At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 167

Gao Zhu couldn't say anything more, so he had to pick up the pen and draw a circle in the blank space.

Cao Nai was still full of anger, so Gao Hub excused himself to leave, went back to his public room, and immediately told the clerk, "Go to the Ministry of War and ask Chen Ruyan to come and see the old man immediately!"

"Yes!"

The Yamen of the Ministry of War is very close to Wenyuan Pavilion, and Chen Ruyan arrived in less than a cup of tea.

"I've seen En Mansion!"

Gao Zhu said with a dark face, "Let me ask you, what did you do last night?"

Chen Ruyan was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously replied: "Last night...didn't do anything..."

"Think carefully, who did you meet and what did you do?"

Only then did Chen Ruyan come to his senses, and said: "The student did meet a person, who seems to be... Dong Changyuan. This person is an envoy of the Japanese country. It is difficult for the student to refuse a visit."

"Is it just that it's hard to refuse?" Gao Zhu snorted coldly, and said bluntly, "How much money did you charge him?"

"Students dare not..."

Dong Changyuan shivered in fright, and quickly explained: "It's just... when this person came to the door, he brought some gifts."

"Do you know what he did?"

"What... did he do?"

"This person is in Honglu Temple, and he publicized your conversation last night, and in the name of the Japanese envoy, he gave a memorial to the court, which is full of praise for you!"

"This……"

Chen Ruyan suddenly realized that he might have fallen into a pit.

Gao Zhu said expressionlessly: "The memorandum will be presented to His Royal Highness soon, you must be mentally prepared!"

Chen Ruyan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and asked, "Wo Kingdom is a country designated by Emperor Taizu Gao to be exempted from conquest. The student's remarks, come to think of it... it's nothing..."

"The Kingdom of Unconquered?"

Gao Zhu sneered and said, "Annan is also a country without conquest, so what will happen in the end?"

Chen Ruyan felt more and more chills on his back, and said cautiously: "His Royal Highness is a virtuous king, and he should...not provoke wars easily, and besides...the matter of the Japanese pirates, there is no evidence that it has anything to do with the king of the Japanese kingdom. Directly related, this matter..."

Gao Hub interrupted him and said: "Although the emperor is not here, His Royal Highness King Tan has changed a lot now, and he has faint intentions to take the lead. If you have such an attitude now, the position of the left servant may be unstable!"

Chen Ruyan hurriedly said: "The students were careless about what happened last night, and I would like to ask En Mansion to speak kindly in front of His Highness, the students are very grateful!"

Gao Zhu shook his head helplessly, and said: "You, you must think clearly when doing things, and don't be used like this again! As for whether this battle will be fought or not, His Royal Highness King Tan has no say. Mobei is back..."

While talking, a scribe hurried over.

"Old Gaoge..."

Gao Zhu said impatiently: "What's the fuss, didn't you see that the old man was talking about business with Chen Shilang?"

"Yes, yes... small presumptuousness, but..."

Gao Hub seemed very anxious when he saw this person holding a letter.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Master Zhang and Master Kuang sent it back from Mobei, and it's six hundred miles away!"

Gao Zhu's expression changed, and he said, "Bring it!"

The clerk handed over the letter, Gao Zhu also waved at him: "Go down!"

"Yes!"

Chen Ruyan leaned forward curiously, and asked, "Master Zhang and Lord Kuang must have seen the emperor!"

Gao Zhu opened the letter, only glanced at it, and was stunned.

Chen Ruyan asked puzzledly: "En Mansion, did something happen to Mobei?"

Gao Hub didn't say anything, just handed over the letter, and Chen Ruyan took it carefully.

Immediately afterwards, he was also stunned, and murmured: "The emperor...didn't go to Mobei?"

Gao Zhu sat there for a long time, and then said: "It seems that the emperor is going to Nanjing!"

"But why does the emperor want to go to Nanjing? He still wants to be sneaky, and won't let me know?"

Gao Zhu's complexion changed, he stood up and said, "I'll settle the score with you later!"

After finishing speaking, he took the letter and hurried to Cao Nai's office.

Cao Nai was writing notes on a memorial with a pen in his hand, when he saw Gao Zhu running over in a hurry and asked, "What's the matter?"

Gao Hub took out Zhang Yi's letter, and Cao Nai fell into deep thought after reading it.

The two of them were like this, one standing and the other sitting, silent for a long time.

Finally, Cao Nai sighed, shook his head and said, "It doesn't make sense!"

"Yes!" Gao Zhu said afterwards, "It doesn't make sense!"

"What is the emperor going to Nanjing for?"

"Could it be..." Gao Zhu's expression suddenly changed, and he said with lingering fear, "Is the emperor planning to go to Annan in person?"

Cao Nai suddenly turned pale with fright, according to the current behavior of the emperor, it is really possible!
Before the Champa envoys came to Daming, the emperor had plans to conquer Annan, but he couldn't find a reason.

Now there is a reason, but it is not sufficient.

If the king of Jing'an County sent Annan as an envoy, and the other party was subdued, he would go down the slope, and the battle would not be fought.

Could it be that the emperor couldn't hold back and was preparing to conquest himself?
This is a big joke...

Cao Nai said impatiently: "Don't say anything, the most urgent thing is to chase the emperor back, I'll go there!"

"Let me go!"

Gao Zhu stopped him and said: "The capital needs someone to sit in charge. You are the chief assistant, so you can't move easily."

Cao Nai didn't argue with him, the cabinet must have someone to go to, as for the two of them, it doesn't matter who goes.

After discussing with each other, the two settled the matter, and then went to meet King Zhu Qiyu together.

Cao Nai explained the ins and outs of the whole matter, Zhu Qiyu listened, but acted very calmly, as if he knew the result a long time ago.

Gao Zhu then said: "His Royal Highness, the current situation of the emperor is very dangerous, the old minister decided to bring the officials from the Ministry of Rites to greet him early tomorrow morning."

Zhu Qiyu nodded lightly, and said: "Brother Huang's move is really not in line with etiquette, so you have to work hard!"

Cao Nai said again: "The minister planned to go together, but considering that there is no one in the cabinet..."

Yu Qian went to Huai'an, Zhang Yi went to Mobei, and now Gao Zhu is leaving again. If he goes together, the cabinet will really be gone.

Zhu Qiyu said: "This king understands, by the way, what happened to that Chen Ruyan?"

While talking, he took out a memorial, which was exactly the one that Cao Nai had drafted just now.

Cao Nai and Gao Hub looked at each other, sure enough, His Royal Highness King Yi seemed very disgusted with Chen Ruyan's actions.

"His Royal Highness, calm down. Chen Shilang was out of favor, so he couldn't avoid seeing him. He was just being used by that Japanese envoy. It is true that Chen Shilang didn't think carefully about this matter. The old minister has already talked to him and ordered him to immediately pay all the gift money. Take it back and promise this will never happen again!"

Gao Zhu was also very helpless, and planned to let him go, but Chen Ruyan was one of his more capable subordinates, so if he said something nice to him at this time, he would be even more devoted to himself in the future.

Cao Nai saw Gao Zhu defending Chen Ruyan, but he didn't say anything.

He knew that Chen Ruyan was probably greedy for petty gains and took money from others, but he suffered a big loss when he didn't want to.

This matter is also a lesson for him, let's see if he dares to accept gifts in the future!
"Humph!"

Zhu Qiyu threw the memorabilia aside and said: "This king will keep this memorandum first and hand it over to the emperor's brother!"

Gao Zhu smiled awkwardly, but didn't dare to persuade him any more.

Otherwise, it would appear that he was deliberately covering up.

I hope that when the emperor comes back, everyone will forget about this, then everything will be fine...

Zhu Qiyu seemed to think of something, so he said: "There is one more thing, do you remember that when Qin Tianjian Peng Qing and Tang Xiaozhong from the Cultural and History Museum of the Hanlin Academy fought?"

Cao Nai and Gao Zhu nodded together and said, "Remember!"

"Before the emperor left, he discussed this matter with the king. Sailing to the west is related to national policy, and any small mistake on the sea chart may cause serious consequences. Therefore, we specially recruited some people from places such as Nanjing and Fuzhou. , Some of them had traveled to the West with the Sanbao eunuch, and some were smugglers who had gone to sea, and they have now attached themselves to the imperial court. After these people entered Beijing, they carefully examined the existing charts of the Imperial Academy. There are many mistakes!"

Cao Nai asked: "So, is it really a problem in the copying process of the Imperial Academy?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "The problem is, Tang Xiaozhong refused to admit it, and insisted that the picture brought by the Ministry of War is just like this. The Imperial Academy just copied a copy of the original picture, and would never smear and modify it without authorization."

The difficulty of this matter is that it is difficult to explain clearly. Although everyone believes that the charts of the Imperial Academy are wrong, they can't come up with conclusive evidence.

Who can guarantee that what he said must be correct. Is it possible that the chart drawn by Zheng He is like this, and you remember it wrong?

The original version back then is gone, and now Tang Xiaozhong is not letting go, and there is really no way to determine who is right and who is wrong.

Cao Nai thought for a while and said, "I remember that there was a man named Wu Canghai who used to be a smuggler and had gone to sea many times. I wonder if he has come?"

"Here we come!" Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "He also believed that there was something wrong with the map of the Imperial Academy, and he also carried a chart with him. Compared with the two, there are indeed inconsistencies."

Gao Zhu said thoughtfully: "But the question is, who can guarantee that the charts carried by Wu Canghai are safe?"

This is a problem, because this thing is not about an object, just hold it in front of your eyes and see if it is true or false.

You need to go to the sea to see whether your chart is real or not. Who dares to guarantee it while sitting in the capital?
Zhu Qiyu looked confused: "The issue of the sea chart is directly related to the success or failure of the voyage to the West. Before there is no conclusive evidence, this king dare not make a decision lightly."

Gao Zhu suggested: "Why don't you let it go for a while, and make a decision after the emperor comes back."

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Zhu Qiyu's face became even more ugly, and he said: "The emperor has never been out at sea, how can he judge the authenticity of the sea chart?"

Gao Hub clearly felt the dissatisfaction in Zhu Qiyu's tone, so he didn't speak any more.

At this time, Cao Nai said: "Your Highness is right. Since the imperial court is planning to return to the Western Seas, it must be safe. Regarding the issue of the sea chart, I have an idea."

Zhu Qiyu's face softened a little, and he raised his head and said, "Let's listen."

"Currently, the treasure ship for sailing to the West is still under construction, and it will take at least half a year to launch. It is better to send one or two ships as outposts during this period to explore the way. In this way, whoever is right and who is wrong in the two sides' rhetoric, It's clear at a glance."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "This is a good idea, but...who is the right one to send?"

Cao Nai replied: "This matter needs to be carefully considered, and it must be a reliable person."

If you find an unreliable person, go to the sea and come back casually, and tell you nonsense, will you believe it or not?

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, and said: "Why not... let Peng Qing and Tang Xiaozhong each take a boat, each explore the way according to their own charts, and let them experience it for themselves, it's better than arguing at home every day."

Cao Nai and Gao Zhu nodded again and again, this is a good idea.

Aren't you two in disagreement? Now everyone has no way to judge who is right and who is wrong. Simply, you have to prove your own statement.

In this way, it can be guaranteed that the court will get the correct chart, and as for the wrong one, he will shut his mouth at that time.

"Then it's settled. It's still a cabinet regulation. After the king reads it, arrange for them to go to sea as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The two returned to Wenyuan Pavilion from the Wenhua Palace, and Gao Zhu had to prepare to chase after the emperor, so the regulations for the advance team to go to the West naturally fell on Cao Nai's head.

That night, the busiest thing was the Ministry of Rites, Lord Shangshu was still eating sand in Mobei, now that he got the news, he wanted to send someone to chase after the emperor.

Why say it again...

This incident caused quite a stir in the court, and it was easy to leak out.

Outside the Chaoyang Gate, No. [-] Factory Huangzhuang.

Song Guxi turned pale with shock, and asked, "You mean, the emperor secretly went to Nanjing?"

"Shh!"

Xiaohua gestured a silent gesture, and then whispered: "The news is absolutely accurate. The imperial court will leave early tomorrow morning with the cabinet scholar Gao Zhu and officials from the Ministry of Rites."

Song Guxi paced back and forth anxiously, muttering, "What's the problem..."

"Miss, there is no need for you to be so nervous. It is said that the emperor was preparing to conquer Annan himself, and he was worried about being opposed by all the officials, so he ran away secretly!"

"not that simple!"

Song Guxi shook his head, and said: "The adoptive father has been dormant for many years, and now everything is ready, we only owe Dongfeng, what we want is to be safe, and there must be no mistakes!"

Xiao Hua said in disbelief, "You mean, the emperor's goal is...Master?"

"The adoptive father is in Nanjing. It is a coincidence that the emperor also went to Nanjing at this time. Don't you think this is just a coincidence?"

"Perhaps...is it really just a coincidence? The master's whereabouts have always been secretive. For so many years, even the White Lotus Sect has been kept in the dark. The emperor has lived in the deep palace for a long time. How did he know?"

"No, no, it's not that simple!"

Song Gu Xisi thought about it, but always felt that something was wrong, as if something big was about to happen.

"Go and prepare. We will leave immediately tomorrow morning for Nanjing."

"But……"

Xiao Hua wondered: "Master, you want the two of us to stay in the capital to support..."

"I can't care about that much anymore. I must see my adoptive father right away. It's extremely urgent, and I can't delay for a moment!"

(End of this chapter)