Smuggling Daming

The Beijing city of the Ming Dynasty has been completely shrouded in darkness. In a mansion not far from Xibianmen, Li Dongyang, who has passed his sixtieth year, is sitting in the study room. He is tall and thin, with dark skin and a very ordinary appearance. It doesn't look like anything extraordinary. If you see him for the first time, you probably won't believe it anyway. This gray-bearded old man is Li Dongyang, who is famous all over the world for his resourcefulness.

At this time, Li Dongyang was concentrating on a letter he had just received in front of him. The hands holding the letter had thick knuckles, and it didn't look like a pair of hands holding a pen at all, but like hands holding a hoe.This is mainly related to Li Dongyang's life when he was a child. Although his father was also a well-educated person, because of the poverty of his family, he often worked for others, and even worked as a boatman on the ferry. Li Dongyang often worked with his father when he was a child, so he raised a A pair of hands with thick knuckles.

In the study room besides Li Dongyang, there was another person sitting opposite to him, I saw this man with Chinese character face, thick eyebrows, big eyes and majestic appearance, although he was wearing a scholar's robe, he looked like a warrior.This man's name is Yang Yiqing, who is nearly ten years younger than Li Dongyang. He used to be the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he was in charge of the military affairs of the three towns. Like Wang Lun, he hated Liu Jin and other eunuchs very much, and was also dismissed in the end, but he did not return to his hometown, but still lived in the capital.

"Brother Bin, what did Brother Ruyan say in the letter?" Yang Yiqing finally waited until Li Dongyang put down the letter in his hand, and immediately asked impatiently.Ruyan is Wang Lun's character.When Wang Lun was appointed as the Vice Capital Censor, he happened to be Yang Yiqing's deputy. The two not only cooperated tacitly in business affairs, but also had a good personal relationship. Now that something happened to Wang Lun, he cared more than anyone else.

After reading the letter, Li Dongyang showed a puzzled expression, which is very rare in him who is known as a resourceful man.Then I saw Li Dongyang said: "Ru Yan's attitude this time is very strange. He hopes that we can delay the matter as much as possible, preferably until April. Then his predicament will be solved?"

"Delay?" Yang Yiqing was taken aback when he heard the contents of the letter, and then asked, "Did Brother Ruyan explain the reason? Why did you ask us to help him delay? Does he have any plans?"

Li Dongyang shook his head slowly, and said with a frown: "No. Ruyan didn't say anything about the plan in the letter, but mentioned that this was a suggestion made to him by a young man named Zhou Zhong. It is guaranteed that as long as April comes, there will be a big change."

"Big change, what big change, Ru Yan is confused. What's the use of delaying time, let alone an idea given to him by a young boy. Could it be that the other party is the reincarnation of Kong Ming, can it be counted?" Yang Yiqing obviously didn't understand Wang Lun's way of asking them to delay time, and he was even a little bit disapproving of Zhou Zhong.

What Yang Yiqing didn't expect was that Li Dongyang smiled strangely at this moment: "Maybe this Zhou Zhong can really count."

"Eh?" Yang Yiqing was taken aback when he saw Li Dongyang's appearance, and immediately said, "Brother Bin, you are so confused. If a young man with unknown background can deceive an honest man like Brother Ruyan Why do you, who have always been known as wise, believe that kind of unfounded nonsense?"

Regarding Yang Yiqing's words, Li Dongyang laughed loudly and said, "Ying Ning, this Zhou Zhong is not a young man with unknown background, he is Ru Yan's prospective son-in-law. Big Storm’s Journey to the West was written by Zhou Zhong, a 15-year-old boy can write such a wonderful book, if someone says that Zhou Zhong can pinch and count, I will believe it!”

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month last year, the manuscripts of the first ten chapters of Journey to the West were spread from the south to the capital, and immediately caused a huge sensation among all the scholars. It can be said that wherever there are scholars, you can hear about the book Journey to the West. Discussion.

With the huge impact of the book Journey to the West, the author Zhou Zhong also keeps many people firmly in mind, especially for his 15-year-old age, which has aroused the interest of many people. Most people don't believe that Zhou Zhong is really only 15 years old, but with the news about Zhou Zhong from the south, almost everyone now knows that Journey to the West was indeed written by a 15-year-old child prodigy.

Journey to the West is originally a mythical novel, but Zhou Zhong completed this magnificent masterpiece at the age of 15. It is like a mythical story. The names of Zhou Zhong and Journey to the West spread throughout the entire capital, and it was even heard that even Emperor Zhengde, who was not doing his job properly, sent people to search for the full version of Journey to the West.

"So it was him!" Yang Yiqing also showed a shocked expression when he heard that Zhou Zhong was the author of Journey to the West. He is also a fan of Journey to the West, and he has unloaded the first ten chapters back and forth many times. It's a pity that I haven't been able to find the following content, and I feel very regretful in my heart. I didn't expect that the person who wrote the book turned out to be the prospective son-in-law of an old friend.

While Li Dongyang and Yang Yiqing were discussing Zhou Zhong and Journey to the West, the famous Leopard House was located in Xiyuan, the imperial city not far away from them. Since the second year of Zhengde, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had come out of the lifeless Forbidden City. After moving out, he lived in the Leopard Room every day, played and played, and occasionally dealt with some political affairs here. It can be said that after Emperor Zhengde moved to the Leopard Room, it became the real political and military center of Ming Dynasty.

It was already very late at this time, but the lights in the Leopard Room were still brightly lit. Above a hall, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty and a group of his confidants were arranging a banquet. Among the Eight Tigers, Liu Jin, Eight people, including Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong, were all there. A group of people enjoyed the singing and dancing in the middle and chatted loudly. It seemed lively.

Zhu Houzhao is a young man with a handsome appearance and a strong body. He has just turned 20 years old this year and is at the age of the most energetic. Although he has played for a day, he is not tired at all. Liu Jin's confidants talked and laughed.

"Liu Banban, did something interesting happen today?" Seeing the young Emperor Zhengde take a drink from his glass, he smiled and asked Liu Jin who was sitting on his right.

Since moving to the Leopard House, Emperor Zhengde has been completely free. Although the ministers of the court have repeatedly advised him, he agreed on the surface, but actually still went his own way. Later, the ministers of the court simply stopped caring about him. He couldn't wish for it, and in addition, there was everything to eat, drink and have fun in the Leopard Room, so he stayed in the Leopard Room every day, and the news of the outside world was only conveyed through people like Liu Jin.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the court is still the same today, and there is no major event happening in the capital. If you really want to say something interesting, there is only a piece of news from the south. The Journey to the West that His Majesty has been looking for This book has been published and will be sold on the market soon, and His Majesty will be able to take a look at it!" Liu Jin stood up and replied very respectfully.

Although Liu Jin is only in his 50s, but because eunuchs always age faster, now he looks gray and his back is a bit stooped. Some people would believe him if he was 70 years old.However, Liu Jin now has a high position and authority, and he is the leader among the eight tigers sitting, so when he speaks, he has a certain power.

Hearing Liu Jin mentioning Journey to the West, Zhu Houzhao immediately raised his spirits and said excitedly: "Great! I was being scratched by the monkey in Journey to the West, but unfortunately only the first ten times, look at it." It's really not fun. When the full version of Journey to the West comes out, you guys will get me a set immediately. Then I will see if this monkey can poke a big hole in the sky? Hahahaha... ..."

Looking at Zhu Houzhao who was laughing, Liu Jin and others also laughed together, but at this moment, sitting on the left side of Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yong, who was second only to Liu Jin among the Eight Tigers, suddenly stood up. Come out, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty wants to read Journey to the West, so there is no need to wait for a while. The servant girl sent someone to Songjiang a few days ago, and then found the bookseller who printed Journey to the West, and bought a copy from there. The complete set of Journey to the West has just been delivered this afternoon, and I just want to invite His Majesty to read it!"

Zhang Yong has a strong body and has practiced martial arts before. He can be said to be a rough man with no knowledge and skills, but at the end of the speech, out of complacency, he even dragged out a sentence, which made everyone very surprised.

"Okay! That's great! It's still Zhang Banban's thoughtfulness, let someone send the book in, and I'm going to turn on the light to read at night, so that the ministers outside can see that I'm also a diligent emperor!" Seeing that Zhu Houzhao heard that the full version of Journey to the West had been found by Zhang Yong in advance, he stood up excitedly and praised Zhang Yong again and again.

Hearing His Majesty's praise, Zhang Yong also smiled happily. Although the eight tigers are usually majestic, in fact, the power in their hands comes from Zhu Houzhao. Whoever has a closer relationship with Zhu Houzhao will have more power in his hands. Big, now that he rushes to send the full version of Journey to the West, he will naturally gain Zhu Houzhao's trust even more.

Liu Jin saw Zhang Yong on the opposite side looking like a villain, but he secretly hated him. The eight tigers are not monolithic, and they also have conflicts with each other. For example, he and Zhang Yong are very at odds. Contradictions, the two even fought in front of Zhu Houzhao, and because Zhang Yong was physically strong, he suffered a lot. Later, although after Zhu Houzhao's mediation, the two seemed to be on good terms, but in fact the relationship had already broken down. Yong is the first to present Journey to the West this time, in fact, he wants to compete with him for favor.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help feeling a little regretful, he had paid too much attention to the affairs of the court during this time, and instead had neglected His Majesty's preferences, but it was still too late, and he had to find a way to win His Majesty's favor again , must not let Zhang Yong, a warrior, steal his limelight! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)