Smuggling Daming

There are not a few people in Zhou Zhong's team. In addition to the people he brought, there are also Jinyiwei led by Wu Shan and Ma Liang, and the envoys from Japan such as Ashikaga Kazuki. These people add up to hundreds of people. Although Lun's mansion is not small, it definitely cannot accommodate so many people.

However, Zhou Zhong had already made arrangements before coming here. People like Wu Shan and Ma Liang are local snakes in the capital, so Zhou Zhong gave them a sum of money and asked them to rent a few houses to settle down. Also stay with Wu Shan and the others for the time being. After all, they came here secretly this time, outsiders don't know their identities, and it is impossible for Daming to treat them as a formal mission, so Zhou Zhong can only temporarily arrange accommodation for them , In the future, if there is a chance, I can help them introduce Emperor Zhengde.

It was also arranged in advance, so before arriving at Wang Lun's mansion, Wu Shan and the others had taken Ashikaga Ikki and Zhou Chong to separate, and did not meet Wang Lun, and Zhou Zhong also told Wu Shan not to leave Ashikaga as much as possible. The identities of Ikki and these people were leaked to avoid trouble. You must know that he brought an envoy from a country to Beijing privately, and he is not an official. This alone is enough to punish him.

Wang Lun was very excited when he saw his daughter and son-in-law arrived home safely. He asked Jinxuan a lot of questions and even forgot to invite them in. Fortunately, the old family behind him reminded Wang Lun that he came to his senses. He led his daughter and son-in-law into the mansion, and the family members of Wang's mansion also helped to resettle the people brought by Zhou Zhong.

When entering the living room, Zhou Zhong found that the servants of the palace had almost prepared the banquet, because Wang Lun knew in advance that Zhou Zhong had brought many female relatives.Therefore, there is only a table of banquets in the main hall. As for Zhuaner and Bai Mengwan, they dine with Jinxuan in the side hall. However, after Jinxuan settled Zhuaner and the others, she immediately ran over to have a conversation with her father .

While Jinxuan was talking to her father, she kept pointing her eyes at Zhou Zhong. At first Zhou Zhong didn't understand what she meant, but it wasn't until Jinxuan secretly pointed at her belly that Zhou Zhong came to his senses.He smiled and said, "Father-in-law, it's a coincidence that just now we just went to Beijing, and we got great news."

Hearing Zhou Zhong's words, Wang Lun couldn't help but smiled curiously: "Oh, Wenda, please tell me what is the good news. It can make you so happy?"

At this time, Zhou Zhong played tricks first, and did not rush to tell the story of Jinxuan's pregnancy. Instead, he started talking about the fact that Jinxuan was suspected of being pregnant when they left Weihaiwei. After speaking, Wang Lun was very happy at the beginning.When she heard that her daughter was not pregnant, she couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.

But at this time Zhou Zhong changed the topic.He began to talk about what happened when they entered Beijing, but with Zhou Zhong's narration, Wang Lun's eyes lit up again, and when he heard that Doctor Tao concluded that Jinxuan was pregnant, he couldn't help shouting: "That's great!" Well, I’ve heard about this Doctor Tao, and he’s very skilled in medicine. Since he’s the one who determined that Jinxuan is pregnant, he’s definitely right. When you two have a baby, my last wish will be let go!”

"Father!" Hearing that after she got married, her father still missed her, Jinxuan couldn't help but her eyes turned red, she couldn't help crying out, and then tears fell down.

Seeing that his daughter was shedding tears again, Wang Lun said with a straight face: "Jinxuan, you must be calm during pregnancy, and you must not have too much emotional fluctuations, otherwise you will hurt the child, hurry up and stop crying! "

"Haha, my father-in-law really forgets his daughter when he has a grandson. Jinxuan, you will be miserable in the future. I guess his father-in-law will only see his grandson in his eyes, and not your daughter." Zhou Zhong also joked when he heard this As a result, Wang Lun burst into laughter after hearing this, and Jinxuan also burst into laughter, and then kept saying that her father was biased, and now that the child has not been born, she can't even cry.

Then Jinxuan accompanied her father to say a few words about homework, and then thought that Zhuaner and the others were in the side hall, so she got up and left. Only the son-in-law Wang Lun and Zhou Zhong were left in the living room, and they ate while eating. Chatting, after drinking for three rounds, the topic of the two finally got down to business.

"My son-in-law, you came to the capital suddenly this time, but what's the matter, do you need my help?" Wang Lun raised his head and asked Zhou Zhong when he drank from his glass.

Hearing Wang Lun's question, Zhou Zhong stopped and hesitated for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said with a smile: "My lord father-in-law, my son-in-law does have a few things to do when he comes to the capital this time, but these things are not related to His Majesty today. It is related, so in the next few days, I will wait for His Majesty's summons, and whether it can be done at that time depends on His Majesty's attitude."

When Wang Lun heard that Zhou Zhong was meeting His Majesty, he didn't show a particularly surprised expression on his face. After all, he had long believed that Zhou Zhong had a close relationship with His Majesty today, so it was naturally normal for him to come to Beijing to see His Majesty this time.

"So that's it!" Wang Lun heard that Zhou Zhong's affairs were all related to His Majesty today, and after talking to himself, he never asked what Zhou Zhong was doing, and started talking about other topics instead.

Speaking of which, Wang Lun was also very curious about the relationship between Zhou Zhong and Zhengde, but he never asked Zhou Zhong directly, mainly because he felt that as a courtier, he should not inquire about the emperor's private affairs. In addition, he has been an official for many years, so he naturally understands that it is best not to know some things, otherwise it will only cause trouble for himself.

However, Zhou Zhong considered that Wang Lun had been in the court for such a long time, and he was one of the high-level officials of Daming. He must be very aware of Daming's attitude towards overseas countries, so he really wanted to know Wang Lun's reaction to the arrival of Japanese envoys like Ashikaga Kakki. What do you think?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong immediately said: "Father-in-law, in fact, my son-in-law is not the only one here this time, there is also a group of people who separated from us after entering Beijing, and among this group are There are missions sent by the Japanese country overseas, and they want to see His Majesty the Emperor, what does my father-in-law think about this matter?"

Wang Lun was taken aback when he heard Zhou Zhong's words, and then asked in surprise: "The Japanese mission? What are they here for? Now is not the time to pay tribute. Could it be that they want to see His Majesty to increase the number of tributes?"

Seeing that Wang Lun never left the tribute in every sentence, this made Zhou Zhong quite helpless. I am afraid that in Wang Lun's mind, he only knew that the other party was one of the tributary countries of Ming Dynasty. Wang Lun probably doesn't know anything about the internal situation. It is also worth mentioning that there are definitely not a few officials like Wang Lun in Ming Dynasty.

"Father-in-law, how much do you know about the current situation in Wa Kingdom?" Zhou Zhong asked helplessly. To explain the reason for Kazuki Ashikaga's arrival, Zhou Zhong had to let Wang Lun understand the current situation in Wa Kingdom.

"This..." Wang Lun was also a little embarrassed when he heard this question, but then he didn't care much and said, "The Japanese country is just a small overseas country. The Japanese riots at the beginning of the country made His Majesty Taizu very angry, and he called it a If it weren't for the kindness of His Majesty Taizu, the small country of beasts would have dispatched troops to destroy this small country long ago!"

Hearing what Wang Lun said later, Zhou Zhong couldn't laugh or cry. If the murderous Zhu Yuanzhang can be called kind, the current Emperor Zhengde can be called a generation of Mingjun.Moreover, at the beginning Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his teeth were itchy because of the arrogance and rudeness of the envoy of the Japanese country. The remnants of the Yuan Dynasty were still alive, and they came to the Central Plains to harass them from time to time, so Zhu Yuanzhang focused all his energy on consolidating the domestic regime and eliminating the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty. He had no energy left to attack Japan, so he could only curse a few words Solve the hatred.

Seeing that Wang Lun did not know anything about the current situation of the Wa Kingdom as he had guessed, Zhou Zhong had no choice but to explain the political situation of the Wa Kingdom that he had summed up these days.Although Wang Lun had a mentality of going to the top of the country and didn't care much about some small countries overseas, he knew that Zhou Zhong would definitely not tell him these things for no reason, so he listened very seriously.

After talking about the political situation of the Wa Kingdom, Zhou Zhong talked about the relationship between Ashikaga Ikki and the shogun, as well as the relationship between himself and Ashikaga Ikki, and finally said: "Father-in-law, Ashikaga Ikki hopes to use my strength , let the envoys of their Ashikaga family meet His Majesty the Emperor, what do you think about this matter?"

I saw Wang Lun stroking his beard and going over the situation of the Wa country in his mind, and then considering the current situation of Ming Dynasty, finally he sighed and said, "Wenda, you shouldn't have agreed to that kind of thing in the first place." Kazuki Ashikaga, because according to my analysis, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to intervene in the political affairs of the Wa Kingdom. Even if you can persuade the current emperor, it is not enough for His Majesty to agree to such a major national event. It must be agreed by several elders. Okay, but based on my understanding of the elders, they will never agree to use Da Ming's power to interfere in the affairs of the Wa Kingdom. After all, for Da Ming, no matter who is in power in the Wa Kingdom, it will not be of much importance to Daming Influence!"

Hearing Wang Lun's analysis, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In fact, he had thought of this situation a long time ago. Daming seems to be strong now, but there are continuous natural disasters and riots in the country, and civil riots will break out from time to time. Tatar and Wacha also invaded the south from time to time, and Daming was already devastated by these two things alone, so naturally he didn't have the energy to distract himself from the affairs of the Wa kingdom.

Speaking of which, regardless of whether Kazuki Ashikaga and the others can convince Emperor Zhengde this time, according to the previous agreement, the Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce will withdraw from Shuangyu Port. In the future, the success or failure of Ashikaga Kazuki and others did not have much influence on Zhou Zhong.

However, what Zhou Zhong valued was not only the interests of Shuangyu Port, he had a longer-term vision, and even hoped that he could use Ashikaga Kazuki and others to control the political situation of Wa Kingdom, but in order to do this, he had to convince Emperor Zhengde Support the Ashikaga family, and then he will be able to lay out calmly in the Wa Kingdom with justification and integrity! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: May [-]st is here, and friends are getting married one after another. Tomorrow is the wedding day of a very good friend. Lao Yu will also attend his wedding, so tomorrow's update may be delayed. I hope everyone can understand.