I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 878 Check and Balance
Zhang Yiliang and others turned their attention to Zhou Chen who was preparing to watch the play.

They cupped their hands respectfully and said to Zhou Chen,

"Master Zhou, this incident is far beyond expectations, and has exceeded everyone's expectations.

What should be done in the future, please ask Mr. Zhou to mediate more.

Xiaguan and others are extremely grateful! "

"Yes, yes, thank you very much, Mr. Zhou, please!"

Although Zhou Chen is the governor of Nanzhili in name, he is in charge of the military and political affairs of Nanzhili.

But before, not to mention that the nobles ignored him, even the officials in Nanjing City didn't pay much attention to him.

Who would really bother to make friends with someone who thinks that Zhou Chen, the governor, is not going to be a long-term governor and will leave in a few days.

Except for some indifferent, moderate officials who opportunistically want to suppress the big ones, basically the people who really hold real power in Nanjing City basically don't take Zhou Chen seriously.

In fact, it can't all be blamed for their low-mindedness.

It was caused by the special environment in Nanjing.

Nanjing is still the accompanying capital at this time.

In the eyes of others, Nanjing City is actually a backup of Beijing City. In case something goes wrong in Beijing, Nanjing can quickly support a new stove, so that the Ming Dynasty will not fall into a passive position.

Many people may think that the officials in Nanjing are just a bunch of idle officials with little real power, and they are a good place to retire.

Although this is indeed the case, it is the opinion of everyone in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, it has only been four or five years since Nanjing City became the accompanying capital, and it has only been a few short years since the remediation center moved from Nanjing to Beijing.

Therefore, whether it is the officials or the people in Nanjing, they have not yet woken up from the dream of the capital.

They also feel that their status is detached, different from other places.

But now, an official who was in charge of all affairs in Nanzhili was suddenly transferred to put pressure on all of them.

This makes those people in Nanjing City who hold official titles such as Shangshu, Dashi, Taibao and Shaobao think about it.

This is like a large company that has been split into two parts.

The new department has become the main body of the company, and the old department that has made great contributions has become dispensable, and even a place for employees to retire.

It's not going well in my heart, and at this time you have transferred someone you don't know from the new department to manage the old department.

It's no wonder people are convinced by you.

In fact, the situation Zhou Chen is facing at this time is similar to this.

No one looked down on him, and no one could see him as a sincere boss.

But now the situation is different, he suddenly became the Prince's man.

At present, the crown prince is in control of everything. If the people in the old department want not to be slapped to the end, they can only ask him, the new manager, to speak well in front of the crown prince.

In the past, his words may have been worthless, but now it is not an exaggeration to say that they are worth a fortune.

This situation was exactly what he had dreamed of before.

At this time, it was also an excellent opportunity for him to win over various forces in Nanjing as soon as possible to form his own team.

How could he miss such a godsend opportunity.

At the beginning, he was still holding it. No matter how everyone begged him, he raised his eyebrows.

Seeing that the situation was almost over, he pretended enough, and then said lightly,

"Since everyone trusts me so much, I will do what I can, and accompany everyone to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

However, everyone must be prepared in their hearts. The prince is a prince after all, and my official governor may not be able to make His Royal Highness give much face.

What the final result will be depends on God's will! "

"It's okay, as long as Master Zhou is willing to help, then everything will be fine!"

"That's right, Mr. Zhou is the governor of Southern Zhili. He is a serious official in the north and south. His Royal Highness will give you some face."

A group of officials gathered around Zhou Chen by chance, and they had a lot of good things to say.

There were only two people who didn't move much.

These two people are Zhang Yiliang, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of War, and He Lin, the new Nanjing garrison eunuch!
He Lin is a new official, or the kind of idler who doesn't care about anything. Naturally, there is no pressure. No matter how big things happen here, he can actually get out.

But Zhang Yiliang should have been the most flustered person in this group, but he remained calm, as if he didn't take this matter to heart at all.

The reason why he can be so calm and calm is also because of his capital. Who made his daughter Zhang Qinghuan now the emperor Li Tian's favorite concubine.

As the emperor's father-in-law, he was two generations older than the prince.

With this relationship, even if something happens to everyone here, there is a high probability that he will not have any problems.

That's how hard it is.

But these two people happened to be the two people Zhou Chen wanted to win over the most, and they also gave Zhou Chen a headache.

Seeing ahead, the pirates were almost all taken off the boat.

Zhou Chen took the lead and stepped forward, cupped his hands and said to Chen Hong at the bow,

"I am the governor of Nanzhili, Zhou Chen, please see His Royal Highness, and please inform General Chen."

As one of the participants in this grand plan, Chen Hong naturally knew about Zhou Chen.

He smiled and said directly,

"Your Majesty Zhou, you don't need to be too polite, His Royal Highness has long expected that you will come, please get on board!"

There are actually not many people who are qualified to meet the prince directly.

Counting several ministers, there are only a dozen or so people in total.

But these ten or so people are basically about half of the real power figures in the entire Nanjing city.

In the command room of the ship, Zhu Zhanji turned his back to everyone and was carefully observing a distribution map of the waters around Nanjing City on the wall.

The above is circled with dots, and several places are highlighted.

And Zhu Zhanji was staring at one of the largest circles, as if thinking about something.

The crown prince didn't speak, and where anyone dared to speak, he could only stand there quietly, not daring to make any sound.

I don't know how long it took, but Zhu Zhanji seemed a little tired from watching.

Only then did he turn his head, and his eyes swept across the group of people.

There are not many people who can recognize him, but he knows that the status of those who can stand in front of him at this time is not low.

If it were in the past, even he would have to be polite when facing these powerful figures. After all, their support was also one of the key factors for him to secure his position as the crown prince.

But at this time the situation reversed and he occupied the commanding heights, so it didn't matter if he was polite or not.

But when his gaze caught Zhang Yiliang, the prince still nodded slightly to show respect.

There is no way, Zhang Qinghuan's status in the palace is second only to his mother's queen.

(End of this chapter)