Jingming

Chapter 116

"My lord, this is the place!"

On the sea outside the Pearl River Estuary, a sentinel boat approached a [-]-seater boat floating near a small island.

This is a large ship with a long stern and sails spread out like a folding fan. It is the flagship of Guangdong Tixinganchashi Haifang Road.

It is made of iron wood, and the ship is equipped with a total of six bowls and muzzles, but it is generally not very useful.If there is a war, at this time it is still mainly to sink the enemy ship or seize the ship.

Wang Hung, the deputy envoy of Guangdong's inspectorate, walked to the side of the ship and asked loudly, "Do you see it clearly?"

"No mistake! I saw the flag of the Zhang family on the wrecked ship!"

"Lead the way!"

Wang Hung issued the order with a sullen face, and the helmsman hurriedly steered the boat to catch up with the light sentinel boat.The open-hole rudder adjusted its direction in the sea with less resistance, and sailed towards the island not far away.

"In Taiwan, this is already the seventh fleet robbery this year! With the Zhang family's fleet...no, with the strength of the Champa tribute fleet, the only person who can do this case is the Vladimir of Tuen Mun Island." Long Machine."

"Let's see first." Wang Hung didn't comment on this, but kept frowning.

Not long after, the boat arrived at a small sandy bay on the edge of the island under the escort of three sentinel boats.

The silt on the sand bay can no longer be called a wrecked ship, and it seems that it is just a few boards that have not been completely burned.

"Have you searched the island?" Wang Hung asked after changing the sentry boat and getting off the boat near Shawan.

"The underlings have searched and found no living people or corpses, and there are no beasts on the island."

Wang Hung felt the wind blowing from the sea, and walked towards the sentinel boat not far away: "Since we have found some traces of the matter arranged by the adults in Taiwan, let's investigate it carefully. If there is a war in the nearby sea , should not be far from here, so the wrecked ship that was not burned after the thieves murdered and robbed them could float here."

"My lord, look at the crack on the ship's side..."

"I saw it." Wang Hung interrupted him with a frown, "Go back to Hong Kong first!"

His deputy hesitated to speak.

This time, after all, the Zhang family took advantage of His Majesty's first visit to the Great Treasure to come here as the official tribute envoy of Champa, which is different from the previous six cases of the fleet being robbed.

It's fine if they can't find any clues, and those people can't do anything about it, but the Zhang family...that's Mr. Liang Ge's in-laws, and they are so deeply rooted in Guangdong.

A group of people who had drifted away for more than a day returned to the water village of Haiphong Road at the mouth of the Pearl River. Wang Hung was just about to report the case to his immediate superior, the Prince, the inspector of Guangdong Province, when the servant who was already waiting here whispered to him: " Master, Jingzhong letter! Mr. Liang Ge retired because of Yang Duan's case in the past."

Wang Hung was taken aback for a moment, then confirmed, "Because of that case?"

"It's true!" The servant seemed a little nervous after receiving the butler's order.

Wang Hung frowned, and then just said softly: "Got it."

When he reached the Shuizhai pier, he casually ordered, "Go to the Neisi Yamen."

Now, Wang Ziyan should be able to breathe a sigh of relief and tell him that he didn't find it, right?
Tang Tang, the Deputy Envoy of the Procuratorate, went to sea in person, and Wang Ziyan just sent him to stop the mouth of the Zhang family.

Now, I'm afraid I'm too lazy to block it.

Wang Hung looked to the southeast with gloomy eyes: it's just that the Franji people there are getting more and more rampant!

He could do nothing about it. He knew that in the city of Guangzhou at this moment, there was no one in the city who would not participate in it, such as the chief envoy, the city ship, the inspector, the governor's yamen...!

The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. How far is this Guangzhou mansion from the capital?

……

Outside Chengtianmen, a sedan chair slowly stopped beside the street.

The car curtain was lifted slowly, revealing an old face inside.

Liang Chu looked up at the sky, and asked, "I heard that Chang Dynasty is getting shorter and shorter?"

"My lord, that's right. All the yamen play the affairs, and most of the signatures of the cabinet ministers' votes are approved. There are also national policy meetings for major events. There are fewer and fewer things that can be played in the court."

Liang Chu nodded, put down the car curtain again, and continued to wait here.

With the hand hidden in his sleeve, he gently held a small box and a folder.

It should... be the last time I can see you, right?

Liang Chu believed in the emperor's intelligence.

Some words should go without saying.

After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, human voices finally began to come from Chengtian Gate.

dispersed.

"Get off the sedan chair."

Naturally, the sedan chair had already been dropped, and now it meant that he was going out.

So Liang Chu, who had already retired from his official position, appeared in front of the court counselors. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, without a crown on his head, but stood there with a smile, as if waiting for someone.

Even if it's out of politeness, someone will naturally come to greet and say something politely.

"Come here by order to return the idle chapter to His Majesty and bid farewell."

He calmly answered the reason for appearing here.

After the news was passed back, those who had gone far away couldn't help but look back at him in astonishment: He hasn't returned that chapter yet?It has been a month, and His Majesty has not sent anyone to urge it back?
The cabinet ministers did not come out, but they actually knew about it: Liang Chu came in with a thank you form.

"Old Ge...Gao Zhong went outside Chengtian Gate."

After Zhongshu Sheren came in to report, the four people in Wenyuan Pavilion were silent.

No one said anything.

As the outgoing cabinet minister, what is his plan to ask the emperor to bid farewell to the emperor in the name of returning the idle badge at this time?
Fei Hong glanced at Yang Tinghe calmly, if there was any conspiracy, it must be related to Yang Tinghe.

I don't know what it is for.

Not to be underestimated.

This is the future of a person, who knows what he will say when he meets the emperor, which will affect the upcoming cabinet minister or the chief candidate of the imperial study?
Gao Zhong, the nominally high-ranking eunuch in charge of Qianqing Palace, is actually a marginal figure.

If it weren't for Huang Jin now having the title of Li Jian Yu Shu Fang Bing Bi, then many matters related to foreign ministers would not have Gao Zhong's share.

Now, Gao Zhong stood in front of Liang Chu: "Duke Liang, Your Majesty has summoned you."

"Caomin thank Your Majesty Long En."

Liang Chu skillfully returned the salute, and then walked in with Gao Zhong.

He became an official because of a crime, and he was not given any posthumous title, so he is now a civilian.

Otherwise, there may be a title of Sangong returning home?

Entering the Forbidden City after a long absence, Liang Chu couldn't help turning his eyes to the direction of Wenyuan Pavilion.

That familiar place, the current four Grand Scholars are probably thinking about it in their hearts, right?

Just let them get on with it.

With a slight smile on the corner of Liang Chu's mouth, he walked in after passing Fengtian Gate.

The spirit of the imperial guard seemed to be a little bit stronger than in previous years.

Liang Chu didn't know if this was his own illusion, or he hadn't seen the Zhuang Su atmosphere in the Forbidden Palace for many days.

"In the Central Palace?" Liang Chu asked Gao Zhong in surprise when he reached the gate of Qianqing Palace.

"After your Majesty left the court, you are now in the Central Palace before noon." Gao Zhong led the way obediently, "Please, Mr. Liang."

Arriving at the entrance of the Central Palace, Liang Chuxian knelt down slowly outside the entrance: "The criminal, Liang Chu, greets His Majesty. Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"

"come in."

Some unfamiliar voices came, Liang Chu thanked him and slowly got up, and stepped into the Central Palace.

Looking up, I saw that the emperor not far away had already changed into his court clothes. Looking at him, he pointed to the side: "Sit."

He was referring to one of the eighteen high-ranking chairs, and Liang Chu immediately knelt down again: "Criminals dare not."

"When the national policy meeting is not held, this is an ordinary chair in the imperial study. Even if the national policy meeting is being held, if there is a vacant seat, the daily life commentator has sat there." Zhu Houcong smiled, "You at least stand up and welcome you My old minister, it doesn't matter if you sit down."

Until now, Liang Chu actually relaxed a little bit in his heart about what he really cared about, and walked over after thanking him again.

Seeing Yan Song and Liu Long sitting across from each other, he bowed first, and then sat half of his buttocks on a chair.

As soon as he touched the chair, he stood up again: "The criminals have come here to return your majesty's reward, and the seal of your majesty's reward is here."

Zhu Houcong looked at the stamp that he was bending over to hold in his hand, but there was clearly a stamp underneath.

"Another letter to me?"

"Thanks to His Majesty's grace, the criminals are exempted from being judged and allowed to return home with their bones. The criminals are very grateful."

Zhu Houcong nodded towards Huang Jin, and after Huang Jin brought the things over, Zhu Houcong opened the folder.

It is no longer a memorandum on the courtiers, and there is no entry posted outside this book.

The Zhongyuan Hall fell silent, and Zhu Houcong quietly looked at what he wrote.

Yan Song was guessing, Liu Long was nervous, and Liang Chu was waiting quietly.

Zhu Houcong read the notebook without changing his face, and he let out a long sigh after a long time.

Yan Song and Liu Long couldn't help looking at him.

What will you say next?This can also be recorded in the daily notes.

"If it weren't for today's situation, would you have said these things to me?"

Liang Chu left his seat and knelt down: "Criminals only hate that they are born at an untimely time, and their blood gradually cools down, so that their lives are wasted."

"Right and wrong, true or false... Whatever it is, why should I care about it." Zhu Houcong was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "For the sake of these words, although it's only a month or so, it's finally a match between the emperor and his ministers. This idle chapter Let’s keep it as a souvenir.”

When Liang Chu raised his head, he burst into tears: "The sinners thank His Majesty for his grace, and they are so grateful that there is nothing to repay."

"Let's go back to our hometown now. Even Mao Chengzhen ordered someone to send him back to his hometown. You, the minister who supports and welcomes you, should be less tired."

So there was another thank you, and Liang Chu bid farewell to the emperor.

Liu Long:? ? ?
But Liang Chu still left the matter of the idle chapter. If other people find out, Yan Song and Liu Long are the prime suspects!

Liu Long immediately immersed himself in sorting out today's memorial.

Saw nothing, heard nothing.

There is only one "Liang Chuci Ci Majesty" on the daily note.

The capital city was still calm. In the afternoon of this day, Jin Yiwei arranged for two captains to go south with the Liang family.

On this day, the decree from Beijing also arrived in Wuzhou.

This is the seat of the eunuch guarding Guangdong and Guangxi and the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Guangdong and Guangxi are the frontiers of the empire. The situation here is complicated. After many years, it is different from other provinces.Above the chief envoy, the commanding envoy, and the procuratorial envoy, there are three halls: the chief eunuch, the chief military officer, and the governor.

The purpose is to expel the Frangji people on Tuen Mun Island, detain the Flangjigong mission that had been dispatched from central Beijing, and send them to Beijing.

Fu Lun, the eunuch of Guangdong and Guangxi in the town, Zhu Qi, Funinghou Zhuqi, the chief military officer, and Zhang Nie, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, exchanged glances with each other after receiving the order.

"Let Wang Ziyan do it." Zhu Qi suggested.

Zhang Nie nodded.

There is just one thing that makes them very puzzled: this matter...is obviously not big, why did it have to be sent to Guangdong, Guangxi and Santang?
Can't it be sent directly to Guangdong Third Division?
In summer, they can't feel the cold wind blowing from the north.With the confrontation of hot and cold, a big storm is bound to be brewed on the coast of the South China Sea.

But at this moment in the capital city, after being pushed by the court, the list of four cabinet ministers was presented to Zhu Houcong.

Each of them will be with each other, just wait for him to tick the box, and the two of them will go to the highest peak of civil servants.

The process of making the list was naturally the result of Ting's push on the spot, and Zhu Houcong also knew a little about the subsequent wrestling and exchanges.

Those who are eligible to attend the court to express their opinions, in addition to the cabinet scholars and the six ministers, also have the ministers of various ministries, the imperial censor, the minister of Dali Temple, the general political envoy, and the Imperial College Jijiu.

In the end, the two principals were Shi Juan and Sun Jiao, and the two companions were Zhang Zilin and Jia Yong.

Zhu Houcong smiled, and with a tick of the Zhu pen, the candidate was decided.

The structure of the court has been decided, and it doesn't really matter who the candidates are.

Even if Wang Shouren can break through the group of Confucians who have entered Beijing one after another, it is not that important.

The strong wind came from the south.

The day after Shi Pang and Sun Jiao entered the cabinet, three consecutive imperial edicts caused a sensation in the capital.

The imperial decree goes through the six subjects first, and Xia Yan was about to go to Wulou to participate in the national policy implementation meeting for the abolition of fraud and the re-establishment of the three major battalions, when he heard his colleagues talking about it.

"If you are successful in playing the strategy, you can reach the sky in one step?"

"Give me a servant to read, and you will be promoted to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Guangdong Qinglisi Langzhong, and walk in the imperial study?"

Xia Yan couldn't help asking, "Who is it?"

It's nothing to be a servant of the sixth rank, and a household doctor of the fifth rank.

But isn't it true that Yushufang is the first candidate for Yushufang who has not yet arrived at the beginning of next month to identify the quick-witted person?Only those who are not selected will be sent to walk in the Imperial Study Room.

Someone in Bingke heard Xia Yan's voice, and replied respectfully: "Xinke Tanhualang, Zhang Fujing from Guanzhenghubu."

The imperial decree has been sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Under the shocked eyes of the hall officials of the Ministry of Household and other colleagues, Zhang Fujing prostrated himself on the ground with tears in his eyes: "Minister Zhang Fujing! Receive the decree! Thank you! Long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty!"

Holding three imperial decrees in his hands, the brightness made others feel dazzling.

(End of this chapter)