Smuggling Daming

In front of the mansion of Capital Censor Wang Lun, today is very lively, because today is the day when Zhou Zhong brought Jinxuan back to visit relatives, and now Jinxuan has been officially canonized as Princess Zhao, her status is quite different, so she went home Visiting relatives is naturally huge, the road in front of the mansion is blocked by the escorting car alone.

Speaking of it, Wang Lun never imagined that the marriage he made at will would make his daughter a princess all of a sudden.Originally, Wang Lun was already very satisfied with Zhou Zhong as his son-in-law. After all, Zhou Zhong could become an official of the frontier at such a young age. However, there are millions of disaster victims who survived because of this alone. Such a great achievement will definitely be remembered in history in the future.

However, Zhou Zhong’s surprise to Wang Lun was far more than the above. The shocked person didn't even know how he ended the court meeting, but he vaguely felt that many people gathered around him to congratulate him. After all, it was a very honorable thing for Wang Lun to have a prince as his son-in-law.

After Wang Lun calmed down, he felt a little regretful. After all, although the prince's status is noble, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the prince must live in the vassal and cannot hold positions in the court. Thanks to him, it will not be difficult to enter the cabinet in the future, but unfortunately because of his status, he may not be able to show his strengths in the future.

However, Wang Lun still underestimated Zhengde's emphasis on brotherhood, and he even granted Zhou Zhong a vassal without going out, and even handed over the affairs of the military academy to Zhou Zhong to manage.He even deliberately let Zhou Zhong get in touch with some government affairs.This is clearly preparing for Daming's future.In addition, Zhengde has never had an heir, and the court has been worrying about the continuation of the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty. Now Zhou Zhong is a good choice, so for Zhou Zhong, a special prince, all the officials in the court also chose to acquiesce.

Wang Lun was naturally very happy when his daughter went home to visit relatives today. In fact, when Zhou Zhong first arrived in the capital, he brought his whole family to Wang Lun's place once the next day.It's just that Zhou Zhong hadn't recovered his identity at that time, and even Wang Lun didn't know why Zhou Zhong came to Beijing this time, and Wang Lun saw his granddaughter and grandson, so he was happy for a while and didn't ask about Zhou Zhong. Looking at a pair of grandsons, they couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear.

Zhou Zhong brought Jinxuan to Wang Lun's place today, not just to visit relatives, but Zhou Zhong received an invitation letter written by Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe, asking him to come to Li Dongyang's mansion to have a talk.Although Zhengde encouraged him to have more contact with the ministers in the court, Zhou Zhong felt that he had just arrived in the capital, and he was another vassal.It was really inappropriate to get too close to a minister like Li Dongyang, so he turned down the invitation.However, when Zhou Zhong rejected the invitation, he also told Li Dongyang that he would visit his father-in-law Wang Lun in a few days, and hoped that he and Yang Tinghe could sit with him.

Wang Lun, Li Dongyang, and Yang Tinghe were all ministers of the same dynasty, and Wang Lun and Li Dongyang had a good personal relationship. Now Zhou Zhong, a distinguished son-in-law, came to visit. According to the etiquette, Wang Lun invited two important friends to sit with him, so Li Dongyang He and Yang Tinghe just happened to be competent for this matter, although in essence, there is no difference, but in terms of etiquette, no one can pick the reason.

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe also admired Zhou Zhong's careful arrangement. They immediately agreed to Zhou Zhong's arrangement. Zhou Zhong had something important to do, so he also made preparations. For example, when holding a banquet at noon, Wang Lun specially set up a banquet in a quiet pavilion in the back garden. After eating a few bites, he He left with an excuse, leaving only Zhou Zhong, Li Dongyang, and Yang Tinghe.

"As soon as His Royal Highness Zhao Wang took over the military academy, the morale of the military academy was revitalized. Those young people also shunned. It is really a comforting thing!" Seeing Wang Lun leave, Li Dongyang immediately turned to Zhou Chonggong Li Dongyang is almost 70 years old this year, although he is a few years younger than Jiao Fang, but probably because he has been worrying about government affairs for many years, he looks a little older than Jiao Fang.

"Mr. Li, you are being polite. This king is entrusted by the emperor, so naturally he will not let the military academy fall into Xiaoxiao's hands. In addition, the affairs of the court also need to be worried about by Mr. Li and Mr. Yang!" Zhou Zhong smiled and said with his hands clasped , although he is a prince, the status of the two cabinet ministers in front of him is not much lower than his status.

In addition, Zhou Zhong also heard that Li Dongyang was expressing his dissatisfaction with Jiang Bin in both words and deeds. It is estimated that inviting Zhou Zhong to come this time is also for the sake of Jiang Bin, and this is what Zhou Zhong hopes to see the most. After all, he is also dissatisfied with Jiang Bin. If he can reach an agreement with Li Dongyang and other ministers now, it will be much easier to deal with Jiang Bin in the future.

Hearing Zhou Zhong's words imply that he was also somewhat dissatisfied with Jiang Bin, which made Li Dongyang happy, and then said again: "What your highness said is true, although you are smart today, but you are easily deceived by traitors, your highness As the younger brother of His Majesty, I would like to ask His Highness to give you a lot of advice in front of Your Majesty, the imperial court will no longer be able to withstand the chaos of Liu Jin back then!"

"Haha, Mr. Li is too famous. Although this king is valued by the emperor, he is only in charge of the affairs of the military academy, and he has no intention of interfering in other affairs. Moreover, this king believes that he has important officials like Mr. Li and Mr. Yang to assist him. I will definitely not be deceived by the villain!" Zhou Zhong laughed twice, he had already heard the meaning of what Li Dongyang said, after the other party saw that he was also dissatisfied with Jiang Bin, he actually wanted him to persuade Zhengde to stay away from him. Jiang Bin, although Zhou Zhong didn't want Jiang Bin to stay by Zhengde's side, but Jiang Bin is being favored now, if he tried to persuade him so forcefully, I'm afraid even if Zhengde followed his advice, he might feel a little grudge in his heart in the future. That's why Zhou Zhong would not do such a stupid thing.

Hearing that Zhou Zhong was unwilling to confront Jiang Bin head-on, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe looked at each other helplessly. If Zhou Zhong was just a prince who grew up in the palace, then it would not be a big deal for them to encourage Zhou Zhong to fight Jiang Bin head-on. It's difficult, but it's a pity that Zhou Zhong has been living outside since he was a child, and he even became the governor of Ming Dynasty with his talents, and his official voice is excellent. Such an outstanding young man is naturally very clear about the dirty methods in the officialdom. Just try it out.

"His Royal Highness Zhao is right. There are a few people waiting for me in the court. Naturally, I will not let Xiaoxiao's generation control my Ming Dynasty's government affairs. It's just that His Majesty lacks people to accompany him, so from time to time let villains come in. Now Your Highness I have known His Majesty, and His Majesty granted His Majesty permission not to go to other places to join the feudal clan, and I just want His Majesty to accompany His Majesty, so I would like His Majesty to go around the palace more!" Yang Tinghe suddenly interjected.

"Hehe, this is the duty of this king. Speaking of which, this king has been living outside the palace since he was a child. He has not seen the Queen Mother and His Majesty for many years. Although there is a family relationship between each other, after all, there is a bit of birth. The Empress Dowager likes her grandchildren by her side the most, so she has to be summoned to the palace frequently, and this king will naturally also often enter the palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager!" Zhou Zhong also said with a smile at this time.

In Yang Tinghe's words, he has already begun to change his strategy. He no longer asks Zhou Zhong to confront Jiang Bin head-on, but hopes that Zhou Zhong can take advantage of the friendship of Zhengde's younger brother and let him walk around the palace more, so as to make up for Zhengde's emotional inadequacy. I believe that Zhengde has Zhou Zhong to accompany him, and the time he hangs out with Jiang Bin will naturally be shorter. In this way, it can indirectly curb Jiang Bin's favor, and even Yang Tinghe hopes that Jiang Bin will see him again After Zhou Zhong's obstacle, they can take the initiative to provoke Zhou Zhong. In this way, they can sit back and watch the tigers fight.

Regarding Yang Tinghe's plan, Zhou Zhong also saw very clearly that the other party had plans to use him, but he didn't want Jiang Bin to get too close to Zhengde, so before he came to the capital, he planned to enter the palace often to prevent Jiang Bin influenced Zhengde too much. Now that Yang Tinghe also made the same request, he agreed, and by the way, he could get a favor from the cabinet.

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe heaved a sigh of relief seeing Zhou Zhong agreeing, although Zhou Zhong did not agree to confront Jiang Bin head-on, but as long as he often enters the palace, coupled with the emperor's respect for his younger brother, he will surely It will cause dissatisfaction with Jiang Bin and others. As long as Jiang Bin dares to provoke His Royal Highness Zhao Wang, with Zhou Zhong's overseas methods, Jiang Bin and others will definitely suffer enough.

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe's purpose of coming to see Zhou Zhong has been achieved. Now both of them are in a good mood, and Zhou Zhong also knows the cabinet's attitude towards Jiang Bin and others, and also knows that they have a basis for cooperation in this matter. It was enough, so now Zhou Zhong is also very happy, the three of them chatted happily, and Li Dongyang also asked Zhou Zhong about the overseas situation by the way.

At the beginning, the cabinet headed by Li Dongyang was very opposed to Zhou Zhong's overseas layout. It was only because of Zhengde's full support that Zhou Zhong was not questioned by the Ming court.Now the annual sea trade can bring millions or even tens of millions of taels of income to Daming. In addition, overseas immigrants have also solved the problem of refugees in Daming, making Daming extremely stable. The Ming court changed its view on overseas affairs, and the court also began to pay more attention to the Governor-General's Mansion founded by Zhou Zhong. Otherwise, with Wang Shouren's qualifications, he should have been transferred to the court long ago instead of being sent to the Governor-General's Mansion of the Four Seas . (To be continued..)