come to talk about it a long time ago, but today no one came after waiting for a long time.

Just when everyone was suspicious, an eunuch from the inner palace came and announced loudly in front of all the civil and military officials: "His Majesty's word of mouth, I am not in good health today, and if you have anything to report, you will hand it over to the cabinet for trial." , send it to the supervisor of ceremonies, and bestow it on you, "

When the officials heard the news, they didn't make any fuss. After all, this wasn't the first time. Besides, who here doesn't know about Long Qing? It's probably the concubine who worked hard last night. After a whole night, they probably won't be able to get up in the morning. In their opinion, this is too common.

"Another story," the eunuch continued without waiting for the people below to come to their senses, "Your Majesty refuses to see any guests today. If all the ministers want to play again, they will all hand over their papers and leave the court."

With the sound of retreating, the eunuch turned around and left, and immediately there was a lot of discussion below. Today's things are indeed a bit weird.

This happened to Longqing in the past, but he never issued an order not to allow ministers to enter the palace for an audience. There must be something wrong with it.

When everyone was discussing, Zhang Juzheng approached Zhang Fan, came to his side and whispered: "Yuande, do you know what happened?"

"Teacher, the students don't know," Zhang Fan said, "If they knew, why should the students come here today? They can go directly to the East Palace."

Zhang Juzheng thought about it, what Zhang Fan said was indeed true, and then he said: "You have a badge bestowed by His Majesty, you can enter the palace at will, but you can go and find out what happened."

"But teacher, students can only enter and exit the East Palace at will with this waist card," Zhang Fan said helplessly, "Besides, the order in the palace is that ministers are not allowed to have an audience with His Majesty, and students may also..."

"Why are you so confused," Zhang Juzheng said, "Aren't you going to the East Palace? Let the prince send a letter saying that you want to see him. Even if His Majesty doesn't see him, can't you get some news from the prince? "

When Zhang Fan heard what Zhang Juzheng said, he suddenly realized, yes, he can go to the East Palace to ask Zhu Yijun for help. Even if Long Qing doesn't see him, he can still ask Zhu Yijun what happened, or what happened to Long Qing this time. Is it the same as before, just because I played too much with the concubine in the palace and made my body weak so I couldn't go to court; or did something really happen, or I was sick or something.

Long Qing's habits and hobbies are well known, if it is the latter possibility, I am afraid that this matter is really not easy to talk about, Zhang Juzheng now needs to make plans in advance according to the situation.

Hearing Zhang Juzheng's words, Zhang Fan also set off and walked directly towards the inner palace, but was stopped by the guards, but after he showed his badge and stated that he was going to the East Palace to teach the prince, he let him go.

The ministers I saw later were all very envious. Of course, Gao Gong even showed a gritted expression, but no matter how angry he is now, he can't help it. Who told Zhang Fan to enter and leave the palace so conveniently?