I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 857 The Opportunity Comes
"What's the matter! Brother Yang, just say it!"

Yang Suwen didn't know how to make Zhou Chen understand this for a while. When he was considering what to say, a guard's exclamation suddenly came from outside the door.
"My lord, it's not good, the big thing is not good, the prince... His Royal Highness was attacked by bandits on the water when he was playing yesterday.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was furious, and he took his warships directly out of the port, to wipe out the bandit's lair! "

Zhou Chen actually understood the whole plan from Yue Feng last night, and Yang Suwen explained it to him just now, but other than him and Yue Feng, no one under him knew about the plan.

It is human nature to be shocked to hear such violent news suddenly.

The old god Zhou Chen shouted,
"Why panic, His Royal Highness is not injured."

The guard stood at the door, paused for a moment, then shook his head vigorously and said,

"His Royal Highness was just frightened, but it's not a serious problem...

But my lord, early in the morning, the news almost spread throughout Nanjing. His Royal Highness personally led the fleet out of the port, and even recruited several officers and soldiers from the guards to suppress the bandits.

Such a big event, sir, as the governor, shouldn't you..."

When the guard said this, Zhou Chen suddenly shouted,
"That's right, it's a good thing you reminded me, otherwise, I almost wouldn't be able to remember it.

This officer just took this opportunity to discuss with the Nanjing Ministry of War, maybe we can use this opportunity to find more candidates worthy of cooperation. "

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait, arranged his clothes, and prepared to rush to the Nanjing Military Department immediately.

After working for a while, he found that Yang Suwen was still here, he smiled a little embarrassedly,

"Oh, Brother Yang, you see how busy I am, I almost forgot that you are still here.

By the way, brother Yang, you just wanted to say something to me! "

Yang Suwen saw that Zhou Chen was so busy now, but it was a little difficult to speak.

After all, compared with what Zhou Chen is going to do now, this matter is much more dangerous, and he is still not sure what trick Liu Bian is playing with this move.

After thinking about it, he decided not to talk to Zhou Chen for the time being, but to wait for Li Tian's reply.

After all, there are still nearly two days before the agreed time. During this period, he has plenty of time to conduct more careful investigations and make better decisions.

So he smiled and said,
"Actually, it's not a big deal. Since my lord has something important to do, then Yang will come to discuss it with you some other day!"

Zhou Chen is now full of pretending, how to use this matter to expand his influence in Nanjing, and he doesn't care about other things at all. Seeing that Yang Suwen didn't want to say it now, he didn't refuse much.

"In this case, let's talk about it in detail at night.

Brother Yang, don't worry, I'm going to do serious business today, and I won't get drunk. "

Yang Suwen smiled slightly,
"Well, then wait until the evening, Yang is talking with adults in detail."

After saying this, Yang Suwen turned his head and left.

And Zhou Chen shouted to the guards outside,
"Go and prepare a carriage for this officer, and this officer must rush to the Ministry of War in Nanjing immediately!"

……

Zhou Chen is so busy here that his feet don't touch the ground.

But all the well-informed people in the entire Nanjing city are actually not idle.

The attack on the prince can be big or small. If His Majesty is really angry, the whole Nanjing officialdom will probably be shaken three times.

Almost all those who might be implicated in this matter were mobilized.

Either looking for news everywhere, or walking around the streets to contact colleagues to discuss countermeasures.

But the most troublesome ones are those from the Nanjing Ministry of War.

The Ministry of War in Nanjing is one of the few yamen that truly has power, just like the Ministry of War in Beijing.

The other yamen basically have nothing to do in a day, they can drink tea every day, chat, and just spend the whole day in a daze.

Anyway, Nanjing has long been regarded as a place for the elderly.

The primary responsibility of the Nanjing Ministry of War is actually to maintain the stability and security of Nanjing and its surrounding areas, and the second is to manage logistical tasks such as the provision and training of the battalions and guards.

The guards and the guards are basically in the hands of the five army governors' mansions controlled by the nobles.

The battalion is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

But what bothered the Ministry of War earlier was that although they nominally had jurisdiction over the battalion soldiers, the imperial court could not trust them, and placed a Nanjing garrison eunuch on top of them, an official who crushed them.

In fact, the official position of Nanjing's garrison eunuch, the power in his hand is huge, after all, he controls hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, which is comparable to a general in charge of a party, can it not be big.

But if you say it is small, it is actually very small.

Although the garrison eunuch is nominally the supreme leader of these battalions, he only has the right to supervise and has no right to deploy troops.

That is to say, you can take care of these soldiers' eating, drinking, and training, but you can't control them alone.

Not only did the garrison eunuchs have no right to mobilize troops, even the Nanjing Ministry of War did not have the right to mobilize an army of more than 500 people.

Once there is a transfer of more than 500 people, it must be reported to the imperial court, and the soldiers can only be transferred after the imperial court stamps three seals.

However, today His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not discuss with anyone, so he directly dispatched all the troops in the entire guard of Yizhen Qianhusuo.

It sounds like a lot, but anyone who understands knows that the Yizhen Qianhusuo, the entire guardhouse, old and young, even cooks, blacksmiths, shipbuilders and the like, add up to only one or two hundred people.

It's not illegal either.

But this matter can be said in private, once it is put on the surface, it is tantamount to slapping the faces of all officials in Nanjing City.

At this time, He Lin, the trusted Nanjing garrison, and Zhang Yiliang, Minister of the Nanjing Military Department, were sweating profusely, and they almost turned the table on the spot.

Zhang Yiliang roared with beard and hair all stretched out,
"How do you all do things? His Royal Highness was attacked yesterday. Why did someone tell me about it this morning?"

The officials below were all silent, and no one dared to say anything more.

He Lin, who was only focused on drinking tea, said indifferently,
"Zhang Shangshu, don't be in a hurry to get angry. This matter is big or small. If we are so anxious now, it is useless!"

Zhang Yiliang glanced at He Lin who looked like an old god.

Xin said, "You are relaxed, you have only been in office for a few days, and even the gate of the barracks is open to which side, you may not know it yet!

If something really happened, you can't be blamed, so you can feel relieved.

But if we quarrel, we will lose our heads! "

(End of this chapter)